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Raising Your Children
10 Things to Do as a Family Every Day
Families are pulled in so many different directions these days. But there are 10 things to do as a family every day to strengthen your bond and make the most of your time together.
Make the Most of Family Time
You feel like you're constantly with your kids but you also feel like you don't spend enough quality time with them. Make the most of your family time with these five easy steps.
Great Playdates Guide
Playdates let your kids meet new friends and give you some much-needed alone time with other moms. From attending to hosting, become a playdate pro overnight with these tips.
Host a Perfect Play Date
Host a play date that's fun for everyone and easy on you. Plan your play date in 10 simple steps that reduce your stress and guarantee your play date is a success.
Play Date Tips for Parents
Follow easy play date tips to ensure your child has a safe and happy time at a friend's house. Just ask these five questions of your play date host before you arrive.
Help Your Kids Make New Friends
We all have those special friendships from childhood that we cherish. Help your kids make new friends so they can have the same experience.
Charity Events for Children and Their Parents
Helping others is an activity the whole family can do together. Finding age-appropriate charity events will get your kids excited about working hard for a worthy organization while having fun.
How Animals Help Families
Pets have their place in families large and small. Understand the benefits of bring a furry family member into your home.
Benefits of Pets
Thinking of bringing a pet into your home? See what other pet parents say about having a family pet or share your own story with others.
The First Trip to the Dentist
Take away the fear of going to the dentist. These exercises make going to the dentist fun.
Candid Pictures of Kids
Candid pictures capture the moment as it really happened. Share your candid pictures of kids and see what other families have submitted.
How to Choose a Family Pet
Avoid the heartache of picking a family pet that's incompatible with you and your kids. Whether you're considering a four-legged friend or eight-legged crawler, weigh these 10 factors before making a final decision.
Sending Kids' Thank You Notes
Help your kids show their appreciation. Teach them how to send thank you notes, even if they're too young to write.
Best Parenting Tips
No one said raising children is easy. Most of the time you feel like you're in it by yourself. But sometimes you receive some of the best parenting tips from unlikely sources.
Funny Things Kids Say and Do
Did your daughter get her head stuck in the toilet? Does your son have his own way of pronouncing the word truck that sounds sort of obscene?
Family Pets Showcase
You and your kids are considering many family pets. But which one is right for your home? Pet parents share their experiences with their own family pets so you can learn about the next family member you bring into your home... See submissions
Silly Kids' Words and Actions
Kids always keep us guessing on what they'll say or do next. What are some of the hilarious things your own kids say and do? Share your stories.
Play Date Tips from Other Parents
Playdates can be fun for kids and adults or they can be a major headache you never want to experience again. Get tips for hosting great playdates...
Play Date Ideas
Make your play dates memorable. These play date ideas get your play date out of the house.
Head to the Kids' Hair Salon
Children can be as scared of the hair salon as they are getting shots at the doctor's office. Ease their fears so they will look forward to getting their hair cut.
Anaphylactic Shock Stories
Reactions to peanuts, allergy, gluten and even fire ants have led to children going into anaphylactic shock. These are their stories. Print them to inform your child's care givers how serious the situation is to protect your kids.
Should Nuts and Other Food Allergens Be Banned from Schools?
There's a danger lurking in schools that's causing a heated debate among parents. Should certain foods be banned from schools?
Ideas for Easy Kids Lunches
Looking for easy kids' lunches for school or at home? Parents exchange their lunch ideas that the kids gobble up.
Morning Madness Tips for Getting Kids Up and Ready
Sunshine's not always a welcome greeting for kids. Avoid the morning madness to get them up and out the door with ease.
Bedtime Routines for Preschoolers
A preschooler's life is filled with chaos. A bedtime routine is a relaxing constant that soothes them into a good night's sleep.
A Bedtime Routine That Works
Help your child fall asleep fast. This list of Dos and Don'ts shows you how to establish a bedtime routine for your kids.
Arranging Play Dates for Your Children
Let your kids burn off some energy with a play date. Learn how to schedule a fun play date in 10 easy steps.
Helping Your Child Have a Great First Day of Preschool
The first day of preschool is hard on you and your child. Know what to expect before the big day to help ease fears and make the transition a smooth one.
Cutting Back to School Stress
Three words most kids don't like to hear are, "Back to school!" Cut back to school stress and prepare them for the upcoming school year.
Teach Kids Table Manners
Table manners are skills your children can use throughout their lives. Teach your kids table manners with these simple tips.
How to Make Kids' Thank You Cards Special
Teach your kids how to create memorable thank you cards. A few extra touches make every thank you card special.
Raise Thankful Kids
Every parent wants their kids to be thankful. Raise thankful kids who appreciate everything and everyone around them.
How to Get Children to Share
Getting children to share is tough when they feel like everything is theirs and if anyone touches their stuff the world is going to come to an end. Teach your kids to happily share with their siblings and friends.
5 Parenting Struggles You Don't Have to Win
Parenting is like a battleground. While you and your kids are usually on the same team, some parenting struggles pit you against each other. You want to win them all but some you should just forfeit to the other side.
Play Date Ideas
Play dates can be stressful for everyone when they should be a great source of fun. Get play date ideas that ensure play date success.
Spend Time with Your Kids
Make the time you spend with your kids count. Maximize that quality time with your kids no matter what your day holds.
Fun Ways to Teach Kids to Wash Their Hands
Struggling to get your kids to wash their hands? Make hand washing fun so children don't see it as a chore.
Worst Parenting Advice
Everyone has an opinion when it comes to raising children. And people have no qualms about inflicting their advice on perfect strangers.
Flu Guide
Stay away germs. Use this comprehensive flu guide to help protect your family during flu season.
Tornado Safety for Kids
Homes, cars and other stuff can be replaced. Your kids can't. Talk to them about how to stay safe should they ever be in a hurricane's path.
How to Conquer Your Child's Fear of the Dark
There's a monster under my bed! Fear of the dark makes bedtime a continual struggle between you and your child. Help her overcome her fear of the dark so everyone can get some rest.
How to Make Your Kids Feel Special
Your kids know they're special, right? With all of our many responsibilities, we often overlook the most simple ways to make our kids feel special.
Books for Kids Afraid of the Dark
Being afraid of the dark is one of the most common fears children have. Read one or more of these books together to help them sleep better at night without being afraid.
Is Your Child Ready for a Sleepover?
Sleepovers can be so much fun for kids. But they have to be ready emotionally and physically. Find out if your child is ready for her first sleepover.


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DONITZEN – Joseph F. Sr. "Papa Joe," 11 a.m., St. Thomas Lutheran Church, Ridge Road. William Kisiel Funeral Home, Windber.
FRICK– Samantha Jeanne Mondick, 11 a.m., Serenko- Claar Funeral Home, PC, Portage.
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JOHNS – Clyde Edgar, 8 p.m., Matthew R. Decort Funeral Home & Cremation Services Inc., Portage.
OSHANSKY – Catherine Louise "Katie," 11 a.m, St. Anne Catholic Church, Moxham. Moskal & Kennedy Colonial Funeral Home, Moxham.

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Molly, my hero
OK. I don't think we are supposed to be talking about internal operations, so if this post is gone, you will know why…
Molly DeWitt won an argument with me the other day. It was an argument I was proud to have and happy to lose. You see, we were arguing over who would get to write a certain article.
Anyway, I am not going to mention the article out of respect for those involved in what happened and I don't want to lessen their tragedy by deluding it with behind-the-scenes newspaper stuff.
But the other day information came in that the newsroom had been waiting on for several days. Molly and I had a minor tussle over who would write the story.
In times past, with employees long gone, I would have had an argument over who would write a story too. Only those arguments were with other reporters who did NOT want to write a story.
I am proud to say Molly was adamant about writing this story. And she won.
In April I will have been at The Daily News for two years. The newspaper has changed a lot in that time: A new managing editor, a new city editor, new copy editors, new reporters, etc.
Sometime around November 2007, the newsroom was down to one full time reporter – yep, me.
There were times when I felt I had to have my hands in everything. And sometimes I did.
But that has all changed. I am entirely confident in the news staff we have now. It is smaller due to industry cutbacks (wasn't supposed to say that), but we are learning to do less with more (Timmi's favorite slogan (just kidding, boss)).
The reporters we have now are doing an awesome job and are capable of handling any situation as they have been proving lately. This isn't one of those pat-my-coworkers-on-the-back-for-their-sake kind of deals either. Off the Cuff is my sandbox and I could just ignore them (as I have in the past, because I'm a jerk).
But they are doing an really good job. Everyone at the newspaper has taken on more challenging roles as the industry finds itself. I would run down each one of them, but I am afraid I would forget someone and that would be a shame because each of them help create a good product 365 days a year.
There are some design changes coming up in the next year or so that will really set The Daily News apart in Eastern North Carolina and I think the readers will be surprised.
We have some extremely talented people working here and I am going to have to step up my game so as not to be eclipsed…
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Where are the Men?
To hear some of the conservatives in the birth control controversy, you would think that women are running around committing parthenogenesis, or else having irresponsible sex– proving they are too irresponsible to risk random, unwanted pregnancies like decent women would. Is this just a female trouble?
Gary Norton on Daily Kos has a short post pointing out the obvious–
It isn't just women, men care about contraception also.
So when these Republicans who seem to be prisoners of some Eighteenth Century time warp try to deny access to contraceptives or just make it more difficult for women to get contraceptives, they aren't just stepping on women, they are also attacking men. I resent it. I not only resent the attack on my wife, I resent the attack on me and my ability to have the family that I choose.
There are plenty of men who love women, who care for their families. I wish more of them would speak out like Gary Norton did. When Rush Limbaugh calls a female student a 'slut', and presidential candidate Rick Santorum calls that entertainment, someone needs to take the microphone away from the bullies.
A Breach in the Wall
American Catholics are an unruly bunch. They do things like occupy churches that were supposed to be closed and sold, they pursue and investigate abusive priests, and generally act like the democratic process can be taken into church.
Early on, American Catholics in large numbers decided to make their own decisions about birth control. To become a parent is such a life-changing event that few couples are willing to 'have as many children as God sends' with no consideration for their capacity or desire to care for a large family. The Church's permission to use periodic abstinence inspired research in the fine science of making it work, and theologians constructed beautiful explanations of why that form of contraception is moral but condoms are a sin. Catholics in the developed world had to make their peace with the contradictions between the Church's teaching and the reality of their lives.
For the most part, they did. The crisis happens at the margins.
It happens when a rape victim seeks treatment at a Catholic hospital and is not offered emergency contraception. It happens when a nun is excommunicated for allowing an abortion to save a woman's life. It happens in countries where the Church uses its political influence to limit women's access to reproductive care, and where the status of women is low. It happens where a wife has no power to protect her own health when her husband is infected with HIV. It happens when the parish priest tells her that she must submit and trust God.
As of now, the Pope is not saying that a woman may require her husband to use a condom– that doing so is an act of responsibility and respect for her as a human being.
As of now, the Pope is exploring the ethics of harm reduction and human regard for oneself and one's sexual partners using the example of a male prostitute who wants to protect himself and others. From the New York Times …
In the new book, "Light of the World," to be published Tuesday, Benedict said condoms were not "a real or moral solution" to the AIDS epidemic, adding that that "can really lie only in a humanization of sexuality."
But he added that "there may be a basis in the case of some individuals, as perhaps when a male prostitute uses a condom, where this can be a first step in the direction of a moralization, a first assumption of responsibility."
AIDS activists were thrilled. "This is a significant and positive step forward taken by the Vatican," the executive director of the Joint United Nations Program on H.I.V./AIDS, Michel Sidibé, said in a statement. "This move recognizes that responsible sexual behavior and the use of condoms have important roles in H.I.V. prevention."
This is a breach in a wall of dogma, behind which is the suffering of the world's poor– who bear the burden of HIV, maternal and child mortality, and disempowerment. If a teenage boy forced to sell his body has a right to use a condom, how can you say a married woman does not? How can you say she has no right to protect herself from a pregnancy that threatens her life, her health, her ability to support her children? This wall is going to crumble like the Berlin Wall, despite efforts to patch it up…
Richard Dujardin in the Providence Journal reports that the advocates and providers who work in HIV prevention are taking the Pope's statements as supporting condom use for protection from a deadly disease. Local theologians are rushing to block the obvious conclusion– that couples may have a vital need to protect themselves from unwanted pregnancy. They are also reminding us in the strongest terms that the Church considers birth control to be a sin and the Church uses its power to limit access to birth control and discourage people from using it.
Paul Gondreau, who teaches the theology of the body at Providence College, said that he sees it as ironic that Benedict's comments were part of an attempt to defend remarks he made on a plane trip to Africa last year, in which he said use of condoms would not help the AIDS crisis there but make it worse.
Gondreau said that he saw nothing in the pope's new remarks that would suggest that he or the Church would be ready to approve the use of condoms by a married couple if one of the partners has AIDS.
David O'Connell, president of Catholics for Life, said, as he sees Benedict's remarks, his focus is not so much on not spreading AIDS, but on the prostitutes' recognizing that the "person with whom he or she will be engaging in this intimate act is someone more than one who will give me money."
"It speaks nothing about marriage or contraception but the beginning of caring for another human being."
As for a married couple, one of whom has AIDS, O'Connell said he does not believe that the only choice facing such a couple is condoms or abstinence.
"As I understand it, God may still have a desire to create a new human being in a relationship blessed by God even if one may have a disease. I'm sure the church teaching will not change."
Early in the AIDS epidemic, health care providers were debating the options for people infected with HIV who wanted to have children. These people were going to have children despite the risk, but were open to measures to decrease the chance of passing HIV to the baby. The prospects of a healthy birth are very good now, but only because of effective drugs and the strong advocacy of patients and providers, who gave urgent attention to this question. It doesn't hurt to say a prayer, but lives are saved by the work of doctors, nurses and others in the material world who dedicate themselves to protect mothers and babies.
Katha Politt, at The Nation reminds us that conception and birth are never risk-free and can be catastrophic for some women– especially the poor women of the world…
It hasn't mattered that a woman who got pregnant could be beaten or thrown out of her home, that she could lose her job, or that the sex might be rape by a partner or a stranger. Well, actually, in the 1960s, nuns in Congo were permitted to use birth control pills to protect themselves from impregnation by rapist soldiers. Ordinary women, even in wartime, are out of luck.
Nor has it mattered that a woman might be injured or die if she conceives. After all, like AIDS, pregnancy and childbirth can be dangerous. In the developing world maternal mortality rates are themselves an epidemic: according to the World Health Organization, about 350,000 girls and women die in pregnancy or childbirth annually, and this does not take into account birth injuries like fistula or the long-term toll on the body of having many babies too close together. The church has been adamant that women have no right to protect themselves from conception except by periodic abstinence, which requires a cooperative partner and has a real-life failure rate of 25 percent.
At the margins, where the Church has more power and women have much less, the impact of the Pope's words are strongest. And that is where the injustice of denying women the right to protect themselves from disease and unwanted pregnancy is most deeply felt. I don't think the Church will be able to close this breach– too much pent-up force is behind it.
Theologians are constructing lovely circular arguments to explain why it's in God's will that children lose their mothers to AIDS and women and infants die for lack of the power to control conception– but the Pope said that people have a right to protect themselves and that doing so can be an act of respect for themselves and others. You can't take that back.
MORE: The Pope, in his example of a male prostitute using condoms for disease prevention– to protect his own life and others until he is able to find a better life– is using a classic example of the harm reduction philosophy. More on that here…


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The wiretaps also overcame the problem of separating legitimate investments from illicit transactions. Galleon had frequently traded in the chip-maker AMD, for instance. Only the wiretaps allowed prosecutors to separate the hedge fund's criminal trades from lawful ones.
The importance of the wiretaps stretched beyond the investigation. They took center stage during the trial as prosecutors played more than 40 wiretaps to a jury that convicted Rajaratnam of 14 counts of conspiracy and securities fraud. He was sentenced to 11 years in prison, the longest sentence ever handed down for an insider trading case, and paid out more than $156 million in civil and criminal fines, penalties, and forfeitures.
"Wiretapping allowed the government to crack insider trading in hedge funds," said Streeter.
In the past three years, the government has successfully used wiretapping to convict dozens of individuals (many of them associated with the hedge fund industry) that once stood beyond the reach of law enforcement.
Next week, we'll begin to see whether its latest crime-fighting tool will keep that winning streak alive.
For a guy who spent his career advising people, he's one dumb fool when it comes to taking advice: http://www.WeWereWallStreet.com/Gupta-Bad-Strategy.html .
Maybe he and Raj can share a cell and talk about the charities they want to start when they get out. A couple of Mother Teresas, these two.
These are open and shut cases especially wth the transfer of info nowadays so everyone who is high and mighty on this is ridiculous from what I read http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/04/19/insider-trading-investigation-ensnares-goldman-sachs-executive/


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EBENSBURG — GONGLOFF – John, 79, Rebekah Manor, Ebensburg, formerly of Mineral Point, died peacefully Feb. 1, 2013, at Memorial Medical Center, surrounded by his family. Born Aug. 13, 1933, in Loretto, son of the late Richard C. and Catherine A. (Webb) Gongloff. Preceded in death by wife of 51 years, Janet, in 2004, and brothers, Paul, David, Thomas and James Gongloff. Survived by sons, Gary, married to the former Kathy Jessell, Johnstown, and Terry, married to the former Margie Wirfel, Summerhill; grandchildren, Susanne, Stephens City, Va.; Gary Gongloff, and his fiancee, Natalie Krampy, Mineral Point; Mark, married to Natalie Lawrence, Martinsville, Va.; and Kristi, wife of Corey Millward, Nanty Glo; and great-granddaughter, Alley, Martinsville, Va. John was the brother of E. Jane Gongloff, Loretto; Dorothy (Roy) Litzinger, Patton; Helen (John) Barlick, Cresson; and Betty (Don) Mento and Robert (Darlene) Gongloff, both of Loretto. Also survived by sisters-in-law, Janet Baker Gongloff, Loretto, and Rita Walters Gongloff, Mundys Corner, and numerous nieces and nephews. Member of Holy Name Roman Catholic Church. Retired from Bethlehem Mines and Holy Name School. John enjoyed many years of hunting with his sons and grandsons, cutting firewood and tractor and quad riding in the woods. Member of UMWA. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Askew-Houser Funeral Homes Inc., Ebensburg, where a vigil prayer service will be held. Funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Holy Name Church, the Rev. Msgr. Arnold L. Gaus, celebrant. Entombment, Holy Name Mausoleum. In lieu of other memorials, donations are encouraged to the St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry in John's memory.


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'Scottish Castle' In Cherry Hills Village Is Listed On The Market For $8.7 Million (PHOTOS)
First Posted: 08/29/11 09:35 AM ET Updated: 10/28/11 06:12 AM ET
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A home known as the "Scottish Castle" is listed on the market for $8.7 million.
The 14,483 square foot "castle" features antique columns, crystal Murano chandeliers, natural stone walls and grand halls. Designed and built by KC Jones--owner of Cornerstone Custom Homes, Inc.--and his wife Janice, the estate even has secret passageways. Outside is a flagstone courtyard, garden, and a Colorado rooftop deck.
"The interiors are purposely eclectic and random, which keeps things 'popping' and coming to life," Janice said in a press release.
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Property damage claims come in many shapes and sizes. If your vehicle was hit by another vehicle while parked, it is considered a property damage claim. If your mailbox, lawn, or home is damaged by a vehicle it is also considered a property damage claim.
Whose policy pays in a property damage claim?
The at-fault vehicle's insurance policy is the policy which pays to repair property damage. Even in no-fault states, the at-fault vehicle's policy pays up. In this situation, the coverage is determined by vehicle not by driver.
Example: John borrows his brother's truck to pick up some landscaping supplies. While backing out of his parking spot at the nursery he hits a parked car. John's brother's insurance policy will cover the damages to the parked car.
How do deductibles apply in a property damage claim?
If you hit somebody's property with your vehicle, a deductible will not apply to repairing their damages. However, if your vehicle was damaged at the same time, you will need to pay your collision deductible in order to get your vehicle repaired.
If you know who damaged your property, you will be able to file a property damage claim against their insurance policy. You will not be required to pay a deductible and you are also eligible for a rental car while your vehicle is being repaired.
Not knowing who damaged your property changes the claim from a property damage claim into a collision claim. If you do not know who damaged your vehicle, you will be responsible for your collision deductible. If you do not have collision coverage, your insurance company will not pay out for the claim.
Example: Jack comes out of the grocery store to find a large scrape down his passenger side door. Nobody left a note claiming responsibility. He calls his insurance agent and finds out he has a $500 deductible on collision. He will have to pay the first $500 and his insurance company will pay the remainder of the bill.
How long does it take to process a property damage claim?
Property damage claims can take some extra time to process. Fault needs to be determined and both parties need to be contacted by the claims department. Assuming everyone cooperates, you should receive a check for the repairs in approximately two weeks.
Example: Mark notified Tony he backed into his vehicle. A property damage claim was filed under Mark's auto insurance policy. The claim representative contacted both Mark and Tony to verify the accident. A check for the repairs was issued and mailed to Tony after 10 business days.


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I'd apparently fallen quite behind on reporting the Drawn + Quarterly books solicitations, so let's play catch-up and post a whole whack of great books all at once. These are the 'new' titles shipping in February, March, and April 2008, though I should point out that D+Q will re-offer many excellent books from their backlist every month as well, and that the actual ship dates don't always mesh up with Diamond's monthly solicitations, owing to vagaries of solicitation deadlines.
As to why I bother pointing out specifically Drawn + Quarterly's release schedule when there are other wonderfully deserving publishers that could use as the attention as much? Quite simply, there are precious few Canadian comics publishers, and none that I can think of whose primary goal is to publish the absolute best work in the medium, in the exact format that the creator would like. Canadians gotta stick together, yo.
Shipping in February 2008
Paul Goes Fishing
By Michel Rabagliati
$19.95, 204 Pages, 7×10, Softcover
Long lazy days stretch out while Paul's thoughts wander from the colorful characters at the fish and game camp to the lurking depths of childhood, a Holden Caulfield-esque adolescence. But the golden glow soon lifts off his vacation. It's not just the realization that outfitters have decimated the lake's indigenous species in favor of brook trout and are baiting wildlife for an easy fall hunt. According to Clément, Paul's brother-in-law, good fishing is all about knowledge and intuition, not sophisticated gear. So is storytelling, in Rabagliati's wistful and engaging account of everyday hopes and hardship. Beauty and meaning are even in the mundane in this compassionate story of expectation, disappointment and wonder.
[Chris' Comments: Every book by Rabagliati has been more accomplished than the last, and the Paul series are all wonderful stories that appeal to readers of all ages. This book had the additional honour of winning a Wright Award, I believe, upon its initial publication in French a few years back.]
Crickets #2
By Sammy Harkham
$4.95, Comic Book
Crickets #2 features the highly anticipated second installment in Sammy Harkham's new ongoing serial Black Death as well as a number of shorter strips that showcase the acclaimed young artist's sharp wit and quirky sense of humour. Begun in the first issue, Black Death follows the adventures of a curiously indestructable man shot full of arrows and a mute Golem as they wander in the woods together, blundering through their encounters with its strange and isolated inhabitants. In the unrelated shorter strips, Harkham, publisher of the influential comics anthology Kramer's Ergot, takes advantage of the opportunity to exercise his considerable imagination on a wide range of topics, from his autobiographical adventures on a signing tour to the frustrated comic aspirations of the emperor Napoleon.
[Chris' comments: In all the discussion surrounding the move to graphic novels and book-format comics, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that there really are wonderful comic books being released to the market in the alt-comix/indy vein. More than just the lovely Ignatz books, anyway. Although it's been a bit of a wait between issues, the first Crickets was quite good, and I'm looking forward to this second issue.]
Haunted HC
By Philippe Dupuy
$24.95, 208 Pages, 7×10 Hardcover
Ten years after finishing the original French edition of Maybe Later—the book in which the French superstar cartooning duo Philippe Dupuy and Charles Berberian worked separately for the first time—Dupuy set out on his own again with Haunted. Gone are the tightly constructed narratives and urbane, elegant graphics of his projects with Berberian. In their place, roughed-in drawings give an urgent, spontaneous feeling to a series of hallucinatory stories and dreamlike sequences that register the raw distress of solitude and self-doubt—the dark core of the material held in balance by Dupuy's acid humor and lyrical sensibility. A jogging Dupuy runs around and sometimes through the stories of the misfit characters that haunt him: a self-amputating dog, a Left Bank artist in search of emptiness, an art-collecting duck, Lucha Libre wrestlers, and a group of single guys at the watering hole imagined as the anthropomorphic "Forest Friends.†Heart pumping, gaze turned inward, the ground occasionally giving way beneath his feet, this alter ego concludes that sometimes you need to cross the line to figure out where it is. The original French edition of Haunted was nominated for the 2006 award for Best Comic Book at the Angoulême International Comics Festival, the most prestigious award in European comics.
An excellent companion to Maybe Later and Get A Life, both offered again this month.
[Chris' comments: Dupuy & Berberian's Get A Life and Maybe Later were, I feel, the overlooked gems of 2006. Beautiful cartooning, memoirs and fictional characters intertwine, it was all wonderful. This book looks to take the autobiographical work of Philippe Dupuy further-still, and the PDF preview available at the Drawn & Quarterly website is quite provocative. Hopefully this title catches on with readers.]
Shipping In March 2008
Berlin #15
By Jason Lutes
$3.95, 24 pages, Comic Book
The penultimate chapter to Berlin: City of Smoke, the second volume in Jason Lutes' trilogy about the decline of the Weimar Republic, finds its broad cast of characters searching for solid footing in a chaotic cityscape. The relationship between Pavel the scavenger and the orphaned Silvia Braun comes to a painful end, while tensions rise between the Cocoa Kids and their German manager. Meanwhile, Kurt and Marthe struggle to come to peace with their failed romance and the different ways they view changing world.
[Chris' comments: As glad as I am to see this being released again, I feel like everyone is really just waiting for the trade. It's too bad, because the last few issues of this have been phenomenal... though it looks very much like Berlin Volume 2 is on track for a release at the end of this year, if the frequency of these serialised issues is anything to go by.]
Against Pain
By Ron Regé, Jr.
Against Pain is the first collection of multipage anthology pieces by Ron Regé, Jr. The storytelling side of his expressive work is featured in these comic strips gathered from McSweeney's, The New York Times, Kramers Ergot, NON, Rosetta, Arthur, The Comics Journal, and Drawn & Quarterly's anthology. Suicide bombers, art appreciation, a Lynda Barry "cover" and even a Tylenol-sponsored comic about pain are brought together under the theme of suffering and how people cope with it. Against Pain also includes the alt-comics zine classic Boys: a 22-page collaborative comic–considered by many to be Regé's finest work–illustrating the "lust life" of a friend in explicitly honest and hilarious detail.
"Ron Regé is one of a handful of cartoonists not only to reinvent comics to suit his own idiosyncratic impulses and inspirations, but also to imbue them with his own peculiar, ever-changing emotional energy. To me, he is unquestionably one of 'the greats.'" –Chris Ware
[Chris (Butcher's) comments: Ron Rege Jr. is a really nice guy, and I've enjoyed his comics and illustration, but I don't quite feel I've connected with them yet. I can quite-easily see what makes them great, I'm just not-quite there yet.]
Shipping in April 2008
Good-Bye HC
By Yoshihiro Tatsumi, designed by Adrian Tomine
$19.95, 208 Pages, Hardcover
Designed and edited by one of today's most popular cartoonists, Adrian Tomine, Good-Bye is the third volume in a groundbreaking new series that collects Tatsumi's short stories about Japanese urban life. Drawn in 1971 and 1972, these stories expand the prolific artist's vocabulary for characters contextualized by themes of depravity and disorientation in twentieth-century Japan. Some of the tales focus on the devastation the country felt directly as a result of World War II: a prostitute loses all hope when American GIs go home to their wives; a man devotes twenty years of his life to preserving the memory of those killed at Hiroshima, only to discover a horrible misconception at the heart of his tribute. Yet, while American influence does play a role in the disturbing and bizarre stories contained within this volume, it is hardly the overriding theme. A philanthropic foot fetishist, a rash-ridden retiree, and a lonely public onanist are but a few of the characters etching out darkly nuanced lives in the midst of isolated despair and fleeting pleasure.
An excellent companion to Tatsumi's first 2 books, The Push Man and Other Stories and Abandon The Old In Tokyo, both offered again this month.
[Chris' comments: I never would have imagined that underground and outside manga would ever make it to store shelves here in North America, but I'm incredibly heartened to see this third collection of Tatsumi's short stories, and hope that this won't be the end. This is in the top 5 for 'best manga available in the English language.]
Red Colored Elegy
By Seiichi Hayashi
24.95, 240 Pages, Hardcover
A true cornerstone of the Japanese underground scene of the 1960s.
Seiichi Hayashi produced Red Colored Elegy in the aftermath of a politically turbulent and culturally vibrant decade that promised but failed to deliver new possibilities. With a combination of sparse line work and visual codes borrowed from animation and film, the quiet melancholy lives of a young couple struggling to make ends meet are beautifully captured in this poetic masterpiece. Uninvolved with the political movements of the time, Ichiro and Sachiko hope for something better, but they're no revolutionaries; their spare time is spent drinking, smoking, daydreaming, and sleeping—together and at times with others. While Ichiro attempts to make a living from his comics, Sachiko's parents are eager to arrange a marriage for her, but Ichiro doesn't seem interested. Both in their relationship and at work, Ichiro and Sachiko are unable to say the things they need to say, and like any couple, at times say things to each other that they do not mean, ultimately communicating as much with their body language and what remains unsaid as with words.
Red Colored Elegy is informed as much by underground Japanese comics of the time as it is by the French Nouvelle Vague, and its cultural referents range from James Dean to Ken Takakura. Its influence in Japan was so large that Morio Agata, a prominent Japanese folk musician and singer songwriter, debuted with a love song written and named after it. An excellent companion to the three Tatsumi books offered here.
[Chris' comments: I'd been hearing about how good this book by underground Manga-ka Seiichi Hayashi is for years, and like the Tatsumi releases, I almost don't believe that this is real. To say that I am anticipating reading this is a huge understatement. This is the early contender for 'most important manga release of 2008' and really, its only competition is Vertical's new editions of Tezuka's Black Jack.]
For more information on all of these books, visit the Drawn + Quarterly website at http://www.drawnandquarterly.com/.
- Christopher


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Just an example, anyone who has been doing serious track (real track with curve, not Oval stuff) and has knowledge about it would never put the bigger possible turbo in his car. You do not want to downshift everytime you come out of a corner to get back in your spool. Your losing precious time that could be gained otherwise. You want a low mid range turbo, to slow down in the curve and kick back once your almost out as fast as you slowed down. Unless the track you go on has some huge stretch where you can really push the car. But then again, a different turbo for a different situation.
That being said, MY opinion on the subject is the same as OMEGA as stated above, a good turbo for a car that heavy in my opinion should not require you to rev to 7000+ RPM everytime to want to use it's full potential. After all, the street is not a racing track. I understand Whatsnot logic when he say he prefer having something he consider better and use it at 50% of it's efficiency most of the time and use it fully here and there. This is his own right. But considering all the speed limit we got, how hungry some cops can be and how dangerous and irresponsible it would be to rev your car to 7200RPM or so just so you can have fun with your car (lets be honest, in 4th gear with a GT30 if your up to 7000RPM your already way over the speed limit and is on the edge of being dangerous) this is probably not for the average users.
I think a smaller turbo is best suited for DD with this car. I admit that it's probably EASIER to control your car with a turbo that has some lag VS something like the 19T upgrade, but it also mean that to have fun and push your car you'll have to break speed limit which is maybe not what everyone want. I do not personally own a big turbo, but my childhood friend has a jetta 1.8t and he droped a big turbo in his car, so i kind of know what im talking about. I've experienced it on the road, on the track and at the drag. I let him drive my car with a simple BR reflash and he kept telling me how funny the car was to drive. He could push it and feel the torque without having to always risk to get a fine.
To sum it up, everyone are entitled to their opinion, but people need to see both side of the medal. Bigger turbo are not more DD friendly in every situation. Every turbo has it's good and bad side. But saying that a bigger turbo win everytime in every situation is simply wrong.
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^^ good post. I am sorry guys, I am a littel hard headed and get a little stubburn. I it is too bad people can't try it out before buying, I do think it will be a little eye opening for some to try a big turbo like it was for me, and I will never go back. I will agree to disagree on some of that above though, but I think I am done for now, thanks for thos that keept it civil an didn't go too hard with personal attacks.
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Hey bro, dont back up, this is a discussion thread. And as long as everyone keep it civil, it's a great threads to get different opinion for different situation. Someone could drop in, see himself in someone else situation and decide to go that route. Lets just try to keep it friendly
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Omega- i would argue it comes down to how you prefer to drive. using the BR dyno chart as a rough WAG (the PWR should be similar from what i read in the thread, but some guys are pushing 24+psi as compared to 20 on the BR canned tune), and using Richardb1285s car as the "base" gt30 car anything below 4k rpm is small turbo territory, anything above 4k is gt30 territory. I say 4k rpm because comparing the TXS dyno of the gt30 and the BR dyno of their Stage 3 that is the point both cars are putting out about the same hp/tq. for me i wanna have fun in the 4k+ range, if somebody wants to race unless they do the ricer flyby or no notice jump you then your gonna have a chance to down shift (of course from a dig is different). some people prefer the 2.4k-4k realm and thats fine by me (2.4 is about when the BR turbo reaches positive preasure per their dyno). even giving the BR turbo an advantage in the 1.5-4K rpm range and the GT30 the advantage in the 4k-7.2k range the GT30 has more "usable" rpms in its advantage line of the dyno, and i wouldn't call that a dyno queen vs a smaller turbo.
The above description was writen BEFORE the PRW product was finished with a PRW tune provided by BBB. The BR Stage 3 dyno was used as a baseline due to the fact PRW has stated their setup is infact a cheaper alternative and in their opinion better to the stage 3 setup. The tune will tell the story. links are as follow for mentioned dyno charts.
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This isn't to say the smaller turbo is slow, not by any means. with just an intake and exhaust and base PA flash i was nose and nose with S2ks, which i wouldn't call slow. with the 19t you will be doing much better than most cars on the road, and i don't think that any of the guys going with the larger turbos are trying to insuate that. it will be a fantastic upgrade from the stock and make good power. but to make the blanket statement that the smaller turbo is 100% better in all part is incorrect. Also saying the medium turbos are 100% better in all realms than the smaller is incorrect. better is subjective and i think this thread got stuck one nobody willing to compromise on what is better where.
I would not say that the first time modder should just hop onto the GT30, fully build motor etc, or even go with one of the stock motor gt30 upgrades. start small work your way up. isn't that what "stages" are for? if you have modded cars before you will already kinda know where you wanna go. the opinion of the speed shop/tuner will probably provide more of a factor in what people buy if they are new than this forum. it will be their job to what a customer wants with what they will actualy use/enjoy. I guarantee crawford performance would not let some guy that just bought his first come in and say i want a 600awhp car and just do it. yes its money but rep is important and you get a bad one doing stuff like that.
I think this thread got started because in the PRW thread they are selling to their base and people that share the same points of view. the small turbo crown, which PRW likes in their personal opinion. and in there its small turbo is the best thing since sliced bread. the idea here was to say compare and contrast them? not get to the point where people lose their minds and get entrenched because of a percieved slight that somebody typed on the internet. calling somebody wrong will just polarize the debate, look at the 3.8 vs 2.0t debate. some like NA some like turbo, nobody is "wrong" in what they want. I have see PRW reccomend bigger turbos based on what somebody said they wanna do. this would be a good thread for PRW to use the "10 years exp" to say "this is the difference" in an unbaised way, not to get in a pissing contest with other people on the forums about their personal preference.
PRW is taking the hit on marketing their product because money isn't everything. reputation matters alot. if you just buy and install stuff your a regular speed shop. if you custom fab parts, provide good tunes for that product you get a good rep. which is better selling 10 custom setups you don't make that much margin on or selling 5 products you make more margin on? the 10 custom setups because people will market how awesome the custom stuff is for you and they will be a return customer. look at the BR forged internals debate... they say 300 is is high as they think is safe on the stock motor before you do internals, and that is where they set their stage 3. imagine if they pushed the stage 3 to its max potential and people started blowing motors because of weak parts? it would only take a few to start getting a bad rep and people would stop buying their stuff. your gonna take a hit from some people, most people get it. my comment was trying to say stop trying to market your stuff to people that like larger turbos and give a good comparison between smaller and larger and what you gain/lose with both. seeing the title "Small turbo vs large turbo discussion" that is what i think would be posted here.
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How much power loss do you think is there from the tiny turbo? How much power loss from a larger turbo? Much of daily driving is spent out of boost, and a larger turbo has much more tq out of boost. Dyno's don't show this, because you are in 5th gear and go WOT at like 2.5-3krpm. More food for though why I like a larger turbo on a DD, out of boost this car is a whole new animal, almost feels faster than a full spooled (factory 14psi) stocker. But by the time you actually hit boost, you are already pulling like crazy, and then it just gets insane progresisvely.
To go with omega's train of thought or crriteria, you do spend half you rpm IN boost with a gt30, more than half actually more like 70%+ of your time. Maybe not full spooled, but you are in boost at 3k, and you idle at 750-1000, and you really don't punch it (or shouldn't) below 2k. So you have from 3k to 6.5k IN boost with a gt30. So that actually meets your criteria. I think we can agree that no one floors their car at anything below 2k right? 2000-6500 is 4500, if you are in boost by 3k, that mean you are in boost for 3500rpm, which is 3500/4500 77% of your drivable rpm. And with a raised rpm to 8k, now you have a turbo that is good from 3k to 8k, which is 5krpm, or 5k/6k which is 83% of your usuable driving range. But below 2k when you don't want to floor it, but want a little pickup, it is great for that, one of the reasons I said makes a great DD.
In fact, I have never seen a dyno that only has positive pressrue for 2krpm. Maybee full spool for 2krpm.
Now looking at a tiny turbo, you hit 5k and you start to fall on your face harder and harder. So though you may start to spool at 2k, you hit full spool at 2.5k, your full spool 'cruises' to 5k then really starts to fall off. So you could kind of say that it is only usable from 2k to 5k or 3k rpm, so one could argue taht it is only usable for 77% as well. And below 2k, is a slow fat pig making it kind of an annoying DD. Like sheijo said about the BOV going off 4 times in one block lol.
This car is no doubt a heavy underpowered pig out of boost and it is only fun/responsive in boost or maybe above 3.5krpm IMO. But if you open it up with a larger turbo, and have a SMF, it is actually pretty fun out of boost, and again, when boost does hit, you go stupid fast. Lag is there in that you are not in boost, but it doesn't feel like lag. The dyno's I posted actually hurt my case, it doesn't look that good, but again this is 5th gear waiting to go WOT. But 1-4th gear it is great fun and the best DD feeling car IMO. Its like you are enjoying the out of boost power, and when you start to maybe feel slow, the turbo kicks in and just pulls hard untill it hits full spool, and you can only use the full spool till 4k, but that doens't mean you aren't spooling from 3k. And the barley any spool of 3k is much more more powerfull than the full spool of a tiny guy. Numbers can't really show this, it is just something you have to expereince, you don't feel any lag, you just feel great DD power and then insane power. As opposed stocker, fat pig unresponsive car, then a moderately big but quick burst to 4krpm, then 'cruising' to redline as your tq falls off the table faster and faster. Maybe others cars are better or worse at this? I don't know, I haven't had other cars to experience this "terrible" lag no fun out of boost until 4k stuff that you more expereinced guys speak of, but I don't think this car has it.
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For me, it comes down to price and unfortunately i'm unable to spend more then $2k on a turbo upgrade at this point of my life (bills, mortgage, etc) which is why a small turbo which utilizes the factory manifold, fuel system, etc is what i'm currently looking at.
I do agree with whatnot when he states that he gets as much torque in low RPM's as a tiny turbo, as i've experienced it with my brothers vehicle as well as a friends vehicle. The big turbo may not be in full spool but it's probably pushing just as much or even more air then a smaller turbo.
I think we have all agreed on one thing, it all depends on what you want out of your build/turbo, how much money you're willing to spend and whether or not you rather have the hard kick of a small turbo at lower RPM vs a hard pull at high RPM that bigger turbo's provide. This thread certainly has given food for thought for future upgrades and people have done a good job giving the pros & cons of both big & small turbos. It's up to the builder/owner to research and decide what route he wants to take.
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Interesting read... lot's of good opinions and fact.
I for one, prefer an emphasis on the power band in between 2.5k and 4k.
I liked my experience at the drag strip but would NEVER choose my mods over pure straight line performance highway pull style or from a dig (even less...). It's just not my cup of tea.
Also, winter. I drive my car 4-6 months out of 12 on snow/ice tires... a big turbo would be a WASTE of money/potential during this period. In winter, you wanna keep you rev low, you want sweet ass reaction time from your engine, down low RPM. Don't talk to me about about lag being "a good thing" to keep things under control it's more like a crutch to a heavy happy right foot or A SHITTY/FINICKY drive by wire system...
Also, MY power goals WOULD be around 270whp, up from my current (see sig) numbers. I do not wanna have to replace my whole exhaust to make flow for a big turbo set-up that I would spool to it's potential so rarely. Also, I've just paid for it, it's still good, it WILL stay together for longer then 99% of aftermarket exhaust out there. IMO, after market exhaust are the sucks in terms of longevity in my kind of weather/road condition (salty/sandy, nice flavor eh?). There are better products then others but still... same goes for the intercooler. the OEM unit has amazing nice efficiency numbers, it just mostly falls short trying to inter-cool air coming out of the flame thrower that is the stock turbo pushed beyond it's efficiency. I'd stick to just replacing the flimsy charge pipes and gettign a turbo that keeps it's air relatively cool without over-working it (20ishh psi @ redline).
If I was rich and lived in California, Texas or florida or if my car was my only hobby, passion and obsession, I'd have a different "opinion". It's not the case. I wanna use my warranty I paid for as much as possible, I wanna keep cops away from me and I wanna to keep dough in my pockets... for the other pleasures of life.
That is why, for me small"ish" turbo=better.
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I think people under estimate the V.E. of the theta motor and I also think they under estimate how good the V.V.T is in this motor.
Im not going to get into the debate what is better, but I will tell you with my regular ol single scroll TD05 8CM hotside I can reach positive manifold pressure under 2000 rpm in first gear.
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Why do you think a larger turbo makes MUCH more tq out of boost than a smaller one?
Where can one go to confirm that since much of your last post is based on that statement?
How do you define IN BOOST?
Oh, and for the record, I love the power of the large turbo, BUT also love the quick spoolup of the smaller ones. I want it ALL! lol
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From what I remember from the article, meats take about 4 hours to digest, the control group was given 25-30g serving of protein from meats, with a test group given 90g protein and then the two groups would go workout after enough time for it to digest. The percent improvement between the two groups after like a month were both the same.
So, it is NOT coincidental that "pure" isolate/hydrolyzed whey protein powder supplements do not go over 30g of protein (or at least not very much, maybe a gram or two). They are designed to be digested within about 30 minutes and be available for use within the next 4 hours.
The other protein mixes make use of slower digesting proteins and can go over the 30g per serving, but that's because they'll be in your digestive system longer which is how the non whey protein mixes can get around the 4 hour window.
They can be used for pre/post workouts for increased energy during your workout and/or for recovery. You can also use it as a meal substitute if you're trying to lose weight. Like instead of an actual meal, you eat a fruit, a serving of vegetables, and your protein drink.
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I love reading these kinds of threads.
IMO id prefer to run a larger turbo at lower boost. The little bit of lag is okay (If your straight line racing, you can accommodate with such things as anti-lags, wotboxs, ect.) and around turns it can be more predicable. With this car, i went a different route and very much enjoy my low end torque and being able to instantly hit boost in any gear. I have a lot of hills where i live, so its convenient on always having to downshift.
My smaller turbo is quick from a stop, has the power to smolder my tires from a 40 mph roll and will kick sideways about anytime I want. On that note, the boost does come on very fast and could get out of control if your not expecting it. Spiking from 5 psi to 22 psi in less than a second at partial throttle could be a bad thing though.
At the end of the day, its whatever makes you happy in your car. I dont understand how you can argue someones opinion is wrong?
I would like to see some more actually results of the guys running larger turbos. Just because you have power, doesnt mean you can drive lol.. I believe surf still has the record for the fastest 1/4 and hes on the stocker!
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Do people here really think the TD05-16/18/20g is a large turbo? While I do understand the TD05 makes the stocker look small... (small = GC stock frame turbo)
It really should be classified as a medium sized turbo cause the large turbos dwarf the TD05. By large I mean T67/GT4088 etc. with their 4" inlet pipe feeding the compressor wheel.
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You could look at an N/A theta motor (no clue where to find one) and look at the tq it makes and then look at the 2.0t and look, I would wager it is much lower. Turbo's gernerally have less power loss than the supercharger, but they still have a loss, one from the restriction, and two from the energy expended to spool.
I define "in boost" as .001psig. vacuum is -.001psig in hg and lower (lower number, higher vaccuum), and once you hit 0 you are atmosphere, 14.7 (depeding where you live) and anything after that is boost, is is pressurised air. Any absolute pressure the IM sees over 14.7psi or 29.92in hg is what I am calling In boost.
Adam, thanks for that info.
SJ, I will let you ride in my car, see what you think and come to your own conclusions. Probably won't be in Nov though, I will need to take the van to fine the wheel in, but Feb I will be back out that way if there is no snow.
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It has nothing to do with a heavy right foot, the drive by wire does whatever the hell it feels like. I can give it like 10% throttle to stay out of boost, a little further and its 5-6 psi, and anything after that it will spike to 20+ either part throttle or the car will go full throttle. There is no in between. Its kinda fun, but it really sucks in the rain =(
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I didn't read every long-winded post in this thread, but I'm gonna throw my hat in with the small turbo crowd.
I don't like the progressive spool up. I come from the world of low-revving, high torque N/A engines and I want power NAOW. I actually liked how when I got into this car I knew that around 3k-3500 she was just gonna take off. If it's gonna go from 5psi to 20 in 300 rpm I'm in, I'll drive accordingly. My driving style calls for this kind of sudden snap. I've driven a few cars that have that kind of power. Maybe winter driving has gotten me better at throttle modulation so the snap doesn't bug me?
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