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The fire chief of Atlanta, GA, Kelvin Cochran, was just dismissed because of a self-published book he wrote which was viewed as homophobic. According to Think Progress:
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed (D) announced Tuesday that he has fired Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran, who had previously been suspended for publishing and distributing a book condemning homosexuality..
. . . Since Cochran's suspension last month, he has become a bit of a martyr for conservatives, who believe he has been persecuted for his religious beliefs. J. Edgar White, executive director of the Georgia Baptist Convention, suggested that Cochran was among those "who are punished or marginalized for their faith" and called on Christians to purchase his book and support him.
Reed was adamant during Tuesday's press conference that Cochran's religious beliefs were not the reason he was fired. His book, Who Told You That You Were Naked?, was published in violation of Atlanta's Standards of Conduct, which requires approval from the Ethics Officer and the Board of Ethics. According to Reed, Cochran's "actions and decision-making undermine his ability to manage our fire department" because employees need to feel that they are "a valued member of the team and that fairness and respect guide employment.
That's the story before conservatives and the religious right will attempt to make Cochran the newest martyr of the concept of 'religious liberty.' 'Religious liberty' is a phrase these individuals have coined to claim that those who practice their version Christian faith in America are supposedly being persecuted because of their objections to homosexuality and marriage equality. To them, "persecution" is a wide and loaded term which includes being forced to serve gay customers or, as we see with the above situation with Cochran, not being allowed to "voice objections" to homosexuality in places where such objections aren't exactly conducive or appropriate to the environment.
It is a concept which is gaining speed now that marriage equality is becoming more accepted and swiftly the law throughout the country. 'Religious liberty' has gained support from the "fire and brimestone" sect, who see persecution behind every bush, to the concern trolls who clamor that since gays are gaining the right to marry, we should "be nice and respectful" to those who oppose our general equality.
In other words, "religious liberty" is a load of nonsense. It's equivalent to a good paint job a bad car salesman puts on an busted up clunker in a sad attempt to cover that it's stinker.
First of all gays were not given the right to marry. It was a right which should have been ours from the start and one which we earned by slowly slogging through the trenches and terrain of this ridiculous so-called culture war.
Then there is the second point. At what point are rights given in "tit-for-tat" compromises? Just where is it said that since gays are winning the right to marry, we have to forfeit our dignity, respect, and rights as taxpayers? Since when is there a right for businesses treat gays like second-class citizens even though our tax dollars help to keep these businesses safe? Since when is there a right to minimize our lives to a concept or a "lifestyle" so one can pretend that he or she is not denigrating human beings, even if that denigration is done on the job and, in the case of Cochran, by our bosses?
And why do gays have to deal with such treatment under the guise of "religious liberty" when no other group of Americans have to? Cochran's book also denigrated women and people of the Jewish faith. If there were no words about gays in his book, would there be any controversy regarding "religious liberty" with regards to his firing?
You can call it "religious liberty" all you want. I call it homophobia and it's worst kind, too. It's practiced by folks who are too self-righteous to step down from that nonexistent stairway to Heaven they think they are building for themselves.
Earlier this week, the lgbt community suffered a nasty defeat in Fayetteville, Arkansas. According to LGBTQNation:
Voters in Fayetteville, Ark., on Tuesday repealed a controversial LGBT-inclusive non-discrimination ordinance approved by the city council in August.
KFSM-TV reports that 52 percent of voters cast ballots to repeal the ordinance, compared to 48 percent who voted to retain the measure — a difference of fewer than 500 votes, with turnout less than 30 percent of registered voters.The ordinance, approved by the city council in a 6-2 vote on August 20, prohibited discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in the areas of housing, employment and public accommodations.
LGBTQNation points out how this vote got nationwide attention due to the inclusion of the reality television stars, the Duggar family:
Opposition to the ordinance gained national attention due in part to the efforts of the Duggar family of TLC's reality series "19 Kids and Counting." In August, Duggar matriarch Michelle Duggar recorded a robocall urging residents to pressure council members to oppose the measure, claiming it would lead to women going topless at public swimming pools, men using women's restrooms, and allow pedophiles and sexual predators to abuse people. As of October 31, the Duggars had donated $10,000 toward the city council campaigns of the ordinance's three most outspoken critics, two of whom were listed as contacts on a press release for the repeal effort.
In fact, when vote was announced, Josh Duggar, who spoke against the ordinance and is also employed by the anti-gay Family Research Council, sent out a mindboggling tweet claiming that overturning the ordinance was in actuality a victory for equality.
One good thing about this setback – however minor – is that it exposes the hypocritical nature of the Duggar family.
Folks who were angry at how the Duggars were spreading inaccurate information about the ordinance signed a petition demanding that their show be canceled. Other lgbt activists used the controversy to raise a large amount of money for an Arkansas charity, Lucie's Place, devoted to helping homeless lgbt youth.
The Duggars themselves and their allies claimed that they were under a so-called "malicious attack" by "radical homosexual activists" who attacked them because of their faith and sought to deny them their "religious liberty."
However, this victory in Fayetteville contradicts the "religious liberty" card played by the Duggars.
You can't exploit your fame as reality tv stars to bear false witness against the lgbt community and deny us equality while simultaneously claiming victimhood status when we react to your actions.
The sad thing is that I think the Duggars family actually think they can get away with this subterfuge.
The good thing is that in reality, they can't. And they won't.
Steve Anderson, the pastor of Arizona's Faithful Word Baptist Church, has caused shock and revulsion for his recent claim that the AIDS crisis would end if gays were executed. However through it all, folks are missing a point that only us wonky individuals would bring up.
In 2010, the Southern Poverty Law Center listed Anderson's church as an anti-gay hate group along with several other organizations. Of course much of the attention following this announcement had to do with the other groups SPLC listed, particularly the Family Research Council and the American Family Association.
In fact, it caused such a stir that FRC began a campaign entitled Start Debating, Stop Hating. Through this campaign, the group claimed that SPLC was trying to 'silence' Christian groups:
The surest sign one is losing a debate is to resort to character assassination. The Southern Poverty Law Center, a liberal fundraising machine whose tactics have been condemned by observers across the political spectrum, is doing just that.
The group, which was once known for combating racial bigotry, is now attacking several groups that uphold Judeo-Christian moral views, including marriage as the union of a man and a woman. How does the SPLC attack? By labeling its opponents "hate groups." No discussion. No consideration of the issues. No engagement. No debate!
FRC did not differentiate between itself and other organizations named as anti-gay hate groups. However the organization did run a full page ad in Politico. According to Talking Points Memo, several Republican leaders signed on to this ad:
The ad is undersigned by a number of leading Republican politicians, social conservative and mainstream alike: House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH), House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA), Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Sen, Jim DeMint (R-SC), Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA), Rep. Steve King (R-IA), and even Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli.
I should also point out that SPLC received considerable criticism from many circles for supposedly attacking "Christian groups."
So what's the point with me bringing all of this up? Certainly not to imply that FRC believes that gays should be executed. However, it should be noted that FRC is tacitly silent about Anderson and his church right now, both of which the organization defended in 2010, as are the Republican leaders who supported FRC's campaign back then.
And it should also be noted that Anderson's recent homophobic spew only proves SPLC's point about anti-gay hate groups who hide their vindictive nature behind "Judeo-Christian" beliefs. And also that SPLC was not trying to "silence Christians."
I think certain parties owe SPLC a huge apology right now.
Gary Bauer – the anti-gay talking head who helped undermine the fight against HIV/AIDS in the Reagan Administration
According to Right Wing Watch:
Anyone who is familiar with Gary Bauer's anti-gay extremism will not be surprised to learn that his bigotry goes way back. Just in time for World AIDS Day, we now know that when Bauer was working in the Reagan White House, he fought hard to keep gay people off the nation's first AIDS commission.
Right Wing Watch published part of a memo he sent to Reagan regarding this:
3. Millions of Americans try to raise their children to believe that homosexuality is immoral. In many states homosexual practices are illegal, including sodomy. For you to appoint a known homosexual to a Presidential Commission will give homosexuality a stamp of acceptability. It will drive a wedge between us and many of our socially conservative supporters.
4. While it is true that homosexuals have been major victims of AIDS, they are also responsible for its spread. Recent students show the average gay man with AIDS has had over 150 different sexual partners in the previous 12 months.
Bauer proposed instead appointing a relative of someone with AIDS, or a caregiver, or as a last resort, a "reformed" homosexual: "that is, someone not currently living a gay life style. We have identified several individuals that meet that criteria."
In the end, Reagan ignored Bauer's pleadings and appointed Frank Lilly, an openly gay geneticist, to the Presidential Commission on the HIV Epidemic.
Right Wing Watch also goes on to say that Bauer undermined the fight against HIV/AIDS in the Reagan Administration by keeping then Surgeon General C. Everett Koop from gaining access to the Reagan and the cabinet after the president asked Koop to prepare a report on AIDS.
Bauer's role as an anti-gay zealot in the Reagan White House was also revealed in "Faith in the Halls of Power: How Evangelicals Joined the American Elite" by D. Michael Lindsay.
As Kyle reported back in 2010, the book says Bauer interfered with the efforts of Surgeon General C. Everett Koop when he was tasked with drafting a report on AIDS for President Reagan:
[In 1986] President Reagan asked the surgeon general to prepare a report on AIDS as the United States confirmed its ten-thousandth case. Leaders of the evangelical movement did not want Koop to write the report, nor did senior White House staffers who shared Koop's evangelical convictions. As Dr. Koop related to me, "Gary Bauer [Reagan's chief advisor on domestic policy] ... was my nemesis in Washington because he kept me from the president. He kept me from the cabinet and he set up a wall of enmity between me and most of the people that surrounded Reagan because he believed that anybody who had AIDS ought to die with it. That was God's punishment for them."
It is also worth knowing that after leaving the Reagan Administration, Bauer became the first president of an anti-gay group we all know well - the Family Research Council. Under Bauer's leadership, the organization created an ugly catalogue of homophobic lies and cherry-picked science which eventually led it to be designated in 2010 as an anti-gay hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Bauer is presently involved in the Campaign for Working Families and Our American Values; two organization which supposedly works for "family values and faith." Bauer is also looked upon as one of the leading voices of the conservative evangelical movement.
In my eyes, Bauer has taken his place amongst such notables as 'Bloody Mary' Tudor, Tomas de Torquemada, and others whose manic religious zeal and self-righteous mindset caused untold chaos to a host of innocents.
To some folks, maybe I am being a bit hyperbolic. Perhaps, but then again perhaps not. I remember when HIV/AIDS came on the scene and began knocking down members of the lgbt community like a goddamn hurricane. I remember the ugly things people said about those affected by HIV/AIDS, such as when columnist Pat Buchanan said that nature was reaping retribution on the gay community.
And I remember, even though I was too young to take part in, the demand that Reagan address this issue. No one knows what would have happened had Reagan addressed the HIV/AIDS crisis sooner than he did. But it is rather nauseating and disturbing that there was someone in his cabinet who worked to undermine the fight against HIV/AIDS because he felt that those affected "deserved" what they got.
So what can be done with this knowledge of Bauer's "activities?" Just a simple word of mouth. Don't let it be forgotten. Tell the story. Repeat the story. Shine a spotlight on the story every chance you get.
History will not be kind to Gary Bauer, so long as we have something to do with it.
As a gay African-American, I've heard the argument about how "you can't compare the gay civil rights movement to the African-American civil rights movement" more times than I care to count.
The constant so-called moral outrage of some African-American heterosexuals when the topic is mentioned has gotten me to the point where my mind automatically tunes out the monotonous drones of how supposed sinful homosexuals are "high jacking" the civil rights movement or how gays "can't compare their sin with black skin."
As such, I almost missed the epiphany which occurred over two weeks ago.
I was vaguely scanning comments on a conservative site by an anonymous African-American female as she went on and on about how gays were never subjected to slavery, segregation or declared three fifths a person. While the logical side of my mind was gathering up the customary argument of how wrong it was for disadvantaged people of any stripe to play the "Oppression Olympics," the emotional side of my mind struck immediately.
"This is the most ignorant crap I've ever heard," I thought. "Just where in the hell does she think gay black people were during slavery and segregation? On a spaceship orbiting the Earth? "
I was instantly struck by oddity of what I had thought. Not that my outrage wasn't coming from a place of truth, mind you, but how the simple fact never entered my mind that yes, gay people were subjected to slavery, segregation and racism because of our skin. Just as LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) people of color exist now, we existed back then. Then it suddenly struck me again that I've never recalled any acknowledgement of this fact during the myriad of discussions, I've read, listened to or seen regarding comparisons between the gay and civil rights movements.
And why is that?
There have been numerous debates, articles, columns, movies and documentaries about how the legacy of racism has had a negative effect on so many aspects of African-American community, from our families to the way we interact with each other. It stands to reason that the legacy of racism didn't leave LGBT people of color unscathed. But information about what LGBT people of color did during those awful times in our history or what effect it has had on us is practically nonexistent.
It is a subject hardly ever mentioned. No one talks about it in the black community and that includes leaders, intellectuals, journalists, authors or any other person with some type of platform.
And this leaves me feeling as if the events of black history, which are supposed to be a part of my heritage, are nothing more than hand-me-downs donated to me out of charity because there are very few, if any, events which are specific to me as an LGBT person of color.
Or at least that's what I am led to believe by the black community at large.
It's all part and parcel of being an LGBT person of color. Generally in both the LGBT and African-American communities, LGBT people of color tend to always find ourselves in the background while someone else is doing the talking and planning. Apparently we are only good enough as faces but without voices or opinions regarding strategies or leadership. And our issues are not considered important, but examples of "identity politics" gone too far.
It is slowly (and I mean very slowly) changing in the LGBT community, but it is in the black community where LGBT people of color run up against a massive brick wall. There is a pattern of erasure which strips our presence from the majority of black history. And this pattern of erasure bleeds into day-to-day treatment and interactions. Personal biases and prejudices prevent us from being considered as genuine members of the black community and many heterosexual African-Americans conveniently ignore issues and concerns indigenous to us as LGBT people.
When African-American civic organizations talk about "the state of Black America," we are omitted. We are talked about as examples of how tolerant the black community is becoming rather than conversed with as African-Americans who just happen to be gay but with a genuine stake in the survival of the community. In the rare moment that we are able to interact with other members of the black community in discussions about our lives, we barely get a word in edgewise while they seem to always monopolize the conversation.
To some African-American heterosexuals, we are mere sidebars or addendums. We are objects they hurl Biblical scripture at to cover up their own religious shortcomings or soulless reservoirs of salacious gossip holding court in places like beauty parlors.
Supposedly righteous church ladies or upstanding church men smile in our faces but then hypocritically say rude things behind our backs because we seem "too butch" to be a "real woman" or "too swishy" to be a "real man." And while they do this, they are totally oblivious to the fact that we are hip to their behavior but will disguise our hurt as a show of respect.
Being an LGBT person is not considered an identity by some in the black community, but rather a condition placed upon you by an unfortunate occurrence or mishap. And for the benefit of those who know what I am talking about, no one "turned me out." I was born this way.
Some LGBT people of color condition ourselves to accept these roles and disrespect because we fear rejection and isolation. This behavior is often mistaken as a reason for the problem rather than a result.
The sad fact is that some in the black community at large simply refuse to see LGBT people of color in the same light as they would see each other. And the erasure of our voices and faces from black history is proof of this because it is an example of how they deny us our heritage and our place at the table on our own terms rather than the terms of their fearful and misguided perceptions.
And that simply has to change.
Erick Erickson's 'fat lesbians' remark demonstrates lack of accountability in journalism & Christianity
From Salon:
Conservative pundit Erick Erickson knows just who's to blame for the dearth of research funds devoted to combating Ebola: "fat lesbians."
In a post for his RedState.com blog this morning, Erickson assails a new ad highlighting the GOP's support for budget cuts that crippled the agencies charged with leading the response to Ebola. Over the weekend, National Institutes of Health director Dr. Francis Collins told the Huffington Post's Sam Stein that 10 years of stagnant spending on the agency has "slowed down" critical research. As Stein reports, the NIH's budget in fiscal year 2004 was $28.03 billion. In 2013, it was just $29.31 billion — "barely a change, even before adjusting for inflation," Stein notes. A Democratic bill to boost the NIH's budget to $46 billion by 2021 isn't likely to advance anytime soon.
But Erickson pooh-poohs the budget cuts to agencies like the NIH and the Centers for Disease Control. All the evidence you need that the agencies have plenty of cash, he argues, is in some of the research items they've funded.
Erickson's post, titled "Fat Lesbians Got All the Ebola Dollars, But Blame the GOP," cites an NIH-funded study examining why lesbians confront higher rates of obesity; the research is in line with other demographic studies examining public health challenges, but Erickson seized on the study to wage a demagogic attack on the agency for frivolously "studying the propensity of lesbians to be fat." He also attacked CDC research on gun violence and smoking cessation.
No doubt some folks will be attempting to pick "sense" out of nonsense and accuse me of not focusing on the content of Erickson's argument instead of the words he uses. I'm not going to argue the content of an argument fueled by nasty words and neither should anyone else. An intelligent debate doesn't begin with slurs.
But more to the point, where is the accountability here? I don't mean Erickson's employer, Fox News. If that den of propaganda began showing any accountability, Erickson would have to get in line when it comes to employees who should be reprimanded for ugly slurs.
I'm talking about from other journalists. Where is the outrage from folks who do care about this business and what image it presents? There is none. Erickson will probably continue to be cited, quoted, and respected in some quarters as a legitimate journalist.
And even more than that, Erickson has on more than on occasion attacked the lgbt community on the belief that we are sinning against God. He even spoke at the 2014 Values Voter Summit, the annual event put on by the Family Research Council, a group which claims to stand for Christian values. Naturally FRC, as well as other so-called morality Christian groups, are conveniently silent about Erickson's anti-lesbian slur.
In case the irony escapes you, that means Erickson believes homosexuality to be a sin, but slurring lgbts is cool with God.
All in all, any journalist or Christian who cares about integrity and credibility would be embarrassed to be associated with someone with no taste, no class, no dignity, and absolutely no sense of how hypocritical he is. One would think that they would bend over backwards to disassociate themselves from a sexist, homophobic "never was" who should thank God that he has more chances in the journalism business than the proverbial cat has lives.
But sadly, such aspirations of virtue are only a dream in many quarters of American journalism and Christianity.
Wednesday morning, several progressives groups including the NAACP, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and People for the American Way published an open letter in the Washington Post and The Hill which called out the Republican Party for its allegiance to anti-gay groups such as the Family Research Council and for the decision of several Republicans to attend that organization's upcoming Values Voter Summit.
Later that night, in a show of unbelievable stupidity, the Family Research Council took the bait by answering the letter via email with a bit of bravado and a lot of lies:
What annual event has the Left so worried that they are spending tens of thousands in advertising dollars to stop? You guessed it; the Values Voters Summit. In today's Washington Post, leftwing groups including GLAAD, (known for its failed campaign to fire Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson,) the anti-Christian Southern Poverty Law Center, and the George Soros-funded "Faithful America," signed onto a three-quarters page ad demanding that speakers "not attend the Values Voter Summit."
The lies came about when FRC attacked the Southern Poverty Law Center, which it has a special dislike of ever since SPLC declared it an anti-gay hate group in 2010:
Last year, the FBI dumped the SPLC as a website resource and the U.S. Army distanced themselves from the SPLC. A federal court ruled against the SPLC in a harassment lawsuit it brought against a pro-family group. Even the SPLC's own supporters are growing increasingly uncomfortable with the SPLC's attacks on free speech. It is odd that some people feel the need to attack those who are merely defending religious liberty and affirming the importance of the type o f relationship which naturally provides children with a mother and a father. There will continue to be disagreement on how marriage should be defined, but reasonable people can approach this subject respectfully, thoughtfully and passionately. If you are in the D.C. area this weekend, please join us at the Values Voter Summit as we exercise our First Amendment rights to free speech and assembly.
Don't be fooled by FRC's various claims.
Allow me to break it down.
1. Did the FBI dump SPLC as a resource?
No. According to the site Equality Matters:
As Good As You's Jeremy Hooper noted, the FBI continues to list SPLC as a partner in the fight against hate crimes on its website.
The right-wing narrative is also contradicted by an official statement from the FBI. In a statement to The Daily Caller, and FBI spokesperson said:
"Upon review, the Civil Rights program only provides links to resources within the federal government," an FBI spokesman told The Daily Caller. "While we appreciate the tremendous support we receive from a variety of organizations, we have elected not to identify those groups on the civil rights page."
2. Did the US Army distance themselves from the Southern Poverty Law Center?
No. FRC exaggerated on the incident. Last year, an SPLC briefing was held at Camp Shelby in Mississippi. In this briefing, certain SPLC-designated hate groups were listed, including the American Family Association. Conservatives and religious right spokespeople - such as Fox News personality Todd Starnes - falsely claimed that SPLC was attacking AFA for its religious values, when in actuality AFA was listed as a hate group because of the false and slanderous things it says about the lgbt community. These folks caused so much of a stink that future briefings were halted.
3. Are former supporters of SPLC turning their backs on the organization?
No. The link FRC provided as proof of this is a column from a conservative site, cnsnews.com, by an African-American woman named Catherine Davis. While she rails against SPLC, at no time did she ever indicate that she was ever a supporter of the organization. Nor was her column about SPLC's supposed attack on free speech. It was criticizing the lgbt community. Davis was allowing the predominantly white conservative establishment to use her in order to exploit the supposed gay vs. black divide.
4. What was the lawsuit SPLC "lost" against a pro-family group?
Even that claim by FRC isn't totally true. SPLC had sued an anti-gay group, Public Advocate (which is another SPLC-designated hate group), on the behalf of a gay couple whose personal photos the organization digitally altered and used for anti-gay campaign ads. The judge in the case only dismissed part of the lawsuit.
According to LGBTQNation:
U.S. District Court Judge Wiley Daniel agreed the photo's use was noncommercial and a matter of legitimate public concern. However, he also ruled the couple and their photographer have a possible copyright infringement claim.
In June, the photographer, Kristina Hill, won a judgement of $2501 against Public Advocate for copyright infringement.
Let's be real about something - none of the organizations who signed that letter are so naive as to think they could stop the Values Voter Summit from taking place nor could they keep Republicans from attending.
And certainly the purpose of the letter wasn't to stifle speech.
The purpose of the letter was mainly strategic. Its goal was to educate the public and continue debate about the real face of the Family Research Council and other groups who claim to stand for morality and Christianity.
Remember this passage in the letter:
These groups engage in repeated, groundless demonization of LGBT people — portraying them as sick, vile, incestuous, violent, perverted, and a danger to the nation.
The Family Research Council, the summit's host, is vigorously opposed to extending equal rights to the LGBT community. Its president, Tony Perkins, has repeatedly claimed that pedophilia is a "homosexual problem." He has called the "It Gets Better" campaign — designed to give LGBT students hope for a better tomorrow — "disgusting" and a "concerted effort" to "recruit" children into the gay "lifestyle."4 He has condemned the National Republican Congressional Committee for supporting three openly gay candidates.
Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association, a summit sponsor, has said the U.S. needs to "be more like Russia," which enacted a law criminalizing the distribution of LGBT "propaganda." He also has said, "Homosexuality gave us Adolph Hitler, and homosexuals in the military gave us the Brown Shirts, the Nazi war machine, and six million dead Jews."
Similarly, Mat Staver of the Liberty Counsel, another summit sponsor, has compared those who do not denounce same-sex marriage to those who remained silent during the Holocaust. Marriage equality, he has said, is the "beginning of the end of Western civilization."
And thanks to FRC's absolutely stupid decision to answer the letter, particularly with lies about SPLC, the groups who signed the letter succeeded in their purpose.
FRC's behavior reminds me of the fable of the vicious dog who bit so many people that a bell was hung around its neck so as to warn folks when it was coming. The dog, totally ignorant, took the bell as sign of distinction and rang it constantly.
Imagine how stupid it felt when an older dog said, "what you mistake for a mark of fame and honor is actually a reminder of how much of a disgrace you are."
Feel free to ring your bell anytime you want by responding to the claims that you are a hate group, FRC. No matter how much you lie, we know the truth.
And what you really are - a bad dog without a leash nipping at the heels of every lgbt you can find.
Proposed bill could allow adoption agencies to discriminate against gays while taking taxpayer money
This newest tripe, I mean action alert by the Family Research Council has gotten me a bit angry. The organization is pushing a bill which could allow adoption agencies and foster care providers to engage in anti-gay discrimination under the guise of religious freedom (see the bill here):
In California, Massachusetts, Illinois, and D.C. religious adoption and foster care providers have had their government funding pulled and have been forced to end services, simply because they continue to believe in the importance of a child having a mom and a dad. It's a sad sign of the times that some states have preferred to sever longstanding partnerships with faith-based providers rather than allow them to continue caring for and placing children informed by traditional moral beliefs about the family. This important legislation sponsored by Congressman Mike Kelly in the House and Senator Mike Enzi in the Senate will ensure that the interests of children are placed ahead of political correctness.
Specifically, this bill will prohibit discrimination against faith-based child welfare service providers by the federal government and by states receiving federal funds for adoption and foster care services. The Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act will prohibit such discrimination against faith-based child welfare service providers and will threaten states continuing such discrimination with a loss of federal funding. This important legislation will ensure that the maximum number of child welfare service providers can continue to advocate for children and will ensure that many adoptive families can continue to work with a provider which shares their core beliefs.
For the record, adoption agencies, religious based or otherwise, are allowed to place children in homes with mothers and fathers. What this proposed monstrosity could do is to allow religious based adoption agencies and foster care providers to discriminate against gay households while using our tax dollars.
No doubt, FRC and other supporters of this bill will attempt to paint the lgbt community as selfish if we raise any objections about this bill. It's definitely by intention that the organization uses vague code words and phrases about "core beliefs," children doing better with a mother and a father," "traditional moral beliefs" and all of the other board room talking points which are usually voiced by those seeking to deny the existence of same-sex households with children.
I don't think it's wrong or selfish for the lgbt community to assert our rights and dignity as taxpaying American citizens here. And I definitely refuse to believe that in doing so, we are hurting children.
It's been proven in study after study (the most recent being earlier this month) that we can raise children just as well as two-parent heterosexual households. This view has also been validated numerous times by the courts, including the Supreme Court when it overturned DOMA last year. . Therefore, in the case of adoption agencies and foster care providers who want to discriminate against gay couples, we are talking about organizations who want to assert their personal religious preference instead of what's best for the child.
If religious-based adoption agencies and foster care providers don't think that gay households are suitable enough to raise children then they shouldn't be so eager to have their hands out in order to receive gay tax dollars.
It's bad enough when it is asserted that we are not good enough to raise and nurture children. Having to pay for that non-privilege further reduces the gay community to the level of slaves in a masochistic relationship with our government . . . and all under the guise of "religious freedom."
It's not only a transparent tactic but highly cynical. And apparently it's the tactic that Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida is attempting:
While Rubio has consistently held conservative positions on abortion and gay marriage, his current emphasis appears to be an effort to appeal to social conservatives who have yet to settle on a favored candidate for 2016. "Even before this speech is over, I will be attacked as someone who is a hater or a bigot," Rubio said.
.. . In his remarks, Rubio acknowledged the United States has a history of discrimination against gays and lesbians. But he said he could not support such unions despite a quick-moving shift in public opinion in support of allowing same-sex couples to marry. "There is a growing intolerance on this issue," Rubio said of those who back same-sex marriages. He then urged his opponents to show civility: "Tolerance is also a two-way street."
No doubt, the folks at Fox News and members of the media who care more about attaining "access" than getting the story correct will fall for Rubio's junk.
But I agree with him that there needs to be civility on the issue. And let's start with addressing the following:
Staver: Gay Marriage Is 'A Direct Attack On Who God Is'
Klingenschmitt: Jesus Will Overrule The Supreme Court And Toss Gays Into Hell
Ben Carson Explains How Gay Marriage Is A Marxist Plot To Impose The 'New World Order'
Barber: Gay Marriage Is 'The Brainchild' Of Satan
Renew America Pundit Warns Gay Marriage Will Turn Us Into Marxist Slaves
If Sen. Rubio was honest with his cry for "tolerance," he would address those on his side of the argument with as much vigor as he attempts to place onus on us.
After all, we aren't the ones conjuring up images of Marxism, Satanism, or slavery.
It's not only a personal insult to me as an lgbt but also an African-American that Barber would exploit what I consider sacred images in order to make a false point.
There will be no "coming Christian revolt," Mr. Barber because no Christian in this country is being discriminated against. Being told to treat everyone the same is not discrimination. Providing goods and services to people whose taxes pay for the safety of your business is not discrimination.
Your disagreement with the fact that lgbts should have the same rights as heterosexuals is just that - YOUR disagreement. You have a right to believe that, but you don't have a right to codify it into law, particularly if your codification involves junk science, cherry-picked science, or out-and-out lies.
You are not entitled to anything, Mr. Barber. If you are, please educate me. And by all means, please tell me how the elimination of your entitlements ranks next to being denied the right to vote, segregation, lynching, being called "boy" or "gal" as a deliberate sign of disrespect. And if that's too difficult for you, then answer me this:
Where the hell do you get off exploiting the images and legacy of Americans who suffered for simple freedoms to justify the fact that you don't want to get off that pedestal of yours; a pedestal which you created based upon your concept of being a Christian.
Peep this, Mr. Barber and everyone else who thinks like you. Calling yourself a Christian does not give you special privileges in this country. Calling yourself a Christian does not make you a better American than me. And calling yourself a Christian does not absolve you from rights and responsibilities that all Americans have. This is not nor has it ever been a Christian nation and the rest of us who don't practice your beliefs do not exist here for your will and pleasure.
You are nothing but petulant spoiled child who mistakes the circles he runs with and the access he has as evidence of his own intellect and God's love for him when in fact its a strong possibility that these are evidence of God's love for the rest of us.
Sometimes giving a petulant child the very thing he wants is the best way to show the world just how much of a vulgar individual he really is.
And right now, Mr. Barber, you aren't looking pretty.
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A sexual act, pertaining to clapping your hands sideways (Akin to an otter grabbing a shellfish) on a person's genitalia and slapping their genitals against your chest to pleasure them.
I was going to hook up with this girl last night, but she told me she doesn't do otterjobs because of a bad wrist bone or something. I just walked out of the bedroom shaking my head.
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"Tequila is over 500 years old," says McDonnell '83, president of international operations and chief operating officer of Patrón Spirits International, a post he assumed in 2012 after being at the company for seven years. "The main perception people had about it was, 'forget about taste -- just shoot it!'"
But McDonnell was up to the challenge – and he credits, in part, his Suffolk education with preparing him to take the lead in changing tequila's perception around the globe through innovative marketing techniques.
"The result has been an amazing transformation of a 'low-brow' product into one of the most successful luxury spirits brands in the world, which I've helped expand into 130 countries," he says. "I couldn't imagine having achieved that kind of success without applying what I learned at Suffolk every day."
McDonnell joined Patrón in January 2005, reporting to the chief executive officer. In his new role, he monitors and manages the company's day-to-day activities, including overseeing Patrón's manufacturing, sales and marketing. He is also actively involved with the company's leadership in environmental responsibility.
But long before that, McDonnell was a Suffolk undergraduate serving in student government. He remembers being especially impacted by a visit to Washington DC. Meeting with congressmen and touring the White House, he says, laid the foundation for the principle of community he applies to his environmental work at Patrón and local and national civic engagement.
And the "Suffolk network," he says, "is real."
"It was my great pleasure recently to help a recent Suffolk MBA grad student," says McDonnell. "I hired him for Patrón, and he started just a few months ago."


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It seems we have had a pair of young Carolina wrens living amongst us this summer.
It seems we have had a pair of young Carolina wrens living amongst us this summer. I almost feel like calling them teenagers because they have been making some very silly and unwise family choices.
First, they made a nest in a birdfeeder we have on the deck railing. As soon as I saw what they had done, I was tempted to take it out. I had premonitions of the outcome, but the nest was so pretty and they had worked so hard on it – I did not have the heart to tear it out. And, who am I to get involved with the life and death roles of nature.
It is a hopper-type feeder and they had careful slid into the feeder, built their beautiful nest inside with small twigs, red cedar leaves, hair, moss and lichens – a work of art. The entrance was almost like a Hobbit hole as it came to a funnel right to the slit at the bottom of the hopper opening.
I knew when the eggs hatched as I saw them with moths, flies, and other bugs pinched between their small bills as they rushed in and out of their moss covered doorway. All the while, I said secret prayers the babies would fledge before "they" found them. No such luck.
I had been counting the days and I was sure the babies had just one or two more to go before they would be ready to fledge. As I had every morning, the first thing I did when I got up, I went to the back door and checked the bird feeder – I stood in disbelief. The birdfeeder roof had been ripped off and the beautiful nest had been shredded; moss, lichens, cedar, and hair were strewn-about everywhere. The wrens were nowhere to be seen. As always, the masked robbers had come in the night and stolen the babies for dinner! That was in July.
Then in mid-August, I was walking up to the front door. I did a double-take as I looked again to the right of the door where a large grapevine wreath hangs. A large lop-sided wren nest was built on the wreath. I smiled to myself. Ah, youth! They do not give up easily! The nest is so large I was afraid it was going to fall off of the wreath. I have been trying to figure out ways to bolster it up, but to no avail. I did move all of the furniture out of the way, so the only way a night-time creature could reach the nest was if it was over four feet tall.
Four eggs hatched and four bright yellow mouths reach for the sky every time I give a little click sound. Their cheep-cheep-cheeps are very faint, perhaps a safety measure for birds that often nest near people.
Most bird resources will tell you that Carolina wrens will have 2 – 3 broods, April – July. Here we are in September with four babies in a wreath. Ah, youth…


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SAN FRANCISCO — We're here at AT&T Park, ready to kick off the eighth World Series in nine years without a New York presence tonight. And clearly, by seeing how the Tigers and Giants reached baseball's Promised Land, there are lessons for the Yankees (and Mets, eventually) to learn.
You want to make the Fall Classic? You need to sign a pitcher to a seven-year, $126 million contract and watch him fall on his face for most of the first six years so that he's viewed as one of the worst free-agent signings in baseball history — only to bail you out in a must-win semifinal game.
Want a parade? The secret is to acquire a designated hitter-outfielder who 1) can't hit very well; 2) fields even worse; and 3) gets arrested in Manhattan for allegedly assaulting two people while (allegedly, again) shouting anti-Semitic slurs. While allegedly drunk. And then suddenly turns it on in the semifinals.
Now I can understand why Yankees fans are so angry with the team's front office. Where was baseball's richest team when World Series Game 1 Giants starter Barry Zito and ALCS MVP Delmon Young were available?
No if these two flawed finalists have displayed anything, in what should be a Tigers blowout, it's that there's no magic formula to getting here. Besides, you know, playing well and winning games.
To borrow from the well-respected baseball guru Derek Jeter, the best team doesn't necessarily win it all. It's the team that plays the best.
"We're here," Tigers first baseman Prince Fielder said yesterday, before his team worked out. "I don't know what we did. We just got here."
In Major League Baseball, the Tigers and Giants ranked 11th and 12th, respectively, in runs scored. San Francisco and Detroit ranked eighth and 11th, respectively, in runs allowed. They were good but not great teams in the regular season that capitalized on easy schedules and, in the Tigers' case, took their sweet time getting their act together. Detroit gave up sole possession of the AL Central penthouse on July 24 and didn't regain it until Sept. 26.
No, neither team hit many home runs, to address a favorite talking point from angry Yankees fans. The Giants ranked dead last in the majors, with 103, while the Tigers ranked 16th with 163. Nevertheless, the Tigers out-homered their opponents, 8-6, in the first two rounds of the playoffs, while in the National League, the Giants have gone deep 10 times to their opponents' eight. So it's not like Detroit and San Francisco have gotten by just on savvy and small ball.
You know what else differentiates the Tigers and Giants from the Yankees? Both put up terrible enough seasons in the last decade — Detroit in 2003, San Francisco in 2007 — that rewarded them with high draft picks. Now Game 1 starter Justin Verlander, drafted second overall in 2004, and Giants catcher Buster Posey, drafted fifth overall in 2008, are franchise players in their primes. Great job by the two organizations to scout, sign and develop these guys, but do I see any takers for a Yankees last-place finish?
These two clubs deserve a world of credit. They played well enough in the regular season to qualify for the tournament, and they have excelled in prime time.
"Guys are just stepping up really, really well in the pressure situations," Giants ace Matt Cain said. "And they're having a lot of fun with it."
The Tigers' greatest baseball operations strength is the boldness of owner Mike Ilitch and general manager Dave Dombrowski. They have Fielder and Miguel Cabrera because they were willing to invest huge dollars for Fielder in free agency and significant prospects for Cabrera in a 2007 trade with the Marlins.
The Giants? Their best attribute is probably their ability to consistently build a team around their pitcher-friendly ballpark, with former Yankees pitcher Dick Tidrow, the team's vice president of player personnel, a wiz at discovering and molding young pitchers.
Sarcasm aside, something can be learned from clubs that go all the way. Not everything, though.
The Yankees' model of power, patience and pitching has worked before, even with many of the players who are currently reviled in New York. We'll see different styles this coming week, yet we shouldn't view them as cure-alls.
Besides, if you really want Young and Zito on the Yankees next year, both will be quite obtainable this winter. First, let's see which of them and their teams have any more autumn magic in them.


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Tia Davailus is representing the state of Pennsylvania at the National Miss United States pageant that is being held this week, July 2-7, in Washington, D.C.
Tia Davailus, a 2006 North Pocono graduate, has been competing in the Miss United States organization for nearly 11 years. But after being involved in a terrible car accident in April 2012, which resulted in two major reconstructive surgeries and an entire year of rehabilitation, her dream of being crowned Miss Pennsylvania (and Miss United States) was shattered and began to slowly fade away. Luckily, all of that changed due to her willingness to dig deep and fight to keep her dream alive.
Tia was always known as someone who was willing to put in the work needed to reach her goals, whatever they may be. So, following the two surgeries she underwent last year as a result of the accident, she was determined to return to competing in pageants once again.
Typically, the state preliminary for the Miss United States pageant is held in November, so naturally Tia was unable to compete as she was still rehabbing the injuries she suffered from the car accident.
However, after learning that the Miss United States organization was holding their Pennsylvania preliminary in April 2013, she said, "I entered into the pageant and set a goal for myself both mentally and physically."
On April 6, Tia reached that goal and was crowned Miss Pennsylvania in the Miss United States pageant that was held in Atlantic City, NJ.
As a result, she is now representing the state of Pennsylvania at the National Miss United States pageant that is being held this week, July 2-7, in Washington, D.C.
"As Miss Pennsylvania United States 2013," Tia mentioned, "I am honored to have the opportunity to represent Pennsylvania not only to compete for the title of Miss United States, but to dedicate and engage myself in charitable fundraising and public awareness events. It is an absolute honor to hold the opportunity to make a positive impact on our society!"
Over the course of her 11-year career competing in pageants, Tia has remained humble and has always taken great pride in staying true to herself, without comprising her morals, ethics, values and beliefs.
"I've always prided myself on being my own person," she explained.
"Throughout all of my years competing, I have never trained to be like the winner from the previous year," she added. "I want only to present the very best version of myself and what I stand for."
She went on to say that the "crown" was never her goal either.
"The crown to me is a means to further opportunities," she said. " I've heard competitors say when training they run miles with the vision of the crown at the finish line."
She continued, "When I train I see the crown as a check point, and once I hit that I start sprinting into a completely new level of opportunity."
Tia is also involved in the following organizations: American Cancer Society, Relay for Life, American Trauma Society, March of Dimes, Suicide Prevention and Awareness, Substance Abuse Resistance, and Best Buddies.
In addition to various social causes she is involved with, Tia is currently working to establish her own advocacy campaign - a seat belt utilization campaign called "Across My Heart."
"The message I hope to send is simply wear your seat belt," she explained. "It is a simple, controllable concept that is the difference between life and death.
"It is not every day we have control over accidents or any realm of tragedy," she offered. "Our seat belts are at our finger tips. I am hear today because I was wearing my seat belt."
Tia, a 2010 graduate of Saint Joseph's University, is the daughter of Edward and Terri Davailus of Covington Twp. Her siblings are Edward and Abby, and her grandparents are Fred and Babe Treitz and the late Edward and Pauline Davailus.


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Summer classes require balancing relaxed mood with intense pace
It's summer at Texas State. Parking's closer. Traffic's lighter. The river and its banks are less crowded. On campus, you can walk without dodging skateboards and bikes. Classrooms seem bigger — you don't trip over backpacks as you squeeze between desks. If professors don't mind, you can even prop up your flip-flops.
Only one problem: The seemingly relaxed pace doesn't extend to studying for summer classes. If you don't get your textbooks and the syllabus early, you may saunter unprepared into a lecture on two chapters — or an entire book! Continue reading


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While visiting the Clay Co. Genealogy Society in Center Point, Indiana, I found the following abstract in the Rodenbarger Family File.
Dem. Archives, Oct. 27, 1870
d. John Rodenbarger, at res, Wash. Twp, Sat. Oct 22, 1870, 86 yrs. res of twp for more than 25 yrs. Member German Reform Church. father of 19 ch., step-father of 2 ch.
Johannes was born on 22 July 1785 in Pennsylvania. His parents were Johann Georg and Elisabeth (unknown) Rothenberger. Johannes married Elisabeth prior to 1809 when their son Samuel was born. Johannes and Elisabeth's first three children (Samuel, Leah, and Rachel) were born in Upper Milford Twp, Northampton Co, Pennsylvania.
In March of 1829, the Rodenberger family was living near Montgomery Co, Ohio. In July 1832, Johannes purchased land in Wayne Co, Indiana and sold the property in December 1846. He purchased land in Clay Co., Indiana in January 1846.
I believe Elisabeth died while the family was living in Wayne Co, Indiana after the 1840 Federal Census. Johannes married Catharine (March) Schromyer, a widow with two children, between 1842 and 1844.
The September 20, 2011 post has photos of Johannes' gravestone.
Genealogical information on the members of my family tree. Surnames include Cleveland, Correll, Cully, Dawson, Dice, Dillon, Doumont, Edmundson, Gafvert, Graffius, Greenawalt, Grindstaff, Hardin, Harrison, Haworth, Holiday, Johnston, Moreland, Nelson, Pettit, Rinehart, Rodenberger, Ronning, Rudy, Scarborough, Shields, Spring, Stoner, Taylor, Trimble, Wood.
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Lots of Industrial Magic Razzel Dazzel but the story was convoluted.
I wish the movie was less than two hours but we liked the story.
Excellent story. The last one for Carrie Fisher.
I wish the force made this movie disappear
I enjoyed this movie from the begining to the end.
lol Princess Leia flying. Despite of some ridicules scenes I still like this movie.
Pure garbage.
Good movie. I had a lot fun watching this adventures story.
where was jar jar binks!!! no jar jar no good
My family went to see this movie and I did not want to go because some of the reviews. Finally I was able to watch the movie and the film was amazing. :)
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plebayo wrote:She seems to be in good spirits regardless. Tonight we left work and when I let her out of the kennel she was racing around and play bowing and acting like a total dork. I want to remember these moments because when she does things like that, that is when she's really being herself. Thanks for the good thoughts.
That's what we're here for... to help you remember these things, not the not-happy things.


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In the afternnon keynote presentation, Search and Display Focus – Alain Heureux, President & CEO IAB Europe covers the vital topic of data protection online and the ways to regulate and protect the use of informaion online in a way that protects privacy at the same time as allowing freedom for the individual user as well as the advertiser.
Street ma4, 4Square, Facebook and the good old cookie are all under attack from the EU and other regulators in their quest to protect web users. When the cookie law comes in later this year, it is up to each individual EU country to decide whether cookies should be opt-in or opt-out. Alain makes a passionate argument that cookies should be opt-out. In other words, people should not need to specifically ask webistes to remember their passwords and language of chouce, for example.
But what about the future of online marketing? Well, today it is poorly targeted, poorly explained and far too cheap. We can boost demand and quality by making the process of online marketing simpler and therefore more mainstream.
Following this highly interesting keynote speech, the floor opened to questions from the audience.


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Q: I'm wondering if you could locate a recipe from Pistache French Bistro for me? I get their Moules Frites "Mariniere" every time I'm there with a glass of Rosé. It brings me back to the summers I spent in the south of France. I would love to know how to duplicate this at home. Merci! — Monica Campbell, Boca Raton
A: Thierry Beaud, proprietor of Pistache French Bistro (101 N. Clematis St., West Palm Beach; 561- 833-5090, pistachewpb.com), hails from Bordeaux and grew up in Marseille and Paris. His fond childhood memories include time spent dipping french fries in bowls of Mariniere broth at the local brasserie, Léon de Bruxelles. "You could order mussels any way you want there. But I always went for the Mariniere," he said. "My father was a banker and traveled a lot. So when we went out to dinner, it was quality family time for us to catch up. This is when I developed a passion for food." You may recognize Beaud from his seafood restaurant and raw bar just across the bridge in Palm Beach, PB Catch (251 Sunrise Ave.; 561-655-5558, pbcatch.com).
France's national holiday, Bastille Day, is coming up. Commemorate it at Pistache on July 13 with dinner and "bal populaire" or July 14 with brunch, entertainment and the fifth annual Waiters Race. Bon appetit!
Q: We had lunch at GG's and loved the white bean soup. We have been going there for years and have never had a bad meal. Could we get the recipe? — Jim and Norma Sumner, Davie
A: "It's just like my grandmother's soup," said owner and chef George Delgardio, of his family's recipe. GG's of New York (5440 N. State Road 7, Fort Lauderdale; 954-484-0400, ggsofny.com) is a culmination of more than 75 years and three generations in the restaurant biz. Delgardio's grandparents in 1937 ran Troy Restaurant and Pizzeria on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, N.Y. In 1950, Delgardio's father opened Del Dio's Pizzeria and Restaurant in Canarsie. A South Florida vacation in 1975 was all it took for he and his wife to fall in love with the weather and relocate. Now in its 37th year, GG's has become a local favorite known for family style cooking, pizza, classic Italian specialties and a relaxed atmosphere.


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ScottJMiller necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 59 diseños de 23 diseñadores freelance.
We will use a video at or near the top of the main page to grab attention. This video will be in a custom player that you design and should be the focal point of the page.
Please take a look at our existing website for our representatives http://scott.zurvita.biz, we're looking for a much different look but we will want to keep two of these elements. These elements can look different (color scheme for example) but they will need to be on the page.
The "this site hosted by" section needs to be 220 x 116
The footer should contain the logo and all existing elements. You'll find greater details below.
We will use a menu on the site but we are open to the possibility that the menu on the main page could be positioned below the video so people will be more inclined to watch the opening message.
The homepage will contain very little text, the message we want to convey will be through the use of video.
The other page which you will design may look graphically similar or identical however we would prefer to have a more typical menu location.
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- Need slogan "A higher way of life" somewhere in top third of the page
- Need custom video player for a video 400 x 225 - video player should be in top 3rd of site and dominantly displayed.
- Use existing logos and color palette - logo guide and logos are available at http://getoutnow.com/zurvitalogos/elements.zip and http://getoutnow.com/zurvitalogos/guide.pdf
- The "This site hosted by" section should be 220 x 116 and should be in the same location for both pages
- The footer (or some kind of footer that looks similar to the current site) should be in the same position on both pages
- Menu should include the following elements in order from top to bottom (or in the case of the main page, from left to right) Home Opportunity Products Company Join Zurvita Request Info
- Submenu items under Opportunity (in order) Compensation Plan Join Zurvita Testimonials Contact Me
- Submenu items under Products (in order) Energy Health Tech Care Saver
- Submenu item under Company Founders Message
- The footer should also include an additional item Z-Center
- Need an additional design element to include testimonials. This graphic element will contain a picture of the person giving the testimonial with a short headline to the right (6 or 7 words) and room for 4 or 5 lines of text under the graphic and headline. This TV window (best description I could think of) should be approx 90 x 60
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A University of Montana history professor will discuss "Empires of the Sun: Big History and the High Plains" during the fourth annual Pilster Great Plains Lecture Series at the Mari Sandoz Heritage Society's annual conference at Chadron State College Sept. 26 and 27.
Dan Louie Flores is the A.B. Hammond Chair in Western History at the college in Missoula. He specializes in cultural and environmental studies of the American West and has received an array of awards for articles and books about the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains from west Texas into Montana. His presentation is free and will be at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 26 in Memorial Hall.
Flores was born and raised and received much of his education in historic Natchitoches, La., where his family had lived for nearly 300 years. He earned both his bachelor's and master's degrees from Northwestern State University in that city and holds a doctorate from Texas A&M University.
He taught at Texas Tech University at Lubbock and has been at the University of Montana for 20 years. He also has a home in the Galisteo River Valley outside Santa Fe, New Mexico.
He has written three books about the Southern Plains, one of which, "Caprock Canyonlands," has been in print continuously since 1990. Now a resident of the Bitterroot Valley of Montana, he has written three more books about his new geographic region. His latest book, published in 2010, is "Visions of the Big Sky: Painting and Photography in the Northern Rocky Mountain West."
Flores is working on three more books, including: "Bringing Home all the Pretty Horses: The Horse Trade and the American West;" "The Sacred Circle: Indians and Buffalo in North America's History," and "Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History."
He notes that he has a long association with the works of Mari Sandoz. "When you grow up fascinated by open, horizontal yellow spaces, you discover Mari Sandoz early on. 'Cheyenne Autumn' was my introduction to Sandoz and I read it while I was still in Louisiana…. At some point along the way I also was captivated enough by 'The Horsecatcher' that I still use that book in the Indians/Bison/Horses course I have long taught at the University of Montana. In other words, I've been living with Mari Sandoz books within reach on my bookshelves for the better part of 40 years," Flores said.
Topics for breakout sessions Sept. 27 include: Setting the Water Table; Women and Drought; Indigenous Approaches to Drought and the Environment and Ranching and Forestry on the Plains. Registration is available on the society website at www.marisandoz.org.
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It's been a year since my last blog post. A year. A lot has happened in that year, my life is very different than it was as I wrote "My Thoughts on Phish as 2011 Closes." I'm a different person, and the things that make me happy have changed significantly. But here, as 2012 closes, I'm finding myself writing something I simply never expected to write. See, I didn't order the Phish MSG webcasts. As I've been slaving over the Phish.net forum, crumbling due to the site's size and several less-than-optimal code routines, I've been thinking something I've just not had the guts to say out loud: I just don't care that much about Phish anymore.
I looked over the setlists for the last three nights, and I'm sorry to say, they just aren't that interesting to me anymore. They look totally tired, many of the songs being a total snoozefest for me these days. Friday night included this opening combo: Stealing Time, Moma, Funky Bitch. I would've slit my wrists if I went to NY and got that threesome. The set was rescued, song wise, by Stash, Nellie Kane, and what I'm told is a fantastic Wolfman's, the problem is, I just don't even care enough to check it out. I hope I get the interest to check out the Tweezer that everyone says is "one of the best of 3.0," but the fact is, I'm beginning to realize that I just don't like 3.0 Phish that much.
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|2008-01-09, 05:53
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I'm sold. They really captured the whole thing. Amazing.
The animation isn't top quality, but I'm willing to forgive it because the art is so perfect (and at times, worthy of freeze framing).
I must know who sings the opening song! The ed, while nice, made me giggle a little because of the slight slur in the English. An amazingly good attempt though.
Can't wait for the next episode.
|2008-01-09, 05:53
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the only fault i could see with spice and wolf is slightly stilted animation, but as that's not really the focus of the series, it did little to detract from my enjoyment of the first episode. we were properly introduced to the setting, which is a huge breath of fresh air compared to the constant deluge of contemporary comedy/romance and sci-fi action, and given sketches of the primary characters. lawrence and horo make for an interesting pair, with the potential for a great deal of nuance -- they contrast in interesting ways, but have enough similarities in their personalities to provide for a complex relationship.
i haven't really found any reason to be compelled to post about anything in the past season or two, but this is definitely something worth following for now.
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It's Horo, not Han Solo.
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I caught this while eating lunch, but while I came in expecting the only saving grace to be the music and background art, it was better than I expected. Don't know if that says much, but for something I swore I was going to watch just for the OP and ED, I'm pleasantly surprised that I watched all the way till the end.
I can't get into the characters just yet, but there's something about it that sets it a little bit apart from your average low-budget light-novel adaptation set in the country side (alright, is there something like that anyway? I'm just making this up) Normally I'd be bored to death, but perhaps I have a bias towards the lovely setting and there is promise in the story. Although I do think Horo's voiceacting didn't quite click with me and I couldn't stop thinking "why is Lelouch here?" even though I don't watch Code Geass, dammit...
Maybe I'll just watch it when I'm free - I just hope it doesn't get majorly fuxx0red along the way.
EDIT: For you guys who like the composition of the OP music, it's by this guy called Tomohiko Kira - he composed the 12 Kingdoms ending song. If you want to look for more music by him, look for "ZABADAK" Not all of it is like the OP though.
|2008-01-09, 12:02
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Wow, already fansubbed, that was fast.
Does anyone else besides me wonder whether we'll see Kuroe again?
She served her purpose as a very effective temptress, but he completely blew her off.
(i wonder if horo was watching kuroe's atakku)
Horo reminds me vaguely of youko from inukami, except that her chosen target is not a slavering perv. (he actually has very high self control)
Lawrence has clearly shown that he considers Horo a romantic taisho (he imagined her face when looknig at Kuroe, and he even joked about taking horo as an lover ) But I dont think Horo has
done anything of the kind in return... Kataomoi ?
|2008-01-09, 14:02
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I enjoyed the anime though I never did pick up the manga since the genre isn't in the realm I'd be interested to read. As an anime, though, it's cool. Come to think of it, I'm doing the same for Oofuri and Gintama. Haha.
The OP sets the mood very well and the ED wraps the episode up on a merry and whimsical note. And since it's 12 episodes, it's not gonna be hard to collect. Definitely a keeper.
|2008-01-09, 14:11
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I enjoyed the first episode, had a lot of different content from the manga (finished at the end of chapter 2 pretty much) but seemed to fit fairly well. I felt the VA's were fairly good, I've been a fan of Ami Koshimizu since I heard her Anemone in Eureka Seven and I liked her Horo. OP was nice and sounded much better than it did in the camrip trailers. The Engrish ED started off badly but got better as it went on, doubt I'll watch the ED again though.
Oh and after a few words I hardly even thought of Lelouche to be honest..
|2008-01-09, 14:14
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The manga is also targeted towards an older audience (though younger than the novel's intended victims), as it is being serialized in Dengeki Maoh, a monthly seinen manga compilation which also publishes such works as the most recent Persona and Disgea manga.
Anyhow, it's pretty good reading. [Moob]'s scanlating it. Check ClockworkGiantPandas.com for links, if you change your mind.
|2008-01-09, 14:29
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Can't say I'm too fond of Lawrence type of voice makes his character feel different then what I felt from the manga. From what I imagined when reading the manga Lawrence would had a older and wiser type voice from but in the anime the voice actor makes him feel as if his younger and not that wise.
As for the animation it was decent a bit stiff at several parts but not bad overall hope it stays consistent. For some odd reason I liked the ED.
|2008-01-09, 15:08
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according to ANN, Lawrence is 25....looks a lot older to me; with the gray hair and all. Overall, seems like a pretty interesting anime, probably stick with a few more episodes to see where the story goes from here.
|2008-01-09, 15:24
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After a rewatch with the subs, this somehow seems a lot more interesting than the first watch (maybe I was sleepy during then ). I can now see why lawrence sounds like lulu but I can hear that he is trying his best not to ^^ And so the adventure between man and wolf begins - Funny how I hardly noticed the amount of naked service comething from this ep even though it sticks out like a sore thumb - must be "mature" the mood of the series Still haven't adjusted my ears to the engrish end...and I don't think I will XD
|2008-01-09, 15:33
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It's Horo, not Han Solo.
Join Date: Jun 2006
Anyhow, subs on Veoh: http://www.veoh.com/videos/v2577758jCeffqXf
Not working for me unless I use VeohTV. Oh well.
|2008-01-09, 15:54
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I'm not sure what I was epecting from the series, but the first episode was a complete bore to me. I hope it picks up soon and with more creativity, as of is, it's completely flat. Good animation though. And that guy must not be very straight to be standing and talking to a naked Horo, who is less than an arms length away, without any reaction!
|2008-01-09, 15:59
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Lawrence's decently straight. Didn't you notice the way he spaced out when Chloe made her "developments" a little more obvious? Hmm?
|2008-01-09, 16:25
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First off, I have to say the OP is great. Both the music and the lyrics. Definitely looking forward to the full length version. The ED is a bit silly but the illustrations make it cute.
I didn't find the episode boring at all. It was slow to develop, but I think they used the time well to introduce the characters and the setting. I expect good things from this.
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EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. – MIT banged out 12 hits and took advantage of four Johnson & Wales errors to score a 12-5 non-conference baseball victory over the Wildcats this afternoon at Pierce Field. Sophomore Hayden Cornwell (Newport Beach, Calif.) went 3-for-5 and scored twice, with junior Creed Mangrum (Sandy, Utah) and senior Ricardo Perez (Vienna, Va.) each driving in a pair of runs to lead the Engineers.
MIT (10-2) struck early for three runs in the first after freshman Jacob Rothman (Charlotte, N.C.) started things by reaching on an error and then moving to second on a wild pitch. With one down Mangrum doubled to the gap in right center to plate the first run of the game. Cornwell followed with a triple to make it 2-0 before coming home on a ground out off the bat of Perez.
The Engineers added to the lead in the second, loading the bases with one down for senior James McKinney (Wakefield, R.I.) who singled to right to score one run. Mangrum then added his second RBI of the day on a sac fly to bump the Engineers lead to 5-0.
Sophomore K.J. Parent (Knoxville, Tenn.) started for MIT and scattered a pair of hits over the first two innings before running into some trouble in the third. Johnson & Wales (12-5) got singles from Tyler Newell and Kory Ferullo around a fly out, with both runners advancing a base on Ferullo's hit when it was misplayed in right. Alex Pezzuto then delivered both runs with a single to left to make it 5-2.
Two more in the fifth for the Wildcats made it a one-run game. With two away Ferullo singled ahead of Zack Boyes, who also singled. His ball was misplayed in the outfield, however, allowing both runners to score. MIT got one back in the sixth when sophomore Parker Tew (Chapel Hill, N.C.) and junior Jon Rea (Palo Alto, Calif.) picked up back-to-back singles, with Tew advancing to third. The pair then pulled off a double steal, with Tew's run making it 6-4 in favor of MIT.
MIT then took advantage of a Johnson & Wales error in the seventh, scoring three times on just one hit. The Engineers loaded the bases when the first three hitters reached on a hit batter, a walk and a single. Perez then hit a ball to third that was misplayed into an error, allowing two runs to score. Tew then drew a walk to load the bases again before Rea lofted a sac fly to center to bring in the third run.
Johnson & Wales got one of the runs back in the bottom half of the inning, loading the bases on pair of hits and a hit batter. With one down Pezzuto grounded out to short for an RBI, making it a 9-5 game.
MIT iced it in the top of the ninth scoring three more on three hits and an error, with Tew getting an RBI groundout and freshman Kendall Helbert (St. Louis, Mo.) and RBI double.
Helbert finished with a pair of hits for MIT, going 2-for-5 while scoring once and driving in one. Ferullo led the attack for the Wildcats, going 4-for-5 and scoring twice, with Pezzuto finishing 2-for-4 and driving in three. Freshman Nicholas Locascio (Naples, Fla.) picked up his first career win for MIT, going 1.1 innings in relief without giving up a hit while striking out one. Johnson & Wales starter Jake Marchesseault took the loss, falling to 2-2 after going six innings and giving up seven hits, six runs, only two of which were earned, and striking out six.
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The Capitals are coming off two exciting 4-3 wins against the Phoenix Coyotes and Winnipeg Jets and are hoping to head to Buffalo this weekend with a 9-1-1 home record. They close out their three-game homestand today against the New York Rangers today at 4 p.m.
The Caps lost their last three regular season contests against New York and were outscored 15-1 in those games. However, the Caps handled the Rangers in the opening round of the playoffs, eliminating them in five games.
The Rangers come into Verizon Center as one of the hottest teams in the league riding a seven-game winning streak before dropping the last two by a total of six goals to one.
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I am a veteran of Christmas trips.
I am a veteran of Christmas trips.
My father was in the Navy and, unless we lived overseas, we traveled to my maternal grandparents� home every Christmas. It was a long, long trip made even more insufferable by our father�s unwillingness to stop so we could avail ourselves of the restroom facilities along the way. Basically, we had to time our bathroom trips with refueling stops. That�s not easy for little kids. Nor was it easy for a mother who had to use the bathroom as often as we did.
Daddy handed us a coffee can with a plastic lid and told us to use it if we had to pee while he was driving. For a 7-year-old in the back of a Rambler station wagon traveling 90 miles an hour along an interstate in the pitch darkness, trying to pee in a coffee can wasn�t Mission Impossible, but it wasn�t easy. We probably missed as much as we hit. But Dad was unimpressed with our protestations. He only stopped for gas and highway patrolmen.
Daddy wasn�t all that interested in getting to our destination. To him, true Christmas joy meant driving like a bat out of hell, one of his favorite pastimes. Whether he had two days or two weeks leave, it made no difference. If it was a holiday visit, we were damned well going to get there faster than a speeding bullet.
We didn�t stop to see Christmas lights or even eat. He had mom pack food so he didn�t have to waste time on all of the annoying things that constituted ordinary life. Dad viewed the Christmas trip home as a contest between him and Father Time. Fueled by gallons of black coffee and road adrenaline, he sat in the pilot�s seat barking at us to sit still and stop fighting and playing old time country music on the radio.
In the spirit of Christmas, my sister and I spent these trips trying to rip one another�s hearts out, or at least shift the blame for whatever was annoying our parents from ourselves to the other one. Our favorite holiday argument centered around which one of us got to sit behind Daddy. I always won. It was the best seat in the house because, while Dad could smack the idiot behind Mother while driving, he couldn�t reach the one behind him. I might have been an idiot, too, but I was the idiot who was the hardest to reach.
As many families, military or otherwise, hit the road this season and head for home, I wish them safe trips to their destinations. Let�s hope none have to rely on coffee cans and seating strategy to make their trips more enjoyable. From our house to yours, have a Merry Christmas wherever the road might take you.
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