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Based on the beloved holiday film, this hilarious fish-out-of-water comedy follows Buddy the Elf in his quest to find his true identity.
A title known the world over, Elf The Musical JR. is a must-produce holiday musical that can easily become an annual tradition for any theatre. Based on the cherished New Line Cinema hit, Elf JR. features songs by Tony Award-nominees, Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin, with a book by Tony Award-winners, Thomas Meehan and Bob Martin.
Buddy, a young orphan, mistakenly crawls into Santa's bag of gifts and is transported to the North Pole. The would-be elf is raised, unaware that he is actually a human, until his enormous size and poor toy-making abilities cause him to face the truth. With Santa's permission, Buddy embarks on a journey to New York City to find his birth father and discover his true identity. Faced with the harsh reality that his father is on the naughty list and that his half-brother doesn't even believe in Santa, Buddy is determined to win over his new family and help New York remember the true meaning of Christmas.
This modern-day holiday classic is sure to make every young performer embrace his or her "inner elf" with plenty of large ensemble numbers featuring elves and (New Yorkers) of every type.
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Yes, I realize the headline may be a little hyperbolic, but for the first time this season, the Nationals have swept a three-or-more game series. I didn't think there was any chance of a sweep, especially considering the Marlins are actually in the hunt for the wild card, but the Nationals pulled it off. I'm not sure what exactly has changed, except that things are different (lineups, positions, managers), and maybe that's all it took. I'm a firm believer in Mike Rizzo's plan; instead of throwing everyone out and getting a middling return (the Nationals have few blockbuster players), why not see what they can do given playing time every day? If the Nationals' play following the break is any indication, it seems they can do a lot.
ESPN is reporting that the Diamondbacks' Justin Upton was placed on the 15-day DL, just in time for the Nats' three game homestand against Arizona.
Chico Harlan, of the Post, has posted a brief interview with Drew Storen. He's currently at Potomac, but he may be moving up fairly soon if his stats remain impressive.
Jeff Bergin at Nationals Pride praises Mike Rizzo for his moves toward accountability. I'm glad to see another fan of the RZO!
It's (sort of) official -- the Nationals may not be the worst team in baseball, at least in terms of their roster.
In case you didn't see yesterday's game, Craig Stammen has been struggling mightily of late. In his last three starts, he has given up 16 earned runs in just 9 1/3 innings. Maybe the Nats should think about sending him back to AAA to get his head back on straight?

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Bart Pasquale, who last appeared on these pages with his insightful comments on the Sony Alpha Full Fame – Antishake question, is back with a detailed analysis of the Sony battery for the A700 Alpha and it's lack of compatibility with the A100 batteries.
The complete text of Bert's email follows:
Hello Tom!
Here's some info regarding the new Alpha A700 battery, the NP-FM500H. As you may know, there is a grove in the new battery, and a ridge in the A700 battery compartment, which prevents interchangeability with the A100 battery. I contacted my usual 3rd-party battery suppler from eBay, and he said Sony has blocked the manufacturing of NP-FM500H compatibles. It was not clear weather this is legal/political maneuvering, or simply an issue being able to reproduce the circuitry required for A700 to display the % charge remaining, but he expected something out of Taiwan by January. What he did know is that one person reported to him filing out the ridge inside their A700, and the A100 batteries did NOT power the A700.
A700 battery shown being loaded into new vertical grip. Notice the groove that allows battery to fit the A700 compartment.
Photo: Sony Corp, used with permission
Being the anti pay-for- proprietary-items consumer that I am, I find myself waiting it out to avoid buying a $80 Sony battery, understanding the implications of battery consumption suddenly became very important. So, I spent the past day and a half draining a fully-charged battery under controlled conditions. My goal was simple: take bursts of pictures throughout the day at various intervals, review the pictures, delete a few, and record the image count and battery charge remaining. Many batteries fall off very quickly once they indicate "half charged", but SONY claims the new battery's reported % is "accurate", and the battery is good for 650 shots. Curiously, the second day I had the camera, I cranked off 900 pictures on a photo shoot, but the battery indicator still showed being more than half-charged. Let's examine…
I began with a fully charged battery two days ago, At various intervals (a few hours to a few minutes) I would fire off 50-100 images, and review them, at a medium pace, deleting every few images as I went. I was shooting compressed RAW, anti-shake on, DRO standard. This simulates my camera use in the studio or shooting on location. After the first 50%, I continued to review the imagers quickly, but did not delete many images, as I might do to conserve battery power while on a shoot. The results are summarized in the following table:
|% Charge
|Charge Drain Rate
|Day One:
|1% = 22 frames
|1% = 26 frames
|Day Two:
|1% = 24 frames
|1% = 32 frames
|1% = 400 frames
Over 3,000 shots from a single charge! I've never worked so hard to drain a battery. That was the battery's third charge, so we'll see how that changes after a couple dozen cycles, and how the generic versions hold up to that when they finally do come out. A few other statistics:
- Reviewing 150 images uses 1% of battery charge
- Leaving the display on for about 5 minutes uses 1% of battery charge
- Overnight, the battery looses about 2%-3% of it's charge
- Straight shooting without reviewing images can achieve 30+ frames per percent at any phase in the charge cycle.
- Once the battery indicates zero charge, you can still quickly eek out a few hundred shots!
- This is about an extra 12% of charge not indicated in the charge level.
During recharge, the first 15 minutes were spent to achieve 1% charge status back. After that, it was pretty linear, adding about 12% every 15 minutes achieving 86% after 2 hours of charging. The battery indicated "100%" about 35 minutes later, but continued to take a charge for an additional 15 minutes to top it off. So, one could theoretically shoot 400 frames, recharge for 15 minutes while the model changes, and never run out of charge. Of course, YMMV; I don't know how consistent one battery will be to the next. Happy shooting all!
– Bert Pasquale
BTW, I have a couple well-cared-for A100's for sale! (With several extra batteries…)
Wow, that is a pretty exhaustive (no pun intended) sample of the battery life of the NP-FM500H when used in the A700.
I found it interesting that someone would actually go as far as removing the locking ridge from a new A700 to try to use the older battery. The fact that the NP-FM55H (used in the A100) would not power the A700 indicates to me that the ridge serves a purpose beyond an attempt to sell more batteries. It's easy to point to an incompatibility like this and suggest it is being done to sell more batteries. I've found that manufacturers rarely make components less compatible just to move additional product. They have to stock additional components, manufacture additional components and distribute two lines of batteries instead of one. Usually is in the company's best interest to stock and sell as many common items as they can, because that drives manufacturing and stocking cost down.
That said, several printer manufactures have taken great pains to make sure only their own cartridges work with their hardware. So who knows? This could be Sony's attempt to eliminate after-market battery competition, but I doubt it. Usually when an electronic product carries a lock out ridge like the one described above, it is to prevent using a non-compatible item that might cause damage to the devise. The upshot is A100 batteries are NOT compatible with the A700 — don't try to reengineer the camera or battery in attempt to make them work.
It Bert's tests are indicative of how long a typical NP-FM500H will last, it seems like for most shooters a single battery will cover most assignments. A second battery, either used as a spare or inserted in the A700 Vertical grip should be more then sufficient power for most A700 shooters.
Thanks again Bert, this is a great report. If anyone is interested in Bert's A100 gear, email me and I will get you in touch.
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Open thread 7/5
July 5, 2017
– Journalist Nina Totenberg reported over the weekend a tip that Justice Kennedy may have told a clerk applicant that he's considering retirement after the upcoming Supreme Court term. This is just a rumor so far, but Totenberg is a generally reliable reporter.
– The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals will hold oral argument in Gavin Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board on September 12, 2017.
Thanks to Equality Case Files for these filings
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1. VIRick | July 5, 2017 at 3:16 pm
Ecuador: Guayaquil LGBT Pride March Plus Up-Date from Constitutional Court
Ecuador: Matrimonio Igualitario y Registro de Niños: Pedidos Ciudadanos en la Marcha del Orgullo LGTBI de Guayaquil
Miércoles, 5 de julio 2017 – Aproximadamente veinte mil personas llenaron la Avenida 9 de Octubre el sábado, 1 de julio. Guayaquil, la ciudad más poblada de Ecuador, celebró al Día del Orgullo LGTBI. Por primera vez en la historia de la ciudad, el municipio encendió las luces multicolores que representan a la diversidad sexual en el monumento a Bolívar y San Martín. Portando camisetas blancas impresas con una leyenda de apoyo al matrimonio civil igualitario, una delegación de estudiantes de la Universidad Casa Grande y de familias guayaquileñas, apoyaron esta causa que se encuentra ahora por parte de la Corte Constitucional.
La activista Silvia Buendía, defensora de los adolescentes recluidos por sus padres en las clínicas de deshomosexualización, un mal privado que ha afectado las libertades civiles del país, explicó que el activismo ecuatoriano se encuentra esperando la resolución de la corte sobre dos casos: matrimonio igualitario y el registro de una menor de edad.
La petición de Pamela Troya y Gabriela Correa ha recibido un Amicus Curie enviado por la Fundación Iguales de Chile a la que pertenece Karen Atala. La Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos determinó en el caso de Atala, a quien le fue retirada la tenencia de sus hijos por discriminación, que la orientación sexual forma parte de la intimidad de una persona, y no tiene relevancia para analizar aspectos relacionados con la buena o mala paternidad o maternidad.
Wednesday, 5 July 2017 – On Saturday, 1 July 2017, approximately twenty thousand people filled Avenida 9 de Octubre, as Guayaquil, Ecuador's most populous city, celebrated LGTBI Pride Day. For the first time in the history of the city, the municipality lit multicolored lights representing sexual diversity onto the monument to Bolivar and San Martin. Wearing white t-shirts printed with a legend in support of equal civil marriage, a delegation of students from the Casa Grande University, as well as Guayaquil families, supported this cause that is now before the Constitutional Court.
Activist Silvia Buendía, defender of adolescents detained by their parents in the de-homosexualization clinics ("ex-gay" therapy), a private evil that has affected the country's civil liberties, explained that Ecuadorian activists are awaiting the court's ruling on two cases: marriage equality and the registration of a minor (pertaining to said "ex-gay" therapy).
The (marriage) petition of Pamela Troya and Gabriela Correa (before the Ecuadorian Constitutional Court) has received an Amicus Curie brief from Fundación Iguales of Chile, the organization to which Karen Atala belongs. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights found that in the case of Atala, the custody of her children was discriminatorily decided against her, that sexual orientation is part of a person's privacy, and has no relevance in analyzing aspects related to good or bad fatherhood or motherhood.
In the settlement agreement to the Atala suit, the government of Chile agreed to legalize marriage equality. Essentially put, the same line of reasoning, requesting the same outcome, is being utilized in the Troya suit, the same-sex marriage case presently before the Ecuadorian Constitutional Court.
2. Randolph_Finder | July 6, 2017 at 7:44 am
Just as a comparison to other parts of the world (like Turkey), where in the Americas would an LGBTI march in the National Capital be most dangerous, both from the authorities and from any anti-LGBTI groups that would want physical confrontation? (Cuba probably wouldn't allow the march, but I'm not sure it would be as dangerous as other places)
3. allan120102 | July 6, 2017 at 9:43 am
Cuba actually allow them and minorities are not as discriminate as in other parts of the Caribbean. I am actually thinking that Cuba might be the next Carribean island to legalize ssm or civil unions.
I would say Jamaica will be a horrible place to march.
4. VIRick | July 6, 2017 at 11:39 am
No, not Cuba because anything LGBT-related that Mariela Castro wants to do will be done without any interference. Plus, she makes a big deal out of the whole human rights/non-discrimination issue.
In fact, not any Hispanic country, not even the Dominican Republic. There are semi-related "gang" problems in Central America and a variety of evangelical nut-job problems in an assortment of locales, but there is no across-the-board antipathy.
The dis-honor you are looking for from authorities and anti-LGBT groups double-teaming any LGBT march with violence has to be squarely placed upon one of the larger non-Hispanic ex-British colonies of the Caribbean,– either Jamaica, Guyana, or Trinidad,– as the smaller ones simply do not have the mass, anonymous population to mount a concerted homophobic attack. Also, in addition, Haiti is so sideways, I doubt if anyone could accurately predict what might happen there on any specific occasion.
Note on the Dominican Republic: Underneath all the official fluster and bluster, most people there are very aware of a genetic anomaly which is particularly prevalent in the eastern part of the country (and which also exists in western Venezuela). There's a particularly high incidence of individuals who are born biologically male, but who otherwise have pronounced female characteristics. As adults, they are very androgynous (and very gay), but are otherwise protected by family and the society at large. It is not discussed, but is simply accepted.
5. allan120102 | July 6, 2017 at 11:56 am
Jamaica or Haiti are the worse imo to do anything related to lgbt rights.Haiti because of the ignorance and Jamaica because of the buggery law they have and they are actually worse than some African countries in lgbt treatment. 5/6 hispanic central american countries already had pride marches the remaining one is my country which will be march on july 15 on Sps. They are even large part of the population who support lgbt rights. Manuel Zelaya and his wife support openly marriage equality. If we can take out the president we have now.lgbt rights could improve dramatically in Honduras.
6. Randolph_Finder | July 6, 2017 at 12:01 pm
I hope Cuba gets Marriage Equality before Raul dies, because I think her power will be much less with any other national leader.
Unfortunately, I think some of the ex-British colonies are still using some of the sodomy laws from when the British first arrived. 🙁
Haiti lakes the civil structure stability to advance LGBTI issues, I think. Fortunately, they ended up with the nuking of the Sodomy laws that the French did at the time of the French Revolution. The rest of the French Caribbean got carried to Marriage Equality with France…
For the Dominican Republic/Venezuela, one of the Androgen insensitivity syndrome variants (Mild/Partial/Complete) or something else?
7. VIRick | July 6, 2017 at 1:14 pm
Partial androgen insensitivity syndrome (PAIS), which according to Wikipedia, is indicated when the external genitalia is partially, but not fully masculinized.
That matches with what I have encountered,– very cute, smooth-skinned "pretty boys" with tiny dicks, little to no body hair, and a body shape with lots of curves, along with a sensitive, quiet feminine demeanor,– and all from the same region in the eastern part of the Dominican Republic.
8. VIRick | July 5, 2017 at 3:18 pm
Vatican Police Raid 'Drug-Fueled Gay Orgy' in Cardinal's Apartment
Vatican police reportedly arrested a priest who is secretary to one of Pope Francis's key advisers in a raid that interrupted what was described as "a drug-fueled gay orgy." It happened last month, not far outside Vatican City, according to the Italian newspaper, "Il Fatto Quotidiano." Police entered an apartment at the former palace of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith — the office that strictly enforces Catholic dogma, once run by former Pope Benedict before he was elected pontiff.
The Rome apartment belongs to Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio, the head of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, but it is not his home. The unnamed monsignor who was arrested serves as the cardinal's secretary; the paper said he was hospitalized for a short period in the Vatican's Roman Pius XI clinic, to detox from drugs, and is currently staying at an undisclosed convent in Italy. According to the report, the tip came from neighbors who were suspicious of what was described as the "irregular behavior" of men coming and going at odd hours.
"Il Fatto Quotidiano" reported that Pope Francis was furious at the news and as a result may force Coccopalmerio into retirement. The newspaper said the cardinal's troubles were multiplied because the apartment was reserved only for high-ranking Vatican officials, not support staff, and the monsignor who was arrested had used a car with official Vatican diplomatic license plates to transport the drugs, thus avoiding inspection by Italian border police.
The only new news gleaned from this typically sordid account is the fact that, heretofore, I did not realize that the Vatican maintained a separate, secular police force.
9. VIRick | July 5, 2017 at 4:52 pm
France: Highest Court Rules in Favor of Same-Sex Adoption
Per Geraldina González de la Vega:
Hoy, 5 de julio 2017, en Francia, la Cour de Cassation permite a padre intencional no biológico adoptar hijo nacido por gestación por sustitución en el extranjero.
Today, 5 July 2017, in France, the Cour de Cassation has allowed the intentional non-biological father to adopt a child born by gestation by substitution (artificial insemination) abroad.
Per Le Monde:
La Cour de Cassation a jugé, mercredi 5 juillet, qu'un enfant né d'une mère porteuse à l'étranger pouvait être adopté par le mari de son père biologique, et donc se voir reconnaître légalement deux parents en France.
La plus haute juridiction française était notamment saisie par un couple d'homosexuels élevant un enfant né d'une gestation par autrui (GPA) en Californie, une pratique interdite en France. Le père biologique est reconnu en France, mais ce n'est pas le cas de son conjoint, qui a formulé une demande d'adoption, sans succès jusqu'ici.
On Wednesday, 5 July 2017, the Court of Cassation has ruled that a child born from a surrogate mother could be adopted by the husband of his biological father, and therefore, that they be legally-recognized as two parents in France.
The highest French court was particularly taken by a same-sex couple raising a child born of a gestation by another (artificial insemination) in California, a practice forbidden in France. The biological father is recognized in France, but this was not the case for his spouse, who had made application for adoption without success until now.
10. davepCA | July 5, 2017 at 6:20 pm
Excellent news. About time, France!
11. allan120102 | July 5, 2017 at 11:02 pm
Choctaw county in Alabama surrenders leaving only 7 homophobic counties were same sex couples can still not marry. in other news Texas only hold out is still Irion county. https://ballotpedia.org/Local_government_response…
12. ianbirmingham | July 6, 2017 at 6:54 pm
I maintain my long-standing prediction that Alabama will be the last state to fully accept SSM.
13. scream4ever | July 6, 2017 at 7:19 pm
Is the one county that claimed it wasn't issuing licences to same-sex couples due to problems with their machines now issuing?
14. VIRick | July 6, 2017 at 9:48 pm
According to Ballotpedia, the 7 Alabama counties still not issuing marriage licenses to anyone are:
Previously, when they last checked, in October 2015, 3 additional counties were not issuing, but at some date in the interval, have since begun (or at least claim that they have begun):
For a short interval, immediately following the "Obergefell" ruling, two more counties were also not issuing:
To answer Scream's question, the machines issue was a Texas problem, one wherein which there was some delay with certain counties in up-dating and altering the language on the computer-driven marriage license application forms. But Irion County, the last remaining confirmed hold-out county in Texas, is a sparsely-populated area west of San Angelo with a total "christian" nut-job for a county clerk. There, it's not a machine problem, but rather, a human one with a mental difficulty.
15. Fortguy | July 6, 2017 at 11:46 pm
Molly Criner, the hag who has refused to issue SSM licenses in Irion County, Texas, has stated on the record that she would allow those licenses to proceed if the Lege gave county clerks protection for their religious beliefs. Frankly, I'm surprised that she hasn't been sued yet. Her county is located in the Tom Green County armpit, and there should be someone, anyone, nearby to legally challenge her. Tom Green County is home to the city of San Angelo approaching 100,000 residents. It also has a youthful population due to Angelo State University and Goodfellow Air Force Base. Irion County is a perfectly pleasant place suitable for a country wedding if anyone wants to take on the hag.
16. 1grod | July 7, 2017 at 1:59 pm
These counties' residents constitute 4% of the state population. Two of the seven reluctant Alabama probate judges are lawyers.
17. 1grod | July 10, 2017 at 2:28 pm
Rick, not as much progress as thought. Elmore Co [pop 79303], where former lawyer John Enslen remains a 'march-to-his-own-drummer' probate judge, does not issue marriage licenses. <a href="http://.http://www.elmoreco.org/default.asp?ID=157" target="_blank">.http://www.elmoreco.org/default.asp?ID=157
Elmore Co inclusion notches the non conforming counties' population to 6%.
18. scream4ever | July 10, 2017 at 2:47 pm
But were they issuing before Obergefell was handed down?
19. 1grod | July 10, 2017 at 3:29 pm
According to the interactive map on Ballotpedia's webpage https://ballotpedia.org/Local_government_response… Elmore Co was issuing licenses in 2015. They stopped issuing them in January 2016 https://www.reuters.com/article/alabama-gaymarria…
{Elmore Co is next to Autauga].
20. VIRick | July 10, 2017 at 2:48 pm
Graeme, in our own much earlier county-count immediately following "Obergefell," we had had 13 counties not issuing marriage licenses to anyone. Comparing that count to Ballotpedia's count, there seemed as if there was one county missing from their up-dated list. And you found it. Quite clearly, and still current, as per their website:
"The Elmore County Probate Office does not issue marriage licenses."
John E. Enslen
Elmore County Probate Office
100 East Commerce Street
Wetumpka, Alabama 36092
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 280, Wetumpka, AL 36092
(334) 567-1140 Phone
Thus, the 8 Alabama counties still not issuing marriage licenses to anyone, a full 2 years after the "Obergefell" ruling, are:
21. JayJonson | July 6, 2017 at 6:16 am
Wonderful takedown of Neil Gorsuch by the incomparable Linda Greenhouse: "Whether out of ignorance or by deliberate choice, Neil Gorsuch is a norm breaker. He's the new kid in class with his hand always up, the boy on the playground who snatches the ball out of turn. He is in his colleagues' faces pointing out the error of their ways, his snarky tone oozing disrespect toward those who might, just might, know what they are talking about. It's hard to ascribe this behavior to ignorance — he was, after all, like three of his colleagues, once a Supreme Court law clerk. But if it's not ignorance, what is it? How could the folksy "Mr. Smith Goes to the Senate Judiciary Committee" morph so quickly into Donald Trump's life-tenured judicial avatar?"
She cites not only the absurd dissent in Pavan v. Smith, but also some gratuitous concurrences as well. The only hopeful result of his obnoxious behavior is that it may push Roberts a little leftward.
22. A_Jayne | July 6, 2017 at 11:25 am
At the very least, CJ Roberts will balk at lack of dignity Neil brings into the traditionally distinguished environment of the Court…
23. VIRick | July 6, 2017 at 3:04 pm
Inter-American Court of Human Rights Agenda, 163rd Session
Per Geraldina González de la Vega:
CIDH Audiencias de hoy, miércoles, 5 de julio 2017, en Lima, Perú. Síguelas en vivo por http://cidh.org
IACHR Hearings today, Wednesday, 5 July 2017, in Lima, Perú. Follow them live at http://cidh.org
From a partial listing, cases on that date were to be heard from both Venezuela and Colombia. On 6 July, cases will be heard from Mexico (including one concerning the human rights of LGBT individuals), as well as more cases from Venezuela (including a private hearing denouncing human rights violations there). On 7 July, cases will be heard from Argentina and Ecuador, including one brought by Argentina against Venezuela concerning refugees and asylum-seekers fleeing Venezuela. The present session runs 3-7 July 2017.
24. theperchybird | July 6, 2017 at 3:32 pm
All amendments from the Maltese Opposition discussed today were rejected. Amendment round continues tomorrow, final vote next Wednesday.
25. scream4ever | July 6, 2017 at 5:48 pm
If granted cert, the Supreme Court would likely hear it next year, just before Kennedy may retire.
26. VIRick | July 6, 2017 at 10:53 pm
Georgia: Lesbian's Employment Discrimination Case Appealed to Supreme Court
Lambda Legal announced today, 6 July 2017, that it will ask the Supreme Court, in "Evans v. Georgia Regional Hospital," to hear the case of Jameka Evans, whose lawsuit says she suffered harassment and discrimination at her job as a security guard at Georgia Regional Hospital in Savannah and was eventually forced out because she's a lesbian and gender-nonconforming.
In March 2017, a 3-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 ruling, upheld a lower court's dismissal of Evans's suit. The judges did not dispute the facts of the case, but the majority said they were bound by precedent that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits sex discrimination, does not cover discrimination based on sexual orientation. Lambda Legal, representing Evans, then asked the full court to rehear the case en banc. However, today, 6 July 2017, it declined to do so, leaving Lambda Legal no option but to go to the Supreme Court.
Lambda Legal's press release is here:
Per Equality Case Files:
The Order on Petition(s) for Rehearing and Petition(s) for Rehearing En Banc (Order denying Evans's request to have the full 11th Circuit Court rehear her appeal) is here:
27. Fortguy | July 6, 2017 at 8:23 pm
Meet the new mayor of San Antonio who is a breath of fresh air after defeating his anti-LGBT predecessor last month.
Alex Zielinski, San Antonio Current: Ron Nirenberg: LGBT Ally in the Mayor's Office
28. Fortguy | July 6, 2017 at 9:07 pm
Coming soon to the help wanted section of the classified ads in a local paper near you (if you live in Texas, and I wish it were so simple):
The American Civil Liberties Union, the Human Rights Campaign, Lambda Legal, and the Freedom From Religion Foundation seek LGBT couples and individuals willing to adopt or provide loving foster homes but have been prevented from doing so due to discriminatory practices under the state's new law effective Sept. 1 protecting private child welfare services from anti-discrimination charges due to "sincerely held religious beliefs". These organizations also seek children who have been denied vaccinations, contraceptives, or subjected to anti-LGBT conversion therapy due to such beliefs being held by their foster parents contrary of the beliefs of the children in their custody.
The state's foster care system is terrible. Since 2011, 1,138 children in the state have died from abuse or neglect, while many children have been forced to live in state offices due to lack of placement. Although the Texas House succeeded in providing some additional funding to the Department of Protective and Family Services, even that was pulling teeth from the Senate culture warriors who preferred legislation such as the religious freedom B.S. As a result, the department will most likely remain staffed with underpaid, overworked caseworkers and high staff turnover for the foreseeable future.
Laura Marie Thompson, Texas Observer: 'Recipe for Discrimination': Legal Battle Brews Over New 'Religious Refusal' Child Welfare Law
29. VIRick | July 6, 2017 at 11:26 pm
Mississippi: Cases Challenging HB1523 Petition for En Banc Rehearing
Per Equality Case Files:
Today, 6 July 2017, in "CSE/Barber v. Bryant," the consolidated cases on appeal challenging Mississippi's HB 1523, the plaintiffs in both matters have filed petitions for an en banc rehearing by the full 5th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Last month, a 3-judge panel of the 5th Circuit Court issued a ruling, overturning the district court's preliminary injunction, claiming that the plaintiffs in these cases lack standing to challenge the law. Today, the plaintiffs in both matters filed petitions for a rehearing by the full 5th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Petitions for rehearing en banc:
• CSE Plaintiffs:
• Barber Plaintiffs:
30. JayJonson | July 7, 2017 at 3:46 pm
U.S. District Judge Daniel Jordan has found Mississippi's ban on adoption by same-sex couples unconstitutional. The decision is embedded in the article linked here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mississippi-s…
31. JayJonson | July 7, 2017 at 4:42 pm
Sorry. This article is from March 2016. It appeared in my facebook news feed.
32. VIRick | July 7, 2017 at 5:10 pm
Jay, please note the original date of this ruling as being 31 March 2016. Subsequently, the state opted not to appeal, as noted below.
Mississippi: Ban on Same-Sex Adoption Ruled Unconstitutional (Retrospective)
On Thursday, 31 March 2016, a federal judge ruled that Mississippi's ban on same-sex couples adopting children is unconstitutional, making adoption by same-sex couples legal in all 50 states. US District Judge Daniel Jordan issued a preliminary injunction against the ban, citing the Supreme Court's decision in "Obergefell" legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide. The injunction blocks Mississippi from enforcing its 16-year-old anti-gay adoption law.
The Supreme Court ruling "foreclosed litigation over laws interfering with the right to marry and rights and responsibilities intertwined with marriage," Jordan wrote. "It also seems highly unlikely that the same court that held a state cannot ban gay marriage because it would deny benefits — expressly including the right to adopt — would then conclude that married gay couples can be denied that very same benefit."
The challenge to Mississippi's law was filed last year by four same-sex couples, who were joined by the Campaign for Southern Equality and the Family Equality Council. "Two sets of our clients have waited many (almost 9 and 16) years to become legal parents to the children they have loved and cared for since birth," Roberta Kaplan, lead attorney for the plaintiffs, said in a statement. "We hope that it should finally be clear that discrimination against gay people simply because they are gay violates the Constitution in all 50 states, including Mississippi."
The Human Rights Campaign's Mississippi state director Rob Hill also praised the ruling. "This welcome decision affirms that qualified same-sex couples in Mississippi seeking to become adoptive or foster parents are entitled to equal treatment under the law, and commits to the well-being of children in our state who need loving homes," he said in a statement. "Judge Jordan has repudiated reprehensible efforts by our elected leaders to deny legal rights to our families. They are on the wrong side of history, and today's decision confirms, yet again, that they are also on the wrong side of the law."
The one-sentence Mississippi law, adopted in 2000, simply reads, "Adoption by couples of the same gender is prohibited." While several other states, including Alabama, Florida, Nebraska, and Michigan, had similar bans, all have since been overturned. Mississippi remained the lone holdout until this ruling on 31 March 2016.
From my archives:
Mississippi Officially Concedes on Adoption Issue
In the case, "Campaign for Southern Equality v. Mississippi Department of Human Services," the challenge to the state's adoption ban for same-sex couples, Mississippi really has conceded the case. This is the state defendant's motion of 5 May 2016 to have the preliminary injunction converted into a permanent injunction and final judgment in favor of the plaintiffs:
"Executive Director Davis requests that the Court (1) enter a final order adopting all of its factual findings and legal conclusions contained in the 31 March 2016 Order, and awarding the remaining Plaintiffs a permanent injunction consistent with the 31 March 2016 Order providing that the Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Human Services is permanently enjoined from enforcing Mississippi Code section 93-17-3(5), and (2) enter a final judgment consistent with its order."
Respectfully submitted, JOHN DAVIS, in his official capacity as Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Human Services
33. VIRick | July 7, 2017 at 8:17 pm
Way too frequently, news articles are "dated" with vague wording like "today," or "on Thursday," as this one was. I only picked up the correct, retrospective date of 31 March 2016 from the date-stamp on the tops of each of the 28 pages to the court ruling itself, as said ruling was embedded at the bottom of the news article (coupled with some recollection that this case had already been resolved in our favor).
That's why whenever I do a copy-and-paste from a contemporary news article, I am quite anal about editing it to add in the exact date, in place of those vague words like "today" or "on Thursday," which, over time, quickly become meaningless.
34. JayJonson | July 8, 2017 at 6:05 am
Thanks, Rick. I don't know why the article suddenly appeared in my Facebook newsfeed. But as I note above, I soon realized that it was from 2016. I am glad that you take such care with the dates in your posting.
35. VIRick | July 7, 2017 at 4:25 pm
Germany: Marriage Equality Bill Passes Upper House
Per Rex Wockner:
Today, 7 July 2017, the German marriage-equality bill cleared the Bundesrat, the upper house of the federal legislature. The proposal will become law after the President signs it and after the Gazette then publishes it. It will become effective on the first day of the third month after this entire process has been completed.
Thus, if it can be finalized in July, it will go into effect from 1 October 2017. If the finalization drags into August, the bill's effective date becomes 1 November 2017.
See also:
Unlike the Bundestag, where Chancellor Merkel's Grand Coalition holds control, the Bundesrat is controlled by the 16 state governments, with a left-wing majority. The law effectively passed through the Bundesrat unanimously, as no state challenged the bill and no vote was called.
The Bundesrat had passed several motions on same-sex marriage before, leading to much of the political pressure on Merkel in the lower house that sparked her climb-down. A coalition of Social Democrats, the Greens, and the Left previously submitted a bill in the Bundesrat that would recognize marriages between same-sex couples, which was the basis for the current legislation in the Bundestag.
The measure will now head to the desk of the country's President, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, for his signature.
36. VIRick | July 7, 2017 at 9:16 pm
Veracruz Congress Promoting "De Facto Unions"
Impulsan en el Congreso Veracruzano "Unión de Hechos"
Per Coatza Digital:
Xalapa – Según se informó el 7 de julio 2017, luego de que se desató la polémica por la iniciativa sobre "Unión de Hechos," misma que regularía la unión de personas del mismo sexo, la expresidenta del Partido Acción Nacional (PAN) y diputada federal, Cecilia Romero Castillo, acudió al Congreso Local. La legisladora exhortó a no dejarse presionar por la iglesia católica, ya que esta propuesta no tiene nada que ver con religión.
Señaló que la "unión de hechos" no utiliza la palabra "matrimonio," misma que se define como la unión de un hombre y una mujer. Al ser cuestionada sobre la ideología conservadora del PAN, la también activista por los derechos de la comunidad LGBT, remarcó que por encima de las creencias debe prevalecer el derecho de este sector.
Xalapa – As reported on 7 July 2017, after the controversy unleashed by the initiative on "De Facto Unions," which would regulate the unions of same sex couples, the ex-president of PAN and a federal deputy, Cecilia Romero Castillo, went to the local Congress. The legislator urged them not to be pressured by the Catholic Church, since this proposal has nothing to do with religion.
She pointed out that "de facto unions" does not use the word "marriage," which is defined as the union of one man and one woman. When questioned about the conservative ideology of PAN, the sometime activist for the rights of the LGBT community remarked that the law on this matter should prevail over any beliefs.
Except, of course, that the law in Mexico states "marriage equality," not separate "de facto unions" for same-sex couples, while the "one man, one woman" marriage definition has already been struck down by Mexico's Supreme Court as being unconstitutional.
37. VIRick | July 7, 2017 at 9:41 pm
Same-Sex Marriage Proposal Delayed in Switzerland
Per swissinfo.ch:
According to this press announcement dated 16 June 2017, the Swiss parliament has extended by two years its deadline for deciding on allowing same-sex couples to marry. A gay rights' group has welcomed the move to allow the issues to be looked into in more detail. Parliament has given a parliamentary legal affairs committee until summer 2019 to draw up a bill on implementing the "Marriage for everyone" parliamentary initiative, which calls for gay couples to be allowed to marry. The practice is currently not legal in Switzerland.
The decision to delay was attributed to the need to clarify certain legal issues with the federal administration. A committee spokesman said this meant looking into expected law changes in the fields of tax and social security, adoption, and reproductive medicine.
Pink Cross, the umbrella association for Swiss gay groups, said it was pleased that the extension had been accepted because it allowed the authorities to look into the effects of the initiative in detail. "Although we would have preferred the procedure to move on more quickly, we're looking forward to a dialogue with the public," co-secretary general Bastian Baumann told swissinfo.ch.
Parliament's move comes at a time of increasing public support for gay marriage. A poll in October 2016 found that seven out of ten people thought gay couples should be allowed to get married.
In 2005, the Swiss people voted to allow same-sex civil unions, which came into force in 2007. The civil partnership resembles marriage, with gay couples granted the same pension, inheritance, and tax rights and obligations. However, adoption of children by gay couples in a civil partnership remains forbidden, as does the facilitated application process for non-Swiss to become citizens, as well as access to fertility treatment.
38. VIRick | July 7, 2017 at 10:05 pm
Panamá: Marriage Equality Quote of the Day
Per Enrique Jelenszky, lead plaintiff in the lead case presently before Panamá's Supreme Court:
"No tengo que convencer a la Iglesia, es a la Corte."
"I do not have to convince the Church; it's up to the Court."
The struggle for the legalization of gay marriage faces several social sectors. Enrique Jelenszky, in favor, explains that it must be debated in a secular setting.
39. VIRick | July 7, 2017 at 10:38 pm
Aguascalientes Congress Votes Against Marriage Equality
Per Sonora Pride:
En 6 de julio 2017, con 14 votos en contra y 11 a favor, la propuesta se ha rechazado aprobar el matrimonio igualitario en Aguascalientes.
On 6 July 2017, with 14 votes against and 11 in favor, the proposal to approve marriage equality in Aguascalientes has been rejected.
40. VIRick | July 7, 2017 at 11:02 pm
Sinaloa: Gay Pride March in Culiacán
Per Tiago Ventura:
Cuarta marcha de la diversidad en Culiacán, "Sinaloa con Amor," con la Reina de la Diversidad, en sábado, 8 de julio 2017, a 5 PM, La Lomita.
Fourth march of diversity in Culiacan, "Sinaloa with Love," with the Queen of Diversity, on Saturday, 8 July 2017, at 5 PM, La Lomita.
41. VIRick | July 7, 2017 at 11:33 pm
Yucatán: Massive Collective Amparo Granted to All Gays Who Requested to Marry
Como se anunció públicamente hoy, en 28 de junio 2017, el Tribunal Colegiado en Materias Civil y Administrativas del Decimocuarto Circuito emitió sentencia en el Amaro en Revisión 378/2016, en la que otorgan amparo a personas gay que colectivamente firmaron el amparo colectivo en 2016 para acceder al matrimonio igualitario en Yucatán.
As publicly announced today, on 28 June 2017, the Collegiate Court on Civil and Administrative Matters for the Fourteenth Circuit issued a ruling on Amaro en Revisión 378/2016, granting said amparo to all gay people who collectively signed the collective amparo in 2016 to access marriage equality in Yucatán.
Because of the importance of this ruling, all persons who signed this amparo are to meet on 21 July 2017 at 7 PM at a certain given address in downtown Mérida, Yucatán.
Per Cindy Aparicio:
Que les cuento, que dos años y medio después, al fin se nos concedió un amparo colectivo en Yucatán sobre matrimonio igualitario.
So I will tell you, that two and a half years later, we were finally granted a collective amparo in Yucatán on marriage equality.
We still need to determine precisely how many people this amparo covers, but it sounds as if it could be as many as several hundred. And if so, this would be the grandest, all-inclusive collective amparo to date ever granted anywhere in Mexico. It is also the latest handiwork of the legal genius, Alex Alí Méndez Díaz.
42. VIRick | July 10, 2017 at 2:12 pm
Yucatán: 80 Gays Granted Collective Amparo for Civil Marriage
Amparan Matrimonio Civil de 80 Homosexuales en Yucatán
Tras obtener un amparo emitido por el Tribunal Colegiado en Materias Civil y Administrativas el pasado 28 de junio en cuya sentencia se cobija a 80 personas homosexuales a contraer matrimonio por vía civil, las organizaciones Unasse e Indignación convocaron a los 80 firmantes de ese recurso legal a una reunión el próximo 21 del presente mes para determinar la estrategia a seguir. Según el comunicado por parte de Indignación, la resolución es la primera de este tipo que se emite en favor de 80 personas que radican en Yucatán y parte de una estrategia jurídica nacional impulsada por el abogado Alex Alí Méndez Díaz, quien busca el reconocimiento pleno de los derechos de matrimonio civil en parejas del mismo sexo, y en igualdad de condiciones que las heterosexuales.
La lucha de ambas organizaciones inició a partir del 21 de julio de 2014; mediante un amparo colectivo buscaron su derecho a contraer nupcias por la vía civil. Sin embargo, fue desechado en primera instancia, por lo cual se solicitó la revisión del mismo. Luego de tres años y con la sustitución del Presidente del Tribunal Colegiado en Materias Civil y Administrativas se emitió una nueva tesis y, por unanimidad, ese órgano del poder judicial concedió el amparo colectivo a los 80 firmantes.
After receiving an amparo issued by the Collegiate Court on Civil and Administrative Matters on 28 June 2017, by which judgment 80 gay individuals are covered, allowing them to civilly marry, the organizations, Unasse and Indignación, are convening the 80 signatories to this legal ruling for a meeting on 21 July 2017 to determine their follow-up strategy. According to the statement by Indignación, the ruling is the first of its kind issued in favor of 80 people who are based in Yucatán, and is part of a national legal strategy promoted by the lawyer, Alex Alí Méndez Díaz, who seeks the full recognition of civil marriage rights for same-sex couples on equal terms with heterosexuals.
The struggle of both organizations began on 21 July 2014; Through a collective amparo, they sought their right to marry through civil channels. However, their petition was dismissed in the first instance, for which a review was then requested. After three years, and with the substitution of the President of the Collegiate Court in Civil and Administrative Matters, a new judgment was issued and, unanimously, that body of the judiciary granted the collective amparo to the 80 signatories.
Given my understanding, these 80 individuals can now marry whoever they wish, whenever they wish. An amparo, once granted, has no expiration date. And even at 80 individuals (potentially covering 80 same-sex marriages, involving 160 people, as there's no requirement that the 80 signatories must marry each other), this collective amparo is still the largest single amparo yet granted to any set group of people anywhere in Mexico.
43. VIRick | July 8, 2017 at 12:41 am
Roberta Kaplan Starts New Social Justice Law Firm
Per Equality Case Files:
Roberta Kaplan, the prominent New York attorney who successfully argued before the US Supreme Court to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act, has left Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison to form a litigation boutique. Her new firm, Kaplan and Co. LLP, includes four lawyers for now, including partner Julie Fink, previously in-house counsel at Pfizer Inc. and a Paul Weiss attorney; senior counsel John Quinn, a former litigation associate of Sullivan & Cromwell; and associate Rachel Tuchman, a recent Yale Law School graduate. It will have offices in Manhattan's Empire State Building.
Kaplan said she left Paul Weiss because she saw a market need for a nimble law firm where she would have more flexibility in negotiating billing rates and using flexible fee arrangements. She also said the new firm's commitment to social justice has allowed her to attract top talent.
It should also be pointed out that Roberta Kaplan successfully overturned the ban on same-sex marriage in Mississippi, and then went on to successfully overturn Mississippi's ban on same-sex adoption, the same ruling which Jay inadvertently re-posted higher up in this same thread.
There's a very interesting behind-the-scenes story as to how, several years ago, Roberta Kaplan and her partner, Julie Fink, were vacationing on Cape Cod at the same time and in the same place as a lesbian couple from Mississippi. Upon hearing of their plight fighting the entrenched bigotry in Mississippi on the subjects of both marriage and adoption, Roberta, having just successfully overturned DOMA before the US Supreme Court, then decided to take on the state of Mississippi, full-time, a job not for the faint-of-heart.
44. guitaristbl | July 8, 2017 at 4:37 am
Apparently Armenia recognizes same-sex marriages performed abroad now ?
I cannot confirm the validity of the source – if that is the case this is pretty unexpected. Armenia is an extremely conservative post Soviet country.
45. VIRick | July 8, 2017 at 1:18 pm
Same-Sex Marriages Registered Abroad are Valid in Armenia
Marriage certificates registering the union between two people of the same sex abroad are valid in Armenia, the Justice Ministry told PanARMENIAN.Net in an emailed statement on Monday, 3 July 2017.
According to the Family Code, marriages between Armenian citizens, and those between Armenian citizens and foreigners or stateless persons, which have been registered outside Armenia, are valid inside the country after consular legalization. Also, the Code stipulates that marriages registered in another country which are in line with that particular state's legislation, are valid in Armenia.
It turns out that in the event of obtaining consular legalization, marriages registered outside Armenia are valid, regardless of the sex of the spouses, as the article makes no reference to the sexes whatsoever.
As far as any other post-Soviet country is concerned, a court in Estonia has also determined that a same-sex marriage legally performed in Sweden between a Swedish citizen and an Estonian citizen is valid in Estonia. This Estonian court ruling would match with the determination of the Armenian Justice Ministry.
46. VIRick | July 8, 2017 at 5:58 pm
Trump Totally Snubbed by Polish President's Wife
Wildly off-topic, but wonderful to see:
Per Ophelia Pastrana:
Lo mejor que van a ver hoy, 6 de julio 2017.
The best that you will see today, 6 July 2017.
It's a live TV screen-shot taken in Poland, just prior to the G-20 Summit, whereby the wife of the Polish President totally ignores Trump and his extended hand, and moves directly past him to Melania, who is uncomfortably standing next to him, idly playing with her hair, to shake Melania's hand instead. The doltishly awkward look on Trump's face afterward is precious, as is the amazing recoil speed with which he stuffs his own hand up his a$$.
47. Fortguy | July 9, 2017 at 12:47 am
I guess at least that's one advantage to having small hands.
48. VIRick | July 9, 2017 at 12:38 pm
BuzzFeed News has an even clearer view of the First Lady of Poland, Agata Kornhauser-Duda, maneuvering right past Trump. That expression on his face, in reaction to the snub, is extraordinary.
Never mind that the First Lady of Poland also married a complete ass-hat. She expressed her sympathy to Melania in the best way she knew how.
49. VIRick | July 10, 2017 at 1:46 pm
Gay Muslim Marries in Traditional Ceremony in the UK
On 10 July 2017, wearing traditional Muslim garb, Jahed Choudhury, 24, and Sean Rogan, 19, married in a ceremony at the Walsall Registry Office in the West Midlands of England. Choudhury, who grew up in the UK in a traditionally Muslim household to Bangladeshi parents, opened up to the "Express and Star" about struggling to reconcile his sexuality and faith.
He realized at school that he was not like other boys, as he was more interested in fashion than football, and quickly became a target for homophobic bullying. While a teenager, he was branded a "fag" and relentlessly bullied, driving him to attempt to 'cure' himself of homosexuality. Choudhury said that when the mosque he had attended for fifteen years found out he was gay, he was told he was no longer welcome. It was at his lowest point that he met Rogan, shortly after a suicide attempt.
He explained: "I'd not long overdosed and I was crying on a bench and Sean came over and asked if I was okay. He gave me hope at one of my lowest points and he's stood by me all the way. The housing association got us a house in a week and we've been living together ever since. I proposed on Sean's birthday last June."
"I've known I was gay since I was six. I didn't come out to my parents until I was 16, but you always know." The low-key ceremony was not attended by Mr Chouhury's family, as he explained: "They just don't want to see it, it's too embarrassing for them."
But he insisted: "I want to say to all people going through the same thing that's it's okay – we're going to show the whole world that you can be gay and Muslim."


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Athens, Ga. — Respected Athens music producer and engineer John Keane will begin teaching a series of four-day workshops at the University of Georgia on the essentials of using Digidesign's Pro Tools, the music industry standard for digital recording.
The continuing education course will be based on Keane's popular book, The Musician's Guide to Pro Tools, which provides a strong foundation in the basics of Pro Tools for home recordists and aspiring audio engineers and producers.
"In this workshop, John teaches valuable, real-world techniques for recording and editing audio," said Keith Perissi, program coordinator for UGA's Music Business Program. "For those interested in understanding the full potential of Pro Tools, it's a great introduction to the system and software."
Keane has worked on numerous gold and multi-platinum albums, and his Athens studios have hosted a variety or recording artists, such as R.E.M., Indigo Girls, Drivin'N'Cryin, and Widespread Panic. He began using Pro Tools in 1991 and has written two editions of The Musician's Guide to Pro Tools.
Keane began teaching a segment on Pro Tools this past fall to the undergraduate students enrolled in UGA's Music Business Certificate Program. That collaboration went so well that the idea was expanded to now include the open-enrollment workshops that will be taught in four evening sessions, Perissi said.
The workshop will be offered three times this year at Caldwell Hall, where the Terry College of Business houses the Music Business Program's lab. The dates are March 17-26, Aug. 18-27 and Nov. 3-12. It also will be offered once in Atlanta at the Terry Executive Education Center from Sept. 23-Oct. 3. For schedule details, consult the Music Business Program's Web site at terry.uga.edu/musicbusiness/ or contact Terry's Office of Executive Programs, which is partnering with Music Business to present the program.
Registration is limited to allow for more one-on-one interaction with Keane. The cost for the Athens workshop is $700 and includes instruction and the use of Apple iMacs equipped with Mbox and Oxygen8 MIDI controllers and Pro Tools software. The registration fee is discounted $100 for participants who provide their own laptop computer and Pro Tools software. The cost for the Atlanta workshop is $995, and participants must provide their own laptop computer and Pro Tools software. For questions about registration, call Maggie Pollock in Terry's Office of Executive Programs at 706/425-3053.
The University of Georgia's Music Business Program was established in January 2006 as an interdisciplinary certificate program, jointly operated by the university's Terry College of Business and the Hodgson School of Music. For the certificate, students take seven classes, a mix of basic business and music courses, including the Music Business I and II courses designed by the program's co-directors, Bruce Burch and Steve Dancz.
In addition to guest lectures from prominent figures in the music industry, students gain real-world music industry experience through internships with record labels, promoters, studios and other companies. Students are also asked to find local artists with potential and promote them through their student-run record labels.


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The idea for this bike came some 30 years ago when my good mate Reitse acquired a Triumph front frame loop and engine (which had been, apparently, overhauled). I'd built several Triumphs that'd been to his liking so the plan was that I'd build it for him. We were both in our 20s then, and little did we know how long it would take…
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Shortly after that, though, I was hit by a drunk driver and lost my lower leg/foot, hence the name FootLoose. Doctors figured they'd try and put it back on, which took four years and more than 30 operations, and plans for the bike were moved to the back burner. I then moved abroad, not to return for the next decade, and contact was almost lost, but when I moved back to Holland Reitse heard about it, got on his bike and rode to Amsterdam to find me as his chop in the making was still waiting. He'd been to see several other bike builders in the meantime, but decided he didn't like any of the stuff they were turning out, and that he was going to wait for me to return and build his bike for him. That's real faith, isn't it?
The plan was for a pretty basic bike, nothing too fancy, easy and relatively cheap to build. I convinced Reitse to buy a bolt-on hardtail/oil tank/battery box combo off the internet from a US-based company as I couldn't build those parts for the $800 they were advertised at. He was very sceptical about buying anything off the internet as he'd never done it before, and as it turned out he was right – they turned out to be a famous rip-off artist who'd conned lots of customers, and Reitse never received anything and lost all his money. Feeling very guilty I decided I'd build him a new hardtail section as a gift to make up for his loss, and give him a one-off bike.
The trouble is I'm not one who likes bikes to be average in any way and always try to be a bit different from others, so the hardtail turned into a radical drop-seat frame, and the pretty basic, nothing too fancy, easy and relatively cheap to build bike plan went out of the window. There isn't anywhere near enough room here to tell you about everything that went into constructing the bike you see here in front of you, but I will tell you about a few of the more interesting/technical parts of the build, okay?
Bearing in mind that both he and I are six foot two tall, and getting a big bloke to look cool and be comfortable on a tiny Triumph isn't easy, I decided that the rear would have to have a lot of stretch built into it. To make sure there was minimal flex in the new tubes, it was built in a trapezoid shape when viewed from behind, meaning the upper tubes are not parallel with the lower ones – the uppers run inward from the axle plates to meet the front loop, and the lower ones run outward to meet the lower front rails, and have heavy-duty mountings in and around the rear frame tubes. This frame is solid!
Due to the drop-seat design the oil tank had to be a one-off too and is rubber-mounted. As Reitse's back isn't as good as it was when he was 20-odd, I mentioned that there's such a thing as air-ride for the seat instead of simple springs, something I wish I'd never said as it caused heaps more extra work, and involving customising a mini compressor to fit inside the oil tank, fabricating custom airlines, fittings and valves, and modifying a pair of Goodyear airbags to make it all as small as possible, and able to be housed under the seat, with stainless/bronze covers to make it all look neat and tidy.
The seat can now be lowered or raised by the touch of a brass switch, just like the ones on the handlebars.
As things'd got really crowded under the seat, leaving not much room for an oil tank, it was decided to make the frame an oil-in-frame design. The main tube houses the oil-level sight-glass and has a massive stainless drain plug (with a magnet) in the bottom of it, making life easy when changing oil. It's not really used for the engine, but acts as a heat sink and for filling/draining – oil is taken/returned to the oil tank via a stainless filter feed and removable return line through the one-off alloy oil cooler/filter unit.
Total oil capacity is now 3.25 litres, a full litre more than standard OIF bikes.
Round spoke Invader wheels spent hours in the lathe, narrowing the rear hub flanges for the disc and sprocket to get the chain and brake in line, and the rear hub was extended to accept a speedo-drive unit. The front was originally intended for a tiny drum brake, but it needed decent stoppers so wheel and disc spacers were made to house wheel bearings/seals to bolt to the wheel centre and receive a pair of 10-inch discs. After deciding on the tyres and buying/fitting a pair of classic Continentals, it turned out the 130-section MT90 rear isn't actually 130mm wide as stated – it's actually 140mm wide, which meant that it wouldn't clear the chain, necessitating the engine to be offset by 6mm to the left.
The 'overhauled' engine turned out to be a right mess – scored cylinders with non-Triumph pistons, valves pocketed beyond use, broken valve seats, heavily ground and scored con-rods, messed-up/blocked sludge-trap, rusted solid oil pressure relief valve, a rusted gearbox full of shavings, a clutch and alternator good for the bin, same for the oil pump, and there wasn't a drop of oil or grease to be found anywhere. A complete engine rebuild was in order.
Despite what you may think, I'd like to stress that although it perhaps looks like one, this is NOT a show-bike! It was built to be used, and used well; Reitse does around 20,000km a year and he rides it hard and fast – that's what the bike was built for.
It will never ever be sold and he intends to ride it till he's old, really old! Should anything ever happen to him, it'll return to me and I'll maintain that tradition in honour of him. It took around 5,000 hours to fabricate and build, partly because most parts were made at least twice, if not four or five times, until I was happy with them. You know what it's like; just as when making pancakes, the first one is usually for the dog…


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Almost exactly two years ago, Colin Farrell was papped for the first time with his then new girlfriend. Two years later, she's still his girlfriend…and we still don't know her name. Like, she's still referred to as a "mystery woman". I've asked this before and I'll ask it again – is it because we don't care enough to find out her name? Because you know how people are on social media. If the entertainment outlets haven't done it, some fan with a lot of time is trawling Twitter and Facebook and Instagram and getting to the bottom of it.
He did talk about his girlfriend with Ellen DeGeneres recently though. I've attached the video below. Still, no name.
Here they are having lunch in LA yesterday. And at some point Colin got a parking ticket. Which, even though he's a beautiful Hollywood star, his reaction to getting a parking ticket is "just like us". Awww, man, really! Come ON!
It's not like he can't afford to the pay the ticket. For many people, yes, it is about the money. I get that. But there's also an added element to parking tickets, beyond the financial hit, that makes us crazy. I get parking tickets all the time. Most of the time it's my fault. You can yell me about this, I don't care. I pay them and the way I've rationalised it in my head it's that I'm contributing to city works and helping the city budget. This is a major source of tension in our marriage because Jacek never gets parking tickets, he considers it irresponsible, and we fight all the time about all the money I'm wasting. That said, I did just fight a ticket last year and he actually supported me. This is what happened:
Put your hand down if you're a math genius and you're about to leave a comment on there all like, what's the problem, I understood this immediately. I'm happy for you. I, however, am not here to stand on a curb trying to compute all of those equations when all I want to do is park my car for an hour and go get some sh-t done. Just tell me, can I park here or not? One line. Yes or no. WHY ARE THERE TEN THOUSAND SIGNS AND LINES!?
Look at Colin Farrell's hair. Look at the level of frustration in that hair. This is what happens when parking is physics.


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The 2015 Dodge Challenger is coming, with a refreshed or new exterior and interior—and, possibly, a Super Bee edition. The first teaser images for the car and its Charger companion have hit the web ahead of its 2014 New York Auto Show debut.
The images reveal the nose of the Charger (above) and the instrument panel (below)--which will be shared with the 2015 Dodge Challenger, also coming to New York--primarily the tachometer, and while it's a sporty modern-retro gauge of goodness, there's an LCD screen in the center that shows a revved-up bee on wheels. And the history of bees and Dodges is an interesting one.
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In the 1970s, Dodge built several models with the Super Bee name, from the Coronet to the (then two-door) Charger. Offered as a low-priced performance version of the cars it was based on, the Super Bee wasn't as successful as some competitive brands, but it still holds a special place in the hearts of many Mopar muscle car fans. Could a new Super Bee be on its way? Quite possibly.
Alternatively, a similar logo has been used for the recent Scat Pack editions. The Super Bee also wore Scat Pack badges in the 1970s, the Super Bee name and logo being based on the original Scat Pack mascot--so it could merely be an indicator of that special add-on set of features.
An even hotter SRT version of the car, possibly to be named "Hellcat," is also expected to join the 2015 Challenger lineup.
Dodge hasn't released any more detail on what to expect of the 2015 Challenger just yet, but we'll have the full details, including live photos, fresh from the car's debut next week in New York.
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In this first article I'd like to briefly describe what attachment is. Broadly speaking, "attachment" generally refers to a connection between you and another person or something else. Informally, people talk about being "attached" to a person, pet, place, or thing. More specifically, attachment refers to an enduring emotional tie between two people. It is based on an emotional tie and grounded in trust and built upon a history of shared experiences (in technical terms, concordant inter-subjectivity is experience in which emotion, attention, and intention are shared and congruent).
In technical terms, we can describe the attachment system, attachment behavior, and patterns of attachment. Let's look at each of these for a moment.
Attachment System: The Attachment System is a biologically-based system that evolved to ensure the survival of the human infant. Essentially it is a "proximity-seeking" system. When an infant or child or person is threatened in some manner, the attachment system is activated and attachment behaviors exhibited. In some respects, the attachment system is like your home heating/cooling system. If everything is fine, the system is not in evident operation. Only when the temperature gets too hot or cold, does the system turn on. So too, only when the person's sense of safety and security is threatened is the attachment system "turned on" and attachment behaviors activated. When the person is threatened, the person then seeks proximity to a preferred other. For infants and children, that "preferred other" will be the primary caregiver. One's primary attachment figure can change over time. For example, if you were in a car accident, probably the first person you'd call, as a teenager, would be your primary caregiver (parent, grandparent, etc). As an adult, the first person you call might be your significant other or partner.
Attachment Behavior: Attachment behavior is proximity-seeking behavior. A young child may run to their parent, a young adult may call their parent or significant other. Seeking proximity to a preferred "other" leads to the person feeling safe, secure, protected. As the person's emotions become regulated, the attachment system is deactivated and the person can "get on with life." In a toddler, that is seen as the ebb and flow between the child exploring the area and playing and returning to the parent to "refuel."
Patterns of Attachment: There are several different patterns of attachment. These are not mental health diagnoses. The terms are descriptions of the pattern or manner in which the person manages and negotiates intimate and close relationships. Infants and toddlers may have different patterns of attachment with different caregivers. Around age three to five years the pattern becomes "crystallized," and the person will show primarily one pattern of attachment across all relationships. There are four patterns generally described in research literature. These are: Secure (or earned secure), two insecure patterns (for children: Ambivalent and Avoidant, for adults the corresponding insecure types are Preoccupied and Dismissing), and Disorganized.
In my next article, I will describe each of these patterns in detail with examples of children and adults exhibiting each pattern. You may also want to look at the related articles about Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy.
© Copyright 2009 by Arthur Becker-Weidman, Ph.D.. All Rights Reserved. Permission to publish granted to GoodTherapy.org.
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With her fierce intelligence and natural poise, Ivanka Trump is expected to be more than just a first daughter.
Since she was born 35 years ago, the cherubic blonde has been the apple of Donald Trump's eye as he toted her as a babe in arms to global functions and glowed with pride as she grew into a strong woman.
Ivanka and her brothers Donald Jr., 38, and Eric, 32, are already in leadership positions at the Trump Organization, managing the company's hotels and golf courses.
But Ivanka, a mother of three who converted to Judaism for her husband, Jared Kushner, is a media darling in her own right.
During Trump's campaign for the White House, Ivanka was seen more by his side than his wife, Melania, and was called on often to make stump speeches.
Trump hasn't hidden the fact he wants to bring his daughter into the White House with him.
When asked in August what women he would nominate to his Cabinet if elected, he offered only her name.
"I can tell you everybody would say, 'Put Ivanka in, put Ivanka in,' you know that, right?" Trump told Buzzfeed.
"She's very popular, she's done very well, and you know Ivanka very well," he said.
Although Ivanka has demurred about a possible West Wing role, saying she'd prefer to stay with the Trump Organization, her loyalty to her father has always been unswerving.
Ivanka spoke passionately about issues regarding working mothers at the RNC:


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text: INFINITY enters the digital realm! On the far-off Skrull planet of Hy'lt Minor, a single being stands before the awesome power of the armada of the Builders: the Silver Surfer! But will even the Surfer's Power Cosmic be enough to save as much as a single person from the unrelenting onslaught of the Builders' inexorable army of Aleph killing machines?


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Jackie Robbins Leather Waves Blog for "Leather Lovers"
Hello, I'm Jackie Robbins and I design and hand make my leather products in my Malibu "Leather Waves" Studio here in sunny southern California. This is a short overview of my business. I welcome you to my site and hope that you will continue to visit and become an official Leather Waves "Leather Lover"! Over time I will share with you my expertise in making Custom Leather Goods and the many stories I have to tell about my boutique that started in 1975, the fascinating clientele I've had the honor of working with over the years and their experiences wearing "Leather Waves". I invite you to ask questions and share your stories! Jackie Robbins designs and manufactures her leather products in house to customer specification. An entirely "American Made" product, with 35 years of experience backing up an extraordinary and long-celebrated career based in Malibu, California. She has designed clothing for many notables, celebrities and fashionistas here at home and abroad. Her clientele touts her abilities to translate personal fashion ideas into extremely skillfully executed finished garments and accessories in a timely fashion with a success rate of 100% plus. Specialty items include, leather jackets, leather shirts, leather pants, leather dresses (including evening, special occasion, and bridal), leather vests, leather belts, leather bags and purses (all types and sizes including specialized pieces for individual items), leather belts of every variety, leather hats, leather wallets, leather jumpsuits, shearling coats, shearling vests, shearling hats, customized riding clothes (horses and motorcycle), just to name a few. Superb skill in remaking existing leather goods and recycling used leather, suede and fur items. Customers are proud to wear Leather Waves because of it's unique and individual look and perfect fit, which clients continually say gets them many compliments, positive comments and show stopping stares! The "leatherwaves.com" website started in the year 2000, is now 12 years old, dynamic and becoming fully e-commerced this year, with archives that span 5 decades. Join the hundreds of satisfied people that adore the workmanship of Jackie Robbins and love wearing Leather Waves! Our site allows you to view Jackie Robbins Leather Waves designs for sale. One may place Custom Orders or buy available now Ready To Wear/Off the Rack merchandise. Custom Orders will allow you to customize any of our available designs or bring your original ideas to the Designer. We have developed methods to custom fit you through our internet relationship or you can make an appointment to visit us at the Leather Waves Studio in Malibu, California. We look forward to working with you on your very special project, Welcome to Leather Waves!


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AT&T to Webcast Presentation by Steve Caniano at Cowen Conference on May 28
DALLAS, May 21, 2014 — AT&T will webcast a presentation by Steve Caniano, Vice President, AT&T Global Business Solutions, at the Cowen and Company 42nd Annual Technology, Media & Telecom Conference in New York on Wednesday, May 28 at 9:30 a.m. ET. The webcast will be available live and for replay at AT&T Investor Relations.
About AT&T
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is a premier communications holding company and one of the most honored companies in the world. Its subsidiaries and affiliates – AT&T operating companies – are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and internationally. With a powerful array of network resources that includes the nation's most reliable 4G LTE network, AT&T is a leading provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed Internet, voice and cloud-based services. A leader in mobile Internet, AT&T also offers the best wireless coverage worldwide of any U.S. carrier, offering the most wireless phones that work in the most countries. It also offers advanced TV service with the AT&T U-verse® brand. The company's suite of IP-based business communications services is one of the most advanced in the world.
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The Christmas Sampler
The Christmas Sampler
in Support of the Glenn Memorial Woman's Clubs
November 3 - 4, 2023
Please note the new shopping hours!!
Premier Night: Friday, November 3, 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. Admission $10; bring your stub back on Saturday for FREE entry into the Sampler!
Saturday, November 4, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Admission $5.*Children Kindergarten & under are free! School-age children do require a ticket to enter.
The Christmas Sampler, located at 401 North Main Street (at "The Center") in Springfield, TN features more than 100 booths of quality arts, crafts, jewelry, children's clothing, specialty boutiques, antiques, and more.
The Federation sponsors a silent auction booth with many items from local businesses and vendors. The Silent Auction will end at 3:30 on Saturday.
Food and drink are available for purchase from Whitt's BBQ of Springfield.
The Christmas Sampler is sponsored by the Springfield Federation of Women's Clubs. Proceeds provide for the maintenance and restoration of the Glenn Memorial Home located in Springfield Historic District.


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PROJECT GRATITUDE DAY 79: I am thankful for Super Mario Brothers for making me feel like a kid again. All those hours of playing Nintendo back in the 80's is paying off as I bond with my son over some quality Wii time. Although I didn't know whether to be embarrassed or proud when he said, "Wow Mom, you're good."
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I am thankful for Mario Brothers too! My son LOVES to play it on the wii, but always asks for help. He is able to play Mario on our super nintendo though and it entertains him for quite some time. And that is what I'm thankful for!
Not that I let Mario babysit my children, or not pay attention to them, but sometimes momma just needs a little break. Mario comes in handy. 😉
Be proud. Your son thinks you're awesome, that's definitely something to be proud of. Thank you for your kind words. We're doing a lot better. When Jake was in 3A they put him on new meds, there are A LOT of pills but he says he can feel like himself through them and not like "a zombie" anymore which is good. It's all about finding the right mix to deal with the symptoms. We've also moved to a new, much smaller town, where he feels much more relaxed and not so anxious all of the time. We love it here, he actually sleeps through half the night most nights and occasionally a full night. We left the house in the care of some friends and the realtor. Hopefully it sells, if not, oh well, they'll foreclose on it but the house we're renting now is owned by another military family and they've offered to sell it to us in a few years so hopefully that will all work out because this house is beautiful. But anyway, sorry for the book. We're doing great now, thankfully. You sound like an awesome mom. I wish video games had been around when we were kids so I could've schooled my mom.
This is so sweet. My husband and I have played the old games on Wii and while he still is good at them, I can't play like I did when I was younger.


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Barry Spann is an international artist whose work is in many collections worldwide, including the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, London's Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Bibliothèquenationale de France, Paris. He was born in Dickson, Tennessee, in 1948, began drawing at three and studying painting at six. He learned printmaking at the University of Tennessee, and in 1978 began an association with the Trianon Press, Paris, producing the collotype livre d'artiste Twenty-Seven Landscapes, 1984. Spann is now a painter. His subjects include landscapes, still lifes, and Buddhas. He divides his time between Knoxville and Paris.
Still Lifes
Barry Spann is currently painting a new series of still lifes, oil on canvas. They were featured at a one-man exhibition at The District Gallery, Knoxville, from 6 October to 3 November 2017.
Le Cirque bouddha
A recent series of paintings, oil on canvas, is entitled Le Cirque bouddha (The Buddha Circus), Spann's name for this world in which we find ourselves.
Mountain Landscapes
Mountain landscapes have been an important part of the Spann catalogue for many years. Oil on canvas and paper, these paintings have been exhibited widely in the United States and Europe and are in many public and private collections.
In 1990, he was commissioned by Whittle Communications to produce the artwork for its new headquarters in Knoxville, Tennessee. The resulting million-dollar project, the largest of its kind in Tennessee history, culminated less than two years later in twenty-eight enormous mountain landscapes on thirty-nine canvases. The complex is today the Howard H. Baker Jr. United States Courthouse and most of the original paintings remain.
Mountains and Moon was painted in 2012 in commemoration of the efforts of The Honorable Thomas W. Phillips and The Honorable Thomas A. Varlan to restore the Barry Spann collection in the Howard H. Baker Jr. United States Courthouse in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Opéra décor
In 2013, Barry Spann was commissioned by the Paris-based Opéra de Poche to paint décor for a series ofchamber operas with scores by Evan Fein and libretti by Emily Anderson. The Island of the Ugly Sisters had its world première in Paris in 2013, City of Ashes in 2015. The Asian première of City of Ashes was in Beijing in 2016. Narcissa will première in Paris in the fall of 2017.
In the US, Spann will be painting canvases for Beauford, a chamber opera based on the life of artist Beauford Delaney. It will première in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 2019 with productions in Paris to follow.
Twenty-Seven Landscapes: 1977–1983
From his original series of graphite drawings, Barry Spann produced Twenty-Seven Landscapes: 1977–1983, 1984, a livre d'artiste of collotype prints. It is the last such work published in association with the TrianonPress, Paris, a fine books publisher known by its work for Britain's William Blake Trust as well as a succession of books done with Marc Chagall, Georges Rouault, Marcel Duchamp, and Ben Shahn. Nicolas Barker, OBE, formerly Deputy Keeper of the British Library, has called it 'a tour de force both artistic and technical.'
The Pursuit of Happy Results
The Pursuit of Happy Results by Emily Anderson, the book about Barry Spann and the making of Twenty-Seven Landscapes, was published in 1991 by David R. Godine, Boston. The introductory note is by Nicolas Barker.


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Klopp: 'Nobody thinks about' $100M Van Dijk fee anymore
Virgil van Dijk needed fewer than 12 months to justify the $100-million transfer fee Liverpool paid to secure his services in January, at least in the mind of manager Jurgen Klopp.
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Van Dijk, whose price tag remains the world record for a defender, quickly settled in at Anfield and helped the Reds reach the Champions League final inside his first five months at the club. Now, after beginning what will be his first full season at Liverpool, the 27-year-old is drawing praise of the highest order from Klopp.Following Monday's 2-0 victory over Crystal Palace, Klopp not only opined that Van Dijk has proven a worthy investment already, but went so far as to joke that perhaps "he was too cheap." While the gaudy fee grabbed all the headlines back in January, Klopp says, "Nobody thinks about it now" — quotes from ESPN.com:
"Quality costs a specific price. With cars, it's the case, and with players, too. Nobody thinks about it now.
"He's a player in this market who is worth it, and maybe now people think he was too cheap. He loves playing with these boys, and that's the most important thing."
The Reds are scoring goals for fun once again this season, leaving the defense as the only relative unknown this season. Through two games of the 2018-19 season, they are the only side in the Premier League to not have conceded a single goal.


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