Myth Buster
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I've seen several discussions here concerned with sexual trafficking and whether we are contributing to the problem. In light of that I found the following to be interesting:
MYTH: Between 100,000 and 300,000 girls are pressed into sexual slavery each year in the United States.
FACTS: This sensational claim is a favorite of politicians, celebrities and journalists. Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore turned it into a cause célèbre. Both conservatives and liberal reformers deploy it. Former President Jimmy Carter recently said that the sexual enslavement of girls in the U.S. today is worse than American slavery in the 19th century.
The source for the figure is a 2001 report on child sexual exploitation by University of Pennsylvania sociologists Richard Estes and Neil Alan Weiner. But their 100,000–300,000 estimate referred to children at risk for exploitation—not actual victims. When three reporters from the Village Voice questioned Estes on the number of children who are abducted and pressed into sexual slavery each year, he replied, “We’re talking about a few hundred people.” And this number is likely to include a lot of boys: According to a 2008 census of underage prostitutes in New York City, nearly half turned out to be male. A few hundred children is still a few hundred too many, but they will not be helped by thousand-fold inflation of their numbers.
MYTH: Between 100,000 and 300,000 girls are pressed into sexual slavery each year in the United States.
FACTS: This sensational claim is a favorite of politicians, celebrities and journalists. Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore turned it into a cause célèbre. Both conservatives and liberal reformers deploy it. Former President Jimmy Carter recently said that the sexual enslavement of girls in the U.S. today is worse than American slavery in the 19th century.
The source for the figure is a 2001 report on child sexual exploitation by University of Pennsylvania sociologists Richard Estes and Neil Alan Weiner. But their 100,000–300,000 estimate referred to children at risk for exploitation—not actual victims. When three reporters from the Village Voice questioned Estes on the number of children who are abducted and pressed into sexual slavery each year, he replied, “We’re talking about a few hundred people.” And this number is likely to include a lot of boys: According to a 2008 census of underage prostitutes in New York City, nearly half turned out to be male. A few hundred children is still a few hundred too many, but they will not be helped by thousand-fold inflation of their numbers.
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Captain Redlegs: After we get Wales and the kid, we'll head down to Texas. Lots of work to do there.
Fletcher: After we get Wales and the kid, It Ends.
Captain Redlegs: Doin' Right ain't got no End.
That's how I see these crusading celebs and politicians, when they get excessive with their persecution over the old profession in the world, while the real issues plaguing the country never get addressed.
If you research how to make it in Hollyweed you find out that young wannabes have to suck a lot of dick and cunt to get a break. That is why many many "stars" who have made it from outside the Hollyweed machinery refuse to live in SoCal so they can avoid being forced to attend the "parties of the "A" list perverts.
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In Swingers Clubs most people don't have sex in front of others. But of those that do, it really loosens up both the men and the women. So the management always tries to make the environment conducive to it.
http://www.horizonsclub.com/sessions/new
http://www.horizonsclub.com/home/custom?…
This place was the most famous because of all the different kinds of play spaces it had.
I say was because now I see that it is closed and the property sold to developers. This is a major loss for the entire world!
from their rules: "Cell phones allowed only in the lobby and parking area."
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disne…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disne…
http://www.bernardwolf.com/media/origina…
Atlantic City, one of the largest pipe organs ever built. Look how high the ceiling is. More information to come.
http://www.atlanticcitynj.com/events/det…
Yes, it is the largest in the world!
http://www.boardwalkhall.com/arena-infor…
It is one of only two organs in the world to have an open 64-foot rank, and the only organ to have stops voiced on 100 inches of wind pressure (about 3.6 psi). Its console features seven manuals.
The pedal manual can be divided into left and right divisions
10x 32 foot stops
The Diaphone-Dulzian's low-C pipe stands 59 feet (18 m) tall, weighs 3,350 pounds (1,520 kg), and produces a frequency of 8 Hz,[10] a tone that is more felt than heard; the sound of the vibrating pallet is described as "a helicopter hovering over the building". The pipe stands upright for about 40 feet (12 m), the remainder is mitred (turned) towards the Right Stage chamber's grill. All pipes taller than 32 feet (9.8 m) are designed in this manner.
The organ's wind supply is the most powerful ever used in a pipe organ. The DC motors for the original eight blowers had a total power of 394 horsepower (294 kW). These were replaced with AC motors in the early 1990s, which have a total of 600 horsepower (450 kW) and their seven blowers produce 36,400 cubic feet (1,030 m3) of wind per minute.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boardwalk_…
Some of the lower manuals are not only 61 keys, they are 73 or 85 keys!
( some piano music is written to take up all 88. But nothing in the standard piano repertoire goes beyond that , as with Boesendorfer's 97 keys.
http://www.cmuse.org/wp-content/uploads/…
I saw one just like this in a local store, priced to sell at only $180k.
http://www.boesendorfer.com/download/BSD…
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http://www.amazon.com/Atlantic-Citys-Mus…
Largest Pipe Organs In The World
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pi…
the only other organ with 64' open pipe stop. not sure if this picture shows that though
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Tow…
extreme high ceiling!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Tow…
http://www.ohta.org.au/confs/Sydney/SYDN…
http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/learn…
Yes, the 64' pipes are hidden somewhere behind the proscenium. They are square in cross section and made of wood. Pictures here show them. This one in Sydney and the Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall are the only two open 64' organ pipe stops in the entire world. Zero for the 128' octave.
I would think it easier to design these huge pipes for horizontal, but no one seem to have done this. I would go for cast out of concrete and an integral and load bearing part of the building, as well as having common sides. No one seems to have done this though.
With these extreme pipe organs, the building and the organ have to be designed together.
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~googong/s…
Code Red Warning! This is like ColdnShallow turned into a 501.c3
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3 Nights in Tunisia - Diz, Jimmy Smith, Barbara Dennerlein
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bG4a7Ir…
acoustic piano action could never go as fast as these people do. I think even a semi-weighted keyboard would be too slow.
Dennerlein play list, REALY GOOD!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYP7Mxss…