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Any idiot who sold is just that. Did anyone notice how much money the company actually made? Brown is doing what he gets paid to do; err on the side of caution. This is a short sellers manipulation, I wouldn't be surprised if the stock recovers at least $2 from its lows today by the close, and will be back to close to 60 by the end of next month. BTW, I bought 10,000 shares of MSI after the split. I'm not selling. I'm buying.
I'm getting out tomorrow. got better places to put my money. Been with them since 2009. Time to say bye bye.
I have to agree with old law, much better places to put your money in now,,, and cash might be one of them..
well if you bought 5k at 55 and today you could get over 58 which is a 15k profit and you still own it,,, your a better than me lol

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George Blaney, a New England coaching legend, announced his retirement today after 43 years as a college basketball coach, including the last 12 at UConn.
Blaney, 73, who arrived at UConn in 2001, spent last season as an assistant coach before accepting a role as a special assistant/advisor to head coach Kevin Ollie. During his time at UConn, he also was an associate head coach on Jim Calhoun's staff.
His coaching career also included stops at Stonehill, Dartmouth, Seton Hall, Rhode Island and 22 years as head coach at Holy Cross, his alma mater.
"I always said I would know when it would be the right time to go," Blaney said in a released statement. "I have thoroughly enjoyed my years at UConn, but I think for me, this is the right time.
"Coaching with Jim has been so special for me. We have always been such great friends and that just made for a wonderful working relationship. His passion for the game, for the kids, and for UConn is what made him such a special coach.
"And I am just so excited about Kevin. I said right from the get-go that Kevin Ollie is a superstar coach and he certainly showed it last year. And I think this year's team is going to be terrific."
Here's what Ollie had to say about Blaney:
"Coach Blaney is just a great basketball coach … just the way he puts basketball and life in perspective," Ollie said. "He's been somebody I can confide in, no matter what the situation. Not only was Coach Blaney a great help to me last year through the transition to head coach, but he helped me when I was an assistant, helped me in my whole path to becoming a college coach. And of course, his decades of coaching experience have been invaluable to me on the bench."
Blaney contributed greatly to UConn's success, as the Huskies posted a 298-112 record, won two national championships, played in three Final Fours, won six Big East titles and earned 10 NCAA bids during Blaney's 12 years.
"George had an awful lot to do with all that we were able to accomplish here and I will cherish the time we had working together," Calhoun said. "He will always be very special to me and I'm proud to call him my friend."
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"She is not ashamed of her new persona she wants us to know what we did to her."
Uh huh. Did Claus tell you to write that, Vanessa?
I think I'm going to stick with reading no nine-thousand word essays on Britney Spears this year. Or, at least wait until the end of the year, and pick out the best one.
I am waiting for her death (I am betting she is gone by August 2008) and instead of an essay I will watch the montage of her life during the Grammy's AND listen to people say how talented (cough cough) she was and how much of a loss her death is to all our lives. (puke)
Seriously great article. The story of our age. Britney is now the only celebrity who matters.
One thing I don't like, though, is the non-specificity of articles like this. It's all "managers" and "handlers" and "the suits" and "the machine" that did these things, but they don't mention their names. I mean, they DO, in a general way, some of them, but I think the businesspeople in Jive and her management company and so on are just as important as individuals as the paparazzi are. That's more interesting to me than a bunch of cars driving up and down Mulholland -- when "management" made her push on instead of taking a break, WHO? What exactly did they say? Were there meetings? Or did some guy with a cigar just tell some other guys to get her out of her trailer, we're going to Minneapolis? I mean, Britney didn't just HAPPEN; she is a manufactured product. By whom?
I love how the whole article is filled with quotes from "close friends" of Britney.
I also love the first paragraph about Betsey Johnson, I mean, what a coincidence that the "journalist" was there to catch all that!
If she is an American Tragedy, why does she have milllions of dollars more than me?
Does the articley mention how Rolling Stone prominently displayed Britney's 17-year-old ass cheeks in their pages in 1999? Or is that not part of the tragedy?
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I'm with Aislinn @2. I'm sorry, I just can't bring myself to read this article, or any other article, about Britney. I just simply don't care one whit.
You aren't missing anything. Don't fret.
"Dude, smell my fingers."
"Meat pole."
@10 and 2 I was sorely tempted to read it when it showed up in the mailbox, but couldn't do it.
You're right David, it is a fabulous bit of reporting. And I'm loving Rolling Stone more and more lately (Matt Taibbi anyone?) And Brit's latest album Blackout is wonderful too. Would of thunk it possible?
David Schmader. Every time you turn the lights out, I just wanna go that extra mile for you.
I'm so glad you are around to share these gems with me. Nothing ruled harder than when Britney screamed, "I don't want her talking to me! I don't know who you think I am, bitch, but I'm not that person." Brilliant!
Nope...sorry...can't read anymore than half. Besides, most people, I think, could see this coming.
What life has a happy ending that involves only a junior high education, bent parental guidance, selling yourself as the promise of heterosexual, wet, virgin pussy at sixteen or seventeen, and trying to cope with the perception of being damaged goods once you aren't seventeen (or virginal) anymore?
She should have taken her millions at twenty, dropped out of sight, attended the Sorbonne, and enjoyed the fruits of all that bumping and grinding in quiet dignity. If she'd been older when she started, she might have had the life experience (and observational skills) to know that nothing lasts forever.
Andrew @ 3, she's going to hang on til the end of the year so she can join the club of dead 27-year-old rock stars (article sez her birthday is 12/02/1981). So anytime between this year's birthday and next's.
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Extending recent works on distributed source coding, this paper considers distributed source-channel coding and targets at the important application of scalable video transmission over wireless networks. The idea is to use a single channel code for both video compression (via Slepian-Wolf coding) and packet loss protection. First, we provide a theoretical code design framework for distributed joint source-channel coding over erasure channels and then apply it to the targeted video application. The resulting video coder is based on a cross-layer design where video compression and protection are performed jointly. We choose Raptor codes - the best approximation to a digital fountain - and address in detail both encoder and decoder designs. Using the received packets together with a correlated video available at the decoder as side information, we devise a new iterative soft-decision decoder for joint Raptor decoding. Simulation results show that, compared to one separate design using Slepian-Wolf compression plus erasure protection and another based on FGS coding plus erasure protection, the proposed joint design provides better video quality at the same number of transmitted packets. Our work represents the first in capitalizing the latest in distributed source coding and near-capacity channel coding for robust video transmission over erasure channels.
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Swollen Members take it back to basics with the first single from Dagger Mouth, due next year. Madchild admits to falling off on this track that samples the end credits from Transformers. G1, recognize.
LISTEN: Swollen Members – "Fresh Air" (MP3)
This song is back to form for SM!!! Glad they admitted to falling off cause that last record was a huge disappointment to their loyal fans and I am sure didn't gain any new ones either. Anyways very excited about their new album! Alchemist sampled the Transformers theme, dope!!!
YESSSSS! Swollen Members-IS THAT YOU>? Muthafuckin right it is! Soo relieved that they kicked that fake shit from the last album. That wasn't them,thats for damn sure. Madchid gets me amped up
this is more like it from sm I was also dissapointed at the last album I have been a loyal fan since day one and I have to say after listening to this track it has made me excited about the new release next year. (respect)
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NYC – Pre-NYCC 2015 Signing
September 30, 2015 by Colin Solan
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Steve Orlando (Midnighter, VIRGIL, Batman & Robin Eternal), James Tynion IV (Hellblazer, Batman & Robin Eternal, The Woods), Tim Seeley (Grayson, Revival, Batman & Robin Eternal, Hack/Slash), Frank J. Barbiere (Howling Commandos of Shield, Five Ghosts, Broken World), Genevieve Valentine (Catwoman, Batman & Robin Eternal, AV Club, NY Times), and Matthew Rosenberg (Quake, We Can Never Go Home) appear at JHU Comic Books on Tuesday, October 6, 2015 from 6:00 – 8:00 PM! Meet them before New York Comic Con and beat the crowds!
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CA – Wolf/Hellblazer Signing
July 6, 2015 by Colin Solan
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Writers Ales Kot and James Tynion IV appear at Meltdown Comics on Wednesday July 29th at 7:00 PM to sign WOLF #1 and CONSTANTINE: THE HELLBLAZER respectively as well as their other titles such as ZERO, THE WOODS, MATERIAL, and BATMAN ETERNAL
About Wolf:
Bestselling new star writer ALES KOT teams up with white-hot artist MATT TAYLOR and DEADLY CLASS colorist extraordinaire LEE LOUGHRIDGE for an all-new ONGOING SERIES! The crime noir thrills and characters reminiscent of True Detective meet with mythical stakes worthy of Neil Gaiman's Sandman in this original fantasy/horror/crime saga for mature readers. Antoine Wolfe, a hard-boiled paranormal detective with a death wish, has to cope with sudden responsibility for an orphaned teenage girl who might be the key to the impending apocalypse, California-style. The road to hell and back begins in a MAX-SIZED FIRST ISSUE, with fifty-eight pages of story and no ads!
About Constantine: Hellblazer:
The dark adventures of DC's foremost occult detective continue in an all-new series as he investigates the cruelest case he's ever come across – his own dark history!
Meltdown Comics
7522 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90046
AB – Constantine: Hellblazer #1 Signing
May 17, 2015 by Colin Solan
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Riley Rossmo (Drumhellar, Proof) appears on Wednesday July 10th 4:00 till 8:00 PM to launch Constantine: The Hellblazer from DC Comics.
Alpha Comics
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7005 18th Street S.E., Calgary, AB T2C 1Y1, Canada
Boston Comic Con 2015 Adds Thomas Jane
May 3, 2015 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Convention News, Massachusetts, Movies, Other, Television, Top Stories
Boston Comic Con welcomes THOMAS JANE, an actor best known to comic fans for his role as The Punisher. A noted comic aficionado, Tom is the founder of Raw Studios thorough which he has written the comics Bad Planet and Dark Country. Joining him is his frequent collaborator and comic artist TIM BRADSTREET, whose artwork has graced the covers of series such as Hellblazer, Star Trek, The Shadow, and of course, The Punisher. Both will join us for all three days of Boston Comic Con to meet their fans. *UPDATE* Photo ops are available now at the link!
Previously announced guests include: Stan Lee, Hayley Atwell, Robin Lord Taylor, Brett Dalton, Eduardo Risso, Humberto Ramos, Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, Tony Moore, Jason Latour, Joelle Jones, Steve Lieber, Annie Wu, Franco Aureliani, J. Bone, Frank Brunner, Michael Cho, Jeff Dekal, Evan Dorkin, Sara Dyer, Gerry Duggan, Mike Henderson, Mike Kunkel, John Layman, Stacey Lee, Laura Martin, Phil Noto, Dan Panosian, Yanick Paquette, Jeff Parker, Andrew C. Robinson, Kurtis J. Wiebe, Joshua Williamson, Brian Azzarello, Nick Bradshaw, Eric Canete, Frank Cho, Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti, Andy Belanger, Stephanie Buscema, Dave Johnson, Joe Prado, Tim Sale, Amy Reeder, Don Rosa, Stephane Roux, Frank Tieri, and more!
Tickets are now available for purchase. Please note that this year tickets will be sold ONLINE ONLY, there will not be any on-site ticket sales.
About Boston Comic Con:
The Boston Comic Con is a 100% independently run comic book show committed to bringing the biggest and best comic creators to New England. Run by fans for fans, Boston Comic Con is not affiliated with any other convention tour or corporate interests. Hosting over 120,000 square feet of vendors selling comic books, toys, posters, trading cards, and other pop culture memorabilia, this is a destination event for geeks of any stripe. This year's convention will be held Friday July 31st, Saturday August 1st, and Sunday August 2nd at the Seaport World Trade Center, 200 Seaport Blvd, Boston, MA 02210. For more information please go to our website at www.bostoncomiccon.com and follow us on Twitter (@BostonComicCon) and Facebook!
UK – Fables Signing
April 27, 2015 by Colin Solan
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Artist MARK BUCKINGHAM signs FABLES VOL. 21 and FABLES DELUXE VOL. 10 at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Wednesday 13th May from from 6:00 – 7:00 pm!
Published by Vertigo, FABLES is an Eisner Award-winning series telling the tale of many familiar fairy-tale figures forced out of their Homelands by The Adversary who has conquered the realm. The Fables have travelled to our world and formed a clandestine community in New York City known as Fabletown.
Vol. 21 is the penultimate volume, and the residents of Fabletown look to live 'happily ever after,' but there's a steep price to pay for happiness as Rose Red clashes with Snow White!
In the deluxe hardcover edition of Fables vol. 10, the existence of the Fables is threatened by The Literals, who just don't like their messy, mythical lives.
MARK BUCKINGHAM started working professionally on strips and illustrations for a British satire magazine called The Truth in 1987, where he first worked with Neil Gaiman illustrating some of his articles. His American debut came the following year as inker on DC Comics Hellblazer. Mark is best-known for his work on Marvelman, Hellblazer and Fables, though has worked on may titles for both Marvel and DC. He and Fables writer Bill Willingham have announced that they will switch roles in an up-and-coming one-off for the title's hundredth issue.
Forbidden Planet London Megastore
179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR
TN – Watchmen Colorist Signs
January 23, 2015 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Signing and Appearance Profiles, Tennessee, Top Stories
Colorist John Higgins appears at Rick's Comic City on Saturday, February 7, 2015 from 11:00 AM till 3:00 PM. He has worked on Watchmen, The Killing Joke, Before Watchmen, Hellblazer, The Boys, War Stories, Jonah Hex, and Judge Dredd and is the creator of Razorjack just to name few projects. He will have prints and artwork for sale.
Rick's Comic City
2710 Old Lebanon Rd Suite 3, Nashville, TN 37214
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UK – Gnash Comics Signing
December 2, 2014 by Colin Solan
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Meet artists Jock and Dom Reardon Saturday 13 December 2014 from 3:00-5:00 PM at Gnash Comics, hear them talk about their work from 3:30pm, followed by a Q&A session. There will also be an exhibition of their original comic art!
Mark your calendars, comic collectors and art aficionados; two of the most celebrated British illustrators in the business will be making a personal appearance at GNASH Comics and Graphic Novels on Saturday December 13th.
Dom Reardon is a household name for British industry devotees thanks to a lengthy and renowned run with 2000AD, the Galaxy's Greatest Comic. Few things inspire more fear than the rule of Tharg, but Reardon has been responsible for countless sleepless nights for comic book consumers; in addition to a number of renowned Terror Tales, Reardon pencilled and inked the spine-chilling Caballistics, Inc. for over half a decade. Most recently Reardon has worked alongside fellow Brit Rob Williams in The Ten-Seconders and The Grievous Journey of Ichabod Azrael, in addition to providing illustrations for the feature-length graphic adaptation of Anthony Horowitz's Raven's Gate.
Jock, meanwhile, has worked within the mythical metropolises of Mega City One, Gotham and Hollywood since making his breakthrough at the turn of the millennium. In addition to eminent work on classic 2000 AD strips, Jock's distinctive drawings have graced countless covers and interiors for industry titans DC, Vertigo and Marvel – Hellblazer, The Losers, Batman, Swamp Thing, Wolverine and Daredevil are just a handful of the marquee characters pencilled by the illustrious illustrator. Currently scaring up a storm alongside celebrated Bat-scribe Scott Snyder with the spellbinding Wytches for Image Comics, an audience with Jock is not to be missed.
In addition to hosting an open Q&A for the fortunate attendees of the appearance alongside Reardon, Jock will also be signing copies of Dredd: The Illustrated Script and Visuals. A gorgeous tome that peeks behind the scenes of 2012's fantastic cinematic chronicle of everyone's favourite funnybook fascist, for which the Scottish sketcher provided the concept art, the book also provides a unique comic strip adaptation of Alex Garland's screenplay.
Gnash Comics
9A West Street, TQ13 7DT Ashburton, Devon UK
UK – Sean Phillips Art Show
November 25, 2014 by Colin Solan
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Artist Sean Phillips appears at Orbital Comics for a very special signing on Friday, November 28, 2014 from 5:00 – 7:00 pm. It will then lead into a private view of his new exhibition in the Orbital Gallery from 7pm, featuring a selection of pages from FATALE, CRIMINAL, HELLBLAZER, SLEEPER, VOID, and more.
Orbital Comics
8 Great Newport Street, London WC2H 7JA, United Kingdom
020 7240 0591
ME – Cafe Racer Signing
November 24, 2014 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Horror, Maine, Other, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Signing and Appearance Profiles, Webcomics
Artist Sean Murphy (The Wake, Punk Rock Jesus, Interstellar) appears with writer Katana Collins and artist Clay McCormack at Casablanca Comics on Wednesday, November 26, 2014 from 4:00 pm until 6:00 pm for a special signing of CAFE RACER!
About the book:
As a toddler, Orchid and her father barely escaped Japan during the Doolittle Raid of WWII. Years later, Orchid is still an outcast as she speeds her way into London's Cafe Racer motorcycle society. Defying both racial and sexist stereotypes, the half-Japanese teenager is unbeatable in a race–much to the disappointment of her father, who forbids her from riding his mysterious motorcycle. After discovering friendship in the most unexpected places, she soon uncovers the truth of the bike, along with its connection to the disappearance of her mother in pre-war Japan.
Cafe Racer is a story told through seven vignettes, also including extra features such as pencils, concept art, and other behind the scenes artwork.
Casablanca Comics
151 Middle Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 780-1676
UK – Grandville Noel Signing
November 10, 2014 by Colin Solan
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Bryan Talbot signs GRANDVILLE NOEL at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Wednesday 26th November from 6:00 – 7:00 pm!
With his trusty adjunct, Detective Sergeant Ratzi, away for Christmas, there's no holiday for Detective Inspector LeBrock of Scotland Yard as he embarks on an investigation into the disappearance of his housekeeper's niece, Bunty Spall. The trail leads to a growing religious cult, where a charismatic unicorn messiah and his con men cronies, already responsible for mass murder in the United States, are about to lead a crusade for the ethnic cleansing of the French Empire's doughfaces – the derogatory nickname for humans used by the majority, animal-headed population. Teaming up with Chance Lucas, a gun-slinging operative of the Pinkerton Detective Agency, and reigniting his steamy love affair with the voluptuous Parisian badger prostitute Billie, LeBrock clashes with both cult fanatics and doughface terrorists, uncovering in the process a centuries-old religious conspiracy that threatens to plunge the world into bloody civil war.
With Paris in the grip of the mysterious crime lord, Tiberius Koenig, and an increasingly violent backlash by human extremists, can LeBrock stop the seemingly inevitable slide into fascism? What is the secret of the legendary True Gospels? Can he rescue Bunty Spall from the clutches of the strangely hypnotic unicorn named Apollo? But does Bunty want to be saved? And will LeBrock be back in time for Christmas dinner?
Bryan Talbot has worked on such underground comics, science fiction and superhero stories as Judge Dredd and Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, Vertigo titles including Sandman, Hellblazer, and Fables and has written and drawn several Eisner Award-winning graphic novels.
Forbidden Planet London Megastore
179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR


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I love this car. Absolutely love it! My last Honda went nearly 200,000 miles before it needed any serious work. I grew up with Hondas, I learned to drive on a Honda, I am 100% committed to Honda. This is a fuel efficient car. It looks sporty, but it isn't a fast little racer. With that being said, I get an average of 34-38 mpg. Not complaining. It handles great, and the comfy seats are designed to keep you planted while taking corners at lightning speed ;)My one complaint is the gear box. I'm not sure if the previous owner was just too rough with it or what, but shifting (either up or down) into 2nd can be a sloppy, gear grinding mess if you don't put enough force into it.
- The dash is definitely very futuristic and cool looking
- Seats are very comfortable
- Location of shifter is different, but comfortable. Especially with the gliding center console which can be moved forward to provide a resting place for your arm
- Cup holders can hold ANYTHING
- Windshield wipers wipe from the center- out (as opposed to back and forth)
- Spacious trunk
- Stock sound system is actually pretty decent
- Several different storage holes/cubbies for all your junk
- USB connector inside center console
- Adjustable height on drivers seat
- Cheap to fill the tank and gets 34-38 MPG combined
- Running lights activate when you let off the E brake
- Stock unlock/lock fob is fussy. You usually have to push the buttons several times before you can get it to lock/unlock. Same with trunk release
- Needs anti-father function. Can't visit my dad without him insisting he drives my car around town ;)
First Honda. Had a Matrix before this. Love the look of this car and the way it drives. Antilock brakes occasionally feel "crunchy." Auto transmission doesn't always shift smoothly. Axle nut loose after 6000 miles. Do not like the auto up windows or the seat belt alarm that takes forever to go off. (I know, I know, it's illegal to not wear a seatbelt!) 35 mpg hwy is great. Not so good city driving. About 24 mpg. Combo driving is still good. Ride is hard but will try the lower tire pressure.
Looks and drives great. Good trunk size. Controls on steering wheel are good.
Auto up windows are a pain. Seatbelt alarm should remind and go off. Would like a thicker steering wheel.
Reliable and sporty (I have the coupe). Very well designed and quite a looker. It's fun to drive granted it's no civic Si but it is quick and agile. I decided to go with the EX Coupe because the Si's have shifter and clutch problems. The sound system is 350 Watts and has a subwoofer. This comes in the Coupe EX and the Si's only. Very happy with the bass response from it. Nice Standard Alloy Rims. Shifts are crisp and smooth. I would definitely purchase this car again. Very complacent ride that does a great job around the corners and is comfortable on rough roads. My only minor complaint is something that plagues Hondas and that is the road noise. It's not awful but could be better.
Smooth Shifter... Sexy as hell... (BLACK)... Nice pickup and engine sounds great. Driving Characteristics... Last but not least extremely reliable as all Hondas seem to be. I love the Coupe.
Better Insulation from Road noise. Bluetooth should be standard. Perhaps the seats could be made out of something a little more substantial material wise. Overall I can only nitpick because it's such a great car for the money.
Four months and a bit over 7k miles. MPG is > 38, over the period. Had just recently driven in heavy rain with the OE Bridgestones, and the car rides fine. Most of the driving is open road & highway (90%). Cruise Control maintains a constant speed going uphills. Very happy I returned to a Civic.
Sound system is fine.
Front seat pad adjustment is the only thing missing, which is especially helpful on longer trips.
Let me start with I checked out just about everything out there in this price range and took my time making a decision as I did not need a new car but rather wanted one. After looking for over a year I decided on the Honda Civic EX 5 speed and so far am very happy with it. The car rides nice and handles very well for what it is (I had Miata's, and MG's before this) the deciding factor was the Honda's resale value compared to everything else. If you are looking for a well built, fun to drive and reasonable cost to operate car look at the Honda Civic! The EX model has all the toys you need, sunroof, 4 wheel disc brakes, cruise, and a decent stereo system. I paid 17,451 including destination. Love IT.
Nice pickup in 2nd and 3rd gear, feels like you are going faster then you are! Stereo is nice also in the coupe model with 350 watts!
None at this time, so far no complaints!
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Bahahahaha! You just gotta love it! Sen. Lee and our Tea Party creates the government shutdown...which means everything associated with the government "shuts down"...and then makes a photo opportunity out of pushing through the barrier that he helped put up! I just love it! I tell you, this Sen. Lee is one cool Republican! He sure knows how to work the camera and news media! Darn glad Sen. Lee is on OUR side! Yes folks, it should be obvious to all of you that we TeaPublicans ARE taking back our America! "P n P" ....Perry n Palin in 2016! Yes folks, it IS going to happen!
- 4:40 p.m. Oct. 13, 2013
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This is an embarrassment to the state of Utah. Three of a kind: Sarah Palin, Ted Cruz and Mike Lee.
- 4:46 p.m. Oct. 13, 2013
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@Mike Richards
South Jordan, Utah
2:06 p.m. Oct. 13, 2013
Read the Constitution and stop trampling it!
The President is the 3rd Step.
He has not even GOTTEN the bill from the Senate.
How can he possibly be responsible for it?
IF he had, and had he veto'd it -- fire away with your silly comments.
Until then, please follow the Constitution.
This whole thing has ground to a halt in the Teapublican led House.
- 4:54 p.m. Oct. 13, 2013
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As a veteran myself,
I'm deeply offended by this.
Ted Cruz is NOT a veteran,
Mike Lee is NOT a veteran,
Sarah Palin is NOT a veteran.
So then I ask,
Who is using this for political grandstanding?
- 4:59 p.m. Oct. 13, 2013
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Lee embarking on a stunt to burnish his image?
Nothing new here.
Just hours before the govt. shutdown, Lee left D.C. to speak at the CPAC conference, while other Republican legislators cancelled their appearances at CPAC and stayed in D.C. To work on averting the shutdown.
- 5:15 p.m. Oct. 13, 2013
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Only ONE party has been openly embracing the use of Govt shutdown as a
bargaining strategy for months (hint: it wasn't Reid, Obama, or any other
Democrat). Now that Lee and fellow Republicans finally got what they've
been saying they wanted, the doublespeak is mind-blowing (huh? somehow claiming
that Obama shut things down?). Guess what - only ONE party is now claiming that
defaulting on the debt "might not be so bad" after all (2nd hint: still
not the Dems). Last time I tried paying just the interest on my credit card
bill, VISA promptly froze my credit line.
We need Republicans who actually have enough basic decency and fiscal responsibility to get their jobs done on time through regular (civil) debate and persuasion, without resorting to extortion tactics and embarrassing self-destruction. We will ALL be paying the extra costs for years to come (through higher interest rates, mortgage rates, etc.), due to the current Republicans' reckless fiscal brinksmanship. We need to elect Republicans who don't cynically try to blame the other guys for things that only Republicans have ever been cheering for. Otherwise, nobody will ever take them seriously, no matter what their purported "principles."
- 5:17 p.m. Oct. 13, 2013
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So let me get this straights, Sen. Mike Lee pushes through a government shutdown and then gets all upset when the government shuts down. I feel like I'm in an episode of the Twilight Zone.
- 5:40 p.m. Oct. 13, 2013
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This is great.
No matter how you spin this, Obama is the head of our leadership. Shame on him for the disrespect of our memorials, and the men who died for our freedoms.
Thank you Lee, Cruz, and Palin for your grit.
- 5:59 p.m. Oct. 13, 2013
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Mike Lee is the best Utah Senator this state has ever had!
It's unfortunate the people of this country have forgotten what Independence Day was all about.
Thank you Senator Lee for having the courage to stand up for our State and against our Dictator-in-Chief.
- 6:08 p.m. Oct. 13, 2013
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I sure miss Bob Bennett
- 6:18 p.m. Oct. 13, 2013
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Until the shutdown begin we have been under a budget in some form (whether through normal budget or continuing resolution) the entirety of the administration.
Democrats were proposing to use the House funding numbers for everything in gov't except Obamacare and that's evidence of a total lack of compromise?
- 6:29 p.m. Oct. 13, 2013
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Mike Lee is a great man, a leader, and a patriot. He is standing up against
Socialism. I am surprised how many socialists post to this site. Wake up
Senator Lee, please keep up the good work. We are behind you!
- 6:30 p.m. Oct. 13, 2013
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In response to many of the comments made on this forum:
The house passed many bills that would have funded the government (including the memorials). It is Reid, the President, and their socialist allies that refuse to compromise. Reid and the President demand everything they ask for and then say the republicans won't compromise. It is shocking how the left can be so dishonest and then accuse the republicans of the very acts they commit themselves. Americans need to pay attention to what is going on with this process and not just devour the propaganda of the left.
- 6:36 p.m. Oct. 13, 2013
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The administration probably spent more money on the barricades and guards to keep people out, than it would have to keep the monuments open. The President is trying to "make it hurt."
- 6:53 p.m. Oct. 13, 2013
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"Those things are shutdown because the Congress has not passed authorization to spend on them."
TN Cougar had it right. The House DID vote to fund govt, all but Obamacare. And the dems said no. This is totally constitutional: the House has the authority to fund the govt. Or to say no to certain things. They did what they thought was right, and the dems said no. The shutdown is Obama and Reid's fault. They closed monuments that are not even manned, and spent extra $ just to keep people out, for spite. They not only closed Mt. Rushmore, they closed the highway so that no one could even see it from a distance, out of spite. They held a busload of foreign tourists for a day in Yellowstone Lodge, and went out of their way to prevent them from glimpsing Old Faithful, out of spite. The list goes on, and on. Even if the govt had to be closed these spiteful activities were the lowest of the low, and all authorized by Obama. Obamacare is already failing, yet the libs remain true believers. Open your eyes and watch the failure.
- 7:17 p.m. Oct. 13, 2013
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Mike Lee doesn't listen to America, he listens to the Tea Party. He is part of the group that shut down the government which shut down the monument and people's jobs. The hypocrisy is astounding but not surprising.
- 7:20 p.m. Oct. 13, 2013
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Mike Lee seems to think he's exempt from the rules the rest of us have to live by.
- 7:55 p.m. Oct. 13, 2013
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Lee claims he has always said he didn't want to shut the government down.
He is back-pedalling in the face of meager support and much criticism from his
colleagues and constituents. In fact Lee told Derek Hunter on Hunter's
radio show (July 19th) that he would not vote for a continuing resolution that
includes funding for Obamacare........On July 7th in a Washington Press
conference, he stated that he and 14 other senators"...will block a
continuing resolution to keep government funded beyond Sept. 30th if it includes
funding for Obamacare"......In a July 10th speech to CPAC, he said
"It's time to defund Obamacare and if necessary, shut down the
government to prevent additonal funding."
Of course he along with everyone else in the country does not want to shut down government. But he has indeed expressed his willingness to do so in order to get his way. It would not be right to allow him to run away from this position now that the political heat is on.
- 8:00 p.m. Oct. 13, 2013
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RG - "The House DID vote to fund govt, all but Obamacare. And the dems said
no. This is totally constitutional: the House has the authority to fund the
govt. Or to say no to certain things. They did what they thought was right, and
the dems said no."
The House voted to fund the government, just as they'd agreed to do when the Senate passed the appropriations bill in the spring (after intentionally delaying). But they tacked on an amendment to defund ACA, which had zero to do with the CR.
They reneged on the agreement absolutely knowing that the Senate wouldn't pass the amended bill.
They literally cheered when the amendment to defund ACA was passed.
They knew exactly what the result would be.
They had Cruz filibuster a vote in the Senate to delay its ability to react.
They were warned by the GOP leadership that it would backfire.
And when it did, all they could do is play the blame game.
Federal monuments weren't closed out of spite. They're closed because keeping them open is a violation of the Antideficiency Act - and Lee knows this. If he doesn't he should be disbarred.
- 8:10 p.m. Oct. 13, 2013
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Impeach Obama for wanting affordable healthcare!
So neat to see Senator Lee be so patriotic and reminisce about his time serving in the military!
I sure hope the victims here, the republicans, can keep getting blessings.
- 8:12 p.m. Oct. 13, 2013
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My parents were born in 1942, four years too early to be baby boomers. It also means they were just the wrong age to be exposed heavily to either the Golden or the Silver age of superhero comics. By the time they would have started to read, the Golden Age was half over; and when the Silver Age started in 1956, they were too old to be interested. I confirmed this with my dad, who has vague recollections of the original superheroes, but whose comic collection included more Archies and Little Lulus. (Had I known how much 21st-century hipster cred this would have given me, I'd have pressed him harder about those ….)
Still, these days they can't get away from the Spandex set. When Conan O'Brien asserted (rightfully) that the Hulk had been in the Fantastic Four, Dad emailed me for confirmation. This itself was a big step up for Dad, who at one point several years ago thought Batman was in the FF. (In fact, I don't think my folks have seen either of the Christopher Nolan movies, although they did watch a revival of the 1940s serial at the local art-house theater. Dad especially didn't have any interest in the Schumacher movies, because the characters just "looked like toys.") Last year, after the Green Lantern movie had been playing for a while, Dad thought he remembered seeing it — but actually, he and Mom had enjoyed Seth Rogen's Green Hornet. Their nerd knowledge (what there is of it) is more likely to include Star Trek and Sherlock Holmes, although lately they're into Downton Abbey.
Regardless, when I think about the impact of outing Alan Scott, the original Green Lantern, I tend to gauge it in terms of my dad. He may not be the best representative of the generation that grew up with the Justice Society, but among people I know he was in the best position to become a fan, and for whatever reason it just didn't stick. Therefore, when I mentioned the revelation of Alan's sexuality to Dad over the weekend, it really didn't register one way or another.
Now, before going too much further, let's be clear: My dad does not speak for all his peers. His "meh" doesn't mean that all 70-year-olds shouldn't care how a character from their collective childhood is treated decades later. What did surprise me, though, was that Dad barely remembered the Golden Age Green Lantern at all. Sure, Truman was in office since Dad last read a superhero comic of his own, and yes, I'm 28 years younger than he is, but I bet when I'm 70 I have a decent sense of major and minor pop-culture figures from when I was 6 years old. Were it not for the existence of Jerry Bails (1933-2006) and Roy Thomas (b. 1940), who's only about 18 months older than my dad, it would make me wonder how big a deal the Golden Agers were to the kids of the time.
Of course, we know what a big deal the Golden Agers became. Julius Schwartz contended famously that kids wouldn't remember Jay Garrick's Flash five years after his last appearance because "kids only read comics for maybe, tops, five years." Nevertheless, Showcase #4's "Mystery of the Human Thunderbolt" practically dared readers to forget the titular hero of Flash Comics. As Gerard Jones and Will Jacobs' The Comic Book Heroes (1997 edition, p. 10) recounts,
The bit [in the new Flash's origin] with Barry Allen reading the old Flash comic surely must have been Julie's. As a science fiction fan, he knew how a grown man could become attached to a piece of pop culture junk from his childhood, and he knew that a few adult SF fans paid attention to comics […]. If there were grown-ups out there engaged in the solitary hunt for the old comics that mom had thrown away, glancing at newsstands to see if their heroes had ever come back, Schwartz would want to make them happy.
Obviously there were enough old and new readers, curious about the heroes of the Justice Society, to warrant their return. You know the rest: Barry met Jay in September 1961's "Flash of Two Worlds" (The Flash #123), Alan Scott and a handful of JSAers came out of retirement in June 1963's "Vengeance of the Immortal Villain" (#137) and the Justice League met its older counterpart just a couple of months later, in August 1963's "Crisis On Earth-One" (Justice League of America #21). In the '60s, Alan was a frequent guest in Green Lantern and Justice League. In the '70s, the JSA had regular features in the short-lived All Star Comics revival and in Adventure Comics, and the '80s brought All-Star Squadron and Infinity, Inc. After Crisis On Infinite Earths, Alan spent several years in Limbo with the rest of the JSA, but after coming back in the early '90s, he's never really gone away.
In short, readers who might not have known any Green Lanterns except the Oan kind have had almost 50 years to get acquainted with the original — but what about Alan's original demographic? Born probably in the early to mid-1930s (like Mr. Bails), they'd be around 80 today, and despite the general graying of the superhero-comics audience, I doubt they're keeping up via Earth 2.
Clearly newer generations of fans have claimed the Golden Agers as their own, but in what way? When Alan and the rest of the JSA returned in earnest in 1963, it was after 12 years out of the public consciousness. Eventually the first-generation fans like Bails and Thomas gave way to those of us who only knew the Golden Agers from Justice League/Justice Society team-ups. I was fascinated by the contrast between Alan's magic-based powers and the GL Corps' super-science, and I enjoyed how it played into Hal and Alan's chummy relationship. Time marches on, though, and today, after some 25 years of the JSA and JLA sharing a timeline, surely a significant portion of Alan's younger fans sees him very differently than I do, or than Mr. Thomas does.
I don't think this means that different generations of fans necessarily have a different set of responsibilities when it comes to (for lack of a better phrase) looking out for the character's best interests. If you're a first-generation fan of something (Star Wars, say, for us fortysomethings), you probably want some deference, although at some point you have to realize that time won't always be on your side.
Speaking of which, Roy Thomas doesn't seem to approve of making Alan gay, but as you can imagine, he's not especially fond of a new Earth-2 either. In fact, Mr. Thomas had apparently suggested (in Secret Origins #20) that the original Doctor Mid-Nite was gay, and when he introduced Danette Reilly as the second Firebrand (All-Star Squadron #5), he emphasized her late brother (the original)'s status as a confirmed bachelor with a live-in bodyguard. Neither this, nor the original Firebrand's somewhat-flamboyant costume, was lost on later readers.
To me at least, all this is rooted in the extent to which fans honor characters' original creators — but not everything gets the same amount of deference. I doubt seriously that Martin Nodell and Bill Finger thought one way or another about Alan Scott's sexuality. If pressed I suppose they'd have deemed him straight, because at the time what else would he have been?
Conversely, what difference does it make to have the Alan Scott of the new Earth-2 gay? Does it lessen the chances he'll father two super-powered kids who'll become charter members of the JSA's successor group? Probably. Does it mean that every Alan Scott appearance since 1940 has had him in the closet? Not the way I read it. That Alan, who fought the Axis and defied McCarthy, who teamed up with Hal Jordan and was almost Kyle Rayner's father-in-law, has gone back into limbo.
I have no problems with the current Alan Scott being gay, and I actually think DC has handled his outing fairly well. Still, part of me is frustrated because this is another in-name-only revelation, like killing off Robin (Jason Todd) or Peter Parker (Ultimate version) or rolling out an African-American Spider-Man (Ultimate again). These are important events, to be sure, but they seem to come with asterisks. From what little we've seen of him so far, Earth 2's Alan Scott looks like a fine person in a committed relationship, but he's a reinvention, not a continuation.
Still, on one level this is all semantics. The bottom line is, DC has another high-profile gay character and only an accident of timing makes it look like much of a stunt. In fact, with the amount of liberties Earth 2 has already taken, the new Alan straddles the line between creating a new character and revising an existing one. However, as Roy Thomas pointed out in the above-linked statement, Earth 2 (as much as he apparently loathes it) has as little bearing on the merits of the Golden Age stories as his own All-Star and Infinity work did in the '80s. His contributions were meant to honor the old stories, not replace them.
In the same vein, the older these works get, the more we take them as they are, not necessarily relying on original intent. (Just look at the social life and fashion choices of Rod "Firebrand" Reilly.) Read too much into a particular setup and you might sound like Dr. Wertham, but for the most part the Golden Age has given fans all they wanted in terms of connecting dots and deriving backstories. That intellectual investment creates an emotional one as well, which is why the radically-new Earth 2 may take some getting used to.
By the same token, though, it should be fun watching what James Robinson and Nicola Scott do with these characters, having uprooted them from those old stories and settings. (So far I like issue #2's Flash spotlight, including the way Scott draws Jay's new costume.) I have to think that among Earth 2's tens of thousands of readers, there's someone who's coming to the book with no preconceptions. Maybe I'll be around in sixty years to see how they remember it.
The more Roy loathes Earth 2, the more I'll love it.
I'm with your dad. Comics need to be more like Downton Abbey.
I would like to know about the comic where Alan Scott defied McCarthy.
I agree with your comment "These are important events, to be sure, but they seem to come with asterisks." The headline "Green Lantern is Gay!" loses its impact a little when it becomes "The Green Lantern from an Alternate Earth who is a Reboot of the Golden Age Green Lantern who isn't really a Green Lantern at all because he has a magic lantern but he called himself Green Lantern anyway… is gay!"
So, Jab, I guess you didn't have any problems with the way Marvel makes headlines with killing off Peter Parker or deciding to make Spider-Man part African-American, even though those were essentially from "an Alternate Earth" who were basically "reboots" as well. I didn't notice any "asterisks" used to prevent (non-comics) readers from having strong opinions on those stories.
I agree with Jab.
This Earth 2 comic (and all the characters in it) is a fraud, because I've been reading about Earth 2 for forty years, and this is a completely different earth. Maybe it's Earth 42. Or Earth 517.
And I frankly don't give a rat's patootie about sexual preferences, whether the person is real or fictional. It's none of my business. I find a person's sexuality as uninteresting as their potty habits and just as tasteful to think about.
DC has so little respect for their characters (and their readers!) that they constantly reboot and revise, laying waste to all that went before. I find it disgusting that rather than invent NEW characters, they choose to f-up old ones.
The entire nuDC is an Elseworlds alternate universe — a DC universe filtered through the stunted brain of Dan Didio. A universe "reimagined" by someone who doesn't have enough imagination to invent his own characters.
For me the difference between Miles Morales and Alan Scott 2.0 is a matter of impact.
I can still pick up new "Peter Parker, Spiderman" books in my FLCS, as well as "Miles Morales, Spider Man" I can't do the same with JSA Alan Scott and DCnU Alan Scott. (Or Preboot Starfire, Harley Quinn, King Shark, Superboy, Wonder Girl, etc etc etc.)
Likewise, I always took the Ultimate universe as a universe where Marvel could do risky things, like kill off heroes for good, make iconic characters different. (Pyro a hero, Colossus gay, etc.) And readers would still have 616 where Colossus is straight and an absentee dad, Peter can die and get better, etc etc.
I don't care about the DCnU, so it doesn't matter to me if Alan Scott is gay, Jay Garrek is secretly a woman or whatever. From a character PoV, I care that two characters I enjoyed (Jade and Obsidian) are now removed as what amounts to little more than a cry for publicity. Especially since they removed one gay character with history for a brand new one. MY heroes are stuck in limbo (Wally, Donna, Stephanie, and now Jenny and Todd) or have been paved over with new versions that aren't related to the old. (Victor, Gar, Cassie, Tim, Rose)
At least I can enjoy incarnations of some of them I recognize on Young Justice.
Reboots happen, character's change. Such is life. My Batman isn't my father's Batman, or his father's and I'm pretty sure mine won't be my son/daughter's. And that's OKAY. The DCnU is vastly different from my DCU (which come to think of it had about 2 reboots with 0 Hour/IC) and that's also okay. Honestly I'd be really disappointed if writers/artists didn't give me exactly that. I honestly do wish they'd have gone the COIE route and went full on hard reboot instead of trying to have their cake and eat it too. But anyways, I digress. At the end of the day I don't mind the changes in comics. Yes, many are not what I want. But hell, I just consider the Suicide Squads of this world the price I pay for the Swamp Things. At the end of the day I've learned to just accept that these sweeping changes will happen whether I like them or not. I just hope for good stories (which I've been getting out of the DCnU books I read) and that's all that matters. The stories I love, every single one of them will never "not matter" because I'll always have those issues/trades and nobody can take that away, accept for me. Story trumps continuity from me.
As far as the DCnU Alan Scott goes I trust Robinson to write him well as a fully fleshed out character, not just as a token gay character.
There is a part of me that always wanted to see a book revolving around Alan Scott's marriage to Rose and Thorn. It'd be similar in vain to the show Chuck. You could have done a lot with the Hero marrying a villain thing.
What Bill Finger might have thought about this: http://noblemania.blogspot.com/2012/05/bill-finger-and-potentially-gay-green.html.
JosephW wrote: "So, Jab, I guess you didn't have any problems with the way Marvel makes headlines with killing off Peter Parker or deciding to make Spider-Man part African-American, even though those were essentially from "an Alternate Earth" who were basically "reboots" as well. I didn't notice any "asterisks" used to prevent (non-comics) readers from having strong opinions on those stories."
@JosephW: If you didnt notice, this article is about Alan Scott, not Spiderman. That being the case, it *should* be common sense that people's comments are going to be specific to Alan Scott, not discuss every other comic in existence that might be slightly related. Just because someone says something that is actually related to this article does reflect how they feel about things that *arent* related to this article.
First of all, DC's original Green Lantern is NOT gay. He isn't. Alan Scott, member of the JSA, the Green Lantern without a Corp, husband of Harlequin, is not gay.
Alan Scott of this new Earth 2 (which I am hugely enjoying, btw), Green Lantern in the making, not yet a member of a newly coming JSA – this man IS gay.
Driving me crazy that general media outlets are reporting that Golden Age GL is gay. It is fundementally wrong.
Either way, is the fact that this new Earth 2 GL gay gonna make me enjoy his adventures less? Nope. Are they gonna make me enjoy them more? Nope.
My level of enjoyment will be based on the entire product.
Isn't that how is SHOULD be?
Give me his days as Sentinel with his youth intact, but still being married to his elderly wife. Now that was new and unusual.
Getting a lot of mileage/ news stories out of this whole Alan Scott thing. Every time I go to Newsarama or this site, there's a new expose on the character. Over exposure, much?
I liked the character when he was from one of the greatest generations of Americans that ever lived. The ones that destroyed the Nazi yoke on the world, and stopped Hitler from destroying Jews, Poles, gays, and other people. People who have the right to simply exist even though poor old Ado[ph didn't want them around. But that's all been pitched the curb now. That's the main reason I won't be buying Earth 2….no matter what ideas or talent they bring to it. You can mess a character up with too much tinkering…………….
After asking my son about this revelation, he answered me by asking me a question… Why do comic books concern themselves with sexuality? and giving a comment… I want to read a comic for the action, fantasy of super powers and adventure and do not need to know who is gay or straight.
Why was my comment taken down? Was it I said Alan Scott being gay is a 'gimmick' to get press?
Or that I bashed Dan DiDio?
Earth 2 is doing everything that I wanted the overall DCU to do: a hard reboot. The 'soft' reboot is annoying and frustrating with not knowing what it is you might think you know about the characters whose adventures you're reading each month. The fact that DC is doing a zero issue month in order to clarify a bit makes me believe that I am not alone in this. Earth 2, OTOH, started from scratch. After dispatching the Big 3, and displacing their partners, we get a world somewhat like the Silver Age, and watch how Jay Garrick, Alan Scott, and others enter into possibly heroic roles. We 'know' the stories, but there are twists: Jay gets his powers from Mercury, Alan is gay and an engagement ring might become his power source, Terry Sloane is NOT a good guy, etc. It's fun and intriguing, and I'm there at the beginning of it all (as opposed to the regular DCU, where it's like watching the third part of a trilogy without ever having seen the first two parts.).
No, it's not turning the original Green Lantern gay, but if that brings in readers, I hope they enjoy what they read. Still light years better than the 'Kevin Keller Gets Married' stunt, which asked the reader to be somehow invested in the life choice of a character barely introduced just because of his sexuality.
"After asking my son about this revelation, he answered me by asking me a question… Why do comic books concern themselves with sexuality? and giving a comment… I want to read a comic for the action, fantasy of super powers and adventure and do not need to know who is gay or straight."
Superhero comics routinely, and historically, have concerned themselves with sexuality — it's just that it's overwhelmingly heterosexuality: Superman and Lois Lane, Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson (or Gwen Stacy), Bruce Wayne and any number of women, Reed Richards and Susan Storm, Green Lantern and Carol Ferris, The Flash and Iris West, Wonder Woman and Steve Trevor, Black Canary and Green Arrow, and so on.
"Why was my comment taken down? Was it I said Alan Scott being gay is a 'gimmick' to get press?
Or that I bashed Dan DiDio?"
It was the juvenile name-calling. Criticize editorial or creative decisions all you want, but enough with the silly names.
-I think I, like most long reading fans, don't care so much that Alan Scott of Earth-2 is gay…. We would just like our version of Alan Scott still intact some where… Whether it's Earth-19 or 52, we just want an elder-statesmen JSA…. Heck, I think we would all accept the JSA as it was pre-reboot where there were only 3 golden agers (even though Rex Tyler was brought back from the dead only to be not used as Hourman….). But, for now, Didio and crew think all readers want are young characters… So old Alan Scott and crew are gone for now… I do hope, however, that editorial will one day see fit to return these characters to the fold… After all, we all know DCNU will go the way of post-crisis DCU, post-Zero Hour DCU, post-Infinite Crisis DCU, and post-Final Crisis DCU… Essentially this is the way things are now, but a reboot will be necessary in 10 years time and who knows what will happen then? Look how long it took to return Hal Jordan to being Green Lantern… I'm sure it'll happen… It's only a matter of time…
On a side note, let's not forget that they said the JSA of Earth-2 will also see gender and race changes as well… So let's be prepared for a bumpy ride… ;^) I think, in the long run, it'll prove interesting to see what they do with this new JSA… Will they keep Ted Knight, or will he be replaced by Courtney Whitmore? Or will Courtney be his sidekick and the one who is in the JSA?
I agree, I'm an older reader who discovered comics in the 60's and love the original JSA and Green Lantern. I'm accepting that this Alan Scott is a recreation, not the same Golden age GL we all know and love. That Alan Scott and JSA, and JLA for that matter are in comic book limbo for the time being. For those of you who think that the only GLs that matter are the Corps GLs, your wrong, because without the Golden age GL and JSAers their never would have been a New GL{Hal Jordon} or the GL corps for that matter.
As for this new Earth 2, I am enjoying it and will see where Robinson takes it to. I actually think it's more fun and exciting than the main Earth in the new DC52.
"In fact, with the amount of liberties Earth 2 has already taken, the new Alan straddles the line between creating a new character and revising an existing one."
That holds true for the entire published post-Flashpoint DC universe, it is no more the DC Universe to me than the Marvel Ultimate Universe is the real Marvel Universe.
I agree with those that state they wish the "elder statesment " JSA still existed. THAT was what made them special.
I was hoping that this E2 would take place during WWII. Or pick up in a period maybe 20 yrs past that and hold the original Infinity Inc still in existence.
That said, I really enjoyed the first two issues of Earth 2 and will be sticking around.
I have always had more affinity for the JSA/Earth Two characters than I have had for the Earth One counterparts.
Thanks to JosephW, I understand exactly what my problem with the New 52 is… Back in 2000, when I was still young enough to care, my fear was that Marvel was launching the Ultimate Universe to replace the Marvel 616 Universe I grew up with. That the characters I loved would eventually fade away, while Marvel produces an increasing number of Ultimate Books.
The only reason I ever read any of the (what I considered lame, though there were exceptions) DC titles, was that Crisis on Infinite Earths wiped away all the bad and allowed for a "Newer" style of storytelling: A "Marvel" style of storytelling.
The "New 52″ is doing the same thing as Crisis, but to characters I have placed an emotional interest in. It's my just deserts, as I've enjoyed reading writers like Morrison, Moore, Miller, Milligan, Gaiman and the many others; deconstruct, torture, reinvigorate & modernize stale characters into a modern continuity I enjoyed.
DC has decided: All-Star never worked as New Universe, probably because we used the architects that built the old 'New' one. "This time we will create our own 'Ultimate Universe' and it will compleatly replace the functional one we spent the last 24 years building a continuity around."
this post addresed alot of diff issues so here goes beside Alan Scott:
…saying something is a 'gimmick' is considered name-calling? hmmm well now. whatever. so much for freedom of speech.
oh and how many Golden Age fans of the Alan Scott GL are there on this thread that consider Alan Scott "the iconic" GL? anyone born after 1964 think Alan Scott an iconic hero for DC? serious folks lets not be bashful here….
ok now that thats out of the way…
I have stated i dont mind the sexual preference change for Alan Scott, but lets face it, the more comics have tried to become "real" and incorporate not sexuality but sex lives, the more sales have declined. sales in the 60s & 70s were in the millions, comics became more real but not too real, and they sold very well. then the 90s gimmicks and steroid sales and then collapse…
yeh the guy from WSJ had some good points but he was scatter-shooting all over the place. many of the comics writers he criticized were the literary children of Alan Moore(whom he liked) and yet the WSJ writer dissed his literary offspring(which he hated).
Moore knew how to be edgy and traditional given the book/context he worked on. He also has stated that not every comic needed to be edgy.
if you notice, the movies that work for the studios are the ones that can balance the modern with the classic and not totally change the character that EVERYONE knows about. such as Bats or Spidy. Bats works whether its the 60s camp one or the 00s edgy one by ALWAYS keeping the "serious" side to Bats, which even the 60s one had it though it was mixed in with the zany campy characters & shtick. Bats was & always will be a brooding cat/bat.
What has been missing from the Hulk and that the Avengers captured has been "HULK SMASH" with glee, which we saw in the Avengers. The TV was so big because you got to see the green giant in all his day glow green glory(although not always smashing, for the 70s it was more than anyone had ever scene and it was every show) and was set up perfect for the lat 70s/early 80s Dallas TV crowd, whether kids or adults. But on screen Hulk has to fight more than soldiers or dogs or his father and he has to do it during the daytime. The serious Banner can be there but you only have 2/2.5 hrs so it cant be too much. the TV show had 12-16 episodes a year and that was why viewers turned in to see Bixby get all serious and what not but they knew they would get their fill of green.
hope there are some points in there that make sense. i for one dont see comics ever reaching the million sellers they had in the 40s, 60s, 70s, or 90s. it aint gonna happen. as it is i read one comic writer who was somewhat sad that the Avengers movie did so well and was making comics characters accessible to everyone!!! Wtf????
later for now…
If you're just going to take comments down of those that don't agree with you, why not just say at the beginning that you don't want any disagreeing comments? My comment was also taken down.
@ Jab: I agree with what you are saying here. This was another pointless typically DC non event.Make one of your top selling Iconics, Superman,Batman,Wonder Woman gay or create a new and original character, and I would be impressed.This is like picking some obscure character from the roster of Legion of Superheroes nobody has seen for years and make it look like you are doing the LBGT crowd a favor.What utter crap on DC's part.I wonder how many story conferences this went through and how many characters they discarded before coming up with the least controversial to bottom line sales that they could pick? At least this saves me a lot of money catching up wih old continuity JSA trades.Thank you DC.


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Welcome to the NBA -- the National Blaming Association.
Phil Jackson blames the refs for Kevin Durant getting too many calls.
Durant blames Jackson for dissing him.
David Stern blames Jackson for blaming officials and blames HIMSELF for not suspending Jackson in the '80s for blaming the refs.
Orlando coach Stan Van Gundy blames Stern for the playoffs taking so long.
Orlando's Dwight Howard blames the refs for whistling him when other stars go free.
Nugget JR Smith blames his team for playing "selfish"
Nugget Chauncey Billups blames acting coach Adrian Dantley for not being as good a coach as cancer-recovering George Karl.
Mavs owner Mark Cuban blames the NFL for hurting the National Blaming Association ratings with its three-day draft.
Remind me. Is this basketball or The Real Housewives of Orange County?
Meanwhile, in hockey the other night, the Washington Capitals' Eric Belanger gets hit with a stick, loses EIGHT teeth, has an instant root canal in the locker room, comes back out and PLAYS and never says boo.
So new rule, NBA: Unless you have a root canal at halftime, SHUT UP AND PLAY!
Hey Phil, you tried to get in the kid's head. It didn't work.
Hey Kevin, you're a superstar now. You DO get calls. Enjoy.
Hey David, you can pretend you want these people to shut up, but you secretly love fining tall people. Sort of elevator shoes made of $100s.
Hey Stan, would you rather trade schedules with the New Jersey Nets?
Hey Dwight: You have the body of Zeus and an $85 million contract and more free throws than anybody in the league this season not named Durant. Nobody's holding any telethons for you.
Hey J.R Swish, just J.R. Shush: you've only got 10 assists so far. Chauncey has 30. You calling somebody selfish is like Dr. Phil calling somebody bald.
Oh, and hey Nuggets, how about rallying around your coach, who's fighting for his life, instead of giving him more heartache.
And lastly, Mark, tell your players, your coaches and your commissioner to STOP blaming everybody else. Maybe then you'd get more people watching and less people pressing MUTE.
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The Lady Lions are playoff bound as the runner ups out of 24-2A.
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Justine Henin will walk onto stadium court at the French Open for her first match next week carrying the familiar, invisible aura of the player to beat. It may feel as though she never left, and in some ways, she didn't.
"She has played enough matches now this year and has proven herself where she has to be one of the favorites for the title,'' two-time French Open winner Martina Navratilova, who will provide analysis of the tournament for Tennis Channel, told reporters on a conference call Monday. "There is no doubt about that. Nobody has really come through in a dominating fashion leading up to the tournament. She must like her chances pretty well on this stuff. I mean, it is like coming home for her. She knows exactly how to play on it.''
Like fellow quadruple winner Rafael Nadal, Henin celebrates her birthday (June 1) each year in Paris. She won the championship the past three times she played the tournament, and even though she hasn't competed in the past two editions, she hasn't been completely absent from the grounds.
The movie "Same Time, Next Year" chronicles the decades-long relationship of clandestine lovers who reunite once a year for one precious weekend. Henin, 27, maintained an annual, torrid affair with the rich red clay of Roland Garros that was no secret. Yet, like the couple in the film, Henin seems to be in a distinctly different place in her own personal storyline each time she takes a bow there.
Scenes from the screenplay:
2007: Henin crushes Ana Ivanovic to win her fourth French Open in the past five years and shocks nearly everyone in Philippe Chatrier Stadium with an emotional acknowledgement of her long-estranged brothers, who are in the stands, and her father back in Belgium. "I want to dedicate this victory to my family,'' she said. "I missed you. I want to offer this victory to you. I love you with all my heart.''
2008: On May 14, just 11 days before the tournament is set to begin, Henin makes the bombshell announcement that she is retiring. Her agent, Ken Meyerson, tells ESPN.com she called him beforehand and said: "I've won everything I need to win, I have more money than I can use in three lifetimes, and I don't have the will to play one day more.'' Henin appears in Paris on the tournament's final weekend and, in a surreal scene, presents an elated Ivanovic with the trophy.
2009: Henin visits the grounds at Roland Garros to have a "street" in the VIP village named after her. "It's part of me forever, and this love story between the French Open and me keeps going on,'' she said in a news conference before the informal ceremony. "It's something that started a long time ago in 1992 when I was here to watch that big final, and then I won juniors and then four times.'' She insists she has no second thoughts, but in the same breath admits, "It hasn't been that easy for myself either, to, you know, stop tennis and be back in like a normal life.'' At the end of the same fortnight, she watches Roger Federer win his most coveted title and begins to reconsider her plans.
2010: Take 1. Action.
Henin's results since her return have been erratic: Stellar runs and hard-fought matches followed by early losses. She sprung out of the blocks to reach the Australian Open final only to lose in the second round in her next outing at Indian Wells. Her first post-comeback title in Stuttgart was followed by a complete collapse in the third set of her opening match in Madrid, where she fell 4-6, 7-5, 6-0 to eventual winner Aravane Rezai of France.
Drama, as usual, has abounded. Henin's countrywoman and rival, Kim Clijsters, has beaten her both times they've played this year, once in the final in Brisbane and again in a nail-biter of a semifinal in Miami. Now tied 12-12 in their career series, the interwoven paths of the two Belgians came together again at Fed Cup last month, where Henin broke a pinky finger in a fluke training incident. When Clijsters suffered a far worse injury, tearing a muscle in her foot that will keep her out of the French Open, Henin stepped in and played valiantly in a losing effort.
If the see-saw momentum of her season holds true, Henin, currently ranked No. 23, is due for a déjà vu performance at Roland Garros. Another title there surely would be satisfying, yet also, in the literal sense of the French phrase, it would be been-there-seen-that. Henin made it clear that winning Wimbledon -- the one Grand Slam event that has eluded her -- was one of her chief motivations for picking up a racket again.
ESPN analyst Mary Carillo said Henin's "best chance to win on grass is to first win on clay.''
"Her game is very similar to what it was, though a bit more amped up -- she's looking to play shorter points,'' Carillo said. "When her serve isn't behaving, the points are a little too short. She's been pressing a bit and double-faulting at times, and she's pushing on her return game as well, so we're seeing more unforced errors from her so far this season. But I don't think she's terribly bothered by what she must consider to be 'correct' mistakes.
"I still like her on clay [where] she has, as she says, 'Time to organize my game.' And it would help her to have a big win, a major as she heads into Wimbledon.''
Whatever else was going on in her life, Henin always had Paris, where she stylishly fenced her way through the draw like a female Musketeer. The freshly groomed courts await a sequel.
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Definición de donjon en inglés:
The great tower or innermost keep of a castle.
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Middle English: variant of dungeon.
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The word dungeon had two main senses when it was first used in the 14th century: 'the great tower or keep of a castle' and 'an underground prison cell'. The first is now usually spelled donjon and regarded as a separate word. The core meaning was 'lord's tower', and the word goes back to Latin dominus 'lord, master', through which it is related to dame and danger.
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Let $\Omega_h$ denote to the domain that is bounded by a polygon, and $V_h$ denote to the space of all $v\in C^0(\Omega)$ such that $v_{|T}$ is linear on any (curved) triangle T and $v=0$ in the vertices of the boundary i.e. $V_h = \{v \in C^0(\overline{\Omega}): v|T \in P_1(T), v|_{\partial T}=0 \}$.
For a bilinear form $a$ that is elliptic and bounded on $V_h$, e.g. $\exists\ c_1, c_2 >0$ such that
$$a(v_h,v_h) \geq c_1 ||v_h||_{V_h}^2 \quad \text{and} \quad a(u,v_h) \leq c_2 ||u||_{V_h} ||v_h||_{V_h}$$ holds for all $v_h \in V_h$.
I have proved that
$$||u-v_h||\leq c(h||u||_{2,\Omega} + h^{\frac 3 2} ||u||_{2,\Omega}).\ \ \quad (*)$$
How can I show that $(*)$ remains true if I replace $a(u,v)$ by $\tilde{a}(u,v)=\int_{\Omega_h} a_0 u v dx + \int_{\Omega_h} \alpha \nabla u \nabla v dx$?
My first idea was to prove that $\tilde{a}$ is elliptic and continuous on $V_h$ as well but I failed to show this.
Who can help me?