Eat at Matt Inman's Shit Fo' Brains, by Tara Carreon

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After collecting the identities of some of the chief Rapeutationists, it is clear that if you were to judge the value of their criticism, you can consider their past achievements, which are relatively few. Among those lawyers who are experienced, Paul Levy leads the pack, having spent his entire life working at one firm, Public Citizen Litigation Group, where he rules the roost and has hijacked the agenda to pursue his bete noir, making the world safe for nasty people with nothing better to do than sling shit [1] on websites. I've heard of being hard up for clients, but that takes the flinkin' cake!

Finally, this rapeutation of Charles Carreon was without doubt instigated by the nasty comic industry. By "nasty comic industry," I mean that comics industry that was hauled before Congress in 1954 for showing absolutely no restraint in publishing material intended for distribution to children and pre-teens, and festooning their magazines with violent, murderous material, that shocked the Congress.

Public Citizen Litigation Group Protects Anonymous Speech [Kenneth Paul White, Catherine Rachel Gellis, Chris Recouvreur, Paul Levy], by Tara Carreon

They were aided by the First Amendment Mafia, a gang of lawyers who appear to derive their highest inspiration from the ACLU's backing of the Nazis' right to march in Skokie, Illinois, causing brutal anguish to the Holocaust survivors who resided there. This First Amendment Mafia never rises to its feet to protect the rights of people who are actually being oppressed by the government, and spend all of their time using the First Amendment to secure the rights of those who produce vile, vitriolic, absurd, and misleading statements and call it "Free Speech." If garbage could get itself renamed "Free Matter," nobody would need a permit to dump garbage, and we could just use each other's lawns for that purpose. Great idea, huh? A Libertarian solution for the landfill problem!

So welcome to the Shit-Shovelers. It is hard to have real resentment for people whose intellectual standards are so low that they actually compete with their non-existent ethical standards. But you know what they say, "What goes around comes around," and if this is the "Internet" at work, then I'll keep watching as it works all of these fools over.

The TechDirt Last Supper, by Tara Carreon

The Tech Dirt Last Supper (Poop Eaters), dedicated to Mr. Anonymous Coward at Tech Dirt

If you got a load to drop,
Well you know you oughta to drop it at
TechDirt
‘Cause they appreciate that excretate
That comes with a gush of unbridled hate at
TechDirt
Yeah when you got to poop,
It’s hard to find a snoot
That’s gonna part your cheeks
And dig in deep like they do at
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They get the tongue in good,
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They leave you satisfied at
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It would have been a waste
To leave it in the bowl
When they were just waiting to eat it whole at
Tech Dirt

Brigid Alverson grew up reading American and British comics and developed a passion for manga late in life. She is the blogger at MangaBlog and the editor of Good Comics for Kids, a blog on School Library Journal. She also writes about comics for Publishers Weekly Comics Week, Comics Foundry, and other publications. You can see examples of her noncomics journalism at her personal site. She lives north of Boston with her husband and two teenage daughters. -- graphicnovelreporter.com

Nate is the deputy editor at Ars Technica, where he oversees long-form feature content and writes about technology law and policy. His work has also been published in outlets like The Economist and Foreign Policy, and he's currently at work on a book about Internet policing. His first computer was an Atari 600XL with a tape drive and so little memory that it could be filled just by typing in programs from magazines. -- arstechnica.com

Ilona Andrews is the pen name used by urban fantasy novelist Ilona Gordon with her spouse Andrew Gordon. Ilona was born in Russia and came to the United States as a teenager. She attended Western Carolina University, where she majored in biochemistry and met her husband Andrew, who helped her write and submit her first novel, Magic Bites. Its sequel, Magic Burns, reached #32 on the New York Times extended bestseller list in April 2008. Ilona and Andrew currently live in Texas. -- Wikipedia

Anonymous (PsyGremlin) @ cpmonitor.wordpress.com

PsyGremlin is a former Conservapedia sysop (although the position was earned nefariously), stand up comedian, DJ, and is currently a self-employed financial adviser, who impersonates a responsible adult at least 5 days a week. However, highlighting and poking fun at the crazies out there remains his first love. Well besides pork crackling. And custard. And cricket. -- cpmonitor.wordpress.com

Anonymous (The Grand Inquisitor) @ crasstalk.com

The Grand Inquisitor will be spending the End Times leading a marauding band of outlaws who will dominate the land until she is taken down by the forces of good. You will kneel before her and plead for mercy. -- crasstalk.com
 

Crasstalk: Home of the Web's Most Self-Aggrandizing Commenters. Crasstalk was launched in November 2010 by a group of chronic oversharers and other servicey folks who frequent Gawker, especially its #crosstalk forum. You don’t need special approval to join Crasstalk as a commenter. Simply find a post you want to comment on and then create an IntenseDebate account and start commenting. Email: amy@openthreadmedia.com. Crasstalk and Crassparenting are owned and operated by Open Thread Media, LLC. -- crasstalk.com

Anonymous (Kylie and Nona) @ dailyoftheday.com

Don’t worry, guys. It’s just a couple of badasses over here by the names of Kylie and Nona. What began as an exodus and an escape from an internet community of yore has now turned into an endeavor that never fails to surprise. Daily of the Day is where we want you, the reader, to feel welcome. We want you to laugh or guffaw at stupid videos, we want you to sometimes sniff the scent of chopped onions or get dust in your eyes, but mostly we want you to feel like you have a place to belong in this crazy place we call the internet. And we want you to do all of that with a smile on your face. We will be more diligent than the post office and definitely more pervy than Pedobear in providing you the material you need in order to procrastinate and ignore all the things you should be doing instead of perusing our site. Sit back, relax and enjoy the ride. We’ll try to be in it for the long haul.

Anonymous (Master Raiko Shono) @ gaiaonline.com

Age: 17; DOB: c. 1235; Family: Father (Raiden, unknown), mother (Ashin, deceased), sister (Okaru, unknown); Hair: Black; Eyes: Blue; Current Occupation: traveler; Powers: Lightning conductivity, EMF (Electromagnetic Force); Skills: Bou staff, up-close hand-to-hand techniques, knowledge of various Buddhist analects and mannerisms. Hailing from the northern province of Kakarashi, Raiko was born into the royal ruling family headed by Raiden. Under Raiden's tutelage, Raiko has become proficient in the art of boujutsu and hand-to-hand techniques. He is also able to control the magnetic force around certain objects and conduct lightning. The province of Kakarashi had a particular demon they were pursuing named Mordei, Lord of the Sakuretsu Horde of Demons. Raiko suffered a loss from Mordei when he ambushed him, his mother and sister, and the guards travelling with them. Mordei killed his mother in cold blood, and Raiko vowed to take revenge on him for her death. Years later, an all-out war was launched on Kakarashi by Mordei and his horde. Raiko last remembers a fight between him and Mordei, but does not recall how it ended, nor how he wound up so far away from home. He travels declaring himself a monk all while figuring out how to get back home and defeating any Sakuretsu demon he encounters. -- gaiaonline.com

Anonymous @ joyreactor.com

JoyReactor: Fun & butthurt everywhere. JoyReactor is about fun and trolling. -- joyreactor.com

Anonymous (Gregory Galant) @ muckrack.com

What if you could get tomorrow’s newspaper today? That was the question Muck Rack was created to answer in early 2009. Media pundits were doubting the credibility and value of all “user generated content” on Twitter. Meanwhile Sawhorse Media, a Brooklyn-born startup aiming to uncover the best of the real-time web, launched the Shorty Awards for top Twitter and social media content creators and noticed that the press section at the award ceremony ran out of food and drink because so many journalists showed up. By verifying the journalists on social media who do the muckraking for major media outlets and analyzing what they say in real time, Muck Rack delivers a glimpse of tomorrow’s newspaper to you today. Muck Rack started with only 150 journalists on Twitter, a good portion of all the journalists on the fledgeling service at the time. Muck Rack now lists thousands of journalists on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Quora, Google+, LinkedIn and more who are vetted by a team of editors. The Muck Rack Daily analyzes what journalists are saying in a daily email that has become a must read for journalists. While Muck Rack tracks what journalists are saying about the top news of the moment, Muck Rack Pro finds what journalists are saying about any given topic and sends real-time press alerts. Journalists can get listed on Muck Rack and use Muck Rack Pro for free. Communications pros and those seeking to find journalists can learn more here. Muck Rack's Cofounder and CEO is Greg Galant, galant@radiotail.com. Sawhorse Media, 636 Broadway, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10012. -- muckrack.com Muckrake: to search out and publicly expose real or apparent misconduct of a prominent individual or business; origin: muckrake, rake for dung -- Merriam Webster

Anonymous (Logan/Ward) @ teksyndicate.com @ twitter.com (Raze_the_World) @ facebook.com

We are dedicated to bring you the highest quality content, on-location footage, and the latest technology news. -- teksyndicate.com @ Twitter

Balko, Radley @ muckrack.com @ radleybalko

Radley Balko is a senior writer and investigative reporter for the Huffington Post, where he covers civil liberties and the criminal justice system. Balko’s work on paramilitary raids and the overuse of SWAT teams was featured in The New York Times, has been praised by outlets ranging from Human Events to the Daily Kos, and was cited by Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s dissent in the case Hudson v. Michigan. Balko is also credited with bringing national attention to the case of Cory Maye, a black man who prior to Balko’s work was on death row in Mississippifor shooting and killing a white police officer during a raid on Maye’s home. Balko’s Reason feature on Maye was also cited in an opinion by the Mississippi State Supreme Court. National Journal also profiled Balko’s coverage of the case. Balko’s November 2007 investigative report on Mississippi medical examiner Steven Hayne won second place in the investigative reporting category for the 2007 Los Angeles Press Club awards. Balko was formerly a policy analyst with the Cato Institute. He has been a columnist for FoxNews.com, a senior editor at Reason, and has been published in The Wall Street Journal, Playboy, Time, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Slate, Forbes, ESPN, the National Post, Worth and numerous other publications. Balko has also appeared on the BBC, CNN, CNBC, Fox News Channel, MSNBC and NPR. Balko publishes the personal blog, TheAgitator.com. He graduated from Indiana University with a degree in journalism and political science. -- cato.org

Bateman, Stephen @ garnetreport.com

I’m Stephen Bateman. The Chief Builder of Garnet Report and a freelance web designer. I graduated from the University of South Carolina with a degree in Entrepreneurial Management. Amazingly, in 3.5 years I went from ambivalent to an avid Gamecock. As a web designer, I sit down with each of my clients to make sure we set up the new site in a way that pushes visitors to action. Sometimes that looks like finding clients (Aaron Cardé Real Estate), increasing blog traffic (Frank Viola), or signing leaders up for a subscription site (Backstage Leadership). If you need to improve your presence on the internet, look at the services that I offer. -- iambateman.com

For 17 years, my grandparents and father loved on my uncle Daniel who suffered a head injury as a little boy. During that time, grandma wrote down her thoughts and feelings which later became the basis for their story. When I was little, I listened to her tell the story and was totally overwhelmed. Partly because he was my uncle and partly because seeing Jesus redeem so much brokenness is beautiful. Redemption is beautiful. The book was “on the shelf” for over a decade while a publisher was sought. Finally they decided to self-publish and promptly sold out of the first printing in a few weeks. Crazy stuff. “I Will Never” was reviewed by Billy Graham’s daughter and Andy Stanley and they both liked it. Evidently grandma is friends will Billy Graham’s daughter. Who knew?! You should read this book if you want an absolutely true story of a loving Father who never stops pursuing his people and who never fails to heal his children. -- iambateman.com

Beschizza, Rob @ boingboing.net

Rob Beschizza: Managing Editor of Boing Boing. -- Twitter

Biggs, John @ techcrunch.com

Biggs is the East Coast Editor of TechCrunch. Biggs has written for the New York Times, InSync, USA Weekend, Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, Money and a number of other outlets on technology and wristwatches. He is the former editor-in-chief of Gizmodo.com and lives in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. You can Tweet him here and G+ him here. Email him directly at john@techcrunch.com. -- techcrunch.com

Bishop, Rollin @ geekosystem.com

Managing Editor, @Geekosystem. Email: rollin@geekosystem.com

Blade, David @ satiricaltakedownlawyer.wordpress.com @ Isanybodydown.com (aka Craig Brittain and Chance Trahan)

Craig Brittain

Chance Trahan

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Bradbury, Danny @ thestranger.com @ guardian.co.uk

Danny Bradbury is a freelance journalist specialising in technology, business, and environmental writing. He has been a freelance journalist since 1994. Before that, he worked on PC Dealer, Personal Computer World, Computergram (later Computerwire), and Unix News. As a freelancer, Danny tends to write about many different technology and business-related issues, and has covered everything from the technical aspects of web services, through to environmentally-friendly aircraft and nanotechnology. He writes for various audiences, from the C-suite, through to data centre managers, and consumer audiences interested in pop science. In the past, he has edited software development publications, and currently edits two security newsletters: Computer Fraud and Security, and Network Security. He is also the US bureau chief and US editor of InfoSecurity magazine. -- computerweekly.com

Bransom, Ann @ blog.annbransom.com

Thirty-something web developer/marketing manager living and working in Lexington, KY. Running, reading, cursing, and writing. -- Twitter

Brown, Justin Andrew @ tortreform.com @ justinbrownportfolio.wordpress.com

Justin Brown is a journalism graduate of the Indiana University of Pennsylvania and is currently enrolled in Point Park University's journalism and mass communications graduate program. -- justinbrownportfolio.wordpress.com

Chan, Matthew (Founder-in-Silence) @ extortionletterinfo.com [2]

ExtortionLetterInfo.com (ELI) is dedicated to reporting information and providing commentary on Getty Images (and other stock photo) Settlement Demand Letters. ELI is a privately-owned and privately-managed website. Every effort is made to provide factual information and professional opinions regarding Getty Images’ (and the respective companies’) “practice” of issuing “Settlement Letters” that we consider “legalized extortion”. As Lead Contributors of this website, we believe what they are doing is technically legal but ethically and morally questionable. “The Letter” bullies and preys upon the legal ignorance of the letter recipients. This website attempts to discover, report, and comment on the facts in a civil and orderly way. This website also provides assistance in defending unaware and unintended victims of this Letter.

Corbett, Jonathan @ randazza.wordpress.com @tsaoutofourpants.wordpress.com @ fourtentech.com

My name is Jonathan Corbett, and I am a U.S. citizen over the age of 18 residing in the State of Florida. I attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a leading engineering and science university in New York and presently own a technology consulting firm. My work has included designing and deploying technology solutions – including imaging devices – for the largest non-federal counterterrorism agency in the country: the New York Police Department’s Counterterrorism Bureau. -- Testimony of Jonathan Corbett Regarding H.B. 80, Prepared for the Texas House of Representatives 4/10/13

Entrepreneur, musician, traveler, and civil rights advocate. -- Twitter

Cringely, Robert X (Daniel Tynan) @ infoworld.com

Daniel Tynan is an American journalist, television and radio commentator who specializes in technology, humor, and humorous takes on technology. A contributing editor for PC World, InfoWorld.com, and Family Circle magazine, he recently launched a new Geek Humor Web site titled eSarcasm, along with partner JR Raphael. Tynan formerly wrote the Our Digital Life (formerly Tech Smart) column for US Airways Magazine and the Culture Crash blog for Computerworld.com, and tends the Robert X. Cringely blog "Notes From the Field" for InfoWorld. His work has appeared in more than 50 publications, including Newsweek, Family Circle, Popular Science, Wired, and Playboy.com. He has appeared on CNN, CBS, NPR, Discovery, and Fox News, as well as dozens of regional television and radio programs. His satirical blog, The WitList, has been featured in the journal Editor and Publisher, as well as other blogs such as Crooks and Liars, Daily Kos, Firedoglake, The Huffington Post, and TPM Cafe. His technology blog can be found at DanTynan.com. -- Wikipedia

Davis, Lauren @ comicsalliance.com

Blogger: Lauren Davis almost became a lawyer, but decided comics were far more intellectually stimulating. She reads far more webcomics than could possibly be healthy and goes gaga for science fiction, even when it’s bad. -- comicsalliance.com/meet-the-staff

Danzig, Christopher @ abovethelaw.com

Chris graduated from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. He is a former freelance journalist and assistant editor at InsideCounsel Magazine, where he covered legal technology. In his spare time, he listens to and plays loud music. He lives in San Francisco, California. He is in no way related to the singer of seminal punk band The Misfits. -- abovethelaw.com

Doctorow, Cory @ boingboing.net @ craphound.com

Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science fiction novelist, blogger and technology activist. He is the co-editor of the popular weblog Boing Boing (boingboing.net), and a contributor to The Guardian, the New York Times, Publishers Weekly, Wired, and many other newspapers, magazines and websites. He was formerly Director of European Affairs for the Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff.org), a non-profit civil liberties group that defends freedom in technology law, policy, standards and treaties. He holds an honorary doctorate in computer science from the Open University (UK), where he is a Visiting Professor; in 2007, he served as the Fulbright Chair at the Annenberg Center for Public Diplomacy at the University of Southern California. His novels have been translated into dozens of languages and are published by Tor Books, Titan Books (UK) and HarperCollins (UK) and simultaneously released on the Internet under Creative Commons licenses that encourage their re-use and sharing, a move that increases his sales by enlisting his readers to help promote his work. He has won the Locus and Sunburst Awards, and been nominated for the Hugo, Nebula and British Science Fiction Awards. His latest young adult novel is HOMELAND, the bestselling sequel to 2008's LITTLE BROTHER. His latest novel for adults is RAPTURE OF THE NERDS, written with Charles Stross and published in 2012. His New York Times Bestseller LITTLE BROTHER was published in 2008. His latest short story collection is WITH A LITTLE HELP, available in paperback, ebook, audiobook and limited edition hardcover. In 2011, Tachyon Books published a collection of his essays, called CONTEXT: FURTHER SELECTED ESSAYS ON PRODUCTIVITY, CREATIVITY, PARENTING, AND POLITICS IN THE 21ST CENTURY (with an introduction by Tim O'Reilly) and IDW published a collection of comic books inspired by his short fiction called CORY DOCTOROW'S FUTURISTIC TALES OF THE HERE AND NOW. THE GREAT BIG BEAUTIFUL TOMORROW, a PM Press Outspoken Authors chapbook, was also published in 2011. LITTLE BROTHER was nominated for the 2008 Hugo, Nebula, Sunburst and Locus Awards. It won the Ontario Library White Pine Award, the Prometheus Award as well as the Indienet Award for bestselling young adult novel in America's top 1000 independent bookstores in 2008. He co-founded the open source peer-to-peer software company OpenCola, sold to OpenText, Inc in 2003, and presently serves on the boards and advisory boards of the Participatory Culture Foundation, the Clarion Foundation, The Glenn Gould Foundation, and the Chabot Space & Science Center's SpaceTime project. In 2007, Entertainment Weekly called him, "The William Gibson of his generation." He was also named one of Forbes Magazine's 2007/8/9/10 Web Celebrities, and one of the World Economic Forum's Young Global Leaders for 2007. His forthcoming books include ANDA'S GAME (a graphic novel from FirstSecond) and INFORMATION DOESN'T WANT TO BE FREE, a nonfiction book about copyright. On February 3, 2008, he became a father. The little girl is called Poesy Emmeline Fibonacci Nautilus Taylor Doctorow, and is a marvel that puts all the works of technology and artifice to shame. -- craphound.com

Donatelli, Joe @ thehumorcolumnist.com

Joe Donatelli is a writer who lives in Los Angeles. He is the host of The Second Column podcast and a member of the improv comedy group Pangea. He has studied improv and sketch at Upright Citizens Brigade Los Angeles, Second City Los Angeles and The Groundlings. From 2002-2004 he wrote a nationally-distributed newspaper humor column that he still publishes on his personal website. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and graduated with a journalism degree from Ohio University. -- IMDb

Faircloth, Kelly @ betabeat.com

Please allow me to introduce myself! I’m Kelly, and I’m the latest initiate into the Betabeat coven. Starting today, I’ll be joining Adrianne, Nitasha, and Jessica as a full-time writer and reporter. And just who am I? Previously, I worked at HD Made, where I curated a Tumblr you might recognize for their client NASDAQ. I’ve also blogged for places like io9 and Shelf Awareness. I’m based here in NYC, where I can keep a close eye on this startup boom and all its accompanying scuttlebutt and scandal. So, pray tell: What’s happening? Hit me up at kfaircloth AT observer.com. Let’s have some fun. -- betabeat.com

Farivar, Cyrus @ arstechnica.com

Cyrus [suh-ROOS] is the Senior Business Editor at Ars Technica, and is also an author and radio producer. His book, The Internet of Elsewhere - about the history and effects of the Internet on different countries around the world, including Senegal, Iran, Estonia and South Korea - was published by Rutgers University Press in April 2011. He previously was the Sci-Tech Editor, and host of "Spectrum" at Deutsche Welle English, Germany's international broadcaster. He has also reported for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, National Public Radio, Public Radio International, The Economist, Wired, The New York Times and many others. He's also survived three VfDs on Wikipedia. However, on a 4th VfD attempt in February 2007, he was, in fact, deleted. He's still waiting for someone to add him back. -- amazon.com

Flacy, Mike @ digitaltrends.com

By day, I'm the content manager for Steve's Digicams, High-Def Digest and Audio Video Revolution. During my free time, I love to write about home theater, digital photography, social media, mobile technology and innovative gadgets! -- digitaltrends.com

Gardner, Alan @ dailycartoonist.com

The Daily Cartoonist (TDC), launched in 2005, is one of the fastest growing news blogs for professional cartoonists. While it has primarily focused on newspaper cartooning (comic strips and editorial cartooning), it has coverage has grown to include webcomics, movies and animation, and magazine gag cartoonists. TDC is published Monday through Friday (and occasionally on the weekends).

About the blogger: My name is Alan Gardner and I am the writer and editor of TDC. I put myself through college as an editorial cartoonist for my college papers as well as The Herald Journal – a daily paper in Northern Utah. In 1999, my wife and I discovered we would be the parents of a set of triplets. I left my job with the Herald Journal to pursue higher paying work and began a career in web design and development. In 2005, I started this blog as a means of understanding the state of the cartooning industry in a web based world. I reside in Utah with my wife and four kids. -- dailycartoonist.com

Geuss, Megan @ arstechnica.com

Megan Geuss is a staff editor at Ars Technica and a native Californian. Prior to Ars, she was a features editor at PCWorld, and before that she worked as a freelancer writer for various publications and as a fact-checker at Wired Magazine. She enjoys research and keeps an IRL paper-based journal. Megan received two B.A.s from UC Berkeley in Political Economy and French. In her free time, she enjoys running and reading. Having put two marathons behind her, she doesn't do quite so much distance anymore but hopes to eventually complete a triathalon. Don't ask her to pick a favorite book. Choosing would be unfair. -- arstechnica.com

Gibbs, Sam @ gizmodo.co.uk

Technology journalist with five years professional experience of online media, and two years of traditional (print) media, plus audio and video work, both in front and behind the camera. Currently the News Editor for Gizmodo UK. Previously the News Editor for the now-defunct Download Squad, a contributor to The Unofficial Apple Weblog, the host of the now-discontinued The Wrap Sheet podcast, and Technology Editor for Felix. Radio and TV appearances include BBC Radio Jersey, BBC World Service, BBC Radio 4, BBC Five Live, Monocle, and Al Jazeera English. Worked for Gibbs Home Electronics in Southampton (www.gibbs.tv) for many years, attending trade shows, conducting sales and support, giving me experience of the consumer electronics industry from the ground up. Holds a Biology degree and Ph.D in Molecular Microbiology from Imperial College London. My goal is to produce high quality and entertaining copy based on the no-nonsense, honest review of news and developments in both science and technology, as well as hands-on product testing. Specialties: Consumer electronics: news, critical hands-on product review, and analysis; Technology: news and critical review; All things Apple; Software: news and critical review; Science review and understanding; Critical analysis of scientific development; Making science more accessible to the general public. -- uk.linkedin.com

Gibson, Dan @ tucsonweekly.com

Current: Editor at Tucson Weekly. I edit things, but that's really only part of it. I come up with ideas, work to get the most out of our writers, work on events, obsess over Google Analytics, write a few things, appear places, and try not to embarrass anyone but myself in the process. Past: Freelance Writer/Editor/Researcher The world, at large (wrote stuff, made playlists, wrote a book); Web Producer Territorial Newspapers (mostly I just wrote blogs about Insane Clown Posse. I won a few awards, but probably not for the ICP stuff); Sales Assistant Warner Elektra Atlantic.

Author of Besides the Bible, InterVarsity Press, December 2010. Authors: Dan Gibson, Jordan Green, John Pattison. Besides the Bible is a guide to the really great books that you should read—ones that matter. Covering a wide array of subjects and authors, from Christian bookstore best sellers to classics of Christian history and more, you'll find yourself agreeing with some titles, shaking your head at others, and even shocked by a few. This isn't a dry catalog with dull summaries of books authored by a bunch of dead guys. Dan Gibson, Jordan Green, and John Pattison, along with an all-star team of today's most interesting Christian thinkers—including Donald Miller, Derek Webb, Phyllis Tickle, Steve Taylor, and William P. Young— will re-ignite your love for reading or if you're a little lazy, give you enough information to make it seem like you're incredibly well read. Education: Oregon State University , Sahuaro High School. -- linkedin.com

Glover, Sam @ lawyerist.com

Sam Glover has been writing about law practice technology, management, marketing, and other stuff on Lawyerist since 2007. He also works with Estate Map on cloud-based software for estate-planning attorneys, and consults on appeals and motion practice in his solo practice. When he isn't blogging or lawyering, Sam drinks espresso and plays with fountain pens.

 Co-Owner, CEO, & Editor in Chief Lawyerist Media, LLC (March 2009 – Present). Lawyerist is a lawyering survival guide, with daily posts on law practice management, technology, careers, ethics, and more.

VP of Communications Estate Map Public Company; 1-10 employees; Legal Services industry -- June 2013 – Present (2 months). As an integral member of the senior management team, Sam develops Estate Map’s communication strategy and contributes to Estate Map’s strategic planning. With a special emphasis on social media and online resources, Sam will promote, enhance, and protect Estate Map’s brand through Estate Map’s internal and external communications, including the Heir-O-Smith blog and email newsletter. He is also responsible for a broad range of public relations activities, including serving as an ambassador for the company at trade shows and conferences, building relationships with the blogosphere and traditional media, and driving broader awareness and interest in Estate Map.

 Board of Directors Volunteer Lawyers Network Nonprofit; 11-50 employees; Legal Services industry -- March 2009 – Present (4 years 5 months) Minneapolis, MN.

Board of Directors (Treasurer) HOME Line Nonprofit Organization Management industry -- October 2008 – Present (4 years 10 months) Minneapolis, MN.

Owner The Glover Law Firm, LLC Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Law Practice industry -- November 2005 – Present (7 years 9 months) Minneapolis, MN. The Glover Law Firm is a business law, motion practice, and appellate litigation firm. I help small tech startups get to success, and I work with individuals and other lawyers on motions and appeals.

Sam Glover's Education: University of Minnesota Law School Juris Doctor, Law -- 2000 – 2003 (Activities and Societies: Dean's list, Civil Rights Moot Court, Law Council, American Constitution Society, The Minnesota Daily); Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University B.A., English, Classical Studies -- 1996 – 2000 (Activities and Societies: Dean’s list, track & field); James W. Robinson, Jr., Secondary School -- 1991 – 1996. -- linkedin.com

Greenfield, Scott H. @ blog.simplejustice.us

Profile: For almost 30 years, Scott Greenfield has represented clients charged with crimes or the targets of investigations in state and federal courts across the United States. Over that time, many have decided that it's too hard or too expensive to fight, and have chosen to start out with the goal of losing as gracefully as possible. Anyone whose goal at the outset is to lose should find another lawyer. Learned over the years, and from the experience one gains fighting in the trenches, Scott has proven both before trial juries and appellate judges that cases can be fought and won. Every situation is improved by operating from a position of strength, from the will to find a way to do better than anyone else. Joining internationally recognized litigation boutique Hull McGuire, PC, as "Of Counsel" in 2010, Scott has created access to the finest nationwide and international resources available, exceptionally well-suited to handling the most involved and complex matters. With every benefit offered by far larger firms, Scott has proven that winning is possible, and often achievable for significantly lower fees than charged by Biglaw. Working with corporate counsel, Scott has achieved success where other firms sought to acquiesce and capitulate, showing that so-called vast resources are no substitute for skill, experience and guts. Scott has been awarded an AV Preeminent rating, the highest possible, from Martindale Hubbell, a 10 out of 10 (superb) from Avvo and is recognized in “Who’s Who” in the world, America and American Law. He has served as a legal expert and analyst for television news shows from “60 Minutes” to “20/20”, and ABC, NBC, CBS, BBC, Court TV and Fox. Scott’s cases have been the subject of a book, magazine articles and television shows. Scott is regarded as one of a handful of top criminal defense lawyers who excels in both trial work and appeals. His written work is considered some of the best in the nation, often writing Op-Eds, Amicus briefs and Editor Letters for Bar Associations and other well known lawyers. Scott is a lawyer’s lawyer, representing other attorneys, their family members and even judges when they find themselves in a jam....

White Collar Defense is one of the great misnomers in law. When business people find themselves in the position of being arrested for a crime, or the target of an investigation, they reject the notion that they are like street criminals. Hence, the category of white collar defense was created in order to separate the "good" people who happen to be charged with crimes from the "bad" people. The problem with this separate identity is that prisons don't distinguish between good and bad people, and far too many people charged with "clean" crimes, generally dealing with business and finances, fail to recognize that they are still criminal defendants. The result is that people who view themselves as a "white collar" defendant fail to take the steps necessary to obtain a truly competent defense in order to protect themselves from the very serious, and often very harsh, consequences of the criminal justice system. Indeed, it may well be argued that they need representation far more than the career or street crime defendant, as the impact on them and their family is far more severe and they are far less capable of dealing with the consequences of conviction. Yet, the initial reaction of many people charged with "white collar" crimes is to do the very things that essentially assure them of failure. Rather than formulate a defense strategy to maximize their potential to prevail, they need to "explain" their involvement, "cooperate" with the government and try to endear themselves to the very people who are paid to convict them and put them in jail. As insane as this sounds, it is by far the most common means of addressing white collar accusations....What is terribly unfortunate is that this misguided belief that the interests of the person accused of a white collar crime causes them to sacrifice the ability to successfully defend against these accusation. A good example can be seen in a case tried by Scott Greenfield a few years back, named by the government Operation Golden Pill. The case involved 72 defendants, mostly pharmacists, who were charged with selling diverted precscription medications. Of these, 3 defendants were represented by Scott and his defense team, while the other 69 defendants were represented by attorneys from large law firms or former prosecutors. Of the group of 69, every single defendant was convicted of a felony and went to federal prison, as well as suffered the loss of their licenses, their businesses and massive property forfeitures. Under the guidance of their lawyers, every defendant in this group pleaded guilty to a special deal offered by the government. Scott Greenfield went to trial with his group of 3 defendants. They were acquitted of all felony charges and convicted only of a misdemeanor, requiring no jail time. There were no property forfeitures involved. When news spread of this outcome, Scott started receiving calls from the other group of defendants asking if he could help them too. Unfortunately, the opportunity for them to mount a real defense had already been lost, and there was nothing to be done for them. Ironically, the legal fees charged by the large law firms to put their clients in prison vastly exceeded the fees charged by Scott Greenfield to zealously defend his clients and try the case. The lesson is that white collar defendants are still defendants, and need to realize that they must be represented by counsel who is capable and willing to fight the charges against them. There is no benefit to a defendant, white collar or otherwise, whose attorney's interests are more closely aligned with those of the government than those of his client.

RESUME: 2010-Present - Hull McGuire, PC, Of Counsel, San Diego, Pittsburgh, Washington, D.C. 2008-Present - Kravet & Vogel, LLP, Of Counsel, New York City. 1992-Present - Litigation, Criminal Defense, Corporate and Financial Crimes Defense, Investigations, Consulting, Crisis Management. Extensive jury trial and appeal experience. 1983-1992 Partner, Meyer & Greenfield (Meyer, Greenfield & Moriarty, 1985). Education: Cornell University, BS in Industrial and Labor Relations, 1979. New York Law School, JD Cum Laude, 1982. 1983 Admitted to practice law in the State of New York, Appellate Division, First Department. Additional Bar Admissions: Supreme Court of the United States, United States Courts of Appeal, Second and Third Circuits, United States District Courts, SDNY and EDNY. Lecturer, Columbia University Law School (High Profile Case Series), Faculty, Intensive Trial Advocacy Program, Cardozo Law School. Former Police Commissioner, Oyster Bay Cove, NY -- simplejustice.us

Grouchnikov, Kirill @ plus.google.com

My name is Kirill Grouchnikov and I am a user interface engineer. I have been doing client side development professionally over the last decade or so, in a variety of UI toolkits and libraries that spanned Motif, MFC, VB, Ada, Delphi, Swing and SWT. I currently work at Google on the Android team. I have a particular interest in creating polished, responsive and well behaving user-facing applications that help the end users achieve their goals quickly and painlessly. Pushing Pixels is where I write about my own explorations of this area. You can also find me on Google+. -- pushing-pixels.org

Ha, Anthony @ techcrunch.com

Anthony Ha is a writer at TechCrunch, where he covers media, advertising, and other startups. Previously, he worked as a staff tech writer at Adweek, a senior editor at the tech blog VentureBeat, and a local government reporter at the Hollister Free Lance, where he won awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association for breaking news coverage and writing. He attended Stanford University and now lives in San Francisco. -- techcrunch.com

Hagan, Daniel @ kickidle.com

I’m Daniel Hagan, a professional IT consultant who works on global network infrastructures. In my spare time, I play the occasional video game, spend all the time I can on the webcam with my girlfriend, and obsess about photography. -- kickidle.com

Hill, Emeritus Kashmir @ abovethelaw.com

Current: Senior Online Editor at Forbes Magazine. Past: Editor, Above the Law at Breaking Media; Editor of The Not-So Private Parts at True/Slant ; Intern at The Week (Magazine); Web and Olympics intern in Hong Kong bureau at International Herald Tribune; Projects Manager at National Press Foundation; Intern Reporter at The Washington Examiner; Paralegal at Covington & Burling. Education: New York University, Duke University. -- linkedin.com

Hockenson, Lauren @ mashable.com

Current: Freelance Tech Journalist at Freelance Journalist. PastL Freelance Web Producer, Brides.com at Conde Nast; Campaigns Editorial Assistant at Mashable; Freelance PR Assistant at Sunshine Consultants llc (Sole Proprietorship); Permanent Freelance Writer: People.com at People Magazine; Editorial Intern at Inc. Magazine; Co-Founder and Publisher at The Quad, BU's Internet Magazine; Student PR Coordinator--Boston University Humanities Foundation at Boston University; ASME Editorial Intern at People Magazine; Editorial Intern at Rolling Stone Australia; Editorial Intern at Sacramento News and Review; Staff Reporter at Boston University Daily Free Press. Education: Boston University. -- linkedin.com

Hoffberger, Chase @ dailydot.com

Current: Staff Writer at The Austin Chronicle. Past: Staff Writer at The Daily Dot. Education: Connecticut College, The Gilman School. -- linkedin.com

Hoffman, Rebecca E. @ bna.com

Rebecca E. Hoffman is a legal editor with U.S. Patents Quarterly. She has been at Bloomberg BNA since 1998. She received her law degree from the Catholic University of America's Columbus School of Law in Washington, D.C., where her favorite class was "Copyright Problems of the Media." She can be reached at rhoffman@bna.com.

Hopewell, Luke @ gizmodo.com.au

Current: Editor at Gizmodo Australia. Past: Staff Journalist at CBS Interactive; Business Specialist at Telstra; Freelance Journalist at ymi Magazine. Education: University of Newcastle. -- au.linkedin.com

Huynh, Terence @ techgeek.com.au

Executive Editor: Terence Huynh is the founder and Executive Editor of TechGeek. While writing for a wide range of topics, he largely covers smartphones and social media. He is also a somewhat-competent web developer and politics junkie, often watching Question Time when he gets the chance. He is based in Melbourne, and studies Software Engineering at Monash University. -- techgeek.com.au

Inman, Matt @ theoatmeal.com

The Oatmeal's real name is Matthew and he lives in Seattle, Washington. He subsists on a steady diet of crickets and whiskey. He enjoys long walks on the beach, gravity, and breathing heavily through his mouth. His dislikes include scurvy, typhoons, and tapeworm medication. -- the oatmeal.com

Kelly, Aaron M. @ aaronkellylaw.com

Aaron M. Kelly is the founding member of The Kelly Law Firm, which specializes in business and Internet law. A trusted expert in online issues, Mr. Kelly has a client roster that includes professionals from all sides of the online community - affiliate networks, affiliate marketers, direct marketers, advertisers, online auction sites, search engine optimization (SEO) companies, web hosting companies and venture capitalists. Mr. Kelly also serves as general counsel to ad networks and internet based companies. He is also an experienced lecturer and author on numerous web-based topics, whose speaking engagements include tips on Internet marketing, online discovery tactics, social media and FTC guidelines and regulations. Mr. Kelly combines his education with hands-on experience, which provides him with strong, up to date knowledge of the issues that face our increasingly online-driven world. In addition to his law firm, Mr. Kelly also owns an internet marketing/consulting firm as well as a lead generation company for lawyers. Mr. Kelly also manages hundreds of websites and frequently serves as the host for online forum discussions focused on Internet marketing. Aaron is also strong supporter of innovative ideas and an entrepreneurial spirit, and has sponsored numerous events focused on helping new startups. With connections to members working in all corners of the Internet, entrepreneurial and startup communities, he goes beyond the basics of his role as legal council to connect people who could mutually benefit from an introduction or interaction. Mr. Kelly is committed to creating and fostering relationships that lead to the growth and success of each of his clients – and many long-term business associations have been created as a result. In addition to his work in entrepreneurial and Internet environments, Aaron M. Kelly is an active and respected member of the Arizona legal community, holding a number of professional leadership positions. He serves as both the Chairman of the Continuing Legal Education Committee and Vice Chairman of the Membership Committee for the Arizona Association for Justice. He balances these locally-focused roles with participation in the membership committee of the American Association for Justice. Mr. Kelly also holds the trusted position of Vice Chairman of the State Bar of Arizona's Member Assistance Committee. In this role, he provides confidential peer support and assistance to lawyers who suffer from chemical dependency, addiction, stress, mental or physical health issues and any other problems that affect their lives and legal practices. This compassion, discretion and willingness to address sensitive issues head on are an asset not only to his colleagues, but all who choose to engage in a professional relationship. Aaron M. Kelly holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University. He later went on to receive his law degree from the Michigan State University College of Law. He is licensed to practice law in both the state of Arizona and in Michigan.

Levy, Paul @ citizen.org

After working as a law clerk to Honorable Wade H. McCree, Jr. (United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit) and Special Assistant to Solicitor General McCree, in December 1977 Paul joined the Public Citizen Litigation Group, a public interest law firm that is a division of the consumer advocacy organization Public Citizen. He represented workers in rank-and-file labor law cases, especially cases involving union governance. Over the years, he also developed subspecialties in some arcane issues of federal procedure such as removal jurisdiction and the representation of "lawyers in trouble" from sanctions, contempt findings and the like; he also pioneered Public Citizen's work on federal preemption of state law claims. He has argued four cases in Supreme Court of the United States, as well as writing briefs for parties in seven other cases. One odd aspect of his Supreme Court practice is that each of these eleven cases have been decided 9-0 – win or lose. Paul has specialized more recently in free speech issues arising on the Internet. He has litigated cases in state and federal courts throughout the country about the identification of anonymous Internet speakers. His amicus curiae brief in Dendrite v Doe, whose approach was adopted by New Jersey’s Superior Court Appellate Division, has become the model for other cases. His Internet practice also includes the defense of trademark and copyright claims brought as a means of suppressing critical web sites. His cases in this area, such as Bosley Medical v. Kremer and Lamparello v. Falwell, have established the right to create internet “gripe” sites that include the trademark names of companies in their domain names and meta tags. In Smith v. Wal-Mart Stores, he defended the right of a parodist to make fun of Wal-Mart’s trademarks. In arguing against the issuance of prior restraints in Bank Julius Baer v. Wikileaks, he had the key insight that the case had been filed without subject matter jurisdiction. Specialties: free speech, anonymity, cyberlaw, union democracy, removal jurisdiction, sanctions defense, trademark, copyright, libel. -- linkedin.com

Licino, Hal @ benchmarkemail.com

Hal Licino is a veteran freelance writer, award-winning author, and email marketing expert and consultant for Benchmark Email, a global email marketing service for small businesses. He has written dozens of articles on email and newsletter marketing, and he frequently contributes to a blog hosted by Benchmark email. Location: Los Alamitos, CA. -- practicalecommerce.com

Litte, Jane @ dearauthor.com @anaquana.wordpress.com

Jane Litte is the founder of Dear Author, a lawyer, and a lover of pencil skirts. She spends her downtime reading romances and writing about them. Her TBR pile is much larger than the one shown in the picture and not as pretty. You can reach Jane by email at jane@dearauthor.com -- dearauthor.com

Lowry, Michael A. @ blog.michael-lowry.com

Technologist, photographer, dancer, outdoorsman — Originally from Austin, Texas (Attended The University of Texas at Austin), I am a dual citizen of the U.S. and Sweden. I live and work in Zürich, Switzerland. I worked at Credit Suisse. I enjoy meeting new people, so please feel free to drop me a line. My email address takes the form firstname.lastname@gmail.com. -- blog.michael-lowry.com

Masnick, Mike @ techdirt.com

Michael "Mike" Masnick (born December 8, 1974) is the CEO and founder of Techdirt, a weblog that focuses on technology news and tech-related issues. Masnick is also the founder and CEO of the company Floor64 and a contributor at BusinessWeek's Business Exchange. Before founding Floor64, Masnick worked in business development and marketing at Release Software, an e-commerce startup, and in marketing at Intel. He has a bachelor's degree in Industrial and Labor Relations and an MBA, both from Cornell University. He coined the term "Streisand effect" on the Techdirt blog in January 2005, and was interviewed about it three years later on National Public Radio's All Things Considered. -- Wikipedia

McAteer, Liberty @ blog.libertymcateer.com

Current: Counsel, Secretary to the Board at AppOrchard LLC; Counsel, Secretary to the Board at Tipping Point Partners, LLC. Past: Legal Intern at Brooklyn Law Incubator & Policy Clinic; Summer Associate at Kenyon & Kenyon; Legal Intern at New York County District Attorney’s Office; Judicial Intern at Southern District of New York; Manager of ITS Helpdesk at Wesleyan University; Technician at Techknowsphere; Interactive Development Intern at Plural, Inc. Education: Brooklyn Law School; Wesleyan University; The Dalton School. I'm an intellectual property lawyer who loves internet startups. You can read more about me on my site, www.libertymcateer.com. New York Bar Admission New York State Judiciary, License 4929105, June 2011. -- linkedin.com

McCain, Robert Stacy @theothermccain.com

Personal life: McCain lives on the Atlantic Seaboard with his wife. They have six children, whom they homeschooled. He is a Baptist, and has remarked, "I am a poor excuse for a Christian, but I really do have a deep faith in God".

Controversy: The Southern Poverty Law Center has claimed that McCain was once a member of League of the South, which the SPLC classifies as a white supremacist hate group. -- Wikipedia

McSherry, Corynne @ eff.org

Corynne McSherry is Intellectual Property Director at EFF, specializing in intellectual property and free speech issues. Prior to joining EFF, Corynne was a civil litigator at the law firm of Bingham McCutchen, LLP. Corynne has a B.A. from the University of California at Santa Cruz, a Ph.D from the University of California at San Diego, and a J.D. from Stanford Law School. While in law school, Corynne published Who Owns Academic Work?: Battling for Control of Intellectual Property (Harvard University Press, 2001). -- eff.org

Meyer, Warren @ coyoteblog.com @ climate-skeptic.com

Warren Meyer is the author of the web-site climate-skeptic.com, a site he originally started to help report climate developments in layman’s terms, particularly the science of the skeptic’s position. Warren has a degree in mechanical and aerospace engineering from Princeton University, where his studies focused on the control and stability of dynamic systems, issues at the very heart of the climate debate. He also has extensive experience with forecasting of dynamic and complex systems, with an MBA from Harvard University and years of experience with planning and forecasting at several Fortune 50 companies [including a marketing post at Honeywell International]. Currently Warren runs a company called Recreation Resource Management, based in Phoenix, whose business is the private management of public parks and recreation. His company has been in the news of late for offering to reopen at least 6 closed Arizona State Parks under private management and remove the need for public subsidies of these parks. -- climate-skeptic.com

Coyote Blog: Dispatches from a Small Business. Our company, Recreation Resource Management (RRM), is over 20 year old, and we operate over a hundred public parks under concession agreement for the US Forest Service, the National Park Service, the Tennessee Valley Authority, California State Parks, and many others. Traditionally, park concessions used to be limited to private companies running the gift shop or the bike rental inside a park. And we do some of that (for example we run the store and marina at Slide Rock and Patagonia Lake State parks). But our preferred niche has always been to run entire parks on a turnkey basis. We run a huge variety of facilities that largely parallel anything we might find in the Arizona State Parks system -- including campgrounds, day use and picnic areas, boat ramps, hiking trails, wilderness areas and historic buildings. The largest parks we run are twice as busy as Slide Rock or Lake Havasu and four times as busy as any of the parks we are proposing to manage. We currently run parks today literally right beside some of these Arizona State parks. All of this is to say that the parks in Arizona are absolutely normal and typical resources that we manage. A concession contract works much like a commercial lease. We sign a contract allowing us to run the park for profit, and then pay the state a rent in the form of a percentage of fee revenues. The typical operating agreement includes over 100 pages of standards we must conform to, from fee collection to uniforms to customer service to bathroom cleaning frequency to operating hours. -- coyoteblog.com.

Murphy, Kevin @ kevinmurphylaw.blogspot.com

I'm a Texas lawyer, chicken farmer, and guitar picker. I'm a bowtie and cowboy boot wearing lawyer. KevinMurphy@kevinmurphylaw.com 281-804-1174. Is something bugging you? Let us write a "Mean Lawyer Letter"! Often a dispute can be resolved with a single well-written demand letter. For a low set fee, we will review your problem, draft a letter to the other party and assist in resolution. Admissions: State Bar of Texas, Southern District of Texas, US District Court. Education: University of Houston Law Center, J.D.; University of Memphis, Memphis Tennessee; University of Surrey, Guildford, U.K.; University of North Texas (B.A. in Music/minor in Philosophy). -- kevinmurphylaw.com

Myers, PZ @ freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula

Myers was born March 9, 1957, the eldest of six children in Kent, Washington; his mother is of Swedish and Norwegian descent. Regarding his ancestry, Myers wrote: "I'm only half Scandinavian. The blood has been thinned with that of those domesticated English and Irish and Scots." He was named "Paul Zachary", after his grandfather, but preferred the initials PZ to being called "Little Paul". He claims to have been a "science geek" from an early age, gaining an interest in zoology and marine biology from studying the insides of fish while on fishing trips with his father. Growing up, Myers attended an ELCA church. Prior to his confirmation, Myers says, "I started thinking, you know, I don't believe a word of this." Now an atheist, Myers comments widely on his blog about science, education, atheism and religion.

Myers graduated from Kent-Meridian High School in 1975 and subsequently attended DePauw University in Indiana on a full scholarship. However, he returned home the next year after his father suffered a heart attack. He then graduated from the University of Washington in 1979 with Bachelor of Science in zoology. Myers drifted away from this field toward evolutionary developmental biology and obtained a PhD in Biology from the University of Oregon. A self-avowed "godless liberal" and outspoken atheist, he is a vocal skeptic of all forms of religion, superstition, supernaturalism, spirituality and pseudoscience. He is quoted as having "nothing but contempt" for intelligent design, arguing that it is "fundamentally dishonest". He is also an outspoken supporter of sex-positive feminism.

In 2009 Myers was named the American Humanist Association's "Humanist of the Year". Myers has taught and researched at the University of Oregon, the University of Utah and Temple University. He is currently an associate professor of biology at the University of Minnesota's Morris campus. He is a member of Minnesota Citizens for Science Education. Myers became involved in scientific debates, particularly those surrounding the growing creationist movement in the United States. In June 2002 he created his own web site and blog, Pharyngula.org, and he was a founding member of The Panda's Thumb. Since late 2005 he has been a contributor to Ask A Biologist, a science education website.

Pharyngula is Myers' personal weblog, promoted as "Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal." The topics Myers covers are eclectic, delving into the non-scientific as well as scientific. While Pharyngula includes many articles discussing breaking science news and research, the blog has become particularly well known for ridicule of intelligent design and of attempts to insert it into science education. The blog has been ranked as the third-most-read blog maintained by a Minnesotan. The science journal Nature listed Pharyngula as the top-ranked blog written by a scientist.

According to Alexa.com, Pharyngula.org was started on June 19, 2002. It started out as an experiment in writing instruction for a class. Students were required to submit mini-essays to be published online. After the project was finished, Myers still had the web-publishing software, and started to use it himself. The blog is named after his favorite stage in embryonic development, the pharyngula stage. Pharyngula moved to hosting at ScienceBlogs, a project of Seed Magazine, in 2005. On Pharyngula, Myers has repeatedly denounced the Discovery Institute, Answers in Genesis, and other creationist websites, as well as offering rebuttals to Intelligent Design, pointing out that its claims are pseudoscientific. Other posts on Pharyngula cover a broad variety of topics that interest Myers. These include cephalopods; science; religion (to which Myers is unequivocally opposed); local, national and international politics, particularly those involving science and/or education; superstition; and evolutionary developmental biology....

On his blog in 2007, Myers reviewed Stuart Pivar's book Lifecode, which argues that self-organization at the embryonic and fetal stages determine the development and final structure of organisms. Myers reviewed the book negatively, stating that the diagrams and ideas in the book arose from Pivar's imagination and had no basis in actual evidence. How his theory can be reconciled with a large body of embryological evidence that directly contradicts virtually all of it is not clear, and Pivar has chosen not to address any of it. And a book full of geometrically interesting sketches neither explains nor supports Pivar's theory.… Theories are supposed to explain observation and experiment. You don't come up with a theory first, and then invent the evidence to support it. After some discussion in the comments threads of Pharyngula, Pivar sued Myers for libel. Within a week Pivar withdrew the lawsuit, stating that "the real issue got sidelined" and that his problem was more with Seed Media Group....

A controversy arose in July 2008 over a Pharyngula blog entry written by Myers expressing amazement at news reports of death threats issued to University of Central Florida Student Senator Webster Cook. On June 29, 2008, Cook attended a Catholic Mass being held in the student union at UCF by a Catholic student group that receives funding from the student government. Cook received the Catholic Eucharist host but did not consume it immediately. He said later that he wanted to take it back to his seat to show a friend, but when stopped he pretended to put it in his mouth until back at his seat, then a church leader made forcible attempts to take the wafer from him. Cook stored the host at his home, then returned it one week later after receiving e-mail threats and pleas. Bill Donohue, President of the Catholic League, described the student's actions as "beyond hate speech" and said that "All options should be on the table, including expulsion."

In his July 8 blog entry, Myers criticized the reaction to Cook's act. Myers described the level of harassment including multiple death threats leveled against the student, and accusations against the student which included hate crime, kidnapping, and intent to desecrate the Eucharist which Catholics consider a mortal sin. Myers expressed outrage that Fox News Channel appeared to be inciting readers to cause further problems for the student, and ridiculed reports that armed guards would attend the next mass. Myers suggested that if any of his readers could acquire some consecrated Eucharistic hosts for him, he would treat the wafers "with profound disrespect and heinous cracker abuse, all photographed and presented here on the web." Myers was criticized from both religious and non-religious quarters. The Catholic League accused Myers of anti-Catholic bigotry, described his proposal as a threat to desecrate what Catholics hold to be the Body of Christ, and sent a letter asking the University of Minnesota and the Minnesota State Legislature to take action against Myers. The Catholic League argued that, as the Pharyngula website was accessible via a link from the University of Minnesota's website, it should be bound by the university's code of conduct, which requires faculty to be "respectful, fair and civil" when dealing with others. Joe Foley, a member of the Board of the Secular Student Alliance, wrote on the organization's website that Myers had "crossed the line" from "playful satire" to "masturbatory condescension". Foley concluded, "if open-minded believers are willing to join us in polite dialogue, we need to be ready to welcome them with more than ridicule and pranks." Subsequently, Myers explained to the Star Tribune that while his post was "satire and protest," he had received death threats regarding the incident but was not taking them too seriously.

In a talk show featuring Myers on Catholic Radio International, hosted by Jeff Gardner, Myers confirmed that he had been sent an unspecified number of consecrated hosts and said that he intended to “subject them to heinous cracker abuse.” When asked by Gardner to explain why he must do so, Myers said that Donohue of the Catholic League was insisting that he acknowledge the Body of Christ in the Eucharist. Gardner pointed out that Donohue had no authority to insist on such acknowledgment. The show host then asked Myers which individual possessing the Magisterial authority of the Catholic Church had insisted that he recognize the Body of Christ in the Eucharist. Myers replied that no one from the Catholic Church had contacted him. On July 24, 2008, Myers, in his post, "The Great Desecration," wrote that he had pierced through the "goddamned cracker" with a rusty nail, which he also used to pierce a few ripped-out pages of the Qur'an and The God Delusion, and had simply thrown them all in the trash along with old coffee grounds and a banana peel. He provided a photograph of these items in the garbage, and wrote that nothing must be held sacred, encouraging people to question everything. In addition, he described the history of allegations of host desecration, emphasizing the frequent use of such allegations in medieval Europe to justify anti-Semitism. The following day, University of Minnesota, Morris (UMM) Chancellor stated: "I believe that behaviors that discriminate against or harass individuals or groups on the basis of their religious beliefs are reprehensible" and that the school "affirms the freedom of a faculty member to speak or write as a public citizen without institutional discipline or restraint."

In April 2007 Myers was interviewed for a documentary titled "Crossroads", purportedly about science and religion. However in September 2007, executive producer Mark Mathis announced that the movie was Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed about "censorship" of intelligent design supporters. Regarding the discrepancy of focus, Myers wrote: "I mean, seriously, not telling one of the sides in a debate about what the subject might be and then leading him around randomly to various topics, with the intent of later editing it down to the parts that just make the points you want, is the video version of quote-mining and is fundamentally dishonest." On March 20, 2008, Myers was denied entry into a screening of Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed at the Mall of America in Minneapolis. He was waiting with his family and guests to attend a private screening after having reserved seats for himself and guests under his own name using the freely available online procedure set up by the film's promoters. Shortly before the film started, a security guard told him that the producer Mark Mathis had instructed that Myers be removed from the premises. After telling his family of this Myers went to a nearby Apple store and blogged about his amusement that they had expelled him, but allowed his guest entry to see the film—British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, who had also been interviewed for the film under similar circumstances. In a question and answer session at the end of the film Dawkins asked why Myers had been excluded, and later said that "if anyone had a right to see the film, it was [Myers]. The incompetence, on a public relations level, is beyond belief." The saga has been described by Dawkins as "an incredible piece of inept public relations" on the part of the film's producers.

Myers' engagement as keynote speaker at the 2009 Secular Student Alliance Conference in Columbus, Ohio developed into an August 7, 2009 trip, in which 304 attendees visited the nearby Creation Museum in Petersburg, Kentucky. Beforehand, there was a flurry of heated blog posts which resulted in the museum sending a warning letter detailing appropriate behavior. The visit resulted in two reported incidents. In one, a student wearing a T-shirt that read "There's probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy yourself" was asked to turn the shirt inside out. It was also reported that a student was asked to leave the Creation Museum after a family visiting the museum complained to staff that they saw him "laughing at the exhibits". Ken Ham however, denied that the student was told to leave, claiming that a photographer who witnessed the incident was the one who was removed. -- Wikipedia

The Poker Pantheon (A Cast List) Regulars: Buddha: The supreme Buddha, creator of the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path, and the no-fold poker hand. Whether Buddha truly knows how to play poker or is simply the world’s greatest bluffer is still up for debate, but in all circumstances, he definitely lives the Winning Life. C’thulhu: A fictional deity created by H.P. Lovecraft who may or may not one day devour the world, depending on his mood when he wakes up from his nap. A little too fond of the Mad Shogg 20/20. Not above using his tentacles to get one up on the competition. Jesus: The central figure of Christianity, a great teacher and healer who preached love and understanding. Under the tenets of Christianity, the son of God who died and was reborn. He’d like to run a little wild now and then, but it’s hard to do so when your father is omniscient. Moses: Ghost writer of the best-selling The Torah, as well as an early Biblical Hebrew religious leader, lawgiver, prophet, and military leader, and an aquatic explorer in his youth. Under the tenets of Judaism, the world’s greatest prophet. Muhammad: The founder of Islam. Regarded by Muslims as the last messenger and prophet of God and restorer of the original faith of Adam. Under the tenets of Islam, the world’s greatest prophet. Quetzalcoatl: Quetzalcoatl is the Mesoamerican feathered serpent god credited by the Aztecs and Mayans with bringing life, art, culture and science. He is also associated with rain, wind, corn, prosperity, and fertility. There are many things to be said for being a fertility god. Many, many things. Guests: New faces pop up around the table from time to time, as plot, whim, or religious observances dictate. The Monkey King: Back from his journey to the West, and ready to rumble, the Monkey King is one of the few poker players who can beat the Buddha. Maybe it’s all those years traveling with a monk, with nothing else to do but practice. Zeus: Zeus is a womanizer and a bit of a bore. Yes, he is the leader of the Olympian gods, but he’s just too into himself for the others to care. He might be a good poker player, but he’d have to pay attention to something besides himself before anyone else will find out. Hera: Sure, she’s queen of the Greek gods and one of her domains is marriage, but that doesn’t mean she’s the dowdy stay-at-home sort. The regular players find her a bit… distracting, though. She’ll have to start her own poker game to get a fair shot.

About the Comic: The title of the strip pretty much tells you everything you need to know. How often have we all sat around wondering what would happen if Buddha, Jesus, Moses, Quetzalcoatl, Muhammad and C’thulhu sat around over a friendly games of cards? Often enough, let me tell you. Often enough. Well, wonder no more. The strip originally ran for a very short time in 2001. However, the idea was popular enough with the folks who encountered it that Slappy decided to revisit the concept in 2007, starting the strip anew. No, you can’t see the old strips, although they may appear in a collection down the road. Um… They’re Not All Gods, Now Are They? No, no they’re not. Your point? Sure, we could make the title painfully accurate, but Gods, Sons-of-God-Who-Are-Also-God-Depending-On-Your-Dogma, Prophets, Sages and Allegedly Fictional Beings of Eldritch Horror (AFBEH for short) Occasionally Playing Poker But More Often Derailed In Entertaining Fashion just… well, it just doesn’t “pop.” About the Author: Who IS Slappy McGillicutty? -- gppcomic.com

gppcomic.com. Current Registrar: TIERRANET INC. D/B/A DOMAINDISCOVER , IP Address: 64.81.53.83 Registrant: Roadknight Labs, 1230 Market St. PMB 351, San Francisco, CA 94102. Administrative Contact, Technical Contact, Zone Contact: Roadknight Labs, Stephen Okay, 1230 Market St. PMB 351, San Francisco, CA 94102, US, (415)425-4184, armadilo@gothpunk.com, Domain created on 13-Jul-2007 -- networksolutions.com

Stephen Okay: Current: Systems/Network Administrator at Willow Garage (January 2013-present), Menlo Park, CA [Willow Garage is proud to announce the initial release of MoveIt! : new software targeted at allowing you to build advanced applications integrating motion planning, kinematics, collision checking with grasping, manipulation, navigation, perception and control. MoveIt! is robot agnostic software that can be quickly set up with your robot if a URDF representation of the robot is available. The MoveIt! Setup Assistant lets you configure MoveIt! for any robot, allowing you to visualize and interact with the robot model.] Past: IT Engineer at IronPort Systems (A Cisco Business Unit) (August 2008 – January 2013); Cluster Systems Software Engineer at Penguin Computing Systems Engineer at Scale 8 (July 2004 – March 2008); UNIX/Linux Systems Technologist/Consultant at Network Mechanics; Software Architect at AXIS Personal Trainers; Technical Director(Lighting) at Pacific Data Images; Systems Administrator at Click 3X Studios(SF). Education: George Mason University. Specialties: Wireless networking(WLAN), Mobile/Handheld Systems, cross-platform architectures, UNIX/Linux,Regex,Python,Android. -- linkedin.com

Opsahl, Kurt @ eff.org

Kurt Opsahl is a Senior Staff Attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation focusing on civil liberties, free speech and privacy law. Before joining EFF, Opsahl worked at Perkins Coie, where he represented technology clients with respect to intellectual property, privacy, defamation, and other online liability matters, including working on Kelly v. Arribasoft, MGM v. Grokster and CoStar v. LoopNet. For his work responding to government subpoenas, Opsahl is proud to have been called a "rabid dog" by the Department of Justice. Prior to Perkins, Opsahl was a research fellow to Professor Pamela Samuelson at the U.C. Berkeley School of Information Management & Systems. Opsahl received his law degree from Boalt Hall, and undergraduate degree from U.C. Santa Cruz. Opsahl co-authored "Electronic Media and Privacy Law Handbook." In 2007, Opsahl was named as one of the "Attorneys of the Year" by California Lawyer magazine for his work on the O'Grady v. Superior Court appeal. -- eff.org

Pierron, Dan @ tacticalip.com

Registered Patent Attorney. Areas of Practice: Patents; Trademarks; Copyrights; Intellectual Property Litigation. Admitted to Practice in: Supreme Court of Illinois; Supreme Court of Florida; United States Patent and Trademark Office; U.S. District Court of Illinois (Northern District); U. S. District Court of Florida (Middle District). Education: University of Kansas (B.S., Engineering Physics, 2008); Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., 2011). Professional Activities: Contributing author at TacticalIP.com; Member of AIPLA, ABA-IPL, ISBA, IPLAC. Bio: Dan focuses his practice on representing clients in the prosecution of patents and trademarks before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and counseling inventors and businesses on various intellectual property strategies. Dan also focuses his practice on licensing his client’s intellectual property and enforcing the intellectual property rights of his clients in litigation. Dan is involved in his community and serves on the Board of Directors as well as the Chair for the Nomination and Recruiting Committee for March of Dimes Space Coast Division. Phone: 321-255-2332 -- legalteamusa.net

Plait, Phil @ muckrack.com @ BadAstronome

Philip Cary Plait, Ph.D. (born September 30, 1964) (a.k.a. The Bad Astronomer) is an American astronomer, skeptic, writer and popular science blogger. He has written two books, Bad Astronomy and Death from the Skies. He has also appeared in several science documentaries, including Phil Plait's Bad Universe on the Discovery Channel. On August 4, 2008, he became President of the James Randi Educational Foundation, serving in that position until January 1, 2010. Plait grew up in the Washington, D.C. area. He attended the University of Michigan and received his Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of Virginia in 1994 with a thesis on SN 1987A, which he studied with the Supernova Intensive Study (SINS). During the 1990s, Plait worked with the COBE satellite and later was part of the Hubble Space Telescope team at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, working largely on the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph. He went on to perform web-based public outreach for the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope and other NASA-funded missions while at Sonoma State University from 2000 to 2007. His first book, Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing "Hoax" deals with much the same subject matter as his website. His second book, Death from the Skies, describes ways astronomical events could wipe out life on Earth and was released in October 2008. Plait appeared on two Penn & Teller: Bullshit! episodes. In season 3, he argued against the Apollo moon landing conspiracy theory and in season 7 against astrology. His work has also appeared in the Encyclopædia Britannica Yearbook of Science and the Future and Astronomy magazine. Plait is also a frequent guest on the SETI Institute's weekly science radio show Big Picture Science. He left the James Randi Educational Foundation as President to focus on a secret TV project, later to be revealed as Phil Plait's Bad Universe on the Discovery Channel. The three-part documentary series first aired in the United States August 29, 2010 but was not picked up as a series. He has appeared in numerous science documentaries and programs including How the Universe Works.... Plait also debunked several pseudoscientific theories related to space and astronomy, such as Planet X, Richard Hoagland's theories, and most famously, the moon landing "hoax". Plait's original website is now archived and can still be viewed, although badastronomy.com now redirects to his current Bad Astronomy blog....On November 12, 2012, the Bad Astronomy blog moved to Slate magazine, ending 4 years of being hosted by Discover Magazine. Plait currently resides in Boulder, Colorado with his wife, Marcella, and daughter. Plait and his wife run Science Getaways, a vacation company that provides science-based adventures. In March 2008, Plait had an asteroid named after him by the late astronomer Jeff Medkeff. Asteroid 2000 WG11 was renamed 165347 Philplait. -- Wikipedia

Poole, Kyrill @ antisp.in

Summary: I enjoy the challenge in having to solve complex technical problems in the most elegant way possible. I'm primarily a Linux-focused systems administrator with experience in supporting Debian-based platforms. I'm also familiar with Vyatta firewalls and have a good knowledge of HP server and network hardware. I'm also proficient as a Django and PHP developer and have a good understanding of CSS design. My areas of expertise include managing Linux servers, PHP & Django development, Active Directory and virtualisation, focusing on Citrix XenServer. Experience: Systems Administrator Pancentric Digital (July 2011 – Present) London, United Kingdom. My responsibilities at Pancentric include (1) Debian-based server provisioning, configuration and maintenance; (2) Managing Apache/NginX based web servers, PostgreSQL/MySQL/MSSQL database servers and python/php applications running on a combination of PHP5-FPM and uWSGI backends; (3) Managing DNS using BIND; (4) Active Directory implementation and support in the office, migrating from a Solaris Kerberos-based domain as the company grew and there was a greater requirement for central management; (5) Planning for future growth & advising on techical & hosting issues; (6) Developing a resillient, highly-available power, network and infrastructure both in production and in the office to support continued growth in requirements; (7) Commissioning a disaster recovery site for the production environment; (8) Moving from stand-alone shared physical web and database servers to fully a virtualised environment, running on top of a highly-available Citrix XenServer pool; (9) Integrating Nexenta-based SAN storage into existing virtualisation infrastructure; (10) End-user desktop support for Windows, Linux, Apple and mobile devices. Datacentre Operations Technician Rackspace Hosting (November 2009 – July 2011): (1) Build, upgrade and configure custom ordered servers spanning several different platforms and configurations; (2) Monitor, troubleshoot and repair upgrade and downgrade servers with hardware and network problems; (3) Monitor all Electrical, Mechanical and Emergency Generator systems and report as appropriate. Datacentre Consolidation Specialist Rackspace Hosting (June 2008 – May 2011): (1) Consolidating separate, geographically disparate datacentres into a single facility; (2) Working with other departments to ensure a smooth transition between facilities with minimal downtime and the best possible migration experience for customers; (3) Coordinating one-off moves specially tailored to customers' needs to mitigate the effects of downtime on their business by migrating them at a time most convenient to the customer. Interpreter / Translator Ostapenko Business Services (January 2004 – May 2008): Live interpreting, translating all manner of documents, both legal and common. Clerk Levenes Solicitors Law Practice industry (July 2007 – September 2007): Administrative work, attendance at court, note-taking, issuing legal proceedings. Resident Assistant University of Hertfordshire, Housing Services (September 2005 – September 2006): Working out of hours as part of the Housing Team, focus on student welfare. Responsibilities: Ensuring student welfare is looked after. This can include dealing with noise complaints, fire alarms, personal injury and illness and any other issues; Negotiating between students in case of disputes within flats or between individuals; Liaising with the Emergency Services as and when required; Assisting disabled students with any problems they face whilst in halls of residence. Kyrill Poole's Projects: Management network re-architecture (May 2013 to Present): As part of improving the manageability of our hosting infrastructure, we re-factored the network setup to use a separate, private management network for most of our devices, especially the hypervisors. This also involved the creation of a S2S VPN using a clustered pair of Vyatta firewalls to connect to our office infrastructure. Once Xen was reconfigured, it worked perfectly, so now VM migrations and Xen management traffic flows over a dedicated set of links, freeing up public-facing interfaces for customer VM traffic. Office virtualisation overhaul (October 2012 to Present): We successfully completed the total overhaul of our office virtualisation stack, deploying a new matched pair of hypervisors with a dedicated ZFS-backed NAS device. This has made our office's virtualisation more robust and maintenance can be performed on each hypervisor individually without causing service disruption to users. ServerFreak (September 2008 to Present): Developed a web-based tool to assist the Datacentre Migration Team in performing port audits for several thousand devices, saving thousands of man-hours as the alternative would be to physically check each connection in the datacentre and document separately. This tool relied on information already stored in our systems and collated this data in an easily-presentable format, meaning more time could be spent planning and preparing instead of needless duplication of labour. Virtual Private Server (January 2008 to Present): To learn more about server setup and management, I set up a virtual server in the Rackspace Cloud and configured it from scratch to host various web projects over the past several years, including a WordPress instance, a Django development/staging environment. I also manage the DNS for my website myself, in favour of using a pre-packaged DNS offering. In 2012, I decided to optimise the service stack by swapping Apache 2.0.2 for NginX and by separating out the PHP execution from being an Apache module to php5-fpm, which runs independently of any web server and is thus much easier to troubleshoot. I'm constantly changing, tweaking and optimising the server and it serves as a sandbox environment as well as hosting my website. Languages: (1) English; (2) Russian; (3) French. Education: University of Hertfordshire BSc, Computer Science (2004 – 2008); Activities and Societies: Ju-Jitsu Club, CRUSH Radio, Student Union Webteam. City of London School for Boys (1999 – 2004). Interests: wordpress, new technologies, Android, juggling, fire performance, singing, reading, skiing, linux, photography, learning music, teaching, anthropology, photomanipulation, systems analysis, computer security, writing. -- linkedin.com

Precious, David (bigpresh) @ preshweb.co.uk

Ok, I’m David Precious, I’m 29, and I work as a Perl programmer for a UK web hosting company in London. I ride a Honda CBR600FV, I use Linux and Open Source software extensively and contribute to various Open Source projects. I’m part of the core development team for the Perl Dancer web framework. I’ve released a number of modules on CPAN. Besides computers I like beer, playing squash and pool, music, and beer. Email: davidp@preshweb.co.uk; Jabber/XMPP davidp@preshweb.co.uk; MSN davidp@preshweb.co.uk. I can often be found on IRC, as bigpresh, on Freenode, irc.perl.org and EFNet. -- preshweb.co.uk

Prospect, Neil @ heavy.com

Current: Content Analyst at wochit (Edited breaking news content for grammatical, logical, and technical accuracy; Selected images and video clips to create news videos). Past: Staff Writer at Heavy.com (Produced viral content for the web, including photo galleries and articles which amassed over 150,000 views; Monitored breaking news and produced search engine optimized news articles; Was responsible for the highest traffic day in the site’s history); News Writer at Brafton Inc.; Jr. Marketer at Blue Fountain Media; Editorial Intern at Bleacher Report; Head Editor of Mancouch.com at Xanga.com; Marketer at MyMusicSite.com. Education: The George Washington University. -- linkedin.com

Ramsey, Ana @ anaquana.wordpress.com

I write. Hopefully someday I'll get published. Repped by Cameron McClure of Donald Maass Literary Agency. I don't auto-follow, but love a good conversation. -- Twitter

Randazza, Marc @ randazza.com @ randazza.wordpress.com

Randazza attended college at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where he majored in Journalism, with his studies focused on First Amendment law. After college, he worked as a journalist and in public relations in Washington, DC, and Rome, Italy. He attended Georgetown University Law Center, where he earned his Juris Doctor degree, and where he spent time clerking for the Supreme Court of Vermont and for Rydin Carlsten Advokatbyrå, a Stockholm-based intellectual property law firm. Immediately following law school, Marc received a fellowship from the Brechner Center for Freedom of Information at the University of Florida, where he spent two years conducting in-depth research, publishing, and lecturing on First Amendment and intellectual property law issues. Following his fellowship, Randazza established a career focused on First Amendment and Internet law. He divides his time primarily between the firm’s Las Vegas and Miami offices. His practice includes representation of adult entertainment businesses, defendants in SLAPP actions, protestors, and other free speech cases as well as intellectual property litigation and transactions. Randazza was honored by Vegas, Inc. as one of Southern Nevada’s best attorneys for lawsuits and disputes. Randazza formerly taught First Amendment Law, Entertainment Law, Trademark Law, and Copyright Law at Barry University School of Law in Orlando, Florida. He is a frequent panelist at legal conferences focused on these issues. He is often asked for commentary in the mainstream media, and has frequently appeared on national television news shows, offering commentary on First Amendment legal issues. Randazza is a member of the First Amendment Lawyers’ Association. He is licensed to practice law in Nevada, California, Massachusetts, Arizona, Florida, all federal courts in those states, multiple federal appellate courts, and before the United States supreme court. He is also a Registered Trademark Agent with the Canadian Trademark Office. -- randazza.com

Recouvreur, Christopher @ charles-carreon.com

Chris Recouvreur, a Walgreens Assistant Manager, is putting in so much of his $18/hr time on Charles-Carreon.com that he must be using his work computer to do it. Chris seems to be having the time of his life using my name as a draw, since his previous attempts to harvest clicks have failed pretty resoundingly. It's really sad the way he's posted and posted, and never gotten a comment at http://deselectedart.wordpress.com/ and http://odinstrike.deviantart.com/. But now that he has my name to work with, things are really taking off!

Riley, Duncan @ inquisitr.com

About The Inquisitr. The Inquisitr offers a constantly updated mix of the latest stories to hit the web, covering a diverse spectrum of topic areas including technology, news, sport, entertainment and offbeat stories. Founded in May 2008, The Inquisitr has grown from humble beginnings to become the 1650′th top web site in the USA (according to Alexa) and one of the worlds most popular blogs standing currently (June 2012) as the 67th most popular site on the web in Technorati blog rankings. (#34 for Celebrities and #58 for Politics according to Technorati.) The Inquisitr was sold in late May 2011 three years after its inception after the sturdy and successful leadership of Duncan Riley who took the site from its humblest beginnings to the success story it has become. The Inquisitr is a young site compared to most other leading sites, but our unique mix of talented writers means that we will continue to achieve even better results. The Inquisitr stands now poised to take on the internet with only the hottest trends and the latest of stories. editor@inquisitr.com. -- inquisitr.com

Born in Sydney, Australia, Riley is a pioneer in Australian politics on the internet, creating the first website for a political party branch in Australia in 1995, and going on later that year to write the now defunct Australian Conservative Politics portal, the first conservative aggregate political site in Australia. In 1999, he designed and ran the website Young Australians Against this Republic, in conjunction with a number of political and social groups within Australia. In 2002, he launched The Blog Herald, the first blog dedicated to the news of the then still small blogging world. The site went on to become a Technorati Top 100 blog and covered major milestones in the blogging industry, including the growth of Gawker Media and the founding of Weblogs Inc. Riley sold the site in January 2006. In 2005, he launched weblog network Weblog Empire, which later was merged into blogging network b5media, a company founded by Riley along with Bloggers Darren Rowse and Jeremy Wright. b5media took $2 million in venture capital in 2006. In late 2006, Riley left b5media to pursue personal projects. In May 2007, Riley started writing for TechCrunch, where he served for 12 months. In May 2008, Riley left TechCrunch to start Inquisitr, a new blog focusing on pop culture, technology and other subjects. Via his web development company Nichenet Pty Ltd. Riley now edits The Inquisitr and podcasts for The Podcast Network as co-host of Australia’s only Web 2.0 podcast The 2 Web Crew alongside regular contributors Cameron Reilly (The Podcast Network) and Bronwen Clune (Norg Media). -- crunchbase.com

Roy, Jessica @ betabeat.com

Current: Editor at Betabeat; Tech Reporter at New York Observer. Past: Community Manager at Adobe; Blogger for 10,000 Words at mediabistro.com; Community Genius at Context Optional; Editor-in-Chief at NYULocal; Editorial Intern at The Library Journal Book Review; Culture Intern at Salon; Intern at Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University. Education: New York University. After graduating from NYU in 2010, I moved to San Francisco to work as a community manager at a social media startup called Context Optional. While there, I developed content and social media strategies for Fortune 500 brands. The company was acquired by Adobe in January 2011, and I stayed on as a community manager there for a few months. In March of 2012, I accepted a staff writer position with the New York Observer and moved back to New York. I currently work for the NYO's tech blog, Betabeat, writing about tech and web culture. I also write tech and media focused features for the print paper. -- linkedin

Sandlin, Graeme @ thepummelo.com

The Pummelo was started because satire was getting a good name. We wished to reverse that trend and bring true news satire back to its origins, along with adding some relevant opinions about current topics of the day, ranging from religion to Aunt Martha's fabulously hard fruitcake. Well... That and we were fed up with our day jobs and wanted an excuse to put up a page of hot women in Star Trek shirts. -- thepummelo.com

Graeme Sandlin: Occupation: self-employed blogger, musician & business developer. Education: attended Hard Knocks. Lives in Olympic Peninsula, WA. Proud dad of 4 kids under the age of 4. Contributor to The Christian Stay At Home Dad. A theologian of the odd. Check out Holy Righteous & True on iTunes & Spotify! (Intro to Moya; Hrt 2002; I'm Crying Out (for the cross); Ion Trail; On Your Knees; I surrender All 2012; Built to Last Indefinitely; Immanuel (All is Well); Now Be Strong; Justified; Holy (Righteous and True); Shameful Me; Neutronic; Break; Filthy; Static; Transform; Ransom; Traveler; Hope; Reclaimed; Restore; Plasma; Take My Life and Let It Be) -- Google+

Schroeder, Stan @ mashable.com

Stan has been writing for Mashable since 2007, and having the benefit (or the curse) of working in a European time zone, he's taken the post of European Editor. He's been a pro IT journalist in Croatia for over 9 years, having written for numerous IT publications there. Interested in writing for a global audience he started his (now defunct) blog, FranticIndustries, and he also co-founded (and subsequently sold) whoishostingthis.com, a simple tool for determining the hosting provider of any website. He lives in Zagreb, Croatia, and spends his free time pursuing his many interests, which include speaking at conferences, startups, mobile development, cryptography, collecting band t-shirts, tinkering with gadgets and hardware and generally leading a frantic lifestyle. -- mashable.com

Seitz, Dan @ uproxx.com

Dan Seitz @theta1138. Filmmaker, grad student, Internet comedy writer, juggler, torturer of Finns. -- Twitter

Current: Blogger at UPROXX Media; Copywriter at Media Shower; Blogger at Guyism, LLC; Advice columnist at Guyspeak. Past: Blogger/Fill-In Editor at Townsquare Media; Freelance Writer at Cracked; HR Coordinator at Pfizer; HR Coordinator at NaviMedix; HR Coordinator at Alnylam Pharmaceuticals; Administrative Assistant at Event Temps. Education: Emerson College; University of Vermont; Connections. Professional freelance writer specializing in blog entries, copywriting, and humor pieces. -- linkedin

Steinbaugh, Adam @ adamsteinbaugh.com

Recent law grad, pretentious music snob, DTLA denizen, unindicted co-conspirator. Sponsored by BigPorn™. I respond to Nigerian emails. @ Goodreverend -- Twitter

Current: Zero [Writes about legal and tech issues on his cleverly-named site (Adam Steinbaugh's Blog About Law and Technology). He's also on Twitter, but it would be a grave error to follow him. -- Guardian.co.uk/profile]. Past: Law & Media Intern at SJS Counsel, APC (July 2011 – February 2012, Beverly Hills, CA: Research, motions, and discovery in entertainment-related litigation); Extern at Baker, Keener & Nahra (September 2011 – December 2011, Greater Los Angeles Area); Security Abuse Specialist at MySpace (July 2008 – July 2009); President, Associated Students of Whittier College at Whittier College. Education: Loyola Law School, Loyola Marymount University (Juris Doctor 2009 – 2012); Whittier College; Alexander Dawson School. adam@steinbaugh.org-- linkedin

Since Zombie Jesus Day is upon us, "This Easter remember, Jesus was not a Zombie. He was not mindless nor did he consume anyone. Nor was he a Ghoul or a Wight. Although his soul and intellect were intact, he was not a rotting corpse. He was not a vampire. While he transubstantiated wine into blood, He never drank it from a person. Jesus was not a ghost or a wraith. He was corporeal and still had his wounds. It is clear JESUS WAS A LICH. A lich is created when a powerful magician or king striving for eternal life uses spells or rituals to bind his soul to his animated corpse and thereby achieves immortality. Liches are depicted as being clearly cadaverous, their bodies still bearing the wounds they received before their dead. Liches often have the power of necromancy, which allow them to bring the dead back to life." -- Brion "Fat Cat" Swanson @ googleplussuomi.com

I love Matthew Inman's humor! -- Brion "Fat Cat" Swanson @ googleplussuomi.com

Tarvi, Leo @ leotarvi.wordpress.com

About The Adventures of Leo Tarvi: Because we always need more ways to waste time. This blog exists to force me to write. Whether a serious, well-researched article with citations, a random half-drunk rant*, or bad fanfiction, the point of this blog is that I write. Any consistency is purely coincidental. This is part of my ongoing attempts to beat a learning disability, so goals will probably seem to set a low bar. I hope I can keep it interesting enough that people want to read it, but fame and fortune is not the purpose here. Well, not in the short term, anyway. In the interests of keeping myself or anyone else from getting bored, I’m taking requests. I’m going to attempt to write anything anyone suggests in the comments. For fiction, that means anything. It may suck, but I’ll damn well try. For non-fiction, this has a few restrictions. I’m not going to do interviews, (well actually I might, but they don’t quite fit in the spirit of this blog) I’m not going to contribute original research to the body of human knowledge, I’m not talking about any subject I consider too personal and I’m not taking any project that requires more research than I can get with Google or a few hours at the library. Here are the revised rules for 2012. I must post a minimum of one reasonably coherent sentence each calendar day. Any content requested in the comments must be attempted, so long as I can pull it completely out of my imagination or with minimal research. There are no standards of quality for requested work. I figure if I start with the writing I can build up to the writing well. Unless otherwise noted, all original works on this blog are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Most images and videos are not original to this blog. * Fully drunken rants will be deleted, probably sometime during the hangover. Unless they’re really funny. -- leotarvi.wordpress.com

Thalwitzer, Aaron B. @ tacticalip.com

Areas of Practice: Business Law; Civil Litigation; Foreclosure Defense; Landlord/Tenant; Collections; Condo and Homeowners Association Law. Bar and Court Admissions: Florida; District of Columbia; U.S. District Court of Florida (Northern, Middle, Southern); U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: University of Florida (B.A., History, 2002), Barry University (J.D., 2007). Professional Activities: Winner – 2007 Florida Bar Standing Committee on Professionalism Student Essay Contest; Contributing author – TacticalIP; Epilepsy Association of Central Florida, Board of Directors, 2010 – Present; Keiser University, Legal Advisory Board Member, 2010 – Present; West Melbourne Business Association, Board of Directors, 2011 – Present; Brevard County Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division, Board of Directors, 2012 – Present; Spacecoast Barry Alumni Chapter, Secretary, 2011 - 2012; Vassar B. Carlton Inns of Court, Associate, 2011 - Present; Leadership Brevard – Class of 2013; Florida Bar Justice Teaching, Volunteer, 2010 - Present. Author: Should Courts Be Free To Order Child Support For Post-Secondary Education Expenses?, ABA Family Law Litigation; Vol. 6, No. 1, Spring 2007; Professionalism: Rekindling Greatness, Florida Bar News; 34, Fla. B.N. 22; The Professional; Fall 2008; Arrest & Probable Cause Determinations, Public Defender Training Manual; 3rd Ed., 2010. Aaron is starting a collection of mid-century furniture. He and his wife, Heather, have a handsome young son, Harrison. Contact Information: Phone: 321-255-2332 -- legalteamusa.net

Thier, Dave @ forbes.com

I'm a freelance writer whose work has appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times, The New Republic, IGN.com, Wired and more. I cover social games, video games, technology and that whole gray area that happens when technology and consumers collide. -- forbes.com

Current: Contributor at Forbes Magazine. Past: Writer/Reporter at AOL News. Education: Yale BA, AMST 2005 – 2009. Summary: Freelance writer based in New Orleans, specializing in Food, Agriculture and Videogames. Publications include AOLNews, The Atlantic, New York Times, Garden and Gun Magazine, IGN.com, Wired.com, The Daily, The New Republic, South Magazine, and Gambit. -- linkedin.com

Underhill, Kevin @ loweringthebar.net

Kevin Underhill is a partner in the San Francisco office of Shook, Hardy & Bacon, and to the surprise of many, himself included, has been with the firm for over 17 years. He was a summer associate in 1992 and began his career in the firm's Kansas City office in 1993. Happy with his 1993 official firm photo, Kevin successfully avoided the firm photographer for the next one-and-a-half decades, but was finally cornered and forced to sit for another portrait, which explains the image seen here. Kevin "relocated" (his term) to San Francisco in 2000. He "worked" (also his term) in the Business Litigation section while in Kansas City but now spends the bulk of his time on the defense of products-liability and consumer-protection cases. He is about 80% of the way to a California state certification in appellate practice, which of course everyone will have to hear about again when he finally gets certified. “Oh, Kevin, that’s so interesting. Please tell us again about the discretionary writ petition you drafted in order to get the last few points.” Christ. Kevin is known for his analytical and writing abilities and also for his irritating tendency to write his own biographical material in which he talks about himself in the third person. In an effort to appear to "care" about "people," Kevin created and manages a pro bono program that defends the rights of disabled tenants to reasonable accommodations. In the program, SHB works with a group called Pets Are Wonderful Support. PAWS helps disabled clients care for their pets and service animals, and in appropriate cases it refers clients to SHB if a landlord refuses to permit the client to have a service or companion animal. PAWS and SHB have helped dozens of clients suffering from disabilities such as Parkinson's Disease, AIDS, depression, and cancer. Kevin's essay series, "If Great Literary Works Had Been Written by Lawyers," was published in The Green Bag law journal, and was mentioned in the Wall Street Journal and on National Public Radio, among other places. Kevin has also occasionally been heard on NPR himself, has been blogging and otherwise writing for years, and started this blog, "Lowering the Bar," in 2006 or thereabouts. He has given presentations on a variety of topics, but all drawing from the stories he posts here, for law firms and legal departments across the country. (He would give one for your group, too, if you asked him.) He recently finished another article for The Green Bag, titled "A Year of Lowering the Bar," which was published in the Bag's 2010 Reader and Almanac. He answered the following questions for his official law-firm biography while wearing a tuxedo, smoking a pipe, and sitting in what he has recently started calling his "Partner Chair," although it is in fact just a regular chair. I attended Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C., on a full-ride cite-checking scholarship. I graduated in 1993. [My] favorite quote [is]: "At 20 miles a month, a determined Burmese python from Florida could arrive in San Francisco as early as August 2020. 'It would be exceptional for one animal to be that unidirectional in its movement, but it's mathematically possible,' Rodda said. The snake’s cross-country crawl would be made easier by the large population of beavers along the way. 'Beavers would be a very tasty treat for them,' Rodda said. 'No beaver would be safe from a python.'" (Steve Rubenstein, "New Threat to Our Way of Life: Giant Pythons," San Francisco Chronicle, Feb. 21, 2008). [My] favorite writers [are] Ernest Hemingway, and the people who write for The Onion. [My heroes are] All the people who had the strength of character to state under oath that they didn't know whether "waterboarding" is torture or not. Also, all those who are still Kansas City Chiefs fans. [If I] could live anywhere in the world, [it would be inside an active volcano. [My] idea of the perfect vacation [would be to live] as an equity partner inside an active volcano. underhill.kevin@gmail.com. -- loweringthebar.net

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Villyard, Paul (Endswell) @thehighdefinite.com

thehighdefinite: music; artsy shit; badassery, interesting stuff; nerdy shit; videos; images; links -- thehighdefinite.com

Registrant: Paul Villyard, Mango Dr., Del Mar, CA 92014, 703/967-5642. -- networksolutions.com

Warner, Kelly @ aaronkellylaw.com

Defamation Lawyer & Litigation. The key to successfully fighting defamation is retaining a savvy defamation lawyer, well-versed in Internet law. Need a defamation lawyer? Thanks to Twitter, Facebook, social media, so-called “suck sites” and other online review sites, libel is on the rise. Businesses are raked over the coals by unscrupulous competitors, and individuals are denied employment because of false information on the Internet. Your reputation is worth its weight in gold – and a ruined online rep is always one social media quip or blog post away. That’s why aggressively addressing defamatory statements — in print and on the Internet — is a must. The longer they stay up, the more time they have to spread throughout the Web, and the more damage they can do. Slander and Libel: A Simple Breakdown. U.S. law categorizes defamation into two main categories – slander and libel. Slander is spoken defamation; libel is published or written defamation – whether in print or online. Defamation claims can be filed against a business, individual, group or government. In most cases, the statements in question must be false for a judge to grant a defamation trial, but there are rare times when someone can win a defamation lawsuit (or false light lawsuit) even if the statements in question are true. A skilled defamation lawyer will sort through the details and determine the best course of action. Find A Defamation Lawyer Before The Statute Of Limitations Runs Out. While strong free speech laws make winning a defamation lawsuit a bit more difficult in the U.S. than in other countries, it’s not impossible. After all, free speech rules only go so far. As the old saying goes, you can’t scream fire in a crowded theater, cause a panic, and get away with it. Nor can you, maliciously and falsely disparage another individual or business online. Thanks to handy advancements like Internet and mobile phones and mini-computers, bad news travels quickly. So, if you’ve been defamed online, the best thing to do is seek counsel as soon as possible. A skilled defamation lawyer knows how to expedite a beneficial remedy. Who knows, you may not even have to deal with a long, drawn-out lawsuit if you have a defamation lawyer who knows slander and libel litigation inside and out. Common Defamation Defenses. One oft-used defamation defense is truth. Another popular defamation defense is proving that the content or broadcast did not cause the plaintiff actual harm. Defendants also experience success in some defamation cases if the plaintiff can’t prove the alleged defamer knew the information was false and decided to publish or broadcast it anyway. Moreover, free speech is an important aspect of defamation law. Sometimes, people are unfairly asked to eradicate material that is protected by the first amendment. Different Defamation Standards For Private and Public Figures. In the U.S., different defamation standards exist for public and private citizens. Simply put, celebrities and public figures must meet the advanced standard of actual malice in order to win a defamation lawsuit. Private Citizens do not. That being said, the Internet has changed a lot of things – including the way courts interpret defamation law as it relates to cases involving the Internet, iPhones and smartphones. In fact, just recently, a California judge ruled that “everyone is famous on Facebook.” In today’s legal climate, it’s best to have a defamation attorney that understands both the complexities of slander and libel law, as well as the nuances of Internet and technology law. We are that firm. Contact us today to begin the conversation.

 

Kelly Warner Law is a full-service legal practice focusing on defamation law, Internet law and business law. We draft contracts, litigate defamation, piracy, privacy and intellectual property issues, negotiate on behalf of clients, perform compliance reviews, file motions and help startups…start up. We’re tech nerds with the legal and business experience you need. Internet Law Is Our Super-Power. The attorneys at Kelly / Warner aren’t your typical Internet lawyers, and we like it that way. Founded in Scottsdale in 2009, our firm is lean and successful, innovative and efficient. As both a law office and a tech-development fan club, we’re quick to embrace new technologies and ideas that help us better represent you. Did We Mention We’re A Bunch of Tech Geeks, Too? We don’t know who decided that lawyers had to be a bunch of self-serving suits who care more about their golf handicap than your contract negotiations, but that’s not how we roll. We win cases and your best interests are always priority #1. Internet, Defamation, Advertising, Affiliate and Mobile Law — We Do It All. Thanks to technology advancements, online privacy, data security, advertising, defamation and Internet laws are changing faster than ever before. As such, lawyers who can evolve right along with the digital times are in great demand. The new generation of Internet lawyers needs to be as enterprising and as social-media-savvy as the new wave of businesspeople who are shaping the new, tech-friendly, global economy. We are that law firm and understand the ins and outs of Internet marketing and e-commerce. We speak PHP and C++ and we know that SaaS isn’t just something you give your momma. We Know Where You’re Coming From – Because We’re App Developers Too! We realize that our clients are the heart and soul of our industry, and so we stop at nothing to represent your needs. Your business is our business, and the way we see it, we’re not successful until you are. After all, we know how the market works. We developed and marketed our app in-house, and we continue to look for ways to use technology as a catalyst to revolutionize lawyer-client relationships. We are unique. We are innovative. We are Kelly / Warner Law. Contact Kelly / Warner Law for more information about how we can help your business with legal advice, from litigation to contractual agreements. You can send us an email or call us at 480-588-0449 to schedule an appointment today.

Weaver, Nicholas @popehat.com http://www1.icsi.berkeley.edu/~nweaver/

I received a B.A. in Astrophysics and Computer Science in 1995, and my Ph.D. in Computer Science in 2003 from the University of California at Berkeley. Although my dissertation was on novel FPGA architectures, I also was highly interested in Computer Security, including postulating the possibility of very fast computer worms in 2001. In 2003, I joined ICSI, first as a postdoc and then as a staff researcher. My primary research focus is on network security, notably worms, botnets, and other internet-scale attacks, and network measurement. Other areas have included both hardware acceleration and software parallelization of network intrusion detection, defenses for DNS resolvers, and tools for detecting ISP-introduced manipulations of a user's network connection. -- www1.icsi.berkeley.edu

Wheaton, Wil @ wilwheaton.typepad.com @ wilwheaton.tumblr.com @ tweetwood.com/wilw @ twitter.com @ celebritytweet.com @ thatsnotabadger.com @ afternoonsnoozebutton.com @ shortformblog.com; wilwheaton.net

Richard William "Wil" Wheaton III (born July 29, 1972) is an American actor and writer. He portrayed Wesley Crusher on the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, Gordie Lachance in the film Stand by Me and Joey Trotta in Toy Soldiers. He plays a recurring role as a fictionalized version of himself on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory. Wheaton was born in Burbank, California, to Debbie (née O'Connor), an actress, and Richard William Wheaton, Jr., a medical specialist. He has a brother, Jeremy, and a sister, Amy. Both appeared uncredited in the episode "When the Bough Breaks" of Star Trek: The Next Generation; Amy also appeared alongside Wheaton in The Curse. Wheaton made his acting debut in the 1981 television film A Long Way Home, and his first cinema role was as Martin Brisby in the 1982 animated film The Secret of NIMH, the movie adaptation of Robert C. O'Brien's Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. He had a minor role in the 1984 movie The Last Starfighter as Louis' friend but it was cut out. He first gained widespread attention in 1986 as Gordie Lachance in Stand by Me, the film adaptation of Stephen King's The Body. From 1987 to 1990, he played Wesley Crusher in the first four seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation. This became a recurring role later in the series. Although his Star Trek character, and by extension Wheaton himself, was disliked by a vocal group of Trekkies during TNG's first run, he commented about his critics in an interview for WebTalk Radio: "Later, I determined that the people who were really, really cruel – like the Usenet weenies – really are a statistically insignificant number of people. And I know, just over the years from people who've e-mailed me at my web site and people who I've talked to since I started going to Star Trek conventions again in the last five years, that there are so many more people who really enjoyed everything about the show, including my performance, including the character." Wheaton's popularity among Star Trek fandom is covered in a number of web comics. ArcaneTimes of March 25, 2005 offers a sympathetic position. Something Positive presents a range of opinions as part of the storyline Mike's Kid. Abstruse Goose tries to distinguish between the character and the actor. In 1991, he played Joey Trotta in the action film Toy Soldiers. After leaving Star Trek, Wheaton moved to Topeka, Kansas, to work for NewTek, where he helped to develop the Video Toaster 4000, doing product testing and quality control. He later used his public profile to serve as a technology evangelist for the product. Wheaton said this was a period of growth in his life, and living away from Los Angeles helped him deal with anger issues. He came back to Los Angeles, attended acting school for five years, then re-entered the acting world. In the late 1990s, Wheaton appeared in several independent films, including the award-winning The Good Things, in which he portrays a frustrated Kansas tollbooth worker; it was selected Best Short Film at the 2002 Deauville Film Festival. He received the Best Actor award at the 2002 Melbourne Underground Film Festival for his performance in Jane White Is Sick & Twisted.He has worked as a voice actor in cartoons, video games, audiobooks, and anime, beginning with the role of young Martin Brisby in The Secret of NIMH at age 10. His most noteworthy credits include the roles of Aqualad in the cartoon Teen Titans, the voice of radio journalist Richard Burns in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Kyle in the Nickelodeon cartoon, Kyle + Rosemary, himself and various other characters on both Family Guy and Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy, the second Blue Beetle, Ted Kord, on Batman: The Brave and the Bold in the episode "Fall of the Blue Beetle!", Yakumo in Kurokami: The Animation, Menma in Naruto, Hans in Slayers Evolution-R and Aaron Terzieff in Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn. He appeared as himself in a skit on nerdcore rapper MC Frontalot's 2008 album Final Boss attempting to be a rapper, whose rhymes only involved shellfish. He later collaborated with Frontalot on "Your Friend Wil", a track from the 2010 album Zero Day on the subject of Wheaton's Law. Wheaton and Frontalot have both appeared at the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX). Wheaton has also narrated a number of bestselling audiobooks, mostly in the science-fiction and fantasy category, including Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, Redshirts by John Scalzi, and books 6–10 of the Chronicles of Amber series by Roger Zelazny. He was a contestant on a 2001 episode of The Weakest Link featuring Star Trek actors attempting to win money for charity. Wheaton's had guest appearances on the November 23, 2007 episode of the TV series Numb3rs, and the October 22, 2008 episode of the series Criminal Minds. He has also appeared in Internet presentations, including a cameo in a comedy sketch ("Lock Out") for LoadingReadyRun (and a reprise of the same the following year in CommodoreHustle 4), and the May 30, 2008 episode of the Internet series Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show. Wheaton appears in seasons three, four and five of the web series The Guild as Fawkes, the leader for a rival guild known as Axis of Anarchy. He also appears in seasons two, three and four of the TV series Leverage, as rival computer hacker Colin "Chaos" Mason, antagonist to Leverage team hacker Alec Hardison. He makes regular appearances in many web productions for Geek & Sundry. He appeared as himself in several episodes of situation comedy The Big Bang Theory, starting in the fifth episode of the third season "The Creepy Candy Coating Corollary" (2009). On The Big Bang Theory, Wheaton behaves in comically petty and manipulative ways towards the regular characters, particularly Sheldon Cooper with whom he is alternately a friend and an enemy. Wheaton appears in twelve episodes in a recurring, guest-starring role on Eureka, playing Dr. Isaac Parrish, the head of the Non-Lethal Weapons Lab at Global Dynamics and a thorn in Fargo's side.Wheaton has performed improvisational and sketch comedy at the ACME Comedy Theater in Hollywood. He has a traveling sketch comedy/improv troupe called "EarnestBorg9" that performs science fiction-related comedy at conventions. Wheaton is one of the three headline acts of the w00tstock shows, appearing in nearly all of them when his filming schedule has allowed. From September 2006 to September 2007, he hosted a Revision3 syndicated video podcast called InDigital along with Jessica Corbin and veteran host Hahn Choi. Wheaton hosted a NASA video on the Mars Curiosity rover which landed on Monday August 6, 2012. Wheaton runs his own weblog, Wil Wheaton Dot Net. Between 2001 and fall 2004, he operated a message board, known as "The Soapbox" or "Paracosm", as part of the blog site. Two collections of writings taken from postings to the message board have been published, titled Boxer Shorts (ISBN 1-932461-00-0) and Boxer Shorts Redux (ISBN 1-932461-03-5). He contributes regularly to the Los Angeles-based Metroblogging site. In June 2005, he became that month's featured Tech writer for the SuicideGirls Newswire. He had a monthly column, entitled "Wil Save," in the Dungeons & Dragons-based magazine Dungeon, until May 2005. From January 2005 to October 2006, he wrote a column for The Onion AV Club about early video games, called "Games of Our Lives." On December 12, 2008, he returned to his role as Geek in Review editor, with his editorials being published every second Wednesday of the month. In spring 2003, he founded the independent publishing company Monolith Press and released a memoir entitled Dancing Barefoot. Monolith Press was "founded on the idea that publication should not be limited by opportunity." Most of the entries are extended versions of his blog entries. Dancing Barefoot sold out three printings in four months. In winter 2003, Wheaton signed to publisher Tim O'Reilly with a three-book contract. O'Reilly acquired Dancing Barefoot, and published his extended memoirs, Just a Geek, in summer of 2004. He has since written about his bitterness regarding how the book was marketed, believing it was pitched as a Star Trek book when he intended it as more of a personal memoir. Subsequently in 2007, his next book, "The Happiest Days of Our Lives" was again published by Monolith Press. With the release of Sunken Treasure: Wil Wheaton's Hot Cocoa Box Sampler in February 2009, instead of using traditional publishing, Wheaton decided to self-publish using Lulu Publishing, releasing paperback and digital copies, something he has continued to do with all his publications since. As a chapbook, Sunken Treasure contains several small extracts of various different projects, including two short stories from Ficlets, an ACME comedy sketch, William's Tell and a Criminal Minds production diary. The production diary was later released as an audiobook. Later that same year, Wheaton released Memories of the Future: Volume 1, a humorous critique, as well as an account of Wheaton's own experiences with and memories, of the first thirteen episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Closing up 2009, Wheaton published a special edition of "The Happiest Days of Our Lives", which also included an afterword by his son, Ryan. Wheaton described himself as a liberal in 2005. In September 2006, he criticized George W. Bush's antiterrorism plan: "Shame on President Bush. Shame on his Republican allies in Congress, and shame on the spineless, cowardly Democrats who did not stand up to them." In a column that he wrote for Salon.com in 2005, The Real War on Christmas, Wheaton attacked conservative commentators like Bill O'Reilly, Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity for influencing the political views of his parents, with whom Wheaton found himself unable to have political discussions during family get-togethers on holidays like Christmas. Wheaton's parents were very offended by the article, and he posted a lengthy apology on his site and an interview in which his parents clarified their political views. On August 24, 2007, he gave the keynote for the yearly Penny Arcade Expo, which was subsequently made available online. He stepped in following a public battle between the formerly-scheduled keynote debate participants, noted anti-games activist Jack Thompson and Hal Halpin, the president of the Entertainment Consumers Association (ECA). Much of Wheaton's address focused on the debate over violence in video games.

He also gave the keynote at PAX East 2010 in Boston, Massachusetts. He supported Barack Obama in the 2008 Presidential Election and opposed Proposition 8, calling it "nothing but hate and discrimination". In 2003, Wheaton mentioned his love for the game of poker on his blog. The following year, he began writing more extensively about his poker-playing experiences, including stories about playing Texas hold 'em tournaments locally and in Las Vegas. Eventually, he worked up to regular play, including a run at the 2005 World Poker Tour Championships. On June 23, 2005, Wheaton accepted an invitation to join Team PokerStars. He went on to play in that year's World Series of Poker and was the guest speaker for the 2005 BARGE Banquet. In June 2007, he announced he would no longer be on Team Pokerstars due to changes in the U.S. legal system that would cause poker sites to have to focus on European and Asian markets and held a farewell Pokerstars tournament on June 5, 2007, which he titled So Long and Thanks for All the Chips. Wheaton is a Dungeons & Dragons player, and played during the PAX 2010 event using the 4th edition rules. Wheaton, along with webcartoonists Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik of Penny Arcade, and Scott Kurtz of PvP, played in front of a live audience. The game was hosted and recorded by Wizards of the Coast with Chris Perkins as the dungeonmaster. Wheaton also played D&D 4th edition at the PAX 2011 event using the 4th edition rules, and used the D&D Next play test rules at PAX Prime 2012. Wheaton also hosts the web series TableTop, where he explains how to play various card, board and dice games, then plays a round with celebrity guests. Wheaton will also be starring in the forthcoming Kickstarter-funded game There Came an Echo by Iridium Studios. Wheaton made a guest appearance as a fictionalized version of himself in the comic book PS 238, in which he harbors the power of telekinesis. Wheaton's debut comic book The Guild: Fawkes which he wrote alongside Felicia Day was released on May 23, 2012. Wheaton recorded the audio CD of Peter and Max: A Fables Novel by Bill Willingham, which was released on December 8, 2009, as well as the audio CD of Ready Player One written by Ernest Cline. Wheaton narrates many audiobooks, including Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, Masters of Doom by David Kushner, Fuzzy Nation and Redshirts by John Scalzi (and other Scalzi works), and "Byways" part of METAtropolis: Cascadia by Tobias Buckell. Wheaton has also recorded several of his non-self-published books as downloadable audiobooks. These include Just a Geek, The Happiest Days of Our Lives, and his Criminal minds diary from Sunken Treasure. He also released excerpts of Memories of The Future: Vol 1 as free podcasts. Wheaton was roommates with Chris Hardwick for some time at UCLA. They met at a showing of Arachnophobia in Burbank, California. Wheaton married Anne Prince in 1999 and lives in Arcadia, California with her and her two sons from a previous relationship. When one son was 19, he asked Wheaton to legally adopt him, which he did. -- Wikipedia

Brown White & Newhouse LLP, Attorneys, 333 S. Hope Street, Suite 400, Los Angeles, CA 90071, Office: 213-613-0500. Kenneth White: Partner (2005-present); Special Counsel, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton (2003-2005), Associate, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker (2001-2003); Assistant United States Attorney, Central District of California, Criminal Division, Government Fraud and Public Corruption Section (1995-2001). Education: Harvard Law School (J.D., 1994, cum laude); Editor-in-Chief, Harvard Journal on Legislation (1993-94); Stanford University (B.A., Political Science, 1991, Departmental Honors). Clerkships: Law Clerk, Hon. Richard A. Gadbois, United States District Court for the Central District of California (1994-1995). Professional Associations: American Bar Association's White Collar Crime Committee; State Bar of California's Litigation Section and Criminal Justice Section; Los Angeles County Bar Association, Criminal Justice Committee; Los Angeles County Bar Association Foundation, Board of Directors (2005-2009); Federal Bar Association, Los Angeles Chapter. Bar Admissions: California (1994); United States District Court, Central, Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of California; United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. The following are a few of Mr. White’s representative matters: White Collar Investigations and Prosecutions: (1) Represented heir accused of theft of deceased parent’s Social Security benefits, leading to termination of investigation without charges. (2) Represented heir accused of theft of deceased parent’s veteran benefits, leading to probationary sentence. (3) Represented businessman charged with money laundering and structuring financial transactions, yielding favorable outcome. (4) Defended accountant in federal investigation of tax shelter fraud, leading to termination of investigation of client without charges. (5) Successfully defended local politician accused of conflict of interest and misappropriation of public funds. (6) Represented merchants accused of sale of counterfeit goods, resulting in favorable disposition. Other Criminal Matters: (1) Represented inmate accused in videotaped prison riot, yielding acquittal at trial. (2) Represented federal and state defendants in cases involving drug trafficking, immigration violations, assault, sexual assault, and theft. Representation of Professionals: (1) Represented physicians in Medical Board investigations, leading to termination of investigation without charges and other favorable resolutions. (2) Defended accountant investigated in public corruption investigation, resulting in termination of investigation of client without charges. (3) Represented tax preparer in major tax evasion prosecution, resulting in favorable disposition. Civil Litigation: First Amendment and Defamation Issues: (1) Represented government employee in anti-SLAPP litigation regarding fraud investigation, resulting in plaintiff being ordered to pay client’s legal fees. (2) Represented science blogger threatened with SLAPP suit, resulting in complete vindication for blogger and abandonment of threatened suit. [PZMyers]

"If It Walks Like A Duck, And Censors Like A Duck, by Ken White, Dec 8, 2010. Remember Christopher Maloney? Agreeing with P.Z. Myers, I called Maloney a quack, because he's an advocate of naturopathy who suggests that black elderberry will block the H1N1 virus. I also suggested that he might be a censorious douche, a claim that I retracted and clarified when some different quack appeared and took the credit for getting a blog critical of Maloney pulled. Maloney encountered the Streissand Effect, and was quite whiny about it both over at Myers' blog and here: "Ok, let’s have you irritate someone with a national following and get spammed all day by idiots who have no degree and less information about science. I’ve already explained to PZ’s other minions that you are not scientists, you are a mob. Many of you are reasonable human beings, but some of you like to leave threatening messages. I’m not sure, when I have to call the police to check on a threat, is that enough of a threat or is that just whining? And, no, I haven’t actually been burned at the stake, but several of you have offered. What a loverly group of fundies you all turn out to be." I'm pretty sure that the "national following" part refers to Myers and not to us.Anyway, if the prior evidence that Maloney is a censorious douche turned out to be mistaken, he's thoughtfully provided new evidence, in the form of a bumptious legal threat to Myers. Maine attorney Maeghan Maloney — who is also a newly elected state representative, and may or may not be related to Christopher Maloney — demanded that Myers retract his statement that Maloney is a quack "within seven (7) business days." Presumably that last is intended to make it clear that the word "seven" is equivalent to the Arabic numeral "7", even for naturopaths. Meaghan Maloney's legal theory — to use the phrase generously — is that though Myers may have a First Amendment right to say that naturopathy is bunk, the Great State of Maine recognizes and licenses naturopaths, and therefore it is libel per se to say that Christopher Maloney is a quack. Under Maloney's legal theory, if someone convinced some legislative or bureaucratic arm of the State of Maine that a therapist can cure cancer by beating the patient with a live five-pound lobster, it would be libel per se to call lobster-wielding therapists quacks as well. The problem with this legal theory is that it's a load of utter naturopathy. "Christopher Maloney is a quack" is quintessential opinion, and therefore absolutely protected under the First Amendment to the United States constitution. Pure opinion is not subject to defamation suits. Opinion that implies false facts can be the subject of a defamation suit — but only if those false facts are themselves subject to defamation analysis. The opinion "I think Meaghan Maloney is a bad lawyer, as people convicted of molesting squirrels tend to be," is potentially defamatory, because it implies that Meaghan Maloney has been convicted of molesting squirrels, which presumably she has not been. But "Meaghan Maloney is a bad lawyer because she is making bumptious threats in an effort to stop people from criticizing junk science" is not subject to defamation analysis, because the opinion component implies other opinions, not false facts. In this case, Meyers made it very clear that he viewed Maloney as a quack because Maloney is an advocate and practitioner of naturopathy. Meaghan Maloney admits that Myers has a protected right to call naturopathy quackery. That settles it. I wonder whether, before sending her feckless and thuggish missive, Meaghan Maloney researched how courts have treated the word "quack" in defamation cases. I did. It took me about five minutes to learn that multiple courts in multiple states in multiple decades have found that calling someone a "quack" is protected opinion and not subject to a defamation suit, particularly when the context shows that it is hyperbole. Yiamouyiannis v. Thompson, 764 S.W.2d 338 (TX 1989) (calling an opponent of flouridation and vaccines a “quack” was pure opinion protected by the First Amendment); Dowling v. Livingstone, 108 Mich. 321 (1896) (it was opinion, not defamation, to refer to an anti-immigration scheme as a “quack remedy”); Gonzalez v Gray, 69 F.Supp.2d 561 (S.D.N.Y. 1999) (husband’s claim that his wife had been having “sex with a quack” was opinion, not defamation against the doctor); Spelson v. CBS, INC., 581 F.Supp. 1195 (N.D. IL 1984) (statement that “nutritionist” treating cancer patients with “vitamins, minerals, and extracts of raw animal organs” was a “cancer quack” was protected opinion). In the rare cases where courts have not protected terms like “quack,” they were used in a context specifically suggesting untrue facts. See, e.g., Nasr v. Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, 632 F.Supp.1024 (E.D. IL 1986) (though calling a doctor a “quack” has been found to be protected opinion, when used in manner suggesting false underlying facts, it was actionable). Courts have made similar findings regarding other epithets, including “charlatan.” Ernst v. Basset, 521 So.2d 414 (La. 1988) (“charlatan” was non-actionable statement of opinion). In short, if Christopher and Meaghan Maloney follow through on their threat with a lawsuit, Myers should be able to prevail. Regrettably, Maine has a weak-ass SLAPP statute that only applies to petitions to the government — a circumstance that weighs in favor of a national anti-SLAPP statute. But if the Amazing Naturopathic Maloni do sue, Myers should sue their asses for malicious prosecution after getting their censorious suit dismissed. Notwithstanding that Myers probably views me as evil, I would be happy to donate my time to assist his legal defense team in Maine. I've won some SLAPP motions, and attorney fees, in my time. If these people think this threat would deter PZ Myers, they haven't done their due diligence on him. Of course, it's possible that Meaghan Maloney issued this stupid, stupid threat merely to make Christopher Maloney feel good about himself, or merely to make him think she was doing something. If she did — and if she didn't advise her client that the natural and probable result of her threat was to increase, dramatically, the number of people reading posts calling him a quack and writing new posts calling him a quack — then she's a damned fool and a shitty lawyer, whatever her relationship to him is. Clients want to do angry, foolish things; a decent lawyer's job is to stop them. Even if they are quacks."

(3) Represented hotel owner in trial court and court of appeal in anti-SLAPP litigation over owner’s participation in zoning process. (4) Represented pharmaceutical company in anti-SLAPP litigation in federal court. (5) Advised numerous clients, including bloggers, regarding consequences of anti-SLAPP statute on proposed defamation suits. Representation of Professionals: (1) Represented physicians in wrongful termination suits, resulting in satisfactory settlements. (2) Represented physician in fraud litigation against perpetrators of investment scam. Fraud and Misconduct By Fiduciaries: (1) Represented shareholder in closely-held corporation in litigation alleging embezzlement by majority shareholder. (2) Represented court-appointed receiver in suit alleging breach of fiduciary duty against law firm. (3) Represented real estate joint venture partner in suit alleging fraud and misconduct against partner. Complex Fraud Litigation: (1) Represented insurance agents in series of fraud and professional negligence suits brought against insurance companies and agents based upon health insurance policies. (2) Represented real estate developers in multiple suits alleging fraud and mismanagement of investments. (3) Represented consumer electronics manufacturer in suit alleging fraud and misappropriation of goods by lender. (4) Represented healthcare corporation in large-scale qui tam suit alleging Medicare fraud. (5) Represented businessman in suit alleging fraudulent transfer of assets to evade judgment. Securities Fraud Matters: (1) Represented numerous targets, subjects, and witnesses in SEC investigations. (2) Defended studio executive accused of lying to government in course of SEC investigation. (3) Defended general partner in a $320 million real estate mortgage case involving allegations of securities fraud. (4) Represented individuals and entities in SEC civil case seeking disgorgement of invested funds. Sexual Harassment: (1) Represented businesses and individuals accused of sexual harassment. (2) Conducting training for local government entities on preventing sexual harassment. Internal Investigations: (1) Investigated misappropriation of shipping company’s resources for drug smuggling, successfully reinstating company’s U.S. Customs status. (2) Conducted internal investigation of national charity accused of defrauding local governments on services contracts, and resolved government investigation favorably to the charity. Personal Injury: Represented clients in wrongful death, personal injury, wrongful termination, and other matters. 12/19/1994: Admitted to The State Bar of California. This member has no public record of administrative actions. "After law school, I clerked for a federal judge, then worked as an Assistant United States Attorney in Los Angeles for six years, eventually prosecuting fraud cases in the Government Fraud and Public Corruption Section. I spent five years at big firms in the private sector (Paul Hastings and Sheppard Mullin), then in 2005 started my own firm with my law partner Tom Brown. Since then, Brown, White & Newhouse LLP has grown into a 12-attorney firm with four former federal prosecutors. We specialize in all forms of criminal defense (especially, but not exclusively, white collar crime), internal investigations, and business litigation of all kinds. My goal is to continue to build Brown, White & Newhouse LLP into one of the elite white collar defense boutique firms on the West Coast."

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Staci Zaretsky became an editor for Above The Law in June 2011. Before becoming an editor, she helped write ATL’s Morning Docket under the pseudonym Morning Dockette. Her writing has been featured on other legal blogs, such as Lawyerist and Ms. JD. Staci graduated from Lehigh University, and Western New England University School of Law, where her writing was published in the Western New England Law Review. In her spare time, Staci enjoys watching reality television, shopping for clothes she doesn't need with money she doesn't have, and singing along to Lady Gaga's latest hits. -- abovethelaw.com

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Current: Senior Editor at Gawker (April 2012 – Present). Past: Founding Editor, The Daily What at Pet Holdings, Inc (March 2010 – April 2012); Print Promotions Coordinator at Wiley-Blackwell (2005 – March 2010: (1) Coordinated and supervised development, production, design, and dispensation of all printed promotional materials (Direct Mail promotions, Conference promotions, Catalogs, etc.); (2) Planned and maintained a $1.2 m annual budget; (3) Managed and maintained relationships with print, list, and fulfillment vendors, including price negotiations and annual RFP projects. Planner / Buyer; Purchasing Agent at Cambridge Brands / Tootsie Roll Ind. (2003-2005: (1) Oversaw Material Requirement Planning (MRP) and purchasing across all divisions; (2) Scheduled and coordinated the production of over 100 different items to meet market demands; (3) Maintained material inventory across all departments, including the receipt and release of all incoming and outgoing materials. Business Development Contact; Sales and Marketing Rep. ICQ, Ltd (2001 – 2002: (1) Evaluated the validity of all business proposals and advertising requests directed toward the sales and marketing department, and led decision-making; (2) Supported the inquiries of high priority business partners such as Coca Cola and AOL; (3) Advised and assisted legal and technical writers. Education: University of Massachusetts, Boston. Summary: Advertising and marketing coordination with background in sales and business development. Looking to expand into media production. Special interest in political communication. Specialties: materials requirement planning, purchasing, print buying, marketing coordination, budgeting, response tracking and analysis.

Anonymous (Logan/Ward) @ teksyndicate.com @ twitter.com (Raze_the_World) @ facebook.com: "We believe that Charles Carreon might be clinically insane. If not, he is completely evil. Someone else told me, "Dude, he's just being a lawyer." I'd like to think there are a few good lawyers left out there...but, it's true. This guy is not one of them.... Charles Carreon had already secured his spot as the most hated man on the internet. Now he plans to go down in history as the lawyer that tried to keep $200,000 from going to charity. Charles Carreon deserves none of your respect. This scumbag has now files a restraining order in an attempt to block the money raised through Indiegogo (Bear Love Good, Cancer Bad) from going to charity. Luckily, Indigogo's CEO doesn't listen to morons like Carreon. They have already distributed the money to Matthew Inman (The Oatmeal). Here is a statement from the CEO. Inman has the backing of the EFF and they have already responed to Carreon's insane restraining order. Check out their response here. This entire case is way out of hand. Thankfully Inman has (or is receiving) the money and the charities will recieve some massive donations soon. One thing is sure: Carreon will neer work again.... Our favorite dumbass, Charles Carreon, has dropped his lawsuit against Matthew Inman, IndieGoGo, The National Wildlife Federation, and the American Cancer Society. Is he conceding defeat? Not likely. He dismissed the case without prejudice, meaning that he can refile if he chooses. If we know anything, it is that Carreon is completely psychotic. He will continue to threaten, harass, and sue. I think he is up to something. The good news is that he has not proven to be an intelligent individual. He has just opened the door for Matt Inman to sue. Ken at Popehat.com cited the Lanham Act. (Cooter & Gell v. Hartman Corp., 496 U.S. 384, 394–95 (1990)). This act would allow Inman to seek legal fees even though the trial did not go to court.

"There’s nothing quite like hanging a sign on yourself for the hate of the internet by filing to stop the transfer of $211,223.04 to the National Wildlife Federation and American Cancer Society. And yet, that’s exactly what Charles Carreon has done in the now-infamous FunnyJunk vs The Oatmeal debacle. It doesn’t even have relevance to FunnyJunk now and it seems to be out of pure spite to stop Matthew Inman, the guy behind The Oatmeal, from taking a photo of the money in a mocking fashion. Not sure this is the way to go about saving face. But it looks like there are some holes in the declaration Carreon provided when he filed the motion. Adam Steinbaugh notes that there are a few oddities in it which could be viewed as intentionally false and thus subject to the perjury clause of the filing. For example, Carreon claims that he donated only to find out that it wouldn’t be immediately donated to the two charities or that the site facilitating the fundraiser, IndieGoGo, would take a piece of the action for their services. He also claims that Inman might have more nefarious intentions for the money and is seeking to stop the transfer in order to prevent any misuse. In what seems an even pettier point, Carreon states that Inman’s decision to only donate to the two initial charities was not a mutual matter. Because that matters terribly. It’s not like Inman’s post on the matter was terribly disrespectful and his decision was directly related to the claim’s made so it shouldn’t be a surprise it reads that way. And so we enter another chapter in the frivolous lawsuit. Hopefully, the entire thing will be dismissed."