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Spoiler Sport: WONDER WOMAN Creators on Her New Origin
In this week's Wonder Woman #3, someone refers to the iconic character with the apparently derogatory nickname, "Clay."
But by the end of the issue, that moniker clearly doesn't fit.
"Don't call me 'Clay' ever again," Wonder Woman yells as the issue concludes.
Previously, Wonder Woman's origin was that she was a mythical creature who had been molded from clay. But with this week's issue, writer Brian Azzarello and artist Cliff Chiang have given the character a new origin: She's actually the birth daughter of the god Zeus and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta.
The alteration to the character's origin — which has been around since 1959 — is one of the biggest changes made DC's relaunched universe. While Batman's still the son of murdered Gothamites, and Superman's still a boy rocketed from Krypton to Smallville, Wonder Woman is no longer a mythical creature formed from clay."The change of her origin was something everyone wanted from the get-go," Azzarello told Newsarama yesterday, after the issue had been released. "The origin of Cliff and I doing Wonder Woman was that idea. I found out they were going to change her origin, and I didn't like the way they were going to change it. So I came up with something different. And this is what you get."
In Wonder Woman #3, the character learns that the original story of her "birth-by-clay" was all a lie, concocted by her mother to protect her from the jealous rage of Zeus' wife, Hera.
And now that her true origin has been revealed, Wonder Woman and her entire family have to figure out what that discovery means."What's interesting about it is that it forces you to re-examine the character, through her origin," Chiang told Newsarama. "It's all tied in, and it's such a sea-change that it makes you think, what defines Wonder Woman?
"And that is a big question in this run," he said.
Azzarello emphasized that Wonder Woman's new origin story doesn't eliminate the old one. It keeps the stories that have been told in the past, but adds a new layer to them. "We're not changing her origin," Azzarello said. "We're enhancing it. The story of her original origin is still there. We're not hurting her at all. We're making her better."According to Chiang, this new origin — and Wonder Woman's angry, confused reaction when she hears about it in issue #3 — makes the character more relatable.
"Wonder Woman feels like she's been put on a pedestal for so long, and it's hard to write that character because they're perfect and they can't do anything wrong," Chiang said. "And now, we've made her more human and understandable. Maybe lashing out at the end [of the comic] wasn't what you might expect."
"She has had a ton of bricks dropped on her," Azzarello added, speaking of the character's realization that she had been lied to for so many years. "And is she going to react a little hostily? I think so. I think anybody would. In this particular issue, at the end, she's reacting in the moment. She's pissed off. That's why she knocked down all those trees."The writer said he actually knew someone who dealt with a similar situation, and he drew upon that experience as he wrote Wonder Woman's emotional reaction.
"Have you ever met anyone that's happened to?" Azzarello asked. "I have. They didn't find out until their late 20's that they were adopted. It was confusing, you know? Talk about shaking your foundation."
Chiang said that another benefit of the change to Wonder Woman's character is that her roots are much more closely tied to the gods. In fact, she's one of them.
"It made sense in terms of Greek mythology. If we're trying to tie her into that, giving her a father, it just made real clean sense to me that it would be Zeus," Chiang said. "It also makes sense for the story. The whole reason for all this stuff is story, and adding this stuff to the origin gives us a huge family of hers to play with. She has responsibilities. This is blood we're talking about now. And it gives her a supporting cast that's tied so closely with her that it provides lots of story for us. And I think that's the most important thing."
"It brings the stakes home," Azzarello added. "She's got a family now, you know? She's got a dysfunctional family now, and it's not all women. And how she deals with that family is what we're going to be dealing with for the next year."
Of course, this isn't the first story within Greek mythology where Zeus has "strayed." But this time, instead of using his powers to dally with an unknowing human, Zeus and Hippolyta actually fell in love.
That idea of "love" was important to Azzarello as he rewrote Wonder Woman's origin. "I wanted her to come out of a place of love," he said. "People have been accusing us, assuming that Zeus was going to rape Hippolyta. And that really pisses me off. She's not a creation of violence. She's a creation of people who really cared about each other."She fell for him, right? But things couldn't work out," he added. "One of them is a philanderer and the other one had an island to run, and there was a jealous wife involved. So what Hippolyta did was not to deceive anybody other than Hera. It was to save her child."
Chiang said that scene only worked after he and Azzarello worked to make Zeus appear to be someone Hippolyta would actually love.
"The first version I drew of Zeus had him looking like a big, burly hedgehog of a man, and it just didn't work," the artist said with a laugh. "So then we went more handsome and, you know, classically beautiful with him.
"He's not this creepy old guy with a white ringlet beard," he said. "Here's a younger, god-man, and it just makes sense."The artist said he and Azzarello spend time discussing the way the gods look, and the resulting designs of other-worldly creatures has won them critical praise.
"We'll think about what the character needs. Brian might have an idea about what kind of aspect we should bring out about it, and we'll go back and forth," Chiang said. "So it's a process. But usually, at some point, we'll hit upon the right version of things."
Chiang said that readers will soon see designs by Tony Akins for Poseidon and Hades. And there will be more gods come into play over the next year."What we're going for is externalizing their personalities, or what they stand for," Azzarello said of the way the gods look, adding that, for example, "I think Strife works pretty well. That character has 'strife' written all over her." "And Hermes too, as the embodiment of speed," Chiang said.
But one design element of Wonder Woman #3 that stood out was the presumably metaphorical presence of a crab who has lost its claw. Just as Wonder Woman appears to become severed from her Amazonian family, leaving in a fit of anger and disdain for her mother and once-trusted friends, one crab tears the claw from another.
Azzarello said the crab and the claw were Chiang's idea.
"That was my attempt at doing one of those little storytelling tricks that Eduardo did so well in 100 Bullets," Chiang said with a laugh.
So is Wonder Woman the crab? Or the claw?
"That's something that's open for the readers' interpretation," Azzarello said.
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The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is one of the 16 specialized agencies of the United Nations system of organisations. Its role is administrating 23 international treaties dealing with different aspects of limited monopolies on knowledge. As an observer to WIPO and together with a global coalition of other players with similar goals, FSFE is working towards reshaping it as a "World Intellectual Wealth Organisation."
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When one sport bike rider doesn't see a trailer in front of him in the road, the ensuing crash is unbelievably destructive. Watch the video and you won't believe he got away with just a broken arm and a broken leg.
The whole accident is caught on a GoPro mounted on a fellow rider's Ducati. A car with a trailer pulls off the road, the Ducati and another biker slow down safely, but a third rider on a Kawasaki fails to see what's up ahead and crashes into the trailer. That rider catapults through the air like a ragdoll and lands back on the road, reportedly breaking both an arm and a leg. The original uploader describes the crash.
Out for a group ride. I had never met the guy who was riding the ZX-10 before. As I was slowing down he was still going fast and said he never saw the trailer. The gopro camera is mounted to the front of my Ducati 848 Evo. He survived the crash with only a broken arm and broken leg however he was airlifted to the hospital.
If you're on a bike, it's best to act like someone or something is trying to kill you every minute you're on the road. That and you've got to wear your helmet and some body armor if you're going fast, lest you want to splatter out like roadkill.


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MOORE, Okla. - President Barack Obama visited tornado-devastated Moore, Okla., Sunday consoling people staggered by the loss of life and property and promising the government will be behind them "every step of the way."
"I'm just a messenger here," the president said, offering moral and monetary support to the Oklahoma City suburb where 24 people, including 10 children, were killed last Monday afternoon when the EF5 tornado struck.
Standing with Gov. Mary Fallin and other state and federal officials, Obama noted the substantial rebuilding job ahead and said "our hearts go out to you."
"This is a strong community with strong character," he said. "There's no doubt they will bounce back. But they need help."
Obama urged Americans to make contributions as well, noting the loss of some 1,200 home and saying the damage was "pretty hard to comprehend."
Shortly after his arrival on a partly cloudy day, Obama rode past grassy fields strewn with scattered debris, witnessing devastation so awesome that it appeared as if garbage had literally rained from the sky. His first stop was the demolished site of the Plaza Towers Elementary School, where seven students were killed when the tornado turned the one-story building into a heap of bricks, broken concrete and twisted metal.
The White House said FEMA already has provided $57 million in rebates and incentives to help build about 12,000 storm shelters in Oklahoma. "These storm shelters can be the difference between life and death," presidential spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters accompanying Obama to Oklahoma on Air Force One.
Obama walked along Eagle Drive, with the demolished school on his left and on his right, homes reduced as far as the eye could see to piles of rubble. Vehicles were turned upside down and toys like doll carriages and children's books were strewn with furniture and ripped out wall insulation.
"I know this is tough," he told one school official.
He met the Lewis family, who lost their home behind the school, telling them the important thing is they survived and could replace their things.
"What a mess," he told their son Zack, a third grader at the shattered school. Zack's father, Scott, ran into the school just before the storm hit and ran with his terrified son back to their home's storm shelter.
"You've got some story to tell," Obama told the boy. "This is something you'll remember all your life."
For Obama, Sunday's visit had a familiar ring.
Only five months into his second term, he has traveled as president over the last several years to the northeast to console people in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing and visited Connecticut and Arizona to comfort people traumatized by shooting rampages. He also has undertaken his consoler-in-chief role at the site of plant explosions and mine disasters, not to mention last year's visit to support Jersey Shore people affected by Superstorm Sandy.
On Sunday, Obama flew from Washington to Tinker Air Force Base and shook hands as soon as he descended the stairs. Fallin, the first to greet the president, said earlier while she appreciated the visit, her state also needs quick action from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The Republican governor said so far, the agency has done a great job of speeding relief and cash assistance to affected families, but added she's concerned about the long run.
"There's going to come a time when there's going to be a tremendous amount of need once we begin the debris clearing, which we already have, but really get it cleared off to where we need to start rebuilding these homes, rebuilding these businesses," she said on CBS' "Face the Nation." ��And we know at different times in the past, money hasn't come always as quickly as it should."
Earnest said Obama wanted to make the trip to offer condolences and reiterate his and the nation's commitment to rebuild.
"This is the greatest nation on Earth, and we're going to dedicate this nation's time, attention, resources and expertise to help our people in their time of urgent crisis," the spokesman said.
Earnest also touted the federal contributions so far, including Obama's signing of a disaster declaration within hours of the storm to speed aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Earnest said that 450 FEMA personnel were working on the ground in Oklahoma and have delivered 43,000 meals, 150,000 liters of water and thousands of cots, blankets and tarps. He said 4,200 people have applied for disaster assistance, and $3.4 million in payments have been approved.
Fallin said the money is particularly vital for the victims. "A lot of people lose their checkbooks, they lose their credit cards, they lose their driver's license, their birth certificates, their insurance papers, they lose everything, and they have no cash. And some of the banks were even hit, the ATM machines, so people need cash to get immediate needs," she said on CBS.
Among the tornado victims were 10 children, including two sisters pulled by the strong winds out of their mother's grasp, an infant who died along with his mother trying to ride out the storm in a convenience store and seven students at Plaza Towers. Many students were pulled from the rubble after the school was destroyed.


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Thats a fair high level overview and using this as a basis would steer people on the right track. My question to you is, What medium do you use to communicate? Vent, skype, mumble? I find getting people to Skype is sometimes a hassle lasting up to 30-45 minutes. I personally use skype but only because others require it. But i have PTT enabled so I use it no different than i use vent.
Just wondering what your exp is.
Only problem I have right now is what healers should I target? Monks destroy our healers on healing nearly every game, we could barely land a kill at 2100 mmr and the other team was double monk rdruid at 1950.
And please, if you're going to recommend an addon to keep track of buffs - use PowerAuras. TukUI is just disgusting to look at. ElvUI isn't much better. You really don't even need PowerAuras.
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Tukui/Elv UI opinions are subjective. I'm using ElvUI and i think it's great and very beautiful. Xperl raidframes on the other hand is messy as hell, sure it gives alot of information, but its too much and it just doesnt make me get the info in with so many details.
the utter simplicity of target calling is the quick calling followed by a team of quick reactors... the target caller can be as good as he wants, if the rest of the team arent quick to switch he may as well of not said anything!
tuk and elv really aren't good for pvpers. a moment of interface lag can win or lose a match for you, thats not nearly as much as risk in pve. generally you are better off if you can function with as few addons as possible.
" I need a sec, my wrists hurt from spamming slam so hard. Playing cleave vs cleave is tough stuff guys"
Maybe another really nice addon is icicle, it shows what targets have certain immunity cooldowns up, so you know not to target them.
Also get an addon that shows DR on stuns/silences on your target, it is a good idea to swap to a target which doesn't have to many DR's
Also for me (I lead RBG at hoth/2400+ level) your targetcalling would be much to agresive, because I (as the leader) really want to be able to make myself heard.
Also calling out when you get juked is just skype clutter, people should be focussing on controling/interupting the other healers rather then the one your targeting, which wont be getting many casts of anyways.
It also helps to have people call out suggestions for targets who may be out of position or better then your own, as long as its clear your the one making the descisions, because it is often hard to keep a full overview of things.
Another recommendation would be to have a pretty big BattlegroundTargets with responsive health (or w/e its called) enabled so you can see things going low.
Also if your going to switch for a FC, make sure you let people know abit before that so they can save up cooldowns.
Also if your going to do aoe grip-->ursols vortex-->ring-->(Solarbeam)-->Chaos Waves, ask your warlocks/mages/druids if they have their cooldowns up before calling, if they dont (within 10 secs) keep of the call untill they can actually burst with you.
As a DK, you can also doublegrip, so if you grip a target in and want to grip it further, just run back abit and tell people not to root it for maximum efficiency.
Also, why are you so fond of melees calling targets? some of the best groups in the world have ranged calling targets, just as long as they keep in mind that the melee has a maximum reach.
Also rogues really shouldn't use bombs on anything other then FC's on WSG/TP, generally I dont like playing with rogues since they are so squishy and are easily trained
This guide would also be better if there was actually a list of viable/nonviable targets in it, the rest of what you say is prettymuch common sense
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My post was just about as constructive as your ever going to see, I made a very good addition to what was already posted in your OP (which wasn't bad, just abit incomplete), if you want to go point by point, absolutely feel free to do so because I might even learn something.
My post wasn't meant to insult or belittle your post in any way or shape, just do add to it, hell in the first sentence of your post you stated you wanted constructive criticism on your post, well there it is, feel free to do with it what you like
On topic tough: I regard casters as good callers as any other class part from healers. As a caster you can generally create a better overview over a situation than a melee player can as you're not in the hot spot in the same way. Guess it all boils down to personal preferance though
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Hmm really good job on doing both the leading and the target calling, last time I did that was in season 9 and I noticed that because I had to think about strategy aswell as target calling either one of them wouldn't be the best, it might be worth it trying to get someone else to lead while you call targets or someone else to call targets while you lead, ofcourse since you are pugging this might not be possible all of the time.I lead and target call my own RBGS, this guide is not directed torwards players who are experienced and above 2200
While I agree that communication is key, most healers that are being trained wont be standing there casting any heals, and even if they are everyone should be trying to interupt anyways.Communication is key in killing things, them knowing i cant interrupt the next heal has made the difference in landing kills.
The again, most of the time you swap on healers they will try to kite back while using their instants/cooldowns to keep themselves alive, I think it is more important that your ranged interupt the other healers while you swap, since they will be trowing out the casted heals to keep their teammate alive.
I disagree, you wont be able to perfectly see every swap opportunity, especially if your trying to lead aswell, but I agree with you (which you chose to ignore in the part you were quoting) that it needs to be clear that, while people may suggest good targets, you are the chief and they have to follow your targets in the end, no matter what they think is best (good luck achieving this with a sub-2.2k pug though).Having to many people suggest targets just causes confusion, I took on the job to target call so its my responsibility to see those over extended targets. You run into trouble when u have to many chiefs and not enough indians.
Why though? I mean I understand that dks are good target callers because they have grips, but it is kinda stupid to assume that all melees you have are dk's, especially since this guide seems to be aimed at at sub-2.2k teams, which will often run with other melees simply because they are avaible.Casters can target call, Melee do it better tho.. and by melee I mean a Death Knight.
(Though I agree with you that the only melee you should be taking over 2k is a single (or in my case double) dk, simply because all the other melees arn't up to scratch, having said that I have seen 2400 teams using a warrior or a rogue (not met a single non-speedhacking monk over 2k)
Hmm im kind of wondering why resto druids/rogues/mages are so high on that list and shamans/warriors/Dk's so low, Resto druids can displacer beast and rogues can vanish/cloak/wall/sprint away fairly easy (though if their cooldowns are down, they are dead meat), also mages are quite high but they have alot of ways to get out safely (blind/alter time/block). However Rshamans have no way of getting away quickly besides ghostwolfing, also they dont have alot of active mitigation cooldowns (no good shamans run with astral shift) so the only thing they can do is NS-GHW and link, which are good cooldowns to force. Also DK's have no usefull cooldowns outside of AMS (and to a lesser extent ibf/lichborne) and warriors are very vulnerable to being targeted aswell, especially since they really cant do anything if they are not connecting to a target.I considered that, however I don't want to mislead anyone because target calling is so situational.. with that being said. In a perfect world the targets by priority/killability in order are Disc or Holy Priest, Resto Druid, Rogue, Warlock, Mage, Spriest, FDK, Hunter, Warrior, HPally, RShaman, MWMonk, assuming these are the classes they brought.
I fully agree on the fact that targetcalling is mostly situational and that you always need to try to swap on overextended people, however my order would probably be
Dpriest>Destro Lock>Fdk>Warrior>Rshaman>Demo Lock>Balance Druid>Spriest>Rogue>Mage>Rdruid>Hunter>Hpala>Mw Monk
Feel free to comment on this, again im not trying to bash you or invalidate your effort, just trying to give you and the people visiting this thread some advice and if you can convince me I might learn something myself aswell
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Np, can happen to everyone.I was very defensive before, sorry.
I agree, though its not exactly 9 out of 10 (some high russians still play with dpriests and there are quite a few good teams over 2.3 with rogues)Now in regards to the kill order, here is my counter argument to your rotation. 9 times out of 10, a team no longer has a priest healer or a rogue in my experience. So then it leaves these options,
Completely agreeHoly Paladin -MW Monk -
Well shamans are fairly easy to interupt considering most of their healing troughput is casted, especially now you cant unleash/totem while silence, making them easily the best healer targets right now after priests.RSham - Strong single target healer, I have seen a shaman stay up for 30 seconds after we have everyone on them. Granted maybe our cc is not being clutch enough on the other healers, the shaman just is not a target I am to fond of.
Have to disagree here, druids can treeform, barkskin and most of all displacer beast fairly reliable on every swap, making them really hard to kill as healer targets.RDruid - Next to the priest, to me this is the squishiest target. Getting a grip on them while no hots up and immediately silencing him makes them easy targets to kill. (easier compared to the others)
I dont really know why a FDK should be in the back of the game, considering spamming HB really isn't a viable game option, I personally run with both a demo and a destro lock, but I agree that demo locks are abit worse target then destros (mostly because of the meta jump and the fact that demo warlocks never cast so your not preventing to much damage)As far as the order on the DPS, the FDK and Destro Lock are generally in the very back of the fight and are generally not great targets for me. However an overextended/overzealous FDK is going to get insta gibbed. As far as the lock goes, I am seeing more and more Demonology locks, which is an even tougher target.
At first, thanks a lot for this input, as I am within the target group of random pugging 1900-2050 current rating range.
Resto shaman are healerwise the best target and monks the worst as monks have a very good mobility and http://www.wowhead.com/spell=122464 ...
citating Hypermode: Dpriest>Destro Lock>Fdk>Warrior>Rshaman>Demo Lock>Balance Druid/Ele shaman>Spriest>Rogue>Mage>Rdruid>Hunter>Hpala>Mw Monk
beside the red marked classes you are right, random groups don't kill warriors unless they are overextended by far ... intervene, charge, heroic leap, their mobility is too high. But you are right though, at first destro lock or fdk until cooldowns, switching to destro lock or fdk until cooldowns and back to the first one who has to die ... in theory^^. After these too classes resto shaman is a viable option followed by balance druid and eleshaman ... i see ele shaman a lot, at least in every 2nd or 3rd match.
And i prioritize holy paladins higher, a "normal" switch (meaning 3-4 dd switching) with a deep freeze followed by strangulate, and a holypaladin is history.
Rogues die rather quick, but don't deal much damage and are only annoying, they are not important AND beside that, killing a rogue+dd in the beginning, you force a stealth inc, and the normal flag defender (including myself) cannot handle stealth inc by rogue + xy. So do not kill rogues in the beginning.
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Late Night Talk show Host, Arsenio Hall won the title of Celebrity Apprentice despite his flipping out and ranting **&$$## "skanky ho" at control freak, over the top, sexy singer, Aubrey O' Day. Aubrey flashed her store bought cleavage and wild, red hair and took credit for Arsenio's ideas, as she believed the rest of her team was dumb and useless
Arsenio was ultimately hired by buttering up Donald Trump's ego, saying that if he got the Donald Trump seal of Approval he'd never forget it the rest of his life. He said that that he will reemerge. There are people out there like Joan Rivers and Pierce Morgan whose stars rose after winning. He tells Trump, "All of their success shines a light on the banner that you gave them and I'll be out there too; giving 100%. Arsenio said, "I've been on the cover of the Wall Street Journal. I have lived the life of the Apprentice. I just need the title now." Trump was honored. Arsenio's won the prize of $250,000 for his charity the Magic Johnson Foundation for AIDS and HIV.
It looks like pop star, Clay Aiken will always come in second. He had felt Déjà vu since he lost to Ruben Studdard on American Idol. Arsenio busted on Clay saying when he was little he was called a skinny Rubin. Clay did win over $300,000 for his charity, the National Inclusion Project. They help disabled children be included in camps and other activities.
Last night's episode of Celebrity Apprentice was certainly entertaining.
Arsenio's bad ass comedy team started with Adam Corolla who said Trump is like "Don King with creepier hair and a broken moral compass. Lisa Lampenelli said nobody was surprised when Clay came out of the closet. "The only thing that is aiken is Clay's ass." Arsenio topped off the show joking, when he was a kid he wanted to be an astronaut, but "a black man doesn't want to have to call back to earth and say yes, Nasa, no Nasa."
Clay Aiken put on a singing show with rocker,Dee Snyder and Debbie Gibson and Aubrey O' Day. It was pretty dull old tunes with "Shake Your Love". Dee Snider crooned "Baby Love" with Debbie Gibson. He commented, "If you would have told me 30 years ago that one day, I'd be on stage doing steps with Debbie Gibson, I would've punched ya in the nose." Snider did save the show by rocking out "We're Not Gonna Take it Anymore".
When Donald asked Aubrey about Arsenio, she said, "I don't know him as a man. I don't care to know him as a man." Funny that Arsenio was in heaven when Aubrey got out of the car and wrapped her long legs around his head to get a better view. Lou Ferrigno, the Hulk said over and over, "I gave 110%". This puzzled Don Junior, who claimed in a left brained way that it was mathematically impossible. Most of the other contestants chose good guy, Clay as the their choice and the clear winner. Lisa Lampanelli even sent over her doppelganger drag queen to give Clay $10,000 for his charity. Trump told Clay, "You're fired". Clay went home with his tail between his legs. Arsenio Hall is the new "Celebrity Apprentice" and wins $250,000 for the Magic Johnson Foundation.


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Rays Rally Information…………Postseason Celebrations
Hey all, just got this Press Release from the Rays and thought you might like to know all the infoirmation concerning the Rallies scheduled for nest week. Please come out and show our hometown Rays just how wild this Playoff season will be for them and their opponent.
See you there,
Rays Renegade
For Immediate Release September 24, 2008
ST. PETERSBURG, FL—To celebrate their first trip to Major League Baseball's postseason, the Rays will host
two events beginning with a rally on Monday, September 29 at 5 p.m. at Straub Park in downtown
St. Petersburg, presented by Budweiser and the St. Petersburg Times. A free concert by Multi-Platinum
Recording Artists SURVIVOR will conclude the event, which is free and open to the public.
At Monday's event, all Rays players and coaches will be on hand and the Rays will offer a variety of familyfriendly
activities including interactive areas for kids featuring the Rays Street Team, inflatable wiffleball and
speed pitch machines. Food will be available and beverages will be provided by Anheuser Busch. Free
Mohawk haircuts will also be offered. SURVIVOR will perform '80s hits as "Eye of the Tiger", "High on You"
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The following day, Tuesday, September 30, the Rays will host another free event, Party in the Park, at
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Media can park on the Kennedy side of Gaslight Park, spacing is limited.
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Horror Movies Starring Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson… and Other Frightful Casting Ideas
Recently Saturday Night Live wondered what a Wes Anderson horror movie would look like, and naturally Owen Wilson, as interpreted by Edward Norton, had to star. But what if you flipped that idea on its head -- how would horror movies like Freddy vs. Jason, Scream and Frankenstein be changed if Wilson starred in them, along with his good buddy Vince Vaughn? Wonder no more and watch this video from writer-comic Dan Perrault, who contributes to Cracked.com among others:
Funny, though not exactly the horror movies we've come to know and love. It's a reminder that good casting is crucial, especially when it comes to the horror genre, where the scare factor is influenced greatly by who, exactly, is playing the "final girl" -- or the nasty killer. Here are how some other horror movies might have been different, due to casting choices:
Robert De Niro and Robin Williams, The Shining (1980)
Sometimes, it's a matter of who doesn't get the role. Director Stanley Kubrick considered both De Niro and Williams to play Jack Torrance, but decided neither was quite right for the part that became one of Jack Nichoson's iconic roles. But we love to imagine a bug-eyed Robin Williams crying out, "Here's Johnny!" with an ax in his hand.
Jeremy Irons and Michelle Pfeiffer, The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Irons might have brought more a bit more icy reserve as Dr. Hannibal Lecter, but we think Pfeiffer would have made a completely different Clarice Starling than Jodie Foster.
Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Anne Lockhart, Halloween (1978)
Horror greats Cushing and Lee were sought for the role of Dr. Loomis. Donald Pleasance was great, and ended up working with director John Carpenter multiple times, but Cushing and/or Lee would have brought different qualities to the role of the anguished medical professional. Lockhart, an experienced actress, was Carpenter's first pick for 'final girl' Laurie, the part that eventually went to first-timer Jamie Lee Curtis.
Veronica Cartwright, Alien (1979)
Cartwright auditioned to play Ripley, the lead, and thought she had been cast in the role until she showed up for costume tests and found she would instead be playing the important -- but supporting -- role of Lambert. Sigourney Weaver, of course, rode Ripley to stardom.
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Planning the interiors of your dream home is a major task, and this task becomes all the more challenging when your dream home has large, spacious rooms in plenty! Selecting the perfect pieces of furniture and the ideal accessories for each living space to make a tasteful residence isn't a minor matter – it's so easy to add too many elements or conflicting elements and mess up the décor! Today we will see the classy way that the expert team of designers at Spaces and Design in Kolkata, India, did the interiors of a spacious residence. Let's take a tour!
The living room is a spacious and luxurious area that is divided into two seating arrangements showcasing a unique grey and yellow colour palette. The round wooden tables look elegant and the floor-length curtains conceal large windows that permit ample natural light to enter.
What a sophisticated seating arrangement in cool white, soft cream and elegant grey! The comfortable sofa, trendy tables and two exclusive chairs harmonize with the colours and fittings to create a lavish, refined space.
The gleaming marble dining table is warmed by soft beige chairs and wooden panels in the surrounding furniture. What a deluxe dining experience!
The low sofa is perfect for relaxing while watching television in the cosy ambience created by the wooden floor, blinds and sleek linear furniture.
This bedroom exemplifies opulence with its rich upholstery, stylish furniture and classic photo frames adorning the wall.
Here is another bedroom with sophisticated furniture, upholstery and a beautiful patterned wall. We love the glamorous table with its elegant armchair!
This bedroom has a unique geometrical décor and natural wood furniture that combines with splashes of yellow and blue to create a playful ambience.
This bedroom has a unique, eye-catching arrangement of floating shelves on one wall and maps on the others. We love the trendy chairs too. What an ideal way to decorate the children's bedroom!
The beautiful decorative grill in the ceiling works perfectly with the vintage mirror and rustic stone fittings of this stylish bathroom!
The rough white stone walls of this bathroom are striking enhanced by the vibrant tiles and mirror frame. The yellow glow of the lights behind the mirror looks amazing!
This bathroom has a different décor but is as stylish as the other two! The sanitary ware is modern and elegant while the glass panels look classy against the beige walls and countertop.
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Empowering people with visualization
This post was heavily inspired by an article in the Economist magazine which can be found at http://www.economist.com/science/tq/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13725877
I wanted to draw the attention to some of the excellent information from the article and hope that we see many such endeavors.
Maplight.org – Money and Politics: Illuminating the connection
Dan Newman of MAPLight.org, a group based in Berkeley, California that charts the links between politicians and money.
With maps, you can show people how an abstract concept connects to where they live.
Starting in January 2007, it tracked which states (those growing sugar-beets and sugar-cane, it turned out) were making the most generous political donations in the run-up to a vote in July 2007 on subsidies for the sugar industry.
The Grim Reaper's road map: An atlas of mortality in Britain
by Mary Shaw, Bethan Thomas, George Davey Smith and Daniel Dorling. More information, visualizations and even data can be found at
http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/publications/reaper.html. Here's a screenshot from their book.
Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in Columbus, Ohio project- Masstrack.org. This visualization shows the geographical locations of the workforce in innovation sectors in Massachusetts. As can be expected, the concentration in the Boston and Cambridge area is very high as compared to the rest of the state.
Social explorer lets you explore, save and create slidshows of visualizations of the census 2000 data. The first screenshot shows the interface that allows you to interact with the data. The bottom screenshot shows the median age around the New Haven, CT area. Since, New Haven is mostly a college town, the median age being lower than the surrounding counties in Connecticut makes sense.
Ushahidi, which means "testimony" in Swahili, is a very innovative website that was developed to map user reported violence in Kenya after the post-election fallout at the beginning of 2008. It has already been adapted and used by votereport.in and swineflu.ushahidi.com.
The top two images show Violence and Voter inconsistencies as reported by users. The bottommost image shows Swine Flu cases all over the world. Such field reporting-based visualizations can be invaluable, especially now that a worldwide swine flu pandemic has been declared by the WHO. In a previous post, we have seen different visual representations of the Swine Flu Pandemic.
My favorite quote from the article was "We don't just want to be about mapping," says John Kim of Healthy City. "Maps don't change the world, but people who use maps do."
I would like to believe that today we can say something like "Visualizations dont change the world, but people who use visualizations do."
If you have seen other examples of visualizations that have impacted policies, laws or helped draw attention to a problem, please add it in the comments section.
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Hey guys, I haven't posted much of updates but as you would all know by now my acne is completely gone.
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I'm losing a lot of hair right now. I tried taking Biotin when I noticed it, applying oils for the day and washing my hair least as possible.
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- Obama campaign: New York Times poll is 'biased'– Obama campaign deputy manager Stephanie Cutter dismissed today's CBS/New York Times poll showing that 67 percent of people believed Obama made his decision on gay marriage for political reasons. Only 24 percent said that Obama did it "mostly because he thinks it is right."Host Chuck Todd asked Cutter about the poll, admitting that the methodology of the poll was different, because it was a callback poll. "Put those caveats aside thats a lot of people saying that he did this for political reasons," Todd said, noting that it was a 3-1 margin."We can't put the methodology of that poll aside, because the methodology was significantly biased." Cutter insisted on MSNBC this morning.
- Cell Phone Ban Keeps Obama Fundraisers Secret – In the latest attempt to crack down on potentially embarrassing digital leaks from presidential fundraisers, President Barack Obama's campaign has begun asking donors attending small fundraisers with the president to turn over their cell phones before entering.
Pool reporter David Nakamura of the Washington Post reported that at a $35,800 a head fundraiser at the home of Blackstone COO Hamilton "Tony" James in New York City Monday night, the 60 attendees were asked to place their phones in plastic bags by the door.
An Obama aide called the move it "standard operating procedure," but veterans of a range of other campaigns said they'd never heard of the practice, which is common in secure White House spaces where there are concerns of espionage, but unknown in contexts in which only political secrets are discussed. The new prevalence of sophisticated audio and recording capacities in mobile devices owned by virtually anyone wealthy enough to write a check to a political campaign, however, has put a new pressure on campaigns concerned with staying on a public message.
The fundraising sessions are one of the last vestige of privacy for the president outside of the White House, and a rare opportunity for top donors to hear relatively unscripted remarks by the most powerful man in the world, and to ask him questions. Obama's prepared remarks at the events are open press and covered by a small group of reporters, but the "press pool" is escorted out of the room before the Q&A period.
- Brace, brace. Dark times ahead as Greece heads for the exit – Mistakenly, they have convinced themselves that it won't much matter if Greece leaves, and indeed that it might even help resolve the wider crisis to get rid of this persistent thorn in the flesh.
Bring it on, they mutter callously; it will be a lot worse for them than for us. On one level, this is just bravado. It's an attempt to put as nonchalant a face as possible on the now apparently inevitable. But they also seem to believe in their validity of their own analysis – that they have indeed used the past two years well, and are now fully prepared for a Greek exit.
Believe it if you will. The ineptitude to date of the eurozone's crisis response strongly suggests a different conclusion – both that the likely contagion from an exit has been hugely underestimated, and that by prompting a wider breakup, thereby tipping Europe into depression, it may end up as bad for everyone else as it is for Greece.
The Greek problem has been consistently misdiagnosed and mismanaged right from the start. First there was the suggestion a year ago from Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy that if Greece didn't buckle under and agree austerity it might be chucked out. Markets reacted logically by selling bonds in any country that looked vulnerable, thereby making it much harder for all periphery governments to fund themselves.
- Jerry Brown vs. Chris Christie– In his January 2011 inaugural address, California Gov. Jerry Brown declared it a "time to honestly assess our financial condition and make the tough choices." Plainly the choices weren't tough enough: Mr. Brown has just announced that he faces a state budget deficit of $16 billion—nearly twice the $9.2 billion he predicted in January. In Sacramento Monday, he coupled a new round of spending cuts with a call for some hefty new tax hikes.In his own inaugural address back in January 2010, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie also spoke of making tough choices for the people of his state. For his first full budget, Mr. Christie faced a deficit of $10.7 billion—one-third of projected revenues. Not only did Mr. Christie close that deficit without raising taxes, he is now plumping for a 10% across-the-board tax cut.
- One by One, Obama Targets '08 Coalition for Boost– President Obama is attempting to shore up the 2008 coalition that helped him achieve a decisive victory over John McCain, but he is doing so in a more piecemeal way this time around.As an incumbent, Obama's method is to target various constituencies — albeit ones that supported him four years ago — and make the sale with this argument: On the issues they care most about, he has advanced specific policies to help them, programs opposed by the Republican Party and its presumptive nominee, Mitt Romney.
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The Big Picture: Conspiracy Weary
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I always find it facepalm-worthy when people say the WTC was destroyed by controlled demolition.
There's an article that I can't find which pretty much proves that it would have been impossible to do without anyone noticing. I can't find it at the moment, but it has a lot of evidence.
For example, controlled demolition explosives take weeks or months to set up (that's only for an average building) so some people would have had to sneak in at night (after all, they don't wanna get caught) and plant explosives in the WTC for months on end (if that was the case, why did nobody notice explosives lying around). And even if they found a team large enough to somehow do it in one night, why has no-one come forward to say something? Even just one person in the hysteria of the moment? It makes no sense. Not even one person who might have noticed a huge-ass building crew going into the towers one night.
The JFK Conspiracy theory is the only one that I still haven't figured out yet. In high school, we had an entire day devoted to this theory. Some of the info made me question a little bit on the assassination only being Lee Oswald's doing. The amount of time to reload, aim, and fire the rifle would have taken a lot longer then what was shown on video (video had the sounds of the gun shot). Lee bought the gun for cheap, only 20$ which was still considered cheap back then for a rifle.
Bob is dead wrong, again.
The green movement is a fraud. Isn't it funny how most, if not all, such movements are opposed to nuclear energy (you know, the most effective and least environmentally disruptive energy plant?) and how they are pro animal rights. The thing is that environmentalists and anti-nuclear, as well as pro animal rights activists all greatly overlap with each other; they'd cripple themselves if they were honest to their principle of protecting the environment as their electors are greedy and shortsighted just as the rest of us, liberal or no. A more effective way to slow global warming would be to kill all unnecessary animals. A normal domesticated dog is worse than a normal faring SUV. You don't see environmentalists agitate against animal owners and shelters, do you?
Global warming is hardly something negative we humans are creating, worsening, or destroying.
And Bob, stop being so goddamn smug. :)
Some conspiracies are true. I mean historically there were conspirators right who conspired against something.
But mass-media "conspiracy theories"... yeah...
How dare Bob make a video that has a point and one I can agree on. How can I reconcile my undying hatred for everything else he has done when he is right about this one thing? Is it possible that we could share the views on some things and not on others? Impossible! Damn you Bob, damn you....
But alas, it was McCain all along being the sleeper agent from Panama! They will finally take their revenge on us for that unholy canal!
The sad thing is that there are genuinely smart people that believe in these theories. That worries me somewhat. For example, there was this guy that was a Valedictorian believes that the moon landing was faked (after being pulled into it by a special on TV, then doing some googling of his own).
Hahaha this video was worth is just to hear Bob channel Cobra Commander at the end lol.
I agree with everything said including that Oswald shot JFK, however as a shooter myself I just can't give up the notion that there were multiple shooters.
Fox-bashing NEVER gets old. Not 'til they stop being the Republican Party's answer to Pravda.
Bush Bashing will get old once all the messes he left are cleaned up. I figure we've got a good twenty-to-fifty years left in them.[/quote]
Says someone who's probably never watched the network.
Keep in mind, I'm not contesting that they don't lean right, of course they do. But I find it hilarious that people get so butthurt over Fox when every other mainstream news network leans left.
Let me guess, you're in favor of the "fairness" doctrine?
ROFL oh my god I have never laughed so hard as I did during that ending bit. Bob thank you for the laughs. That California video game ban one though where the heck did that come from? I thankfully never heard of it nor do I pay attention to stupid conspiracy theories.
Unfortunately everyone I know who is right into this stuff is usually extremely intelligent. I find most of the time, the people who believe this stuff so strongly, has the same mentality as a fundamentalist christian. You can't reason with them, feed them any logic, they possess a high truth about the workings of the world, and any argument you provide is wrong and is met with unfalsifiable speculation. Great video!
Yeah you were doing good till the end there. Seemed like filler rather than an actual well thought out attempt at humor.
Actually Ash, we can prove Global Warming. That is all he said. We can prove the temperature is going up steadily. He didn't so much as whisper a word about it definitely being Anthropogenic (based on how most people have accepted it and started working on it I really hope it is anthropogenic) just that it is definitely occurring. Besides which, even if it isn't caused by us, at worst we are now finally cleaning our environment. I don't see the loss.
That picture....at 4:37...with the dinosaur battle....I want it
Would anyone by chance be able to link me to it haha
"Nobody's trying to fool you. Nobody gives a crap whether you live or die. There. you happy now?" Dennis Miller
So I suppose Bob subscribes to the magic bullet theory on JFK's assassination...what about the two gentlemen on the grassy knoll? Or how about the "rail worker" on the bridge who made a maintenance stop that his company knew nothing of and on top of that didn't even exist? Also why was the "rail worker" last seen leaving a parking lot with one of the gentlemen on the grassy knoll? And why did Jack Ruby who was a Republican, who had ties to the mob which had a beef with JFK's fathers prohibition era bootlegging, who didn't know Lee Harvey Oswald whatsoever kill Mr. Oswald before he could be brought to trial? Also since Oswald was behind Oswald why was the huge exit wound that made his head explode on the rear of his skull? Seem it should have been his forehead that blew up don't you think?
Not saying I'm a conspiracy theorist but these things do seem more peculiar than just a disgruntled ex-marine.
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There's an article that I can't find which pretty much proves that it would have been impossible to do without anyone noticing. I can't find it at the moment, but it has a lot of evidence.
For example, controlled demolition explosives take weeks or months to set up (that's only for an average building) so some people would have had to sneak in at night (after all, they don't wanna get caught) and plant explosives in the WTC for months on end (if that was the case, why did nobody notice explosives lying around). And even if they found a team large enough to somehow do it in one night, why has no-one come forward to say something? Even just one person in the hysteria of the moment? It makes no sense. Not even one person who might have noticed a huge-ass building crew going into the towers one night.[/quote]
Have you ever watched "Loose Change"? From what I remember, they claimed that the building had been emptied several times leading up to 9/11 (cleaning crews told not to report or something). Also several people swear to this day that they heard secondary explosions coming from Building 7 just before it fell.
And I'm not one of "those people"; I doubt that the Gov't could pull off a 9/11 so perfectly, and then screw up the handling of Hurricane Katrina like that.
Funniest Reptoid conspiracy theory I've heard: the reptoids had the original 'V' cancelled because it was too close to their plans, and they made G'Kar on Babylon 5 into a good guy so we would learn to accept them (from watching a show that was barely syndicated)!
I thought the film industry sent people to defend video games in the court case.
Either way precedent saying that the government can ban selling violent fiction to minors is bad news for the film industry.
I usually agree with Bob about movies, but he is extremely uninformed (like many Americans who spend too much time in front of the idiot box) about the issues he speaks of, but lets just talk about Cheney for now. Lets set the time machine to the early 90s; Cheney is Sec. of Defense and begins privatization initiatives that (if accepted) will benefit certain companies if another war breaks out (like, GASP! CONSPIRACY!, Haliburton). It is now 1992, Clinton is President and guess where ol' Dicky boy ends up? Well, as CEO of...you guessed it, Haliburton. Now lets go to 2001 and the aftermath of the 9/11 tragedy (not gonna touch that one for now). Where is Dicky-boy now?, why he's the Vice President. And who is one of the most outspoken proponents of going to war in Iraq?, strangely enough its Dick Cheney. Aug. 26, 2002 Dick Cheney, Vice President says,"Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction." So we get duped into invading Iraq, but wait...what about those great ideas of privatizing military functions that some smart dude in the 90s wrote about, who was that guy? Oh, that's right CEO...I mean VP Cheney. Those ideas sound great, but who can we get at such short notice...hmmmm (thinks real real hard) maybe, I don't know, Haliburton/KBR? Well, since Saddam has all these WMDs we better just give Haliburton/KBR some No-Bid-Contracts worth billions, and we won't put a limit on how much they can receive (its called cost-plus, look it up). So 10 years later and billions of profits for the war profiteers and NO arrests for the fraud and theft we KNOW Haliburton perpetrated against the American people, we come to the present and the wars are STILL ongoing. Yeah, conspiracy theories are crazy. Enjoy your TV shows.
Shit does happen all the time, I agree with a lot that is said. Only a couple of things poke at me. One of the big things is that Global Warming is something that can happen, and possibly is.... Scientists on both sides are fucking with the data to the point we will never know what is going on. Man-made Global Warming the theory that we will destroy our planet in less then a hundred years.... With the 'Hockey Stick' chart proven a fraud, and that being the smoking gun as it wore, I have to put in serious doubt that Man is the primary cause....
From what it seems, that GIANT ball of gas in the center of our little corner of the Cosmos of the Sol System is looking more and more like the Primary cause. Not to say humans don't rank i the top 20 as reason shit can suck..... but far from the NUMBER ONE reason....
That's all....
Yeah, some people need to just calm the fuck down and view things more rationally...
Excellent points and such...but was anyone else as excited at the Heroquest picture as I was?
I learned about his assassination just last year, and my teacher showed us a video that presented so much evidence supporting the theory that Oswald did not act alone, I'm convinced it was a conspiracy. They explained the whole magic bullet theory, how Jack Ruby met with Oswald previously, how the president's body was denied viewing to many people, etc.
I've always wanted to know the truth, but things turned out not too shabby at the end of the cold war, so politically speaking, I suppose his death wasn't "such a big deal" for lack of better words. That is of course, not acknowledging the emotional toll it took on the country.
But I still want to know: Why? Why was a young man, with kids and a loving wife, a burgeoning leader bringing a country towards prosperity, murdered? It's just not fair, you know? But hey.......shit happens.
Because he was going to shake things up. He planned on dissolving the CIA, apparently.
Sorry, I have to point out that you are WRONG, WRONG, WRONG, and actually the perfect example of how people just blindly accept what 'experts' say.
The Global Warming climate reports? The 'scientists' responsible refused peer review of their work. They refused to address contradictory evidence. They actively suppressed reports that presented compelling arguments that called into question their 'findings'.
The truth? Those 'scientists' were making themselves careers on this 'work' that they did. This is widely accepted now, across the world.
This is not to say that there isn't merit to Global Climate Change, but before you go and make the absolutely ignorant claim that only "[American] scientific community" disagrees with Global Warming, perhaps you should do a little more research.
Otherwise you sound like a conspiracy theorist yourself, claiming that somehow the American scientific community somehow isn't as 'smart' as other scientist in the world. Let me guess: it's the water in North America, right? It just makes us stupid.
Oh, and by the way? In response to your little comment: "(also: if you live in the US you're probably stupid, and there's probably no point in doing the above)"? I guarantee you that I am more intelligent than you can ever hope to be.
You know, just FYI.
I find conspiracy theories interesting to study. I liked how Bob went with the whole modern esoteric point at the beginning of the video. A good point to make, and although I have grave reservations about the US government's influence within corporations and visa versa, and how that plays into economic and foreign policy, I have a hard time with most conspiracy theorists who take things like the lizardmen and "satanist" Illuminati so literally.
It's not hard to create your own conspiracy theory, but it's harder to get a bunch of paleo-conservatives onboard.
Hell, I find the overwhelming majority of conspiracy theories better inspiration for my writing than I do as practical real life.
If there is anything I appreciated more than the awesome debunking video it's the fact that Bob used Hero Quest box art.
I like your opinions Bob, I may not always agree with them, but they are always put forth in a well thought out manner. You provide evidence where it's due and state plainly that these things are your opinion. :)
I think I'll start a conspiracy where we try to hook you up with Kelly Brook.
The hockey stick is not a fraud. Here's a real science source. It also has the 10 most common arguments made by denialists. There's also this for any others.
I think you missed the bit where it said this is an opinion show.
Random: oh how it would be funny to see JFK rise as a zombie lol. Not only will he be moaning like a normal zombie, but he might even mutter something like "those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future." or "It's just a storm Dick, sit down.".... "Zombies."
Holy crap! Hero Quest??? I got that game for Christmas back when I was 7, and at first I thought it was some lame board game but then I played it and had a blast. (at that age I really liked the little figurines and the artwork as well)
Climate change is happening, there's no arguing that fact, and our presence has invariably altered the world's climate. After all, we've been cutting down trees, we've wrecked an eco system here and there.
However the green movement is complete and total bullshit. Yes, we need to conserve and all that good stuff, but all these feel good solutions are mostly garbage. Electric cars? That's nice, too bad you refuse to allow nuclear power and a ton of cars would overload the electrical grid. Oh, and where are you going to get all that lithium from? Oh right, mining and chemical processing to get the lithium out.
Anyway, most conspiracy theories are pretty much bullshit, but there are some out there that have a certain amount of weight to them and when you see companies like..oh say...Halliburton constantly showing up, you can't help but wonder at least a little bit. I enjoy contemplating connections as a mental exercise but in the end, I really don't care either way.
I think the conspiracy theories stem less from a fear of the chaotic, but a need to maintain the perception of perfection. Notice how many in modern day always seem to have some deep seeded persecution in them. The "liberal media" exists expressly by the will of the few to keep conservitave values down, not because there are just as many people that have liberal values as conservitave. The the stuff's all made up because there's no way what conservatives have down could have any negitive side effects. There's vast corporate enterprises intentionally inflating gas prices because we can't legitimately be in short supply of oil (and that we'd be doing the same in their position). We lost an election so either the supreme court was bought off and voters were denied, or someone forgot to probely check the paperwork for a birth certificate (depending on political stripe) so we really won right? All those government actions really aren't necessary and are all about being unfair to me. And of course our sloppy ways can't be hurting the planet, it'sjust all a bunch of eco wackos being mean to me. Hell, the Daily Show just aired a fresh "I am Sarah Palin, professional victem of the left" clip.
I think it's easier (and probably more desirable) to beleive in some vast evil overlord out to get you than to admit the world doesn't revolve around you and your idea of right and wrong. It's a sign of how little we've grwon up as it reminds me of kids thinking their parents are punishing them because "they're mean" and teachers flunk them because "they hate me".
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Aging affects the face in far more fundamental ways than just superficial wrinkles. In this video, Sculptor Philippe Faraut makes the changes in soft clay to represent the journey of a typical male face from youth to old age.
When drawing older faces, American illustrator Andrew Loomis advises eliminating surface wrinkles and stating only the main lines and forms: "The impression of age is maintained without the incidental and insignificant wrinkles."
Book: Andrew Loomis, Drawing the Head and HandsThe artist's website, with more info on his materials and tools
Mr. Faraut's books:
Mastering Portraiture- Advanced Analyses of the Face Sculpted in Clay
Portrait Sculpting: Anatomy and Expressions in Clay
Mr. Faraut's DVD: Techniques of Sculpture: Geometry in the Clay Portrait


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By David Lawder
WASHINGTON, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Big automatic cuts in federal spending are fast approaching again, alarming the defense sector but generating little activity in Congress to avoid them.
The cuts, known as a "sequestration," were postponed for two months as part of the legislation that ended the standoff over the "fiscal cliff" on Jan. 1.
But the sense of crisis that accompanied the thought of across-the-board reductions then has all but vanished, replaced by a widespread sense of inevitability.
"I think we're going to have" the cuts "for some period of time, and I think the squeals from constituents will compel some compromise that will emerge in the second half of March," said Steve Bell, economic policy director at the Bipartisan Policy Center and a former Republican House Budget Committee staff director.
The defense industry's concern stems from the fact that half of the $85 billion in spending reductions will come from the budget of the Department of Defense, with the other half hitting a wide array of other government programs.
Outgoing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta as well as his designated successor, Chuck Hagel, have warned that the cuts will impair military readiness.
Congress' lack of urgency as it hurtles toward the launch of spending reductions on March 1 may be affected by Wednesday's news that the U.S. economy contracted in the fourth quarter.
The GDP report showed government spending tumbled at a 6.6 percent rate, with defense outlays plunging at a 22.2 percent pace, the largest drop since the third quarter of 1972.
But failure to find replacement savings by the March 1 deadline is not expected to spark a financial crisis because the cuts, split evenly between military and domestic programs, would start to bite gradually.
Unlike the "fiscal cliff" cuts, these are not accompanied by the threat of massive tax hikes, ultimately imposed only on the wealthiest taxpayers as a result of the legislation that ended the fiscal cliff standoff.
Worry runs deep through the defense sector, from weapons maker Northrop Grumman Corp to President Barack Obama's nominee for defense secretary, Hagel. They are calling on lawmakers to find a solution.
Hagel said the cuts would be "devastating" to the Pentagon.
"It would harm military readiness and disrupt each and every investment program," he said in written answers to senators' questions before a confirmation hearing on Thursday. "I urge Congress to eliminate the sequester threat permanently and pass a balanced deficit reduction plan."
While there are no public signs of negotiations between Republicans and Democrats to avert the cuts, the blame game is well under way.
Republican House of Representatives Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan said earlier this week he believed the automatic cuts "will probably happen" because Democrats were not willing to accept further cuts to domestic programs to shield military spending.
Top Senate Democrats have put the onus on House Republicans, saying they are unwilling to accept higher tax revenues as part of a balanced approach to replacing the cuts.
Another factor is at work in the House - the increasing influence of deficit hawks who believe the military should shoulder more of the deficit reduction burden. Traditionally, Republicans, including Ryan, last year's Republican vice presidential nominee, have tried to protect military programs.
"The momentum has shifted to those in the caucus who believe that the only savings we're ever going to get are going to be the sequester savings," said Bell.
Those fiscal conservatives believe Obama will not negotiate with them or agree to any significant cuts in social programs.
He added that it was possible that in the absence of a deal, Congress could provide some legislative language that gives domestic agencies and others some flexibility in making their cuts, rather than accept them in their current, across-the-board form.
Some Democrats are voicing concern the cuts could do serious economic damage.
"I think there should be a sense of urgency, because ... we're looking at an economy struggling to recover and the number of people who we want to have jobs who are still unemployed," said Democratic Senator Jean Shaheen of New Hampshire.
"A failure to take action on what we know is going to have a significant impact on that is simply unacceptable," said Shaheen, a member of the Senate Armed Services and Appropriations committees.
Northrop Grumman, which builds electronics and unmanned surveillance planes, warned that profits this year would fall sharply due to the increasing pressure on the defense budget.
"Our nation needs a balanced, strategic approach to our fiscal challenges ... not blind, indiscriminate budget cutting" Northrop Grumman Chief Executive Wes Bush told an earnings conference call.
The Pentagon has begun to detail its cost-cutting plans in workforce and regional terms. It has enacted a freeze in civilian hiring, a move that hits employment for veterans since 44 percent of civilian defense employees are vets.
The military services also are planning to lay off temporary or contract employees, which could affect up to 46,000 workers. They will also delay routine maintenance of ships and aircraft that had been planned for the third and fourth quarters, officials said.
The Navy estimates its planned cuts will reduce spending by $1.4 billion along the East Coast, including canceling $271 million in maintenance at shipyards in the Norfolk, Virginia, area and $81 million in aircraft maintenance at Cherry Point, North Carolina.
The Navy also is planning to cancel $681 million in spending in California, $339 million in the Pacific Northwest, $299 million in Florida, $197 million in the U.S. Northeast and $110 million in Hawaii, officials said.
If automatic spending cuts under sequestration go into effect on March 1, the Navy would have to cut a further $4.08 billion in spending through the end of the current fiscal year, over and above the $6.3 billion it is trying to reduce now.
Those cuts would require further delays in repairs and a reduction in the number of steaming and flying days, the Navy said. The Navy might also have to reduce the number of carrier strike groups in the Middle East, it said.
The Army and Air Force also are expected to implement spending reductions before March 1 and are due to submit their plans to Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter later this week.


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