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Two people who I admire in the field of paleontology are Ashley and Lee Hall. I consider them both to be very good friends and I'm honored to have met them. I entered the field of geology and paleontology with the innocence and excitement of a kid. Meeting these two fine paleontologists reminded me to stay the course, study hard, and never give up on your dreams.
Hi there! My name is Ashley Hall and I work full-time as a Gallery Interpreter (educator) at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County where I give tours about dinosaurs, alleviate fears about arachnids, and get drooled on by opossums. As part of this job, I also give tours of the La Brea Tar Pits; the largest Ice Age fossil locality in the world. On my 6th day of work, you can find me at the Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology where I'm one of the Assistant Curators of Paleontology.
|Photo provided by Ashley Hall.
Question 1: You are currently involved in the field of paleontology. Who did you admire growing up in regards to this fascinating field?
I really admired Jack Horner and Robert Bakker. As a little girl, I loved going to the library with my Mom to pick out new books and VHS tapes about dinosaurs (YES, VHS tapes are now fossils themselves)! One of the VHS tapes I remember vividly featured paleontologists in the field digging up dinosaurs—we didn't have fancy CGI back then, so real paleontologists digging up dinosaurs in the field were the stars of the show and I grew up idolizing them.
|Photo provided by Ashley Hall.
Question 2: At what age did you get inspired to pursue a career in paleontology?
Age 4. I was in love with dinosaurs from the minute I knew what they were. I wasn't your typical little girl. I loved jewelry and playing with Barbies, but I also had a huge bag full of dinosaurs. If you ask my parents, they'd tell you that I used to walk around at family gatherings telling relatives which dinosaurs lived in which time periods. I was determined to work with fossils when I grew up. My parents, who used to take me on holiday vacations to the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, told me that if I wanted to be a paleontologist, I could. They've always been my cheerleaders.
Question 3: What was your favorite dinosaur growing up? What dinosaur is your favorite now?
Parasaurolophus. I had a pink Playskool Parasaurolophus toy that I LOVED. Ironically, the Raymond M. Alf Museum, where I work now, is the only museum in the world to have a complete, articulated baby Parasaurolophus in its collection. I was able to help excavate, curate, and catalog its' bones, which was a dream come true. Whenever I look at it, I feel like I'm five years old again.
If you want to learn more about the baby Parasaurolophus named "baby Joe", go to http://dinosaurjoe.org or see him in person at the museum. Parasaurolophus is still my favorite after all these years. There's just something about that fabulous crest.
If you want to learn more about the baby Parasaurolophus named "baby Joe", go to http://dinosaurjoe.org or see him in person at the museum. Parasaurolophus is still my favorite after all these years. There's just something about that fabulous crest.
READ read read! Research by reading books, browsing the web, or by visiting local natural history museums.
Also, don't set your mind on working exclusively with dinosaurs when you grow up—try to keep an open mind. You may end up falling in love with fossils that aren't dinosaurs like Dimetrodon, invertebrates like trilobites, or even fossil plants. The world is FULL of wonderful and weird groups of fossil organisms that aren't dinosaurs (believe it or not)! If you have it in your mind that you're going to specialize on one group of animals, you're only limiting yourself to what you're willing to work on.
Question 5: Were there any subjects in college you dreaded?
Algebra. I put it off until my senior year of college. Don't do that. I barely passed!
Question 6: What was or is your favorite research project? What are some of your current projects?
Oooh! I have a few research projects going on. See Lee Hall's interview for details.
Question 7: Jurassic Park was the movie I remember as a kid that fueled my passion for dinosaurs. What was your most memorable movie? How do you feel about the new movie in the series from what you've heard?
Jurassic Park, of course! I saw it when I was 9 years old and it changed the way I looked at dinosaurs forever. Jurassic Park was the catalyst that fueled my fire to pursue paleontology. I love Jurassic Park so much that my husband, Lee Hall, proposed to me at the original filming site where Dr. Grant scares the kid with the Velociraptor claw. Lee, dressed as Dr. Grant, made me reenact the entire "6 foot turkey" scene and then pulled the claw out of his pocket—except he didn't use the claw to slash at me--instead, he had a beautiful ring delicately placed on the end and asked me to marry him. A year later, we had a Jurassic Park themed wedding! You could say Jurassic Park has had quite the effect on my life. ;) You can actually watch our proposal on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpaP-loki-k
|Photo provided by Ashley Hall.
Question 8: I remember meeting my first professional paleontologist. Do you remember the first paleontologist you ever met? Were you a nervous wreck?
Honestly, I can't remember. It might have been Dr. Luis Chiappe and yes, I think I was quite nervous! He's famous for his research of the evolution of birds—something that I've always been enamored by—so meeting him was like meeting a celebrity!
Question 9: Dinosaurs and the animals that lived at the same time as them were amazing creatures. Why do you feel dinosaurs continue to fascinate us?
I think people like dinosaurs because they're similar to animals today, but just different enough to really challenge our imaginations. Fossil mammals like mammoths are great, but they're SO similar to elephants today. There isn't anything quite like Brachiosaurus or T.rex around today, and I think that's why they've captured our imaginations. It's almost unimaginable to think that we walk on the same planet where they once ruled for millions of years. It's also hard for us to grasp the concept that something so big and successful can become extinct. It helps put our own human existence in perspective.
Question 10: What is your favorite time period?
The Late Cretaceous. Most of the excavations I've been a part of have been in Late Cretaceous sediments. I've walked on eggshells, gotten stuck in Cretaceous mud, and have held hundreds of dinosaur, crocodile, and turtle bones in my career. If I had to go back in time, it would be to the Late Cretaceous of Montana or Utah so that I could finally see and smell the environment and all of its many, awe-striking animals and plants.
Question 11: Coelophysis is my favorite dinosaur from the sites I've work in! What is your favorite dinosaur from your fieldwork sites?
Probably Troodon formosus from Egg Mountain in Montana. Troodon was toothy, large, and was an awesome parent based on what we've learned about their nests. Seeing them take care of their tiny, fuzzy chicks would have been an adorable sight.
Question 12: Geology, among many disciplines of study, is such a vital subject when studying the past. Why do you feel this background is important to know when hunting dinosaurs?
Geology is the glue that binds paleontology together. Erosion helps us find them in the first place. Delicate footprints, like pterosaur tracks, are only preserved because of the type of substrate the animal walked on. That same sediment can help you determine what type of environment the animal lived in and possibly died in because of tiny microfossils. Geology, most importantly, can help us understand what forces helped preserve the fossils in the first place. In paleontology, nothing makes sense except in the light of geology.
Question 13: Where can our audience go to learn more about your work and support what you do?
You can visit me at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (http://www.nhm.org), The Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits (http://www.tarpits.org) and at the Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology in Claremont, CA (http://alfmuseum.org). Follow me on Twitter: @ladynaturalist and on Instagram: lady_naturalist.
Question 14: What else do you enjoy? What other interesting hobbies do you have?
Recently, I've taken up taxidermy through Allis Markham's classes in Los Angeles. I have a fascination with ALL dead things—taxidermy, fossils, and bones. I also draw and paint, love listening to music by Gwen Stefani and Taylor Swift, and love shopping. Like I said, girls can still be girly girls and love dinosaurs, too.
Question 15: Have you ever been to New Jersey?
No! But I'd love to visit someday!


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Blue food prep vinyl gloves are a safe and hygienic option for your staff. The blue is the safest option because if they tear or cut, the blue is going to stand out to ensure it can be removed from the food quickly. Otherwise, there is a greater probability of a glove making it into food in one way or another, which can lead to various problems, including unhappy customers and failed health inspections.
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PHOENIX, AZ (October 10, 2013) — Invuity®, a leading developer of advanced visualization devices to transform minimally invasive and minimal access surgeries, today announced the full commercial launch of the Eigr™ Saber Waveguide with Yankauer at the Orthopedic Trauma Association (OTA) Annual Meeting. Invuity's device is a handheld illuminator that projects thermally cool, brilliant, white light uniformly throughout the surgical cavity, with the added benefit of a traditional Yankauer suction platform. It significantly improves visualization during orthopedic reconstruction and trauma surgeries, especially pelvic trauma procedures.
"Illumination and suction are equally important to achieve optimal visualization, especially in deep surgical cavities," said Herrick J. Siegel, M.D., Professor of Surgery and Head of Orthopedic Oncology at University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Medical Center. "With this new product, Invuity has effectively married two critical technologies and addressed a pressing clinical need for visualization. The Eigr Saber Waveguide with Yankauer is one of the most significant technological advancements in orthopedic surgery this year."
"Orthopedic trauma represents a substantial market opportunity for us as we address the unmet need for better visualization in these unpredictable and challenging surgeries," said Invuity Chief Executive Officer Philip Sawyer. "This device demonstrates the universal clinical utility of our technology, which improves operating room workflow and surgical efficiency for the many sub-specialties within orthopedics, as well as for many other important surgical specialties."
Better visualization has proven to increase surgical efficiency, reduce operating room time and lessen surgeon fatigue by eliminating or reducing dependence on a headlight.1 The thermally cool on-field and in-situ illumination provided by the Eigr Saber Waveguide with Yankauer also provides a safer surgical environment by virtually eliminating the thermal hazards associated with traditional fiber-optic lighting.1
The Eigr Saber Waveguide with Yankauer is used in a variety of surgical applications and specialties, including orthopedic trauma and tumor, hip and shoulder arthroplasty, spine, breast and thyroid oncologic, plastic and general surgery.
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Invuity's Eigr Illumination Technology incorporates a proprietary optical waveguide with a complex geometry of integrated microstructures to shape illumination within the operative space. Eigr broadly projects thermally cool, brilliant, white light to uniformly illuminate deep surgical cavities, providing unsurpassed visualization while virtually eliminating shadows, glare and thermal hazards. Eigr Waveguides are single use products.
About Invuity®
Invuity develops advanced medical devices to dramatically improve access and visualization in minimally invasive and minimal access surgeries. The company's products incorporate its proprietary Eigr Illumination Technology into sophisticated hand-held illumination devices and access systems for a variety of surgical specialties including spine, orthopedics, breast and thyroid oncology and plastic surgery. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. For more information, visit www.invuity.com.
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Apple has steadily been adding new cities and locations with support for its 3D Flyover feature to its Maps app this year. The latest Flyover addition to Apple Maps includes support for two new locations: Wellington, New Zealand and Yosemite National Park, California. The addition of Wellington marks the third location in New Zealand to support Flyover with Auckland and Christchurch both previously being supported. Newly added 3D Flyover support for Yosemite National Park in California is especially notable though as Apple prepares to ship its redesigned Mac operating system named after the national park… expand full story
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Apple has finally implemented a maps app in the OS X platform, and it seems to have been worth the wait. After being noticeably missing from the system, Maps (and iBooks) are helping achieve a greater consistency between the iOS and OS X platforms. After running the free Mavericks update, the Maps app icon will automatically be added to your dock.
In this guide, we'll show you how to use the new app for everything from searching for locations to getting turn-by-turn directions set directly to your iPhone.
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With the introduction of iOS 6 this fall, many iOS users will be left out on some of the new operating system's flagship features. We already covered Apple's official list of compatibility for iOS 6 features, and by far one of the most disappointing for iPhone 4 users was the news that they would not have access to the Flyover and turn-by-turn navigation features in Apple's new in-house Maps app. Today, we have news from Russian website iGuides (via SlashGear) that iOS developer Anton Titkov found a way to get Apple's new 3D maps up and running on the iPhone 4:
After yesterday's release of jailbreak iOS 6 developer, well known to all users iGuides Anton Titkov (iTony) decided to dig a little bit in the new firmware, and became the first man in the world, who managed to get working 3D card on the iPhone 4. New tweak from Anton Titkova called 3DEnabler , and at the moment we can confidently say that it adds support for 3D cards on the "old" devices, but it is possible that the "unavailable" Turn-by-turn navigation will be defeated by our talented developer.
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text: Hey, St Louis, MO! I'm headed your way, for the kick-off of the tour for my latest YA novel, Pirate Cinema. I'll be at the St. Louis County Library on Tuesday, October 2 at 7PM for an event hosted by Left Bank Books. There are 18 (!) cities on this tour, so be sure and check out the whole schedule. Next on the itinerary: Menlo Park, San Francisco, Berkeley, Pasadena, Redondo Beach — then back across the country to Lansing, MI, and then Chicagoland, New York, DC-area, Edmonton, Vancouver, Seattle, Toronto, and, finally, Boston. I hope to see you (and tell your friends!).


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The Clear Creek Trail in Golden, Colorado is it! It's got shade, the kids can bring their bikes, and you can finish your hike with a stroll around downtown. We might get some flack for calling this a hike, because it runs through the business district of Golden, CO.But you can wear the soles of your shoes down on this one. Jefferson County even has plans to expand the trail several miles into Clear Creek Canyon. Explore the full trail profile for all the details: hiking trails, trail map, and detailed directions to the trailhead.
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The Politics Of Fear And Anger
The politics of fear and anger have gone viral in America. You can't turn on your television or read your newspaper today without seeing or reading something about fear. We live in a culture of fear and anger. There are SWAT teams kicking down people's doors for simple possession of Marijuana and individuals picking up assault weapons and shooting up the public square in the name of GOD and country.
Our politicians and news media outlets are packaging fear who tell us to fear terrorist, neighbors, immigrants, refugees, and liberal social institutions established to help poor and elderly people. There is a consistent cry by politicians proclaiming that war is the only solution. Since 9/11 we have had a government agency[NSA] monitoring our phone calls and collecting other data about our daily lives. The Dept of Defense has been selling billions of dollars of military equipment to local police forces which have turned our police forces into a military force[See Source]
Our police forces have been getting away with murder shooting and killing unarmed civilians while their departments have been receiving tanks, armor vehicles, flat jackets, helmets, and other military equipment as well.
As we saw in the 'Occupy Movement" peaceful protesters were shot with rubber bullets and sprayed with mace. Enter the war on terror. The war on terror is the logical entry point for constructing governmental policy based on fear. How will they strike us next? The politics of fear has resulted in " We the People" losing our rights of privacy and has culminated in a mentality of fear cultivated by the political elite and the " Military Industrial Complex."
Criminal Justice Plays A Role In The Politics Of Fear And Anger
There is no denying the role judges play in our society. Having fair-minded unbiased judges is critical to a free Democratic society. Judges are tasked with protecting our most cherished right to freedom and basic values. To the point, Judges are the guardians of liberty in America. Judges are the custodians of all the things that matter in terms of evaluating civil liberties. The decisions Judges make matter most of all to people with less power or none at all. The poor. The disfavored and people who have been marginalized. Our Judges must take this role seriously.
However, this writer fears that judicial independence in our nation is at risk. There are efforts to undermine the integrity and functions of our Judges. There is much to lose if this independence is compromised. The decisions and precedents that Judges make effect our lives in a myriad of ways.
For example, it was judicial decisions that desegregated our schools and allowed equal voting rights to minorities. It took a political movement to persuade politicians to act on these egregious violations of our civil liberties. If the everyday person had not acted by forming groups which soon became a movement, these legislative changes would not have happened.
In today's political climate of fear and anger, the progress of the "Civil Rights Movement" in the 1960's has come under attack by right-wing conservative politicians in the Republican Party. They wish to take us back in time when the white man was the only race entitled to these cherished civil liberties.[See Article]
The United States today is a very different place than it was 40 years ago. In the early 1970's when you think about criminal justice in America, there were 350, 000 people in our jails and prisons. Today there are over two million people locked up in our correctional system. There are another six million people on probation and parole. Mass incarceration has affected the lives of millions of Americans. What most people don't appreciate is the collateral effects this has on people's lives.
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We Must End The Politics Of Fear And Anger
There is a board political reality in America today that suggest we are a nation of fear and anger. Over the last several decades, there have been politicians and their "Christian Right" allies preaching to us to be afraid and be angry. When people are afraid and angry they reconcile themselves to violating the basic human rights of the people whom they are afraid.
If a group or race of people is perceived to be an out-group it's okay to ignore them and their rights to basic human dignity. There are many historical examples of horrific abuse genocide, holocaust, and slavery.
All of these institutions were created and sustained by a political vision fueled by fear and kept in place by anger. When you listen to politicians on the right today there is no real search for the truth there is only the dynamic of fear and anger. What has resulted is mass shootings on a monthly basis and innocent causalities all based on fear expressed by anger when an individual acts out.
In 1996 the Clinton administration passed a "Welfare Reform Act" that allowed states to bar citizens from public benefits food stamps, housing, and medical services if they have a prior drug conviction. In this writer's lifetime, the politics of fear and anger has created a cast system in the United States. And, anyone with a criminal record is considered an "Untouchable."
There are scores of American citizens living beneath the public benefits system many who are homeless. There are single moms with children who cannot get public assistance because they have prior drug and other criminal offenses. It's the poor who have suffered the most from the politics of fear and anger. We have a criminal justice system that has become wealth dependent. No matter how innocent you are no matter how strong your alibi the mere fact you did nothing wrong doesn't shield you from arrest, prosecution, conviction, and long-term incarceration.
Our present criminal justice system treats you better if you're rich and guilty than if you're poor and innocent.
Wealth, not culpability shapes the outcomes of many judicial decisions today. The poor are being destroyed by this reality. The mentality ill have been locked up in our correctional system. There is very little help for the mentality ill in poor and minority communities. We just throw them in jail or prison. We do not help children who are dealing with these developmental issues we jerk them out of schools because they can't deal with cultural norms we call them criminal we put them in juvenile detention centers they are stigmatized and put on a pipeline leading to criminal behavior.
There is a sense of hopelessness in our minority communities today. Most African America males feel their lives will be lost due to drug violence or racist cops. Many African males believe they will be incarcerated by the age of 21. It's high time we engage these children and communities and fight against these feelings of hopelessness. It is the duty of any conscious citizen to help empower our brothers and sisters.
One of the biggest challenges we face as a society is that most of us have doubts as to what we as individuals can do to affect positive change in our communities. What this writer has learned from my childhood and adult years is you can't buy what you can't sale. If you as a single person have no hope you cannot give hope to others.
We must end the war on drugs. Stop the modern day equivalent to Jim Crow which has led to mass incarceration of minorities and the poor. America is the only country in the world where a 13-year-old can be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. There is no question that large segments of our society in America have been held hostage to the politics of fear and anger. Now is the time to stop this scourge on our citizens and end the politics of fear and anger once and for all.


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NYC-based retailer, Opening Ceremony has landed some funding. Former David Yurman and Urban Outfitters CEO Glen Senk's latest venture, Front Row Partners (which has been backed by $350 million from Berkshire Partners), has taken a minority stake in OC, as the firm looks to invest in "businesses that are original, highly differentiated, and authentic."
Opening Ceremony's co-founders, Humberto Leon and Carol Lim (who also serve as the creative directors of Paris-based house, KENZO), will maintain control of the company, with Senk acting as non-executive chairman. The retailer, which also boasts an in-house line, confirmed plans to open more stores (in addition to its NYC, LA and Tokyo locations) and enhance its e-commerce presence. No word yet on what other brands Front Row is looking into, but it certainly represents a growing trend of new firms investing in fashion brands. The Dock Group, the Los Angeles-based firm that invested in Creatures of the Wild, is on this list, as well.


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This is called as Sabdam, usually the third item performed in any Bharata Natya dance recital.
The meaning of the dance goes as such…..
O God, I think about you each moment,
You are always in my heart and I bow to you,
Why are you then angry with me, O Lord….
You are everything to me,
If you are angry ,then what will happen to me ?
What will I do, where will I go ?
Your anger is piercing my heart like an arrow,
Why do you do this to me ?
I cannot bear it ,my Lord..
Please do not do this to me…
My head is spinning, I am grieving,
Please Lord , speak to me.
Please remember our old times,
The happy times..
Please give me back those days,
Please keep your anger aside and come to me ,
O Lord, I am waiting for you…
O Lord, I bow to you…
I bow to you, I bow to you….


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text: Starring Kim Seul Gi and Yoon Doo Joon. It's a cross between Scarlet Heart Ryeo and Moonlight Drawn By Clouds, but it came out earlier. It's just 2 episodes, but it's really interesting despite the historical inaccuracies. I can't believe they made a Jang Yeong Sil - King Sejong love line LOL. And JYS got exiled because the sedan he designed for the king broke while the king was travelling. If they made it a movie, I would watch it. I really like the actors. I remember Seul Gi from Flower Boys Next Door. She's so cute!! Hehe.


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The Kidango Board of Directors is comprised of elected members who share a commitment to ensuring access to high quality early learning for all children. Their visionary leadership, insight and direction are the backbone of Kidango's mission, vision, and values.
Sowmya Krishnan
Dr. Sowmya Krishnan is pleased to be a part of Kidango because she is a strong believer in early education for children and in advocating for underprivileged kids and families so we can all become productive, fulfilled members of society.
Dr. Krishnan is currently VP of Corporate Strategy for RITSnet Inc., a computer network systems management company which she co-founded in 2004. She most recently served as Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Ultra Clean Technology (UCT), a semiconductor equipment subsystem. As a member of executive management, she was responsible for providing strategic direction, shaping the company profile and driving long-term growth initiatives over her 13-year tenure at UCT.
She has been active in various industry forums and is a well respected and visible leader in the semiconductor field. She has served as invited chair in multiple technical areas, has been an invited speaker at technical conferences and has written guest editorials and served on the advisory board for industry trade journals.
She has also chaired industry related SEMI standards task forces and led the effort to set industry standards related to critical subsystems. She holds two U.S. patents with several ongoing patent applications. She is the author of over 30 technical papers and editorials and is well-known for her expertise in the fields of micro-contamination and semiconductor processing. She received her M.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Clarkson University in Potsdam, NY.
Her interests include volunteering for societal causes. In the past she has volunteered with Friendly Visiting, an organization serving displaced or homebound seniors, and with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society supporting research in cancer.
Jacqueline McCormick
First Vice President
Jacqueline joined the board of Kidango in 2013. She is passionate about the use of education as a lever to transform possibilities into realities for children and communities. Jacqueline believes that every child deserves a quality education and is excited to work with a diverse organization that is making this a reality.
Ms. McCormick is the President of DJM Consulting, Inc. a global firm providing HR services, sales, marketing and management consulting to technology and service companies. Prior to founding DJM Consulting, Jacqueline spent 11 years as Vice President of Human Resources of Fremont Bank where she led efforts to be awarded "Top Work Place" in the Bay Area for four years.
In addition, Jacqueline serves on the board of the Northern California Human Resources Association and also serves on the advisory board for BlueFeet, a Silicon Valley software start-up. She is also a member of the Society for Human Resource Management, Northern California Human Resources Association, Human Capital Institute, World at Work, International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans and the Association for Talent Development.
Jacqueline earned a BS in Organizational Behavior with honors from the University of San Francisco. She also attended the University of Washington where she graduated from the Pacific Coast Banking School. Jacqueline holds numerous HR certifications; Senior Professional Human Resources (SPHR), Society for Human Resources Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP), Human Capital Strategist (HCS), Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) and Global Remuneration Professional (GRP).
Joellen Sutterfield
Second Vice President
For over a decade Joellen has worked in various leadership and volunteer roles within the community. She has a passion for education and is appreciative of the opportunity to contribute to an organization like Kidango that supports families in need and hosts high quality childcare and early childhood development programs.
Joellen is the Director of Partnership Development at Unitek College, an accredited vocational institute offering certificate and degree programs in Allied Health with Nursing as their primary focus. Joellen oversees Uniteks' community outreach education program (CORE) along with partner and government relations. The CORE program has won national recognition for service learning outcomes and provides health education and wellness resources within our Bay Area and Sacramento counties.
Joellen currently serves as an ambassador for the Newark Chamber of Commerce, a board member for the City of Fremont Resource Center is a member of San Jose State University Job, Economic, Development, Initiatives committee and has previously served as a member of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group. These organizations reflect a collaborative effort to provide services and resources to our communities underserved with the creed to promote professional growth, education, service and to pay it forward!
Esther Hobbs
Esther joined the Kidango Board in 1993, and said she became involved with Kidango because of the agency's fantastic reputation, adding "I just could not turn down an opportunity to help children." She says that her experience with Kidango has taught her that everyone has something valuable to share.
Born and raised in Oakland, Esther is the second of three children, her twin sister being only 36 minutes older than she. She graduated from the Oakland high school system and went on to earn an associate's degree in Social Science from Ohlone College in Fremont.
In 1984, Esther joined New United Motors Manufacturer, Inc. and served as the Quality Circle Program Coordinator and Trainer until her retirement. This position afforded her the opportunity to travel to new and exciting places that she might otherwise not have seen.
When asked who she considers a personal hero, Esther replied that it is her son, Kevin, whose ability to take complex matters and simplify them without compromising the value is something she would admire and respect even if he was not her son. He has also given her the greatest gift, a beautiful granddaughter!
Esther's favorite quote is, "What would you do if you knew you couldn't fail?" This question should definitely make everyone think about how to live life to the fullest.
Gerry McFaull
Gerry McFaull's background is in leadership of Engineering and High Tech businesses where he has learned from managing through both the good times and the lean. Today he runs a sourcing and consulting business which he co-founded in 2002 and is married with four children.
Gerry has worked extensively in volunteer positions in a wide variety of roles, and has served on the Board of Directors at the Fremont Chamber of Commerce, leading committees for Finance, Marketing, Communications and Special Projects. Gerry also currently serves on the Citizens Bond Oversight Committee for the Fremont Unified School District.
"If you want a lively conversation," says Gerry, "please ask me about two of my most heartfelt beliefs that 'Our children are our future' and 'Strong communities depend on the people who comprise that community'. The team at Kidango is an outstanding example of what is possible and I am proud and excited to be a small part of a tremendous story of success in creating better opportunities for our children and widespread community involvement."
Valerie Boyle
Board Member
Valerie Boyle joined the Kidango board in 2006, welcoming the opportunity to work with an organization that dedicates itself to the development and growth of the "whole" child, extending services to the family environment as needed to support the child. Over 20 years ago her grandchild was happily in the care of the formative organization from which Kidango grew, Tri-Cities Children Center. She recalls the challenges of finding loving, high-quality care for her own children when they were toddlers. Kidango, with its breadth of professional services, is something she never imagined possible.
Valerie brings to the board nearly four decades of leadership experience in the association management industry. She has served as CEO of the Castro Valley, Fremont, Palo Alto and Mountain View Chambers of Commerce, and since 2014, as CEO of the Newark Chamber of Commerce. She has worked extensively and collaboratively in the business, education and non-profit communities and has served over the years on a number of local, regional and state association boards and agencies, currently on the Newark Educational Foundation. From 2000 through 2013 Valerie was self-employed as a small business and non-profit consultant, and during that same period, from 2009 through 2013 served as the special consultant to local chambers for the Western Association of Chamber Executives (W.A.C.E.) In that capacity, she traveled throughout California and Arizona facilitating strategic planning retreats, providing board and staff training and development, and leading internal organizational change efforts during periods of transition.
Valerie says she really had no plans to step back from her consulting work and then an opportunity to work with a local chamber – "practically next door" – presented itself in 2014. She found it impossible to turn down the opportunity and its challenges, immediately finding an affinity with that chamber's backbone of dedicated business and community-minded leaders. And so, she finds herself back in the daily management of a local chamber, deeply involved in one vibrant community, just as she started so many years ago. Being able to continue serving on the Kidango board as it continually expands the depth and quality of its services is icing on the cake.
Michael Garcia
Board Member
Bio coming soon.
Harvey Schloss
Board Member
Mr. Schloss is a past-president of Congregation Beth Am in Los Altos Hills, Jewish Family and Children's Services of Greater San Francisco, and Rhoda Goldman Plaza – an assisted living facility in San Francisco. He has been Interim Executive Director for Rebuilding Together Peninsula, Palo Alto Art Center Foundation, and JW House – a hospitality house on the Kaiser campus in Santa Clara. He has served on the boards of Environmental Volunteers, the Jewish Public Affairs Committee, and A Foundation Building Strength for Nemaline Myopathy. He currently serves on the Child Care Partnership Council in San Mateo County and is a member of the Strong Start Coalition in Santa Clara County.
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Shams Tabrez
Board Member
Shams is inspired by the fact that Kidango is a true community of teachers, parents and members of the public who all work collectively to help children fully develop their own unique qualities. He is particularly impressed with how Kidango continues to strategically locate new facilities in order to help more children benefit from its Mission.
Born in Karachi, Pakistan, Shams grew up in Manchester, England. He holds multiple degrees, including an M.B.A., and credits his strong educational background for his successes.
Shams is a vice president for SELA Inc, a manufacturing company with offices around the world, as well as an author of over 30 technical and commercial articles. In 2000, he became a U.S. patent holder for an invention in Advanced Semiconductor Technology.
Shams has been inspired by the writings of Thomas Jefferson and how he helped craft the Declaration of Independence, an enduring and inspirational document with values that still guide the way for people today. "Jefferson truly understood the power of the written word and valued education, for it is the key to helping people progress," says Shams.
As a board member, Shams wants to see that Kidango continues to build strong relationships with key partners to help generate resources to sustain and grow Kidango and its programs.
Shams lives by the words of Yogi Berra, who once said "If you come to a fork in the road… pick it up!"
Shams thinks that education is that fork in the road and he is looking forward to doing his part in helping Kidango children pick up all the benefits education has to offer.
Nancy Thomas
Board Member
Nancy believes that children enter this world with a natural curiosity and wonder about their environment. She sees Kidango as a place where children can explore their pre-school world, both socially and academically, and develop the foundation to be successful learners in the K-12 environment.
Born in Minnesota, Nancy moved with her husband and young children to the Bay Area in 1969 and has lived in her Newark home ever since. She received her bachelor's degree from San Jose State University and her master degree from Stanford, both in Electrical Engineering. She retired from Hewlett-Packard after a 25 year career, half in various engineering positions, and half as the company's National Contributions Manager.
Nancy is a champion of science education, especially for young girls. Prior to joining the Kidango Board in 2007, Nancy was a board member for RAFT (Resource Area for Teaching). She has also served on several national science advisory boards and helped write and manage two successful National Science Foundation grants for Bay Area school districts.
Nancy is serving her second term as a board member for the Newark Unified School District, and is an elected member of the Alameda County Central Democratic Committee. She is a member of the Newark Rotary Club and the Newark Optimist Club.
Nancy was drawn to Kidango because of its highly successful programs and its talented and dedicated staff. She looks forward to witnessing the organization's continued expansion, especially in areas that target children and families with the greatest need.
Ronald Towns
Board Member
Bio coming soon.
John M. True
Board Member
Bio coming soon.


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The set's not hooked to cable or antenna. It picks up only one channel. A very private one. Unlike cable, it always has something good on. No matter the time, whatever is playing is just starting as I tune in. How can this be? It's my video collection. Hi, I'm Jay. An occasional (very) voice actor lurking in the central Ohio hinterlands. And this is Jays' Tee Vee. My little corner of wierdness on the web. Movies, cartoons, anime. Oh yeah! ... WARNING ... Some politics.
Thursday, September 29, 2016
The "Princess" and the Pee: An Angel Beats Anime Fan Fiction Story
Yui makes use of the "facilities" one time too many ... A riff off a scene from Episode 6: Family Affair.
The "Princess" and the Pee: An Angel Beats Anime Fan Fiction Story
C V Ford
"Sighhhh! ... Oh, man!"
Leaning back in his desk chair, the young blue haired man gazed exasperatingly up at the light ballasts and ceiling fixtures. Class not even fifteen minutes in and it was ... what ... the fifth? ... sixth? ... time she LOUDLY(!) announced to teacher, class ... the whole freakin' world ... her intentions to use the facilities ...
And in such a crass, vulgar manner!
"You again? ... Very well," the teacher also seemingly resigned to it, "... go ahead."
"Man! If only the teachers were this easy when we were alive," thought Hinata.
"Things sure would have been a lot less complicated."
A light whack on the shoulder had the young man shift his vision rightward to that of a diminutive, pink tressed "goth goblin" leering a toothy grin downward as she passed.
"Really hafta' go this time," conspiratorial look in her eyes. "Gonna' use the teachers' unisex single down the hall."
Hideki watched her saunter out.
On Yuris' orders, members of the Battlefront were to attend classes. Partly to avoid another mass contemplation room confinement but also to create disturbances in order to see how far Ayoto Naoi, the Acting Student Council President and his "zombies" could be pushed before retaliation. The infractions would also keep them from getting too "into" their classes and possible "obliteration" ... which was probably what the little dictator wanted.
The methods varied:
Hisako, TK, Fujimaki and Matsushita were busy "infracting" in a hot Mahjong session at the center of first row.
Two rows over, a VERY self conscious Oyama nervously contemplating a try at sneaking something to crunch on from a party size bag of chips.
Takamatsu in hard calisthenics an aisle over.
Noda, the formidable moron, lay across two desks in an attempt at snooze, impairing the ability of two other students in their work thus in violation of Yuris' instructions not to impede others.
An obvious though quiet distraction being "staged" by Shiina in the back corner of the window row, balancing scissors, ruler and a broom on the fingertips of one hand in vigorous focus training.
As for the hyperactive dingbat Yui, her non-method seemed to be continually requesting bathroom breaks, leaving for a short interval then return ... to repeat the "process" over and over ad nauseum.
Hinatas' own "nauseum" was really getting to him.
A sideways glance to his buddy seated in the desk behind, he asked, "Just what does that little ... dipwad ... think she's doing? You'd think she'd try something else ... And why the teachers restroom this time around?"
"Act of defiance maybe?" Otonashi in answer
"And she didn't have to tell me she actually HAD to go this time."
"She likes you."
"Say WHAT!?" The blue hair turned full around toward the carrot top.
"Oh, come on," Otonashi urged. "She's always had a thing for you. She-"
"She brings me nothing but grief! Ever since the ball game she's been a total pain in the a-"
"You just don't know a good thing when you see it," explained Yuzuru, "I mean ... She's pretty cute, y'know?"
"Otonashi ... You are one SICK dude!"
"Hmmm ... I've seen that Naoi guy use the teachers loo before," Yui in thought traveling down the hallway past the student restrooms. "Probly' thinks he's privileged 'r somthin' just 'cause he's the new Council head."
In fact she'd seen the creepy one and an NPC enter it two "trips" ago.
"They gotta' be outta' there by now. If he can ... I can! Class warfare it is!"
Cautiously, Yui softly knocked below the plainly marked "Faculty/Staff Only" sign. No response, she quietly opened the now unlocked door. Peering in revealed the space devoid of anyone.
"Huh? ... What's this?" On entry, puzzlement on espying the object recessed in the wall.
"Oh yeah!" Realization lighting a weak filament 40 watt inside her pink and twin tail strapped cranium.
"Guys ... Standing up ... right!"
Fascinated, the girl fixated on the wall urinal while backing up to the throne.
Reaching under the pleated blue uniform skirt she slid her unmentionables down and proceeded to sit.
"... so you see Otonashi," explained the blue hair, "there's NO WAY I could ever feel any attraction to that little whack-job, why she's-"
The more than audible scream could be clearly heard by one and all on the building floor.
"It's Yui!" A more than concerned looking Hinata exclaimed, launching out of the desk chair and toward the door to the hall. "That damn Naoi, if he's-"
"Yup!" Hinata thought watching his friend rush past to the demented ones' rescue. "No attraction at all ... RIGHT!"
Also launching up, Otonashi shouted a hasty "excuse us" to the "teacherbot" as he ran to assist.
Hideki was already halfway down the hall when the red head got out the door.
"Yeah it's obvious," he wryly sarcasted to himself. "No feelings for the little whack-job ... PERIOD!
"Speaking of which ..."
The aforementioned little whack-job fast-walked out a well ajar unisex door and past a now confused and adrenaline hyped Hinata.
"Wh- ... What's wrong? You OK? You're not hurt or anything, are you?" Almost pleading. "If that Naoi did anything to you, I'll- !"
"It's NOTHING!"
"Don't tell me that, what's-"
The royally aggravated one stalked on back to the classroom, fists clenched, shoulders hunched, face in hellish grimace and in no uncertain terms not wanting to discuss an-y-thing.
Passing a puzzled ginger who noted the back third of her skirt was sopping wet, she pivoted into the classroom. Returning to her seat at the front window desk, arms crossed, she sat herself down ... hard. The act of which with an extremely audible squish.
"Hmmmph! Hnnnngh!"
Turning his gaze back down the hall, Yuzuru saw a fast approaching and laughing(?) Hinata returning from having had a look inside the small restroom.
Holding his sides and trying not to be too loud in his gasping and wheezing (And utterly failing!), Hinata staggered past and in. Otonashi following.
"A-heep! ... Durrrp! ... Gak! ... Oh God!"
"What ha-"
" ... eeeeeh! .... Seat!"
" ... Seat! ... " Hinata coughing/gagging and weakly collapsing into his desk chair. "Someone left the freakin' seat UP! ... Aww ... BWA! HA! HA! HA! HAA! HAAAAAAAA!"
"SHUT UP YOU!" From the front window corner of the room.
"So Yui," a smiling Hisako looking up from her game tiles, "you fall in or something?"
Matsushita hung onto the game desk, heaving silently in laughter, rattling the tiles.
"Good thing you didn't grab the handle in getting yourself out," Fujimaki in accompaniment. "Then you'd be dizzy as well as wet!"
"Swir-leee!!" TK
Oyama looked on in amused bewilderment.
The reclining Noda, on his part, grinning with one eye open surveying the unfortunate one.
Takamatsu, in the middle of a "cruncher", froze in wonderment.
Shiina, having set her balancing objects aside, turned her back on the scene, concealing her own mirthful response. Being from another era, she recalled her own early encounters with Sir John Haringtons' invention (1) after arriving at this school in the In-Between.
"Aw c'mon, guys," Otonashi returning to his desk, "she's been through enough, she-"
"CAN IT! ... ALLA' YAS!" Again from the front window corner.
"Please keep it down a little." The 'robo-teach' commanded. "We are having class here."
Recalling Yuris' instructions, the extremely amused Battlefronters suppressed their din though subdued giggles and laughter from various parts of the room still evident.
The class session continued and for the next ten minutes, with front members engaging in their diverse infractions, a relative peace prevailed until from the front window corner-
From the back, a lamenting Shiina.
"This is soooo ... "
Storyline (only) copyright © 9-29-16 C V Ford
1. Sir John Harington (1560 - 1612) Inventor of the flush toilet.
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Posted by Jay at Thursday, September 29, 2016 3 comments: Links to this post
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Sunday, September 25, 2016
Sen. Ted Cruz Endorses Donald Trump
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Sen. Ted Cruz Endorses Donald Trump
Here is Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-TX) statement endorsing Donald Trump for president:
This election is unlike any other in our nation's history. Like many other voters, I have struggled to determine the right course of action in this general election.
In Cleveland, I urged voters, "please, don't stay home in November. Stand, and speak, and vote your conscience, vote for candidates up and down the ticket whom you trust to defend our freedom and to be faithful to the Constitution."
After many months of careful consideration, of prayer and searching my own conscience, I have decided that on Election Day, I will vote for the Republican nominee, Donald Trump.
I've made this decision for two reasons. First, last year, I promised to support the Republican nominee. And I intend to keep my word.
Second, even though I have had areas of significant disagreement with our nominee, by any measure Hillary Clinton is wholly unacceptable — that's why I have always been #NeverHillary.
Six key policy differences inform my decision. First, and most important, the Supreme Court. For anyone concerned about the Bill of Rights — free speech, religious liberty, the Second Amendment — the Court hangs in the balance. I have spent my professional career fighting before the Court to defend the Constitution. We are only one justice away from losing our most basic rights, and the next president will appoint as many as four new justices. We know, without a doubt, that every Clinton appointee would be a left-wing ideologue. Trump, in contrast, has promised to appoint justices "in the mold of Scalia."
For some time, I have been seeking greater specificity on this issue, and today the Trump campaign provided that, releasing a very strong list of potential Supreme Court nominees — including Sen. Mike Lee, who would make an extraordinary justice — and making an explicit commitment to nominate only from that list. This commitment matters, and it provides a serious reason for voters to choose to support Trump.
Second, Obamacare. The failed healthcare law is hurting millions of Americans. If Republicans hold Congress, leadership has committed to passing legislation repealing Obamacare. Clinton, we know beyond a shadow of doubt, would veto that legislation. Trump has said he would sign it.
Third, energy. Clinton would continue the Obama administration's war on coal and relentless efforts to crush the oil and gas industry. Trump has said he will reduce regulations and allow the blossoming American energy renaissance to create millions of new high-paying jobs.
Fourth, immigration. Clinton would continue and even expand President Obama's lawless executive amnesty. Trump has promised that he would revoke those illegal executive orders.
Fifth, national security. Clinton would continue the Obama administration's willful blindness to radical Islamic terrorism. She would continue importing Middle Eastern refugees whom the FBI cannot vet to make sure they are not terrorists. Trump has promised to stop the deluge of unvetted refugees.
Sixth, Internet freedom. Clinton supports Obama's plan to hand over control of the Internet to an international community of stakeholders, including Russia, China, and Iran. Just this week, Trump came out strongly against that plan, and in support of free speech online.
These are six vital issues where the candidates' positions present a clear choice for the American people.
If Clinton wins, we know — with 100% certainty — that she would deliver on her left-wing promises, with devastating results for our country.
My conscience tells me I must do whatever I can to stop that.
We also have seen, over the past few weeks and months, a Trump campaign focusing more and more on freedom — including emphasizing school choice and the power of economic growth to lift African-Americans and Hispanics to prosperity.
Finally, after eight years of a lawless Obama administration, targeting and persecuting those disfavored by the administration, fidelity to the rule of law has never been more important.
The Supreme Court will be critical in preserving the rule of law. And, if the next administration fails to honor the Constitution and Bill of Rights, then I hope that Republicans and Democrats will stand united in protecting our fundamental liberties.
Our country is in crisis. Hillary Clinton is manifestly unfit to be president, and her policies would harm millions of Americans. And Donald Trump is the only thing standing in her way.
A year ago, I pledged to endorse the Republican nominee, and I am honoring that commitment. And if you don't want to see a Hillary Clinton presidency, I encourage you to vote for him.
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Posted by Jay at Sunday, September 25, 2016 5 comments: Links to this post
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Friday, September 23, 2016
The Porntrolling of Haruhi Suzumiya: Chapter Four of a The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Fan Fiction Story
|Artwork: Haruhisky, Re-colorisation: Alfonso Ling.
The Porn Trolling of Haruhi Suzumiya: Chapter Four of a The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Fan Fiction Story
C V Ford
Chapter 4: The Fan Gets Hit By the Plan
A further month later, at a metro library branch, Carl accessed the bogus SixSick6 account.
Though things were improving even further in regards to anime and the public, other events were proving it was time to end it all.
A story in the papers and a spot on Fox News a few hours before, had him apprehensive and scrambling to cover any and all possible tracks to him.
It was revealed the FBI, at the behest of the State and Justice departments, had been looking into the possibility of conducting an ongoing investigation into the storys' posting and the resultant diplomatic chaos. Anything disrupting the relations between the U.S. and Japan was deemed possible espionage.
Remarkably enough, Otaku Fiction dot net still resisting in the name of free speech and the First Amendment and holding things up in the courts.
He decided not to blow this off. Recollections of a Yoo Tube poster being wrongfully blamed for the Benghazi debacle by the Hildebeast and jailed for almost a year (1), prompted him to take action.
At a library branch one county and several towns over, Carl parked some blocks away and walked a roundabout route.
He knew there was no way he could be traced. After all, he didn't post the story in his "rogue" Otaku Fiction dot net account from home and always made sure to access it in another town, usually another county. All they could narrow it down to was a very large part of central Ohio.
Getting on Otaku Fiction dot net, he noted the blurb at the top of the news section of the sites' main page:
"Due to demand, Otaku Fiction dot net now accepts stories of a more explicit MA rated content. In order to ensure only mature readers can access said content, an extra password and username is now required for sections containing such content. Please consult instructions in the Rules and Guidelines section to set up/select special password to accompany username."
He noted the aIRtight story to be missing from the old M rated section but still a sole entry on his SixSick6 account thus in the new MA section.
On top of all the other things he hadn't foreseen, this was really offputting. All he wanted was to troll a joke, have some fun and mess with some minds. But inadvertently promoting porn?
"Have I created a monster?"
Sighing to himself, Carl proceeded. It was time to end what little he could and make as clean a break of it as possible.
Going to the Publish section of the account he proceeded to Document Manager.
Accessing the doc he hit the Remove button killing that. Then going to Manage Stories he hit Delete Story.
"And so it ends-," sighed Carl ... being cut off in mid-sigh.
The Private Messaging field had a numeral 1.
"Wait a sec! How could-"
Quickly checking his settings, he noted ALL of them still set on "no", including
"Accept Private Messaging".
Going back, the numeral still there.
Hesitantly he clicked on the field then going to Inbox. The sole entry. A Haruhi in red bunny suit avatar and ... HS.
Clicking on it revealed:
"You don't think you're getting off THAT easy, do you?" HS
For all Carl knew at that moment HS stood for Holy S--t!
He concluded that either the feds were trying to flush him out or possibly a hacker with some skills had managed to break through and leave that message.
As it was, he congratulated himself on the precautions he had taken and was confident it would get no further than this.
Closing out the account, Carl signed out as SixSick6 for the last time.
Goodbye aIRtight ... Foreverrrrr ... !
Getting home later that day found Carl settling in to a net surfing session.
Nothing like an easy, relaxing cruise of social media to take his mind off his concerns ... Yeah ... RIGHT!
He mentally reviewed his precautions. Different "pen name", separate account, accessed ONLY in locations away from home. The PM that reached him had to be some hacker or feddy getting through and on the bogus account only. There was no way-
In accessing his "legit" Otaku Fiction dot net account, he noted he had a numeral 1 in Personal Messaging.
"Probably that Ling jerk," he thought.
Bringing the section up more than brought him up short ... More like hitting a mental brick wall.
"Hi! Just to let ya' know. My friends and I are gonna' pay ya' a little visit. See ya' in a bit!" HS
With the same Haruhi red bunny suit avatar!
"No! ... NO WAY! ... Imp-"
Grabbing the phone, a nervously sweating Carl was about to 911 then hit the brakes and thumbed the receiver in thought.
"This is nuts! What do I tell the police? FCC maybe? That I'm being harassed ... By the feds ... a hacker ... or a ... a cartoon character!? I'd have to tell 'em the whole story, I'd ... It would get out ... I'd be telling the whole world I'm the one who's been inadvertently trolling U.S. and Japanese foreign relations for over a month. There's got to be a-"
Phone ringing in his hand, Carl jumped a foot off his chair.
Keeping his thumb down he decided to screen the call and let the answering machine do the talking.
"Heyyy ... C'mon big boy," in response to the prompt. "I know you're there. Surely you got the guts to pick up your own phone."
In the space of the instant he put the receiver to his ear he realized the voice sounded like that of ------ ---, the English voice actress of-!
"Uh ... Hello?"
"Hiya Carl! Guess who? ... As if you didn't know. We're just outside an' on our way up!"
"Who ... Who is this!?" Carl dreading the impossible about to happen.
"We'll be right up!"
"Wait you-"
Leaning over Carl pulled open a desk drawer and lifted out the 4" barrel, stainless steel Smith & Wesson model 65. (2) The .357 revolvers' weight felt reassuring. He had no illusions about taking on the FBI or any other government entity but a nut job (With phenomenal hacking skills at that!) imitating an anime character was another matter entirely.
His reassurance was short lived. The sound of his apartment buildings' main downstairs door opening in accompaniment with several female voices in fluent Japanese came up to him loud and clear.
Carl kept the panic down in spite of the fact of his recognition of the voices.
Though not usually one to watch shows in their original Japanese dubs (Old white guy who speaks English.) the Haruhi series was one of the few he did with both that and mother tongue.
"Can't be the feds ... the Japs wouldn't send seiyus to investigate something like this ... Kyoani? ... No! ...
Reaching again into the desk drawer, he drew out the revolvers' double speed loader pouch. Twelve extra shots of .357 topped with 158 grain semi-jacketed hollow point slugs could be a healthy addition to any social situation.
Responding to the knock on the door (And wishing there was more time to fetch the 12 gauge.), Carl softly sidled up to the door. Keeping to the side, he swept a hand over the peep lense. No shots or anyone trying to bust through, he cautiously gazed through the peep lense.
Only to see an eye staring right back.
Royally startled, he jumped back several feet.
After composing himself and dredging up some courage in a surprisingly half moment, Carl again chanced a second look through the lens.
It was as he disbelievingly feared. The five real life figures of the main female cast members of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya stood waiting in the hall with objects in hand. North High uniforms and all!
Slowly backing away from the door and to the side, the man put himself in a "fighting" stance with the revolver in a two handed 'Ayoob' grip (3) half way up to sighting level.
"Hey Carl! It's us!" The familiar voice of ------ --- coming through. "C'mon little piggy, open up. I know you don't want us to do the ol' huff 'n puff routine, right?"
"Huff 'n puff, huh?" Muttering to himself. Nothing like anger to drum up courage, Carl tightened his grip on the revolver. "I'll show ya' huff 'n puff!"
Then making with his warning.
"Take off, you ... Or I'm callin' the police!"
"Oh," sing songy response, "I don't think sooooo ... I mean, you're one of our biggest fans!"
"Was," Carl thought as they called his bluff.
A slight weight shift of the revolver in Carls' hands had him do a quick glance at the gun. In shocked disbelief, he clicked the latch, swinging out the cylinder.
"You lookin' for these?" From behind, accompanied by the sound of rattling cartridges in hand.
In further shock, Carl spun about, his eyes being greeted with the sight of the five cast characters in various states of recline and rest on and about his living room furniture. Title character and three holding kendo bamboo practice swords and Mikuru ... a rope.
"NO WAY! You-"
"Waaaaayyyy ... Unlike my TV persona I know what I'm fully capable of." The ominous 'blue bird' set the lethal rounds clattering on the living room table next to the speed loader pouch.
The man made a grab for the door.
"There's no escape, we'll just be back on the other side of the door." Ryoko chiming in.
His hand hit empty wall in the try for a knob to a door that now wasn't there in his futile effort in making a swift exit.
"Or that," the blue haired one smiled.
"Besides," the tall green tressed giggler putting in, "we got business to uh ... discuss."
The ginger with the rope looked on wide eyed.
"Yes ... business," the deadpan gray haired stoic adding.
"A- ... And that would be?" Carl questioned, tightening his grip on the handgun. It would still make do for a small club.
"Y'know ... " Goddess Whack Job rose from the easy chair and began, now in full control, "I've seen a LOT of doujinshi, art and crackfic having to do with me and my friends over the past few years ... Some good ... some not so good ... and yeah ...some really great. Then ..."
Haruhi held the practice sword down and across her thighs, leaning forward with upraised right eyebrow.
"Then there are some that ... well ... Really push the limits to what even we have trouble taking in."
"Like some of the ones by that one guy," Tsuraya put in. "Uh ... What's his name?"
"Alfonso Ling." Yuki
"Yeah," acknowledged Haruhi, "THAT guy!
"But that one story you did ... ," the brigade leader continued. "It really crossed the line. Shoot! ... It flew right over it at mach ten!
"I mean ... REALLY ... Poor Mikuru-chan's beside herself being depicted like that! That bit about her doing all that-"
"Actually Miss Suzumiya, I liked the part where I-"
"It's all she could do to keep from crying the past several weeks!"
Carl stole a quick glance at the petite, well endowed one in the barcalounger returning a confused shrug and embarrassed smile his way. He could see "Poor Mikuru-chan" was all cried out ... NOT!
"You know, it's bad enough when a show gets cancelled. With most live actors, they're out of work until a new gig comes along sooner or later and things are OK again. But with us anime characters ... One usually ends up in the toilet of HENTAI HELL!"
"Say WHAT!?"
"You heard me Carl ... Most anime/manga is one or two seasons and then we're out on our posteriors wondering what to do with ourselves. If your show is well remembered and your character design is 'interesting' in some way ... and you have no place to go ... You end up having to make a living doing something ... else."
"Yeah! Look what happened to the Sailor Moon girls!" Ryoko exclaimed in interruption.
"I was getting to that," the brigade leader continued. "It's been ... what? ... Yeah! ... over twenty years ... TWENTY FREAKIN' YEARS ... since their show left the air. It long went past the point where their show was forgotten and it ended up with everyone thinking that porn was all they ever did. Thanks to a real gig like Crystal they're taking some time off from porn for awhile."
"Wait a sec," Carl in disbelief. "You mean to say you have to resort to porn just to keep going?"
"Not all of us. Some of us are so generic looking the expedient of changing hair colors and styles or just our personas and other parts come along. Others end hooking up or marrying their agents, artists or character designers.
"Some," Haruhi did a sideways glance over at Mikuru, "even wind up marrying a rich otaku."
"Hold on a moment," Carls' mind still trying to take in and adjust to this 'Roger Rabbit' moment. (4) "There's plenty of art and manga porn of you and your show out there-"
"And fanfic." Yukis' eyes narrowing oh so slightly.
"- and you weren't uh- ... involved ... in any of it?"
"Like I said ... Some of us 'toons, as you call us, only need to restyle their hair and personalities and they can be anyone. A LOT of characters looking for work y'know." Explained Suzumiya. "Though admittedly, I have done ... SOME modeling for that Haruhisky guy but it was only some ecchi/cheese cakey stuff mind you." (5)
A glance about, noting the eye rolling on the other four faces told Carl she may have been involved in other (A LOT of!) "independent" projects.
"It's a good thing Yuki, Ryoko and I can bend reality somewhat or we all would have been under the pen 'n ink of all those doujin sickos-"
"And fanfic writers." Yuki
"-So none," the brigade dictator declared, "and I mean ... NONE ... of us ever had to do anything X-rated."
A stifled cough/giggle from a smirking Tsuraya had the man doing another quick scan revealing a blushing Mikuru, a half grinning Ryoko gazing at the ceiling, and a knowing look on Yukis' face (It's ALWAYS the quiet ones!).
"Just because they didn't have to doesn't mean they didn't," thought Carl. "THIS Haruhi may know her capabilities but she's still just as clueless and oblivious about other things."
The man nervously eyed the kendo sticks then back at Haruhi, interrupting her spiel.
"So you uh ... gonna' ... kill me?" Trying to keep up a front of bravado.
The SOS fuhrer returned an evil smile chilling Carls' blood.
"Kill you? Oh nooooo! Why we- ... Eh ... Put the Rambo blade away Ryoko."
"Awwww!" The deadly ingenue frowned pocketing the knife.
Carls' eyes widened.
"No ... Not kill you. You did, after all, give anime a worldwide boost in general and our show in particular what with it getting continued and all. We actually owe you one."
Carl let out half a relieved breath.
"Which is why we're only going to chastise you for your story." Blood chilling grin more intense.
The man abruptly retrieved the breath.
"Chastise ... as in?" The man again noted the rope coil in the nervous gingers' hands.
"Herbs and spices." Yuki
Carl aghast. He knew Miss Deadpan wasn't talking KFC. (6)
"And it works the same way with pain AS well as pleasure!" A gleeful Tsuraya exclaimed resting a chin on her bestest buds' shoulder. "Right Mikuru?"
"Uh ... eh ... Heh!" More evident embarrassment from the carrot top.
"You'll also note how long the handles are on these kendo sticks," added Haruhi, her teeth showing.
"Y'know Haruhi," Ryoko suggesting getting the be-ribboned ones' attention. "We might later wanna' try the treated rope out on the guy who thought it up."
"Hey! Not a bad idea Ryoko! He pretty much deserves it."
The malevolent 'toon goddess turned back to Carl, her grin wider. "Only unlike you ... He'll be screaming for more ... Like a little girl! (7)
"And with that!"
Shouldering the kendo stick, the demi-dietys' swiftly extended arm ending with index, shot out toward Carl.
Storyline (only) copyright © 9-15-2016 C V Ford
1. The poor guy has been ruined and as of this writing is living in a homeless shelter.
2. Calling all "grammar nazis": Before any of you fly off the handle about me using an ampersand in Smith & Wesson, keep in mind that's how you "spell" Smith & Wesson.
Don't believe me? Look up the logo on Google Images.
3. A modification of the standard two handed grip but with the supporting hands' index finger snugged under the trigger guard. Resulting in a steadier/stable grip. Pioneered by author/writer Massad Ayoob. It works!
4. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Buena Vista Pictures Distribution Corp., 1988) - A combination live action/animated fantasy wherein a 1940s era private detective (Bob Hoskins) investigates a murder at the behest of the title character in order to prove his innocence. A hilarious movie featuring many American cartoon characters from different studios.
5. Haruhisky is an actual hentai artist. The psuedonym pretty much says what his (Her? It?) main subject is.
7. Yeah ... That Alfonso Ling guy again. As for the treated "rope trick", check out his story, Figure Eight on Fan Fiction.net.
Geez! I can't believe I'm boosting porn!
|The original Haruhisky artwork.
The Porntrolling of Haruhi Suzumiya chapters: 1, 2, and 3.
Go to C V Fords' Anime Fan Fiction Page! here.
Go to C V Fords' profile page and anime fan fiction stories list on Fan Fiction dot net here.
Go to Alfonso Lings' profile page and anime fan fiction stories list on Fan Fiction dot net here. Warning: HE DOES PORN!
And his Haruhi obsession has me wondering about him. Glad I'm not like that. :)
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Disclaimer: The preceding is a NON-PROFIT work of fan fiction for entertainment purposes only. I make no claim to ownership of the copyrighted names/characters, places, and events mentioned in this work. They are the sole properties of their respective owners. Please, by all means support the owners of such properties in the purchase and enjoyment of their works.
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Labels: Alfonso Ling, anime fanfiction, fan fiction, Fan Fiction dot Net, Haruhi Suzumiya, Mikuru Asahina, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya fan fiction, Yuki Nagato
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Bush the First to Vote for Clinton ... Big Surprise
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Bush the First to Vote for Clinton ... Big Surprise
Well ... There goes the election ... Looks like this is it ... The end of El Donaldo.
Now that it's rumored George Herbert Walker Bushed, aka: Mr. "Read my lips no new taxes" and Loser of '92 (Helped in part by Ross Perrot who also helped Bob Dull become Loser of '96. BOTH to Billys' willy!) is rumored to be voting for the goblin, it looks like it's curtains for Mr. Trump.
Yessir! The fact that a prominent member of the Republicrat/Demican elite, aka: the Shove It Up Yer Ass Sideways Brush End First With A Twist Party would vote for Hilarity Clinton should convince all those working people and other "deplorables" to do the same.
Pack it in Don ...
Jus' sayin ...
Donald Trump For President here.
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Saturday, September 17, 2016
I'm Deplorable, You're Deplorable
I'm Deplorable, You're Deplorable
A couple of graphics I got off the London Daily Mail site. At a Trump rally in Florida, the Hildebeasts' "deplorable" comment got co-opted along with the music from the Broadway hit, Les Miserables.
Yes ... I'm a basketcase deplorable. I used to be a bitter clinger but now I'm just downright DEPLORABLE.
Yes ... Utterly deplorable.
As for you Ms. Clinton, in the words of that wise sage, Daffy Duck:
"You'rrrrrrrre! ... DESTHPICABLE!
Donald Trump for President here.
Go to Jays' Tee Vee blog main page here. Any articles under this means you're already deplorably there. Despicably so!
Thursday, September 8, 2016
Do NOT Vote Early!
Do NOT Vote Early!
I learned my lesson on that.
Just received in the mail an offer from the office of the Ohio Secretary of State to vote early. To hell with that!
I remember the 2008 election when war hero/political zero McCain (Actually I voted for Sara Palin.) ran against our muslim in chief. Bilked into thinking I was doing the smart thing, I went to our county Board of Elections and voted a day early.
The next day, the national vote was hardly counted when McCain (Who I am convinced had no intention of winning.) conceded the election around 10 PM!
A couple days later, I read in the local paper that it was going to take awhile before all the early votes would be tallied.
I still have that sick feeling that my vote wasn't even counted.
Don't be suckered into an imaginary convenience. Do it on the very day! Get up EARLY and get down to you polling place. If there's a crowd that can be a good thing. Folks don't stand in long lines to vote for the status quo.
I learned my lesson. Don't learn it yourself.
For the first time in a LOOONG time I'm feeling really good about a Republican presidential candidate.
Instead of a Bob Dull, McCain or Romney, that is some political animal/wishy washy stand for nothing business as usual moderate, we have an actual contender with every intention to win and stand for what working folks believe in.
Donald Trump is no politician. He's a hard headed businessman who would run the executive branch and lead the country on sound business principles:
Don't spend more than what you have, make or are getting. Otherwise if your outgo is greater than your income then your upkeep will be your downfall.
Jus' sayin' ...
Donald Trump for president here.
Republican Party here.
Ohio Republican Party here.
The site where I got the title illustration here.
Go to Jays' Tee Vee blog main page here. Any articles under this means you're already there. AND GET OUT AND VOTE!
Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Of Sticks 'n Stones: Something I Found on the Net
Of Sticks 'n Stones: Something I Found on the Net
Thought you might find this interesting. Found it on the interbutts ... forget where ... On some message board thing. It's in reply to some obviously lofty, naive declaration of some kind, on the nature of man and the world.
Right click and open in new tab/window.
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Since our hairy asses began to walk upright, we had one major goal as men: To make everything within eyesight bend to our will. We broke bones and cut our flesh rending the ground beneath us into something hospitable in an otherwise brutal and unforgiving nightmare. We fought every beast we could find in a quest for dominance, then, when we stood atop the mound of corpses of every creature that wished to do us harm, we moved on to the most dangerous game; Ourselves.
We fucking chased down game until it died of exhaustion. We beat each other to doom-esque gore piles with our goddamn fists.
Then we realized rocks and sticks work better. We had a fucking bronze age. Fuck your textbook; That guy who found metal wasn't saying, "Oh, I could til more soil with this." He was saying, "Well fuck! I could cleave way more heads than Ogg over there with this sharp shit!"
And we started battling. For almost every fucking ancient city, we had a group of men dedicating to smiting other men. We used that to shape the world into other nations, testing themselves against a tide of ever raging war to see who could stand on their own lust for fucking death.
Samurai, pirates, knights. We all knew them as children. Why?
We didn't grasp feudalism. We didn't ponder their technical advancement over their foes. We knew they were good at one thing. War. And we wanted to be ... Just ... Like ... Them.
Parade all you want about one small speck of humanity that did the same dance as our common ancestors, because you're still right, albeit stupid. You don't know if you want to swim in dark water. You don't know if you want to play with spiders. You don't know if you could eat a raw eel. But you and almost every man alive knows he's willing to kill if he needs to. Regardless of who you love, where you come from, what you worship, you're still a goddamn human. And war is your craft.
That ominously strange website I grabbed the title illustration from here.
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ESPNU College Town releases Soccer, new All Stars, fresh tunes and more
In addition to Soccer, Softball Practice has been added to the list of events in the Baseball Field venue. Not to mention that brand new tunes have been added to the game that give it a "Pomp and Circumstance" vibe. The Newspaper has also been changed to include a new Featured Items section that includes Campus Affiliation items (wait, don't we already have a spot for those?). Playdom also updated the Scoreboard so that more statistics are displayed while Player Challenges were changed so that players who challenge schools four or more levels below them will not gain experience. Take that, bullies.
The update also fixed a list of issues to improve the game experience such as loading issues, displaying friends correctly in the Gifting section and--most importantly--a change to how the game calculates School Spirit, which a Playdom community manager explained as, "[players] weren't able to add students despite it displaying that you had enough Spirit. This issue has been fixed with this update." Check out the forum post for the whole list of changes and see for yourself in-game.
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The Dubspot team has returned from Decibel Festival, Seattle's annual celebration of music and technology, and they've brought back words and vision to share from their experiences.
Decibel Festival in Seattle has annually brought in a diverse lineup of talent from around the globe and this year was no exception. All around the city, major and small venues hosted a variety of record label showcases and artists performing with simple DJ setups to full on live orchestral arrangements and everything in between. One major highlight for Dubspot each year is the Decibel Festival Conference. During this conference, which took place over two days at the Broadway Performance Hall, we hosted our EDU Sessions and had an additional day of workshops in partnership with our friends at Ableton. Check out some photos from our Decibel Festival 2013 highlights and listen to a full live set from DJ/producer Ben Klock below.
On Day one of our Dubspot EDU Sessions, we partnered with our Portland-based friends at Control Voltage to provide a variety of hands on workshops with modular synthesizers and other boutique analog gear. Participants were able to try out a variety of synthesizers and learn more about how they generate sound.
In this photo, Dubspot instructor James Patrick explains modular synthesizer concepts and how control voltage modulation works. He also explained how he incorporates analog gear with his Ableton Live sets for performance.
Curriculum Director Chris Petti demonstrates how to make a track using only the human voice as a sound source.
On the day of Ableton's workshops, Dubspot's Dave Cross and Nate Mars moderated a workshop with renowned composer and multi-instrumentalist Olafur Arnalds. In this workshop, Olafur along with special guests from his band, demonstrated the way they incorporate traditional acoustic instruments and perform with Ableton Live.
Listen to a song from his brand new album here:
Matt Cellitti demonstrates production techniques in day one of our free two-day Maschine mini-course. People who attended the course learned the basics of drum programming, sequencing, overdubbing, sampling and composition with Maschine.
Here, Ghostly International artist Dauwd explains how he performs with Ableton Live and Push.
Check out an original song from Dauwd here:
In closing, check out this innovative full-lenth DJ set from Ben Klock live at Decibel Festival below and stay tuned for some brand new videos from our festival workshops and panels.


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Charlie the Cavalier is now moving to http://life.50ThingsToKnow.com starting on May 1st 2014. 50 Things to Know life will be the new Charlie the Cavalier. This this blog has been fun, we are going to move everything to one place. There will be more organization and hopefully more time spent on posting this way instead of moving around social media accounts. Charlie the Cavalier Blog began about 5 years ago.
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Lordstown- A nearly complete 12,000-foot loop train track at the Ohio Commerce Center in Lordstown is among the key components of what Halcon Resources Corp. says eventually may be a $70 million fuel depot. Savage, a multinational, privately owned company, hopes to be a major player in the development of those facilities at the 480-acre Commerce Center on Tod Avenue one mile north of Salt Springs Road. Savage and the center have completed the installation of a $60,000 truck scale on the five acres Savage now leases.
Savage also leases one train track and has an $80,000 portable conveyor on site ready to handle the unloading and loading of frack sand that will arrive by rail and be loaded into trucks. "That could happen any day. We've got the agreements signed," said Matt McComber, Savage operations manager at the Commerce Center. "There is a big need for them to get frack sand and chemicals used in the drilling process," he said of oil companies. Getting them by rail is less expensive than by truck, he said. Loading and unloading frack sand is how Savage plans to start up at the Ohio Commerce Center, but it also is ready to handle chemicals and other materials used in the gas-and-oil business.
If Halcon and the center's management continue to develop the center for the oil-and-gas industry, Savage hopes to grow along with it, McComber said. "The Ohio Commerce Center is looking forward to us leasing additional tracks and space as time goes on," McComber said.Halcon announced in July it plans to construct a $70 million fuel depot at the Commerce Center, which was built by the federal government as the Lordstown Ordnance Depot in 1940 to store munitions and house soldiers.
Brothers George and Spiro Bakeris of Howland bought the Commerce Center in June 2010. It is one of the largest privately owned rail facilities in Northeast Ohio. Halcon, which has drilled nine wells in the Utica Shale play, says the fuel depot would store and distribute oil to East Coast and Gulf Coast refineries. Such a depot would include six storage tanks each capable of holding 90,000 barrels of crude or other products. It also would include a 20-car rail-loading platform.Before those facilities are complete, however, Savage hopes it will be able to provide a way for Halcon to load trucks filled with oil into rail tankers at the Commerce Center, McComber said.Halcon says that by late this year, it would like to have 20 truck unloading stations in place for oil, enabling it to load 15,000 barrels per day using six mobile loaders.Savage is in negotiations to be the company that provides those services, McComber said.Halcon wants to have the remainder of the infrastructure, including the storage tanks, in place by late 2014.
Dan Crouse of Routh Hurlbert real-estate brokers of Warren, which represents the Commerce Center, said Halcon is working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to get the air permits needed to have storage tanks.A $2 million Ohio Jobs Ready grant helped pay for part of the loop track at the center. Its purpose is to provide enough track for trains containing 100 or more cars to leave the mainline track and circle through the center, loading and unloading.Eventually, the Commerce Center could make it possible for unit trains of 65 to 110 cars to load up with crude in eight to 10 hours, Crouse said.At that point, there could be many other companies leasing space at the center to provide services to the industry, such as pipe-storage or chemical companies, Crouse said.All of this development is "market-driven," Crouse said, meaning it will play out depending on what the market demands based on the amount of oil being extracted from wells here."We're just waiting for the ramp-up to occur," Crouse said.