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Aleppo: A Besieged City
Residents of Syria's largest city face the constant threat of violence and severe shortages of food and fuel in a war that seems endless. A video report from the city's rebel-held east.
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Refrigeration Service Engineers Society (RSES) has taken action to increase the HVACR industry's understanding and compliance with the R-22 refrigerant phaseout, effective Jan. 1, 2010.
In August, RSES released eight technical bulletins and feature articles on the R-22 phaseout, originally available only to RSES members. RSES has deveoped an R-410A Industry Awareness web page — rses.org/410a — where RSES service application manual (SAM) technical bulletins and RSES Journal feature articles on the topic may be viewed.
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Early Peek: Sheryl Sandberg's New Book
Tom Gara joins digits with an early look at Facebook COO's Sheryl Sandberg's new book, "Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead." Photo: Getty Images.
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SOURCE: SciClone Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
September 10, 2012 06:00 ET
FOSTER CITY, CA--(Marketwire - Sep 10, 2012) - SciClone Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCLN) today announced that Mark Lotter will resign from the position of Chief Executive Officer of SciClone's China Operations at the end of this year and plans to relocate from Shanghai to London in order to spend more time with his family. At that time Mr. Lotter will also resign his position as a director of the Company.
The Company has started a formal search for a permanent CEO for our China Operations with significant multinational pharmaceutical industry experience. In the coming months our CEO, Friedhelm Blobel, will work with Mark and the management team to assure a smooth transition.
Commented Dr. Blobel: "The SciClone Board of Directors joins me in expressing our appreciation to Mark for his many contributions to our Company's success following the acquisition of NovaMed in April 2011. As NovaMed's founder, Mark successfully grew this promising company into a well-respected specialty pharmaceutical company in China with a valuable product portfolio and product pipeline. All of us have enjoyed working in partnership with Mark on the successful integration of NovaMed into SciClone and on helping our combined Company to strengthen its standing in the top echelon of China pharmaceutical companies. Mark has had a long and productive career as a pharmaceutical executive, and we are confident that his talents and experience will serve him well in his future endeavors."
Commented Mark Lotter: "I would like to thank all involved for their support in building what I believe has become the leading China specialty pharmaceutical company. SciClone today has a strong and experienced China management team, including seasoned general managers of our three business units, a strong portfolio of products and key strategic collaborations. Founding NovaMed, doing the merger and leading the SciClone China operations for the last year and half has been a highly rewarding experience. I remain confident that SciClone will grow even stronger and continue to build its position in China. While my decision to leave will enable me to spend more time with my family, I am fully committed to facilitating a smooth transition process over the next few months."
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SciClone Pharmaceuticals is a revenue-generating, profitable, specialty pharmaceutical company with a substantial commercial business in China and a product portfolio of therapies for oncology, infectious diseases and cardiovascular, urological, respiratory, and central nervous system disorders. SciClone's ZADAXIN® (thymalfasin) is approved in over 30 countries and may be used for the treatment of hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV) and certain cancers, and as a vaccine adjuvant, according to the local regulatory approvals. Besides ZADAXIN, SciClone markets about 15 mostly partnered products in China, including Depakine®, the most widely prescribed broad-spectrum anti-convulsant in China; Tritace®, an ACE inhibitor for the treatment of hypertension; Stilnox®, a fast-acting hypnotic for the short-term treatment of insomnia (marketed as Ambien® in the US); and Aggrastat®, a recently-launched interventional cardiology product. SciClone is also pursuing the registration of several other therapeutic products in China. SciClone is headquartered in Foster City, California. For additional information, please visit www.sciclone.com.
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She may have had nothing but purely good intentions, but now Kim Kardashian is receiving death threats because she tweeted her support for Israel out to her followers on Friday.
She posted the following tweet voicing her concern over what is currently going on in the Middle East: "praying for everyone in Israel." Those simple five words outraged many of her fans, leading them to fire back at her with no holds barred -- even going so far as to post death threats against her.
(Really? Death threats? What the heck is wrong with people?)
And then when poor Kim figured out that she'd made a real boo-boo by posting the tweet, she deleted it -- and then made the mistake of trying to recover with this one: "praying for everyone in Palestine and across the world!"
Yep, you guessed it. Some of her followers didn't appreciate that one very much either, and the backlash only escalated from there. And yes, she removed that tweet as well.
Good grief! Can't a girl catch a break? Sure, those of us in the U.S. are far away from what is happening over there, but that doesn't mean we can't show a little sympathy and express our concern!
Poor Kim. Even when she's trying to do the right thing, she gets butchered. (It must really suck to be a Kardashian sometimes.)
And she must really be feeling the weight of the hateful tweets that were sent to her after posting the messages, because she wound up posting the following statement on her blog as a response:
I want to own up to and explain that earlier today I sent out two tweets about saying prayers for the people in Palestine and Israel, and after hearing from my followers, I decided to take down the tweets because I realized that some people were offended and hurt by what I said, and for that I apologize. I should have pointed out my intentions behind these tweets when I posted them. The fact is that regardless of religion and political beliefs, there are countless innocent people involved who didn't choose this, and I pray for all of them and also for a resolution. I also pray for all the other people around the world who are caught in similar crossfires.
Ok, so who else is really impressed by Kim's words? Her sentiments really couldn't have been expressed in a clearer or classier way, and I for one am really proud of her. (Great job, girl!)
But something tells me she'll probably be extra careful about what she posts from here on out. If anything, what happened only further proves that anything remotely controversial can lead to vicious social media attacks.
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Over at Yahoo (or maybe The Week), some unnamed editor has rounded up the opinions of four other writers to alchemize a theory or four about why Nintendo lost more than $US400 million last year, the company's first annual loss.
I'm not sure how they missed the theory that I dare say is the right one: Nintendo didn't make any phenomenal games last year and hasn't for a while.
The article doesn't include that. Rather, the writers go with:
- Smartphones and tablets are taking over
- Microsoft and Sony are slowing sales of the Wii
- Nintendo doesn't allow other devices to use its brands
- Nintendo hasn't linked up its own devices
These are all things that may have hurt Nintendo. Some of them may be things that Nintendo should be doing or at least could be doing in order to make many fistfuls of cash.
None of these things, however, is the thing that made Nintendo a big deal the first time around, the second time around, the third time around nor the fourth. Nope. The things that did were Super Mario Bros. on the Nintendo Entertainment System, Tetris and Pokemon on the Game Boy, Nintendogs, Brain Age, New Super Mario Bros. and Mario Kart DS on the DS and Wii Sports and Wii Fit on the Wii. Nintendo made most of those games. Most of those games were far more interesting to more people than any other games being made at the time. Most of those games were incredibly good.
Last year was not the first year when there were other machines on which people could play video games. Yes, it was a year when it was considerably cheaper to play games on other machines. But it was also — and I believe this is key — a year when no Nintendo games captured the general public's imagination. I may have loved Pushmo. So did a handful of other people. Super Mario 3D Land was great, as was Skyward Sword, but no one will accuse those games of containing the genius of Wii Sports. They're in the midst of a three-year drought of any games that would capture the public's imagination. This is a long time for them.
Nintendo is, as they have been so many times before, in need of an ingenious game this year. That's how the company works.
Even if it was somehow ethical for a reporter to own stock in a company they cover, I doubt I'd own stock in an outfit as terrifyingly dependent on great creative ideas as Nintendo. Very good is seldom enough for them. Even in their quieter years when they weren't the front-runner in the video game race, they were making very good games. That's what they do, and yes, they did turn a profit in previous less creatively-brilliant years. But if you're casting about to figure out what Nintendo did wrong and what they need to do well, it seems obvious to me that only one thing ever "saves" Nintendo: their next great idea.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Men's soccer lost to Coast Guard in overtime following a scoreless 90 minutes on senior day on Saturday afternoon when Matt Epperly scored five minutes into overtime. MIT fell to 9-4-1 for the season and 3-2-1 in conference play while the Bears are now at 10-4-1 for the season and 4-0-1 in NEWMAC play.
MIT outshot the Bears, 8-7, in the first half but were, in turn, outshot 10-5 in the second half and 2-0 in the first overtime period. Senior Ben Lewis (West Hartford, Conn.) and freshman Sean Bingham (Garden City, N.Y.) sent shots flying at the net in the first 45 minutes, but both were saved by keeper Richie Burns. Freshman goalie Jake Amereno (Commack, N.Y.), who appeared in net for the entire game, also made two saves during the first half.
With neither team scoring a goal, the second period began with a score of 0-0. Of the five shots that the Engineers took, only one by junior Tyler Singer-Clark (Falmouth, Mass.) was enough to force Burns out of the net to save it. In the 84th minute, Alexander Lane lobbed a ball directly at the net, but Amereno was able to punch the ball over the top of the cage. Still tied at 0-0 and with no time left on the clock, the game went into overtime.
It was clear right from the beginning of the first overtime period that the Bears were in control of the ball, taking a shot at the goal and having a corner kick within three minutes of the start of the 10 minute period. In the 95th minute, Amereno came out of the net to save the ball, which was when Epperly took advantage of the open goal and shot into the near left corner, ending the game.
MIT will next host Elms on Monday, Oct. 22 at 7:00 p.m., while Coast Guard will travel to Maritime (N.Y.) that same day.


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Opinion: Will Immigration Split the GOP?
WSJ Editorial Page editor Paul Gigot on the Republican debate in the House over immigration reform. Photo credit: Getty Images.
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... we have ... already ... axed comprehensive immigration reform ... then at the big picture it ... the I believe that members of Congress many more than they are directly affected themselves ... by the numbers to spend extended to St ... What do what's right for our country ... and it certainly right ... up with a Republican to favor one when a presidential race ... be ... welcome back to Opinion Journal ... I'm Mary Kissel editorial page editor Paul to go stays with us now to talk about immigration reform and the chances in the house ... on the ball Nancy close he made the case that Republicans ... really have to pass immigration reform if they wanna win in Congress win back the presidency ... few very ... I don't ... necessarily agree with that I think what helped her with their third position quite adept ... although the hamper ... and telling Republicans offering them for free advice ... it doesn't help the costs ... but I think the Republicans Republicans have ... the problem with Hispanics and Asians owners ... and they have to do better with them and has done since ... two thousand for ... if they want to win future elections but my argument for the immigration bill was not political fundamentally its policy ... is that he does the does the will were formed ... improve our immigration system that's the way I look at the politics will follow I think if it's good good good ones like our colleague Steve Moore was on the show last weekend expressed a lot of concern with the amount of pork that is in this bill tackling border security ... you share those concerns and it was really the area see you're looking for it makes the spill better than the status quo ... will loved of the parts it's better is that it's expands the legal avenues for immigration state has green card increases for ... example for graduates of the science technology degrees so that if you're ... if you graduate from Stanford with a grand to too greedy and ... the job offer from cooler Intel or with somebody at some of the firm ... you when ... you get a green card automatically additional quota on that ... so that means or to get them some of the world's best and brightest being here after their educated here rather than going back to China or plants or wherever they may go ... there's also been in an improved guest worker program for agriculture very significant since we have a ... labor shortage in a recall for the last one another guest worker program for other kinds of low skilled workers ... those are important because they reduce the incentives ... for illegal immigration if you can come in here illegally and they fill our labor day ... those are very significant improvements in the bail ... the downside of the bill some of the pork Steve talked about I think the border is millet to rise to a degree that almost absurd I didn't have ... everybody but the tenth Mountain Division ... II deployed to ... intro Nesat mines in ... the minors outlined in the dry monitors and thirty one dollars based on the topic some critics have their way they might they might they might be doing that well that sounds and that that I don't much like I don't like some other harassment business of developing e verify is a flawed system ... really needs to be towed to work much better than ... the ... government last fall and John painter he isn't very tough position he has to balance the interests of his party ... on folks on the far right Republican Party in those in the center ... IA how can he ... satisfied both groups ... or can he ... not so that that's the question I don't know if you can ... I think the strategy of the people who want reform house called Brian and Smothers has to pass ... different deals ... he's been pieces so you have one for guest worker program you've another one for green card to another one for border enforcement and no one for ... e verify perhaps amassing never be exactly the shape so take ... the divide them up ... and then let's see if there were people get a majority of Republican votes for each of those ... and then you have a path to citizenship go where one majority Republicans will not ... of the secular ... whale I think if the bill gets to the president's desk without that it will ... but here's the thing if the House passes all of those things without a path to citizenship when you go to conference ... then with the Senate then you get something out of conference and if it comes back to the house ... then what does brainer due to Spain or say look ... I'm not gonna be ... present this on last pass and unless I have a majority of Republicans or whether I let everybody vote their conscience ... everybody both their cars and that means it could pass with a majority of Democratic vote no cable we will see and keep the kitten I editorial page editor Paul GBO thank so much for being on mission


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VIDEO: LeBron James flies in for a power jam on the Bobcats
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Since joining the Miami Heat in 2010, forward LeBron James has amassed two MVPs, two Finals MVPs, three Eastern Conference championships and two NBA titles, all while cementing his place as perhaps the best-known athlete in both the Miami area and the world today. Now it seems James is looking to further his lore in South Florida by pursuing a Major League Soccer franchise there with another world-renown sporting icon: David Beckham.
BleacherReport.com's Ethan J. Skolnick reports that James has spoken with Beckham about bringing an MLS franchise to the Miami area. The region had an MLS team in the early days of the league, the Miami Fusion, but that team folded in 2001 after three seasons.
The MLS' website reported last week that Beckham was in Miami scouting for an area where a team could play, citing a Miami Herald report that Beckham, potential business partner (and billionaire) Marcelo Claure and Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez had dinner together to discuss the potential of bringing a team to South Beach.
Skolnick has more on the James-Beckham talks and the possibility of an MLS team in Miami:
"There's some interest on both sides," James said. "David has become a good friend of mine over the last few years. I think it would be great for this city to have a football club for sure. There's interest on both sides, but it's preliminary talks."
As part of his contract with the Los Angeles Galaxy, Beckham received the option to buy a franchise for $25 million, and he has targeted Miami. Miami, however, already has four major professional teams, and three of them — the Florida Panthers, Miami Marlins and Miami Dolphins — aren't drawing especially well. The Heat are the exception, largely due to James' presence.
At best, James would be in an owner's box for a soccer franchise. Small-stake ownership hasn't proven a boon for the Dolphins, who brought Serena Williams, Jennifer Lopez and others aboard.
Still, James appeared to be sold on the potential of the project.
"I think it could be huge," James said. "You never know. I think this is a great town for soccer. There's a lot of soccer players, there's great youth soccer players here and people love the city as well. That definitely would help."
Last season, when I asked James to name his five favorite athletes in other sports, Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona was on his list.
"I've grown a great interest in watching the game and learning the guys," James said. "It's a pretty intense sport. My kids love it as well. I've grown to the point where I know exactly what's going on when I'm watching the game."
ESPN.com's Michael Wallace and Marc Stein also confirmed the news of the James-Beckham talks via Twitter:
The bigger question for Heat fans, though, is how this potential dealing for an MLS team in Miami affects James' future with his NBA team. Speculation has already started to bubble about where James may land next summer, when he can enter free agency. Skolnick addresses those concerns as well:
This interest in a major Miami project might curtail some of the growing speculation that James will explore free agency this summer, when he can opt out of his Heat contract. At the very least, this endeavor suggests that he's acclimating to South Florida.
James, according to sources close to him, has explored commercial real estate opportunities over the past year, and his wife Savannah recently opened The Juice Spot, an organic juice and smoothie shop, in the trendy Brickell area of Miami.
Maybe they'll open a soccer shop next door.


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Trending HIV/AIDS on Twitter
July/August 2012
Six HIV/AIDS activists are urging Twitterers to use the hashtags #HIV, #AIDS, or #IAC during the International AIDS Conference, being held July 22-27 in Washington, D.C. The suggestion will help to "trend" HIV/AIDS on Twitter, meaning that instead of Kim Kardashian being one of the most talked about topics on Twitter, it could be HIV and AIDS at the top of the list instead.
"Together, through this campaign, we (the global community) can, we must, make #HIV and #AIDS a trend. This is a huge opportunity to bring much-needed awareness to the HIV/AIDS global epidemic. To achieve success, we must all make a conscious effort to tweet our little fingers off!" writes activist Kevin Maloney in a recent blog on TheBody.com. "#HIV: Let's Trend until the End will redefine how HIV, AIDS, and hepatitis C (along with other sexually transmitted infections) awareness, prevention, outreach, activism, and much more are put into action in areas that are in desperate need of support."
To participate, RSVP on the campaign's Facebook event page, and click on "going," or go to twitter.com/hashtaghiv.
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Mediterranean Resorts with Style
Ahh, the Mediterranean getaway. It's a dream destination for many, and no wonder; this (relatively) small body of water is home to some seriously stylish resorts. From the coast of Italy to the islands of Greece, no one does serene, luxe relaxation quite like the Med.
So, what inspiration can we "take home" from the decor in these lovely resorts? Well, lots of white works wonders, as do simple wood or upholstered furniture, pops of cool blue and stone or whitewashed floors. Oh, and an uninterrupted view of azure water helps, too.
1 & 2: Perivolas Luxury Hotel, Santorini, Greece.
3 & 4: Grand Hotel Convento di Amalfi, Amalfi, Italy.
5 & 6: Thalassa Seaside Resort, Santorini, Greece.
7 & 8: Hotel Petra Segreta Olbia, Sardinia, Italy.
9 & 10: Ekies All Senses Resort, Sithonia, Greece.
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fraserwoohoo needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 34 designs submitted by 18 freelance designers.
New site required taking a lead from the logo style and colours but giving a clean, fresh and stylish look for a website at http://www.woohoo.co.uk/ don't worry too much about what is there just now I'm look for new ideas for a totally new site.
In the end the design will be applied to a wordpress site in case this makes a difference to you but all I need now is the design.
woohoo.co.uk Ltd
I run a company which does a bit of website development & quite a bit of affiliate marketing. I need a new site to present to new clients that I would like to work with so it needs to look top quality.
The site should obviously use the red from the logo but it doesn't need to be all over the place - you are free to design however you like. The site should have some main pages - Web Development, Affiliate Marketing, Blogging, Portfolio, Contact then it should also show blog posts on the front page.
Perhaps there would be a header with the logo and all the page options followed by Web Dev, Affiliate Marketing & Blogging which could be stand out boxes near the top with the blog posts below and blog side menu on the right but I'm open to your ideas.
Obviously I still need to fill in the blanks regarding the content.
I like the style of sites like
I think the font used in the logo is Berlin Sans
There are a selection of formats of the logo file at this address
I'll need a PSD file to pass on to my coder.
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Did you know that not only do food flavors influence a wine's taste, but aromas from different foods � and even spices � also impact the taste of a particular wine.
Kim Pitchford demonstrated this concept recently at a wine tasting and pairing held at her Dine by Design kitchen in Grayton Beach.
Those at the event traveled from between three different tasting stations and were able to experience for themselves the different combinations and the effect the aromas have on the palate.
Red snapper crudo, yuzu, hazelnut, fresno, and sorbet were available at the first table and paired with a Gewurztraminer.
At the next table, samplers found braised beef short rib croquette, manchego, and beurre rouge, which was paired with Tempranillo.
And, at the third table was roasted duck breast, polenta, and black cherry mustard paired with pinot noir.
Pitchford learned while in France about how aromas and various flavors such as rose lychees, cherries, and spices affect pairings and the ability to pinpoint flavors in wine.
"The more flavors you keep in your head and nose, the more wine you will taste," Pitchford explained, as guests were urged to sniff first.
Pitchford spent 18 year working in the software business, but when things began to change in her life and in the software business, she felt it was time for a lifestyle change.
"Everything changed in my life and I was doing some consulting. Instead of asking myself what I wanted to be, I asked myself what I loved to do. I had always cooked and cooked well. I recognized that and took out a student loan and enrolled at the French Culinary Institute in Manhattan," she said.
Pitchford completed an apprenticeship in Paris at a Michelin-starred restaurant. During that time she traveled throughout Europe.
While she has lived in several countries and states, Pitchford chose to return to Florida, and opened the doors of Dine by Design Catering in Grayton Beach in March 2006. Since then she has catered events from Pensacola to St. George Island, and in her spare time she is working on a book.
While the chef says the flavors of the Mediterranean � Italy, Spain, France, and North Africa, as well as lamb and salads � are her favorite, what she enjoys cooking most is whatever makes her clients, family, and friends happy.
"I am not fussy," she said. "I focus on ingredients I can simmer, and meat I can slow roast. But I most enjoy cooking food my guests like and giving pleasure to others, as I believe most chefs do."
Pitchford says she has no regrets about her decision to leave the business world behind for the creative, challenging, and soul-satisfying world of feeding people.
"Every day that goes by confirms for me how remarkably suited I am for this work, and how delighted I am with the decision I made. I've been fortunate to work with some fabulous people over the years, from photographers, wedding planners, florists, my clients, brides, grooms, and that most put-upon creature, the mother of the bride. I look forward to at least another half dozen years doing the very same thing," she said.
For more information on Dine by Design's catering services or upcoming classes, call 231-2461 or visit www.dinebydesigncateringinc.com.


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Graduate Entrepreneur visa (Tier 1)
You can apply for a Tier 1 (Graduate Entrepreneur) visa if you:
- are a graduate who has been officially endorsed as having a genuine and credible business idea
- are from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland
- meet the other eligibility criteria
Getting endorsed
You must be endorsed by either:
- the Department for International Trade (DIT) as part of the elite global graduate entrepreneur programme (Sirius)
- a UK higher education institution (HEI) if it's an authorised endorsing body
How long it will take
How long it takes depends on how you've been endorsed.
DIT endorsement
You should get a decision on your visa within 3 weeks if you've been endorsed by DIT. The earliest you can apply is 3 months before you travel.
You can check the guide processing times to find out how long getting a visa might take in your country.
UK HEI endorsement
You'll usually get a decision on your visa within 8 weeks if you've been endorsed by a UK higher education institution. The earliest you can apply is 3 months before you travel.
How much you pay for a Tier 1 (Graduate Entrepreneur) visa depends on your situation and where you apply from.
|Who you're applying for
|Apply (outside the UK)
|Extend or switch (in the UK)
|If you're a citizen of Turkey or Macedonia
|All dependants
|£363 each person
|£493 each person
You'll also have to pay the healthcare surcharge as part of your application. Check how much you'll have to pay before you apply.
How long you can stay
You can stay in the UK for one year on a Tier 1 (Graduate Entrepreneur) visa.
You can apply to extend this visa for one more year.
What you can and cannot do
You can:
- bring family members with you
- extend your stay in the UK using this visa
- switch into this visa from some other visa categories
You cannot:
- get public funds
- work as a doctor or dentist in training
- work as a professional sportsperson, for example a sports coach
- settle in the UK on this visa


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Rock out with Cheerleader, The Lawsuits, Our Griffins and more at MilkBoy's free three-day birthday party
Center city venue MilkBoy its third anniversary next month with three days of free shows. The party also marks the 20th anniversary of its parent company, MilkBoy the Studio. From August 14 to 16th, the venue will host phenomenal performances from artists like The Ataris, Cheerleader, and the Lawsuits. To help you map out your show-going, we've highlighted an artist (or two) for each day. Continue reading →


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I'm Father Tim, and I'm an alcoholic.
Some of you will be familiar with the wording of my greeting; it's how recovering alcoholics (I'll be 15 years sober this Labor Day) introduce themselves before they speak at meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous.
I decided to "come out" to you, my dear readers, because Saint Patrick's Day is fast approaching, and sadly, it is a day that will see some recovering alcoholics "slip" and will help turn other drinkers into alcoholics. At AA meetings around the world, discussion has already turned to what is known to be a "slippery" time, when the temptation to drink, as well as the opportunity and not a small amount of social pressure, can increase to the breaking point.
As one of AA's trillion of on-the-mark slogans wisely says, "You're a lot closer to your next drink than you are from your last drink."
Veteran AA members have a good Irish sense of gallows humor when they see and read stories of bars, streets and trains filled with vomiting, out-of-control or unconscious parade revelers. "What amateurs!" they say with a smile.
For it's true that most "real" alcoholics don't stand out of the crowd. You may know some people who are alcoholics, or some you consider heavy drinkers -- but mostly, only those who have spent years afflicted with the insatiable, can't-live-a-day-without-it craving know what they are. And by then, since they have come to this realization, many have been able to stop.
I can tell you from long experience that "active" alcoholics live in a small, delusionary world -- and not just whe they're drinking or drunk. How many drunk drivers who have just mowed down some innocent soul been absolutely sure that they "just had a couple of beers" and were "okay to drive"? I have heard many of these true stories in AA meetings, in which people still weep years and even decades after imprisonment for incidents like this, after losing their jobs, spouses, families, friends, careers and reputations.
The Irish have a "reputation" when it comes to alcohol, and Saint Patrick's Day does little to improve it. Part of this reputation is truth, part is vicious prejudice, part is myth.
I could write -- and those with expertise far-greater than mine could write with even more authority -- a hundred blogs about the legendary Irish pub and its central role in ancient (and present) Irish life and society. I could write about the hardships the Irish have faced, living for years in what can only be called a state of apartheid and enforced poverty, in which a pint or two or three, especially by the warm fire of the pub surrounded by neighbors and friends, seemed a very small indulgence, and certainly not an illness when compared to the sick society inflicted upon them.
I could write about the legion of "Irish drinking songs" and the prevalence of alcohol in Irish literature and theater. Or, I could just say what many bigots say aloud or under their breath to this day -- that the Irish are just a bunch of drunks. For these people and many others, the facts that many countries have more-severe drinking problems than Ireland -- not to mention drug problems -- has no effect. That's the way bigotry works.
But ethnicity, ancestry, culture and history have very little to do with the problem. Alcoholism happens to one person at a time, and for reasons that are individual and unique. The bottle does not know its drinker.
Perhaps my own story, which I have recounted many times at AA meetings, will help make the point.
I do not come from an alcoholic family. I grew up near a giant steel plant in South Buffalo, NY, well within the long shadow cast by the nearby Our Lady of Victory Basilica and its well-known and feared school for misbehaving boys, run by the legendary basilica builder, Father Nelson Baker. I don't think I ever had more than a taste of alcohol until I was in college in New York City, and it was usually confined to a few beers on Friday night. Although I helped carry many a drunken friend home, I only needed the help myself on one occasion.
By the time I began my Formation in the Society of Jesus a few years after graduation, I was drinking more, and more regularly. Beer had been retired and the more-potent Jack Daniel's took its place. Jack was my good friend and companion for many years after and I relied upon him more and more. He was the perfect friend -- he was there to help me celebrate, and he was there to numb the blues. After a while, the occasion didn't matter. Neither did my drinking buddies. Jack and I spent our nights in my off-campus apartment, ignoring phone calls -- or making raving phone calls -- letting the world and its problems melt away until unconsciousness substituted for sleep as my dinner burned to ashes in the oven.
Yet, I was a model teacher and community worker as I continued on course to the priesthood. At the height of my drinking -- a liter of Jack every night -- my Father Superior told an audience of incoming novices that I was a model they should emulate, truly "a man for others," as we Jesuits say.
As my Jesuit Formation, education and devotion to Our Lord grew, the same Call that had brought me to this path came again. Again, and I thank God for this, my eyes were opened. I saw the man in the mirror, and I knew what I had become.
"They say" that knowing you have a problem means you're halfway to solving it -- but I'm not sure it applied to my alcoholism. I went to my first AA meeting, which was very, very far from campus, and couldn't believe that this bunch of weirdos and I had anything in common. I left at the first opportunity, supposedly to have a cigarette, and many months went by until I went back.
I went home to Jack.
My apartment was not faring well with its heavy-drinking tenant. I fell asleep -- drunk -- twice in the bathtub and almost washed away the building. I seldom emptied any trash, and flies greeted my every arrival. In some fit of anger, I had ripped my phone from the wall along with a few yards of wiring, and the corner pay phone became my only way to call anybody. .A tiny drip from the ceiling of my top-floor apartment soon became a stream whenever it rained, and a bit of cracked plaster became about eight square yards of fallen plaster.
I lived in fear that anybody -- the superintendent, a building inspector, the landlord, a friend -- would stop by. How could I let them in?
Although my work and progress continued, my world became small. There was no more room for friends or relatives, no reason to read or answer letters, bills or emails. The day was filled with work -- and I never drank during the day. But it was me and Jack all night.
I no longer had any doubts that I really was one of the "monsters" I had met at that AA meeting. I tried to drink less, to drink every other day, to take a different route home so I would miss the bars and liquour stores.
But I couldn't stop.
I went back to AA, and this time, I listened instead of judged. I began hearing my story coming from the mouths of others. I began to want the life these reformed drinkers had, and I began to see that it was possible. Somehow, an exceptional and beautiful book came to me, "Drinking: A Love Story" by the late Carolyn Maas.
I knew I had hit bottom, and, as AA says in its "Big Book," humbly surrendered to God, my "Higher Power" asking him to take this affliction from me. Soon, with His Grace and eternal Love, and the support and encouragement of my friends in AA, I stopped drinking.
After years of self-imposed darkness, God's Light had given my life back to me.
I owe an eternal thanksgiving to Him, and Alcoholics Anonymous, and Carolyn Maas, and many friends and strangers who held my unsteady, shaking hand. I have been sober ever since, and have continued to attend AA meetings and work with my brother and sister alcoholics. AA is truly everywhere -- even in the remote mission community in which I now live and work.
In the spirit of our patron Saint Patrick, a man with an iron will and a boundless heart, I pray that if you are suffering, you will seek the Help of God and the help of others, whose doors are always open. God loves His Dear Children with a changeless and unchangeable Love, and He will rush to your aid if you but ask Him with an open heart and mind. This is essential: God cannot do for you you what He cannot do through you.
As AA co-founder Bill Williams said, "Let go, and let God!"
God bless you all!
-- Father Tim


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Angel's Review: Manga and Comics
Been so busy with Life but at least I'm getting some reviews done.
Angel kept forcing Kurai around the market place as they collected food and items for more cleaning. She smiled as she forced Kurai to grab another bag to his already waited arms.
Kurai sighed at this, "And how am I stuck carrying all these?" then stopped complaining when Angel gave him a nasty look that pretty much meant to shut up or else.
Then all of a sudden as they both bump into these two guys and one of them disrespectfully said, "Hey, watch where the FUCK YOU GOING!! What are you, blind?" And then pushes Kurai to the ground like a sixth-grader and then one of the others said, "Hey, hey, little brother....calm your dumb ass down, man! Damn, Also in public and all that."
Angel smiled a little, and then started to laugh a little creepy, "Oh? So your suposed to be big tough guys huh? What? You think your part of a gang and should start pushing people around?"
Kurai frowned at Angel as he got up, saying gently and more like a whisper, "Ang.... that might not be the best thing to do...." But Angel was already in the mood to fight if needed.
"Seems like these boys are just little children....." she comented as she picked up one of the bags and handed it to Kurai.
"Little children?", the older brother responsed, "Yeah right. We're grown men dammit....but then again, I do like that sass you got there, wolf girl." Then he was creepily checking Angel out. "Well, miss, the name's Cain. Rick Cain and over there is my dumbass little brother Darius or just call him Dice." He then spitted out something that looked kinda nasty. "As you can see, we're professionals."
"Professional what? Airhead jackasses?" she asked, frowning, "And I hope you know I an't interested in some halfbaked babies who can't seem to think with anything but there dicks and hormones..." she said turning, "At least I know people who actually have class like MAK....."
Kurai frowned a little, "And what about me?" he asked.
"Like I said.... people with /Class/..." she emphasized.
Then both brothers' eyes widened once they hear that name. Then Rick responded with, "Wait......what name did you say right there, Holo?"
She glared at him, her tail fraying a little in annoyance, "First off, I am fucken not HOLO! She is a brown wolf..... I'm actually white.... and second, why the fuck do you want to know what name I said?"
Then Dice really insulted with her with this, "Well, my dear Kanokon or whatever the fuck you think you are, MAK is the guy whose ass we're gonna find and collect him for $6 million." And then Rick finished the statement with, "Oh, did we forgot to mention that we're bounty hunters? And you know the whereabouts of MAK....so what is he, your little boyfriend or something?"
"I'm not interested in a relationship first and second, your never getting at him....." she smiled a little, "Your never finding him, especially with insulting me with all those cracks...." she smiled and showed her rather harsh teeth.
"Oh really?", Dice said, "I kinda knew that afro-headed fuckhead would never get with anyone....unless he decided to go with the brokendown lynx." Rick laughed at that comment and also said, "Well, that guy did change blue once. I guess blue balls were part of his power."
Angel growled even more and actually bit Dice hard, drawing blood. He had a wound that looked like a wild animal bit him hard. She let go and spat out the blood, knowing she wouldn't get sick from anyone's blood.
"OOWWWWW!!!", Dice screamed at the sight of his bleeding arm and then Rick grabbed Angel by the neck and said, "You little bitch!" and then slapped her across the face. "You cross with the wrong motherfuckers, you got me? Plus, MAK's ass is grass when we find him."
Kurai growled and let go of the bags, bitting Rick hard on the arm that held Angel, this time his eyes had turned from the gold color to a rather red and demonic color. The bite mark seemed to have a little bit of gray around them as though the skin was dieing.
"LET ME THE FUCK GO!!" He kept swinging Kurai from his arm until he eventually threw him out. "Damn!!! Shit, that hurts!!", Rick shouted and Dice kept screaming, "You fucking bitch!! We gonna find you and kill you, that guy, and that motherfucker MAK!!!" Soon, both brothers retreated to their car and drove out of there immediately.
Angel growled a bit at them leaving as well as Kurai though he was starting to settle down a bit. Before they left, Angel yelled out, "RETEATING WITH YOUR TAIL BETWEEN YOUR LEGS EH? GUESS YOUR SCARED OF A GIRL, HUH?"
Kurai gathered the bags and they finished shopping, coming home looking a little out of it and a small bit of blood on their bodies from the biting.
Soon after, as they went back into the Hideaway, MAK was the first to answer the door and checking sure that it's Angel and Kurai at the door and at the first glimpse of them with blood on them, MAK with wide-eyes responded with, "Um....what the hell happened? Was there a bloodbath in the store?"
Angel growled a little as she walked inside, "So..... you have a big old bounty on your fucken head and decided not to tell us before we left for the store?" she asked as Kurai walked in, bags all over him as he tried to carry everything inside. He frowned as he put them all down in the kitchen and then came out, looking beat, "Damnit..... demonblood activating and being a mule for Ang is tiring....." he said as he lay down on the couch.
MAK gulped and swallowed hard at that statement, "Oh shit. Look, Angel, I thought you knew all about the-- I mean, I thought-- you see.....after I ran from the Anime Gods, another faction of them called One Blood was after me and....after that, they put a bounty for $6 mil on my head."
"And how about the two we ran into? The names Rick and Dice ring a bell? Damn.... I can't get the taste of Dice out of my mouth.... he probably hasn't washed in like forever......" she growled and grabbed a bottle of ice tea to wash her mouth out.
As she mention the names of Rick and Dice, MAK went into a panic mode as he hyperventilates and thought about those names and what they done to him in the past. "The C-C-C----Cain Brothers?!?", he said with much fear in his voice and he was gasping and worried about them finding them out. "No, I thought they were never heard from again. This can't be true. This shouldn't happen!!" Then he kept questioning why now they came but he knows why.
Angel rolled her eyes and smacked MAK hard in the face to stop him from freaking out, "Your acting like a pressy little girl right now.... cut it out. They arn't going to find us since me and Akuma got the sheild up and running. They can't come in because they wish us harm.... and I really don't think they want anymore 'wild animal' attacks on them..." she smiled, her teeth showing again sharp and rather dangerous, "Both me and Kurai had a little fun attacking those dipshits....."
"Owww! OK!" MAK yelped. "It's just....those guys got under my skin during my teen years. They are the ultimate assholes I have ever met. Rick is like that slimeball you see at a car dealership and Dice.....he's worse. Way worse because he's a dumbass and dangerous. I'm really sorry you have to go through that."
Kurai rolled his eyes, "Well, that Rick guy is going to have problems with his hand for a bit..... " he chuckled a bit, "Sometimes I like being a devil......"
"Well, the bastard got what he deserved." MAK said with no regrets and then he went to get his wallet to pay his share of the shopping but suddenly, a picture fell out of there.
Angel picked it up and chuckled, "A girlfriend?" she asked, smiling, "Alright.... time to tell me about this picture..." she said, her wings flapping a little and making her fly a bit high for MAK to get the picture when he reached out for it.
"Wait! Come on now!!" as MAK went to reach for the picture but couldn't get to it. "OK, look, she is an old childhood friend of mine. We knew each other since we were 9. OK? Can I have the picture back now?"
"Come on..... you made me talk about my picture before.... a little more info might be better...." she sat down on top of the bookshelf, and studdied the picture as though she was a bird being curious about something, "She's pretty cute...."
"OK. Her name is Kai. She's been one of my best friends ever since 4th grade. We became good friends since her folks know my parents." MAK then reminisce about his good times with her and brought in the bad news after that. "Then when we were 16, her parents had to move out of Eastin City and the worst thing is my dad and mom split up at the same time. So that was the last time I ever saw her."
Angel shrugged as she threw him the picture, "Oh..... well its not as bad as my story, but I'm sure you will see her again....."
MAK sighed and said, "Angel, it's been 6 years since I seen her at all. I don't even know if she even remembers me at this point. She probably has a new life, new friends, possibly a boyfriend or so." And he muttered this last sentence silently, "And the worst thing about it is I actually did have a crush on her and I never told her."
Angel sighed, "Just think of it this way, What happens every time in anime and Manga when a guy has a girl that suddenly leaves when he was little.... she normally comes back and ends up on his doorstep.... Just like Zodiac P.I."
Zodiac P.I., Jūnikyū de Tsukamaete, Zodiac Detective(Mar 3, 2001 – Nov 30, 2002)
Author: Natsumi Ando
Action, Mystery, Fantasy, Romance, Shojo, Comedy,
Key Words: Magical Girl, Detective,
Magazine: Nakayoshi Publisher: Kodansha American Publisher: Tokyopop
Book Volumes: 4
Lili Hoshizawa is a 13 year old Spiritual Detective who uses the horoscopes to solve her cases as "Detective Spica" (Spica is the brightest star in the constellation Virgo). In her off time, she tells fortunes. When she is Detective Spica, she works with her old time friend, Hiromi, and wants to get one step closer to finding out what happen to her mother that disappeared.
How she figures out the case is that she finds out when the victims birth date is, then she asks that Zodiac about the date of the crime. The Zodiac also gives her clues to find out what happen and she places them together.
My Thoughts: First off, I love this manga series so much that I made sure to buy all the books quite fast. It helped that there are only 4 books though. Anyway, the characters are fun and actually rather entertaining, even the ones that don't stay for very long. Lili herself is actually very cute and smart, especially when it comes to astrology but I noticed that the only thing she seems to use is a person's sun sign. Not that that's a bad thing, but it does throw me off slightly since I know some things about astrology.
Her friend is a bit odd though being allergic to women. I'm not exactly how he got allergic to women, but he is. Also Lili is the cause somehow though it only gives a really weird explanation that doesn't actually explain anything. Not only that, but he shows up out of nowhere, with a PHD no less, and yet he still goes to a high school? Something doesn't actually make sense and that's pretty much what he always searching for, logical proof. Can someone tell me the logical proof for the PHD and the allergy?
Each story really is a story in itself with only few reoccurring characters to speak of. This gives the manga a lot to go with and sadly, it really does stop a bit to short for my taste. I could see many other times that she could use the rings power and even more, that actually happens at the end. You will understand once you read it why I think they just made the manga to short.
The artwork is actually beautiful though it normally is for a shojo manga. They have really high detailed pieces but then there are some panels that seem a little derpy, but that seems to work with the Comedy of the books.
Link to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac_P.I.
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"OK...True," MAK said, "But I can't just expect somebody to be knocking at the door right this instan--" Then he heard a knock on the door and soon the guys checked the security cam to see who it is.
Angel laughed a little when she heard the knock, "What are we in, a anime?" she asked, getting down off the bookcase and flying over to the door, "Hello?" she asked sweetly, knowing whoever it was didn't want to hurt them.
The girl at the door was looking out for any danger and as soon as she was noticed, "Excuse me, but do you know where I can find some lodging at? I only have enough to last me a 2 days and I need to find a place to stay."
"Come on in....." she said gently as she opened the door, "Kakurega is always open for anyone who needs a place...." She used the Japanese name she and MAK came up with meaning hideaway.
"Well, thank you." She said, "I really appreciate the hospitality, Miss.....sorry, but I don't know your name yet." She politely asked.
"I'm Angel.... This is mine and my twin sister, Akuma's home. The two boys over there are just freeloading..." she said pointing to MAK and Kurai, "Kurai and MAK......"
"HEY!!! I'm no freeload--" Then as MAK stopped in mid-sentence as he took a glance at the girl and a sudden realization came to him. "Hey, um....have you ever stayed at Eastin City before?" She answered with, "I stayed there once. Why do you want to know?" Then MAK took off his glasses so she can recognize him a little more. "Wait, I remember you........MAK, is that you?", she said and MAK answered, "Kai?"
Angel fell over laughing at this while Kurai and Akuma blinked, looking at them. "HA I KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO FUCKEN HAPPEN! ITS JUST LIKE A THE MANGA!" Angel yelped out through her laughing.
After the laughter of Angel, MAK then looked at Kai and said, "Wow, Kai, I haven't seen you in a long while and the years have been good to you." Then Kai said, "And I see you happen to grow a beard, have glasses and gotten taller." MAK then blushed at that last part, "Well, yeah, I have grew a bit over the last couple of years........."
Angel got up and rolled her eyes, "Time to leave....." she said as she shooed the other two out of the room, "Lets leave the love birds alone...." she said, then smacked Kurai when Akuma grabbed him on the ass. She then pulled Kurai's limp body out of the room.
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Clover, Kurōbā(1997 – 1999)
Author: Clamp (Nanase (Ageha?) Ohkawa)
Fantasy, Romance, Shojo, Drama, Tragedy, Sci-fi, Supernatural,
Key Words: Sword fights, Cyberpunk,
Magazine: Amie Publisher: Kodansha American Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Originated: Japan
Book Volumes: 4
Kazuhiko is a black-ops agent of the baroque(Retro-tech world) who has been pulled out of retirement to escort ad Military top secret project to a special destination. This secret project is a young waif named Sue and is thought to be the most dangerous person in the world. She grew up, caged for the longest time with only two voices calling out to her; her grandmother who is Kozuhiko's General, and Kozuhiko's departed girlfriend, the singer Ora. Threw this, she knows Kazuhiko before they even met. Can Kozuhiko take her to this place he doesn't even know?
My Thoughts: I'm not going to lie, this is one of the most confusing manga's that Clamp produced and I have heard that isn't even done yet. I'm somewhat glad its not because as it is, there really isn't any definitive ending to the plot or answers as to what it was supposed to be about. Nanase Ohkawa has actually explained that there are two books left that are needed to complete the story but unfortunately, there is no date to when those would be released.
We follow a girl named Sue and her protector Kazuhiko as they travel the land in search of something. A running fraise that seems to always come up is 'I only want your Happiness but I cannot be yours,' and saying about 4-leaf clovers. To tell the truth, I couldn't figure out very much of the story because much of it was cryptic. There was also a strange male who seemed to be rather interested in Kazuhiko. I can understand many of the stories and philosophies that clamp normally uses, but in this case, I can't understand. It's sad that this isn't even done because it probably would have the answers we were searching for. Sadly, at the time of this review, it has been about 13-14 years since it came out and they still have it considered on hold.
The artwork is so beautiful even if the characters look like their from xxxHolic in how long armed and small headed they are. It has an interesting fantasy aspect to this as well where we have talking rabbit's dolls walking around and they seem more from the world of wonderland how they are drawn. There is a lot of steam punk cyber style images, especially how the wings are drawn. I love this style in how charming and fine detailed it all is down to some of the strains of hair.
Link to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clover_%28manga%29
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Salem Brownstone: All Along the Watchtowers(2009)
Author: John Harris Dunning
Horror, Fantasy, American Comic,
Key Words: Gothic, Surreal, Spiritual,
Originated: America
American Publisher: Walker Books
Book Volume: 1
Salem O. Brownstone Esquire never really knew his father after he left when he was 6. Threw the years, he had become successful in all that he did, mostly out of trying to outdo him but never got any contact from him. That's why he was surprised to get a telegram telling him of his father's death and to come and possess his house and things. Upon getting to the house, he meets the charming Cassandra Contortionist, a circus freak and friend of his fathers. She gives him a Serying ball that was his father's most treasured object but dark creatures are out to own the orb. Can he protect it and take over his father's plans before the darkness fills the world?
My Thoughts: I actually liked it though it reminded me of images I have seen from XXXHolic. Characters are long limed and hair flows unnaturally around the characters face most of the time. It is very surreal and all the images seem to move around you, not really any place with straight lines. Things are really dark, not many panels have been left with white parts. It gives the characters a very hunting feeling. The only real place there is light is in the astral plain where they seem to show more of the light surrounding the character.
Everything has a really heavy inking, and lots of the images have crosshatching and detailing, though none of it really looks like it had half tones. It is all done by pen and ink showing how much time the author put into her art. The only things that don't have much are the characters whom are rather pasty faced and seem to jump off the page. There is a lot of close ups to lips and eyes when they start talking, making everything feel important. It feels a lot like a Greatful Dead poster and seems like something that would be good if on a stoner dream.
The story line sadly is much to be desired. It thrusts Salem into the story without really giving any info as to what the heck he is even going to his father's house. If he seems to hate his father so much, then why go there? And why would he care about anything about his father in the first place? If I was him, I would have just thrown the letter away. Another problem is that he always seems to have a stuck eyebrow, always looking like a stalker or pervert when he looks at anyone. And it's not both, it's just this one eye.
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Samples of it - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz8cgCDvskc
Reflections from the Author - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eptXslqJ-vs&feature=related
Gravel Reviews - http://www.grovel.org.uk/salem-brownstone-all-along-the-watchtowers/
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The Plain Janes (2007)
Author: Cecil Seaskull, Jim Rugg
Action, American Comic,
Key Words: Slice of life,
American Publisher:
Book Volumes: 1
Jane was a normal girl going about her normal life until a attack on Metro City turned her around. She decided to be different, to embrace art and went so far as to dye and cut her hair. Her parents, being scared that another attack would happen, moved the whole family to Kent Waters, a small suburbia as though they would be safe. Hating the way there was no art, she decides to get the other 3 girls in her school named Jane, Jayne, and Polly Jane to help her create the club called P.L.A.I.N. (People loving Art in Neighborhoods). At night, they go out and graffiti art all over the town but not everyone loves what they are doing. Can they really bring life into the dull town without getting into trouble?
My Thoughts: I liked the idea of the story but it just felt like it was slow then rushed. On the other hand though, I laughed that all the people of the town considered the artwork an 'attack' on their homes. It showed that some people can be very closed minded. On the other hand, you get to pick what side you would be on, the side of the Janes or the side of the others.
The artwork is very western style and yet not really standing out. She would seem to change styles a couple times during the comic. The only thing that really stands out are the art projects.
It did have a lot of thoughts going around in my head and was somewhat interesting to at least pick up and read. Would I actually buy the book? I really doubt it. It didn't stand out that much to me.
Link to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_P.L.A.I.N._Janes#The_P.L.A.I.N._Janes_.282007.29
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Mantis Woman, Kamakiri Onna (June 1, 2000)
Author: Senno Knife
Key Words:Gore, Blood, Japanese Folklore,
Originated: Japan
American Publisher: I.C. Entertainment; Ironcat
Book Volumes: 1
A collection of Horror stories.
~Mantis Women~
Headless bodies are appearing around the school and Chiaki wonders why. She goes to investigate alone but what she finds is a nightmare.
~The Zenda Family's Hell~
A new family has moved in next door to Mai, but they seem rather strange. People start disappearing after doing something bad to the Zenda's and when Mai goes to look, she finds herself in a rather scary situation.
~Koala is Watching…~
Yukari comes home and finds a box with a stuffed Koala in it and a sign that says 'Love me more and more.' Suddenly, she starts getting the feeling she was being watched and many strange phone calls start up.
~The Water Beckons~
Miyajima can't swim and so one night, she goes with a new girl to the school pool to practice but it seems this new girl isn't what she looks like.
~Hell's Gumball Machine~
Mami's mother and father always end up fighting. When she hears of a Gumball Machine that would grant a wish, she and a couple other friends go to find it. When they do and put together the doll within the machine, they each make a wish, but careful what you wish for, it might not come out how you want.
~The Snake Boy~
A young servant girl works for a very rude and rich family. The family has a cursed object known as the Snake boy and when it is let lose, all types' of things happen to the family, as the family blames the young girl.
My Thoughts: So this is a rather interesting manga but sadly the stories were just cut short. Each one did give you a small scar but in the end, none of them really stood out all that well. The horror was supposed to build up and in two or three they did but then seemed to lay flat during the middle of their story or made no sense even in horror logic. I guess the one I did like was the Koala is Watching because it did give me a small chill up my back (But then it fell flat again).
What I liked about the stories that they all seemed to be made up of Urban Legends, they had that same feeling that the story was just going to keep repeating over and over again. Some would live from the tale and would keep retelling the tale and others would die right on the spot. But in the end, since they were so short, I had to ask where the full build up was going to come from.
The artwork is so so, not that great but also not bad either. Again, nothing really stood out as each had the same style of artwork.
And the characters are hard to pick out because they look so similar. Many times I thought that a character was from another story only to find that her name was supposed to be different. They were more like no named actors on a horror set just waiting to be killed off and even the main characters sadly were like that.
All in all, I liked it but it lacked a lot. I could think of many others that are better to read then this one if you want Horror. If you don't care, then go ahead and try it out for yourself.
So-So, it's ok to read once and if it's in a bargain bin, you should pick it up but it's not worth full price.
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xxxHOLiC(2003 – Feb 9, 2011)
Author: CLAMP
Seinen, Supernatural, Horror, Psychological, Comedy,
Key Words: Spirits, curses,
Magazine: Young Magazine (2003-2010), Bessatsu Shonen Magazine (2010-2011) Publisher: Kodansha American Publisher: Del Rey Manga
Book Volumes: 19
Kimihiro Watanuki is a young high school student bothered with yokai and ayakashi, spirits normally cling to him and have a strong attraction. They are invisible to others so it makes things really bothersome for him. One day, he stumbles into a shop with the mysterious witch Yuko Ichihara who grants his wish, but the price is for him to work for her. Watanuki is forced into a world of spirits and wishes along with Shizuka Domeki who has a strange way of repelling spirits and neutralizing them.
My Thoughts: The story line for the most part is the same as the anime, with little things here and there that change which is rather normal for going from print to anime. A couple things though seem to of been changed. The first one is that Watanuki doesn't feel like he is a total spas from what I have read. He seems a little more put together then the anime series. Yuko on the other hand seems to speak even more and says things that could probably go without saying like for instance, saying that Watanuki's face looked mad when you could tell right from the picture that it did. Moro and Maro were not as annoying as in the anime (Or else, I could just decide weather or not I read their repeats of other's words…) Yuko is even more cryptic in some of her answers then the anime, and rather seems to cut herself off once in a while. It really pisses me off that way.
Now I do have a problem with how they put some of the story lines. In the anime, it seemed to be much better placed then in the books. There are times when they talk about Domeki even though we have pretty much never met him before but they talk about some rather special things about him. The animation seemed to be much better in bringing him into the story and explaining more about him. On contrary, when it came to Himawari, we got a lot more information even if it was cryptic in the manga instead of the anime.
The artwork is rather striking, just like the anime. Unfortunately, it does have a couple of downsides. Because of how dark the manga is, the characters become masses of black blobs when we see them far away, and the details sort of fade off until you can't tell who it is. The characters have the same problem as the animation where the bodies feel stretched and heads a little too small for the bodies. This does give the manga its on style away from most of clamps work even if it is a bit creepy. A downside to it having its on feeling is how stringy some of the characters hair seems to be. Yuko's hair flies around like spiders legs or smoke even when there doesn't seem to be much wind. It is always getting 'stuck' on something as well leaving fine lines on the page. Sometimes the images become too crowded with elaborate designs of smoke that although give the feeling of shop and some places around it a rather mystical setting, it takes away from much of the detail that should be shown or left blank. I normally don't see any actual shading being done but when they do use it, its pretty much jet black blocks. There aren't really any halftone patterns that I can see, and if there are, it's very few using more of pen shading. There is also the little matter that they have no shin in there eyes, making them look a bit dead sometimes.
xxxHOLiC: Rei, xxxHOLiC: Return(2013 - ongoing)
Author: CLAMP
Seinen, Supernatural, Horror, Psychological, Comedy,
Key Words: Spirits, curses,
Magazine: Young Magazine Publisher: Kodansha American Publisher:
Book Volumes:
My Thoughts:
Link to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XxxHolic
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Watashitachi no Shiawase na Jikan (2007), Our Happy Hours
Author: Ji-Young Gong
Drama, Romance, Psychological, Seinen
Key Words: Slice of Life,
Book Volumes: 1
A young girl tries to kill herself. Afterwards, in a strange chance, a nun asks her to help with a convict on Death Row who has also tried to kill himself countless times. She reluctantly agrees but as soon as she sees him, she feels a strange connection to him.
My Thoughts: The story is really heavy on the drama. I'm not sure exactly weather I like it or not so I feel a bit stuck in the middle. I have never been much into Romance when it doesn't have some type of comedy within it. I do feel rather sorry for the people within the story. The Nun who only wants to do good, a women who isn't feeling any love from her mother or the other people around her, and a man who all his life he had seen people turn on their words.
The story seems to speak of forgiveness a lot. Forgiveness of yourself, forgiveness of others… and it seems to be sounding a bit preachy at times. It seems to push it into your face a lot and yet, it feels perfect for the story line they wrote.
The art style is actually really different then I have seen. The colored images are watercolor, so beautiful and done rather well, making them look almost real. The black and white images are heavy in tones; almost no spot was left untouched by the dark look. Hair seems a bit stiff and almost as though it's dirty or oily on the head.
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Forced Love(One Shot)
Author: Kousei Mitarashi
Key Words: Rape, Student x Teacher,
American Publisher:
Book Volumes: 1
Kobayashi is a bitchy girl who loves to pick on the teachers until she meets one teacher that shows he won't be messed with. He starts to rape her but she seems to be enjoying it?
My Thoughts: The story is pretty much the same as any other rape style hentai manga or anime. It's all for the sake of getting into the girls pants. In the end, it turns around and she asks for it. I'm not really spoiling much because the story line is the same for almost every other Hentai like I said.
The whole idea that a women would actually fall in love with a rapist who just raped them out in the open is pretty much a fantasy that will never be. I think it's a fantasy of men who wish to have that happen in their life… not that I'm saying that every man is like that mind you. It is pretty un-realistic and actually a bit boring to me. The story line is way over used.
The artwork is a bit better then I really think it should be. Everything looks like it should be, and I don't really nave much to say about it. The story was a bit too short to have a real review on and I can see why no one has before.
It's decent for what it was intended for, pretty much for people to wack off to and not much else.
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Author: Shiuko Kano
Comedy, Yaoi, Romance, Drama,
Key Words: School Life,
Book Volumes: 1
~Ten Dollars~
Haruna Ippei and Takimoto Eiji have always been together since they were children but when they turned 17, their relationship seems to change. Eiji feels love towards Ippei though it seems that Ippei doesn't return the feeling when he ends up getting a girl pregnant.
~Lizard's Tail~
Katsuyuki and Atsuo both go to the same cram school and between lessons and activities; the pair learns that they are slowly falling in love. After the two get into their choice universities, Katsuyuki feels a bit odd and starts to rethink his relationship with Atsuo.
~The Kind and Beautiful You~
Masamichi, a promising young actor, has his life turned upside down after getting into a scuffle at a club and has his leg hurt badly. As he copes with his now crippled leg, his brother in law, Suguru, tries to help him but a conversation with his ex-troupe mate might put Masamichi into a much deeper depression then his leg.
My Thoughts: These are actually rather nice stories about love and romance. They each are resolved in the span of one chapter (except one that goes for 2) and are pretty cute. You don't always tell who's the 'top' of the relationship, which makes it a bit different then any of the other Yaoi manga I have read.
Each story is pretty realistic of what could happen in someone's life and they make choices that some people may pick. My only problem was that it was fully romanticized and I don't believe a lot of the situations would end where they do end it. It left me with a couple questions of what is going to happen now that they are together and does everyone around them agree with their choice. Within the manga, it is only a tunnel vision of the characters up to the point of climax of their story without anything to bring the down a little for resolution.
There is a warning, the story most of the time leads to sex so if your not into that, don't read it.
The art style is rather interesting, all the characters looking Bishonen and more attention towards the men then the women. There are rarely any other characters except for the 2 main characters leaving the others pretty thrown in the background. Once in a while, they threw a character in for a couple of panels to try and pull the characters apart but otherwise, it were pretty tunnel vision.
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$100 is Too Cheap(One Shot) (2009)
Author: Kazune Yamamoto
Mystery, Shounen,
Key Words: Bounty Hunter, Detective,
Book Volumes: 1
Suna at age 17 has a rather interesting job, he is a Mystery Solver. This isn't just a hobby for him; it's a way of life to be a detective while his side job is bartending. One day, a woman by the name of Petey comes into his bar, asking for a little help. She's a bounty Hunter who is after one man whose bounty is -$100 and needs his help to find him.
My Thoughts: First off, I'm actually surprised that this reminds me of Bartender, though just vaguely. It started out with Suna giving her a glass of Darjeeling Cooler and right before it showed how to make it. Then it does it again a couple minutes later.
Now I have to say, this is actually a really good short. There really is no reason not to read it since it's only a one shot. The story line is rather goo and there is a small lesson involved though not as strong as I think it should be.
The characters aren't really memorable but the story line is the thing that seems to stand out rather well. Sometimes its hard to see who is talking and other times they switch from one place to the other back and forward but other then that, this is a must read if you can find it. I didn't think they could make a really good mystery in just 31 pages but they did rather nicely.
The artwork is rather thick lined and the faces don't really have much definition to distinguish them from one another. The hair shows the most detail alone with the lines used for shadows. It's all inked with no half tones at all. This makes the manga a bit to dark once in a while.
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A Date with You(2009), Kimi to Date (One Shot)
Author: Suzuki Tsuta
Yaoi, Romance, Slice of Life,
Key Words: Boyxboy,
Originated: Japan
Publisher: In Magazine:
Book Volumes: 1
When Tsuge-kun broke up with a boyfriend and got into a fight, Nagano-San was the only one who seemed to care. Tsuge soon came to fall for Nagano and started attending classes, trying to be near him every day to try and make him feel the same.
My Thoughts: Alright, well this is actually pretty cute even though it's actually short. Sadly though, there is one thing that seems out of place. It jumps about slightly without having many cues to the fact we jumped. The whole story, Tsuge was trying to get time for a date with Nagano but then the manga ended abruptly.
The artwork looks pretty much like a more detailed form of Hetalia and it sort of makes me laugh about it. Nagano looks like Russia a bit and Tsuge looks like Spain and Romano had a child together. It's actually quite cute seeing the two together.
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Boku no Pico(Apr 30, 2007)
Author: Saigado
One Shot, Yaoi, Hentai, Doujin, Ecchi,
Key Words: Pedophilia, boyxboy, Genderbending, Smut,
Originated: Japan
Publisher: In Magazine:
Book Volumes: 1
Pico and Mokkun enjoy a rather sweet date which turns into very detailed lust.
My Thoughts: Be rather surprised, Boku no Pico was actually put as a manga as well. Now, for this one, there is not really much reason for it as there was not really a big storyline on how they would fall in love. This one starts when Mok-kun and Pico are actually together and going to an amusement park where they suddenly start doing it in the bathroom. Nothing leads up to it, nothing actually makes any real sense to the reason they are together. The second part of the manga actually had some reasoning behind why Pico was dressed as a girl the first time but again, there really not much that lead up to it. I seriously lost interested in that and the fact that Pico was talking like an adult getting fucked then actually talking like a little kid. I mean, he was using some very large words.
The artwork is actually rather nice and the art book like area at the end gave more information then we really needed for a One Shot. It showed the grandfather and a lot of different… positions of the body for Pico. I liked part of the art book, not so much the to much information part.
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