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The Dead GuyPictures this: you have been given 1,000,000 dollars and you must spend it all in just seven days. Not only that, but a camera crew will follow your every move and broadcast every second of your adventures on national television! There is only one catch: at the end of the week, you die—and the viewing audience gets to choose how!
This weekend, the William Woods University Theatre Department is going to explore this crazy scenario with their second mainstage show of the season, a play aptly titled The Dead Guy. The cast auditioned in the middle of October and they have been rehearsing five days a week since then to prepare for their performances!
The show opens tomorrow (Thursday the 5th) and runs through Sunday the 8th. Show times are 7:30 pm Thursday-Saturday and 2:00 pm on Sunday. Ticket prices are as follows:
Adults: $12
Seniors (age 62+): $10
Faculty/Staff: $8
Students: $7
Children (ages 6-12): $6
For the WWU students enrolled in the LEAD program, the play counts as a 2-pt LEAD event! Tickets can be purchased ahead of time by going to www.showtix4u.com or calling the box office at 573.592.4267, or you can wait and buy your tickets at the door.
I can't wait to see this show! The plot sounds very intriguing and I'm sure everyone will do a wonderful job. I've definitely missed getting to be a part of the shows this semester, but I'm so excited to see my fellow theatre students perform!

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Volume 16 Issue 38 | February 20 - 26, 2004
Roads Not Taken
Staged readings from early Tennessee Williams
Mon. Feb. 23
Early Arthur Miller
Wed. Feb. 25
Sandwich lunch at 12:30, readings 1:30 pm
National Arts Club
15 Gramercy Park South
(212) 362-2560, $45
The early draft of genius
Scenes that never made it into Streetcar and
A View From the Bridge the early version
By Jerry Tallmer
Now hear this.
It is the morning after. Blanche and Stanley are groggily awakened from their bed of passion by a telephone that rings seven or eight times. Stanley staggers up, listens, grunts: Yeah? Good. Blanche asks: What was it? and Stanley Kowalski says: I have a girl, a daughter. His shoulders are full of lacerations, fingernail scratches.
Blanche catches her breath, then says: How very, very unfortunate. Poor little girl! He shoves his wifes sister roughly away. Christ! he says, and Blanche Du Bois, laughing hysterically, gets out these words:
Remember, you took me. It wasnt I that took you. So if you got somewhat more than you bargained for, Mr. Kowalski . . . If you hadnt suspected a lady could be so awful . . . violent . . . could give such a wild performance when aroused . . . Try to remember the way it started, not I but you, putting dynamite under the tea kettle. Ha, ha!
What price now the kindness of strangers? Who needs one of the single greatest poetic lines and multiple depths of sensitivity in all theater, certainly all American theater?
Not this Blanche, this Stanley. Who by the way was originally named Ralph, in various early stabs at scenes of what would become mercifully, without those scenes a play by Tennessee Williams called A Streetcar Named Desire.
This coming Monday, February 23, the ninth season of Susan Charlottes Food for Thought lunch-hour theater at the National Arts Club on Gramercy Park South gets under way at half past noon with sandwiches and Roads Not Taken, a reading under the direction of Melvin Bernhardt of six rare, unpublished, unproduced fragments starts toward Streetcar from which, as researcher-narrator Dan Isaac puts it, you can learn one true thing: How many false starts are involved in the making of a masterpiece.
Robert Cuccioli is the readings Stanley, John Doman its Mitch, Margaret Colin its Blanche.
Two days later, Wednesday, February 25, same time, same place, a little-known one-act early version of Arthur Millers A View From the Bridge gets a reading by Danny Aiello, Robert Lupone, and others under the direction of Austin Pendleton.
Isaac, who has devoted much of his own life to the life and works of Tennessee Williams, and who in 1984 and 1986 dug the existence of these pre-Streetcar fragments out of the card catalogues at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center in Austin, Texas, says it is very hard to tell exactly when they were written we can only speculate though a strong clue is provided by one absolutely invaluable document, a three-page letter Williams wrote to his sheltering agent, Audrey Wood, on March 23, 1945.
Which was three days before his 34th birthday and eight days before the New York opening of The Glass Menagerie, the play that would change his and our and everybodys life.
Here is part of that letter:
Dear Audrey . . . I have been buried in work the last week or so and am about 55 or 60 pages into the first draft of a play which I am trying to design for [Katherine] Cornell. At the moment it has four different titles, The Moth, The Poker Night, The Primary Colors, or Blanches Chair in the Moon. It is about two sisters, the remains of a fallen southern family. The younger, Stella, has accepted the situation, married beneath her socially, and moved to a southern city with her coarsely attractive, plebian mate. But Blanche . . . has remained at Belle Reve, the home place in ruins, and struggles for five years to maintain the old order. Though essentially decent and very delicate by nature, she has gone for protection to various men till her name is tarnished . . . She arrives broken by the failing struggle . . . and is at the mercy of the tough young husband, Ralph . . .
A couple of other titles the playwright put on these shards were Electric Avenue and, borrowed from T.S. Eliot, Go, Said the Bird! As for Mitch, Stanleys poker and bowling buddy whos attracted to Blanche, these early drafts had him as Howdy and George and Eddie Zwadski before he became Mitch.
One has to say it is pretty hard to envision a Howdy (Howdy-Doody?) in that terrible moment in Streetcar when he forces her face toward a light bulb to see how old she really is. One has further to say that all these false starts lacking ambiguity, delicacy, grace, loss, or pain are very false indeed to the great play that Williams gave us when he cut away all the dead roots and poison ivy.
Yeah, says Dan Isaac, thats the purpose of this whole piece. Though I do think theres pain in some of these scenes.
Isaac further thinks that the March 23, 1945, letter to Audrey Wood was, for Williams, a kind of insurance policy against failure. If Streetcar got blasted in New York, he still had something in the bank: Look, ma, Ive got a new play. Tennessee was always looking for a mother.
Arthur Miller wasnt looking for a mother. He was, thinks Austin Pendleton, looking for immortality, if reaching for Greek tragedy on the Brooklyn waterfront is a path to immortality. A View From the Bridge was spawned, as was The Crucible, by the red-baiting-and-squealing era of American political culture.
Miller had three sources of interest here, says Pendleton. One, the business of informing. Two, he had just after the war gone to Italy, seen the poverty, seen young men and old men standing in line for jobs; then, walking around Brooklyn, had suddenly seen poverty and unemployment from the immigrants point of view.
And the third thing, more famously, was his obsession with the question of tragedy. The Greeks. Oedipus Rex, you know, is a one-act play, and when A View From the Bridge was first done in the 1950s, it was as a one-act play on a double-bill with A Memory of Two Mondays.
The version of View From the Bridge that gets read at the National Arts Club dates even before that.
The dirty secret, says Pendleton with some amusement, is that they arent all that different - - this early draft and the longer, fuller version that Peter Brook asked Miller put his hand to for a London production.
What Miller did primarily was add some scenes; also take all the lines that were in verse and put them into prose. Theyre still verse; its just the way the actors speak it. The key scenes are now more natural. The people are now more embedded in their daily lives. The action doesnt seem as preordained.
But its still tragedy.
Austin Pendleton is himself just back from London, having acted there in a movie called Picadilly Jim.
Meanwhile, Dan Isaac is still not forgiving himself for having missed, at age 14, in Chicago, the worlds first performances anywhere of The Glass Menagerie, with the great Laurette Taylor (some of us were luckier than Isaac). He does remember overhearing a girl in high school telling her circle of intimates: Theres this play, its so sad, about this crippled girl . . .
Blow out your candles, Laura.
Hey! Theres this other play, Candles in the Sun, Tennessee Williamss first full-length work a militant tragedy about a coal-mine strike in Alabama that hasnt been produced anywhere since the Mummers did it in St. Louis in 1937. Isaac is now editing it for publication. He has an eye on getting some of this unknown Williams into some Fringe Festival.
Thats what Fringes are for, yes? Answer the telephone, Stanley. And lets get some mercurochrome on those scratches on your shoulders.
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Keystone RV to Add New Factory and 150 Jobs
June 3, 2010 by Bob Ashley · Comments Off on Keystone RV to Add New Factory and 150 Jobs
Keystone RV Co. will build a new 64,000-square-foot factory on 10 acres of empty land adjacent to its Goshen, Ind., campus to assemble the Laredo travel trailer and fifth-wheel lines along with the Outback Sydney-edition fifth-wheel.
The new facility, for which the northern Indiana company will break ground later this month, is expected to be completed in January and will employ 100 to 150 workers.
The Thor Industries Inc. subsidiary currently manufactures the Laredo and Outback Sydney-edition lines in some of the other 16 plants that the company operates in Goshen and Pendleton, Ore.
Keystone President Bob Martin provided details of the expansion during an employee luncheon today (June 3) in Goshen.
During the last year, Keystone has hired about 1,000 workers and now employs just over 3,000 people, Martin told RVBUSINESS.com. That's close to the work force the all-towable manufacturer employed before the recession.
Hiring for the new plant will begin in January, he said.
Although retail sales through March have been relatively flat throughout the industry compared to 2009, Martin said an internal sales barometer showed Keystone retail sales up 20% in May compared to the May 2009.
"Dealers are restocking their shelves," Martin said. "Many had very strong spring retail shows."
Martin noted that it was June 2009 when the RV industry started to recover from the recessionary woes that plagued manufacturers, dealers and suppliers.
"It wasn't until late June and July that there were signs that the RV industry was coming back," Martin said.


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The Federal Election Commission wants an explanation from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid about more than $16,000 in campaign spending on "gifts," some of which found its way into the pocket of the Reid family. Reid was forced to admit that the "Ryan Elisabeth" on the disbursement funds was actually Ryan Elisabeth Reid, his granddaughter, who supplied jewelry for Reid's campaign to hand out to supporters:
The Federal Election Commission has sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's campaign, asking for more information on why he listed an expenditure of more than $11,000 $16,000 in "holiday gifts."
The gifts, I have learned, were purchased from his granddaughter, Ryan Elisabeth Reid, who is a jewelry vendor in Berkeley, CA. The gifts were later passed on to donors and supporters, a Reid spokeswoman told me.
Reid has previously been asked to explain holiday gifts to his Ritz Carlton doorman by the FEC. But in the letter from the FEC sent last week, the agency wants to know what payments of $11,370 and $5,416 (UPDATED) were. "Itemized disbursements must include a brief statement or description of why each disbursement was made," the letter said.Reid's granddaughter is listed only as "Ryan Elisabeth" on the FEC report, which is attached here (see page 166). But her full name is Ryan Elisabeth Reid.
Reid will reimburse the campaign, but the questions remain:
Federal rules actually do allow for candidates to buy things from family members, provided they pay fair market value for the items.
In the case of the gifts, though, that value also matters. FEC rules state that such gifts must be of "nominal value." …
The Washington Post has asked Reid's campaign precisely what kind of gifts the money was used to purchase. The campaign has yet to respond to multiple inquiries.
Paul Ryan, an election lawyer at the Campaign Legal Center, said "you'd need to buy a heck of a lot of gifts of 'nominal' value to spend $16,000."
And you'd usually use the full name of the manufacturer, no?
Jon Ralston of Ralston Reports — who originally reported the probe — calls the optics "just horrific" (via Newsalert):
"I'm not sure talking about the Koch Brothers will change this subject, Senator," Ralston advises Reid. Maybe not, but Reid has always been shameless about his episodes of projection, so don't expect Reid to stop trying to change the optics with more Kochsteria.
By the way, shouldn't the Senate Ethics Committee take an interest in this, too?


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Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was sentenced Tuesday morning to serve six years in prison. The judge also imposed a fine of NIS 1 million ($289,000.) He ordered authorities to seize NIS 500,000 in funds the former prime minister has collected from various sources, including numerous speaking engagements in the United States.
Olmert was ordered to begin serving his prison sentence on September 1, pending appeal.
Tel Aviv District Court Judge David Rosen handed down the sentence in what has become known as the famed "Holyland trial" after Olmert was convicted on two charges of bribery.
The former prime minister was convicted of taking bribes from contractors who built the Holyland residential complex near the Malha Mall in Jerusalem.
The rezoning and other "adjustments" that came in exchange for bribes continued through the 1990s and into the next decade. These were the years in which Olmert served as mayor of the capital city and minister of industry, trade and infrastructure. Both were pivotal posts from which to smooth the way for the developers of the Holyland project.
Olmert was also recently questioned on suspicion of witness tampering and obstruction of justice, according to Israel's Channel 2 television. The allegations are based on recordings given to police by former Olmert aide Shula Zaken, his closest aide, also convicted in the wide-ranging Holyland scandal. Zaken gave police the recordings as part of her plea bargain with the prosecution.
The Holyland trial has dragged on for years, tainting Olmert's term as prime minister and shadowing the country's years beyond while bringing down numerous aides and colleagues.
Before pronouncing sentence, the judge pointed out that Olmert is an "intelligent, brilliant people person" and called him an "avid Zionist." He praised him for donating to bereaved families and the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial center.
But he then sharply reprimanded the former state leader, saying "The crime of bribery pollutes public service, destroys governments…" and called it "one of the worst crimes."
Rosen said Olmert was guilty of moral turpitude — a term that means the ex-politican will be forced to wait at least seven years before re-entering the field. The judge added that those who take bribes are equivalent to "traitors" in their betrayal of the public trust.
To punish that betrayal, the judge revoked the 10 percent of Olmert's mayoral pension.
Olmert has been convicted previously charges of corruption. In 2012, he was pronounced guilty of taking bribes in a Jerusalem case.
That trial earned the former mayor and subsequent minister and prime minister a light sentence of community service only. The judge in the case said in his decision that Olmert's state leadership as prime minister had afforded him the right to leniency.
Not so today, however. Judge Rosen said in his decision that the higher the post of the public servant, the harsher the punishment for bribery should be.
"Those who belong to the social and economic elite of the nation should not be held to the same standard as those in common society," Rosen said. He added in explanation that his hands were tied by law in meting out the punishment, and that he was enjoined by those legal guidelines to set a minimum sentence without discretion.
Olmert issued a statement prior to sentencing saying that he was innocent and protesting an expected sentence that included prison time.
"This is a sad day on which a severe and unjust verdict is to be handed down to an innocent man," Olmert said in his statement.
He has 45 days to appeal in Supreme Court – which he plans to do,, said Olmert spokesperson Amir Dan. He added that he hopes "the real picture will emerge and the verdict will change completely."
To the eternal shame of the State of Israel, this is the first time in the history of the nation that a prime minister has been convicted of a felony and sent to prison. Likewise, former president Moshe Katsav is currently serving time in prison for having raped and sexually assaulted his female employees.
Olmert will appeal the conviction and sentence in the Supreme Court, spokesperson Amir Dan said. His attorney Eli Zohar is expected to file a request for a stay of sentence in the meantime.


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Crayons poisoning
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Where Found
- Crayons
- Canning wax
Note: This list may not be all-inclusive.
In general, wax is not poisonous. If a child eats a small amount of crayon, the wax will pass through the childs system without causing a problem. However, eating large amounts of wax or crayons can lead to
Before Calling Emergency
Determine the following information:
- The patients age, weight, and condition
- The name of the product (ingredients and strengths, if known)
- The time it was swallowed
- The amount swallowed
Poison Control
In the United States, call 1-800-222-1222 to speak with a local poison control center. This hotline number will let you talk to experts in poisoning. They will give you further instructions.
This is a free and confidential service. All local poison control centers in the United States use this national number. You should call if you have any questions about poisoning or poison prevention. It does NOT need to be an emergency. You can call for any reason, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
What to Expect at the Emergency Room
If it is necessary to go to the emergency room, the health care provider will measure and monitor the patients vital signs, including temperature, pulse, breathing rate, and blood pressure. Symptoms will be treated, if needed.
Outlook (Prognosis)
Recovery is very likely.
Goldfrank LR, ed. Goldfranks Toxicologic Emergencies. 8th ed. New York, NY: McGraw Hill; 2006.
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Police officer Rick Grimes leads a group of survivors in a world overrun by zombies.
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Universal Music Group Slapped Down (Again) In Case Against Veoh
from the can't-sue-the-investors dept
The latest news is that the judge has also dismissed Universal Music's attempt to include Veoh's investors as a part of the lawsuit. Universal's attempt to do this matched Universal's decision to sue Bertelsmann, a competitor who was also an investor in Napster. This made little sense to us at the time. Making an investor liable for actions of a company they invest in seems to open up a pandora's box of problems. Think of all the "shareholder lawsuits" you now see against management for corporate misdeeds... and turn that around, whereby anyone hurt by a company's actions could sue all of the investors. If investors are liable for a company's misdeeds, then suddenly it becomes a huge liability to invest in anything.
Eventually, Universal Music bought Bertelsmann... and rather than continue suing itself, Bertelsmann "settled." Bertelsmann (now UMG) later settled similar lawsuits brought by other labels, so the full issue of investor liability wasn't really addressed. In this case, the judge found that the only way Universal could make a credible claim that the investors were also liable was to show that they were actively encouraging increased copyright infringement after it was established that Veoh was infringing. That hasn't been established yet, at all, and it appears that the investors were actively pushing Veoh to block infringing content. So, Universal's claim against the investors has absolutely no merit whatsoever.


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CALGARY - Lamborghini, one of the most luxurious sports cars in the world, is expected to open a dealership in Calgary by the end of this year as part of a group of other high-end auto sellers in a super sports car centre.
The Herald has learned that Lamborghini will find a home - along with Ferrari/Maserati, Porsche and other luxury auto dealers- at the Meadows Mile project at the corner of Heritage Drive and Blackfoot Trail.
Asgar Virji, owner of Lamborghini Vancouver, confirmed the company plans to build a dealership at the site with construction to begin in the next 30 to 40 days.
"We should be up and running by the end of the year," said Virji.
The dealership will be about 17,500 square feet, selling the luxury vehicles which range in price from $260,000 to $550,000.
"We orchestrated a long time ago to try and work with the developer to create a super sports car venue," said Virji.
"It's something that's been in the works for four years . . . We've been coming to the (Calgary) car show for six years and we've been remotely managing our customers and service and all that stuff for many years to try and build market confidence. As Calgary's economy also changes and the city grows up, one of the difficulties is in the past we just didn't have enough product from Lamborghini to set up shop . . . They also recognize Calgary as an important market . . . There's viability here with some legs."
The 27-acre parcel of land at Meadows Mile is 80 per cent sold out.
Jaydean Boldt, director of development and planning for Meadows Mile, said the project will include up to six or seven high-end auto dealers, a Holiday Inn as well as a premium boutique longer-stay hotel, and retail, restaurant and office space.
"It's the follow-up project to the runaway success of Deerfoot Meadows," said Boldt. "This is going to be a premium shopping experience that's going to be catered to high-end vehicles . . . All these brands are going to be quite the statement for the affluence of Calgary to some degree. There is also a few available land development opportunities for sale.
The developer is Focus Equities, owned by entrepreneur Ken Mariash.
He said the name of the project combines the past success of the Calgary Flames and the Red Mile and the success of the Deerfoot Meadows project, which is situated just east of the Meadows Mile up on the hill.
"There's lots of life in that part of the world and hopefully up there with the exciting car part we can add two or three restaurants. That would be perfect," said Mariash.
Carlo Galasso, dealer principal of Ferrari Maserati of Alberta, said he's hoping the dealership will be open in 15 to 20 months.
"We're trying to create more of a community gathering place for auto enthusiasts," said Galasso of the four-storey, 50,000-square-foot building that will cost $15-20 million. "More like a museum than a dealership."
He also said a "mystery brand" is part of the project.
Craig Shostak, who with his brother Doug owns several dealerships in Calgary, said they are hoping to open a Porsche dealership at that location by July of next year. It will be about 30,000 to 36,000 square feet.
"It's one of the few areas of the city that's actually zoned for automotive," he said. "We outgrew the site that we're on now on Macleod Trail and options in the city where to build a car dealership are few and far between. It's a central location."
Shostak said he's not sure what will happen to the existing Porsche dealership building on Macleod Trail.
He said it was "purely accidental" that the dealership is moving to a location that will house other high-end auto sellers but the synergy of having them together will definitely help exposure and sales.


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Jan Erkert
Jan Erkert is the Head of the Department of Dance at University of Illinois. As Artistic Director of Jan Erkert & Dancers from 1979-2000, she created over 70 works, which toured nationally and internationally. Ms. Erkert and company have been honored with numerous awards including fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and Ruth Page Awards for choreography and performance. She has received a Fulbright Scholar Award and is currently serving on the Fulbright Review Panel. She authored
Harnessing the Wind: The Art of Teaching Modern Dance
, which was published in 2003 and she has been a master teacher at universities and colleges throughout the United States, Mexico, Europe and Asia. As a professor of dance at Columbia College Chicago from 1990-2006, she garnered many awards including the 1999 Excellence in Teaching Award, and a nominee for the U.S. Professor of the Year sponsored by the Carnegie Foundation.


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TR Origami Dress
Added Oct 2, 2013
Singapore, Singa...
The most complicated dress I've ever dared to attempt!
I don't live the sort of life that normally requires floor-length gowns, so when I found that I had not one, but TWO formal dinners coming up, I had to make something. It took me 2 whole months to make this dress, though that includes the time I spent dreaming and researching and conceptualizing (my draft dresses in the last picture), and procrastinating through the difficult bits! Also I didn't have much free time these months :)
I drafted this dress from scratch, modifying my standard shift dress sloper. The very interesting diamond-shaped pleat in the centre was drafted using a few YouTube tutorials (by Arif Khan who uses Shingo Sato's Transformational Reconstruction techniques, here). Basically you just put on the muslin, and draw the pattern onto yourself directly with a marker – that's me in my green muslin with a diamond drawn across my chest, it was the first time I made such a well-fitting muslin! Then you cut apart the fabric bits and insert the pleats on paper (that's the second-last picture), and translate the whole thing onto the fabric.
My favourite details:
1. I like how the diamond wraps around to the back, though that caused me a good deal of grief since I had to insert a zip through it!
2. I lined the diamond part with one of my husband's old business shirts – love the idea of closeness to him!
3. I closed the bodice back with an odd button from my grandma's old button box.
4. My brother who is an architect was researching on Pamukkale around the time I was dreaming about this dress. I had visited Turkey on my honeymoon, and the lovely memories came rushing back when I saw his images. This lovely blue colour is almost exactly how Pamukkale appears in my mind.
It wasn't actually crazy difficult to sew up, you only have to be precise about sewing the corners together. I was a bit lazy with that! It was quite a tedious job doing all the piecing though. I'm not very pleased with the back – the interface between the sheer and the satin looks funny….oh well, I must just be sure to stand more against the wall when I wear it!
I'm awfully, awfully glad that I decided to spend money on very nice fabric – I used crepe-backed satin for this, and at $18/m it's the most I've ever paid for fabric! It was a dream to sew though – it looks so lovely and slinky yet it didn't move around at all on my machine, and cutting it was a breeze. Imagine how horrible it would have been sewing all those pleats on satin or silk! The fabric also holds the pleats very well, and hides all the hundreds of pinholes I made!
I don't think I will make such a complicated dress again in a hurry, though I think a simpler version in a sturdier fabric would be interesting for everyday wear. I'm glad this one turned out fairly well, and I've already worn it to the first of the events it was intended for. It held up!! Yay!
Material Notes
4 metres of medium blue crepe-backed satin for the main body of the dress (60in wide)
1 metre of slightly sheer polyester heavy weight chiffon for the back
3 metres of medium weight polyester lining (42in wide)
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Nov 22, 2013, 05.25 AMby smallone
wowza girl! this is so totally individual and completely awesome!!! i love everything about it from the pleats to the two fabrics you've used front and back … bet you absolutely stunned 'em at those 2 formal events!!!
Oct 7, 2013, 09.28 AMby Mbaliyethu
Wow!! This is truly work of art. Hats off to you.
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Oct 8, 2013, 10.42 AMby The Tropical Sewist
Oh! Thank you so much for your kind words!
Oct 7, 2013, 07.27 AMby bethmaryharley
Wowsa! This is SO awesome! And how great that the dress is the same colour as Pamukkale! (I worked on a dig near there and it's such a beautiful place!) I actually really like the dress with the design drawn on it – it looks so unusual, I would have been tempted to leave it like that! :-)
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Oct 8, 2013, 10.44 AMby The Tropical Sewist
Oh my! You're one cool lady to have worked in so many interesting places! I would love to stay for a longer time in Turkey.
Haha, I never thought that way about my toile dress :) you've given me an idea!
Oct 9, 2013, 07.53 AMby bethmaryharley
I LOVED Turkey! I specialised in the Middle East and (used to, but I think I've forgotten a lot now!) speak Turkish so I worked there quite a bit! Such tasty food and friendly people! What a great place to honeymoon! Where did you go to?Excited to see the results of this idea! I'm sure it'll be awesome (as always!)! :-)
Oct 11, 2013, 05.47 AMby The Tropical Sewist
It was our first time in the region so we took a pretty standard tour – Istanbul, Ephesus, Cappadocia, and we saw Constantinople from a distance. Such a beautiful place with so much to see and do, and so little time to do it in! I'm envious of you!
I have lots of projects piled up in my mind :) don't we all? Let's see where you little idea brings me!
Oct 3, 2013, 11.35 AMby pambox
Fantastic work! Love the colour, too.
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Oct 5, 2013, 03.58 PMby The Tropical Sewist
Thank you! My brother was researching on Pamukkale while I was conceptualiing this dress, and this colour matched my memories of that amazing place!
Oct 3, 2013, 11.32 AMby Innamc
Wow, fantastic dress, looks great!!!!!!!
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Oct 5, 2013, 03.55 PMby The Tropical Sewist
Thanks so much!
Oct 3, 2013, 09.56 AMby liliv-1
Amazing design!!! A lot of work put here and the result pays off!!
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Oct 5, 2013, 03.55 PMby The Tropical Sewist
Thank you! From someone as experienced as you it's a mighty fine compliment!
Oct 2, 2013, 08.36 PMby marlalalalere
You definitly should get an award for your patience!!!! Great job
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Oct 3, 2013, 06.31 AMby The Tropical Sewist
thank you for your kind words!
Oct 2, 2013, 08.36 PMby marlalalalere
You definitly should get an award for your patience!!!! Great job
Oct 2, 2013, 04.42 PMby kisses
Love the details and you did on amazing job. This technique is beautiful wouldn't mine learning it at all
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Oct 3, 2013, 06.38 AMby The Tropical Sewist
Give it a try! People have made very amazing things with the TR technique, but at its most basic it can be simple enough even for home seamstresses like me.
Try this for starters, it's quite a simple tutorial to make a very beautiful pocket feature:
The tutorial I used for my dress is this one:
The author Arif Khan also has a few other fascinating tutorials on YouTube.
Be sure to post what you make!
Oct 2, 2013, 02.57 PMby MojoHollz
It is quite obvious you spent a TON of time on this dress! So much love and care, fabulous job! I love that you jumped right in with a technique you 've never tried before, it was definitely a success. Now you have a gorgeous one of a kind dress, great job!
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Oct 3, 2013, 07.10 AMby The Tropical Sewist
Oh! Now that you say it, it sounds like I took a big risk! Especially with my expensive fabric. I never thought about it like that though!
Oct 2, 2013, 02.31 PMby Ellen Hatteland
Fantastic dress! It's just amazing how you managed to make this dress – Fabulous job :-)
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Oct 3, 2013, 07.10 AMby The Tropical Sewist
Thank you for your sweet comment!
Oct 2, 2013, 12.29 PMby Brahdelt
What an amazing dress dresing! No wonder it took you so much time to plan, draw, try out and sew, the result is spectacular! I love the color and it suits you so well. Great job! :-)
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Oct 3, 2013, 07.13 AMby The Tropical Sewist
Thank you for your kind words! It would have taken significantly less total time if I had a regular sewing slot, but unfortunately I have to snatch bits of free time here and there! But a project always stretches out to whatever time we have for it, doesn't it ;)
Oct 2, 2013, 11.43 AMby b. boop
waouh !!! very great job!!!! fabulous dress ;)
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Oct 3, 2013, 07.13 AMby The Tropical Sewist
oh! thank you so much!
Oct 2, 2013, 11.31 AMby skeeler
I'm in awe! Amazing dress, well done.
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Oct 3, 2013, 07.14 AMby The Tropical Sewist
haha thank you! so kind of you!
Oct 2, 2013, 10.50 AMby schnui
WOW!!!! This dress is amazing and you look fabulous in it. You are so clever and to do this all by following a Youtube video. Why are you stalling making a jersey dress when you can create something as beautiful as this dress. Well done.
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Oct 3, 2013, 07.17 AMby The Tropical Sewist
It was a very well made video, and easy to follow. I quite like youtube, it's amazing what you can learn on it these days! Thank you for your kind words!
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Drive (HK - DVD)
Holy cow! Where did this movie come from? How did I miss this? Gabe checks out the Drive director's cut, and is shocked and a...
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Toby Wong (Mark Dacascos) is a wanted man. With-in his chest beats a prototype body enhancement. He is a super-human killing machine, only, like most good guy super-human killing machines, he has regrets. Deciding he was done with killing for "Red China", Toby ran. He found a company in the United States that has offered him cold hard cash for the technology in his chest, and is on his way to collect. Unfortunately, there are dozens of Chinese hit men and hillbilly bounty hunters hot on his trail. To insure his survival, he commandeers Malik Brody (Kadeem Hardison) and his car to assist him on his quest, promising a sizable cut of the profits. And thus, a chase is born.
Sometimes a movie comes along that really can be summed up by the lazy critical blurbs attached to it. Drive really is "A riot" and "A blast and a half". The choreography is "Inspired", and the cinematography "Ultra-Slick". "If you live for action", one really shouldn't "settle for anything less." Drive is a film that deserves a bigger audience, especially of those who love kung fu.
Drive seals all of its plot holes, and maintains that oh-so-important suspension of disbelief, by taking place in an unspecified near future. How can this guy fight this way? It's the future! How was the American company planning on removing the robo-heart without killing Toby? It's the future! How can it take only hours to fly from Hong Kong to L.A.? It's the future, dammit! The super-human fighter, cursed with a history of violence, forlorn and pursued is by no means an original concept, but once Drive, if you pardon the pun, kicks into gear, the plot matters only to bridge the next action sequence.
Fortunately, the writing isn't bad either. Toby and Malik's banter is actually pretty funny. Lets back up and read that last statement again. I just stated that I found Kadeem Hardison funny. That, my friends, is saying a lot. Leading man Mark Dacascos is so enjoyable as the meta-human butt kicker with a heart of gold, that one wonders how he's managed to not infiltrate the Hollywood mainstream yet. I'd hire him. The major villains are all enjoyably evil, while still finding the time to be charming and clever. The supporting cast also ain't too bad, and includes a young Brittany Murphy as a painfully adorable hotel clerk, with a semi-insane tendency to get herself involved in the action.
The kung fu sequences are thrilling without becoming numbing, and in fact successfully get better as the film progresses. Though every action movie cliché is easily accounted for, Drive is somehow so lighthearted and lovable that it transcends any real critical complaints. I'd say it was easily better than any of Jackie Chan and Jet Li's Hollywood output, which consists mostly of boring films punctuated by a few moments of slightly inspired action. Director Steve Wang has a pretty entertaining little filmography going for himself, including the somewhat underrated Guyver (keep an eye out for Guyver 2 and Metal Gear Solid star David Hayter) live action movies. I can't help but wonder how much better Underworld could have been had he been behind the camera, rather than simply delegated the creature designs.
This region free, PAL version of Drive is easily the best available, simply because it has an anamorphic picture and is an uncut version of the film. The region 1, NTSC version is presented in Pan and Scan, and is cut by twelve minutes. Medusa Pictures has done well with this transfer, though I suppose the colours could stand a little more saturation, as it would add to the comic book ambiance. There are times during the finale that the décor would have benefited from a little overkill. The only real shortcoming is the sharpness, which occasionally verges on blurry.
Though the soundtrack reveals some of the well-hidden budget constraints, this Dolby Digital 5.1 track is still very aggressive. Directional effects are balanced, and dialogue is clear. There is little or no audio distortion. Though this isn't the most impressive track I've ever heard, it more than gets the job done. A special note is made on the box and during the documentary feature that this version includes the original Dave Williams score as part of the directors cut. This is the only place it is available.
The virtual plethora of features is headed by a semi-novice, but ultimately entertaining and informative documentary entitled "The Force Behind the Strom". The nearly fifty minute feature delves into all aspects of the film's making. This includes stories behind casting decisions, script changes, on set comradery, and a few near fatal flubs during filming. The most interesting bits are those that involve ways the crew dealt with the budget and time constraints (really, it looks like an 'A' picture, especially by 1995 pre-digital norm special effects), and the ultimate distributor butchery. Fortunately for myself, this was the first time I'd seen the film, as apparently the director's cut is by far the preferred version.
The feature length commentary includes the director, fight choreographer, and the two main stars. Kadeem Hardison basically dominates the track, as his voice and personality are the largest of the four participants, but director Wang manages to keep most of the track on focus. The track is playful, fun, and easy to listen to.
Also included is a collection of deleted scenes, an interview gallery, a photo gallery and the cast and crew bios. Most of the deleted scenes were deleted with good purpose; however, each is still accompanied by a nice description and a reason for their deletion. The interview galleries mostly consist of outtake footage that didn't make it into the original documentary, and not very interesting, frankly.
It's hard not to recommend Drive to any action film fan. If you liked the Rush Hour movies, this is the picture for you. If you didn't like the Rush Hour movies, my recommendation comes even higher, as it is the best example of how a buddy action/American kung fu movie can be done right. American action enthusiasts with PAL converting players really can't go wrong with this disc, which is affordable, and easily the best on the market.
This DVD is available for purchase, ON SALE at www.hkflix.com.
Review by Gabriel Powers
Mark Smith3 Member Join Date: June 2005 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 58
Great Movie I'd give it at least 9/10.
Mark Dacascos is criminally overlooked as an action star.
Mark Dacascos is criminally overlooked as an action star.
Bodhi Member Join Date: February 2005 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 403
I love this movie and DVD. Dacascos is underrated and underused.
Like the last screengrab, looks like he's laughing.
Like the last screengrab, looks like he's laughing.
Peter Stanchek Member Join Date: June 2005 Location: United States Posts: 108
Ba na na wei, ba na na wei, ba na na...
Mark Dacascos is the man. I seem to remember catching this flick awhile back on cable, but I can't be sure. It wasn't bad, if it was what I think I remember it being. Yeah, take that bad grammar.
Mark Dacascos is the man. I seem to remember catching this flick awhile back on cable, but I can't be sure. It wasn't bad, if it was what I think I remember it being. Yeah, take that bad grammar.
casharlow Member Join Date: February 2005 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 28
Nice review.
I too am going to join in on praising Dacascos who should have been given his pick of top movies given his screen presence and martial arts abilities.
He was wasted in Cradle to the Grave and his role in Brotherhood of the Wolf should have at least given him more options.
I too am going to join in on praising Dacascos who should have been given his pick of top movies given his screen presence and martial arts abilities.
He was wasted in Cradle to the Grave and his role in Brotherhood of the Wolf should have at least given him more options.
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,721
I was really disappoined with BOTW, but he was really great in it. If they ever get around to attempting a Dragon Ball live action movie I vote for him as Goku.
...or was that just too geeky of me?
...or was that just too geeky of me?
anthony pierce Member Join Date: November 2005 Location: United States Posts: 106
I give it a 6
beckmen Member Join Date: November 2005 Location: United States Posts: 355
It's a great movie, I agree with most of what you say, Gabe. I have this DVD, but I actually prefer the score of the US version. Maybe just because that's the movie that I fell in love with. The 'hip-hoppy' tracks that play over the dialogue banter really accentuate it, and the techno (for lack of a better term) that is used for the action scenes really make it all the more kinetic. But the extended scenes in here are good. I am usually torn as to what version to watch. But a great movie nonetheless. It's a crime that Dascascos' career never really took off. Seems that he's still doing way too many bad direct-to-video movies that aren't even martial arts or action-packed.
Suitable only for persons of 18 years and over
Disc Details
Release Date: 16th May 2003
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: PAL
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English
Extras: Audio Commentary By Steve Wang, Mark Dacascos, Kadeem Hardison, And Koichi Sakamoto,
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Steve Wang
Cast: Mark Dacascos, Kadeem Hardison, John Pyper-Ferguson, Brittany Murphy, Tracey Walter
Genre: Action
Length: 112 minutes
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I am an atheist/ agnostic but after careful thinking, I've decided that perhaps virulently promoting atheism (as this community is doing) isn't really good for society. Please don't get offended, just read my arguments below calmly and rationally. If you can argue that I am wrong, I will listen to those arguments and change my opinion.
Note 1: I am using science in all my arguments, not religion.Not all my links point to scientific studies, but I'm sure you could find relevant evolutionary psychology papers if you googled for it.
Note 2: Please don't take offense, I'm not a sexist or a misogynist. I am trying hard to be as unemotional as possible in my arguments.
Argument 1: Polygamy is bad for society
What percentage of our (pre-civilizational/ barbaric) ancestors are males? The answer is not 50%. As evolutionary psychology points out, 80% of our female ancestors managed to reproduce but only 40% of our male ancestors did so. (Link: http://www.psy.fsu.edu/~baumeistertice/goodaboutmen.htm). Simply put, in barbaric societies, males were the high-risk high-reward sex whereas females were the low-risk low-reward sex.
Males are genetically polygynous (interested in sex with as many women as possible - this makes sense as men can produce millions of sperm every day and have a low reproductive cost)
Females are naturally hypergamous (interested in only one man but the best; the top 'alpha' man - this makes sense as a female produces one egg per month and has a high reproductive cost due to pregnancy and child birth).
When sexuality is uncontrolled, the combination of male polygyny and female hypergamy results in polygamy a.k.a harems (one man having sex & children with multiple women).
The ones who suffer are the beta males - the ones who have been sexually selected out. They typically become violent and don't contribute to society. There is an argument to be made that the Taliban practices polygamy and this is the source of violent behavior of terrorists from that part of the world. (Link: http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200706/ten-politically-inco...)
When promiscuity is controlled through strictly enforced monogamy, every man gets a wife. This reduces violent behavior and unlocks the productive capacity in males. I don't have the link available but a man who is already married or believes that he will marry in the future will be 4x productive as an unmarried man who does not believe that he will ever marry (e.g.) Japanese grass-eaters ostracized by an increasingly promiscuous Japan (Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/27/japan-grass-eaters-sala...)
Alpha men don't significantly contribute to society - they are not scientific geniuses or hard workers. They are typically physically aggressive men. Contrary to feminist dogma, physically dominant men (even dominant to the point of abusive) are attractive to women because they exhibit alpha tendencies - The Dark Triad of Narcissism, Machiavellianism and Psychopathy.
Alpha men understand their higher attractiveness (compared to betas) and adopt a pump-and-dump sexual attitude. They have many sexual partners but don't bother helping with raising their young; some of their young will die due to lack of resources but they make up for it in numbers.
Betas adopt a nourish-and-protect sexual attitude. They have only one sexual partner, whom they win by proving their love and commitment. Then they have children with only this partner, but provide resources and protection to ensure their children grow up successfully.
Monogamy is the cornerstone of civilization. See the Moralia versus Libertalia argument (Link: http://www.hookingupsmart.com/2011/10/14/relationshipstrategies/how...). In a monogamous society, with greater male economic participation and lesser violence, prosperity, rule of law and art flourish.
Argument 2: Promiscuity naturally leads to beta ostracism and harms society
Promiscuity - Defn: Any form of sex outside of monogamous marriage (including exclusive relationships)
Non-exclusive relationships (polyamorous relationships) are almost always polygamous (one alpha man with many women). This results in many beta men losing out.
Exclusive relationships also result in beta men losing out - Why? If enough alpha men are not available, hypergamous females would rather not enter into any relationship at all rather than be with beta men - "The Where have all the good men gone?" tirade from many women in modern promiscuous culture.
Promiscuity is the leading cause of single motherhood. Many women will rather have children with alpha men (who will later abandon them) rather than with good beta providers (whom they find dull and boring).
The social effects of unleashed promiscuity are enormous - 40% out of wedlock births, single motherhood and increased Govt debt/ taxation to support single motherhood by the State which steps in to replace the father.
Single motherhood produces children 2 to 10 times more likely to suffer from:
(Link: http://owningyourshit.blogspot.com/2012/03/transcript-of-fempocalyp...)
Argument 3: Atheism promotes promiscuity (Edit: by being silent about it)
I am not saying that atheism caused promiscuity (that happened in the 60s due to a variety of other reasons including feminism) but atheism has played a role in the rise of moral relativism, especially with respect to promiscuity.
The Golden Rule is perhaps the first tenet of religious morality but it is not the only one. The second most important tenet of religious morality is monogamy.
I have seen many arguments about how atheists are equally moral (if not more so) than religious people. In all these arguments, people assume that morality = Golden Rule.
Based on my personal experiences, many atheists seem to think that:
Morality = the Golden Rule
Promiscuity = personal freedom (i.e.) promiscuity is acceptable behavior that the Church restricts because the Church is old and stupid. Many atheists don't seem to realize the far reaching social effects of promiscuity.
This moral relativism on promiscuity is obvious even in this site. For example http://www.thinkatheist.com/forum/topics/atheists-are-not-moral-peo... does not deal with promiscuity at all. http://www.thinkatheist.com/forum/topics/what-is-your-stance-on-mar... has answers from many atheists clearly exhibiting moral relativism on the subject of promiscuity.
[Edit: The majority of your arguments were against this. I can understand why this may look like a strawman argument. Let me clarify:
There is a strong correlation between divorce risk and low IQ. There is also a strong correlation between high IQ and atheism (giving you folks a compliment, take it :) ).
Atheism as a movement, originated primarily amongst high IQ society. But it has now gone mainstream and is growing fast, scarily fast almost. As Uncle Ben put it, "with great power comes great responsibility". But Atheism does not seem to be taking up that responsibility from the Church. Yes, the Church is broken and old and corrupt and its practitioners are bigots and hypocrites. But, it is still the only thing out there taking a stand against promiscuity. Atheists seem to walk away from the responsibility of condemning promiscuity and most Atheists promote sexual freedom.
Morality naturally comes to Atheists because they are high-IQ individuals who are better able to visualize the impact of their life choices in the future. But, as atheism goes mainstream and the Church dies out, what happens to all the voices condemning promiscuous behavior?
We are not more evolved now in anyway than we were in the past. We are, still at our core, apes struggling to build great civilizations. We all (especially low IQ individuals) need moral guidance to help us in this struggle, to make better life choices.
Can you point links to me about prominent Atheists condemning promiscuity? Is the Atheist movement willing to take up the mantle of promoting social morality from the Church after slaying it? ]
[Edit 2: I am not a troll, I've just been super busy last few days, I will have more time this weekend to reply to some comments below. The essential thing I am trying to say is that religion is not pure evil, and we should not look at it in terms of black and white.
There are definitely good things about religion. There is a very interesting theory that religions also evolve over time and the most popular religions are the most useful ones to society, and they became popular precisely because they were an advantage to societies that adopted them. For example, societies with religions that promoted monogamy were almost always more successful in combat over societies that had religions that did not emphasize monogamy. The reason is because in societies that practiced monogamy, soldiers had a genetic stake in survival of that society (they had their own children to protect). Rome fell because of polygamy - the top politicians had harems and orgies and monopolized the women, resulting in loss of morale amongst troops who did not get the chance to be fathers. Rome was increasingly forced to rely on mercenaries rather than patriotic troops to protect her. After the treasury ran out, Rome collapsed because disenfranchised beta males, who had no genetic stake in Rome, simply walked off and allowed the barbarians to invade.
My point of view has always been "What is best for society?", and not "What is true?". Atheism is the correct working hypothesis because there is no proof for God and we have to use Occam's razor at all times. I don't see any downside consequences of high IQ people discovering/ discussing Atheism. But, we have a moral obligation (as the high IQ elites in our society) to do what's best for society. Imagine a ghetto filled with the poorest, uneducated people in our society. We have to make the decisions that will benefit them.
I don't really have a problem with Atheism, but I have significant issues with the Atheist Movement. For instance, take the advertisement "There is no God, Relax". This advertisement is targeted at people who have made bad choices in their life and have been sexually irresponsible. They are probably feeling guilty about these choices and the Atheist Movement is offering them an easy way out. It tells them "There is no Hell or Heaven, so relax and continue making bad choices". In reality, there is no hell or heaven, but there are societal consequences of your choices. In reality, guilt is often a very useful biological mechanism for correcting bad behavior, but Atheism is offering them a way to rationalize away their guilt so that they can continue making bad choices. I am speaking about this from personal experience, I have known people who commit adultery and rationalize their guilt because they think that the concept of 'sin' is meaningless as there is no God.
Also, to all people accusing me of being a sexist and having double standards, I am not asking for double standards from men and women; I am demanding high standards of expected social morality from both sexes. How is that sexist in any way?]
I am going to judge the merit of a social construct on the basis of its usefulness, not on the basis of its truthfulness. I will only promote an idea to society only if I am convinced it will help society.
If the Traditional Conservative Church (not the Modern version that tolerates no-fault divorce) is useful to society as an institution that encourages monogamy, I would rather have that than Atheism.
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We should consider that some postings are more like terrorist cognitive bombs, going off and distracting us from more pleasant, if not enlightening, projects. Should we thank the fellow, or call Atheist HLS?
Somehow, I'm not surprised.
An Atheist holds whatever ethics or values that person has, there is no universal morals. Just the same with religion, Islam and Mormonism is not monogamous. Much less, how many people cheat and marriages break up that are 'Religious'.
I am Atheist therefor I sleep around?
I am Christian therefor I am faithful?
I am human therefor I err; it is not religion that gives us right and wrong or monogamy, It is -us-.
Speaking as an atheist, I think it really is fairly safe to assume, as a generalization, that anyone less burdened by the guilt Christianity casts upon sex is probably going to feel more free to treat sex as a recreational activity and even to be promiscuous. Just being intellectually fair. If Christians practice more monogamous sex, it's for the wrong reasons.
I'm pretty sure most Christians get less promiscuous tail than sexually active atheists. (I would hope so!) Surely SOME Christians moderate their sexual activity.
Has anyone considered that a definition of promiscuity is first in order - preferably without using religious references?
And outside of a presumably sincere committed relationship, that's a problem, how?
Essentially, I'm addressing Shankar S, who initiated this discussion, but any and all of my posts are open to the responses of any who choose to post one.
Promiscuity has long meant indiscriminate sex with multiple partners. I don't think it has ANY religious overtones.
PROMISCUITY—characterized by or involving indiscriminate mingling or association, especially having sexual relations with a number of partners on a casual basis. (Dictionary.com)
I guess some of this conversation is about the idea of 'excess sex'. I expect that atleast a few people here know what I 'mean'. If you have many partners, your risk of STD's might increase, is this a reasonable behavior to indulge as a 'rational' person? Since the indulgence takes place often, in a data poor environment, you are just casting a coin, hopping for 'heads' everytime..;p).
Is 'heads' sexist?
I expect there are bio-mechanical, biochemical, and cognitive limits to sex. Excess abrasion could be one of the bio-mechanical limits. A cognitive limit might be 'hay I have enough thank you!', or the inability to keep track of names over a count of 5-7.
It is unclear if high intelligence could be a predictor of number of sex partners. If you have problems remembering a list of names under 7, you might be a subgenius. Over 7, someone under oath?
The addition of each or every 'limit' that ones sexual exploits might pass through, could add one more additional negative feedback to the behavior. In the beginning, it might seem to very cool, but in time where does it end?
I expect this could be total BS for people with a sexual addiction, but even thy might report how their lives are affected.
'Excess sex' with one partner? It might be time to revisit your prenupuals or renew your vows ...;p) LOL
Stopped reading half way through, the arguments were bloody idiotic. Looks like you're a theist in disguise trying to push your moronic ideals in the guise of an scientific argument.
Atheism doesn't promote anything. Some, or many atheists promote certain things, but not atheism.
Now onto your charge that atheism promotes promiscuity - nope, cavemen were thought to be monogamous, for survival reasons. Promiscuity = more kids = more strain on the tribe. And cavemen didn't have religion, so there you go, your argument has been busted.
Also, you didn't take into account the greatest equalizer that your so called beta's can have - brain power! Smart is in.
And the biggest error in your argument, at least in the part I read, is that you assume that women will just give into their biological urges to mate with the guy who hit the genetic lottery regardless of how many women he's mating with. You clearly don't know anything about women. And I'd think you're a misogynist for thinking that unless forced by religion to me monogamous all women would start lining up to mate with your so called alpha males, and those alpha males will hit anything that moves.
Holy idiocy Batman! Anyone with half a brain could see that you have jack.
I have more than half a brain,
Your argument is invalid
I highly appreciate this article. Most of the comments to this actually remind me of a more intelligent version of religious based hate comments and that makes me sad. The man posted a very legitimate article and all the masses can do is bash on a few lines taken as harshly as possible. Shankar is trying to broaden awareness to what could happen given the circumstances so that the athiest movement does not repeat mistakes from the past.
Those of you who keep cheapening the article by claiming it says atheism equals promiscuity obviously missed the point. I'd imagine you view promiscuity as a moral taboo and don't practice it personally, but imagine those with fewer moral qualms even under religious authority. Imagine what they would do if that authority was stripped away and wasn't replaced by some other strictly moral authority. I can imagine a society much like the movie "Idiocracy" only with a few intelligent 'Overlords'.
The point of the article from my perspective was to encourage intelligent, rational, choices keeping the society as a whole in mind. I don't believe Shankar was meaning to suggest the athiest movement should demand monogamy, but rather the movement should highly suggest it or at least start considering taking up responsibilities that the religious communities normally would.


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Annual Ides of August Features Faculty Work• August 21, 2013 Share:
Wabash College's annual Ides of August program will be presented in Hays Science Hall, Room 104, Friday, August 23. The Ides of August is the College's traditional forum for faculty and staff members to discuss their recent projects. Featured on Friday's program are:
Session I: 9:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m.
Hays Hall 104. Moderator: Colin McKinney
9:00 a.m.-9:15 a.m. - Sara A. Mehltretter Drury, Rhetoric. Assessing Deliberation in Public Speaking. 9:20 a.m.- 9:35 a.m. - Scott Feller, Chemistry. Molecular Modeling of Early Events in the Vision Process: An Adventure in Undergraduate Research.
9:40 a.m. - 9:55 a.m. - Stefani Rossi, Art. Images of the Floating World: ??? (Ukiyo-e) prints of the Edo period.
10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. - V. Daniel Rogers, Modern Languages and Political Science. Modern Filipino Identity.
Session II: 10:40 a.m. - 12:00 a.m.
Hays Hall 104. Moderator: Colin McKinney
10:40 a.m. -10:55 a.m. - Jeffrey P. Mehltretter Drury, Rhetoric. How the Comeback Kid Came Back: Obama and Romney's Use of Bill Clinton in the 2012 Presidential Campaign.
11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. -Shamira Gelbman, Political Science. Is Bigger Really Better? Lessons from the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights.
11:20 a.m. - 11:35 a.m. - Eric Wetzel, Biology. Infections and Interactions: The Global Health Initiative at Wabash
11:40 a.m. - 11:55 a.m. - Dwight Watson, Theatre. Nanjing Bikes and Acrobats at the Intersection of Time.
Session III: 1330-1430
Hays Hall 104. Moderator: Peter Mikek
1:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. - James Makubuya, Music. The Hocketing Aerophones: The Analytical Examination of their Multi-directional Significance.
1:50 p.m. - 2:05 p.m. - Adriel M. Trott, Philosophy. Alain Badiou contra G.W.F. Hegel: The Radical Politics of Materialist Dialectics Against Hegelian Dialectics.
1:10-1:25 - Teresa Aubele, Psychology. Speed versus endurance: the effects of nitric oxide administration on copulatory behavior in adult male rats.
Session IV: 2:55 p.m. - 3:55 p.m.
Hays Hall 104. Moderator: Colin McKinney
2:55 p.m. -3:10 p.m. - Eric Freeze, English. "Vulcans I Know": a reading from Hemingway on a Bike.
3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. - Lon Porter, Chemistry. Putting YouTube to work for the liberal arts: online problem solving walkthroughs as student learning tools.
3:35 p.m. - 3:50 p.m. - Christie Byun, Economics; Ethan Hollander, Political Science. Explaining the Intensity of Arab Spring.
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