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The CW renews 'Vampire Diaries' and 'Supernatural'
The CW Network has given early pickup orders to three of the network's biggest shows: "The Vampire Diaries," "Supernatural" and "90210."
The bloodsuckers of "The Vampire Diaries," the network's top-rated series, will return for the 2012-2013 season. It will be the show's fourth year.
Likewise, cult favorite "Supernatural" has finally gotten the greenlight for an eight season, with stars Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki returning.
Earlier today, "Supernatural" producer Todd Aronauer had tweeted the news, "#supernatural season 8!! It's official. Announcement will be released shortly but it's happening." Moments later, he erased the evidence, which likely caused a record number of panic attacks among the show's faithful. However, the network followed up with an official announcement later today.
Meanwhile "90210" fans will be able to catch another season of that show as well. The teen drama has been renewed fr a fifth year.
Both "90210" and "Supernatural" were on our epic list of 2012 TV shows on the bubble.
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As the temperatures soar higher and higher, lots of us are looking for plants that are happy with less water. Water isn't as inexpensive and plentiful as it once was. Have you ever considered xeriscaping part or all of your yard?
For 2015, Ford's Super Duty lineup is impressive and extensive. For starters, MSRPs range from $31,045 to $68,790. Consumers have 15 models to choose from including F-250, F-350 and F-450 in Regular, Super Cab and Crew Cab editions, as well as five trims: XL, XLT, Lariat, King Ranch and Platinum.
This past Sunday morning delivered some seriously freaky weather for August. I stepped outside at daylight and the north wind was actually cool. Later that morning, Sabine Lake guide Jerry Norris called to say that he had found calm water to the beach, and the trout were tearing up topwater Super Spook Jr.'s. It doesn't get much better than that in August. So what did I do? Cranked up the pit and smoked two racks of ribs and a whole chicken, all without breaking a sweat.
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It's been a long time coming but Sea Rim State Park has finally been rebuilt and is open to entertain the entire family with a variety of summer-time outdoor fun in the sand and sun.
To see exactly what Sea Rim has to offer check out the video news report now available at the Texas Parks and Wildlife website called "Sea Rim Rebirth."
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In early July, Microsoft released its "Largest collection of free Microsoft eBooks ever, including Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Office 2013, Office 365, Office 2010, SharePoint 2013, Dynamics CRM, PowerShell, Exchange Server, Lync 2013, System Center, Azure, Cloud, SQL Server and much more." This announcement was posted in an official blog by Microsoft's Eric Ligman, senior sales excellence manager.
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The Clifton Chamber of Commerce maintains an office in downtown Clifton that operates as a hub for the development, acquisition, and promotion of commerce and industry in Clifton.
The 2016 Lifetime Achievement award went to Bryan Davis. Presenters Judge Phil Robertson and Shayne Embry touched on Davis' general qualities. "He is with out a doubt the most unselfish, caring person I've ever known." Embry said. Later, Embry added "He's just a really caring and compassionate guy, always willing to visit folks stranded at home or in the hospital, always cooking and taking treats to cheer people up." "He's just selfless; always invloved in the community and its organizations," Robertson said in conclusion. "He's not only involved, he's intelligent, talented and funny. Man that's irritating! But he's also a perfect recipient of the lilfetime Achievement Award.
The 2016 Community Service Award was presented to Dr. Terry Watson, son of Orlette and Rancis Watson. Presenter Royce Graham commented that Watson grew up here in a loving family,good work ethics were instilled in his youth. "This Boy Scout worked hard and achieved the 'Eagle Scout' award. He never lost his love of his hometown, Clifton. He is an avid supporter of the Bosque Arts Center, established the Dahl Guest House and the Clifton Classic Chassis Car Museum - home to many wonderful memories of Clifton, along with 30 of Watson's cars. In the Spring and Summer weekends, Watson is dedicated to making Downtown more beautiful mowing alleys, planting flowers and pulling weeds."
Both recipients embody the sense of community, leadership and positive and progressive community spirit. Thanks again for their dedication to their communities.
The Clifton Chamber of Commerce would like to congratulate the Clifton Veterinarian Clinic on their new Veterinarian Dr. Kaki and her husband Kyle Nicotre (office manager) to their staff. We also would like to thank Dr. Hampe for all his years of service to the community and hope he enjoys his retirement! Their office hours are Monday - Friday 8am - 5:30 pm, Saturday 8:00 am - noon. They are located at 4117 HWY 6, Clifton and can be contacted at 254-675-8925.
The Clifton Chamber of Commerce would like to welcome Silver Bucket Sports Bar to Downtown Clifton. They offer lunch and dinner along with domestic, imported and draft beer amd wines and wine based frozen drinks, and sodas. Their hours are Sun. 2-10pm, Mon-Thur 11am- 10pm, and Fri-Sat 11am-12am. Happy Hour 4pm-7pm. Stop in and have lunch or dinner or just enjoy a drink and watch your favorite sport event. 254-675-2223.
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The Clifton Chamber of Commerce would like to welcome Bosque Office Supply to their new location at 103 N. Ave. G here in Clifton. They offer everything in office supplies and even fix and repair computers! They also offer IT Support to small and mid sized business at your location. Just stop by or give them a call at 254-675-1226.
The Clifton Chamber of Commerce would like to congratulate TX State Rep. DeWayne Burns on opening his office here in Clifton, TX at the Chamber building. A ribbon cutting and open house took place at the Clifton Chamber of Commerce to welcome them. State Rep. Burns will have office hours on the first and third Tuesday of every month, 9 am -5 pm, at 115 North Ave. D, Suite C in Clifton.
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Carrie, you grew up right before our eyes! In honor of Carrie Underwood's 31st birthday on March 10, we compiled this playlist of Carrie's videos through the years. From her breakout smash, "Jesus, Take the Wheel," to her sultry duet with Brad Paisley, "Remind Me," the clips chronicle her maturation from fresh-faced American Idol champ to grown woman. Happy birthday, Miss Carrie! May the hits keep on coming.
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BEST BANG FOR BUCK! VERY Stable! Should go for $100,
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This review is from: Syma S107/S107G R/C Helicopter *Colors Vary (Toy)
I am not a Heli expert but can say I have owned an Electric Falcon with Auto Pilot ($250-350), a Coco Lama (great heli $75) and the first micro heli($19). The s107 is fun and VERY stable, you really can't ask for more, it will go back and forward very easily, it would literally be a work of engineering at this price if it had better turning. Let me explain- it vertical controls are quick and presice, it goes up and down very easy and with power, it turns to the right or left by a light touch. What it is lacking is horizontal yaw. But guess what it's a toy and so cheap that I must say outside of this it's a blast! I love my Coco Lama, its bigger and worth every penny, yet this micro is sturdy and has great controls, it's a steal for 30-35 total, its built very well and strong, I truly believe its going to be around a long time and if not the parts are cheap. I truly believe it could go for $70-100 so it's the best bang for the buck! I hear there is a walker out there that is great but its $100. I question how much better and fully applaud Syma and Xheli for making it cheap. I also feel it's a great learner heli, oh yes. You get this thing down when you step up will have the basics down. BUY it! For this price it's a 5 You will not be wasting money its worth every penny!
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Good review, and good video. This was def. amongst the most helpful for me researching this product.
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Would you recommend Coco Lama if money was not an issue? Since I want to also fly outdoors, I would rather spent extra $ for a heli that would satisfy both environments. This would be my first heli anyway so I don't know really what to expect. Just looking for your advice.
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You seem like an expert on these RC helicopters. I bought the 107G and we crashed it yesterday and broke the main shaft. Can you recommend a parts source? Also, is there somewhere we can get a manual so we know how to take it apart and get it back together? Your help is much appreciated.
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Nice furniture, I have three kids, my house never looks like this.
Thanks for the video and advice, I am going to get this for my 11 year old.
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Could FLY 4 God "flyingbroker" please respond to this. Just like Blue Diver had said and such, could you recommend to me which Coco Lama helicopter you bought for $75 and how long does it take to charge/fly time for the Coco Lama product you bought as well as the length of time to charge/fly for THIS product. By the way, anyone can feel free to respond and such to the questions because ultimately I just want them answered.
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It takes me about 1 hr for a full charge. Run time is over 5 minutes. The very first day, one month ago, it charged 40 minutes and flew for 7, that's when I have measured it. Now I just fly and crash almost daily. The best toy for an adult yet :-) My 18mo son loves to watch daddy fly the heli into the furniture. Seriously, the flight experience of this little toy for $25 is amazing. I couldn't be happier. Got one for a brother-in-law too.
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Arts On Galleries Taking Half, Or, How Good Is Your Seattle Dealer?
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Ed Winkleman has a brave post up on his blog today, about why galleries split the profits of sales with artists 50/50.
He dives all the way in, including a list detailing a typical dealer's expenses, beginning here:
Perhaps the most controversial aspect of the Gallery/Artist relationship is, not surprisingly, the most controversial aspect of any relationship in any business: money. Specifically, the 50/50 split of sales between the artist and dealer. Many folks outside the gallery system will look at that split and be amazed, I'm sure. The artist is the creative genius, the artist spent years in art school, the artist is the one putting it all on the line for the public to take pot shots at their vision. In other professions, like acting, managers only get 15% and agents only get 10%. Why on earth does the gallery take 50% of the money? The short answer is because it costs that much to promote the artist's work. The longer answer is, well…a bit like the adage about watching sausages being made. The following is a very unromantic discussion, leaving out issues such as how much the gallery believes in the work or how important the artist is to the world. Those things do matter, but I'm taking a wholly bottom-line view here to provide the most objective analysis and hopefully most useful information toward understanding this.
Winkleman spends the post justifying why galleries should take half. But he also gives a nod to artists who feel this is highway robbery:
In general, I find the artists most upset about the 50/50 split fall into one of two categories: 1) they don't understand the business that well (and many of them have never had full-time representation) or 2) they have a bad relationship with their gallery (i.e., their gallery is not doing enough in their opinion to earn the 50% they're taking). This second category of artists can also be broken down in two groups: those who are correct in their assessment that the gallery is not doing enough for their 50% and those who may not understand that the gallery is still behind in the deal in terms of recouping their investment and is actually doing more than their fair share for the 50%.
Normally, comments about art on this blog are limited to ad hominem attacks and mouth-breathing disses that date back to the impressionists ("I coulda made that").
But maybe I could hear from some artists actually represented in Seattle.
Does your dealer take half? Do you think it's fair? Have dealers in Seattle stepped up their promotion enough to leverage the new publicity Aqua Art Miami gives to Northwest artists? Who's the hardest-working dealer in town?
I have no reason to believe that Seattle dealers are lax in their duties, and I'm making no accusations with this line of questioning. But while Ed's being brave…


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The iconic little black book gets big with the introduction of Moleskine's new Folio collection. They're the same smart notebooks you know and love, same classic shape, and same elastic band closure, but now with so much more room to let your imagination run wild.
Four classic styles (sketchbook, plain, ruled, watercolor) plus a large portfolio will be offered in A4 (8.3x11.7") and A3 (16.5x11.7"), with all papers and pages FSC certified. Aimed at the creative professional, it makes sense that the "legendary notebook used by European artists and thinkers for the past two centuries, from Van Gogh to Picasso, from Ernest Hemingway to Bruce Chatwin" would grow to suit people who'd love more than a pocket pal to record their grand plans.
I always felt that part of the appeal of Moleskines were their purse-and-palm-friendly easy portability, but I've got to admit, the thought of an extra large blank page is a bit thrilling. Would be an interesting challenge to see how fast you could fill it up.
The Folio collection launches in May, so start brainstorming now: You've got all the space you need.


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Duke dominates Triangle football talk
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With a win this weekend over NC State, the Blue Devils are assured of a winning record – their first in decades – and continued their roll to the postseason.
David Cutcliffe deserves all the credit in the world for doing the work everyday, in recruiting, at practice and on the sideline on gameday. Duke has won with offense, with defense, with special teams.
It's real simple now for Duke: Beat Miami this week, root against Georgia Tech and you'll get your chance against Florida State, currently the No. 2-ranked team in the country.


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ORWELL — The look on Alysa Farley's face was one of serene happiness as she carried a three-week-old lamb named Ernie around the barn at Independence Petting Farm last week.
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BRISTOL — The Vermont Public Service Board has given the green light to a major methane-to-electricity facility at one of the county's largest dairy farms.
It was this past Jan. 6 that Four Hills Farm requested a certificate of public good from the Public Service Board to install and operate a 525kW methane electrical generating facility at its 722 Burpee Road headquarters in Bristol. Four Hills has 2,500 head of cattle, around 1,250 of which are currently being milked.
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Several members of the community were honored on Wednesday for their participation in The Walk to Remember, a fundraiser for people who suffer from Alzheimer's.
The Alzheimer's resource center coordinates the walk every year. On Wednesday, they awarded volunteers, walkers and sponsors for their dedication to helping find a cure for the disease.
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ESRB chart: 5% of games released in US during 2010 were rated Mature
The Entertainment Software Ratings Board has posted up a lovely pie chart which provides a look the ratings received by games in the US during 2010.
The "M" rating was only applied to 5 percent of the 1,638 games released and rated by the ESRB last year, with 55 percent of games released handed an "E" for Everyone rating.
Looking over the colorful pie, 18 percent of games were given an "E 10+" rating and 21 percent were given a "T" for Teen.
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Wasabi Crab on Endive
Spicy wasabi mayonnaise makes crab sing in these easy appetizers.
- 16 Belgian endive spears
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- Top each endive spear with 1/4 teaspoon mayonnaise and 3/8 ounce crabmeat. Garnish with a sprig of cilantro and a squeeze of lemon or lime juice.
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Has your FAMILY got what it takes to beat the Chaser?
We're looking for families for a brand new series of The Chase Family Edition! Has your FAMILY got what it takes to beat the Chaser?
Is Aunt Sue smarter than The Sinnerman? Is Dad man enough to bring down The Beast? Can Mum outrun the Vixen? Or could Gran measure up to the Governess?
The Chase are looking for families to take part in a new Family Edition of The Chase. Four people, aged 16+, a cross-section of ages and it can be a combination of all relations, including but not limited to: son, daughter, aunt, uncle, cousin, mum, dad, grandparent
Bring your family together and take down a Chaser, come and have a go if you think your family are clever enough.
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The new law enforcement center project currently being built in downtown Redwood Falls is being shared by the county sheriff's department, and the Redwood Falls police department.
One side-effect of the enlarged headquarters is that the two departments are no longer able to share a record management system for conducting daily business.
The police department would prefer its own private computer network that would exist solely within the police side of the upgraded building.
However, after studying the costs and benefits, the Redwood Falls City Council approved a second option — connecting the police department to the city's already existing network infrastructure.
Total estimated cost of the equipment for the modified system is $10,043, to be configured by Morris Electric. Labor costs are unknown at this time, but should not be more than one hour of labor.
In other city news, the council:
• Approved a bid for $59,340 to Johnson Matthey for the equipment portion of the air pollution control upgrade for the city's Caterpillar generator engines at the south generation plant.
Bids were opened on Jan 23 at city hall. Five bids were received from $55,740 to $119,226.
Given the location of the south generation plant, staff recommended upgrading the units to what is called hospital grade noise attenuation, costing an additional $3,600.
• Approved the appointment of Erin Kodet as financial analyst for the city.
• Appointed Jan Madson and Dan Koster to the hospital commission.
• Authorized the mayor and city administrator to execute a state aid for airport maintenance and operations agreement with the Minnesota Department of Transportation for 2014-2015.
The agreement allows the state to reimburse the city of Redwood falls for 2/3 of the maintenance costs for up to $30,402 per year.
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Small Intestine Cancer Treatment (Patient) (cont.)
Stages of Small Intestine Cancer
Tests and procedures to stage small intestine cancer are usually done at the same time as diagnosis.
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There are three ways that cancer spreads in the body.
The three ways that cancer spreads in the body are:
When cancer cells break away from the primary (original) tumor and travel through the lymph or blood to other places in the body, another (secondary) tumor may form. This process is called metastasis. The secondary (metastatic) tumor is the same type of cancer as the primary tumor. For example, if breast cancer spreads to the bones, the cancer cells in the bones are actually breast cancer cells. The disease is metastatic breast cancer, not bone cancer.
Small intestine cancer is grouped according to whether or not the tumor can be completely removed by surgery.
Treatment depends on whether the tumor can be removed by surgery and if the cancer is being treated as a primary tumor or is metastatic cancer.
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Crime | The thieves who broke into the Pop Culture Company store in Houston, Texas, early Tuesday knew what they were doing: Surveillance video shows just three minutes elapsed between when they hurled a sledgehammer through the store's glass door and when they left with the cash register, the safe, a laptop and a tablet. Although the three burglars ignored the comics and toys, damage to the store is estimated between $7,000 and $8,000. The speed of the robbery has police and store owner Robert Quijano thinking these are seasoned pros. "This is obviously what they do," Quijano said. "I get up in the morning, I come to work, I sell comic books. They get up in the evening and they go out and they steal things from people." [Click2Houston]
Manga | More than 2.5 million copies of the English-language editions of Attack on Titan in print, Kodansha USA announced earlier this month at Anime Expo. Although that may seem like a lot, there are more than 44 million copies of the same 15 volumes of Hajime Isayama's post-apocalyptic manga in print in Japan. The Asahi Shimbun estimates the U.S. comics market as one-fifth the size of the Japanese market. [The Asahi Shimbun]
Passings | Bill Garner, the editorial cartoonist for The Washington Times from 1983 to 2009, has died at age 79. Garner was born in Texas and attended the Texas School of Fine Arts, then went to the University of Texas at Austin for one year. He served in the Army from 1956 to 1962, then went to work as an illustrator for The Washington Star. His editor there suggested he try his hand at cartooning, and it took. He moved on to become the editorial cartoonist for the Memphis Commercial Appeal, where in 1981 he won a National Headliner Award. His best-known cartoon is one he drew for the Times shortly after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, showing a tank with the bumper sticker "Saddam Happens" driving over a sand dune. [The Washington Times]
Legal | A judge has ordered Matthew Pocci to stand trial on charges of felony reckless driving for an incident at last year's SDCC ZombieWalk: San Diego that left one woman seriously injured. In a preliminary hearing held Wednesday, the defense argued that Pocci, who is deaf, was scared for his and his family's safety, and was just trying to drive through an opening in the crowd of spectators, but the prosecution countered that he had grown angry and impatient. [CBS 8 San Diego]
Comics | Michael Dooley looks at Marvel's Daredevil through the years, with an emphasis on the art. [Print Magazine]
Passings | Underground comics artist Michele Wrightson has died. As Michele Brand, she was a contributor to the first all-women underground comics anthology, It Ain't Me Babe, with a story titled "Tirade Funnies" that still rings true 45 years later. That comic spawned the ongoing Wimmen's Comix, to which she was also a contributor. Wrightson was also a colorist for Marvel and several other publishers and was married first to cartoonist Roger Brand and then to artist Bernie Wrightson, with whom she collaborated on the Creepshow graphic novel. Stephen Bissette has more in a Facebook post, including the fact that she helped Louise Simonson get her first job in comics. [The Beat]
Controversy | More than 80 creators and other industry figures, including Jaime Hernandez, Kate Beaton, Alison Bechdel, Warren Ellis, Eleanor Davis, Jeet Heer and David Brothers, have signed an open letter asking Franck Bondoux, head of the Angoulême International Comics Festival, to cut the event's ties to Israeli soft drink company SodaStream, which has its main plant in an occupied area of the West Bank. A similar action was taken last year regarding the company's sponsorship of the festival. [Comics & Cola]
Passings | Dutch underground comics artist Peter Pontiac died Tuesday at age 63. Born Peter J. G. Pollmann, Pontiac came of age in the 1960s and started out drawing covers for bootleg songbooks, then moved on to create comics inspired by his own life and experiences, including The Amsterdam Connection, Requiem Fortissimo and the illustrated novel Kraut. His comics appeared in the Dutch underground comics magazines Modern Papier and Tante Leny Presenteert, as well as in the American Anarchy Comix and Mondo Snarfo. He later collected many of his comics in the seven issues of The Pontiac Review. He received the Stripschapprijs, a Dutch lifetime achievement award for comics creators, in 1997 and the Marten Toonder Prize in 2011. Pontiac suffered from liver disease and ran a crowdfunding campaign to finance a book about death and his disease, but he passed away before it could be completed. [Lambiek Comiclopedia]
Legal | There's one fewer party in the lawsuit over the use of the term "comic con": Newspaper Agency Corp., which produces materials for Salt Lake Comic Con, has settled with the organizers of Comic-Con International in San Diego. Comic-Con sued both in August, claiming trademark infringement. Update: A Comic-Con International spokesman clarified that the settlement with the Newspaper Agency Corp. — a printing, advertising and delivery company owned by The Salt Lake Tribune and the Deseret News under a joint operating agreement — is already in effect, with the company agreeing to a court order that prevents it from using the mark "Comic-Con," "Comic Con" or its variants in the materials it produces. The lawsuit against Salt Lake Comic Con organizers continues. [The Salt Lake Tribune]
Crime | Someone tossed a homemade fire bomb into the offices of the German newspaper Hamburger Morgenpost at about 2 a.m. on Sunday. Firefighters put out the fire quickly, and no one was in the offices at the time. The paper published three of the controversial Prophet Muhammad cartoons from Charlie Hebdo on Thursday with the headline "This much freedom must be possible!" [The Telegraph]
Editorial cartoons | Michael Kupperman relates his frustrating, and short-lived, experience as a cartoonist for The New York Times. [The Hooded Utilitarian]
Conventions | It looks as if Wizard World's convention won't be returning to San Antonio, Texas, in 2015. A Wizard World spokesman said the company couldn't come up with a date that fit the schedule of the city's Henry B. Gomez Convention Center, adding, "We hope to revisit the possibility for 2016." However, reporter Rene Guzman notes that San Antonio's Alamo City Comic Con was a much bigger deal this year, in terms of the exhibit floor (it took up three exhibit halls of the convention center, compared to Wizards' one) and probably attendance as well: Wizard World said its inaugural event in August drew "thousands," and Alamo City had 73,000 attendees, almost twice as many as last year. There will be a Wizard World Austin conventionn in 2015, so anyone wanting a taste of that Wizard magic can find it a short road trip away. [San Antonio Express News]
Legal | The Malaysian cartoonist Zunar is being investigated once more under the country's Sedition Act, his lawyer revealed Tuesday. Three of Zunar's assistants were arrested last week for selling two of his books, neither of which has been officially banned, and his webmaster has been summoned to talk to police on Thursday. Zunar has also been called in for questioning at a future date. What's more, the Malaysian Home Ministry has appealed the Court of Appeals' decision to remove the ban on two of Zunar's other books. [Malaysia Chronicle]
Publishing | Red Giant Entertainment has announced that retailers ordered about 900,000 copies each of its four anthology comics, which are ad-supported and will be given away for free. The company, which also releases digital comics and paid print comics, kicked off this program with a package of four zero issues on Free Comic Book Day. [ICv2]
Felix Dennis, who passed away this week at age 67, was the founder of a publishing empire that included the men's magazine Maxim and the news magazine The Week, but he also has a place in comics history as one of the defendants in a famous U.K. obscenity trial that drew support of many prominent figures of the time, from John Lennon to Germaine Greer.
Dennis was one of the editors of the British satire magazine Oz, which published a mix of prose, art, poetry and comics. Stung by criticism that they were out of touch with youth, the editors in 1970 placed a notice in the magazine inviting schoolchildren to contribute to a special issue. About 20 teenagers came to London, singly and in groups, to create and edit a special "Schoolkids" issue. (One of those students, Charles Shaar Murray, described the experience 30 years later, and another contributor, David Wills, has posted the full issue online.) Although the "Schoolkids issue" was created by teenagers, it wasn't necessarily created for them. On the other hand, teenagers were obviously already reading the magazine, as that's where the call for contributions appeared.
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Gary Edson Arlington, who in 1968 opened the San Francisco Comic Book Company, widely considered the country's first comic book store, passed away Thursday at age 75.
His 200-quare-foot Mission District shop quickly became a magnet for early underground cartoonists, attracting the likes of Robert Crumb, Ron Turner, Bill Griffith and Spain Rodriguez (the store's employees included Simon Deitch, Rory Hayes, and Flo Steinberg). Arlington was, in the words of Lambiek, a guru and "godfather" of underground comics, who "encouraged and directed many artists on their path to publication."
"San Francisco was the capitol of comix culture in the '60s and early '70s," Art Spiegelman told the San Francisco Chronicle in 2012, "and Gary Arlington's hole-in-the-wall shop was, for me, the capitol of San Francisco."
But Arlington didn't stop at retailer and guru: Under the banner of the San Francisco Comic Book Company he also published such important early underground works as Skull Comics, Slow Death Comics and San Francisco Comic Book.
A bit of a firestorm erupted in the comments section of Frank Santoro's most recent Riff Raff column at The Comics Journal. Closing with six pictures from the most recent issue of the self-published series Fukitor #9 by Jason Karns, Santoro praised the book for its use of colors on two different types of paper within the same issue, calling it "one of the most interesting print jobs out there." Indeed, the art is visceral and eye-catching, judging by the photos of Santoro holding the comic.
The sticky part is that three of the images are from a "Special Forces Attack Squad" story that contains what could be considered as racially insensitive. Santoro also described Karns' work as being "almost 'too real' to be part of the contemporary comics conversation." He also said, "Just about everything compared to his work seems 'pretentious.' Karns is not trying to do a throwback style or appropriate 'bad comics' in order to make some sort of art comic. This is the real deal. This shit is SERIOUS!"
I'm not sure what most of that description even means. In what way is his work "too real"? Karns certainly isn't doing journalism comics a la Joe Sacco. Santoro later admitted he could've done a better job of presenting Karns' work, and the ensuing comments to his column appear to have caused him to reassess his appreciation, at least as it pertains to the subject matter. Right off the bat, the first commenter asked whether Fukitor is racist. Karns himself quickly showed up with a strange response that's boils down to, "They're just cartoons." It reads as though he's claiming the comic book form is somehow incapable of depicting racist imagery, which is pretty easily disputed by any cursory survey of World War II-era comics. Karns goes on to dig a rather big hole for himself.
Earlier this week I interviewed Gary Groth of Fantagraphics and Greg Urquhart of Alexander Street Press about the latter's Underground and Independent Comics, Comix and Graphic Novels archive and its inclusion of The Comics Journal.
The folks at Alexander Street Press were kind enough to give me a trial subscription to the archive so I could see what it contains and get a feel for how it works. Here's what I found.
The archive boasts an impressive collection of hard-to-find comics from the 1960s and '70s. If you ever wanted to read Amputee Love (and I know I have) or Captain Guts but haven't had much luck tracking them down, you'll find this archive to be of great value. There's also a complete run of the Arcade anthology, a complete run of Cerebus, Bizarre Sex and yes, Cherry Poptart, as well as work by Eddie Campbell, the Hernandez brothers, Peter Bagge, Harvey Pekar and more.
Of course, for many the ability to peruse the entire run of The Comics Journal — special editions included — is a major attraction. What's nice is the searchable feature where you can type a name, like Howard Chaykin, and get a list of every issue he appears in. Clicking on the link takes you directly to the article, too, which is a nice feature. You can't search by author however, so if I wanted to, say, read everything by R. Fiore or Bart Beaty, I'd have try searching by title or subject only.
Creators | Although he almost missed the anniversary, Mark Waid celebrates 25 years as a comics professional by recalling his first day of work at the DC Comics offices: "If you're wondering what an Associate Editor does – or did in 1987 – I'll list my job duties those first two days. Ready? Here we go: I erased Green Arrow pages. Eight hours a day for two days." [MarkWaid.com]
Publishing | DC Comics' Senior Vice President of Sales Bob Wayne and Vice President of Marketing John Cunningham are pretty upbeat about DC's most recent graphic novels — with some justification, as a number have made The New York Times graphic books best-seller list. "Batman: Earth One has been a runaway bestseller for us, even better than Superman: Earth One," Wayne said. "People are familiar with the Superman: Earth One title and we don't have explain what the new book is about." [Publishers Weekly]
Fantagraphics announced last week it has formed a partnership with Alexander Street Press to include a complete run of The Comics Journal as part of the Underground and Independent Comics, Comix, and Graphic Novels online archive. Not knowing much about Alexander or the archive, I contacted Fantagraphics Co-Publisher Gary Groth to get some more information.
Robot 6: For the uninitiated, can you explain what Alexander Street Press is and what purpose they serve in the academic community?
Gary Groth: I'm by no means an expert on Alexander Street Press, but my understanding is that they provide searchable digital databases to academic institutions composed of classics works in a variety of disciplines — such as film, theater, literature, etc. These are provided primarily for scholarly use. I was able to go into some of their databases and poke around and they're truly remarkable. You can search for subjects, themes, proper names, historic events, key words, etc.
How did this partnership come about? Did they contact you or vice versa?
They approached us.
Legal | Iranian cartoonist Mahmoud Shokraiyeh has been sentenced to 25 lashes for a cartoon he drew that depicted Arak Member of Parliament Ahmad Lotfi Ashtiani in a soccer jersey. [The Daily Cartoonist]
Publishing | In a wide-ranging interview, Dynamite CEO Nick Barrucci talks about the comics market, the demise of Borders, digital comics and the slump in book sales: "[T]here are more and more trade paperbacks and hard covers coming out, so there's less chance of getting as much attention as you're used to, and reorders are down because of it. As the number of trade paperbacks and graphic novels increases, the number of SKUs increases, the number of units sold per SKU is decreasing. There are very few exceptions to this. I remember looking at the Diamond chart from a month or two ago and the bestselling trade paperback that month was 7,000 units. It might even have been a Walking Dead trade paperback, and as much as two years ago the bestselling trade paperback sold 12-15,000 units." [ICv2]


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We consider the potential influence of contributions from interest groups to political rivals in the voting behavior of US legislators on international trade policy issues. Our application addresses the determinants of the Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China decision, and focuses particular attention on the agriculture/agribusiness lobby. A simultaneous voting-net contributions model suggests that these contributions were very effective relative to organized labor and other corporate groups, despite their relatively small dollar value. Possible explanations arising from differences in targeting strategies are explored.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – At Commerce National Bank's 2014 Economic Forecast, held on January 22 at the OSU 4-H Center, Regional President Jennifer Griffith welcomed and introduced economist Michael J. Hicks, PhD, Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Business and Economic Research at Ball State University. This is Dr. Hicks' first appearance at the annual event.
MUNCIE, Ind. - First Merchants Corporation (NASDAQ: FRME) has elected F. Howard Halderman to the Board of Directors for First Merchants Corporation and First Merchants Bank, N.A. Mr.
MUNCIE, Ind. - First Merchants Corporation (NASDAQ: FRME) successfully completed its previously announced merger with CFS Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: CITZ), of Munster, Indiana on Tuesday, November 12, 2013. In connection with the merger, Citizens Financial Bank has also merged with and into First Merchants Bank. The combined First Merchants Bank has 95 banking centers in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio and approximately $3.5 billion in loans, $4.3 billion in deposits, and total assets and shareholders' equity of $5.5 billion and $653 million, respectively.
INDIANAPOLIS - As of Oct. 1, the federal government has shut down for an indeterminate period of time, and consumers may have concerns about access to their money and other banking services. The Indiana Bankers Association, of which First Merchants Bank and its divisions are members, would like to offer some assurances:
MUNCIE, Ind. - Be aware that criminals have been making phone calls to customers and non-customers claiming to be First Merchants Bank regarding their FMB Debit Card. The caller, which may be a computer automated call, identifies themselves as a representative of First Merchants Bank and is calling to tell the customer that there is an issue with their debit card and proceeds to ask for the debit card number and expiration date.
There are reports of fraudulent phone calls being placed by criminals purporting to be from the Social Security Office. The criminals have some information (i.e. name, account number) to make the calls sound legitimate but are requesting verification in regards to the customer's financial institution in order to send the card out in the mail.
This would not be normal practice of the Social Security Office or a financial institution.
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Commerce National Bank's 2013 Spring Seminar featured speaker Artie Isaac. It was a fun and energetic group to which Artie presented Creativity and Innovation, an interactive presentation that lead the audience through the psychology and behaviors of highly creative people. Below are Artie's notes on ways to apply his methods to your own challenges and opportunities!


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I have a list:
mylist = ['apple', 'orange', 'dragon', 'panda']
I want to be able to is loop over the list, do something on each element and then remove the element. I tried this:
for l in mylist:
print l
but the my output is:
I actually want to be able to do some comparisons in the loop. So basically I want to be able to take each element, one-by-one, remove that element for the list and compare it against all the other elements in the list. The comparison is a little complex so I don't want to use list comprehension. And I want to be reducing the list by one each time until the list is empty and all elements have been compared with each other.
What is the best way to get each element, work with it and remove it without skipping elements in the list?
Any help, much appreciated.
Just to make clear - the real point of this is to go through each element, which is a string fragment and match it with other fragments which have overlapping sequences on either end, thereby building up a complete sequence. The element being processed should be removed from the list prior to looping so that it isn't compared with itself, and the list should shrink by 1 element each processing loop.
In the case a better list example would be:
mylist = ['apples and or', 'oranges have', 'in common', 'e nothing in c']
to give:
'apples and oranges have nothing in common'
Apologies for not being clear from the outset, but it was a specific part of this larger problem that I was stuck on.


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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) _ Plans for a new $57 million police station in east Kansas City are forcing residents to move out of a four-square-block area of the city.
Most of the residents whose homes will be razed to make way for the station have accepted buyout offers and are moving away from the once-thriving neighborhood.
But a few people are holding out, either because they believe they haven't been offered enough money or because they want to stay in their longtime homes.
The Kansas City Star reports homeowners lived in half of the 66 occupied properties. The city's full cost of acquiring the land is not known because some deals aren't complete.
The new police station is still in the design stage and construction is not scheduled to begin until 2013.


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Heroes & Generals shows off new content in Eisenhower build
Check out the new content added to shooter MMO Heroes & Generals with the Eisenhower update.
The build shown is the current release for the browser-based effort; it's soon to be replaced, but if you haven't checked in for a while there are some neat new features. A matchmaking system has been added alongside the mission list; you can now ignore players in chat; the net code has been updated to support 32 players; the scoreboard has been rejigged; mounted machine guns have been overhauled; ribbons earned will now be displayed in-game; and binoculars are back.
Heroes & Generals hails from Reto-Moto, a studio staffed by some of the founders of IO Interactive, and is being published by Square Enix. It's currently in closed beta.
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Now that radio can be good, you might want to save some of it
Subject: General Tech | October 4, 2006 - 07:01 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Gone are the days of listening to your radio late into the night to record your favorite DJs onto a cassette tape. Thanks to the rise of XM Radio, the first part is coming back, but you can't easily tape the feed. Digital Trends has a look at Pioneer's Inno, a device deisgned to replace that old tape deck with something a little more modern and satellite radio friendly.
The Skype Mouse Phone
Subject: General Tech | October 4, 2006 - 05:59 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Just because it's odd, doesn't mean you can't find one for sale. Sysgration melded a Skype phone and mouse in some sort of bizarre experiment, and now you can buy one of your own. CoolTechZone seems as confused as I, but someone, somewhere must have a use for this little USB device.
Small Form Factor, not just for HTPCs anymore
Subject: Systems | October 4, 2006 - 05:42 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Ars Technica has published a guide to Small Form Factor PCs. While the main usage for that footprint still lies in home built HTPCs, it has matured to the point where it can make an attractive and powerful system. Now that most of the major features come built into the motherboard, and you can buy smaller video cards that are every bit as powerful as the larger versions, you really can consider SFFs for gaming and other computer tasks.
World War 2 gaming, Version 429, with a twist
Subject: General Tech | October 4, 2006 - 03:21 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
The twist being that Company of Heroes is a RTS, not a FPS. From the awesome sounds of mortar fire and the soldiers reactions to it, to the rag doll physics and fully destructable terrain thanks to the Havok engine, you have to agree with Gaming Illustrated ... this game has serious potential.
Intel gets a bigger Imagination
Subject: General Tech | October 4, 2006 - 03:00 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Imagination Technology Group works on systems on a chip, including graphics and video chips, and are now working closely with Intel. HotHardware has an article containing thoughts on what this means, in the light of the recent AMD-ATI merger. It almost looks like nVIDIA has to get into the CPU business by themselves.
Viewsonic's non Multi-functional display
Subject: Displays | October 3, 2006 - 05:52 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Viewsonic's VP2330wb is a monitor, plain and simple. No HDTV connectors, no S-Video, no speakers, just a well designed 23" TFT type LCD. It boasts an 8ms grey to grey response time, 250-nit brightness, 800:1 contrast ratio and .258mm dot pitch, which DriverHeaven has found to be accurate, and not just a boast. Read more about it in their full review.
OCZ Technology Announces PC2-8500 NVIDIA SLI-Ready Modules
Subject: Memory | October 3, 2006 - 04:10 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Sunnyvale, CA-October 3, 2006-OCZ Technology Group, a worldwide leader in
innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory, today
announced the next addition to OCZ's line of NVIDIAR certified Platinum DDR2
memory modules. The new PC2-8500 series is SLIT certified ensuring ultimate
breakthrough compatibility for advanced SLI platform performance.
620 rock sold Watts
Subject: Cases and Cooling | October 3, 2006 - 03:03 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Corsair has moved into the PSU market with the same panache as they display with their memory. The HX620W Modular PSU really impressed TweakTown with the stability of it's rails, a .01 V difference between idle and load.
Crossfire on a LanParty
Subject: Motherboards | October 3, 2006 - 01:56 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
DFI's new LanParty UT CFX 3200-DR is a feature rich CrossFire board. With 2 x16 PCI-E slots, 2 PCI Express x1 slots and three PCI slots, you have more room for cards than you will need, considering the onboard sound and gigabit ethernet. Hot Hardware pits it against the nVIDIA based ASUS A8N.
These new drives can store as much as you can dish out
Subject: Storage | October 3, 2006 - 12:13 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
It really wasn't that long ago that a 500Mb drive was a pretty impressive thing to have, but now you would be hard pressed to fit just an OS on that disk. Now 500Gb drives are becoming common, and today The Tech Lounge is comparing 3 of the top brands.
So much for Firefox beinga "complete mess"
Subject: General Tech | October 3, 2006 - 11:53 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
It seems that the reports of Firefox's vulnerability have been greatly exaggerated. The javascript vulnerability is an old flaw, that is well known, and nobody as yet has managed to use it to successfully run code. Ars Technica has more on information on the story.
"Mozilla has been able to reproduce a DoS issue based on the information, according to a new post on the Mozilla Developer Center.
OCZ Technology Unveils the 8-Gigabyte Ultra-Slim Mega-Kart USB 2.0 Flash Card
Subject: Storage | October 3, 2006 - 11:17 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Sunnyvale, CA-October 22, 2006-OCZ Technology Group, a worldwide leader in
innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory, today
announced the Mega-Kart, a ultra-high capacity USB flash drive. With 8GBs of
memory, the OCZ Mega-Kart series is the ultimate data storage solution for
today's computer enthusiasts and business professionals on the go.
Pretty on the inside
Subject: Mobile | October 2, 2006 - 05:39 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
As Hardware Zone accurately describes the F3JM, from the outside this ASUS laptop is no-frills and nondescript. On the inside it shines. From DVI out to support for Core 2 Duo up to a 2.13GHz T2600, 1GB of DDR2 memory and a GeForce 7600 Go with 512MB, this laptop hides a lot inside it's shell.
Windows and Linux SDKs coming for AGEIA PPUs
Subject: Cases and Cooling | October 2, 2006 - 02:47 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
AGEIA PhysX SDK v2.6 Brings
Dynamic, Interactive Realism to Microsoft Windows Vista 64-bit & Linux
Quality versus Quantity, The Frames per Second conundrum
Subject: Graphics Cards | October 2, 2006 - 02:42 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Take two of the fastest cards available, the nVIDIA 7950 GX2 and the ATI X1959XTX, and the speed difference at default levels really isn't that huge in most games. That isn't what X-bit Labs wants to find out though. They are far more interested in maxing out AA, FSAA, Anistropic filtering and various other newer graphical improvements, first to look at the effect on FPS, and secondly to determine if it actually improves the look of the game.
NBC Universal and Intel to Deliver Series Premieres on Intel Viiv and Intel Centrino Platforms
Subject: General Tech | October 2, 2006 - 01:40 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
NBC VIP Access to provide Viiv™ and Intel® Centrino® users with a broad range of on-demand entertainment and sports content, including access to the two new shows, 'Heroes' and 'Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip'
Bloody huge turbine powered heatpipe cooler, and it runs underwater
Subject: Cases and Cooling | October 2, 2006 - 12:37 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
The Antazone AS-C1000 Universal Heatpipe cooler is built around a 95mm fan that provides 49.8cfm @ 25dBA and a speed of only 2200rpm, plus they claim it can run underwater ... not that I'd recommend testing that with a running system. Big Bruin gives it a run against the XP120.
They might be exaggerating a bit, but be careful around Java
Subject: General Tech | October 2, 2006 - 12:20 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
The Inquirer links to a story on ZDNet, which claim that the Java flaw discovered in Firefox makes the entire browser irreparably insecure. Firefox's Window Snyder beleives that that reaction is FUD, and that a patch can remove the Java vulnerability. Either way, I'd suggest avoiding strange Java for a bit.
Ageia RealityMark
Subject: Graphics Cards | October 2, 2006 - 11:58 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
If you want a little more physical reality in your games, Ageia's PPU is what will give it to you. Short video clips and comparisons of games with and without hardware physics give you some idea what the card can do, but their upcoming benchmarking tool, RealityMark, shows it better than anything has yet. [H]ard|OCP has a clip from that benchmark, that is worth watching twice to catch everything that goes on.
A perspective on current events in our forums
Subject: General Tech | September 29, 2006 - 05:36 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Having once been AMDMB, a lot of the members of PC Perspective feel a little protective of AMD, which has lead to speculation on what AMDs response to the Core 2 Duo. In the mean time, Meridian is trying to even out the score by showing everyone "nauseating detail over the overclocking of my new AM2 rig". Ryan and members of the forum are very exitied about ASUS' new Crosshair board, even if it is 2
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Do You Believe In Something?
We might not believe in unicorns or sparkling vampires, but we do believe in house musician Jonathan Coulton. He's rewritten the lyrics to the Lovin' Spoonful song, "Do You Believe in Magic?" to be about creatures of the supernatural and fantastical variety. (However: Nessie, we know you're out there.)
So let's welcome our next two contestants: Tracey Rhys and Stewart Shutler.
EISENBERG: Wonderful to have you here. Stewart, you are from Canada?
STEWART SHUTLER: Yes.
EISENBERG: Making us basically from the same family.
SHUTLER: Pretty much. Sure.
EISENBERG: You're in Hamilton; is that correct?
SHUTLER: Yes. That's right. Close to Toronto.1
EISENBERG: OK. Let me ask you this. What's the difference between a Trekker and a Trekkie?
SHUTLER: I would say Trekkies are way more obsessed. Trekkers are like casual fans.
EISENBERG: And which one are you?
SHUTLER: Yes.
EISENBERG: How do you feel about the new version of "Star Trek"?
SHUTLER: I liked it. I was actually kind of pleasantly surprised.
EISENBERG: Pleasantly surprised. Yeah. I like you. You're very even keeled. Canadian. I like it. I like it.
EISENBERG: Tracey, are you a "Star Trek" fan of any?
TRACEY RHYS: I was a crazy Trekkie when I was growing up.
EISENBERG: You were the obsessive kind.
RHYS: Yeah. Yeah. I went to a convention in Salt Lake City, even. Twice. So.
EISENBERG: Was that your favorite television show?
RHYS: Oh, no. That would have to be "The X-Files."
EISENBERG: Oh, "The X-Files." Oh, yeah. I see. I see what we've got up here. Jonathan Coulton, what are we doing to these people?
JONATHAN COULTON: Well, this...
COULTON: With these people.
EISENBERG: Yeah, to them.
COULTON: With these people.
EISENBERG: Oh, I'm sorry. With them.
COULTON: This game is based on the Lovin' Spoonful song "Do You Believe In Magic?" We have rewritten the lyrics to be about supernatural or fictional things that some people believe in. So ring in when you know what that thing is. As always, the winner will move on to our Ask Me One More final round at the end of the show.
COULTON: (singing) Do you believe in this thing? Because you look awfully pale. Your teeth are all pointy. There's a bloody trail. Listen, buddy, stay away from my throat. A stake in my hand is something you should note.
COULTON: Tracey.
RHYS: (singing) Vampires.
COULTON: Vampires. That's right.
EISENBERG: I like the singing. I'm not going to lie. If you want to sing your answers, Stewart, that is highly acceptable.
SHUTLER: I will.
COULTON: (singing) Do you believe in this thing? How did you get here? Did you swing from a peak like a chandelier? Do you think? Does it sound absurd that you were given to your family by a giant bird?
COULTON: Yes. Tracey.
RHYS: Do you believe in stork babies?
COULTON: We would just accept stork. That's fine. I see what you're saying. Some babies come from a stork and some from other places, I guess.
EISENBERG: That's right. But I've actually never thought - what brings a stork its baby? That is a really intense question.
COULTON: Just a smaller stork, I think.
EISENBERG: It's just a series of storks within storks? Creepy.
COULTON: Yeah. Storks all the way down.
COULTON: (singing) Do you believe in these guys with their pots of gold? They could grant you three wishes in the days of old. Oh, but these days these little green-clad fellows are selling cereal with clover-shaped marshmallows.
SHUTLER: Leprechauns.
COULTON: Leprechauns is right.
EISENBERG: Leprechauns are not recession-proof. Do you understand me?
COULTON: That's right. They're entitled.
EISENBERG: That's right.
COULTON: They're entitled to get whatever job they can get.
EISENBERG: They've had a hard time.
COULTON: Just talking cereal. That's fine. I'm not going to judge them.
EISENBERG: Pots of gold are gone.
COULTON: That's right. There's no more gold. I'm glad that people don't get their news from this show.
COULTON: (singing) Do you believe in this thing? Did you hear that sound? I can't get to sleep because someone's walking around. I can't see him. But I know he's here. He's rattling his chains and stirring up some fear.
COULTON: Stewart.
SHUTLER: The boogeyman.
COULTON: Ah.
ART CHUNG: I don't think boogeymen carry chains.
SHUTLER: Mine did.
EISENBERG: Yeah. They do. Canadian ones, I think do.
CHUNG: I don't think we can accept that. Sorry.
COULTON: Tracey, do you want to steal?
RHYS: I would love to steal.
COULTON: Yeah.
RHYS: I think that's ghosts.
COULTON: Ghosts. Yes. I'm so amazed that you were so sure that boogeymen don't carry chains. I don't want to undermine you.
COULTON: (singing) Do you believe in this thing? Did you know I would ask? Knowing what I'm thinking is no small task. Dionne Warwick and her network knew if you paid by the minute they were there for you.
COULTON: Stewart?
SHUTLER: Psychics.
COULTON: Psychics is right.
COULTON: Here's your final question.
COULTON: (singing) Do you believe in these things? Gentle, pure, and white. In Renaissance tapestries they reach their height. You could catch one but only if you're a virgin. Or you could just create one with a horse and a surgeon.
COULTON: Yes. Tracey.
RHYS: Unicorns.
COULTON: Unicorns. That's right.
COULTON: Please, nobody at home try to create a unicorn with a horse and a surgeon. That would not be right.
EISENBERG: Oh. I didn't know that thing about virgins.
COULTON: Yeah. No, it's true.
EISENBERG: Yeah. You can't be all sullied or whatever to get a unicorn.
COULTON: They're very picky. Unicorns are very picky.
EISENBERG: They're very picky.
COULTON: So, Art, that was the last clue. How'd we do over here?
CHUNG: That was a close one but I believe Tracey is our winner.
EISENBERG: Congratulations, Tracey.
EISENBERG: Stewart, our Canadian friend. Give him a huge round of applause. Tracey, you'll be moving on to our Ask Me One More final round.
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Madoff Victim to Speak at Brother's Sentencing, U.S. Says
More than 20 victims of Bernard L. Madoff's fraud wrote to the court about its impact on their lives in advance of tomorrow's sentencing of the confidence man's brother, Peter, who pleaded guilty in June.
Peter Madoff, 67, who worked for Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC for four decades, pleaded guilty in June to helping his brother pull off the biggest Ponzi scheme in history. He denied knowing about the fraud and in court papers said he was a "victim" of his brother's scheme.
As part of an agreement with prosecutors, Peter Madoff agreed not to seek less than the maximum 10-year prison term allowed by law and to forfeit his assets up to $143 billion. He asked the court to let him attend the bat mitzvah of his granddaughter before his prison term begins.
Michael DeVita, who said he and his wife, Emma, were victims of the Madoff fraud, asked to speak at the sentencing and wrote that Peter Madoff had to know about the fraud as it occurred "right under his nose."
"It is beyond belief that Madoff alone carried out a crime lasting decades, involving hundreds of feeder fund money raisers, tens of thousands of investors and printing hundreds of thousands of stock confirmations and monthly statements," DeVita wrote.
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DeVita wrote that Peter Madoff had admitted depositing a little more than $32,000 in his own personal BLMIS investment account and withdrawing more than $16 million.
"I ask that you show the same degree of compassion for Peter Madoff that he showed for us -- none!" DeVita wrote in his letter to U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain in Manhattan. "You have an opportunity to give an enhanced degree of justice to Peter's victims and at the same time send Wall Street a message that the white-collar crime of defrauding investors will result in much more than a fine or slap on the wrist."
Many of the victims said they are in their 70s and 80s, and having lost their life savings, are now living on Social Security. One couple, Karl and Wanda Eisenhauer, wrote the judge to say they had to sell the family farm.
Jill and Nancy Miller wrote to the judge saying that after Peter Madoff's sentencing was twice postponed, they saw him "out and about enjoying a leisurely lunch in an expensive Upper East Side restaurant where many of his victims would like to eat but can't afford to."
'Savored the Food'
"I hope he savored the food 'cause that's not what he will get in prison!" the Millers wrote.
Morton Chalek, 90, of Manhattan, said he was a veteran who flew 23 combat missions for the U.S. military during World War II. Chalek said his attorney introduced him to Madoff, his golf partner.
"Mr. Picard and his clan seem to be thriving," said Chalek, adding that "my cause seems to be hopeless." He said he was denied compensation from the Securities Investor Protection Corp.
"In one day, Bernie Madoff turned me from a millionaire into a pauper," he said.
Wendy Olsen Clancy, a victim witness coordinator with the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's office, said two victims will speak at the sentencing.
Peter Madoff's guilty plea to two criminal charges came three years to the day after his brother was sentenced to 150 years in prison. During his plea hearing, Peter Madoff told the court he had no knowledge of Bernard Madoff's scheme until Dec. 9, 2008, the night his brother confessed to him that the investment business was a sham. Bernard Madoff was arrested and confessed to authorities two days later, on Dec. 11, 2008.
Falsifying Records
Peter Madoff pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy and one count of falsifying records of an investment adviser. Both offenses carry maximum sentences of five years in prison.
Prosecutors said Madoff, who trained as a lawyer, repeatedly lied and violated the trust investors put in the firm and also made false statements to regulators and auditors. The government said his crimes began in about 1996 and continued until December 2008 when the firm collapsed, which the U.S. said was the only reason his crimes stopped.
After learning of the Ponzi scheme, he said he helped his brother parcel out the $300 million remaining in the firm to select friends and family members.
"I was devastated, but nevertheless I did as my brother said, as I consistently had done for decades," he told Swain when he pleaded guilty in June.
The case is U.S. v. Madoff, 10-cr-228, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan).


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Utah higher education must adapt or die, Harvard business innovator tells legislators
Christensen told legislators how such "disruptive innovation" applies to higher education with the example of the University of Phoenix, which started by offering courses to non-traditional students whose needs for convenience over quality were not being adequately met by the market.
But at a center in San Francisco, the University of Phoenix is investing $200 million per year to improve teaching and develop online learning. By contrast, Harvard spends almost no money to improve teaching, he said.
The University of Phoenix benefits from vast economies of scale, he added. For example, it teaches 135,000 full-time MBA students compared to Harvard's 900.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a example of a mainstream institution adapting to the changing education market, he said. MIT, the premier engineering and technology university, recently opened up its online courses to all comers.
More than 5 million students worldwide have taken the MIT introductory physics courses, which are taught by Walter Lewin, one of the best physics teachers in the world, he added.
Christensen also noted that technology evolves products from those that are proprietary, such as mainframes completely made by IBM, to "modular" products such as a Dell computer, which has standardized parts made by many manufacturers.
Higher education will go in the same direction, he said. Increasingly, courses that students take will come from many sources, not just a single institution.
As an example, Senate Majority Leader Scott Jenkins, R-Plain City, said he's recently talked to many college students who use online courses from Khan Academy to better understand what they're taught in traditional courses.
Traditional, mainstream institutions will struggle to change from within, Christensen said. Old bureaucracies too strongly resist new ideas, he said. To survive changing markets, older institutions have to create new, separate entities with the charge of "killing the parent," he said.
In America's conversion from traditional department stores like Macy's to discounters like Kmart, "Only one department store caught the new business wave — Dayton-Hudson," he said. "And they only did it by setting up Target."
Traditional universities may have to do the same as they try to compete in the growing online market.
Pershing noted that 10 percent of credits University of Utah students earn are now coming from online courses. However, those are only offered to the university's students, not others across the world, he said. Pershing added that he's not yet prepared to discuss other innovations that may be in the university's future because they're still in the works.
Christensen grew up in the Rose Park neighborhood of Salt Lake City. He received the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship as an undergraduate student at BYU. He is also a member of the Deseret News Editorial Advisory Board.
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