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WARREN - George Rossi was 17 when he decided to enlist in the U.S. Army.
A week after his 18th birthday, he was headed to Okinawa to take part in what became one of the longest wars in American history, the Vietnam War.
Rossi arrived in Vietnam the fall of 1966. It was a year after he volunteered to go, but he hadn't been old enough at 17 to enter a combat zone.
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George Rossi, 65, of Warren, looks over photos from his service with the U.S. Army as a Specialist 5. Rossi served in the Vietnam War from 1966 to 1968.
, enlisting at the age of 17.
"I just wanted the adventure of it, being young and dumb," Rossi said with a chuckle.
He also came from a military family, his father and three uncles having served in World War II and his mom as a Rosie the Riveter.
Rossi, a Specialist 5, was assigned to a helicopter unit - the155th Assault Helicopter Company responsible for dropping off and picking up troops as well as providing support with gunships.
He first flew over on a civilian plane, landing in Saigon.
"When the doors opened to that plane, I said 'Uh-oh, what did I get myself into,'" Rossi recalled.
Rossi didn't meet up with his unit for several weeks. Unable to decipher his orders, he accidentally got on a bus filled with Army Airborne soldiers.
"My first mistake over there, I guess," Rossi smiled.
Rossi's helicopter unit was positioned in what's known as the Central Highlands land comprised of a series of plateaus that border the lower part of Laos and northeastern Cambodia.
"It was a beautiful spot," Rossi said.
The highlands are home to several indigenous tribes, and Rossi said his unit had the most contact with the Montagnards, a French word meaning mountain people.
"It was like going back in time," Rossi said, recalling the tribesmen wore loin cloths, carried crossbows and arrows crafted out of bamboo and lived in houses raised on stilts. "It was really something."
Getting used to the heat and humidity of Vietnam was difficult, Rossi said, and soldiers had to shake their boots out before putting them on to ensure scorpions weren't making a home in them.
"Getting supplies was bad where we were at ... the clothes rotting off of you," he said. "It was hard getting clothes, boots. You mainly went without it.
"The food was terrible," he said, still able to remember the taste of dried fish left over from World War II that was once served to him. "(The cook) had to soak it in water for three weeks."
Although the soldiers would sometimes receive a treat of beer and steak, Rossi missed the taste of his mom's spaghetti the most, and he once had to eat Spam for three weeks straight.
But the worst thing about serving in Vietnam was the constant volley of enemy attacks.
"There were so many of them," he said. "You kind of sleep with one ear open."
A bad situation in particular was the Tet Offensive, a large wave of attacks that occurred in January 1968.
But one of the roughest nights his regiment had, Rossi said, happened in March, where his compound was subjected to a multiple-round mortar attack.
"When they shoot mortar rounds at you, you get in the habit of rolling off your cot," he said, and you then proceed to pull the mattress over your head and look for the best place for cover.
This habit was so ingrained that even after he came home from the war, he found himself unable to relax, and once sought cover during a visit to his parents' house in Warren. He had been home two days, and when a car backfired. Rossi said his family found him in a bedroom, where he had hit the floor and pulled his mattress over himself.
Rossi left Vietnam without a scratch, and he said several close calls were what contributed to him being given the nickname "Lucky George."
Once he dropped his hat and bent down to pick it up just as a sniper round whizzed over his head.
Another time, he was supposed to go up in a helicopter with a group of soldiers until someone asked if they could have his spot the whole unit was killed.
Once a mortar round hit the spot where he was lying minutes before, killing another one of his comrades.
As for being lucky, Rossi attributes it to something else.
"God was on my side, too, I believe," he said. "It wasn't my time."
But although he wasn't injured during his time in Vietnam, he was exposed to Agent Orange, something that has resulted in health issues like diabetes and heart disease.
"I got wounded in a different way and didn't know it till 40 years later," he said. "I'm not the only one."
Rossi credits the Trumbull County Veterans Service Commission for helping ensure he received his disability, as well as other family members, such as helping his mom with his dad's funeral and helping his cousins when his uncle died.
He also struggled with adapting to civilian life when he first returned, feeling naked without his weapon and becoming very jumpy and hyper-aware of his surroundings.
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Old Dominion University men's basketball squad will open the 2006-07 season, hosting the Cox Communications Classic in the Ted Constant Convocation Center, Nov. 10-12. The four team round-robin event will include Clemson, Monmouth, Arkansas State and host ODU. There will be two games each day.
"We are thrilled to be the presenting sponsor of the inaugural Cox Communications Classic Basketball Invitational at Old Dominion University," says Gary McCollum, Vice President and region manager, Cox Hampton Roads. "Our community Outreach focuses on youth and education and this basketball tournament embraces both of these community involvement priorities, making it a win-win for Cox, ODU and Hampton Roads."
The tournament, presented by Basketball Travelers, is an NCAA multiple team event, a new concept which replaces the previous exempt events and now allows teams to play in one MTE event per year, as opposed to the previous 2 in 4 rule. Last season, ODU opened its schedule at the Paradise Jam tournament in the Virgin Islands, another event hosted by Basketball Travelers.
"I am excited that Cox Communications will sponsor the men's basketball tournament opening the 2006-07 season at the Constant Center," said athletic director, Jim Jarrett. "The Cox Communications sponsorship will continue throughout the men's and women's basketball season with a strong corporate presence at the "Ted". Many thanks to Frank Bowers, Tom Prevette and Gary McCollum for their outstanding support of our partnership."
Clemson, coached by ODU alumnus Oliver Purnell ('75), a member of the ODU Sports Hall of Fame and captain of the 1975 NCAA Division II National championship squad was 19-13 and competed in the NIT tournament, losing to Louisville in the first round. This is Purnell's second trip to the Constant Center. He brought his Dayton Flyers squad to the Ted in 2002-03 season. Top returnees include Cliff Hammonds (6-3, Sr, guard 10.1 ppg/ 3.4 rpg) and James Mays (6-9, Sr, forward 9.2 ppg/ 7.6 rpg).
The Monmouth Hawks, coached by Dave Calloway were 14-13 last year, winning the Northeast Conference title with a 49-48 win over league top seed Fairleigh Dickinson. The Hawks then defeated Hampton, 71-49 in the NCAA play-in round at Dayton before losing to Villanova. Top returnees include Marques Alston (Sr, 6-4, F. 11.6 ppg/ 5.3 rpg ) John Bunch (Sr, C,7-2 , 8.0 ppg/ 5.2 rpg, 74 blocks)
The Arkansas State Indians, coached by two-time NABC District 9 Coach of the Year, Dickey Nutt were 12-18 last year, finishing third in the Sun Belt East Division at 7-7. They return Jim Jones (6-2, G, 12.4 ppg/ 4.4 rpg), and Isaac Wells (6-7, F, 14.4 ppg/ 6.8 rpg) who ranked ninth in the Sun Belt in scoring and seventh in rebounding.
"This is a tremendous statement that an entity such as Cox sees the opportunity that a partnership with Old Dominion Basketball presents, " said ODU head coach Blaine Taylor. "We are very proud of what we are building here at ODU, and want to be consistently identified with the kind of people that represent Cox Communications and the image they project in reaching out to the Hampton Roads Community. This tournament provides a great kickoff to the 2006-07 season with such a reputable title sponsor and having one of ODU's great's like Oliver Purnell bring his Clemson team. This makes for three fun fill days of basketball."
The Monarchs were 24-10 last year, reaching the NIT semi-finals.
ODU returns three starters in point guard Drew Williamson (Sr.7.3 ppg, 4.8 apg), forward Arnaud Dahi (Sr. 11.9 ppg/ 4.8 rpg) and guard Brian Henderson (Jr. 6.0 ppg/ 2.7 rpg) as well as part-time starter forward Valdas Vasylius (Sr, 8.8 ppg/ 4.5. rpg). ODU has compiled a 52-16 record the past two seasons.
The tournament falls under the guidelines for new certified events for men's basketball. Each team cannot play more than four games in an event and the tournament counts as only one game against your 29 possible games allowed.
Tournament adult ticket books are $45 for all three days ($40 for early orders). Discount ticket books are $35 ($30 for early orders) for military and senior citizens. Individual session tickets are $20 for adults, discount of $15 for senior citizens, military, faculty /staff and youth 17 and under. For ticket information please call the Constant Center box office at 757-683-4444.
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While questions surround the death of a three-year-old Edmonton girl Tuesday, about 30 per cent of incidents in the United States where children die from heat stroke in vehicles occur when the child climbs in without anyone knowing.
Another 50 per cent are caused when a caregiver forgets the child is in the back seat.
Jan Null has been tracking such deaths for the past 11 years. A researcher and meteorologist with San Francisco State University, he said it is a tragedy that crosses all demographics.
"It can happen to a lawyer, to a dentist, to the unemployed," Null said.
"It can happen … to all socioeconomic groups."
He said in the hundreds of cases he has examined, another 20 per cent involved
adults who were aware that a child was in a vehicle. They may have gone into the grocery store, a casino or a bar, and lost track of time.
On Tuesday, when temperatures soared above 30 C in Edmonton, it would have only taken an hour for the inside of a vehicle to reach 54 C. "The sun's rays pass right through the glass, hitting the interior of the car and essentially turns the car into a mini-oven," said Dr. Richard
Stanwick, a pediatrician and medical health officer with the Vancouver Island Health Authority.
At 42 C, the cells in the heart and brain begin dying, and
organ failure begins to occur.
As the sun beats down on a car, everything inside heats up, and a dashboard can reach 80 C in the matter of an hour.
"A child with heat stroke will have a bright red colour, but will be dry to the touch," Null said.
"When you have heat stroke, you stop perspiring."
It's a tragedy seen twice in Canada in the past two weeks.
On Wednesday, as Edmonton police announced the death of the little girl, a family in Milton, Ont., buried Maximus Huyskens. The two-year-old boy died June 26 after being left in a sweltering car.
Children's smaller bodies lose water faster than those of adults, making them more susceptible to heat and dehydration.
"They are going to get into trouble a lot faster, some say three times faster than an adult placed in the same environment," Stanwick said.
If found early enough, a child with heat exhaustion can be revived if medical attention is sought. But the time between heat exhaustion and deadly heat stroke can be a matter of minutes.
A child in a car may begin exhibiting signs, as heat exhaustion turns to heat stroke, in as little as 10 minutes, causing a
loss of consciousness, permanent brain damage and finally death.
As a child's core temperature begins to rise, sweaty skin turns hot, red and dry, and the pulse becomes rapid. Soon the child will become confused, restless and have balance problems.
As the condition worsens, breath becomes shallow and the child will eventually lose consciousness.
"At this point, the brain reaches critical temperatures of 44 degrees, you'll see convulsions and then death," Stanwick said.
The number of deaths associated with hyperthermia from children being left in cars is not officially tracked in Canada. The Canada Safety Council estimates it occurs four to six times a year based on statistics from the United States.
In the U.S, about 575 children have died in this manner since 1998.
In Alberta, it appears this may be the first case in at least 25 years.
There have been cases where parents think they've dropped their children at daycare, go to work and return to the car eight hours later to find an unconscious child.
"It is just forgetting," Stanwick said. "You think, 'How can a parent be so careless?' The answer is, it isn't, you just need to stack the odds in your favour."
He said parents should never assume they're just going to be in the store for 10 minutes and should always take their children with them. It's also a good idea to place something like a cellphone or purse in the back seat to serve as a reminder that a child is also there.
Experts also caution parents to keep vehicles locked, so children can't climb inside on their own.
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Apparently there's some speculation that Miami's big EDM festival week is "CUUUUUUURSED" this year. Avicii and Afrojack have both had to go to the hospital.
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By Jennifer Emert - bio | email ALBANY, GA (WALB) – Despite efforts to settle with two northwest Albany families over sewage that backed up in their home, the city could still face a lawsuit. One family signed a deal, but the other family backed out of the settlement.
The offered a settlement in this case, but that doesn't mean they're taking responsibility for the sewage that filled every inch of the two Forest Glen Drive homes. City officials say if the Powell's file suit, the city will sue them.
It's been seven months since this horrific scene when sewage coated the Powells' and Freeneys' Forest Glen homes. With the mess finally cleaned up and furniture replaced, the Powells reached a settlement with the city.
"They had itemizations on furniture items, carpet items, clean up items and all of that was taken into consideration," said Albany City Attorney Nathan Davis.
The family was paid more than $58,431 which according to the agreement includes any personal injuries to the Powell's but at the last minute the Freeneys backed out.
"We understand that we met the deadline for the settlement and they say that they withdrew their offer and I guess ends up being a matter that's litigated," said Davis.
The city received notice Attorney Robert Margeson plans to file a personal injury lawsuit on the Freeneys behalf.
"They said the settlement was limited to a property damage matter as opposed to a full settlement, we said that it was a full settlement, and that's the matter that will be litigated," said Davis.
In December when the incident happened, city officials told us if the incident was their fault they would compensate the families, but in the agreement with the families, they take no responsibility for the sewage explosion inside the homes.
"There was not any causation for these damages, it was just better for matters to be settled if possible and we thought we had a settlement with both families," said Davis.
Now both the city and Freeneys are prepared to settle the dispute in a courtroom.
The Powells say they're satisfied with the agreement. The Freeneys and their Attorney Robert Margeson didn't want to speak because of the continuing legal situation. The city plans a counter suit against the Freeney's if they file because they say both families had agreed to the settlement.
The Freeneys bills amounted to over $29,000. They were offered the same $58,431 settlement the Powells were offered.©2010 WALB News. All rights reserved. Feedback
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Right on the heels of the World Sporting Championships was the Triple Classic hosted by Rio Brazos and Sponsored by Clay Shooting USA. Again, George Digweed prevails but Gebben Miles gets him on FITASC to take the center podium spot.
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The two most-accurate gold forecasters are holding to their bearish forecasts for 2014 even after the metal posted its best start to a year since 1983.
Gold retreated from the highest level in two months as some investors deemed the rally as excessive on speculation that the U.S. Federal Reserve will further reduce monetary stimulus at a policy meeting this week.
Commodity investments fell $27 billion in April, the most in 11 months, on record sales of gold exchange-traded products, Barclays Plc said.
Gold miners probably won't return to "large-scale" selling of future output seen in the 1990s that added to supply even as the co-chairman of Barrick Gold Corp., the top producer, says hedging makes sense, Barclays Plc said.
Hedge funds cut bullish gold bets, adding the most short contracts in four weeks, as U.S. economic growth fuels speculation the Federal Reserve will trim stimulus. Holdings across commodities dropped the most since April.
Gold climbed to the highest price since December on signals that sovereign-debt risk may erode the value of currencies, boosting demand for the precious metal as an alternative asset.
Speculators cut bullish and bearish bets on gold simultaneously for the first time in two months as prices advanced to the highest since mid-June on signs of strengthening physical demand.
Commodity assets under management fell to a 32-month low in June as investors pulled more money from gold-backed exchange-traded products, Barclays Plc said.
Gold prices fell, capping the biggest weekly loss in five months, as some investors sold to cover losses in other markets by selling bullion.
In a year when almost all metals are falling, record car sales and mining strikes mean the best forecasters are favoring platinum over gold as investors lose faith in bullion as a store of value.
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The New England Patriots have gone to two consecutive AFC Championship Games, cementing their place atop our list of the best NFL teams for the money. read »
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A 23-year-old man drowned while swimming on West Point Lake on Monday afternoon.
According to the Troup County Sheriff's Office, 23-year-old Larry Kevin Thompson of Hogansville was attempting to swim from the Moon Beach to a buoy nearby. But before reaching the buoy, witnesses say Thompson went beneath the surface and did not come up.
Around 5 p.m., the Troup County Sheriff's Office and dive team, along with Georgia DNR Conservation Rangers responded to a report of a drowning. Divers were able to recover Thompson's body shortly afterward.
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Noted theatrical LD Chris Parry has become a US citizen. Born in Manchester, England, the designer has been a California resident for over a decade, teaching at the University of California, San Diego and pursuing a design career on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Now he calls the US officially "home".
The decision, he says, "has been in the back of my mind ever since I first arrived here in 1989 on an `Exchange Scholar' visa to teach at UCSD. That was valid for three years. During that time, UCSD managed to get me a Green Card," a document which gave the LD 'Resident Alien' status. "I always thought I would do it at some point" he adds, referring to the citizenship process. "I felt right from the start that the US would eventually be the place I called home." Also, over the years, he says, travel between the US and Europe became an increasingly complicated affair:" Coming back into the US is a pain in the backside if you're not a US citizen already. Long INS lines, and I got tired of all the questions, things like `Do you really live in the US?', and I always seem to look guilty!" Finally, realizing that he didn't intend to return to England to live, he filed for citizenship in 1998.
The process included FBI background checks, being fingerprinted, and a personal interview, "to see how much you know about American history and the Constitution," he adds. Finally, after a few bureaucratic glitches, including the INS misplacing his file, Parry was sworn in on December 19, 2002. "It was done with 820 other people, a very personal ceremony," he says wryly, adding that it was "a big relief" to come to the end of the long and drawn-out four year process.
Parry has been a familiar name in the American theatre since he was nominated for a Tony Award in 1987 for the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses on Broadway. He also designed the hit musical The Who's Tommy, for which he finally won the Tony Award. More recent productions have included Not About Nightingales (Royal National Theatre/Broadway) and another Tony Award nomination, The Secret Garden (Royal Shakespeare Company/West End), The Beard of Avon (South Coast Repertory), A Little Night Music (5th Avenue Musical Theatre, Seattle), House and Garden (Alley Theatre), Tartuffe (La Jolla Playhouse), Fuddy Meers (A Contemporary Theatre, Seattle). Coming up are Suddenly Last Summer at Berkeley Repertory Theatre and Hamlet at the Alley Theatre. He also juggles a full teaching schedule at UCSD . Parry lives in Beverly Hills, CA, with his partner Elgin.


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Turn It Up to Eleven
I promise this is relevant to cigars, so please…bear with me.
The Loudness War has seen recorded music compressed into oblivion, forsaking dynamic range (the difference between quiet & loud parts) for apparent loudness throughout any given track. The resulting records pack more punch, but are fatiguing to listen to.
In the classic Mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap, guitarist Nigel Tufnel is proudly displaying his assortment of guitar amplifiers. Among them is one particular model whose knobs all go up to 11, for when they need that extra punch ("It's one louder than 10, innit?").
Haven't cigars basically done the same thing? It used to be that Punch, Hoyo de Monterrey, and La Gloria Cubana were strong, full-bodied cigars. Besides ample strength and body, these cigars had tons of nuance. But these do not compare in strength to La Flor Dominicana Double Ligero or Camacho Coyolar Puro, let alone the newest crop of full-bodied cigars that feature ultra-strong blends: Cain F, Joya de Nicaragua Antaño Dark Corojo, EO Brands' La Bomba, among others.
Don't get me wrong…I enjoy a really strong full-bodied cigar now and then. I really do (I'm smoking a 601 Green as I type this). And I grant you that everything becoming more extreme is sort of a sign of the times. But where do we draw the line?
Have cigars forsaken character for raw power? Have your say below with a comment!
I have not smoked any of the cigars you mentioned. I am smoking a Gran Habano Connecticut #1 Gran Robusto right now. Which is mild to medium. I am afraid to try those super strong ones. An occasional CAO Brazilia, Joya De Nic Antano dark natural, RP Cuban Blend or Punch Magnum are about the strongest I go. My tongue tends to be sensitive so I have to be careful. There are so many wonderful cigars in the mild, and medium to full range that keep me satisfied. I would like to try some of those super full/strong ones you mentioned, but will wait till someone shares one with me!
Stronger is not always better, and in my case fries my tongue and ruins my palate even for a mild cigar.
I enjoy all sizes and strength ranges of cigars as long as there is deliciousness present. I do shy away from the extremely mild – no flavor – as well as the extremely strong – where the flavor is overwhelmed by the strength. I've noticed lately a lot of cigars I would classify as medium carry a mild label, probably due to the shift towards the power house type cigar as the norm for 'full'. Anyhow, if a guy likes an eye watering, ligero laced booster rocket to smoke I say cheers. For me, I've been dissapointed in some of the new breed of stogies for lack of nuance and balance.
I certainly echo your thoughts Hayward. I've
Been smoking cigars a good many years and
It appears to me that the really bold and brutal
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A really good mellow stick. I am a Rocky Patell
And Partagus fan.
The silent majority of cigar smokers still prefer a balanced cigar with lots of character. It's the vocal minority of cigar bloggers who keep demanding stronger sticks. Cigar makers would gain more repeat customers if they made less potent cigars for mainstream cigar smokers. Maybe the small boutique cigar companies know that they would not be able to keep up with the demand, so they target a small niche market that is willing to pay a premium for power bombs that most mainstream smokers just do not like?
I wonder if this is a pendulum swing type of thing where everyone gets tired and suddenly mild cigars are back in. I noticed Punch is now considered medium, used to be full. Felipe Dominicana has enough umph for me to put it at medium but it's listed as mild. I enjoy sticks that I would consider full such as Saint Luis Rey but I find Cain to be overrrated. Cigar tatstes are obviously very subjective but if you enjoy 2.8 cigars a day like me, this new crop of high octane smokes can be a pallette killer.
I love 'strong' cigars. However, you have to keep in mind that many people use the term 'strong' to describe full flavored cigars. I am guilty of this myself. And so, while I do very much enjoy the Cain F which is both full flavored and strong, I also am able to enjoy cigars such as the Rocky Patel Old World and Padron (classic line) that are medium bodied but full of flavor. In a nutshell, it is all about the flavor…not raw strenth. Having said this, I can't wait to try the La Bomba.
I feel alot more satisfied after a good full-bodied cigar like the JDN's. I enjoy medium ones too but am dissatisfied just because I didn't want that cigar to end.
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A massive earthquake, measuring as high as a 7.6 magnitude, hit Oaxaca, Mexico Tuesday afternoon, according to USGS.
The earthquake is within a few hours of where 13-year-old Malia Obama, President Barack Obama's oldest daughter, is reportedly on spring break.
The earthquake's magnitude was originally measured at 7.9 before being downgraded to 7.6. No damage has been reported thus far.
Update: Mexican President Felipe Calderon has issued a statement on Twitter, saying there has been no serious damage.
Update 2: According to CNN in Español, the earthquake caused power outages in the eastern part of Mexico City, with at least one building damaged.
Update 3: Kristina Schake, Communications Director to First Lady Michelle Obama, told NBC News that Malia Obama is fine.
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Because this space is normally reserved for DC Comics and its stable of characters, you might think a post on Miracleman goes a little outside the lines. However, Miracleman was based on Captain Marvel, who is a DC character in the same way that Miracleman is now a Marvel character: the wonderful world of intellectual-property rights. That's just one of several traits the two features share, so today I'll be comparing and contrasting. I'll also consider whether Marvel's upcoming Miracleman revival could affect DC's latest version.
Miracleman (under its original name of Marvelman, but you knew that already) started out as a way to hold onto British readers of Captain Marvel when the latter closed up shop in the mid-1950s. In that form, the series lasted until 1963. In 1982, writer Alan Moore headed up a revival that started by updating familiar elements, but ended up going off in a decidedly different direction. As reprinted, renamed, and subsequently completed in the United States, Moore's Miracleman (from Eclipse Comics) filled 16 issues, give or take some reprints, and came out over the course of about four and a half years (cover-dated August 1985 to December 1989). Moore's artistic collaborators included Garry Leach, Alan Davis, Chuck Austen (under the name Chuck Beckum), Rick Veitch, and John Totleben. From June 1990 to June 1993, Eclipse published eight more issues, written by Neil Gaiman and drawn by Mark Buckingham, and an anthology miniseries (Miracleman Apocrypha) came out from November 1991 to February 1992. For various reasons, though, no new Miracleman has seen the light of day for over twenty years.
That's all about to change, starting with January's reprints from Marvel. It remains to be seen whether today's readers will be interested in 20- to 30-year-old stories from a writer whose popularity isn't what it once was, and which will apparently be reprinted initially in a somewhat-pricey format. Additionally, Miracleman has turned into much more of an "Alan Moore book," as opposed to a Captain Marvel parody. Therefore, its return doesn't strike me as the sort of thing which will automatically generate more interest in Captain Marvel; but their similarities (and even some of their differences) can be instructive.
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When the Crime Syndicate of Earth-3 invaded and seemingly conquered Earth-New 52 in Forever Evil #1, claiming to have killed the members of the Justice Leagues, the home-Earth villains took over DC comics, scrawling their names over the logos of their foes and initiating other evil acts like using decimal points in their issue numbers and putting the wrong stories in the wrong titles. (A Dial H epilogue and a Lobo one-shot in Justice League comics? A Batgirl story in a Batman comic?). But, most nefariously of all, the villains of DC Comics raised the price of each issue by a dollar and launched one of the biggest gimmick covers schemes in the modern history of direct market super-comics: heavy, plastic, 3D lenticular covers primed to be collected more so than read, and sparking insidious speculation, goosed my unpredictable shortages to many retailers. The monsters.
But while most attention has been focused on the covers, there are, in fact, stories beneath them, and so for the past three weeks we've been not judging the books by their covers, but by their contents. (Here's Week One, Week Two and Week Three, if you missed 'em.) As in the previous months, I've been ranking the books on their overall quality, on a scale of one to 10: Not Very Good, Somewhat Disobedient, Naughty, Morally Deficient, Without Scruples, Iniquitous, Wicked, Maleficent, Evil and Absolute Evil (although, as none received a perfect 10, you might want to adjust your reception of my ratings up by one).
Also, and perhaps more importantly, I've been noting how connected each is to the Forever Evil event that ostensibly led to this state of affairs at DC, so, if you're only interested in these things for their narrative import rather than their creators or characters, you'll know which are worth your attention. So let's take one last wallow in the evil of (almost) every issue of this week's Villains Month, and hope for the swift and triumphant return of our heroes starting next month.
Comics A.M. | August sales dip attributed to four-week month
Publishing | Sales of comic books and graphic novels to the direct market dropped sharply in August, compared to the same month in 2012 (10.39 percent and 24.55 percent, respectively), but ICv2 attributes the decline — at least as far as periodicals is concerned — to August 2012 having five Wednesdays while last month had just four. Year-to-date sales are still up over 2012, although things seem to be slowing down a bit. DC Comics shipped more comic books, but Marvel won in market share, and the top-selling graphic novel was the first volume of The Walking Dead, which points to a dearth of new graphic novel releases. [ICv2]
Conventions | Attendance exceeded 50,000 at the first Salt Lake Comic Con, held over the weekend in Salt Lake City, Utah. This article focuses on families with children who attended, and includes some interesting conversations with parents who are obviously fans themselves and take an active interest in their children's comics reading. [Deseret News]
New Shazam! cartoon anchors DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection
Warner Home Video announced today that they plan to release a DVD collecting the animated shorts that have appeared on their other DC Universe Original Animated Movie DVDs thus far. The DVD, titled DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection, will include a new short starring Superman, Shazam! and Black Adam.
The collection, which will include the Spectre short from Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths, Jonah Hex from Batman: Under the Red Hood and Green Arrow from the upcoming Superman/Batman: Apocalypse DVD, comes out Nov. 9.
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Despite some setbacks this season – her first full-time campaign in the NASCAR Nationwide Series – Danica Patrick prefers to focus on the positives instead of dwelling on her lackluster finishes.
"I could sort of go through all the the things I think have been better over the year so far – and there's been quite a few of them," she said Friday at Michigan International Speedway. "So instead of getting upset about the individual weekends and the results, it's better to think about what you've improved on and the things you need to improve on moving forward so your results keep getting better."
Patrick is 11th in the point standings after the first 12 races of the season, but she has just one top-10 finish. She has led three laps this year – all at restrictor-plate tracks.
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Basic to burning is having a smooth surface. Unfortunately, flaws that include bur and bit marks and sandpaper scratches won't be disguised with paints. Even heavy applications of thick gesso will not cover defects. Before burning, but after sanding with a paper in the range of 220 to 400 grit, rotate the wood under an indirect light source such as a single bulb to find scratches and unwanted hollows. In most cases, you can eliminate them with a tip set at low heat. Holding the tip with a wide edge as flat as possible to the wood, lightly go over the surface and literally heat-seal it. Wood sculptors and cabinetmakers call this burnishing. Another approach consists of positioning the tip so that it is as perpendicular as possible to the wood and scraping until the surface is smooth.
The essence of a feather consists of a central shaft and radiating, hair-like structures called barbs. For both of these features, hold the pen perpendicular to the surface of the wood. If you are right-handed, burn from left to right so that your view of where the tip has been is not obscured; but holding your head to the right may be necessary to get the best view. I have met some carvers who bend the tip to one side so that the handle can be tilted slightly while the tip remains perpendicular to the surface of the wood.
Needlenose pliers are a good tool for re-shaping the nichrome, but the wire must be brought to maximum temperature first. Failure to do so may snap the tip or put a curve in it that will render it ineffective. Make sure that your fingers are well removed from the hot tip.
Feathers can be described as hard or soft. The hard feathers consist of the major flight feathers. The description comes from edges that have a smooth, hard look. Soft feathers, found on the belly, flank, sides, head and some-times the breast, have a variety of shapes, but their appearance is not rigid at all. Instead, they will appear fluffy in many cases.
When burning an open wing that consists of hard primary and secondary feathers, start with the shaft first. Since a shaft is not always centered, sketch it in with a pencil before you start to burn. Begin by burning two parallel lines that merge at the feather's tip. If the feathers on your project are splayed, use a backup block to prevent breaking the tips.
On large feathers, the shaft is noticeably raised. To remove wood from both sides of the shaft, you can go back with a rotary stone or diamond bit to remove wood. In most cases, the burning pen will be just as effective. Using a low-heat setting, a wide tip and heavy pressure, hold the pen so that it is almost horizontal to the surface. The result is compressed wood and a surface that needs little if any further sanding.
Beginners who are not familiar enough with feather anatomy sometimes burn the barbs nearly perpendicular to the shaft. In nature, the angle is only 30 to 45 degrees, except at the feather's tip where the angle decreases to almost zero.
Another phenomenon of real feathers is that the barbs radiate from the shaft in flattened S shapes. Putting a slight twist in each barb actually contributes to the look of the natural convex shape of the feather. To keep yourself focused on the S curves, draw a few barb lines on each feather as a reference before burning.


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Hi, i'm facing a situation where i need to send many descriptors trough socket but if i use a loop to send an item after another it only sends the first one, i dont know how to solve this
i am using an AO_A that puts data into AO_B obtect that uses a timer to do its job, when this timer ends i have another AO, AO_C that really sends a descriptor (just one per call), but the behavior is like i wrote the firts paragraph.
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The couple will celebrate with a family dinner and took a trip to Anna Marie Island in February. A cruise is planned for later this year.
Bob and the former Jane Kill were married on June 20, 1964, at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, the Rev. Thomas Gorman officiating.
Their children include Tracey Thitoff of Palm Harbor, Florida, Wendy (Brian) Altenburger of Ottovile and Robert P. Thitoff of Columbus. They also have one grandchild, Evan Robert Altenburger of Ottoville.
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FROM the kick off, Blaenavon took play into the Machen 22, taking the lead with a penalty by outside half Dan Phillips.
Minutes later centre Nathan Preece scored a great solo try in the corner and Dan Phillips converted from a wide angle.
From the restart, Machen forced Blaenavon to defend but with the home forwards winning most of the possession and the backs handling and running well, Blaenavon scored another three tries before half time.
A Machen penalty provided their only points.
Jamie Noble, in the second row, boosted the Blaenavon pack on his return from injury and TomBirch won clean ball at the lineouts.
The second try was scored by Gareth Betts in close support after runs by flankers Matthew Davies and Peter Loader.
Lee Baker scored the third after great handling and running by several players.
Richard Dennington scored Blaenavon's fourth try after a great run by centre Scott Creese.
In the second half the Blaenavon coaches put on replacements Steven Howard, Jo Cook and Glenn Harvey.
Noble scored their fifth try after a great drive by the forwards and Nathan Preece scored their sixth with another great solo try. Dan Phillips kicked the conversion.
In the last ten minutes Machen forced play back into the Blaenavon 22 but Dan Phillips cleared with a free kick and they could not add to their three points.
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In Gold Boy, Emerald Girl, Yiyun Li explores the big themes—individuality, honor, family ties and love—and sets them against a richly detailed tapestry of Chinese life. Though each story takes place in modern-day China, they are formally rigorous and crafted with an elegance that harkens back to stylists like Chekhov and William Trevor. At the same time, the contemporary settings and Li's modern sensibility bring freshness to old themes.
The nine stories take place in small villages or provincial corners of Beijing. Li's focus is the ordinary person trapped where the demands of history, community and family collide, and characters suffer from an internalized sense of guilt or shame. Though not overtly political, Li's stories denote the struggle between individual and community—a particularly potent subject given China's social and political history.
In "A Man Like Him," Teacher Fei, a lifelong bachelor, conspires to meet a man who has been publicly—and wrongfully—accused of an indiscretion. Fei has his own past troubles that he hopes will be absolved by this meeting. In "House Fire," five friends band together to form a detective agency devoted to domestic issues. When a man comes to them for advice regarding an unsavory rumor about his wife and father-in-law, the case threatens the unity of the group and they must decide whether or not to accept it.
But Li is also interested in the way love blooms in the most unlikely places. The title story is the masterpiece in the collection—an expertly crafted work in which a professor introduces her middle-aged son to her favorite student—an action that ignores the natures of both individuals, but also opens up their lives to the possibility of happiness. Similarly, "Number 3, Garden Road" depicts a life-altering evening in the lives of two residents in a Beijing apartment house. Both moved in when the building was new, Meilan as a child, Mr. Chang as a young husband. Many years later, Meilan has returned, twice divorced, and hopes for the newly widowed Mr. Chang to notice her at the neighborhood dances. This story, with the assertive Meilan and deliberately obtuse Chang, comes the closest to humor, but it is a most gentle kind and one that draws inspiration from wise observation.
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A stellar assortment of stories about struggles to escape and connect in contemporary China.
Since her debut collection, A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (2005), Li has become a more ambitious and nuanced storyteller: Her first novel, The Vagrants (2009), was a striking cross-section of life in a small Chinese town affected by a young woman's execution; this book marks no thematic shifts, but the writing is slyer and deeper. The opening story, "Kindness," is a virtuosic novella in which a middle-aged woman recalls relationships with two crucial women in her life: a retired schoolteacher who provided a haven during the narrator's difficult childhood and the army lieutenant whose treatment of her veered from tenderness to humiliation. The narrator, writing as a 40-something, is shaken and isolated by her experiences, but also intriguingly self-aware, and Li skillfully balances this insecurity and self-regard. The remaining eight stories are shorter but no less powerful. In "Prison," a woman moves back to China from America to monitor the surrogate carrying her baby, opening up questions about servitude, class and parenthood. In "House Fire," a group of women gain celebrity for a public crusade against infidelity, but their confidence in their cause is unsettled when a timid man arrives for help. In "The Proprietress," a woman running a store near a prison arrogantly basks in the power she wields over her patrons. In the closing title story, a young man and women are pressured into an untenable but inevitable relationship. The prevailing emotion among Li's characters is entrapment: They are routinely feeling locked into relationships or predicaments, sometimes by the state, but usually by family or their own lack of will.
Further proof that Li deserves to be considered among the best living fiction writers.Copyright Kirkus 2010 Kirkus/BPI Communications.All rights reserved.
Previously published in such venues as The New Yorker, the Guardian, and the San Francisco Chronicle, these nine stories are not interwoven, yet they share myriad common themes. Opening the collection is "Kindness," in which a 41-year-old single school teacher, an adoptee, recalls the kindness of a professor and a lieutenant when she served in the military. In "A Man Like Him," readers meet 66-year-old Teacher Fei, also an adoptee and an accused pedophile who arranges to meet the father of a 19-year-old woman he sees in a magazine and on her blog post. Matchmaking and companionship are common to the title piece and "Number Three, Garden Road," while the darker and more tragic themes of death and childlessness are evident in "Prison" and "The Proprietress." "House Fire" is the one story with a more humorous premise, as six older women work together to fight deteriorating morals. (Imagine six mature Chinese women in an undercover episode of the reality show Cheaters.) VERDICT As in The Vagrants, Li's writing is a window on life's darker side, particularly in China. Recommended for any reader interested in short stories and Asian fiction.--Shirley N. Quan, Orange Cty. P.L.s, Santa Ana, CA[Page 69]. Copyright 2010 Reed Business Information.
The nine brilliant stories in Li's collection (after The Vagrants) offer a frighteningly lucid vision of human fate. In the title story, motherless Siyu has long been in love with an older zoology professor, Dai, who suddenly wants Siyu, 38 and single, to marry Dai's gay 42-year-old son, Hanfeng. In "A Man Like Him," retired art teacher Fei embarks on a strange quest after reading a story about a Web site devoted to shaming a man who left his wife. Fei seeks out the man, needing to confide to him his own sordid brush with infamy. The collection's magnificent centerpiece is "Kindness," the novella-length reminiscence of a spiritually despondent math teacher named Moyan, whose bleak story begins with the emotional starvation she suffered from her adoptive parents and grimly continues over the years as two older women--an English teacher and Moyan's army superior--attempt, unsuccessfully, to reach out to her. Li's description of army life, and particularly her description of Moyan's regiment's march across Mount Dabi, is a bravura piece of writing, but it's Moyan's evolution from pitiable to borderline heroic (in her own way) that is Li's greatest achievement. (Sept.)[Page ]. Copyright 2010 Reed Business Information.


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The Romane Event Comedy Show, is now in its 8th Year, which the SF Weekly called "a stay unheard of in the SF comedy scene and an achievement in the general nightlife as well". The Romane Event Comedy Show features the best in Bay Area / West Coast comedy in an "anything goes and probably will" environment!.
In 2013, The Romane Event was featured in The SF Sketchfest, celebrated its 8th Year anniversary in March and celebrated its 100th show in July which was picked by both the Sf Chronicle and Sf Examiner as the Comedy Pick of The Week! The Romane Event Comedy Show is one of the hottest comedy shows in the country and has been featured on television and in print including: The Onion, NBC Bay Area, NPR's FORUM, SF Weekly, SF Guardian, SF Chronicle, East Bay Express, Time Out SF, SF Fun Cheap, SF Examiner, SF Station, The Egotist, YELP, and many more!
Every month you can see a lineup of many of whom have appeared on late-night television and have performed on Comedy Central, Letterman, Chelsea Lately, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, The Tonight Show, HBO...!
This beloved Bay Area comedy show has long been a "must perform" show for the Bay Area's top comedians, and a must-see for comedy fans. For the last seven years I've worked hard to bring the best in indie comedy to San Francisco.
The Romane Event's first show was in 2005. Since then I have had every major comedy star from the Bay Area perform in my show, many up-and-comers and a handful of bad ones. The Romane Event was orignally a variety show that included performers from all walks of life, including musicians, story-tellers, poets, filmmakers, and even Yo-Yo Champions.
For the first few months, every show featured live cartoon drawing by Lev, The Cartoonist, and the very talented Will Franken. By 2006, The Romane Event was still a variety show but was starting to feature more Stand Up comedians. The reason was simple. There are way more talented stand up comics to choose from and they consistently show up. You just never know what you're going to get with a "variety act". One guy even impaled himself on a bed of nails and had to be rushed to the hospital for stiches.
You can always see great up and coming talent and seasoned veterans telling great jokes and enjoying the amazing atmosphere, of the legendary, Make-Out Room. The Make-Out Room is in the Mission neighborhood of San Francisco which has lately been called a "comedy rennaisance".
"Much like Paco, the festival is a mash up of all things funny -- sketch, stand-up, improv, you name it. We're thrilled to include Paco's cool stand-up show, 'The Romane Event' in the festival this year for the first time, and to shed some light on Paco's stand-up, which is really strong." -Cole Stratton, Producer of SF Sketchfest
"7 years of success has kept Paco Romane at the top of the Bay Area comedy scene."- NBC Bay Area
"Paco Romane runs one finely tuned comedy show each month at the Make Out Room. As host of The Romane Event Comedy Show, Paco really knows how to warm up a room and create the proper, relaxed comedy atmosphere that comedians love to perform at and audience members love to laugh their you-know-what off at. In addition, it's backed by cool tunes from DJ Specific." - Citybest.com
"7 Years of the Romane Event Comedy Show is a stay unheard of in the SF comedy scene and an achievement in the general nightlife as well." SF Weekly
"Paco Romane's hilarious monthly comedy/variety show."- The Onion
One of the best monthly comedy shows in SF- sfstandup.com
Paco Romane, host with the most, really brings the laughs.- SF Bay Guardian
"Highly Recommended"- NPR
"Paco Romane is hilarious" - YELP
The Romane Event Comedy Show has a 5 STAR RATING ON YELP!
Check out all of these past performers!:
Will Durst, Marga Gomez, Will Franken, Tim Lee, Jesse Thorn, Ms Pat, Joe Klocek, Brent Weinbach, Moshe Kasher, Ali Wong, Melinda Hill, Doug Ferrari, The Meehan Brothers, Chris Garcia, Alex Koll, Drennon Davis, Joy Gohring, Sean Hayes, Melinda Hill, Larry "Bubbles" Brown, Casey Ley, Sherry Shirof, Reggie Steele, Grant Lyon, Kasper Hauser, Tartufi, Brian Malow, Jay William Starr, Jon Wolanske, Joe Tobin, Greg Edwards, Alex White, Melanie Case, Kellen Erskine, Edwin Li, Kenny Taylor, Brett Duggan, Richter Scale, Big Al Gonzalez, Amir Malekopur, Jay Starr, Sammy Wegent, Dhaya Lakshminarayanan, Mo Mandel Sal and Mitzi, Scott Gagner, The Improv Slam Singers, Uncle Howard, The Revolution Allstars, Dattner, Mark Silverman, Justin Lamb, Dr. Popular, Mike Funt, Gail Epps, Sam and Brady, Shasta Phillups, Mark Day, Eggplant Casino, The Super Dupers, The Hurley Brothers, Dina Vaccari, Killing My Lobster, Kurt Weitzman, Jon Luckas and Juanita Harris, Danny Dechi, The Poor Boys, The Boneless Children Foundation, Absurd Playlets w/ Hilde, Candy Churilla, Lev, Boaz Reisman, Ian Shaul, Vanessa Morisson, Harmon Leon, Yayne Abeba, Ronn Vigh, Mike Meehan, Films by FreeDirt, Andrew Bancroft, Ben Temple, Justin Scales, Kapow!, Beth Schumann, Brendan Lynch, Kevin Camia, Beata Bakhiatari, Aundre The Wonder Woman, Sean Keane, Ali Mafi, Janine Brito, Peter Bartlett, Ben Feldman, Kevin O'Shea.


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Chris Foster from the Times on how CRN and his coaches brought everyone's focus back to football:
"They did it right this time," Neuheisel said, as players -- and offensive line coach Bob Palcic -- scurried over the seven-foot wall.
The moment, which followed a Neuheisel meeting with the team Thursday morning, seemed to conclude the matter in a humorous way, with television cameras from a local sports channel watching. Neuheisel also said that apologies were sent out Thursday morning to the high school coaches and players who came to practice Tuesday.
"It probably wasn't the best decision to make, but we learned from it," senior quarterback Ben Olson said. "We did it as a team and we can't dwell on what happened."
A harsh workout as punishment was not part of the lesson, as the Bruins prepared for the second of three scrimmages.
"There was no shouting and hollering," defensive tackle Brigham Harwell said about the Thursday morning meeting. "He just said he was mad that we didn't go over the wall."
Harwell also said, "As a team we're going to make it up to the coaches. Whether it's watching film or being on the field without the coaches, we'll make it up. We can run a practice ourselves."
If CRN and his staff came out with some suspensions and dramatically alter yesterday's practice, it actually would have probably blown up this small story (which seems significant at a time when there is not much going in the sports world except for never ending NBA/NHL playoffs and baseball action that puts everyone to sleep) into an artificially "bitter" controversy.
By having the whole team actually jump over the wall this time including the coaches, it will get the players to buy into him even more. I am going to bet that if tradition is sustained it's not going to take place during spring practices but some other time in the year when missing one practice will have no discernible impact.
Speaking of tradition CRN brough back more than hundred alums back to practice yesterday (from the LAT report linked above):
Anyway, going back to football, Dohn reports on how our receivers are finding the options in Chow's offense to be simpler:
Now, when a receiver stands at the line of scrimmage, his job is the look at the defensive backs and one of the linebackers, then choose from a variety of route options off a simple read.
It is simplistic, UCLA's receivers say, but new offensive coordinator Norm Chow's offense provides plenty of freedom.
"The way the play is designed, it's easier to determine which route to do," Bruins receiver Terrence Austin said.
"How it was last year, it was like, `OK, I got two and that's it.' There could have been an alternative route, but it was just not designed in the play. The routes given now are more instinctual. You don't have to think about it. It's common sense."
UCLA fifth-year receiver Marcus Everett said there are at least two or three variations on routes for each play, with go-routes also in the equation.
"We have a couple of read routes where we can do one route, or if the defensive back plays a certain way, we can do another route," Everett said. "It gives a lot of leeway to the receivers. As long as the quarterback and the receivers are on the same page, it'll be a good thing."
Neuheisel said part of the issue may be that Olson is left-handed and the ball must be delivered differently than for the right-handed Pat Cowan. It should also be noted that both QB's are 6-foot-5 and Reed is a somewhat stocky 6-foot-4. Neuheisel said that either the ball is being delivered short or the QB's dont have their hands deep enough under the center.
"It's absolutely driving me crazy and the only way I know how to do it is bombard it with attention," Neuheisel said. "So we have to go back to the drawing board. I think we can get there.
"The only thing I can think of is its a different top hand. We just have to make sure we get that problem solved."
Anyone miss the days of a football coach "sleeping well"?


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Only in the White House can underlings decide to keep important info from the boss and still keep their jobs. Obama's that bad. #tcot—
RB (@RBPundit) May 20, 2013
As Twitchy reported, during this afternoon's press briefing, Jay Carney stunningly — and wholly unbelievably — claimed that White House staffers were aware of the IRS targeting conservatives but decided not to tell the president. Maybe they figured he'd eventually read about it in the news!
One reporter got to wondering:
Reporter: If the IG report isn't worthy of the president's attention, exactly what is?—
Sunny (@sunnyright) May 20, 2013
And, well, that got a bunch of Twitterers thinking: if the president didn't know about the developing IRS scandal, what else is he unaware of?
Big, big question given staff meltdown. This –> @bdomenech: I wonder what else they aren't telling Obama.—
Eric Earling (@ericearling) May 20, 2013
Cue #WhatArentTheyTellingObama, which is now racing up the trending topic charts:
Professional Wrestling is staged. #WhatArentTheyTellingObama—
D.B. Shumate (@shumad1) May 20, 2013
#WhatArentTheyTellingObama The KFC secret—
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Who does #2 work for #WhatArentTheyTellingObama
Amy (@CAAmyO) May 20, 2013
Bruce Willis is dead — THE WHOLE TIME.
Robert A George (@RobGeorge) May 20, 2013
Bush is no longer president. #WhatArentTheyTellingObama—
Tom Reynolds (@Beregond) May 20, 2013
#WhatArentTheyTellingObama: If you don't hold an umbrella for yourself you look ridiculous—
Kelly Maher (@okmaher) May 20, 2013
Other presidents comprehended the concept of Economics.
AJ (@SeeTac7) May 20, 2013
Inflating our tires won't help with this bump in the road. #WhatArentTheyTellingObama—
Krystal (@TheFriddle) May 20, 2013
America only has 50 states #WhatArentTheyTellingObama—
Chelsea (@chelseagrunwald) May 20, 2013
Babies are NOT "punishment" #WhatArentTheyTellingObama—
Erick Brockway (@erickbrockway) May 20, 2013
"You didn't really kill Bin Laden with your bare hands." #WhatArentTheyTellingObama—
(@NumbersMuncher) May 20, 2013
#WhatArentTheyTellingObama that the Pres IS actually supposed to govern some during his 8 years. The Pres seems to think he won a timeshare—
Coach Brown (@jmbrown1955) May 20, 2013
#WhatArentTheyTellingObama That since the world thinks you're so smart, thinking that "Austrian" is a language makes us look even worse.—
(@vbspurs) May 20, 2013
"1984" was a warning, not an owner's manual. #WhatArentTheyTellingObama—
Sunny (@sunnyright) May 20, 2013
#WhatArentTheyTellingObama: the White House press corps isn't supposed to be a fan club.—
El SOOPer!! (@SooperMexican) May 20, 2013
The Situation Room isn't just a place to bring Jay-Z & Beyonce, it's also where he should've been during Benghazi #WhatArentTheyTellingObama—
Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) May 20, 2013
There's this thing called The Bill of Rights #WhatArentTheyTellingObama http://t.co/RlLlosXQ0S—
Amy (@CAAmyO) May 20, 2013
Time to take off the blindfold, Mr. President.
You shouldn't believe your own bulls*** #WhatArentTheyTellingObama—
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Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Tomas Vokoun will miss three-to-six months because of issues with blood clots, the team announced on Wednesday.
Vokoun experienced a scary situation a few weeks ago when blood clots developed in his leg, which required immediate medical attention. While a varying degree of reports surfaced in the wake of the development, it was abundantly clear that the situation was serious. Fortunately, Vokoun appears to be recovering well, as he has been cleared to participate in light workouts. However, he won't be able to fully return for quite sometime.
#Pens Vokoun: I'm not thinking about my career or hockey. Im worried about my long-term health. Thinking short term.— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) October 2, 2013
Manager Ray Shero stated on Wednesday that Vokoun will continue with light activity and will be reevaluated in three months. Shero said the prognosis was not surprising and that the team would not be looking to replace Vokoun at this time. Moving forward, the team will go with a tandem of Marc-Andre Fleury and Jeff Zatkoff.
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Jean Ma and Bromley Palamountain are award-winning swing dance instructors, choreographers, and performers specializing in vernacular movement through the dance patterns of Lindy Hop, Balboa, and Charleston. They teach group and private lessons locally, nationally, and internationally and are also available to perform at weddings, corporate events, parties, etc.
They live in Northern California's East Bay but teach across the San Francisco Bay Area and have even been stretching their wings out with some national and international appearances.
Please contact Jean and Bromley at firstname.lastname@example.com for private lessons, booking requests, and other inquiries.
For more information about swing dancing in the Bay Area, check out Facebook Bay Area Group or lindylist.com.
The Dancers' Den is closed
Unfortunately, we will be closing the doors to The Dancers' Den. The Den will be closed on March 25th, 2014 until further notice.
YWCA Level II Lindy Hop Classes Mar-May
Jean and Bromley will be teaching a 6 week Level II Lindy Hop series at the YWCA in Berkeley, CA every Monday night starting Mar 31st. If you need help solidifying your basics, you should definitely check out this Monday night series. No partner necessary and drop-ins are welcome every week.
@YWCA Berkeley
2600 Bancroft Way
Berkeley, CA 94704
Series I: Beginner I Lindy Hop: March 31-May 5th
6:30 – 7:30pm
Sign up at Berkeley YWCA
Wednesday Night Hop-Level 3 & Airsteps in May
Jean and Bromley will be heading down to Mountain View to teach the Level 3 class and a Beginner Airsteps series.
@ Wednesday Night Hop-Cheryl Burke Dance Center
1400 N Shoreline Blvd #A
Mountain View, CA 94043
Wednesdays: May 7 – May 28
7:15 – 8:15 pm – Level 3 Musicality and Rhythm
8:15 – 9:15 pm – Beginner Air Steps
Their website may not be updated with the class info. But check back in a month for more info: www.wednesdaynighthop.com
9:20 Special's Performance Class & Lindy 3 June-July
Jean and Bromley so honored to be asked to choreograph and teach another performance class for the 9:20 Special Open House. The class will be 2 months long. This routine will be performed at the 9:20 Special Open House which is on July 31st. In this series they will teach a super fun routine filled with moves that are also lead-able on the social dance floor. This is a great opportunity to learn some new moves and choreography and have the chance to perform it. If you don't feel 100% comfortable performing, you are still more than welcome to take theclass. You are NOT obligated to perform if you do not wish. They will for sure have you performance ready though, so hopefully everyone will get to experience the rush of performing for an audience. If you have any questions, please feel free to email them at firstname.lastname@example.com. They will also be teaching the Lindy 3 level class as well.
You can see videos of some past performance class routines on our youtube page: http://www.youtube.com/jeanand
@ The 9:20 Special
The Russian Center
2460 Sutter St
San Francisco, CA 94115
When: Every Thursday from June 5th-July 24th (Open house will be on July 31st)
Time: 7:20-8:20pm- Lindy 4: Open House Performance Routine (Open House is on July 31st)
8:20-9:20pm- Lindy 3: June & July Topics: TBD
More info to come. Stay tuned! http://920special.com
Upcoming 2014 Weekend Workshops
Jean and Bromley will be traveling up to Mendocino County again twice this year. More info to come.
- J&B Fort Bragg Weekend Workshop
@ Fort Bragg, CAWhen April 25 – 27, 2014Email email@example.com for more info.
- Camp Swing
We always love being part of the Camp Swing staff. If you have never been, you should definitely check it out. It's a weekend in the beautiful Mendocino redwoods filled with great classes, gourmet food, fun performances, live bands, super fun games, and wonderful bonding time with fellow dancers over bottomless glasses. It may seem too early to think about attending, but discounted tickets won't last much longer. So make sure you sign up sooner than later!! Register now, and tell them you heard about the weekend from Jean and Bromley at the Den! (There are also volunteer positions available.)@ The Mendocino RedwoodsWhen: October 10-12, 2014To register or get more info: https://www.eventbrite.
com/e/camp-swing-2014-tickets- 9480507453 or www.campswing.com
Class Recap Videos now available!!
We now have class recaps for our Berkeley classes which can be found below:
*YWCA class recaps
*The Dancers' Den class recaps
2011 9:20 Performance Class: The House Special
2010 9:20 Performance Class: Team Awesome
Private Lessons
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As Brickell reported in the comments and Dan is with holding comment for now (sort of), Jeffery Loria talked about the Marlins payroll going forward.
Owner Jeffrey Loria said Saturday he will boost the salaries, but not until the stadium opens in 2011.
"It's a function of revenues, and we were not really able to derive any revenues out of (Dolphin Stadium)," Loria said of the payroll, which is expected to be the lowest in baseball this season.
"As we get closer to the stadium, those things will change. We need to be in that facility and make things happen."
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The normal thing for a team to do is increase the payroll in advance of playing in a new facility. The thought being, that the club will see an increase in attendance, if for no other reason than the novelty of attending a game in the new park. What most organizations try to do is put a competitive team on the field, complete with the fan favorites in order to keep bringing people back to the new facility once the novelty has worn off.
It doesn't have to field an outright contender for the division championship or even one that is will be in the wild-card hunt. But it really should be one that will make some noise.
But the Marlins and normal, don't often collide in the same sentence.
If Loria is true to his word, and there is no reason to think he isn't since this has been the official company line for sometime, it could pose a problem.
Other first-time arbitration-eligible players such as Jeremy Hermida, Josh Willingham, Mike Jacobs and Scott Olsen should garner significant raises as well.
The Marlins will enter this season with about a $19 million dollar payroll. I just hope that isn't the metric that will be used in the next few years. Because if it is, when the Marlins play in their inaugural season in the new park the casual fan will recognize almost none of the players names.
As it stands right now, the Marlins put a fun, exciting team to watch on the field. Should they choose to see them depart, they will end up like the Pirates who squandered the benefits of having a new stadium.


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First I cut the towel in half.
I wanted the apron front to be pleated instead of gathered so I folded over the cut edge and pinned in the pleats.
Then I stitched straight across all the pleats to hold them in place. I considered omitting this step but there were too many pins in place to make it work. It was also much easier to work with the apron bottom once the pleats were in and the pins were out.
Next I cut two lengths of grosgrain ribbon. One to cover the stitches on the back side of the apron and one to be the belt. My plan was to sew one edge of the ribbon to the apron bottom and one edge to the potholder-bib-top. First I sewed both ribbons to the apron bottom leaving a pocket to tuck in the potholder.
Next I tucked the potholder in the pocket and sewed it in place. I wish I had used a lighter pink thread so you couldn't see the sloppy stitches. It was more difficult than I expected to sew through the ribbon and thick potholder and also keep my stitches in a nice neat line.
Finally I hand sewed a ribbon to each corner on the top of the potholder.
Hannah LOVES the finished apron! I think it's super cute and just in time for Valentine's Day!