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They Said What??? Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, Miley Cyrus & Elton John
Posted by Anthony Peoples in Uncategorized.	Tagged: Elton John, Glee, Hillary Clinton, Jane Lynch, Miley Cyrus, MTV, Olivia Newton-John, Robin Thicke, Russia, Sarah Palin, VMA.	Leave a comment
BARILLA PASTA CHAIRMAN GUIDO BARILLA
"I would never do [a commercial] with a homosexual couple, not for lack of respect but because we don't agree with them. Ours is a classic family where the woman plays a fundamental role… If [gays] don't like it, they can go eat another brand."
MORE BARILLA
"I have no respect for adoption by gay families because this concerns a person who is not able to choose. Everyone has a the right to do what they want without disturbing those around them."
"THE WASHINGTON TIMES" WRITER WESLEY PRUDEN
(speculating on Hillary Clinton's possible run for president in 2016): "Hillary would be 69 on Inauguration Day 2017, not particularly old for a man not out of sight of his prime, but a woman in public life is getting past her sell-by date at 69."
POSSIBLE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HILLARY CLINTON
(in an interview with my friend, Chicago journalist David Viggiano. David told her a Chicago bar wanted to create a "Hillary" cocktail): "I have been asked nearly everything but I have to tell you, David, nobody ever asked me that and I'm at a loss for words, which you know is not a common trait for me."
2008 VICE PRESIDENT WANNABE SARAH PALIN
"Open your eyes, America. When the full reality of Obamacare strikes home, we'll thank God that principled leaders like Ted Cruz and Mike Lee took a stand to stop it in its tracks. But the permanent political class is handwringing and howling that if there's a government shutdown the media will blame Republicans for it. Here's a little newsflash, GOP establishment: Whenever anything bad happens, the media blames Republicans for it. That's not an excuse to roll over and play dead."
POP ICON ELTON JOHN
(on his decision to perform in Moscow, Russia, this December despite the country's anti-gay laws): "I'm aware of the situation and I will be diplomatic. I'm not going to go into Russia and tell [Vladimir Putin] to go to hell and things like that. That's not the way things are done. You chip away at something, and you hope there will be dialogue and that the situation can get better. You don't just go in there with guns blazing and say, 'Well, to hell with you.' Because they're going to say, 'To hell with you, and get out of the country.' That's not going to solve anything."
"GLEE" STAR JANE LYNCH
(about her 1970s crush on "Grease" star Olivia Newton-John): "She was it for me. I just loved her — I named my dog after her. My dog's name is Olivia. I had a big lesbo crush on her, and I named my dog after her."
SINGER MILEY CYRUS
(about allegations that her controversial VMA performance with Robin Thicke was "racist" because of her black back-up dancers): "I don't keep my producers or dancers around 'cause it makes me look cool. Those aren't my 'accessories.' They're my homies."
MORE CYRUS
"I'm from one of the wealthiest counties in America. I know what I am. But I also know what I like to listen to. Look at any 20-year-old white girl right now — that's what they're listening to at the club. It's 2013. The gays are getting married, we're all collaborating. I would never think about the color of my dancers, like, 'Ooh, that might be controversial.' "
EVEN MORE CYRUS
"America is just so weird in what they think is right and wrong. Like, I was watching Breaking Bad the other day, and they were cooking meth. I could literally cook meth because of that show. It's a how-to. And then they bleeped out the word 'f—.' And I'm like, really? They killed a guy, and disintegrated his body in acid, but you're not allowed to say 'f—'? It's like when they bleeped 'molly' at the VMAs. Look what I'm doing up here right now, and you're going to bleep out 'molly'? Whatever."
Random Friday Thoughts — September 27, 2013
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It's Friday and this is my first blog of the fall season. Happy Autumn!
Miss Betty was here last weekend and this weekend, it's just me and Ray. I really wanted to go to Chicago to see the Pet Shop Boys in concert, but that didn't work out. So, we're planning on going to a few yard sales before the rain Saturday and then do a double feature at the movies!
I hope you have a great weekend and I appreciate you checking out my random thoughts.
SUMMER'S LAST HURRAH –SORTA!
Last Friday, the second to last full day of summer, I was shocked to see this weather observation from Monticello, Iowa, which is about 80 miles northwest of the Quad Cities.
While that 129° reading would have beat the old Iowa state record of 118°, what is even more incredible is the dew point of 127°, which is not even achievable on Earth. The combination of the temperature and the dew point produced a heat index of 459°!!!!!
The weather sensor at the airport there is now corrected!
THIS MAKES ME SMILE
Former First Lady Laura Bush and her daughter, Barbara, are supporters of marriage equality. However, that support ends with her husband, George W. Bush, the 43rd U.S. President. At least that was his opinion in 2004 since he won't comment on the subject today.
However, this past weekend, his father, George H.W. Bush, the 41st U.S. President, was an official witness at the same-sex wedding of two longtime friends, Bonnie Clement and Helen Thorgalsen in Kennebunk, Maine.
I love how he rocks the one red and one blue sock! And, Barbara looks very happy at the ceremony.
This gives me hope!
Sadly, the next two thoughts are more about despair!
NOT EVERYONE THINKS RUSSIA IS WRONG
Six American organizations have joined a worldwide coalition of more than 100 conservative groups that are behind Russia's anti-gay legislation. One of those groups, World Congress of Families, is located right here in northern Illinois, in Rockford.
Larry Jacobs, the managing editor of the organization, says, "Even the U.S. Centers for Disease Control has shown that sexually transmitted diseases, drug use and suicide rates are significantly higher among what it discreetly calls a 'sexual minority.' CDC data also demonstrates that there is much greater health risks among teenagers who practice homosexuality than those who do not engage in homosexual behavior."
Jacobs adds, "All the law does is to prohibit advocacy aimed at involving minors in a lifestyle that would imperil their physical and moral health."
Sadly, I'm more concerned with the lies, the close-minded attitudes, and the "family values" he's teaching his own children!
WHO OWNS THE RAINBOW?
Scott Lively, who runs Abiding Truth Ministries, a church dedicated to combating "the homosexual agenda" in Springfield, Massachusetts, is a staunch supporter of Russian President Vladimir Putin's calling him "the defender of Christian civilization". (Maybe Lively should move to Russia to show his love!)
Recently, Lively made a recommendation to Russian Olympic officials to fly a rainbow banner over the games to steal the thunder of gay activists that plan on rainbow-bombing the games. His reasoning? To show "the global homosexual movement" that "the rainbow belongs to God"!
Really? What is he going to tell me next? That God doesn't want to share unicorns with the LGBT community either?
ROSIE HAS A VALID POINT
And, I have one more thought in this arena before I move on to happier topics.
Over the years, I've been indifferent about out lesbian actress and former talk show host, Rosie O'Donnell. While I loved her on "Nip/Tuck" as Dawn Budge, she definitely could get under my skin with some of her comments.
I've never thought of her as a spokesperson for the entire gay community, just as my comments are likely not supported by all in the LGBT community,. However, I admire the fact that she speaks out.
O'Donnell recently said this about the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics and it got me to rethinking my thoughts about supporting a boycott.
She says, "I have really mixed feelings about it. Part of me feels yes, we should boycott it. And part of me feels trepidation about all those athletes, some of whom are gay, who have spent their entire lives waiting for this moment that only comes once every four years. Would it be better if America went there and everyone wore a rainbow flag on their arms? I don't know. It's a very tough decision. You know, when I hear those stories about what's going on in Russia, you know, we have to remind ourselves of the amount of gay bashing that happens in our country. Although ours is not sanctioned by the president — you know, Putin seems to be very pro-gay-bashing — it still occurs in our country at a rate that is shameful."
Great point about the gay bashing that takes place here at home!
CHER FINALLY MAKES BIG ANNOUNCEMENT
This has been a very big week for Cher. Yes, that Cher!
The 67-year-old entertainment icon released "Closer To The Truth", her first new studio album in almost twelve years ("Living Proof" came out in late 2001) and she announced the dates of her "Dressed To Kill" tour that kicks off in the spring.
Her last road trip, the "Farewell Tour" ended in 2005 after playing 325 dates in twenty countries over three years.
The "Dressed To Kill" tour kicks off in March 2014 in Phoenix, Arizona, and will hit 49 cities wrapping up about four months later in San Diego, California.
Earlier in the week, she performed on the "Today" show and said, "The road is horrible, but the concerts are great. I understand why guys in bands tear up hotel rooms and throw TVs out the windows, because it's a very lonely place. The only time you have fun is at the concerts."
If you live in the Midwest, she'll be playing in St. Louis, MO (June 4), Milwaukee, WI (June 6), Chicago, IL (June 7), Des Moines, IA (June 9), and Minneapolis, MN (June 11).
The first single from the new album, "Woman's World" didn't get mainstream radio airplay, but it became her latest #1 hit on the Billboard Dance chart.
Des Moines, here we come!
This past Sunday night, "Behind The Candelabra", Stephen Soderbergh's HBO movie based on the life of flamboyant pianist Liberace won an incredible, record-tying eleven awards for Outstanding Miniseries or Movie at the Primetime Emmys. "Eleanor and Franklin", in 1976, also won eleven Emmys.
Oscar winner Michael Douglas also picked up the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie playing Liberace beating out his co-star, Matt Damon, who played Liberace's much younger lover, Scott Thorson.
The movie covers the last ten years of Liberace's life and the ups-and-downs of the couple's relationship. The movie is based on Thorson's book, "Behind The Candelabra: My Life With Liberace", which was published after the entertainer's death in 1987 of AIDS-related complications.
With that being said, it does paint Liberace in more of a negative light and Thorson as an innocent teenager that was taken in and controlled by the entertainer, who was in his 50s when their relationship started.
I mentioned "innocent", when talking about Thorson, because he's had many run-ins with the law including an arrest earlier this year in Reno, Nevada, for burglary and using a credit card without consent.
As I watched the movie, I kept that in mind and told myself that Liberace ("Lee") probably wasn't as mean as he was portrayed in the movie. Instead, I marveled at how Douglas disappeared in the role as the over-the-top piano man.
"Behind The Candelabra" also picked up Emmys for Outstanding Costumes, Hairstyling, Makeup (Non-Prosthetic), and Prosthetic Makeup.
It was incredible how the makeup artists made Damon, who's in his early-40s, look like a teenager when he met Liberace. Also, sexy Rob Lowe was almost unrecognizable as Liberace and Scott's plastic surgeon.
Everything was lavish and over-the-top. The $23 million movie that was finally picked up by HBO Films because Hollywood movie companies said it was "too gay" to gamble on was a fabulous two hours of entertainment.
It just saddens me that Liberace lived in an era (not so much different from today for some lead actors) where he had to pretend to be straight and that he just hadn't found the right woman for him to settle down and marry.
Gay? No way! Who would have even imagined such a thought? But, seriously, showmanship and acting can only get you so far. 🙂
VEGAS REGRET
When I was in Las Vegas in 1993, the Liberace Museum was still opened. I wanted to visit it, but my friend that I was traveling with, Dennis, did not want to see it. Now, I regret not venturing out on my own to check it out. The museum, which opened in 1979, closed in the fall of 2010.
I'm hoping with the success of the HBO movie that someone will re-open it in 2014 when we're there to see Britney "It's Britney, bitch" Spears!
We're just days away from our two-year wedding anniversary.
While Ray and I have been together going on five years, we made it official on September 30, 2011, in Davenport, Iowa, in a small ceremony attended by Gretel, our now 12-year-old daughter, my sister, Tammy, Ray's sister, Cindy, and Betty, the woman I call "Mom".
Here is the video I put together of our first three years together. I posted this the day we made the announcement that we had gotten married.
The song is "So Good Together" by Reba.
The following day, October 1, 2011, we created the most beautiful majestic, magical reception in our backyard.
The song in this reception video is "In This Life" by Bette Midler. The photographer was Jenny Butler Hipskind.
Happy Anniversary Ray! Here's to many more years together!
While the duo, Quadron, has only charted in their native country of Denmark, I love their recent song, "Hey Love".
Singer Coco O (Coco Maja Hastrup Karshøj) and musician/producer Robin Hannibal released their self-titled debut album in 2009 and it made "New York" magazine's top ten album list that year.
They've had a big summer. Coco O recorded "Where The Wind Blows" for "The Great Gatsby" soundtrack and the duo's second album, "Avalanche", reached #3 after its May release in Denmark. The album also peaked at #16 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop album chart in the U.S.
The first single, "Hey Love", peaked at #8 on the Danish Charts.
MOVIE DOUBLE FEATURE THIS WEEKEND
This weekend, we plan on seeing "Prisoners" and "Don Jon".
You gotta love Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhall, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt!
PEEPS' '80s FRIDAY FLASHBACK
Daryl Hall and John Oates met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania back in 1967 and released their first album in 1972, but it didn't make the Billboard charts.
Their first single, "She's Gone" peaked at #60 in 1974. However, from their first Top 40 hit, "Sara Smile" (#4, 1976) to their last, "So Close (#11, 1990), they scored 29 Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100.
Of those, 16 reached the Top Ten, 11 made the Top Five, and 6 topped the chart: "Rich Girl" (1977), "Kiss On My List" (1981), "Private Eyes" (1981), "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)" (1982), "Maneater" (1982), and "Out Of Touch" (1984).
I love Hall & Oates and one of my favorite songs from the duo is from the "Voices" album. "You Make My Dreams" reached #5 in 1981.
That's enough random thoughts, insanity, and fun for one week. I should stop before my head starts hurting. Here's to the weekend!
They Said What??? James Franco, Britney Spears, & Elton John
Posted by Anthony Peoples in Uncategorized.	Tagged: Britney Spears, Elton John, Fox News, James Franco, Lady Gaga, Lorde, Miley Cyrus, Robin Thicke, Rosie O'Donnell.	Leave a comment
ACTRESS ROSIE O'DONNELL
(talking about Fox News' coverage of last week's Navy Yard shooting in Washington D.C.): "They were talking about mental illness. It's funny how all of these conservative Republicans are suddenly so concerned about the mentally ill. Not that they're doing anything legislatively in order to help the mentally ill. Not that they're going to fund programs or, you know, get different housing — nobody wants to help, they just want to blame on someone else. There have been 19 shootings since Obama took office — 19. That's shocking and it's embarrassing. As a nation and a culture we need to do something."
(about Lady Gaga): "I'd like to be able to talk to her right now, but I can't get through to her. And there are times when you have to listen. When your persona begins to take over your music and becomes more important, you enter a dangerous place. Once you have people around you who don't question you, you're in a dangerous place."
POP STAR BRITNEY SPEARS
(on Miley's VMA performance): "I think any time you do a performance that is memorable, you're going to have criticism. I think she's doing her thing, being herself. So I give props to her."
"BLURRED LINES" SINGER ROBIN THICKE
(about his controversial VMA performance with Miley Cyrus): "We knew what we were getting ourselves into. We're entertainers, and the VMAs is the perfect place for a little shock and awe. Yeah, we kind of knew when we were in rehearsal. … We were like, 'OK, if you touch me with your foam finger all over my crotch, obviously a few people are going to have something to say about this.' But that was the whole point. I mean, the whole point was to excite and provoke and entertain."
MORE THICKE
"I thought it was silly and funny. She was being humorous and naughty. But it wasn't sexually charged at all," he said. "That's who she is and that's how she likes to dance. And she was just being herself and I was just being myself."
"ROYALS" SINGER LORDE
"I'm not a social outcast or anything. I've got friends. But I feel like I'm definitely an observer in social situations — I like to listen, and figure out what's being said and what's happening. I can't just go to a party and not be thinking, 'I'm at a party, I'm doing this, what does this mean,' you know? I'm always breaking it down. It annoys my friends too — they're like, 'Just chill out! Have some fun.' And I'm like, 'Oh, God… okay."
OSCAR NOMINEE ACTOR JAMES FRANCO
"I don't even care if people think I'm gay, so it was like, 'Awesome!' I mean, I wish I was. … I wish I was gay."
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The weekend is almost here. I hope you have a great one since the weather in the Quad Cities is going to be ideal — plenty of sunshine and highs in the 70s!
Here are my random thoughts for this week.
ONE ICON SAYS "NO", ONE SAYS "YES" TO RUSSIA
As you've probably heard in the news and from reading my blogs, there is increasing pressure for a boycott of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, because of the country's homophobia and recent anti-gay laws.
Pop and gay icon, Cher recently declined an invitation to open the Olympics show.
Cher, whose new album, "Closer To The Truth" comes out next week says, "I can't name names but my friend called who is a big oligarch over there, and asked me if I'd like to be an ambassador for the Olympics and open the show. I immediately said no. I want to know why all of this gay hate just exploded over there. He said the Russian people don't feel the way the government does."
Meanwhile, Elton John says he has to think of the LGBT people living in Russia and that his December concert in Moscow must go on.
Elton says, "I've got to go. And I've got to think about what I'm going to say very carefully. There's two avenues of thought: Do you stop everyone going, ban all the artists coming in from Russia? But then you're really leaving the men and women who are gay and suffering under the anti-gay laws in an isolated situation. As a gay man, I can't leave those people on their own without going over there and supporting them. I don't know what's going to happen, but I've got to go."
MARRIAGE EQUALITY, THE BIBLE, & RELIGION
Kevin Rudd, the Former Prime Minister of Australia, had an interesting debate with a pastor during his re-election campaign. While Rudd lost the election, he would definitely have gotten my vote. This is priceless!
SAYING GOODBYE IS NEVER EASY
This weekend, millions will say goodbye to one of America's favorite vigilante serial killers! For me, that goodbye will come in early November when the eighth and final season of "Dexter" arrives on DVD.
As the series wraps up, star Michael C. Hall gives this hint as to what to expect, "Dexter, at different points over the life of the show, found himself entertaining the idea that he could be rehabilitated, that he could live a life that isn't primarily in service of his Dark Passenger. … But things have happened that have taught him at least temporarily, and maybe more permanently, that that's not a possibility."
So, my friends, please don't share with me any details of the finale. I still have to wait another month or so!
And, sadly, I'll have to say goodbye to one of my biggest television crushes — Dexter and Michael C. Hall!
On a brighter note, I'll always have Paris, I mean, all eight seasons of "Dexter" on DVD! 🙂
"UNDER THE DOME" SEASON FINALE — UNDERWHELMED ME
After an incredible season, the summer's most watched new series, "Under The Dome" limped through the final minutes of the first season's finale.
While a few answers were provided, there was no "OMG" gasp to keep me hanging on until next summer. What happened!!!!!!!
"The pink stars are falling; the pink stars are falling in line" until next summer!
A QUIET FALL
The new fall season is rolling out on network television. While I'll have to wait until next year to see the new seasons of "The Walking Dead" and "American Horror Story: Coven" on DVD, I won't be investing too much time on new shows.
Last fall, I didn't watch too many debut shows. I started "Nashville" and "Elementary", but I missed a few episodes here and there. I plan on going back and catching up on those two.
I also watched "Malibu Country" with Reba on ABC, but it was cancelled after the first season. As much as I love Reba, it was not as funny as her WB/CW series, "Reba" from 2001-2007, outside of Reba and Lily Tomlin, who played her mother.
While it wasn't the fall season, I loved "The Following" and "Hannibal" earlier this year.
This season, there are only three shows that I'm trying out.
Tuesday night, I watched "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (ABC) with Andy Samberg and Andre Braugher and it was enjoyable and kept me entertained. I'll definitely be watching the second episode.
However, watching the last few minutes of its lead-in, "Dads", the new Seth MacFarlane show, was painful. I don't want to call it a comedy because it wasn't funny!
On Thursday, September 26th, I plan on checking out "The Crazy Ones" (CBS). This will mark Robin Williams' first series-regular role on television since 1982! It also stars Sarah Michelle Gellar. Even if turns out to be a painful 30 minutes, James Wolk will be good eye candy!
But, the show that excites me the most is "Hostages" (CBS).
It stars Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning actress Toni Collette, who'll always be Muriel Heslop ("You're terrible Muriel") from "Muriel's Wedding" to me. Golden Globe winner Dylan McDermott also stars.
McDermott plays Duncan Carlisle, a rogue FBI agent that takes Ellen Sanders, a doctor who will be performing surgery on the President of the United States, and her family hostage. She's told that she has to assassinate the President or her family dies!
"Hostages" debuts on CBS Monday night, September 23rd.
While I still have Ray's big 50th birthday European cruise on the Danube River coming up in October and maybe a trip back home in early December to eat at my favorite restaurant, Patti's 1880s, it's not too early to be thinking of 2014.
Gretel want to go to Las Vegas and after an announcement this past Tuesday, I'm all for it.
Britney Spears just announced a two-year, $30 million deal to play 50 shows a year at Planet Hollywood!
So far, only the first 16 dates have been announced and it doesn't cover Gretel's spring break yet.
The 90-minute show makes its debut on December 27th and Britney says it'll be a combination of club meeting theater. I saw Britney in concert in the summer of 2011 on the "Femme Fatale" tour in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and she was fantastic.
Okay, this is a no-brainer. "Work Bitch" is the first single from the upcoming unnamed Britney Spears album coming December 3rd.
The song was released earlier this week.
"You wanna live fancy? Live in a big mansion? Party in France? You better work, bitch."
DARREN CRISS IS NOT ONLY CUTE, BUT WISE!
So, does my love of Britney mean that Darren Criss (Blaine Anderson on "Glee") is a wise man?
Recently, in "Out" magazine, he commented about his fan base, "The funny thing is that—I'd say that older gay men are basically the same as 16-year-old girls. It all gets lost in the wash. Neither one is any crazier than the other."
Have I reminded you lately that Darren touched my hand at the "Glee" concert a couple of years ago in Rosemont, Illinois? He's so adorable, but remember I'm crazy and crazy about Britney. "Work Bitch"!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TAMMY
Next week, my sister, Tammy, celebrates her birthday on September 24th.
She moved here two years ago and we got to celebrate her birthday together for the first time in about twenty years.
She's already picked Olive Garden for her birthday meal this year!
Happy Birthday, little sister!
BETTY IS VISITING
Betty, otherwise known as "Mom" arrived yesterday from Ohio to visit us until Monday.
However, it wasn't as simple as driving to the airport in Cleveland (90 minutes for Betty), flying to Chicago, and then to Moline.
Because of early morning storms in Chicago, flights heading to O'Hare were grounded until early afternoon. She sat at the airport in Cleveland from 6 a.m. until noon and they finally took off and arrived at 1 p.m. Since she was flying no-revenue, standby, it was a long shot that there would be an open seat for her to Moline.
It's a good thing that I drove the three hours to Chicago to pick her up Thursday afternoon, because all afternoon flights to the Quad Cities from Chicago were cancelled. While she made here safely at 7 p.m. Thursday, her luggage is still M.I.A.
We'll likely get it today when flights resume. On a happier note, since she celebrated her 70th birthday late last month, we'll be taking her to Osaka Buffet for lunch this weekend, since it's one of her favorite places in the Quad Cities. For the record, it's one of my favorites and Gretel.
We'll also hit the casinos for her to win a fortune and I hope the machines are loose for me, too. I plan on giving up on the casinos after this weekend!
Since I talked about Cher earlier in the blog, why not flashback to the 1980s with her.
Cher had 11 Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 from 1964-1972 as part of the duo, Sonny & Cher, with her ex-husband, Sonny including the 1965 #1 smash, "I Got You Babe".
However, she had more success as a solo artist. From her first Top 40 hit in 1965 to her last Top 40 entry on the Hot 100 in 1999 with "Believe", Cher scored 22 solo Top 40 hits with 12 of them reaching the Top Ten, and four making it all the way to the top of the charts: "Gypsys, Tramps, & Thieves", "Half-Breed", and "Dark Lady" all in the early-1970s and then "Believe" in 1999.
Today, I'm featuring one of my favorite Cher songs (there's so many to choose from!). "We All Sleep Alone" reached #14 on the Hot 100 in 1988.
It's a "Woman's World" according to Cher's recent #1 Billboard Dance chart hit and I'm happy to be a part of it.
SUPERMODEL (YOU BETTER WORK)
Since I featured Britney's new song, "Work Bitch" earlier in my blog, I'll close out my blog on a happy, fun note from 1993 with a song that may have inspired Brit Brit.
RuPaul Andre Charles was a struggling musician and filmmaker in Atlanta in the 1980s, but gained national attention as a dancer in the B-52's "Love Shack" video. You couldn't miss him unless you were looking for a very tall bald black man.
RuPaul stormed onto the pop culture scene in the summer of 1993 when "Supermodel (You Better Work) reached #2 on the Billboard Dance chart and #45 on the Billboard Hot 100.
While it wasn't a huge radio hit, the song was played prominently in MTV's video rotation back when they played videos! And, it was one of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain's favorite songs that year and the two of them (with his family) hung out together at the MTV Video Music Awards!
Sashay! Shantay! Shantay! Shantay! You better work and have a great weekend.
Thank you for checking out my random thoughts this week.
They Said What??? Anthony Weiner, Snooki, & Lady Gaga
Posted by Anthony Peoples in Uncategorized.	Tagged: Anthony Weiner, Chloe Grace Moretz, Chuck Norris, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lady Gaga, Madonna, Miley Cyrus, Syria, Vince Gill, Westboro Baptist Church.	Leave a comment
SCANDAL-RIDDEN NEW YORK CITY CANDIDATE ANTHONY WEINER
(on "Today" program getting fed up with constant questions about his wife): "She is my wife, I love her deeply, but I'm the candidate. I know there might be somewhere out there in Davenport, Iowa, someone who cares about my wife, but citizens of New York want to talk about their future, and so do I."
"JERSEY SHORE" ALUMNI NICOLE "SNOOKI" POLIZZI
(responding to negative comments about her looking sickly after loosing 50 pounds): "People are jerks. I don't look emaciated. I look healthy! My arms still jiggle when I wave! I'm 4-foot-9, which is the size of a third-grader. So, weighing 96 pounds is normal for me."
COUNTRY SINGER VINCE GILL
(confronting protesters from the Westboro Baptist Church outside his concert): "I just came to see what hate looked like."
FEMALE WBC PROTESTER
"Vince Gill, what in the world are you doing out here? More importantly, what are you doing with another man's wife? Don't you know that divorce plus remarriage equals adultery?"
MORE VINCE GILL
(responding to that woman protester): "Don't you know that you f—ers are lucky that you don't have a sign that says something about my wife? (Woman says, "Jesus Christ said it.") "Do you know what else he said. He said a lot of stuff about forgiveness, about grace. You guys don't have any of it."
ACTOR JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT
(on gay rumors): "That would be really tacky — they would win if I had to clarify."
"CARRIE" & "KICK ASS" STAR CHLOE GRACE MORETZ
"I have two gay brothers and two straight brothers, and my gay brothers were treated horrifically until they grew up and understood how to deal with it. I will delete you and I will block you, and you will not be a part of my life if you ever say anything bad about my brothers."
(on why she blocked "The Greatest Thing", a duet with Cher that was supposed to be on Cher's new album): "I have so much respect for Cher and I love Cher so much that when we do a duet that we release, I wanted it to be something that was really really special and… we just didn't have time to work on it together… We recorded it (separately)… and I wrote the song a long time ago."
MORE GAGA
To be fair, if I was writing a song for Cher now, I would want to hear her album and I want to know where she is in her life. I would want to talk to her about where's she is going musically, and I didn't get to do any of those things. So I didn't want to put out something that wasn't up to par with what Cher has put out before. It's not really about me, it's more about her. Because it's Cher!"
ACTOR CHUCK NORRIS
"The fact is, if the U.S. bombs Syria, we are playing right into Assad's hands by fueling his very motivation and mission for dropping the chemical weapons in the first place: to increase Syrian support from its allies and anti-American sentiment in the global community and particularly the Middle East. If I were one of our U.S. lawmakers, I would emphatically tell the president: Quit taking the bait! If all the chemical weapon evidence points straight to Assad's front door, that doesn't mean we check in our brains at the door of war and bow down to a Middle East dictator's mindset."
POP ICON MADONNA
"U.S. stay out of Syria! For fuck humanity's sake."
EVEN MORE LADY GAGA
(about Miley Cyrus): "I just think everyone needs to lighten up and leave her alone. It's pop music. Everyone's entitled to their own artistic expression, and if you have a problem with it, just change the channel. I just don't understand the incessant need to go on and on about hating things all the time … She's 20 years old, and if anything I give her props, you know. She's growing up in front of the entire world."
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It's been a long six-day work week for me since I'm working strange hours — the evening shift. There are two sides to the coin on this one. It means that I've gotten to sleep in past 1 a.m. this week. But, it also means that I'm been working to almost 11 p.m. or midnight (last Sunday because of the women's U.S. Open tennis final).
I hope you have fun plans for the weekend. Since the weather is going to be absolutely fantastic: cooler temperatures and a decent chance of rain Sunday, I'm going to make soup today!
Liquid gold after the 36 consecutive days with no measurable rain at the Quad City International Airport in Moline, Illinois.
SATURDAY MORNING UPDATE: More than one-half of inch of rain could fall in the Quad Cities late Saturday night and Sunday!
Here are my random thoughts for this week!
I DON'T FEEL THAT I'M HYPOCRITICAL
In last week's blog, I criticized some idiots in Tucson, Arizona, that are asking for a recall of a school council member (and several others). I could care less that they're wanting a recall. However, they're attacking one of the men because he's gay and even implied that he wasn't "a REAL man" because of that!
In teasing what I was talking about in my random blog on Facebook, I wrote "Remind me not to go to Arizona".
This prompted a former co-worker of mine now living there to write this to me, "Nice to see you're making judgements about an entire state by the actions of a few. I don't find anything hypocritical in that at all. I love you Anthony, but I think you're wrong to condemn an entire state for that one story."
This got me to thinking about whether I was being hypocritical? I know that there are good people in Arizona, but I was talking about a certain group of people and not everyone in Tucson or Arizona. However, I don't feel that I'm hypocritical if I don't want to go to Arizona because of that and the governor that I referenced in the story.
In the past, I've talked about the anti-gay laws and gay bashing in Russia, Uganda wanting to make "kill the gays" a law, and Chick-fil-A COO Dan Cathy giving money to anti-gay organizations. Because of that, I don't want to visit Russia, Uganda, or Chick-fil-A, even if there are nice people in Russia and Uganda and LGBT employees or supporters at some Chick-fil-A stores.
I don't think that makes me a hypocrite!
SPEAKING OF RUSSIA AND I DON'T EVEN HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING MORE…
Alexei Zhuravlev, a member of the Russian Parliament, plans to introduce a bill that would prevent gay parents from getting custody of their children. He adds that if a single mother was found to be gay, she should lose custody of her child and he'd rather see the child go to an orphanage!
Zhuravlev says, "Homosexuals must not raise children. They corrupt them. They do them much more harm than if the child were in an orphanage. I am deeply convinced of this."
So sad!
WE NEED OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN NEXT YEAR
Did you attend the Riverfront Pops concert with the Quad City Symphony Orchestra and the music of Michael Jackson last weekend?
The symphony was amazing and the singer's voice was incredible.
While I loved the music, I thought the show was too chatty and it zapped the energy for me. I loved the music of ABBA much more last year.
This was only my second Riverfront Pops concert and I plan on making it an annual tradition. Since we're talking about the Quad City Symphony, I've never attended the Holiday Pops concert to kick off the Christmas season. However, I want to see this year's show with Debby Boone ("You Light Up My Life") as the featured guest vocalist.
Since I'm a planner, I have a suggestion for the planning committee for next year's Riverfront Pops — Olivia Newton-John.
She is an award-winning actress and singer that has been charting hit singles for more than forty years. She was a hit at last year's Northalsted Market Days in Chicago and she has performed with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in Australia.
Organizers, please contact Olivia now and make this happen! 🙂
IT'S NOT TOO EARLY TO THINK ABOUT CHRISTMAS
There may be 103 days left to Christmas, but for fans of 1980s synthpop music, the holiday season arrives on November 12th this year.
Erasure will release its first holiday collection, "Snow Globe".
The album will feature a collection of original songs and seasonal classics. The first single, "Gaudete", is the duo's take on a Medieval Latin carol, which was also a folk hit four decades ago for Steeleye Span.
Vince Clarke says of Andy Bell, "I haven't actually heard him sing better. And, Andy adds this about the recording sessions, "I found my inner choirboy again. I thought I'd lost him but he was there all along."
I can't wait to deck the halls this year to Erasure's sounds of Christmas.
And, since I'm talking about Christmas, I'm also excited about two other Christmas collections this fall: "A Mary Christmas" by Mary J. Blige (October 15), produced by the legendary David Foster and featuring a duet with Barbra Streisand and "Wrapped in Red" by Kelly Clarkson (October 29), with Reba McEntire and Trisha Yearwood joining Kelly on "Silent Night".
The countdown is on to next Tuesday morning when Britney Spears is set to make a major announcement.
For weeks now, a countdown clock has been ticking away on her website. Is it the big reveal to her Las Vegas Planet Hollywood residency rumored to be coming this fall? Or, will "Work Bitch", the first single from her eighth studio album coming out this fall, hit radio Tuesday?
Last weekend, she released this hot picture from her video shoot in the desert.
And, could the biggest supermodel of the world be involved in the project?
Whatever it is, I can't wait. But, just like fans across the world, I'm counting down to next Tuesday!
This week marks the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the United States.
Almost three thousand people died that day and more than six thousand others were injured in the hijackings and crashing of four planes in less than a two-hour period.
I was living in Ohio at the time. Since I was filling in for the evening meteorologist, all morning I watched the coverage and thought, "how could this be happening?".
That evening, we cut away from the national coverage and at the top of the 11pm newscast, I was "live" at a gas station covering the speculation that gas prices would skyrocket in the days to follow. Minutes later, I was back at the station presenting weather on the green screen!?!?!?! Strange producing without a doubt.
ANOTHER SOLEMN ANNIVERSARY
From 1981-2009, almost 30 million people died of AIDS. In 2010, there were about 1.8 million deaths from AIDS, which was down from about 2.2 million in 2005. And, as of 2011, it was estimated that there are 34 million people worldwide that are HIV-positive.
Those are some staggering numbers. The bottom line is that HIV and AIDS are still major concerns and neither are not going away anytime soon regardless of the advancements in medication and treatment.
On September 11, 1993, one of the best movies about the AIDS epidemic, "And The Band Played On" premiered on HBO.
The $8 million production featured an all-star cast including Matthew Modine, Alan Alda, Ian McKellen, Richard Gere, Lily Tomlin, Steve Martin, Phil Collins, B.D. Wong, Anjelica Huston, and Glenne Headly. It earned 14 Emmy nominations and won three awards.
The book from which the movie was based, "And The Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic", was written by Randy Shilts, who was born in Davenport, Iowa in 1951.
Shilts found out he was HIV-positive in March 1987, but he didn't publicly reveal he had AIDS until shortly before his death in February 1994. He was 42.
If you ever want to watch a comprehensive, heart touching, and entertaining lesson of the early years and history of AIDS, you have to see "And The Band Played On" and "Longtime Companion" (1990). (You might even be able to find the entire movie on YouTube!)
A HAPPIER ANNIVERSARY
It was twenty years ago this week that "The X-Files" made its debut on Fox, on September 10, 1993.
12 million people tuned in that night to see FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully explore and try to explain the paranormal and the conspiracy to cover up an alien invasion and the existence of extraterrestrials.
It made David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson stars.
When the fifth season kicked off in November 1997, more than 27.3 million people tuned in!
It's still one of my favorite series of all time. Although I've already watched it, I'm watching the series again with Ray, who never saw it. We're now into the sixth of nine seasons.
Happy Anniversary, "The X-Files".
CRAZY ASS PICK HIT OF THE WEEK
Sometimes, I pick mainstream songs and video to showcase.
This week, it's a song that is so far out there (try Norway) from a couple of brothers, Bard and Vegard Ylvisaker, who have a variety show called "Ylvis".
They premiered "The Fox", an electronic psuedo-parody last week and it was viewed 22.8 million times in just over a week!
The YouTube play, along with more than 71 million shares, was enough for the song to debut on the Billboard Hot 100 at #29! And, a few radio stations are beginning to play it. Check this out and then tell me that can forget it! 🙂
The English band, the Human League scored six Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States from 1981 to 1995.
Of the six, three reached the Top Ten: "Don't You Want Me" (#1, 1982), "(Keep Feeling) Fascination (#8, 1983), and "Human" (#1, 1986).
"Don't You Want Me" was their first American hit and it spent three weeks at #1 on the Hot 100 during my senior year of high school, 1982.
I finally got to see them in concert at Market Days in Chicago about ten years ago. They were amazing!
THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK
Earlier this week, Ray and I finished season three of "The Walking Dead". It was absolutely incredible and mind-blowing! So, "Dead" fans, we're used to the undead being referred to as "walkers". What did you think of the Governor and residents of Woodbury calling them "biters"? It grew on me and I like both references.
We're going to finish season six of "The X-Files" and then take a break and finish out seasons four and five of "Fringe".
I hope you all have a fantastic weekend and thank you for checking out my random thoughts.
They Said What??? Vladimir Putin, Dan Savage, & Pharrell Williams
Posted by Anthony Peoples in Uncategorized.	Tagged: Dan Savage, Michael Jackson, Pharrell Williams, Russia, Vladimir Putin.	Leave a comment
"SWEET CAKES BY MELISSA" CO-OWNER MELISSA KLEIN
(This Portland, Oregon bakery closed its store after refusing to make a cake for a lesbian couple because it violated their religion): "It's "definitely not discrimination at all."
MORE FROM KLEIN
"We don't have anything against lesbians or homosexuals. It has to do with our morals and beliefs. It's so frustrating because we went through all of this in January, when it all came out."
"BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR" DIRECTOR ABDELLATIF KECHICHE
(to star Lea Seydoux at a Los Angeles press conference after she described making the movie as "horrible" days earlier): "How indecent to talk about pain when doing one of the best jobs in the world. The orderlies suffer, the unemployed suffer, construction workers could talk about suffering. How, when you are adored, when you go up on red carpet, when we receive awards, how we can speak of suffering?"
ACTRESS LEA SEYDOUX
(breaking down in tears and responding to Kechiche): "I have given a year of my life to this film. I had no life during this shoot. I gave everything. I have not criticized the director. I … I'm just complaining about [his] technique. It was my dream to work with him because, in France, he is one of the best directors. My family has never helped me. Let's stop talking about privileges."
SINGER PHARRELL WILLIAMS
(who sang on two of this summer's biggest hits, "Blurred Lines" and "Get Lucky" on being compared to Michael Jackson): "That's, like, incredibly generous and kind and overreaching. That's hard for me to process. I could never dance like him. He had everything… He kind of lived with no time… I've not met many people like that, who don't perceive parameters."
MORE WILLIAMS
(on Jackson): "Sometimes they go too far and off the deep end but Michael was teetering on that line of genius and insanity and you've never seen anyone walking that tightrope for so long and he did. That man was a special one."
SEX COLUMNIST & ACTIVIST DAN SAVAGE
"There are more kids out there who need parents than there are parents to take care of those kids. Kids are a whole helluva lot safer with their same-sex parents than they are with a Catholic priest."
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN
(responding to his country's new anti-gay laws): "I assure you that I work with these people, I sometimes award them with state prizes or decorations for their achievements in various fields. We have absolutely normal relations, and I don't see anything out of the ordinary here."


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Q: Setup Google test in CLion I have been sitting online for hours already trying to setup Google test on Clion in Linux but have not been able to find anything.
Can someone guide me with setting this up please?

A: Create new Project

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*Create a repository in my ClionProjects folder

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*cd ~/ClionProjects

*mkdir .repo

*cd .repo

*Clone the DownloadProject from github

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*git clone https://github.com/Crascit/DownloadProject.git

*Create a C++ project with a src and test directory

Add following files:
CMakeLists.txt
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.3)

project(MyProjectName)

add_subdirectory(src)
add_subdirectory(test)

src/CMakeLists.txt
#set(core_SRCS ADD ALL SOURCE FILES HERE)

add_library(core ${core_SRCS})
add_executable(exe main.cpp)
target_link_libraries(exe core)

[We compile a library so we can include it inside the Test project]
test/CMakeLists.txt
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.3)

set(REPO ~/ClionProjects/.repo)

project(Test)

project(Example)

include(CTest)
enable_testing()

#set(gtest_disable_pthreads on) #needed in MinGW
include(${REPO}/DownloadProject/DownloadProject.cmake)
download_project(
        PROJ                googletest
        GIT_REPOSITORY      https://github.com/google/googletest.git
        GIT_TAG             master
        UPDATE_DISCONNECTED 1
        )

add_subdirectory(${googletest_SOURCE_DIR} ${googletest_BINARY_DIR} EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)

#set(test_SRCS ADD ALL TEST SOURCE FILES HERE)
add_executable(runUnitTests gtest.cpp ${test_SRCS})
target_link_libraries(runUnitTests gtest gmock core)
#add_test(runUnitTests runUnitTests) #included in all tutorials but I don't know what it actually does.

test/gtest.cpp
#include "gtest/gtest.h"

int main(int argc, char **argv) {
    ::testing::InitGoogleTest(&argc, argv);
    return RUN_ALL_TESTS();
}

Note: if you work yourself on a git Project it is better to include the DownloadProject.cmake and DownloadProjects.CmakeLists.cmake.in files inside the project.

A: Here is a small example C++11 project which uses GoogleTest which only relies on packaged CMake features (mainly the ExternalProject module and works both from inside CLion and a *nix command line.
This version shows "vendored" dependencies, which can reside outside of a project if needed. All dependency builds' source code and build artifacts are contained in the project and do not pollute the build host. The ExternalProject module however is fairly easy to adjust to download a specific version off of a remote repo.
Let me know if something needs clarification in README.

A: 1.Git clone the google-test C++ test framework
From https://github.com/google/googletest.git

2.Include the google-test directories
#Add the google test subdirectory
add_subdirectory(PATH_TO_GOOGLETEST)

#include googletest/include dir
include_directories(PATH_TO_GOOGLETEST/googletest/include)

#include the googlemock/include dir
include_directories(PATH_TO_GOOGLETEST/googlemock/include)

3. Link your executable with google-test (This is after creating your executable)
#Define your executable
add_executable(EXECUTABLE_NAME ${SOURCE_FILES})

#Link with GoogleTest
target_link_libraries(EXECUTABLE_NAME gtest gtest_main)

#Link with GoogleMock
target_link_libraries(EXECUTABLE_NAME gmock gmock_main)

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Anglican Diocese of Bendigo|Related agencies
The Bush Church Aid Society
The Bush Church Aid Society assists in providing ministry to remote and rural Australia.
The Bush Church Aid Society currently supports ministry in the Anglican Diocese of Bendigo in the Parish of Sunraysia South and the Strathfieldsaye Community Church.
Anglicare Victoria
Anglicare Victoria is a state wide welfare organisation established in 1997 by the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne to provide welfare services to children, families and young people. It has a regional office located in Bendigo with services also provided across the Diocese of Bendigo in Eaglehawk, Echuca, Kyneton, Maryborough and Swan Hill.
In 2014 Anglicare Victoria merged with St Luke's Anglicare – a welfare organisation originally established by the Anglican Diocese of Bendigo as St Luke's Toddler's Home in 1939. This ensured the continuation of services offered by St Luke's Anglicare throughout the Loddon Mallee Region.
The diocese and its parishes continue to have a good relationship with Anglicare Victoria in providing support to disadvantaged people within our communities, with Bishop Andrew Curnow representing the Loddon Mallee region on the board of Anglicare Victoria.
Benetas
Benetas is an Anglican agency established to provide aged care services across the Province of Victoria. Through its partnership with Benetas, the diocese provides access to a considerable number of care options for older people.
Benetas now operates the two facilities for aged persons originally developed by the diocese: St Laurence Court (in Upper Road, California Gully) and the Wesley Street, Kangaroos Flat complex. The Rectors of Eaglehawk and Kangaroo Flat parishes provide chaplaincy ministry to the facilities in their respective parishes.
Other community aged persons services are operated by Benetas in the Shires of Buloke, Campaspe, and the City of Greater Shepparton.
The Anglican Diocese of Bendigo works with Trinity College Theological School to provide the academic training of ordained ministers in the diocese. The diocese now administers the Australis Certificate, used in training Ordained Local Ministers, previously known as the Trinity Certificate in Theology and Ministry.
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Antiquity, a quarterly, peer-reviewed journal of archaeology founded by O.G.S. Crawford in 1927, is amongst the foremost publications in the field. It's relocation to the University of York in 2003 (under the editorship of Martin Carver) brought about an initial collaboration with Heritage Technology to develop a new web presence, and we have since worked in close partnership with the journal to maintain an engaging and innovative online approach. Alongside web development, Heritage Technology has the ongoing task of updating the website with new content and presenting the new issue of Antiquity Journal every quarter.
After providing fresh web re-designs in 2003, 2006 and 2009, Heritage Technology is currently involved in developing a new website to mark the 2012 change in editorship. The new Antiquity team, under editor Chris Scarre, is based at the University of Durham and promises to build upon the current foundations that provide fascinating but accessible online content. The new website is due for launch in June 2013 to accompany the second quarterly issue.
Antiquity's online features
The 2009 website redesign saw the creation of Antiquity Bulletin, a new resource of free-to-access, web-only content including:
Short, illustrated articles detailing archaeological projects and new research from around the world.
A 'new doctorates' facility, allowing recent graduates to upload their abstracts and search theses by topic or keyword.
Access to free content from the current issue of Antiquity Journal.
Recent announcements concerning workshops, conferences and events.
Further developments followed, including podcasts from editor Martin Carver and free-to-access archaeological books reviews. Antiquity Bulletin runs alongside Antiquity Journal, which will remains accessible via online subscription.
The current development project aims to re-deploy the website using the Drupal content management software, which will in turn provide greater flexibility in presenting the variety of content on offer. Plans to incorporate map-based searching, image galleries and accompanying multimedia will undoubtedly enhance Antiquity's standing as a provider of engaging, innovative archaeological content.


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Model airplane dogfights with LEDs
Submitted by brad on Sun, 2007-03-11 20:51
Lots of people love model airplanes, and I bet they would love to simulate dogfights. They can't fire actual projectiles, as that would be dangerous, expensive, unworkable due to the weight and actually damage planes.
It should be possible to set up a system for dogfights using light, however. One way would be to have planes mount lasers that send out a coded pulse with a bit of dispersion, and have the other planes mount receivers with diffusers to pick up light from a lot of directions. It might be better to go in reverse, the way many shooting games do -- the planes broadcast a coded pulse from some bright LED in a specific colour and the "gun" is just a narrow sight that tries to pick up these pulses. When the gun gets one, it sends it down to the coordinator on the ground, and that tells the target plane it's been hit (possibly forcing it to leave the airspace after some number of hits, or impair the flying controls, etc.)
Of course you need authenticated equipment. If people provide their own it's too easy to cheat, and one could also just make a gun that has no barrel instead of a wide one, or have one on the ground. So some honour might be required here.
It would of course be hard to do, with no cockpit view. Some larger model planes can carry small video cameras for a more realistic dogfight of that sort, but I suspect people could figure something out. The gun could have sensors for the pulses that are wider than the actual "direct hit" sensor, allowing them to tell you when you're getting close, and even showing a screen on a laptop that is not a camera view from the plane but at least a view of how close you are to the target.
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Model dogfights
Model airplane hobbyists have been doing dogfights for years. They attach a long streamer to the end of each plane, and each tries to slice off the other plane's streamer with their propellers. The plane with the longest streamer still attached at the end of the dogfight wins.
Not perfectly realistic perhaps, but cheap, simple, mostly foolproof, and quite the crowd pleaser.
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Hobbyzone make a range of planes that can have an ultrasonic 'Sonic Combat Module' attached that does just as you describe:
http://www.hobbyzonesports.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=HBZ4020
It seems to get good reviews too:
http://www.rcuniverse.com/magazine/article_display.cfm?article_id=392
I'd have thought that a modulated LED would be lighter and cheaper and use less power though.
That explains
Why I didn't find this when I google searched for implementations of the idea.
Sound can't be aimed nearly so accurately as light, not even close. Which may actually be a feature, not a bug, in that since getting a direct bead would be pretty hard. That's why I suggested actual lasers, while cool, would not be the best approach. It may be the sound is chosen because, like the streamers, you don't have to be too accurate.
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A thought for you.
The best way to monitor who hits who is to have it measured from the ground. Ground units have no constraints on their size, weight, power requirements etc, and there's no worrying about authentication stuff.
To extend the laser idea, you can use fluorescence. If the two planes have different fluorescent paints and different lasers, the wavelengths of light from the two planes will be distinguishable even as diffused reflections from the ground. A spectrum analyser would do the job quite happily, and yet more happily if it's in a non-visible range where there's less light around.
With radar or a few radio beacons in the extremities of the planes, you could easily do the math to work out where the planes are in relation to each other. The bonus with this thought is that there is no requirement to modify the planes at all. Just give each pilot a button to press, and the computer can do all the timing stuff and calculations.
Sonar would work as an alternative to radar from the ground, and require less expensive equipment. So instead of firing sound at each other, just sit a large ultrasound speaker on the ground, and have it emit radar-type chirps. Sit a few microphones around, and have the computer to do the work again.
The great opportunity you get with this is to allow anybody who wants to turn up and dogfight to do so, without expensive equipment of their own, or the need to have a sufficiently large or powerful plane to do it. With systems that can calculate the positions and orientations of the craft from the ground, there's a fairly easy step up to having a visual display of what's going on.
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July, two Howe students took honors in the photography contest.
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Full text Front page Patter By John and Jeanette Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gross on the arrival of their new daughter, Pat, who was born August 15 at the Methodist Hospital. She weighed a healthy 9 lbs., 6V2 ot.. We think perhaps Mr. Fisher should get some very thick-soled shoes before next summer rolls around. While working as a carpenter's assistant during vacation, he got a nail in his foot, which caused him quite a lot of trouble. Speaking of carpenters, our own Mr. Mellott, better known as "Bucko," served quite capably in this occupation during his summer vacation. Congratulations to Mr. Herbert G. Ludlow, formerly a math teacher here, who recently received his Ph.D. At the Summer Journalism Institute held at Indiana University in July, two Howe students took honors in the photography contest. Janet Paxton, using a miniature camera, won first place in the action division. The shot was of the annual Soap Box Derby held in Bloomington. Jo Meyer received honorable mention for her spot news picture of a construction job. Annette Keith was awarded $10 first prize in the State Poppy Poster Contest, sponsored by the Eleventh District, American Legion Auxiliary. As a Howe junior, Annette as been active in the Art Department since her freshman year, and she hopes to win more awards due her in her two remaining years at Howe. The music department is being supplemented with the leadership of Miss Alberta Denk in the orchestra while Mr. Shepard is studying for a degree at Indiana University. During the summer Mr. Shepard took an extensive trip through Cuba and Latin-America. The main office staff are sadly missing their daily visits from Don Maloof. Don, who is a familiar sight here at Howe, was injured in a scooter accident this summer. Two Represent Howe At Nat'l. Conference Mr. Thomas Stirling and Judy Jpringer represented Howe at the National Convention of the Nation- il Association of Student Councils leld June 19-22 in Denver, Colo. Each day they attended discussion groups. Judy led one of these '■roups entitled, "What Worth While Activities Can the Student Council Perform?" General sessions were held each rvening for all those who were at- ending the convention. While in Denver they went :to a lorse show, a square dance, and on ours prepared for the convention's. Mr. Stirling, his wife, and his laughter went on to California rom Denver, while Shirley Wat- ans, who was visiting friends in Denver, returned home with Judy. tyowc&oto&b Thomas Carr Howe High School, Indianapolis, Ind., September 22, 1950 Volume 13, No. 1 Howe Increases Faculty New Grid Squad? Starting the school year right in true Howeite fashion, Mr. Sharp has chosen six new teachers to deck our halls. Reading counter-clockwise, they are Miss Alberta Denk, Miss Jean Carpenter, Mr. Carl Edds, Miss Jacqueline Smith, Miss Shirley Diehl, and Miss Jean Hoilman. Brown And Gold Dance To Be Held Ociober 7 The annual Brown and Gold Dance, sponsored by the Hilltopper staff, will be held Saturday, October 7, in the school gym. The committees in charge of the dance are General Co-Chairmen, Jo Meyer and Janet Callon; Publicity, Judy Morrow, Norma Doak, and Bev Hendrickson; Tickets, Ardith Whipple and Alan Taylor; Band, Bob Ware; Checking and Tables, Phillip Stevens; Parent Sponsors, Janet Lowe and Jane Koten; Refreshments, Jane Reed and Jessie Corey; Decorations, John Essex George Propps, Janet Paxton, Alice Hatcher, and Ann Sterns. Candiates for Brown Boy and Golden Girl are: seniors, Judy O'Harrow, Marilyn Morrison, Jim Hollenbeck, and Grant McBroom; juniors, Carolyn Strothers, a tie between Mona Dausman and Tricia Baker, Earl Green, and David Weir. Fellow Art Lovers! Remember the twelve paintings the P. T. A. purchased for Howe last year? How many can you describe and tell the history of ? Not more than one, we bet! So, the Art Department is selecting a picture of the month that will be hung in the hall, outside the main office. This month's picture is entitled: "Forest Couburn," by Corot, a great painter in the early 1800's. Corot is noted for his oil paintings which express his love of nature. His artistic methods are confined mostly to drawings of idyllic scenes of woods, lakes, and nymphs. New Test Grading Machine Will Be Aid To Schools The Freshman guidance, department, under the direction of Mr. Thomas Stirling, is instituting the latest process in the grad.ng of it3 standardized tests. Beginning this fall all of the group guidance tests will be graded by the I. B. M. machine in the school board office. This ingenious machine "reads" electrically the answers recorded by pencil marks in selected positions on specially prepared answer sheets. It computes with the speed of e- lectricity, and the only speed—controlling factor is the ability of the operator to insert answer sheets and record scores. This proces will be more accurate as well as time-saving and will enable the guidance department to improve its services. At the present time we have obtained but three of the tests that can be graded by machine. These tests are A. C. E. Psychological, Otis Mental Ability, and California Interest Inventory. NOTICE This issue of the Howe Tower marks the beginning of work by the 1950-51 staff on a new year of bringing you the best up-to-date news of the school. If in the course of the year, anyone sees any fit criticism, mistake, or slight to anyone in the paper, their suggestion for improvement will be gratefully received. We will do our best to bring you the best paper in Howe's history. —John Shreve, Editor-in-Chief. As Howe begins its thirteenth year, six new faces have been added to the faculty, bringing the staff to a total of 05. First of all there's Miss Jean Carpenter of the Commercial Department. She graduated from Howe in '44 and received her decree from Indiana University. Also new in the Comnerc'al Department is Miss Jean Hoilman. She attended Indiana State Teachers College. Miss Hoilman taue-ht at Washington, Ind., and Decatur Central prior to her coming to Howe. Miss Alberta Denk is t%e nsv; orchestra director. She attended Tech High School and acquired her trainmg at Jordan Conservatory and Butler University. Her previous teaching has been in the Indianapolis Public Schools. Miss Jacqueline Smith also is one of the new teachers seen in the halls of Howe. She is a Capitolian except for a year she spent teaching English at Rochester, Ind. She received her training at Butler University. Miss Shirley Diehl is the new physical education instructor. 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I need to find a particular value of $r$ so that "attracting $2^k$ periodic points (a result after $k$ instances of period doubling) accumulate". This was one part of my lab assignment, but I do not understand what it is saying. I do see some nearly-empty small gaps in the above bifurcation diagram for certain values of $r$.

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Tompkins County voted on Thursday to join a county-based lawsuit against big pharmaceutical companies for the opioid crisis. If they win, it will pay for damages associated with the opioid epidemic, including costs for health, criminal justice, and social services.
WRFI's Laura Rosbrow-Telem reports from Ithaca.
Sixteen people died from opioid overdoses in Tompkins County in 2016, according to the state health department. It's an issue that deeply impacts Tompkins County.
Legislators passionately discussed the resolution to bring forth a lawsuit. While it is free to join one of these suits, some members worried about the costs of providing the necessary information to whichever firm represents Tompkins.
But ultimately, most members wanted to join. Twelve voted in favor and two opposed.
Democrat Rich John from District 4 says it's important that the opioid crisis is not hidden. And the lawsuit could bring this epidemic to light.
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MTN is here again with yet another offer called Welcome Back Offer, just after introducing MTN mPulse offer. This MTN offer gives you 1GB for just N200. This offer is not for everyone. To get all the facts about the new MTN 4GB for N1000, 1GB for N200, 250MB for N100 etc data offers and subcription codes, I spoke with a customer care operator at MTN.
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One hurt, residents evacuated after car slams into building
Posted 5:16 am, June 29, 2017, by Toria Duffey, Updated at 07:13AM, June 29, 2017
One person was taken to the hospital after a car slammed into a building.
The crash happened just before 2:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 29th on the corner of West Locust Street and Washington Street in Davenport. That's right next to the Conoco gas station, and down the street from St. Ambrose University.
Davenport Police later confirmed that power lines and a commercial grade gas line were severed in the rollover crash.
"The single occupant walked away from the crash," police said. He or she was taken to the hospital for observation.
Our photographer who was on the scene says the area really smelled of gasoline. Some nearby residents were evacuated, with some residents saying they woke up to their house shaking.
"30 seconds later I snuck out of my house and police are just pulling up and we both go next-door and there's a car sticking out of the house next-door and the gas is just screaming so me and the police man take off running and he said we got to get out of here," said resident Brad Moeller.
A utility pole was also down in the area. Police said power was shut off to the damaged building as a precaution.
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Owners seek to reopen business
Elliot Ferguson
Jun 06, 2013 • June 6, 2013 • 2 minute read
A Napanee couple hope their latest proposal will help break a deadlock with the Town of Greater Napanee and let them reopen their business.
Stephen and Anne Hull have been struggling since March to have a town order, which bars them from a building they own, lifted.
Late last year, the portion of the structure at 115 John St. was declared unsafe because of the deteriorating condition of the structure. The building is vacant and the owner died early last year.
Two rental apartments above the Hulls' Pie in the Sky Cafe were also deemed unsafe.
In March, the unsafe building order was extended to the portion of the building at 117 John St., which houses Anne Hull's cafe.
Earlier this week, Stephen Hull submitted a proposal that would see the town pay for repairs to building.
"I'm getting ready to file the papers in court," he said.
"I've made this offer to them and the offer stands. They can come back to us and make a reasonable settlement."
Stephen Hull said the total costs for the repairs would be about $15,000.
The Hulls are also seeking compensation for the income they lost from the closure of the cafe and the rental apartments.
The Hulls are also seeking to gain control over the common stairwell that divides the building up the middle.
Napanee town council was presented a petition shortly after the cafe was closed urging the town to find a speedy solution.
The petition was signed by 27 Napanee businesses and urged town council to "do whatever possible to expedite measures to ensure the continued operation of Pie in the Sky Cafe."
"The livelihood of Mr. And Mrs. Hull relies heavily on council's commitment to the sustainability of what has become a thriving downtown business," the petition stated.
Since then, without the income from the cafe and $1,500 in rental income from the two apartments above, the Hulls launched a legal challenge to force the town to repair the building and let them reopen their business.
There have been two pretrial meetings involving lawyers for the town and the Hulls.
In an email to Stephen Hull, lawyer Timothy Wilkin of the firm Cunningham, Swan, Carty, Little & Bonham said the proposal had been referred to the town's insurer for consideration.
"There is no time frame within which you may expect to receive a response to your offer, if at all," Wilkin wrote. "It is entirely up to the town's insurer as to whether it wishes to accept your offer or ignore it."
In the meantime, Wilkin wrote that the litigation process will continue as planned.
"While it is your prerogative to involve the media and public in this matter, neither the town nor its insurer proposes to debate the issue publicly other than in the ordinary course of the litigation," Wilkin wrote.
elliot.ferguson@sunmedia.ca
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Clinton Joseph Bemis (1852-1930) was born and raised in the Daysville area. After the death of his wife, Ida A. Hardesty, daughter of Daniel and Abigail Ferguson Hardesty, he moved to Denver, Colorado for an asthma condition and died there in February, 1930.
Clinton Bemis, son of Stephen and Mary Bemis was born April 2, 1852 on what is now known as the Bemis homestead in Nashua townsip. It was in this vicinity that he grew to manhood. On January 25, 1875 he was united in marriage to Ida Hardesty and to this union were born seven chilcren, six of whom survive and are: Mrs. Clarence Hepfer, Mrs. James Hay, Mrs. Harry Jourden, Joseph and William all residing in this immediate section and Mrs. Roe Millard of Rockford. One son Earl preceded the father in death last April. One brother John survives and is a resident of Rockford.
The Bemis home was made on the old homestead where the son Joseph now resides, until 1910 when they moved to Rockford where in December 1918 Mrs. Bemis passed away. Since that time on account of ill health Mr. Bemis resided in Denver, Colorado, where his death occurred Tuesday, February 4, he having reached the advanced age of 77 years.
Clinton Bemis was a man of strict integrity, firm in his convictions and abhored sham or pretense. He was a true friend and a good citizen.
Funeral services were held last Sunday from the home of Joseph Bemis in Nashua Township in charge of Rev. F. D. Sheets, pastor of the Lighthouse M. E. church after which the remains were laid to rest in the Daysville cemetery.
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