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WATCH: President Obama takes on Trump at the White House Correspondents' Dinner

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Channing Tatum will revisit his Stripper days in new film, 'Magic Mike'

Well, well, well! Sexy on Tap Channing Tatum will get to show off those stripper moves in an upcoming film with Steven Soderbergh. It's called 'Magic Mike' and it's about, well, male strippers.

Now, he has just committed to direct Channing Tatum in Magic Mike, a story of friendship set in the world of male strippers.

Tatum plays the title character, who schools a young dancer in how to hustle on and off the stage. It's a wild summer of dancing, partying and women. The inspiration for the film is Channing's own experiences as a stripper when he was 19. Nick Wechsler is producing with Gregory Jacobs, Tatum and Reid Carolin. Carolin is writing the script.


"When Channing talked to me about this, I thought it was one of the best ideas I'd ever heard for a movie," Soderbergh said in a statement. "I said I wanted in immediately. It's sexy, funny and shocking. We're using Saturday Night Fever as our model, so hopefully we're on the right track."

Said Tatum: "This was a wild and pivotal time in my life and I couldn't be more thrilled to go down the rabbit hole with Steven."

I'm sure it will be fun, sexy and possibly a male version of 'Showgirls'

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Interesting Quote: Troy David Newham from Swamp Fox Press

DC comics has decided to have Superman renounce his US citizenship stating “Truth Justice and the American Way It’s not enough anymore.”


Who buys comics? Mostly Americans I reckon…


How dare they? Do you know how many people are trying to get citizenship? How many are going through pure hell in paperwork and legal costs to do this? The statements are clear that DC (and I must assume that these views are shared by Warner Brothers as well since they own DC Comics) is a fan of the “world view”/world government.


Bleep Superman. I urge a boycott of Warner Brothers, all DC franchises, and particularly Superman. They intended this to be a political statement, but it is really a slap in the face of the American identity. Show me any one country that has done more for the world than America. We have fought for more people and sacrificed more treasure than any other country in history.


Superman’s real kryptonite is lack of comic sales. Hit them where it hurts, and I bet they’ll be doing a special issue where he retakes the citizenship oaths.

Troy is upset, really upset about Supes going Global. 

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Ernesto Sabato, físico

Me enteré hace un par de horas de la muerte de Sabato. No tengo mucho más que decir que lo que escribí hace un tiempo y que reedito aquí debajo. Noventa y nueve años es mucho tiempo para lo que suele ser nuestra vida y creo que Ernesto Sabato no solo no los desperdició sino que nos dejó un legado magnífico que deberíamos aprovechar.

A Ernesto Sabato se le conoce sobre todo como escritor y, para los que tienen memoria, por haber sido presidente de la Comisión Nacional sobre la Desaparición de Personas. La CONADEP elaboró el tremendo Informe Sabato (1984) donde se documentó y destapó la estrategia de desaparición, tortura y ejecución desarrollada por el gobierno militar argentino entre 1976 y 1983. Ya han pasado 23 años de aquel informe, publicado en 1984.
Pero mucho más tiempo ha pasado desde que Sabato se dedicara a la investigación en física, una faceta menos conocida de su vida. La cronología es sucinta. En 1929 ingresó en la Universidad de La Plata donde se doctoró en Física en 1938. Con una “beca anual al mejor candidato del año” se fue a trabajar al Laboratorio Curie de París. En 1939, se traslada al MIT y en 1940 vuelve como profesor a su antigua universidad argentina.
La ciencia no sólo no llenó a Sabato sino que le llevó a una tremenda crisis personal que bordeó el suicidio. Consideró que la ciencia desvalorizaba al ser humano entre otras cosas por su neutralidad ante el mundo por lo que su dedicación a ella era sólo vacío. Su crítica se resume en este artículo de 1955 del cual rescato lo que me ha parecido fundamental:

[...] la ciencia llega a ser monarca, en efecto; pero cuando lo alcanza, su reino es apenas un reino de fantasmas. A medida que se van unificando los hechos más opuestos, también van desapareciendo los atributos concretos que los distinguen, y la riqueza de la realidad va como evaporándose en el laboratorio y en el razonamiento. Y el Universo se va transformando, de un conjunto de montañas, pájaros, flores, cacerías y luchas sociales, en un conglomerado de sinusoides, letras griegas, tensores y ondas de probabilidad. Y, lo que es peor: nada más que en eso.
La trágica falacia es sostener que ese fantasma matemático es la realidad, la única y verdadera realidad. Falacia primero sostenida por los científicos y finalmente acatada por el pueblo. Frente a la infinita riqueza del universo, los fundadores de la ciencia positiva seleccionaron los atributos cuantificables: la masa, el peso, la forma geométrica, etc. Y llegaron al convencimiento de que la naturaleza está escrita en caracteres matemáticos, como Galileo afirmó. Cuando lo que está escrito en caracteres matemáticos no es la naturaleza, sino... la estructura matemática de la naturaleza. Perogrullada tan brillante como la de sostener que el esqueleto de los animales tiene caracteres esqueléticos. No era, pues la rica realidad exterior la que expresaban los científicos con el lenguaje matemático, sino apenas su fantasma pitagórico.

Por suerte el suicidio no se perpetró y Sabato se conformó con abandonar la ciencia y dedicarse a la literatura. Renunció a su puesto universitario y se fue a vivir en un remoto lugar de las sierras de Córdoba con su mujer, Matilde, y su primer hijo, Jorge Federico, de 4 años. Un lugar hermoso que le dió algo de sosiego pero difícil ya que no tenían electricidad ni agua corriente; ni siquiera vidrios en las ventanas para soportar el invierno.
De su época de científico apenas he encontrado nada, es una lástima. Con cierto orden cronológico, les pongo primero la referencia de lo que parece ser su único trabajo científico en una revista "de impacto" y que escribió en su estancia en París:
Sabato, E. R. (1939), On Alfvén's Hypothesis of a "Cosmic Cyclotron", Physical Review, 55: 1272-1273.
(Es curioso como en este caso y con la distancia que da el tiempo, lo del "impacto" se hace claramente irrelevante, si no absurdo).
Ya en Argentina, tuvo que sobrevivir como pudo:

Conseguí algo de dinero dictando clases y haciendo traducciones por las que me pagaban miserablemente... (Antes del fin).

A estos años debemos la versión en castellano de Nacimiento y muerte del Sol (George Gamov, tr. 1942) ): Después vino El ABC de la relatividad y El ABC de los átomos (Bertrand Russell, tr. 1942 y 1945).
Y como trabajos propios, finales, está el artículo "El concepto de temperatura en la termodinámica fenomenológica" (1945) y un capítulo de Física en la Enciclopedia Práctica Jackson (1951).
Sabato debe ser leido por todos los que perdemos de vez en cuando el sentido de lo importante. Uno de sus párrafos más conocidos es de una carta a un "querido y remoto muchacho" donde le contesta a la obvia pregunta de la adolescencia ¿qué debo hacer para ser escritor?

Querido y remoto muchacho: [...] además del talento o del genio necesitarás de otros atributos espirituales: el coraje para decir tu verdad, la tenacidad para seguir adelante, una curiosa mezcla de fe en lo que tenés que decir y de reiterado descreimiento en tus fuerzas, una combinación de modestia ante los gigantes y de arrogancia ante los imbéciles.

Buscando un poco por internet me sorprendió la cantidad de referencias personales que hay hacia Sabato en la red. Me quedo con una y se la trasmito. Es la del escritor Juan Carlos Botero, que dice haberse apartado del suicidio y acercado a la escritura gracias a leer en tiempos de crisis Sobre héroes y tumbas. Entre otras cosas comenta algo que comparto:

Los escritores deberían practicar el idioma de las nubes: guardar un enigmático silencio o, al escribir, tronar. Un ejemplo de esta clase de creador fue Juan Rulfo, quien en dos obras magistrales consideró dicho lo que tenía que decir, y después no hubo tentación capaz de quebrar su silencio hasta la muerte. Otro caso cada vez más valioso, es Ernesto Sábato.

Yo sólo les recomiendo que lean Antes del fin, un pequeño libro autobiográfico que deberíamos tener a mano siempre. Luego ya decidirán si siguen explorando el resto de su obra superviviente.
No sé si se nota, acaso por el caos atropellado con que he escrito este post, que el enorme respeto que siento por este hombre es único, no lo tengo por nadie más.

Adam Lambert wants to be Ming the Merciless

Great Hera, Adam! I'm not sure what this look is suppose to be, I think it's either his attempt to be his own evil mirror image or Ming the Merciless!

In fact, I say Ming. See this runaway scene?

Yeah, Adam is so Ming

Kate Middleton Engagement and wedding

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Main article: Wedding of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine Middleton
The newly married Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge on the balcony of Buckingham Palace.
Prince William and Catherine Middleton became engaged in October 2010 in Kenya, East Africa, during a 10-day trip to the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy to celebrate William passing his RAF helicopter search and rescue course. Clarence House announced the engagement on 16 November 2010. The couple married in Westminster Abbey on 29 April 2011, with the day declared a bank holiday in the United Kingdom. The wedding was watched by a global television audience of over two billion people.
Following international attention regarding the wedding, Lifetime aired a TV movie entitled William and Kate on 18 April 2011, in the US. Catherine was played by Camilla Luddington and William by Nico Evers-Swindell.TV programmes were also shown in the UK prior to the wedding which provided deeper insights into the couple's relationship and backgrounds, including When William Met Kate and Channel 4's Meet the Middletons.
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Catherine was formally introduced to public life on 24 February 2011, two months before the wedding, when she and William attended a lifeboat naming ceremony in Trearddur, North Wales. On 16 February 2011, Clarence House announced that the Duke and Duchess' first royal tour of Canada
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Kate Middleton Engagement and wedding

Engagement and wedding
Main article: Wedding of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine Middleton
The newly married Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge on the balcony of Buckingham Palace.
Prince William and Catherine Middleton became engaged in October 2010 in Kenya, East Africa, during a 10-day trip to the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy to celebrate William passing his RAF helicopter search and rescue course. Clarence House announced the engagement on 16 November 2010. The couple married in Westminster Abbey on 29 April 2011, with the day declared a bank holiday in the United Kingdom. The wedding was watched by a global television audience of over two billion people.
Following international attention regarding the wedding, Lifetime aired a TV movie entitled William and Kate on 18 April 2011, in the US. Catherine was played by Camilla Luddington and William by Nico Evers-Swindell.TV programmes were also shown in the UK prior to the wedding which provided deeper insights into the couple's relationship and backgrounds, including When William Met Kate and Channel 4's Meet the Middletons.
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WATCH: 5 Arrested for the Assault of Joshua Esskew

Earlier this month, Joshua Esskew was attacked by a group of guys in front a Convenience Store. The attack started from a gay slur yelled at Joshua from one of them. Now, more people have come forward, providing enough evidence to arrest 5 of the 8 attackers.


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In Minnesota: The Senate Committee approves Gay Marriage Ban

The gay marriage ban is moving fast in Minnesota. Yesterday, the haters in the state Senate committee passed a bill that will allow folks to vote on banning gay marriage.

The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the bill 8-4, with all Republicans in favor and all Democrats opposed. Passage by the full Senate and the House appears likely with solid Republican majorities in both chambers, meaning voters in 2012 would be asked to enshrine in Minnesota's Constitution a prohibition on same-sex marriage that already exists in state law.

Supporters said the constitutional definition of marriage is important enough to give the final say to voters, rather than elected officials or judges. Critics said the bill reflects a narrow religious agenda that doesn't belong in the state Constitution and that a months-long, divisive debate will distract from more important issues facing the state.

It's the first time in five years that a Minnesota legislative committee held a hearing on gay marriage. Two hours of testimony from both sides grew heated at times, and an overflow crowd that didn't fit into the Capitol hearing room could nonetheless be heard loudly cheering at pivotal moments as they watched nearby on closed-circuit TV.

The chief Senate sponsor of the bill, Republican Sen. Warren Limmer of Maple Grove, said a recent Hennepin County lawsuit challenging Minnesota's statute banning gay marriage demonstrated the need for a stronger constitutional prohibition. A judge dismissed that challenge earlier this year, but Limmer said it showed the risk to the traditional definition of marriage.

"This issue is on track to go forward to our court system," Limmer said.

More to come as this issue continues.

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Beastie Boys - Aglio E Olio EP

Uma verdadeira pérola da discografia dos Beastie Boys, o EP "Aglio E Olio" (Grand Royal, 1995) parece ter sido concebido a partir de leftovers dos petardos hardcore criados pela banda no fértil período 92-95, que engloba os clássicos "Check Your Head" e "Ill Communication". Ao longo de apenas onze minutos e não mais que oito faixas, Michael Diamond se esgoela como se estivesse em 1981, e os Beasties prestam seu tributo às influências mais embrionárias da banda, como Bad Brains e Minor Threat. A formação clássica do trio, com Diamond na bateria e nos vocais, Yauch no baixo e Horowitz na guitarra, volta a ser o carro-chefe da musicalidade dos Beastie Boys por um breve instante, e fãs dos gêneros punk e hardcore podem se deleitar com os seiscentos e sessenta segundos de estrago. Some classic bullshit!

1. Brand New
2. Deal With It
3. Believe Me
4. Nervous Assistant
5. Square Wave In Unison
6. You Catch A Bad One
7. I Can't Think Straight
8. I Want Some

Tá na mão!

Permanent Hair Removal

What could be better than foregoing the razor or the hot wax, but still having silky smooth skin? No regrowth, no stubble and no oops, I forgot to shave! moments at the beach. Sounds good, doesn't it? Well, advances in permanent hair removal mean that the future is now you can have hair effectively and permanently removed!

There are two popular methods for permanent hair removal. Each method has its benefits, and one may be more suitable for you than the other.

Laser hair removal is a highly effective means of removing hair. Because of the way the laser is used, it can be tuned to each individual's skin type and tone, so the outcome is always the ideal one from person to person. This type of permanent hair removal is popular because of the rapidity of the treatment and the large area of hair that can be covered in each session. Where other treatments may need to be performed over a number of years, laser treatment tends to be done in several sessions over a few months, after which time the hair removal is said to be complete. Aside from slight, temporary patchiness in the skin, there is little risk in the procedure itself. The safety of the patient is fairly well assured, especially as laser hair removal is performed by a skilled medical practitioner. Patients are advised to stay out of the sun in the weeks before and after their treatment, as sun damage can cause the hair removal to be undone, but these are really the only precautions that need to be taken. Laser hair removal is available to most people interested in permanent hair removal. Its adaptability makes it suitable for almost all skin types, although at this stage it can not be used for removing very fair or white hair. Many people are interested in whether or not this type of permanent hair removal treatment is painful, as you would expect a laser entering your skin to be! Most patients feel nothing but a slight burning sensation, akin to being flicked with an elastic band, and do not require any kind of anesthesia. In the days immediately following the treatment, the skin may feel slightly sunburned. As far as permanent hair removal goes, laser treatment is highly effective and comparatively affordable. 

Electrolysis is a bit of a buzz word in the beauty industry. Many people hear about it and talk about it, without really knowing what it means. This method of permanent hair removal requires a great amount of skill to be performed correctly, but if it is, the results are excellent. Hair is removed using a very fine metal probe, which is inserted into the hair follicle, and does not penetrate the skin. Electricity is passed through the probe, which in turn damages the areas that generate and grow hair. Ta-da! The part of your epidermis that creates hair can do it no longer, allowing for permanent hair removal. Electrolysis has been performed at various levels for more than a century. It is proven in its effectiveness and studies suggest that as many as 93 per cent of patients are likely to experience excellent results. Although it is not as efficient as laser hair removal, it often requires less sessions. However, permanent hair removal of this kind can be expensive, and the nature of the procedure is that it is time consuming and not always useful for thick or plentiful hair. It is generally only used in small areas like the eyebrows or upper lip. These two methods are both highly effective for permanent hair removal. The choice of one procedure over the other should be based on several fairly straightforward factors:

Skin sensitivity electrolysis is more suitable for very sensitive skin
The area of hair to be removed laser treatment is better for larger areas
How much you hope to spend electrolysis is significantly more expensive than laser treatment 

There are do it yourself appliances available for permanent hair removal, but these usually involve plucking or tweezing hair. This is fairly ineffective and hair usually grows back within 6 weeks. It also increases the risk of ingrown hairs and infected or swollen pores, which are very unsightly! 

Permanent hair removal is excellent for ensuring that your skin always feels soft and smooth. As long as you make sure you choose the right option for you and seek the advice of a good medical practitioner, you should be happily throwing away your razors in no time!

Permanent Hair Removal

What could be better than foregoing the razor or the hot wax, but still having silky smooth skin? No regrowth, no stubble and no oops, I forgot to shave! moments at the beach. Sounds good, doesn't it? Well, advances in permanent hair removal mean that the future is now you can have hair effectively and permanently removed!

There are two popular methods for permanent hair removal. Each method has its benefits, and one may be more suitable for you than the other.

Laser hair removal is a highly effective means of removing hair. Because of the way the laser is used, it can be tuned to each individual's skin type and tone, so the outcome is always the ideal one from person to person. This type of permanent hair removal is popular because of the rapidity of the treatment and the large area of hair that can be covered in each session. Where other treatments may need to be performed over a number of years, laser treatment tends to be done in several sessions over a few months, after which time the hair removal is said to be complete. Aside from slight, temporary patchiness in the skin, there is little risk in the procedure itself. The safety of the patient is fairly well assured, especially as laser hair removal is performed by a skilled medical practitioner. Patients are advised to stay out of the sun in the weeks before and after their treatment, as sun damage can cause the hair removal to be undone, but these are really the only precautions that need to be taken. Laser hair removal is available to most people interested in permanent hair removal. Its adaptability makes it suitable for almost all skin types, although at this stage it can not be used for removing very fair or white hair. Many people are interested in whether or not this type of permanent hair removal treatment is painful, as you would expect a laser entering your skin to be! Most patients feel nothing but a slight burning sensation, akin to being flicked with an elastic band, and do not require any kind of anesthesia. In the days immediately following the treatment, the skin may feel slightly sunburned. As far as permanent hair removal goes, laser treatment is highly effective and comparatively affordable. 

Electrolysis is a bit of a buzz word in the beauty industry. Many people hear about it and talk about it, without really knowing what it means. This method of permanent hair removal requires a great amount of skill to be performed correctly, but if it is, the results are excellent. Hair is removed using a very fine metal probe, which is inserted into the hair follicle, and does not penetrate the skin. Electricity is passed through the probe, which in turn damages the areas that generate and grow hair. Ta-da! The part of your epidermis that creates hair can do it no longer, allowing for permanent hair removal. Electrolysis has been performed at various levels for more than a century. It is proven in its effectiveness and studies suggest that as many as 93 per cent of patients are likely to experience excellent results. Although it is not as efficient as laser hair removal, it often requires less sessions. However, permanent hair removal of this kind can be expensive, and the nature of the procedure is that it is time consuming and not always useful for thick or plentiful hair. It is generally only used in small areas like the eyebrows or upper lip. These two methods are both highly effective for permanent hair removal. The choice of one procedure over the other should be based on several fairly straightforward factors:

Skin sensitivity electrolysis is more suitable for very sensitive skin
The area of hair to be removed laser treatment is better for larger areas
How much you hope to spend electrolysis is significantly more expensive than laser treatment 

There are do it yourself appliances available for permanent hair removal, but these usually involve plucking or tweezing hair. This is fairly ineffective and hair usually grows back within 6 weeks. It also increases the risk of ingrown hairs and infected or swollen pores, which are very unsightly! 

Permanent hair removal is excellent for ensuring that your skin always feels soft and smooth. As long as you make sure you choose the right option for you and seek the advice of a good medical practitioner, you should be happily throwing away your razors in no time!