[scifinoir2] Del Toro's new project

[Mr. Worf]

 I got this from another site...

"Guillermo del Toro's slate includes adaptations of Mary Shelley's *
Frankenstein*, H.P. Lovecraft's *At the Mountains of Madness*, Kurt
Vonnegut's *Slaughterhouse-Five* and the Dan Simmons novel *Drood*, which is
about Charles Dickens' secret life as a Victorian Era detective."

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10007663-…

Oh god yes... Frankenstein? Victorian Era detectives? I love you Del Toro,
you brilliant nerd you.


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[scifinoir2] Cool kid toys - Wandarama

[Mr. Worf]

This kid toy uses static electricity to levitate a small aluminum object.
Check out the Wandarama: https://www.wandarama.com/

Similar to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mKxMoCr29c

Check out this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GLAEgOqSes


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Re: [scifinoir2] Fwd: Rosie Huntington-Whitely Confirmed for Transformers 3

[brent wodehouse]

Keith Johnson  writes:


>It's all in who makes the rules and pays the dough, which is why people
>of all ethnic types need to fight to have our own cinema. Rosie Perez has
>said that she was always told by directors that her butt was too big.
>They'd ask her if she could spot-reduce it, to which she always replied,
>"My 'ghetto booty' is part of me and ain't going anywhere".
>Although Jennifer Lopez gets all the credit for making a round butt more
>acceptable--somethign I as a black person find offensive given that
>Sisters have had them for decades--
   For *ages*, surely. Lord bless 'em. :-)


Brent



>I love that Perez has always been so proud of her physique. She is very
>open to say that as a Puerto Rican she has African heritage, and
>specifically states that it's that heritage that gives her the round
>behind.
>
>- Original Message -
>From: "Mr. Worf" 
>To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
>Sent: Saturday, June 5, 2010 6:34:48 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
>Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Fwd: Rosie Huntington-Whitely Confirmed for
>ÊTransformers 3
>
>Ê 
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>She looks like a teenager and that's why they picked her. I don't know if
>the beauty standards will ever shift back. Not without a collective stand
>on it. They have pretty much brainwashed the actresses into "loosing that
>last 20lbs" Even Beyonce doesn't have a booty anymore. 
>
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>On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 7:33 AM, Keith Johnson <[
>mailto:keithbjohn...@comcast.net ]keithbjohn...@comcast.net> wrote:
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>This is so funny. They have to confront head on the complete lack of
>acting ability required to star in a film like this. Has the girl ever
>acted in anything? 
>
>Man, I'll be glad when the standard of beauty shifts back to voluptuous
>women and not these skinny, girlish looking models. Meagan Fox is
>prettier than most models, but I always laugh when guys talk about her
>great body. She's slim as heck.Ê 
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>- Original Message -
>From: "Mr. Worf" <[ mailto:hellomahog...@gmail.com
>]hellomahog...@gmail.com>
>To: [ mailto:scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com ]scifino...@yahoogroups.com
>Sent: Saturday, June 5, 2010 8:20:16 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
>Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Fwd: Rosie Huntington-Whitely Confirmed for
>ÊTransformers 3
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>Here's the credits that she has. 
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>[Marker]
>[ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1552637/ ]The Victoria's Secret Fashion
>Show (2009) (TV)  Herself 
>[ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0481440/ ]"Britain's Next Top Model" 
>Herself (1 episode, 2009) 
>- [ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1468433/ ]Episode #5.13 (2009) TV
>episode  Herself 
>[ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1328650/ ]The Victoria's Secret Fashion
>Show (2008) (TV)  Herself - Model 
>[ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1179303/ ]The Victoria's Secret Fashion
>Show (2007) (TV)  Herself/Model 
>[ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0926417/ ]The Victoria's Secret Fashion
>Show (2006) (TV)  Herself/Model
>Ummm do you think she is going to be eye candy?
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>On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 3:58 AM, Martin Baxter <[
>mailto:martinbaxt...@gmail.com ]martinbaxt...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>-- Forwarded message --
>From: Martin Baxter <[ mailto:martin.baxter@gmail.com
>]martin.baxter@gmail.com>
>Date: Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 4:51 PM
>Subject: Rosie Huntington-Whitely Confirmed for Transformers 3
>To: [ mailto:martinbaxt...@gmail.com ]martinbaxt...@gmail.com
>
>
>Alright, ladies and gents, with me, on three.
>
>One...
>
>Two...
>
>Three...
>
>WHO
>
>[
>http://english.ohmygore.com/rosie-huntington-whiteley-confirmed-for-transformers-3-news-uk-7209.html
>]http://english.ohmygore.com/rosie-huntington-whiteley-confirmed-for-transformers-3-news-uk-7209.html
>
>Mind you, I've never HEARD of this site before today, so here's something
>to go with the story.
>
>
>
>-- 
>"Between getsumei no michi and the Zero...no better place to live."
>
>(About little moments of happiness) "If this isn't nice, I don't know
>what is." -- Kurt Vonnegut, "A Man Without A Country"
>
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>
>
>-- 
>"If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody
>hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant
>
>[ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
>]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
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Re: [scifinoir2] Fwd: Rosie Huntington-Whitely Confirmed for Transformers 3

[Keith Johnson]

It's all in who makes the rules and pays the dough, which is why people of all 
ethnic types need to fight to have our own cinema. Rosie Perez has said that 
she was always told by directors that her butt was too big. They'd ask her if 
she could spot-reduce it, to which she always replied, "My 'ghetto booty' is 
part of me and ain't going anywhere". 
Although Jennifer Lopez gets all the credit for making a round butt more 
acceptable--somethign I as a black person find offensive given that Sisters 
have had them for decades--I love that Perez has always been so proud of her 
physique. She is very open to say that as a Puerto Rican she has African 
heritage, and specifically states that it's that heritage that gives her the 
round behind. 

- Original Message - 
From: "Mr. Worf"  
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Saturday, June 5, 2010 6:34:48 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Fwd: Rosie Huntington-Whitely Confirmed for 
Transformers 3 






She looks like a teenager and that's why they picked her. I don't know if the 
beauty standards will ever shift back. Not without a collective stand on it. 
They have pretty much brainwashed the actresses into "loosing that last 20lbs" 
Even Beyonce doesn't have a booty anymore. 


On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 7:33 AM, Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@comcast.net > 
wrote: 








This is so funny. They have to confront head on the complete lack of acting 
ability required to star in a film like this. Has the girl ever acted in 
anything? 

Man, I'll be glad when the standard of beauty shifts back to voluptuous women 
and not these skinny, girlish looking models. Meagan Fox is prettier than most 
models, but I always laugh when guys talk about her great body. She's slim as 
heck. 





- Original Message - 
From: "Mr. Worf" < hellomahog...@gmail.com > 
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Saturday, June 5, 2010 8:20:16 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Fwd: Rosie Huntington-Whitely Confirmed for 
Transformers 3 









Here's the credits that she has. 



1. The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show (2009) (TV)  Herself 
2. "Britain's Next Top Model"  Herself (1 episode, 2009) - Episode 
#5.13 (2009) TV episode  Herself 
3. The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show (2008) (TV)  Herself - Model 
4. The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show (2007) (TV)  Herself/Model 
5. The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show (2006) (TV)  Herself/Model 

Ummm do you think she is going to be eye candy? 


On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 3:58 AM, Martin Baxter < martinbaxt...@gmail.com > 
wrote: 








-- Forwarded message -- 
From: Martin Baxter < martin.baxter@gmail.com > 
Date: Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 4:51 PM 
Subject: Rosie Huntington-Whitely Confirmed for Transformers 3 
To: martinbaxt...@gmail.com 


Alright, ladies and gents, with me, on three. 

One... 

Two... 

Three... 

WHO 

http://english.ohmygore.com/rosie-huntington-whiteley-confirmed-for-transformers-3-news-uk-7209.html
 

Mind you, I've never HEARD of this site before today, so here's something to go 
with the story. 

Morton-Salt-photo-by-flickr-user-_nickd.jpg

-- 
"Between getsumei no michi and the Zero...no better place to live." 

(About little moments of happiness) "If this isn't nice, I don't know what is." 
-- Kurt Vonnegut, "A Man Without A Country" 



-- 
"If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell 
wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik 







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Re: [scifinoir2] Just finished reading "Seige" #4

[Keith Johnson]

I had to reach for that explanation as well, but again, Morgan Le Fey--one of 
the most powerful workers of magik in the MU--blew Sentry into pieces. One 
thing Marvel always says about immortals is the line, "only an injury that 
dispersed a significant portion of his molecules would prove fatal". In short: 
even immortals such as "gods" don't recover from being scattered to the four 
winds. Remember Apollo in the original Trek? 
Yet Sentry came back from that, so I wondered how he survived Mjolnir. Now 
Mjolnir can generate something called the "Anti Force" , which I guess would 
disrupt other energies. I just wish they'd delved more into exactly what his 
being the Angel of Death meant. 


- Original Message - 
From: "Martin Baxter"  
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Saturday, June 5, 2010 3:06:13 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Just finished reading "Seige" #4 






Keith, I always figured that that "kill" stuck because of the mystical 
properties of Mjolnir. 


On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 10:11 AM, Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@comcast.net > 
wrote: 











Yeah, good stuff. The stuff with Sentry was great. 

Spoilers. 

Although, what did Osborn mean by saying he was "the Angel of Death"? They 
didn't really explain how that happened, how the formula bonded the Angel (I'm 
assuming that's the deal) wth Bob, or why it made him into a murdering 
psychopath instead of an entity that carried out missions for Heaven. And, how 
was Thor able to finally kill hm with that final blow, when all other "deaths" 
failed to do so? Morganna blew him into bits, his wife shot his face off, and 
he recovered. Stark dropped the HAMMER carrier on him and he recovered. Thor 
hits him with Mjolnir, and he turns into a skeleton but can't regenerate. Why 
is that? 



- Original Message - 
From: "George Arterberry" < brotherfromhow...@yahoo.com > 
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Saturday, June 5, 2010 5:00:15 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: [scifinoir2] Just finished reading "Seige" #4 









Wow 







-- 
"If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell 
wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik 

Re: [scifinoir2] Fwd: Rosie Huntington-Whitely Confirmed for Transformers 3

[Mr. Worf]

She looks like a teenager and that's why they picked her. I don't know if
the beauty standards will ever shift back. Not without a collective stand on
it. They have pretty much brainwashed the actresses into "loosing that last
20lbs" Even Beyonce doesn't have a booty anymore.

On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 7:33 AM, Keith Johnson wrote:

>
>
> This is so funny. They have to confront head on the complete lack of acting
> ability required to star in a film like this. Has the girl ever acted in
> anything?
>
> Man, I'll be glad when the standard of beauty shifts back to voluptuous
> women and not these skinny, girlish looking models. Meagan Fox is prettier
> than most models, but I always laugh when guys talk about her great body.
> She's slim as heck.
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Mr. Worf" 
> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, June 5, 2010 8:20:16 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Fwd: Rosie Huntington-Whitely Confirmed for
>  Transformers 3
>
>
>
> Here's the credits that she has.
>
>1. The Victoria's Secret Fashion 
> Show(2009) (TV)  Herself
>2. "Britain's Next Top Model"  
> Herself (1 episode, 2009)
>- Episode #5.13  (2009) TV
>episode  Herself
>3. The Victoria's Secret Fashion 
> Show(2008) (TV)  Herself - Model
>4. The Victoria's Secret Fashion 
> Show(2007) (TV)  Herself/Model
>5. The Victoria's Secret Fashion 
> Show(2006) (TV)  Herself/Model
>
>
> Ummm do you think she is going to be eye candy?
>
> On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 3:58 AM, Martin Baxter wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -- Forwarded message --
>> From: Martin Baxter 
>> Date: Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 4:51 PM
>> Subject: Rosie Huntington-Whitely Confirmed for Transformers 3
>> To: martinbaxt...@gmail.com
>>
>>
>> Alright, ladies and gents, with me, on three.
>>
>> One...
>>
>> Two...
>>
>> Three...
>>
>> WHO
>>
>>
>> http://english.ohmygore.com/rosie-huntington-whiteley-confirmed-for-transformers-3-news-uk-7209.html
>>
>> Mind you, I've never HEARD of this site before today, so here's something
>> to go with the story.
>>
>> [image: Morton-Salt-photo-by-flickr-user-_nickd.jpg]
>>
>> --
>> "Between getsumei no michi and the Zero...no better place to live."
>>
>> (About little moments of happiness) "If this isn't nice, I don't know what
>> is." -- Kurt Vonnegut, "A Man Without A Country"
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
>> wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
>>
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> --
> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
> Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>
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Re: [scifinoir2] OT: 4-day school weeks gain popularity across US

[Mr. Worf]

Yea that's true. STNG did make it seem that folks were still learning about
their craft off hours which was interesting. In a couple of episodes, folks
had created something in their off time that was beneficial to the
situation.

The problem with the longer hours is having time for homework. A lot of
teachers assign homework without taking in consideration for the other
teachers. So you could end up on a daily basis with 6 or 7 hours of homework
a couple of days a week. That's on top of the after school activities
(soccer practice etc.) So a lot of kids start becoming sleep deprived.

On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 12:10 PM, Martin Baxter wrote:

>
>
> Mr Worf, I agree with you about the need for removing distractions, but
> still want the extra time put in. When I was in school, it was from 7:45 in
> the morning to 3:00 in the afternoon, with forty minutes for lunch. Extra
> time and work never hurt anyone.
>
> And I had the same thought regarding Star Trek as well. The closest thing
> to an explanation I ever got for that was from TNG, when Captain Picard, if
> memory serves, once implied that education in Starfleet was more-or-less an
> ongoing process, even while one wears the uniform.
>
> On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 8:33 AM, Mr. Worf  wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> I don't think that it is the amount of time in class but the focus. There
>> are too many distractions in school. Also I think that a lot of teachers
>> need retraining in their teaching methods. The results of the grades going
>> up can't be an anomaly. There are too many students that were involved.
>>
>> This reminded me of a topic that I wanted to bring up a while back. In the
>> star trek world, there are so many additional topics that would have to be
>> learned that at some point they would run out of time. They would be in
>> their 30s before they set foot on a starship.
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 3:37 AM, Martin Baxter wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> IMO, Mr Worf, that that's the LAST thing we need. We're already lagging
>>> in education. School weeks need to be upped to six days a week, for my two
>>> cents' worth.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 9:56 PM, Mr. Worf wrote:
>>>






 4-day school weeks gain popularity across US

 By DORIE TURNER, Associated Press Writer

 Fri Jun 4, 9:16 am ET

 FORT VALLEY, Ga. – During the school year, Mondays in this rural Georgia
 community are for video games, trips to grandma's house and hanging out at
 the neighborhood community center.

 Don't bother showing up for school. The doors are locked and the lights
 are off.

 Peach County is one of more than 120 school districts across the country
 where students attend school just four days a week, a cost-saving tactic
 gaining popularity among cash-strapped districts struggling to make ends
 meet. The 4,000-student district started shaving a day off its weekly 
 school
 calendar last year to help fill a $1 million budget shortfall.

 It was that or lay off 39 teachers the week before school started, said
 Superintendent Susan Clark.

 "We're treading water," Clark said as she stood outside the headquarters
 of her seven-school district. "There was nothing else for us to do."

 The results? Test scores went up.

 So did attendance — for both students and teachers. The district is
 spending one-third of what it once did on substitute teachers, Clark
 said.

 And the graduation rate likely will be more than 80 percent for the
 first time in years, Clark said.

 The four days that students are in school are slightly longer and more
 crowded with classes and activities. After school, students can get 
 tutoring
 in subjects where they're struggling.

 On their off day, students who don't have other options attend "Monday
 care" at area churches and the local Boys & Girls Club, where tutors are
 also available to help with homework. The programs generally cost a few
 dollars a day per student.




>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody
>>> hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>> --
>> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
>> Mahogany at:
>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>>
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>
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> --
> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
> wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
>
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> 
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Re: [scifinoir2] o/t Terence Howard In Talks To Portray Marvin Gaye

[Martin Baxter]

Mr Worf, those two were in long-term counseling for it. If memory serves,
they were on a talk show about it. I want to say Oprah, but I'm nto certain.

On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 8:23 AM, Mr. Worf  wrote:

>
>
> They never talk about the after effects of stuff like that. Do they go to
> counseling? This was someone that they were ready to spend the rest of their
> life with and they have to turn that off. It would have to be heart
> wrenching.
>
> On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 3:56 AM, Martin Baxter wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Yes, Mr Worf, after the blood test showed them as being closely related.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 4:59 PM, Mr. Worf  wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Wow... That is enough to start a school alright. How did they figure out
>>> that the two kids in Cleveland were related? Did they do a dna test?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Martin Baxter 
>>> wrote:
>>>


 Entirely. So far, last I read (stopped doing so because it was taking
 too much time to keep up with the count), eight cases had been resolved, 
 and
 six of the plaintiffs had come out as his children. This makes me think of
 Howlin' Wolf, the old bluesman. He has, at last count, 80 children by 44
 different women. The only reason that anyone began to notice was when two 
 of
 his children, living in Cleveland, met, without knowing they were brother
 and sister, fell in love and planned to marry. The mercifully 
 state-required
 blood test shot that down, and those kids started a group to look for more
 siblings.

 On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 6:53 AM, Mr. Worf wrote:

>
>
> Who knows. They could all be valid. The man was on the road for 40+
> years. He could theoretically have a school full of kids.
>
> On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 3:31 AM, Martin Baxter  > wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Mr Worf, don't know about the Hendrix movie, but the James Brown joint
>> is knotted up in legalese, with a number of people claiming to be his
>> children coming out of the walls for a piece of the action. Last count,
>> there were 35 separate claims.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 5:10 PM, Mr. Worf wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Whatever happened to the Jimi Hendrix, and James Brown movies?
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 4:47 AM, Martin Baxter <
>>> martinbaxt...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>


 Mr Worf, it could work big. Or it could blow up in a lot of faces.
 It's a fine line.


 On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 4:30 PM, Mr. Worf 
 wrote:

>
>
> Terence Howard In Talks To Portray Marvin Gaye
> By Bill Johnson June 1, 
> 2010 3:59 pm
>
> [image: terence-howard-in-talks-to-portray-marvin-gaye]
>
> Terence Howard recently revealed that he’s been in talks with
> director Cameron Crowe to star in Crowe’s upcoming Marvin Gaye biopic.
>
> Speaking with a reporter from Deadline 
> London,
> Howard said that the director approached him to star in the film, but
> nothing has been finalized yet.  Howard’s also quoted as saying 
> “Everybody
> who loves music will hate me if I get this one wrong.”
>
> Damn right.
>
> Cameron Crowe originally reached out to Will Smith to portray the
> legendary soul singer, but Smith declined.
>
> Another Marvin Gaye biopic, titled *Sexual Healing*, is in the
> works with Jesse L Martin (”Law & Order”) to play Gaye. Unlike 
> Crowe’s film,
> *Sexual Healing* will only deal with the final years of Gaye’s
> life.
>
>
>
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> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
> Mahogany at:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>



 --
 "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the
 bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik



>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
>>> Mahogany at:
>>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody
>> hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
> Mahogany at:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>


>>>

Re: [scifinoir2] show on creating synthetic life

[Martin Baxter]

I'll be there tomorrow, especially to hear Holy Mother Church's take on the
matter.

On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 8:27 AM, Mr. Worf  wrote:

>
>
> The show itself covers the history of the research that produced the
> results. The after show is the most interesting to me because there were
> several groupings of people put together to discuss it. Everyone from the
> doctor that created it to a representative from the Vatican.
>
> On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 3:40 AM, Martin Baxter wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Fell asleep on it, Mr Worf. Just Autotuned it for Sunday.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 7:57 PM, Mr. Worf  wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Did anyone watch the show on the science channel on this topic?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
>>> Mahogany at:
>>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
>> wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
> Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>  
>



-- 
"If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: 4-day school weeks gain popularity across US

[Martin Baxter]

Mr Worf, I agree with you about the need for removing distractions, but
still want the extra time put in. When I was in school, it was from 7:45 in
the morning to 3:00 in the afternoon, with forty minutes for lunch. Extra
time and work never hurt anyone.

And I had the same thought regarding Star Trek as well. The closest thing to
an explanation I ever got for that was from TNG, when Captain Picard, if
memory serves, once implied that education in Starfleet was more-or-less an
ongoing process, even while one wears the uniform.

On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 8:33 AM, Mr. Worf  wrote:

>
>
> I don't think that it is the amount of time in class but the focus. There
> are too many distractions in school. Also I think that a lot of teachers
> need retraining in their teaching methods. The results of the grades going
> up can't be an anomaly. There are too many students that were involved.
>
> This reminded me of a topic that I wanted to bring up a while back. In the
> star trek world, there are so many additional topics that would have to be
> learned that at some point they would run out of time. They would be in
> their 30s before they set foot on a starship.
>
> On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 3:37 AM, Martin Baxter wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> IMO, Mr Worf, that that's the LAST thing we need. We're already lagging in
>> education. School weeks need to be upped to six days a week, for my two
>> cents' worth.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 9:56 PM, Mr. Worf  wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 4-day school weeks gain popularity across US
>>>
>>> By DORIE TURNER, Associated Press Writer
>>>
>>> Fri Jun 4, 9:16 am ET
>>>
>>> FORT VALLEY, Ga. – During the school year, Mondays in this rural Georgia
>>> community are for video games, trips to grandma's house and hanging out at
>>> the neighborhood community center.
>>>
>>> Don't bother showing up for school. The doors are locked and the lights
>>> are off.
>>>
>>> Peach County is one of more than 120 school districts across the country
>>> where students attend school just four days a week, a cost-saving tactic
>>> gaining popularity among cash-strapped districts struggling to make ends
>>> meet. The 4,000-student district started shaving a day off its weekly school
>>> calendar last year to help fill a $1 million budget shortfall.
>>>
>>> It was that or lay off 39 teachers the week before school started, said
>>> Superintendent Susan Clark.
>>>
>>> "We're treading water," Clark said as she stood outside the headquarters
>>> of her seven-school district. "There was nothing else for us to do."
>>>
>>> The results? Test scores went up.
>>>
>>> So did attendance — for both students and teachers. The district is
>>> spending one-third of what it once did on substitute teachers, Clark
>>> said.
>>>
>>> And the graduation rate likely will be more than 80 percent for the first
>>> time in years, Clark said.
>>>
>>> The four days that students are in school are slightly longer and more
>>> crowded with classes and activities. After school, students can get tutoring
>>> in subjects where they're struggling.
>>>
>>> On their off day, students who don't have other options attend "Monday
>>> care" at area churches and the local Boys & Girls Club, where tutors are
>>> also available to help with homework. The programs generally cost a few
>>> dollars a day per student.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
>> wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
> Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>  
>



-- 
"If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik

Re: [scifinoir2] Just finished reading "Seige" #4

[Martin Baxter]

Keith, I always figured that that "kill" stuck because of the mystical
properties of Mjolnir.

On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 10:11 AM, Keith Johnson wrote:

>
>
> Yeah, good stuff. The stuff with Sentry was great.
>
> Spoilers.
>
> Although, what did Osborn mean by saying he was "the Angel of Death"? They
> didn't really explain how that happened, how the formula bonded the Angel
> (I'm assuming that's the deal) wth Bob, or why it made him into a murdering
> psychopath instead of an entity that carried out missions for Heaven.  And,
> how was Thor able to finally kill hm with that final blow, when all other
> "deaths" failed to do so? Morganna blew him into bits, his wife shot his
> face off, and he recovered. Stark dropped the HAMMER carrier on him and he
> recovered. Thor hits him with Mjolnir, and he turns into a skeleton but
> can't regenerate.  Why is that?
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "George Arterberry" 
> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, June 5, 2010 5:00:15 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: [scifinoir2] Just finished reading "Seige" #4
>
>
>
>
> Wow
>
>   
>



-- 
"If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik

Re: [scifinoir2] Fwd: Rosie Huntington-Whitely Confirmed for Transformers 3

[Martin Baxter]

Keith, I'm waiting as well.

On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 10:33 AM, Keith Johnson wrote:

>
>
> This is so funny. They have to confront head on the complete lack of acting
> ability required to star in a film like this. Has the girl ever acted in
> anything?
>
> Man, I'll be glad when the standard of beauty shifts back to voluptuous
> women and not these skinny, girlish looking models. Meagan Fox is prettier
> than most models, but I always laugh when guys talk about her great body.
> She's slim as heck.
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Mr. Worf" 
> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, June 5, 2010 8:20:16 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Fwd: Rosie Huntington-Whitely Confirmed for
>  Transformers 3
>
>
>
> Here's the credits that she has.
>
>1. The Victoria's Secret Fashion 
> Show(2009) (TV)  Herself
>2. "Britain's Next Top Model"  
> Herself (1 episode, 2009)
>- Episode #5.13  (2009) TV
>episode  Herself
>3. The Victoria's Secret Fashion 
> Show(2008) (TV)  Herself - Model
>4. The Victoria's Secret Fashion 
> Show(2007) (TV)  Herself/Model
>5. The Victoria's Secret Fashion 
> Show(2006) (TV)  Herself/Model
>
>
> Ummm do you think she is going to be eye candy?
>
> On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 3:58 AM, Martin Baxter wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -- Forwarded message --
>> From: Martin Baxter 
>> Date: Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 4:51 PM
>> Subject: Rosie Huntington-Whitely Confirmed for Transformers 3
>> To: martinbaxt...@gmail.com
>>
>>
>> Alright, ladies and gents, with me, on three.
>>
>> One...
>>
>> Two...
>>
>> Three...
>>
>> WHO
>>
>>
>> http://english.ohmygore.com/rosie-huntington-whiteley-confirmed-for-transformers-3-news-uk-7209.html
>>
>> Mind you, I've never HEARD of this site before today, so here's something
>> to go with the story.
>>
>> [image: Morton-Salt-photo-by-flickr-user-_nickd.jpg]
>>
>> --
>> "Between getsumei no michi and the Zero...no better place to live."
>>
>> (About little moments of happiness) "If this isn't nice, I don't know what
>> is." -- Kurt Vonnegut, "A Man Without A Country"
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
>> wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
> Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>
>   
>



-- 
"If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Fwd: Rosie Huntington-Whitely Confirmed for Transformers 3

[Martin Baxter]

The Wisdom of the Ages! Thanks for bringing it, rave!

On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Kelwyn  wrote:

>
>
> "Jesus, she can act!"
>
> (from an old PLAYERS magazine cartoon - circa 1976 - where a male movie
> patron blurts this while watching a 20 foot-tall, well-endowed, topless
> actress brandishing gun belts and machine guns on the screen)
>
> ~rave!
>
>
> --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , "Mr.
> Worf"  wrote:
> >
> > Here's the credits that she has.
> >
> > 1. The Victoria's Secret Fashion
> > Show(2009) (TV)  Herself
> > 2. "Britain's Next Top Model" 
> 
> > Herself (1 episode, 2009)
> > - Episode #5.13  (2009) TV
> > episode  Herself
>
> > 3. The Victoria's Secret Fashion
> > Show(2008) (TV)  Herself -
> > Model
>
> > 4. The Victoria's Secret Fashion
> > Show(2007) (TV) 
> > Herself/Model
>
> > 5. The Victoria's Secret Fashion
> > Show(2006) (TV) 
>
> > Herself/Model
> >
> >
> > Ummm do you think she is going to be eye candy?
> >
> > On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 3:58 AM, Martin Baxter wrote:
>
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -- Forwarded message --
> > > From: Martin Baxter 
> > > Date: Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 4:51 PM
> > > Subject: Rosie Huntington-Whitely Confirmed for Transformers 3
> > > To: martinbaxt...@...
> > >
> > >
> > > Alright, ladies and gents, with me, on three.
> > >
> > > One...
> > >
> > > Two...
> > >
> > > Three...
> > >
> > > WHO
> > >
> > >
> > >
> http://english.ohmygore.com/rosie-huntington-whiteley-confirmed-for-transformers-3-news-uk-7209.html
> > >
> > > Mind you, I've never HEARD of this site before today, so here's
> something
> > > to go with the story.
> > >
> > > [image: Morton-Salt-photo-by-flickr-user-_nickd.jpg]
> > >
> > > --
> > > "Between getsumei no michi and the Zero...no better place to live."
> > >
> > > (About little moments of happiness) "If this isn't nice, I don't know
> what
> > > is." -- Kurt Vonnegut, "A Man Without A Country"
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody
> hell
> > > wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant
> > >
> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
> > Mahogany at:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
> >
>
>  
>



-- 
"If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik

Re: [scifinoir2] Fwd: Rosie Huntington-Whitely Confirmed for Transformers 3

[Martin Baxter]

Mr Worf, I really don't see how...

On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 8:20 AM, Mr. Worf  wrote:

>
>
> Here's the credits that she has.
>
>1. The Victoria's Secret Fashion 
> Show(2009) (TV)  Herself
>2. "Britain's Next Top Model"  
> Herself (1 episode, 2009)
>- Episode #5.13  (2009) TV
>episode  Herself
>3. The Victoria's Secret Fashion 
> Show(2008) (TV)  Herself - Model
>4. The Victoria's Secret Fashion 
> Show(2007) (TV)  Herself/Model
>5. The Victoria's Secret Fashion 
> Show(2006) (TV)  Herself/Model
>
>
> Ummm do you think she is going to be eye candy?
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 3:58 AM, Martin Baxter wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -- Forwarded message --
>> From: Martin Baxter 
>> Date: Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 4:51 PM
>> Subject: Rosie Huntington-Whitely Confirmed for Transformers 3
>> To: martinbaxt...@gmail.com
>>
>>
>> Alright, ladies and gents, with me, on three.
>>
>> One...
>>
>> Two...
>>
>> Three...
>>
>> WHO
>>
>>
>> http://english.ohmygore.com/rosie-huntington-whiteley-confirmed-for-transformers-3-news-uk-7209.html
>>
>> Mind you, I've never HEARD of this site before today, so here's something
>> to go with the story.
>>
>> [image: Morton-Salt-photo-by-flickr-user-_nickd.jpg]
>>
>> --
>> "Between getsumei no michi and the Zero...no better place to live."
>>
>> (About little moments of happiness) "If this isn't nice, I don't know what
>> is." -- Kurt Vonnegut, "A Man Without A Country"
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
>> wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
> Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>  
>



-- 
"If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik

[scifinoir2] Luc Besson's "Angel-A"

[Kelwyn]

I just saw Luc Besson's "Angel-A" last night.  I love this movie.  The black 
and white cinematography is gorgeous and the ending is killer.  I consider 
"Angel-A" the third leg of an unofficial trilogy that begins with "La Femme 
Nakita" and includes one of my personal faves "The Fifth Element" (the only 
movie I have seen more times is "Pulp Fiction").

~rave!

[scifinoir2] Black Jesus is Coming

[Kelwyn]

http://www.blackjesusthemovie.com/shell.html

[scifinoir2] Re: Fwd: Rosie Huntington-Whitely Confirmed for Transformers 3

[Kelwyn]

"Jesus, she can act!"

(from an old PLAYERS magazine cartoon - circa 1976 - where a male movie patron 
blurts this while watching a 20 foot-tall, well-endowed, topless actress 
brandishing gun belts and machine guns on the screen)

~rave!

--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Mr. Worf"  wrote:
>
> Here's the credits that she has.
> 
>1. The Victoria's Secret Fashion
> Show(2009) (TV)  Herself
>2. "Britain's Next Top Model"  
>Herself (1 episode, 2009)
>- Episode #5.13  (2009) TV
>episode  Herself
>3. The Victoria's Secret Fashion
> Show(2008) (TV)  Herself -
> Model
>4. The Victoria's Secret Fashion
> Show(2007) (TV) 
> Herself/Model
>5. The Victoria's Secret Fashion
> Show(2006) (TV) 
> Herself/Model
> 
> 
> Ummm do you think she is going to be eye candy?
> 
> On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 3:58 AM, Martin Baxter wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -- Forwarded message --
> > From: Martin Baxter 
> > Date: Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 4:51 PM
> > Subject: Rosie Huntington-Whitely Confirmed for Transformers 3
> > To: martinbaxt...@...
> >
> >
> > Alright, ladies and gents, with me, on three.
> >
> > One...
> >
> > Two...
> >
> > Three...
> >
> > WHO
> >
> >
> > http://english.ohmygore.com/rosie-huntington-whiteley-confirmed-for-transformers-3-news-uk-7209.html
> >
> > Mind you, I've never HEARD of this site before today, so here's something
> > to go with the story.
> >
> > [image: Morton-Salt-photo-by-flickr-user-_nickd.jpg]
> >
> > --
> > "Between getsumei no michi and the Zero...no better place to live."
> >
> > (About little moments of happiness) "If this isn't nice, I don't know what
> > is." -- Kurt Vonnegut, "A Man Without A Country"
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
> > wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
> >
> >
> > 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
> Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>

[scifinoir2] Re: Did anyone see Hot Tub Time Machine?

[Kelwyn]

I love Craig Robinson.  He is hilarious in "Zack and Miri Make a Porno."

~rave!

--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Mr. Worf"  wrote:
>
> It took me a while to get around to seeing this film. The entire film was
> basically an homage to movies from the 80s which made it a little more
> authentic as long as you don't think about it.
> 
> If you haven't seen the movie, 3 old friends, and a nephew decide to take a
> guy's weekend to a ski lodge that was their favorite haunt when they were in
> their late teens. That's all I can really say without giving away the movie.
> 
> What kind of bothered me was if you travel backward in time then forward
> again and the world has changed, what happens to you and all of the
> experiences that you were supposed to have? Do you suddenly remember them?
> Or are you a completely different person and you have created a paradox? (a
> major one appeared in the movie)
> 
> I know I keep bringing up this topic, so please forgive me. :)
>

Re: [scifinoir2] Fwd: Rosie Huntington-Whitely Confirmed for Transformers 3

[Keith Johnson]

This is so funny. They have to confront head on the complete lack of acting 
ability required to star in a film like this. Has the girl ever acted in 
anything? 

Man, I'll be glad when the standard of beauty shifts back to voluptuous women 
and not these skinny, girlish looking models. Meagan Fox is prettier than most 
models, but I always laugh when guys talk about her great body. She's slim as 
heck.  


- Original Message - 
From: "Mr. Worf"  
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Saturday, June 5, 2010 8:20:16 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Fwd: Rosie Huntington-Whitely Confirmed for  
Transformers 3 

  




Here's the credits that she has. 



1. The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show (2009) (TV)  Herself 
2. "Britain's Next Top Model"  Herself (1 episode, 2009) - Episode 
#5.13 (2009) TV episode  Herself 
3. The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show (2008) (TV)  Herself - Model 
4. The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show (2007) (TV)  Herself/Model 
5. The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show (2006) (TV)  Herself/Model 

Ummm do you think she is going to be eye candy? 


On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 3:58 AM, Martin Baxter < martinbaxt...@gmail.com > 
wrote: 








-- Forwarded message -- 
From: Martin Baxter < martin.baxter@gmail.com > 
Date: Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 4:51 PM 
Subject: Rosie Huntington-Whitely Confirmed for Transformers 3 
To: martinbaxt...@gmail.com 


Alright, ladies and gents, with me, on three. 

One... 

Two... 

Three... 

WHO 

http://english.ohmygore.com/rosie-huntington-whiteley-confirmed-for-transformers-3-news-uk-7209.html
 

Mind you, I've never HEARD of this site before today, so here's something to go 
with the story. 

Morton-Salt-photo-by-flickr-user-_nickd.jpg

-- 
"Between getsumei no michi and the Zero...no better place to live." 

(About little moments of happiness) "If this isn't nice, I don't know what is." 
-- Kurt Vonnegut, "A Man Without A Country" 



-- 
"If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell 
wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik 






-- 
Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! 
Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ 

Re: [scifinoir2] Just finished reading "Seige" #4 - Spoilers

[Keith Johnson]

Yeah, i was completely lost. One of the Dark Avengers books starts off with the 
Angel of Death killing the first born in Egypt during Moses' time. Then we 
flash to his wife, who tells the "true" origin story of Sentry,a nd they hint 
that he needs the formula periodically to enhance his powers, but suggested 
that doing so makes the Void stronger.  His wife implies that his powers are 
more primal/mystica in nature, and Osborn later says the same. But again, they 
didn't delve into that, so I have no idea how or why an angel bonded to him. I 
mean, the incarnation of Death that Marvel always pulls out isn't by nature 
good or evil. It just is. So why is the Angel of Death in Bob's body turning 
him evil? 


- Original Message - 
From: "Jeff Carter"  
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Saturday, June 5, 2010 10:16:23 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Just finished reading "Seige" #4 

  




Thats how Bendis writes.  There is never any consistency in a BMB written 
story.  The plot lines are great, the character dialog is good, but there is 
never any consistency in character traits, development or actions.  His whole 
run on New Avengers was that way. I was beginning to think the only reason he 
was writing the book was to make the hood into a big player. 


Jeff 


On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 10:11 AM, Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@comcast.net > 
wrote: 



  







Yeah, good stuff. The stuff with Sentry was great. 

Spoilers. 

Although, what did Osborn mean by saying he was "the Angel of Death"? They 
didn't really explain how that happened, how the formula bonded the Angel (I'm 
assuming that's the deal) wth Bob, or why it made him into a murdering 
psychopath instead of an entity that carried out missions for Heaven.  And, how 
was Thor able to finally kill hm with that final blow, when all other "deaths" 
failed to do so? Morganna blew him into bits, his wife shot his face off, and 
he recovered. Stark dropped the HAMMER carrier on him and he recovered. Thor 
hits him with Mjolnir, and he turns into a skeleton but can't regenerate.  Why 
is that? 



- Original Message - 
From: "George Arterberry" < brotherfromhow...@yahoo.com > 
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Saturday, June 5, 2010 5:00:15 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: [scifinoir2] Just finished reading "Seige" #4 

  







Wow 

[scifinoir2] Google Today Pays Homage to Inventor of Holography

[Keith Johnson]

Amazing. I'm a laser and holography fanatic, and have read tons of books on the 
topics, but his name didn't ring a bell... 

Wiki article below. Also check out the Nobel site link, where Gabor's 
self-written bio is published.   



http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1971/gabor-autobio.html 



* 



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Gabor 



Dennis Gabor (original Hungarian name: Gábor Dénes ) CBE , FRS , (5 June 1900, 
Budapest – 8 February 1979, London ) was a British - Hungarian [ 1 ] Jewish 
electrical engineer and inventor, most notable for inventing holography , for 
which he later received the 1971 Nobel Prize in Physics . Biography 


He was born as Gábor Dénes, [ 2 ] into a Jewish family in Budapest , Hungary . 
[ 3 ] He served with the Hungarian artillery in northern Italy during World War 
I . [ 3 ] He studied at the Technical University of Budapest from 1918, later 
in Germany , at the Charlottenburg Technical University in Berlin , now known 
as the Technical University of Berlin . [ 2 ] At the start of his career, he 
analyzed the properties of high voltage electric transmission lines by using 
cathode-beam oscillographs, which led to his interest in electron optics. [ 2 ] 
Studying the fundamental processes of the oscillograph , Gabor was led to other 
electron-beam devices such as electron microscopes and TV tubes. He eventually 
wrote his Ph.D. thesis concerning the cathode ray tube in 1927, and worked on 
plasma lamps . [ 2 ] 

As a Jew, Gabor fled from Nazi Germany in 1933, and was invited to Britain to 
work at the development department of the British Thomson-Houston company in 
Rugby, Warwickshire . During his time in Rugby, he met Marjorie Butler, and 
they married in 1936. He became a British citizen in 1946, [ 4 ] and it was 
while working at British Thomson-Houston that he invented holography, in 1947. 
[ 5 ] He experimented with a heavily filtered mercury arc light source . [ 2 ] 
However, the earliest hologram was only realized in 1964 following the 1960 
invention of the laser , the first coherent light source. After this, 
holography became commercially available. 

Gabor's research focused on electron inputs and outputs, which led him to the 
invention of re-holography . [ 2 ] The basic idea was that for perfect optical 
imaging, the total of all the information has to be used; not only the 
amplitude, as in usual optical imaging, but also the phase. In this manner a 
complete holo-spatial picture can be obtained. [ 2 ] Gabor published his 
theories of re-holography in a series of papers between 1946 and 1951. [ 2 ] 

Gabor also researched how human beings communicate and hear; the result of his 
investigations was the theory of granular synthesis , although Greek composer 
Iannis Xenakis claimed that he was actually the first inventor of this 
synthesis technique. [ 6 ] 

In 1948 Gabor moved from Rugby to Imperial College London , and in 1958 became 
professor of Applied Physics until his retirement in 1967. While spending much 
of his retirement in Italy , he remained connected with Imperial College as a 
Senior Research Fellow and also became Staff Scientist of CBS Laboratories , in 
Stamford, Connecticut ; there, he collaborated with his life-long friend, CBS 
Labs' president Dr. Peter C. Goldmark in many new schemes of communication and 
display. One of Imperial College's new halls of residence in Prince's Gardens, 
Knightsbridge is named Gabor Hall in honour of Gabor's contribution to Imperial 
College. He developed an interest in social analysis and published The Mature 
Society: a view of the future in 1972. 

Following the rapid development of lasers and a wide variety of holographic 
applications (e.g. art, information storage, recognition of patterns), Gabor 
achieved acknowledged success and worldwide attention during his lifetime. [ 2 
] He received numerous awards beside the Nobel Prize.

Re: [scifinoir2] Just finished reading "Seige" #4

[Jeff Carter]

Thats how Bendis writes.  There is never any consistency in a BMB written
story.  The plot lines are great, the character dialog is good, but there is
never any consistency in character traits, development or actions.  His
whole run on New Avengers was that way. I was beginning to think the only
reason he was writing the book was to make the hood into a big player.

Jeff

On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 10:11 AM, Keith Johnson wrote:

>
>
> Yeah, good stuff. The stuff with Sentry was great.
>
> Spoilers.
>
> Although, what did Osborn mean by saying he was "the Angel of Death"? They
> didn't really explain how that happened, how the formula bonded the Angel
> (I'm assuming that's the deal) wth Bob, or why it made him into a murdering
> psychopath instead of an entity that carried out missions for Heaven.  And,
> how was Thor able to finally kill hm with that final blow, when all other
> "deaths" failed to do so? Morganna blew him into bits, his wife shot his
> face off, and he recovered. Stark dropped the HAMMER carrier on him and he
> recovered. Thor hits him with Mjolnir, and he turns into a skeleton but
> can't regenerate.  Why is that?
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "George Arterberry" 
> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, June 5, 2010 5:00:15 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: [scifinoir2] Just finished reading "Seige" #4
>
>
>
>
> Wow
>
>   
>

Re: [scifinoir2] Just finished reading "Seige" #4

[Keith Johnson]

Yeah, good stuff. The stuff with Sentry was great. 

Spoilers. 

Although, what did Osborn mean by saying he was "the Angel of Death"? They 
didn't really explain how that happened, how the formula bonded the Angel (I'm 
assuming that's the deal) wth Bob, or why it made him into a murdering 
psychopath instead of an entity that carried out missions for Heaven.  And, how 
was Thor able to finally kill hm with that final blow, when all other "deaths" 
failed to do so? Morganna blew him into bits, his wife shot his face off, and 
he recovered. Stark dropped the HAMMER carrier on him and he recovered. Thor 
hits him with Mjolnir, and he turns into a skeleton but can't regenerate.  Why 
is that? 


- Original Message - 
From: "George Arterberry"  
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Saturday, June 5, 2010 5:00:15 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: [scifinoir2] Just finished reading "Seige" #4 

  







Wow 

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: 4-day school weeks gain popularity across US

[Mr. Worf]

I don't think that it is the amount of time in class but the focus. There
are too many distractions in school. Also I think that a lot of teachers
need retraining in their teaching methods. The results of the grades going
up can't be an anomaly. There are too many students that were involved.

This reminded me of a topic that I wanted to bring up a while back. In the
star trek world, there are so many additional topics that would have to be
learned that at some point they would run out of time. They would be in
their 30s before they set foot on a starship.

On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 3:37 AM, Martin Baxter wrote:

>
>
> IMO, Mr Worf, that that's the LAST thing we need. We're already lagging in
> education. School weeks need to be upped to six days a week, for my two
> cents' worth.
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 9:56 PM, Mr. Worf  wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 4-day school weeks gain popularity across US
>>
>> By DORIE TURNER, Associated Press Writer
>>
>> Fri Jun 4, 9:16 am ET
>>
>> FORT VALLEY, Ga. – During the school year, Mondays in this rural Georgia
>> community are for video games, trips to grandma's house and hanging out at
>> the neighborhood community center.
>>
>> Don't bother showing up for school. The doors are locked and the lights
>> are off.
>>
>> Peach County is one of more than 120 school districts across the country
>> where students attend school just four days a week, a cost-saving tactic
>> gaining popularity among cash-strapped districts struggling to make ends
>> meet. The 4,000-student district started shaving a day off its weekly school
>> calendar last year to help fill a $1 million budget shortfall.
>>
>> It was that or lay off 39 teachers the week before school started, said
>> Superintendent Susan Clark.
>>
>> "We're treading water," Clark said as she stood outside the headquarters
>> of her seven-school district. "There was nothing else for us to do."
>>
>> The results? Test scores went up.
>>
>> So did attendance — for both students and teachers. The district is
>> spending one-third of what it once did on substitute teachers, Clark
>> said.
>>
>> And the graduation rate likely will be more than 80 percent for the first
>> time in years, Clark said.
>>
>> The four days that students are in school are slightly longer and more
>> crowded with classes and activities. After school, students can get tutoring
>> in subjects where they're struggling.
>>
>> On their off day, students who don't have other options attend "Monday
>> care" at area churches and the local Boys & Girls Club, where tutors are
>> also available to help with homework. The programs generally cost a few
>> dollars a day per student.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
> wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
>
>
> 
>



-- 
Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/

Re: [scifinoir2] show on creating synthetic life

[Mr. Worf]

The show itself covers the history of the research that produced the
results. The after show is the most interesting to me because there were
several groupings of people put together to discuss it. Everyone from the
doctor that created it to a representative from the Vatican.

On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 3:40 AM, Martin Baxter wrote:

>
>
> Fell asleep on it, Mr Worf. Just Autotuned it for Sunday.
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 7:57 PM, Mr. Worf  wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Did anyone watch the show on the science channel on this topic?
>>
>> --
>> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
>> Mahogany at:
>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>>
>
>
>
> --
> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
> wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
>
>
> 
>



-- 
Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/

Re: [scifinoir2] o/t Terence Howard In Talks To Portray Marvin Gaye

[Mr. Worf]

They never talk about the after effects of stuff like that. Do they go to
counseling? This was someone that they were ready to spend the rest of their
life with and they have to turn that off. It would have to be heart
wrenching.

On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 3:56 AM, Martin Baxter wrote:

>
>
> Yes, Mr Worf, after the blood test showed them as being closely related.
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 4:59 PM, Mr. Worf  wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Wow... That is enough to start a school alright. How did they figure out
>> that the two kids in Cleveland were related? Did they do a dna test?
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Martin Baxter 
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Entirely. So far, last I read (stopped doing so because it was taking too
>>> much time to keep up with the count), eight cases had been resolved, and six
>>> of the plaintiffs had come out as his children. This makes me think of
>>> Howlin' Wolf, the old bluesman. He has, at last count, 80 children by 44
>>> different women. The only reason that anyone began to notice was when two of
>>> his children, living in Cleveland, met, without knowing they were brother
>>> and sister, fell in love and planned to marry. The mercifully state-required
>>> blood test shot that down, and those kids started a group to look for more
>>> siblings.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 6:53 AM, Mr. Worf wrote:
>>>


 Who knows. They could all be valid. The man was on the road for 40+
 years. He could theoretically have a school full of kids.

 On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 3:31 AM, Martin Baxter 
 wrote:

>
>
> Mr Worf, don't know about the Hendrix movie, but the James Brown joint
> is knotted up in legalese, with a number of people claiming to be his
> children coming out of the walls for a piece of the action. Last count,
> there were 35 separate claims.
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 5:10 PM, Mr. Worf wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Whatever happened to the Jimi Hendrix, and James Brown movies?
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 4:47 AM, Martin Baxter <
>> martinbaxt...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Mr Worf, it could work big. Or it could blow up in a lot of faces.
>>> It's a fine line.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 4:30 PM, Mr. Worf wrote:
>>>


 Terence Howard In Talks To Portray Marvin Gaye
 By Bill Johnson  June
 1, 2010 3:59 pm

 [image: terence-howard-in-talks-to-portray-marvin-gaye]

 Terence Howard recently revealed that he’s been in talks with
 director Cameron Crowe to star in Crowe’s upcoming Marvin Gaye biopic.

 Speaking with a reporter from Deadline 
 London,
 Howard said that the director approached him to star in the film, but
 nothing has been finalized yet.  Howard’s also quoted as saying 
 “Everybody
 who loves music will hate me if I get this one wrong.”

 Damn right.

 Cameron Crowe originally reached out to Will Smith to portray the
 legendary soul singer, but Smith declined.

 Another Marvin Gaye biopic, titled *Sexual Healing*, is in the
 works with Jesse L Martin (”Law & Order”) to play Gaye. Unlike Crowe’s 
 film,
 *Sexual Healing* will only deal with the final years of Gaye’s
 life.



 --
 Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
 Mahogany at:
 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/

>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody
>>> hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
>> Mahogany at:
>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>>
>
>
>
> --
> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody
> hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
>
>
>


 --
 Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
 Mahogany at:
 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/

>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody
>>> hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
>> Mahogany at:
>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>>
>
>
>
> --
> "If all the world's a

Re: [scifinoir2] Fwd: Rosie Huntington-Whitely Confirmed for Transformers 3

[Mr. Worf]

Here's the credits that she has.

   1. The Victoria's Secret Fashion
Show(2009) (TV)  Herself
   2. "Britain's Next Top Model"  
   Herself (1 episode, 2009)
   - Episode #5.13  (2009) TV
   episode  Herself
   3. The Victoria's Secret Fashion
Show(2008) (TV)  Herself -
Model
   4. The Victoria's Secret Fashion
Show(2007) (TV) 
Herself/Model
   5. The Victoria's Secret Fashion
Show(2006) (TV) 
Herself/Model


Ummm do you think she is going to be eye candy?

On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 3:58 AM, Martin Baxter wrote:

>
>
>
>
> -- Forwarded message --
> From: Martin Baxter 
> Date: Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 4:51 PM
> Subject: Rosie Huntington-Whitely Confirmed for Transformers 3
> To: martinbaxt...@gmail.com
>
>
> Alright, ladies and gents, with me, on three.
>
> One...
>
> Two...
>
> Three...
>
> WHO
>
>
> http://english.ohmygore.com/rosie-huntington-whiteley-confirmed-for-transformers-3-news-uk-7209.html
>
> Mind you, I've never HEARD of this site before today, so here's something
> to go with the story.
>
> [image: Morton-Salt-photo-by-flickr-user-_nickd.jpg]
>
> --
> "Between getsumei no michi and the Zero...no better place to live."
>
> (About little moments of happiness) "If this isn't nice, I don't know what
> is." -- Kurt Vonnegut, "A Man Without A Country"
>
>
>
> --
> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
> wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
>
>
> 




-- 
Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/

Re: [scifinoir2] Star Trek Plot Generator

[Martin Baxter]

Keith, you've struck gold!

On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Keith Johnson wrote:

>
>
> This is a bit crude, but hilarious! I especially like the "encounters and
> as well as", with choices like "godlike being", and the  "Kirk delivers a
> speech/right hook"! I'm sure more detailed versions exist out there, perhaps
> ones that actually show the overall results of the steps one chooses to
> follow...
>
>
>
> http://www.xibalba.demon.co.uk/jbr/trek/gen.html
>
> *The DIY Star Trek Script Flowchart*
>
>
>
> Have you ever wondered what kind of adventures the Starship Enterprise
> under Captain Kirk would have run into in the fourth year of their five-year
> mission, if it hadn't been cancelled after three?  You have?  Well, stop
> it!  We all know perfectly well what they'd have run into - more of the
> same, as generated from the standard formula reproduced below.
>
> To create a new Star Trek (TOS) plotline, simply run through the table from
> the top, following any path you like as long as you only go *downwards* or
> *across within a cell*, and assemble its output into an episode synopsis!
> All resulting scripts are guaranteed to contain at least 20% authentic-style
> Roddenberry flavouring and are practically indistinguishable from real
> episodes of the Original Series, not to mention the Animated Series (ever).
>  
>



-- 
"If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik

[scifinoir2] Fwd: Nine Hobbits That Could Happen

[Martin Baxter]

Let us all cringe in advance at Possibility Number Five...

-- Forwarded message --
From: Martin Baxter 
Date: Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 3:59 PM
Subject: Nine Hobbits That Could Happen
To: martinbaxt...@gmail.com


posted Thursday June 03, 2010 11:28am EDT
Nine *Hobbit*s that Could Happen
Genevieve 
Valentine

Ever since TheOneRing.net dropped the
newsbombthat
Guillermo del Toro was departing
*The Hobbit *(citing production delays that have hamstrung the epic
two-parter for nearly a year), speculation has raged. With budget problems,
studio delays, and a three-year schedule that’s stretched to six, things
don’t sound like they’re going to get any easier.

Who’s going to direct this thing now?

The *Hobbit *camp has not put forth any names for del Toro’s suggested
replacement. As fans, clearly that’s our job.

Below the cut, nine ways this train wreck can go.

*1. Christopher Nolan *

A dark thriller in which Bilbo the hobbit is conscripted into a shadowy gang
of inscrutable dwarves, and a sorcerer who seems both fair and foul. In a
desperate attempt to free himself, he tumbles down a mountain and will use
every ounce of his courage to obtain a golden ring. Is it what he needs to
save himself, or a trap from which there’s no escape? And you won’t believe
the third-act twist about Bofur and Bombur.

Not that it will matter either way; we won’t hear another word about the
movie until it comes out.


*2. George Lucas*

Bilbo is a lonely young hobbit trapped in his house under the hill in a
remote Shire, waiting desperately for adventure to find him. When wise and
supernaturally-gifted Gandalf appears, Bilbo isn’t about to miss his chance.
Along with the grouchy and in-it-for-the-money Thorin and his
hirsute/hard-to-decipher backup dwarves, Bilbo will enter a world full of
alien beings he’s never dreamed of, and will have to learn how to harness a
magical gift in order to survive a coming war.

Bonus: in 2032, Lucas will release a version in which Smaug shoots first.


*3. Kathryn Bigelow*

A taut, atmospheric movie about a hobbit in over his head, the flawed but
compelling dwarf king that leads his quest, the glory-hungry Bard of
Laketown who will come through in a clinch, and the morally-ambiguous wizard
who will save them all from danger after twenty minutes of slow-motion
tension about it. No need for a second movie, even, since she’d wrap it up
in about eighty minutes. Frankly, it sounds good to me.

Potential downside: previous casting of Bill Paxton makes her taste in
actors suspect. Just because someone is letting James McAvoy play Professor
X  doesn’t mean he
should be Bilbo, too. Don’t let him into EVERY franchise, for crying out
loud.


*4. Chris Weitz*

After the money *New Moon* made, this dude could probably leverage his way
into the short list. Result: a movie about Gollum sitting in a cave for two
hours with a camera circling him as indie rock plays in the background, and
then fifteen hours of deleted scenes about Bilbo and the dwarves that will
be available on the DVD release. (At least he already has all the CGI wargs
ready to go.)


*5. Michael Bay*

RUN! THE TROLLS ARE RIGHT BEHIND YOU, RUN, DAMMIT! RUN! I SAID RUN!


*6. Alex Proyas*

A moody character study of a man on a quest to discover the dark beast
that’s haunted his dreams, with memorable supporting players, a monster in
every shadow, and a few moments of beautiful filmmaking…just before Will
Smith shows up. No lie, I’d like to see if Alex Proyas could do to the
countryside what he did for cities in *The Crow* and *Dark City*, but since
then he’s put out *I, Robot* and *Knowing*, which does not exactly inspire
cinematic confidence. (Good news: he’s in pre-production hell on *Dracula:
Year One*, so it’s not like he’s a stranger to the waiting-around
rigmarole.)


*7. Ridley Scott*

His movies are seriously hit-or-miss, but when the script is solid he can
certainly produce the rich visuals an epic requires. Sure, it would end up
as a movie about the tortured Thorin’s search for redemption, and nearly all
the supporting dwarves would kick the bucket, but he can film battle scenes
in his sleep, and if there’s anyone who knows how to drive home the quest
theme, it’s him. (Bonus: it will keep him from making the *Monopoly* movie
he keeps threatening us all with.)


*8. Tim Burton*

Bilbo Baggins is the very loneliest hobbit of them all, until some
CGI-enhanced dwarves come to take him to a magical land filled with trilling
songs and a vaguely-effeminate wizard (Johnny Depp) who doesn’t like messes
but, deep down, just wants to be loved by a hobbit he can look on as a son.
Helena Bonham-Carter voices Smaug, who spends the second half of the movie
delivering a darling series of quips on what it’s like to be stuck in a cave
full o

[scifinoir2] Fwd: Rosie Huntington-Whitely Confirmed for Transformers 3

[Martin Baxter]

-- Forwarded message --
From: Martin Baxter 
Date: Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 4:51 PM
Subject: Rosie Huntington-Whitely Confirmed for Transformers 3
To: martinbaxt...@gmail.com


Alright, ladies and gents, with me, on three.

One...

Two...

Three...

WHO

http://english.ohmygore.com/rosie-huntington-whiteley-confirmed-for-transformers-3-news-uk-7209.html

Mind you, I've never HEARD of this site before today, so here's something to
go with the story.

[image: Morton-Salt-photo-by-flickr-user-_nickd.jpg]

-- 
"Between getsumei no michi and the Zero...no better place to live."

(About little moments of happiness) "If this isn't nice, I don't know what
is." -- Kurt Vonnegut, "A Man Without A Country"



-- 
"If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik

Re: [scifinoir2] Did anyone see Hot Tub Time Machine?

[Martin Baxter]

I remember that, Keith. Great example that cited my point better than I did.
Hats off!

On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 3:20 PM, Keith Johnson wrote:

>
>
> That would probably make more sense, or else, if time travel existed, even
> one person would be constantly rewriting all of history. It's the angle
> taken by the writers of last year's Star Trek movie. They believe you never
> alter time, simply shift into a new timeline.
>
>
>
> In Marvel comics, years ago an evil wizard used a necklace of power to cast
> a spell turnng NYC into a land of Conan-type world of barbarism and war.
> Everyone's mind was altered to think this reality was normal.   The wizard
> had a grudge against Spider-Man, and had the people hunt him down and
> capture him. Then he crucified Peter in the great hall where he was having a
> feast. The Avengers and X-Men helped stop him, after Parker literlly pulled
> himself off the cross, where I believe he died.  Another magic worker --the
> Scarlet Witch perhaps?--cast a spell to change what happend in the past. The
> necklace contained the wizard's essence, and hadbeen found by  hapless
> mortal who was then taken over by the wizard.  In the new timeline, the
> necklace fell into the gutter. I distinctly seem to remember them sayng that
> the old timeline in which Spider-Man died still existed,and they shifted the
> surviving heroes to the new timeline in which the "new" Spider-Man and
> everyone else was okay. Obviously the Avengers and X-Men didn't exist in
> that reality, as they were replaced by the "old" group, who alone remembered
> the other timeline.
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Martin Baxter" 
> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, June 4, 2010 2:55:39 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Did anyone see Hot Tub Time Machine?
>
>
>
> Mr Worf, there are those who say that, in line with the many-worlds
> hypothesis of Everett and Wheeler, were you to go back and alter the past
> and then go back forward, you'd turn up in a  divergent reality, while the
> one you were originally in would still be there, and you'd never be able to
> get back unless you ahd the wisdom to go back to the second BEFORE you
> altered the past and then go back. THAT would concoct a major paradox which,
> if you believe Hawking, wouldn't be allowed by the Cosmos. Some would say
> that Hawking would win out ab initio, and refuse to let you alter the past.
>
> I'm firmly in the former camp, personally.
>
> On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 7:53 AM, Mr. Worf  wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> It took me a while to get around to seeing this film. The entire film was
>> basically an homage to movies from the 80s which made it a little more
>> authentic as long as you don't think about it.
>>
>> If you haven't seen the movie, 3 old friends, and a nephew decide to take
>> a guy's weekend to a ski lodge that was their favorite haunt when they were
>> in their late teens. That's all I can really say without giving away the
>> movie.
>>
>> What kind of bothered me was if you travel backward in time then forward
>> again and the world has changed, what happens to you and all of the
>> experiences that you were supposed to have? Do you suddenly remember them?
>> Or are you a completely different person and you have created a paradox? (a
>> major one appeared in the movie)
>>
>> I know I keep bringing up this topic, so please forgive me. :)
>>
>
>
>
> --
> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
> wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
>
>   
>



-- 
"If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik

Re: [scifinoir2] o/t Terence Howard In Talks To Portray Marvin Gaye

[Martin Baxter]

Yes, Mr Worf, after the blood test showed them as being closely related.

On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 4:59 PM, Mr. Worf  wrote:

>
>
> Wow... That is enough to start a school alright. How did they figure out
> that the two kids in Cleveland were related? Did they do a dna test?
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Martin Baxter wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Entirely. So far, last I read (stopped doing so because it was taking too
>> much time to keep up with the count), eight cases had been resolved, and six
>> of the plaintiffs had come out as his children. This makes me think of
>> Howlin' Wolf, the old bluesman. He has, at last count, 80 children by 44
>> different women. The only reason that anyone began to notice was when two of
>> his children, living in Cleveland, met, without knowing they were brother
>> and sister, fell in love and planned to marry. The mercifully state-required
>> blood test shot that down, and those kids started a group to look for more
>> siblings.
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 6:53 AM, Mr. Worf  wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Who knows. They could all be valid. The man was on the road for 40+
>>> years. He could theoretically have a school full of kids.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 3:31 AM, Martin Baxter 
>>> wrote:
>>>


 Mr Worf, don't know about the Hendrix movie, but the James Brown joint
 is knotted up in legalese, with a number of people claiming to be his
 children coming out of the walls for a piece of the action. Last count,
 there were 35 separate claims.


 On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 5:10 PM, Mr. Worf wrote:

>
>
> Whatever happened to the Jimi Hendrix, and James Brown movies?
>
> On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 4:47 AM, Martin Baxter  > wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Mr Worf, it could work big. Or it could blow up in a lot of faces.
>> It's a fine line.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 4:30 PM, Mr. Worf wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Terence Howard In Talks To Portray Marvin Gaye
>>> By Bill Johnson  June
>>> 1, 2010 3:59 pm
>>>
>>> [image: terence-howard-in-talks-to-portray-marvin-gaye]
>>>
>>> Terence Howard recently revealed that he’s been in talks with
>>> director Cameron Crowe to star in Crowe’s upcoming Marvin Gaye biopic.
>>>
>>> Speaking with a reporter from Deadline 
>>> London,
>>> Howard said that the director approached him to star in the film, but
>>> nothing has been finalized yet.  Howard’s also quoted as saying 
>>> “Everybody
>>> who loves music will hate me if I get this one wrong.”
>>>
>>> Damn right.
>>>
>>> Cameron Crowe originally reached out to Will Smith to portray the
>>> legendary soul singer, but Smith declined.
>>>
>>> Another Marvin Gaye biopic, titled *Sexual Healing*, is in the works
>>> with Jesse L Martin (”Law & Order”) to play Gaye. Unlike Crowe’s film,
>>> *Sexual Healing* will only deal with the final years of Gaye’s life.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
>>> Mahogany at:
>>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody
>> hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
> Mahogany at:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>



 --
 "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody
 hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik



>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
>>> Mahogany at:
>>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
>> wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
> Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>  
>



-- 
"If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik

Re: [scifinoir2] Wildly OT: Suspect in Peru woman's slaying arrested in Chile

[Martin Baxter]

Another true sociopath at work, Keith.

On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 3:07 PM, Keith Johnson wrote:

>
>
> Reminds me of how OJ Simpson was coy in his BET interview, where he said
> little, and then later in his book, where he bizarrely discussed the details
> of how to pull of the crime "he didn't commit".
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Martin Baxter" 
> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, June 4, 2010 2:49:52 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Wildly OT: Suspect in Peru woman's slaying
> arrested  in Chile
>
>
>
> Keith, he was paid somewhere between 20,000 and 40,000 USD for an
> "exclusive" interview with a producer, trying to make his bones on
> Holloway's bones by hoping to coax "the real story" of her disappearance out
> of him. He played that guy like Clapton on an axe.
>
> Again, may the Peruvian death penalty be slow and painful.
>
> On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 9:07 AM, Keith Johnson 
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> How'd he get paid?
>>
>>
>> - Original Message -
>> From: "Martin Baxter" 
>> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
>> Sent: Friday, June 4, 2010 6:20:00 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
>> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Wildly OT: Suspect in Peru woman's slaying
>> arrested  in Chile
>>
>>
>>
>> Keith, I look at Aruba's inability to charge his as nothing short of
>> massive incompetence all around. That bastich played everyone like violins,
>> even got PAID for it. I hope that Peru's death penalty is slow and painful.
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Keith Johnson 
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I think I mentioned recently that, while I can watch monster movies all
>>> day long, I've never been a fan of serial killer flicks. Dracula on my front
>>> porch? Not too concerned. Creature from the Black Lagoon coming out of the
>>> drain? No worries?
>>> But a psycho killer who likes to kill woman or children or something
>>> being in the area? Very possible, if hopefully not too probable. Every time
>>> I look at this dude's face, he's given me the creeps and made me angry at
>>> the same time. From the days of Halloway's disappearance, he's had this
>>> sly/smug/dead-eyed look that's unnerving.  It's hindsight now, but I can
>>> honestly say that had I met dude and known nothing of him, that look would
>>> have registered.
>>> It's tragic that Aruba could never produce enough evidence to convict
>>> this guy. The changing stories, the ludicrous stories--you thought she'd
>>> died of drugs or something, but weren't sure, so let a friend take her out
>>> to sea?--were beyond belief.  I never followed the story closely, so I'm not
>>> sure just why there wasn't enough evidence, nor what if any role his two
>>> associates had in her death.
>>> At any rate, now he's struck again--unless you believe he's the victim of
>>> the two most gruesome cases of bad luck/timing in recorded history.  This
>>> guy must be some kind of sociopath with a special hatred of young women.
>>> Just be thankful he's finally been caught, though unfortunately, too late
>>> for this latest victim.
>>>
>>> Does Peru have a death penalty?
>>>
>>> *
>>>
>>> http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/06/03/peru.murder.case/index.html?hpt=T1
>>>
>>> *Watch Nancy Grace tonight for the latest on reports on Joran van der
>>> Sloot. "Nancy Grace ,"
>>> tonight 8 ET on HLN. *
>>>
>>> *Santiago, Chile (CNN)* -- Joran van der Sloot, the suspect in a young
>>> woman's slaying this week in Peru and previously considered a suspect in the
>>> 2005 disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway in Aruba, was
>>> captured Thursday in Chile, authorities said.
>>>
>>> Van der Sloot is the main suspect in this week's slaying of 21-year-old
>>> Stephany Flores Ramirez, who was found Wednesday in a Lima, Peru, hotel room
>>> registered to the Dutch man. Chilean police told CNN that paperwork showed
>>> that van der Sloot entered Chile on Wednesday.
>>>
>>> Peruvian Interior Minister Octavio Salazar Miranda said Thursday that
>>> Peru has made arrangements with Interpol to extradite van der Sloot.
>>>
>>> Van der Sloot, 23, was traveling alone in a taxi near the Chilean central
>>> coastal city of Vina del Mar when he was detained, said Douglas Rodriguez,
>>> spokesman for the Chilean Investigative Police.
>>>
>>> Van der Sloot was transported Thursday afternoon to police headquarters
>>> in Santiago, Chile's capital.
>>>
>>> TV images showed him emerging from a black police SUV at the police
>>> station. His hair, which had been black in previous images, was red and worn
>>> in a close-cropped crew cut.
>>>
>>> In Peru, a wake was held Thursday in Lima for Flores, who was scheduled
>>> to be buried later in the day.
>>>
>>> An uncle of Natalee Holloway said he was saddened by the Flores family's
>>> loss.
>>> We are disappointed that Joran has been able to do this to another young
>>> girl," Paul Reynolds told CNN. "He was n

Re: [scifinoir2] McDonald's pulls cadmium-tainted 'Shrek' glasses - Yahoo! News

[Martin Baxter]

To my shock, these were made in America.

More reason to spit in the direction of the FDA and the CPSC. They care
about us so much...

On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 5:17 PM, Mr. Worf  wrote:

>
>
>
>
> McDonald's pulls cadmium-tainted 'Shrek' glasses - Yahoo! News
>
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100604/ap_on_he_me/us_cadmium_shrek
>
>
>  McDonald's pulls 12M cadmium-tainted Shrek glasses [image: AP]
> 
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Re: [scifinoir2] Chinese scientists create mini 'black hole'

[Martin Baxter]

WOW.

On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 5:32 PM, Mr. Worf  wrote:

>
>
> Chinese scientists create mini 'black hole'
>
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>
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>
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Re: [scifinoir2] show on creating synthetic life

[Martin Baxter]

Fell asleep on it, Mr Worf. Just Autotuned it for Sunday.

On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 7:57 PM, Mr. Worf  wrote:

>
>
> Did anyone watch the show on the science channel on this topic?
>
> --
> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
> Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
>  
>



-- 
"If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: 4-day school weeks gain popularity across US

[Martin Baxter]

IMO, Mr Worf, that that's the LAST thing we need. We're already lagging in
education. School weeks need to be upped to six days a week, for my two
cents' worth.

On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 9:56 PM, Mr. Worf  wrote:

>
>
>
>
>
>
> 4-day school weeks gain popularity across US
>
> By DORIE TURNER, Associated Press Writer
>
> Fri Jun 4, 9:16 am ET
>
> FORT VALLEY, Ga. – During the school year, Mondays in this rural Georgia
> community are for video games, trips to grandma's house and hanging out at
> the neighborhood community center.
>
> Don't bother showing up for school. The doors are locked and the lights are
> off.
>
> Peach County is one of more than 120 school districts across the country
> where students attend school just four days a week, a cost-saving tactic
> gaining popularity among cash-strapped districts struggling to make ends
> meet. The 4,000-student district started shaving a day off its weekly school
> calendar last year to help fill a $1 million budget shortfall.
>
> It was that or lay off 39 teachers the week before school started, said
> Superintendent Susan Clark.
>
> "We're treading water," Clark said as she stood outside the headquarters of
> her seven-school district. "There was nothing else for us to do."
>
> The results? Test scores went up.
>
> So did attendance — for both students and teachers. The district is
> spending one-third of what it once did on substitute teachers, Clark said.
>
> And the graduation rate likely will be more than 80 percent for the first
> time in years, Clark said.
>
> The four days that students are in school are slightly longer and more
> crowded with classes and activities. After school, students can get tutoring
> in subjects where they're struggling.
>
> On their off day, students who don't have other options attend "Monday
> care" at area churches and the local Boys & Girls Club, where tutors are
> also available to help with homework. The programs generally cost a few
> dollars a day per student.
>
>
>
>  
>



-- 
"If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik

Re: [scifinoir2] Just finished reading "Seige" #4

[Martin Baxter]

Planning a comics run next week, George. I'll check it out while I'm there.

On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 5:00 AM, George Arterberry <
brotherfromhow...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>
>
>
> Wow
>
>  
>



-- 
"If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell
wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik

[scifinoir2] Just finished reading "Seige" #4

[George Arterberry]

Wow


  

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: 4-day school weeks gain popularity across US

[Mr. Worf]

It could be that the kids were suffering from fatigue and so the extra day
off gave them a little extra time to recharge. The same effect happens with
adults that work 4 day weeks.

On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 11:04 PM, Keith Johnson wrote:

>
>
> Test scores went up? I have to wonder if longer days, a shorter week,and
> crowded classes will in the main keep yielding that result...
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Mr. Worf" 
> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, June 4, 2010 9:56:01 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: [scifinoir2] OT: 4-day school weeks gain popularity across US
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>   4-day school weeks gain popularity across US
>
> By DORIE TURNER, Associated Press Writer
>
> Fri Jun 4, 9:16 am ET
>
> FORT VALLEY, Ga. – During the school year, Mondays in this rural Georgia
> community are for video games, trips to grandma's house and hanging out at
> the neighborhood community center.
>
> Don't bother showing up for school. The doors are locked and the lights are
> off.
>
> Peach County is one of more than 120 school districts across the country
> where students attend school just four days a week, a cost-saving tactic
> gaining popularity among cash-strapped districts struggling to make ends
> meet. The 4,000-student district started shaving a day off its weekly school
> calendar last year to help fill a $1 million budget shortfall.
>
> It was that or lay off 39 teachers the week before school started, said
> Superintendent Susan Clark.
>
> "We're treading water," Clark said as she stood outside the headquarters of
> her seven-school district. "There was nothing else for us to do."
>
> The results? Test scores went up.
>
> So did attendance — for both students and teachers. The district is
> spending one-third of what it once did on substitute teachers, Clark said.
>
> And the graduation rate likely will be more than 80 percent for the first
> time in years, Clark said.
>
> The four days that students are in school are slightly longer and more
> crowded with classes and activities. After school, students can get tutoring
> in subjects where they're struggling.
>
> On their off day, students who don't have other options attend "Monday
> care" at area churches and the local Boys & Girls Club, where tutors are
> also available to help with homework. The programs generally cost a few
> dollars a day per student.
>
>
>
>
>
> 
>



-- 
Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/