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The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program created in 2012 by the Obama Administration allows people brought to the United States as children to live in the country without being deported. It also gives some DACA recipients a social security number and the ability to work.
In 2018, Texas joined nine other states to file a lawsuit claiming President Barack Obama exceeded his authority when he created DACA through an executive order. On Friday, July 16, that lawsuit made it to a U.S. district court judge who ruled DACA is unconstitutional, arguing that Obama did not follow the proper guidelines when creating the program.
Now, thousands of young adults who were in the process of applying for DACA are in limbo.
Are DACA applications no longer being accepted because of the new ruling?
- Court Order, Office of Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas
- Statement by Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas on DACA Ruling
- Update: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
- Jose Barrera, Deputy Director for California, League of United Latin American Citizens
- Nick Katz, Esq, Legal Director, CASA
- Isabel Aguilar, Mother of a DACA applicant
It is false that DACA applications are no longer being accepted because of the new ruling. They are being accepted, however, they aren't being approved right now.
According to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), nearly 915,000 people have applied for DACA status since the program was created in 2012 under President Obama. Nevertheless, a path to citizenship for DACA recipients has been debated for years and still does not exist.
In a 77-page court order, Judge Andrew S. Hanen of the United States District Court in Houston ruled on July 16, 2021, that DACA is illegal. According to the judge's ruling, the Obama administration did not meet the condition for public comment required by the Administrative Procedure Act when creating DACA. It also states that the Obama administration violated the "Take Care Clause" of the U.S. Constitution when it instituted DACA.
Under the ruling, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a statement released on July 19, 2021, that the agency "will continue to accept the filing of both initial and renewal DACA requests, as well as accompanying requests for employment authorization."
However, according to DHS, "pursuant to the July 16, 2021 order from the Southern District of Texas, DHS is prohibited from granting initial DACA requests and accompanying requests for employment authorization."
DHS said it will continue to grant or deny renewal DACA requests, according to existing policy.
"I think it's incredibly important to note that this decision at this time does not impact current DACA recipients. The judge explicitly said in his order that it was stayed, meaning that it temporarily, at least for the moment, does not apply for folks who have DACA currently, and they can and should continue to renew their DACA status until further notice," Nick Katz, the legal director of CASA, told VERIFY.
Jose Barrera, the deputy director for California at the League of United Latin American Citizens, tells VERIFY the judge's ruling puts more than 50,000 applicants currently waiting for approval at continued risk of deportation.
"They are in this like limbo state, where if they get caught by an ICE agent — they could be deported," said Barrera. "You could also be subjected to losing your job because you don't have a working permit."
Honduran immigrant Isabel Aguilar says her 19-year-old son Adolfo, who is a student at Loyola University in Maryland on a partial scholarship, was in the final stage of the DACA application process. She tells VERIFY this ruling has stopped him from being able to accept a job offer.
"In January, when he hear about DACA again, he was so excited. He say, 'Mommy, they told me in August I will receive my permission in September. I can start to work and help you to pay the rest to the school,'" said Aguilar. "I talked with him [and] he feels like, 'Oh my God, one more time?' You know, it's like a start again. I know him, and I know he don't lose the motivation, but it's hard because you make plans. You thinking, "Okay, when I have my job permits, then I can work.' [As] a mother, I really feel frustrated."
Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the secretary of Homeland Security, also released a statement after the ruling, stating the Department of Justice (DOJ) plans to appeal the order.
"I am disappointed by yesterday's ruling and its impact on families across the country, but it will not derail our efforts to protect Dreamers. The Biden-Harris Administration—and this country—remain as committed as ever to ensuring that Dreamers are protected from the threat of deportation and are allowed to continue to contribute to this country that is their home. DHS remains focused on safeguarding DACA, and we will engage the public in a rulemaking process to preserve and fortify DACA," said Mayorkas.
More from VERIFY: No, more migrants have not died during Biden's first 6 months than Trump's 4 years in office


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From the Hans Christian Andersen biography "The Life of Hans Christian Andersen. Day By Day", written by DPhil Johan de Mylius:
1835The First Collection of Fairy-Tales
9 April
Improvisatoren (The Improvisatore, or: Life in Italy) is published by C.A. Reitzel, HCA's usual Danish publisher. With this and the three following novels HCA places himself at the forefront of the new, modern genre, namely the novel, in fact the contemporary novel. As far as the Danish scene is concerned, HCA thus paths the way in literature, where otherwise only Ingemann had written novels, and these were historical. It was indeed the novels which initially won HCA fame in Europe.
The novel is also the culmination of HCA's efforts, during the 1830s, to write in a picturesque style (see also Skyggebilleder (Rambles in...) and fairy-tales such as "De vilde Svaner"(The Wild Swans). In a letter dated 16th March, he tells Henriette Wulff that his translator:
"Professor Kruse [...] says that I am the greatest painter and Ørsted says that I should have the brush as well as the pen".
Concerning the influence of the novel, HCA informs Henriette Wulff in a letter dated 29th April:
"Never before have so many people been so fascinated by a work of mine", and: "I am "on a wave"; but my heart is filled with gratefulness to the good Lord; I feel that all is a gift from him, a favour he has let flow in my soul".
HCA had demanded 200 rdl. in royalties for The Improvisatore, 100 in advance. Furthermore, he had wished for the book to be printed in the same format and with the same typesetting as the novels by Ingemann - i.e. he was aiming at the same type of broad, popular success that Ingemann had achieved with his historical novels.
Reitzel had received the manuscript early enough to make publication possible in February. However, as HCA could only provide 18 subscribers, rather than the 100 which were a precondition for the 200 rdl. in royalties, the actual release was delayed.
1835: The First Collection of Fairy-Tales
Release of Laurids Kruse's German translation of The Improvisatore: Jugenleben und Träume eines italienischen Dichters (The Youth and Dreams Of An Italian Poet) (also including a forword by Kruse), published by August Campes, Hamburg.
The publication must have been prepared at the same time as the planning of the Danish version.
8 May
Release of Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. Første Hefte (Tales, Told for Children. First Booklet) including "Fyrtøjet" (The Tinder Box), "Lille Claus og store Claus" (Lille Claus og store Claus), "Princessen paa Aærten" (The Princess on the Pea), "Den lille Idas Blomster" (Little Ida's Flowers). The booklet cost 24 "skilling" (1/4 rbdl., i.e. equivalent of 25 Dkr. or approx. 5 USD today) and was, as such, what Edvard Collin later referred to as a "good deal edition". 2nd edition in 1842, 3rd edition in 1845.
With reference to the fairy-tales, HCA writes to Ingemann in a letter dated 10th February:
"I have included a couple of those fairy-tales which I myself enjoyed so much as a child, and which I believe are not well known; I have simply written them the way I would tell them to a child".
In his "Remarks"to the tales (in the edition illustrated by Vilh. Pedersen, volume 2, 1863), HCA says of these first tales:
"The style should be such that one hears the narrator. Therefore, the language had to be similar to the spoken word; the stories are for children, but adults too should be able to listen in. The first three fairy-tales are ones I heard during childhood, in the spinning room and during the harvesting of the hops; "Little Ida's Flowers"on the other hand, came into being one day while visiting the poet Thiele, when I was telling his daughter Ida about the flowers at the botanical gardens; I kept and adapted a few of the child's remarks when I later wrote the fairy-tale down".


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Ministry of Justice decision suggests spreading Christianity may be unlawful in Turkey.
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"In Turkey, constitutionally speaking it is not a crime to be a Christian or to disseminate the Christian faith. However, in reality there have been problems"
03/20/2009 Turkey (Compass Direct News) – Turkey's decision last month to try two Christians under a revised version of a controversial law for "insulting Turkishness" because they spoke about their faith came as a blow to the country's record of freedom of speech and religion.
A Silivri court on Feb. 24 received the go-ahead from the Ministry of Justice to try Christians Turan Topal and Hakan Tastan under the revised Article 301 – a law that has sparked outrage among proponents of free speech as journalists, writers, activists and lawyers have been tried under it. The court had sent the case to the Ministry of Justice after the government on May 8, 2008 put into effect a series of changes – which critics have called "cosmetic" – to the law.
The justice ministry decision came as a surprise to Topal and Tastan and their lawyer, as missionary activities are not illegal in Turkey. Defense lawyer Haydar Polat said no concrete evidence of insulting Turkey or Islam has emerged since the case first opened two years ago.
"The trial will continue from where it left off – to be honest, we thought they wouldn't give permission [for the case to continue]," said Polat, "because there was no persuasive evidence of 'degrading Turkishness and Islam' in the case file."
A Ministry of Justice statement claimed that approval to try the case came in response to the original statement by three young men – Fatih Kose, Alper Eksi and Oguz Yilmaz – that Topal and Tastan were conducting missionary activities in an effort to show that Islam was a primitive and fictitious religion that results in terrorism, and to portray Turks as a "cursed people."
Prosecutors have yet to produce any evidence indicating the defendants described Islam in these terms, and Polat said Turkey's constitution grants all citizens freedom to choose, be educated in and communicate their religion, making missionary activities legal.
"This is the point that really needs to be understood," said Polat. "In Turkey, constitutionally speaking it is not a crime to be a Christian or to disseminate the Christian faith. However, in reality there have been problems."
The lawyer contended that prosecuting lawyers have given political dimensions to the case by rendering baseless accusations in a nationalistic light.
"From their point of view, missionary activity carried out by missionaries of imperialistic countries is harmful for Turkish culture and the country overall," Polat said.
Tastan said that although he has always been confident that he and Topal will be acquitted, the decision of the Ministry of Justice to try them under Article 301 left him deeply disappointed in his own country.
"After this last hearing, I realized that I didn't feel as comfortable as I had been in the past," Tastan told Compass. "I believed that surely the Ministry of Justice would never make the decision they did."
Tastan said he was uneasy that his country would deem his Christian faith as insulting to the very Turkishness in which he takes pride.
"This is the source of my uneasiness: I love this country so much, this country's people, that as a loving Turk who is a Christian to be tried for insulting Turkey has really cut me up," said Tastan. "Because I love this nation, I've never said anything against it. That I'm a Christian, yes, I say that and I will continue to do so. But I think they are trying to paint the image that we insult, dislike and hate Turks. This really makes me sad and heartsick."
If nothing else, Tastan said, the trial has provided an opportunity for Turkish Christians to show God's love and also make themselves known to their compatriots. He called the ministerial decision duplicitous.
"A government that talks the European Union talk, claims to respect freedom, democracy, and accept everyone, yet rejects me even though I'm a Turkish citizen who is officially a Christian on his ID card, has made me sad," he said. "That's why I'm disappointed."
At the time of their arrests, Topal and Tastan were volunteers with The Bible Research Center, which last week acquired official association status and is now called "The Society for Propagating Knowledge of the Bible." In the last court hearing, prosecutors demanded that further inquiries be conducted into the nature of the association since the defendants used their contact lists to reach people interested in Christianity.
"Because they think like this, they believe that the Bible center is an important unit to the missionary activities," said Polat. "And they allege that those working at this center are also guilty."
The court has yet to decide whether police can investigate the Christian association.
Polat and the defendants said they believe that as no evidence has been presented, the case should come to a conclusion at the next hearing on May 28.
"From a legal standpoint, we hope that they will acquit us, that it will be obvious that there is no proof," said Tastan. "There have only been allegations none of the witnesses have accused us in court. I'm not a legal expert, but I believe that if there is no proof and no evidence of 'insulting,' then we should be set free."
The initial charges prepared by the Silivri state prosecutor against Tastan and Topal were based on "a warning telephone call to the gendarme" claiming that Christian missionaries were trying to form illegal groups in local schools and insulting Turkishness, the military and Islam.
Despite a court summons sent to the Silivri and Istanbul gendarme headquarters requesting six gendarme soldiers to testify as prosecution witnesses, none have stepped forward to do so. At a June 24, 2008 hearing, two witnesses for the prosecution declared they did not know the defendants and had never seen them before facing them in the courtroom. Several witnesses – including one of the original complainants, Kose – have failed to show up on various trial dates.
"We believe the case has arrived to a concluding stage, because all evidence has been collected and the witnesses have been heard," Polat said. "We believe the accused will be dismissed. The inverse would surprise us."
Polat underlined that while the case shows that human rights violations in Turkey are still a "serious problem," it is also true that Turkey's desire to join the European Union has brought sincere efforts to improve democratic processes. He attested, however, that establishing a true democracy can be a long process that requires sacrifices.
"It is my conviction that there is no other way for people to believe in and establish democracy than through struggle," he said.
Tastan added that he sees hope that the notion that being "Turkish" means being Muslim is breaking. Due to exposure to media coverage of the murder trial of the April 18, 2007 slaughter of three Christians in Malatya, he said, Turks are becoming aware that there are fellow citizens who are Christians and are even dying for their Lord.
"This makes me happy, because it means freedom for the Turkish Christians that come after us," said Tastan. "At least they won't experience these injustices. I believe we will accomplish this."
For the time being, though, the Ministry of Justice's decision that Tastan and Topal can be tried under the revised Article 301 law appears to contribute to the belief that to promulgate a non-Islamic faith in Turkey is tantamount to treason. As Turkish online human rights magazine Bianet headlined its coverage of the decision, "Ministerial Edict: You Can Be a Christian But Do Not Tell Anyone!"


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Advocates of the lean startup method for creating a business advise entrepreneurs, as well as corporate intrapreneurs, to document, test, and refine their assumptions about a new venture's business model via customer conversations and experiments. My recent research on 250 teams that participated in an American cleantech accelerator program during the last 10 years found that while the lean approach can be effective, having a strong strategy is more important than conducting a tremendous number of market tests.
First, the good news: In general, the lean startup method works. We measured success by looking at how teams performed in a pitch competition in front of a panel of industry experts at the end of the accelerator program (a proxy, albeit an imperfect one, for long-term financial performance). Teams that elucidated and then tested hypotheses about their venture performed almost three times better in the pitch competition than teams that did not test any hypotheses.
Now, the bad news: There was no linear relationship between the number of validated hypotheses and a team's subsequent success. In short, more validation is not better. I also found that teams that conducted both open-ended conversations and more formalized experiments with customers actually performed worse in the competition than teams that conducted either one or the other during the early stages of venture design.
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One possible explanation for the diminishing and even negative return on customer interaction is an erosion of confidence: too much feedback from customers might cause the entrepreneurs to change the idea so frequently that they become disheartened. Another possibility is that the lean startup method, while efficient compared to the conventional approach of "build it and they will come," still requires time, attention, and resources that are diverted from other projects. At some point, managers run out of patience for continued testing and pull the plug.
Certainly, some ideas deserve to die a quick and early death if they do not generate customer demand. However, the lean startup method might be producing "false negatives," meaning good ideas are mistakenly rejected because the approach does not have a clear rule for when entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs should declare victory, stop testing, and begin scaling production.
David Collis, a professor at Harvard Business School, proposes a solution to this conundrum: the "lean strategy" process, which involves setting clear constraints for which markets and methods are to be considered while testing and refining the business model.
Let me extend his advice by advocating that entrepreneurs should also declare the threshold for making a go/no-go decision. For example, if 50% of customers in the target segment pay a fee for an early prototype, or if testing produces only minor alterations to an already granular and specific business model, managers could decree that some or all major aspects of the business model should be locked into place. (I am now conducting research on these "stopping rules" for entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs who employ lean startup methods.)
In addition, entrepreneurs should ask themselves which aspects of the business model they should consider first. Are all aspects of a business model equally important in the early design phase? In my research with cleantech entrepreneurs, I found that teams that focused their testing on the triumvirate of target customer segment, value proposition, and channel performed twice as well as teams that did not spend much attention on those three categories.
The popularity of the lean startup method is well deserved. But, as is true of any business process, the method must be tailored and employed with reflection and constraints, not blind allegiance. Just like the new ventures it creates, it will improve as researchers and practitioners propose, test, and incorporate refinements.


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With much of southern New York and northeast Pennsylvania still soggy from an unusually wet summer, the National Weather Service is wary of the increased threat of flooding from hurricanes and tropical storms.
"The earth's ability to absorb heavy rain has certainly been limited by the unusually wet summer we've had so far here in the northeast," said Sol Summer, hydrology chief for the NWS Eastern Region. "The wet conditions would make flooding from a hurricane or tropical storm that much worse."
According to the hydrologist, the ability of soil to absorb additional moisture, and the higher levels of rivers, lakes, and streams, are key factors in the increased flood potential this hurricane season. Cooler temperatures and increased cloud cover are also affecting local conditions as evaporation has been slowed and more water is staying on the ground.
"Last year, we were looking at drought conditions and many areas were actually hoping for a dose of tropical moisture," the hydrologist explained. "This year, there is so much water around, it would be difficult to absorb a heavy rain which could result in flash floods and river floods," Summer said.
"And keep in mind, extensive flooding from Hurricane Floyd last year occurred when the region was experiencing drought conditions," Summer added. "If a storm similar to Hurricane Floyd were to make landfall now, you would see not only localized flooding and flash flooding, but many of the main stem rivers could overflow their banks as well."
Much of the northeast from New England south through southern New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey have above average soil moisture, while parts of Maryland, Delaware, Virginia and West Virginia are slightly wetter than normal. These areas are in stark contrast to the south, the west, and parts of the midwestern U.S. which are still grappling with abnormally dry conditions, the Weather Service said.
Example's of the wet conditions can be found throughout the northeast: New Jersey's Lake Hopatcong, for instance, was at its highest level since record keeping began 114 years ago breaking the previous record set during Hurricane Diane in 1955.
The Delaware River at Trenton, N.J. is flowing at a rate 250 percent above normal for this time of the year and the Passaic River at Little Falls, N.J. is at 90 percent higher than normal. Streamflow at Montague, N.Y. on the upper Delaware River is 237 percent of normal and the Susquehanna River is 169 percent of normal at Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
More telling is the state of the region's water supply, noted George McKillop, NWS Service Hydrologist for New York and New Jersey. The northeast New Jersey reservoir system is holding an estimated 76 billion gallons of water, which is about 94 percent of capacity. "The reservoir system is holding about 20.5 billion gallons, or 20 percent, more than last year right before Hurricane Floyd hit," McKillop noted. The New York City reservoir system is at 96 percent of capacity, which is 12 percent above normal for this time of the year.
"The lingering effects of La Nina are the culprit in this situation," said Ants Leetmaa, director of the Climate Prediction Center in Camp Springs, Md. "La Nina first brought persistent wet and cool weather conditions to the Northeast leading to soggy conditions and now is expected to possibly bring enhanced rainfall through an above normal tropical storm outlook for this hurricane season."
The Weather Service cautioned that freshwater flooding from tropical rain can occur hundreds of miles inland and can be as dangerous as the storm surge normally associated with hurricanes as they come ashore.
"With flooding one of the leading causes of weather related deaths in the United States, coastal residents and those living well inland should always be wary of rising waters," Summer said. "Particular caution should be taken while driving in flooded areas since more than half of the country's flood related deaths take place in vehicles."
National Weather Service information on hurricane development, flood threats, and weather forecasts and warnings can be obtained through a number of sources including NOAA Weather Radio and the Internet at http://www.nws.noaa.gov.


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A German historian has claimed in a new book that Nazi scientists successfully tested a tactical nuclear weapon in the last months of World War II.
Rainer Karlsch said that new research in Soviet and also Western archives, along with measurements carried out at one of the test sites, provided evidence for the existence of the weapon.
"The important thing in my book is the finding that the Germans had an atomic reactor near Berlin which was running for a short while, perhaps some days or weeks," he told the BBC.
"The second important finding was the atomic tests carried out in Thuringia and on the Baltic Sea."
Mr Karlsch describes what the Germans had as a "hybrid tactical nuclear weapon" much smaller than those dropped on Hiroshima or Nagasaki.
'Bright light'
He said the last test, carried out in Thuringia on 3 March 1945, destroyed an area of about 500 sq m, killing several hundred prisoners of war and concentration camp inmates.
The weapons were never used because they were not yet ready for mass production. There were also problems with delivery and detonation systems.
"We haven't heard about this before because only small groups of scientists were involved, and a lot of the documents were classified after they were captured by the Allies," said Karlsch.
"I found documents in Russian and Western archives, as well as in private German ones."
One of these is a memo from a Russian spy, brought to the attention of Stalin just days after the last test. It cites "reliable sources" as reporting "two huge explosions" on the night of 3 March.
Karlsch also cites German eyewitnesses as reporting light so bright that for a second it was possible to read a newspaper, accompanied by a sudden blast of wind.
The eyewitnesses, who were interviewed on the subject by the East German authorities in the early 1960s, also said they suffered nose-bleeds, headaches, and nausea for days afterwards.
Karlsch also pointed to measurements carried out recently at the test site that found radioactive isotopes.
Sceptical response
His book has provoked huge interest in Germany, but also scepticism.
It has been common knowledge for decades that the Nazis carried out atomic experiments, but it has been widely believed they were far from developing an atomic bomb.
"The eyewitnesses he puts forward are either unreliable or they are not reporting first-hand information; allegedly key documents can be interpreted in various ways," said the influential news weekly Der Spiegel.
"Karlsch displays a catastrophic lack of understanding of physics," wrote physicist Michael Schaaf, author of a previous book about Nazi atomic experiments, in the Berliner Zeitung newspaper.
"Karlsch has done us a service in showing that German research into uranium went further than we'd thought up till now, but there was not a German atom bomb," he added.
It has also been pointed out that the United States employed thousands of scientists and invested billions of dollars in the Manhattan Project, while Germany's "dirty bomb" was allegedly the work of a few dozen top scientists who wanted to change the course of the war.
Karlsch himself acknowledged that he lacked absolute proof for his claims, and said he hoped his book would provoke further research.
But in a press statement for the book launch, he is defiant.
"It's clear there was no master plan for developing atom bombs. But it's also clear the Germans were the first to make atomic energy useable, and that at the end of this development was a successful test of a tactical nuclear weapon."
More on Nazi Weapons
Hitler's SECRET WEAPONS: V1
Hitler's SECRET WEAPONS: V2
Hitler's SECRET WEAPONS: V3
Did Hitler have an atom bomb?
Nazi Superguns: Karl Gerat: Used in Warsaw Uprising...
Nazi Superguns: Schwerer Gustav and Dora
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There's enough cheese for a billion pizzas in this new trailer for Thor: The Dark World. But it also makes the Asgardian sequel look fun, and promises a film that ups the ante — including a situation so dire, Thor has to make an almost unthinkable decision. Minor spoilers...
You have to admire the moxie of whoever decided the first trailer for this film should include Thor falling on the ground and going "Noooooo," Darth Vader-style. Not to mention whoever thought it would be a good idea to foreground the "Natalie Portman is a hostage" storyline. (And I guess Jane Foster is officially Thor's main weakness now.)
Still, a lot of the visuals look amazing, and a Thor-Loki team-up sounds like the perfect next stage in their troubled relationship. We're cautiously excited.
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After suffering a stroke, Judith moves into a historic nursing home, where she begins to suspect something supernatural is preying on the residents. With no one willing to believe her, Judith must either escape the confines of the manor, or fall victim to the evil that dwells within it.
Released: 2021-10-08
Genre: Horror
Duration: 81 min
Country: United States of America
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Tripwire Listen n' Fun
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One of the more unusual releases of the 1980's GI Joe: A Real American (1982-94), was Listen n' Fun Tripwire. Most kids at the time did not even know this even existed and I would have not known about it either if I had not accidentally walked down the book aisle at a local Target store in 1985.
The Listen n' Fun Tripwire was Hasbro's attempt at doing a multimedia, interactive series of toys and was sku-ed to be sold in the book aisle of toy departments as opposed to being pegged with the rest of the line in the toy aisle. Another reason why it was not generally known to most GI Joe collectors is that it was not even mentioned in the colorful GI Joe fold out catalog that was inserted in all the vehicles and playsets.
Listen n' Fun Tripwire comes carded with: 1x Tripwire (Orange), 1x Mine detector (grey), 3x mines (grey), 1x backpack (grey), 1x Cassette Tape. Listen n' Fun Tripwire did come with a file card but it was much smaller than the normal sized file cards.
There were two reasons why I bought this figure at the time. One was that is that if I had not seen it by walking down the wrong aisle I would not have know that it existed. Being a huge GI Joe fan and collector at the time I had to have it. Second out of all the GI Joe figures my number one favorite figure was Tripwire. So it was double cool to me at the time that I had an alternate version of my favorite figure.
Listen n' Fun Tripwire was a reissue of 1983's Tripwire figure but molded in day-glow orange and alternate light grey accessories which were different from the dark green of the original Tripwire release. What was odd about the figure was that it was molded in day-glow orange. This predated the GI Joe era when every figure was produced in dreadful day-glow colors in complete polar opposite of the real military. I was able to justify Tripwires orange color by thinking it was a gas suit that changed colors when it came near chemical or biological gasses.
US GI's in WWII such as D-Day on the Normandy coast wore such brassards on their shoulders that changed colors when it was exposed to gas. So it was in the realm of possibility Tripwire would wear such a suit, especially if he was in front line.
"Multimedia" in 1985 meant the figure came with a cassette tape. The cassette adventure entitled "The Cobra's Revenge" was a 13-minute adventure with Tripwire as the hero of the story, which is interesting considering that Tripwire was a secondary character which never received much screen or page time in the cartoon or comic book. The cassette featured different voice actors than the Sunbow TV series.
Although not remembered by the casual GI Joe fan, Today Listen n' Fun Tripwire is a sought after figure to complete the 1985 GI Joe figure releases and one of the oddest releases of the 1980's GI Joe era.
©2010 Article and Pictures by Leonardo Flores
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OMG,I actually had this,but never would have remembered it on my own! Funny thing is,I was hardly a Joe collector. I probably owned about 6 Joe figures total throughout childhood.
Was there another one of these for a different figure line? Maybe transformers? I feel like I had a different one as well as this.
Yes there was a Listen n' Fun Transformers and My Little Pony. I believe Cliffjumper was the Transformer that was included in the Listen n' Fun Transformer. I'm sure the products would have been more successful if they had given the figures better colors and then actually let kids know about the product!
I'm pretty sure my sister had the MLP one,too.
No really, we have global disasters, Megatron insulting Soundwave and Prowl screaming "OUR MISSILES"...okay okay, it was in one story (When Continents Collide) but it's a meme in the TF community, though not common


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Friday, June 7, 2013
Introducing Marcus Anthony Duggar
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Mack, Mike, and Mark -- OH. MY!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 7, 2013 at 1:18 PM
Congratulations on the arrival of your newest child Marcus Anthony Duggar.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 7, 2013 at 1:23 PM
Wondering why they choose that name not what I would have expected but nice and yet another big baby god bless u Anna looking froward to the special what a beautiful familyReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 7, 2013 at 1:31 PM
His initials are MAD?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 7, 2013 at 1:41 PM
Yay!! Congrats:-)ReplyDelete
Congratulations to the Duggars!!!! So precious!!! :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 7, 2013 at 1:45 PM
Congratulations! He is a handsome precious gift!! :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 7, 2013 at 2:12 PM
Woah! That's one big baby! Congratulations!!!ReplyDelete
- Skirts and curlsJune 7, 2013 at 2:29 PM
I was right! My birthday! Congrats!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 7, 2013 at 2:35 PM
so cute and looks healthy. i cant wait till the show on fathers dayReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 7, 2013 at 2:35 PM
That is a good size baby! I beat it by 3oz w/my 1st. Congrats to them.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 7, 2013 at 2:39 PM
What a handsome BOY!!!
Wondering who "Anthony" is after? FRC President "TONY" P?
If so..Great choice a Wonderful Godly Leader!!!
God Bless You All Richly!
- AnonymousJune 7, 2013 at 3:43 PM
Welcome Marcus Anthony Duggar!ReplyDelete
Congratulations Anna,Josh,Mackynzie and Michael.
Wishing you a life of happiness,love,health and peace.
God Bless
Collins Family
Congrats to them!! I can't wait to see the birthing special episode and what is next as they move to DC (near me!)ReplyDelete
- symphonyJune 7, 2013 at 4:09 PM
cute, but inever thought it would be Marcus.=) i didnt really think they would keep going on m's too, but i guess they are. Congratulations Josh and Anna!ReplyDelete
Congrats! I love your show!ReplyDelete
Your number 1 fan,
I AM SO THRILLED FOR THEM!!! this is soooooooo exciting and I LOVE the name!ReplyDelete
CONGRATULATIONS!!! LOVE the name! :) :) :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 7, 2013 at 4:29 PM
Yayyy! Congrats, and what a handsome name!!ReplyDelete
CONGRATULATIONS to the Duggars! he is adorable :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 7, 2013 at 5:03 PM
Congratulations Anna and Josh. He was born on my birthday! Just arrived in the USA from the UK xReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 7, 2013 at 5:06 PM
CONGRATS JOSH AND ANNA HE'S SO CUTEReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 7, 2013 at 5:24 PM
awwww congratulations Josh and Anna!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 7, 2013 at 5:45 PM
Congratulations on the birth of Marcus. It is a good day for a birthday. I know as it is also my birthday and Jerry Mathers ( the Beaver-for those who remember "Leave it to Beaver"). Jerry and I are the same age and both born In Iowa. Also I have a great niece born on my birthday! Enjoy your latest little blessing, Josh and Anna.ReplyDelete
- Lauren H.June 7, 2013 at 6:13 PM
I find it interesting that they would name their son after a pagan playboy, who was known as the New Dionysus because of his fondness for drink and partying.ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousJune 7, 2013 at 10:42 PM
Lauren H They probly don't know that. I don't think the first thing meantioned in baby books or online name sites are the unsavory characters of the world with the same name. Either way that's a pretty interesting tidbit.Delete
- AnonymousJune 9, 2013 at 11:36 AM
I agree,, and am glad someone pointed this out. Names are very iimportant. A godly family should be granting godly names, not glorifying Rome.Delete
- AnonymousAugust 13, 2013 at 6:34 PM
SERIOUSLY?????? Bahahahahahahahahahahaha! Father God is so much more loving, generous, Graceful, kind and grown-up than he is evidently being given credit for.Delete
Come on-get a grip. As long as this precious child grows up to love the Lord-who CARES what they name him!!
- Linda Bobo ReddochJune 7, 2013 at 6:20 PM
Congratulations!! What a sweet name.ReplyDelete
Congrats Josh and Anna, on a wonderful healthy new son, whose name I think is really cool! God bless your growing family!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 7, 2013 at 6:51 PM
He is so adorable!!! Can't wait to see him grow up!ReplyDelete
Congrats Josh and Anna! :DReplyDelete
Congratulations! He's beautiful...such a lovely big happy family....your kids are truly loved and well raised, and now doing the same for their own children, you're an inspiration. God bless x x xReplyDelete
- Brenda HJune 7, 2013 at 7:48 PM
What beautiful news! Congratulations to Anna, Josh, Mackynzie & Michael and all the Duggars! Welcome to the World Marcus Anthony~ :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 7, 2013 at 7:59 PM
Congratulations Anna and Josh. What a beautiful blessing is Marcus :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 7, 2013 at 8:42 PM
Anna and Josh, congratulations! He is precious!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 7, 2013 at 8:44 PM
God bless anna and her baby! CongratsReplyDelete
What a blessing! Congrats Josh and Anna! What a special and precious addition!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 7, 2013 at 10:06 PM
Wow! Marcus Anthony! After Roman politician Mark Antony and Cleopatra's lover, I assume. Congratulations!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 7, 2013 at 10:13 PM
Oh yay!! I'm so excited!! A new Duggar baby!! But... Marc Anthony? Really? I guess they don't realize who that is. But M.A.D.? They had to have seen that one. Idk questionable name imho.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 7, 2013 at 11:40 PM
truly a gift from God im so happy for the both of you and your familyReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 8, 2013 at 1:06 AM
June 2nd, the same day my niece was born 3 years ago!ReplyDelete
- Sheila (UK)June 8, 2013 at 2:50 AM
Congratulations to Josh and Anna on this wonderful news!ReplyDelete
I'm so glad Josh & Anna continued with the 'M' tradition!ReplyDelete
Congratulations! He look so much like Anna.ReplyDelete
- Stephanie from VirginiaJune 8, 2013 at 7:06 AM
He is huge, I hope Anna didnt suffer too much with a painful birth again like she has before. A 9 lb 3oz baby is no joke.ReplyDelete
A guess they are happy to "compare" baby boys size with David Waller since Josh and David, in my opinion, don't really like each other. They try to say its playful competition, but it seem more to it underneath the playing up to the camers.
Congratulations to everyone...May God continue to bless you and watch over your family each and everyday. The more the merrier!!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 8, 2013 at 8:58 AM
CAN YOU PUT A TEMPORARY PICTURE OF MARCUS ON THE BLOG HEADER TOP PAGE?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 8, 2013 at 9:27 AM
I adore the name Marcus, it is the name of my youngest child (3yr), so it definitely wins my approval ( Not that you need it). Congratulations, and God bless the Duggar family :).ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 8, 2013 at 9:57 AM
Congratulations to the entire Duggar family on the birth of Marcus. My goodness, Josh and Anna's babies are getting bigger! Must be the God-given life they lead.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 8, 2013 at 11:49 AM
What a blessing! Such a nice healthy size! Two of my boys were 9lb. 2 oz. They seem so healthy at that size, I actually prefer it. :)ReplyDelete
Many congrats to the whole family on this blessing from God!
- AnonymousJune 8, 2013 at 12:12 PM
So, Michelle was 21 when she had Josh, she was 23 when she had twins, 24 - when she had Jill (4 kids). Anna at almost 25 is behind :), they need to have the 4th child right after Marcus!ReplyDelete
And 9 lbs baby is huge! Hope Anna had a good delivery. Seems like there were no problems and there was no C-section, so she had him naturally. But 9 lbs baby! I wonder how they handle tearing during the delivery at some birth center, do they have nurses to put on stitches? In any case, congratulations!
And Marcus looks just like Mackynzie when she was born1
- AnonymousJune 8, 2013 at 1:03 PM
LOVE the name!! He is so precious! Congrats to Josh and Anna on their new addition!! :) May God richly bless your family!ReplyDelete
- Lauren H.June 8, 2013 at 2:38 PM
Did Anna have a home birth??ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 8, 2013 at 3:36 PM
But please dont do it for the camera, do it for yourselves, raising a lot of children is no easy task.
- AnonymousJune 8, 2013 at 5:19 PM
Congrats Josh and Anna! We are celebrating a new baby too!ReplyDelete
- Jill WJune 9, 2013 at 1:57 PM
How precious! He was born on our 4 year anniversary! :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 9, 2013 at 8:08 PM
The name they chose *is* a little surprising, however both Josh and Anna were raised very sheltered - no major media influences, oblivious to much pop culture. Yes, they could have realized the significance of the name if they Googled it but maybe they didn't think of that. I wouldn't criticize them - for whatever reason, they chose that name specially for their son and I'm sure it wasn't "after" the Marc Antony that everyone is thinking! :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 10, 2013 at 12:34 AM
I agree that Marcus is very out of character and matthew would of been my guess as well, but its what they wanted.I def think they dont know who mark anthony is...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 10, 2013 at 11:33 AM
Josh and Anna both have internet now, and I'm sure if they browsed names, Mark Anthony would come up :).ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 10, 2013 at 12:34 PM
he's soo cuteReplyDelete
- Lauren H.June 10, 2013 at 6:44 PM
Even somebody sheltered should know who Mark Anthony (or Marcus Antonius) is, as he is a major figure in history.ReplyDelete
That Josh and Anna may not know this speaks a great deal about their education, which in turn makes me concerned with how they will fair with Josh working in DC.
I am quite happy for them, little Marcus is beautiful, but still, the name really surprises me.
What a wonderful little bundle of joy.. God bless you all..ReplyDelete
Thank you for your loveley show.. Enjoy it so much.. Rev. Anne
What a precious life! Many will pray for you as you move to DC. Congratulations on this sweet precious lil life you were given by God! He is a real sweetie!ReplyDelete
- Julia K.L.June 17, 2013 at 7:34 PM
Cool!! I fell in love with this family as mine has 7 children!!! Love u guys and God Bless!!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 4, 2015 at 10:16 PM
You people are hilarious. Good grief, just because there's an unsavory "Marcus Anthony" in history, no one should be named that?! If you follow that logic, you'll run out of names pretty quickly, with the exception of Yeshua/Jesus. Marcus Anthony is a cute name for a cute little boy.ReplyDelete
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Virginia guard Malcolm Brogdon did a double take when told that the Cavaliers have only won the Atlantic Coast Conference championship outright once in their history, and that it was 33 years ago.
The 12th-ranked Cavaliers can notch their second Saturday with a win against No. 4 Syracuse in the biggest game in Charlottesville in decades, probably since Ralph Sampson was a Wahoo.
"I'm not even sure the rest of the guys on my team know that," the redshirt sophomore said when asked about the dubious championship fact. "I didn't know that until you just said it.
"That would be a huge accomplishment, really be unbelievable."
The showdown in Virginia's 14,953-seat arena has been sold out for several months.
"As a player, you try to block out the distractions, block out the publicity the game is getting, because I really feel like it's not about that," Brogdon said. "At the end of the day it's just another basketball game. We've got to go in and play our game ... and impose our will from the beginning."
The Cavaliers' style of play features coach Tony Bennett's trademark defense, which held Miami to an ACC-low 40 points in a 65-40 victory on Wednesday night. Virginia's defense is the stingiest in the nation, allowing 54.7 points per game.
Virginia (24-5, 15-1 ACC) has won 12 straight overall, and a school-record 17 in a row at home against conference competition, but hasn't faced a team of the caliber of the Orange since hosting No. 3 Duke on Feb. 28 last year. Indeed, the Blue Devils are the only ranked team the Cavaliers have beaten during their home winning streak.
Syracuse (26-2, 13-2), in its first season in the ACC, has lost two of three since starting the season with 25 straight wins, a streak that made Hall of Famer Jim Boeheim's team rise to No. 1 in the Top 25.
The Orange would be helped greatly if 3-point specialist Trevor Cooney returns to form. He has eight games in which he's converted at least five 3-pointers, but has missed 20 of 25 from behind the arc in the last four games.
"For him to be consistent from 3 is big for our team," said C.J. Fair, who leads Syracuse with a 16.5-point scoring average, followed by Cooney 12.8 per contest. "It keeps the defense honest. They can't key on one guy. It really stretches the floor for us. It takes a lot of pressure off me."
While the star power will be on the visiting bench, the Cavaliers have kept winning by relying on everyone.
Brogdon (14.8 ppg) and Joe Harris (11.8) lead them in scoring, but Akil Mitchell, sixth man Justin Anderson, Anthony Gill, London Perrantes and Mike Tobey have all warranted mention as keys in victories this season, along with the ever-present defense.
"I think they're the best team in the league," Notre Dame coach Mike Brey said after Virginia scored 25 consecutive points in a 70-49 rout of the Fighting Irish a week ago. Notre Dame lost 61-55 at Syracuse earlier in the season.
"More than any team in the league, they really know who they are on both ends of the floor," Brey said.
More than one coach has praised Harris, an All-ACC first team selection last season, for welcoming a reduced role, at least statistically, this season. His scoring average in ACC play is down 6.5 points over what it was a year ago, but he said getting to his final home game with stakes this high was the goal all along.
Harris and Mitchell are the only remaining players on the roster from Bennett's first recruiting class of six players.
"It is a huge matchup, but I think if you look at it from a greater perspective, this is what we wanted when we got here," Harris said. "This is something that, if we could have looked ahead when we first got here and said, 'our fourth year, our last game is going to be for an ACC championship against a top-5 team,' we would definitely take that and would be excited about that."
AP sports writer John Kekis in Syracuse, N.Y., contributed to this report.
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Wry grin and one of those devious smiles akin to Ian Somerhalder? Check and check. One-thousand checks. His name is Elijah Mattox. He's twenty-eight years old. Favorite things that I've scrounged up so far include Asian-fusion cuisine, Single Malt Scotch, and perfecting his purposely tousled hairstyle. He's an actor, trying to break into main-stream, silver screen, accolades and Oscars. As for now, well – he's only the most renowned Porn Star in the country. Over three-thousand films. Yeah, no kidding. And here I am, sitting at my desk, pen in hand, trying to conjure up some questions to ask him that don't consist of how many tits he's seen and what his thoughts are on the real-to-saline ratio. How many times could he climax in one session? Was his relationship with sex boring now? What is sex like once you've made a career out of using your cock? Was he worried that working in porn might affect his career as a mainstream actor? This isn't some one-time Kardashian sex tape. Even though I'm sure he's got one of those floating around somewhere. The guy has history. Then again, I've never actually seen his stuff. Never been much into porn. Even the soft-core variety. I mean, I've done a few Google searches in my time. I technically know what a penis looks like. One time in fourth grade, me and my old best friend, Ginny Weirkowitz, looked up Two Girls One Cup, and refused to eat for the rest of the day. Whatever you do, don't do it. Don't Google it. My eyes went to hell. But IRL, I've never seen the real thing. I'm a virgin. And I don't say that to sound interesting, either: I've wanted to get laid more times than I could count. I have a vibrator, thank you very much. Have you ever used a Hitachi Magic Wand? Let me tell you... I've just, you know, never had a real dick. I've never made love, had intercourse, fucked. Real hands, rough, desperate, passionate. Body-crushing. Mouth-on-mouth action. My only real kiss was Sophomore year of high school, on a dare, and that same guy ended up pouring an open container of spaghetti into my backpack after I reminded our Geometry teacher that he had forgotten to collect our homework. I tapped my pen against the edge of my desk, glancing around the office: large windows, exposed brick walls, and blown-up copies of magazine covers from over the years, largely featuring notable men and women of the celebrity variety. This was Come's first porn-star. Clever magazine name, I know. Come as in, welcome, enter. Come as in...orgasm. We were known for our sex tips and relationship advice. That said, it's been agreed upon that fucking in the shower just doesn't really work. I've never even fucked a guy before, and even I can tell you that I know for a fact, unless maybe you've got one of those shower-bath combos or a seat in your shower, it's freaking impossible. I'd like to put out a request: if you're a woman who has had mind-blowing shower-sex while standing up, please write to me. I grinned unabashedly, outwardly, probably looking ridiculous. I hadn't accomplished a lick of work in the past two hours. I couldn't concentrate. I was hungry: one of those gripping, all-consuming, carb-salt-sugar craving hungers. I wanted a pretzel, doughnut, and Diet Coke, stat. What do you ask a porn, star, though? What are the questions? I don't know, Bailey. Maybe treat him like a normal human male. Like a person. Like you. I flushed at the thought. Like me, a virgin. A big-mouthed mope of a virgin, with brown hair that was frizzy on good days and unhinged on bad days. Shoulder-length. I wore loafers and slacks to work, button-downs with quirky designs. Today was yellow ducks. But Bailey Finch, as a whole, was painfully unquirky. I was a poser. Inauthentic. Maybe a little too self-deprecating. I was most authentic at home, in bed with my laptop, wearing a hooded sweatshirt, leggings, and cabin socks. The fluffier the socks, the better. I wondered briefly what Elijah would think of me in comparison to the girls he'd been with on-screen. Did that even matter? No, of course not. Still, I wondered. Maybe I should flat-iron my hair, or wear shoes with wedges. Lip-gloss vs. lip balm. Procrastination: I typed out on the keyboard. Failure to concentrate. Here are some random facts: Scotland has 421 words for 'snow'. Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump. The first oranges weren't actually orange. The most common name is Mohammed. Cats can hear ultrasound. Children grow faster in the springtime. Karaoke means 'empty orchestra' in Japanese. Delete. Roll eyes. Sigh heavily. As I sat there, staring at a blank Word document, my boss Deborah – a tall, all-limbs woman, popped her head into my cubicle. "How are the interview questions going?" Her expression was vaguely fatigued despite remaining without a single crease or line; her face was elongated, elegant. She had the most delicate bird-face. Long, a pointed nose, elven cheek-bones. Her eyes, two silver buttons, were wide, perpetually surprised. Her foundation was light enough that I could still see the subtle, natural gloss of oil on her forehead. She was, all said, pretty in a pained sort of way. Her ash-blond hair was always styled as if she were ready to step out onto a runway. She wore Louis Vuitton stilettos and a tailored houndstooth-print suit. "Excellent," I lied. "I'm wrapping them up now, actually. I'll email them to you in a minute." I'll email them to you in a minute. Panic. My heart jumped. Why did I always do this? I was a people-pleaser to my core, and it always, always ended up biting me in the ass. I lived in constant pause-or-panic. "Awesome," she was indeed pleased. Her smile showed a bit of rose-pink lipstick on her front tooth. "Don't feel the need to get too detailed with them. Let him lead the interview, if you can. He seems talkative enough in past interviews. He did a very informative interview with Cosmopolitan last fall – we want to go deeper than that. Deeper than male skincare, workout regimens and how to maintain an erection, at least." "Do you want me to confirm how many inches he is, exactly?" I inquired. Deborah laughed. "These are the imperative questions," she said. "Yeah. If you can get his favorite lay, too, there's a good one. Best orgasm story." "I doubt his best orgasm has been on-film," I quipped. "I mean, porn is technically work." "Then in a relationship! I don't really care. I just want the details and we can Jane Doe or John Smith the rest." "Gotcha," I nodded. "I'll keep it professional. I'll keep it sexy." While still focusing on the fact that he was now looking to step away from the Adult Industry. Maybe he wouldn't want to talk about anything sexual. He possibly wouldn't. Maybe he'd find it offensive – like a strain on his shirt that he was hoping nobody would notice, or an unruly cowlick. Deborah scurried off in the direction of her next to-do, and I shook my head, a common mind-reset practice of mine. Like one of those Etch-A-Sketches. Elijah Mattox, who are you, sir? My fingers lingered on the keyboard, hesitant. I pressed my lips together, gave another heavy sigh, and then began typing. Twenty-minutes later, I had produced something palatable. Questions sure to please Deborah, keeping it sexy, keeping it professional, keeping it to the point: Elijah, the whole person. Not just the lead in I Didn't Know She Was Your Mom: Anal Edition. I sent the email off. As soon as I hit send, my pocket vibrated. It was also a known fact about myself that I wore pants loose enough to permit for large pockets. I hated purses. I had one, of course, but it contained mostly my wallet, a few old receipts, loose change and three Chap Sticks. I hated fishing for my phone, or taking the time to search for anything, really. Pockets simplify. It's a beautiful thing. The text was from Charlie, my roommate. Charlie: Important. Come to the shop immediately. Consider this urgent. The shop, as it were, was the bakery Charlie worked at. It was infamous for its cupcakes and house-brew. It also offered a wide array of customized-confectionary. I clicked my tongue, typing out a response. Me: At work. Will stop by after. Charlie's reply was instant. Charlie: THERE'S A DICK CAKE HERE. YOU NEED TO SEE THIS. Charlie: BAILEY. Charlie: I KNOW YOU AREN'T WORKING. YOU HAVE THE WORST WORK ETHIC OF ANYONE I KNOW. HOW DID YOU EVEN GET THAT JOB? Calendar Editor, and through an excellent referral at university. It was more of an administrative role, entry-level, truth be told. I worked on the weekly calendar of events for the publisher. This was, officially, my first stint doing an actual interview. My first written-piece, scored through the fact that I just so happened to be replacing the original auteur, who was on Maternity Leave. Everyone else was swamped. This was my one chance, and it had to be good. My phone vibrated again. Charlie: THAT WAS MEAN. I LOVE YOU. I tossed the phone into my purse with a soft thud, forgetting my pocket sentiments. Somewhere out there – that somewhere actually being a bakery in East LA – a Dick Cake existed, which apparently was a must-see. Akin to the Seven Wonders of the World. The Pyramids, or Stonehenge. A Dick Cake. Enough said. The bakery smelled like burnt blueberry scones and buttercream. Baristas were pouring coffee from French Presses, their hair in updos – even the guys. Long hair was a thing here. They served pastries on small ceramic plates depicting clever quotes and tiny paintings of animals or flora, and espresso, tea, coffee from plain paper cups. No lids. Names were scribbled on the side hastily in black ink. One time I was Bali. Another time I was Bobby. I've been Bailie, Baley, and SO CLOSE – Baile. Charlie was at the counter, grinning ear-to-ear. "You best not be wasting my time," I told him. "I've got an interview to prep for." "Oh, since when do you prepare for anything?" his tone was joking. He was an asshole, but a loving one. "I've got a date I should be grooming for, but I'm here, slaving away for the corporate giants." "This place is a family-owned. There is literally no other Pastries & Coffee in Los Angeles, or anywhere for that matter. Also, great business name. To the point." "Whatever. My pubes look like my dick has a bad perm." I shot a quick look over my shoulder to make sure he wasn't blabbering to listening-ears. Etiquette Police. The shop was quiet, with only a few sitting by the windows, lightly chatting, drinking their drinks and eating their croissants or danishes or tiny, adorable tea cakes. "Who is it this time?" I asked. "Also, where is this aforementioned Dick Cake that you insisted I come here and see?" He motioned for me to follow him behind the counter, into a small back-room. The counter was covered in frosting (I might have tasted it – vanilla marscapone) and cake scraps. A squat fridge sat in the corner, holding the awaiting custom orders. I stole a cake scrap and popped it into my mouth. Ginger-lemon. Score. Charlie carefully pulled the cake from the fridge, resting it on the counter. We both took a step back, just looking at it. Taking it all in. There it was. Indeed a cake, shaped like a giant dick. Pubes and all. "Well, shit, you weren't kidding," I muttered, candidly in awe. "Who is this for?" Charlie shrugged. "Don't know. But the inside is almond and there's a chocolate-ganache filling. I wouldn't mind a slice of that D." "You are the worst," I said. He slid the cake back into the fridge, and we walked back out to the storefront. "I'll take a coffee, black, and a Bear Claw. And tell me about this date." "Their name is Sacha. Pronoun: they. Likes watercolor, wearing combat boots, and The Aquabats. Most importantly, DTF." "DTF," I said. "What, are we still in high-school?" "They literally said it," Charlie said defensively, whipping out his phone. There it was, a text from Sacha, reading: whatever you want to do. I'm DTF. "Besides, I'm not expecting anything. Just hopeful. Really hopeful. If not, we'll enjoy the extended version of Lord of the Rings: Return of the King celibately, and I'll enjoy my blue balls." "Follow your bliss," I told him, taking my coffee and pastry. "Just be safe about it." "And you watch out for tall men in sunglasses," he replied. "Behind you, Bailey. Oh God." I turned, completely oblivious, and knocked straight into said Tall Man in Sunglasses. The sharp sunlight cast shards through the window, and in the brightness I couldn't really make out his face, but I knew he was grinning. Grinning and soaked in hot coffee. Hot coffee that I had spilled, all over him, because of course I did. "Ohmygod," one word. I chocked. "I'm so sorry! Do you want a napkin? No, a towel. I could get you a towel." Charlie tossed a rag over the counter, and Tall Man grabbed it with an acknowledging nod. "It's fine," he said, blotting the fabric. "Trust me. It's a shirt. I have others. Besides, this isn't the first time I've dealt with a spill." "Oh." Great reply, Bailey. "Me either," I stuttered. "I spill stuff all the time. I'm pretty much a walking mess." He laughed. I tried to find his eyes behind the sunglasses, but I couldn't. "You're a little weird, aren't you?" he said, placing the rag on the counter. "Like one of those girls who wasn't very popular in high-school because they preferred wearing a Harry Potter house robe instead of normal clothes, and hung out in the teacher's lounge, and watched BBC at home with your cat." "What the fuck kind of person says that to a complete stranger?" I snapped. "You don't know me, dude." Tall man laughed. "You're right, dude," he said. "So tell me, what house are you?" "Hufflepuff." "Of course you are," he said, and then: "I'm a Slytherin." "Bullshit." "I have a Sorting Hat on my keychain. Here, look:" he pulled his keys out of his pocket, and there it was. It glinted in the sunlight. "See? Guys can watch BBC at home with their pets, too." I studied him. Dark hair, obviously fit. Even though it was a wretchedly hot day outside, he wore a black T-shirt and gray hooded sweatshirt, so I couldn't quite see his body. I tried to fill in the spotty imagery in with my imagination: sinewy, strong, not an ounce of fat. He didn't look like a guy that ate carbs. No bagels. No muffins. No Bear Claws, obviously. What a miserable life. His smile was coy. His lips pulled at the corners teasingly. From over the counter, Charlie was on his phone, unphased. The shop had emptied; the afternoon lunch drizzle having dried up. "Enjoy your afternoon," he said. There was a distinct conclusion to his tone. The conversation was over. A sense of tension hung in the air; I was intrigued at how someone, with a simple three words, could be so commanding and yet apparently had a nerdy streak. How nerdy? I wondered briefly. Like, cosplay nerdy? "You too," was all I could say. I didn't bother asking for another coffee. I could feel the paper bag wrinkle in my fist, still holding my pastry. My stomach grumbled. "See you around." I wouldn't, of course. He was just a passerby. I decided it was best to leave. From behind me, as my hand touched the door, I could hear his brief banter with Charlie: light, nonchalant. And then, as if by some stroke off magic, he said: "Just here to pick up an order. I'm the Dick Cake Guy." I smiled inwardly, pure satisfaction: like the first pop of a pretzel bite into your mouth. Buttery, delicious, so unhealthy but oh-so good. See you never, Dick Cake Guy.
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There is no great suffrage movement to credit for finally enabling players of the world's most popular first-person shooter to kill each other as female soldiers. For better or worse, that's not how these things tend to happen in video games. Certainly not this time.
With the announcement of playable female soldiers for November's sure-to-be-a-blockbuster Call of Duty Ghosts, the long-running gender barrier in CoD multiplayer finally shattered today, thanks to....advances in technology.
Adding female soldiers was a matter of adding a new feature to the game, one that the creators say wasn't technically possible before.
See, the folks at Infinity Ward, the studio behind the game, decided that, this year, they were finally going to let players customize their characters. They were going to let them change their heads and bodies.
"We really want players to feel more connected and engaged with who they are as a player," Ghosts executive producer Mark Rubin told me earlier today. "We felt that that was something that casual players, who are a huge portion of our fan base, would benefit the most from.
"Our fan base is huge. We cover such a dramatic range of people who play our game that we wanted to be as inclusive as we possibly could with character customization. And that's where the idea came from. Why wouldn't we have a female [option] then?"
The chance to play female soldiers has been for Call of Duty multiplayer has been just that: an option not offered. While other popular multiplayer shooters like Halo and Gears of War added female character options long ago, CoD has stuck with only letting you be a man, multi-million-selling annual release after multi-million-selling annual release.
What took so long to let players finally play as women?
"A lot of it was the engine," Rubin said, referring to the tech that runs the game. "Our previous engine would not handle that. The way memory worked in the previous engine, it never would have been able to do that." The "that" he's talking about is the ability to run a multiplayer level that is populated with players who have complex custom looks—looks that include the female look.
"When we got a chance to re-tool the engine completely, that gave us the opportunity to make the change that we could have character customization," he said. "That then gave us the opportunity to do female characters."
Crafty CoD players may be jumping at the chance to play as a female soldier under the supposition that the average woman might be smaller than the average beefy Call of Duty trooper. That would make her a smaller target and therefore a preferable character.
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Women and men are the same size in the new Call of Duty. That bit of equality is due to simple video game fairness. CoD is all about your character shooting other characters while not getting shot, after all. It'd be an advantage to be shorter or skinnier than other player-characters and a disadvantage to be shaped...differently.
"Even on the female characters, we can't make them smaller," Rubin said. "They have to have gear on them that makes them the same size as male players. We need to be fair. It has to be fair from a gameplay standpoint." As a result, the female soldiers may appear to have slightly differently-shaped bodies, but the areas that count as their bodies as far as the game's bullets are concerned will be the same shape as men's. "They might look differently, but they'll fill the same area so that your hit-boxes aren't out of whack."
There you go. Don't thank any major social movement for getting female fighters in the game. Thank technology and game balance for letting you finally be able to play as a lady soldier in Call of Duty. Can't put that on a half-dollar, but, hey, progress is progress.
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