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A little boy named Joey talked a number of times about how his "other mother" had died in a car accident. One night at dinner
when he was almost four years old, he stood up in his chair and appeared pale as he looked intently at his mother and said, "You
are not my family—my family is dead." Joey cried quietly for a minute as a tear rolled down his cheek, then sat back down and
continued with his meal. His parents—and their dinner guest—sat stunned.
At the University of Virginia Division of Perceptual Studies, we have investigated over 2,500 cases in which young children
reported memories of past lives. Parents frequently ask us for advice on how to handle their children's statements. While each
case has individual differences, we can offer some general guidance that may be helpful.
First, it is important to know that these statements do not, by themselves, indicate mental illness. We have talked with many
families in which a child claimed to remember another set of parents, another home, or a previous death, and the children rarely
show mental health problems. These statements are generally made by children whose development appears to otherwise be just like
that of their peers. They can occur in families with a belief in reincarnation or in families where the idea of reincarnation had
never been considered before the child began making the statements.
When children talk about a past life, parents are sometimes unsure how to respond. We recommend that parents be open to what
their children are reporting. Some of the children show a lot of emotional intensity regarding these issues, and parents should
be respectful in listening just as they are with other subjects that their children bring up.
When a child talks about a past life, we suggest that parents avoid asking a lot of pointed questions. This could be upsetting to
the child and, more importantly from our standpoint, could lead the child to make up answers to the questions. It would then be
difficult or impossible to separate memories from fantasy. We do think it is fine to ask general, open-ended questions such as,
"Do you remember anything else?" and it is certainly fine to empathize with a child's statements ("That must have been scary"
when, for instance, a child describes a fatal accident).
We encourage parents to write down any statements about a past life that their children make. This is particularly important in
cases where the children give enough information so that identifying a deceased individual that they are describing might be
possible. In such a situation, having the statements recorded ahead of time would be critical in providing the best evidence that
the child actually had experienced memories from a previous life.
At the same time, parents should not become so focused on the statements that they and their children lose sight of the fact that
the current life is what is most important now. If children persist in saying they want their old family or old home, it might be
helpful to explain that while they may have had another family in a previous life, their current family is the one they have for
this life. Parents should acknowledge and value what their children have told them while making clear that the past life is truly
in the past. We do not recommend that children undergo past-life regression hypnosis.
Parents are sometimes more upset by the statements than their child is. Hearing a child describe the experience of dying in a
painful or difficult way can be hard, but both parent and child can know that the child is safe now in this life. Some parents
may be comforted to know that the vast majority of these children stop talking about a previous life by the time they are five to
seven years old. This is the age at which children become involved with school and also the age at which they lose their memories
of early childhood, and the talk about a past life fades along with those memories. Very rarely, the memories will persist into
adolescence or adulthood, though with much less intensity than during the younger years. In many cases, however, as children get
older they do not even remember that they ever talked about a past life.
Overall, parents often find children's claims to remember previous lives more remarkable than do the children, for whom the
apparent memories are simply part of their experience of life. The children then move on from the memories to lead typical
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Jim B. Tucker, MD, is Bonner-Lowry Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia.
He is continuing the work of Ian Stevenson at the UVA Division of Perceptual Studies with children who report memories of
previous lives. His first book on the research, Life Before Life: A Scientific Investigation of Children's Memories of Previous
Lives, has been translated into ten languages. His most recent book, Return to Life: Extraordinary Cases of Children Who Remember
Past Lives, tells the stories of recent American cases. His website is JimBTucker.com.
He will be featured at the A.R.E. Headquarters Conference Many Lives, One Soul: Reincarnation, Life Before Life, and Your Soul's
Plan from Sept. 26-28, 2014, in Virginia Beach, Va., with a presentation entitled, Return to Life: Extraordinary Cases of Children Who Remember Past Lives.
Renowned author, psychic, and angel channel Kim O'Neill takes you on an amazing soul growth journey sharing astonishing new insights on ways to unlock the secrets of your destiny, bringing you total peace and a deep sense of purpose, happiness, and fulfillment in her new book. Below is an excerpt from Chapter 3: The Five Guiding Principles:
Issues represent all of the different forms of human experience on the earthly plane. An issue is best described as a necessary learning experience that helps an individual evolve emotionally and spiritually.
Simply put, resolving your outstanding issues is paramount in allowing you to improve the quality of your life. You can easily recognize the issues you are currently working through by examining the apparent problems or patterns of turmoil in your life. There are some issues that remain so painful for us that we carry them from lifetime to lifetime, attempting repeatedly to resolve them. Other issues can be easily worked through without much anxiety or suffering…
If your childhood was traumatic, remember you purposely planned that situation as part of your destiny in order to evolve to a higher level of enlightenment. It might be said that those people who exposed you to their toxic dysfunction when you were a child have been your very best teachers.
You deliberately picked those troubled people because you expected them to behave just as they did at their existing levels of enlightenment. Keep in mind that although you most likely suffered many wounds, it was a very strong and courageous decision on your part to plan something so distressing, especially knowing that in your most formative years you would be utterly dependent on those from whom you would experience the greatest adversity. Think for a moment about all of the spiritual wisdom and maturity you gained from those impossible relationships and how you learned what not to do from them. And if you've already learned everything you had intended, you'll blessedly never be exposed to those issues again!
After I had been dating my husband, Britt, for several months, we started to talk about our respective histories, which included some painful memories of past relationships and the fact that both of us came from troubled families. I described how my alcoholic father had brutalized my mother verbally and physically throughout my childhood. Britt's eyes filled with tears as he warmly embraced me, and then he murmured, "What a wonderful teacher he must have been. I can see why you chose him as a father. You were very fortunate."
Very fortunate? I thought Britt was nuts! I was aghast that he said such a thing about a man who had traumatized my entire family. What could I possibly have learned from a man I could never respect or depend on as a father? I was fortunate to have a father who rejected and abandoned my brothers and me from the time I could remember because he was so consumed with destroying my mother and himself? Having endured emotionally painful therapy for some time to heal from these childhood wounds, I should be grateful to this man?
Britt saw my shocked expression, and before I could stutter a reply, he explained softly, "Don't you understand? You chose him as a father because you knew he would behave exactly as he did. You must have had some issues that you needed to address, and your father fit the bill perfectly. You're the person you are today partially because of that turmoil."
His statement rang true to me, and I began to listen more openly. I started to see things in a very different light. We discussed the idea that because of the absence of my father's love, I had no feelings of security or consistency as a child. And due to my father's drinking and abusive behavior, I grew up in a war-zone environment that was characterized by ongoing financial hardships, fear of the sporadic beatings he gave my mother, and the awareness that at any time he might decide to make good on one of his frequent threats to kill her.
Britt helped me recognize that I didn't have to respect, admire, or even like someone who had a purpose in my life as a teacher. Spiritually speaking, it was my father's responsibility to me to act the way he did, and then it was my responsibility to myself to transcend the adversity and learn from it. So what was I able to learn from my father?
The early heartache of his neglect, rejection, and disinterest in me began the process of independence and empowerment that I am so proud of today. His abusive behavior toward my mother taught me about setting boundaries and helped me to understand the emotionally crippling effects of low self-esteem. In addition, as a result of moving beyond this difficult time, I was able to develop the determination to address my subsequent issues with less fear and unwillingness.
Upon further reflection, I realized that I also learned what not to do. In my interactions with other people, particularly children, I always try to remember that every human being should be treated with dignity, respect, and consideration. Although my old wounds are healed and I've never been happier or more at peace, I can still vividly recall the terror of cowering from a parent gone berserk because of a combination of anger and alcohol. The memory of those early years helps me to share a heartfelt sympathy and compassion for those who have endured similar experiences.
Even in therapy, I hadn't considered that my suffering could have been a precious opportunity to learn from my father, who was destined to be one of my most valuable teachers. Britt taught me, with his greater maturity and wisdom, that traumatic or disturbing issues can always be reframed as positive learning experiences as long as I am ready to become a willing student.
Kim O'Neill, voted Houston's Top Psychic by Houston Press Magazine, is the author of How to Talk with Your Angels, Discover Your Spiritual Destiny, The Calling: My Journey with the Angels, and new book from 4th Dimension Press, The Way of Knowingness: The Intuitive Path to Your Spiritual Destiny. For over two decades, Kim has conducted private channeling sessions for an international list of clients, including business, media, political, and religious leaders, and fellow psychics, and established seminars and workshops designed to help people transform their lives and develop greater spiritual awareness. Her Web site is Kimoneillpsychic.com.
I first read about Edgar Cayce when I was sixteen years old. My father, a naval officer, had been transferred to Virginia Beach, Virginia—home to the headquarters of the Edgar Cayce Foundation and the Association for Research and Enlightenment, founded by Edgar Cayce in 1931. The book was The Sleeping Prophet by Jess Stearn, a journalist and author of more than thirty books, nine of which were bestsellers. But it wasn't until I got into college that I really began to study Cayce's work. The professor of my writing class assigned us to write about a mystery, and since my mother had told me the mysterious story of Bridey Murphy, I thought that would be a good place to begin my research for this paper.
Bridey Murphy was the alleged name of a woman's past life in the 1800s as an Irishwoman who died and reincarnated in the United States 59 years later. The book was The Search for Bridey Murphy by Morey Bernstein (published in 1952; it became a movie in 1956, starring Academy- Award winning actress Teresa Wright). It was the fascinating story of housewife Virginia Tighe (called Ruth Simmons in the book and movie), who, while under hypnosis, recalled (or virtually relived) her apparent past life as Bridey Murphy. Tighe's hypnotic story (recorded on cassette tape) began in 1806, when Bridey was eight years old and living in or near Cork, Ireland. She was the daughter of Duncan Murphy, a barrister, and his wife Kathleen. At the age of 17, she married barrister Sean Brian McCarthy and moved to Belfast. Tighe told of a harsh fall season that caused Bridey's death and of watching her own funeral. She described her tombstone and the state of being alive after her death—or more precisely, after her body's death—in 1864. She said that she did not feel pain or sadness. Then, somehow, she was reborn in the Midwest of the U.S. in 1923. In this life, she had never been to Ireland and did not speak with even the slightest hint of an Irish accent—except when she was under hypnosis and "reliving" the Bridey incarnation! Then she spoke with an Irish brogue. In Bernstein's book, he referred to Edgar Cayce and his remarkable abilities, explaining that he had investigated Cayce and could find no deception or trickery in his process. He thought that, as impossible as it may seem, the volumes of detail coming through Cayce on past lives couldn't be anything but valid. Reading this, I decided to write my paper on the mystery of Edgar Cayce. Because it contained so many examples of Cayce's readings on past lives and the karma that affected people's present lives, I chose to use the best-selling book Many Mansions by Gina Cerminara. I got an "A" on my paper. But more than that, I developed an appetite for the Edgar Cayce information on past lives and karma.
Over the years, I read most every book about Edgar Cayce that there was. And though the initial "hook" that got me into the Cayce volumes was reincarnation and karma, it was the mystical, magical spirituality that filled his discourses that ultimately became my soul's meat and potatoes. My soul and mind were being nourished by his spirituality. I could not get enough of his wisdom and stories, even though it was thick with King James biblical language and Christian terminology and concepts—things I had long ago deemed inadequate and often prejudiced, even racist and sexist, with a terrible history of violence. But Cayce's perspective on Christian concepts was so open and so expansive, so beyond church dogma, doctrine, and historical acts, that I couldn't get enough of it. His teachings included Buddhism and Hinduism. In fact, he taught that any faith that teaches the brotherhood and sisterhood of all humanity and the oneness of God was carrying the true message. In my twenties, this was exactly how I felt. His views found a receptive, responsive place within me. And the organization that built up around his work was open to all people from varying backgrounds and beliefs. They were "normal" people, not cultists, not living on the fringes of life, but quite a spread from our society. Now, after more than forty years of working with the Cayce material and concepts, and practicing them in my daily life, I have gathered together some of the key elements of his spirituality in this book. I've also added the wonders discovered by science—wonders of the outer life and outer reality, as well as wonders of the inner, unseen life and realms. And in writing this book, the material has reignited that flame of excitement that I had in my early twenties when I first encountered these ideas and their vast expansive vision into the purpose and meaning of life—of soul life. I truly would never have gotten to the awareness, vibration, and peace that I enjoy today, not to mention the quality of people I share my life with, without having studied and lived this material. I hope you find the light and inspiration that I found.
John Van Auken
is a director at Edgar Cayce's A.R.E., and is one of the organization's most popular speakers, traveling throughout the U.S. and abroad to address audiences on the body-mind-spirit topics found in the Edgar Cayce readings. He is an acknowledged expert on the Cayce readings, the Bible, ancient prophecies, world religions, meditation, and ancient Egypt. John conducts seminars in the U.S. and abroad, and is a tour guide to the many sacred sites around the world. His latest book, Edgar Cayce on the Spiritual Forces Within You is now available for purchase at ARECatalog.com.
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I was born the youngest of seven children. This was in the 1960s when large families were not uncommon. Though we struggled financially, we always had pets. More specifically, we had a family dog, and I had mice, turtles, and a bird (cats, rabbits, gerbils, and guinea pigs would come later). My mom knew I had a passion for animals, and in spite of my family's financial situation, she always supported my love for animals by allowing me to have pets and taking me to the zoo as often as we could manage.
Shortly before my ninth birthday, my dad died. It was sudden and unexpected, and it put our family on a completely different path. Wherever we were headed before, we weren't heading that way anymore. I was young, but I understood what had happened. I knew my father was dead. I had a concept of heaven from church—I attended Sunday school each week and went to vacation Bible school during the summer. I felt confident that my dad was in heaven.
But what I wanted to know was, do animals go to heaven too? During that time period in my family's life, while staying over my aunt and uncle's house, my young brain was trying to sort out what I believed and what I still questioned, so I asked my aunt, "Do animals go to heaven?" Her reply was, "No, they don't." I adored my aunt. I admired her, and I respected her. But her response broke my heart and called into question my young faith. I told her how I felt about it. "If animals don't go to heaven," I said, "then I don't want to go there either."
Flash forward several years, and as a teen I started reading books of a metaphysical nature, like Richard Bach's Illusions. My mom and I had the same taste in spiritual material, but though she was aware of Edgar Cayce, I didn't find out about him until my mid-20s when, under synchronistic circumstances, I ended up working at A.R.E. in the Membership Department. It was 1988 when I first read There Is a River, and that's when my spiritual studies really began to take off.
At the same time, I had become a volunteer at the local zoo that my family had visited for all those years of my childhood. My love for animals would always be a part of my nature, and no matter what I read or studied, in the back of my mind were my aunt's words and my desire to prove them wrong, because I wanted heaven, but I wanted the animals too.
Back in the 1980s, the Cayce readings were not yet in electronic form. If you wanted to research the readings, you had to either read books and other materials by authors who had done the research and published their works, or you had to physically go to A.R.E.'s library and look them up directly. There were no published works on Edgar Cayce and animals that I could find.
It was only natural that I began to research what the Cayce readings had to say about animals. I wanted to know everything. What was their nature? Did they have souls? And, of course, did they live on beyond death? My research started at the beginning with this reading:
"Spirit pushed into matter—and became what we see in our three-dimensional world as the kingdoms of the earth; the mineral, the vegetable, the animal—a three-dimensional world." (Edgar Cayce Reading 262-114)
"Spirit pushed into matter—and became what we see in our three-dimensional world as the kingdoms of the earth; the mineral, the vegetable, the animal—a three-dimensional world." (Edgar Cayce Reading 262-114)
This reminded me of the creation verses in Genesis but with an added depth. Seeing the animals as a spiritual kingdom and an expression of spirit as it had "pushed into matter" was an interesting concept for me. I wanted to understand this better, and I also needed to know what was meant by kingdom, so my research continued. I found more with this reading:
"In the material world, where we find expressions of the physical and of the spiritual, we find Mind. Yet what is known as the Group Mind—or that of the plant kingdom, the mineral kingdom and the animal kingdom...returns (as its Destiny) to the Creative Force which is its author, its maker. MAN—the free will agent...makes his Destiny as to whether his Mind...is one with or in opposition to the Creative Forces." (Edgar Cayce Reading 262-80)
"In the material world, where we find expressions of the physical and of the spiritual, we find Mind. Yet what is known as the Group Mind—or that of the plant kingdom, the mineral kingdom and the animal kingdom...returns (as its Destiny) to the Creative Force which is its author, its maker. MAN—the free will agent...makes his Destiny as to whether his Mind...is one with or in opposition to the Creative Forces." (Edgar Cayce Reading 262-80)
This concept of a Group Mind sounded to me like what we call animal instinct. I did not feel that this meant animals could not also be individuals, but rather I was reminded that animals are full of innocence. As this reading seems to indicate, that's because animals are always in accord with the Creative Forces. Whereas humans—with free will—can act in "destructive" ways that are against the Creative Forces, this reading seemed to be saying that animals cannot.
Elephants at Amboseli national park against Mount Kilimanjaro Source: Wikipedia
Animals are living in accord with natural law, or the Creative Forces; that is, unless they are under the influence of a human's free will. And yes, a human can teach a dog not to pee in the house, and yes, a human can teach an elephant to perform in a circus, but these are unnatural behaviors brought on by the force of a human's free will (for better or for worse) and not in accord with the animals' Group Mind (i.e., instinct or natural nature).
Because of humans' free will, which can be used constructively or destructively, animals are dependent upon us for their wellbeing. As was stated in the book of Genesis, we have dominion over animals and the earth. But since we have free will, it is our choice of how we wield it—for ill or for good, in discord or in accord with the Creative Forces.
Excerpt from an article published in the Jan-Mar 2014 issue of Venture Inward magazine. A.R.E. members can read the entire article in the online member section at EdgarCayce.org/members.
Jennie Taylor Martin is the marketing director of A.R.E., and a former director of the PETA Foundation to Support Animal Protection. Out of love and respect for animals, she chose to commit to a vegan lifestyle in 1996. She is currently writing a book on this topic and welcomes stories of experiences you've had with possible animal reincarnation and or with animals and the afterlife. You can write to her at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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In the early 1990s, Capps was still adjusting to life as a divorcee. Then she saw an ad about a clown makeup class being held in her building at BellSouth, her longtime employer.
Although the class lasted only half a day, it was life-changing for Capps.
"When I put the makeup on, I was hooked," she said.
BellSouth's community service organization, Pioneers of America, had a clown corps through which Capps received her initial training and made numerous appearances until her retirement in 2004.
At 68, Capps continues to share the love of God at local festivals, church functions and even in the streets of Honduras with local missionaries from AHMEN.
"I say a lot of times when I'm going somewhere, 'Thank you for giving me the clown, Lord,' because I think my life is different because of it," she said.
The name Capps chose for herself reflects how closely her clowning is associated with her faith.
After her divorce, Capps began collecting butterflies when she heard a sermon about how they were a symbol of new beginnings.
Soon after she settled on the name Butterfly, she decided to add "Christian clown" as well.
At first, Capps worried that advertising herself as a Christian might make some people hesitant to hire her.
She decided that if she wouldn't be welcome as a Christian clown, then she shouldn't accept an invitation to the event at all.
Capps also points out that ethics are important to clowns who don't identify as Christian.
For example, behaviors such as smoking and drinking are forbidden while in character.
"You don't want to scare a kid or an older person. You want to be the best you can be, and when you go, they're glad that you've been there," Capps said.
Just as caterpillars become butterflies through metamorphosis and believers are encouraged throughout the Bible to grow in their faith, Capps has matured as a clown.
Through extensive training, Capps has learned that she is not an auguste clown, who is akin to a joker and a fool. Neither is she a hobo, the clown made famous in America by Emmett Kelly and Red Skelton.
Although Capps has tried on the makeup for both, her personality establishes her as a traditional whiteface, or straight-man.
Capps has honed her craft at various workshops, camps and cruises devoted to clowning.
Her appearance is one of many things that she has improved upon over the years.
"I can look back and I'm a prettier clown than I used to be when I started," she jokes.
One reason Capps's look is so unique is all three of her outfits were handmade by local individuals. Her role is mostly in the design process.
"You definitely need pockets because you work with so many little things," Capps said.
As Butterfly, Capps makes balloon animals, paints faces and performs a few magic tricks, which she prefers to call illusions so as not to confuse impressionable young minds.
"I try to tell them, 'Butterfly does a few illusions, but God is the one who is real,'" she said.
Although Capps did not see herself as a clown until that first makeup class, she is now quick to say that she will be one even if she never dresses up again.
"The clown is in the heart," she said.
For Capps, clowning is not a career (she does not charge for her services) and it is more than a pastime. She views it as God's answer to prayer during a difficult time in her life.
"God can work things out for us. I believe the clown is the one thing that God gave me as a way to help people," Capps said.

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This is the infamous thin crack between Maxilash and Vault. It uses the same descent as Vault (i.e. through the rock to H & H Grunt). This is a practice in the art of combining thin tips jamming with simultaneous flaring hand jams. A good route to practice for this one is New Mutant near Friday the 13th.
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Good job by alert citizens and responding officers!! As a former deputy sheriff, I can tell you that the crooks do talk in jail about where it is easy to get away with crime -- and where it is not.
If the rest of Pleasanton reacts as these neighbors did, most crooks will choose other places to "work."
on Sep 7, 2012 at 1:07 pm
My bicycle was stolen from my open garage in a span of about 10 minutes. Wednesday September 5th at 4:45. We files a report with the Pleasanton PD and they informed us of a rash of these types of thefts in Pleasanton and Livermore.
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SUNDAY SLUGFEST: Point One #1A comic review article by: Kyle Garret, Jamil Scalese
If the goal of a book like this -- a book created as a way of enticing people into reading the other books that it is, in theory, giving hints to -- is to get me to care about these stories enough to read the titles the branch off from this book, then this fails. I'd call it an "epic fail" but I'm actually living in 2011.
It's not that Point One is all that bad; it's just not all that good. It starts off well enough, which shouldn't be surprising since it features a story about The Watcher written by Ed Brubaker and drawn by Javier Pulido. If that combo doesn't appeal to you, then you should reconsider comic books as a hobby.
Things take a turn for the worse faster than you can say "epic fail." See, that's what Nova says in response to an entire planet being destroyed. You read that right -- an entire planet dies and Nova says "epic fail." Shit like this drives me insane. It's obviously awful, yet apparently neither of the two editors involved decided to point this out to Jeph Loeb because, well, because comic book editors don't actually edit anymore.
The biggest surprise has to be the story that sets up the new Age of Apocalypse series. I thought it was odd that it was so dark and enjoyable -- until I saw the credits. At the very least, Marvel should get a ton of credit for continuing to give David Lapham work, because he's really just that good.
Sadly, the rest of the book is an exercise in mediocrity and, perhaps even more disappointing, brand building. The aforementioned Age of Apocalypse story is yet another X-Men book. The Scarlet Spider story is perfectly okay, but there's no reason for it, aside from another attempt at expanding the Spider-Man franchise. The solo Dr. Strange story is actually kind of nice, but, again, it's only here to lead into a Defenders book that absolutely no one demanded, and that's connected to Marvel's never-ending crossovers. And I have no doubts that the strange little future Avengers story that we get will end up being an event of some kind, which will require multiple new titles.
The oddity of this book is "Yin and Yang." While the story connects to the Avengers at the end, it seems awfully out of place. It's also an unfortunate mix of Asian clichés. So, these two characters were conjoined twins. One of them has "dragon" as part of his codename. And the story is called "Yin and Yang." Take a guess what ethnicity they are. Really, people? Really?
I do have to say, though, it was nice to see Salvador Larroca drawing again, as opposed to doing celebrity likenesses.
The problem, ultimately, is that this is more of the same from Marvel. Creator-owned books have no limitations and are beginning to challenge the Big Two in sales. DC's relaunch has been successful due in no small part to the diversity of genres in their offerings. In the meantime, Marvel isn't just giving us the same old superhero stories we've always gotten, but they're stories tied directly to books that are already being published.
I went into this book hoping to be enticed by upcoming Marvel stories. I left saddened by the miss opportunity.
Kyle Garret is the author of I Pray Hardest When I'm Being Shot At, available now from Hellgate Press. His short fiction has been published in the Ginosko Literary Journal, Literary Town Hall, Children, Churches, & Daddies and Falling Into Place. He writes comic book reviews here at Comic Bulletin and blogs for PopMatters. He can be found at KyleGarret.com and on Twitter at @kylegarret.
After praising them for an anthology, I have to say Marvel missed that net on this one, featuring bigger and longer tenured talent. Then again, I'm not even sure this was an anthology -- those have complete stories.
Meant as preview for the next year of the publisher's stories, Point One merely feels like a promotional tool. While marketing and material need to cross somewhere in today's world there is still a responsibility to tell a story, which nearly every piece in Point One failed to do. While most of the creators are big-time Marvel names only a couple put together a narrative arc. Instead of running down the stories and dealing out synopses, let break it down into the Good, Bad, and The, Uh, What?
The Good:
I'm a "save a best for last" kind of guy, but with the lack of sparkling gems let's start off on a positive: sneak peeks are awesome. The real reason people hate spoilers so much is because we all secretly love them. Having the information beforehand is always fun, and the energy behind this project is that we get to see what's coming for our favorite heroes before they do. We all know the bigwigs plan these arcs beforehand, and we know that somewhere Keiron Gillen is writing a Cyclops/Silver Surfer team up in preparation for the forthcoming Phoenix event.
The framing story for this -- an Ed Brubaker tale about two dudes in funky spacesuits dropping in the Watcher while he's taking a cosmic nap -- is whimsical and inventive. Javier Pulido's art hits tones of Ditko and carries and congeals the comic as a whole. The story is limited by its nature but apparently Brubaker is working on something with the Watcher, and the end of the sequence implies we might be seeing the funky astronauts again.
The "Myth of Man" is the only story from the one shot that stayed with me and really generated natural excitement. The story opens in the Age of Apocalypse and focuses on a mutant putting his mutant son to sleep with the pleasant story of the downfall of humans. The mutant, named Krakken, finds himself confronted by the shadowy Red Prophet who brutally murders him. The identify and affiliation of the character is an inspired, and powerful reveal, and leaves me excited for the future of Prophet and his friends.
Both Defenders and the upcoming Avengers Ultron arc look like comics I will be investing many dollars in, but as for the stories themselves, well, they're not in the Good section, are they?
Let's start with that Nova story. The actual plot -- Nova trying to convince Terrax to stop being a jerk and then failing to save a planet from the Phoenix -- isn't much of a doozy, but as a precursor to a major event it's not bad. However, the Loeb/McGuinness short story sweats campy and uninspired. Nova muttering "Epic fail..." as he flees a failed mission is all you need to know. By the way -- is Nova teenager again? He was definitely drawn that way.
I literally didn't know Kaine, the deformed clone of Peter Parker and central character in everyone's favorite chapter in Spider-Man lore, came back until a conversation about 15 hours earlier with my friend about Spider Island. The revelation that he, and not Ben Reilly, is the new Scarlet Spider should surprise some readers. The introduction is heavy-handed, and talked-to-death. Perhaps Kaine is a guy with a lot going on inside his head, but we get it, he's lost and trying to find his way, I've read this story before, you know?
Not to say Scarlet Spider won't be a good series, Spidey in Texas might work, just Yost beat it to death.
While the hype for Defenders has hit me full tilt (holy crap, Betty still has the sword from Fear Itself!), the "Doctor from Greenwich" didn't work too well. Matt Fraction and Terry Dodson's series seems like it's going to be a fountain for big ideas and bold characters, and felt crammed and awkward in the short story format. While the story started to open the door on the mythology of the series, maybe simply reintroducing the character(s) would have been better. I'm hoping Dodson took the opportunity to work out the kinks also, because as stated, the story was a little tight, and choice of how to panel and position never sat right with me.
The long-teased Ultron War in Avengers is what Marvel is using as their main story going into the big summer movie. Ultron is a great villain, especially recently behind Brian Michael Bendis (yes, even back in Mighty Avengers when Ultron was a chick), so my excitement is already there. That's why an erratic, unoriginal dystopian future/alternate universe scenario with Hawkeye, Spider-Man, Logan in a hoodie, and, erhm… Punisher has me tempering my anticipation just a tad. The dystopian premise was the basis of his first arc on the reboot Avengers title, and one of his best Avengers stories overall, but if that's all the new story is going for, then I don't know if I'll make it past a couple issues.
Uh, What?:
"Yin & Yang," the story involving the sibling duo who wield fire and ice powers was well structured and visually stimulating, but the characters did not hold my interest in the slightest. Does comics need another Wonder Twins? Fred Van Lente is one of my favorite creators, but he's going to need to throw serious layers on whatever this Empty Circle thing is for me to care.
Marvel's Point One didn't change much for me, except to teach me to stay away from this type of book in the future. In the very least I expected some big time reveals and, while there were maybe one two or three bits of new information, it was nothing that wouldn't be apparent in a few months time. I understand the nature of comics, everything needs to be in constant promotion and perpetual anticipation of the next issue and the next chapter, but a book of teasers is a book of unsatisfying conclusions. The company would be better served throwing these stories in the back of similar-minded books as an extra bonus, not charging an absurd six dollars for a bunch of prologues.
Jamil Scalese is just like you -- an avid comics fan and lover of sequential art. Residing in Pittsburgh, PA, he is an unapologetic Deadpool fan, lover of the Food Network and proud member of Steelers Nation.


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Take Back The Night
On Friday April 23rd, 2010 the UAF Women's Center joined forces with the Office of Social Work, the Organization of Student Social Workers, Alaska Native Social Workers Association, and The Interior Alaska Center for Non-Violent Living for the Take Back The Night Rally and Clothesline Project. There were speakers, a march, silent witnesses and t-shirt making for the Clothesline Project. Some pictures of the event follow


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We found gorgeous well-dressed lives in Columbus, Ohio on the next day of the tour. Danny Garcia was added to the trip at this point and we all agreed that this was good. We began the day by stopping over at Embassy skateshop to say what's up to the peoples over there and just peep out their store. There were a bunch of super cool peoples over at Embassy and they had a sick shop with nice lazy-boys to park your bones in and watch videos at your leisure.
We headed over to the outdoor cement park fairly soon after where I warmed up with a wallie to superman over the biggest jersey barrier I've ever laid eyes on. I'm pretty sure Joe Hammeke got a photo of that ill fated first attempt of mine. (Hopefully it will get attached to this blog thingy) I eventually wallied the thing successfully and I high-fived myself when I landed it. Justin Brock ripped this park up as well. Everybody ripped it as a matter a fact. David Clark did a blunt fakie on the giant jersey barrier. Danny Garcia was rippin' the ledges along with Jake Johnson. Reese and Alex Olson were flying around all sexy like and then it started to rain just when things were winding down. I almost forgot to add that one of my favorite all time humans on the planet, Dickie Munscenski, was now aboard the Magical Quiksilver Mystery Tour as well and he was BBQ'ing away while we were skating the park. When the rain kicked in we all mozied on over to hork down some chow that Dickie chef'd up with the local folk. It was good times through and through and there were a lot of cool kids at the park. Thanks to everyone that came out and I hope you all got a free hot dog or something out of it. Free meats and free gear for the masses. That's always a good day.
–Tim O'Connor


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All of this while the State is facing a budget crisis and a depressed economy.
He tried to sneak this in by an "Executive Order" but fortunately it was discovered by the Associated Press last week. Here are links to the stories with more details:
Is this fair?
Is this moral that those of us have to work for our money are having it stolen by the government to have it given to overpaid government employees?
This sounds like a form of plunder as 19th century philosopher Frederic Bastiat described in his short essay, "The Law": http://mises.org/resources/2731
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by Richard Brzozowski, Extension Educator, Cumberland County and Tori Jackson, Extension Educator, Androscoggin & Sagadahoc Counties
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency (FSA) reminds producers that the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 extended the authorization of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (the 2008 Farm Bill) for many Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) commodity, disaster, and conservation programs through 2013. FSA administers these programs.
The extended programs include, among others: the Direct and Counter-Cyclical Payment Program (DCP), the Average Crop Revenue Election Program (ACRE), and the Milk Income Loss Contract Program (MILC). FSA is preparing the following actions:
The 2013 DCP and ACRE program provisions are unchanged from 2012, except that all eligible participants in 2013 may choose to enroll in either DCP or ACRE for the 2013 crop year. This means that eligible producers who were enrolled in ACRE in 2012 may elect to enroll in DCP in 2013 or may re-enroll in ACRE in 2013 (and vice versa). All dairy producers' MILC contracts are automatically extended to Sept. 30, 2013. Eligible producers therefore do not need to re-enroll in MILC. Specific details regarding certain modifications to MILC will be released soon.
FSA will provide producers with information on program requirements, updates and signups as the information becomes available. Any additional details will be posted on FSA's Web site.
The 2013 Maine Vegetable & Fruit School will be held Tuesday, March 12, at Seasons Conference Center in Portland, and on Wednesday, March 13, at the Bangor Motor Inn. Preregistration is requested no later than February 25, 2013.
Topics include:
The fee is $35.00 and includes lunch. Participants may receive 1 Pesticide Applicator recertification credit, and Certified Crop Advisors may earn 5 recertification credits. More information, including how to register, is posted on the Highmoor Farm Web site.
FSA to Help Beginning and Small Farmers
New and beginning farmers in Maine now have an agricultural Microloan credit option to consider. As of Jan. 15, 2013, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency (FSA) will offer its customers a Microloan designed to help farmers with credit needs of $35,000 or less. The loan features a streamlined application and a simplified qualification process built to fit the needs of new and smaller producers.
"This innovative offering will be more customer-friendly than our larger, more traditional loan programs," said Farm Loan Manager Mike Dennison. "Farms seeking a smaller loan for start-up or operational needs now have a great new tool to consider. For those selling at Farmers' Markets or through community-supported agriculture operations (CSAs), a Microloan might serve their needs perfectly," Dennison continued, "and the reduced paperwork associated with the new Microloan will help expedite the process for everyone."
In FY2012, the Farm Service Agency provided approximately $13.2 million in farm loan assistance to agricultural producers of all sizes in Maine. That year, operating loans accounted for the majority of the loans extended (126), while farm ownership loans were fewer (20).
"The interest rate of 1.25 percent on the new FSA Microloan is also a great benefit for farmers who are just starting out, in need of capital and on a tight budget," according to FLM Dennison. "Producers in every Maine county can contact their nearest FSA office for details and to determine if they qualify for a Microloan." The Microloan term can be up to seven years.
In response to tighter financial markets, USDA has expanded the availability of farm credit, helping farmers refinance loans across the U.S. Since 2009, USDA has provided more than 128,000 loans to family farmers totaling more than $18 billion. Over 50 percent of the loans went to beginning and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers. For more information on Microloans and other FSA programs, please contact your local USDA service center.
The University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Androscoggin Valley Soil and Water Conservation District are offering a five-workshop series covering the following topics:
These weekly workshop sessions will begin February 26 and end March 26, 2013. The workshops will be held at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Office, 24 Main Street, Lisbon Falls. The cost is $75 per person to attend all five sessions or $20 per person for any individual session. The Small Farmer Workshop Flyer, and registration forms are available at the Androscoggin Valley Soil and Water Conservation District Web site.


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Private Vacations and Honeymoons in Chattanooga
- bedrooms 4
- baths 2½
- sleeps 11
- pool yes
- hot tub no
- pets allowed no
- type House
- community The Booneys
rates (USD)
/ night
$ 1,200 - $ 1,550 / week
vacation rental description
2700 square foot house located 30 miles north of Chattanooga tenn.
has 37 acres 7 cleared pasture 30 acres of woods steams ponds 30 by
15 by 9 pool diving board slide . fireplace .central ac and heat hot
tub 2 car garage great place for a honeymoon or reteat from the
kids or big city life, very very private
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Last modified on 12-4-2013 at 4:05 PM.
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Kenny King 9546146739
house rental amenities
fully furnished full kitchen pots and pans dishes ..dish washer
,,hot tub pool sheets fireplace washer and dryer , beautiful views
from any window small towns all around lake 5 miles away,great
fishing, boat rentals hiking horseback riding lots of trails bring
your horse can get ridding instructions from locals
activities and attractions in Chattanooga Tennessee
sea world in Chattanooga fall creek falls 20 miles water falls
mountain biking
vacation rental rates
$200.00 to $250.00 a nite $1,200 a week to $1,550.00 plus $50.00$100.)) cleaning and 9.5 % Sales tax
Kenny King 9546146739
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Seniors EyeBlacks
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Your Price: $8.99 pkg/10 prs
EyeBlacks are a great way to show your senior pride!The Seniors EyeBlacks are a black under eye tattoo with the word Seniors in white lettering. Each package of Seniors EyeBlacks includes 10 pairs of 1 1/2 inch wide temporary tattoos. Use Seniors EyeBlacks will have seniors cheering at the big game.
For one time use only.
Seniors EyeBlacks are a registered trademark of EyeBlacks.
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Q:Can you order the Class of 13 tattoos in other years? 14, 15, 16, 17, 18Asked on 8/14/2012 by Rebecca from Los Angeles, Ca
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A:I do apologize, but those are not available yet.Answered on 8/15/2012 by CSR
Q:Are these temporary tattoos or stick on?Asked on 1/30/2012 by Anonymous
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A:EyeBlacks are not tattoos. They peel off of a backing and adhere to your skin.Answered on 1/31/2012 by csr
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