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Hot on the heels of the great Sales v Williamson 2013 Short Story Challenge, I've been challenged again, this time by Gio Clairval. Rather than complicate things, I'm keeping the two challenges separate.
2/ New story submitted for the first time = 1pt.
3/ Story sold for the first time = 1pt.
4/ Loser buys the winner dinner.
Look for the running total here.
Why aren't points transferable for Neil? Sounds unfair to me.
Ian was joking, Gio. My points will count as much against you as him.
Recording 1 acceptance. The story was written last year, though; so it's only 1 point.
Precision: Written last year but submitted this year.
I was wondering about my sale: the story was written last year, but was never submitted (I thought it wasn't quite ready). It was revised, subbed this month for the first time, and sold. One point or two, then?
Two, of course. One for first submission and one for first sale.
Sold another story (for the first time), but not on first submission.
Well done! Nope, I have no stories out at market at the moment. None. Any points I gain this year are stories that have yet to be written (or at least finished).
I wouldn't hold your breath for any volleys in this direction. Still working on books – which don't count in the contest. I'll be more than happy if I reach my personal target by the end of the year, and if at the same time you and Ian have also sold a ton of stories, all the better!
New story subbed: 1 pt. Gio 6.
I need to claw back some dignity here. Well, I'm probably going to be squeezing out one of my own (maybe two) in the next week, so at least I'll have points on the board. But after that there'll be another long novel-shaped lull. Ah well.
Okay, I've finished a story and submitted it. On the scoreboard at last.
Ack. "reminded me". I'm so tired I'm starting to think in Latin.
Just so I know which ones to look for when they're published!
So, out of interest (because I am interested) is that six new stories and three sales, or five and four?
*sips her coffee* D'you mean: how many of these are new stories *written this year*?
And no!— No. Mercy. On. The. Glaswegian.
No, no. Just trying to tot up the ratio of submissions to sales. That's all.
And Neil, I'm really really grateful for this challenge that is keeping me on my toes. I need deadlines and challenges to work (this is the old consultant in me).
You're killing me with this, Gio. Sales is at least giving me a chance!
okay, so four new stories written, two sold and three older stories also sold?
Did I forget to record 1 submission (still pending)?
Okay, then the arithmetic is a bit wonky.
7 stories submitted for the first time = 7 points.
4 acceptances (assuming none of those four has been accepted/published before) = 4 points.
So you should have 11 points, no?
I didn't count the (first and only, so far) reprint acceptance.
Yeah, apparently the total is 11.
Sorry for the confusabilties. I'll keep the spreadsheet up to date. And now I'm really late!
Oh now you're confusing *me*. If it's a reprint it doesn't count. It can't be the first time you've sent the story out and it's certainly not the first time it's been accepted.
You get 1 point when a story is submitted for the first time.
You get 1 point when a story is accepted for the first time.
*sheesh* Sales doesn't give me this much trouble!
I meant: I didn't count the 1 reprint in the seven actual submissions and acceptances at all, as reprints are not to be counted.
The 7 subs are 7 subs sent out this year, either of brand-new stories, or of old stories never subbed before.
lol, ok. As you were, then. 11-1.
That's because you've been busy selling bigger things, like NOVELS!
yeah, didn't I tell you? Novels are worth 500 points.
Also, be aware that I've just taken on something that will limit my production even further for the next three months, so it's looking very good for you!
And is it a secret thing you're doing?
And there'll be more soon, so watch your back!
Well done! What's your split now in terms of submissions and acceptances?
That's really good going, Gio. This has worked out pretty well for you, hasn't it?
Yes. Thank you for this!
I have four stories in progress, three of which are novelettes.
I'd love to be able to write more than a short story a month. When I'm writing a novel, I usually churn out a (draftish) chapter a day.
One more out for me (but it'll be the last one for a while now).
And another one out … 15-4.
And one more acceptance (of a new story) in the inbox! Woot!
Don't suppose you'd like to go write a huge novel or something now?
Yield? Hell no! Not while I've still got a chance of catching you up!
Cool! Is it the market I'm thinking of?
Good for you! I'm so far behind it's not funny…haven't even written a word in three months now. But really glad to see this challenge has been beneficial for you.
I imagine you've got several more to update the count with though, eh?
Well done! I think its fair to say dinner is on me at Eastercon.
Cool! Where is Eastercon going to be?
Well, Glasgow… But if you can't make it, next time we're in the same place.


30 Jun 2014: Illuminating the cosmic food chain with the Umbrella Galaxy (see also Astronomy Picture of the Day).
24 Sept 2013: Learn how SLUGGS has led to the discovery of new and interesting objects, most recently the the densest galaxy observed in the nearby Universe. Read about it the first author's, Professor Jay Strader, own words here .
16 Aug 2013: Professor Duncan Forbes explains how SLUGGS informed a fundamental question of the nature of star clusters over at The Conversation .
01 Aug 2013: New properties of star clusters emerge because of the unique capabilities of the SLUGGS Survey. Read the press release.
23 Oct 2012: Due to the breadth of the SLUGGS Survey the team was able to confirm the existence of chemically-distinct star cluster populations. Read about the implications of this finding at the Swinburne Univesity Media Centre.


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Jury to decide in Jackson lawsuit.
A negligence lawsuit by Michael Jackson's mother against his concert promoter is in the hands of a jury after a final plea by a Jackson lawyer to punish the company he portrayed as a heartless, money-making machine.
In his argument, attorney Brian Panish, who represents Katherine Jackson, urged the six women and six men on the jury to find that defendant AEG Live LLC and Jackson shared responsibility for hiring Dr Conrad Murray, the physician who treated the superstar before his death.
Earlier this week, a lawyer for AEG Live suggested the promoter was pressured by Jackson to hire Murray as his personal physician, and was deceived when Jackson and Murray hid the fact that the singer was receiving nightly doses of the anesthetic propofol in his bedroom.
The drug is intended for use during operations at hospitals.
Murray was convicted in 2011 of involuntary manslaughter after giving Jackson an overdose of propofol as a sleep aid as Jackson fought chronic insomnia. Murray is in prison.
Jurors were led out of the courtroom by 10 armed sheriff's deputies assigned to guard them during deliberations. They spent two hours behind closed doors and then retired for the day.
Panish used his rebuttal argument to urge the jury to find that AEG hired Murray without considering whether he was fit for the job. AEG lawyers say it was Jackson who hired the doctor.
In his speech to jurors, Panish suggested they might decide there was shared negligence in hiring Murray.
"Think of a bicycle built for two," he said. "Both can cause the harm."
He did not blame Jackson for seeking propofol and instead cited AEG for hiring the doctor who gave it to him.
"Propofol might not be the best idea," Panish said. "But if you have a competent doctor, you're not going to die."
Panish claimed that AEG executives such as CEO Randy Phillips and co-CEO Paul Gongaware disdained Jackson and reminded jurors of an email in which an AEG attorney referred to Jackson as "the freak."
"They're a money-making machine," Panish said. "All they care about is how much money is this freak going to make for them.
"It's not right, ladies and gentlemen," Panish said. "It would not be right to allow Gongaware and Phillips to skate down the street and click their champagne glasses at AEG Live."
Both executives were initially named as defendants but were dismissed from the case during the trial.
Panish showed jurors details of a contract that was drafted by AEG Live but only signed by Murray. He said it proved that AEG wanted to control the doctor.
The plaintiff's last argument came a day after AEG Live attorney Marvin Putnam told jurors that Jackson was the architect of his own demise and no one else can be blamed. Putnam said Jackson insisted on hiring the cardiologist, despite objections from AEG Live.
The company told Jackson there were great doctors in London but the singer would not be deterred, Putnam said.
"It was his money and he certainly wasn't going to take no for an answer," he said.
Putnam showed brief excerpts from the This Is It documentary to show that Jackson appeared in top form just 12 hours before he died.
"AEG Live did not have a crystal ball," he said. "Dr Murray and Mr Jackson fooled everyone. They want to blame AEG for something no one saw."
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Фу́рманов (до 1918 года — Середа-Упино, с 1918 до 1941 — Середа ) — город в Ивановской области России. Административный центр Фурмановского района. Образует Фурмановское городское поселение.

География
Город расположен на несудоходной реке Шача (приток Волги), в 33 км от Иванова, с которым связан автодорогой республиканского значения (трасса Р600 (старый номер А113) «Кострома — Иваново»), а также железной дорогой.

Климат
Преобладает умеренно континентальный климат. Лето тёплое, но короткое. Зимы длинные и холодные. Самый холодный месяц в году январь — средняя температура -11.1 ° C, а самый тёплый июль со средней температурой 18.6 ° C.

Среднегодовое количество осадков — 620 мм.

Этимология
По вопросу происхождения прежнего названия населённого пункта — появления топонима «Середа-Упино» — имеется несколько гипотетических версий, остающегося до наших дней загадочным. Предположительно исконным селением, существовавшим здесь с незапамятных времён, было «Упино» (upe — балтс. — река, ручей). По одной из версий дополнительный ойконим — Середа, вероятно, был добавлен к первоначальному в связи с тем, что в селении именно в среду («в середу») открывался торг — среда был еженедельным торговый днём. По другой — «середа» — это земельный участок, полученный землевладельцем, находящийся в середине общинных крестьянских земель, либо в середине земли, принадлежащей церкви.

История

Происхождение села

Дата основания селения, носившего именование Упина-Середа, неизвестна. По мнению краеведов, первоначально селение называлось «Упина», что, вероятно, указывает на его угро-финское или мерянское происхождение.

XVII век
Первое упоминание о селе, именуемом «Терентьева Середа», встречается в ввозной грамоте, датируемой 1624 годом. В документе, относящемся к 1627—1631 гг., о Середе сообщается: «В селе же торг съезжий, а на торгу 20 полков, да 15 скамей, а торгуют один день в неделю в среду…» По сведениям ивановских краеведов, в 1628—1631 гг. село Середа-Упино принадлежало боярину, князю Дмитрию Мамстрюковичу Черкасскому, «у него же в Шуе был свой дом».

XIX век
По данным «Военно-статистического обозрения Российской империи» за 1848 год: «Селение Середа — один из центров фабричной промышленности. Лучшие ярмарки, на которых производится продажа лошадей, в селе Середе-Упино. Занятия населения: тканье миткаля, льнопрядение, отлучной плотничный промысел».

По сведениям Центрального статистического комитета Министерства внутренних дел 1870-72 годов, опубликованным в 1877 году: «Костромской губернии, Нерехтского уезда, I-го cтана, Середа-Упино — село, при прудах. Расположено на Арменском торговом тракте из г. Нерехты в г. Шую, от уездного центра — 41 верста, от становой квартиры — 38 вёрст; дворов — 31, жителей: мужского пола — 243 чел., женского — 308 чел. Церковь православная 1 (Вознесенская), ярмарок 3 (три), еженедельные базары».

XX век
В начале XX века, в результате роста рабочих посёлков в близлежащих к селу прядильно-ткацких фабриках, население которых к 1918 году достигло более 11 тыс. чел., а также в связи с произошедшими социально-политическими переменами — 27 июля 1918 года был образован город Середа (дополнительное наименование — отсечено), а 2 августа 1918 года на уездном съезде Советов рабочих и крестьянских депутатов были утверждены новые органы власти и его административные границы.

Середа — город, с правами уездного центра Середского уезда Иваново-Вознесенской губернии, объединил более десятка селений: село Середа-Упино, пос. станция «Середа», сельцо Киселёво; деревни Фроловка, Старое и Новое Некрасово, Фотеиха; посёлки: Малая Кирилловка, Девья Гора, Лопатино, Обухово, Новая Купчиха и Малое Никольское; площадь территории: 1. 911 десятин. По переписи 1923 года в Середе 2977 строений, из них 123 промышленных и 22 торговых заведений; население: 12. 836 чел. жителей.

13 марта 1941 года в честь уроженца Середы, советского писателя — Дмитрия Андреевича Фурманова, город переименован — назван Фурманов, одновременно было изменено наименование административно-территориальной единицы, возник одноимённый район — Фурмановский район.

В годы Великой Отечественной войны 1941—1945 гг. около 11 000 чел. фурмановцев стали её участниками, из них 5649 человек домой не вернулись: погибли на фронтах войны или пропали без вести. За мужество и героизм, проявленные в боях за Родину, 3200 фурмановцев-фронтовиков были отмечены орденами и медалями, шестеро воинов удостоены звания Героя Советского Союза, двое стали полными кавалерами ордена Славы.

С 1990-х город включён в состав Фурмановского района.

XXI век
В 2005 году город Фурманов наделён статусом городского поселения в составе Фурмановского муниципального района.

В 2009 году разработан генеральный план развития и строительства города Фурманова (общая протяжённость 226 улиц и дорог составляет 120 км); авторы-разработчики — специалисты Инженерно-проектной компании «База», входящей в группу компаний «Архстрой» г. Иваново.

Население

Достопримечательности

  Храм иконы Божией Матери Всех Скорбящих Радость (Большой Середской Храм, Красная церковь).  Памятник русской архитектуры XIX в., построенный в 1897–1905 гг. по проекту архитектора Петра Зыкова (1852–1899). — Ул. Социалистическая, дом 36.
 Храм Вознесения Господня (Белая церковь).  Впервые упоминается в 1614 году. Новый — каменный храм возведён в 1727 году  "по челобитию" князя И. Ф. Барятинского, и перестроенный в XIX веке. — Ул. Большая Фурмановская, дом 79.
 Мемориальный музей Дмитрия Фурманова. Основан 26 октября 1958 года, реанимирован в 2005 году. В одном из его залов восстановлена комната семьи Фурмановых . — Ул. Большая Фурмановская, дом 69.
 Фурмановская картинная галерея имени Д. А. Трубникова.  Создана в 1989 году для сохранения творческого наследия русского художника Д. А. Трубникова (1885−1947), многие годы жившего в Середе (Фурманове). — Ул. Советская улица, дом 9.
 Историко-краеведческий музей при высшем профессиональном лицее № 7.  Открыт 24 апреля 2002 года. Собрание посвящено истории города и региона, владельцам села, и основателям промышленных предприятий (фабрик). — Ул. Тимирязева, дом 43.
 Особняк семьи Лосевых, построенный видным середским фабрикантом Г. К. Горбуновым для своей дочери Александры.  Трёхэтажный жилой купеческий дом — памятник архитектуры конца XIX века, образец гражданского зодчества XIX века. Ныне в нём галерея им. Д. А. Трубникова. — Ул. Советская улица, дом 9.

См. также:

Экономика
По сведениям 2018 года в городе Фурманове имеется ряд действующих промышленных предприятий: ООО "Фурмановская фабрика № 1" – производство хлопчатобумажных тканей; АО "Завод Темп" – производство машин и оборудования общего назначения и др.; ОАО "Фурмановский хлебокомбинат" – производство хлебобулочных изделий; ОАО "Фурмановский гормолзавод" – переработка молока, молочные продукты, сыры ; Предприятие лесной промышленности "Фурмановский лесопункт" ; Предприятие «Madiyo Tekstil» – производство и продажа трикотажных тканей; Компания "Лиматонупаковка" – производство пластмассовых изделий для упаковывания товаров.

Известные уроженцы и жители
 Горбунов, Григорий Климентьевич (1834–1923) — известный середской предприниматель и благотворитель, старообрядец-федосеевец.
Белов, Александр Фёдорович (1923–1980) —  советский солдат, участник Великой Отечественной войны, Герой Советского Союза (1945).
 Грашнев, Михаил Александрович (28.11.1921—28.11.1985), кавалер ордена Славы трёх степеней.
 Зоричев, Дмитрий Иванович (1891–1960) — советский тифлопедагог и методист. Заслуженный учитель школы РСФСР.
 Колосов, Николай Васильевич (1919–1943) — старший лейтенант РККА, участник Великой Отечественной войны. Герой Советского Союза (1944).
 Мигулин, Владимир Васильевич (1911–2002) — советский радиофизик и геофизик, академик РАН. Кавалер двух орденов Ленина.
 Молчанов, Альберт Макарьевич (1928–2011) — советский и российский математик, педагог. Доктор физико-математических наук (1964).
 Павлов Сергей Александрович (род. 1955) — советский и российский футбольный тренер. Заслуженный тренер России.
 Рубцов, Леонид Иванович (1902–1980) — советский ландшафтный архитектор, доктор биологических наук.
 Рубцов, Николай Иванович (1907–1988) — советский геоботаник, Заслуженный деятель науки УССР.
 Солодухо, Яков Семёнович (1911–1987) — советский композитор и музыкально-общественный деятель. Заслуженный деятель искусств РСФСР (1973).
 Услугин, Леонид Иванович (1916–1952) — старший сержант РККА, участник Великой Отечественной войны, Полный кавалер ордена Славы.
 Рогозин Петр Петрович (1930—1985) — почетный житель города Фурманов, известный краевед Фурмановского района и Ивановской области, Поэт, драматург, песенник.

Города-побратимы
  Домодедово, Россия

Прочие сведения
 Группа из Фурманова «Тихие парни» в 2017 году получила гран-при фестиваля Рок-Февраль.

См. также
 Населённые пункты Ивановской области

Литература
 Материалы для географии и статистики России, собранные офицерами Генерального штаба. Костромская губерния. СПб., 1861.
 Военно-статистическое обозрение Российской империи. Т. 1-17. – СПб.: 1848-1852; Том IV, Часть 3. Костромская губерния. СПб., 1848 .
 Иваново–Вознесенская губерния [Наши города. Середа]. – Иваново-Вознесенск: Книгоиздательское Товарищество «Основа», 1924. С. 209-212.
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Friday night my wife and I went on a stroll in downtown West Point (where we live) to catch some sunset photos, since I haven't gotten any sunset photos around town in a while and I wanted to get some shots I hadn't gotten before. The sunset did not dissapoint... at. all. The sky was great and the sun which was setting over the buildings on the left was casting a beautiful glow on the buildings to the right. I sat my camera really low on the tripod and got this shot. I think the lights of the lamps, which cut on just before I took the shot really added to the whole photo. And no cars being in the shot made it even better.


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Fate of Larry King's Teen Murderer Goes to Jury in California
Brandon McInerney (L), and Lawrence Fobes "Larry" King, (R)
Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California – After prosecution's closing statement yesterday, and defense's closing statement today, the trial of teen Brandon McInerney goes to the jury. Long weeks of hard-fought testimony, evidence and counter-evidence have come down to the judgment of twelve citizens over a deadly serious question: Is the victim of a homicide responsible for his own death, or not? McInerney's defense team, led by Scott Wippert, has tried mightily to paint 15-year-old Larry King as the aggressor in his own slaying, justifying their client, the confessed killer, somehow for shooting his classmate twice in the head in broad daylight. Bridling at any suggestion by the prosecution that he and his team were using a version of the discredited "gay panic defense," in which the psychic trauma of encountering perceived harassment by a gay person "ignites" a passion to kill, Wippert nonetheless has consistently used that logic to paint King as a "sexual aggressor" who made all the boys at E.O. Green Middle School in Oxnard feel unsafe. According to The Advocate, King's manner of effeminate dress and language "harassed" the boys (most especially his client), and disrupted school life to the point that, as Wippert put it to the jury, "The [E.O. Green] boys didn't feel safe in the school," because of the 5-foot 4-inch, 125-pound King.
Prosecutor Maeve Fox sought to counter such an argument, calling the strategy of the defense an appeal to anti-gay sentiments and oppressive anti-feminine stereotypes. "It's an attempt to reach somewhere deep down," she said in her rebuttal to the jury. "To a dark place." Fox showed a photo of King taken just days before his execution-style murder, smiling as he held up a green dress given him by his teacher, Dawn Boldrin. According to The Advocate, King was wearing a school uniform at the time of the picture, not women's clothing, and had on unobtrusive makeup. Fox asked the jury as she held up the picture, "This is the guy that you are being asked to believe was a sexual predator who tortured the defendant into a state of despair.This [person] is so threatening to the average male psyche of 14 or 44 or 84?" She reminded the jury that if they bring in a verdict of manslaughter, they would be ignoring the testimony of students who said McInerney told them days before the killing that he was going to end King's life, and further, the expert psychiatric report in which McInerney said he did not even consider his victim a human being. A manslaughter verdict would mean the jury believed that any average person would have acted in the same way McInerney did on the day he took his teenage classmate's life. But premeditation of the sort the defendant exhibited by planning and waiting until first period class was well underway before he pulled out his pistol and shot King in the back of the head dictates a first-degree murder sentence.
Wippert reported referred to the tender age of his client 39 times in his closing statement to the jury. He contended that King's quip to McInerney the day before he killed King, "What's up, baby?", was "the straw that popped the balloon," and pushed McInerney to shoot him. Fox rebutted that King was just giving back something of the stress that he had experienced from McInerney and his clique as they bullied him for being different.
But would an average person take such umbrage at affectations and effeminate ways, even if aimed at such a person, that he would plan and shoot an unarmed person in cold blood? Prosecutor Fox said no. McInerney wasn't acting as an average person. He was acting out his white supremacist schooling to kill a sub human, as reported by the Associated Press. He believed, Fox contended, that killing King was doing everyone a favor, and that he would be congratulated for doing it.
The jury will decide soon. No case of a hate crime killing against a gay person has drawn more attention since the murder of Matthew Shepard in Laramie, Wyoming in 1998. If the jury brings in a verdict of manslaughter, McInerney, who is now 17, may be eligible for release before he is forty. If they decide for first-degree murder, he may not see freedom before he is 57.
August 26, 2011 Posted by unfinishedlives | African Americans, Anglo Americans, Anti-Gay Hate Groups, anti-LGBT hate crime murder, Blame the victim, Bullying in schools, California, Character assassination, gay bashing, gay panic defense, gay teens, Gender Variant Youth, GLBTQ, gun violence, harassment, Hate Crimes, Heterosexism and homophobia, Law and Order, LGBTQ, Perpetrators of Hate Crime, School and church shootings, trans-panic defense, transgender persons, transphobia	| African Americans, Anglo Americans, anti-LGBT hate crime murder, Blame the victim, Bullying in schools, California, gay bashing, gay panic defense, gay teens, GLBTQ, gun violence, harassment, Hate Crimes, Law and Order, LGBTQ, perpetrators, School and church shootings, transgender persons, transphobia | 1 Comment
Larry King's Teen Murderer Refuses to Testify in His Own Defense
Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California – Seventeen-year-old Brandon McInerney was not put on the stand by his defense team on Monday, the last day of testimony for the defense, in the closely watched trial of straight-on-gay teen murder. The Los Angeles Times reports that his chief attorney, Scott Wippert, told the court that McInerney declined to take the stand. Now that the defense has rested, closing arguments are expected to commence immediately. The facts of the case are not in dispute: McInerney, 14 at the time of the February 2008 homicide, killed his fellow eighth grade student, Lawrence Fobes "Larry" King, a gay, bi-racial 15-year-old, in their first period computer class at E.O. Green Middle School in Oxnard. McInerney's defense hinges on a version of the discredited "gay panic" defense that has long been employed by defendants in cases of anti-gay murder. His defense team is gambling that they can create sympathy for McInerney by claiming he was in a severe "dissociative state" because of King's gay mannerisms, dress, and affectation–that McInerney interpreted King's speech, dress, and acts as "sexual harassment," and killed him because of it. A psychologist for the defense testified that McInerney "snapped" at the time of the shooting, according to ABC News 7. When employed to justify the violence perpetrated by mature adults, the gay panic defense seeks to play on the latent fears of jury members to cloud the verdict they would otherwise render, or, barring that, to soften the punishment for the crime because of "mitigating circumstances" and "states of mind."
The prosecution built its case on testimony and physical evidence of skin-head, Neo-Nazi and white supremacist loyalties McInerney held. The motive for McInerney's deadly crime, the prosecution contends, was deep-seated hostility toward gays and transgender people. Prosecutor Maeve Fox pointed repeatedly to the premeditation it took the defendant to plan the slaying, conceal the murder weapon, restrain his attack until first period class was in session, and then shoot his victim not once but twice in the back of the head, execution-style. McInerney announced his intention to kill King well ahead of the deed, according to testimony rendered in court. Evidence of premeditation prior to the trial in large part caused a judge to rule that McInerney would be tried under California criminal law as an adult, even given his youth.
If the defense succeeded in convincing the jury that young Larry King was responsible for his own murder at the hands of an innocent, straight boy who snapped under the strain of "unwanted sexual advances," then the gay panic defense will have a new lease on life in courtrooms throughout the United States where perpetrators will make the argument that their gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender victims in some sense "made them do it." If, on the other hand, the prosecution turns aside this latest version of the gay panic defense, and convinces the jury that a murdered boy cannot be guilty of his own death, then the venerable and disreputable gay panic defense will be dealt a severe blow in American juris prudence.
August 23, 2011 Posted by unfinishedlives | Anglo Americans, Anti-Gay Hate Groups, anti-LGBT hate crime murder, Bisexual persons, Blame the victim, Bullying in schools, California, Character assassination, death threats, gay bashing, gay men, gay panic defense, gay teens, Gender Variant Youth, GLBTQ, gun violence, harassment, Hate Crimes, Heterosexism and homophobia, Law and Order, Lesbian women, LGBTQ, Neo-Nazis and White Supremacy, Perpetrators of Hate Crime, trans-panic defense, transgender persons, transphobia	| Anti-Gay Hate Groups, anti-LGBT hate crime murder, Bisexual persons, Blame the victim, Bullying in schools, California, gay bashing, gay men, gay panic defense, gay teens, GLBTQ, gun violence, harassment, Hate Crimes, Heterosexism and homophobia, Law and Order, Lesbians, LGBTQ, perpetrators, transgender persons, transphobia | 1 Comment
Police Refusing to Report Anti-Lesbian Hate Crime Could Lose Their Jobs
Washington, D.C. – When several Metropolitan Police refused to report a brutal attack against five lesbians in the District of Columbia, they had no idea how big a mistake they were making, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center's Hatewatch. Brushing off the attack by two males who shouted anti-lesbian epithets as they assaulted the women, the police even threatened to arrest the victims because "they didn't know how to act." Now, these officers are under investigation themselves. The investigation could take as long as four months. They could face suspension, punishment, and even termination of their jobs with loss of pension benefits. Four police cruisers with seven officers responded to a 911 emergency call outside the Columbia Heights Metro station in the early morning hours of July 30. Two men had beaten their lesbian victims, and a third man accompanying the assailants stood by capturing video of assault on his cell phone. When the lesbians reported the attack to the police, the officers dismissed the violence. Though the police had restrained one of the assailants, they just let him go. Hatewatch has learned that the mother of one of the victims called the Metro Police to complain about the officers' behavior. Then, on August 1, the D.C. LGBT liaison unit filed a report on the incident as a hate crime.
Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence (GLOV), a local LGBTQ activist group, met with D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier to demand more rigorous protection of the queer community in Washington. The chief seemed inclined to act on the concerns of the group, according to GLOV spokesperson, A.J. Singletary. D.C. gays, lesbians, and transgender persons, especially those from racial/ethnic minority groups, have suffered an increasing number of violent attacks in recent years, most notably the murders of four transgender women of color, two of them teenagers.
The once strong and effective gay and lesbian liaison unit of the Metro Police Department was decimated by budgetary cuts three years ago. Its officers were distributed among police units throughout the city, rather than working together as a discreet group. Training in LGBTQ sensitivity for the police has been severely diminished, as well, according to Singletary. The anecdotal result has been an increase of attacks on queer folk, and many reported incidents where police have not even bothered to file hate crime reports when they have occurred. GLOV has asked Chief Lanier to beef up the number and quality of LGBT officers on the force, and to reinstate rigorous LGBTQ training for all members of the Metropolitan Police. Singletary reports that this latest act of neglect has spurred Chief Lanier to take charges against the police seriously, and to make some of the changes activists in the LGBTQ community are asking for.
The Southern Poverty Law Center has published study results showing that the LGBTQ community is beset by more violence, especially of an extreme nature, than any other community of persons in the United States. Compared to its rank in the population at large, according to the study, an LGBTQ person is 8.3 times more likely to be the victim of a violent hate crime than others in this country.
August 11, 2011 Posted by unfinishedlives | African Americans, Anglo Americans, Anti-LGBT hate crime, anti-LGBT hate crime murder, Beatings and battery, Bisexual persons, Blame the victim, gay bashing, gay men, gay teens, Gays and Lesbian Opposing Violence, gender identity/expression, Gender Variant Youth, GLBTQ, Hate Crime Statistics, Hate Crimes, Heterosexism and homophobia, Law and Order, Lesbian women, LGBTQ, Metropolitan Police (D.C.), Perpetrators of Hate Crime, Protests and Demonstrations, Slurs and epithets, Social Justice Advocacy, Southern Poverty Law Center, transgender persons, transphobia, Washington, D.C., women	| African Americans, Anglo Americans, Anti-LGBT hate crime, anti-LGBT hate crime murder, Beatings and battery, Bisexual persons, Blame the victim, gay men, gay teens, Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence (GLOV), GLBTQ, Hate Crimes, hate crimes statistics, Law and Order, Lesbians, LGBTQ, Metropolitan Police (D.C.), perpetrators, Protests and Demonstrations, Slurs and epithets, Social Justice Advocacy, transgender persons, transphobia | Comments Off on Police Refusing to Report Anti-Lesbian Hate Crime Could Lose Their Jobs
Five D.C. Lesbians Attacked, But Police Refuse to File Report
Washington, D.C. – When five D.C. lesbians were attacked outside the Columbia Heights Metro Station, they thought they could count on the police to protect them. They were wrong. On July 30, according to the Washington Blade, five lesbians were brutally assaulted at 3 a.m. outside the metro stop by two men who attacked them while shouting expletives because of their perceived sexual orientation. A third man accompanying the attackers used a cell phone to record the assault. Yazzmen Morse, 21, who was pummeled in the face by the attackers, told the Blade that her assailants were yelling "dykes," "bitches," and other slurs at her and her companions. A bystander placed a 911 emergency call to report the attack, and four police cruisers from the Third District Police Department station with "six or seven" officers responded. The women were hurt, scared, and frantic to have the Metro police protect them and arrest their attackers. Instead, the officers refused even to take a report, chiding the lesbians for "not knowing how to act," and released the one assailant they had apprehended and restrained at the scene of the crime. 365 Gay reports Morse saying of the police, "They let him go. And then they said they didn't want to hear our stories." Morse said she was horrified and angered that the police simply released her attacker, who smiled and taunted his lesbian victims as he walked away. "He walked across the street laughing," Morse told the Blade. "And I will never forget his face – he was just smiling. And we are five people who are in tears and he is just laughing at us." The second suspect had already fled the scene when the police arrived. Their companion who took video of the assault continued to record even after the police arrived. The video confiscated showed the attackers enjoying the mayhem they inflicted on the lesbians.
Responding to the charge that the lesbians "didn't know how to act," one of the victims who wishes to remain anonymous said to the Blade, "[The police] were telling us if you guys don't calm down we're going to lock you guys up. One officer said I'm not talking to you because you guys don't know how to act," she said. "And yes, we were panicking. Yes, we were crying. Yes, we were going off. But the fact is these men had just hit us." The anonymous victim also said the police offered no reason why they were not going to make a report of the assault.
D.C. LGBTQ activists and organizations unleashed a storm of protest over the actions of the Metropolitan Police. In response, officials of the Department have assured the community that arrests will be forthcoming, and that as many as seven police officers may be disciplined (even terminated) because of their behavior. The attack is now being classified as an anti-LGBT hate crime. The District has suffered a rash of attacks against lesbians and transgender women of color in recent months. The last reported homicide of a transwoman of color took place just two week prior to the attack outside the Columbia Heights Metro Station.
August 8, 2011 Posted by unfinishedlives | African Americans, Anti-LGBT hate crime, Beatings and battery, gay bashing, GLBTQ, Hate Crimes, hate speech, Heterosexism and homophobia, Law and Order, Lesbian women, LGBTQ, Perpetrators of Hate Crime, Slurs and epithets, Social Justice Advocacy, transgender persons, Washington, D.C., women	| African Americans, Anti-LGBT hate crime, Beatings and battery, gay bashing, GLBTQ, Heterosexism and homophobia, Law and Order, Lesbians, LGBTQ, perpetrators, Slurs and epithets, Social Justice Advocacy, transgender persons, Washington D.C. | 2 Comments
Families/Friends at Each Other's Throats During Trial of Larry King's Alleged Murderer
Brandon McInerney (left), and Lawrence Fobes "Larry" King (right)
Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California – The Advocate and the Los Angeles Times report that the trial of Brandon McInerney erupted in tears and rage as the courtroom proceedings entered their fourth week. Dawn Boldrin, former teacher of both boys, showed pictures she took of the lime green strapless chiffon dress she presented to 15-year-old Larry King. Ms. Boldrin, members of McInerney's family, and many in the courtroom sobbed and shed tears as they saw the broad smile on King's face as he held up the dress. Shortly after Larry King received the dress, just a matter of days, in fact, his classmate Brandon McInerney allegedly shot King to death execution-style in full view of dozens of other students and Ms. Boldrin, their first period teacher. The display of emotion proved too much for King's parents. As the L.A. Times reports: "An infuriated Greg King, father of Larry King, stomped out of the courtroom. He returned a short while later and rounded up the entire King family to leave the courthouse for the day. As the group walked past Boldrin's daughter and another relative, Larry's mother, Dawn King, whispered an expletive to them." On Friday morning, the presiding judge, Ventura County Superior Court Judge Charles Campbell, ruled that King's mother would not be permitted to attend the trial any further because of her profane outburst the previous day. Later, outside the courtroom, King's father told reporters that he became enraged at the emotional display on Boldrin's part because he believed her to be a hypocrite, shedding what he termed "crocodile tears." The Advocate quotes King as saying, "My son is dead and they're crying? That's the woman (referring to Boldrin) who gave him a dress after complaining that he shouldn't be coming to school in makeup and boots!" By accentuating Larry King's overt gender-outlaw behavior, and hyping the image of the dress, McInerney's defense team is seeking to shift blame from their client to the dead gay student, suggesting that his alleged aggressive, sexualized overtures toward McInerney drove him to violence. In order to counter this subtle form of the outworn "gay panic defense," the prosecution has portrayed the defendant as a violence-prone neophyte white supremacist who harbored deep anti-gay and anti-transgender biases. McInerney is being tried in the Chatsworth courthouse as an adult, even though he was 14 at the time of the murder. If he is convicted of the slaying, McInerney, now 17, could face 53 years to life in prison.
August 1, 2011 Posted by unfinishedlives | African Americans, Anglo Americans, Anti-Gay Hate Groups, anti-LGBT hate crime murder, Bullying in schools, California, Character assassination, Execution, gay bashing, gay panic defense, gay teens, Gender Variant Youth, GLBTQ, gun violence, harassment, Hate Crimes, Heterosexism and homophobia, Law and Order, LGBTQ, Neo-Nazis and White Supremacy, Perpetrators of Hate Crime, School and church shootings, Slurs and epithets, transgender persons, transphobia	| African Americans, Anglo Americans, anti-LGBT hate crime murder, Blame the victim, Bullying in schools, California, gay bashing, gay panic defense, gay teens, GLBTQ, gun violence, harassment, Hate Crimes, Heterosexism and homophobia, LGBTQ, Neo-Nazis and White Supremacy, perpetrators, School and church shootings, Slurs and epithets, transgender persons, transphobia | Comments Off on Families/Friends at Each Other's Throats During Trial of Larry King's Alleged Murderer


Seeing, therefore, that we are the portion of the Holy One, let us do all those things which pertain to holiness, avoiding all evil-speaking, all abominable and impure embraces, together with all drunkenness, seeking after change, all abominable lusts, detestable adultery, and execrable pride.
For God, saith|the Scripture¦, resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.
Let us cleave, then, to those to whom grace has been given by God. Let us clothe ourselves with concord and humility, ever exercising self-control, standing far off from all whispering and evil-speaking, being justified by our works, and not our words.
For|the Scripture¦ saith, He that speaketh much, shall also hear much in answer. And does he that is ready in speech deem himself righteous?
Blessed is he that is born of woman, who liveth but a short time: be not given to much speaking.
Let our praise be in God, and not of ourselves; for God hateth those that commend themselves.
Let testimony to our good deeds be borne by others, as it was in the case of our righteous forefathers.
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A couple of quarters ago I wrote a paper on justification in Clement, Ignatius, and Polycarp. Clement actually goes to great lengths to argue that we are justified by faith apart from any work. Then he turns around and says this.
I think that's because there is a difference in saying that we earn our salvation and that we have to work to keep our faith, or that our faith produces works.
I think Paul made it very clear in Ephesians–We are save NOT BY works, but UNTO good works. IF we are truly saved, good works will follow, but works are never the baisis or means of salvation. It is only by faith in the shed blood of Christ.


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So I've tried downloading multiple watches and even tried creating my own. I've deleted the app both on my gear s2 and off of my phone and it doesn't help. I'm using an iphone x with the latest update. I can download the watches and everything works until the screen goes to sleep. Once that happens the nothing updates, the second hand is froze along with the time. If i switch to a different watch face from somewhere else everything works fine. I go back to a facer watch and it works again until the screen times out. Any suggestions? I appreciate any help.
Hi! Can you try enabling AOD mode on your S2 and see if it helps? We're investigating a similar bug impacting S2 watches with AOD off.
So far that seems to be working. I know this is definitely drain my battery a lot faster with the display always turned on. Thank you for the temporary fix though.
Something else though i just noticed, when the screen dims, everything stops like it was doing before. Except this time, as soon as i do the wake gesture the time will update and both the manually second hard and the digital one start ticking again.The actually time keeps up though at least, which is an improvement.
Having the same issue since the update using same watch with my Samsung note 8. What's AOD and how do I turn it off?
you will need to turn it on so that the screen doesn't time out and go completely black. It fixed the issue for me, but i hope it's temporary until they get a real fix because your battery will die a lot quicker since the screen never turns off. You can still have it dim to save some power.
This is definitely temporary and will be fixed asap! Thanks for your patience, all!
Yes, I applied the always on screen and it seems to be working great so far! Thanks! Please update us when the real fix is done! Thanks!
My watch face is doing the samething. I have the Samsung gear s2. When it goes to sleep the time freezes. It just started doing this in the past 2 weeks and nothing seems to work. When I use the samsung faces my watch works fine. I want to purchase a membership but with this happening im not so sure now.
Just to add my 2 cents, my watch is doing the same thing since the last update.
I have an S2 Gear paired to Galaxy S6 phone.
I have cleared cache and data, then uninstalled companion app and phone app.
I've done this multiple times. No luck.
I am able to get some relief with the AOD fix.
BUT! When the screen dims, it locks at the shown time until I shake the watch.
That basically makes my watch worthless as a time piece.
Also, I upgraded to Premium and now feel a bit ripped off.
I am also using an S2 with a Galaxy S5, and am still encountering the same issue. I'm probably going to uninstall the app and wait until this gets fixed, because it's extremely frustrating.
Interesting. 2 weeks since I posted my original request. No repy, no fix.
Which means no Facer for me, as I rely on my watch for correct time.
The AOD isn't a real fix, especially when my battery dies halfway through the day.
Any idea when this will be fixed?
any update on when this issue will be fixed? Would really like to be able to actually use facer but I'm getting close to just deleting it and finding something that works.
@bishup02 @facer10 @gabeachen Hi guys, sorry for not updating this thread sooner. We have released a fix for this, which is now available on the Galaxy App store (v4.2.9).
So it seems this problem is still occurring. Since my watch faces freeze everytime my tick watch E dims. And I have version 4.6.4_98703. Any help please?
Hi @christopherfischer93! does it freeze completely and doesn't reactivate when the watch face becomes active again? Or do you mean that the second hand stops when it enters dim mode?
Hi, I am getting this problem now since the most recent update, 5.1.1.
I have a Gear S2 and using face TACTICAL DTG THEMEABLE V5.
I have tried clearing cache, uninstalling/reinstalling with no luck. Once you apply the face it works fine but once the watch has been asleep for several minutes it doesn't wake up and just shows an image of the time it went off.
I have tried setting AOD and this doesn't help, it seems to be ok for a few minutes and then freezes up again and stops displaying completely, leaving a black screen for AOD.
Everything has been working fine with the app and this face up until the update in December.
I am having this same problem on my S3. Everything worked fine until the update. Now my watch face freezes so I can't use my Facer App. Please fix this problem!


Chebarkul Testing Range, Russia: President Vladimir Putin said on 17 August he had ordered strategic bombers to resume regular long-range patrols as Russian and Chinese forces held their first joint military exercise on Russian soil — a show of armed muscle aimed at sending a pointed message to the United States.
The resumption of bombing patrols, which analysts say signaled a significant change for Russian military policy, comes amid a growing chill in US-Russian relations, strained over Washington's criticism of Russia's democracy record, Moscow's objections to US missile defence plans and differences over global crises.
Both Moscow and Beijing share a heightening distrust of what they see as the United States' oversized role and influence in global politics, and the two former Cold War rivals have forged a "strategic partnership" aimed at counterbalancing Washington's policies.
The Russian-Chinese war games, which took place near the Urals Mountain city of Chelyabinsk, coincided with Russian air force maneuvers involving 20 strategic bombers which ranged far over the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic oceans.
One of those drills, involving 11 Russian aircraft, prompted Nato member Norway to scramble F-16 fighter jets to observe and photograph the Russian planes as they flew over the Norwegian Sea.
The group of strategic bombers, early warning aircraft, fighter jets and refueling planes represented the biggest show of Russian air power in that region since the early 1990s, said Brig. Gen. Ole Asak, chief of the Norwegian Joint Air Operations Centre.
"We haven't seen that kind of activity in a very long time," Asak told The Associated Press. "Not since the early 1990s. It was quite impressive to see."
In announcing the policy change, Putin said halting long-range bombers' flights after the Soviet collapse had affected Russia's security as other nations had continued such missions — an oblique reference to the United States.
"I have made a decision to resume regular flights of Russian strategic aviation," Putin said in televised remarks. "We proceed from the assumption that our partners will view the resumption of flights of Russia's strategic aviation with understanding."
"Starting today, such tours of duty would be conducted regularly and on the strategic scale," Putin said. "Our pilots have been grounded for too long, they are happy to start a new life."
Soviet bombers routinely flew such missions to areas from which nuclear-tipped cruise missiles could be launched at the United States, but stopped in the post-Soviet economic meltdown. Booming oil prices have allowed Russia to sharply increase its military spending.
"This is a significant change of posture of Russian strategic forces," Alexander Pikayev, a senior military analyst with the Moscow-based Institute for World Economy and International Relations, told The Associated Press. "It's a response to the relocation of Nato forces closer to Russia's western border."
Nato in recent years has expanded to include the former Soviet republics of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia as well as the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland.
In Washington, US State Department spokesman Sean McCormack sounded neutral.
"We certainly are not in the kind of posture we were with what used to be the Soviet Union. It's a different era," he told reporters. "If Russia feels as though they want to take some of these old aircraft out of mothballs and get them flying again, that's their decision."
The war games involved some 6,000 troops from Russia and China along with soldiers from four ex-Soviet central Asian nations that are part of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a regional group dominated by Moscow and Beijing.
Putin, Chinese leader Hu Jintao and other leaders of the SCO nations attended the exercise, which followed their summit on Thursday in Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek.
The summit concluded with a communique that sounded like a thinly veiled warning to the United States to stay away from the strategically placed, resource-rich region: "Stability and security in Central Asia are best ensured primarily through efforts taken by the nations of the region on the basis of the existing regional associations."
Putin hailed the exercise — which involved dozens of aircraft and hundreds of armoured vehicles countering a mock attack by terrorists and insurgents striving to take control of energy resources — "as another step to strengthen relations between our countries." Hu said the maneuvers "underlined the SCO's readiness to confront terror."


Drummer and songwriter James Hunt visited Coachella nine years ago, as his band, Rüfüs du Sol, was just getting off the ground in Australia. He knew immediately that, if they ever got to play there, it would be the pinnacle of success.
In 2016, Hunt and his Aussie mates, Tyrone Lindqvist on vocals and guitar, and Jon George on keyboards, achieved that goal and more, making the first of two consecutive appearances at Coachella.
"It was pretty game-changing for us the first year," Hunt said from a hotel room in Palm Springs, one night before Rüfüs du Sol was scheduled to make its third Coachella appearance in four years. "We had always spoken of it as a goal, so we were pretty excited that first year. We had a really good show, a really huge crowd, and that's where everything turned for us in America. The shows just started increasing and got crazy from there."
The mood-evoking electronic band's first album, "Atlas," debuted at No. 1 in Australia in 2014 following the release of several singles and an EP. Their second album, "Bloom," went to No. 1 in Australia one month before their first Coachella appearance.
But Coachella also brought them some unwanted U.S. attention. The group had to change its name from Rufus to tour the country because the band that recorded the hit, "Tell Me Something Good," with Chaka Khan, owned the copyright to the name Rufus.
But Thursday, just 24 hours before their prime 8:50 p.m. Friday slot at the Outdoor Theatre of Coachella, Rüfüs du Sol was making another paradigm leap.
The reporters and photographers, who were required to sign non-disclosure agreements before boarding the bus, were dropped off inside the Empire Polo Club at the HP Antarctic Dome, where they would get to see the premiere of a short film created to accompany Rüfüs du Sol's 2018 single, "Underwater," following a Q&A with members of the band and the film's director, James Frost.
The film is really much more than the kind of music videos Frost has made for other top tier artists, such as Radiohead, Coldplay and the Silversun Pickups. It's made in 360 degrees for the audience to experience full immersion in the HP Antarctic Dome.
The band explained in the Q&A that their last album, "Solace," was inspired by a new studio they purchased in Venice Beach, after moving from Australia a year-and-a-half ago, that was decorated with sections inspired by the galaxy, the desert of Joshua Tree and being underwater. The "Underwater" song evolved from jamming in that studio and feeling the sensation of floating.
Frost was inspired by the visual ideas that influenced "Underwater" and quickly came up with his own idea for a film containing five different sections. He wrote a script, but gave it to five other writers to interpret his idea for each section. He wrote the transitions between each section, but each writer also cross-collaborated with one another.
The song is about drowning emotionally and the film begins with the audience looking up into a vortex from a standing position, which causes viewers to lose their sense of spatial awareness and possibly even their balance. That fits metaphorically with the theme of depression, but the imagery doesn't replicate or evoke that condition in any sense. Representations of different forms of water create splashes that grow in size like a fireworks show, creating different shapes and lines with flashes of light appearing like a glimpse of the sun peaking through a darkness cluttered by fragments, like shards of mirrors. Everything ripples and evolves, like twinkles of lights becoming lines and eventually nebulae that represent the beginning of life and, perhaps, hope.
For Rüfüs du Sol, this video, and their expanded stage show at the Outdoor Theatre, also represents new beginnings and growth. They recognize that Coachella has become more than a one-and-done two-weekend show. Like the film, a show at Coachella can ripple and evolve into something even more career-changing than the iteration Goldenvoice was able to present in 2016.
"It's just one of the biggest world stages and it reaches so many people, even way more than the people that are there," said Hunt. "It just sort of takes on its own life after that. We saw that with our first appearance in 2016. Everything started to snowball for us. A lot of it was this word of mouth from the impression people there got and that's huge."
But now, Coachella is much more about activating brands so their acts' artistry can proliferate and grow after the festival is over. That's why every band or solo artist is videotaped, and why so many artists are making special documentaries or audio-visual projects this year to complement their performances. Beyoncé's documentary, premiering this week on Netflix, is the best-known of these supplementary projects, but many artists, including France's Christine and the Queens and electronic artist Nina Kraviz, who has made a documentary about returning to her home in Moscow with the Goldenvoice team, are doing visual projects more suited for short film festivals than MTV.
Hunt sees these outgrowths of their recorded works and stage shows as a way to find monetary rewards that have been lacking for musicians since Napster made audiences expect to hear their recordings for free on the Internet.
"We've come into the music industry after the day of the record label and the big money," he said. "Touring is our prime business. We travel with photographers and videographers for those reasons – to keep the experience going, not just at the shows, but to be able to keep people excited. We work continuously on our show, too, so people will be surprised when they get to the show. We're always trying to up the ante so we're 'valuable,' I guess."
Hunt isn't sure who pitched the 360-film project to them. Probably the band's management, he said. But HP began working with Frost and the band last October, two months after the "Underwater" single was released. Hunt's brother, Alex, is the band's creative director, and he is a filmmaker himself, so he worked as a go-between with Frost and the band and the Palo Alto-based information technology company.
It was a much more collaborative process than the films Frost typically makes, Frost said, and Rüfüs du Sol was involved in every step because every other artist was working with the copyright to "Underwater" held jointly by Hunt, Lindqvist and George.
"That's an exciting project," said Hunt. "It's basically like animation, so we had to see how it was going to flow and then we started to get back renders to see how it would all piece together. We kept getting back to James Frost about what we felt was true to the song and what was true to his original idea, and we also created a piece of music, just elongated the track with a minute intro and made it flow perfectly at the end. We really tried to play into the soundscape so they could have some fun with that, marrying sound effects with different animations."
Hunt isn't sure what the future for the film will be after it finishes its continuous daily "screenings" in the Antarctic at Coachella. The band was led to believe it would live on digitally, but Hunt isn't sure if it will be as part of a VR product or as a film to be exhibited in the relatively few 360 domes in operation around the world. But he said, "We're super excited to have this live on in some way."
With new audio-visual outlets popping up all the time, such as NewTV, for which Dreamworks co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg has raised more than $1 billion to create and market high-quality short film, Rüfüs du Sol is planning to do more visual projects to complement their visual-oriented sound.
"I'm not too sure what the future is, but that excites us a lot," Hunt said. "Our creative director (Alex), that was his passion – short film. One of his early projects won this competition that got like $30,000 and (that) sort of funded the start of the (Rüfüs du Sol) project. Now we've been able to bring him to L.A. with us to work to control the creative output and work on unique projects like this."
Hunt doesn't use a phrase like "activate their brand" to describe their creative output. He says, "We get excited about things and then that gets thrown into activation."
But he adds, "We're more than excited about the prospect of being able to make some more short film content for the music we write."


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Proof Of Noah's Flood!
Christian archaeologists have found astonishing evidence of the Biblical flood, it was revealed today. Excavations in the Forbidden City in Beijing have uncovered a message sent to to the First Emperor, Qin Shi Huang
This translates as:
To Emperor Qin Shi Huang.
Very sorry. No work on Great Wall. No one alive in world. All drown in flood of Christian Bible.
Humble slave,
Sammy Chan, Foreman, East is Red Construction Team.
2500 BC.
It has been acclaimed as a Message From God! Christian apologist David Barton welcomed the find but explained that it was nothing new. "We have dozens of these messages from all over the world. They turn up regularly and are even quoted verbatim in the Declaration of Independence and in the US Constitution", he said.
The Message, written on bamboo in what looks like a neat and expert hand, is to be displayed in Kent Hovind's Creation Museum.
Caretaker manager, Eric "Dr Dumbo" Hovind said, "We are delighted with this Message which Jesus has sent us. It was discovered by one of our hand-picked, highly trained researchers on a visit to China last week. He was very lucky to have met a man in a tourist market whose grandfather found it many years ago during the Cultural Revelations".
"Our Chinese experts have confirmed it is written in genuine Chinese. Only the One True Lord could inspire a Chinese peasant to write in perfect Chinese", he added.
The message has its doubters however. There are calls for it to be carbon dated and one expert pointed out that it is very unusual for Chinese antiquities to be stamped "Tourist Souvenir Factory #3, Shanghai" on the rear. A request to examine it by Chinese and US scientists and historians has been refused by the owner. "It has been fully vouchsafed by the Institute For Creation Research, so there is no doubt at all that it is authentic", said a Creation Museum spokesman. "The stamp on the reverse is clearly a forgery because that factory had not been built then".
Authentic copies, indistinguishable from the real thing, even bearing the same forgery for added authenticity, will be on sale at the museum, or by mail order, for a mere $500 (two for $950), or free with every donation over $5000 (postage and packaging $150).
Labels: Creationism
Kenny Wyland 9 May 2012 at 23:53
Mark Joseph 10 May 2012 at 05:09
A few layers down there may also be a plaque commemorating creation in 4004 BC!
Michael J Corry 10 May 2012 at 21:54
There's a slightly later one apologising for the delay in completing a tower but the language is rather obscure and may have been written by several authors all using different languages and scripts.
Amanda Fleming 31 May 2012 at 04:19
How about the fact that, according to the bible, Noah and his family are supposed to be the only ones who survived the flood, yet there have been dozens of messages like this? Does anyone see a hole in the logic here?
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As we skirted the harbor buoy, Chuck Prass (from Colfax Indiana) pointed out the sequencing of buoy lights and our own functional Whiskey Point, which we mostly take for granted. Now its reassuring red glimmered over the water and our wake as we made our way to Jon's dock.
After such a long trip the day before, we got a reprieve on the morning of the 13th, not leaving the harbor until 9:29, passing a St. James more familiar to me on the way out. As we headed for Ile Aux Galets, the ferry cruised up the East Side in the distance. This too was a supremely calm day as we needled our way north of a storm front, the clouds providing a dramatic backdrop.
While Jon tested radio range, the group joked about technology and communication, and a teacher in the group, (Mac, from Pennsylvania, the home state of the brig from the previous day) talked about how students today learn how to set up technology instead of repetitively hammering home basic fundamentals first-hand as they did in years past. The good-spirited discussion rang true as we journeyed out to rediscover the outposts of this navigation network from the era when signals were visible and audible and so directly connected with the men.
As Skillagalee appeared on the horizon, a number of us made our way to the bow to give all the lenses a clear field of view. The keeper's house, oil house, and fog station had been removed by a coast guard crew in 1943, and the light tower now stands alone in the center of this treeless island. The light towering vertically on the horizontal white beach of this flat pebble island provided a striking counterpoint. It must have been dramatic to be stationed on the only spot above the plane of breaking waves.
Fearing the odor of the birds who make their home here, the group elected not to bring the dinghy on this trip, though I regretted not having a chance to set foot on Skillagalee to add that notch to my belt. Two white swans made their way calmly along the shore, frequent tourists to this wonderful island who are unable to tell us about it as they swim our coasts, a friendlier sight than the much-hated black cormorants of the day before.


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Nigerian Police Arrest Humanist Leader Mubarak Bala for Alleged "Blasphemy" April 28, 2020 Hemant Mehta
Nigerian Police Arrest Humanist Leader Mubarak Bala for Alleged "Blasphemy"
Earlier today, Nigerian police arrested Mubarak Bala (below), President of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, for "blasphemy" after he allegedly posted criticism of Islam on his Facebook page.
This is the same Bala who was placed in a mental hospital in 2014 for the "crime" of being an atheist. He was later released, but that didn't stop the threats on his life.
Today's arrest apparently stems from a petition sent to local police saying that Bala characterized "Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) as a terrorist."
Some group of lawyers finally write petition against that animal Mubarak Bala pic.twitter.com/OHyILGijyy
— Yusuf Jnr (@MrZage) April 27, 2020
… this is [a] racist and xenophobic attack…
We therefore humbly lodge this complaint to you with the hope that the said Mubarak Bala will brought to book so that he will know and understand that Nigeria is not a lawless society…
To be clear, Nigeria's Constitution guarantees freedom of religion and expression. His comments didn't block anyone from practicing or expressing their faith. The problem is that Nigeria doesn't even care about its own Constitution in these cases. Despite promoting religious freedom, the Constitution also allows Nigerian states to create Sharia courts. Under Sharia law, blasphemy is punishable by death.
Leo Igwe, who chairs the Board of Trustees for the Humanist Association of Nigeria, said he's worried about what could happen to Bala:
All of us at the Humanist Association of Nigeria are deeply worried by the arrest and detention of our president, Mubarak Bala. Mubarak Bala will likely be handed over to the Kano state police command, that will prosecute him for blasphemy, a crime that caries a death sentence under sharia law.
The Center for Inquiry (which runs an international assistance program for activists called Secular Rescue) released this statement:
The Center for Inquiry supports and defends freedom of conscience, freedom of speech, freedom to criticize religion and dogma, and freedom of religious choice — including the choice not to be religious. We condemn in the strongest possible terms the arrest of Mubarak Bala and call for his immediate release.
People deserve protection, not beliefs. Ideas don't need rights. People do.
The Center for Inquiry stands in solidarity with the Humanist Association of Nigeria. As President of HAN, Mubarak has been a courageous proponent of humanist values, equality, and freedom in his country. Nigerian authorities must drop these ridiculous charges and release Mubarak from the Gabasawa holding center.
This isn't just posturing. Bala is in serious danger. You don't have to celebrate what he said to know that offensive speech isn't a crime. No government should be prosecuting people for merely offending others.
There's a separate Change.org petition calling for Bala's Facebook page to be removed. I'm not sure that petition will accomplish anything, but more than 16,000 people have already signed it.
***Update***: There is a fundraiser for Bala here, courtesy of a non-profit group called the International Association of Atheists.
(Thanks to Melissa for the link)
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Haida iron-dumping project sought Swiss company to sell carbon credits
zoe mcknight and Gordon Hoekstra, Vancouver Sun 10.25.2012
German businessman Alexander Schoppmann
Iron-fertilizing experiment took place in worst possible spot: scientists
Some in Old Masset had concerns over iron-dumping scheme
Pete McMartin: Iron dumping an environmental remedy that's out to sea
German businessman Alexander Schoppmann says he was approached by controversial American carbon project developer Russ George to sell greenhouse gas reduction credits from a Haida Gwaii ocean iron-dumping project.
But Schoppmann says he declined to take the project on.
Schoppmann flirted with the possibility of his company selling carbon credits once before for an ocean iron fertilization project, in a 2009 and 2010 venture he called Blue CO2.
Before it folded, Russ George was the lead scientist at Blue CO2, Schoppmann said in an email interview.
George surfaced again in 2011, this time in Haida Gwaii, where he was working with the Old Massett Village Council on a plan to scatter iron sulphate in the Pacific Ocean.
The resulting plankton bloom was meant to revive a salmon fishery and create a carbon sink, which proponents hoped could be sold as credits on the carbon trading market.
The $2.5-million project, which came to light earlier this month, has been the subject of negative international media attention because critics say the experiment violated international ocean anti-dumping conventions.
In bank loan documents, Schoppmann was identified as a potential broker for carbon credit sales.
However, Schoppmann believed there was no money to be made through the venture.
His company, Schoppmann & Partner AG, based in Zug, Switzerland, is no longer involved in any carbon credit projects because there is no market for them, Schoppmann said.
Schoppmann said the Blue CO2 project folded because it was forbidden by the United Nations. Schoppmann also called human-caused climate change "a hoax" and accused international governments of trying to create a worldwide tax on carbon through the offset market, but said he still believes ocean carbon sequestration has the potential to be lucrative.
He said he was not daunted by the United Nations rejection.
"We saw the obstacle to not being able to sell the carbon credits, ever," said Schoppmann, who also once tried to get a pro-smoking airline off the ground.
Other industry observers also note there is no global market for carbon credits from plankton blooms, including one of Europe's largest certification firms, The Gold Standard, also based in Switzerland. A spokeswoman said the organization had never worked with or heard of Schoppmann & Company.
Without selling the carbon credits, there appears to be no way Old Massett can recoup its money for the large-scale experiment.
At a five-hour meeting Tuesday night — which was closed to members of the media and people from outside the communities — Old Massett chief councillor Ken Rea defended the iron-dumping project to the 100 attendees.
Haida elder and project opponent Gloria Tauber said numerous people asked whether the $2.5 million was all gone, but there were no immediate answers.
Rea has promised an audit to show residents how the money was spent, she said. "What came out was that a lot of money has been spent and a lot of money will continue to be spent, but if there's any return it will be quite a while before they see any of it," said Tauber.
Her son Clint, who also attended the meeting, said the hypothetical carbon credits are still being touted as a way to recoup the money, and so are restored salmon stocks when they return to the islands.
George, the controversial American carbon project developer, is one of four directors of the Haida Salmon Restoration Corp. created by Old Massett to oversee the iron-dumping project, according to the B.C. Corporate Registry.
Another director is Victoria-resident Jason McNamee.
John Disney, Old Massett's economic development officer, is a director and president. In an email sent Wednesday, he said all communication has been cut off with the media.
In an interview Wednesday, Old Massett resident Marlene Liddle, the fourth corporation director, said she was not familiar with the financing of the iron-dumping project.
Documents obtained by the conservation group Living Oceans show the Village of Old Massett council voted on Feb. 11, 2011 in favour of securing a loan with the Northern Savings Credit Union for $2.5 million for the start-up of the corporation, secured with funds from the village and Gwaii Trust Society parity funds. Northern Savings commercial accounts manager Barry Pages declined to comment on the loan.
In information released during a press conference Oct. 19, Old Massett leaders said the community decided to invest the $2.5 million after failing to raise funding from government or private investors.
However, the documents obtained by Living Oceans show the Village of Old Massett told the Gwaii Trust it "avoided seeking investment funding in order to maintain control over the project."
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Bakersfield College's Gabriella Lugo took first in the women's 1,500-meter race (4:47.99) and 800 (2:21.96) to lead the Renegades to six first-place finishes at the Vaquero Invitational.
Also for the women, Daizhiana Ebert won the long jump (5.58 meters) and the 4x400 relay team took first (4:09.85). Zaila Clark (11.03 meters) placed third in the triple jump. Ebert's mark surpassed the automatic qualifying mark for Southern California and Clark's reached the "A" standard toward qualifying for the state championship.
On the men's side, Jacob Whitby won the hammer (154-10) and discus, with his hammer throw reaching the state's "B" standard.


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app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false }));
app.use(cookieParser());
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));

// config facebook login
app.use(passport.initialize());
app.use(passport.session());
// Use the FacebookStrategy within Passport.
//   Strategies in Passport require a `verify` function, which accept
//   credentials (in this case, an accessToken, refreshToken, and Facebook
//   profile), and invoke a callback with a user object.
passport.use(new FacebookStrategy({
        clientID: config.facebook.application_id,
        clientSecret: config.facebook.application_secret,
        callbackURL: "http://www.figueiredos.com:3000/auth/facebook/callback"
    },
    function(accessToken, refreshToken, profile, done) {
        // asynchronous verification, for effect...
        process.nextTick(function () {

            // To keep the example simple, the user's Facebook profile is returned to
            // represent the logged-in user.  In a typical application, you would want
            // to associate the Facebook account with a user record in your database,
            // and return that user instead.
            console.log( profile);
            return done(null, profile);
        });
    }
));

app.get('/auth/facebook',
    passport.authenticate('facebook'));

app.get('/auth/facebook/callback',
    passport.authenticate('facebook', { failureRedirect: '/login' }),
    function(req, res) {
        // Successful authentication, redirect home.
        res.redirect('/');
    });

// Passport session setup.
//   To support persistent login sessions, Passport needs to be able to
//   serialize users into and deserialize users out of the session.  Typically,
//   this will be as simple as storing the user ID when serializing, and finding
//   the user by ID when deserializing.  However, since this example does not
//   have a database of user records, the complete Facebook profile is serialized
//   and deserialized.
passport.serializeUser(function(user, done) {
    done(null, user);
});

passport.deserializeUser(function(obj, done) {
    done(null, obj);
});

// Make our db accessible to our router
app.use(function(req,res,next){
    req.db = db;
    next();
});

app.use('/', routes);
app.use('/users', users);
app.use('/tenant', tenant);
app.use('/scrap', scrap);

// catch 404 and forward to error handler
app.use(function(req, res, next) {
    var err = new Error('Not Found');
    err.status = 404;
    next(err);
});

// error handlers

// development error handler
// will print stacktrace
if (app.get('env') === 'development') {
    app.use(function(err, req, res, next) {
        res.status(err.status || 500);
        res.render('error', {
            message: err.message,
            error: err
        });
    });
}

// production error handler
// no stacktraces leaked to user
app.use(function(err, req, res, next) {
    res.status(err.status || 500);
    res.render('error', {
        message: err.message,
        error: {}
    });
});

module.exports = app;

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This puzzle is broken - all sorts of weird stuff happen.


Sushi has come a long way since its first days in America, right after World War II. Since the mid 1970's when the chef at Tokyo Kaikan restaurant in Los Angeles invented the California Roll, the number of sushi restaurants in the USA has increased sharply, quintupling from 1988 to 1998 and still growing. While munching on your spicy tuna roll, have you ever wondered who trains those skilled chefs behind the sushi bar?
Chef Andy Matsuda, with over 35 years of cooking experience and 15 years of teaching experience, has trained more than 12,000 students from the US and over 30 other countries in the art of sushi making. Affiliated with the prestigious French culinary school, Le Cordon Blue, the Culinary Institute of America at Napa, Mission College, and the Center for Culinary Arts of Manila, Chef Andy is the owner and lead instructor at the Sushi Chef Institute in Torrance, California. "My mission is to educate students and members of the public who have a passion for sushi, traditional Japanese cuisine, and Japanese culture in general." As part of his formal instruction and many public appearances (including many at the Los Angeles County Public Libaries, Japanese community and cultural events), Chef Andy has introduced traditional, healthy Japanese ingredients including shirataki noodles to many.
Chef Andy is proud to share two tasty, healthy recipes made with shirataki noodles. His Edamame Salad uses classic Japanese ingredients, while his Cabbage Rolls recipe is a lighter version of the traditional Eastern European dish made with lean ground turkey and shirataki "rice." Bon Appetit -- or as they say in Japan, "Dōzo omeshiagarikudasai"!
Toss all salad ingredients and set aside. Mix together all dressing ingredients. Pour desired amount on salad mix and toss well. Refrigerate unused portion of dressing to use at later date.
Boil cabbage until soft being careful not to overcook. Remove from water and set aside. Rinse well and drain Skinny Rice and set aside. Mix together turkey, onion, Skinny Rice, and seasonings. Divide the mixture into 8 equal round portions and wrap each with the cabbage leaves. Mix the broth and tomato sauce in a bowl and set aside. Place the rolls in a large saucepan, seam-side down, and cover with the broth mixture. Cook on medium-low heat and simmer for 1 hour. Garnish with asparagus if desired and serve hot.
Also try Chef Andy's Hearty Carrot Soup recipe with less than 120 calories per serving and only 3 Weight Watchers PPV. Learn more about Chef Andy at www.sushischool.net.
Visit us at getskinnynoodles.com to learn more about Skinny Noodles Shirataki, get cooking tips, and explore all of our shirataki noodles recipes!


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It may have tiny little lugs of paper around the edge where it has been attached to the rest of the sheet.
Stick the main decoupage picture onto the card blank, matching the two pieces up in the centre.
The front of the card is now finished.
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Greens urge President Obama to condemn police brutality against Occupy protesters
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WASHINGTON, DC -- Green Party leaders called for strong national condemnation of the brutal actions of police forces in their treatment of Occupy Movement protesters in several cities.
"We encourage political leaders, beginning with President Obama, to express revulsion and anger at the violent and destructive behavior of police in their handling of nonviolent protesters, and to take whatever action they can to prevent such brutality. We urge all Americans to understand that police forces that use military tactics and are unaccountable for their actions represent a threat to our freedoms," said Howie Hawkins, co-chair of the Green Party of New York State.
Greens cited the use of pepper-spray, tear gas, batons, and other weapons, as well as violent manhandling, handcuffs locked tight enough to cause nerve damage, and other tactics that inflict severe pain and injury on peaceful protesters. Incidents like the use of pepper-spray on the faces of sitting protesters by police at the University of California, Davis constitute torture and deserve aggressive investigation and prosecution, said Green leaders.
Greens also called for a probe of the alleged role of the FBI and Homeland Security Department in the suppression of protest, which if may implicate the Obama Administration in the police brutality.
Greens have participated in Occupy demonstrations throughout the US, in many cases helping to organize protests and speaking at rallies.
"While protesters face shocking brutality in some cities, the Wall Street executives who committed crimes to enrich themselves and wrecked the US economy have gone unpunished. Peddling adjustable-rate subprime mortgages to borrowers unlikely to be able to pay, bundling these high-risk loans into toxic securities, assigning the securities top ratings -- these are acts of malfeasance and fraud. It's shameful that nonviolent protesters face billy clubs, pepper spray, tear gas, and jail, while the Wall Street perpetrators get to enjoy their bailouts and bonuses with impunity. President Obama has expressed sympathy for the Occupy Wall Street protesters, but his administration still acts like it's on the side of the criminal plutocrats," said Tamar Yager, co-chair of the Green Party of the United States.
Green candidates, including contenders for the Green presidential nomination, have been outspoken in their support for and participation in Occupy events. Presidential candidate Jill Stein has remained active in Occupy Boston and initiated the "First Amendment Pledge of Non-Cooperation with Police Repression". Kent Mesplay (http://www.mesplay.org) is also running for the Green nomination; more candidates may declare soon.
Greens compared the more brutal actions by police with the atrocious treatment of Civil Rights Movement participants by law enforcement, under orders from notorious public officials, police chiefs, and sheriffs like Birmingham Public Safety Commissioner Bull Connor during the 1950s and 1960s, and noted that, in too many places, such abuses have continued against Blacks, Latinos, and others up to the present time, usually outside of the media spotlight.
"The Occupy Movement has pulled a culture of violence in many police departments out into the open. The same policy of unaccountability is behind the recent Defense Authorization bill passed in the US Senate that would allow our military to detain US citizens on American soil indefinitely on suspicion of terrorism, without constitutionally guaranteed due process and habeas corpus. If such trends continue without interruption, we'll soon find ourselves living in a police state," said Leenie Halbert, co-chair of the Green Party of the United States.
"Police officers themselves, like other public employees, are bearing the burden of reductions in benefits, job security, and workers' rights in the public sector, as part of the 'austerity' that Americans are being asked to tolerate because of Wall Street's criminal actions. They should be on the side of the protesters," said Ms. Halbert.
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