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Last Two Speakers of Dying Language Refuse to Talk to Each Other
Ayapaneco is a dying language, once spoken in what is now the Mexican state of Tabasco. There are only two speakers left, both of whom live in the same village. And they refuse to talk to each other.
Manuel Segovia and Isidro Velazquez, are 75 and 69, respectively. They live less than a mile from each other in the village of Ayapa and, apparently, "they have never really enjoyed each other's company."
"They don't have a lot in common," says Daniel Suslak, a linguistic anthropologist from Indiana University, who is involved with a project to produce a dictionary of Ayapaneco. Segovia, he says, can be "a little prickly" and Velazquez, who is "more stoic," rarely likes to leave his home.
Suslak and other linguists are attempting to create the most complete record possible of Ayapaneco, which is called "Nuumte Oote" by (both of) its native speakers, and Mexico's National Indigenous Language Institute wants to start up classes. Segovia has tried to teach the language before and been discouraged by a lack of interest—possibly because he's "a little prickly."


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The Dark 'n' Stormy is a cocktail I like on a summer day. And like any good bartender, I know that it's generally made with Gosling's Black Seal Rum. What I didn't know is that the name of the drink is a legal trademark:
That's according to two trademark certificates on file with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, which — in an exceptionally rare instance in the cocktail world — dictate the precise ingredients and amounts required to call a Dark 'n' Stormy, well, a Dark 'n' Stormy.
"We defend that trademark vigorously, which is a very time-consuming and expensive thing," said E. Malcolm Gosling Jr., whose family has owned Gosling's since its founding in Bermuda in 1806. "That's a valuable asset that we need to protect."
But a trademark-protected drink — especially one as storied and neo-classically cool as a Dark 'n' Stormy — seems anathema to the current bartending practice of putting creative individual spins on time-tested drinks. Drinks like this one undergo something like a wiki process: a tweak here, a substitution there, and the drink is reimagined.
As this article at Halogen Life notes, applying intellectual property to cocktails is a rare thing. (The article uses "patent," "copyright," and "trademark" somewhat interchangeably, but I think it generally intends to refer to trademarks.) An early example (non-trademark) is the Bacardi cocktail, which by court decision can only be made with Bacardi rum. This is understandable given the value of the brand name and the expectations of customers ordering it. Similarly, if a customer orders a Captain and Coke the bartender shouldn't serve him a Sailor Jerry's and Pepsi instead, at least not without asking. (Though I have to wonder if it's possible to harm the Captain Morgan brand any more than one would do by actually serving Captain Morgan.)
Of the few cocktails that are trademarked, most are the gimmicky concoctions found in chain restaurants and tourist spots. The Dark 'n' Stormy is a rare trademarked cocktail that craft bartenders care about.
This would all be of merely intellectual interest if not for the fact that a competing rum company, Zaya, ran an ad in the most recent issue of Imbibe recommending its 12 Year Estate Rum in a Dark 'n' Stormy. According to the New York Times article quoted above, Gosling's plans to take action protecting their trademark. Zaya responded with a press release arriving in my inbox on Monday:
Zaya Rum fully supports Mixology as an artform. By imposing a trademark or patent on a cocktail recipe one is suggesting to undermine a Mixologists' artistic freedom. We applaud bartenders who put their personal thumbprint on a libation as an integral part of the artform; it's what creates a recipe in the first place.
Gosling's might be on solid legal ground, but as a craft bartender I'm firmly on the side of Zaya. I use Gosling's in a Dark 'n' Stormy because it tastes good, but it's hardly written in the fabric of the universe that no other rum pairs so perfectly with ginger beer. If another rum company thinks they've made a product that's even better, I want them to tell me about it. Using unique ingredients in classic cocktails is part of what makes tending bar creative. For example, a couple weeks ago my pal RumDood wrote about his good results substituting different rums in the Painkiller, a cocktail marketed by Pusser's Navy Rum. It's that kind of experimentation that moves mixology forward.
Gosling's contends that using any other rum in a Dark 'n' Stormy would leave customers unimpressed, decreasing sales of the cocktail and therefore of Gosling's itself. Perhaps. The New York Times compares Gosling's to Campari, but you don't see bartenders throwing other Italian aperitifs willy-nilly into Negronis despite that drink's not having any trademark that I know of. Or they give the drink a new name if they do, like the Cin-Cyn using Cynar; not because they're required to, but because Campari really is distinctive enough to merit its own iconic cocktail. This kind of bottom-up market test is a working method of deciding when a recipe deserves a distinct name.
So when I see Gosling's calling in the lawyers to prevent people from trying out substitutes, I start to doubt whether their rum is as good as they say it is. Hell, they're a rum company. Would this kind of behavior impress Ernest Hemingway? Or would he mock them from his bar stool whilst demonstrating knife stunts and tossing back a daiquiri? The question answers itself!
Here's the three-word response I'd rather see from Gosling's: "Bring. It. On." Dark 'n' Stormy competition, blind tastings by a panel of consumers and mixologists, sampled side-by-side. The loser pays for the winner's ad campaign touting its brand as the ultimate rum for the Dark 'n' Stormy. What do you say, Gosling's? Will you put your money where your mouth is?
No, of course they won't. And I can't say I blame them. They've got a good thing going with their trademark and no reason to risk losing it. But their actions have made me want to switch brands out of spite. If a "Dark 'n' Sue Me" shows up on my cocktail menu soon, you'll know I found a winner.
Further discussion: Inventor's Rock provides legal clarification and Vidiot at Cocktailians provides an excellent overview of coverage.
Update: It's worth noting that Australian rum maker Bundaberg markets a bottled Dark and Stormy beverage. I have no idea if they have any plans to enter the US market, but keeping that particular bottle off of store shelves might be one reason Gosling defends its trademark so vigorously.

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Personal Confession, my feelings with my Model S
Personal Confession, my feelings with my Model S
I have brought everyone I know to the Tesla store and given them the sales pitch. Last w/e while I was showing the car to 1 friend, 2 other sets of friends happened to stop by and I gave them the pitch as well. I was there over an hour working for Tesla!!!! Working for free and loving it!!!! So far I have convinced 2 friends to plunk down a deposit. You can say I am drunk on the Kool-Aid. I've spec'd my car out patiently awaiting the delivery button to show up.
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Brian H, thanks for the tip.
Let me try it.
Oops! I don't frigging know where the alt key is on my iPad :-(
I will have to go to my trusty laptop to try it out (as you're suggesting in the 1st place :-) )
It's been over six weeks with the Model S. The new software remapped the pedal and the feel of the acceleration is better than ever. Being able to hold the steering wheel button and say "Drive to Tesla Supercharger" and they or any other destination you say is on the screen and ready for navigation selection.
The comfort of the seats, the outrageous "live" sound quality of the radio, plus the Slacker Internet radio choices make it a memorable experience. This is the vehicle I want to drive as much as possible.
Smooth quiet roads make the Model S even better. Set the cruise control for extra luxury. Your guests will appreciate all the extra room that makes their ride comfortable as well. After driving a Volt for a year, I can truly say I appreciate the extra size in width and length that gives the Model S the feel of "just the right size."
Thanks to all at Tesla Motors for a magnificent ride and a spectacular car.
In reading all of your posts I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who is obsessed with Tesla.
New Word --Teslaholic.
I too:
check the boards several times a day
Have 2 different Tesla jackets
Have the license plate frame that says my next car is electric Tesla
Have my new vanity plate on my Prius
Bring friends to the local Tesla store (the employees know me by name)
Will speak to business associates and friends (or anyone who will listen) about Tesla
Own TSLA stock
The list can go on and on
Are there any TA (teslaholics anonymous) meetings around? My wife thinks I need help. Lol
FInally...a diagnosis for my ailment. I feel relieved that I am not the only Teslaholic.
christine_orita and lightly - I am right up there with you.
I wonder if my symptoms will change once I receive my MS?
No. Direct exposure only increases the symptoms.
I reserved Dec 12, 2011 & took delivery Oct 2, 2012. I spent countless hours on these forums, much to my husband's dismay. As of today, I have 3,871 miles on my Model S. I am very aware that people are checking out the car and not me! I even had a guy in a pick up truck in front of me at a stop sign taking pictures with his phone. That was quite hilarious.
There is one guy at work that I refuse to take for a ride in my car. He's an ICE snob, kinda my way of punishing him for dissing my car. Go ahead and brag about your Trans Am! I have the 2013 MT car of the year LOL
For all you still waiting for your Model S... when you get the car you'll spend more time in it than on these forums. It's worth every second you have to wait! Well gotta go driving and check out the new software update I finally got ☺
Originally Posted by tdubb
Sometimes when I come up to my Model S, I'm happy to share all about it, I have to admit however that sometimes I run late (bad habit) and walk up to my Model S and pretend to be on my cell phone so I can make a quicker exit.
Will definitely be doing this when I get mine too.
@mw - if you really want to fishtail this rear wheel drive car, you need to take off the Traction Control, because that is one of the things TC is made to prevent. Having said that, I would leave traction control on almost all the time, because it is truly a great safety feature.
My wife also jokes I love the car more than her which is obviously not true. I soooo enjoy my model s and I tell people I really believe that it is the nicest car in the world. I don't care what car I see on the road, if it has an ICE I have no interest at all and would not even want it. So it must be electric and Tesla is obviously the top of the line. Drive on!
True confession:
I was torn. I was actually dragging my feet and kind of looking for an excuse to not go on our holiday cruise because we would be away from Tessie too long. Over 1500 miles on the road and I still haven't had enough play time. The weather on the cruise was great and the scenery was beautiful but I still had this compulsion to get home because of the darned car.
We went into a port a few days ago for some provisions and I saw someone getting out of a Signature Red Tesla that was almost identical to mine. I had to talk to the guy. The poor fellow was in a rush but still kindly gave me a moment of Tesla chat. Yep, our car had the same interior as well. Yep, I loved the car too.
I was ready to get back home.
This is not normal behavior. The honeymoon is far from over.
I experienced some trepidation:
1. The finishes and details just aren't at the level of my 2012 Cayenne.
2. Missing many features I like on my Cayenne (adaptive cruise control, lane change assist, parking sensors and guide lines, etc...)
3. Software bugs galore.
But all sins are forgiven when you feel that silent rush of acceleration! Every day I drive it has me more convinced. Time to list the Cayenne for sale...
After getting my Model S on Dec 22, I finally got around to selling my Subaru. I had not driven the Subaru, which I used to really love to do - since getting Model S. I had to drive the Subaru to the dealer to sell it. I had already forgotten all the rumbles, groans, squeaks, etc. of the Subaru. The Model S had spoiled me in just a couple of weeks.
I gave a co-worker a ride in the Model S this week. He is into motorsports and appreciates fast cars and motorcycles. I showed him the acceleration from about 20 to 60 mph and he was blown away! When we returned to work, I'll never forget his comment: "You've ruined me!"
Hah! Drive an S once, and become an X-ICE driver! It becomes ridiculous to depend on all those explosions: bangity-bang, pop-pop, putt-putt. Silly!
docdac: AHHHHH! Thanks for reminding me about TC. My 1995 Camaro didn't have TC, so duh that is the difference. Atleast I know the TC works. The snow is going to be completely gone end of this week, so I'll have to wait for the next snow fall. There is just something about sliding around on snow that makes me so happy :)
Stability Control (pointing in the right direction) will still interfere with your sliding fun in the snow somewhat, and is harder to turn off (think you have to pull the right fuse). Really, the MS is not made for irresponsible goofballs (goofgals?) like you‼ ☻☺
When I fishtailed it was with TC on, with dry pavement- it's possible so don't rely too heavily on the TC. It's still good to take every other precaution- if you want to avoid that.
Someone got sideways; pothole in the ice, one tire on pavement, the rest free-skating. It was happening to ICEs and EVs, no favorites!
I have to confess that I am in love with my car. A couple of weeks after taking delivery of my Model S, I took an extended trip to Hawaii. I've only been away for a few days now, and I miss my car as I would an old friend. My rental car sucks. I wish the smartphone app was available so I could at least check in once in a while to see what it's up to. :)
I currently drive an Audi A7 which I do love. I test drove the Tesla S 85 ( not performance) and since that test drive I have been thinking about ordering one. Yesterday I test drove the new BMW M4 and it was very coarse compared to the Tesla. My only two reservations about the Tesla is that I have heard there is no iPod connectivity as well as no blind spot monitoring. Any idea when these might be available? I feel the gravitational pull of the Tesla S and can't escape!
If you use the back up camera while driving, you can virtually eliminate any blind spot for lane changes or turns on either side by combining the mirrors with the view in the camera. I use this technique in heavier traffic, and it has not failed me yet!
@wrinkledoc, if it's a newer iPod then it'll have bluetooth and you can use that. If it's an older iPod, well, if you can afford a Tesla then I think it's time to upgrade your iPod!! ;-)


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Dragon Fruit Cupcake
Bake this last night
I love to bake this as the red dragon fruit gives the natural pink glow to the cupcakes.
I'm using the same recipe as the Orange Cupcakes just substitute the same amount of orange juice with dragon fruit juice.
* Dragon fruit juice can be obtained by peeling the skin, and blend it in blender. No need to add water. It can also be drink as it own.


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It hasn't been the easiest few months for Clemson sophomore guard Jordan Roper. But he broke out Saturday night, scoring a season-high 16 points in Clemson's 71-35 rout of Furman.
CLEMSON — It hasn't been the easiest few months for Clemson sophomore guard Jordan Roper. Following a solid freshman season, Roper received a major scare over the summer when he suffered what coach Brad Brownell termed a "mini-stroke" which forced tests and, according to Brownell, "questions about how he was going to be."
And after a solid start to the 2013-14 season, Roper suffered a concussion against UMass in the Charleston Classic finals that sidelined him for a game and hampered his offensive rhythm when he returned.
Roper broke out Saturday night, scoring a season-high 16 points in Clemson's 71-35 rout of Furman. Clemson never looked back following a 17-0 first-half run keyed by Roper.
The Tigers improved to 8-2 on the season, while Furman fell to 4-6.
"There was some concern," Brownell said of Roper. "He had a tough offseason, dealt with a couple things and hasn't been as smooth as everyone would like. At times, he thinks about things that have bothered him, but he's doing fine now, which is good."
The Paladins shot just 30.2 percent from the field and their 35 points was the lowest by an opponent in Brownell's four-year tenure at Clemson.
"We really pride ourselves on defense. It's part of our identity," Roper said. "Coach Brownell's philosophy. We're a hard-nosed defensive team and we really stress defense each game."
Brownell joked that such a philosophy needs encouragement, saying, "You don't see many guys in their free time working on defensive slides and jump balls." But his team has bought in.
"Our guys understand that's important, it's what we do to be successful," he said. "It gives you identity. I think good teams have that."
Devin Coleman and K.J. McDaniels each scored 12 points for Clemson. Kendrec Ferrara led Furman with 10 points.
Clemson travels to Auburn on Thursday, while Furman plays host to Liberty on Friday.
Clemson rolled into halftime with a 38-19 lead. The Tigers led 21-17 with 6:51 left, but finished the half on a 17-2 run sparked by Roper. With Clemson up 26-17, Roper nailed back-to-back 3-pointers and added a driving layup, scoring eight consecutive points for a 34-17 edge.
He broke out of a shooting slump that began after he suffered the concussion. He missed a game against Coastal Carolina and combined to hit just two of his next nine shots against South Carolina State and Arkansas.
"I've been trying to put up a bunch of shots, get in the flow of the game since I had the concussion, and those shots helped us," Roper said. "When anybody makes a shot for us, it builds the enthusiasm, it builds the momentum."
The Tigers won their 30th consecutive game over Furman, dating back to the 1978-79 season. The Paladins are struggling under first-year coach Niko Medved and entered Saturday coming off a 97-93 home loss to Division II Mars Hill.
As usual, defense served as a foundation for Clemson's success. The Tigers came into the game tops nationally in scoring defense, allowing 53.6 points per game, and tops in field goal percentage, yielding 35 percent. But with just over 8 minutes left in the half, the Paladins were shooting 50 percent from the field and trailed only 21-17.
They missed their next eight shots and committed three turnovers. Only Stephen Croone's layup with 1 second left in the half broke the drought.
"We hung with them for a while and then we got stagnant, tried to play a little too much one-on-one, didn't take care of the ball," Medved said. "That fueled their transition. I think we'll learn a lot from this game, I really do. This isn't the first team they've done this to."
Clemson extended its lead after halftime. A pair of dunks by McDaniels — the first a one-hand alley-oop slam, the second a windmill slam off an open-court steal — pushed the margin to 63-28 with 7:12 to play.
Furman shot just 23.8 percent for the second half and 30.2 percent for the game. Clemson finished the game shooting 50 percent and 50 percent in the second half.
"It's just being more aggressive than we were," McDaniels said. "I feel like we were a little bit too passive in the first half. We had to get it together in the locker room, came back down and take care of business."
The Tigers also owned a sizable edge in rebounds (37-23) and points in the paint (36-18).
Clemson lost only two seniors from last season's 13-18 team, and Roper says defense has been a major factor in his team's improvement.
"Guys are more experienced and we're in better position defensively," he said. "One of the main things we wanted to emphasize tonight was deflections. The past few games, we haven't been getting that many deflections. You want to get steals and blocks and tipped passes. Just have more activity defensively."


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House GOP targets Obama regulations
Monday, February 7, 2011
House Republicans are scrutinizing a wide array of existing and proposed Obama administration regulations in areas as diverse as the environment and Wall Street, and they are taking guidance from industry groups that say the rules threaten jobs.
Responding to solicitations from Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), businesses have asked Congress to roll back or preempt more than 150 rules governing their industries, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post.
In many cases, businesses are seizing the opportunity to reopen regulatory debates that they previously lost. In his new role as chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Issa will begin a series of hearings Thursday, an effort aimed at fulfilling the new GOP House majority's goal of making federal regulations friendlier to business.
The Post reviewed more than 200 letters and reports that businesses sent to Issa targeting regulations across the federal government. The rules under scrutiny include familiar issues suchas greenhouse gas emissions, health-care reform and the landmark Wall Street overhaul. But the committee also will examine more obscure regulations. For instance, makers of some cleaning products that remove mold and mildew have asked the committee to reconsider rules that require their products to be registered as pesticides under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act.
Among those pushing for changes are some of Washington's most powerful interest groups.
The Business Roundtable, a coalition of chief executive officers from major corporations, voiced concern about a swath of requirements, including executive pay disclosures. Smaller interests have also weighed in, such as the Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association, which flagged a regulation restricting formaldehyde in pressed wood.
In December, as he prepared to assume the chairmanship of the oversight panel, Issa asked industry groups to identify regulations that "have negatively impacted job growth." He said the probe is "a starting point for the broader discussion that will unfold about the regulatory barriers to job creation.
These aren't judgments or recommendations from a congressional committee, but rather information from job creators about regulations they see as flawed and harmful to job creation and economic recovery."
In their responses to Issa, many of the industry groups broadly said that government regulations would cost jobs but did not back up their claims with evidence.
Issa's committee can turn a spotlight on the regulations, but it does not have the power to overturn or change them.
The regulatory scrutiny poses a test for President Obama as he prepares for a 2012 reelection campaign in which jobs and the economy will be major issues. The administration and congressional Democrats could choose to draw a contrast with Republicans by defending regulations intended to protect public health and safety, environmental quality and consumer and investor interests. Or they could seek common ground with the business community.
The White House has tried to strike a balance, as Obama and his new chief of staff, former corporate executive William M. Daley, have begun a campaign to patch up relations with the corporate world.


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Al Qaida fighters pushed from much of northern Syria, but fighting still rages
Moderate and Islamist rebel groups Sunday pressed their drive to oust radical Islamists from northern Syria but faced fierce resistance in three towns, anti-government activists said.
In a surprise offensive that began Friday, remnants of the U.S.-backed Free Syrian Army and fighters from another rebel faction, the Islamic Front, this weekend cleared more than a dozen bases held by the al Qaida-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.
But the rebels were unable to oust ISIS from its main headquarters at Ad Dana, near the Turkish border, and the towns of Kfar Zeta in Hama province and Saraqeb in Idlib province. Meanwhile, ISIS reportedly had dispatched reinforcements from its stronghold in Raqqa province to Aleppo, Syria's second largest city.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a London-based monitoring group, said some 60 fighters were killed in clashes between the non-regime groups, nine of them from ISIS.
Although fighting continues, the intra-rebel conflict put an end to a four month-long ISIS offensive. Claiming it was seeking to build a caliphate, the Iraq-based ISIS seized more than 20 locations controlled by the Western-backed Free Syrian Army and kidnapped its military commanders, as well prominent leaders of more moderate Islamist groups. Its relations with the general public also soured, as ISIS, which consists mostly of non-Syrian volunteers, set up a reign of religious tyranny wherever it got a foothold.
The offensive against ISIS coincided with moves by the Iraqi branch of ISIS in recent days to seize two major cities inside Iraq, Fallujah, which remained in ISIS hands on Sunday, and Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, where fighting was ongoing.
In Syria, ISIS remained in control of Raqqa, the only provincial capital to have fallen to anti-government forces in the nearly three-year-long civil war, and continued to be a major presence in Aleppo, which pro and anti-government forces have been contesting for 17 months.
But its influence over the rest of northern Syria appeared to have shrunk dramatically, with the biggest losses along the Turkish border.
Syria's much maligned opposition coalition, which calls for a democracy, rule of law and a secular state but which has been largely eclipsed by both ISIS and the Islamic Front in recent months, seemed buoyed by the sudden change of fortunes. At a general assembly of its membership at an undisclosed location in Turkey, the Syrian Opposition Coalition issued a statement accusing ISIS of "opposing the revolution" and commending the FSA for launching a number of operations "to deter the alien group."
"Clashes with ISIS are inevitable if the Syrian people are going to achieve the goals of the revolution," it said.
But whether the anti-ISIS push would have any long term benefit for the opposition coalition was not clear. The Islamic Front announced its formation Nov. 22, specifically calling for the establishment of an Islamic state. Some of the armed groups that formed the Islamic Front already had announced in September their rejection of the opposition coalition.
The fighting seemed far from over.
Anti-government activists said ISIS forces had withdrawn Saturday from Bab al Hawa, the most important border crossing with Turkey, to Ad Dana, the ISIS's main base nearby, where they were joined by fellow militants evacuating other bases.
Activist Hiba al Haji told McClatchy her brother is in Ad Dana and reported that another al Qaida affiliate, Jabhat al Nusra, which the United States has linked to al Qaida in Iraq and which has worked closely with ISIS, was attempting to mediate between ISIS and the other rebel forces.
The other two sieges were in Saraqeb, a key crossroads town in Idlib province that ISIS seized from this past autumn, and Kfar Zeta, a town in northern Hama province. Heavy fighting was also reported in the town of Manbij, Aleppo province, activists said.
One of the most surprising developments of the offensive was the reappearance of the FSA, which was largely seen as a defunct after the creation of the Islamic Front. The United States and Great Britain had suspended aid shipments to the group in December after ISIS overran its warehouses at Bab al Hawa, just inside the Syrian border, and Ahrar al Sham, another Islamist fighting force, failed to return the warehouses to the FSA after it took control of them.
But as rebels recaptured bases from ISIS, the flag that was raised was that of the FSA.


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The most powerful word ever used by Jesus was "whosoever" and that means gay believers have a place in the ultimate plan of God. Despite all the despair and seeming hopelessness faced by gay Christians, we still have a right to hope, that ultimately, we too, will be part of the kingdom of
Being a bisexual male, the last place I ever
expected to find hope was in God, but it was only through my faith in God and
in the accepting and liberating teachings about what God is really all about
that Jesus died to give us that I eventually did find hope, affirmation,
self-acceptance, inner peace, and harmony.
The freedom to live in the hope that Jesus gives is being denied to many homosexuals by homophobic religious demands and promises that are based on abusive use of the Bible and on flawed and discredited psychology. The truth, however, will set you free.
Our hope is still where it always has been. It is found in Jesus
I gave up on God and gave up on myself. I was tired of being sick and tired
and gave in to HIV. I actually wanted to die.
As Gays, Lesbians, Transsexuals and Bisexuals our hope is put to the test as we are victimized and discriminated against every day.
We as gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered Christians strive to answer the call to love and worship the eternal and supernatural Creator of the universe, we must hold onto the hope that there is something better than this world.
I will listen to God. I have put my hope in Him. I do not belong to this world. I have to live in it but I am not a part of it.
My hope had been whittled away by years of mistreatment and what I
perceived as wasted prayers, I was down to just one last hope. Hope of
a new life, of being loved, safe, and well nourished.
During my involvement with the group, I did everything I was
instructed to do in order to change what was in my head--fasting,
prayer therapy, confession, crying into my pillow, guilt, seeking to
find the cause of my gayness.
Don't make me work or think about God.
Just tell me who God is and tell me what is O.K. to do and what isn't. That's
where many of our Christian brothers and sisters are, in their walk with
I received a Calling of the Holy Spirit on November 11, 1996, to plant an MCC Church in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. I had left an exceptionally great job after 8 years, and couldn't really understand WHY.
A nagging realization began to grow within me. I liked women. In fact, I was very much attracted to women. I vacillated between feeling shameful, and hopeful.
Paulk along with his "former lesbian" wife Anne have become symbols of
the "Ex-Gay" push for acceptance and approval of "reparative therapy"
and religious transformation of homosexuals into heterosexuals.
The statistics that Joe Dallas uses in his book to equate homosexuality
with child molesting and the destruction of family values are ludicrous
and without validity. I found it very difficult to read the book
because of the clutter of unsubstantiated "facts" and "evidence" that
could not hold up under any objective examination.
As I reflect on
your crusades I find myself asking whether your consuming hatred is
really a public cry for help. By this I mean are you telling us that you
have lost your relationship with God?
Readers sound off on what they like and dislike about Whosoever.
Readers share their praises.
...when the improbable is
mistaken for the impossible, at that moment when we actually believe that our spirits are wasting away, as our bodies are, and
God couldn't possibly have any more surprises in store for us, at that moment when we have settled in to things the way they
are, instead of things the way they can be through the hope of God.
But what is it that is strong enough to bind together the warring opposites inside us? What is it that is great enough to embrace all our pain and
all our fears? What is it that can stop the biting serpents? The answer of the text, and the answer of the Gospel, is the love of God, a love
greater than which, and stronger than which, nothing can be conceived.
The ridicule and rejection of cross-dressers as expressed by mainstream
society is so strong that the most consistent advice I have received from
others was to never tell anyone! There is an incredible fear that we will
lose our wives, our children, our jobs; everything of importance. That fear
becomes even more palpable for those who wish to have a personal relationship
with God.
To understand the relation of this passage
to our present-day lives, I don't think it is necessary to go on and on
about how the first century understood sexuality or the sorts of perversions
that may have put Paul off. The overriding question is, Is Paul correct in
his main point?
On first reading, the text appears to be unequivocal in its condemnation of physical relations between members of the same sex, and the prescribed penalty for such behavior is death.
Such an extreme reaction merits close attention to context.
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Sufjan Stevens mixes autobiography, religious fantasy, and regional history to create folk songs of grand proportions. More recently, Sufjan released two albums in 2010: a generous EP (All Delighted People) and the full length The Age of Adz, a collection of songs partly inspired by the outsider artist Royal Robertson.
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I don't usually hang out at car dealers, but today's outing was seeking an upgrade for my daughter. And, if you are like me, you are looking for good places to shop - before you look for cars. So, I look on Yelp first and pick who to do business with. Why waste time looking for a vehicle and then find out the place is sleazy?Drive 5280 was one of the top rated sellers, so I checked their inventory on line. Grab some coffee and have a seat, here we go...Web page:I like their layout and ease of getting around in it. It works even if you are on your phone. Searching inventory is very easy and filtering the results is too. The dealership: Their location on South Kalamath is kind of a strange place to have a car lot. But, a lot of their vehicles are kept inside a warehouse. So, it works out OK. When you want to drive one, they pull it out. It is fairly small, so there appears to be 2 guys running it. Salesman: Buzz was working with someone when we got there, he came over and checked in real quick and then went back to the others. This cat is pretty mellow and doesn't push anything on you. I told him what cars I wanted to see and he got them out for us. I would suggest letting them know you are coming down. With 2 guys there, it's a good idea to let them know what vehicles you want to see. Vehicles:They have a decent stock of Subaru, Toyota, Honda and Acura brands. I would estimate 1/3-2/3 SUV to car ratio. When it comes to the money part, Ed the owner takes over. He needs a name tag that says that - just for entertainment value. I had a trade in and he gave me the higher end of the value range. No arguing involved in any part of this transaction. That was a nice change of pace. I didn't finance the car, so I can't speak for the loan process. I did notice they have a link on their web page to apply for a loan ahead of time. This was my daughter's first experience at a car dealer. They made her feel welcome and didn't treat her like a tag along. Parting thoughts - if you walk into some place with an attitude, I'm pretty sure that's what you will get back. So, your opinion of this dealership and the guys there may be different than mine. You get what you give. So as Filmore from the movie Cars said "Feel the love man". Cheers y'all.
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AUBURN UNIVERSITY – Two Auburn University professors have developed a disease-detection technology that could be the beginning of handheld, point-of-care devices – a breakthrough that would let health care professionals, first responders and even individuals quickly do blood tests for a variety of illnesses and conditions.
Associate professor Christopher Easley and professor Curtis Shannon, both in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in the College of Sciences and Mathematics, led the research team that published its results in the March 27 issue of the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
"This new technique is rapid and accurate," Easley said. "We can get results in three minutes compared to current lab technology which takes six hours. Our technique is also very flexible in that it should require relatively minor adjustments to detect hundreds of other proteins that are biomarkers for diseases."
The Process
Easley engineers DNA strands and uses chemistry to attach them to two standard antibodies already known to bind to a specific protein in blood. When the two antibodies attach to the protein in the blood sample, the DNA strands on each antibody come together onto a metal electrode to produce an electrochemical signal. The magnitude of the signal indicates the protein level in the blood, a process they termed electrochemical proximity assay, or ECPA.
Easley's lab attaches the DNA to the antibodies while Shannon works with the electrochemical process.
"We detected the insulin protein level in mouse serum in three minutes," said Easley, who began conducting the research in late 2011. "We can apply this to many proteins that are biomarkers for diseases. The technique is very sensitive, too. We can detect 5,000 times lower than the normal amount of insulin in blood."
The researchers also performed normal laboratory tests using current technology and found the new technique detected a much wider range of protein levels and at much lower concentrations. Since the technique involves an electrical measurement, Shannon says it could be miniaturized like any electronic device, such as a glucose meter.
"Electrochemistry's advantage over other types of detection technology is that it is relatively low cost and it can be miniaturized," Shannon said. "We have no handheld device now, but our technology could be the foundation for a device that a health care company could commercialize for point-of-care analysis. They would need to do clinical trials on human blood first."
Targeting Different Diseases
The Auburn researchers can target different protein-based biomarkers by changing the two antibodies to target other diseases. Potential applications could include tests for liver disease, cancer, inflammation of the heart, Alzheimer's disease, tuberculosis, pancreatitis, diabetes, kidney disease and numerous others, Easley said.
"You could get a sample of blood and determine if a person has a disease with a predefined biomarker," he said. "A single device could be used for diagnosis of multiple diseases by simply switching out the antibodies on the metal surface.
"The technology could have an impact on biomedical research as well, such as understanding how a person's insulin spikes when he or she drinks a soft drink. As far as I know, there is no other way to so rapidly detect insulin now."
The research is funded by the National Science Foundation, the USDA and the National Institutes of Health and is supported by Auburn's Office of the Vice President for Research and the Office of Technology Transfer. The university has applied for a U.S. patent on the new technique and is considering licensing the technology to an external company for further development.
"We are really excited about the potential for this technology," Easley said. "This technique works really well and is consistent. It can be miniaturized and it gives quantitative measurements."
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KANSAS CITY – Garney Construction Co. and Georgia Power Company violated federal law when Garney withdrew a job offer of heavy equipment operator previously made to an applicant with controlled epilepsy because of Georgia Power's physical examination requirement that excluded people taking the applicant's epilepsy medication, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today in federal court.
According to the EEOC's suit, Garney offered a front-end loader job to Bryan Mimmovich at its construction site at the Georgia Power plant in Juliette, Ga. Mimmovich had worked for Garney operating a front-end loader on two previous occasions. This time, the contract with Georgia Power required applicants for the job to pass a Department of Transportation (DOT) physical examination or an American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) physical examination for crane operators. Mimmovich was diagnosed with epilepsy at age 12 and had been seizure-free with medication since 1988. Nonetheless, he could not pass the DOT physical examination utilized by Garney pursuant to Georgia Power's instructions because he was on medication for epilepsy. Garney subsequently withdrew the job offer citing contractual requirements with Georgia Power.
Such alleged behavior violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which protects workers from discrimination based upon disability. The EEOC filed this suit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, after first attempting to reach a voluntary settlement.
"Refusing to hire a qualified job applicant with epilepsy long controlled by medication defies logic and violates the law," said Barbara A. Seely, regional attorney of the EEOC's St. Louis District Office. "Congress passed the ADA to protect Americans with disabilities from fears and myths about their conditions. People with epilepsy whose seizures are controlled by medication should not be excluded from any job because employers fear on-the-job accidents."
Garney Construction Co. does business throughout the United States and specializes in water-control work. It is headquartered in Kansas City, Mo. and employs 650 employees. Georgia Power is an electric utility in the state of Georgia. It employs 8,800 employees and is headquartered in Atlanta.
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Although declining enrollment means slightly fewer students are living on campus, Nicholls State University's newly renovated residence halls remain near capacity.
Although declining enrollment means slightly fewer students are living on campus, Nicholls State University's newly renovated residence halls remain near capacity.
As of Saturday, 1,426 students had on-campus living contracts, according to Hayward Guenard, director of residential life.
That's 17 fewer students than the same time last year. Guenard said the number of contracts could fluctuate over the next few weeks, though not likely by any huge amount.
School officials say the decrease is a result of falling enrollment. Exact figures won't be available until a few weeks, after students have had time to drop classes or otherwise change their schedules, but all signs point to fewer students this year.
That shrinking enrollment is the planned result of toughened admissions standards and the transfer of remedial classes to Fletcher Technical Community College.
Even with the slight dip in population, Guenard says the dorms are near capacity.
"We just re-opened Calecas Hall, and it's already full," Guenard said. "We're definitely in the high 90 percents in terms of capacity."
Nicholls administrators have pushed over the past several years to create a stronger on-campus community at the traditionally commuter school. That effort has included a string of upgrades to dorms, cafeterias and other buildings, and the construction of a huge new recreation center.
This year, the university launched a move-in day event for parents and students that included a video guide to residential life, teams of students to help unpack and booths from campus organizations, local businesses and the university administration.
"We have a lot we can improve on, because this is our first time doing it," said Brenda Haskins, executive director of auxiliary services. "But I think it went very well for the first time."
Organizers estimate 1800 students and parents attended.
Haskins said the event was designed to give students the information they'll need to transition smoothly into on-campus living. But it's also part of the larger effort to create a sense of enthusiasm about dorm life.
"We want them to come to Nicholls and see how excited people are to be here," Haskins said. "We want them to meet administrators, have help from students. We want them to get a personal touch."
Guenard says efforts to make campus life more appealing seem to be paying off. He said 78 percent of students living on campus said in a survey that they plan to spend two weekends or more a month on campus. About 32 percent said they plan to stay three weekends a month, while 22 percent said they plan to spend four weekends a month.
"There's this perception out there that even our residential students leave campus on the weekends, but we're proving that's not the case," Guenard said.
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Marketing god Seth Godin has an excellent post up on the state of modern media.
It's so short, we're going to bring it to you in its entirely (and then add a link to another cool Seth Godin post):
"Too long"
You're going to hear that more and more often.
The movie, the book, the meeting, the memo... few people will tell you that they ran short.
(Shorter, though, doesn't mean less responsibility, less insight or less power. It means less fluff and less hiding.)
Seth's right, of course.
With some exceptions, stuff that's super-long is just ineffective in today's world.
This is why blogs are disrupting newspapers. It's why short web videos get watched, and long web videos generally don't. It's why people like Twitter and Facebook. It's why magazine articles aren't "better" than newspapers, even though they're longer. It's why sites that are image-driven as opposed to word-driven are now taking over the world.
One simple example:
Every day, publishers send me new books to look at.
All the books have cool-looking covers. Most of the books usually have interesting-looking titles. I usually read the titles while transferring the books from the envelope they arrived in to the bookshelf behind my desk, where they sit forever, unread.
Sometimes, if the title of the book seems really interesting, I will wish that the publisher had also sent along a bullet-point synopsis of what the book says, so I could learn from it. Because I certainly don't have the time to read it. And nor, I suspect, does anyone else.
I also wonder why the book's author bothered to take a year out of his or her life to research and write something that no one has time to read. Why not just make the points quickly and efficiently, in blog posts or slide decks? That way, so many more people could benefit from them.
Yes, of course, once in a while a book comes along that deserves book-length treatment. But rarely.
Most books are just too long.
And so, as Seth says, are many other forms of media, especially traditional media.
They were made for a world in which people had time to kill, not way too little time...
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Oct 16, 2006 - Team Suzuki Press Office – October 16, 2006.
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Team Makita Suzuki Racing's Ricky Carmichael made his stick from a shoulder injury to race his new Makita Suzuki RM-Z450 to second overall at the US Open of Supercross at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas at the weekend.
The RM-Z450 that the team raced incorporated a combination of chassis components from both the 2006 and 2007 bikes.
Makita Suzuki Team Manager Roger DeCoster said: "We wanted to use this race as a test and we learned what we needed to learn."
Said Carmichael: "I'm glad we raced the new bike. Now we know where we need to be for the World Supercross GP rounds in Canada."
On Friday night, the 25-lap main event started off poorly for Carmichael, who went down in turn one. Despite the mishap, the defending US Open Champion rallied and worked his way up to second place before the race's end. Team mate Ivan Tedesco got a great start and charged hard to an impressive fourth-place finish.
"I just went in to Turn One too fast," said Carmichael. "I laid the bike down and I knew I had my work cut out for me. With the Makita Suzuki RM-Z450, we have a new chassis and a new bike and we made a lot of changes between the heat race and the main. We made some pretty big adjustments with suspension and geometry. The thing that disappointed me was that it took me to the Main Event to get the bike dialled in."
Said Tedesco, "In my heat race I just lost the front, but we made a few changes to the Makita Suzuki RM-Z450 before the Main Event that helped me ride it better in the corners. But my first few laps weren't great and I made some mistakes. I'm happy overall though with the changes we made to the bike."
On Saturday night, Tedesco got the holeshot and took the lead before a get-off put him at the back of the pack. "I got a great start, but then I lost the front end and I just couldn't get going again. I learned a lot about the bike and I learned a lot about myself. Now I know what I need to work on so I'll go home and come out swinging for the world rounds in Canada."
Carmichael had tucked in behind Tedesco for the first few laps and then moved up into second place. The newly-crowned Supercross and Motocross Champion was battling for the lead when the first-place rider stalled his bike in front of Carmichael.
"James Stewart stalled his bike and I had nowhere to go," said Carmichael. "But I surprised myself this weekend. I didn't expect to do this after hurting my shoulder. I can't complain, I've been very fortunate and this race gives me a lot of confidence going into the World Supercross rounds."
Team Makita Suzuki Racing will next contest round one of the 2007 amp'd mobile World Supercross GP at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on December 2nd.
Supercross Class:
1: James Stewart (Kawasaki)
2: Ricky Carmichael (Makita Suzuki)
3: Kevin Windham (Honda)
4: David Vuillemin (Honda)
5: Tim Ferry (Kawasaki
6: Michael Byrne, Kawasaki)
7: Ivan Tedesco (Makita Suzuki)
8: Chad Johnson (Suzuki)
9: Cole Siebler (Honda)
10: Josh Demuth (Honda)
Supercross Lites:
1: Josh Grant (Honda)
2: Jake Weimer (Honda)
3: Chris Gosselaar (Kawasaki)
4: Justin Brayton (Yamaha)
5: Steve Boniface (Honda)
6: Ben Townley (Kawasaki)
7: Troy Adams (Suzuki)
8: Kelly Smith (Suzuki)
9: Thomas Hahn (Honda)
10: Sean Collier (Yamaha)


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The latest BCS rankings came out on Sunday and, as expected, Oregon used its 42-14 win over UCLA on Saturday to move past Florida State into second place, setting up a possible matchup with No. 1 Alabama down the road.
Of course, there's still a lot of football to be played, but Oregon could further strengthen its position by beating Stanford on Nov. 7. The Cardinal moved up to No. 5 and are the highest-ranked one-loss team.
Alabama has a firm grip on the top spot at the moment. It was No. 1 in the Harris Poll and five out of the seven computer polls (it was second in the other two). It's score of .9937 was well ahead of Oregon's .9517.
Whereas last week FSU held an extremely narrow .0028 lead over the Ducks, the Seminoles (.9211) are now almost as far back from Oregon as Oregon is from 'Bama. But Florida State can make up some ground this Saturday when it takes on No. 7 Miami.
Here's the BCS top 10 for this week:
1. Alabama — .9937
2. Oregon — .9517
3. Florida State — .9211
4. Ohio State — .8840
5. Stanford — .7918
6. Baylor — .7645
7. Miami — .7560
8. Clemson — .6687
9. Missouri — .6096
10. Oklahoma — .6064


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Every month I get my golf magazines in the mail and every month I get annoyed once more.
What bugs me is their continuous plugging of golf resorts (although I think that any place that has a motel next door qualifies as a resort these days) and horrendous green fees that they seem to think are acceptable.
If some unsuspecting golfer asks a question about where to find a reasonably priced golf course in his or her travels, $100 for a greens fee seems to qualify.
I beg to differ. There are lots of good golf courses out there (particularly in the U.S.) with green fees in the $60 range and less, including a cart.
Of the 10 courses I played in Phoenix this past March, the most I paid for a round was $52 U.S. with a cart included.
Granted, these weren't high end, polish your clubs, every blade of grass in place, facilities. But the courses were fun to play and the condition of the courses was good, particularly the greens.
I am constantly blown away by the fact that people are willing to plunk down $495 in cold, hard, cash to play Pebble Beach. I can only believe that a lot of it must be corporate money (it would be interesting to know how much their green fee play has dropped since the financial crash), but to many it is apparently the Holy Grail of Golf, to be played at any price.
In the current Golf Magazine there is an article on golfing the Monterey Peninsula where they list Spyglass Hill as being a "must play" at $350. But the 'hot tip' is that if you book the twilight rate you can play for as low as $185, but of course you may not have time to finish the round before darkness descends. Take a flashlight.
By the way, the $495 for Pebble and the $350 for Spyglass only includes a cart if you are a guest at the resort. The lowest price for a room at Pebble Beach Resort? $695.
OK, so there a lot of people who have a lot more money than me (a given) and price is obviously of no concern.
God bless them. They keep the economy rolling.
In an attempt to be fair I will note that Golf Magazine did list one actually reasonably priced course on the Peninsula – Pacific Grove Golf Links – which is a shorter course at 5,583 yards. Weekday rate of $40 which doesn't appear to include a cart which is an additional $17 for a shared cart. Presumably the course is walkable.
Of course the obvious answer to the various golf magazines pushing the high end facilities is that they advertise in their magazines, whereas the munis don't, and most certainly many of the writers get to play and stay, if not for free, at a reduced rate, as long as they write up their golf excursion and expound on the excellence of the course.
Part of the problem with exorbitant green fees is the mentality that if it's cheap it can't be good. I know of at least one course in BC that increased their tourist play by raising their fees and I am sure there are others who have done the same. Sadly the policy seems to work.
Even Papago, my favourite course in Phoenix, has been refurbished and the old $20 green fee that I paid on my first foray into Arizona is only a fond and distant memory with the winter rack rate now set at $99 for non residents (although Phoenix residents get to play for $59 – lucky dogs).
Seems to me that I bitched about this subject many blogs ago. An ongoing irritation that obviously isn't going to get any better.
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i've heard a lot of clamor about a new AnCo album in the works..however that is all the information i have been given. i'm just interested where i can hear some of the tunes they performed at MPP this past july other than youtube
Well, we HAD a bunch of them (thanks to the folks on collected animals) but lost them when the server went KABLOOEY. You might be able to go to collected animals and find them there but they are not as sweet as us. If you wait a bit we can get those recordings to ya.
Go with the ATP recording, it's quite good. I was at the first show where they encored with the new "Taste"! Tasty!
you should download the Pitchfork boot which sounds best and has Taste, and the ATP recording which has 3 more new songs but no Taste.
Well, if we want to debate "best sounding", the GAMH show is the best in terms of quality of recording, and it's lossless, so it can be mixed and/or cranked up without it sounding crappy and thin. Unfortunately, I don't really think there have been any standout performances this tour, at least to my knowledge. Not like LUX back in 2008. What. A. Show. One thing I love about deadheads is that they're totally compulsive about figuring out how to make their audience recordings sound as good as possible. Not so with Animal Collective and other indie band bootleggers. I think GAMH is the only high quality audience recording made during any of their shows in 2011, so far.
have you got a link to that?
I do, I do. Glad to see you posting again, by the way. www.archive.org/download/acollective2011-04-13.flac16/acollective2011-04-13.flac16_vbr_mp3.zip[
I wish the guy who recorded the ATP show hadn't accidentally deleted the original files. Now there's no chance of a lossless version. Spent a few minutes looking through CA's thread again and I'm still pretty sure GAMH is the only lossless recording. What a bummer.
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Nice to see people on here again, shins was here for like a little bit, and then she vanished !
I want to see Animal Collective is concert so badly... I am waiting for their next album, though I still haven't gotten a hold of their visual album...
If they're ever playing somewhere in Florida, let me know. I drove up to Orlando with a friend to see them. Carpooling, for real. Yukbon could come, too. It'd be an Animal Collective extravaganza. They very well may tour again after the album drops. They did that for MPP, pre-album and post-album shows.
and now everyone is making me jealous of going to see AC ! its annoying because i know to see the band i love i will have to travel to America ! maybe if i do someday then i can meet you guys !
last time they were touring they hit miami (or maybe it was lauderdale), i'd assume they'd do that again...
In '09 or '11? This year they were in Orlando. By the way, did you go to that? I had a chance to see them way back in 2006 I think but I passed it up >__< Passed up an Oddsac screening the Beach, too. Don't remember why.
'09 and no, i was busy (long story)
as an aside, at http://collectedanimals.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2107 one of the CA members got all the new songs that have been played live and remastered them so that the sound quality doesn't suck quite so hard. just fyi.
oh, same thread has a compilation of radio appearances called "remnants of you is emotion" -- totally worth getting, very nice quality. chocolate girl/who could win a rabbit are GREAT
AC Album by June, I can't wait for it. I want to annoy my High School friends with the new album (didn't have that chance with MPP).
If I could figure out how to post in News again I would post all the news I nose. Har.
That video got me really excited! I miss loving Animal Collective.
I just wanted to say how happy I am that this site is being rebuilt. This is my favorite site and I was really sad when it went down so thanks winilula.. or hofr or whoever rebuilt!
A new album would potentially a new tour so yeahyeahyeahyeah. I have yet to see them and they are the only band I would drive to the next state over for to see.
theres an insane amount of already written un-released songs
They should revamp them and put them out on a B-Side/unrealeasd album.
and call it The Bees! they're going into my EYES! ahhhh!
Wicker Man, now thats a film (sarcastic laugh)!
it IS! i kinda think i should have seen the original version first and i still need to see the original in full sucha different feeling as compared to the AMAZING remake! which i saw first so will probably forever like more!
Are you serious G.O., I thought it was amusing!
often times things that amuse me also amaze me! my fave. movies of all time are bubble boy, groundhog day, evil dead trilogy, freddy got fingered! the "fun" ones... then also the time machine (original of course!), shawshank redemption, primer, solaris (remake of course!), etc!
There is no pattern to which movies you like, I like that.
If there was a like option on this website I would definetly like that.
but thank goodness there's not
GO, you really like the remake of wicker man more than the original? but it's so....flat. the original is so hard to pin down: it's a musical, it's horror, it's comedy, it's heavy and light, serious and frivolous and sexy in parts. the remake w/ nick cage is just...LOOK SCARY WOMEN OH GOD BEES SCARY WOMEN WILL HURT MEN. I dunno, I like Cage, especially when he's a crazy nutjob, but the remake was just so underwhelming. It was like watching a 1.5 movie about how scary girls are. Solaris' remake is better -- more lush, not as slow as the original; although in defense of the original: the stanislaw lem book it's based on is also slow and sort of monochromatic. It's supposed to be a slow oppressive mood, which I think it delivers. The remake loses that in favor of actually keeping you awake and they make up for losing that oppressive mood by making it horrific in a personal, psychological way. Clooney's really good in it and the cinematography's gorgeous.
well i didn't see the original in full AND i saw it after the remake... so i can't fully judge! but yes... the comedy elements / musical (?!) were great... christopher lee was delightfully MANIC haha! but the remake! ... that one is def. surreal horror thriller COMEDY WEIRDO CRAZY ... totally hard to pin down too! ... it can be enjoyed as a descent into madness and also enjoyed for the weirdo... badness! ... it works on so many levels! ... and cage is along for the ride playing it so straight! haha! ... bearsuit punch! i was fine with the slowness of the original solaris... but it was so... cold... and the remake was too but also had warmth... the balance of the two... after seeing the remake i just felt like the original didn't have that... the girl in it... she was young and pretty and he supposedly loved her... but it seemed more like she was this blank person / about her looks... where the remake she was so much more! ... oh god! ... and the ending! are we alive? dead? ... we don't have to think like that any more! hot damn! not to mention JEREMY DAVIES! (!!!) ...
i actually liked the original better than the remake.
everyone always likes the originals more than the remakes / the books more than the films
no, I just said I think solaris remake is better in most respects. wicker man's a hideous miscarriage of jesus-man-what-were-you-thinking.
Not necessarily, but in this case I preferred the original.
Hey SpritBearsie, rumor has it you abandoned us for CA! I'm happy to see that isn't true!
It twas true, but time can be rewritten! The Rumor WAS right, and Spirt was gone and Spirit was Vanished (he said it in an early post this year that he was at our buddies CA). Regardless I WISH YOU WERE HERE!
I'm loving this idea! instead of soly sample-based, having manual instrumentation reintroduces the concept of "jamming out" which is somthing I like. The more exiting thing is New album = New Tour = I can finally see them!!!! . My only concern is that with Panda back on drum kit he might not get to sing or at least it would make singing for him difficult. I have come to really like his voice on da' tracks.
I watched part of Animal Collective at Pitchfork 2011 Festival and Panda was singing and playing the drums at the same time, so he probably will. Plus Panda will probably sing on the tracks he writes, a la My Girls and Brothersport. I really hope Animal Collective travel to Australia so I can go see them!
Probably, if I were world touring I would find it a great excuse to visit all the places I want. (Ex: australia) I be like : Yo guys! A Tour date in istanbul turkey would be profitable right? Guys: Hell sure why not?


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ONETIME- Misplaced hospital: The importance of measuring twice
One time, I was supervising work on a hospital. I had a 15,000 square-foot building next to another building with an alleyway in-between. We were supposed to build this building and build a hallway connecting them after it was done.
So I had the surveyors come out and lay out the building. I was supposed to go behind and check that, but we were so busy that day I didn't check.
So we're building and building, and months went by. You couldn't see the other building from one hallway to the other one which was about fifty feet across from it. There was a big opening for the hallway that was just closed off with a temporary plywood wall. The plumber was looking through a hole in the wall and asked, "Are these buildings going to line up?"
I said, "Don't you worry about it. You let me handle the building, and you handle the plumbing."
So we finished, and I tore down the plywood wall and looked around.
The whole building was five feet too far forward than where it was supposed to be.
My heart almost fell out.
The 15,000 square-foot building's already up: it's already been tiled, everything's done in it. It's an ordeal to build a building that far off. The buildings weren't supposed to line up, but the hallway was.
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So normally they would initially lay four corners for me and they would be offset so that I could run strings everywhere. And after that, I would measure from the property line's corners over to the building to make sure that they were in the right place.
I had never had a surveyor put a building in the wrong place before in my life.
So it was easy to be lackadaisical.
The surveyor was late that day. I was in such a rush since we had to have those footings at least dug that day so we could start work that I didn't go back and measure and double-check his work. The surveyor eventually admitted that it was his fault, but that doesn't excuse me for not having double-checked it.
Trying to rush and get stuff done and my boss being on my back all contributed to it.
The hospital's still sitting there, still being used. I just had blood drawn there about a month ago.
There's a very simple moral to this story: "Measure twice, cut once." It's a human world. We all make mistakes.
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