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Actors: Gale Harold, Hal Sparks, Randy Harrison, Michelle Clunie, Robert Gant
Directors: Alex Chapple, Bruce McDonald, Chris Grismer, David Wellington, Jeremy Podeswa
Format: Box set, NTSC
Language: English
Number of tapes: 4
Studio: Showtime Networks
VHS Release Date: February 24, 2004
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Drama ruled in a big way on the third season of Queer as Folk, as the gay men and women of Pittsburgh rode a roller coaster of emotional and personal upheavals that would make a regular soap-opera cast blanch. Budding comic book artist Justin (Randy Harrison) finally left longtime lover Brian for a chance at ecstasy--and not a bit of agony   with a charming violin player. Emmett (Peter Paige) finally came face-to-face with his affection for friend Ted (Scott Lowell), only to have Ted's growing drug habit get in the way of their happiness. Lesbians Melanie (Michelle Clunie) and Lindsay (Thea Gill) decided to have another baby, whose father would be Michael (Hal Sparks), whose nesting with hunky Ben (Robert Gant) is rudely interrupted by runaway Hunter (Harris Allan). And as for Brian (Gale Harold), the man everybody wants but can't ever have? Just when it seems he's gone to work for the enemy--a homophobic mayoral candidate   it turns out he might be the savior the Pittsburgh gay community never knew it needed.
Snaps to the makers of QAF for trying to bring their characters into the grown-up world    Michael, Emmett, and Ted started their own businesses; Justin finally cut loose from Brian   but too many melodramatic plot twists and turns impeded a lot of the character development this show worked hard at during its first two seasons. Still, most of the cast was topnotch, including Harrison, whose Justin finally came into his own, and the always dependable Harold, who made Brian a fascinating creature through all his steamy travails and over-the-top encounters. --Mark Englehart
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QUEER AS FOLK is still one of the most amazing TV Shows ever and is a landmark as the show for the new millennium. This New Queer As Folk Season 3 DVD Box Set has all 14 episodes of the third season of one of the most controversial and bravest series on television today. The BOX SET includes Bonus features such as: Behind-the-camera, Hot Summer Days, Wrap Party Reel, Enter Babylon LA, Meet the Folks, Animated Photo Gallery, Season Four Sneak Preview, Weblink, Music Videos, and a few other surprises. I have seen all 14 episodes of Season 3 and it is another great season with some major twists. I am a little upset that this season is very short when compared to season 1 and 2, which both had about 7 or 8 more episodes, but either way it is still a good season. I am still amazed at how honest this show is on dealing with gay life. Not every gay person lives a life like these guys, and I sure don't but thatis not what this show is about. Queer As Folk ia about the life of a group of gay guys and a lesbian couple living in Pittsburgh. Queer As Folk makes no apologies and thats what is so great about this series. From the graphic sex scenes to the drama of dealing with the prejudice that still haunts America, this show is so brave and I give Showtime a big thumbs up for having the balls to take on such a big risk as Queer As Folk. This show is as close as it gets to real life. This is not a show just for gay people, but for ALL people. It deals with human emotion and thats something that we can all relate to whether we be straight, gay, bisexual, black, white, brown or in between. I encourage anyone who has a open mind and a open heart to BUY this amazing DVD collection as it will inspire you and if nothing else open your mind to a lifestyle not as uncommon as you may think. Watch more than one episode before you judge this amazing series. I would just like to say Queer As Folk Season 1 and 2 are also great to own. I will be in line when they release Season 3 of Queer As Folk on DVD in February 2004.
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How to Survive – Even Profit From – the Declining Economy
By Michael Masterson | Mon, Apr 7, 2008 |
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I was in Baltimore recently for meetings with some of my biggest clients. My job was to review their progress in 2007 and give them ideas about how to grow their already profitable businesses in 2008.
During that time, I taped an interview with J. Christoph Amberger for Today’s Financial News, his multi-media e-letter. In the interview, Christoph and I discussed the coming economic recession, as well as the special opportunities a declining economy provides for entrepreneurs. I thought you’d be interested in reading this rough transcript of our conversation…
JCA:
The American economy may or may not enter a recession in 2008. But even if the economy doesn’t fulfill the technical criteria of a recession (two consecutive quarters of negative growth), anyone doing business or working for a business these days is experiencing or expecting a severe downturn.
Michael, we both have been through a couple of recessions and bear markets. What are the secrets to surviving a recession – and maybe even prospering in an adverse environment as an entrepreneur?
Me:
That partly depends on the kind of recession. This one is different from recent downturns and stock market declines in three important ways.
First, there is the fact of inflation. Oil has already hit record highs this year. Gold is on its way to $1,000 an ounce. And a gallon of gas is costing $4 in some states. Agricultural prices are going up too. One figure I saw had inflation pegged at 6.8 percent on an annual basis over the last three months. But it is actually worse than that. Because that figure was based on government-supplied data. Our government has made an art of obfuscation – of hiding certain economic realities. Inflation is already eating away at our buying power. It is bad and it is getting worse.
Next, there is the falling dollar. The dollar is weaker now than it has ever been in history. That makes foreign goods more expensive. Which increases inflation. On the bright side, it makes US manufactured goods more attractive as exports. But in most areas, we still can’t compete, price-wise, with China, India, and the Third World.
The third way this downturn is different is the level of debt. For the first time in modern history, American consumers owe more than they have. Credit card debt has skyrocketed. Mortgage debt, which increased enormously during the past 10 years as a result of irresponsible loans, is now at a crisis point because real estate values have fallen, making tens of thousands of loans untenable. It makes more sense to walk away from these loans than to renegotiate them. And behind all this is the federal debt – which has skyrocketed because of runaway spending by an earmark-addicted Congress and Bush’s $3 trillion war.
These are our economic weaknesses – and they are big weaknesses. But there are strengths too. Unemployment numbers are relatively low. Earnings are relatively good. And new business start-ups – which to me is always the most important indicator – are still strong.
Unemployment will certainly increase in some sectors. It is already a fact in the real estate market and will become a factor in banking and the financial industries that support real estate. But other sectors of the economy are okay for the moment. They may absorb some of these people. And new businesses will continue to create jobs, as they always have, because of the amazing growth of the Internet.
What all that amounts to, in my book, is a period stagflation that may be followed by a recession but may simply continue to exist until our debts have been paid by the working man, as they always are.
JCA:
Not everyone is familiar with the term "stagflation."
Me:
"Stagflation" was coined ages ago when I was still in college. It describes an economic period of both inflation and flat growth. The best description I’ve heard was provided by Rich Karlgaard, publisher of Forbes. He said:
"Stagflation is present when gas and grocery prices are rising faster than your paycheck is – and in an economy that is strong enough to employ you but not strong enough that you feel emboldened to ask for a raise."
There are three ways to defeat stagflation: (1) Tighten the money supply. (2) Restrict credit. (3) Lower taxes.
When too much money/too-easy credit is driving up prices – that’s classic monetary inflation. This should tell the Fed to restrict the printing of money and tighten credit. But so far they’ve been doing the opposite because they are afraid that if they tighten credit, the economy, which is already weak, will collapse.
Lowering taxes, particularly taxes on individual and corporate income, capital gains, and dividends would grow the economy by encouraging investment and stimulating production. This is classic supply-side economics. But it’s very unpopular today. The common view is that tax cuts reduce the effectiveness of government and increase government debt. But the evidence contradicts this. Government receipts usually go up after tax cuts because the economy grows and there is more income and profits to tax. When you reduce the cost of doing something, you tend to get more of that thing. Reduce the tax costs of production in America and you will get more production. More production means more goods and services competing for your dollars. "That’s how prices go down, not up," says Rich Karlgaard.
It’s simple. Supply and demand. If you want prices to go down, increase the supply. Incentivize the suppliers.
But that’s probably not going to happen because it’s not politically expedient for politicians to do it. Chances are our problems will be cured by a period of negative or flat growth along with inflation. This is the solution preferred by politicians because it is a way for average consumers to pay for government debt and bad loans without understanding they are paying for it. It’s another form of taxation.
Assuming we are entering a period of stagflation, certain investing principles apply:
Cash is king.
Buy value.
Buy into the recovery.
Invest in what you know.
Limit expenses.
Be ready to seize opportunity when it arises. Because it will arise.
JCA:
Unemployment may kick-start some would-be entrepreneurs’ plans to start their own businesses. Are there any particular sectors that you think will do well, especially for new businesses?
Me:
As I said, I don’t think unemployment is likely to be a huge problem – at least in the short run. But it will be a factor. More important will be the squeeze people will feel from stagflation. Prices are going up but not their salaries. This will trigger some start-ups. And there will also be lots of job displacements as some sectors of the economy – real estate-related – go down for a while and others – natural resources and even agriculture – go up. At some point in time – probably in the next year or two – real estate prices will bottom out. Then the vulture funds will come in and begin to buy up excess inventory. When that inventory is absorbed, the construction and building sectors will revive.
In the meantime, I favor:
Certain investments – like gold, oil and gas, natural resources
Certain services – such as for legal settlements, divorce settlements, business litigation settlements, home remodeling and repair
Information and advice on investing, retirement, estate planning, entrepreneurship, tax avoidance
Natural supplements and pharmaceuticals
Rejuvenation products and services
Retirement homes and other retirement businesses
Soft exercises and sports – such as yoga, Pilates, tai chi
Spiritual wealth information and products
Self-improvement information and products
Real estate (longer term)
JCA: Judging by the promises of our presidential candidates, US businesses will almost certainly be hit with higher taxes, compulsory health care contributions, higher labor costs. Is it still worthwhile setting up shop in America ? Or should entrepreneurs relocate to a more business-friendly climate… like Eastern Europe… or China… or the Caymans?
Me:
There is a big misconception here. One I had until I began doing business overseas. Location of the business matters only in certain industries that depend on cheap, unskilled labor. If you are producing clothing or furniture, it makes sense to have a factory in the Third World. But if you are producing sophisticated products for which labor is a small part of the cost – or selling information or advice – you can do it from the U.S.
Information and advice is especially good because the brute labor cost is almost non-existent. Thanks to the Internet, the cost of storage and shipping is minimal, so you can easily produce your product here and sell it anywhere… anywhere in the world.
In the coming recession, I would want to be in a business that has the following characteristics: (1) positive cash flow, (2) no debt, (3) no accounts receivable, and (4) no merchandise to store. That amounts to a service business or information publishing. Of the two, information publishing is better. In fact, it is the best business to be in for the foreseeable future.
There are some advantages in setting up overseas, but there are also many disadvantages. I would not pick up shop and open up overseas unless I had a proven formula that was working in the U.S.
JCA:
The title of your latest best-selling book is Ready, Fire, Aim.
What do you think, Michael? Will the coming recession require entrepreneurs and business owners to aim BEFORE they fire?
Me:
Entrepreneurs must seize the day. You have to be READY to do that.
When real estate prices bottom out, there will be a rush to buy from the vulture funds. Private investors must be ready with protocols, plans, and money.
The same holds true for any business you plan to launch. Don’t waste valuable time and money trying to perfect it. Figure out a marketing proposition and test it as soon as you can. If it works, then refine it. If it doesn’t work, move on to the next thing. Ready, Fire, Aim!
JCA:
What are the biggest mistakes an entrepreneur or business owner can make right now?
Me:
There are three:
Starting a new business without knowing anything about it. I call this the Principle of One Step Removed.
Wasting time and money on activities that are not directly related to sales.
Not having a Disaster Recovery/Opportunity Plan.
JCA:
That leads to my final question for you: Given today’s economic climate, what does a new business have to have to give it the best chance of success?
Me:
It’s no different now than it’s ever been.
First is a management team with character, experience, and ingenuity.
Second is a plan that clearly identifies the way they will efficiently bring in customers from day one.
Third is their use of resources. Will 80 percent of them be devoted to making a profitable sale?
Fourth is capital. Do they have enough of it?
Fifth is product. Does their lead product have a raison d’etre in the marketplace?
JCA:
Thanks for joining us today, Michael.
[Ed. Note: Michael Masterson's latest book, Ready, Fire, Aim: Zero to $100 Million in No Time Flat, has hit the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and now the Business Week
lists of business best-sellers. Inside, Michael shows how veteran and rookie entrepreneurs alike can take their businesses to the next level. You'll learn how to identify and solve the problems that crop up during each stage of a company's growth... and how to take advantage of profit opportunities along the way. Order your copy of Ready, Fire, Aim now.]
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Blue's News MailBag
Mailbag
May 2,1999 -- Previous Mailbag
Letters are edited
for spelling errors only, and may contain profanity. Commentary by Jason "loonyboi"
Bergman.
Hey id...you suck!
From:
James Fitzgerald
Subject: Suggestion
So here's the deal.
You rag on Unreal's no
show as far as a release goes, and less than 12 hours later, they
put out a release.
Any chance you could
rag on id about Q3Test for the windows platform? :-)
-JamesF.
Don't say we didn't
try...
Just
chill, homies.
From:
Rob Ellner
Subject: Q3
Q3 on the Mac first,
eh? Heh.
I'm a PC owner looking
forward to Q3 as much as the next obsessive gaming nut. But it is
kinda funny ain't it. I nearly coughed up a lung when everyone started
trying to download the Mac emulator. That is pure comedy. Nothing
less.
People should chill out about this mac first deal. How can any PC
owner claim foul when the last game to come out on the Mac first
was Marathon. And welcome to it they were.
Didn't see the PC population
crying over that.
HackMesser
I laughed my head
off as well...I own
ARDI, and I found it very hard to believe that software that
emulates a 25 MHz 68040 could actually run software designed for
a G3. It does, however run Marathon really well. :)
Deep
thoughts.
From:
sikander iqbal
Subject: Q3A and Bill Gates
Okay, if Bill Gates had
a son who loved QUAKE as much as I do, would he let him go out and
buy a MAC just for playing the Q3Test ??
The
secret's out!
From:
Michiel Rutting
Subject: You sold out to Mac! We have proof now!
Hi,
Did you notice this in Graeme's .plan too? Hard proof has arrived!
--- Start Quote
When running in 32-bit color depth, lighting effects (such as from
a weapon firing) cause the affected textures to temporarily turn
to garbage.
(System: Blue tower G3)
--- End Quote
No use denying it now, you sold out :) And now your Mac gives you
errors! LOL!
Heh, this one is too good.
Greetz,
Nucleus
aka Michiel Rutting
Actually, that's somewhat
inaccurate. The "Blue" tower, is actually "bondi
blue".
On the
happy occasion...
From:
Randy Taylor
Subject: Congratulations!
Hi Blue! Congratulations
on your wedding anniversary. I was shocked that you havn't taken
a day off in three years. I just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate
your page. I have hit it almost every day for two years now. I have
one word of advice; try to take at least one day off a week. I am
in the military and take 30 days off a year. I think I would go
crazy if I didn't have that time. Thanks for keeping up one of the
best gaming sights on the net, and don't forget to take care of
yourself!
-Randy Taylor
B-1B Crew Chief USAF
Carmack
does what?
From:
John Nevaquaya
Subject: re: Whose bitch?
Well, I guess if we had
to be someone's bitch, it would have to be Carmack's instead of
Romero's - at least Carmack puts out.
Andrew
Smith strikes again...
From:
Mr. Fix It
Subject: Andrew Smith can suck my boomstick
As you may have already
guessed, this E-mail is a response to the pile of bull shit Andrew
Smith sent in last week. Andrew Smith is a complete idiot!! Hey
Andrew, if you have to put "I have no evidence to prove this,
but it's true, and anyone who denies it is wrong." after everything
you say, then what your saying is most likely false or an opinion.
Keep your god damned misinformation to your dumbfuck self!
For the record:
1. I play violent computer
games, which I know for a _FACT_ have not made me violent.
2. I watch violent films,
which I know for a _FACT_ have not made me violent.
3. I have access to information
about making bombs, which I know for a _FACT_ has not made me want
to blow things up. I already wanted to blow things up before I had
access to that crap.
4. I am in high school
where I have not killed any of my classmates because I play violent
video games and watch violent movies. (or for any other reason,
for that mater.)
Some people may think
that these _FACTS_ make me biased. Perhaps I am, but that doesn't
make that Andrew Smith any smarter. People like him make me want
to kill someone :-). But seriously, they drive me insane! Those
irritating right-wing religious crackpots, moronic Republicans,
and other idiots are always pushing shit like this at us. If you
are a member of one of the aforementioned groups and you disagree
with me, suck my boomstick!!!!
I'm sick and tired of
flipping on the ol' boob toob and hearing video games, TV, and movies
getting blamed for things like the tradgedy in Littleton. Jesus Christ people!!! I know this has been said before, but it was an
excellent point: THE MEDIA IS NOT HERE TO BABYSIT THE YOUTH OF AMERICA!!!!!!!!!
If you look at all of these absolutely horrible tradgedies, you
will most likely see that the parents of killers either raised there
kids in a terrible environment or they were hardly ever around.
How the hell does a kid make multiple bombs without his parents
noticing? His parents not paying any attention to anything he does,
that's how!!! Parents are here to police their kids before they
are able to police themselves. They sure make sure that their son
or daughter understands that violence hurts and that what happens
in most movies and video games isn't real. More and more of these
tragedies will occur until the parents of America start doing their
job: to raise there children up sane and with a healthy sense of
reality. Man stuff like this pisses me off. Well, back to my homework
. . .
-Mr. Fix It
PS Feel free to edit
the swearing in my letter. I really want my feelings on this heard.
Thanks.
From:
Troy ><> Fisher
Subject: Re: Andrew Smith: school shootings
Your unsubstantiated
comments provide a very good point.
However, the substantiation that games do not cause violence comes
from doing some homework on the following:
How many copies of first-person shooters have been sold, starting
with Wolf3D and going all the way up to Starseige or whatever is
the latest.
Now figure out how many of the owners of these copies went on to
shoot kids in their school (or elsewhere).
I think you'll find a large discrepancy if you can even come up
with the numbers.
QED
More
on Mac emulation...
From:
Burt H.
Subject: Q3Test and Mac Emulation
Regarding and quoting
from BluesNews...
An incorrect rumor on the net listed Executor as running Q3Test,
the test-version of Quake 3 that was made available for the Macintosh
before Linux and Windows. Our site has been swamped as people try
to download our demo to test this. Q3Test requires a PowerPC, and
Executor does not currently run any Mac applications that require
a PowerPC.
I have to say, I'm not better than the next guy on this planet,
but there are a few things I see, most of the time, from a more
distant perspective. I'm certainly not going to do Carmack and injustice
and compare him to Mr. Gate$, but have you noticed something amazing?
Bill Gates has people flocking to OS's, Apps, and many other things,
normally because it's 'easier', or someone doesn't know they have
a choice. John Carmack on the other hand is so powerful that he
can cause half of the internet community (those that that don't
have MacOS) to flock to something they typically badmouth, just
to try out his software.:)
You go boy!!
*grin*
LugNut
PS I think he should do donuts on Gate's lawn with that Sports
car ;>)
They're
all gonna laugh at you!
From:
dino bigliazzi
Subject: Prey? <hee hee>
Is it just me, or does
anyone else out there giggle uncontrollably everytime they hear
Prey mentioned. Let's try it...
"Prey"
<hee hee>
Comments, abusive email, movie deals, etc. are welcome.
jazz.bone@mailcity.com
I got
yer legislation right here...
From:
Jason Rushton
Subject: Major Minor Legislation
Non-Gamers just don't
understand games. Especially, I have to say, older people (ie congressmen,
reporters). So they think by not letting people under 18 buy games
they'll solve the worlds problems. But what about demos? What about
the ever-present warez copies? What about the store clerks that
don't give a damn? Is it going to be like buying cigarettes, or
alcohol? If you under 26 you have to have an id, can't sell it within
1000 yards of a school or church? If a parent buys it for thier
kid...is that contributing to the delinquency of a minor?
Maybe a better idea would be to not let anyone under 18 watch the
news! I've been a game since the DOOM days....and the images that
show up on the news everyday still make me sick, shock me, and otherwise
"gross me out".
People just don't understand...I
think it was a quote on Blue's, or Loony's, but it said something
to the effect of most gamers are too afraid to even go outside let
alone open fire on a crowd of people. And that B.S. about them losing
touch with reality.....didn't know they weren't playing a game.
Every game out there has a teamplay mode where you aren't supposed
to kill teammates... aren't all humans essentially teammates at
the very least.
Well, that's enough of
my late night ranting....if it sounds weird that's cuz it's 5 in
the morning....But I'm sick and tired of people blaming everyone
else for everything they do wrong.
No one will accept the
blame anymore. If they really have to blame someone else for what
kids are doing wrong then blame the parents, blame the education
system, blame the pressures of society....just leave us gamers to
our vegetating.
Jason "FoOeY" Rushton
You make a good point...most
hard-core gamers are serious agoraphobiacs. The concept of sunlight
scares them more than anything. :)
Still
more on the Colorado incident...
From:
James Hendrick
Subject: The Doomworld editorial
Dear Mailbag,
I'm not going to spend much in time or length at this, because nobody
ever reads the long letters, and besides Frasier comes on in twenty
minutes. But I've got to say something, to make some opposition,
because the integrity of the gaming community is being defended
by a prominent editorial that would better have served us had it
never been written at all.
The editorial, by Dukrous
of Doomworld.com, was made reference to by an article on CNN, as
reported on Blue's today (the 28th). Suffice it to say that this
editorial has not gone unnoticed. I was personally very curious
to see what Doomworld had to say about the Columbine shootings,
since the Doom community is under very close scrutiny right now
for reasons that don't need to be reviewed. So I read this editorial
and was severely disappointed.
Instead of an intelligent,
mature, receptive response, the author has published a quasi-intellectual
treatise that attempts to guild youthful conviction and self-importance
in what was probably intended to be an impressive display of philosophical
rigor and noble uprightness. It fails. Debunking his reasoning is
busy work, labor not worth its me. What disappoints me so greatly
in this editorial are not its oversights, gross generalizations,
leaps of logic, and innumerable contradictions, but its outright
ignorance: the absence of consideration in the author's commanding
tone, the sense of smug triumph that he conveys with every ludicrous
conclusion. He would be at fault for this regardless of the merit
of his ideas. And he is definitely to be faulted for making the
horror at Columbine into a platform on which to parade his intellect
and character.
"Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by
understanding." What is needed is not increased regulation,
vigilance, and inquisition. These are short-sighted answers. What
we are lacking is understanding.
Sincerely,
James Hendrick
also an avid gamer, aka Mr. White and Mr. Wizard
From:
Robert J. Denchy
Subject: Shootings and "experts" with no clue
Blue / Loonyboi,
I happened to turn on the TV last night and catch a part of an interview
last night. I think it was on 20/20. I only watched about two minutes
of it before I turned off the TV.
They had some military "expert" talking about the shooting
of the kids as they were coming out of a bible study. (Not the most
recent shooting.) He was explaining how it was obvious that the
games the kid played gave him the skills to kill his classmates.
This expert obviously looked for ways to prove his points rather
than looking at the situation objectively. Otherwise, he would have
seen that his points actually prove the game did NOT provide the
"skills" used.
His Point: It was amazing that the kid scored 5 out of 8 shots.
This shows an incredible aptitude above that of experts that are
trained to shoot. For example, in a recent shooting, four trained
policemen were in a shoot-out and only 19 of 43 shots were good.
Although there were multiple people in the classroom it was a large
room.
My Point: Apples and Oranges. It's too bad that most people will
take this at face value. Shooting at unarmed people that are not
hiding under behind cover is a completely different situation than
when someone is shooting back at you. Shooting at one or two people
is not the same as shooting at 40 people. I don't care how big the
room was, the kids were grouped together in a contained area. And
shooting at one person still meant that others were likely to be
hit if the shot missed the intended target. The expert may argue
this but then he is probably the type of fool that would try to
take out an armed terrorist surrounded by 30 hostages. In the real
world the good guys won't shoot because the chance of hitting someone
other than the person they are aiming at is too high.
His Point: He shot once at each target which is the way the games
teach people to shoot. Shoot one target and quickly move on to the
next. This goes against what a trained person would do; trained
people shoot until the target goes down.
My Point: The kid was not trained! He did exactly what makes sense
for someone attempting to create as much damage to as many people
as possible. He didn't care if he killed his target or not. People
that are trained are trained to take out their target who is a danger
to them. These "targets" were NOT a threat. Finally, one
of the most common death match rules is to STAY ON TARGET. Why?
Because, your targets are threats to you. If you divide your fire
between multiple targets you are likely to kill none of them. This
in turn means there is more fire being directed at you. Further
more, for all we know, he WAS shooting at the same target. He could
have missed with ever shot and only managed to hit the people around
his intended target(s).
His Point: He shot at the head because the games award head shots.
My Point: Gee, which game is that? Some games award more points
or more damage for head shots but not games like Doom, Quake, Quake II, etc. In fact, it is only the most recent crop of games that
award points for head shots. In general, the games actually teach
the same thing that a defense course would teach, shoot at the point
where you are most likely to hit...center of mass.
Anyway, the point is that this "expert" is nothing of
the sort. He has made poor arguments that, when looked at logically,
actually prove that the games did not train this kid... He has made
assumption and taken them as facts and then tried to make the circumstances
match those "facts".
This kid acted contrary to the best tactics for FPS games. This
kid did what makes sense for someone who is looking to harm as many
people as possible.
As a side note, the government and people with no clue are once
again trying to use these shootings as a way to increase gun control.
Why do we need more gun control when the current laws are not being
enforced. After all, it is illegal for a minor (under 18) to purchase
a weapon. It is illegal for anyone under 21 to purchase a handgun.
It is illegal to have guns on school property (Believe the law states
something like guns are not allowed within 500 yards of a school).
-Palandar.
rjdenchy@flash.net
From:
Alex Brown
Subject: Jocks vs Geeks?
Dear Blue's News,
I know that a lot of folks
who write in to you are termed "geeks" and they all seem
to express a deep resentment of their more "popular" peers.
I want to let everyone know that there are other shades of grey.
In high school I was a Jock. However I wasnt the greatest one in
the world. Guess what else I did? Surf the Internet, play games
like Doom, and yes, I did well in school. So what we have here is
someone - mainly myself, who was a geek and a jock hybrid. I was
more popular than people who were just normal kids who didnt belong
to clubs, yet I was not as popular as some of the more exceptional
athletes and their click. I am aghast to see that there are so many
people who are on the far ends of the spectrum.
Is that the reality?
Or is that the only group who is being allowed to have their voices
heard because of the resentment of the "popular" in the
computer community? Is there no middle ground? Are any of these
opposing sides taking steps to understand each other? I believe
that there needs to be more effort between people to understand
each other. It seems like we have a social "race war"
going on, and just like society needed/needs to come to terms with
ethnic and race differences, we need to come to terms with social
ones.
I agree completely
with you, but there's a problem here...you and I are both out of
high school. When I was in high school (shudder) I thought of things
in those same strange terms...there were "jocks" and "geeks"
and well, then there was me. :)
My point is this:
we can talk rationally about this now because it's behind us. But
for kids who are still in high school, it's a different story entirely.
And it's not something easily solved, either.
Now
here's some logic I agree with...
From:
Jim Beasley
Subject: Whats really behind the Littleton Tragedy...
I'm sick of hearing that
computer games were somehow responsible for the terrible tragedy
in Littleton


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Fri 19 September 2008 06:59 PM PSTScience fiction is fantasyI originally wrote this a couple of years ago when I was called upon to defend
an assertion -- that science fiction is best regarded as a special case of fantasy.
I would like to start with a little essay about how I came to this conclusion
-- that science fiction is actually a subset of fantasy -- because it defines
terms and addresses many counterpoints that have been raised.
First, when I say "fantasy" I refer to stories that are about things
that aren't. This includes both the purely imaginative (probably won't
happen) and the speculative (might happen). Fantasy in this sense is not on
a continuum against science fiction, it is on a continuum against realism.
(Although "continuum" implies that it's something resembling a straight line, which I would not be willing to defend.)
One possible rule of thumb: it is a fantasy if filming it would require obvious special effects.
There is a smaller definition of fantasy, call it fantasy definition 2, which basically means "vaguely resembling Tolkien." I believe this is a marketing distinction rather than a literary one, since it doesn't even include most fantasy. It does have a vigorous fan base, however. That fact leads the term "fantasy" to be used as shorthand for "this particular type of fantasy involving elves and dragons and such." So -- those types of stories clearly are fantasy, but they are not the definition of fantasy. They are not the container, they are one of the things contained.
Most of what we think of as "genre" is really just marketing. They put the books in whatever section they expect people to look for them in. So, The Handmaid's Tale is in unclassified "literature" because Margaret Atwood isn't marketed as a science fiction writer. It doesn't have any bearing on whether the book is science fiction. And it's not supposed to. It's supposed to help Atwood fans find her stuff.
Sufficiently popular fantastic writers will often get moved to the "literature" section -- it doesn't make any difference to the content of the books.
One common way people attempt to distinguish science fiction from (other) fantasy is to claim that science fiction is about what is "possible." This definition is problematic because "possible" is not intrinsic to the work. Real world possibilities are always shifting -- some things that seemed impossible once are now possible, other things which once seemed possible are now thought to be impossible. Re: any 50s science fiction about faster than light travel, or life on the Moon or Mars.
This definition would lead us to the fairly awkward position of deciding that most "golden age" SF is no longer science fiction, because it is now known to be fantasy.
But, people don't tend to do that -- we still see Podkayne of Mars
as science fiction. So obviously, we're using a qualifier other than "what
is now possible."
You might at this point be tempted to use "what the author thought was possible at the time it was written" as a qualifier, but this is still problematic, because the author's personal beliefs are also not intrinsic to the work. We can't conclude that every SF writer who deals in time travel to the past actually believes such a thing is possible.
So, what makes something science fiction, if it isn't the fact that its scientific premise is possible, or that the author believed it was possible when the story was written?
Well, let's look at Frankenstein, held by many to be the first science
fiction novel. Mary Shelley writes of a man assembling a new man out of parts
of dead men, then bringing him to life through unspecified scientific means.
(Note: movies have implied that this means was electricity. The novel doesn't say, ostensibly because Dr. Frankenstein doesn't want anyone to replicate his methods. But other writings by Mary Shelley at the time show that she was familiar with experiments in galvanism and that her knowledge that a frog's limb could be brought to "life" with electricity probably did influence her thinking when writing the novel.)
There was no concept of scientifiction (early name for SF) in her day, so in
her mind she was writing a horrific fantasy, and her twist on it was to involve
modern science. Also, we now know that what she describes in Frankenstein
is impossible -- an intact and very recently deceased body might be brought
back to life through electricity, but a sewn-together collection of corpses
never could.
And yet, the book is retroactively classified as science fiction, and nobody seriously objects. Why is that?
Well, its premise is scientific -- it can be expressed as "suppose, using science, we could do X." Also, it is concerned with the effect of technology and scientific discoveries on the human psyche and human society, addressing concepts such as unintended consequences and creator responsibility.
So, it is science fiction because it wrestles with scientific issues and concepts. "Being science fiction" is essentially an attribute of what is otherwise a fantasy novel.
But, if you still think SF and fantasy are two distinct and separate genres,
consider: Is alternate history science fiction, because it is generally published
as science fiction? Or is it only science fiction if it involves quantum multiple
universes theory, or if the change catalyst is something specifically scientific?
(I mean, The Difference Engine, which is alternate history specifically
based on technology, as opposed to The Man in the High Castle which
is alternate history based on a different military outcome to World War II.)
Or is all alternate history science fiction because Philip K. Dick, an SF writer,
wrote the first one? Is Zelazny's Amber series SF with fantasy trappings, or
fantasy with vague pretensions of being science fiction? Is Edgar Rice Burrough's
Mars series science fiction, even though it has no scientific elements other
than being set on Mars? How about the works of China Mieville, who writes extremely
strange industrial alternate world fantasy which is also science fiction and
horror? Or about Lovecraft -- his Dreamlands series is pure fantasy, but most
of his Cthulhu Mythos stories are more or less science fiction. And what would
you make of Terry Pratchett's novel Strata -- SF in which space explorers
land on a disc-shaped planet and discover an absurd world built by beings so
advanced that the result is indistinguishable from magic?
(He wrote it in 1981, so it predates any of the Discworld books -- however, the flat world is clearly a Discworld prototype.)
While there are certainly loose and generalized distinctions between most SF


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By Jay Rogers. Posted November 15, 2011.
“And have nothing to do with the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather expose them” (Ephesians 5:11).
TAMPA, FL (FR) – Abortionist José Raul Quintana works for
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The campaign began in the parking lot of St Paul’s Catholic Church at 2 pm and lasted until 4. About 12 street evangelists from Orlando, Riverview, New Port Richey, Cleawarer and Tampa first marched through the Quintana neighborhood and then stood at the intersection of the street as hundreds of people drove by to attend a wedding mass across the street. One awareness campaign participant passed out flyers to passers-by.
At about 2:30 pm, the neighbors across the street returned to their home and began to confront the street evangelists claiming that the signs depicting graphic representations of aborted children were offensive. José Quintana was not present during the campaign. At several points, the Quintana family and some teenage boys who are friends of the Quintanas began to angrily confront the street evangelists saying that the demonstrators had no right to be in a “restricted neighborhood.”
The police were called and immediately explained that they were acting as peace officers and not taking sides. They also explained to all involved that it is the right of Americans to assemble and speak in a public right of way.
As Deanna Waller messaged from the event, “Today we were spit at, cursed at, kicked at, called names, had mulch thrown on us and sprinklers turned on us for Jesus … All in a day’s work! Wonder what tomorrow will bring?”
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Betty B. and the Twins In Ocean Magazine
Categories: All, beauty, conscious consumerism, fashion, marketing, modeling, ocean, photography, Products, women's surfingAuthor: donnaHow gorgeous is this?
Our favorite twins Sierra and Hailey Partridge featured in the brand new Betty Belts ad in Ocean Magazine, with the insanely beautiful photography of David Pu’u.
It’s too big to show it here, so click on this link to view it full size.
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Betty B.’s Partridge Twins Featured in Summer Ad Campaign
Categories: All, beauty, fashion, marketing, modeling, ocean, photography, womenAuthor: donnaHere is the Betty B. Summer ’08 ad in Ocean Magazine featuring our own Sierra and Hailey, a.k.a. The Partridge Twins or “Surfing Twins” with the gorgeous photography of David Pu’u. Sierra and Hailey both have an incredibly sexy and natural look in this shoot we did out in the California desert among joshua trees and Hailey even looks like a dead ringer for a young Bo Derek.
If you don’t know Ocean yet, look for it at newsstands everywhere, also Vons, Ralphs, Borders, Barnes and Noble. Click on the cover to see the ad in all its glory.
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Street Shoot With The Betty Belts Surf Team and Photographer David Pu’u
Categories: All, beauty, modeling, photography, women, women's surfingAuthor: donnaHere are some pictures from a fun little street shoot the Betty Belts Surf Team did here in downtown Ventura with photographer David Pu’u. Six Betty Belt Surf Team riders came together, got dolled up and struck poses. All the girls are wearing Betty B. jewelry and looking HOT!
Betty Belts Team Surfers Strike a Pose. Right to left Sierra Partridge, Jeanette Ortiz, Mary Osborne, Bo Stanley, Hailey Partridge. Mary (center, is wearing my Sula Lariat in pearl black as a necklace and matching Sula bracelet), photo copyright David Pu’u
Mary Osborne on the street with her fish. Photo copyright David Pu’u
Sierra Partridge, Mary Osborne and Hailey Partridge posing with some Air Force dudes who spontaneously joined our street shoot. Photo copyright David Pu’u.
Sierra looking like a rockstar in her zebra dress and the Jeanette recycled glass necklace along with my matching Jeanette bracelet and leather bangles in black and special edition white. Photo copyright David Pu’u
That’s me, Donna, in the front with my girls! I’m wearing the Chelsea Heart necklace. Photo copyright David pu’u
Jeanette is looking way too HOT. Don’t get burned!
Photo copyright David Pu’u
The Betty Belts Surf Team wants you! Hailey on the far right wearing the Adonia belt in black. Photo copyright David Pu’u
I love this shot of Mary and I walking down the street. Photo copyright David Pu’u.
Bo Stanley is looking sweet and stunning in Navy. She is wearing the Silver Ball Necklace and the Open Heart Cuff. My favorite red hoop earrings in my collection are named after Bo, the “Bo” earrings. Photo copyright David Pu’u
Mary’s friend Alex showed up and decided to play. That’s the Betty Bus behind them, my 1961 Chevy Corvair Greenbrier, lookin’ cherry! Photo copyright David Pu’u
It’s always so much fun getting everyone together for a shoot like this.
We’ve done others in the past year that I will try to post soon!
Smiles and Aloha,
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27 Mar2007
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Twin Betty Belts Surfers Sierra and Hailey Model For Allure Magazine
Categories: All, beauty, modeling, photography, women's surfingAuthor: donnaRecenty I got an email from 2 Times Square in New York City, home of Conde Nast Publishing, where all the editorial offices for those big glossy magazines are located. It was from a production assistant at Allure Magazine, asking how they could get in touch with two of my team riders, the beautiful and talented twins Sierra and Hailey Partridge.
One thing led to another and within a few weeks the girls were flown down to a shoot on the beach in Southern California to do a piece on Surfing Beauties.
The twins on the Allure Surfing Beauties set with Roxy pro surfer Kassia Meador and the other models.
It was not their first time modeling, they’ve been modeling for Betty Belts, Hobie and O'Neill in exotic places like Maui and The Big Island as well as in their beautiful home in Santa Cruz. But my little company, Betty Belts, was the first sponsor to bring them into the public eye and really help get their careers taking off. The contribution of my absurdly talented husband-to-be, photographer David Pu’u is a key factor. A former pro surfer himself, he has been very supportive of my team riders and women’s surfing. See David’s work and more of the girls on my website www.bettybelts.com.
Hailey Partridge, a surfing beauty ready for a camera.
I asked Sierra and Hailey about their Allure experience and here’s what they had to say along with some snapshots they took from the day.
What you enjoyed most?
Hailey: The shoot with Allure was an amazing experience that I was very fortunate to have experienced. What I enjoyed most about the shoot was what Sierra and I called “the star treatment”. We were picked up from the airport in an Escalade, we stayed at the Ritz Carlton (and got to order lots of room service!), we got manicures and pedicures from a professional manicurist who does Hollywood stars’ nails and our hair styled by a hair stylist flown all the way from London. They had two huge trailers for us to relax in and they delivered us catered breakfast and lunch. Overall, it was an amazing experience, everything they did for us and the other models was a little extravagant but I wasn’t complaining! I also really enjoyed getting to meet Kassia Meador (Roxy surfer) as well as the other two models, Katarina Lyerly and Megan Abrigo, they were all so friendly and were very genuine and down-to-earth girls.
Hailey Partridge getting the “star treatment” in the hair and makeup trailer: a rubdown with body oil.
What you learned?
Sierra: I learned that there is so much work that goes into a magazine. This was just one article and it took a month to plan and about 30 people behind the scenes to bring it all together.
Your favorite shoot so far?
Hailey: My favorite shoot was the 2007 Hobie swimwear shoot in Kona last November with David Pu’u. David is the most fun photographer to work with and the week long shoot was an incredible experience. We got to swim with dolphins (totally unplanned) and it was amazing.
Sierra: My favorite shoots are the Hobie shoots with David (Pu’u) because every day is new and exciting, and I’ve gotten to experience some things that I would’ve never been able to do like swimming with wild dolphins and catching waves in an outrigger.
This is one of the photos from the Hobie shoot. Sierra


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West Coast v Fremantle (Subiaco Oval)
Wouldn't this be something to salivate for Western Australian football fans, arguably the two form sides in the competition, and perhaps we will get a sneak preview of what is to come in September next Sunday.
Adelaide v Melbourne (AAMI Stadium)
The Crows are struggling, no matter how much Neil Craig and the match committee try to hide from it, the cold hard facts are there. Adelaide have lost three of their past four, were lucky to get away with the points against the Magpies a fortnight ago on their own home ground and surrendered a five-goal lead to the Bulldogs yesterday.
The Demons returned to their best today at the G, and represent the great white hope of Victorian football. On their day and when they are playing as a team are as good as anyone in the competition.
Injuries to Rivers and Bate could prove costly, but with Pickett to return from a hamstring injury and Robertson and Davey to be better for the run today, the Dees represent a big danger.
Sydney v Western Bulldogs (SCG)
The Swans were disappointing at Skilled Stadium yesterday and blew a golden opportunity to cement a spot in the top four, was it a minor abberation, we'lll soon see.
The Doggies were extremely impressive yesterday against the Crows and like the Dees are capable of knocking any side off if they back their running brand of football.
Collingwood v St Kilda (MCG)
The Pies got out of jail against Port at AAMI on Friday night, while the Saints were bitterly disappointing in their 58-point drubbing at the hands of Fremantle.
The Saints clearly lack pace through the midfield and have a rising injury toll and doubts over whether or not Aaron Hamill will return.
Even if he does you would expect him to struggle given the amount of football he has missed.
Hard to pick a winner in this one, with neither side being in particularly good form in recent weeks.
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History of Northfield Vermont
Northfield History
by Julia McIntire
In 1790, when the United States government established its first census, it recorded forty-four persons (fifteen adults and twenty-nine children) living in the tiny and isolated Town of Northfield. Amos Robinson, the first to arrive, was a proprietor of the town chartered in 1781, and was actually the only original proprietor to make his home here.
Elijah Paine, son of an influential family, Harvard graduate, Revolutionary soldier, lawyer, friend of George Washington and a proprietor of Northfield and nearby Williamstown, had cleared land on Northfield's Mill Hill. He built a grist and saw mill which soon became the center of business and social activity for the settlement.
On March 12, 1794, the first town meeting was held at Dr. Nathaniel Robinson's home on East Hill. As more settlers came to town, they abandoned the hilltops and built their homes westward down Mill Hill, until by the early 19th century, a small hamlet (today's South Village) had grown up along Sunny Brook and the Dog River. The village, known as Slab City because of the saw mills established there, also contained potash and grist mills.
In 1799 Elijah Paine built the famous Paine Turnpike which ran from Brookfield, through northern Northfield, to Montpelier, opening up trade and travel on this Boston-Montreal route.
By the 1840s the settlement had crept northward from South Village to land along the Dog River, known then and now as the Center. What is today's "downtown" was originally a heavily forested swampy area. In the early 1800s Elijah Paine acquired this land, cleared it, built a dam on the Dog River and erected a woolen mill. The last to be settled was the "Falls," north of Factory Village, which was, and still is, a small closely knit settlement.
In 1848 these four small villages began to flourish, thanks to their leading citizen, Charles Paine. Like his father Elijah, Charles was well educated, shrewd and personable. He was governor of Vermont from 1841 to 1843, and in 1845 became president of the newly chartered Vermont Central Railroad. He built the headquarters in Northfield, much to the disappointment of Barre and Montpelier. In its extensive yard, the railroad built and repaired engines and cars. The many Irish who poured into town to work on the railroad became permanent residents.
In 1853 the Vermont Central Railroad went into bankruptcy due to over expansion and, in some cases, mismanagement, and bit by bit hard times came to Northfield. The railroad, placed under receivership and renamed the Central Vermont Railroad, had its headquarters moved to St. Albans.
In the 1870s, the slate industry, although short-lived, eased Northfield's economic depression. Welsh workmen, skilled in cutting and splitting slate, arrived in town and contributed to its development.
The granite industry, particularly under the business acumen of five Cross brothers, brought new life to the town in the 1890s and early 1900s. Their stone sheds, plus those of the Ellis Company, the Pelaggi Company, Phillips & Slack Inc., and others, employed hundreds of workers, many of them newly arrived Italians, Spaniards and Scots. Gradually the Northfield granite industry drifted to the great granite center in nearby Barre.
By the 1950s and 1960s, other industry rejuvenated Northfield. The old Nantanna Mill under Bernard Goldfine's ownership produced fine woolen goods. The Rabbit hollow Knitting Mill; the Wood Products Co.; the Northfield Telephone Co. and its later outgrowth, Trans-Video Cable Television; Cetrangolo's granite finishing works; and a new shopping center brought much-needed employment.
The largest industry in town is unquestionably Norwich University which was started in 1869 and remained a small college for several decades. This venerable military university employs hundreds of people, adds property support to the town, and spends millions of dollars each year in supplies and services in Central Vermont. In 1950, Major General Ernest Harmon became President of Norwich where he spent fifteen years and brought enrollment from 300 cadets to well over 1,300.
In spite of many changes, Northfield still retains many characteristics of its old-time four villages - the South Village with its Red Mill; the Center, home of Norwich University


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Thai Airways to increase Mum-BKK flights to 14 per week by April 2011
To launch Mumbai-Phuket flight by October 2011
GAYATRI VINAYAK - Mumbai
Thai Airways is looking to increase its Mumbai-Bangkok flights to 14 per week
by April 2011. It recently added three new flights from Mumbai taking the current
number of weekly flights from Mumbai to Bangkok to a total of 10. Plans are
also on in the future to link Mumbai directly to Phuket and Thai Airways is
looking to launch a direct connection by around October 2011. Currently operating
a total of 56 flights from India, Thai Airways flies out of Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai,
Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Kolkata. It operates to Bodh Gaya and Varanasi in its
winter schedule and the number of flights were increased to daily, this winter
from four times a week, due to an increased demand.
Speaking about the airlines' future plans, Chris Chantalitanon, director- BKKSYTG
Central, South, Southeast Asia and Australasia, Thai Airways, said, "We
might look at adding two more destinations  Amritsar and Ahmedabad in
our route in the next few years. We first need to consolidate our position here.
We are looking at making all points that we service now into daily and those
that are daily to become double daily. We are looking at 14 flights out of Mumbai
by April 2011 and daily flights from Hyderabad by summer next year," he
said. According to him, a large number of Indian travellers transit through
Bangkok to cities in Thailand such as Chiangmai, Phuket and Krabi with leisure,
FITs and weddings as major segments. The airline receives its maximum business
in india from the cities of Mumbai and Delhi.
The airline is celebrating 50 years of service this year. As part of its expansion
plans, Thai Airways is also awaiting the delivery of 26 new aircrafts next year
which will will include Airbus A330-300s and Airbus A380-800 with the first
Airbus A380 expected to be delivered by around the last quarter of 2012. The
airline is currently in talks with domestic carriers Kingfisher, Jet Airways
and SpiceJet for code share. Chantalitanon added that with the cargo business
increasing, the airline is planning to conver a few Boeing