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Tshediso Matona | National Planning Commission
Tshediso Matona | National Planning Commission
Tshediso Matona
Planning department does not seem to have teeth, Makhosi Khosa says
Public service and administration portfolio committee chairperson Makhosi Khoza had some tough words for the department and its acting director general' Tshediso Matona. "There's something that is frightening, actually. In terms of the NDP' by 2030 we should have created 11-million jobs" Khoza said. "There's not a single mention of the biggest disruptor in this document, and that is the digital revolution that is before us. It's disrupting everything." Khoza added: "And what bothers me is that this is the department that is supposed to be at the centre that is supposed to be leading the implementation of the NDP. We are seven years down the line. Where are we? We are still talking about planning' good Lord, but 2030 is in 12 years' time from now." She said the presentation and some of its omissions did not make sense.
"Are we getting the value for money from this department? Is it cut out to do what it is supposed to do? Does it have teeth? Maybe we are talking to people who don't have teeth. Tell us why are you so powerless. I'm going to be frank and honest with you [director-general Tshediso Matona]' I honestly don't believe … the assumptions that you made when you were drawing up this document' I don't think they're correct. I also don't think you're up to speed with reality that we're facing'" said Khoza.
Our experience trying to interact with Mr Tshediso Matona
Contacted on the 10th June 2016 - Meeting at Union Buildings 21 September 2016 - Presented to Mr Tshediso Matona on the 21 September 2016 -
We initially contacted Mr Tshediso Matona on the 10th June 2016 (11 months ago) then met at Union Buildings 21 September 2016 we presented the moladi solution to create employment for the unemployed. Jobs for the unemployed - Food for the hungry Shelter for the homeless - The ability to CREATE - Income - Jobs - Profit - SMME's through manufacturing. Mr Matona undertook to introduce us to the commissioners to take the matter forward. Eight months later and Mr Matona have still not done what was promised nor has he responded to numerous email sent during this period nor has he communicated via email or telephonically on the progress till today. Mr Matona undertook to introduce us to the commissioners to take the matter forward. Eight months later and Mr Matona have still not done what was promised nor has he responded to numerous email sent during this period nor has he communicated via email or telephonically on the progress till today.
Mr Tshediso Matona has done absolutely nothing to assist us as moladi to create jobs in South Africa as he has been tasked to do as Head of Secretariat - National Planning Commission: - No feedback - No interaction
We also ask the question - "Are we getting the value for money from this department? Is it cut out to do what it is supposed to do? Does it have teeth? Maybe we are talking to people who don't have teeth."
Tshediso Matona | National Planning Commission
The National Planning Commission was established in May 2010 to develop a long term vision and strategic plan for South Africa.
The main objective of the Commission is to rally the nation around a common set of objectives and priorities to drive development over the longer term. The Commission advises government on cross- cutting issues that influence the long term development of South Africa.
The NPC comprises of 24 part-time external commissioners, a chair person and a deputy chairperson appointed by the President on the basis of their specialist skills and expertise. The commissioners were drawn from nominations made by the public throughout South Africa and are largely from outside government. The mandate of the Commission is to take a broad, independent and critical view of South Africa, by consulting with and drawing on the skills and expertise of multiple stakeholders, to build consensus and find concrete solutions to key challenges faced within the country. Read More
South African Cabinet appointed Mr Tshediso Matona to the National Planning Commission as Head of Secretariat - Link
NPC Commissioners
The Commission consists of respected thinkers in South Africa and is expected to bring about fresh ideas and insight into the long- term plan to advance growth and development in South Africa. The Commissioners collectively have expertise and practical experience in areas such as finance, business, politics, labour, economics, sociology, technology, science, demographics and development. The commissioners are critical advisors to government providing recommendations in the interest of the long- term development of the country. They are the voice of the future representing the long- term aspirations of South Africans.
For purposes of research, the commission established its own expert panels in their area of expertise from both inside and outside government. The expert panels provided advice on issues such as water security, food security, and economic development, social security, education, climate change, social cohesion, spatial issues, health and human resource development.
Within the NPC secretariat a board of sector experts still exists today, beyond the development of the NDP. There is an expert positioned in the department for each sector identified in the NDP, who will take forward research initiatives of the NPC to advise government on future planning and implementation as related to the proposals of the NDP. These experts form an extended branch of the commission and are responsible for ensuring the development of consistent and integrated policies and programmes aligned to the NDP across multiple layers of policy- making, planning and implementation.
The Commission is chaired by the Minister in the Presidency, Mr Jeff Radebe who will feed the work of the commission into Cabinet and government.
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I put the idea on the backburner as one of those "If nothing better comes up on Saturday night, I might go."
On Friday I received an email saying "Actually- You've been selected as one of 50 people to go out on the field as the players run out on the field."
Ok. That sounds fun. Not Cowboys stadium and NOT the Dallas Cowboys players, but still. Sounded fun.
I've been to two NFL games in my life. Both Cowboys games. With my dad. On Thanksgiving Day.
I know NFL games are a big deal- so once the opportunity came to go on the field, I started making arrangements. (Arrangements being: Find someone to cover my fantasy football draft that was taking place on Saturday afternoon.)
I asked around here the few people I know in DC who might be available to go to the game and had no takers so I opted to go solo. Plan was to show up- go on the field- watch a quarter or two then head home.
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The original ticket would be for the party deck (standing only).
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We walk out to the field and I think we all had our mouths hanging open. A surreal moment.
We do our thing on the field then head to find our seats.
The seats are called Dream Seats.
Seriously. I went to row 3 and the guy said "oh no- you're closer. You're closer to the field. So there is Row 3....then there is the Row 3 Dreamseat.
I sit down (in the padded seat, mind you) and a guy comes up to me and says "What would you like? We have drinks, hotdogs, cookies, peanuts...."
Um. Free food/drink too? Yes.
So my plan to stay for just a short while was thrown out the window once I got these seats.
My friend Tim was also at the game with his family and had originally said "If there is an open seat next to us, you can come sit down!" (when we thought I was going to be in the standing room only section.)
I said "um....turns out, you probably want to come sit with ME."
So he did. And we ate free food. And had free drinks. And then he went back to his family and I went home.
I'd said to Tim "I have NO idea how this all happened!!! I just got an alert from Twitter and Klout!"
He said "This sort of thing happens to you often, I feel."
I started to say no...then remembered just 2 weeks ago I was sitting in a box suite at a White Sox game in Chicago with Colorado legislators and a member of the British Parliament.
So yeah. I guess it does. I don't know how or why....but each time- I'm just as floored. And shocked. And thrilled.
So if their plan was to give a football fan the chance of a lifetime and knock her socks off- they succeeded.
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Episode 41
recorded September 5, 2011
Welcome to This Week in Location Based Marketing where we rehash the news that matters in the location based marketing world.
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About me and my blog!
For as long as I can remember I've always loved to read and write. My first written works to have been published is my paranormal thriller series titled Twisted Bloodlines. The first three in the series are available now and the fourth instalment is due out on the 16th March 2015. There are other works in the pipeline but for now I'm concentrating on this series.This blog is about my random thoughts and opinions on things. I also review books that I have read (when I get the time!)and products that I've used either good or bad. As yet I don't have a particular blog feature but will be starting a few things soon so watch this space. I will also be sharing personal stuff childhood memories etc and also some of my sketches and of course child related posts (since I have so many!) my experiences and what help I may be able to offer others. Naturally posts will include my book releases and tour links as well as cover reveals. I have met some wonderful people along my journey as an author and hope to continue to do so through this blog. Your comments are important to me even if you're disagreeing on a post I have written. I will do my best to get back to each of you promptly but with different time zones and obviously personal commitments please don't get offended if my response is delayed 🙂 I look forward to getting to know you all and hope that you enjoy my blog 🙂
Congratulations on your book. Best of luck to you. Thanks for following my blog. Must get busy and post something there. 🙂
Linda, long time no catch up…so happy for you and the book and also for passing your driving test. A whole new world has suddenly opened up for you this year which is really wonderful. Long may it last. 🙂
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The first failing airline of a low-cost concept in Asia-Pacific region is AirAsia – TheConAirliner (TCA). The master planning by Tony Fernandez for AirAsia has failed unexpectedly from his organizational infrastructure that fully support unsuccessful execution in view of now that Tony Fernandez is indeed a creative WMD (Weapon of Mass Destruction). His fine creativity of WMD is a reflection of his gradual slope in his management.
AirAsia never stops cheating its customers and it continues to promote its misleading and fraud deals to the public. But for how long is this going to be? For Tony Fernandez; cheating is a new trend of business ideology which he learned from his late mother who sold tupperware for a living.
Tony Fernandez is the first idiot who adopted the modern psychological warfare in airlines industry; slacken his management via his hunger for suicidal decision. Tony Fernandez is a greedy famish pig who wanted every airlines deal for himself thinking he's a genius aviation man.
Until he fell from the ladder he was trying to climb through his underground fast-track lane; he still is the same "never learned" pig-asshole fat boy.
Tony Fernandez's failure in its collaboration with the Malaysian National Airlines – MAS and his most recent failure in securing his board of directorship with Japanese National Airlines predicted his next failure to secure the India's most popular cities – Mumbai and Delhi.
Mumbai and Delhi do not welcome Tony Fernandez. Tony thought his smart ideas penetrating airlines business into India market will secure him another hub-based in India. His con-job on IPO had the India's investors fooled. AirAsia's share prices changed for "before and after" signing of agreement with Indian investors. Before signing – AirAsia's shares were at RM3.50 but after having closed a deal with the Indian investors – AirAsia's shares dropped dead to RM2.20.
There's one principle that Tony fails to adopt is the discipline of the Japanese that would never try telling lies to the shareholders. The Japanese counterpart will not follow Tony's sly way bullshitting for AirAsia Japan by falsely declaring the airline was making profit when it was actually making a huge losses amounted to RM113 million.
Unlike AirAsia Malaysia; it's still making losses in its balance sheet and it declared profits from AirAsia's credits combined with the 6 months pre-paid sales of airfares. In reality; Tony uses his credits that he owes to MAS for aircraft's maintenance as top-up profits for AirAsia's account. Until todate; AirAsia's shareholders still received zero dividend for falsifying accounts.
AirAsia parted ways with Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA) when it sold its 49% stake in AirAsia Japan to ANA in June this year. Both airlines had clashed over management and operational differences followed by losses amounting to ¥3.5 billion (RM113 million).
Fernandes, 49, has publicly said that he wants AirAsia to re-enter the Japanese market and is on the lookout for Japanese-Indian financial partners.
"We've just got to look for the right one this time because we screwed up the last time," he added.
When Tony said "Japan was a disaster. Our partner didn't understand what we wanted," he actually meant that the Japanese counterpart didn't want to lie for him.
Tony's next con-job really had the Thailand's Prime Minister accepted his idea to fly long haul via Bangkok to Los Angeles using AirAsia X's new Airbus jet order – A330-300.
25th September 2013 – AirAsia X has revealed it is getting closer to launching its new long-haul division in Thailand after confirming in a filing to the Malaysian stock exchange last week that it had reached agreement with Thai AirAsia chief Tassapon Bijleveld and Julpas Kruesopon, a businessman and advisor to Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, to formally incorporate the business.
The joint venture, called Thai AirAsia X, marks the first overseas foray by AirAsia X, the long-haul arm of Asia's largest low-cost airline by passengers. Although not formally part of the AirAsia Group the business has common shareholding with the other airline interests. In the statement Thai AirAsia X said it submitted an application for an air operator's license on June 20, 2013 and expects approval to be granted by end of this month when it will then apply for an air operator's certificate.
As predicted; Tony Fernandez isn't as smart as he thinks he is as an aviation man. Thai Airways fly from Bangkok to Los Angeles using B777-200/300 long-range aircraft for a flight time of more than 14 hours up to 18 hours. His latest order for 25 A330-300 airbus jet could fly a longer range where he also leases 6 A340 jets from airbus to deliver a one-two punch by 2015 to MAS and Malindo Airways especially after the Malaysian National Airlines rejected Tony's initiative and collaboration to penetrate Los Angeles whilst Malindo Airways is busy attractting millions of AirAsia's regular FED-UP flyers.
Whilst Tony Fernandez is planning his next route penetrating Los Angeles; his collaborative double agent CEO of MAS Ahmad Jauhari is tasked to end MAS oldest route KL – TYO – LAX by 2014 before he leaves MAS paving ways for AirAsia X to launch its first long haul route into United States of America via Kuala Lumpur. This will be Tony's hardest punches for Malaysia Airlines after CEO Ahmad Jauhari contract ends.
Ironically, soon after Tony had the under-tabled discussion with the Thailand Prime Minister to accept his landing rights for Los Angeles to Bangkok; Thailand Prime Minister Yingluck initiated for amnesty bill passed for her cloned brother Thaksin to return home from exile. Consequently Yingluck faces street violent protest and fled from being captured by her protestors. The latter is calling for new election to calm the protestors.
Tony has his right hand wing flown to Los Angeles to discuss the landing rights for both routes i.e. LA – Bangkok and LA – KL (via Taipei). If FAA approved AirAsia X to fly directly from KL; Tony Fernandez will firmly deliver his punches to MAS workers who got his ass kicked out of Malaysia Airlines.
AirAsia has a bad record of its safety performance over the last one decade as compared to Thai Airways;
- 8 November 2004 – On AirAsia Flight 104, the Boeing 737 plane carrying 111 passengers and five crew skidded while landing. Three passengers – a five-year-old girl and two women – were injured while evacuating from the plane and received outpatient treatment at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
- 14 December 2005 – The Kota Kinabalu International Airport was closed for a few hours after an AirAsia plane burst a tire on landing. There were no injuries in the 10.30pm incident.
- On 10 January 2011, AirAsia Flight 5218 skidded on the runway whilst landing. The incident occurred around 10:15pm during a heavy downpour. Four passengers were rushed to Sarawak General Hospital, believed to have suffered from health complications.
- 3 August 2012 – On AirAsia Flight 5187 from Miri to Kuala Lumpur was scheduled to take off at 7.40pm. Furious passengers had their journey delayed for over an hour as a result of a man's emphatic decision not to remain on the plane until take off. A witness said that as the plane was about to take off, the man suddenly opened the emergency doors and leapt out. On-duty flight attendants reportedly said they were powerless to stop him from opening the emergency exit and jumping out once the plane had started to move on the runway.
For Yingluck to have approved AirAsia X – a subsidiary of AirAsia to take long haul flight away from Thai Airways that basing on AirAsia's bad safety record; is a bad luck for the Ying-luck. Ying-luck now turns Bad-Luck! Corruption does not choose its gender and Yingluck is a fool to have fallen into her bad-luck at this stage.
For public knowledge on Tony The Scumbag's strategy; he always applies espionage as his gateway to heaven! Tony Fernandez will do anything to survive from the fierce competition including bribing the middle management of MAS to screw up the operations and paying top-dollars to Ahmad Jauhari; Azhari Dahlan; Zaharah Zaid and remain as the champion eventhough his AirAsia's debts-growth rose and tripled to maximum. Tony's next con-job is to shake those who rejected his proposal and initiatives – Revenge will rise!
Stay tuned to us for more updates on this scumbag – Tony Fernandez the pig asshole fat boy!


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So it's a new year and everyone seems to be in the same mindset. This year is the year we get organized, write that novel, get a new job, stay in touch with friends or family, lose weight, and get healthy. This is our year. Last year is over and "Thank goodness, no one wants to relive it." I like goals. I like setting them and I like measuring my progress along the way. Whether it's the start of a new year or merely a new day, I find the idea that the future is ahead exhilarating.
Last year, I was knocked down a few times. Plans were made to be broken….over and over and over. A year ago, I thought this year would find us still living in Mexico. My sons would be in school full time, or at least mostly. I had no idea I would be pregnant with our third child, even if I had hoped to be. I certainly had no idea that 2010 would hand me my butt more than a few times. There were abrupt moves from one country to another, twice. There was an emergency room visit. More than two months of separation from my husband and then the weeks spent living out of luggage. I found myself exhausted, too tired to stick to writing goals, with two little boys that needed their mommy more than I needed to write. On the positive side, we landed exactly where we've always wanted to be…back in New England, on the coast, only a minute's walk from the ocean, in our very own home. I have a beautiful office, set up perfectly for my writing habits, with loads of inspiration and comfort to feed my writer-ly soul.
Now 2010 is behind us but looking back on my goals for the year, I'll be honest and say that I didn't reach more than half of them. It wasn't from the lack of trying and it certainly wasn't because I had lost sight of my priorities. Instead it was from realizing my priorities and giving myself the grace and forgiveness to move on. So this year is a new year, full of promise and excitement. Goals will be made (like blogging more) but still there is time to reflect on the year that has past, with all of it's lessons and accomplishments, disappointments and surprises. I've been working out my goals for the year but still I know, being flexible and open to new lessons may be the biggest goals of all.


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Qantas is set to inspire a fresh wave of Australian aviation nostalgia with a second Boeing 737-800 to be painted in a retro livery as part of celebrations marking the national carrier's 95th Birthday.
Qantas' Group Executive for Brand, Marketing and Corporate Affairs, Olivia Wirth, said the second retro livery aircraft would build on the popularity of the first historical livery unveiled last year.
"We are very excited to be announcing the commissioning of Retro Roo II following the phenomenal response we received from the community and our people when we introduced the first Retro Roo with its classic 1970s iconic last November.
"You can see from what's posted on social media that people enjoy taking photos of Retro Roo I as it travels to airports around Australia. Crew tell us it's always a talking point when it pulls up to the gate and people get on board, though they're generally pleased that it's not 1974 on in the inside as well.
"The Retro Roo II livery is part of celebrations for our 95th anniversary and it's also a good contrast to the innovation happening at Qantas, particularly as we start to prepare for our first B787 Dreamliners in 2017".
The new livery will be chosen from the 12 liveries that Qantas has had since its first aircraft in 1920. It will be applied to one of Qantas' existing 67 Boeing 737 aircraft, which are undergoing a refurbishment program in Brisbane and Sydney.
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Qantas' first retro painted aircraft is named in honour of James Strong who served as Qantas Group CEO from 1993 to 2001 and features the livery used between 1971 and 1984. Qantas will unveil both the livery and the name of Retro Roo II at a hangar event for employees at Sydney airport on Monday November 16, the day it celebrates its 95th birthday.
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Recently posted to our homepage:
- Kristian Williams launches a nine-part examination of various efforts to visually represent Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray: one, two.
- From 1994, an appreciation of Frank Frazetta by Kenneth Smith.
- Rich Kreiner reviews the first volume of The Ragbox.
- Shaenon Garrity marvels at the sheer oddity of Garfield: His 9 Lives and offers a moment of Rachel Maddow worship.
- Tom Crippen reviews Hellblazer #262, and inches The Comics Journal ever closer to civil war.
- Rob Clough reviews a number of minicomics by Caitlin Cass, plus a variety of other minicomics as well.
- As always, R.C. Harvey covers the funny pages: one, two.
- GutterGeek's Jared Gardner reviews James Sturm's Market Day, while Chris Reilly reviews the Sunday Press showstopper Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz.
- Over at The Hooded Utilitarian: Noah Berlatsky speaks with Tom Spurgeon about the fine art of criticism and reproduces an old zine, while Vom Marlowe discusses criticism as well. Also: Contemplating the Love Gun.
And in the news…
Above the Fold
Life in interesting times
- Tom Spurgeon catches word of the death of French cartoonist Philippe Bertrand, at the age of 61. Bertrand was best known for his erotic works.
- In South Africa, "Weyni Deysel, veteran and award winning cartoonist, allegedly shot himself at his Alberton home on Saturday night, a day after his 59th birthday."
- Swedish artist Lars Vilks, notorious for a cartoon grawing of Muslim prophet Muhammed's head on the body of a dog, has gone into hiding following an arson attempt on his home in Nyhamnslage on Friday.
In Somalia, meanwhile, the Islamic-supremacist group Islamic Shebab group has praised the failed attack on Vilks last week while he was lecturing at the University of Uppsala.
- Last Friday, Warner Brothers filed suit against Marc Toberoff, the lawyer who successfully represented the estate of Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel against the corporate giant in 2008:
Mr. Toberoff has also represented the estate of Joseph Shuster, who with Mr. Siegel created Superman as a comic book series in the 1930s.
But Warner's suit on Friday said Mr. Toberoff had worked for years to interfere with agreements between the studio and the heirs, to leave himself with at least 47.5 percent of any rights recovered, while the Siegel heirs and Shuster heirs would each receive only about a quarter of the rights.
Matthew Belloni examines the circumstances behind the lawsuit.
- ICv2 has released its estimates for April comics sales to Direct Market retailers. According to the market report, pamphlet sales dropped by 15% against April 2009 figures, while graphic-novel sales rose by 24% against the same period.
Here are the top-300 comics-pamphlet and graphic-novel sales charts for April, based upon ICv2 estimates.
- Publishers Weekly reports that sales in the bookstore market rose by 1.6% in March according to U.S. Census Bureau preliminary estimates.
- If no one's ever heard of your comic book, can you still sue someone for stealing your ideas?
- Dan Copulsky speaks with Loose Teeth Press publisher Mike Lecky.
Screenshot detail from a recently released video, which shows the full incident of last week's attempted attack on Vilks.
Today's Format WarsTM report
- The venerable Limewire peer-to-peer filesharing network appears to be doomed, after U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood granted summary judgment in favor of the Recording Industry Association of America in their lawsuit against the network's parent company, Lime Group.
- Here's today's Wikipedia Lolicon Kerfuffle round-up.
- Dwight Silverman notes that cellphone data usage has surpassed actual telephone calls on the devices.
- The road to digital comic books, point/counterpoint: Brian Hibbs, Tom Spurgeon. Additional commentary: Johanna Draper Carlson, Sean Kleefeld.
- Dave Gilson on Dan Clowes
"My generation of cartoonists, we're not exactly underground. I don't know what we are. We never had a name, exactly. People would say 'alternative,' but that wasn't quite right. Or they'd say 'post-underground.' There were all these terms that never stuck. I always thought that was the best thing that ever happened to us. We didn't get pigeonholed as the '90s cartoonists. We didn't have a name, so we got to drift a long through the decades without being pinned into this clique."
- Josh Jones on Evan Dorkin
Detail from the cover to Fun With Milk and Cheese.
"I have a lot of ambivalence about my artwork, even moreso than with my writing. Before anyone was looking at my work, I didn't really have a confidence problem. I knew my stuff was rough, but I also assumed I'd improve. When people started paying some attention to my work, I started doubting everything I did, and it just inflated my working process."
(Link via Kevin Melrose.)
- Chris Mautner on Dan Nadel
- Tim O'Shea on Kevin Colden
- Erica Friedman on Miyabi Fujieda
- Chris Arrant on Joe Casey and Tom Scioli
- Shaun Manning on Rick Geary
- Mike Rhode on Matt Dembicki
- Mike Rhode on Joe Sutliff
- Josh Wigler on Kody Chamberlain
- Cartoon Bank on Warren Miller
(Link via Mike Lynch.)
- Matthew Badham on Jason Cobley
- Michael Peterson on 20th Century Boys
The linked essay is actually about film — actually two films, Iron Man II and the first installment in the 20th Century Boys cinematic trilogy — but the section in the middle, which discusses the manga series, is smart enough to deserve a spotlight all its own:
If Pluto is [Naoki] Urasawa's "Alan Moore" work, peeling back the layers of an established property to find the darker questions and adult themes that lie beneath (tightly-structured, if occasionally over-purple), then 20th Century Boys is his "Grant Morrison" book — messy, rollicking, joyful in execution, and constantly digging at an industry and a fandom for which he is clearly still affectionate. Urasawa, however, often trumps Morrison at one of his greatest strengths — his ability to tap-dance right across the collapsing bridge of his narrative, emerging on the other side with a bow, as if it was planned all along.
- Matthew Brady and Christopher Allen on Wilson
- Charles Hatfield on Young Lions
- Deb Aoki on AX: Alternative Manga Vol. 1
- Marc Schuster on Skin Horse Vol. 1
- Jason Thompson on Pilgrim Jäger
- Greg McElhatton on Real Vol. 8
- Parabasis on Superf*ckers
- Sean Gaffney and Ed Sizemore on My Girlfriend's a Geek Vol. 1
- Andrew Wheeler on Mercury
- Andrew Wheeler on Batman and Robin: Batman Reborn
- Andrew Wheeler on The Unwritten Vol. 1
- Andrew Wheeler on Can't Get No
- Katherine Dacey on Saturn Apartments Vol. 1
- David Allen Jones on The Mighty Thor #144-168
- Michael Buntag on Bone: Rose
- Johanna Draper Carlson on Odysseus the Rebel
- Johanna Draper Carlson on Neko Ramen Vol. 1
- Sean T. Collins on Trigger #1
- Sean T. Collins on Wiegle for Tarzan
- Lori Henderson on Maoh: Juvenile Remix
- Tucker Stone, J. Caleb Mozzocco and Chris Sims on various titles
- Kai-Ming Cha: Handmade
"An interesting thought came up last week in the wake of the Viz Media lay-offs — that naturally led to thoughts on pirated/online content — which I had been confused about, and that is the idea that technology (hardware and software) is one and the same."
- David Brothers: When disgruntled creators speak their minds
"The past couple years has seen a rise in those fires. A number of creators have left the Big Two, meaning Marvel Comics and DC Comics, under less than friendly circumstances. These creators also felt comfortable enough in their career to fire shots back publicly at the company that they felt wronged them. While the two companies have never released a statement about the dismissals and accusations, having several angry ex-freelancers talking about their practices in public likely indicates something going on behind the scenes."
- Noah Berlatsky: Fecund snails
- Marc Singer: Teaching We3
- Johanna Draper Carlson: Archie's Christian Comics
- Larry Cruz: Eisner webcomics round-up
- Pappy: Anthony Tollin on Sheldon Mayer
- Craig Yoe: Al Capp on Harold Gray and Little Orphan Annie
- Harry McCracken: How Jay Lynch coined the term "fanboy"
- Matthew Johnson: The obligatory death-of-comics post
- David Welsh: Stooping to conquer?
- Jason Thompson: Five cooking manga to keep in your kitchen
- Christopher Butcher: Monthly Shonen Gangan cost/benefit analysis
Comics and Art
- A Journey Round My Skull: Gyula Derkovits woodcuts
The Hungarian artist's work "reflected the influence of German expressionists and his political experiences in Vienna in 1928-29, when his most significant graphic work, '1514,' wood engravings inspired by the Dózsa peasant revolt, was finished."
- Golden Age Comic Book Stories: Dorothy Lathrop Down-Adown-Derry illustrations
- Doug Wheeler: More As We See 'Em illustrations
- Comicrazys: Harvey Kurtzman's Varsity spreads
- Ger Apeldoorn: More of George Tuska's Buck Rogers
- Ger Apeldoorn: William Overgard's Steve Canyon parody
- Gabriel Corbera: John Stanley's Little King
- Pappy: Al Wiseman's Dennis the Menace
- Pappy: Dan DeCarlo's My Friend Irma
- Doug Gray: Carl Barks' Porky Pig
(Link via Steven Thompson.)
- Diversions of the Groovy Kind: Sergio Aragones' "The Ultimate Freedom"
- Diversions of the Groovy Kind: "Demon Star"
- Kelly Thompson on Shadoweyes previewed
- Shaenon Garrity: Thoughts while drawing
- Dan Zettwoch: Amazing Facts… and Beyond!
- Bhob Stewart: Frank Battle
- Allan Holtz: Happy the Humbug
- Allan Holtz: Four Comical Coons (Racial stereotype alert)
- Allan Holtz: Another early George Herriman cartoon
- Rip Jagger's Dojo: Frank Frazetta's Ghost Rider covers
- Doug Wheeler: Not Caesar but Croesus
- Richard Bruton: Andi Watson font illustrations
- Peggy Burns: Adrian Tomine Criterion illustrations
- Peggy Burns: Seth NYT Magazine illustrations
- Wim Lockefeer: Joost Swarte New Yorker cover
Comics Culture
- Glann Hauman: 2010 Glyph Awards winners
As Hauman notes, the awards spotlight "the best in comics made by, for, and about people of color." David Brothers offers commentary.
- Charles Hatfield: Gary Panter in California
- Brendon Wright: Dan Clowes in Oregon
- Bill Mauldin: Bill Mauldin's postage stamp
- Slashdot: Xkcd pranks Wikipedia
- Chris Onstad: Achewood serial killer offers fried-chicken recipe
- Mike Lynch: Letter from Bill Watterson
- Your Not-Comics Link of the Day:
The Kids in the Hall's Scott Thompson has a podcast.
Events Calendar
This Week:
- May 19 (New York City, NY): Many Marvel Comics types make an appearance at Jim Hanley's Universe on 33rd Street, from 6-8PM. Details here.
- May 19 (London, England): Cartoonist Martin Rowson explore's Ronald Searle's masterful penmanship at the Cartoon Museum on Little Russell Street, from 6:30-7:30PM Details here.
- May 20 (Madison, NJ): Paul Levitz will be signing books and meeting readers at Dewey's Comic City on Park Avenue, from 5:30-7:30PM. Details here.
- May 21-23 (Copenhagen, Denmark): The Copenhagen International Comics Festival takes place at Øksnehallen on Halmtorvet, although given my knowledge of the language and region, I've probably gotten that wrong somehow. Details here.
- May 21 (Copenhagen, Denmark): The Contemporary Comics Symposium will be held at the University of Copenhagen on Karen Blixens. Details here.
- May 22-23 (Bristol, England): The Bristol International Comics and Small Press Expo opens its doors at the Ramada Bristol City Hotel on Redcliffe Way. Alas, tickets have already sold out, so forget I said anything. Details here.
- May 22 (Seattle, WA): Jim Woodring will give a slide presentation and sign books at the Fantagraphics Bookstore on Vale Street, from 7-8PM. Details here.
- May 23 (Portland, ME): The Maine Comic Arts Festival takes place at the Ocean Gateway on Thames Street. Details here.
Want to see your comics-related event listed here? Email a link to firstname.lastname@example.com and let me know. Please include an online link to which I can send people for more information. No sales-only events, please — it's nice that you've marked things down at your store or website, but I won't be listing it here.
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Boy, that was an exciting Olympics gold medal game, wasn't it? Congratulations to Brenden Morrow for what must have been the dream of a lifetime. I'm sure he won't be lording it over his teammates when he gets back to town. Even so, Mike Modano should be ready to smack him if need be.
And congratulations to Team USA for a thrilling run through the tournament, all the way to the marquee game on Sunday afternoon. I think I almost broke my voice screaming when Zach Parise tied up the game with 24 seconds left. I wasn't so happy about Sidney Crosby scoring in OT to win the game, but if it had to be some Canadian, I'm happy it was Sid. He looked pretty happy about the whole thing while they waited for the medals to be awarded.


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Shots of NY: New York Road Runner's club
If you ever register for a race with the New York Road Runners, you'll need to pick up your race bib at the headquarters. These people are OR.GAN.IZED, let me tell you. They have a two-story building on 89th Street, which was named after Fred Lebow, the president of NYRR for 20 years and the founder of the New York Marathon.
Looking for a good documentary for this upcoming long weekend? Check out Run For your Life, which tells the story of the NY Marathon. I dare you not to cry!
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It never fails. Every winter I crave FRUIT! All the fruits! I will take all of the best winter fruits have to offer – pineapples, mangos (Ataulfos are best!), and citrus for days!
We are the lucky recipients of a Harry and David fruit of the month club because my father-in-law gets me and my need to eat all the fruits all the time. I am sure this dates… Read More


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Specials & Events
Wednesday night tapas bar with live music and cheap sangria
Our new soup & sandwich daily special
A new daily special between 1pm and 3pm.
Choose from a selection of fresh soups and tasty sandwiches.
$50 pesos, every day
Coming up on April 29th
Wednesday April 29th Los Campos is hosting Carlos Quintanella of La Era jamon serrano and Sandra Parra of Finca Sala Vivé.
Carlos will be talking about his production of artisan serrano style jamon here in Guanajuato state and we will be offering a selection of jamon based tapas.
Sandra will be offering a taste of Finca Sala Vivé wines produced in
Ezequiel Montes, Querétaro by Freixenet Mexico.
Tickets are $100 pesos and include all food and the wine tasting.
Wine by the glass and bottles to take with you will be available for purchase.
Valentines Day
14 de Febrero
6 pm – 10 pm
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Wild Mushroom Soup
Salad of asparagus, jamon serano and goat cheese dressing
Beef tenderloin with roasted tomato, baby potaoes and balsamic reduction
Duo of veal with mashed potatoes and fried leeks
Chile poblano stuffed with polenta and roasted vegetables on a bed of spiced carrot salsa
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has recently approved the drug Treanda® (bendamustine) for the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).[1] The approval is based on data indicating that, for patients with CLL, Treanda improved overall response and complete response rates as well as progression-free survival rates compared with the commonly used agent chlorambucil.[2]
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is the most common form of adult leukemia. The American Cancer Society estimated that approximately 8,000 people would be diagnosed with CLL in 2007. Currently, there are approximately 60,000 people in the United States living with CLL. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is characterized by the production of atypical lymphocytes. Lymphocytes are specialized immune cells that exist in two forms: B- and T-cells. These cells are produced in the bone marrow and each serves a specific function in helping the body fight infection.
Treanda is a chemotherapy agent that is currently in clinical trials for the treatment of several diseases. One advantage of Treanda is that it does not interfere with another commonly used form of chemotherapy, alkylating agents. Treanda has been marketed and used clinically in Germany for many years in patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, CLL, multiple myeloma, breast cancer, and other solid tumors such as lung cancer.
The study that led to FDA approval of Treanda was a multicenter trial that included 301 patients with previously untreated CLL. Symptomatic patients requiring treatment received initial therapy with either Treanda or chlorambucil, an alkylating agent that is FDA approved for the treatment of CLL as well as several types of lymphoma.
Researchers concluded that Treanda should replace chlorambucil for the treatment of CLL, as has been done in some European countries. Future research may investigate the use of Treanda within the United States for treatment of non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, multiple myeloma, breast cancer, and other solid tumors such as lung cancer.
[1] Cephalon. Cephalon Receives FDA Approval for TREANDA, a Novel Chemotherapy for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. Available at:http://www.treanda.com/ Accessed March 2008.
[2] Knauf WU, Lissichkov T, Aldaoud A, et al. Bendamustine versus chlorambucil in treatment-naïve patients with B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL): Results of an international Phase III study. Blood. 2007;110:609a, abstract 2043.
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The Holley-Navarre Water System members' attempt at the Oct. 27 board meeting to enhance the proxy system for voting was shot down by its attorney Michael Tidwell at a subsequent Nov. 17 water board meeting.
Tidwell cited several reasons, including that the board meeting was being held expressly for the purpose of discussing golf course business and not water system business. The main reason was because the Articles of Incorporation state it takes a majority of the membership to change the bylaws and the Articles of Incorporation trump the bylaws. "I'm confident that vote was invalid. It was not the time, place or method to amend the bylaws," Tidwell said.
However, Tidwell followed up, clarifying that if the board wanted to address the use of proxy voting, there was a mechanism to do that. "I think the board has leeway to adopt policy that the board thinks is reasonable."
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If it is one thing that we are seeing out there in the mobile marketing world it is a huge number of companies trying to decipher the value of location. There are companies focusing on every aspect location brings – who's there now, who was there, who left a message there, who got a deal there, what they thought of it there, what they ate there, what they saw there, and so on. You get it. If there is a there, there is an app or service that brings it to light.
This is a challenging time to rise above all the "there" companies. A few have reached common language stature – companies like Foursquare and Yelp – while a few others have achieved the "helpful" status which means they are providing a great service that brings customers to and back to a venue. The rest are trying to rise up by differentiating in an industry that is in serious need of differentiation. There is noise out there – a lot of it – and it takes a different approach and a different way of thinking about location to make a lasting impression.
The other side of this is, of course, frequency and longevity. Both are important for success in this space. Frequency means activity. Longevity means, in this instance, something that continues to add value long after it was created. That last one could be in the form of a viable business and/or a piece of information that doesn't expire. This is where Evzdrop wants to play.
Evzdrop calls itself a "next generation location-based information network that gives people an exclusive voice of real-time insight from the places they visit." It does this by using location as a way to validate, quantify and verify the data that is left behind. This episode features David Rush, the co-founder and CEO of Evzdrop and we find out how he identified that spot – an elusive one – that no one seems to be focusing on in the location-based marketing world.
We talk at length about the process he took to find his niche, the process he used to refine his pitch (to himself, his co-founder and his eventual investors), why he went down the path Evzdrop is on (read: what the other companies aren't doing), and some of the challenges he's faced while doing so.
Differentiation is so crucial to success – especially in what is perceived to be a crowded space. How will David and his team fare competing for mindshare and wallet share? Based on this episode, based on the focus he has on his customers success, the outcome is clearly in their control.
Click here to see a clip of this episode
Here is a quick reference of what we covered in the show. Click on the link and the video will take you to that clip
1. What is Evzdrop 2:00
2. What is the interest network 3:15
3. What was the inspiration for starting Evzdrop 6:20
4. How did you transition into Evzdrop from your previous job? 8:50
5. What are the right reasons for starting a mobile company? 11:00
6. What was missing in the industry to allow you to start Evzdrop 12:20
7. Why is anonymity so important for reviews 14:00
8. Why not use the social graph – why invent the interest network? 15:20
9. What wasn't working in the industry that you noticed that influenced your product 18:50
10. The benefits and challenges of using location to add integrity to the data 19:50
11. What was the development process from idea to product 23:00
12. How were you able to validate that this was an idea worth pursuing 25:00
13. The Evzdrop beta process in detail 26:30
14. How do you make a product simple but still monetize it 29:00
15. What is your revenue metric – how many users, drops, business do you need 31:40
16. What were the main challenges faced as you built the company 36:00
17. Advice: Don't take more money than you need from investors 37:10
18. What was the process you went through to find investors 39:50
19. What are your thoughts on patents? 41:50
20. How do locations start using Evzdrop to benefit their businesses 43:40
21. What is short-term future for location based marketing 47:30
My key takeaways
The revenue model IS important
This shouldn't be anything new to you but it probably doesn't get stated enough. A revenue model IS important. A revenue model IS required. We are getting passed the point where revenue is a secondary notion behind acquiring users (thankfully). The companies that think about the way to turn their service or product into one that generates revenue BEFORE laying a line of code down, BEFORE hiring your first employee (beyond the founders), BEFORE securing premium office space and BEFORE looking for investors have a chance to succeed. If you don't think about revenue or have a plan on how you will convert what you are doing into dollars, you will most certainly fail.
Now, a revenue model is malleable and we all know this industry changes too quickly to predict what will happen beyond this year so you must be able to adapt your revenue model to the change that will inevitably happen. Also, having a revenue model – a plan – also means you should also know when to turn it on. It might not make sense (!) to start charging right off the bat (!!) but having it as part of your plan is a requirement. Simple math folks: No revenue = no business = broke founders.
As a side note – remember those high school math problems where the teacher wanted you to show them how you came to the answer and not just jot down the answer? Same thing here. Investors are going to want to see the methodology behind the numbers – this is what you will get graded on, not the hockey stick curve trending towards $100M…Keep that in mind.
Attack a challenge that people are already spending on
Anybody in sales will tell you that there are only a few words that close deals. They will also tell you that there is a hesitation on behalf of business owners and managers to spend money at the front end of a curve (except for the crazy early adopters out there and I salut you for this). These hold true in mobile as they did during the early days of the web as they did during the start of the desktop computer revolution. Once businesses could see the benefit – in terms of increased revenue or decreased costs or improved efficiencies – they flock to the latest and greatest. The same thing is happening to mobile.
With your key customer in mind, how are they currently doing the thing you are offering? Are you trying to get them to do one more thing during their day? Think about how you can take something that is inefficient or costly and convert it into a cheaper and efficient mobile experience. Converting dollars is always easier than finding new ones – and faster.
Be methodical in your process
Quitting a job to start a mobile company can be a huge risk – especially if you are bootstrapping, especially if you are trying something innovative, especially if you aren't rich. This is where calm heads and being precise are important. A rash decision could leave you either flogging a product that isn't ready or destitute – neither of which are good. Taking the time to clearly identify the market opportunity, the ideal customer, the technology requirements, the marketing requirements and the skills and funding required to really do it properly are critical things to consider before starting. Once you've done that, go talk to your ideal customers (note the "s" at the end) – and not friendly ones. You will need to sell this so talk to people you don't know. Then ask them if they would pay for it – don't negotiate, just ask. Then ask them how much. Then decide.
Once you've jumped in, be diligent with your time. You probably need to stay at your current job so be realistic about the time you will need to spend doing both. This type of thinking – the long view – will keep you sane, fed and moving forward. If you feel you can't wait because "someone else will steal your idea" you aren't thinking clearly. Your goal is to capitalize on a growing market to create a long-term viable business. Right? If so, it shouldn't be rushed, it should be right.
The number of users will be limited when you add value
If you've done your research right and you've talked to the right people you will quickly see that the influence you can wield is smaller than you think. This is ok, it means you've done your homework. When you pick a niche – one that has revenue potential – and you distinguish your offering versus the competition you will quickly see that a million users is not required to make money for most of us. Volume is fine if you use it right away otherwise it is user hoarding and the problem with that is they expire quickly. Focus your efforts on a core audience and be their crutch, their go to service, their trusted app.
It's not a volume play, its about the quality stupid
Quality is the goal. Craftsmanship, leads, service – whatever you do, the quality is the output of the work you put into understanding what your customer needs. A cafeteria serves 1000's a day but you'll have to settle for crappy meatloaf and gravy. When you build a company or launch a product make sure you either construct the idea and the outcome for the user or the results of the service with the highest of standards for delivery. If you promise restaurants more customers, deliver them. Period. If you promise your users up to the minute news updates, deliver it. Period.
The worst thing you can do as a mobile entrepreneur is provide a half-assed service that angers instead of delights your customer. Hit this and your customer will be yours for life.
What do you think? Also, what do you think of the new format for the episodes? Do you like the chapters for quick reference? The takeaways? What else would you like to see. Leave a comment or two below or email me.
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About David Rush
David has over 17 years of operational and sales leadership experience with early-stage companies in digital media, software, marketing research, and technology services. Previously in his career, David held senior management and sales leadership roles at companies such as Akamai (AKAM), Gartner Group (IT), PostX (acquired by Cisco), and Iconoculture (acquired by Corporate Executive Board). In addition to these roles, he has been an active consultant and advisor to several other early-stage businesses in social media analytics, financial services software, and payments software. David also has experience in private equity and private banking, and has advised high net worth individuals and family offices on various alternative investments. David holds a BBA in Marketing from Southern Methodist University, where he was also a scholarship member of the men's varsity golf team. David resides just north of Chicago with his wife Stephanie and their three kids Lucy, Thomas, and Emma. In his free time, David enjoys spending time with family and friends, playing golf, snowboarding, seeing live comedy or live music, and traveling.


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The Rev. Michael Kennelly, an Irish-born priest who was Loyola University's president from 1970 to 1974, died Jan. 3 at Ignatius Residence, a Jesuit retirement community in Algiers. He was 96.
Father Kennelly, a member of the Society of Jesus for 77 years, said in a 1974 interview that he wanted to gain the students' confidence by being friendly and accessible. But that didn't extend to allowing drugs on campus, he said. "I've done everything in my power to wipe them from the campus, and I think I've been successful."
During his tenure as Loyola's 13th president, a new law school was built, and he formed the President's Council, a group of executives who contributed their business skills to the school.
He resigned when he was 59, saying in an interview that Loyola needed someone younger with new ideas.
His successor was the Rev. James Carter, who had been the school's provost. Carter said his predecessor was "an inspiration to work with."
What made Father Kennelly tick, Carter said, was "his desire to be with people and help people."
He added: "He was always smiling, even when things were tough."
Born in Kilbaha in Ireland, Father Kennelly went to New York City in 1929 at the invitation of an uncle to attend high school, said the Rev. Raymond Fitzgerald, assistant provincial of the Society of Jesus' New Orleans Province.
Another uncle, the Rev. Patrick Ryan, then invited the young man to move to Mobile, Ala., to enroll at Spring Hill College, which then was a high school, too, Fitzgerald said.
Father Kennelly entered the Society of Jesus in 1933 at St. Charles College in Grand Coteau. He earned a bachelor's degree at Spring Hill College and a master's degree in education at the National University of Ireland.
He was a teacher at Jesuit High School in Tampa, Fla., and principal of Jesuit High School in Shreveport. He returned to Tampa as Jesuit High School's rector and president.
Before coming to New Orleans, Father Kennelly was founder, rector and president of Strake Jesuit College Preparatory School in Houston.
After leaving Loyola, Father Kennelly was assistant pastor of Gesu Church in Miami and associate pastor and, later, pastor/superior of Sacred Heart Church in Tampa.
He then was named rector and vice president of Jesuit High School in Tampa before returning to Sacred Heart Church as pastor emeritus and provincial vicar.
In 2002, he moved to Ignatius Residence.
Survivors include a brother, Timothy Kennelly, and a sister, Mary Jane Coulon.
A Mass was said Friday at Holy Name of Jesus Church.
Burial was at St. Charles College in Grand Coteau.


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Why do we need a Human rage Lantern? I don't understand it to tell the truth. I was happy with all the alien lanterns, I don't think having the same race that I am would change the story that much. Or make me feel better about the human race as a whole. Then again, I'm the asshole who roots for the aliens against humans in any movie; because it doesn't make any other sense to me. We won't win an alien invasion. We are too self-absorbed to help other people. Think about it, when you see a mother with small kids struggling to get her grocery bags into the car, you don't help her. Hell, I bet you laugh when she drops the milk and it spills everywhere. But that is beside the point.
A human Rage lantern. What if you had bad road rage, would that qualify you into becoming a rage lantern? I get mad when someone steals my last coke out of the fridge. Or I'm a girl, so once a month, I might turn into one? Why did it have to be a new human joining the team? Why couldn't he already have been there? I mean, I'm not a pig and I still enjoyed the shit out of Animal Farm. As long as you have someone who is well rounded as a character, and believable, what does it matter what species they are a part of?
Lets look at Dex-star, the happy little rage cat. I can relate to him very well; I have felt powerless to help someone I loved, have rage issues and enjoy sleeping in sunspots. I'm not a cat, thou if I did and could type up my own blog I would be the coolest fucking cat on the block. That would warrant my own tv show don't you think? Dex-star being a cat didn't change how affective his story was. He watched his own killed, whom he loved very much and she was ripped from him. That is something anyone can understand, hell, anyone who has kids that is their greatest fear. And I don't blame them. It is painful, to lose someone you love go.
So Dex-star story is relatable, Why do we really need John Moore, or Rankorr's story? Why did they present his story this way? Does having a human on the team really chance anything about that corps? No. All the stories there are relatable and they didn't need a human to make this story any more or less powerful. In fact, having the human is….just kinda making it the new Green Lantern Corp. While Rankorr isn't the first human to be a Red Lantern, I know Guy became one for a bit, I'm pretty sure that he is the one that is going to last a while. So he is the Hal Jordan of Rage? (And am I the only one who want Hal to once, just once say, I can't let you do that, Dave? 2001? Anyone? WHAT IS IT'S A GOOD MOVIE!)
Is Rankorr just a Hal clone? I hope not. But his Origin story had a little bit of the feel that, yea, he is the Hal Jordan of the Rage Lanterns. That seems so cheap to me. Why couldn't he be in the ranks before the story started, and we got his history in flashbacks like everyone else. And His rage was so understandable, like everyone feels. People get angry, and sometimes it's over stupid things. Hell, I know I have rage issues, but doesn't mean I don't try to keep control on it.
Shit, think about, John got his ring because he had one slip up and had a shit fit. Now he is a rage Lantern. That could happen to anyone. Hell, someone hits your car and it is the final straw and you fucking lose it. Rage Lantern.
But rage runs out. That is the thing about this crops that doesn't work well. Yes, you can lose your willpower, or love, but it will come back. Those ideas, for the most part, are always around in the back of your mind. Rage….not so much. Some people are never pushed to the breaking point in rage. They never feel it. Using that as something to fuel a group of people trying….
And that is another thing, are they trying to fight crime with murder? That really doesn't work to well. That is like stealing someone's bike to show them, stealing bikes is wrong.
And it was addressed that you have to make yourself angry again, because you lose the rage after a while. That….just seemed like a writer dodge, and how many people have the people who wronged them around to punch in the chest? Yea, I don't.
Which brings me to another thing, this is a corps made up of people who can't control themselves. That is what rage is. It is uncontrollable anger, and it is hard to just, put a lid on it and get anything done. If you have the ability to put a lid on it, you can't really have any rage. You are just mad. This is not a way that would have warrant having a whole crops made up of people who can't control themselves. They would just become mindless killers. Which clearly they are trying to be a little more than that.
I like the series. I don't understand it. I can't see where they are going, because you really can't bring control to rage, because then it isn't just rage any more. It really can't be. The whole idea is a little flawed.
Sorry no scans this time around. I'm sick in bed and not getting up. Maybe I will edit later and throw some up.


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Managing Director, William Sinclair stated :-
"It is a great honour to be named World Demolition Contractor and testament to the hard work of the entire Safedem team. I am truly proud of the team's efforts. The award criteria recognises companies that have shown their commitment to professionalism, excellence and outstanding technical ability within the demolition industry. Safedem is one of the very few companies that can tackle all types and scale of demolition and dismantling contracts with a wide variety of demolition techniques. The international judging panel recognised Safedem's ability to successfully demolish high rise tower blocks in Dundee by a number of different methods. Safedem used high reach mechanical techniques to demolish the five blocks in Menzieshill, it has been awarded the floor by floor deconstruction of Tayside House and the judges were particularly impressed with the spectacular city centre demolition of the four multi-storey blocks on Alexander Street with explosives".


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The International Cultic Studies Association says "the Masons, the Jesuits, Opus Dei and the Military do NOT qualify as "CULTS"
"Aren't the Jesuits or other monastic religious orders a cult?
While cults, military organizations, and legitimate spiritual groups share some superficials, they are fundamentally different.
They share an indoctrination process, strict codes of behavior and ethics, uniform dress, restricted diets and exercise regimens.
Where they differ most is deception. Anyone signing up for bootcamp has no doubt in his or her mind that he will be going through a severe mental, emotional, and physical trial meant to improve their physique and sharpen their mind. There are no secrets.
Whether a curious person attends an introductory seminar for Transcendental Meditation, the Church of Scientology, the Moonists, or smaller cults, the speaker will conveniently forget to mention that new members will undergo what the California Supreme Court has called "brainwashing, thought reform, or mind control," may end up "donating" hundreds of thousands of dollars and years of their lives to the cult.
It should be pointed out also that legitimate organizations like the Marines and Jesuits care for their members with health care, food, lodging, clothing -- and that when members leave they will have been trained in a trade, received an advanced degree, or received other value."
"Aren't the Marines a Cult by Your Definition?
--adapted from Cults in Our Midst: The Hidden Menace in Our Everyday Lives, by Margaret Singer and Janja Lalich, Jossey-Bass, 1995. Reprinted with authors' permission.
I have had to point out why the United States Marine Corps is not a cult so many times that I carry a list to lectures and court appearances. It cites 19 ways in which the practices of the Marine Corps differ from those found in most modern cults....
Cults clearly differ from such purely authoritarian groups as the military, some types of sects and communes, and centuries- old Roman Catholic and Greek and Russian Orthodox Orders. These groups, though rigid and controlling, lack a double agenda and are not manipulative or leader-centered. The differences become apparent when we examine the intensity and pervasiveness with which mind-manipulating techniques and deceptions are or are not applied.
Jesuit seminaries may isolate the seminarian from the rest of the world for periods of time, but the candidate is not deliberately deceived about the obligations and burdens of the priesthood. In fact, he is warned in advance about what is expected, and what he can and cannot do....
Mainstream religious organizations do not concentrate their search on the lonely and the vulnerable.... Nor do mainstream religions focus recruitment on wealthy believers who are seen as pots of gold for the church, as is the case with those cults who target rich individuals....
Military training and legitimate executive training programs may use the dictates of authority as well as peer pressure to encourage the adoption of new patterns of thought and behavior. They do not seek, however, to accelerate the process by prolonged or intense psychological depletion or by stirring up feelings of dread, guilt, and sinfulness....
And what is wrong with cults is not just that cults are secret societies. In our culture, there are openly recognized, social secret societies, such as the Masons, in which new members know up front that they will gradually learn the shared rituals of the group....
In [cults], there is deliberate deception about what the group is and what some of the rituals might be, and primarily, there is deception about what the ultimate goal will be for a member, what will ultimately be demanded and expected, and what the damages resulting from some of the practices might be. A secret handshake is not equivalent to mind control."
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An informal recruitment day is being held at the Skegness Fire Station in Churchill Avenue from 10am to 2pm.
Members of the public will be given the chance to see if they have what it takes by experiencing some of the fitness tests and talk to firefighters.
Retained firefighters are a vital part of today's Fire and Rescue Service. Nationwide, there are about 18,000 retained firefighters who provide efficient, cost effective and reliable fire and rescue cover to around 60 per cent of the UK.
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Location, Location, Locution
Telegraph – Houses are now homes – not gold mines, by Lesley Thomas
Along with the economy, the conversation at the average metropolitan social gathering has suffered a downturn. There is an awful lot to moan about if you are unfortunate enough to be part of a demographic category that has to put petrol into cars or food on to tables. But I do detect an upside.
People have stopped braying on about how much their property is worth and what they are going to do when all the lovely lucre from it is realised.
No one is banging on about doing up rambling farmhouses in France or fincas in Spain. No one gives a floating shelf what Sarah Beeny or Kirstie Allsopp thinks this week.
The housing market has all but come to a halt: prices are falling, and fewer people can get their hands on a mortgage deal; approvals for home purchases have taken a dramatic nosedive, falling by two thirds in a year.
Ahh. I know it isn't nearly as bad as it was over there, but even in humble Seattle, I can't believe how many people — complete strangers! — would ask me how much we spent on our little garret. I mean, I would never ask, so I didn't want to answer, but since they evidently would ask, then wasn't I expected to answer? So then I'd hem and haw, because to not answer might translate as "Wow, that much?!" in their small brains, but I just couldn't bring myself to answer outright.
While dreams of making pots of money from our houses – which would enable us to run off into the sunset in pursuit of the remote-worker/yoga-teacher, perfect downsized dream – are being shattered by falling property prices, this economic standstill could prompt a new appreciation for the houses we are stuck with.
Few of us put our hearts into our homes the way our parents' generation did, precisely because we were too busy speculating about the next venture, the next move, never standing still.
It was an absurd attitude to have towards our homes: regarding them as a passport to somewhere else.
I love it. The other thing you realize when you buy a home these days, even in humble Seattle, is how little it is expected to actually be your home. It's all about slabgranitcountertops because the only thing you're buying it for is to sell it again. What a depressing way to live your life.


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His family struggles to get back to the Keys
On the day after Christmas, 17-year-old Ben Valen huddled in the master bedroom closet with his sister, Stephanie Donohue, 29, and her fiancé, Michael Bernard, 30, for the most terrifying 45 seconds the trio have ever experienced.
Mulitple twisters touched down in Rowlett and Garland, Texas, where the Keys teen was visiting his sister — one ripping right over the house, taking the roof with it and leaving walls of the brick-built home tilted at crazy angles.
"Not five minutes after the hurricane came over," Ben said. "Our ears popped and five seconds later the lights went out. You know that weird feeling when your stomach lifts up like riding a roller coaster? That happened, then about 10 seconds later it dropped back down. It was a miracle that it didn't rip through the closet we were in.
"I am never, ever moving to any state — not only Texas, that whole latitude — where they have tornadoes. It's just ridiculous. I'm never going to forget it."
Ben is a little blasé about his brush with death; not so, his mother. Sandra Henderson owns the Kleen Rite Services in the Florida Keys. In one minute, she said, she almost lost her daughter and her son and her son-in-law.
"As a mother …," she said, choking up, pausing before continuing. "Not a scratch on them. They have guardian angels."
Of course, the tornado story has an ironic twist. Ben was scheduled to come home right after the holidays to get back to Island Christian School where he is a junior.
Stephanie and Michael were in the final stages of packing up to move back to the Keys. Stephanie first, to take over her mother's cleaning business, then Michael, who hopes to be hired locally as a firefighter/EMT. Stephanie and Michael lost most of their possessions.
"The tornado just picked everything up and slammed it back down — televisions, furniture. I think a lot of the clothes got sucked up, too," Ben said. "A pair of my sweatpants were stuck on a nail in the roof joist, so I think a lot of things got blown away," Ben said. The destruction included Stephanie and Michael's cars and all of his firefighter and EMT books.
Michael's career studies came in handy after the disaster. He helped dig two children and a baby out of the rubble of a neighbor's house.
Officials say 10 tornadoes swept over northwest Texas killing 11 on Dec. 26. More than 1,000 homes have been damaged and destroyed and disaster estimates put the dollar total at $1.2 billion. The tornadoes also left many Texans homeless, including Stephanie and Michael who have been taken in by a cousin. The couple is scrambling to speed up their plans to get back to the Keys and mom Sandra is facilitating the move by setting up donation drives.
"We really need to get them used vehicles, but anything would help," Sandra said. "They lost everything from clothes to dog dishes to cars. They need everything."
To make a donation, visit gofundme.com and search Bernard Family Tornado Relief Fund or drop off checks to The UPS Store locations in Marathon (at Publix) or Key Largo (Tradewinds Shopping Center). For more information, call 770-265-9811.


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He earlier said that, if elected governor, he would not take a salary in that job until the state reached full employment. But he extended the pledge today to refusing a salary in his legislative seat -- except for a legally required $1 a month.
"The people of Alabama are hurting," Bentley said in a statement released today. "I will forgo a salary as state representative for the rest of my term and will not accept a salary as Governor until Alabama reaches full employment."
He earlier defined full employment as an unemployment rate of 5.2 percent. The state's unemployment rate now is about 11 percent.


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i practiced some of the poses taken from asianposes.com hahaha. look how asian i am. hooray.
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