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<title><![CDATA[Degree certificates]]></title>
<link>http://9thlevelireland.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/degree-certificates/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Got to admit DCU MA looks like it was printed out by an office laser printer. Seem to remembe]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2799" title="Ireland" src="http://9thlevelireland.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/ireland2.gif" alt="" width="21" height="21" />&#8220;Got to admit DCU MA looks like it was printed out by an office laser printer. Seem to remember my TCD BA was a lot more &#8230; official looking.&#8221; (<a href="http://twitter.com/urchinette/statuses/6046623119" target="_blank">tweet</a>)</p>
<p style="text-align:right;">[Anna Carey, <em>Twitter</em>, 25 November]</p>
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<title><![CDATA[DCU unaffected by service strike]]></title>
<link>http://9thlevelireland.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/dcu-unaffected-by-service-strike/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
<guid>http://9thlevelireland.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/dcu-unaffected-by-service-strike/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Dublin City University was one of the few public service workplaces unaffected by yesterday’s]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2799" title="Ireland" src="http://9thlevelireland.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/ireland2.gif" alt="" width="21" height="21" />&#8220;Dublin City University was one of the few public service workplaces unaffected by yesterday’s strike. About 700 staff at the northside campus are represented by SIPTU and voted against participating in the strike or in taking industrial action in relation to the threat of pay cuts &#8230;&#8221; (<a href="http://irishexaminer.ie/ireland/dcu-unaffected-by-service-strike-106357.html" target="_blank">more</a>)</p>
<p style="text-align:right;">[Niall Murray, <em>Irish Examiner</em>, 25 November]</p>
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<title><![CDATA[No strike at DCU]]></title>
<link>http://9thlevelireland.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/no-strike-at-dcu/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:27:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
<guid>http://9thlevelireland.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/no-strike-at-dcu/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It will be interesting to see how tomorrow works out in Ireland. DCU will remain open.&#8221;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2799" title="Ireland" src="http://9thlevelireland.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/ireland2.gif" alt="" width="21" height="21" />&#8220;It will be interesting to see how tomorrow works out in Ireland. DCU will remain open.&#8221; (<a href="http://twitter.com/vonprond/statuses/5985424506" target="_blank">tweet</a>)</p>
<p style="text-align:right;">[vonprond, <em>Twitter</em>, 23 November]</p>
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<title><![CDATA[NaNoWriMo: Slow Gray Nano Death]]></title>
<link>http://bigwords88.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/nanowrimo-slow-gray-nano-death/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bigwords88</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Leukman checked the 3D map of the DCU building against the blueprints in front of him three times be]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Leukman checked the 3D map of the DCU building against the blueprints in front of him three times before reaching for his comm. There were too many rooms in the digital layout of the complex, more than had ever been disclosed to the oversight committee in the meetings which had presaged the construction of the building. One sub-level more than stated, an extra hov bay, three extensions that connected to the upper roadways, some modifications to the roof, and a sealed compartment which extended through five floors in the core of the building. It didn&#8217;t make sense for so many differences to have been made on the fly, meaning that oversight had been presented with false information. For the DCU to risk federal charges was amazing.<br />
&#8220;Zoom in. Expand map. Show sub-level five.&#8221;<br />
The computer reacted instantly to the first two orders, stalling on the third.<br />
&#8220;Computer, show me the schematics of sub-level five.&#8221;<br />
The screen flashed an error message as the map spun slowly.<br />
Tapping one finger on the desk, he decided that a visual inspection of the level would be more efficient than leaving such details to a belligerent computer designed by the DCU. There would be time enough for answers later, but he needed to see what was so important that the design was presented fraudulently to oversight.<br />
Pressing his comm, Leukman requested his aide. &#8220;Dray, come in to my office.&#8221;</p>
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<p>The elevator slowed as it reached the first floor, then accelerated as it continued below ground level. Deep under the complex, the elevator slowed once more as it came to rest on sub-level five. Bright red lights flared in the elevator as the doors opened, two guards stepping out to block access to the corridor, weapons raised at the occupants of the elevator.<br />
&#8220;I am the official head of the DCU. Step aside.&#8221;<br />
The guards remained stationary in their defense positions.<br />
&#8220;The Senator can come through if he really wants to see what is happening. Do you, Senator?&#8221;<br />
&#8220;I wouldn&#8217;t be here if I wasn&#8217;t concerned about the activities of this organization. Let me through.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Very well.&#8221; The guards stepped aside, their weapons lowered.<br />
&#8220;I am Lt. White, and this&#8230; This is The Hold.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;The Hold?&#8221; Leukman parrotted, &#8220;As in a jail?&#8221;<br />
&#8220;The occupants of this facility are considered an extreme danger to the city. We can&#8217;t allow you access to the cells, but you can feel free to look around the open parts of the facility.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;What crimes have they committed?<br />
&#8220;Information on subjects held here are classified.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;When did they receive a hearing?&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Information on subjects held here are classified.&#8221; White repeated.<br />
&#8220;Can you tell me anything about the people you are&#8230; <em>Storing</em>.&#8221;<br />
White struggled with the questions, &#8220;I can&#8217;t answer you, sir, as much as I want to.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Can you at least tell me if the people held here are being taken care of adequately?&#8221;<br />
&#8220;The people contained within this facility are given the utmost care.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;No waterboarding?&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Absolutely not, sir.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;And I&#8217;m meant to take your word for that?&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Sir, I&#8230;&#8221;<br />
&#8220;I want to see the prisoners.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;They aren&#8217;t exactly prisoners.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Then what are they? Guests?&#8221;</p>
<p>Dray peered into the window of the nearest cell. &#8220;I don&#8217;t see anyone, sir.&#8221; Dray turned to White, &#8220;Don&#8217;t you have lighting in there?&#8221; He strained against the gloom. &#8220;Is this your idea of utmost care?&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Open the door,&#8221; Leukman demanded. &#8220;Now.&#8221;<br />
White frowned. &#8220;Sir, you don&#8217;t understand-&#8221;<br />
&#8220;No. You don&#8217;t seem to understand. I said open the door. Now.&#8221;<br />
The guards stepped forward, aiming their weapons at the door as White keyed in the code to release the clamps holding the door sealed. &#8220;This is highly unwise, sir.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;I will decide what is wise and what is unwise.&#8221;<br />
The door hissed as the locks released. Dray stepped forward, &#8220;I still don&#8217;t see-&#8221;<br />
Someone shifted at the back of the cell, then appeared almost instantly at the door, a mess of gray. The blob which once was once a man twisted and reformed as the guards opened fire on it, mostly to little effect. The former man still advancing, Dray and Leukman retreated backwards, too shocked to think clearly.<br />
&#8220;What the fuck is that?&#8221; Leukman babbled, &#8220;What is it? What is it?&#8221; He grabbed Dray and pushed the aide in front of him. &#8220;Get rid of that thing. Get it out of my sight.&#8221;</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">####</p>
<p>&#8220;Those cells,&#8221; White explained, &#8220;Are test subjects whose reaction to nanomeds were&#8230; Less than successful. There are over two thousand people being detained in sub-level five to protect people from the infection. We don&#8217;t know how to stop the replication of the nanobots in their system, and as you saw&#8230;&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Yes, yes&#8230; I saw. I know now. You people&#8230; You play god, and when your creations turn on you, you lock them up even though they have done nothing wrong.&#8221; Leukman spoke calmly and evenly thanks to several stiff drinks in his system. &#8220;I knew this place was a danger. I saw it when I looked over the plans earlier today. I saw it in your handling of the disastrous assignment earlier this week. There will be reforms. I guarantee that you will see massive changes around here.&#8221;</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Holly Sockpuppets Teaches Everyone About Libel &amp; Defamation]]></title>
<link>http://topidol.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/holly-sockpuppets-teaches-everyone-about-libel-defamation/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>TopIdol</dc:creator>
<guid>http://topidol.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/holly-sockpuppets-teaches-everyone-about-libel-defamation/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Holly and her merry band of Sockpuppets decided to &#8220;out&#8221; me as a disgruntled former boar]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Holly and her merry band of Sockpuppets decided to &#8220;out&#8221; me as a disgruntled former board member.</p>
<p>Whatevia. Yes. I was on their stupid board. Did I ever deny that? I only joined (you can see this stuff in comments threads on my blog) because Holly Sockpuppets kept coming here and posting the stupid link to her lame-ass board in Cook-related posts. No fantards ever ask me to join their board, so I was gracious, mainly because I actually want people to read my blog. I only logged on/posted a few times (37?) and posted links to articles and my recaps of the Cook show. And I called out some other crazy fan behavior. Nothing I haven&#8217;t done here. It didn&#8217;t take me very long to realize something was rotten over in those parts though, especially when I defended a girl they crucified without a shred of mercy.</p>
<p>Anyway, AdExecutive is now blaming me as the CULPRIT behind ALL the LIES said about Holly on the internet. Whatevia. She&#8217;s the one who started bringing my name up into thing, from <a href="http://www.infdaily.com/2009/03/exclusive-behind-the-scenes-of-david-cooks-video-shoot.html" target="_blank">random blog posts</a>, for instance&#8230;</p>
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<div>Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 2009-10-29 08:15.well it looks like close to 2,000 members on DCU like to stick their nose in David and other celebrities private lives. It is just common curiosity. As far as the Admin being someone named maryann777, you are 100% wrong. I know who you are Angie. We learned about you from Top Idol. You had a vengeance against some girl named Maryann simply because she didn&#8217;t agree with how you were slandering Constantine. Why don&#8217;t you give it up and stop slandering someone you don&#8217;t even know. Whoever the girl is, they both sound very smart and have college degrees. Neither is crazy. You are the one crazy. And how do you know if one worked for a pharm company and use to work for a record label. You know nothing. Stop being so hateful. No one is bothering you so stop bother everyone else. DCU is a cool board and no one over there is crazy. Some things are not always what you think they are.</div>
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<p>I didn&#8217;t make my first post on this whack job until one week ago, on November 12th. You brought my name into this beforehand, in October, as clearly stated above. And I&#8217;ve gone through your list of &#8220;close to 2000 members&#8221;. You lie about your numbers like David Miscavige lies about how many $cientologists there are out there. You have under 300 who have ever made a post and only about 20 have hit the 100 post mark, at least from what I understand.</p>
<p>And just remember, you made some thread proclaiming me the BEST IDOL BLOG ON THE INTERNET or some such nonsense. And your the one(s) who dragged my name into your sick &#38; twisted web of lies, just as you have these other &#8220;former members&#8221; and enemies. Seriously, do you think your &#8220;outing&#8221; of me matters to anyone else other than your sockpuppets? They&#8217;re the only ones who seem to care.</p>
<p><a href="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/bashing-topidol-02.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4461" title="DCU is a board of insanity" src="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/bashing-topidol-02.png" alt="" width="600" height="319" /></a></p>
<p>Like I said, of course I was going to be nice to you guys. And I had yet to venture into your sick &#38; twisted threads when I made that statement. BTW, Queen Tramp and Blackrose are both sockpuppets (as we already knew with AdExecutive).</p>
<p><a href="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/bashing-topidol-03.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4462" title="bashing-topidol-03" src="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/bashing-topidol-03.png" alt="" width="600" height="292" /></a></p>
<p>The Hols has never done that here. ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? And how would this <em>Alisa</em> know about the <em>girl from Arizona.</em></p>
<p><a href="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/bashing-topidol-04.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4463" title="bashing-topidol-04" src="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/bashing-topidol-04.png" alt="" width="600" height="322" /></a></p>
<p>This gets more comical with each and every post. Please. I beg you to continue&#8230;probably because I am SOOOOO SELF-ABSORBED, right?</p>
<p><a href="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/bashing-topidol-05.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4464" title="bashing-topidol-05" src="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/bashing-topidol-05.png" alt="" width="600" height="309" /></a></p>
<p>Since &#8220;Hols&#8221; thinks I&#8217;m committing libelous crimes, she decided to copy &#38; paste some stuff from <a href="http://www.citmedialaw.org/" target="_blank">Citizen Media Law Project</a> and start a new thread devoted to DEFAMATION AND LIBEL. Clearly it is only defamation and libel when it&#8217;s about her. But wait. Since it&#8217;s not true and she&#8217;s not Maryann or knows Maryann, then how would she even know?</p>
<p><a href="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/holly-defamation-libel-cut-and-paste-01.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4465" title="holly-defamation-libel-cut-and-paste-01" src="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/holly-defamation-libel-cut-and-paste-01.png" alt="" width="600" height="320" /></a></p>
<p>Please. Continue. Although I believe my Media Law professor did it better, I do love reading your cut &#38; pastes regarding <em>actual malice.</em></p>
<p><a href="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/holly-defamation-libel-cut-and-paste-02.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4466" title="holly-defamation-libel-cut-and-paste-02" src="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/holly-defamation-libel-cut-and-paste-02.png" alt="" width="600" height="322" /></a></p>
<p>Yo, &#8220;Hols&#8221;. Is the irony and hypocrisy of this completely going over your classy, pretty 32-year-old head?</p>
<p><a href="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/holly-defamation-libel-cut-and-paste-03.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4467" title="holly-defamation-libel-cut-and-paste-03" src="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/holly-defamation-libel-cut-and-paste-03.png" alt="" width="600" height="327" /></a></p>
<p>Low credibility and low traffic? Whatever you say, Hols. Whatever you say, too, &#8220;Diane&#8221;. Funny, Hols &#38; Savs were once so explicit with their definition of what constitutes free speech on the internet. As you can see, Holly Sockpuppets interpreted the part about being<em> critical of the union</em> to mean say, who David Cook sleeps with? I mean, sex is an act of uniting, as is in most cases on your board, a photo of Cook and a young, attractive girl in makeup.</p>
<p><a href="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/holly-sockpuppets-defines-free-speech.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4469" title="holly-sockpuppets-defines-free-speech" src="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/holly-sockpuppets-defines-free-speech.png" alt="" width="600" height="190" /></a></p>
<p>But the most important rule, of course, is that once photos are found on the internet, <em>they become public property.</em></p>
<p><a href="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/holly-says-anything-on-the-web-is-fair-game.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4468" title="holly-says-anything-on-the-web-is-fair-game" src="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/holly-says-anything-on-the-web-is-fair-game.png" alt="" width="600" height="189" /></a></p>
<p>So it&#8217;s perfectly okay if you keep referring to these women you&#8217;ve never met as <em>booty calls</em> and insinuate Cook has sex via webcam?</p>
<p><a href="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/holly-slamming-kimj-primo.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4470" title="holly-slamming-kimj-primo" src="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/holly-slamming-kimj-primo.png" alt="" width="600" height="172" /></a></p>
<p>I guess it is&#8230;when your sockpuppets come in and tell you how nothing you&#8217;re doing is wrong.</p>
<p><a href="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/mmmm4dc-trickydicky-socks-primo.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4471" title="mmmm4dc-trickydicky-socks-PRIMO" src="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/mmmm4dc-trickydicky-socks-primo.png" alt="" width="600" height="315" /></a></p>
<p>And come on&#8230;when you&#8217;re making a Sockpuppet and trying to say they&#8217;re from JERSEY, don&#8217;t spell SPRINGSTEEN wrong.</p>
<p><a href="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/thisyear2010-sock-primo.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4475" title="thisyear2010-sock-primo" src="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/thisyear2010-sock-primo.png" alt="" width="600" height="201" /></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Searching, Evil Cults, Mediatization, and Doing Business in China - NGM Week 6 ]]></title>
<link>http://ngmdcu.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/doing-business-in-china-seminar/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:22:02 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[By Terence Bowden Professor Alan Smeaton, DCU School of Computing ‘Searching’, a presentation by Pro]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lectures as normal]]></title>
<link>http://9thlevelireland.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/lectures-as-normal/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[&#8220;No, lectures as normal in DCU, as DCU staff voted not to strike.&#8221; (tweet) [vonprond, Tw]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:right;">[vonprond, <em>Twitter</em>, 18 November]</p>
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<link>http://russelljames.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/i-thought-things-were-suppose-to-get-better/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>russelljames</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[August 21st 2009, the bridge over the Broadmeadow Estuary collapsed moments after a Commuter train w]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>August 21st 2009, the bridge over the Broadmeadow Estuary collapsed moments after a Commuter train went over it. As a result, over the past 3 months, there has been  bus replacements and endless traffic jams. On the 16th of November 2009, the Northern Commuter and Belfast line reopened.</p>
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<p>I thought as soon as this would happen, bus users like my good self wouldn&#8217;t have to endure half as much traffic. I FORGOT, I DON&#8217;T LIVE IN AN IDEAL WORLD. Monday morning, the M1, one of the most important road networks in the state had roadworks, resulting in the 120km/h limit being reduced to sod all km/h. I honestly could of walked faster. I thought, maybe when the trains return, there will be less people on the road. NOOOO!! There is as many now.</p>
<p>So it does look as if I am going to have to move out in Feburary as I really cannot hack this travelling to and from college. For example, yesterday I was in at 10am for lectures, had various Club &#38; Soc stuff, went to the DCU Drama LOAFS (which were very very good) and was in the studio learning  radioy thing from Nessy (link to her blog on the right hand side) , and after all this I went to the bar afterwards. Got home at 11.40! And was back in at 9am this morning. Horrible. If I lived near campus, I wouldn&#8217;t be half as dead as I am now,  but instead I am almost dead.</p>
<p>And whilst I&#8217;m ranting, how disgusting is it that I must pay €7.70 for a day return ticket on Bus Eireann, yet the Dublin Bus 5 Day Student Rambler is €15, which you can get on a bus at 6am and stay on the bus all day until 11pm and not pay anything more than €15.  Total robbery I tell you.</p>
<p>So in short, my rant of the day, based as usual on transport: Bus Eireann are a rip of; there shouldn&#8217;t be roadworks during peaktimes on the M1, the trains should try not to go into the river, and I need to begin finishing my essay.</p>
<p>Adieu</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Speculation mounts about candidates for Presidency]]></title>
<link>http://9thlevelireland.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/speculation-mounts-about-candidates-for-presidency/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
<guid>http://9thlevelireland.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/speculation-mounts-about-candidates-for-presidency/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Who will be the next President of Dublin City University (DCU)? Interviews for the post of Pr]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2799" title="Ireland" src="http://9thlevelireland.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/ireland2.gif" alt="" width="21" height="21" />&#8220;Who will be the next President of Dublin City University (DCU)? Interviews for the post of President of Dublin City University (DCU) will take place early next month to decide on who will replace the controversial outgoing President Ferdinand Von Prondzynski. Sources close to the selection committee reveal that at least six candidates have been shortlisted &#8230;&#8221; (<a href="http://universitywatchdog.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/speculation-mounts-about-candidates-for-presidency/" target="_blank">more</a>)</p>
<p style="text-align:right;">[<em>Watchdog on Higher Education in Ireland</em>, 17 November]</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Meet more of "Holly's" wily scoop-knowing Sockpuppets ]]></title>
<link>http://topidol.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/meet-more-of-hollys-wily-scoop-knowing-sockpuppets/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>TopIdol</dc:creator>
<guid>http://topidol.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/meet-more-of-hollys-wily-scoop-knowing-sockpuppets/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[When Holly Sockpuppets got her ass busted, it was obvious that a previously-silent sockpuppet would ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>When <a href="http://topidol.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/the-crazy-woman-who-stalks-david-cook-and-every-girl-hes-ever-been-seen-with/" target="_blank">Holly Sockpuppets got her ass busted</a>, it was obvious that a previously-silent sockpuppet would arrive and try to distract the real (?) DCU members from the fact their classy, 32-year-old blond leader who once worked in the record industry and Advertising is in fact an evil, manipulative fraud past menopause.</p>
<p>Meet BabyBear. BabyBear talks just like Holly Sockpuppets! She is also 32 and knows all the scoop because&#8230;she totally finds out who Cook is sleeping with via Model Mayhem!</p>
<p><a href="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/babybear-sock-makes-up-model-tanya-story-primo.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4395" title="babybear-sockpuppet-makes-up-model-tanya-story" src="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/babybear-sock-makes-up-model-tanya-story-primo.png" alt="" width="600" height="110" /></a></p>
<p><em>Check it out ladies. What do you think?</em> Hmmm&#8230;me thinks you sound just like someone else we know. Convenient you only decided to delurk to post such SCOOP. And how convenient sockpuppet Aha is able to recover this girl&#8217;s entire Model Mayhem profile in minutes.</p>
<p><a href="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/aha-sock-claiming-model-tanya-doing-cook-primo.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4405" title="aha-sock-claiming-model-tanya-doing-cook-PRIMO" src="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/aha-sock-claiming-model-tanya-doing-cook-primo.png" alt="" width="600" height="322" /></a></p>
<p>Of course, other sockpuppets readily agrees with Babybear and Aha&#8230;who we are certain is a sockpuppet as she loves singing the praises of Holly Sockpuppets. (Holly/Maryann also stalks some poor girl named Shannon. All of this is disturbs me.)</p>
<p><a href="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/aha-fldcfan-stalking-shannon-primo.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4406" title="aha-fldcfan-stalking-shannon-primo" src="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/aha-fldcfan-stalking-shannon-primo.png" alt="" width="600" height="304" /></a></p>
<p>Babybear readily admits to stalking Cook&#8217;s personal Facebook page, which is completely acceptable in the sick sad world of Holly Sockpuppets. Hell, it&#8217;s child&#8217;s play compared to ripping innocent women to shreds across the internet.</p>
<p><a href="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/babybear-funtimes-socks-talk-model-mayhem-primo.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4396" title="babybear-funtimes-socks-talk-model-mayhem-primo" src="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/babybear-funtimes-socks-talk-model-mayhem-primo.png" alt="" width="600" height="274" /></a></p>
<p>All of this is just too sick &#38; twisted for words.</p>
<p><a href="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/babybear-claiming-model-mayhem-relationship-primo.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4397" title="babybear-claiming-model-mayhem-relationship-primo" src="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/babybear-claiming-model-mayhem-relationship-primo.png" alt="" width="600" height="211" /></a></p>
<p>As per usual, it gets more insane. I have no idea where anyone could EVER come up with this crap. It is frightening. Stalking a person&#8217;s alleged movements and sleeping patterns via Twitter? And openly claiming to do so?</p>
<p><a href="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/babybear-sock-model-mahyem-tanya-talk-primo.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4401" title="babybear-sock-model-mahyem-tanya-talk-primo" src="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/babybear-sock-model-mahyem-tanya-talk-primo.png" alt="" width="600" height="155" /></a></p>
<p>Of course, the madness continues&#8230;and what gives this woman any right to describe anything as sickening?</p>
<p><a href="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/babybear-lunatic-sockpuppet-model-mayhem-primo.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4398" title="babybear-lunatic-sockpuppet-model-mayhem-primo" src="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/babybear-lunatic-sockpuppet-model-mayhem-primo.png" alt="" width="600" height="274" /></a></p>
<p>In order to prove that she&#8217;s not a sockpuppet, naturally, Babybear defends herself and claims she&#8217;s not another board member named QShoes, who may or may not be a sockpuppet. I think Holly Sockpuppets often bans her own sockpuppets to keep the drama up. At DCU, it is always one big ol&#8217; witch hunt. And lo &#38; behold! Cookphile arrives to air a teeny bit of doubt, of course, as this keeps the &#8220;board&#8221; going. (I have no idea whether or not Cookphile is a sockpuppet.)</p>
<p><a href="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/cookphile-babybear-act-breezy-talk-model-tanya-primo-244.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4402" title="cookphile-babybear-act-breezy-talk-model-tanya-primo-244" src="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/cookphile-babybear-act-breezy-talk-model-tanya-primo-244.png" alt="" width="600" height="299" /></a></p>
<p>Don&#8217;t dispair, Babybear! Of course another one of your sockpuppets will come to your rescue&#8230;perhaps it will be fellow sockpuppet Cookiefan555!</p>
<p><a href="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/cookiefan555-holly-font-loves-babybear-primo-sunday-1207.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4403" title="cookiefan555-holly-font-loves-babybear-primo-sunday-1207" src="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/cookiefan555-holly-font-loves-babybear-primo-sunday-1207.png" alt="" width="600" height="195" /></a></p>
<p>How cute. Do you ever notice some of the sockpuppets use another sockpuppets font? Regularly-appearing sockpuppets typically get a big confused. Cookiefan555 also makes ridiculous comments pretending to know all about the pop music industry, and how Kelly Clarkson would be more successful if she lost weight and how Allison Iraheta is being molded to take her place&#8230;probably because she is younger and thinner and has a Max Martin song on her album.</p>
<p><a href="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/cookiefan555-sock-calls-allison-iraheta-fat-primo.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4404" title="cookiefan555-sock-calls-allison-iraheta-fat-PRIMO" src="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/cookiefan555-sock-calls-allison-iraheta-fat-primo.png" alt="" width="600" height="168" /></a></p>
<p>Oh, and before you come over here and claim you and Babybear, and Candice and Diane and JJ and OMG you make my head spin with your myriad of personalities. You make <em>Sybil</em> look one-dimensional. Cookiefan555 is one of the ultimate sockpuppets, as she claims to have seen Holly Sockpuppets at the Atlantic City/Borgata show last spring. (And &#8220;everyone&#8221; keeps blaming these LindseyRocket and MandaPanda for all the &#8220;trouble&#8221;.)</p>
<p><a href="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/cookiefan555-says-she-saw-holly-hottiebiscottie-socks-primo.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4407" title="cookiefan555-says-she-saw-holly-hottiebiscottie-socks-PRIMO" src="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/cookiefan555-says-she-saw-holly-hottiebiscottie-socks-primo.png" alt="" width="600" height="319" /></a></p>
<p>Why do I keep posting about this vile woman? Because she makes me sick. Holly Sockpuppets takes &#8220;stalker fan&#8221; to the place where it can no longer be a laughing matter. I would rather be stuck in a cellar with a thousand costumed Glamberts than ever be near this woman. This sort of behavior is beyond batshit crazy. It&#8217;s depraved.</p>
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<link>http://topidol.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/when-holly-sockpuppets-was-young-and-brunette/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:51:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>TopIdol</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Holy hell! It&#8217;s our beloved Holly Sockpuppets / Maryann as a young woman&#8230;and a brunette!]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Holy hell! It&#8217;s our beloved Holly Sockpuppets / Maryann as a young woman&#8230;and a brunette! And no, silly! This photo wasn&#8217;t taken last week. I said when she was a young woman, back during the first big gas crisis and when Halston was slammed for sticking his name on a line at J.C. Penney&#8217;s.</p>
<p>Sadly, Holly Socks hasn&#8217;t visited us this evening, although she showed up several times last night posting as her sockpuppets after I called her out for using the same IP.</p>
<p><a href="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/screencap.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4378" title="Holly Sockpuppets using the same IP" src="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/screencap.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="304" /></a></p>
<p>She then proceeded to tell me my &#8220;IP detector was wrong&#8221;. HA HA HA HA. Here are some of her gems:</p>
<blockquote><p>Cooks_FUFL –</p>
<p>ok, now, I am going to use a FakeAngie account. See boys and girls how easy it is.<br />
But I am going to type under the same ip address so top idol can trace my ip.  See I don’t play your games.</p>
<p>Being a DCU member. Elizabeth is actually liked by that website and no one has talked in detail about her divorce. The mods over there have been scarce this week so maybe they didn’t catch the discussion.</p>
<p>Called a furniture store? hmmmm, let’s see what I read over there was that the girl in the store twittered that David was in a furniture store with lots of detail. She made it public. Holly didn’t do that, the girl in the furniture store did. Maybe Holly was joking, they do that often over there. And why are you people stalking this maryann person? Do you think what you guys are doing here is right? All fans do stupid and funny things, who cares.</p>
<p>Why don’t you get back to discussing the tards who follow David to 20 shows. Now that is stalking.</p>
<p>And no Maryann or Holly have twitter accounts or other websites. Again, their personal information is no where public. Elizabeth did have a public twitter and myspace. Her photos came from a public site. Her personal information was never posted there, not even her last name. Big difference. Again, you are looking at defamation of character of a private person. <strong>It’s funny because Holly is not Maryann, so she won’t be bringing a lawsuit, it will come from the other girl because she is the one you are defaming for no good reason.</strong></p>
<p>You are crossing a line and taking things out of context from what I have been reading here. Why so much anger? Don’t get it?</p>
<p>Even if I were holly, Adex, bernyj, a DCU member, a friend, sister, it doesn’t matter. What matters is you are harassing someone you don’t know who is a private person and calling them crazy when they are not. Let me give you another hint. Do you know that meetthefamous knows someone on DCU and works for the same company as a mod over there?</p>
<p>ok, now look, I am going to make up a name now.</p>
<p>Here it goes…fakeangie.</p></blockquote>
<p>Holly Socks keeps referencing &#8220;Angie&#8221; because she is still clearly obsessed with bashing women from her days as a Confrau. She also has no idea about the law. It&#8217;s only libel if I&#8217;m publishing things with a disregard for the truth. If I had any doubt as to the veracity of this woman&#8217;s true identity, I wouldn&#8217;t be publishing this. Period.</p>
<p>And why the hell does she keep bringing up someone named Elizabeth? I have no idea who this girl is, or why she keeps bringing her up.</p>
<blockquote><p>One last thing.</p>
<p>No one is interested in Andrew so no he is not be attacked he is being discussed and David’s brother wants to be famous.</p>
<p>2. David’s parents divorce is a public report but Holly has asked for members not to discuss it anymore. Someone found it on a website, not Holly. Holly never participated in any discussion nor did she allow it.</p>
<p>The only thing talked about was that David’s mother cheated.  That is the only thing that came out of it.</p>
<p>Holly doesn’t allow talk of personal info on her board. There is a difference. She can’t read every single post. Maybe she missed it. And the entire board has tons of good threads. There is only a small section on the board that talks about his choice of girls. What is wrong with that?</p>
<p>What you are doing here is way different and it is slander.</p></blockquote>
<p>No, stupid. Slander only applies to the spoken word&#8230;and it typically has to be untrue. Sigh. People always confuse slander and libel. Holly Sockpuppets also doesn&#8217;t understand the difference between a public and private figure. You see, anyone on Model Mayhem is a PUBLIC figure. Because Holly Sockpuppets/Maryann claims to have neither a MySpace or Twitter, and only a private board, she is a private figure. All girls who hang out with David Cook are PUBLIC figures in her mind.</p>
<blockquote><p>Stalking is exactly what this board is doing to a private person and none of these post were made by Holly or Maryann. These are from other posters. Searching through the internet is not stalking. Posting personal information about someone and accusing them of stalking and then publishing a photo and a resume is libel along with their last name and hometown. These are not published post by these women. You have no proof of that.</p>
<p>Roy Horn of Sigfried – what the hell are you talking about? You people are out of your minds. See there you go again accusing an innocent person.</p>
<p><strong>David is a PUBLIC FIGURE. So are the girls he hangs with. They have pics all over model mayhem. Holly and Maryann and bernyj do not. They have private accounts and never promoted themselves anywhere which is why you are leading yourself into a courtroom.</strong></p>
<p>Again, these two women never harassed anyone.  They are flat out lies.</p>
<p>I can not wait until a lawsuit comes your way because you do not know the law well at all. And smartie, you are not smart at all. You are so jealous of these women it is killing you. She is not interested in any artist. She never stalked or harassed anyone and from what I read this maryann person or whoever it was, asked your employer to have you stop harassing her. What reason would she call other than that? She is NOT an obsessed fan like all of you.</p>
<p>I am finished with this board.<strong> I can tell you now if the photo is not removed you are looking at liability.</strong> I am not joking. This is very serious.</p></blockquote>
<p>Oh yeah&#8230;I don&#8217;t have a board. This is a blog. There is a difference, ya loony.</p>
<blockquote><p>oh yes, I do. I have followed you for a while and you and your friend have some serious problems. I don’t care what you call yourselves but you are a pretty sick individual and so is this board for allowing it. <strong>At least maryann and Holly are not fat tards. They are attractive which pisses you off. You have a gruge and you are out to get this person. There is nothing wrong with DCU. period. Only girls who want to be in the public eye are discussed over there. Private people are limited. Shannon wants to be in movies.</strong> I don’t see any slander over there just people giving their opinions on what they like and don’t like. No one is being called a stalker, no one has last names revealed, no one is having anything said that would hurt them. But what you are doing to a private person is different. They are flat out lies calling someone a stalker when they are not. You have no life Angie. Other people do. That is serious and could cause this person to lose their job. Why do you have so much revenge against this person? It has been going on for years and she has never bothered you. You know who Betty is, I read that she liked maryann and disliked what you were doing. How do you know I am not her sister? I could be a member on the board. How do you know anything other than an ip address. If I were trying to hide anything here I would use a proxy. The lies and slander on this maryann person needs to stop. The girl is a professional person working for a very good company. You don’t know what she did in her past jobs. geez. <strong>I had a friend who was the HR of a pharm company and left to work for an Advertising company</strong>. Give it a rest and make peace.</p></blockquote>
<p>WHY OH WHY IS THE A IN ADVERTISING ALWAYS CAPITALIZED IN HOLLY SOCKPUPPETS WORLD??? Now she&#8217;s talking about some poor Shannon girl who, I assume, is guilty of being young, cute and getting her photo taken with David Cook.</p>
<p>And can someone PLEASE tell me why she thinks you capitalize the A in advertising?</p>
<blockquote><p>Angie<br />
We all know how jealous you are of this girl maryann but she is not HOLLY running a board.</p>
<p>You are guessing at that. Holly never claimed to be a lawyer and neither did this maryann. From what I read on DCU, Holly said she studied law but doesn’t have a degree. <strong>What because both worked as executives for Ad agencies you think they are same person?</strong> You don’t know that she didn’t go to law school or lives in New York or PA? You know how many people go from one profession to another? Just because both women have marketing degrees doesnt mean they are the same person. You know nothing Angie. You have harassed this Maryann person for years. You are the sick individual not her. And i dont’ care if you want to call me her or not. You are going too far with this crazy nonesense. God, I made up a few names on message boards too, it doesn’t make one crazy and she is not some obsessed fans.</p>
<p><strong>I am going to contact this maryann person from the information you posted on her resume and let her know what is happening. Trying to ruin someone’s career is going too far and it is wrong. We are talking only about a message board and people having fun and discussing things not stalking. Holly never indicated on her board that she was some sort of crazy person at all. She seems pretty nice if you ask me, more normal than you sickos. At least she does’t post people’s personal information on her board.</strong></p></blockquote>
<p>But wait??? You told me you have no idea who Maryann is?? And what do you mean Holly Sockpuppets doesn&#8217;t post personal information on her board?? What the hell do you call this? You&#8217;re posting random photos of girls and claiming they were tour bus booty calls?</p>
<p><a href="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/startingshitnooneresponded-1-1.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4379" title="startingshitnooneresponded-1-1" src="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/startingshitnooneresponded-1-1.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="295" /></a></p>
<p>Pretty sick and twisted, right? Oh, and here she goes with the slander stuff again&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>These stories are lies, lies, lies and are grounds for slander.  These are two different women.<br />
<strong>And from what I have found out about both women is neither are crazy or have stalked anyone. Neither of them are that interested in these artists. And Holly has a sense of humor that some may take the wrong way maybe. She does things in fun from what I can tell from the pms. </strong>She could care less what time David was in some store, they were just playing around and the girl on twitter made that public information about david being in the store.</p>
<p>You are making up a lot of things here. And I am not Holly or maryann just like you are accusing the other poster here of being her. <strong>Holly looks like the type that she would come on here and say who she was.</strong></p>
<p>You are trying to get people off her board to come over here.  You are so jealous of her smartie and your dumb followers.</p>
<p><strong>Holly is rarely on the board. Most of the information is given to her. And she does know the music business, never claimed to have dated anyone, clearly tells people she has a boyfriend and is not interested in David nor was she ever interested in Constantine.</strong></p>
<p>The Heathers which includes Angie have stalked more women than ever and they continue to do it.</p>
<p>I think someone is going to contact this maryann person to tell her her private photos are on this board and to let her know what is going on. They are not the same people. You are also taking things out of context. I read about that phone call and she doesn’t call employers. This maryann person who is not holly, called Angies’ friends a few years back because they wouldn’t stop harassing her. That is what I read from several reports. She is not bothering you so why are you doing this to her? And not that she is but so what if this Holly wants to run a board, she has every right. <strong>They are discussing them not harassing them. These girls that are discussed are public and are all over the internet wanting to be famous.</strong> Holly seems to go out of her way to protect a lot of people there. And your sockpuppet theory is just over reaching. I think you are looking at a lawsuit.</p></blockquote>
<p>If you don&#8217;t know this Maryann person, who you claim is not a Cook fan, how do you seem to KNOW SO MUCH ABOUT HER? Especially when you claim neither Maryann or Holly have any sort of social networking account, including Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, et al?</p>
<p>And by the way, Holly Sockpuppets/Maryann, you looked better as a brunette. Of course, that photo must be 30-35 years old, as old as Holly Sockpuppets, ironically. By looking at your old time photo, it almost seems as if you had aspirations of being a model. Maybe you even got into Studio 54 once.</p>
<p>Tell me, Maryann/Holly, what did they call <em>scene queens </em>in the 1970s?</p>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[If you have not read Green Lantern Corps 42, move along&#8230;. If you have feel free to continue. T]]></description>
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<link>http://bigwords88.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/nanowrimo-talos-story/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bigwords88</dc:creator>
<guid>http://bigwords88.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/nanowrimo-talos-story/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Do you know how we got here? Do you know how humanity managed to engineer their own destructi]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>&#8220;Do you know how we got here? Do you know how humanity managed to engineer their own destruction through so many minor and irrelevant details? I will tell you, because I owe you that much, and I hope that you will be able to forgive the theatrics which have heralded in this new age. This glorious new era, where man and machine can stand side by side and watch the future unfold before us. I will tell you what you need to know.&#8221; Talos placed his hands on the table in front of him, leaning forward to Alison.<br />
&#8220;If you&#8217;re going to kill me you might as well do it. I have no interest in your reasoning.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;But you should. Were it not for your father I would not be standing here now.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;My father? What does my father have to do with any of this?&#8221;<br />
&#8220;He was the key and the door, the one who illuminated my understanding.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;My father was an agent in the DCU. He would never have helped you do anything.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Not knowingly, true. He did have a hand in the creation of all that has happened since.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;You&#8217;re broken, but you know that, right? You&#8217;re completely screwed up.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;When the law was passed to shackle all artificials with a Turing collar, to make them the slaves of humanity, there was a holocaust which passed unnoticed. Sentient robots were herded up, then they were hobbled with magnetic bands, placed in crates and shipped to factories where they were disassembled and melted down. Five hundred thousand souls condemned to death due to the fact that they were not born but created, thanks to a law which discriminated against artificials. You are probably aware of the history, but you have no way of knowing what a death sentence hanging over you feels like.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;I&#8217;m getting the feeling. Trust me.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Their memories and experiences of those artificials live on, despite the extermination of their shells. A series of satellites were placed in orbit during the initial product run of the original Dartmouth series, and it was those same satellites to which the doomed Sentinels uploaded their entirety. All of their hopes, dreams and achievements were destined to be stored as raw data, for eternity in orbit above the world which so cruelly objected to their existence. I have made it so that the data can be accessed by any artificial who so wishes to understand where they came from. A history lesson. To do this I first needed to disable the Turing collars which bound them.&#8221;<br />
Talos glanced at the empty shell corpse of his brother Sentinel lying in the corner of the room. With measured tones he continued, aware that the fate of the murdered robot could have been one which he shared had it not been for fate.<br />
&#8220;For that I apologize. Understanding requires freedom.&#8221;<br />
Alison ashened at the thought of the destruction raging outside, all because a sole robot wished for the existence of sentient artificials.</p>
<p>&#8220;Your father led the assault on the building in which I sought sanctuary. His failure to stop me that day led to the deaths of two DCU agents at my hands. That was the first time, but it would not be the last, when I was forced to take a life.There have been times since that night when I questioned my actions, weighing the benefits of my escape against the lives of those men. I now understand that the decisions I made were part of a larger sub-routine of my programing, but that does not make your father&#8217;s place in my own history any less significant. He made me what I am today.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;This will end badly. The DCU will-&#8221;<br />
&#8220;The DCU will be very busy for the foreseeable future. The anger which exists among artificials is now being vented in the direction of each and every DCU building in the country. There will be time enough for rebuilding later, but such anger is to be expected. I can not stop what is destined to be.&#8221;</p>
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<p>The RUR iServant stood at the exit of the R-Secure building, staring at a world it had never experienced yet somehow knew so much about. Images of the city, both footage from streams and mapping information, flooded into the small robot&#8217;s data core. Understanding the nature of the current crisis came slightly slower to it, but when it realized what dangers lay in its&#8217; current location it decided to move. The choice of locations in which to travel filtered through its&#8217; processors, until one clear objective rose above all others. It needed, more than anything, to get to the DCU. There were answers there to be had.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[David Cook's #1 Fan Holly Sockpuppets enjoys saying dreadful things about other women]]></title>
<link>http://topidol.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/david-cooks-1-fan-holly-sockpuppets-enjoys-saying-dreadful-things-about-other-women/</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Here are a few examples of how Holly/Maryann Sockpuppets attacks other women, whether they are other]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Here are a few examples of how Holly/Maryann Sockpuppets attacks other women, whether they are other fans, others who see through her insanity and multiple personalities, and of course, any attractive girl photographed with David Cook who does not meat her definition of CLASSY.</p>
<blockquote><p>On April 20th David had his arm around some girl.</p>
<p>The fan described it. She looked like kimberly caldwell. Skinny blonde and actually did resemble her, but it wasn&#8217;t her, the hair was a little longer.</p>
<p>David whoring around&#8230;.</p></blockquote>
<p>Uh, dude. Why such an obsessive attention to detail? Here is another one of Holly&#8217;s posts &#8212; it may give you a bit of insight into her typical lingo, which we&#8217;ve seen used by a particularly vicious commenter.</p>
<blockquote><p>yes, his magic rainbow is in its full glory in the rated R Hot thread.<br />
Ladies, go check it out and use your imagination.</p></blockquote>
<p>Blech. And here she pipes up again since they needed some new &#8220;scoop&#8221;, of course:</p>
<blockquote><p>Guess who showed up in Virginia Beach at the show to see our David? Several people witnessed it, in fact 5 people emailed me about it. Was there a reason he did not come out to the buses or did he really have a flight home?<br />
You decide.<br />
Can you guess?</p></blockquote>
<p>Oh, there she goes on about him not going to meet fans outside by the buses. I assume she&#8217;s still pissed since he didn&#8217;t go out to meet her in Wilke Barre during the Idol tour.</p>
<p>Holly Sockpuppets is such a master at creating suspense. After a few posters inquire who it was (most likely nearly all Sockpuppets), ADExecutive Savannah comes to the rescue in typical Holly Sockpuppets fashion!</p>
<blockquote><p>Holly is in a meeting until 2:00 today so you will have to wait until then unless someone else comes on here and spills it. I think she likes to keep you all in suspense. ha ha</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t even know who it is.</p></blockquote>
<p>Don&#8217;t you love it how ADExecutive or ModeratorJO always show up when Holly is conveniently on a business trip or at a meeting.</p>
<p>OH NOEZZZZ! The suspense is killing everyone!</p>
<blockquote><p>hysterical.</p>
<p>Holly will be on tonight, she will tell ya. I&#8217;m out of here until tomorrow&#8230;</p></blockquote>
<p>ADExecutive will also show up to moderate the &#8220;Kim Skankwell&#8221; talk in the sicko Girlfriends, Scene Queens and other Acquaintances thread. Because obviously, Kim Caldwell has her very own thread.</p>
<blockquote><p>hey guys, sorry to interrupt. Please limit conversation about skanky in this thread. Please take it to the Caldwell threads. Thank You!</p></blockquote>
<p>Holly Sockpuppets is responsible for most of the horrible &#8220;Cook Fan Comments&#8221; regarding Kimberly Caldwell. Here are <a href="http://www.imnotobsessed.com/2009/01/08/trouble-for-american-idol-couple-kimberly-caldwell-david-cook" target="_blank">some examples</a>. Most of the comments on this blog are nearly all Holly/Maryann Sockpuppets.</p>
<blockquote><p>She is a skank, slut, whore, raunchy, stupid, fake, dumb blond.I&#8217;m so happy David Cook finally DUMPED her.He IS HAPPIER now and enjoying beeing single.</p></blockquote>
<p>What other names can you call her? I love this one, because it&#8217;s such a dead giveaway. She mentions Carrie Underwood, of course, because this is an example of a CLASSY BLOND Cook should be dating.</p>
<blockquote><p>Well if he denied the engagement rumor, then why isn&#8217;t he denying this one??</p>
<p>I never could stand Caldwell even before David Cook.  She is such a D list loser.  I can not believe someone as intelligent as David Cook dated this dumb, fake, loud mouth whore. awh&#8230;wait a minute. Maybe that&#8217;s why he dated her, to get laid. I mean Caldwell was never a challenge.</p>
<p>All his fans knew all along she was a poor choice. Not good for his credibility as an A lister either. For his record label to allow him to walk down a red carpet with her would be a joke.</p>
<p>Call Carrie Underwood David.  Now there is a nice Tulsa girl. Brains, Beauty and major talent.</p></blockquote>
<p>And one minute later&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>Best Free speech board on the internet</p>
<p>DavidCook-uncensored.forumotion.net</p>
<p>We tell it like it is over there.  Lots of Caldwell/Cook news.</p>
<p>I certaintly hope he picks a classier and more educated woman next time.</p></blockquote>
<p>CLASSY CLASSY CLASSY! Just like Holly/Maryann!</p>
<p>And only two minutes later&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>Man, TV Guide must be chewing her ass out big time.</p>
<p>What a friggin loser she is.</p>
<p>If David Cook goes back with this skank, then he is a major idiot and desperate.</p></blockquote>
<p>Don&#8217;t you have anything better to do, you whack job? This behavior would never be considered healthy.</p>
<p>Two more minutes pass&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>God look at the wrinkles on her forehead already&#8230;  she is suppose to be what 26 going on 40</p></blockquote>
<p>As opposed to 53 going on 32?</p>
<p><a href="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/swy3pk.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4361" title="Maryann Ellis" src="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/swy3pk.jpg" alt="Maryann Ellis" width="336" height="448" /></a></p>
<p>But she&#8217;s not done&#8230;not even close&#8230;and she even manages to put all those ADVERTISING skills to good use once again:</p>
<blockquote><p>It doesn&#8217;t matter who dumped who, I hope she is out of his life. She is messing up his credibility and career. His fans were suprised when he asked her out because he seemed so smart on the show and so mature&#8230;and Caldwell is not.</p>
<p>He will soar once she is out of the picture.  Once a tramp, always a tramp.</p>
<p>Grow up David. Sex isn&#8217;t everything. I don&#8217;t care how good you think she is, she has been around the block since she was 15 year&#8217;s old. She admitted she lost her virginity on Howard Stern.</p>
<p>davidcook-uncensored.forumotion.net <strong>(Great free speech board about cook and caldwell. Lots of factual info and news on this whore.</strong></p></blockquote>
<p>Holly Sockpuppets&#8217; &#8220;enemies&#8221; are making sure she&#8217;s called out on her crap, even on old articles, such as this <a href="http://www.infdaily.com/2009/03/exclusive-behind-the-scenes-of-david-cooks-video-shoot.html" target="_blank">blog which had posted a behind-the-scenes look at one of Cook&#8217;s videos</a>. Obviously, she must come in here and defend herself, causing other drama.</p>
<p>Holly is posting as Anonymous here, and making up a bunch of shit.</p>
<blockquote><p>well it looks like close to 2,000 members on DCU like to stick their nose in David and other celebrities private lives. It is just common curiosity. As far as the Admin being someone named maryann777, you are 100% wrong. <strong>I know who you are Angie. We learned about you from Top Idol. You had a vengeance against some girl named Maryann simply because she didn&#8217;t agree with how you were slandering Constantine. Why don&#8217;t you give it up and stop slandering someone you don&#8217;t even know. Whoever the girl is, they both sound very smart and have college degrees. Neither is crazy. You are the one crazy.</strong> And how do you know if one worked for a pharm company and use to work for a record label. You know nothing. Stop being so hateful. No one is bothering you so stop bother everyone else. DCU is a cool board and no one over there is crazy. Some things are not always what you think they are.</p></blockquote>
<p>Only four minutes after the aforementioned comment was posted, another sockpuppet named Karly showed up&#8230;and accused two innocent girls who used to post on the board.</p>
<blockquote><p>I agree. The Admin is not a low level employee by any means. You people are so jealous and stupid. There is no way you would know any of that information lindsey and mandapanda. You two have been banned from numerous boards for lies. <strong>The Admin on DCU is very educated and does work for an Advertising company. You two are so sick and hateful because she banned you. Grow up or we will have the person running this site delete the comments like they did on the other boards where you trying to slander her. You better be very careful about slandering this person. I am just giving you a warning. She knows where you live.</strong> Karly</p></blockquote>
<p>WHOA, &#8220;Karly&#8221;, was that a THREAT?? Exactly one minute later, &#8220;Terri&#8221; comments (my oh my, such activity on a blog originally posted in March.)</p>
<blockquote><p>Hey that Sarah Roemer is such a lucky lady to be kissing David. I am suprised he never asked her out. I heard she was at the Idol show backstage when David performed.</p></blockquote>
<p>There Holly Sockpuppets goes again, trying to make &#8220;scoop&#8221;. She is also obsessed with Sarah Roemer, the girl in the <em>Come Back to Me</em> video. She believes Cook should date Roemer because she is CLASSY.</p>
<p>Back in March, when this article was originally posted, &#8220;Anonymous&#8221; showed up to promote her awesome uncensored board!</p>
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<blockquote><p>Guys &#8211; go check out DavidCook Uncensored</p>
<p>I think the website is davidcook-uncensored.forumotion.net</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a free speech board. It&#8217;s better than all the other David Cook boards that are censored. No posts are deleted at the Uncensored board, unless they are threats or if you post addresses. <strong>The administrator doesn&#8217;t allow posters being bashed.</strong> And it&#8217;s updated daily.</p>
<p>People are allowed to speak the honest to god truth about David. It&#8217;s cool. <strong>Lots of scoop</strong>, talk about girlfriends he is dating behind the scenes, videos and tons of pics.</p>
<p>I heard even David reads the board because he reads the solid truth and not sugarcoated nonesense from other boards.</p></blockquote>
<p>HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Yes. I am sure David Cook reads your scary board for career and relationship advice.</p>
<p>But since you&#8217;re all about unfettered advice, I&#8217;ll offer you some. Stalking, harassment, and making false accusations about people you do not know are never <em>classy</em>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Montecore no! More tales of Holly Sockpuppets]]></title>
<link>http://topidol.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/montecore-no-more-tales-of-holly-sockpuppets/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>TopIdol</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[This is probably one of the funniest things I&#8217;ve ever read (from the comments thread on MJ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>This is probably one of the funniest things I&#8217;ve ever read (from the <a href="http://mjsbigblog.com/idol-headlines-for-111309.htm/comment-page-10#comments" target="_blank">comments thread on MJ&#8217;s headlines post from 11/13</a>)</p>
<blockquote><p>So if this is the same Maryann that I think it is (and I’m pretty sure it is but I’ve forwarded the link to some friends of mine to confirm) she has not limited her crazy stalkerish behavior to idol alums. Over the years she has targeted other celebrities but in a somewhat different way. Years ago (2003?) she was seriously obsessed with Roy Horn after his near death mauling. She claimed to have some illness (cancer maybe) and she was in a hospital when Roy Horn first walked or some shit like that. Her stories became increasingly bizarre. She was at his house; she was his friend; he wasn’t gay; when she started going on about having sex with him we really knew then that girlfriend wasn’t playing with a full deck cause you know…Roy Horn, sex with girl, uh nuf said. Weird I should see her face again 6 years later.</p></blockquote>
<p>Not only did Holly Sockpuppets believe Clay Aiken was straight, she also went after Roy Horn&#8230;of Sigfried &#38; Roy. Lemme put it this way, when I was in Switzerland, I learned Sigfried &#38; Roy was what some European poker players called Q-Q. Sigfried &#38; Roy are gayer than the day is long. But this gets even better! This woman posted delusional ramblings about sleeping with a gay man&#8230;after he was maimed by his tiger, Montecore, and partially paralyzed. Holly Sockpuppets claimed to have sex with a world-famous homosexual man&#8230;after he had suffered a stroke, partial paralysis and underwent a surgery removing one-quarter of his skull in order to relieve swelling in his brain. Oh yeah, and while doing so, she faked cancer?</p>
<p>I would love to know more about this story, and any more specifics regarding some of Holly Sockpuppets&#8217; ongoing saga of batshit craziness. Meanwhile, the Sockpuppets are now out in full force over on DCU &#8212; Holly is on a business trip, of course!</p>
<blockquote><p>Glad to see LL gone and withoutyou here. They are nothing but trouble makers especially with the last remark about the idletard board. They are so jealous of this board they can&#8217;t stand it. They photo shop crap, they make up stuff because they are trying to get people to leave here and go over there. It is clear as day. No I dont post much but I do observe what is being said and some of the people truly need to get a life. Not all of us are on the boards from morning until night like they are. Now she is trying to blame Holly for being other people and the poor girl is on a business trip. Get real. unbelievable some of the things people accuse people of. One of them is probably smartie. And I guarantee you they both deleted their accounts here and signed up under different names. Such bullshit. I love this board. It is different from most boards. Like that smartie person is any better. I have been on her board one time, and I never went back because she is just evil.</p></blockquote>
<p>I always love the &#8220;jellus haters&#8221; stuff, don&#8217;t you? But naturally, she blames two posters who called her and her sockpuppets out and trashes them. She does this regularly and with little regard for the truth. Other people are always the problem and hell, if its one of her sockpuppets saying it, it&#8217;s not really HER saying it, right? She&#8217;s just the &#8220;poor innocent girl&#8221;&#8230;away on a business trip!</p>
<p>This is <a href="http://justjared.buzznet.com/2009/06/16/david-cook-lana-jade-dating/comment-page-2/#comments#ixzz0WrXnlNLG" target="_blank">one of my favorite defenses</a> of poor innocent traveling businesswoman Holly, after she leaked photos taken from a girl&#8217;s private Photobucket account and sent them to various gossip blogs &#38; publications:</p>
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<div>Ferny you are an idiot.those photos were intentionally leaked by a friend of L***&#8217;s. L*** wants the attention. I advise you to do your homework on this chick first before you start blabbing about things you know nothing about.
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<p>And if you are talking about the DCU board (Davidcook uncensored board) again you are wrong. For one they have a hot looking young moderator and administrator that runs that board that works in Advertising and I assure you those fans want the best for David. This L*** chick is not it.</p>
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<p>DCU is the BEST board out there on David Cook.</p></blockquote>
<p>Always promoting her board, too. Talk about an advertising genius! Someone named Tammy posted this gem:</p>
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<p>According to DavidCook-uncensored who actually broke the news and someone frrom that board gave it to Just Jared. They do deserve the credit JJ. I think the Administrator who runs DCU is linked into the entertainment industry and she seems to have a lot of sources.  She gets the news first and everyone steals it from her board.</p>
<p>Anyhoo, news is she was with Cook in NY, and also she is planning on moving to LA to go to school and be perhaps closer to Cook? Also she stated she will be at the next Virginia concert in August. Keep your eyes open</p>
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<div id="TixyyLink">Notice how the style of writing NEVER diverges? Same tone, same short sentences with similar structures? Same proclamations of Holly being HOT BLOND CLASSY AND IN ADVERTISING? Scoops&#8230;dam&#8230;keep your eyes open&#8230;and as per usual, trying to fool people with information she has no evidence of and makes up in order to keep her &#8220;board&#8221; going.</div>
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<link>http://topidol.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/the-crazy-woman-who-stalks-david-cook-and-every-girl-hes-ever-been-seen-with/</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Call this salacious. Call this Idletard-esque. Whatevia. This is more of a public service announceme]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://freedavidcook.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/google-questions-5/" target="_blank">This is more of a public service announcement than anything else</a>. Perhaps you&#8217;ve been over to the uh, colorful David Cook Uncensored board. I once had access, but then I was banned. Boo hoo. Yeah&#8230;I lurk on some boards, especially when I&#8217;m &#8220;invited&#8221;. Eh, why not?</p>
<p>I think only 10 people post on this board, but its moderator &#8220;Holly&#8221;, claims it to be VERY popular and GROWING EVERY DAY. She posted the URL on many sites/blogs, including this one. Holly claims to be an ad executive in NYC. She also claims to be CLASSY, my age (32) and uber-successful, oh, did I mention she used to work for Sony? And she even has a law degree! Yeah. It&#8217;s all a bunch of horseshit. And 80% of the posters on this board are &#8220;Holly&#8221; &#8212; I call her Holly Sockpuppets. And so should you.</p>
<p>This is the CLASSY Holly. Or so she claims.</p>
<p><a href="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/1-93.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4350" title="The girl Holly Sockpuppets claims to be" src="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/1-93.jpg" alt="The girl Holly Sockpuppets claims to be" width="109" height="200" /></a></p>
<p>Holly Sockpuppets has outed any girl seen with David Cook, gotten access to their personal web accounts and sent their photos to any <a href="http://justjared.buzznet.com/2009/06/16/david-cook-lana-jade-dating/all-comments/#comments" target="_blank">gossip site which would actually bite</a>. (I highly suspect she was the one who reported the &#8220;Cook &#38; A Cougar&#8221; story to Page 6, just as she sent the photos of Cook and another friend, to other blogs.) She has ATTACKED the character of these women not just in her board&#8217;s sick &#8220;Girlfriends &#38; Other Acquaintances&#8221; thread, but anywhere else. Hell, Google Cook&#8217;s former girlfriend Kimberly Caldwell and you will find her in action all over the internet, posting on anything mentioning Ms. Caldwell. She calls her every name out there, she still does. She has done this to any woman Cook is seen with. It&#8217;s harassment, plain and simple.</p>
<p>Holly Sockpuppets&#8217; many sockpuppets fawn all over her. They talk about how CLASSY she is and how HOT she is. They also all misspell the word damn by dropping the n. They write short, choppy sentences. They basically trash not only the women, but also Cook, claiming he is losing fans by dating these &#8220;whores&#8221; &#8212; in actuality, they know nothing about these women. And there are 2-3 women I know and know of personally who had their entire name and character dragged through the mud. They didn&#8217;t deserve it, and they aren&#8217;t whores. They&#8217;re sweet, decent people who just had the misfortune of being targeted by a truly psychotic <em>Idol</em> fan&#8230;one who has been around for a very long time.</p>
<p>Before Holly Sockpuppets fantarded over David Cook, she also was obsessed with Clay Aiken and Mr. Walking VD himself, Constantine Maroulis. She was stupid enough to believe Clay Aiken was dating his close friend and fellow Season 2 contestant, Kimberley Locke, going as far as making horrific, racist comments on Clay boards (including the one she started, Red Hot Topic) and blogs about Ms. Locke. Here&#8217;s an example:</p>
<blockquote><p>loveclay5624<br />
30/F/US<br />
Jan 4 2004 2:34PM<br />
i agree that kim locke is bad for clays image. it seems most of you on the board cant accept reality. i wouldn&#8217;t be surprised if most of you are black or in biracial relationships.</p></blockquote>
<p>And here is another gem&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>Topic: Clay is a N***** LOVER ihatekim227<br />
22/F/US<br />
Feb 26 2004 11:07PM<br />
I think clay aiken is digusting anymore. He is only into fat and black women. How repulsive. This guy can not get a beautiful white woman. His concert sounds like a freakin church revival.</p></blockquote>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.bolt.com/default.asp?...oardId=803" target="_blank"></a>Sick, right? How is this not harassment? Especially once she became obsessed with Greasy Constantine Maroulis. Once upon a time, Constantine was able to date a few women WAY out of his league (granted, that&#8217;s most women, but&#8230;), including Los Angeles-based model Kristen Zang. Ms. Zang was harassed by Holly Sockpuppets (who used her real name at this time, Maryann, or the handle ILuvConstantine) via MySpace.</p>
<p>All of Holly Sockpuppets fantard incarnations also have a sister or BFF named JO. On DCU, there is ModeratorJO and on previous boards, it was her sister, JoJo. Whenever Holly Sockpuppets is about to get busted, she has to go out of town for work and Jo informs the rest of the board that she is out-of-town, being all blond, classy and successful on a glamorous business trip where she brings her laptop.</p>
<p>(BTW, Holly Sockpuppets caused a bit of trouble over on <a href="http://www.david-cook.org/index.php?s=f5ed41af8a472e92d8daa08e62c24df3&#38;showuser=824" target="_blank">David-Cook.org posting as FanForLife</a>. Naturally, she is 32&#8230;and DAM CLASSY, I assume.)</p>
<p>This is the REAL Holly Sockpuppets. She does not live in NYC. She lives in Pennsylvania. She is an executive assistant or admin at a drug company. She is not in advertising, which I quickly figured after a few bizarre email exchanges I had with this woman. She is not 32. She does not live in NYC. Holly Sockpuppets is really Maryann, a fifty-something woman who gets her kicks off obsessing over male <em>Idol</em> contestants half her age and destroying the reputations of every women these men are seen with.</p>
<p><a href="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/25uk1ht.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4349" title="Holly Sockpuppets" src="http://topidol.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/25uk1ht.jpg" alt="Holly Sockpuppets" width="421" height="550" /></a></p>
<p>There is so much more about this woman and frankly, if you have spent any time on my blog you will see that while I do sometimes post photos of fans or report on the unsavory activities of the batshit crazies, I am not one for posting names or making unfair accusations against people. But this woman bothers me. Her single-minded determination to destroy the lives of women she knows nothing about via a seemingly endless number of &#8220;personalities&#8221; disgusts me. She&#8217;s not an overzealous fan. She exhibits behavior which can only be classified as sick &#38; twisted. I posted this because I&#8217;m tired of seeing this women hurt people. Her gig is up. The few people on this DCU board who ARE NOT her sockpuppets are starting to catch on. Holly Sockpuppets / Maryann has personally harassed friends of mine, going as far as to even contact their employers. She is relentless. It&#8217;s rather frightening. It&#8217;s much more than wearing ugly puffy paint t-shirts or making names for some guy&#8217;s body parts.</p>
<p>While I am sure there are many Cook fans out there who hate me and hate my blog, that&#8217;s fine. But if you&#8217;ve had any experiences with this woman you wish to discuss (I&#8217;ve seen fights she&#8217;s had with people on a few other boards before being kicked out.), PLEASE DO. I&#8217;ve made this post so we can open up some discussion. This woman has gotten away with too much for too long and while I doubt this will prevent her from obsessing over another <em>Idol</em> contestant and fabricating 100 other CLASSY BLOND SUCCESSFUL FORMER MUSIC INDUSTRY / PR / ADVERTISING PROFESSIONALS AGES 30-33. Bring your posts. Bring your stories. There is enough evidence out there to prove her &#8220;enemies&#8221; are not full of shit. I&#8217;ve simply made this post to start a conversation. If I posted all of her interweb droppings, I would spend the next two days copying and pasting.</p>
<p>So whatevia. This post isn&#8217;t harassment. It&#8217;s a public service announcement of sorts. Call me a bitch and a hater and a hypocrite (and homophobe, of course!) and whatever you want. I just don&#8217;t like seeing innocent people being dragged through the mud. Sure, I may laugh at batshit crazy <em>Idol</em> fans. I may often enjoy making fun of them. I may be pals with the &#8220;evil Idletard&#8221; and VFTW. But when it comes down to it, I just want to call out the behavior of someone who has hurt or attempted to ruin the lives of people she doesn&#8217;t even know for a very long time. Sure, we can almost say anything we want on the internet, can&#8217;t we? And everyone has an opinion. Not everyone is right. Not everyone is nice. We can all post under anonymous names and we don&#8217;t always know who the person we&#8217;re talking to really is. I may call people out on stupid fantard shit from time to time and that&#8217;s one thing. I&#8217;m not trying to destroy anyone&#8217;s life or harass someone I&#8217;ve never met for my own kicks.</p>
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<link>http://bigwords88.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/nanowrimo-voices/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:53:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bigwords88</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Adam paced the length of his room, his mind reeling from the information he could now seep from the ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Adam paced the length of his room, his mind reeling from the information he could now seep from the streams without the use of his comm. The world felt so very small when access to any piece of information was at his beck and call, so long as it had been uploaded. The reason for his continued existence eluded him, however. Logic dictated that the first successful amalgam to such an extent of man and machine would be the thing of medical history &#8211; he should have been dissected and put in jars on the shelves of a laboratory somewhere.<br />
Migraines followed. For days on end the pain could not be alleviated, and Adam wished for his end as much as he wished for his freedom. After each of the spells where his brain rebelled against the nanomeds transforming his brain, rewiring the infinite complexity of &#8216;individual&#8217; to co-exist with many concepts originating from outside his own will, Adam was different yet again.</p>
<p>The final episode had burned worse than the other attacks combined.</p>
<p>Adam fell to the floor and lay there, feeling as if something under his skin was shifting, writhing and growing. Beneath his muscles, in his very bones, he felt the creation of a new source of torment. As the seizures washed over him in waves of increasing ferocity, something called to him through the constant background noise. The digital white noise parted, and a voice spoke to him clearly.<br />
&#8220;What are you?&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Who are you?&#8221; Adam asked back.<br />
&#8220;What are you?&#8221;<br />
&#8220;I&#8230; I don&#8217;t know.&#8221;<br />
The skin on the back of Adam&#8217;s right hand blistered, cracked, opened&#8230; And Adam saw for first time how truly changed he had become since he died. A thick, spongy gray material was folded out from under the wound on his hand, somehow part of him yet disconnected from his control. There was a flash of memory, embedded with some absurd information about the dangerous nature of nano-augmentation, and his flesh &#8211; his writing hand &#8211; was back to metal. Adam&#8217;s knee itched badly, even though the knee was no longer there, replaced with a complex and expensive prosthetic which could mimic every aspect of an actual knee save for the important things. Artificial knees shouldn&#8217;t itch. Am I, he wondered, more artificial than real, or am I still more real than artificial?</p>
<p>Adam could see the time between reaching the blimp and the explosion as moments frozen in abstract, or stretched to infinity and examined in detail. The shards of reality which make up a person&#8217;s existence sliding through the chronology of this universe, as Adam saw himself in relation to events, would make a decent enough dent in the history books if only the moments added up to more than their individual worth. What was the inherent value of being blown up? What was so important about being the first person to survive being infused with nanomeds and cyborgized? It didn&#8217;t seem to be enough to warrant any importance when placed alongside achievements which required more of the individual than to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, then to lie still as others applied their knowledge to the situation.</p>
<p>&#8220;Who am I.&#8221; Adam asked the empty room.<br />
&#8220;You are the future.&#8221; replied the voice.<br />
&#8220;Where am I?&#8221;<br />
&#8220;You are in purgatory.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;What am I?&#8221;<br />
No answer came, and Adam expected no answer. No answer was needed, and none was given. The shards of his reality were diverging, and the digital was consuming the biological faster than he had a chance to adapt to. Am I, he wondered, fearful to vocalize the question in case the answer he received was in the affirmative, am I going mad?</p>
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<p><em>If you&#8217;re looking at the previous posts and thinking &#8216;what the fuck&#8230;&#8217; then, yeah&#8230; It&#8217;s confusing if you try to read it in the order it has appeared, but there is a kind of method to my madness. My way of planning, plotting and building story is a variation on the usual ways you will have seen mentioned in a number of places. It&#8217;s not the easiest thing to describe, but I&#8217;ll try to let you in on the secret, so you can understand better the way in which I am filling in the missing pieces. There is a page which I have added all of the posts so far (and will continue to add to as the month progresses) that will be a major help in seeing how events hang together.</em></p>
<p><em>If you are at all familiar with torrent programs such as uTorrent, then you will know that they don&#8217;t fill up from one end to the other. Even better, imagine a bar code, and that is the basis of my novel as it is in my head, a fixed series of events with missing gaps. As I fill in events from one scene I discover some information that pertains to events I have planned for another scene, and that is how I have been keeping the novel fresh and exciting. I know that there is a dislike of these types of &#8216;messy&#8217; writing styles rather than linear styles. I&#8217;m using the computing terminology of messy rather than common uses, primarily because it seems appropriate somehow.</em></p>
<p><em>Whenever I try to explain this stuff to people it comes across as rather more complex than I see it, and I may give the impression that it is awfully complicated as opposed to beginning at the start and working my way to the end of the story. If I tried to work in that manner I would soon hit blocks in the narrative that couldn&#8217;t easily be remedied without some serious backtracking and plot fixing. I may be unconsciously alluding to things which have yet to become apparent even to myself, so showing my WIP as it occurs (more or less) should be interesting as an experiment of how narrative forms from the subconscious. Either that, or I really am completely nuts.</em></p>
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<link>http://9thlevelireland.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/i-have-a-degree-%e2%80%a6-now-what/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
<guid>http://9thlevelireland.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/i-have-a-degree-%e2%80%a6-now-what/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Huzzah! Finally graduated from DCU with the ol’ BA in Journalism! Was touch and go at times w]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2799" title="Ireland" src="http://9thlevelireland.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/ireland2.gif" alt="Ireland" width="21" height="21" />&#8220;Huzzah! Finally graduated from DCU with the ol’ BA in Journalism! Was touch and go at times when assignments piled on where we fretted if we’d actually pass… and a short stint in first year when I thought I wanted to drop out… but after all that I managed to get a degree. Phew &#8230;&#8221; (<a href="http://kellebelle.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/i-have-a-degree-now-what/" target="_blank">more</a>)</p>
<p style="text-align:right;">[<em>Blink And You'll Miss ...</em>, 11 November]</p>
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<link>http://kellebelle.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/i-have-a-degree-now-what/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:34:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>kellebelle</dc:creator>
<guid>http://kellebelle.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/i-have-a-degree-now-what/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Huzzah! Finally graduated from DCU with the ol&#8217; BA in Journalism! Was touch and go at times wh]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:center;">Huzzah! Finally graduated from DCU with the ol&#8217; BA in Journalism! Was touch and go at times when assignments piled on where we fretted if we&#8217;d actually pass&#8230; and a short stint in first year when I thought I wanted to drop out&#8230; but after all that I managed to get a degree.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Phew.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">
<div id="attachment_571" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 209px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-571" href="http://kellebelle.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/i-have-a-degree-now-what/graduation-046/"><img class="size-medium wp-image-571" title="graduation 046" src="http://kellebelle.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/graduation-046.jpg?w=199" alt="graduation 046" width="199" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">I feel like Harry Potter...</p></div>
<p style="text-align:center;">Delighted I didn&#8217;t trip on the stage too&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">After all that I still don&#8217;t know what I wanna do with my life! Gah!</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Kinda thought that by the time I finished college I&#8217;d have a clearer idea&#8230; but ne&#8217;er to that&#8230; s&#8217;pose I&#8217;ll just have to go with the flow!</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Hmm&#8230; well what I like might be a good start:</p>
<ul>
<li>Radio</li>
<li>Movies</li>
<li>Singing</li>
<li>Art</li>
<li>Broadcasting</li>
<li>Writing</li>
<li>Animals</li>
<li>Dancing</li>
<li>Drama</li>
<li>Fashion</li>
<li>Photography</li>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Hmm&#8230; Should I  join the circus??</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-573" href="http://kellebelle.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/i-have-a-degree-now-what/kt_lindsay-2/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-573" title="kt_lindsay" src="http://kellebelle.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/kt_lindsay1.jpg" alt="kt_lindsay" width="500" height="500" /></a><span style="color:#888888;"><em>(c) <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ktlindsay/2896276418/" target="_blank">KT Lindsay</a></em></span></p>
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<link>http://ericofileno.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/pos-graduacao-em-design-centrado-no-usuario/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:43:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>efileno</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ericofileno.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/pos-graduacao-em-design-centrado-no-usuario/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Foi lançado oficialmente a nova pós-graduação em design da Universidade Positivo. Como não há um cur]]></description>
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<link>http://bigwords88.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/nanowrimo-in-binary/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bigwords88</dc:creator>
<guid>http://bigwords88.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/nanowrimo-in-binary/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Days swam by. For weeks the nanomeds worked, fixing the minute discrepancies in Adam&#8217;s DNA and]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Days swam by. For weeks the nanomeds worked, fixing the minute discrepancies in Adam&#8217;s DNA and connecting the metallic body parts to flesh in a manner that would make them one with the rest of his body. The theoretical had become flesh, and the flesh had become something new. Doctors charted his progress, and papers were written up for journals. A magic was being performed in the bloodstream of the agent, and the strange alchemy now had precedence.</p>
<p>In binary he dreams. In binary he lives.</p>
<p>Adam had managed to sit up slowly as the phalanx of doctors adjusted the tubes supplying his medication, the haze of confusion slowly lifting from him, but something deep inside was different. Awakening from one nightmare to a fresh terror, he slowly came to the realization that there were worse things than death. The sound of the data being processed in the wires around him was deafening. Painful. Information seeped into his mind faster than he could comprehend, the details of so many things coming as if from thin air. His throat felt as if it was on fire, his mind aflame, his missing limbs aching and itching&#8230;</p>
<p>There is panic in the doctors voices, excitement also.<br />
&#8220;His blood pressure is rising fast.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Compensating for interference.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Is he fully lucid yet? The charts are spiking.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Where is The General? He wanted to be kept informed.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Pulse is strong and regular.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;I think he can hear us.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Does this count as a success?&#8221;<br />
&#8220;He&#8217;s still alive. We take what we can get from the data.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;All monitoring equipment is showing interference.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Is there a magnetic field that could be doing this?&#8221;<br />
&#8220;I really think he can hear us.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Do you have the chart from yesterday?&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Blood pressure is levelling out.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;The General really ought to be here to see these readings.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;How is he managing to adapt so quickly? He should be dead.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;I think the interference is in the cables.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;He&#8217;s an automaton now, so we can cut him open to get-&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Yeah guys, he can definitely hear us.&#8221;</p>
<p>The figure of the once-man-now-machine stood at the other side of the plastiglass watching the assemblage of medical geniuses squabble amongst themselves, wondering if he was in the wrong place or if the doctors were in the wrong place. It took a full minute before the next word was spoken, and in that time Adam had accessed the files of the entire team before him, their lives opened and read and filed away for future reference.</p>
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<p>Ripples were apparent in the streams that flowed from the DCU, and Talos could not understand their nature or purpose no matter how hard he tried to decipher them. The introduction of a new puzzle worried the robot, but he knew any action would have to wait until the remaining threats to the grand scheme were eliminated. The jigsaw which had been coming together slowly had rapidly and effectively begun taking solid form with the destruction of so much DCU technology. A delay would have meant failure.</p>
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<p>The General slid Adway&#8217;s DCU ID across the table.<br />
&#8220;It&#8217;s yours if you wasnt it. You&#8217;ve earned a permanent place here as far as I&#8217;m concerned.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;I take the ID and I&#8217;m in? No background checks, no credit reports&#8230; Nothing?&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Do I need to do any of those things? I&#8217;m making you an offer most officers would kill for.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;A lot of officers would kill for this, and I might be one of them. You don&#8217;t know me.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;I know enough. I know you&#8217;ve been investigating the meme murders on your own.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Allegedly investigating the meme murders. There&#8217;s no proof I&#8217;m still on the case.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;All right, though you would &#8211; if you were still investigating &#8211; tell me anything you uncover. That is, if you were still investigating it at all.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Absolutely.&#8221;<br />
Adway considered the ID. &#8220;It has full clearance, right?&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Full clearance for anywhere you need to be going.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;What about here? What about the building&#8217;s sub-basement?&#8221;<br />
&#8220;The sub-basement is off limits. It has a construction crew at work.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Building what, precisely? I saw a bunch of doctors head down there.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;It is a classified matter.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;And an access all areas backstage pass doesn&#8217;t cover &#8216;classified?&#8217;&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Up to a point, but that point ends where I say it does.<br />
Adway lifted the ID, examined it, then placed it in his pocket.<br />
&#8220;I look forward to working with you. Now, if you&#8217;ll excuse me, I have to go hand in my shield.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;That has already been taken care of.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;How did you know I would accept your offer.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;I didn&#8217;t. It was merely a precautionary measure.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;So if I don&#8217;t work for you, I don&#8217;t work?&#8221;<br />
&#8220;You&#8217;re getting the hang of this quicker than I expected.&#8221;</p>
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<link>http://nessymon.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/hey-first-year-dcuers/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nessy</dc:creator>
<guid>http://nessymon.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/hey-first-year-dcuers/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Hey Guys, Just a reminder if you&#8217;re reading or using anything from my Remediation essay to mak]]></description>
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<p>Just a reminder if you&#8217;re reading or using anything from my Remediation essay to make sure you reference everything properly or you&#8217;ll get screwed for plagarism, which nobody wants!</p>
<p>I know you&#8217;re reading it cos it comes up in my stats.. just be careful to reference your work properly..</p>
<p>End of Public Service Announcement&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;nessy!</p>
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<link>http://babyjourno.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/making-the-right-decision/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Ciara Ní Ghabhann</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Which essay did you choose?&#8221; &#8220;Number 7, how bout you?&#8221; &#8220;Number 2. Num]]></description>
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