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In this age of iTunes and Spotify, when people are as likely to listen to music on their phones as to slip in a CD, something has been lost: rock's visual component. While over-40 audiophiles spent countless hours contemplating album covers while vinyl discs spun on the turntable, the next generation emblazoned video images on their brains during the days before MTV went Jersey Shore. Rock icons and visual icons were once inextricably linked.
Examining this intertwined relationship, Piedmont Virginia Community College's "It's Only Rock and Roll" finds that while Elvis may be the king of rock and roll, graphic designer Matt Thomas is arguably the king of negative space. One of three artists featured in the exhibition, he offers promotional band posters showcasing his virtuosity at integrating inked and un-inked areas to create memorable images that go beyond providing information about dates and venues.
In "Wilco Chicago Skyline," a line of sans-serif text on the left leads/reads across the horizon to a photograph of Chicago in monochromatic steel blue, the thin spit of the Navy Pier shifting to skyscrapers and heavily inked apartment buildings on the right, with abstract mirror images reflected below in Lake Michigan. Thomas lets negative space define the sky, the water, and the buildings' windows, as well as the white line of Lake Shore Drive, which not only separates land from lake but also continues the horizontal trajectory of the text. The resulting image of the city subtly suggests a map of digital sound waves.
Rich Tarbell also effectively analyzes what makes a rock image memorable by re-staging iconic album covers from his youth. His photographs playfully bend gender by casting female models in the roles of testosterone-laden rockers like Iggy Pop, AC/DC, and Jim Morrison. Tarbell doesn't try to replicate his source material perfectly, but rather prods viewers' memories with iconic elements.
Tarbell's album re-creations appear again in his strongest piece, the oversized "Surrender," shot on a life-sized physical set, à la Gregory Crewdson. Here, two boys sit on a twin bed in a wood-paneled room surrounded by the re-worked trappings of 1970s adolescence in the moment just before albums shifted to CDs.
Matt Leech also taps into adolescence in his cartoon-like illustrations that offer a Matt-Groening-collides-with-R.-Crumb-esque style. But it's Thomas and Tarbell who push "start" on viewers' mental soundtracks. Rock on.
The exhibition, "It's Only Rock and Roll," featuring work by Matt Thomas, Rich Tarbell, and Matt Leech, runs through October 26 in the South Gallery of the V. Earl Dickinson Building at Piedmont Virginia Community College. 961-5362.

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Have you ever staged a house?
I plan to spend my weekend helping a relative get her house ready for market. As an HGTV junkie, I feel up to the task, even excited! I watch Love It or List It, House Hunters International, Property Brothers–so you might say I've mastered Home Staging 101. Still, though, I reached out to some Realtors I know who were kind enough to give me some tips.


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Just a quick Civil War themed Halloween post for everyone to enjoy.
Here is a photo from the October 26, 1861 edition of Harper's Weekly. It is called "Jeff Davis, Reaping the Harvest" and shows Confederate President Jefferson Davis standing in a field gathering crops with skulls on top of them.
If you check out the high resolution version, you can really find some cool things in the image. Can you and your students find:
- All of the skulls?
- The snake
- The noose
- The vulture
More questions for deeper thinking:
- Why would the paper portray Jefferson Davis in this manner?
- What is the significance of the various objects hidden in the image?
- What is Jefferson Davis actually reaping?
Just another quick and easy way to integrate primary sources into your classroom.
Happy Halloween!


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I see no reason why this should not be allowed.
A Houston-based PAC is asking the Texas Ethics Commission to approve a proposal that would allow the committee to solicit text message contributions from donors in the state.
The Federal Election Commission has approved a text-to-donate model for federal campaigns, but demand for the service is already spreading down the ballot. The PAC—Harris County Republicans—wants the Ethics Commission to move quickly so donation functionality can be added to a voter mobilization app developed by PAC founder Robert Flanagan.
"When a campaign buys the app from the company, it's customized for their jurisdiction," says Jerad Najvar, the PAC's attorney. "They put it in the app store, and the volunteers for that person's campaign can then download."
The app syncs with the state's voter registration database so that once a volunteer downloads the app, an algorithm runs contacts against the voter file and identifies those who are registered in the jurisdiction. From there, the volunteer can call or email highlighted contacts with one touch. Soon Flanagan hopes users will be forwarding the keyword "donate" to their friends with the touch of a button.
Najvar thinks the company's text donation model is readily passable under Texas law, but he's not sure about the timetable for approval from the state's Ethics Commission, noting "the TEC is not as efficient as the FEC."
You can, of course, already make a contribution from your smartphone – just browse to your favorite candidate's webpage, or go to Act Blue, and give to your heart's content. The distinction between an app and a webpage on a smartphone is one without much difference – they're both just fancy ways of accessing a web server and backend database. As this KHOU story notes, there are a few extra wrinkles with texting.
For example, if someone makes a text donation over his employer's phone and the employer simply pays the company cell phone bill, it could be considered an illegal corporate campaign contribution. Then again, people who aren't supposed to contribute to campaigns, like foreign nationals, may innocently break the law by texting contributions.
Najvar predicts Texas candidates will simply put a verification screen in their text message donation process, asking contributors to certify that their contributions are legal.
"The issue here, of course, is verification on the candidate side," said Bob Stein, the Rice University political scientist and KHOU political analyst. "He or she has to prove that these are legitimate campaign contributions and has to be able to back it up with some verification."
And cell phone carriers are skimming a huge portion of donors' campaign contributions, political operatives say. In some cases, Najvar says, phone companies are keeping anywhere from 20 percent to 50 percent of text message donations.
Nonetheless, he's convinced the questions raised by the new technology will be resolved as more campaign money flows in from text messages.
I would think you could solve the verification issue by having the contribution site send back a link for the donor to click to verify that he or she is the bill-paying owner of the phone, and is an American citizen. I suppose that eliminates anyone who's still using a non-smartphone, but how many such people with an interest in texting campaign contributions could there possibly be? I figure if this catches on, someone will push legislation to limit the amount that a provider could skim off the top. I'll be surprised if this doesn't become reality soon. A press release from Attorney Najvar is here, and Texas Watchdog has more.


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LG finally re-entered the tablet market with the new G Pad 8.3. This device will be showcased later this week at the IFA 2013 trade show in Berlin. LG G Pad 8.3 is the second member of the LG's premium G Series family of smartphones and tablets. It comes with the new KnockON feature, which allows you to turns the device on and off just by tapping the display twice. Apart from that, it also comes with Slide Aside, which lets you multitask by simply sliding currently open apps to the side using a three-finger swipe.
Dr. Jong-seok Park, president of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company, said,
"Complementing our G Series smartphones, the introduction of the LG G Pad 8.3 further strengthens LG's premium lineup consisting of our most cutting-edge devices. Our G Pad is just another example of LG delivering devices with the unique selling points consumers around the world will appreciate."
LG G Pad 8.3 features a 8.3 inch WUXGA display sporting a resolution of 1920 x 1200 pixels, 1.7GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor, Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Operating System, 5 megapixel rear-facing camera, 1.3 megapixel front-facing camera, 16 GB internal memory, 2 GB RAM, and a 4600 mAh battery. This device measures 216.8 x 126.5 x 8.3 mm and weighs 330 grams.
LG G Pad 8.3 will compete with the new Nexus 7, Galaxy Note 8.0 and the upcoming iPad Mini 2. This tablet will be available in black and white colors. The LG G Pad 8.3 will go on sale in North America, Europe and Asia in the fourth quarter of 2013. The price of this device is expected to be revealed later this week. Stay tuned for more IFA 2013 coverage!


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There's no denying that the Sony Xperia S was one of our favorite Android phones at CES. The handset's unique design certainly makes the phone stand out, but apparently Sony wasn't ready to reveal all the handset's secrets at this month's trade show. According to a recent post on the company's Facebook page, the Xperia S features an "anti-stain shell," something we've already seen on the recently released Droid RAZR from Motorola. If that wasn't enough, a rumor is floating around that suggests the Xperia S will have a fast charging feature which will allow users to get one hour of handset use with only 10 minutes of charging.
We've known that the Sony Xperia Ion would be headed to AT&T this spring, but it looks like the Xperia S may soon make an appearance in North America as well. The handset recently showed up at the FCC with support for AT&T's 3G radio bands, Bluetooth 2.0, NFC, WiFi b/g/n, GPS and ANT+. While we're excited to see support for AT&T's 3G radio bands, we have a feeling our neighbors to the north will be seeing the Xperia S on Rogers long before the handset is spotted in an AT&T store.
Are any of you AT&T customers thinking about paying full price to import the Sony Xperia S, or will you simply wait to see what Sony and other manufacturers unveil at Mobile World Congress and CTIA this spring?
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- List of X-Men: Evolution characters
The series X-Men: Evolution featured a diverse cast of complicated characters. A common staple of the series was whether a particular person had chosen their allegiances correctly, with several instances of a character switching teams.
- Professor X (Charles Xavier) (voiced by David Kaye ) is the team's telepathic mentor and financier. He is very similar to his comic book counterpart, only more casual. Like the comic Professor X, he is still somewhat secretive, if only for the protection of his students.
- Wolverine ("Logan") (voiced by Scott McNeil), though similar in most ways to the classic Wolverine, has been seriously toned down in violence, has a slightly different hairstyle, and is designed to be more of a role model for the students and appeared more as a "gruff uncle" type character. He is also in charge of the students combat and survival training and is famous among the students for his apparently difficult and challenging methods, as well as his strict and unyielding teaching manner. On a side note, he is the only X-Man to change his uniform; at the beginning, he wears an incarnation of his classic orange-black uniform with his characteristic bladed mask, but then swaps it for a dark, maskless uniform very similar to the version found in the Ultimate X-Men comic. His powers (superhuman senses, strength, durability, agility and longevity, healing factor, and adamantium claws and skeleton) are identical to his comic incarnation.
- Storm (Ororo Munroe) (voiced by Kirsten Williamson), like her codename implies, is able to harness and manipulate the forces of nature. Storm can summon lightning from a benign sky, manifest violent storms, call up freezing blizzards and bring all forms of precipitation to bear. She can even harness the power of wind, allowing her to fly. Ororo is known for her calm personality and regal manner, and she was even worshipped as a Goddess in Africa due to her ability to summon the rains. In the comics, Ororo is an only child and an orphan; in Evolution, she has a sister named Vivian and a nephew, Spyke. Storm is the first to notice Evan's powers at his basketball game in New York. In both Evolution and the comics, Storm is claustrophobic, which is shown in 'African Storm', though the show does not reveal the origin of her ailment (she was trapped under wreckage following the accident that killed her parents). While Storm is one of the X-Men's most popular and recognizable female members, she plays a smaller role in X-Men: Evolution.[citation needed] Her one spotlight episode, "African Storm," puts the emphasis on her teenage nephew, Spyke, although her African origins are heavily touched upon during this episode.
- Beast (Hank McCoy) (voiced by Michael Kopsa) joins during the second season. Beast is similar to his comic counterpart in most ways, though the Evolution version speaks more casually. He was originally a gym coach and chemistry teacher at Bayville High before his latent transformation into the apelike Beast could no longer be controlled with the medications he had formulated upon first learning of his mutation. This change of fortune forced him to retire and join the X-Men, where he could continue to teach. It was during the initial discovery of his mutation that he became acquainted with Professor Xavier.
- Cyclops (Scott Summers) (voiced by Kirby Morrow) is somewhat toned down from his comic book counterpart; he is less stiff and possesses a more open sense of humor. Contrasting with many other incarnations, Cyclops is not the aloof, doubtful loner, but a handsome and confident leader who exudes natural authority, although he is still somewhat standoffish. While the other students tend to look up to him, his competitive nature and closely held temper will get in the way at times. He is the most officious and rule-abiding of the X-Men and the least likely to fool around. After the third season, Cyclops and Jean Grey began teaching the younger students at the Xavier Institute how to better control and utilize their powers. Like the comics version, he has optic blasts that can only be controlled by special visors made of ruby-quartz. This Cyclops also owns, drives, and maintains a car. Magneto once tried to control him by inventing a machine that would let Scott control his blasts at will but Scott soon destroyed his machine and later had to use his visor.
- Jean Grey (voiced by Venus Terzo) was "Miss Popular" of the X-Men: smart, athletic, beautiful, well-liked, and the second-in-command after Cyclops. However, she is more insecure than her comic book counterpart[citation needed] and possesses a jealous streak when it comes to Scott Summers. Unlike many mutants who began as social outcasts and came to find their horizons expanded through their association with the Institute, Jean starts out from a high position of status. After the third season, Cyclops and Jean Grey began teaching the younger students at the Xavier Institute how to better control and utilize their powers.
Jean Grey's unique telekinetic mutant abilities allow her to manipulate matter through the force of thought alone and generate force fields, and tap into the minds of others with telepathic powers. This incarnation of Jean occasionally has trouble controlling her powers, and suffered at least one major loss of control as she experienced a sudden surge in their scope. Various hints dropped throughout the seasons indicate that she, like her original version, is destined to assume the mantle of the Phoenix Force, though it is expressed as the ultimate manifestation of her powers, rather than a separate, sentient cosmic force (similar to her portrayal in the live action films). After graduating from high school, Scott and Jean became teachers at the institute. It is hinted that she is afraid of clowns.
- Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) (voiced by Brad Swaile) is the teleporting humorist of the team. The Evolution Nightcrawler is very similar to his comic version and has a friendly big-brother relationship with Cyclops. During his early days at the institute, he was still feeling very insecure about fitting in and compensated for it with excessive goofiness until the episode "Middleverse." Nightcrawler's Catholicism was not transferred from the comics. Kurt is the biological son of Mystique, but was raised by kind foster parents in Germany (instead of being abandoned by Mystique, she accidentally dropped him over a bridge while escaping Magneto, and when she saw he had been taken in by foster parents, she decided to let him remain with them). He speaks with a German accent. For much of the show, Nightcrawler uses a holographic image inducer in public to hide his appearance. It is later revealed that Rogue is his adopted sister. It seems that he and Kitty Pryde have a very close friendship.
- Shadowcat (Katherine "Kitty" Pryde) (voiced by Maggie Blue O'Hara) possesses the mutant ability to become cognitively intangible. She initially had a thick valley girl accent, but it was eventually phased out after the first season. She is the second youngest member of the team. Kitty led a very sheltered life before joining the X-Men and was initially afraid of Nightcrawler's "demonic" appearance, but she has since grown into a very open-minded and worldly young woman, and she and Kurt Wagner eventually develop a very close brother and sister friendship.
Kitty attracted the romantic attention of Lance Alvers the moment they met, and he tried to comfort her with his sympathy (Kitty had just developed her powers), but also wanted her to help him steal test answers. When Lance gets out of control, Kitty joins the X-Men instead, although Lance still had feelings for her. At the very beginning of Season 2 Kitty also develops romantic feelings for Lance when he risked his life to save her from a falling mascot statue, and they begin dating. However, during Season 3 when Principle Kelly convinced The Brotherhood to gang up on the X-Men, Kitty felt betrayed by Lance and they both realized that as long as they are on rival teams, their relationship would not work out. At the end of Season 4, during their fight against Apocalypse, however, Avalanche ended up protecting Kitty against Magneto, who was Apocalypse's minion at that time. At the end of the series the two are seen in each others' arms, having put aside their differences, and are revealed to still be together in the future.
- Rogue (Anna Marie) (voiced by Meghan Black), a serious departure from the comic Rogue, is a reclusive, paranoid goth. She has a great deal of angst with respect to her powers, which keep her from ever safely touching anyone.[1] Due to the machinations of Mystique, Rogue initially distrusted the X-Men and joined the Brotherhood of Mutants, but she soon switched loyalties. At first annoyed by Nightcrawler's joking behavior, she becomes close to him after learning that she is his adopted sister, and both renounce Mystique for abusing them.
The series established no birth name for Rogue and gave no hints to it after her introductory episode. Rogue's mutant ability allows her to draw upon the aspects of another (memories, habits, speech patterns, powers [if mutant]) through bare skin to skin contact. It is uncontrollable and possibly deadly.
Rogue was infatuated with Scott during the first and second season and generally was hostile towards Jean because of it; but eventually she gets over him and approves of his relationship with Jean. She shows a romantic interest in Gambit during the season three episode, "Dark Horizon" Part 1 (when she kisses him to absorb his powers, although being mind-controlled at this point); in the season four episode, "Cajun Spice", but it is unclear whether she is in love with him. At the end of the season finale, Professor X's vision of the future shows Gambit as part of the extended team of X-Men, with his arm around her - although series director Frank Paur has hinted that eventually she and Cyclops will become an item after all.
- Spyke (Evan Daniels) (voiced by Neil Denis), an entirely new character, is Storm's nephew, with the ability to project bonelike spikes from his skin.[1] He is the youngest member of the team. Spyke would much rather play basketball or skateboard than study; he has problems with authority, making him the "rebel" of the main team. Spyke and Quicksilver had an ongoing rivalry since childhood that culminated when Pietro framed Evan for robbery; however, their feud was rarely mentioned after their introductory episode and never mentioned at all past the first season. In the third season, Spyke left to join the Morlocks. He made a guest appearance in the fourth season, where he was seen as a protector of oppressed mutants. Many critics liked the change of the Spyke character, from a stereotypical teenager to a violent-minded vigilante.[citation needed] Spyke has been compared to the comic character Marrow (both have similar attitudes, powers, and ties to the Morlocks) but the creators have stated that they were unaware of Marrow when the show's production began.[1]
New Mutants
As a whole, the New Mutants did not have a significant role in the series. They were added in the second season of the show to make the Xavier Institute seem more populated by having several students in the background. During the show's four season run, the New Mutants remained in the background, and only in a few instances did any of them contribute to an episode's plot. Most often, they were relegated to sub-plots or background gags. As a result, few of them are well-developed. The younger students are only referred to as the "new recruits" in the actual series; they are commonly called the "New Mutants" by fans because they include several members from the original New Mutants comic book. While Boom Boom is listed under 'Neutral Mutants' due to her lack of a direct allegiance to any one party, she did originally attend the Xavier Institute as a 'New Mutant'.
- Iceman (Bobby Drake) (voiced by Andrew Francis), the most outgoing of the new recruits, later becomes a standby X-Man to take the place of Spyke. After Spyke's departure, he became a regular in X-Men missions, including being considered one of the more "experienced" students during the season three finale to join Cyclops, Storm, Jean, Beast, Nightcrawler, Rogue, and Shadowcat to fight Apocalypse. He also has the ability to convert his body to ice and to produce ice from his hands.
- Cannonball (Sam Guthrie) (voiced by Bill Switzer) is Bobby's more practical-minded friend. He also deserves mention for nearly beating Wolverine in a motorbike race, though his urge to "go Cannonball" ruined his chances. Tall, gawky, and clumsy, he has unintentionally knocked down several walls in the Institute. If he hits something he cannot demolish he falls over, dazed.
- Magma (Amara Juliana Olivia Aquilla) (voiced by Alexandra Carter) is the only New Mutant who was the lead character of an episode ("Cruise Control"). She has a somewhat haughty, "royal" attitude at times, and is easily discouraged when she does not live up to her own expectations. Magma has a physiological connection with the earth, and becomes physically ill when she is separated from it for a long period of time (such as when on a boat trip). She also has an unlikely but deep friendship with Tabitha Smith, aka Boom Boom. Magma's appearance has been significantly altered from her comic book incarnation, where she has blond hair and blue eyes; in Evolution, she is fully Brazilian with brown hair and brown eyes. Amara's mutant ability allows her to harness the power of the earth elements, allowing her to simulate effects associated with volcanic activity. Just like Bobby, she can transform her body, and in this case, into lava.
- Jubilee (Jubilation Lee) (voiced by Chiara Zanni), unlike the original show, plays a minor role. She retains the playfulness of her comic counterpart, and was often involved with Bobby's antics. As a nod towards the original character, she always wears a yellow jacket when not in uniform. She was removed in the third season (after the public revelation of mutants, her parents no longer felt the Institute was a good place for her), but appeared in a cameo during the series finale. Jubilation has the ability to generate colorful plasma. She can form this energy into explosive streamers and light shows, which she playfully refers to as 'Fireworks'.
- Wolfsbane (Rahne Sinclair) (voiced by Chantal Strand) is a relatively serene individual, only speaking in four episodes and eventually being altogether removed from the cast during the third season, but returned in a cameo during the series finale. She is of Scottish decent and is able to transform into a lupine form. Her name was mispronounced as "Rohn-ee" in "Retreat," but is correctly pronounced as 'rain' in "Mainstream."
- Multiple (Jamie Madrox) (voiced by David Kaye), the youngest of the group, is constantly picked upon by his older peers. He has a hard time controlling his powers, with a running gag that whenever Jamie bumps into something the result is the frequent creation of numerous duplicates. Multiple Man also seems to have taken a liking to Shadowcat.
- Berzerker (Ray Crisp) (voiced by Tony Sampson) is a departure from the mainstream continuity, where he is an extremely violent Morlock. Here, he is fairly mellow, though he still has a temper. He was initially intended to have an on-going rivalry with Sunspot, but aside from one scene this was phased out of the show. His power allows him to harness electricity.
- Sunspot (Roberto Da Costa) (voiced by Michael Coleman) was shown to be a perfectionist and an overachiever. Roberto's unique mutant ability is derived from the sun, effectively allowing him to become a living solar panel. The energy absorbed from the sun allows Sunspot to "power up" into an all-black radiating form and convert the solar energy into physical strength, thermonuclear thrust for flight, generate a bright orange fiery corona around his body, and absorb and re-channel both heat and light.
The Brotherhood
The Brotherhood had an evolving role throughout the series. While the X-Men represent the ideal of mutant responsibility, the Brotherhood represent the reality, wasting their powers on selfish, small-time interests. They were little more than a plot device during the first season (often an excuse to have the X-Men fight somebody), but from the second season onward, they semi-retired from costumed villainy and were most often seen hanging out in their run-down house, only occasionally committing petty crimes to pay for bills and food. Despite their on-going contempt for the X-Men, the Brotherhood (particularly Avalanche and Toad) were portrayed in a sympathetic light; they were easily manipulated by their elders, such as Magneto, Mystique, and even Principal Kelly, but they were not truly evil. The Brotherhood has been known to team up with their rivals, often voluntarily such as in "Ascension" when they aid Shadowcat's group of X-Men in defeating Magneto (who is being controlled by Apocalypse) and stand side-by-side with their former enemies at the Xavier Institute. The first time they all worked with the X-Men was to stop the Juggernaut. At the end of the series The Brotherhood have a change in morals and become heroes by joining the S.H.I.E.L.D. Freedom Force.
- Mystique (Raven Darkholme) (voiced by Colleen Wheeler) is initially designed similarly to her comic counterpart, with her trademark white dress (similar to a qipao) and iconic skull belt. From the second season onwards, Mystique is given a drastic redesign, accentuating her similarity to her son Kurt, and sporting a form-fitting black combat outfit. In earlier appearances, Mystique used her real name as the disguised principal of Bayville High to spy on the X-Men and recruit members of the Brotherhood for Magneto. After her powers are exponentially increased due to an accident on Magneto's part, she parts ways with him and begins to operate under her own agenda. Mystique later becomes instrumental in Apocalypse's reawakening. Her backstory reveals that Mystique adopted a four-year-old Rogue, leaving her to be raised by a foster mother (Irene Adler), and Mystique is also the biological mother of Nightcrawler. Though she cares deeply for her children, her actions usually suggest otherwise. The show's incarnation of Mystique also has a fierce and dangerous temper, and often throws tantrums when she is annoyed, most often when dealing with Toad.
- Avalanche (Lance Alvers) (voiced by Christopher Grey), a grungy, hotheaded and rebellious loner, is the Brotherhood's field leader and is known for his rivalry with the straight-laced Cyclops. Like his comic book counterpart, Avalanche possess geological manipulation by generating seismic waves from his hands.
Avalanche is often irrational and driven by his temper, but as the series progresses, he becomes more mature and pragmatic, taking on a more morally ambiguous role. He is reluctant to be a villain, rather he is angered by societal hatred and contempt for mutants, whether good or evil, and has been known to lapse into heroic roles. While Lance is mostly irritated by his teammates, he tends to act as the "caretaker", only committing petty crimes to pay for bills and groceries.
Avalanche has a soft spot and a romantic interest in Shadowcat, even joining the X-Men briefly just to be closer to her. At the start of Season Two, Lance makes several attempts to impress Kitty by causing earthquakes during a school assembly; after saving her life, they become lab partners and close friends. It is during this time that the two start dating, in spite of their friends protests. During the third episode of Season 3 the two break up briefly when Kitty learns that Lance was going to assist Duncan in beating up the X-Men (Cyclops specifically). Lance and Kitty's relationship seemingly ended, realizing that as long as they are on rival teams their relationship would not work out. However they reunite in the final episode of Season 4. At the end of the series, Lance and his team have a change of heart in morals and join the S.H.I.E.L.D. Freedom Force.
- Blob (Fred Dukes) (voiced by Michael Dobson), like the comic version, is a bully with a big mouth and a small brain. Unlike the comic version, this Blob seems to hide a sensitive side (as seen by the rather obsessive way he treated Jean in the first episode he appeared, and his later closeness to the rest of the Brotherhood). He is also one of the few characters to change aspects of his physical appearance throughout the series (most notably his 'haircut' but this is because of a prank he received from Boom Boom).
- Toad (Todd Tolanski) (voiced by Noel Fisher), like his comic book counterpart, is a weak, smart mouthed, and weaselly punk with extremely poor hygiene (resulting in, among other things, very noticeable body odor) with a wise guy attitude. On the show he is often used for comic relief. He seems to revel in his own weirdness with a self-deprecating humor and feigned over-confidence. Toad can be seen as Nightcrawler's counterpart, as they both have animal-like appearances (Toad's webbed hands, elongated tongue, red/yellow eyes, bowlegged, hunched stance, frog-like face shape), are superhuman acrobats, have an unusual method of transportation (in Toad's case he tends to jump and squat rather than walk and stand) and are the jokesters of their teams. While Toad is really nothing more a coward at heart with absolutely no fighting skill and is mostly useless in battle, he tends to act as a burglar or spy, and, in doing so, gaining useful information for the team. He is seen in a more sympathetic, heroic role in episode 37, "The Toad, the Witch, and the Wardrobe", when he nearly gets killed by Magneto when he saves his love interest Scarlet Witch from him. Like Avalanche, Toad is given another name in X-Men: Evolution (the original being Mortimer Toynbee). He often tries to flirt with Scarlet Witch, though she is usually repulsed by him. His strongest friend in the Brotherhood is Blob, a fellow "freak amongst freaks," and he and Nightcrawler are often depicted as rivals due to their acrobatic abilities, though they are on friendly terms after "The Toad, the Witch, and the Wardrobe". He often acts as a scapegoat for the rest of the Brotherhood, bearing the brunt of blame for their actions.
- Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) (voiced by Richard Ian Cox), unlike Avalanche, retains most of his original counterpart's personality traits, including his impatience, arrogance, and real name. The similarities end there- this Quicksilver is a self-serving villain who will betray his friends and even family to save himself. He is loyal to his father, Magneto, only out of convenience. Though he has a hand in betraying his sister Wanda, and is initially afraid of her temper and power, he grows to care for his sister as the series progresses. In season 3, Quicksilver becomes the official team leader due to Magneto's influence, and even after Magneto's demise, continues to assume leadership, giving the team some much-needed ambition. Early in the series, he was shown to have a grudge rivalry with Spyke; after the first season, this is never mentioned again.
- Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) (voiced by Kelly Sheridan) is a tortured young soul. Locked up in an asylum by her father, Magneto, due to his inability to control her powerful mutant ability, she grew bitter and vengeful against the world. She was released from imprisonment by Mystique, who sought to use her in her own revenge against Magneto. Wanda spent much of her introductory series searching for her father, eventually finding and attempting to kill him. However, after being subjected to the powers of Mastermind, she now believes her father to be kind and caring, resulting in a calmer, more well-adjusted Wanda who is fiercely devoted to Magneto's cause. Wanda's unique mutant ability allows her to harness and manipulate the force of probability. Her power, already dangerous in its own right, is easily tainted by her anger and fury, making her all the more deadly. She can use hex bolts and hex spheres to interfere with other mutants' powers, causing them to go haywire, or for attacks to be shot back at the original attacker. She can generally cause bad luck for people, making them trip or drop things when under the influence of her powers. Wanda is also able to affect inanimate objects - things will break, move (sometimes to accomplish a specific goal like trapping someone), and so on.
Magneto's Acolytes
When the original Brotherhood fell out of Magneto's favor (due to both incompetence and uncertain loyalty), he created a new team. Though never named on-screen, they are referred to as The Acolytes, named after Magneto's second-most famous team from the comics (the first, of course, being the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants). Sabretooth and Quicksilver were retained, but the rest of the team was brand new. The Acolytes were first referenced in "On Angel's Wings," when Magneto invited Angel to join him (he refused). The team was first revealed during the second season finale, "Day of Reckoning," where despite being quite smaller in number than the combined forces of the X-Men and the Brotherhood, held their own against both. They were the primary threat against the X-Men in season three, until the threat of Apocalypse sidetracks Magneto. Magneto apparently sought to further expand the team, forcing the Brotherhood to prove they were worthy of being Acolytes and even trying to recruit Wolverine (he also refused). The team roster does not seem to be stable, as Sabretooth and Mastermind tend to disappear, Quicksilver is never presented as a member in promotional material (despite being one), and in "Dark Horizon" Toad and Blob are briefly seen among the Acolytes.
- Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr) (voiced by Christopher Judge) is a powerful mutant supremacist. He is essentially unchanged from his comic book version, but toned down a bit so that he appears more a manipulator than a terrorist. In addition, the ambiguous nature of Magneto's personality has been changed to make him a more effective villain (though he was seen as a child in a concentration camp), resembling the 1960s version of the character, with an apparent (but unstated) interested solely in mutant dominance, with himself as leader.
- Gambit (Remy LeBeau) (voiced by Alessandro Juliani), cast as a Long John Silver-type villain, is outwardly similar to the original Gambit, but is different in that he is a willing accomplice to Magneto. Trained as a thief, Gambit is an amoral mercenary who will give his services to the highest bidder. He appears to have a soft spot for Rogue (originally meant only as a nod to their relationship in the comics) especially during the season four episode, "Cajun Spice", in which he kisses his favourite playing card (the Queen of Hearts, his "lucky lady") during a train journey and then gives her this same card at the end, but whether or not he has sincere affection for her is unconfirmed. However, in the final sequence at the end of the series, Gambit was shown with the extended team of X-Men, with an arm around Rogue. His nickname for Rogue is "Chérie" which is French for darling.
- Sabretooth (Victor Creed) (voiced by Michael Donovan) is a violent brawler who has a deep enmity against Wolverine, but not the psychotic killer of the comics. Little is revealed about Sabretooth except that he had some involvement with Wolverine and Weapon X, and that he is one of Magneto's most loyal followers. Oddly, he was depicted as a loner in the first season, but from the first season's finale (The Cauldron) onward he was almost never seen without Magneto.
- Colossus (Piotr Rasputin) (voiced by Michael Adamthwaite) is very similar to his comic counterpart. In this version, he is pressured into serving Magneto, who has abducted his family. The whereabouts of his family remain unknown at the end of the series. In the special feature 'X-Men Season 3: X-Posed' on the season 3 DVD, Colossus' sister is specifically mentioned as being Magneto's hostage, with no mention of other family members, contrary (but not contradictory) to what is stated in the series. This was likely an intended plot point for future seasons.
- Pyro (John Allerdyce) (voiced by Trevor Devall, sometimes erroneously attributed to Michael Dobson) is a mad pyromaniac with a cackling laugh and a broken Australian accent. The original Pyro was more controlled, whereas this version's affinity for destruction and complete ignorance of consequence border on outright insanity. In one notable scene he is watching footage of Magneto's supposed demise at the hands of Apocalypse, rewinding, playing back, and laughing several times. He differs from his comic book counterpart in that he needs a constant stream of flame to sustain his power; when Wolverine fights him midway through his repeated viewing of Magneto's death, Wolverine severs his flamethrower pack and the fires already conjured fade away. The special feature 'Cerebro Mutant Files: The Acolytes' on the Season 3 DVD reveals that, like the movie, the name St. John Allerdyce (as Pyro is named in the comics) is simplified to John Allerdyce.
- Mastermind (Jason Wyngarde) (voiced by Campbell Lane) is the group's telepath, though his membership on the team appears to be unofficial, as he seldom appears. While his comic book counterpart could only cast illusions, this version of Mastermind is also capable of telepathy, as well as reading and even rewriting memories of other people (as he did to Wanda).
Independent mutants
- Boom-Boom (Tabitha Smith), voiced by Megan Leitch. Tabitha has a troubled past and a criminal father. Originally one of the New Mutants, she felt that she did not fit in and moved in with the Brotherhood, who were more her style. She often played practical jokes on the boys (such as shaving off Blob's Mohawk while he slept) and abused their hospitality, though they did little to stop her. She left following Mystique's return. Her role in the series was significantly diminished afterward; she lived on her own and appeared mostly in the company of her friend Amara. Her powers are making energy 'time bombs' that can explode at will. In the final episode she is pictured with the X-Men.
- The Morlocks. The Morlocks made several appearances on the show. Like in the comics, the Morlocks made their option of living down in the sewers, because their mutations were far too apparent to stop humans from shunning them from society. The characters included:
- Callisto (voiced by Saffron Henderson), the leader of the group, who has enhanced senses. She is more passive and reasonable than her comic-book counterpart.
- Caliban (voiced by Michael Dobson) a chalk-white character able to detect the presence of other mutants.
- Cybelle, an African American female with an acid touch.
- Torpid, a mute little girl with huge hands who possesses a paralyzing touch. She was created exclusively for the series.[1]
- Facade, who can blend into his surroundings. He was created exclusively for the series.
- Lucid, a froglike mutant who can see through solid objects. He was created exclusively for the series.
- One other Morlock, Scaleface (who can shapeshift into a fire-breathing reptilian creature) appeared in one episode. She tried to prevent Berzerker from escaping the Morlocks, a nod to their relationship in the comics.
- Later on, Spyke joined them when his powers went out of his control, a nod to Marrow.
- X-23, voiced by Andrea Libman and then Britt Irvin, is a female clone of Wolverine who was raised since "birth" to be a killer for HYDRA. She has two claws in each hand instead of three, and a single claw in each foot. At first X-23 blames Wolverine for her wretched existence and tries to kill him, but relents when she realizes that he had nothing to do with her creation or emotional and mental abuse. In scenes from the future on the final episode, X-23 is found as a member of the X-Men. It is noteworthy in that she was created for and made her debut on X-Men: Evolution, and was later adopted as a comic character.
- Angel (Warren Worthington), voiced by Mark Hildreth, worked with the X-Men on occasional missions. He donned a costume and a mask to perform heroic deeds in New York City, but stopped after his actions garnered negative attention from Magneto. Like his comic counterpart, he is a multi-millionaire. In scenes from the future in the final episode, Angel is among the X-Men.
- Forge, voiced by Samuel Vincent, in great contrast to his comic counterpart, is a Bayville High student and mutant inventor from the late 1970s who was trapped in a pocket dimension he called "Middleverse" for several years. Only when Nightcrawler found his way there and the X-Men found a way to free him did Forge return, though he was, as he put it, "twenty years late for curfew." While he is an ally of the X-Men, he only appeared once more to test equipment that would enhance Nightcrawler's teleportation range, at the cost of releasing extra-dimensional monsters into the world. He is curiously absent from the final shot of the series, which included the X-Men and the various allies they had gathered throughout the series. He is shown as having a mechanical arm that seems able either to actually shift into flesh or simulate it, and aside from his evident genius displays no other power.
- Havok (Alex Masters/Summers), Cyclops' brother, voiced by Matt Hill. Long believed to be dead, Alex (who was adopted by the Masters family rather than the Blanding family as his comic counterpart was) is reunited with his brother Scott, though Alex has come under the influence of Magneto, leading Scott away from the X-Men. Eventually, Alex and Scott realize that Magneto has tricked them and help put an end to his plans. Alex turns down an offer to join the X-Men, preferring to stay in Hawaii and become a professional surfer. Despite this, he agrees to help in the fight against Apocalypse, even donning an X-Men training uniform.
- Danielle Moonstar, voiced by Tabitha St. Germain, is a Native American mutant who befriends Kitty. Her powers of psychic projection exposed the worst fears of her neighbors, which resulted in the entire population of her small town moving away and leaving her and her grandfather the only residents of a ghost town. Her story coincidentally parallels that of Forge, the only other Native American in the series.
- Destiny (Irene Adler), a blind mutant who has visions of future possibilities and events. In "Rogue Recruit", it is implied that Destiny is employed by Magneto, but her true loyalties lie with her longtime friend Mystique. She raised Rogue in Caldecott, Mississippi, waiting for the day in which her potentially unlimited power would manifest. Though Irene lies to Rogue on several occasions (such as telling her that she must always cover her skin due to a phony illness, and convincing her that the X-Men are dangerous mutant hunters), she clearly has genuine affection for the girl.
- Dorian Leach is a young boy whose mutation nullifies any type of power, both energetic and mutant abilities, within range. His green skin marks him as a mutant, and his mother struggles to protect him from anti-mutant bigots. In his final appearance, Leech plays a vital role in the course of events when Rogue absorbs his powers to vanquish Apocalypse.
- Viper, also known as Madame Hydra, voiced by Lisa Ann Beley. She is the green-haired leader of HYDRA. The character apparently dies while on board her base as it is destroyed, although it is possible she survived, as in the comics the character is known to cheat death.
- Omega Red (Arkady Rossovich), voiced by Richard Newman. One of Viper's underlings, Omega Red has a previous history with Wolverine that is hinted at but never fully explained. He is depicted as working alongside HYDRA as part of a deal to get revenge on Wolverine for something the Weapon X program did. Wolverine has no memory of who Omega Red is or what they did to him, but he swears vengeance upon them all, including Sabretooth, Wraith, and Maverick.
- Gauntlet, voiced by Mark Gibbon, is another member of HYDRA who tries to get back their creation, X-23. Gauntlet appears to have been either genetically altered or possessing a natural mutation that makes him stronger, tougher, and with keener senses than the average human being. Like other agents of HYDRA, he has access to a wide array of tools and equipment that make him a formidable opponent and a dangerous tracker. Unfortunately for Gauntlet, he was aboard the hovercraft with the Supreme HYDRA which X-23 destroyed.
Other villains
- Apocalypse, voiced by David Kaye. Hinted at during the second season, Apocalypse became the primary focus of the third and fourth seasons, overshadowing even a fearful Magneto as the primary villain. Though his back story remains largely the same as his comic counterpart, this Apocalypse was sealed away behind three mystic doors in the Himalayas, using Mesmero to help him escape. Once free, Apocalypse quickly proved that even the combined forces of the X-Men and Magneto's Acolytes were no match for him, and set out to use the Eye of Ages to turn all humans into mutants (or as Beast put it, "reshape the world in his image").
This Apocalypse differed greatly from the original version, most notably his initial appearances showed him as an iridescent god-like being who never spoke. During the series finale he was altered to more closely resemble his original appearance by becoming a blue cyborg with a penchant for overly dramatic dialogue, which led to mixed reactions from fans.
- Mesmero, voiced by Ron Halder, was little more than a servant of Apocalypse in X-Men: Evolution. While Apocalypse was sealed away in the Himalayas, Mesmero helped track down the items that would help free him. He traveled with a circus (It is implied that he worked there before his time with Apocalypse as he is found there once Apocalypse discards him) and used his hypnotic powers to recruit the X-Men, then Gambit, and later Rogue alone to help free Apocalypse. In contrast to his comic counterpart, this Mesmero looks like a normal human with strange green tattoos on his body rather than a green skin tone. Professor Xavier at one point hints that the bulk of Mesmero's power is channeled from Apocalypse; after being abandoned, Mesmero does not show any powers and is easily captured and interrogated.
- Juggernaut (Cain Marko) (voiced by Paul Dobson). In Juggernaut's first appearance on the show, it took the combined forces of the X-Men & Brotherhood to stop him from harming Xavier & Mystique. However in his second appearance, a substantially more experienced X-Men team managed to defeat Juggernaut with the help of the environment. The most noteworthy differences between the comic Juggernaut and the Evolution Juggernaut are that he is now Xavier's half-brother rather than his stepbrother and that he is now a mutant whose powers were activated by "mysticism". Another difference is the helmet he wore had buckle-like locks on it allowing for it to be easily taken off unlike his previous incarnation in the previous X-Men animated series where it was bolted on. However, Juggernaut still possessed the same general weakness from telepathic assault and his helmet was stated in his first appearance to still provide protection.
- Legion (David Haller/Lucas/Ian) was altered slightly from the comics. He more closely resembled his father, Professor X, and had inherited his psionic powers, but here Legion was also able to shapeshift between his various personalities. Originally, Legion's personalities developed due to mental disorders; in Evolution however they are manifestations of repressed feelings. David Haller is disappointed in his father's absence while Lucas demonstrates this disappointment through anger and violence. The dominant personality, Lucas, is a Scottish goth-type who has no basis in the comics. He has psychic abilities superior to Jean's (formidable by this point in the series) and even caused Professor X's attempt to suppress him to backfire. David, considered the "true" personality, demonstrated no discernible powers. Finally, young, mute Ian possessed pyrokinesis, including the ability to create fire at will. His motivations remain unknown, but he sided with Lucas against David and the X-Men.
- Bolivar Trask, voiced by John Novak. A former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent as noted by his comment about learning of mutants through his involvement with S.H.I.E.L.D. is a militant follower of the anti-mutant cause and he secretly developed the Sentinel prototype underneath Bayville. He was arrested for what happened and was later released by Nick Fury and allowed to create an entire batch of Sentinels to combat Apocalypse.
- The Sentinel only appeared twice in the series: the first time as a single prototype that was unleashed in New York and the second time as several units in S.H.I.E.L.D.'s first line of defense against Apocalypse. Unlike the original Sentinel robots in the comics, these are not authorized and even got Bolivar Trask arrested. The design from the comics was also changed, making this Sentinel more complex-looking than the comics' version, giving it some abilities not seen with its comic counterparts.
- Edward Kelly (voiced by Dale Wilson) was the second principal of Bayville High (the first, Ms. Darkholme, aka Mystique, had vanished) and carried suspicions about the mutant teens which became full-blown prejudice when they were publicly revealed, causing him to make reforms at the high school. Later, he ran for mayor of Bayville competing with the falsely heroic Brotherhood for media attention- a nod to his career as a politician in the comics.
- Duncan Matthews (voiced by Vincent Gale) is the stereotypical jock/football player. In his earliest appearances, he was little more than the local high school jerk before becoming a rival to Scott for the attention of Jean Grey. When mutants were outed through the entire school, he began harassing Scott in disgust.
Despite developing a hatred of mutants himself, Duncan even momentarily teams up with The Brotherhood to try to ridicule Scott in front of the whole school, with minimum success. In season 4, Duncan returns with even worse of a hatred for mutants, as he began terrorizing random mutants in the street, arousing the wrath of Spyke. He is later seen with his friends trying to kill him with mining guns, but are eventually taken down by the X-Men and the Morlocks, and arrested right afterwards by the police.
- Hungan, (voiced by Blu Mankuma) is a witch doctor from Storm's tribe. He is jealous of Storm because her powers over the weather made her a more venerable idol in their African village. Because of this he came to America to seek revenge and drains Storm's powers using her fears of claustrophobia to help him do so. Hungan captures her will into his scepter, giving him the ability to control her body. The X-Men eventually located Hungan and his tribesmen but he uses the mind-controlled Storm to attack them. Spyke uses his powers to shatter the crystal atop Hungan's scepter, releasing Storm from his control. Angrily, Storm engulfs the Hungan in a force of wind that threw him into the sea. Afterwards Hungan's tribe disappears into the mist.[2] It is unclear if he is a mutant, relies on magic, or a combination of the two. Hungan's name is a Haitian term referring to the chief voodoo priest.
Miscellaneous characters
- Amanda Sefton, voiced by Moneca Stori, is Kurt Wagner's human girlfriend. Sweet but shy, she discovered Kurt's mutation on her own but remained deeply attracted to him. She is one of the few humans at Bayville High who does not openly shun mutants. Caucasian in the comics, Amanda's ethnicity was changed to mixed African American/Eastern European, and unlike her comic book incarnation she is not a practitioner of sorcery.
- Margali is Amanda Sefton's mother, who forbids her from seeing Kurt after he and Toad get into a fight that wrecks much of her house. Though she still has her comic counterpart's European heritage, she has no previous connection to Kurt and is not a sorceress.
- Arcade, aka Webber Torque, is a freshman computer whiz. Mystique, posing as a girl called Risty Wilde, gets him to hack into Cerebro (which he thinks is merely a high-tech, interactive video game) so that she can steal data about Scarlet Witch. In the comics, Arcade is an obnoxious, flamboyant paid assassin, but in Evolution he is a normal, harmless (though over-enthusiastic) student.
- Gabrielle Haller is Professor Xavier's ex-wife and the mother of Legion. The two married young and divorced because Xavier dedicated too much time to his study of mutants. Unbeknown to him, however, Gabrielle was pregnant at the time of their separation and decided to raise their son by herself. In the comics, Gabrielle was, like Magneto, a Holocaust survivor. She and Xavier were lovers and had their son out of wedlock, though this version of Gabrielle also chose to hide David's existence from his father.
- Paul is a blond schoolmate of Scott Summers and was one of his good acquaintances. He made several appearances in the series, the last a look of utter bewilderment when the X-Men were outed on TV.
- Taryn Fujioka is a black-haired, attractive girl who houses a crush on Scott. At first, she is Jean's best friend, but when Jean starts to develop feelings for Scott herself, becomes her most bitter rival. Eventually she and Scott start to date, in part because Jean never tried to date Scott. However, when Scott was outed as a mutant, she shunned him.
- Captain America, voiced by David Hayter, was a government-sponsored superhero who fought for the Allies in World War II. With Wolverine's help, he liberated Auschwitz (called a POW camp in the show due to censors) in Poland and rescued a young Magneto. The super-soldier serum that gave Captain America his powers was slowly killing him, however, and he was cryogenically frozen.
- Risty Wilde, voiced by Nicole Oliver, was the assumed persona Mystique used to remain close to her adopted daughter, Rogue. Risty was a goth-punk from England with purple hair, and from the beginning of the second season, became fast friends with Rogue. The Risty persona was also used as a cover for Mystique to obtain data from the Xavier Institute. After the public revelation of mutants, Risty disappeared, allegedly because her parents had made her stay in England due to the mutant scandal (in reality, Mystique had been locked away in Area 51). Accidental skin contact with Rogue at a concert caused Mystique to lose control of her power, finally revealing to Rogue that Risty had been a false identity all along. Due to her purple hair and British accent, many fans assumed she had been modeled after Psylocke, or might even be the Evolution version of the character. The producers insist that it was a coincidence, and the two are unrelated.[1]
- Nick Fury (voiced by Jim Byrnes and Hajime Iijima) is the gruff leader of the secret government agency called S.H.I.E.L.D. He has helped the X-Men on occasion, mostly when it benefits his own agenda.
- Agatha Harkness, voiced by Pauline Newstone. She gives Scarlet Witch training in various disciplines that helps her control her powers and is also the person Nightcrawler turns to for help when his mother, Mystique, is turned to stone by Apocalypse. Agatha Harkness does demonstrate supernatural abilities on the show by putting out a fire, and other magical tricks.
- Dr. Deborah Risman, voiced by Lisa Ann Beley. A character created for Evolution, Dr. Risman, after discovering the Weapon X project that created Wolverine, worked to create a perfect soldier. She failed 22 times; the 23rd was the only success and became X-23. When X-23 escapes, Dr. Risman defects from Hydra to Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D. because of the moral implications of the project while hoping S.H.I.E.L.D. can recapture X-23 before any harm is done.[3] When the character X-23 was adapted into the mainstream Marvel universe, Deborah Risman was replaced with a similar character named Sarah Kinney.[4][5]
- Pharao Rama-Tut: An alien who came to Earth (Ancient Egypt, to be precise), where he became the land's supreme ruler. When he saw a young mutant, who would eventually become Apocalypse, as a threat to his rule, he intended to have him eliminated. The scheme backfired due to Apocalypse's mutant abilities and combat skills, which made Rama-Tut flee for his life to parts unknown. He only appears in historical flashbacks at the end of the third season.
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Ah, to dine on filmlandia's smorgasbord and taste the world! Behold, the treasures and the trash recently uncovered by the Spin that took us to India, the High Seas, South Africa, Detroit, Middle America and the backwoods swamps of the Deep South.
In Theaters:
Salty Sweet Pi: I was finally able to catch a screening of the much ballyhooed Life of Pi (in 3D no less, which no joke, is used brilliantly in this film and rises far above its typical gimmick status) which means Haneke's sure to depress Amour is the only Best Picture Oscar nominee I have yet to see. Adapted from an international best-seller I never bothered with, Ang Lee's film is a sure-fire visual stunner featuring some of the best use of 3D ever (I especially loved the opening credits and the sinking of the ship sequences). You'd have to be blind not be enthralled for two hours, but sadly the film is left adrift by surface level discussions on religion and an all too twee "parable/fable" ending. Continue reading


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Everything old is new again–Britain is considering bringing back perpetual gilts, long-term bonds that were first debuted after the South Seas Bubble crisis of 1720. With 100-year maturities and today's extra-low interest rates, the idea is attractive to many.
Bloomberg reported that Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne is expected to revive the notion in his March 21 budget. The bonds to be issued would have terms up to 100 years but have no fixed maturity–the same type of bond that was used for the British government to postpone paying off debt that emerged from the pricking of the South Seas Bubble.
Societe Generale had said late in 2011 that the U.K. should issue at least 200 billion pounds ($314 billion) of 100-year gilts to capitalize on low interest rates.
At the time, Julian Wiseman, head of U.K. interest rates strategy at Societe Generale in London, was cited saying, "Interest rates are low and that makes long bonds interesting. For the U.K. Debt Management Office to have to find 200 billion pounds today could be a problem. But for the DMO to find 200 billion pounds in a century, after 100 years of inflation and economic growth, would not be difficult."
While Britain has never sold a 100-year bond, its current perpetual gilts total about 2.7 billion pounds. Of that amount, 1.9 billon pounds is from the 1917 War Loan, at 3.5% interest. Current rates are considerably lower, with benchmark gilt yields coming in at 1.92% on Jan. 18–the lowest since 1989, when Bloomberg began tracking such data. Currently the yield stands at 2.17%.


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In the immediate aftermath of hurricanes, floods and other disasters, it's not uncommon for people to turn out in large numbers to assist victims, clear debris and chip in on dozens of other tasks to get a community back on its feet.
Their altruism is inspiring, but results of a study by a Johns Hopkins expert suggest these unsolicited or "spontaneous" volunteers may be putting themselves and others at risk for injury and, in rare cases, death as a result of their lack of training in safe and proper disaster response.
In a report published online on March 25 in advance of the print edition of Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, Lauren Sauer, M.S., surveyed 24 nongovernment volunteer organizations (NVOs) that had responded to disasters in the past and found that 19 of them—or 79 percent—had spontaneous volunteers show up to help. While a majority of those organizations said they found such volunteers useful, 42 percent reported that volunteers had been injured in the response, and there were two reported deaths among them. Organizations were allowed to respond anonymously as a way to encourage survey participation.
Sauer, a disaster training expert and faculty member in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine's Department of Emergency Medicine, says she decided to conduct her survey when she found that the level of risk such volunteers may face had never been well-studied despite how ubiquitous the volunteer phenomenon is in the United States.
"In the U.S., it's very common to see a big outpouring of volunteers after a disaster. People feel compelled to turn out," Sauer says, noting that after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York City, 40,000 volunteers streamed to ground zero. "What's interesting is no one's taken a close look at the level of risk for the people who show up after these disasters without any training on how they can stay out of harm's way."
Sauer also found that:
- Only about one-third of the organizations responding to the survey said they accepted any legal liability for unsolicited volunteers.
- Sixteen percent of organizations reported lawsuits as the result of casualty among unsolicited volunteers.
Two organizations always made sure that the volunteers they tapped in a disaster had prior response training, called "credentialing." Only one organization performed background checks on volunteers. More than half—53 percent—of the groups said they provided on-the-spot or "just-in-time" training for volunteers turning out to a disaster site.
Prior to her survey, Sauer reviewed studies documenting psychological stress among untrained volunteers in the wake of their disaster experience and found that post-traumatic stress disorder was common.
Overall, Sauer says, her research raises a number of compelling volunteer safety and liability issues that need to be addressed with further studies and the development of a safer, more systematic approach to taking on unsolicited and untrained volunteers in the field right after a calamity.
There are some models worthy of consideration, says Sauer. For example, the community service organization Points of Light Foundation, based in Atlanta, recommends that a "go kit," which includes training information, be issued to volunteers prior to them being allowed into a disaster area to assist.
"The presence of spontaneous volunteers is unavoidable after a disaster. They are always well-intentioned and have a high level of altruism. We don't want to discourage that," says Sauer. "But it does appear from this study that the NVOs need to take a harder look at safety and liability issues. The goal should be minimizing any risk of harm to their volunteers."
Journal information: Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
Provided by Johns Hopkins University


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The Galaxy S4 is now available in nearly every major market(s) of the world. However, most of the major markets, including the United States are getting the Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 powered Galaxy S4, and not the Exynos powered one. The Exynos 5410 powered Galaxy S4 is an interesting handset since it is the first mobile device ever to make use of ARM's big.LITTLE technology. The Exynos 5410 consists of four ARM-A15 cores clocked at 1.6GHz, and four low-powered Cortex-A7 cores.
The basic idea behind ARM's big.LITTLE technology is that for general usage the handset uses the low-power consuming Cortex A7 cores, thus saving battery life. It is only when the user runs an intensive game, benchmark, browses a heavy website or when the device is under heavy load that the ARM-A15 cores switch themselves on to provide the performance boost. Samsung is only releasing the Exynos 5410 powered Galaxy S4 in non-LTE network markets, since the Exynos powered SGS4 does not support LTE networks.
I managed to spend some time with the Exynos variant of the Galaxy S4, and also managed to run some of the most popular benchmarks on the phone.
The first benchmark I ran was the recently released 3D Mark for Android. I ran the Ice Storm test, and the results were pretty surprising. The Exynos powered Galaxy S4 managed to score 9439 points, which is lower than that of the Nexus 4. However, I won't consider 3D Mark to be accurate, since according to them the Xperia SP — a dual core Snapdragon Krait phone – manages to beat the Exynos 5 Octa variant of the Galaxy S4.
Next, I ran AnTuTu where the Galaxy S4 managed to score 25346 points.
I then ran the popular and, arguably, one of the best benchmarks apps available on the Android platform – GLBenchmark. In each and every benchmark, the PowerVR SGX544MP3 GPU inside the Galaxy S4 flexed its muscle and came out on top. The Galaxy S4 managed to beat the HTC One, Nexus 10, Nexus 4 and even the iPhone 5.
You can compare the Galaxy S4 scores with other phones from AnandTech's HTC One GPU performance review page.
Here is how the Galaxy S4 performs in browser based benchmarks like SunSpider and Google's Octane benchmark. I ran both the benchmarks on the stock Samsung browser as well as on the latest stable version of Chrome.
Google Octane scores -:
For comparison sake, my Nexus 4 scores 1297ms on the SunSpider benchmark on the AOSP browser, and around 1500 points in the Octane benchmark. On the other hand, the HTC One scores 1110ms, and the iPhone 5 scores 908ms in the SunSpider benchmark. In the Google Octane benchmark, the HTC One (using the Chrome browser) scores 2032 points, and surprisingly, the Nexus 10 scores a whopping 3784 beating the Galaxy S4 by a huge margin. The huge difference in points can be attributed to the thermal restrictions of both the devices.
Initial Hands-On Impression
The first thing that will strike you about the Galaxy S4 is the screen-to-bezel ratio. Samsung has done a commendable job in fitting a 5-inch screen inside a phone whose dimensions are the same as its predecessor. The Super AMOLED HD screen on the Galaxy S4 is also much brighter than the display found on the Galaxy Note 2 and S3.
What kills the excellent hardware of Galaxy S4 is TouchWIZ. TouchWIZ on the Galaxy S2 was decent enough with good usability features. On the Galaxy S3, TouchWIZ felt slightly bloated, and on the Galaxy S4, Samsung has taken the meaning of bloat to a whole new level. The new re-organized Settings menu is simply terrible and just confuses the user. All the new S-features are nothing but a gimmick as well.
All these bloat does show its negative side as well. In day-to-day usage, you will actually find the Nexus 4 smoother than the Galaxy S4. For example, the browser switching animation/process on the Galaxy S4 is terribly slow, and by the time the browser tab window opened in the S4, I had opened two new tabs on my Nexus 4. I had used a pre-production HTC One back in mid-March and never did the device lag once. The Galaxy S4, even with a much faster and arguably superior chipset, and the final retail software, lags in some places and this is downright unacceptable.


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A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead, illustrated by Erin E. Stead. A Neal Porter Book/Roaring Book Press (May 2010); ISBN 9781596434028; 32 pages
Book Source: Copy from public library
The humble Amos McGee lives in a simple, muted world and provides a welcoming contrast to the vibrant, glossy, eye-catching pages and bold characters so popular in today's children's literature. Amos, a faithful, elderly zookeeper, lovingly cares for his zoo animal friends day after day. He knows each and every animal personally, provides encouragement and helps them all with their problems. Then, one day, Amos spends a sick day at home. The elephant, tortoise, penguin, rhinoceros and owl immediately notice his absence and board the bus to cheer up their faithful friend. The book is illustrated by Erin E. Stead and written by her husband, Philip C. Stead.
It's such a lovely story -- so very heartwarming with a quiet humor. You can't help but smile while reading about Amos and his friends. And the illustrations are full of so many little details that, at first, we didn't even notice the little bird that tags along. And, do we ever adore the red and blue sock-footed, shy penguin and his bright red balloon! Erin Stead uses an interesting woodblock printing process for making her pictures. Even Amos' pajama stripes are lovingly printed in this manner. After she prints the shapes she draws in extra details with a pencil.
Really, I could go on and on about the illustrations, but for me, what really makes this book a winner is the main character, Amos. It's not always easy to find books for children that show elderly individuals in a positive light. Even though my daughter loves her great-grandparents and sees them often, she is still a little cautious and wary when around the elderly. Partly, I blame books and TV. Those mean, scary witches almost always are depicted as elderly, humped over women. But, here we have an amiable and tender man, Amos, who loves animals and wears bunny slippers. I've never seen a more lovable, elderly character in my life.
A Sick Day for Amos McGee deserves all the attention it has recently garnered. If you haven't picked up a copy yet, please do. You won't regret it.
Related links:
Erin Stead Illustration
365 BOATS - Philip Stead Blog
Philip Christian Stead Artwork and Illustration
My daughter is fascinated with Erin Stead's blog post about the woodblock printing. After last week's successful printmaking craft, we thought we try using a faux woodblock printing technique this time. Obviously I'm not going to let my kindergarten-aged daughter carve wood with sharp blades, so we had to improvise. We still used a block of wood, but first attached a piece of craft foam paper to the top, to make carving easier. It's similar to making block prints with Styrofoam.
Materials needed:
Block of wood, size depends on size of desired image
Craft foam paper (I picked up a pack from the dollar store)
Paper on which to print image
Double-sided tape
Kitchen utensils with pointed ends like a meat thermometer or potato peeler or household objects like nails
Stamping ink pad
1. Cut craft foam to fit the wood block. Size and shape will depend of size of wood block and desired image. Securely attach craft foam to the wood block using double-sided tape.
2. Draw a simple picture lightly with pen onto the craft foam attached to the woodblock. Use a pointed object to carve or engrave the lines into the foam. My daughter used a meat thermometer and later went back and made her lines thicker with the end of a potato peeler. (To make the potato peeler a little safer to use, wrap masking tape around the sharp edges that you must grasp.)
3. Using a large stamp pad, apply ink to the foam block with a rubbing motion. Carefully place the image onto a page of paper and press firmly down.
4. Remove block and view your beautiful printed block image!
My daughter loves the little penguin in A Sick Day for Amos McGee so she chose to draw her own penguin. She stamped several homemade printed cards using her penguin "woodblock." They'll make nice thank you notes. The penguin note-card printing craft is a perfect activity for this time of the year. This week is National Letter Writing Week and Penguin Awareness Day is coming up on January 20th.
A Mommy's Adventures hosts the "stART" meme (Story + Art) each week. Add your kids craft post to the Kid's Get Crafty linky at Red Ted Art's Blog. Join in Read Aloud Thursday at Hope is the Word. Show off your ideas at ABC & 123 Show and Tell.
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Rohan Connolly's 2013 All-Australian team:
B: Michael Johnson Scott Thompson Josh Gibson
HB: Nick Malceski Harry Taylor Jarrad McVeigh
C: Ryan Griffen Scott Pendlebury Patrick Dangerfield
HF: Dane Swan Travis Cloke Chad Wingard
F: Jeremy Cameron Jarryd Roughead Michael Walters
FOLL: Will Minson Joel Selwood Gary Ablett
I/C: Nathan Fyfe Sam Mitchell Steve Johnson Kieren Jack
Being an All-Australian selector is a pretty thankless task, with only 22 spots available in the team of the year and 40-odd worthy contenders. And the panellists appear to be gluttons for punishment.
The recent concept of announcing a 40-man squad from which the official team, announced on Monday night, will be picked, gives the critics two chances to have a whack instead of just the one.
This year, too, selectors were asked simply to name the 40 they believed to be the best players of the season rather than groups of defenders, forwards and on-ballers. So more than half the squad are players whose primary roles are based in the midfield. Another criterion is that the side be picked as if to play a match.
If that's the case, and with the proliferation of star on-ballers who need to be shut down, how did Fremantle's Ryan Crowley, the best ''stopper'' in the AFL, fail to earn a spot even in the initial squad?
But, in my book, Crowley's isn't the only glaring omission.
Essendon defender Michael Hibberd had a stunning breakout year but wasn't on the shortlist, despite averaging more disposals than a similar running defender, Sydney's Nick Malceski, more rebound 50s than another similar type in Swans co-captain Jarrad McVeigh, and more intercept marks, intercept possessions and spoils than either of the Swans' pair, both of whom were named in the 40.
Similarly, the omission of Hawthorn's Luke Breust from the 40-man squad is hard to understand, given the role of small, goalkicking forward is one of the few specialist roles left in football.
His numbers are only fractionally below another very worthy candidate in Fremantle's Michael Walters for disposals and scoreboard impact, and he takes more marks inside 50 and tackles nearly twice as much as the Docker.
As for midfielders, Freo's Michael Barlow and Geelong pair Steve Johnson and Mathew Stokes can consider themselves unlucky. Barlow averaged more disposals, contested ball and clearances than a large number of mids who did make it. Johnson was fifth in the AFL for disposals and sixth for scoreboard impact, whilst Stokes also won more touches and had more scoreboard impact than several who got in.
But my All-Australian team doesn't contain too many surprises. There are some noteworthy selections, though. Arguably none more so than Western Bulldogs ruckman Will Minson, and boom youngsters Chad Wingard and Jeremy Cameron.
Minson, whose career seemed at the crossroads a couple of years ago, was the best ruckman this year, winning more taps, hitouts to advantage, clearances and applying more tackles than his rivals.
Wingard, just turned 20, was phenomenal, the epitome of a prolific midfielder who can also go forward with impact. No other midfielder in the competition managed to win 20-plus possessions a game as well as average two goals.
Cameron's third in the Coleman Medal, with 62 goals, speaks for itself, particularly in a side that won just one game. More than agile enough to play as a third tall covering plenty of territory in this team alongside fellow key forwards Jarryd Roughead and Travis Cloke, the 20-year-old is going to be a star for the next decade.
Steven Motlop is perhaps stiff to miss out on the small forward berth, a victim of spending more time midfield than does Walters. He has more touches, but the Freo players just shades him for marks and scoreboard impact.
In defence, I think North Melbourne's Scott Thompson (whom I picked last year as well despite somehow not being in the squad) is again a lock at full-back.
While capable of negating dangerous key forwards, Thompson was also a clear No.1 for intercept possessions, and also ranked highly for intercept marks, spoils and rebounds.
Some might take issue with my two back-pockets - Hawthorn's Josh Gibson and Freo's Michael Johnson. But Gibson's reading of the play is second to none. He was again the best spoiler in 2013, and ranked equal second for intercept possessions, a perfect complement to the talls in any defence. Johnson, similarly, is agile, and solid across all aspects of defensive play.
It's worth noting also how, on an individual level, the cream rose to the top the longer the season went. I didn't have Geelong's inspirational captain Joel Selwood, Brownlow medallist Dane Swan or Hawthorn's perennial possession-winner Sam Mitchell in my mid-season team. But all just kept getting better as a score of younger, less-seasoned peers began to feel the pinch.
Which is probably how the All-Australian selectors might also be feeling come the end of this week after fielding the inevitable grumbles that go along with this exercise. Now, back to that point about Crowley …
The team:
BACK POCKET: MICHAEL JOHNSON (Frem)
Agile and mobile defender, solid across all aspects of defensive play and a key part of the AFL,s best backline.
BACK POCKET: JOSH GIBSON (Haw)
Once again the best spoiler in the AFL, Hawk is a great reader of play, ranking equal second for intercept possessions.
Negates key forwards and attacks as well, a clear No.1 for intercept possessions, and high for intercept marks, spoils and rebounds.
HALF-BACK FLANK: NICK MALCESKI (Syd)
Best rebounding defender in the comp, ranked 6th for disposals at an average of 23 per game.
CENTRE HALF-BACK: HARRY TAYLOR (Geel)
Super reliable key defender, ranked second for intercept marks, third for spoils, and was regularly thrown forward with effect.
HALF-BACK FLANK: JARRAD McVEIGH (Syd)
Swans skipper had great year across half-back, averaging 27 disposals, four more than next nearest defender, and used ball well.
Stellar year for Bulldog, averaged more inside 50s than anyone, was ranked sixth for disposals and third for clearances.
WING: PATRICK DANGERFIELD (Adel)
Numbers a little lower than last year, but held his ground in year when most teammates struggled. Greater scoreboard impact this season.
Seasoned Bulldog did it on his own with aplomb. Won more hitouts to advantage, clearances and tackles than all ruck rivals.
Fifth AFLPA most valuable win said it all. Ranked second for disposals, second for contested possession and No.1 among mids for scoreboard.
RUCK-ROVER: JOEL SELWOOD (Geel)
Cats' skipper got better longer year went, averaged 25 disposals per game and was ranked second of mids for scoreboard impact.
INTERCHANGE: NATHAN FYFE (Frem)
Another great year for Docker tyro with courage beyond his slight build. Ranked sixth for clearances.
INTERCHANGE: KIEREN JACK (Syd)
Swans co-captain took another great leap forward. Ranked second in comp for inside 50s, third for scoreboard impact.
INTERCHANGE: STEVE JOHNSON (Geel)
The football artist wove for Cats. Ranks sixth for scoreboard impact. All class.
INTERCHANGE: SAM MITCHELL (Haw)
Hawk veteran broadened his repertoire with stints across half-back line. Seventh for disposals, fourth for uncontested possession.
CENTRE: SCOTT PENDLEBURY (Coll)
Ranked third in AFL for disposals. Magpie midfielder consistently classy in up-and-down year for team.
CENTRE HALF-FORWARD: TRAVIS CLOKE (Coll)
Great year for Pie key forward, easily AFL's No.1 for contested marks and marks inside 50 and runner-up in Coleman Medal.
Boom Port youngster was all class either on ball or as small goalkicker, only man to average 20-plus disposals and two goals per game.
HALF-FORWARD FLANK: DANE SWAN (Coll)
Like Pendlebury, Brownlow medallist stayed consistent, No.1 in competition for disposals and third for uncontested possession.
Young GWS tyro going to be star for long time. Third in Coleman Medal with 62 goals despite regularly being denied supply in poor team.
FULL-FORWARD: JARRYD ROUGHEAD (Haw)
Took out Coleman Medal with 68 goals at more than three per game despite spending plenty of time as mobile on-baller or ruckman.
FORWARD POCKET: MICHAEL WALTERS (Frem)
Freo small forward picked up where left off last year. Applied great defensive pressure and had a big impact on the scoreboard.
Rohan Connolly, a senior football writer for The Age and radio broadcaster with sports radio station 1116 SEN, has been covering the game since 1983. A multi-AFL Media Association award-winner known for his passion and love of the game, he analyses the AFL for the newspaper and contributes a blog and weekly video, "Footy Fix", for The Age's football website, Real Footy.


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Bilderberg 2013 participant: "I'm honoured to have been asked to go. But it's crazy. They [the organisers] wouldn't tell us where we were going to stay until a couple of weeks beforehand."
By Jurriaan Maessen
June 6, 2013
Sherard Cowper-Coles, former diplomat and current director at BAE told a reporter at the Standard that the organization's veil of secrecy not only applies to the outside world, but also extends to those invited to participate.
The Standard reported yesterday that "even those inside the perimeter are victims of Bilderberg's steel ring of secrecy." Journalist Joy Lo Dico quotes the influential BAE director as saying:
"I'm honoured to have been asked to go," he told me last night in London. "But it's crazy. They [the organisers] wouldn't tell us where we were going to stay until a couple of weeks beforehand," adding with a smirk: "Some people had to book their private jets in advance."
Cowper-Coles, who as former Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan has extensive experience guarding British interests in the Middle-East, is not the first Bilderberg participant to openly criticize the way the group's Steering Committee upholds the veil of secrecy that has shrouded any insight into the annual confab for the last 59 years.
As Infowars reported today, there are obvious signs that some Bilderberg participants are now ventilating their discomfort with the Group's unaccountable way of doing business, even contemplating a press-conference to appease protestors.
Paul Joseph Watson reported that "a source close to the security operation for the 2013 Bilderberg Group conference has told Infowars that numerous members of the secretive organization are aggrieved at the way it is being operated with scant regard for transparency and are lobbying for Bilderberg steering committee members to allow them to address protesters this week."
According to Infowars' source there are "a number" of participants involved in the meeting from tomorrow onward have criticized the meetings, even suggesting that a small delegation of Bilderberg members may come out and speak to the protesters and media set to assemble from June 6-9 at the Grove Hotel grounds. As Infowars relates today it's very likely that the criticism is originating from the "Libertarian camp" within the group, most notably Pieter Thiel- who is set to attend this year's conference. Alex Jones, who has had contact with two separate contacts in the US Senate in the previous months, confirms that there is a discussion waging within Bilderberg about the issue of transparency.
The latest words by this year's participant Sherard Cowper-Coles underlines the fact that there appears to be a division within the Group, which makes it likely that the core Group may dissolve the annual meetings and retreat into other, lesser known meetings in the future.


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When February has been Harsh
It's just one foot in front of the other.
It's just one moment,
then another, then another-
Till the footfalls mark a footpath
and the breathing is a testament.
It's funny how time flies and yet remains standing still. I blink, and we are in the middle of February. I blink again, and the world outside is still covered in ice and deep, deep snow.
The winter, thus far, has been educational.


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Breastfeeding Clothing – What do I need?
Technically, you don't need anything except for you and your baby. However, there are many items you can use that will make your breastfeeding experience more comfortable, discreet, and enjoyable for you! Here's a quick tour of the basics that I believe every nursing mother should have.
Nursing Pajamas
Nursing PJs are a must have. In the beginning, while your body is healing, over-tired and stressed, you'll likely be spending more time than usual in your pajamas or lounge wear. You'll want to have PJs that have convenient breastfeeding access since you'll be needing to feed your baby often.
How Many? I would recommend at least two nursing PJs, one for the wash and one to wear.
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Nursing Tops
Nursing Tops are essential for discreet breastfeeding in public. Breastfeeding tops come in an assortment of styles and different openings for accessing the breast. Some tops pull up from underneath the breast, while others might have V-neck that pulls to the side of the breast. See our Nursing Top Styles Guide for more details.
How Many? Depends on how often you plan to nurse in public. I would recommend at least two to three casual tops and one to two more fashionable tops for going out.
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Nursing & Maternity Dresses
Let BumbleWee Nursing Wear help you find the dress that is going to make you feel as fabulous as you are for those weddings, showers, and special parties that take you out of the house.
We carry a wide selection of dresses for both casual and formal events. Most of our dresses are designed for the maternity as well as the breastfeeding stages.
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Nursing Bras
Nursing PJs and nursing tops just aren't complete without a nursing bra. Nursing bras provide easy access to the breast without having to remove your entire bra.
How Many? You want to have at least two nursing bras, one for the wash, and one to wear. If you are only getting one or two nursing bras, it's safer to go without a wire for several reasons.
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Nursing Covers
How Many? One, unless your baby spits up often, then you might want two.