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In honor of the fiftieth anniversary of Spider-Man, we're doing four straight months of polls having to do with Spider-Man, culminating with the release of the Amazing Spider-Man film in July. Future installments will deal with Spider-Man creators, Spider-Man characters and Spider-Man stories, but this month will be about Spider-Man covers.
You all voted, now here are the results! We'll reveal five covers a day until the end of the month (with the top ten being split into #10-7, 6-4, 3-1). Here is a master list of all the covers that have been revealed so far.
10. Amazing Spider-Man #300
Art by Todd McFarlane
9. Spectacular Spider-Man #101
Art by John Byrne
8. Amazing Spider-Man #238
Pencils by John Romita Jr. Inks by John Romita Sr.
7. Web of Spider-Man #1
Art by Charles Vess
2 of my top 10 choices. Woo Hoo! That makes 4 so far. People must love the black costume.
Wow, impressive that the black costume didn't show up until #15, but so far takes up at least a third of the top 15. Are these all the iconic black costume covers? I could be forgetting something obvious; I honestly can't even remember ever having seen that John Byrne cover at #9 before, but it's amazing!
I voted for #9, but I'm surprised to see it show up. I know I bought the issue based on the cover alone, can't remember if the story was any good
Interesting that the black costume dominates this batch. The 2 solo comic characters I'm most familiar with are Spiderman & Batman, so I didn't know where to start with this poll and didn't vote this time.
Web #1 by Vess would have made it though – and that's a fantastic B/W graphic work by Byrne in no.9.
I was pleasantly surprised by how many times more obscure covers by Ditko made the list, not just the obvious ones like AF#1, ASM #1, 14, 33, etc.
Brian – you missed some artists out. Picks 8&7 should say JRJR and Vess respectively!
#10 reminds me that Todd McFarlane's art was really boring. Spider-Man may look kind of cool there, but nothing's happening! Every other one of the covers on this list has something that makes it dramatic or exciting and makes me want to open the comic and see what's going on. But #10, and also McFarlane's other entries (#48, #14), just show Spider-Man in a "pin-up" type pose. They look nice enough, but why would anybody ever be enticed to buy the issue?
I love that Byrne cover. I thought it would be higher on the list.
impressive picks including the cover of the hobgoblin ripping spider man in half
I voted for all of these except issue 300, which would have made my top 15.
Fun Fact: The black costume does not appear at all in the pages of Spectacular Spider-Man #101. I kind of want to buy Spectacular Spider-Man #104-#105, just to read the complaints on the letter pages.
Personally, I think the cover for #300 is hideous. Not the drawing itself so much, but all those 300's everywhere is just a major eyesore for me.
At least those 300s aren't embossed die-cut prismatic laser foil.
But I'd like to see them try.
That Byrne cover is truly spectacular. So good.
10, 9, and 7 were all comics that I bought of the stands because of those covers. Glad to see them all in the top ten.
#10 and #7 don't seem like anything special to me, but 8 & 9 are great.
Must be a lot of people that grew up with 90's comics or something…there's been far too much McFarlane for my tastes.
There are some superb Byrne Spider covers at around this time, the 2 part version for the Secret Wars 2 crossover springs to mind.
YEEEAAAAH #101! Such a gorgeous cover.
The Hobgoblin was my #1 pick!
Great Vess cover too, but I voted for his Spirit Of The Earth cover as my #3 instead.
In Web of Spider-Man it looks like Spidey is visiting Gotham City…
I think Vess does an even better cover a few issues later for Web Of…. Issue 8's cover is superb
FREE Lakeside skin tattooz?! Where can I get a copy of that issue?
Number 8 is the comic book that got me collecting comics. While I had a handful of comics, and one Spider-Man "rock comic" LP, before then Amazing Spider-Man #238 was the first comic I bought with my "own" money.
The cover was a large part of why I picked it up, but the story hooked me and I was buying month to month after that.
I see that all the McFarlane covers on this list show the main character crouching/squatting profiled on their right side. Is that a standard pose for Todd?
Mars: Very much so.
So happy that Vess cover showed up. I picked it #1, but once it missed out yesterday, I figured it wasn't on the list. I didn't think it'd make top ten after it failed the vote to be added to the Marvel cover poll a while back.
did anyone mention that 300 and 301 are the same cover?
My #3 and 4 choices show up in Spectacular Spider-Man #101 and Web of Spider-Man #1, making 4 total for me so far. Three of my choices will certainly makes the top 6, and the other three it's time to admit defeat on.
First of my choices finally showed up: Spectacular #101 (no. 3 in my Top 10).
That Spider-Man 300 cover is so, so over-rated. I think maybe because it was Venom's breakthrough issue eveyone remembers this cover image so fondly, but just as a cover itself, It doesn't deserve placement this high.
Funny how many people want to knock the "Tod" covers. Lets not forget who put Venom and spider-man on the map in the 80s and 90s. Not to mention all the artists after Tod that used his pioneer ultra flexible type movements. SMH
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Prep 10 mins
Cook 10 mins
Sweet and Spicy sauce, with many different ways to use it. We like garlic and ginger so we may have added a little more then you may like!
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4-6 2-2 1/2 cups US
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1⁄4 cup scallion, finely chopped (or onion)
- 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons gingerroot, finely chopped
- 1 cup water
- 1⁄2 cup peanut butter (recommend natural)
- 1⁄4 cup soy sauce
- 1⁄4 cup rice vinegar
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 3 dried hot red chili peppers
- Heat oil in Wok over moderate heat
- Cook scallions, garlic and ginger, stirring, about 1 minute.
- Add remaining ingredients and bring to a simmer, stirring constantly until mixture is smooth.
- Then added cooked chicked and let it thicken
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JustGiving, launched in 2000, often used to be held up as a UK dot-com success story.
Recently I've seen lots of people using their competitor Virgin Money Giving (Launched October 2009), including, ahem, young Ramzi Bell. I know, a sponsored swim for a 10-month-old is ridiculous.
Initially I thought it was a shame to see a big corporate like Virgin is ripping off a plucky little startup like JustGiving. But Virgin Money Giving is a not-for-profit. Unlike JustGiving, there's no monthly subscription and no charges on Gift Aid. They do charge 2% on transactions, but that is lower than JustGiving's 5%.
They've taken a for-profit business and reinvented it as a not-for-profit. As Bill Gurley notes in The Freight Train that is Android, having a good financial reason to give something away puts a company in a wonderful position. It is almost impossible to compete against.
On a smaller scale than Google, that's what Virgin Money have achieved. As a cuddly charitable endeavour, that's pretty clever.
I don't know if a large organized industry has ever faced this fierce a form of competition – someone who is not trying to "win" in the classic sense. They want market share, but they don't need economics.
Considered as a piece of advertising for Virgin Money, there is a touch of genius to it. The giving pages are highly viral (I couldn't help myself from linking earlier) and have feel-good vibe. As has often been noted, the rhythm of successful advertising online isn't about campaigns and interruption, but about long-term relationships and real usefulness.
Is it cynical to call Virgin Money Giving advertising? There's something hard to categorise about projects like this and Pepsi Refresh and O2 Think Big. On the one hand, you want to believe the motivation is public spirited. On the other, it seems reasonable to assume there is a return on investment calculation behind it. Perhaps that isn't even important: if they make the world a better place, does it matter that they are the fruit of cold business logic?
Here's a nice comparison chart of all the UK's leading online giving services: http://www.rossmcculloch.com/comparison-chart-of-all-uk-online-giving-serv
JustGiving is clearly more fully-featured, but it's also the only service that charges on Gift Aid, has monthly subscriptions, and actually makes a profit as a business. It's still got a great following amongst the third sector though, but maybe the other services are the better choice for individual short-term fundraisers?
I think the main point for me with JG is that they know the sector so well and they are always trying things, testing and innovating. I think it is a comfort for us charity folk to know that really clever folk are driving the sector forward :)
Good point Martin, I particularly like what JG are doing with #justtextgiving at the moment >> http://www.justgiving.com/justtextgiving
Martin - do you think innovation justifies an extra 3% of the donation being taken by the intermediary? I guess I can see that in the long run the sector might benefit from that innovation, but as a donor I'd rather see that money go directly to the cause I'm supporting.
The question of motivation is an important one. Clearly JG's original motivation is driven by wanting to support social change, however, their model is dependent on a high commission fee to remain sustainable. Virgin can subsidize by shifting marketing budget towards their platform and ultimately give more away, however, they are motivated by bottom line returns, brand exposure and most importantly recognition. The question I like to ask when trying to reconcile these conflicting sets of motivations is "who are the people behind the initiatives?" Brands like Timberland, Nike, Nokia, Starbucks etc, who have all launched 'social change' or CSR initiatives in recent year's are lead by brilliant social innovators who have been brought on because they have made it their life's work to make a difference and change the world for the better. It's the people that create change, not companies.
As an event organiser I have been trying hard to work with all the fundraising companies. The more people raise the better in my book. It has become obvious that Justgiving really don't care about the charities, the fundraisers or the events organisers. I have been to their events, talked to them in person and basically been shrugged off.
VirginMoneyGiving on the other hand have been awesome! We are only a small event but VMG opened their doors to us, tried to help us as we grew, told us where they couldn't help as well as where they could and were generally a pleasure to work with.
Combined with all advantages above we have taken to recommending VMG over JG to our racers.
Oh, and I really wish VMG would make more of the fact you can raise money for up to 5 charities and them money gets split equally. Something that none of the other fundraising sites do and has been loved by our participants.
Toby and Dan, thanks for your comments - interesting perspectives
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Library Research Guides: Best Practices
Many librarians have a set of research guides that they are responsible for keeping up to date, but finding time to devote to this important task can be extremely difficult. As libraries migrate to LibGuides 2.0, many are using this opportunity to study their users' preferences, implement new policies, and completely refresh their research guide collection. If your library is going through this process, or you are simply planning on using the (relatively) calm summer months to update your research guides, here are ten best practice tips to keep in mind - by Kara Dunn, D`Angelo Law Library. — Published July 25, 2015
Human Resources Management Meets Big Data in Devising Systems to Identify Star Employees
Alan Rothman provides much needed insight and perspective regarding the role of employee performance and productivity metrics, big data, and identifying future leaders within an organization. Although HR professionals and software applications have been engaged to deliver results that yield this knowledge, both are lacking in effectively leveraging and delivering processes to drive future success. — Published July 4, 2015
Communication Problems through SharePoint
Lorette Weldon's article is a gateway to training about how SharePoint uses a technology of programming without coding. Her pathfinder empowers librarians not familiar with database management to create a web part from within SharePoint that does not require any programming knowledge. As Weldon teaches us, the end-user does not have to code to put a fully functional SharePoint site together. — Published June 30, 2015
Voice Dream text-to-speech reader to appear for Android in August
David Rothman writes that the Voice Dream Reader comes with wonderful navigational and annotative capabilities as well as a rich assortment of voices. It is integrated with DropBox, Google Drive and EverNotes, and you can even download it directly from Project Gutenberg. — Published June 19, 2015
The Case for Natural Language Processing in Economics
Economist Ayeh Bandeh Ahmadi outlines a case for incorporating more natural language processing into economics as a tool to invigorate and provide additional critical facets and perspective to study, as well as adding a large volume of data for research to explore and analyze. — Published June 14, 2015
How Robots and Computer Algorithms are Challenging Jobs and the Economy
Alan Rothman casts an expert eye onto the landscape of an growing phenomenon - the rise of robotic technologies and their current and forthcoming impact on our workforce and on the economy. This review was sparked by a new book authored by Silicon Valley entrepreneur Martin Ford titled Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future. The depth and significance of the critical issues the book raises is the focus of Rothman's insightful and engrossing commentary. — Published June 6, 2015
New Chips are Using Deep Learning to Enhance Mobile, Camera and Auto Image Processing Capabilities
Alan Rothman takes a look at the expanding experience of how we interface with our devices' screens for inputs and outputs nearly all day and everyday. He explains how what many of the gadgets will soon be able to display and, moreover, understand about digital imagery is about to take a significant leap forward. This is a result of the pending arrival of new chips embedded into their circuitry that are enabled by artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms. — Published June 6, 2015
Journalism Resources on the Internet
Marcus P. Zillman's new guide is a selective, comprehensive bibliography of reliable, subject specific and actionable sources of journalism resources and sites for researchers in all sectors. This guide will support your goal to discover new sources, refresh your acquaintance with sources you know but that have evolved, and provide additional strategic methods to locate and leverage information in your work. — Published June 6, 2015
Recent Visualization Projects Involving US Law and The Supreme Court
Examples of the use of visualizations and graphical representations of data and documents in the legal arena are increasing. Alan Rothman's article includes examples from the public and private sectors as well as academia. — Published May 22, 2015
Computer Savviness: Step 4 to Information Literacy
Lorette Weldon shares her roadmap to Computer Savviness - be flexible enough to learn new concepts, methods, and technology developed for different kinds of communities - and do not be not averse to discovering and trying new applications and tools to learn and discern what may work best for your specific environment. — Published May 22, 2015
IBM's Watson is Now Data Mining TED Talks to Extract New Forms of Knowledge
Alan Rothman's commentary offers actionable information about a new technology from IBM called Watson that is a powerful tool for researchers whose work engages data mining, knowledge management and competitive intelligence. Rothman attended a recent presentation that demonstrated how Watson is deployed as a search and discovery tool whose object is the huge video archive of TED Talks content. — Published May 17, 2015
Creating the Information Literate Warrior: Step 6 to Information Literacy
In this part of her ongoing series, Lorette Weldon concentrates on successful methods for developing needed tools for kids' study through demonstrations to show them how to find the information on their own. — Published May 17, 2015
Wikipedia and Information Literacy: Step 5 to Information Literacy
Lorette Weldon teaches her students to be critical and aware users of Wikipedia for research projects and assignments of any kind. Lorette provides specific criteria to benchmark content on Wikipedia for value, reliability, time frames when information has been posted and updated, as well as any evident bias. — Published May 17, 2015
Book Review - "The Age of Cryptocurrency"
Alan Rothman highlights the increasing impact of an online payment system that is immersed in finance and economics around the world - the expanding use of bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. With actionable links to expert professional topical sources on these subjects, Alan's article will bring you up to speed on a bleeding edge cross border issue that impacts law, technology, e-commerce and the deep web. — Published May 17, 2015
How To Conduct Free Legal Research Using Google Scholar In 2015 (Part 2)
Nicole Black benchmarks how legal research is something lawyers do nearly every day and why convenient, affordable access to legal research materials is so important. Web-based legal research has truly provided solos and small firms the tools they need to compete - and at a price they could afford. The trick is to set aside time to learn the ins and outs of conducting legal research on Google Scholar. To make this process even easier for you, Nicole has provided Part 2 of her series on this topic. (Part 1 is here) — Published April 30, 2015
The Wealth Gap: A Tale of Two School Libraries
David Rothman provides critical insight into the inequities in the availability of public school library resources between different areas within DC, but which are not at all unique to this city. — Published April 26, 2015
Amicus Curiae: Information in the Service of Justice
From Ken Strutin's introduction to this guide: In the legal system, such intonements have taken on the form of specialized briefs called amicus curiae ("friend of the court"). And through extension and by complement they have appeared in the form of law reviews, media articles, exposes, and books. Indeed, there is an oscillating relationship between amici and law reviews, which has been beneficial for scholarship and public discourse. In the end, it is the passion for justice that drives individuals, governments, academics, lawyers, journalists and other interested groups to befriend the courts. The amicus has the power to speak to many audiences simultaneously. In the courtroom, it is the honest broker; in the public media, it is the educator; in academia, it is scholarly analysis and historical perspective. Bounded by common law, court rules, and the conventions of publishing (briefs, articles or books), the amicus can yet move knowledge into venues where it is most needed. An amicus can serve as an "oral shepardizer," expert witness, or quasi-litigant that extends the range of judicial notice and culls, concentrates and vets information into a case-specific resource. Still, there is a tension between the role of the amicus as independent expert offering facts and a party arguing an agenda, which can ultimately impact the quality and constitutionality of decision-making. Indeed, there are concerns that unregulated amicus practice can undermine development of case law by opening the door to issues and arguments beyond the threshold of standing and jurisdiction. Lastly, the free range of amicus briefs can exacerbate already problematic judicial information seeking behavior. Roman legal tradition fashioned the amicus into an interlocutor, an explainer in all kinds of cases. Today, their roles are circumscribed by court rule and common law. However, the scope of this article is confined to a discrete precinct of the amicus universe, criminal justice. — Published April 26, 2015
How To Conduct Free Legal Research Using Google Scholar In 2015 (Part 1)
Nicole Black surveys the new landscape for access to legal research databases, which previously cost a considerable sum - back in the day when Westlaw and Lexis had cornered the market. Today researchers have a range of reliable, affordable choices for legal research, such as Fastcase and CaseMaker, and even entirely free alternatives such as Google Scholar. — Published April 26, 2015
Emerging roles and possible futures for librarians and information professionals
Author, professor, editor, librarian - Bruce Rosenstein's article addresses the following critical questions - What professional roles do you play as a librarian/information professional? How have they changed during your career? And perhaps most important, how do you see them changing and evolving in the future? — Published March 15, 2015
Seven ways to grow the e-book business while helping libraries and readers: Ideas based on my two decades of writing about it
E-book sales are not posting impressive sales increases, at least not among big publishers. One major reason is that much of the technology is difficult to use. Even increased library statistics for e-loans are not resulting in corresponding increases in funding and support for libraries around the country. Based on more than two decades of writing about e-books, David Rothman suggests seven library-and-consumer friendly ways to boost e-book growth. — Published March 8, 2015
Book review: 'Bexar BiblioTech: The Evolution of the Country's First All-digital Public Library'
David Rothman describes why the BiblioTech library in Bexar County, Texas is a landmark achievement worthy of implementation and iteration in towns and cities throughout the US. His article describes the success of this variation on a library system detailed in a new book authored by Nelson Wolff, the visionary behind the country's first all-digital public library system. Wolff is the judge of Bexar County, which includes the city of San Antonio. The title is roughly equivalent to the head of a county board. Judge Wolff and his wife, Tracy, are donors and fund-raisers for BiblioTech and other civic causes, and his book is a how-to pathfinder to "bridge the literacy and technology gaps." — Published March 8, 2015
That's Write: Putting Aside the Keyboard and Using a Pen or Pencil Can be Good for Your Brain
Alan Rothman, expert knowledge manager, content strategist and project manager, discusses valuable lessons learned throughout his education that he continues to practice today. Specifically, the importance of hand written notes and hand editing electronically prepared documents remains a key component of knowledge retention, organization, and connecting critical information to projects, plans, coordinating work assignments, and delivering work product to customers. Maintaining and improving cognitive skills through handwriting is well documented, and Rothman discusses the multiple ways that writing plays an integral role at work, at home, in education, and in personal development. — Published March 1, 2015
Archiving Transparency and Accountability: Step 3 to Information Literacy
In Part 3 of Lorette Weldon's series she discusses the virtual assistant she created to review with clients the search methods that were covered in face to face customer interactions. Weldon emphasizes that this methodology creates and maintains transparency, enhancing learning and sustaining relationships. Links to Part 1 and Part 2. — Published March 1, 2015
Shaken Baby Syndrome: A Differential Diagnosis of Justice
Ken Strutin's article is a comprehensive examination of how the concept of Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) has become a battleground where medical evidence and legal presumptions clash, testing the limits of judicial wisdom. Strutin presents a collection of recent and select court decisions, law reviews and news articles that explore the ongoing scientific and legal arguments about the definition and exclusivity of shaken baby syndrome evidence. — Published February 21, 2015
No Paperwhite read-aloud for you! FCC again lets Amazon and friends diss people with disabilities
David Rothman continues his reporting on the status of Text to Speech applications that have yet to be added to E-Ink readers due to the FCC's extension of vendor exemptions from complying with a key benefit for the disabled that is part of the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010. — Published February 21, 2015
Step 2 to Information Literacy
In Part 2 of Lorette Weldon's series, she emphasizes that to promote information literacy you would have to practice what you preach. You must retain customer interaction information so that you may add to it in forthcoming interactions. Thus says Weldon, the patrons experience both familiarity and warmth when they return to the library because the librarian remembers who they are and what they had been looking for in previous visits. — Published February 16, 2015
Step 1 to Information Literacy
This is the first of a three part series by Lorette Weldon. She discusses the role of "The Three T's" - talking, tinkering, and traveling, in relationship to building a bond between librarians and customers seeking reference and research services. — Published January 17, 2015
Tell the FCC to Require Read-Aloud for Future Kindles and Other E Ink Devices
Want read-aloud in Kindles and other readers? Use FCC's easy online form by January 9, 2015. David H. Rothman calls attention to a pivotal upcoming event for readers everywhere: On January 28, 2015 if the Federal Communications Commission makes the right choice, a regulatory waiver will expire. The waiver has exempted Amazon and other E Ink manufacturers from having to comply with rules based on the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act signed by President Obama in 2010. Last year, at the urging of the National Federation for the Blind, scores of blind people objected to the waiver. And the FCC listened. "We believe that, given the swift pace at which e-reader and tablet technologies are evolving and the expanding role of ACS in electronic devices, granting a waiver beyond this period is outweighed by the public interest and congressional intent to ensure that Americans with disabilities have access to advanced communications technologies." — Published January 4, 2015
Cameras in the Streets: Focus on Justice
2014 has been a watershed for the national and international role of citizen photo journalists who have impacted in myriad ways events which have in turn sparked debate, protests, and legal action - increasing the scrutiny of activity conducted by groups including law enforcement. Ken Strutin's timely, informative and significant article collects noteworthy news, litigation, and legal analyses concerning civilians and journalists photo-documenting the activities of law enforcement as well as police use of cameras to record their work. — Published December 31, 2014
New Economy Resources 2015
Marcus P. Zillman helps LLRX end 2014 and begin 2015 with a set of powerhouse guides for researchers. The New Economy is steeped in the mantra of transparency and big data, and Marcus provides us with critical resources to respond to the challenges we face as researchers to stay ahead of the curve and serve our clients and customers accurately, reliably and comprehensively. — Published December 31, 2014


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Canadian Stocks Fall on Missed Durable Goods Forecast
Canadian stocks declined the most in two weeks, led by materials and energy shares, after orders for U.S. durable goods rose less than projected in February.
Goldcorp Inc. decreased 0.9 percent as a strike by jewelers in India curbed demand. First Quantum Minerals Ltd., Canada's second-largest publicly traded copper producer, fell 3 percent on indications that demand for the metal is weakening in China. Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., the country's second-largest energy company by market value, declined 1.6 percent after U.S. oil inventories climbed the most in 20 months last week.
The Standard & Poor's/TSX Composite Index fell 98.18 points, or 0.8 percent, to 12,413.86 in Toronto for the biggest decline since March 14.
"In Canada, energy and materials are two of the most economically sensitive sectors," Pat McHugh, senior managing director and Canadian equity strategist at Manulife Financial Corp.'s asset-management unit, said in a telephone interview. The unit oversees about $217 billion. "Anything that indicates a weakness in the economy, whether consumer or capital goods related, would impact them negatively. I'm not surprised they're taking it on the chin today."
The benchmark equity gauge increased 0.4 percent this week through yesterday after rising to a three-week high on Monday, led by commodity producers. The index fell 1 percent in March through yesterday, heading for its first monthly decline of the year, as materials and energy shares have declined due to growing concern that demand may slow in China and rising crude stockpiles.
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Canadian gold companies declined as futures fell for a second straight day after a trade group said jewelers in India, the world's biggest buyer, will extend a nationwide strike until the government withdraws a levy on non-branded products.
Goldcorp, the world's second-biggest gold producer by market value, decreased 0.9 percent to C$44.45. Jaguar Mining Inc., which produces gold in Brazil, dropped 6.1 percent to C$4.78.
Copper shares dropped as the metal fell the most in three weeks after Jiangxi Copper Co., China's top producer, recorded an 18 percent decline in second-half 2011 profit and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. cut its three-month outlook for raw materials.
First Quantum Minerals fell 3 percent to C$18.27. Ivanhoe Mines Ltd., Rio Tinto Group's majority-owned partner in the Oyu Tolgoi copper project in Mongolia, decreased 3.6 percent to C$15.52.
Energy companies in the S&P/TSX fell for a second day after U.S. oil inventories increased 7.1 million barrels to 353.4 million, the most since July 2010 and more than twice the gain predicted in a Bloomberg News survey of analysts. Oil also fell after French Industry Minister Eric Besson said the U.S. proposed releasing oil from strategic reserves.
Canadian Natural Resources declined 1.6 percent to C$32.83. Suncor Energy Inc., Canada's largest oil and gas producer, decreased 1.3 percent to C$32.47.


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A Hard Country
Anatol Lieven
PublicAffairs, $35, 558 pp.
The American raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan has heightened suspicion of Pakistani double-dealing and laid bare the strained relationship between the two countries. Anatol Lieven's new book Pakistan: A Hard Country, published just before the May 2 raid, takes up many of the questions raised in the wake of Osama bin Laden's death.
Lieven, a professor in the War Studies Department at King's College in London and a senior fellow at the New America Foundation in Washington, D.C., does not address what Pakistan and its intelligence services may have known about bin Laden's whereabouts, but he does depict the perceptions that influence Pakistan's response to the U.S. war on terror, from the common suspicion that the United States, not bin Laden, was responsible for the 9/11 attacks to the widespread sympathy for the Afghan Taliban among all sectors of Pakistani society. Examining Pakistan's relations with Islamist militant groups inside and outside the country, Lieven offers historical perspective and a coherent, nuanced picture of the strategic concerns, politics, and occasional paranoia underlying Pakistani actions. If the West views Pakistan as a reluctant and unreliable partner in the war in Afghanistan, Lieven's book suggests that Pakistan could hardly be otherwise. The government of Pakistan has been pressed into supporting a war deeply unpopular with its own population and one it sees as at odds with its own interests.
Had Lieven...
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Free flu shots available Thursday
Published: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 at 11:19 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 at 12:47 p.m.
THIBODAUX -- You can get a free flu shot Thursday in Thibodaux.
Vaccinations, supplied by the Department of Health and Hospitals, will be given from 2 to 7:30 p.m. at the Thibodaux Civic Center, 310 N. Canal Blvd. in Thibodaux.
The mass vaccination exercise is open to anyone 6 months of age or older and will be the only free vaccination day held this year by the department.
Parish-health units often restrict their vaccines so children, the elderly and anyone with a compromised immune system may have better access to them.
Officials therefore urge anyone not belonging to those three groups to attend Thursdays free vaccination.
Health officials anticipate administering up to 200 people per hour, said Jolie Adams, spokeswoman for the Department of Health and Hospitals.
The event is paid for by a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
That agency requires annual mass vaccination exercises to prepare for any emergency requiring vaccines for all Louisiana residents within a short time period.
"Its going to help them and help us to test our response. Itd be great for those college kids who dont have a lot of money and dont want to miss a week of school," Adams said.
Flu season peaks in Louisiana during December, January and February, and approximately 35,000 people die from the flu every year, according to the state agency.
Eight other locations statewide will host free vaccinations Thursday.
Public health-unit offices will be short-staffed Thursday and offer limited services because of the exercise.
The three local health-unit offices located at 2535 Veterans Blvd. in Thibodaux, 133 W. 112th St. in Cut Off and 600 Polk St. in Houma.
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These headphones sound phenomenal. I have never heard closed back headphones offer such balanced clear sound. They do a great job of reproducing the music without over exaggerating certain tones. That being said, I am still breaking these headphones in and I notice a strong controlled bass sound and slightly recessed mids and highs. I am hoping the mids and highs open up after some play time because burn in is a real thing with headphones. I tried these headphones on at a local AV store as an afterthought because I was looking to upgrade my open back Grado's but after hearing these I changed my mind and passed on the incremental upgrade of the Grado's and went with something different in these closed back cans. I am glad I did because these do a good job of blocking external sounds without making you feel too isolated such as with in ear monitors. The package includes a bag, two sets of cables because the cables are detachable (one with mic, one without), an airplane adapter and a larger headphone connector adapter. As always great service and no issues with Crutchfield. Highly recommended!
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Released: Jun 01st, 1995
Running Time: 81
Director: Cool T
Company: Heatwave Entertainment
Cast: Betty Rocket, Persia, Lana Sands, Alex Dane, Jimmy Zee, Rebecca Rocket, Dave Hardman, Jordan McKnight
Critical Rating: AA 1/2
Genre: Feature
Overall, this tape is barely average - but there are a couple of highlights. as could be expected, Lana Sands is the one to watch. She enjoys a frenzied balling with Dave Hardman that includes aggressive missionary, and searing anal. Lana looks superb as she lies on her shoulders and puts her butt in the air. Hardman stands over her and bangs her booty until he pours a hefty load all over her torso and face. Excellent.
Rebecca Rocket offers up sensual writhing on her partner's pickle; good moaning, nice tits. A legs-wide missionary sequence precedes streams of jizz to Rebecca's exuberant face.
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Family: Why was Alice's life taken so suddenly?
Speaking to ITV News, Alice's mother described how she was struggling to cope and would never fully recover from losing her daughter.Read the full story ›
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Alice Gross' parents to speak at today's memorial
The parents of murdered schoolgirl Alice Gross will speak at a memorial service for their daughter today.Read the full story ›
Alice suspect found 'hanged in woodland'
The prime suspect in the murder of schoolgirl Alice Gross was discovered hanged in dense woodland just four days after the teenager's body was pulled from a river, an inquest has heard
The decomposed body of convicted killer Arnis Zalkalns was found in Boston Manor Park, West London, on 4th October and was identified by dental records.
The inquiry into the 41-year-old Latvian's death was opened and adjourned today.
Coroner's officer Lana Atkinson told the court: "Mr Zalkalns was found on 4th October and his body was found suspended by his neck in dense woodland in Boston Manor Park adjacent to the canal.
"A post-mortem examination conducted on 6th October found a conditional cause of death is consistent with hanging. There is no evidence of third party involvement.
"Police are still investigating and he was identified by dental records."
The inquest has been adjourned until December.
Alice Gross post-mortem inconclusive
Police have said that the post-mortem examination into the murder of 14-year-old Alice Gross has proved inconclusive.
In a statement, the Met Police said: "No cause of death has been given at this time and further tests are required."
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Police defend claims they may have missed Alice clues
Police have defended claims they may have missed the chance to view private CCTV footage until after it was automatically wiped.Read the full story ›
New area of interest in Alice investigation
Following yesterday's reconstruction, police have identified a new area of interest. They say they are assessing Elthorne Park, next to the River Brent, to determine if it is relevant to the investigation.
Alice's mother sends message to her missing daughter
The mother of missing 14 year-old Alice Gross has sent a video message to her daughter appealing for her to come home. Alice has been missing from her home in Hanwell for a week and police say they do not know whether she has been a victim of a crime or has gone off voluntarily. Her family are very worried as she has been diagnosed with anorexia.
In the message, Rosalind Hodgkiss said her family missed her and wanted her to come home:
Police release CCTV of missing Alice
The Met Police has released CCTV footage of 14 year-old Alice Gross who has been missing for a week. The video was taken as she walked along the towpath next to the Grand Union Canal near Brentford Lock on the afternoon of August 28th.
Police have also found her bag which was found on a towpath next to the River Brent. They are appealing for anyone who remembers seeing her on August 28th to come forward. They also want to talk to anyone who befriended Alice at a song-writing workshop at the Camden Roundhouse last month.
You can watch the CCTV footage here:
Homicide and major crime unit join hunt for Alice
Homicide and Major Crime Command are now leading on the investigation into the disappearance of 14-year-old Alice Gross due to the high risk nature and concerns for Alice's welfare.
New CCTV leads today confirmed the last sighting of Alice- showing her walking alone on the Grand Union Canal tow path the day she vanished.
The investigation will continue to be supported by officers from Ealing.
Homicide+major crime unit join Ealing police in hunt 4 #AliceGross as CCTV emerges of her walking near canal on day she vanished @itvlondon
Police confirm last sighting of missing Alice Gross
The investigation into the disappearance of 14-year-old Alice Gross continues as new CCTV leads confirm the last sighting of Alice was on a canal tow path heading towards Kew.
Alice was last seen by her family at 13:00 on Thursday August 28 when she left her home address in Hanwell. She told her family she would be home that evening, but she did not return.
She was captured on CCTV at 14:23 walking alone on the Grand Union Canal tow path in the vicinity of the Holiday Inn at Brentford Lock, heading in the direction of the River Thames.
When last seen, she was wearing dark blue jeans and a dark green lacy cardigan. She was carrying a dark rucksack and may have been wearing denim blue 'Vans' shoes and tartan-framed spectacles.
Officers continue to conduct extensive enquires, including searches and house-to-house enquiries.
Anyone who has seen Alice or has any information should call the Incident Room on 020 8358 0100 or Ealing Missing Persons Unit on 020 8246 1018 or 101. Alternatively call the charity Missing People on 116000.


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Skip to comments.After all, it's only groceries ... right?(Vin Suprynowicz:the future of customer tracking)
Posted on 06/30/2002 9:56:54 AM PDT by LarryLied
Katherine Albrecht has seen the supermarket of the future, and she doesn't like it.
"I've actually held in my hand the prototype next-generation shopping `loyalty' card -- a radio transmission-driven LED (light emitting diodes) shopping card," says the New Hampshire schoolteacher and mother of small children. "There already exist radio frequency devices in shopping carts so they can actually track your movements around the store. They're used in combination with the shoplifting cameras," says Albrecht, founder and head of Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering (www.nocards.org/).
Well, so what? If the market finds out I buy cat food and therefore sends me a coupon when it has a special on cat food, who gets hurt? Sounds pretty symbiotic to me.
"Right now they're at a two-tier price structure, one price with the card and one without the card," Albrecht explains. "They want to move this up to something called 'consumer-specific pricing' -- you and I will each be charged the maximum amount they've determined you will spend; it's actually kind of smart in a devious way. Already they've figured out they can mark the peanut butter on the shelf $4, mark it down to $2.29 if you have the card, and about 10 percent of the time that jar of peanut butter actually sells at $4 to what they call the `non-price-sensitive customer."
But once these stores have built up the kind of individualized data bases that a couple years of scanning our cards will give them, they're already planning to go much further, Albrecht reports.
At that point, in the not-so-distant future, "As soon as you walk into the store they'll read the chip in your (next-generation) card, while it's still in your purse or wallet. They've developed sensors in the floor; they track you around the store so not only do they know who you are and where you're moving, they know what kind of a shopper you are.
"You, on the other hand, they know you only buy peanut butter every six months, so what if we offer him peanut butter at $1.89?
"The special display on your shopping cart will start flashing when you enter that aisle, telling you there's a $1.89 special on the peanut butter, but that's for you alone; no one else entering that aisle that afternoon may be offered that price. If you buy it, that's the lowest price you'll ever be offered, because they know you'll pay that.
"The next time they'll try $2.29, then $2.59 ... . You'll never get it any lower than what you've paid in the past.
"But I'm what they call a 'price-inflexible shopper' -- they know I have to buy peanut butter every week or else my kids will scream, so they won't offer me any special discount at all ... . "
And even that's just the tip of the iceberg, Albrecht warns. Does anyone think your supermarket won't make its shopping card data available to firms with government grants studying excess obesity and the effectiveness of various programs to manipulate entire populations into improving their nutrition -- starting with special surtaxes on "junk food"?
Government medical and dental programs have already linked to similar shopper monitoring programs in England, she warns. After all, shouldn't someone who follows his doctor's orders and cuts down on salty foods move up in line for that rationed surgery, ahead of someone who ignored his doctor and kept buying junk food?
Some stores are even experimenting with systems that replace the card by simply scanning the customer's registered fingerprint, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer confirms.
Savings? Within a short time after the card programs are introduced, the "special-discount-with-card" price becomes the old, pre-card price, Albrecht says, while the "without-a-card price" can be jacked up to as much as twice the pre-card levels.
At that point, those 10 percent of transactions that proceed without a card-scan are "pure gravy for the store," she reports.
"I used to think that 10 percent was just a number, but increasingly I can put faces with that statistic. ... I got (a) call from a woman who said her son is developmentally disabled, he's retarded. But there's one thing he's able to do for the family: Every week he goes and buys exactly the same groceries. Same brand, everything.
"The first week after they introduced the cards he went in and bought his groceries, but he didn't understand what the card was all about, so when he got home he had spent an extra $8. The 10 percent is the developmentally disabled, the homeless who can't be bothered with a wallet, and it's -- I hate to say it -- the privacy advocates who are so proud of themselves because they won't sign up for the cards ... . "
Here in Las Vegas? Trader Joe's and Wild Oats have no card programs, Albrecht reports. Albertson's, which used to advertise itself as the "no cards, no hassles" store, started testing a card program in Dallas-Fort Worth, and introduced the cards in Northern Nevada last week.
Smith's, a division of Kroger's, is "one of the worst" when it comes to corporate dedication to the new card technology, Albrecht says.
Which leaves Raley's.
"There's a stated policy not to introduce these cards, and it does have to do with privacy issues," explained Raley's spokesperson Carolyn Konrad from her office in Sacramento last week. "At Raley's we really didn't like the way it felt when one person in line got one price and the next person in line got another price."
Albrecht would love to set up a CASPIAN affiliate in Las Vegas; contact her at firstname.lastname@example.com or 603-465-9093.
Me? I used to carry a Smith's "Fresh Values" card. As of this week, I've started driving the extra two miles to Raley's.(
Most of the stores are collecting terabytes of this data, but it's just sitting there because there's no budget to do anything with it
The kind of stuff described in this article is all very possible, and it's the subject of endless proposals from vendors, but the grocery chains are wary of spending any more money in this area because the previous promises haven't come true.
These 'loyalty card programs' are an advantage for the first mover, but once everybody has it, it's no longer an advantage and it just costs money.
I love giving them my 'demon'graphic information.
Too much data can be as useless as no data at all. Worse yet, you'll drive youself mad in the second example, trying out all of the keys you can get your hands on!
And if any such chain starts individual monitoring, their discount will be torched SO fast ...
It doesn't surprise me that this has been linked, in "Great" Britain, to following the dictates of the socialist health system. In Birmingham, England, they're registering knife purchases now.
Hmmmm. I wonder if I could . . .
Just pay cash and punt the card.
Eventually some enterprising capitalist will offer "Every Day Low Prices . . . for Everybody!!"
Peel off the bar card tags.
Fill in with a fictitious name or don't fill it in at all. Just throw it out.
Don't give your address. Don't give your phone number. Don't give your e-mail. Don't give your freep name.
When you check out, pay cash. No check, no credit card, no bar coded coupon mailed specifically to your address.
If you want to be really hostile, ask for a fresh application each time you enter the store and throw it away, cards and all, when you leave.
They know about people like you and have taken action. Every other month, Winn Dixie awars points for every dollar spent (the regular sales are on too). Spend $200 and get 10% off on a one time shopping trip. $300=15%, $400=20%.
I used to buy meals everyday or every other day. Now my freezer has enough for two weeks in it.
How could I pass up pot roast for 99 cents a pound and 2 half gallons of Breyers Ice Cream for $4?
"Right now they're at a two-tier price structure, one price with the card and one without the card," Albrecht explains. "They want to move this up to something called 'consumer-specific pricing' -- you and I will each be charged the maximum amount they've determined you will spend;
The future is here today in online transactions. Amazon.com has already been found to be doing this.
A beer at the Astrofield now costs $6. That's higher than at a stripjoint or even a high fallutin' bar.
Just think if that little card could relay those purchase prices back to the home base!
$72 for a case of beer!
Maybe it could also note that you tipped a dollar; you didn't feel that you had paid enough for your beer!
Something akin to this has already been pitched by those promoting digital broadcasts. Different advertising could be transmitted to your neighborhood depending on the demographics or even within your house.
Politicians would "love" it because they could always hold "your position" on the issues.
I avoid Randalls because of their price gouging.
I question if "max pricing" could ever be implemented. There is typically a posted or stickered price on groceries. Walk up customers are still going to want to know how much something costs and they may not buy much at the "max price". Selling merchandise to someone for higher than the posted price can cause problems.
There have already been lawsuits because the register price doesn't match a posted price (the registers don't always have the correct data and the shelves aren't always correct). To bill the customer this way is considered a deceptive trade practice.
I think that I got all of these incidents (digital tv, amazon.com's pricing, and maybe even the issue of cash register pricing) from Wired online. I've fallen out of the habit of checking their daily articles.
I don't know if it's actually been attempted, but in his book, Business at the Speed of Thought, Bill Gates indicated that soft drink machines could be rigged to do quite a few things, including sending an order in when they got down to a certain level and raising or lowering the prices depending on the temperature. It's been a while since I read his book, but I believe he did mention individual pricing structure depending on what people are willing to pay. It's already done on cars and houses, as well as the loans for each of these, and most large appliances have a built in fudge factor. I got Best Buy to knock $200 off of a stove. It's just that on small ticket items it really hasn't made any sense to dicker over the price.
Would also mention that it's rampant in wholesale. That's one of the big reasons Walmart can sell stuff for less than a small businessman can buy it for.
Yeah no sh!t. I am disconbobsterlated. I think I'll start growing my own beef. And tobacco. And hops. I reckon that's about all I need... Bwahaha...
Well, DUH! Of course you have to use cash for it to work.
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Are you able to live together during the process of filing for divorce in Texas? I noticed that you have to put your address on the paperwork and we do not have seperate living at this time.
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I have found that, in this economy, more and more ex-couples are sharing a home during the divorce process. While I would often not recommend it due to the stress and complications it can cause, Texas law does not currently require that divorcing people have separate residences. When there are children involved, it can make the transition easier (assuming the parents are able to be amicable), and it can definitely make more sense financially for the parties not to have to pay for a second residence, especially if it is unclear whether the family home will be sold or who will keep it in the end.
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