World’s Worst Paramedic Sexually Assaults Woman While Heading to Hospital
“On Christmas day, a 22-year-old woman from Connecticut drank a little too much at a party and fell backwards into a mirror, hitting her head. She was knocked unconscious so fellow party-goers called an ambulance, but spending the day in the hospital isn’t what turned her holiday into a nightmare. The woman says that while she was strapped down in the back of an ambulance, a paramedic sexually assaulted her.”
Client: My blog needs to have a picture that can easily be taken from Google images or other free sources.
Me: Hate to break it to you, but you can’t legally use Google images for free photos.
Client: Uh, yeah, you can. Just right click and click “Save Image As…” I shouldn’t have to tell you this. You’re supposed to be the graphic’s expert.
Story. Of. My. Life.
Entertainment Weekly’s Top 10 Pixar Moments
1. Toy Story 3 — Andy plays with his toys one last time
This scene still gets me just thinking about it. In a shrewd last-minute decision, Woody writes the address of Bonnie — a young neighborhood girl — on the box containing Andy’s toys. Andy assumes his mother wrote the note, so the college-bound teenager stops by Bonnie’s house to hand over his toys. One by one, Andy introduces each toy to Bonnie, giving every character his or her moment in the spotlight. But then Andy realizes that Woody is buried at the bottom of the box. Bonnie reaches for Woody, and in a moment that’s remarkably animated, Andy flinches. Here Andy sits, on the precipice between childhood and adulthood, having to decide whether he’ll be able to let go of his own childhood so that another kid can have a slightly happier one.
Andy opts to give Woody to Bonnie, and the two play with the toys for a few minutes. At this point, the ending had already entranced me — hook, line, and sinker. But the shot that truly sent me overboard comes a few seconds later. Andy waves goodbye to Bonnie. She, in return, waves Woody’s hand. Upon seeing this, Andy lets out a small gasp. ”Thanks guys,” he says before driving off. ”So long, partner,” Woody replies as the camera soars above Bonnie’s house to reveal a cluster of clouds shaped exactly like the ones on Andy’s bedroom wallpaper.
It’s a flawless ending — one that allows Andy (and the audience) to say farewell to a group of characters we’ve grown to love, while also letting him take a rite-of-passage step toward maturity.
2. The Incredibles — 100 Mile Dash
On top of everything else The Incredibles is — a madcap comedy, a marital-strife drama, a commentary on society’s tendency to embrace mediocrity at the cost of greatness — it’s also a kickass action movie. In just three minutes, Dash’s chase through a tropical jungle does more things right than many action features. The scene’s pacing is impeccable — a full-throttle sprint that still finds moments to breathe, such as when Dash lets out a chuckle upon discovering his ability to run on water. And keep track of how many shots here couldn’t have been achieved in a live-action film. Computer animation allows the camera to go wherever you want, and I’ve never seen a sequence take advantage of that freedom quite like this one.
3. Up — Carl and Ellie’s ”married life” montage
Many of Pixar’s greatest moments rely not on snappy dialogue, but on a harmonious relationship between visuals and music. That couldn’t be truer of this breathtaking montage, which — in the span of four wordless minutes — recounts Carl and Ellie’s marriage as they grow old together. ”I’ll never forget sitting in a meeting when [director] Pete Docter and [co-director] Bob Peterson were reading the first treatment of Up,” Pixar honcho John Lasseter told EW. ”Bob read the beginning of the film, and I had tears rolling down my face.” Toss in Michael Giacchino’s Oscar-winning score, and just try not to be moved.
4. WALL-E — WALL-E and EVE dance together in space
Pure poetry. Again, Thomas Newman’s score clinches the deal here. The composer mixes electronic and acoustic sounds, which is appropriate because WALL-E and EVE’s waltz through space represents an instance where something artificial (robots) partakes in a human custom (dancing).
5. Ratatouille — Anton Ego eats the title dish
Something as simple as the sound of an instrument, a smell in the air, or the taste of food can resurrect a memory you had forgotten was even there. Elitist food critic Anton Ego (deliciously voiced by Peter O’Toole) is teleported to his rural childhood simply by taking a bite from a ”peasant dish” of ratatouille. It’s an insightful moment that made every adult in my theater laugh with recognition. And Ego’s subsequent review, which exalts the discovery and defense of the ”new,” could have just as easily been about Ratatouilleitself.
6. Monsters, Inc. — The Door Vault chase
One of the selling points of computer animation is its ability to massively replicate characters and objects. We got a dose of that capability with the hundreds-strong ant colony in A Bug’s Life. But it was Monsters, Inc.’s chase sequence among thousands of moving doors that really showed off the medium’s cloning prowess.
7. Toy Story 3 — Andy’s toys hold hands while bracing for death
While this scene may have caused nightmares for the youngest of moviegoers, it brought tears to many people’s eyes. Andy’s toys find themselves in a landfill incinerator, seconds away from death. ”What do we do?” cries Jessie to Buzz, who, after a brief pause, gently extends his hand to the cowgirl. One by one, the toys grab hold of one another. They realize that if this is going to be their final moments alive, at least they’ll meet their fate together. Any other movie would have had the characters scream for their lives until they were rescued, but Pixar used this as an opportunity to contemplate how one goes about accepting death.
8. Finding Nemo — Riding the East Australian Current
Where to begin? Crush the sea turtle — who’s voiced by Nemo director Andrew Stanton and reminds me of an aquatic Jeff Lebowski — may be the coolest animated character around. Thomas Newman’s calypso-infused score is a thing of beauty. And that wild ride through the EAC makes my Six Flags roller coasters seem dinky by comparison. Righteous, indeed.
9. Monsters, Inc. — Sulley revisits Boo
Less can be more, as the just-about-perfect ending to Monsters, Inc. demonstrates. Mike Wazowski has reconstructed the door to Boo’s room, and Sulley slowly opens it to see if his 2-year-old pal is waiting inside. Sulley quietly calls out, ”Boo?” Then we hear Boo respond, ”Kitty!” Sulley’s face lights up with joy, and fade to black. Director Pete Docter wisely resisted the urge to show the two characters embracing one another. We don’t need to see them reunited — it’s enough simply to know that they will be.
10. Toy Story 2 — Jessie’s song, ”When She Loved Me”
The first time Pixar broke your heart was with this simple Oscar-nominated song written by Randy Newman and sung by Sarah McLachlan. Chronicling the multi-year friendship between Jessie the cowgirl doll and her owner, Emily, the tune ends with a poignant shot of Jessie abandoned in a donations box. Pixar trusted that children wouldn’t fidget during this melancholy and deliberately paced flashback. And due to the scene’s success, we received some even more affecting moments later on, such as our next entry.
YOU’VE NEVER SEEN MONSTERS INC??
I cried just READING about #1.
Where are my DVDs???
Concern Mounts For Occupy Oaklander Still In Police Custody
Occupy Oakland concerned over condition of arrested occupier Khali (Marcel Johnson), in police custody since OPD raid at Oscar Grant Plaza Dec. 16, 2011
Tracking Journalist Arrests at Occupy Protests Around the Country
Josh Stearns has been tracking, confirming and verifying reports of journalist arrests at Occupy protests all over the country since September.
LOHAC NECKLACE GIVEAWAY
WHAT: a land of heat and clockwork-inspired necklace. the gear and clockwork pendant measures about 3” long and features a swarovski crystal accent in fire opal. the chain is about 20” with a 3.5” extender.
WHY: because you guys are pretty awesome, and also sometimes i make jewelry and then realize i’m never going to wear it… but mostly because you guys are pretty awesome!
WHO: all of you (except that guy over there). international bros are included because i know some cool people who live in mystical, faraway lands and i want them to have a chance too.
HOW: one like + one reblog = two chances. don’t be a dbag and cheat, etc. etc. winner will be picked on saturday, dec. 24 via random number generator. have your ask box open for winner notification, blah blah okay go!
;-;
If all little bro spiders would let me know that they are in fact bro spiders, they would never be harmed and they would get a nice “good morning!” or “good night!” from me every day.
We had a spider in the corner of the kitchen one Summer that we fed flies and grain moths, until it laid an eggsack on our pantry door. It got mad when we had to open the pantry one day and nommed it’s eggsack in a fit of motherly spider angst. A couple of babies survived and hatched and later ate their mother.
Anyway, we had an exterminator tell us the ones they call daddy long legs out here eat wasps and black widows, so they’re good to have around in the eave to keep the wasps from making nests, and we have a HUGE black widow problem here, so daddy long legs are welcome beasties. The big ass furry wolf spider/tarantula things in the garden that can jump a foot and have excruciatingly painful bites, however, need to keep themselves outside.
SOPA Goes Through Staged Compromise, Still Censorship Reminscient of China, Iran, and Syria…And One of the Worst Anti-Internet Bills in History
The notorious internet censorship bill known as SOPA is going to mark-up in the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday, and ahead of the meeting the committee chairman, Rep. Lamar Smith [R, TX], has pulled a neat little trick. Smith has come out with a manager’s amendment that eliminates the most insanely unconstitutional elements of the bill, leaving behind an expansive censorship system for the government and the entertainment industry that is meant to seem reasonable by contrast.
It’s a common trick among experienced legislators. Load your bill up with every crazy provision and hand-out its supporters could possibly dream of, and then take some of the extreme stuff out at some point in the legislative process to make it look like you’re being an honest broker. In this case, Smith is scaling back SOPA so that it looks more like the already-draconian Senate bill it was built off of, the PROTECT-IP Act. It changes a bill with a 1% favorability rating among OpenCongress users into a bill with a 2% favorability rating. Progress!
While the manager’s amendment makes the bill less extreme around the edges, it’s still a censorship bill, and it’s still the worst internet legislation in U.S. history. Here’s a look at some of the worst elements of it:
Allows the government and corporations to block access to full websites — The Attorney General or any U.S. copyright holder would be able to commence a takedown action against any website that they determine “has only limited purpose other than” facilitating copyright infringement. Under current law, copyright holders are only allowed to go after infringing content; SOPA would allow them to target entire sites. Given that the democratizing, peer-to-peer nature of Web 2.0 basically comes along with the ability for people to post infringing content, the government’s takedown power could have serious free speech implications. Judicial oversight of takedowns would be minimal, with the government and copyright holders being able to deny website owners from defending themselves if they state that they could not locate them through due diligence.
Creates legal uncertainties and liabilities that will stifle start-ups — The power for large corporations to shut down websites over a single link posted by a user would pose a serious threat to U.S. internet innovation. If SOPA’s powers existed in 2005, it’s hard to imagine that Big Content companies would have had trouble finding a judge willing to order the site to be taken offline. Current law requires website owners to simply comply with takedown requests for specific infringing content. SOPA would require them to police their entire sites for infringement or risk legal attacks and take-down actions by competing interests. The threat of litigation makes it almost not worth trying new stuff on the open web.
Criminalizes ordinary web behavior — Any person who posts a video online that contains copyrighted content and is determined to have willfully infringed the copyright in doing so would face felony charges, including up to 5 years in jail. All you need is at least 10 views and a court to determine the economic value of the streaming to be at least $1,000, and you may be headed to jail for dancing along to your favorite soon on YouTube.
Breaks the internet at the ISP level — The manager’s amendment no longer calls for Domain Name System blocking (the same system that is used to censor the web in China) by name, but it still encourages it. The language in the manager’s amendment would call on internet service providers to use “the least burdensome, technically feasible, and reasonable means designed to prevent access” to whatever websites the government tells them to. So, the ISPs get to pick their poison, but they are still required to block sites. In the words of Google CEO Eric Schmidt, the bill would “criminalize linking and the fundamental structure of the Internet itself.”
Won’t stop piracy — Perhaps the most ridiculous thing about the bill is that none of this would actually stop piracy. People who are dedicated to accessing download sites can easily bypass the bill’s firewall by entering the IP address for the site into their browser.
This thing is up for vote in the House Judiciary Committee and is one step away after that from being voted on on the House floor
Everyone contact your district representatives!
Anonymous asked: Ron Paul is NOT racist, sexist or homophobic, please do some research. He’s the only honest candidate who has a real plan that will save the country. The media is ignoring/labelling him because they know he has the right idea and they don’t want what’s best for the people.
Ron Paul wants to define life as starting at conception, build a fence along the US-Mexico border, prevent the Supreme Court from hearing cases on the Establishment Clause or the right to privacy, permitting the return of sodomy laws and the like (a bill which he has repeatedly re-introduced), pull out of the UN, disband NATO, end birthright citizenship, deny federal funding to any organisation which “which presents male or female homosexuality as an acceptable alternative life style or which suggest that it can be an acceptable life style” along with destroying public education and social security, and abolish the Federal Reserve in order to put America back on the gold standard. He was also the sole vote against divesting US federal government investments in corporations doing business with the genocidal government of the Sudan.
Oh, and he believes that the Left is waging a war on religion and Christmas, he’s against gay marriage, is against the popular vote, opposes the Civil Rights Act of 1964, wants the estate tax repealed, is STILL making racist remarks, believes that the Panama Canal should be the property of the United States, and believes in New World Order conspiracy theories, not to mention his belief that the International Baccalaureate program is UN mind control.
Now as I said in another post literally just today, I don’t like Ron Paul because he’ll leave certain things alone as “states’ issues.” But history has proven that doesn’t work. Human rights trump states’ rights. A state is not a person; a human is a person. Human rights don’t get to be voted on.
BAM.
Adventures of Comic Book Girl: Mary Sue, what are you? or why the concept of Sue is sexist
Looks like this essay was needed, so I went ahead and did it. Not sure I said everything I wanted to say, but I tried.
So, there’s this girl. She’s tragically orphaned and richer than anyone on the planet. Every guy she meets falls in love with her, but in between torrid romances she rejects them all because she dedicated to what is Pure and Good. She has genius level intellect, Olympic-athelete level athletic ability and incredible good looks. She is consumed by terrible angst, but this only makes guys want her more. She has no superhuman abilities, yet she is more competent than her superhuman friends and defeats superhumans with ease. She has unshakably loyal friends and allies, despite the fact she treats them pretty badly. They fear and respect her, and defer to her orders. Everyone is obsessed with her, even her enemies are attracted to her. She can plan ahead for anything and she’s generally right with any conclusion she makes. People who defy her are inevitably wrong.
God, what a Mary Sue.
I just described Batman.
Wish fulfillment characters have been around since the beginning of time. The good guys tend to win, get the girl and have everything fall into place for them. It’s only when women started doing it that it became a problem.
TV Tropes on the origin of Mary Sue:
The prototypical Mary Sue is an original female character in a fanfic who obviously serves as an idealized version of the author mainly for the purpose of Wish Fulfillment.
Notice the strange emphasis on female here. TV Tropes goes on to say that is took a long time for the male counterpart “Marty Stu” to be used. “Most fanfic writers are girls” is given as the reason. So when women dominate a genre, that means people are on close watch, ready to scorn any wish fulfillment they may engage in. This term could only originate if the default was female.
In fact, one of the CONTROVERSIES listed on the TV Tropes page is if a male sue is even possible. That’s right, it’s impossible to have an idealizied male character. Men are already the ideal.
In our culture, male tends to be the default. Women take on the distaff parts. “Him” and “mankind” are what humanity are, “her” and “womankind” are secondary. Yet this isn’t true for Mary Sue as a term. That name was created first. It was a Star Trek fic that coined it and the female desigination was likely a big reason it caught on. This female is name the default to use when describing idealized characters. Marty Stu and Gary Stu are only to be used if you’re discussing men specifically. Heck, there isn’t even an agreed upon term for them. So the only time female can be default is when discussing a badly written character, someone who is more powerful or important or liked than they should be allowed to be, someone the plot focuses on more than you would like, someone you don’t want to read about. Hmmm.
What’s really wrong with a thirteen year old girl having a power fantasy, even if it’s badly written? Who is it hurting? Men have baldly admitted to writing power fantasies and self inserts since the beginning of time. How many nerdy, schlubby guys suddenly become badasses and have hot girls chasing after them in fiction? See: Spiderman- blatant everyman who happens to stumble across amazing powers and catch the eye of a supermodel. Mary Sue is considered the worst insult to throw at a character as it renders them worthless. But since when are idealized characters automatically worthless? Aren’t all heroes idealized in some way? Don’t all heroes represent the author in some way? Aren’t these characters supposed to be people we look up to, people who represent human potential, the goodness that we strive for? Fantasy by nature is idealized, even the tragic ones.
If you look at the TV Tropes page for Mary Sue, it’s ridiculous. You can be a sue for having too many flaws, or not enough, for fixing things or messing things up, for being a hero or a villain. And of course, this is specifically pointed out as a trope related to the Princess and Magical Girl genres- genres aimed towards women are naturally full of Mary Sues. Magical girls are powerful and heroic and actually flaunt femininity as a good thing. They are a power fantasy designed for girls. So of course, a girl using traditionally feminine traits to dominate and triumph means she’s a sickeningly pure Mary Sue who makes everything go their way. Feminine traits are disdained and look down on, so when the positive feminine traits are prominent, the reader has an aversive reaction. How can a character be so feminine and triumph? She must be unrealistic, she must be badly written, because everyone knows it is impossible to be feminine and powerful.
Let’s look at what kinds of Mary Sues people will point to. People will claim a female character is a Mary Sue if she is a love interest. Put a female character within a foot of a male character, and people will scream “Mary Sue!” Why does someone falling in love with her make her a Mary Sue? Well, she hasn’t “earned” this awesome dude character’s love. What has she done to show she’s worthy of him? Fans miss the irony that this line of logic makes the male character seem more like the Sue in Question, as he’s apparently so perfect one has work for his coveted love and praise.
The idea that woman has to “earn” any power, praise, love, or plot prominence is central to Mary Sue. Men do not have to do this, they are naturally assumed to be powerful, central and loveable. That’s why it’s the first thing thrown at a female character- what has she done to be given the same consideration as a male character? Why is she suddenly usurping a male role? “Mary Sue” is the easiest way to dismiss a character. It sounds bad to say “I don’t like this female character. I don’t like that this woman is powerful. I don’t like it when the plot focuses on her. I don’t like that a character I like has affections for her.” But “Mary Sue” is a way to say these things without really saying them. It gives you legitimacy.
If a character is badly written, there’s generally something much more problematic than idealization going on. The plot will be dull and the character will perpetuate harmful stereotypes while other characters act oddly. For instance, Bella Swan is one of the only characters I’d even begin to classify as a Mary Sue, yet it’s not really her supposed Mary Sue traits that bother me. I don’t mind that she gets what she wants and everyone loves her, that she’s Meyer’s power fantasy. What I actually mind is that Stephenie Meyer has her perpetuate harmful anti-woman stereotypes- women need to be protected, women are shallow, women’s worth rests in desirability. That’s what’s actually harmful about her and worth discussing. I would criticize that rather than even get to the fact Bella got to be “too perfect and powerful”- that’s just a tiny, insignificant thing not worth mentioning in a huge pile of problems.
And that’s why I don’t call characters Mary Sue anymore. There’s really nothing bad about a power fantasy or wish fulfillment. It’s what’s fiction’s about. If one of my characters is called a Sue, I’ll proudly say “yep”, because that must mean that she broke out of that box a female character is supposed to be in. So I’ll go and say it: I love me some Mary Sues.
I am kicking myself in the ass right now for not even realizing that TV Tropes specified this trope as female-specific.
Shit.
What a fascinating point. I had never considered this.
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I reported on behalf of DTWPS after seeing a death threat they got from one asshole who got offended by what they were saying. I made a screenshot of the threat as well, but while it’s still not deleted, you can see it here (MAJOR TW in link for explicit violence and threats). That’s the asshole who made the threat.
In my report, I just basically said this person was saying some very vile and threatening things to DTWPS, and I didn’t feel safe on the site anymore if people can say shit like that. Even if they weren’t srs, still, what they said was disgusting, triggering, and upsetting. There is NO REASON TO GO THAT FAR. NONE.
And they’re trying to defend this asshole with the “freedom of speech” claim and saying that they were just ranting? I don’t fucking think so.
Tumblr staff never seems to understand their own TOS…
Make a death threat to a black person and its “just venting”
I also wanna know what motherfucking criminology degree these fuckers have that they can tell a real death threat from a fake one. I want another opinion, assholes.
WHAT THE HELL, TUMBLR.
(Source: cruelyouth)
Aicosu’s Skyrim Helmet Giveaway!!
The helmet is a fan made replica of the one seen in Skyrim, worn by the protagonist, the Dovahkiin.As a big thank you to all of our fans, supporters, friends and followers, we decided to give back to you guys with one of our Cosplay Props. Sheila specifically made this helmet to give away to you guys!
The helmet is made from 3-4 layers of chipboard, spackling paste, polyacrylic wax sealer, 3 layers of paint, and the horns are carved out of sculpy. It is all hand made with tons of love! It measure 25 inches (63.5cm) around the forehead and weighs about half a pound (8 ounces). Super light!! A prop commissioned like this from me would sell for $200.
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No, this isn’t an anime post, and I hope our followers, and the other runners of this blog, will forgive me for posting “politics” here.
This is too serious though, and with 3400 followers, you are my best audience.
i *am* sorry if people are sick of hearing about politics. but politics or not, this is fucking scary: fema detainment camps are going live. FEMA DETENTION/DETAINMENT CAMPS. IN AMERICA. ALL FIFTY STATES. this is following the bill passed by the senate in a 93 to 7 vote that the government can, at it’s discretion, arrest any american citizen at any time without trial or reason, and hold them indefinitely.
sure, obama says he’ll veto, but with a 2/3+ approval in senate, the veto will be over-ridden. so, they’ve passed the bill to detain us indefinitely, and now they’re activating the detention camps, all shortly after occupy wallstreet starts.
google fema detainment camps, google the NDAA bill. google what occupy wallstreet stands for. please please please, research for yourself online what is going on in america right now. this is very very serious, and very very scary. don’t think about this as politics, don’t use that as an excuse to ignore this kind of thing. i’m not asking anyone to agree with me, or declare themselves as a 99%, i’m just asking everyone that reads this post to EDUCATE THEMSELVES on the shit that’s happening right now. read up on what’s going on and draw your own conclusions, but for pete’s sake, EDUCATE YOURSELF.
- info on the NDAA bill
- occupy wallstreet’s message & goals
- pretty graphics to help perspective a bit
- breaking news (12/06/2011) on FEMA camps going live
- also, this alex jones video talking about the fema camps
- a message from anonymous about the global situation right now
this is no longer about politics - this is literally about our freedoms & liberties.AS AN EXAMPLE: say you have a pen pal in iraq, that can be labeled as “suspected terrorism” - off to fema camps you go, indefinitely, no lawyer, no family visits, no guarantee of leaving.
say you put up a tweet: “i don’t like the president” — bam, suspected terrorism - off to fema camps you go.
say you…. oh, have more than 6 days worth of food in your house - SUSPECTED TERRORISM, OFF TO FEMA WITH YOU. (yes, the last one is true, along with “missing fingers” or looking muslim, etc, check it here)
IF YOU CAN REBLOG A CAT LICKING IT’S LIPS, PLEASE REBLOG SOMETHING LIKE THIS. Seriously. This is your life & your freedom. Spread the word, educate yourself, friends & family.
17-Year-Old Girl Creates Nanoparticle That Kills Cancer, Wins $100,000
That’s what Angela Zhang was doing, and now, she’s $100,000 the richer for it. Also, she can say she’s created a nanoparticle, one that kills cancer, for what that’s worth (Spoiler: It’s worth a lot).
The $100,000 Zhang earned comes with first prize in the Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology. Her project, “Design of Image-guided, Photo-thermal Controlled Drug Releasing Multifunctional Nanosystem for the Treatment of Cancer Stem Cells,” was apparently as complex, thorough, and revolutionary as it sounds.
