date:20100404

No idea, Said. If I do find him, though, I'll build him a house and
recording studio... ([?] tears of [?])

On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 3:13 AM, Said Kakese Dibinga
wrote:

>
>
> I've never seen nor even heard of this movie 'Cadence' until about 2 hours
> ago, I came across this clip on Youtube while searching for something else.
> I'll buy it this week. Does anyone know whatever happened to Harry Stewart?
> This song/performance is emotional...he took it to the cotton field...Last I
> heard he never had the song published and was homeless...Story goes that
> Martin Sheen met Harry on the street in LA, he wasn't a professional
> musician or actor, asked if he wanted to be in the film, gave him a few
> lines, yet Harry wrote this song and sang it live in the movielove to
> know what happened to him...
>
> 'End of My Journey' movie clip:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMre6qM9TrU&feature=related
>
> Said Yenga Kakese Dibinga
> Director General, Bayindo Group SA
> POB 1782
> Los Angeles, CA 90078-1782
> em: s...@bayindogroup.com
> skype: saiddibinga
>
>
>
>
>  
>
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RE: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group


I love the creepy king!

Aubrey Leatherwood
www.aubreyleatherwood.com
FaceBook * MySpace 

Model Lover - Cobblestone Press
Dime 
Can Nicole resist the call of the stage or the call of her heart?
Imperfection
A tale of perfect commitment, perfect love... and perfect sex.
The People You Know, The Sex They Have
ROMANTIC TIMES NOMINEE FOR BEST CONTEMPORARY EROTICA 2008
CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009
ISBN: 978-0-9818905-0-0








 


To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net
Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2010 20:38:20 +
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group

  




That's the least of the issues. Am I the only one creeped out by that grinning, 
leering rictus of a mask the King wears? Remember the commercials where people 
would wake up in the morning to find him in their bedrooms, staring at them, 
holding out a burger or egg sandwich or something? man, that'd be like having 
Freddy Kreuger's face on the pillow next to you!

- Original Message -
From: "Kelwyn" 
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, April 2, 2010 10:34:26 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group

  



http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/02/AR2010040204113.html?hpid%3Dtopnews&sub=AR

Bad week for fast-food mascots. In the same period that RetireRonald.com 
launched to blast McDonald's clown for luring kids into unhealthy lifestyles, 
two locally based mental health organizations have been deeply upset by a 
Burger King advertisement that can best be described as completely bonk . . . 
er, nut . . . er, cucko . . . er, in poor taste.







  
_
The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with 
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[scifinoir2] Re: OT: Newark Records First Murder-Free Month in Decades

It is Newark's fate that when they should be touting a murder-free month this 
is what predominates the news regarding Newark:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/03/5-charged-in-gang-rape-of_n_524501.html

TRENTON, N.J.  Two men and three teenage boys were charged Saturday with 
gang-raping a 7-year-old girl who was sold by her 15-year-old stepsister during 
a party at a crime-ridden apartment building in the state's capital, police 
said.

~(no)rave!

--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson  wrote:
>
> Wow, how sad that this is a good statistic, but how great it is to read it. I 
> know the so-called "War on Drugs" has rightfully been attacked as a mistaken 
> label and direction, but in cases where known drug dealing is directly 
> related to murder, something has to be done. I've been impressed with Mayor 
> Booker. he seems like the real deal. I'm sure those of you who live up that 
> way will disabuse me of that notion if it's incorrect! 
> 
> * 
> http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/04/newark_officials_police_credit.html 
> Newark officials credit first homicide-free month in 44 years to 
> 'large-scale' drug sweeps 
> By Star-Ledger Staff 
> April 02, 2010, 8:00AM 
> 
> 
> newark.JPGAristide Economopoulos/The Star-Ledger An aerial photo of the city 
> of Newark. NEWARK -- When the clock struck midnight on April 1, Newark 
> reached a milestone: its first homicide-free calendar month in 44 years. 
> While police and city officials say thatâs a solid benchmark, they say 
> thereâs more work to do. 
> 
> "I just think its amazing. Four consecutive weeks without a murder, " Police 
> Director Garry McCarthy said. "The program strategies and policies are 
> working and weâre going to stick with them, but the goal is zero 
> (homicides). 
> 
> "Itâs going to take us a while to get to zero, but right now these are big 
> changes," he said. 
> 
> McCarthy credited large-scale sweeps at some of the cityâs most notorious 
> drug strongholds â" in one case nearly 150 arrests during a six-month 
> operation â" as well as increased police presence on city streets at night 
> with helping keep the city without a homicide from Feb. 28 through tonight. 
> City officials also said community safety caravans as well as the 
> installation of the ShotSpotters gunshot detection system and surveillance 
> cameras in high-crime neighborhoods has helped. 
> 
> 
> The last time a calendar month passed without a homicide in the stateâs 
> largest city was May 1966. McCarthy said his goal is to keep the streak going 
> as long as possible. In 2008, the city went 43 days in March and April 
> without a homicide, the longest span since 1961. 
> 
> "The reason this is happening is because of the takedown at (Garden) Spires , 
> the reason why itâs happening is because of the takedown at Stephen Crane, 
> Pennington Court," McCarthy said, referring to several housing projects known 
> as havens for drug dealers. "Step by step, thereâs a systematic clean-up of 
> all these traditional locations ...Weâre attacking and holding on to those 
> locations." 
> 
> There have been 10 homicides in Newark during the first three months of the 
> year, matching the total for the same period a year ago. Thatâs the 
> second-lowest first-quarter total since 1941, police said. 
> 
> Since taking over the Newark Police Department in 2006, McCarthyâs approach 
> to reducing the cityâs homicide rate has been simple â" fewer shootings 
> will result in fewer deaths. That strategy appears to have held true in 
> March, with only eight reported shootings. In March 2009, there were 11 
> shootings, resulting in three homicides, according to police records. 
> 
> McCarthy said the arrest of 149 suspected drug dealers at the Garden Spires 
> apartments during a six-month undercover operation may have helped stifle the 
> homicide rate by preventing narcotics disputes that often turn deadly. 
> 
> "That group of drug dealers was responsible for an inordinate amount of 
> violence," he said. "This drug gang was involved in violent acts in a lot of 
> other places too, not just Garden Spires." 
> 
> Overall, Newarkâs crime rate has dropped 13 percent compared to the 
> first-quarter of 2009, with shootings, aggravated assaults, robberies and 
> carjackings all lower than a year ago, police said. 
> 
> "We have made major strides in reducing crime in Newark and providing our 
> residents with a safer, stronger, and prouder community," Mayor Cory Booker 
> said today. "This has been the result of new alliances, 21st-century 
> technology, innovative approaches to protecting our city, groundbreaking 
> efforts to prevent recidivism, the support of our residents, and the courage 
> and valor manifested by Newarkâs police officers."
>

[scifinoir2] Re: (Non-sci-fi) the movie Cadence, song "End of My Journey'

I have seen "Cadence."  Saw it on the big screen in 1990.  Own it on VHS.  I 
don't remember it for this song, however.  I remember it for the performances 
of Laurence Fishburne, Michael Beach and John Toles-Bey. What I remember most 
vividly is the step, call and response of the "cadence" performed by the black 
soldiers imprisoned/enslaved in an army stockade. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgAi-77fonA&feature=related

The movie can easily be deconstructed as a trenchant allegory about being black 
in America or as yet another movie where what should be a black man's tale is 
high-jacked by the less compelling journey of a white man (Charlie Sheen).

It occurs to me how brave Charles Fuller's "A Soldier's Story" (1984) was and 
is.  If "Story" had not begun as a play (or, if the play had been written by a 
white man), the lead, Army Investigator Captain Davenport played by Howard E. 
Rollins, Jr., would have been played by a white actor from the Gregory Peck 
school of acting.

The movie is unsatisfying on many levels because it concentrates on Charlie 
Sheen's "rebel without a cause" who is just passing through instead of on the 
real men doing hard time (primarily for being black in a white man's army).

~(no)rave!

Said Kakese Dibinga  wrote:
>
> I've never seen nor even heard of this movie 'Cadence' until about 2 hours 
> ago, I came across this clip on Youtube while searching for something else. 
> I'll buy it this week. Does anyone know whatever happened to Harry Stewart? 
> This song/performance is emotional...he took it to the cotton field...Last I 
> heard he never had the song published and was homeless...Story goes that 
> Martin Sheen met Harry on the street in LA, he wasn't a professional musician 
> or actor, asked if he wanted to be in the film, gave him a few lines, yet 
> Harry wrote this song and sang it live in the movielove to know what 
> happened to him...
> 
> 'End of My Journey' movie clip: 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMre6qM9TrU&feature=related
> 
>  Said Yenga Kakese Dibinga
> Director General, Bayindo Group SA
> POB 1782
> Los Angeles, CA 90078-1782
> em: s...@...
> skype: saiddibinga
>

[scifinoir2] Re: Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group

I'm old (53 and 11/12ths) so when I saw the first of the Burger King "King" 
commercials I was like WTF?  Later, I discovered the commercials weren't aimed 
at me (go figure!), they were aimed at "super users," those young, 18 to 30 
year olds who frequent their local Burger King establishment 3 to 4 times a 
week (often late at night).  These "super-users" are the backbone of the Burger 
King business and are the target of the current campaign.

~rave?

--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Aubrey Leatherwood  
wrote:
>
> 
> I love the creepy king!
> 
> Aubrey Leatherwood
> www.aubreyleatherwood.com
> FaceBook * MySpace 
> 
> Model Lover - Cobblestone Press
> Dime 
> Can Nicole resist the call of the stage or the call of her heart?
> Imperfection
> A tale of perfect commitment, perfect love... and perfect sex.
> The People You Know, The Sex They Have
> ROMANTIC TIMES NOMINEE FOR BEST CONTEMPORARY EROTICA 2008
> CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009
> ISBN: 978-0-9818905-0-0
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  
> 
> 
> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> From: keithbjohn...@...
> Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2010 20:38:20 +
> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group
> 
>   
> 
> 
> 
> 
> That's the least of the issues. Am I the only one creeped out by that 
> grinning, leering rictus of a mask the King wears? Remember the commercials 
> where people would wake up in the morning to find him in their bedrooms, 
> staring at them, holding out a burger or egg sandwich or something? man, 
> that'd be like having Freddy Kreuger's face on the pillow next to you!
> 
> - Original Message -
> From: "Kelwyn" 
> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, April 2, 2010 10:34:26 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group
> 
>   
> 
> 
> 
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/02/AR2010040204113.html?hpid%3Dtopnews&sub=AR
> 
> Bad week for fast-food mascots. In the same period that RetireRonald.com 
> launched to blast McDonald's clown for luring kids into unhealthy lifestyles, 
> two locally based mental health organizations have been deeply upset by a 
> Burger King advertisement that can best be described as completely bonk . . . 
> er, nut . . . er, cucko . . . er, in poor taste.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _
> The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with 
> Hotmail. 
> http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multicalendar&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_5
>

[scifinoir2] Re: OT: Newark Records First Murder-Free Month in Decades

My bad.  I guess what is truly sad is that I read an article about TRENTON, 
N.J. and ASSUMED it was referring to Newark.  Wow.

~(no)rave!

--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Kelwyn"  wrote:
>
> It is Newark's fate that when they should be touting a murder-free month this 
> is what predominates the news regarding Newark:
> 
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/03/5-charged-in-gang-rape-of_n_524501.html
> 
> TRENTON, N.J.  Two men and three teenage boys were charged Saturday with 
> gang-raping a 7-year-old girl who was sold by her 15-year-old stepsister 
> during a party at a crime-ridden apartment building in the state's capital, 
> police said.
> 
> ~(no)rave!
> 
> --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson  wrote:
> >
> > Wow, how sad that this is a good statistic, but how great it is to read it. 
> > I know the so-called "War on Drugs" has rightfully been attacked as a 
> > mistaken label and direction, but in cases where known drug dealing is 
> > directly related to murder, something has to be done. I've been impressed 
> > with Mayor Booker. he seems like the real deal. I'm sure those of you who 
> > live up that way will disabuse me of that notion if it's incorrect! 
> > 
> > * 
> > http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/04/newark_officials_police_credit.html
> >  
> > Newark officials credit first homicide-free month in 44 years to 
> > 'large-scale' drug sweeps 
> > By Star-Ledger Staff 
> > April 02, 2010, 8:00AM 
> > 
> > 
> > newark.JPGAristide Economopoulos/The Star-Ledger An aerial photo of the 
> > city of Newark. NEWARK -- When the clock struck midnight on April 1, Newark 
> > reached a milestone: its first homicide-free calendar month in 44 years. 
> > While police and city officials say thatâs a solid benchmark, they say 
> > thereâs more work to do. 
> > 
> > "I just think its amazing. Four consecutive weeks without a murder, " 
> > Police Director Garry McCarthy said. "The program strategies and policies 
> > are working and weâre going to stick with them, but the goal is zero 
> > (homicides). 
> > 
> > "Itâs going to take us a while to get to zero, but right now these are 
> > big changes," he said. 
> > 
> > McCarthy credited large-scale sweeps at some of the cityâs most notorious 
> > drug strongholds â" in one case nearly 150 arrests during a six-month 
> > operation â" as well as increased police presence on city streets at night 
> > with helping keep the city without a homicide from Feb. 28 through tonight. 
> > City officials also said community safety caravans as well as the 
> > installation of the ShotSpotters gunshot detection system and surveillance 
> > cameras in high-crime neighborhoods has helped. 
> > 
> > 
> > The last time a calendar month passed without a homicide in the stateâs 
> > largest city was May 1966. McCarthy said his goal is to keep the streak 
> > going as long as possible. In 2008, the city went 43 days in March and 
> > April without a homicide, the longest span since 1961. 
> > 
> > "The reason this is happening is because of the takedown at (Garden) Spires 
> > , the reason why itâs happening is because of the takedown at Stephen 
> > Crane, Pennington Court," McCarthy said, referring to several housing 
> > projects known as havens for drug dealers. "Step by step, thereâs a 
> > systematic clean-up of all these traditional locations ...Weâre attacking 
> > and holding on to those locations." 
> > 
> > There have been 10 homicides in Newark during the first three months of the 
> > year, matching the total for the same period a year ago. Thatâs the 
> > second-lowest first-quarter total since 1941, police said. 
> > 
> > Since taking over the Newark Police Department in 2006, McCarthyâs 
> > approach to reducing the cityâs homicide rate has been simple â" fewer 
> > shootings will result in fewer deaths. That strategy appears to have held 
> > true in March, with only eight reported shootings. In March 2009, there 
> > were 11 shootings, resulting in three homicides, according to police 
> > records. 
> > 
> > McCarthy said the arrest of 149 suspected drug dealers at the Garden Spires 
> > apartments during a six-month undercover operation may have helped stifle 
> > the homicide rate by preventing narcotics disputes that often turn deadly. 
> > 
> > "That group of drug dealers was responsible for an inordinate amount of 
> > violence," he said. "This drug gang was involved in violent acts in a lot 
> > of other places too, not just Garden Spires." 
> > 
> > Overall, Newarkâs crime rate has dropped 13 percent compared to the 
> > first-quarter of 2009, with shootings, aggravated assaults, robberies and 
> > carjackings all lower than a year ago, police said. 
> > 
> > "We have made major strides in reducing crime in Newark and providing our 
> > residents with a safer, stronger, and prouder community," Mayor Cory Booker 
> > said today. "This has been the r

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group

Happy nearing birthday, Rave!

Aubrey Leatherwood
www.aubreyleatherwood.com
FaceBook * MySpace 
Dime 
Can Nicole resist the call of the stage or the call of her heart?
Imperfection
A tale of perfect commitment, perfect love... and perfect sex.
The People You Know, The Sex They Have
ROMANTIC TIMES NOMINEE FOR BEST CONTEMPORARY EROTICA 2008
CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009
ISBN: 978-0-9818905-0-0

To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
From: ravena...@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 13:19:34 +
Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group

I'm old (53 and 11/12ths) so when I saw the first of the Burger King "King" 
commercials I was like WTF? Later, I discovered the commercials weren't aimed 
at me (go figure!), they were aimed at "super users," those young, 18 to 30 
year olds who frequent their local Burger King establishment 3 to 4 times a 
week (often late at night). These "super-users" are the backbone of the Burger 
King business and are the target of the current campaign.

~rave?

--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Aubrey Leatherwood  
wrote:
>
> 
> I love the creepy king!
> 
> Aubrey Leatherwood
> www.aubreyleatherwood.com
> FaceBook * MySpace 
> 
> Model Lover - Cobblestone Press
> Dime 
> Can Nicole resist the call of the stage or the call of her heart?
> Imperfection
> A tale of perfect commitment, perfect love... and perfect sex.
> The People You Know, The Sex They Have
> ROMANTIC TIMES NOMINEE FOR BEST CONTEMPORARY EROTICA 2008
> CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009
> ISBN: 978-0-9818905-0-0
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> From: keithbjohn...@...
> Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2010 20:38:20 +
> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> That's the least of the issues. Am I the only one creeped out by that 
> grinning, leering rictus of a mask the King wears? Remember the commercials 
> where people would wake up in the morning to find him in their bedrooms, 
> staring at them, holding out a burger or egg sandwich or something? man, 
> that'd be like having Freddy Kreuger's face on the pillow next to you!
> 
> - Original Message -
> From: "Kelwyn" 
> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, April 2, 2010 10:34:26 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/02/AR2010040204113.html?hpid%3Dtopnews&sub=AR
> 
> Bad week for fast-food mascots. In the same period that RetireRonald.com 
> launched to blast McDonald's clown for luring kids into unhealthy lifestyles, 
> two locally based mental health organizations have been deeply upset by a 
> Burger King advertisement that can best be described as completely bonk . . . 
> er, nut . . . er, cucko . . . er, in poor taste.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> __
> The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with 
> Hotmail. 
> http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multicalendar&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_5
>

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Re: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group

Aubrey, then you'll *love* that video. I checked my Yahu files for it, but
I've lost it, thanks to their notion of fixing what isn't broken. Wait...
let me use this magnificent thing known as the Internet...

Well, this isn't the whole thing (pun unintentional, I assure you), but the
punchline is still there. NSFW, and the title might offend some as well..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fshdNeM9DfU

On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 8:22 AM, Aubrey Leatherwood <
aubrey.leatherw...@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> I love the creepy king!
>
> *Aubrey Leatherwood
> *www.aubreyleatherwood.com
> FaceBook  * 
> MySpace
> Model Lover - Cobblestone Press
> Dime 
> Can Nicole resist the call of the stage or the call of her heart?
> *Imperfection* 
> A tale of perfect commitment, perfect love... and perfect sex.
> *The People You Know, The Sex They 
> Have*
> ROMANTIC TIMES NOMINEE FOR BEST CONTEMPORARY EROTICA 2008
> CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009
> ISBN: 978-0-9818905-0-0
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net
> Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2010 20:38:20 +
> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group
>
>
>  That's the least of the issues. Am I the only one creeped out by that
> grinning, leering rictus of a mask the King wears? Remember the commercials
> where people would wake up in the morning to find him in their bedrooms,
> staring at them, holding out a burger or egg sandwich or something? man,
> that'd be like having Freddy Kreuger's face on the pillow next to you!
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Kelwyn" 
> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, April 2, 2010 10:34:26 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group
>
>
>
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/02/AR2010040204113.html?hpid%3Dtopnews&sub=AR
>
> Bad week for fast-food mascots. In the same period that RetireRonald.com
> launched to blast McDonald's clown for luring kids into unhealthy
> lifestyles, two locally based mental health organizations have been deeply
> upset by a Burger King advertisement that can best be described as
> completely bonk . . . er, nut . . . er, cucko . . . er, in poor taste.
>
>
>
>
> --
> The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with
> Hotmail. Get 
> busy.
>  
>

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Newark Records First Murder-Free Month in Decades

That's just gut-wrenching/nauseating. My best for the dear child and her
family, and may those who harmed her find rich and fulfilling lives as
prison brides.

On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 8:42 AM, Kelwyn  wrote:

>
>
> It is Newark's fate that when they should be touting a murder-free month
> this is what predominates the news regarding Newark:
>
>
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/03/5-charged-in-gang-rape-of_n_524501.html
>
> TRENTON, N.J. — Two men and three teenage boys were charged Saturday with
> gang-raping a 7-year-old girl who was sold by her 15-year-old stepsister
> during a party at a crime-ridden apartment building in the state's capital,
> police said.
>
> ~(no)rave!
>
>
> --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith
> Johnson  wrote:
> >
> > Wow, how sad that this is a good statistic, but how great it is to read
> it. I know the so-called "War on Drugs" has rightfully been attacked as a
> mistaken label and direction, but in cases where known drug dealing is
> directly related to murder, something has to be done. I've been impressed
> with Mayor Booker. he seems like the real deal. I'm sure those of you who
> live up that way will disabuse me of that notion if it's incorrect!
> >
> > *
> >
> http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/04/newark_officials_police_credit.html
> > Newark officials credit first homicide-free month in 44 years to
> 'large-scale' drug sweeps
> > By Star-Ledger Staff
> > April 02, 2010, 8:00AM
> >
> >
> > newark.JPGAristide Economopoulos/The Star-Ledger An aerial photo of the
> city of Newark. NEWARK -- When the clock struck midnight on April 1, Newark
> reached a milestone: its first homicide-free calendar month in 44 years.
> While police and city officials say thatâ€™s a solid benchmark, they say
> thereâ€™s more work to do.
> >
> > "I just think its amazing. Four consecutive weeks without a murder, "
> Police Director Garry McCarthy said. "The program strategies and policies
> are working and weâ€™re going to stick with them, but the goal is zero
> (homicides).
> >
> > "Itâ€™s going to take us a while to get to zero, but right now these are
> big changes," he said.
> >
> > McCarthy credited large-scale sweeps at some of the cityâ€™s most
> notorious drug strongholds â€" in one case nearly 150 arrests during a
> six-month operation â€" as well as increased police presence on city streets
> at night with helping keep the city without a homicide from Feb. 28 through
> tonight. City officials also said community safety caravans as well as the
> installation of the ShotSpotters gunshot detection system and surveillance
> cameras in high-crime neighborhoods has helped.
> >
> >
> > The last time a calendar month passed without a homicide in the stateâ€™s
> largest city was May 1966. McCarthy said his goal is to keep the streak
> going as long as possible. In 2008, the city went 43 days in March and April
> without a homicide, the longest span since 1961.
> >
> > "The reason this is happening is because of the takedown at (Garden)
> Spires , the reason why itâ€™s happening is because of the takedown at
> Stephen Crane, Pennington Court," McCarthy said, referring to several
> housing projects known as havens for drug dealers. "Step by step, thereâ€™s
> a systematic clean-up of all these traditional locations ...Weâ€™re
> attacking and holding on to those locations."
> >
> > There have been 10 homicides in Newark during the first three months of
> the year, matching the total for the same period a year ago. Thatâ€™s the
> second-lowest first-quarter total since 1941, police said.
> >
> > Since taking over the Newark Police Department in 2006, McCarthyâ€™s
> approach to reducing the cityâ€™s homicide rate has been simple â€" fewer
> shootings will result in fewer deaths. That strategy appears to have held
> true in March, with only eight reported shootings. In March 2009, there were
> 11 shootings, resulting in three homicides, according to police records.
> >
> > McCarthy said the arrest of 149 suspected drug dealers at the Garden
> Spires apartments during a six-month undercover operation may have helped
> stifle the homicide rate by preventing narcotics disputes that often turn
> deadly.
> >
> > "That group of drug dealers was responsible for an inordinate amount of
> violence," he said. "This drug gang was involved in violent acts in a lot of
> other places too, not just Garden Spires."
> >
> > Overall, Newarkâ€™s crime rate has dropped 13 percent compared to the
> first-quarter of 2009, with shootings, aggravated assaults, robberies and
> carjackings all lower than a year ago, police said.
> >
> > "We have made major strides in reducing crime in Newark and providing our
> residents with a safer, stronger, and prouder community," Mayor Cory Booker
> said today. "This has been the result of new alliances, 21st-century
> technology, innovative approaches to protecting our city, groundbreaking
> efforts to prevent recidivism, the

RE: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group


Oh yeah, I'm almost ashamed to admit it, but that made me laugh. especially the 
end with the pointing and the little dance.

Aubrey Leatherwood
www.aubreyleatherwood.com
FaceBook * MySpace 
Model Lover
Dime 
Imperfection
A tale of perfect commitment, perfect love... and perfect sex.
The People You Know, The Sex They Have
ROMANTIC TIMES NOMINEE FOR BEST CONTEMPORARY EROTICA 2008
CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009








 


To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
From: martinbaxt...@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 12:26:23 -0400
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group

  



Aubrey, then you'll *love* that video. I checked my Yahu files for it, but I've 
lost it, thanks to their notion of fixing what isn't broken. Wait... let me use 
this magnificent thing known as the Internet...

Well, this isn't the whole thing (pun unintentional, I assure you), but the 
punchline is still there. NSFW, and the title might offend some as well..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fshdNeM9DfU


On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 8:22 AM, Aubrey Leatherwood 
 wrote:


  



I love the creepy king!

Aubrey Leatherwood
www.aubreyleatherwood.com
FaceBook * MySpace 
Model Lover - Cobblestone Press
Dime 
Can Nicole resist the call of the stage or the call of her heart?
Imperfection
A tale of perfect commitment, perfect love... and perfect sex.
The People You Know, The Sex They Have
ROMANTIC TIMES NOMINEE FOR BEST CONTEMPORARY EROTICA 2008
CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009
ISBN: 978-0-9818905-0-0








 



To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net
Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2010 20:38:20 +
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group

  




That's the least of the issues. Am I the only one creeped out by that grinning, 
leering rictus of a mask the King wears? Remember the commercials where people 
would wake up in the morning to find him in their bedrooms, staring at them, 
holding out a burger or egg sandwich or something? man, that'd be like having 
Freddy Kreuger's face on the pillow next to you!

- Original Message -
From: "Kelwyn" 
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, April 2, 2010 10:34:26 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group

  



http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/02/AR2010040204113.html?hpid%3Dtopnews&sub=AR

Bad week for fast-food mascots. In the same period that RetireRonald.com 
launched to blast McDonald's clown for luring kids into unhealthy lifestyles, 
two locally based mental health organizations have been deeply upset by a 
Burger King advertisement that can best be described as completely bonk . . . 
er, nut . . . er, cucko . . . er, in poor taste.









The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with 
Hotmail. Get busy. 





  
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[scifinoir2] Missing link between man and apes found

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/evolution/7550033/Missing-link-between-man-and-apes-found.html

Missing link between man and apes found

A "missing link" between humans and their apelike ancestors has been
discovered.

By Richard Gray, Science Correspondent

Published: 9:00PM BST 03 Apr 2010

The new species of hominid, the evolutionary branch of primates that
includes humans, is to be revealed when the two-million-year-old skeleton
of a child is unveiled this week.

Scientists believe the almost-complete fossilised skeleton belonged to a
previously-unknown type of early human ancestor that may have been a
intermediate stage as ape-men evolved into the first species of advanced
humans, Homo habilis.

Experts who have seen the skeleton say it shares characteristics with Homo
habilis, whose emergence 2.5 million years ago is seen as a key stage in
the evolution of our species.

The new discovery could help to rewrite the history of human evolution by
filling in crucial gaps in the scientific knowledge.

Most fossilised hominid remains are little more than scattered fragments
of bone, so the discovery of an almost-complete skeleton will allow
scientists to answer key questions about what our early ancestors looked
like and when they began walking upright on two legs.

Palaeontologists and human evolutionary experts behind the discovery have
remained silent about the exact details of what they have uncovered, but
the scientific community is already abuzz with anticipation of the
announcement of the find when it is made on Thursday.

The skeleton was found by Professor Lee Berger, from the University of the
Witwatersrand, while exploring cave systems in the Sterkfontein region of
South Africa, near Johannesburg, an area known as "the Cradle of Humanity".

The find is deemed to be so significant that Jacob Zuma, the South African
president, has visited the university to view the fossils and a major
media campaign with television documentaries is planned.

Professor Phillip Tobias, an eminent human anatomist and anthropologist at
the university who was one of three experts to first identify Homo habilis
as a new species of human in 1964, described the latest discovery as
"wonderful" and "exciting".

Although not directly involved in the excavation and subsequent research
on the fossils, he is one of the select few scientists outside the
research group who have been able to see the skeletons.

He said: "To find a skeleton as opposed to a couple of teeth or an arm
bone is a rarity.

"It is one thing to find a lower jaw with a couple of teeth, but it is
another thing to find the jaw joined onto the skull, and those in turn
uniting further down with the spinal column, pelvis and the limb bones.

"It is not a single find, but several specimens representing several
individuals. The remains now being brought to light by Dr Berger and his
team are wonderful."

The new fossil skeleton was found along with a number of other
partially-complete fossils, encased within breccia sedimentary rock inside
a limestone cave known as Malapa cave.

The protection from the elements provided by the cave is thought to have
played a large part in keeping the fossils so well preserved.

The fossil record of early humans is notoriously patchy and scientists now
hope that the that the new remains will provide fresh clues about how our
species evolved.

Scientists believe that a group of apelike hominids known as
Australopithicus, which first emerged in Africa around 3.9 million years
ago, gradually evolved into the first Homo species.

Over time the Australopithicus species lost their more apelike features as
they started to stand upright and their brain capacity increased.

Around 2.5 million years ago Homo habilis, the first species to be
described as distinctly human, began to appear, although only a handful of
specimens have ever been found.

It is thought that the new fossil to be unveiled this week will be
identified as a new species that fits somewhere between Australopithicus
and Homo habilis.

If it is confirmed as a missing link between the two groups, it would be
of immense scientific importance, helping to fill in a gap in the
evolutionary history of modern man.

Dr Simon Underdown, an expert on human evolution at Oxford Brookes
University, said the new find could help scientists gain a better
understanding of our evolutionary tree.

He said: "A find like this could really increase our understanding of our
early ancestors at a time when they first started to become recognisable
as human."

The discovery is the most important find from Sterkfontein since an
almost-complete fossil of a 3.3 million year old Australopithecus,
nicknamed Little Foot, was found in 1994.

Another major discovery was the well-preserved skull of a 2.15 million
year old Australopithecus africanus, nicknamed Mrs Ples, in 1947.

Finding almost complete fossilised skeletons of human ancestors is
particularly prized by the scientific community.

The presenc

Re: [scifinoir2] Missing link between man and apes found

The screaming you hear is from every fire-and-brimstone preacher south of
the Mason-Dixon, lest anyone wonder...

Seriously, this is amazing stuff. Fuel for part of the story I'm working on.
Thanks again, Brent! [?]

On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 2:49 PM, brent wodehouse  wrote:

>
>
>
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/evolution/7550033/Missing-link-between-man-and-apes-found.html
>
> Missing link between man and apes found
>
> A "missing link" between humans and their apelike ancestors has been
> discovered.
>
> By Richard Gray, Science Correspondent
>
> Published: 9:00PM BST 03 Apr 2010
>
> The new species of hominid, the evolutionary branch of primates that
> includes humans, is to be revealed when the two-million-year-old skeleton
> of a child is unveiled this week.
>
> Scientists believe the almost-complete fossilised skeleton belonged to a
> previously-unknown type of early human ancestor that may have been a
> intermediate stage as ape-men evolved into the first species of advanced
> humans, Homo habilis.
>
> Experts who have seen the skeleton say it shares characteristics with Homo
> habilis, whose emergence 2.5 million years ago is seen as a key stage in
> the evolution of our species.
>
> The new discovery could help to rewrite the history of human evolution by
> filling in crucial gaps in the scientific knowledge.
>
> Most fossilised hominid remains are little more than scattered fragments
> of bone, so the discovery of an almost-complete skeleton will allow
> scientists to answer key questions about what our early ancestors looked
> like and when they began walking upright on two legs.
>
> Palaeontologists and human evolutionary experts behind the discovery have
> remained silent about the exact details of what they have uncovered, but
> the scientific community is already abuzz with anticipation of the
> announcement of the find when it is made on Thursday.
>
> The skeleton was found by Professor Lee Berger, from the University of the
> Witwatersrand, while exploring cave systems in the Sterkfontein region of
> South Africa, near Johannesburg, an area known as "the Cradle of Humanity".
>
> The find is deemed to be so significant that Jacob Zuma, the South African
> president, has visited the university to view the fossils and a major
> media campaign with television documentaries is planned.
>
> Professor Phillip Tobias, an eminent human anatomist and anthropologist at
> the university who was one of three experts to first identify Homo habilis
> as a new species of human in 1964, described the latest discovery as
> "wonderful" and "exciting".
>
> Although not directly involved in the excavation and subsequent research
> on the fossils, he is one of the select few scientists outside the
> research group who have been able to see the skeletons.
>
> He said: "To find a skeleton as opposed to a couple of teeth or an arm
> bone is a rarity.
>
> "It is one thing to find a lower jaw with a couple of teeth, but it is
> another thing to find the jaw joined onto the skull, and those in turn
> uniting further down with the spinal column, pelvis and the limb bones.
>
> "It is not a single find, but several specimens representing several
> individuals. The remains now being brought to light by Dr Berger and his
> team are wonderful."
>
> The new fossil skeleton was found along with a number of other
> partially-complete fossils, encased within breccia sedimentary rock inside
> a limestone cave known as Malapa cave.
>
> The protection from the elements provided by the cave is thought to have
> played a large part in keeping the fossils so well preserved.
>
> The fossil record of early humans is notoriously patchy and scientists now
> hope that the that the new remains will provide fresh clues about how our
> species evolved.
>
> Scientists believe that a group of apelike hominids known as
> Australopithicus, which first emerged in Africa around 3.9 million years
> ago, gradually evolved into the first Homo species.
>
> Over time the Australopithicus species lost their more apelike features as
> they started to stand upright and their brain capacity increased.
>
> Around 2.5 million years ago Homo habilis, the first species to be
> described as distinctly human, began to appear, although only a handful of
> specimens have ever been found.
>
> It is thought that the new fossil to be unveiled this week will be
> identified as a new species that fits somewhere between Australopithicus
> and Homo habilis.
>
> If it is confirmed as a missing link between the two groups, it would be
> of immense scientific importance, helping to fill in a gap in the
> evolutionary history of modern man.
>
> Dr Simon Underdown, an expert on human evolution at Oxford Brookes
> University, said the new find could help scientists gain a better
> understanding of our evolutionary tree.
>
> He said: "A find like this could really increase our understanding of our
> early ancestors at a time when they first started to become recognisable
>

Re: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group

I admit that I LMNAO as well, once I was over the shock. Still, I'm
continuing to look for the full video, because it's even funnier, with the
full set-up. I literally did NOT see that ending coming. [?][?][?][?]

On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 12:43 PM, Aubrey Leatherwood <
aubrey.leatherw...@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> Oh yeah, I'm almost ashamed to admit it, but that made me laugh. especially
> the end with the pointing and the little dance.
>
>
> *Aubrey Leatherwood
> *www.aubreyleatherwood.com
> FaceBook  * 
> MySpace
> Model Lover
> Dime 
> *Imperfection* 
> A tale of perfect commitment, perfect love... and perfect sex.
> *The People You Know, The Sex They 
> Have*
> ROMANTIC TIMES NOMINEE FOR BEST CONTEMPORARY EROTICA 2008
> CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> From: martinbaxt...@gmail.com
> Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 12:26:23 -0400
>
> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group
>
>
>  Aubrey, then you'll *love* that video. I checked my Yahu files for it,
> but I've lost it, thanks to their notion of fixing what isn't broken.
> Wait... let me use this magnificent thing known as the Internet...
>
> Well, this isn't the whole thing (pun unintentional, I assure you), but the
> punchline is still there. NSFW, and the title might offend some as well..
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fshdNeM9DfU
>
> On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 8:22 AM, Aubrey Leatherwood <
> aubrey.leatherw...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> I love the creepy king!
>
> *Aubrey Leatherwood
> *www.aubreyleatherwood.com
> FaceBook  * 
> MySpace
> Model Lover - Cobblestone Press
> Dime 
> Can Nicole resist the call of the stage or the call of her heart?
> *Imperfection* 
> A tale of perfect commitment, perfect love... and perfect sex.
> *The People You Know, The Sex They 
> Have*
> ROMANTIC TIMES NOMINEE FOR BEST CONTEMPORARY EROTICA 2008
> CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009
> ISBN: 978-0-9818905-0-0
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net
> Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2010 20:38:20 +
> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group
>
>
>   That's the least of the issues. Am I the only one creeped out by that
> grinning, leering rictus of a mask the King wears? Remember the commercials
> where people would wake up in the morning to find him in their bedrooms,
> staring at them, holding out a burger or egg sandwich or something? man,
> that'd be like having Freddy Kreuger's face on the pillow next to you!
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Kelwyn" 
> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, April 2, 2010 10:34:26 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group
>
>
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/02/AR2010040204113.html?hpid%3Dtopnews&sub=AR
>
> Bad week for fast-food mascots. In the same period that RetireRonald.com
> launched to blast McDonald's clown for luring kids into unhealthy
> lifestyles, two locally based mental health organizations have been deeply
> upset by a Burger King advertisement that can best be described as
> completely bonk . . . er, nut . . . er, cucko . . . er, in poor taste.
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with
> Hotmail. Get 
> busy.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your
> inbox. Learn 
> more.
>  
>
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Re: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group

2010-04-04 Thread Keith Johnson

Okay, pretend you roll over in bed in the middle of the night...you sense a 
presence in the room, so you pop on the light, only to see that plasticized 
face, that manic frozen grin staring at you, sitting atop the body of someone 
dressed crazily, hands outstretched trying to offer you food. 
Do you: 

(a) Jump for joy and say, "Hey, King! Thanks for the burger!" and then invite 
him to share it with you in your bed? 
(b) Say, "Thanks dude, but I'm not hungry now. Be sure to close the window on 
your way out", then roll over and go to sleep... or 
(c) Scream bloody murder and reach for the gun/knife/baseball bat/golf 
club/mace/pepper spray? 

Me? Option "C" all the way baby! 

- Original Message - 
From: "Aubrey Leatherwood"  
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Sunday, April 4, 2010 8:22:54 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group 






I love the creepy king! 

Aubrey Leatherwood 
www.aubreyleatherwood.com 
FaceBook * MySpace 
Model Lover - Cobblestone Press 
Dime 
Can Nicole resist the call of the stage or the call of her heart? 
Imperfection 
A tale of perfect commitment, perfect love... and perfect sex. 
The People You Know, The Sex They Have 
ROMANTIC TIMES NOMINEE FOR BEST CONTEMPORARY EROTICA 2008 
CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009 
ISBN: 978-0-9818905-0-0 










To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net 
Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2010 20:38:20 + 
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group 





That's the least of the issues. Am I the only one creeped out by that grinning, 
leering rictus of a mask the King wears? Remember the commercials where people 
would wake up in the morning to find him in their bedrooms, staring at them, 
holding out a burger or egg sandwich or something? man, that'd be like having 
Freddy Kreuger's face on the pillow next to you! 

- Original Message - 
From: "Kelwyn"  
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Friday, April 2, 2010 10:34:26 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group 






http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/02/AR2010040204113.html?hpid%3Dtopnews&sub=AR
 

Bad week for fast-food mascots. In the same period that RetireRonald.com 
launched to blast McDonald's clown for luring kids into unhealthy lifestyles, 
two locally based mental health organizations have been deeply upset by a 
Burger King advertisement that can best be described as completely bonk . . . 
er, nut . . . er, cucko . . . er, in poor taste. 







The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with 
Hotmail. Get busy.

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: (Non-sci-fi) the movie Cadence, song "End of My Journey'

2010-04-04 Thread Keith Johnson

I completely agree. The "white man saves the day" angle is so overplayed it's 
driving me away from many movies. Last night I had trouble sleeping, and surfed 
the tube. There was a movie with Rhea Perlman about a lady who helps a bunch of 
"tough, inner city kids" succeed. I can't remember if she's their football or 
basketball coach, or just their teacher. At any rate, I saw a scene where a 
hardened young brother told her "it couldn't be done" (whatever it was) and 
then stomped off. I just know later on she'd not only help the young men do 
"it", but that same brother would probably be the first one to hug her and say 
"thank you for believing in us". 
I turned the channel in disgust. 

- Original Message - 
From: "Kelwyn"  
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Sunday, April 4, 2010 9:14:01 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: (Non-sci-fi) the movie Cadence, song "End of My 
Journey' 

I have seen "Cadence." Saw it on the big screen in 1990. Own it on VHS. I don't 
remember it for this song, however. I remember it for the performances of 
Laurence Fishburne, Michael Beach and John Toles-Bey. What I remember most 
vividly is the step, call and response of the "cadence" performed by the black 
soldiers imprisoned/enslaved in an army stockade. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgAi-77fonA&feature=related 

The movie can easily be deconstructed as a trenchant allegory about being black 
in America or as yet another movie where what should be a black man's tale is 
high-jacked by the less compelling journey of a white man (Charlie Sheen). 

It occurs to me how brave Charles Fuller's "A Soldier's Story" (1984) was and 
is. If "Story" had not begun as a play (or, if the play had been written by a 
white man), the lead, Army Investigator Captain Davenport played by Howard E. 
Rollins, Jr., would have been played by a white actor from the Gregory Peck 
school of acting. 

The movie is unsatisfying on many levels because it concentrates on Charlie 
Sheen's "rebel without a cause" who is just passing through instead of on the 
real men doing hard time (primarily for being black in a white man's army). 

~(no)rave! 

Said Kakese Dibinga  wrote: 
> 
> I've never seen nor even heard of this movie 'Cadence' until about 2 hours 
> ago, I came across this clip on Youtube while searching for something else. 
> I'll buy it this week. Does anyone know whatever happened to Harry Stewart? 
> This song/performance is emotional...he took it to the cotton field...Last I 
> heard he never had the song published and was homeless...Story goes that 
> Martin Sheen met Harry on the street in LA, he wasn't a professional musician 
> or actor, asked if he wanted to be in the film, gave him a few lines, yet 
> Harry wrote this song and sang it live in the movielove to know what 
> happened to him... 
> 
> 'End of My Journey' movie clip: 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMre6qM9TrU&feature=related 
> 
> Said Yenga Kakese Dibinga 
> Director General, Bayindo Group SA 
> POB 1782 
> Los Angeles, CA 90078-1782 
> em: s...@... 
> skype: saiddibinga 
>

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Newark Records First Murder-Free Month in Decades

2010-04-04 Thread Keith Johnson

Well, it still speaks to the regrettable image that the state of NJ has as a 
whole... 

- Original Message - 
From: "Kelwyn"  
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Sunday, April 4, 2010 9:24:03 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Newark Records First Murder-Free Month in Decades 






My bad. I guess what is truly sad is that I read an article about TRENTON, N.J. 
and ASSUMED it was referring to Newark. Wow. 

~(no)rave! 

--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , "Kelwyn"  wrote: 
> 
> It is Newark's fate that when they should be touting a murder-free month this 
> is what predominates the news regarding Newark: 
> 
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/03/5-charged-in-gang-rape-of_n_524501.html
>  
> 
> TRENTON, N.J. — Two men and three teenage boys were charged Saturday with 
> gang-raping a 7-year-old girl who was sold by her 15-year-old stepsister 
> during a party at a crime-ridden apartment building in the state's capital, 
> police said. 
> 
> ~(no)rave! 
> 
> --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson  wrote: 
> > 
> > Wow, how sad that this is a good statistic, but how great it is to read it. 
> > I know the so-called "War on Drugs" has rightfully been attacked as a 
> > mistaken label and direction, but in cases where known drug dealing is 
> > directly related to murder, something has to be done. I've been impressed 
> > with Mayor Booker. he seems like the real deal. I'm sure those of you who 
> > live up that way will disabuse me of that notion if it's incorrect! 
> > 
> > * 
> > http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/04/newark_officials_police_credit.html
> >  
> > Newark officials credit first homicide-free month in 44 years to 
> > 'large-scale' drug sweeps 
> > By Star-Ledger Staff 
> > April 02, 2010, 8:00AM 
> > 
> > 
> > newark.JPGAristide Economopoulos/The Star-Ledger An aerial photo of the 
> > city of Newark. NEWARK -- When the clock struck midnight on April 1, Newark 
> > reached a milestone: its first homicide-free calendar month in 44 years. 
> > While police and city officials say thatâ€™s a solid benchmark, they say 
> > thereâ€™s more work to do. 
> > 
> > "I just think its amazing. Four consecutive weeks without a murder, " 
> > Police Director Garry McCarthy said. "The program strategies and policies 
> > are working and weâ€™re going to stick with them, but the goal is zero 
> > (homicides). 
> > 
> > "Itâ€™s going to take us a while to get to zero, but right now these are 
> > big changes," he said. 
> > 
> > McCarthy credited large-scale sweeps at some of the cityâ€™s most notorious 
> > drug strongholds â€" in one case nearly 150 arrests during a six-month 
> > operation â€" as well as increased police presence on city streets at night 
> > with helping keep the city without a homicide from Feb. 28 through tonight. 
> > City officials also said community safety caravans as well as the 
> > installation of the ShotSpotters gunshot detection system and surveillance 
> > cameras in high-crime neighborhoods has helped. 
> > 
> > 
> > The last time a calendar month passed without a homicide in the stateâ€™s 
> > largest city was May 1966. McCarthy said his goal is to keep the streak 
> > going as long as possible. In 2008, the city went 43 days in March and 
> > April without a homicide, the longest span since 1961. 
> > 
> > "The reason this is happening is because of the takedown at (Garden) Spires 
> > , the reason why itâ€™s happening is because of the takedown at Stephen 
> > Crane, Pennington Court," McCarthy said, referring to several housing 
> > projects known as havens for drug dealers. "Step by step, thereâ€™s a 
> > systematic clean-up of all these traditional locations ...Weâ€™re attacking 
> > and holding on to those locations." 
> > 
> > There have been 10 homicides in Newark during the first three months of the 
> > year, matching the total for the same period a year ago. Thatâ€™s the 
> > second-lowest first-quarter total since 1941, police said. 
> > 
> > Since taking over the Newark Police Department in 2006, McCarthyâ€™s 
> > approach to reducing the cityâ€™s homicide rate has been simple â€" fewer 
> > shootings will result in fewer deaths. That strategy appears to have held 
> > true in March, with only eight reported shootings. In March 2009, there 
> > were 11 shootings, resulting in three homicides, according to police 
> > records. 
> > 
> > McCarthy said the arrest of 149 suspected drug dealers at the Garden Spires 
> > apartments during a six-month undercover operation may have helped stifle 
> > the homicide rate by preventing narcotics disputes that often turn deadly. 
> > 
> > "That group of drug dealers was responsible for an inordinate amount of 
> > violence," he said. "This drug gang was involved in violent acts in a lot 
> > of other places too, not just Garden Spires." 
> > 
> > Overall, Newarkâ€™s crime rate has dropped 13 percent compared to the

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: (Non-sci-fi) the movie Cadence, song "End of My Journey'

Keith, that travesty you speak of was "Sunset Park", and basketball was the
sport. I name it only in the hopes that good folks everywhere will AVOID
it..

On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Keith Johnson wrote:

>
>
> I completely agree. The "white man saves the day" angle is so overplayed
> it's driving me away from many movies. Last night I had trouble sleeping,
> and surfed the tube. There was a movie with Rhea Perlman about a lady who
> helps a bunch of "tough, inner city kids" succeed. I can't remember if she's
> their football or basketball coach, or just their teacher. At any rate, I
> saw a scene where a hardened young brother told her "it couldn't be done"
> (whatever it was) and then stomped off. I just know later on she'd not only
> help the young men do "it", but that same brother would probably be the
> first one to hug her and say "thank you for believing in us".
> I turned the channel in disgust.
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Kelwyn" 
> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, April 4, 2010 9:14:01 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: (Non-sci-fi) the movie Cadence, song "End of My
> Journey'
>
>
>
> I have seen "Cadence." Saw it on the big screen in 1990. Own it on VHS. I
> don't remember it for this song, however. I remember it for the performances
> of Laurence Fishburne, Michael Beach and John Toles-Bey. What I remember
> most vividly is the step, call and response of the "cadence" performed by
> the black soldiers imprisoned/enslaved in an army stockade.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgAi-77fonA&feature=related
>
> The movie can easily be deconstructed as a trenchant allegory about being
> black in America or as yet another movie where what should be a black man's
> tale is high-jacked by the less compelling journey of a white man (Charlie
> Sheen).
>
> It occurs to me how brave Charles Fuller's "A Soldier's Story" (1984) was
> and is. If "Story" had not begun as a play (or, if the play had been written
> by a white man), the lead, Army Investigator Captain Davenport played by
> Howard E. Rollins, Jr., would have been played by a white actor from the
> Gregory Peck school of acting.
>
> The movie is unsatisfying on many levels because it concentrates on Charlie
> Sheen's "rebel without a cause" who is just passing through instead of on
> the real men doing hard time (primarily for being black in a white man's
> army).
>
> ~(no)rave!
>
> Said Kakese Dibinga  wrote:
> >
> > I've never seen nor even heard of this movie 'Cadence' until about 2
> hours ago, I came across this clip on Youtube while searching for something
> else. I'll buy it this week. Does anyone know whatever happened to Harry
> Stewart? This song/performance is emotional...he took it to the cotton
> field...Last I heard he never had the song published and was
> homeless...Story goes that Martin Sheen met Harry on the street in LA, he
> wasn't a professional musician or actor, asked if he wanted to be in the
> film, gave him a few lines, yet Harry wrote this song and sang it live in
> the movielove to know what happened to him...
> >
> > 'End of My Journey' movie clip:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMre6qM9TrU&feature=related
> >
> > Said Yenga Kakese Dibinga
> > Director General, Bayindo Group SA
> > POB 1782
> > Los Angeles, CA 90078-1782
> > em: s...@...
> > skype: saiddibinga
> >
>
>
>

Re: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group

For me, Keith, Option C as well, with the addendum that I have a sword I
purchased for 20 bucks at my bedside. All I can do is hack with it, bad
wrist being what it is, but hacking does the job. [?]

On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Keith Johnson wrote:

>
>
> Okay, pretend you roll over in bed in the middle of the night...you sense a
> presence in the room, so you pop on the light, only to see that plasticized
> face, that manic frozen grin staring at you, sitting atop the body of
> someone dressed crazily, hands outstretched trying to offer you food.
> Do you:
>
> (a) Jump for joy and say, "Hey, King! Thanks for the burger!" and then
> invite him to share it with you in your bed?
> (b) Say, "Thanks dude, but I'm not hungry now. Be sure to close the window
> on your way out", then roll over and go to sleep... or
> (c) Scream bloody murder and reach for the gun/knife/baseball bat/golf
> club/mace/pepper spray?
>
> Me? Option "C" all the way baby!
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Aubrey Leatherwood" 
> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, April 4, 2010 8:22:54 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group
>
>
>
> I love the creepy king!
>
> *Aubrey Leatherwood
> *www.aubreyleatherwood.com
> FaceBook  * 
> MySpace
> Model Lover - Cobblestone Press
> Dime 
> Can Nicole resist the call of the stage or the call of her heart?
> *Imperfection* 
> A tale of perfect commitment, perfect love... and perfect sex.
> *The People You Know, The Sex They 
> Have*
> ROMANTIC TIMES NOMINEE FOR BEST CONTEMPORARY EROTICA 2008
> CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009
> ISBN: 978-0-9818905-0-0
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net
> Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2010 20:38:20 +
> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group
>
>
>  That's the least of the issues. Am I the only one creeped out by that
> grinning, leering rictus of a mask the King wears? Remember the commercials
> where people would wake up in the morning to find him in their bedrooms,
> staring at them, holding out a burger or egg sandwich or something? man,
> that'd be like having Freddy Kreuger's face on the pillow next to you!
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Kelwyn" 
> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, April 2, 2010 10:34:26 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group
>
>
>
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/02/AR2010040204113.html?hpid%3Dtopnews&sub=AR
>
> Bad week for fast-food mascots. In the same period that RetireRonald.com
> launched to blast McDonald's clown for luring kids into unhealthy
> lifestyles, two locally based mental health organizations have been deeply
> upset by a Burger King advertisement that can best be described as
> completely bonk . . . er, nut . . . er, cucko . . . er, in poor taste.
>
>
>
>
> --
> The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with
> Hotmail. Get 
> busy.
>
>   
>
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RE: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group



A... I'd like to get him talking for once ;)


Aubrey Leatherwood
www.aubreyleatherwood.com
FaceBook * MySpace 
Model Lover
Dime 
Imperfection
A tale of perfect commitment, perfect love... and perfect sex.
The People You Know, The Sex They Have
ROMANTIC TIMES NOMINEE FOR BEST CONTEMPORARY EROTICA 2008
CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009








 


To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net
Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 20:51:32 +
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group

  




Okay, pretend you roll over in bed in the middle of the night...you sense a 
presence in the room, so you pop on the light, only to see that plasticized 
face, that manic frozen grin staring at you, sitting atop the body of someone 
dressed crazily, hands outstretched trying to offer you food.
Do you:

(a) Jump for joy and say, "Hey, King! Thanks for the burger!" and then invite 
him to share it with you in your bed?
(b) Say, "Thanks dude, but I'm not hungry now. Be sure to close the window on 
your way out", then roll over and go to sleep... or 
(c) Scream bloody murder and reach for the gun/knife/baseball bat/golf 
club/mace/pepper spray?

Me? Option "C" all the way baby!

- Original Message -
From: "Aubrey Leatherwood" 
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, April 4, 2010 8:22:54 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group

  



I love the creepy king!

Aubrey Leatherwood
www.aubreyleatherwood.com
FaceBook * MySpace 
Model Lover - Cobblestone Press
Dime 
Can Nicole resist the call of the stage or the call of her heart?
Imperfection
A tale of perfect commitment, perfect love... and perfect sex.
The People You Know, The Sex They Have
ROMANTIC TIMES NOMINEE FOR BEST CONTEMPORARY EROTICA 2008
CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009
ISBN: 978-0-9818905-0-0








 



To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net
Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2010 20:38:20 +
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group

  



That's the least of the issues. Am I the only one creeped out by that grinning, 
leering rictus of a mask the King wears? Remember the commercials where people 
would wake up in the morning to find him in their bedrooms, staring at them, 
holding out a burger or egg sandwich or something? man, that'd be like having 
Freddy Kreuger's face on the pillow next to you!

- Original Message -
From: "Kelwyn" 
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, April 2, 2010 10:34:26 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group

  



http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/02/AR2010040204113.html?hpid%3Dtopnews&sub=AR

Bad week for fast-food mascots. In the same period that RetireRonald.com 
launched to blast McDonald's clown for luring kids into unhealthy lifestyles, 
two locally based mental health organizations have been deeply upset by a 
Burger King advertisement that can best be described as completely bonk . . . 
er, nut . . . er, cucko . . . er, in poor taste.









The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with 
Hotmail. Get busy. 






  
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Re: [scifinoir2] Missing link between man and apes found

>Martin Baxter  wrote:
>
>The screaming you hear is from every fire-and-brimstone preacher south of
>the Mason-Dixon, lest anyone wonder...
>
>Seriously, this is amazing stuff. Fuel for part of the story I'm working
>on. Thanks again, Brent!


Story? Of what variety? Inquiring minds...


Brent


>On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 2:49 PM, brent wodehouse
> wrote:
>
>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/evolution/7550033/Missing-link-between-man-and-apes-found.html
>
>Missing link between man and apes found.
>
>A "missing link" between humans and their apelike ancestors has been
>discovered

[scifinoir2] Movies that make you love them

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/movies/movies-that-make-you-love-them/article1521282/

Movies that make you love them

Filmmakers are searching out new ways to mine your celluloid sweet spot

Liam Lacey

>From Saturday's Globe and Mail

In the future, instead of going to movie theatres and staring at giant
screens, perhaps we will attach a cable to our computers, plug it into the
sides of our skulls - and get lost.

That could be the eventual outcome of neurocinema, an emerging
technology that promises to shape films to maximize brain excitement,
allowing Hollywood studios to know exactly what you want better than you
do. As columnist Scott Brown sardonically noted in Wired magazine last
month: Movie houses will become crack dens with cup holders, and Ill lie
there mainlining pure viewing pleasure for hours.

The concern that movies may take over our brains goes back at least to
1931 and Aldous Huxleys Brave New World, which featured an entertainment
system called the feelies inspired by Huxleys horror at watching his
first sound movie. Novels made into such movies as The Parallax View and A
Clockwork Orange show heroes brainwashed by film. But could brain research
also make films better?

Neurocinema is an offshoot of neuromarketing, a term coined by Dutch
marketing expert Ale Smidts in 2002. It, in turn, is a branch of
advertising research that uses brain-imaging techniques, including the
functional magnetic resonance imaging machine (or fMRI, which measures
blood flow to parts of the brain) and electroencephalography (EEG, which
measures electrical activity) to peer into our brains - and, more
specifically, into the subconscious thoughts, feelings and desires that
drive purchasing decisions as branding guru Martin Lindstrom writes in
Buyology: Truth and Lies About Why We Buy.

Its no longer the stuff of science fiction: Coca-Cola, Unilever,
Campbells Soup and Levi Strauss have used brain scanning to develop
advertising strategies, and marketing jargon is full of excited talk about
finding the buy button in consumers heads.

Neuromarketing buzz has influenced the move industry, too. More than a
year before Avatar hit screens, James Cameron boasted that fMRI machines
would show the brain was much more active while watching his 3-D film than
while taking in a conventional movie. This months South by Southwest
festival in Austin played to the film-geek crowd with a panel called Big
Brother in Your Brain: Neuroscience and Marketing.

And last fall, such media outlets as Wired, CNN and National Public Radio
carried the story of a San Diego company called Mindsign Neuromarketing,
which announced it was revolutionizing films by using an fMRI machine to
test scenes from a horror movie called Pop Skull.

But on closer inspection, it didnt take a brain scientist to diagnose a
bad case of neuro hype. The test involved only one subject, a 24-year-old
woman who watched two scenes from the movie, three times. According to
film producer Peter Katz, this was the first step in a brave new
filmmaking world where filmmakers will be able to track precisely which
sequences/scenes excite, emotionally engage or lose the viewers interest
based on what regions of the brain are activated. From that info, a
director can edit, reshoot an actors bad performance, adjust a score,
pump up visual effects and apply any other changes to improve or replace
the least compelling scenes.

Most brain-movie research to date makes more modest claims. For example,
in 2004, Professor Uri Hasson and his New York University colleagues
showed five subjects different scenes, lasting about 30 minutes, of the
Sergio Leone 1966 western, The Good, The Bad and the Ugly and discovered
the brains of different individuals show a highly significant tendency to
act in unison.

No big surprise there. But later, in a 2008 test, the same researchers
looked into how moviegoers experience different films. This time, The
Good, The Bad and the Ugly aroused about 45-per-cent similar brain
reaction among the subjects. By contrast, the loosely structured TV comedy
Curb Your Enthusiasm hit only 18-per-cent common brain activity, while an
episode of the vintage television show Alfred Hitchcock Presents scored a
whopping 65-per-cent uniformity, confirming the Master of Suspenses claim
that he played his audience like an instrument.

After Hassons initial experiment, Hollywood executives commissioned
Steven Quartz, a neuroscientist at the California Institute of Technology,
to try to improve the effectiveness of movie trailers. Quartz claimed to
have discovered an area of the brain, at the base of the orbitofrontal
cortex, that indicates how much people are anticipating a movie when they
are watching a trailer or how much liking they have.

Other researchers are dubious. Neurologist Richard Restak, author of The
Naked Brain: How the Emerging Neurosociety is Changing How We Live, Work,
and Love, points out that a large area of the brain n

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