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HOUSTON — Manager Robin Ventura is standing behind Tyler Flowers, whose first go at being the White Sox' full-time catcher has been bumpy. Flowers, batting .220, caught a day game Sunday after a night game.
Asked if Flowers deserves more time to prove himself, Ventura issued a vote of confidence.
"Yeah, catching-wise he's doing a great job calling a game,'' Ventura said. "For me, the hitting has become better. He's going to run into a guy where he does strike out. But the quality of at-bats has gotten better for me. And that's something we look at, too. It's hard in this situation when we're losing games that you pinpoint one at-bat. You look at the quality of the at-bats, and it's getting better.''
Flowers, who's 10-for-30 with two home runs over his last 10 games, has been under the microscope because his predecessor, A.J. Pierzynski, was allowed to walk in free agency. Ventura doesn't want him to bear the weight of that.
"It's key for him not to go down that road,'' he said. "Even for all of us. You can let yourself go down the road of feeling sorry or making an excuse. You can't point a finger. Just play the game. Make sure you take care of your own business, pick guys up and be a good teammate. As soon as you start looking for reasons, you can't make it back from that.''
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Jake Peavy, who's on the disabled list, had a tough time getting his head around the way the Sox have lost three games in Houston. Citing Chris Sale not giving up an earned run Friday, Jordan Danks getting picked off to end Saturday's game and Sunday's loss that included a two-run homer by Alejandro De Aza in the ninth inning — trailing by three runs — Peavy said an appropriate (although inappropriate) newspaper headline would be: "You can't make this s--- up.''
The Sox are starting to view this bad season as a freak show.
"You can say woe is me, but there are some things that are happening like Sale makes one bad pitch and it's a grand slam and we lose a game [to the A's last week],'' second baseman Gordon Beckham said. "It's like if things can go wrong, they will. You just have to hope it turns around sooner rather than later. We have to weather the storm right now, unfortunately, and hope we can get better on all ends.''
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In 1995, the city of Springfield passed a strongly worded ordinance that required most municipal workers to live in the city.
This wasn't the first time the issue of employee residency had reared its head; the matter had been kicking around City Hall for decades. But in '95, under then-Mayor Mike Albano, the push to require residency once again became a politically appealing notion, backed by officials who argued that it would reap all sorts of benefits—concrete and less tangible—for the city.
One problem: enforcement of the ordinance has been lax, at best. According to city officials, 37 percent of Springfield's roughly 1,400 municipal workers live outside the city. (Those figures do not include the 4,800 people who work for the Springfield School Department. Within that group, teachers are exempt from municipal residency requirements by state law.)
Of those more than 500 city-side workers who live outside of Springfield, most do so in violation of the ordinance (although, some would argue, with at least tacit approval from the city, which failed to enforce the regulation for so long). Others do so with official waivers from the mayor—waivers that several city councilors say have been given out much too freely.
Seventeen years after the residency ordinance was passed, some city councilors are now calling for a renewed commitment to the requirement, with strong penalties, including the possibility of termination, for those who don't comply. They contend that a residency requirement helps the local economy and signals a level of commitment that's fair to expect of city employees. Council President Jimmy Ferrera puts it simply: "I believe that if you collect a city paycheck, you should live in the city."
Not surprisingly, many city employees are worried about what a revived residency ordinance would mean for them. They include members of municipal labor unions who may support the requirement in principle but have significant concerns about fair enforcement that doesn't violate workers' rights.
Meanwhile, at least one veteran councilor suggests that the proposal is a band-aid solution to much deeper problems facing Springfield—problems the city needs to address so that municipal workers, and others, would actually want to live in there. "Then you wouldn't need to worry about residency, because people would be happy to live here," said At-Large City Councilor Tim Rooke.
Springfield's existing residency ordinance requires all employees hired on or after March 17, 1995, to reside in the city for as long as they hold their jobs. Employees already on the payroll could live outside the city, but if they received a promotion on or after that date, they'd have one year to move into Springfield. Under the ordinance, the city could not enter any contract with a labor union that would exempt workers from the residency requirement.
The ordinance also requires employees to submit a "certificate of residency" to the city annually, "signed under the pains and penalties of perjury," attesting to their place of residence. In addition, it created a compliance commission to investigate suspected violations. Workers found to be in violation would be fired.
Tough as it sounds on paper, in practice, the regulation has been repeatedly violated, without sanctions. The ordinance was also changed several times over the years, including a 2009 amendment by the Control Board—imposed by the state Legislature in 2004 to oversee the city's finances—allowing the mayor to grant waivers to individual employees "upon written determination that the taxpayers and residents ... would be better served through the hiring, appointment or promotion of a non-resident."
In November, the Springfield Republican printed a list of 37 city employees who have received waivers. The list included workers from across city departments and across the pay scale, from a Parks Department groundskeeper who earns $26,083 a year to several highly placed, highly paid officials, among them Geraldine McCaffrey, the city's director of housing, who earns $85,905; Insurance Director Linda Parent, who earns $96,607; and Robert Maggi, deputy chief information officer, who earns $100,000. Ironically, William Mahoney, the city's director of labor relations and human resources, lives in Ludlow and was hired to his $139,999 job in 2009 with a waiver from Mayor Domenic Sarno.
The compliance commission created by the 1995 ordinance has been dormant for years, and city employees had not been required to file residency certificates in recent years. This year, at the City Council's urging, employees were called on to file those certificates by Feb. 1. Ferrera, the Council president, said councilors are awaiting from Human Resources a full report on compliance.
The push to toughen up Springfield's residency requirement began in October, when the City Council sent to committee a non-binding resolution calling for the city to make residency requirements a part of all future contract negotiations. The city has 23 contracts with labor unions, most of which expire this year. Several already include language requiring residency, while others include an exemption.
Last week the Council's general government committee held the first of two hearings on a draft revised residency ordinance, which includes a concession to employees who violated the rule during the long stretch of years when it went unenforced. (A second meeting on the matter is scheduled for March 21 at 5 p.m. in City Hall.) Under the proposed changes, existing workers who live outside Springfield without a waiver would be subject to an annual two-week unpaid suspension as long as they continue to live outside the city.
Ward 2 Councilor Mike Fenton has been one of the most vocal proponents of reviving the residency ordinance, along with Ward 7's Tim Allen. While Fenton supports the suspension option out of fairness to employees already on the payroll, going forward, he said, new hires should be held in strict compliance with the ordinance or face termination. In addition, employees who falsely claim on their residency certificate to live in the city should be fired, said Fenton, who would also recommend that they be prosecuted for perjury.
As in the 1995 version, the draft ordinance calls for cases of suspected violations to be handled by a compliance commission; the new version also calls for the appointment of a residency compliance officer within the personnel department. Like the existing ordinance, the draft proposal allows the Police Department to be called on to investigate those cases, although Fenton noted that that's one of the details the Council needs to sort out.
"We don't want to have this commission be a harasser of city employees," he said. "But what we want to make sure is we have the tools to keep people honest, and keep them to their word."
Another detail to be addressed: residency waivers. "The Council has taken great exception to the amount of waivers that have been granted by the mayor, especially to department heads," Fenton said. While he can imagine some circumstances under which it might be appropriate for a hire to receive a waiver, in general, Fenton said, "I think it should be very difficult. And no department head, under any circumstance, should have a waiver, ever."
Right now, the mayor has the sole authority to issue waivers. Fenton supports a change, spelled out in the draft revision, that would require the mayor to propose waivers to the City Council, which would have final approval. "The ordinance is only as strong as the person with the waiver-granting authority," he said.
"I think the exceptions should be few and far between, and far too many exceptions are being made right now," Fenton continued. And that, he added, hurts morale among those city employees who have been abiding by the ordinance while their co-workers, or even bosses, have not.
Rick Brown is president of the Pioneer Valley Central Labor Council and secretary/treasurer of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1459, which represents certain Department of Public Works employees as well as security guards, nurses and substitute teachers in the School Department.
Brown told the Advocate that he does not oppose the residency concept. "It's not a bad thing," he said. "It's a wonderful thing that employees would live in the city."
But Brown is concerned about his members' being treated fairly. When the school guards and substitute teachers received letters asking them to fill out compliance certificates, he said, it included a warning that they would be taken off the city payroll if they were not in compliance. "People get these letters, and they're shocked," Brown said.
In response, the union sent a letter to City Hall warning that it would file an unfair labor practice charge if the city did not retract the threat made in the letter, as residency is a mandatory subject of bargaining in those employees' contracts.
Brown does not object to the city requiring residency of employees hired after the existing ordinance is amended. But to fire longtime employees for violating a regulation that was ignored for so long is "ludicrous," he said.
Calvin Feliciano, a vice president at the labor council, considers residency requirements good for communities. While his union, Service Employees International Union Local 1199, does not represent any Springfield city employees, many of its members live in Springfield and would benefit from good-paying jobs going to city residents, not to people from neighboring communities. When people live in the cities where they work, Feliciano said, they are more likely to spend their money there. And keeping a strong base of blue-collar jobs within the city would help make neighborhoods more stable. "The investment in the local community raises everything. Everyone gets uplifted by this," Feliciano said.
Those positive effects, he added, are diluted when too many workers are exempt from residency, especially those at the high end of the pay scale. "Waivers get handed out left and right. That's been a major hurdle," Feliciano said. "You get a department head or someone with a pretty decent salary—these are really good-paying jobs, and then they take that money elsewhere."
But, like Brown, Feliciano believes any renewed residency requirement should apply to new hires only. Forcing a worker to uproot his or her home life to move into the city or risk losing two weeks' pay each year is too harsh a penalty, given the city's lack of enforcement for so many years, he said. Indeed, Feliciano questioned whether the city would have legal grounds to suspend workers in that situation. "I could see lawsuits coming left and right," he said.
Ward 8 Councilor John Lysak, who chairs the general government committee, said he supports the general concept of a residency requirement, and feels it's especially important for department heads to live in the city. But as his committee hears feedback about the proposal, he said, he's increasingly inclined to agree that any new rules should apply to new hires only.
He's also not convinced that the two-week suspension provision is fair, noting that not many people can afford what amounts to a loss of almost five percent of their pay.
"For 17 years, the ball was dropped by the city, period," he said. "[The ordinance] wasn't enforced." Some city employees claim they were never informed about the residency ordinance, Lysak noted; others say they were told by their supervisors not to worry about it.
Lysak also wonders whether the city should grant any waivers going forward. In a city the size of Springfield, he said, there should be plenty of qualified candidates for most jobs. In cases where the best candidate truly does live out of town, he suggested, perhaps that person could be hired with the provision that he or she move to Springfield, with adequate time—18 months, maybe—to sell his or her house and find a new place in the city.
For the city to punish employees after ignoring the ordinance for so long wouldn't be fair, Lysak said: "It's wrong, because we made the mistake of not enforcing it."
But Ferrera noted that, enforced or not, the residency requirement has been on the books for 17 years, and people who skirted it were aware of what they were doing. "They knew when they took the job ... that was part of the package," he said. "This is why people lose faith in government. It's not okay to know that you're breaking the law and just going on the premise that no one is enforcing it. "
While a two-week suspension might seem stiff to some workers, Ferrera said, "My personal opinion [is] a two-week penalty is really not a harsh penalty." In fact, he said, some employees might regard it as a sort of fee that they pay for the freedom to live outside the city "I don't see that as being fair," he said. "It's not solving the problem. Those people are never coming back. They'll never buy a home in Springfield."
And that would undercut what Ferrera considers a key argument for a residency requirement: the economic benefits of having most of the city's more than 6,000 employees living there. "If we had that group of individuals living in the city, obviously it would help out significantly our local economy," from bolstering the listless housing market to bringing more money into small businesses, Ferrera said. "Would it correct the whole problem? Probably not. Would it help? Absolutely."
But At-Large Councilor Tim Rooke says the city needs to address the reasons public employees—and other would-be residents—choose not to live in Springfield before it can start requiring residency.
Rooke told the Advocate that he supports a limited residency requirement, applied to department heads and deputy department heads. But beyond that, Rooke said, "we should hire the best and the brightest for any job in the city"—and sometimes that will be a non-resident. If there are two equally qualified applicants for a position and only one lives in Springfield, "you naturally go with the city resident," he said. But in general, when making hiring decisions, "I'd rather side with performance."
The renewed interest in residency, Rooke said, seems driven more by politics than good policy, and it doesn't address the valid concerns many people have about investing in a home in Springfield. "Probably the best use of time would be to find out why people are moving out of the city," he said. "I think they'd be compelled to tell you it's because the school system is in disrepair and they don't feel safe in the city, in certain areas. If we address those issues, people would be moving back in the city."
Springfield families with the means to do so often bypass the city schools and pay for their kids to go to private schools, as he and his wife do, Rooke said. Others move out of the city to send their children to public schools in neighboring communities. Forcing city employees, especially those making working- or middle-class wages, to move into the city might mean asking them to sell a home in a down economy, to uproot their family, to consider taking on tuition costs they haven't had to pay before. That, Rooke said, doesn't seem fair to the employees. And it would dissuade some potential hires from even applying for jobs, leaving the city with a diminished pool of candidates.
Rather than force people to move in under threat of losing their jobs, Rooke said, the city should concentrate on making Springfield a more appealing place to live, from promoting the arts and other attractions to draw in young professionals to improving the schools to bring in young families.
The city also needs to deal with what Rooke calls the "third rail" that no one wants to address: "the oversaturation of subsidized housing and group homes and level-three sex offenders" in the city. "Those problems have to be cleared up before you want to start discussing attracting people to the city," he said. "Each year we ignore them, the problems get larger and harder to correct."
Rooke doesn't dispute the benefits that would come if all city employees lived in Springfield. "I'd love to have ... those families living in the city, because it would make the city stronger. But you can't force people to live somewhere where they don't feel safe and they don't believe in the school system," he said. "Some of us think we're a five-star restaurant and don't understand why people aren't lining up at the door."


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It is with this thought in mind I rise in rebuttal, with tongue in cheek, to a column written and published Thursday by my young "whipper-snapper" co-worker.
In offering her opinion of the "best sports movies out there," Saralyn Norkus' "absolute favorite" Top 10 included just one movie made before she was born in 1988 (the year I attended my 10-year reunion at Bradley Central).
Any Top 10 list compiled by a single person will be slanted toward their particular tastes (i.e. six hockey movies and an Adam Sandler flick in the dozen films on her Top 10 list, not to mention equating "Space Jam" with "Rocky" in her honorable mention category). In the spirit of fairness, she admits there are a number of the "older" films she has not seen.
Just to review, Saralyn's list went in this order: "Slap Shot," "A League of Their Own," "Remember the Titans," "Goon" (a 2011 hockey movie starring the actor who played Stifler in the American Pie movies), "The Blind Side," "Miracle," "The Mighty Ducks" trilogy, "Cool Runnings," "The Waterboy" and "Angels in the Outfield" (Disney's 1992 version, not the 1951 original).
Let me first say, I do not take umbrage with "Remember the Titans," "Miracle," "A League of Their Own" and "Slap Shot" (yes it's a hockey movie, but it starred Paul Newman before his salad dressing days). Some or many of them would be on a lot of people's lists.
"Cool Runnings" is a great real-life story, but in my opinion, not an all-time great film (it had John Candy and Doug E. Doug in it). The other half of my colleague's list left me scratching my long white beard.
There are many things to consider when compiling and narrowing down any list to the 10 best. As far as "Best Sports Movies," one has to take into consideration subject matter (real or fiction), quality of the acting and the movie, plus the lasting impression it leaves with the viewer.
In checking an Internet list, which had many rankings I did not agree with, I quickly narrowed my short list to 31 films, 25 of which I've seen, four I have not but included due to other critical acclaim, another because I liked the subject matter (Roberto Clemente) and the final one because my great-nephew Gentry Bell and friend Will Moore were extras in the cast of "42."
I first had to disqualify from my list those which I have not seen — "Chariots of Fire" "Miracle," "Moneyball," "Coach Carter," "42" and "Chasing 3000" (not "Mr. 3000" starring the late comedian Bernie Mack, which I unfortunately did see).
"Chariots of Fire," which was nominated for seven Academy Awards and won four, including Best Picture in 1981, and "Miracle" are two that would easily be at or near the top of anybody's list who has seen them.
That left me with 14 based, at least loosely, on real life people or teams, plus 11 "fictional" films. I've always been much more interested in real life than "make believe," so I'll give you my Top 10 "real life" favorites and my Top 5 "made up" ones. (Yes I'm cheating, but it's my column and I couldn't make up my mind where to fit the fiction ones into the overall list.)
Due to space and deadline constraints, I only list my first five films in this column and hold my Top 5 until my next column, giving readers time to compile their own lists to see which writer's rankings they come closer to agreeing with.
Cannon's Top 10
(based on true stories)
No. 10 — "Rudy"
I admire the determination of Rudy's struggle to be on the Notre Dame team (plus he has the same name as one of my all-time favorite teachers).
Daniel Eugene "Rudy" Ruettiger grows up in Joliet, Ill., dreaming of playing football at Notre Dame. Though he is achieving some success with his local high school team, he lacks the grades and money necessary to attend Notre Dame, as well as the talent and physical stature to play football for a major intercollegiate program.
After taking a job at a local steel mill like his father Daniel Sr., who is also a Notre Dame fan, he prepares to settle down, but when his best friend Pete is killed in an explosion at the mill, Rudy decides to follow his dream.
The movie shows his indomitable spirit and resolve to do everything he can to be a part of the Fighting Irish.
No. 9 — "A League of Their Own"
I liked the idea behind the All-American Girls' Professional Baseball League trying to keep the sport going during a time when many Major Leaguers were overseas defending our country in a time of war.
In 2012, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Having Madonna and Rosie O'Donnell in the cast was thankfully overshadowed by the performances of Tom Hanks and Geena Davis.
The movie also provided one of the greatest sports lines ever: "There's no crying in baseball" or in making Top 10 lists (I added that last part).
No. 8 — "The Blind Side"
Great film (nominated for Best Picture) and story, with a family opening their home and lives to someone who needed love and guidance.
Only problem I had with it was how could such a great "volunteer" story involving a Tennessee high school player turn down an offer to play for Phil Fulmer. Kathy Bates fixed that with her lie about dead bodies buried under Neyland Stadium.
No. 7 — "Raging Bull"
The 1980 Martin Scorsese blockbuster was nominated for eight Academy Awards, winning two, including Best Actor for Robert De Niro in the lead role of Jake LaMotta.
LaMotta was an Italian American middleweight boxer during the 1940s and 50s, whose self-destructive and obsessive rage, sexual jealousy and animalistic appetite destroyed his relationship with his wife and family.
Going 14-0-1 in his first 15 fights before losing a highly controversial decision, LaMotta finished his career with a 93-9-4 record.
LaMotta fought former Welterweight Champion Sugar Ray Robinson in Robinson's middleweight debut at Madison Square Garden in New York. LaMotta knocked Robinson down in the first round of the fight, but Robinson got up and took control over much of the fight, winning via unanimous decision.
A rematch took place months later in Detroit. The eighth round was historic. LaMotta landed a right to Robinson's head and a left to his body, sending him through the ropes.
Robinson was saved by the bell at the count of nine. LaMotta, who was already leading on the scorecards before knocking Robinson out of the ring, pummeled and outpointed him for the rest of the fight, winning via unanimous decision, giving Robinson the first defeat of his career.
No. 6 — "Hoosiers"
Inspired by the story of the 1954 Milan High School basketball team that won the 1954 Indiana state championship, "Hoosiers" has been listed in many publications as the best sports movie ever filmed, including claiming the No. 1 spot in a USA Today poll. It was also listed 13th on the American Film Institutes "100 Years... 100 Cheers" list of most inspirational films.
It not only had the second chance stories of a couple of coaches, but also the David vs. Goliath conflict of the small school team battling much larger schools in the one classification system.
Besides you can't go wrong with Gene Hackman and Dennis Hopper as your stars.
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National Standard: 2How to use mental maps to organize
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This is a culminating activity for A River Ran Wild. Mental mapping is an individual's interpretation of a place. In this case the area will be the Nashua River.
- to demonstrate comprehension of the story through mental mapping
1. Distribute a large sheet of paper to each child.
2. Instruct the children to draw a mental map of the Nashua River inspired by the book, A River Ran Wild.
Do the maps depict a portion of the book and capture the essence of the story?
The children may enjoy building models of the river.
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On Thursday, April 16, 2009, the Reeds Road Advanced Band had the opportunity of a lifetime! During the day, we attended a clinic and then we rehearsed "Star Wars" with the world famous Dallas Brass. At night, we watch the first half of the concert and then after intermission we performed on stage with the Dallas Brass . Throughout my whole career I have taken my bands to California, Canada, Virginia Beach, Myrtle Beach, New York, Orlando, and to a College Bowl Game to perform at halftime. All great experiences that I will cherish forever, but this event is by far the best experience I have ever had for my students. The Dallas Brass are professional, extremely talented, funny, great with kids, inspirational, and motivational! The Dallas Brass is a MUST SEE event! And, the best part is they'll be back in May Landing in 3 years. Can't wait!
It gives me great pleasure in announcing Jessica Perez as a member of the 2009 SJBODA (South Jersey Band and Orchestra Directors Association) Jr. High Honors Band. Jessica is the ONLY percussionist in Reeds Roads History to ever make it in the Honors Band. Some other former Reeds Road students to make it include Alexis Rodriguez in 2007 and Erin Fanelli in 2003, both on Clarinet. To make it in the Jr. High Honors Band, Jessica competed against other 6th, 7th, & 8th graders from all over South Jersey counties, including Atlantic, Cape May, and as far away as Camden and Ocean counties.
On Thursday, April 16, 2009 the Dallas Brass will in be concert at the Hess Complex in Mays Landing, NJ. This concert is part of a 7 month tour that started last October in Niagara Falls. In this concert, the Reeds Road Advanced Band will be performing "Star Wars" with the Dallas Brass. Also, performing "Star Wars" will be the Hess School Band and the William Davies School Band. The concert will start at 7:00pm and all tickets are $10.


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As I previously noted in my post about Bankster puppet Gorbachev, popes also have supported a One World Government. Now, from a Vatican-affiliated website comes a report entitled, "Towards Reforming the International Financial and Monetary Systems in the Context of Global Public Authority." [italics mine]
Here is some choice text (abbreviated) from the report:
The purpose of the public [supranational] authority, as John XXIII recalled in Pacem in Terris, is first and foremost to serve the common good. Therefore, it should be endowed with structures and adequate, effective mechanisms equal to its mission and the expectations placed in it. This is especially true in a globalized world which makes individuals and peoples increasingly interconnected and interdependent…This is a complex and delicate process. A supranational Authority of this kind should have a realistic structure and be set up gradually…the world Authority should consistently involve all peoples in a collaboration in which they are called to contribute, bringing to it the heritage of their virtues and their civilizations.
The establishment of a world political Authority should be preceded by a preliminary phase of consultation from which a legitimated institution will emerge that is in a position to be an effective guide and, at the same time, can allow each country to express and pursue its own particular good. The exercise of this Authority at the service of the good…should be made in the interest of all, not only to the advantage of some groups, whether they are formed by private lobbies or national governments.
Keep in mind when you read the full text of the above is that a One World Government is always promoted as something to "improve" peace and prosperity for the world, i.e, it's never about an elite few (the International Banksters and certain royal families) to enslave the rest of the world for their own personal megalomaniacal, sadistic pleasures.
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Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson Becomes 72nd President Of The U.S. Conference Of Mayors
SACRAMENTO, CA – Mayor Kevin M. Johnson today became the 72nd President of The United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) at a gavel passing ceremony in Sacramento on Wednesday, April 16th. This special inauguration was scheduled because the former President of USCM, Mesa, AZ Mayor Scott Smith announced his candidacy for the office of Governor of Arizona; and local law in Mesa dictated that Mayor Smith vacate his seat as mayor for his gubernatorial run. Mayor Johnson, who previously served as the Vice-President of USCM, will serve the balance of Mayor Smith's presidential term, which would have ended in June 2014, in addition to a full one-year term as President of the organization until June 2015. As President, Mayor Johnson will preside over all official meetings, develop and advocate for the bipartisan agenda adopted by the nation's mayors, appoint committee and task force chairs to serve in the leadership of the organization, as well as serve as the organization's national and global spokesperson.
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(Washington, DC) – The NAACP released the following statement on the Supreme Court's decision to uphold Michigan's ban on affirmative action. In a recent 6-2 decision, the Supreme Court overturned a lower court and ruled that Michigan's Proposal 2 -- a 2006 ballot initiative that led to a state constitutional ban on race-conscious college admissions policies in Michigan – is indeed constitutional. The ruling specifically prohibits students from lobbying universities to consider race as one of many factors in admissions.
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This week the Campaign to Defeat Voter Suppression will reach an audience critical to its success. The 2014 Black Summit of the Alliance of North Carolina Black Elected Officials will host a panel presentation by leaders representing organizations that are a part of an evolving dynamic network to defend citizens' right to vote. The audience will include social and political activist from around the state. To help create a more understandable context of our panel discussions, I'm going to refer to earlier information and references that I used to help explain voter suppression and to help readers know it when they see it. I will also highlight new evolving suppression strategies that are being enacted in other states because some of them will surely be coming to the North Carolina General Assembly.
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Nearly 100 people in the last five years have been murdered by active users of the leading racist website, Stormfront, according to a report released today by the SPLC's Intelligence Project. Registered Stormfront users have been disproportionately responsible for some of the most lethal hate crimes and mass killings since the web forum became the first hate site on the Internet in 1995, a month before the Oklahoma City bombing. The report found that hate killings by Stormfront members began to accelerate rapidly in early 2009, when Barack Obama took office as the nation's first black president.
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Instead of attempting to do mindful eating all the time, try mindful eating for the first two bites of any meal or snack.
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The old European cut diamond is the first diamond in history to have a round perimeter (girdle). Thanks to the invention of a mechanical devise termed a bruting machine long ago. It is a brilliant cut diamond and these wonderful older stones have just a much shimmer and more personality than a modern diamond.
In 14k white gold, a diamond of an estimated weight of .35 carats is set. White and bright at G-H color and
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Date: Circa 1930.
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It's a Nice Day for a Steampunk Wedding Cake
October 10th, 2009
Even with all the wacky steampunk-inspired projects we've seen, I never expected steampunk food. Anything else, sure, like dishes, utensils, or glassware. Brass-fitted mugs? Makes perfect sense. But a steampunk cake? Now I've seen it all.
That's cake. It's not a shiny outer layer. It's not wrapping. It's cake, with decorations made of fondant–every gear, every piece. No shortcuts here.
How could you ever cut it? This is art. You wouldn't stroll up to the Mona Lisa and start hacking away with a machete. How could you put a knife into this? This cake goes too far. It's too gorgeous.
…maybe I do sort of want to eat it.
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Be sure to review the modeling advice articles on this web site BEFORE contacting any of these modeling agencies if you hope to have a positive result.
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Chicago, IL 60607
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1327 W. Washington Blvd
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Sir, We are naturally ripe Banana and Papai Provider. Contact for your requirement.
Good thinking and very good service when this great service will start in pathardi phata area?
Our Visitors is not working properly. when i visits each & every page the count is increasing.
This is very good way to save money and time of the people and to get fresh vegetable. But the need is to be honest to maintain the service and quality of the vegetables. I hope you will maintain this. I congratulate you for this service wishes you all the bests for your business.
May be your future customer,
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Is service available at Nashik-Pune Road, opp Fame multiplex?
how i register/create my username and password
Its a good idea, do you have service in Khutvad Nagar area, close to ITI bridge, Priyanka garden?
Also a few observations and suggestions for your website- the pictures looks nice but do you really guarantee the quality and freshness of vegetables? You should give customer option to choose quantity as a small family would not need any vegetable more than 250gm. Also you should give preference for delivery time. Add fruits, paneer, milk, butter milk etc.What about the prices do you guarantee good prices compare to market.
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In 2003 my partners and I had to face the reality that the cost of programmers was going up while production output levels were staying stagnant or going down.
In spite of the tech bubble bursting in 2000/2001 and the world having to accept that a website was no guarantee of untold riches, tech salaries continued to rise. The stock market did little to suppress the enthusiasm of those who were in the tech trenches, at least if they were in the marketing end of tech! This created the kind of demand for tech talent that finding the best talent was still more valuable than it was the year before.
That is when I had my first real experience with outsourcing.
In an effort to keep our prices competitive, we started turning to outsourcing the scripts and development requirements we had. On the phone and by email, it appeared the savings to our company were substantial. So we started handing over our documents along with our bank drafts and our real education began!
We were so excited by the numbers that even as our losses in time, money and self confidence grew, we continued to believe it was a viable options for a small company like us.
We tried Russia, got ripped off. We tried Poland, got burned. We worked with the Philippines, China, and Brazil and of course India. Burned, ripped off, and lied to, cheated, failed delivery, muss-communication, frustration and financial loss. Those savings cost us a LOT more than if we had just hired internally based on calculating hourly wages.
BUT, when I would stop being mad and think about it, it wasn't the hourly thing that was the issue. By 2005 I had earned my "seat of the pants" degree in small company/project outsourcing, I was able to see the pros and cons much better. So good in fact that I made a long term commitment to an Indian firm that resulted in my moving to India in 2007 and starting my own outsourcing service. I've been here ever since and even though I've had my share of government corruption, employee theft, dealing with the language barrier and the privilege of paying taxes in two countries, I really don't regret a minute of my decision.
I've learned how to provide value to my clients and believe it or not, that often means turning them down.
Outsourcing isn't always the answer to every problem. It can be challenging overcoming the time difference, the communication issues with understanding a foreign accent, the cultural differences and the hassles involved with international banking. Also there can be security issues if you need to allow access to your site or to business data.
The key is to listen carefully to the prospective client and make sure you understand the pain point you are trying to relieve. Social Media Outsourcing can give your small business the kind of competitive edge that empowers it to dominate a market segment. It can reduce or even eliminate two key factors (Recruitment and Training) that can have been the death of many a small business.
Often to enter into a new market or launch a new product or service, your biggest hurdle and usually one of the most expensive, is in finding the right person to lead the project and then the training of the required personnel. Add to that the expense of taxes, insurance and certain perks required to stay competitive such as extended vacation time, sick leave, paid holidays, travel, clothing or other allowances and when added to the costs quickly and dramatically increases the average hourly rate. It isn't even about the costs either. Often it is just an impossible proposition if you don't have the available resources. Outsourcing can easily eliminate ALL those pain points.
BUT none of that is going to help if you chose the wrong company to solve the right problem.
Now we have a new wrinkle on the online marketing horn. Social Media Marketing! This is a fast paced environment that is broad, vast, complicated and confusing. It is time consuming and there are no courses to take, books to read or even really strong examples to follow. This situation coupled with the market being driven by incessant media promoting the environment as the holy grail of marketing creates a perfect opportunity for outsourcing solutions to be popping up like hot rocks in the toothless grin of a third grader !
BUT there are risks beyond the outsourced fare. The thing that makes social media riskier than software or SEO is that by self definition it is about you, your message, your brand and your image. One wrong statement in front of the wrong people and we could have a PR faux pas that could be impossible or at least expensive to overcome. This puts all of us between a rock and a wet spot.
We know we need it! We see our placements being taken away by companies with less content and fewer links BUT social media stickers all over their sites. We read it every day in the papers, on blogs and on TV. It is getting so that there is just no denying the power of social media as an influence on search engines as well as a solid marketing strategy. So, we know we have to accept it at some point and at that point, our choice is do it ourselves or let someone do it for us.
With social media marketing, there is no question the best option is to handle it in a way where you have total control. BUT, where do we get the time to learn the ins and outs of success with social? Who is going to do the hiring of competent resources in such a new field? What do we even ask to determine who is competent. Once we find them, what is the going salary? What deliverables do we hold them accountable for? WHO IS GOING TO TRAIN THEM?
All of that doesn't neccessarily mean you need to outsource IF YOU HAVE A SOLID PLATFORM TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE PAIN POINTS!
Blikini is such a platform. It helps by making it easy to post your comments and updates to your network using a variety of social destinations with one click. It helps by providing a robust blogging system that is the foundation of a community building strategy. It helps by providing statistics on who is reading and interacting with your messages and best of all, it helps by promoting your message to other likeminded people!
It encourages your community membership to comment and interact with your blog posts by helping to promote them BUT at the same time, the comments they make promote YOUR message to their network! Every time they comment on what YOU say, the program automatically posts to their Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, etc. accounts and notifies THEIR friends and followers that they have just made a statement about you. It also builds a link back to your post so their network can easily find it and interact as well.
This cuts down on the skill sets needed to recruit suitable talent as you know longer need to train them on social media, you only need to train them on what to say to who when about you and your company. This reduces the cost and time involved in launching a social media marketing campaign dramatically! It eliminates several of the most common reasons for outsourcing ANYTHING but when it comes to who you trust with your image; maybe a social media management tool is more what you need than a total outsourced solution.
Other social media management tools and software
TweetDeck http://www.tweetdeck.com
Hoot Suite http://www.hootsuite.com
Social Volt http://www.socialvolt.com/
Peach Y'all
Bob Massa, CEO Techndu Internet Services, Pvt Ltd
Proud Parent of Blikini - the Social Media SEO Management Machine
Social Media SEO, Marketing, Metrics and Management


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ON – An Evening of Criminal Activity
May 6, 2014 by Colin Solan
Filed under Animation, Canada, Comic Books, Movies, Other, Signing and Appearance Profiles, Television
Ed Brubaker and Darwyn Cooke appear at the Bloor Cinema on Saturday May 10th at 5:00 pm for a screening. A signing will follow at the Beguiling!
Press Release:
Join two of comics' greatest crime noir authors and Featured Guests of the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, Ed Brubaker (Criminal, Fatale) and Darwyn Cooke (Parker, Selina's Big Score), in a special evening of comics and noir! The two will discuss their work and influences with special guest interviewer Cameron Ashley (Crime Factor), and they'll cover their love of all things down, dirty, and mean. Cooke and Brubaker will then introduce a special screening of one of their favourite crime films, Stanley Kubrick's The Killing. Tickets are $7 in advance, $10 at the door, and are available now online at the link…
His first feature film, Kubrick's The Killing chronicles a racetrack heist that goes terribly wrong. Widely regarded as one of Hollywood's greatest noir achievements, The Killing has influenced generations of crime writers, including Brubaker and Cooke.
Admission to this event is $7 in advance, $10 at the door. The doors for the event will open at 5:00 pm, with the talk beginning at 5:30 pm. If you're buying through Eventbrite, you will be able to have your ticket verified and exchanged for a general-admission ticket at the theatre beginning at 4:00 pm. Please arrive early and bring a printed ticket to speed entry.
A signing session with both authors will follow the screening. It will be held at The Beguiling Books & Art, 601 Markham Street, a short distance from the event space.
OR – Free Comic Book Day 2014
April 14, 2014 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Free Comic Book Day, Oregon, Signing and Appearance Profiles, Top Stories
Press Release:
Things From Another World will open early at 9 am Saturday, May 3 for Free Comic Book Day, an incredibly popular, family-friendly event! Choose up to 10 special free comics from Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, and more (while supplies last), shop $2 and $5 doorbusters, and get autographs from your favorite comic book creators.
Plus: get 20% off almost everything in the store*, and save an additional 5% if you're a TFAW box customer! Later, come back for the Free Comic Book Day After Party at the Portland TFAW from 7 to 10 pm, featuring free burgers and dogs (including veggie options), complimentary beer (for those 21+), prizes, music, and more.
Signing Schedule:
10:00 am-12:00 pm
* Greg Rucka (Lazarus, Veil, Punisher)
* Terry Dodson (X-Men, Catwoman)
12:00-2:00 pm
* Steve Lieber (Superior Foes of Spider-Man, Whiteout)
* Jim Valentino (Co-Founder of Image Comics)
2:00-4:00 pm:
* Chris Roberson (Sovereign), Chris Sebela (Ghost), Adam P. Knave (Never Ending), and Ibrahim Moustafa (The Pound)
2:30-4:30 pm:
* David Marquez (Ultimate Spider-Man)
Things From Another World
2916 NE Broadway, Portland, OR 97232
Full Event Lineup Announced for Planet Comicon 2014
March 3, 2014 by Colin Solan
Filed under Animation, Anime, Collectibles, Comic Books, Comic Strips, Convention News, Cosplay, Gaming, Horror, Missouri, Movies, Other, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Television, Top Stories, Video Games, Webcomics
Press Release:
Planet Comicon 2014 will have more programming than ever before, with five rooms of events stretching over three days. This schedule is presented for your convenience. All events, panelists, and other details are subject to change.
Friday, March 14
Margot Kidder: Superman's Lois Lane! Margot Kidder is most famous for her acclaimed performance as Lois Lane in four Superman films. ROOM 3501 (Upper level)
Webcomics: Inside Out Who needs ink on paper? Join a discussion of what it takes to create comics magic on the web. ROOM 2502 (Lower level)
Comics without Capes: Leading comics creators discuss crafting successful series outside the superhero genre. Explore the worlds of cowboys, comedic teen soap opera, and even biographical comics. Moderated by Jai Nitz. ROOM 2504 (Lower level)
Michael Dorn & Marina Sirtis: ST:TNG's Klingon and Betazoid stars take the stage to take you behind the scenes of one of the greatest science fiction series in history.ROOM 3501 (Upper level)
Craft Your Fandom: Cosplay from Concept to Completion: Join leading cosplay and prop-builder experts in a look at where to start making your favorite prop or costume. Featuring Abby DarkStar, Zen Dragon, and more to be announced. ROOM 2502 (Lower level)
Vampires Don't Sparkle: That's right…we said it! We want our meat eating, sunlight obliterating, butt-ugly vampires back! Bram Stoker would be doing cartwheels in his grave is he saw what vampires have become. We are taking it back, today!!! ROOM 2503 (Lower level)
Visual Storytelling Success: Artists discuss their approach to creating comics that tells the story and engages the reader. ROOM 2504 (Lower level)
Kansas City Comics Creators: Kansas City has one of the most vibrant communities of comics creators. Jason Aaron and Ande Parks lead a panel of the local talent. ROOM 2505 (Lower level)
Saturday, March 15
Wil Wheaton: He's back! One of Planet Comicon's favorite guests has returned. You know him from ST:TNG, The Big Bang Theory, Stand By Me, and much more. – ROOM 3501 (Upper level)
Bad Karma: Bad Karma is a creative collective, whose members include Alex Grecian, Jeremy Haun, B. Clay Moore, and Seth Peck. Their first joint project was Bad Karma Volume One featuring five original, creator owned concepts in self-contained stories. Meet the creators and listen as they answer questions about the Kickstarter process, the concept behind the book and what's next for Bad Karma. ROOM 2502 (Lower level)
Khemia Creations: The Art of Stage Combat: Come join Khemia Creations as we display a series of stage combat sketches that can be easily adapted into stage or video skits! After each showcase fight, a thorough dissection of the combat choreography will be given so that you can learn how it's done. ROOM 2503 (Lower level)
Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Fandom – Destination: 221B Baker Street – Sherlock Holmes fandom has never been more popular. Join an interactive Q&A covering the Holmes and Watson in every media, from novels to television, movies to comics. The panel includes Rob Davis (Illustrator of Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective), Tammy Lynn Garrison (Editor of Investigating Sherlock Holmes), and Ellie Ann Soderstrum (Producer of Steampunk Holmes). ROOM 2504 (Lower level)
Star Wars Costuming: Meet and Greet – Get to know the local Star Wars Costuming Group Chapters: 501st Legion, Rebel Legion, Mandalorian Mercs, and The Dark Empire. ROOM 2505 (Lower level)
Noon – 12:50 PM
Jewel Staite: Everything's Shiny! Jewel Staite portrayed Kaylee Frye in Firefly and Serenity, and Dr. Jennifer Keller on Stargate: Atlantis. –ROOM 3501 (Upper level)
Sexuality in Cosplay: A frank discussion of the role of sexuality in cosplay featuring prominent cosplay personalities. May not be suitable for all audiences. Parental guidance suggested. ROOM 2502 (Lower level)
Comic Geeks – A Web Series – A screening of the Comic Geeks pilot, a new series debuting in 2014. The story follows three friends at various stages of comic geekery: Dan, the die-hard weekly shopper, Jeff, the indie-only cartoonist, and Brian, who struggles with reading comics and acting like an adult. Together, the three try to figure out what makes a comic geek, and how to be an adult doing it. ROOM 2503 (Lower level)
Crowdfunding – Kickstarter. Indygogo. Rockethub. What's crowdfunding all about? How can creators like you use it to feed their creativity – any maybe event their families? ROOM 2504 (Lower level)
Marvel: Your Universe – What's happening now and next from Mighty Marvel? Leading Marvel creators take the stage. Featuring a roster of Marvel creators including Jason Aaron. Moderated by Marvel's V.P. of Creator Development, C.B. Cebulski. ROOM 2505 (Lower level)
Brent Spiner & LeVar Burton: Two of Star Trek's most memorable performers tag-team on the Planet Comicon stage. Ask your questions of the actors who brought android Data and Chief Engineer Geordi La Forge to life. - ROOM 3501 (Upper level)
The Last Ride of Lee Salem, Editor of Calvin and Hobbes – Enjoy a Q & A with Lee Salem, the man who edited Calvin and Hobbes, For Better or For Worse, Doonesbury, The Far Side, Cathy, FoxTrot, The Boondocks, Cul De Sac, Lio and dozens of other comics. The industry icon is transitioning to the role of President Emeritus of Universal Uclick as of March 2014. He has a wealth of experience and stories that any comics fan and creator will find enlightening. Joining him will be those influenced by his work in the comics industry including Bill Amend, creator of Foxtrot. Plus, a there will be a reading of statements regarding his work provided by Bill Watterson (Calvin and Hobbes), Lynn Johnston (For Better or For Worse), Jan Eliot (Stone Soup), Richard Thompson (Cul De Sac) and Mark Tatulli (Lio). ROOM 2502 (Lower level)
Zero Budget Filmmaking – The internationally awarded Brass Engine Productions team will give you tips and tricks to make your film or series without spending a lot of cash. Come and get a Q&A with Director Ben Watkins, and watch clips from the production's web series and other projects done on a shoestring budget. - ROOM 2503 (Lower level)
Pencil, Brush, and Stylus: Comics Art Today – A panel of comics most popular artists discuss their projetcs, techniques, and inspirations. - ROOM 2504 (Lower level)
Sylvester McCoy: The Tardis has landed… in Middle Earth? He's Radagast the Brown fromThe Hobbit movies! He's also Doctor Who's seventh Doctor! He's one of the biggest fandom mash-ups ever! Moderated by theTraveling the Vortex podcast crew – ROOM 3501 (Upper level)
Researching Comics with the Grand Comics Database – Dive deep into comics and comics history! Leading members of the Grand Comics Database community will be discussing a bit of the history of the GCD and its roots in the early days of internet comics fandom, along with its current status and abilities in helping people research various comic books and comic book creators. - ROOM 2502 (Lower level)
Charlton Arrow – From the 40s thru the 80s, Charlton was the "other" comics publisher of mystery, romance, and superhero titles. Join Paul Kupperberg and Rick Stasi, two of the creators of Charlton Arrow, for a trip down memory lane and an introduction to their new comics zine that celebrate some of Charlton's lesser known creations. - ROOM 2503 (Lower level)
Deadpool Double Dare -Deadpool creators display a dynamic dose of Deadpool discussion. - ROOM 2504 (Lower level)
Kids' Costume Contest: It's a cavalcade of cute! A special costume contest just for the younger set. – ROOM 2505 (Lower Level)
Making of Archer – Discover the animation secrets behind FX's hit series Archer. Featuring storyboard artist Kevin Mellon and the team from Kansas City's own Trinity Animation. - ROOM 2502 (Lower level)
Breaking into Comics - How do you become a professional comic book or comic strip creator? Join a panel of editors who specialize in spotting new talent: C.B. Cebulski (VP of Creator Development at Marvel), Shena Wolf (Acquisitions Editor and Universal Uclick), and Joe Rybandt (Editor at Dynamite Entertaintment). - ROOM 2504 (Lower level)
John Ratzenberger: He may be most famous as Cliff Clavin from Cheers, but John Ratzenberger's nerd movie cred is truly amazing. "It's a little known fact" that his filmography includes Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Superman: The Movie, Superman II, and every single Pixar movie ever made! - ROOM 2505 (Lower Level)
Heroic Prose: Genre Fiction – Kings of the Keyboard and Princesses of Prose! A panel of prodigious purveyors of thrilling novels and short fiction reveal the stories behind their stories. - ROOM 2502 (Lower level)
Pros and Cons of the Shared Universe – SciFi4Me Radio's H20 podcast tackles explore the ups, downs, ins, and outs of consuming and creating tales in shared universes. Hosts Jason P. Hunt and Tim Harvey interview Star Trek novelist Kevin Dilmore. - ROOM 2503 (Lower level)
Announcement coming soon - ROOM 2504 (Lower level)
Zoie Palmer: A lively Q&A with one of the stars of the Syfy series Lost Girl. – ROOM 2505 (Lower Level)
5:00 PM until who knows when!
Adult Costume Contest: Captivated by cosplay creativity? This is your event! – ROOM 3501 (Upper level)
Sunday, March 16th
Femi Taylor: The delightful Femi Taylor is best known for playing Jabba the Hutt's Twi'lek slave dancer Oola in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. She is a Nigerian-born British dancer and actress who spent years training with the London Contemporary Dance Company and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York. In addition to RotJ, she appeared in the original London cast of Andrew Lloyd Weber's musical Cats! – ROOM 3501 (Upper level)
DC Universe: Best of the Best – A celebration of the best of DC Comics through the years, from the Golden Age to today. Join leading creators for a discussion of the DC Comics that inspired them! Moderated by long-time DC editor and writer Paul Kupperberg. - ROOM 2502 (Lower level)
Karate Chopping Robots & Killer Carnies: The Art and Science of Digital Comics and Games – Mobile-based comics and games are transforming the entertainment industry. Indie game and comic developers have more opportunity than ever before to make their mark and create some major waves. Join Kung Fu Robot creator Jason Bays and Burn the Lot co-creator Cameron Calder as they share their experiences in mobile-based interactive comic and game development. From concept to development to launch and beyond, these Kansas City-area veterans will offer their unique perspective to this exciting and ever-changing scene. - ROOM 2503 (Lower level)
Noon – 12:50 PM
David Yost - The Blue Power Ranger has arrived! David Yost played Billy Cranston, the Blue Ranger, on the international television series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Power Rangers Zeo, and the film Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: the Movie. – ROOM 3501 (Upper level)
Timey Wimey Puppet Show – Direct from the YouTube web series and packed appearances at DragonCon and Gallifrey One, we're pleased to present this family-friend Punch-and-Judy-inspired Doctor Who comedy puppet show. The show is for all ages! - ROOM 2502 (Lower level)
Khemia Creations: Cosplay Photography and Modeling – Whether you're in front of behind the camera, this is the panel for you! We will be discussing techniques on how to make your cosplay photography go from a snapshot to a work of art! For those with camera in hand, we'll tell you how to make the most of your environments, angles, and lighting to ensure you can capture the best images at every convention. For those wanting to show off their costume creations, we'll give beginner modeling tips to offer your best side to camera every time! - ROOM 2503 (Lower level)
So you want to build an R2 Unit - Come join us for the in's and out's of building your own R2D2 or other Astromech droid. We will give you an idea of what it skills are needed, and the resources available to help you on your journey. - ROOM 2504 (Lower level)
Eddie McClintock: Eddie McClintock is best-known for his role as Secret Service agent Pete Lattimer on the Syfy series Warehouse 13. But, the actor is also an artist, who was inspired to purse his passion by comic books. He says, "It all started with Herb Trimpe andThe Incredible Hulk." Now is your chance to meet Pete Lattimer and learn the answers to your Eddie McClintock questions. - ROOM 2505 (Lower Level)
Lee Majors: The Six Million Dollar Man - An actor of international importance, Lee Majors has continually proven himself to be a favorite of audiences worldwide. Lee Majors' performances and personas have made an indelible impact on television programs. From his initial role of Heath Barkley on The Big Valley to the Men From Shilo to Owen Marshall Counselor at Law to The Fall Guy and Raven. It was his starring role as Steve Austin on the overwhelmingly popular The Six Million Dollar Man that Lee became an icon and part of the American culture. - ROOM 3501 (Upper level)
How To Market Comic Strips Today – In previous decades, comic strips were the delicious and funny center of a reader's daily dose of communication, placed in the middle of their newspapers and hearts. Today, comic strips and webcomics have enjoyed a strong renaissance in pop culture. How has this happened; how are cartoonists sharing their art and stories today? This panel will share the wide experiences of print, syndicated and web cartoonists alike. From viral marketing, presences at events such as San Diego Comic Con and Planet ComiCon, social media outreach, tours and more, we'll hear from some of the engaging storytellers that are creating today. - ROOM 2502 (Lower level)
Star Wars in American Culture – Explore the influences and impact of the single most important film of the twentieth century. We will take a look at the many ways this pop culture phenomenon connects to our everyday lives. Presented by Dr. Bradley Will, Dr. Stephen Schleicher, and Dr. Scott Robson of Fort Hays State University. - ROOM 2503 (Lower level)
Dynamic Cover Design - Top artists reveal the tips and tricks that produce covers with a powerful pop. - ROOM 2504 (Lower level)
For the Love of Comics - What do you love about comics? Today's top creators, including Jason Aaron, discuss the comics they love the most. Moderated by C.B. Cebulski. - ROOM 2505 (Lower level)
Concept Design for Comic Books - Comic and concept artist Steven Sanders has designed a number of characters and locations for Marvel Entertainment, among other companies. Using examples from Marvel, he'll explain how concept design in comics is different than concept design in video games or film, and will show what is needed to make good designs for comics. – ROOM 2502 (Lower Level)
50 Years of GI Joe – the first action figure – A history of GI Joe, the world's first action figure, from its beginnings 50 years ago in 1964, to the present day. We will discuss the evolution of the brand from a 12 inch everyman solider to a modern team of hundreds of small action figures, as well as several odd and interesting detours and off-shoots along the way. We also will cover the brand's current fandom, including online resources and fan projects. – ROOM 2503 (Lower Level)
DMC: Comics and Hip Hop - As a founder of Run-D.M.C., Darryl "DMC" McDaniels is a pioneer of hip hop culture. Now he's turned his creative passion to comics! Already a hero to his millions of fans around the world, DMC's accomplishments read like a laundry list of musical and cultural accolades: Grammy nominated musician, multi-platinum recording artist, Rock-N-Roll Hall of Fame inductee and rap/rock pioneer who's influenced music since the first time he's ever touched a mic. Adding to his long lists of firsts, DMC is teaming up with some prominent fixtures in the comic book and music world to craft the first 100% authentic, unapologetic, indie, hip hop comic book. - ROOM 2505 (Lower level)
TREKtacular ST:TNG Cast Reunion: This is a separately ticketed event. Seating is extremely limited! See this page to order tickets. – ROOM 3501 (Upper level)
Planet Comicon is Kansas City's largest comic book and pop culture convention. Now in its thirteenth year! The convention will be held at the Kansas City Convention Center on March 14-16th. Please visit their website for the full guestlist, ticket information, and more!
MN – Catwoman Signing
February 20, 2014 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Minnesota, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Artist Tom Nguyen appears at Captain Jack's Comics on Wednesday, February 26, 2014 from noon till 6:00 pm!
Captain Jack's Comics
8730 Lyndale Ave S, Bloomington, MN 55420
Planet Comicon 2014 Releases Initial Schedule
February 15, 2014 by Colin Solan
Filed under Animation, Comic Books, Convention News, Horror, Missouri, Movies, Other, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Television, Top Stories, Video Games
Planet Comicon 2014 has released the initial schedule for panel events. This schedule focuses on event featuring media guests, including performers from Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Wars, Firefly, and more.
We will be updating the schedule with additional panels and events as soon as details are confirmed.
Highlights of the schedule include:
FRIDAY, MARCH 14th:
- Margot Kidder (3:00 PM)
- Michael Dorn and Marina Sirtis (4:00 PM)
SATURDAY, MARCH 15th:
- Wil Wheaton (11:00 AM)
- Jewel Staite (Noon)
- Brent Spiner and LeVar Burton (1:00 PM)
- Sylvester McCoy (2:00 PM)
- John Ratzenberger (3:00 PM)
- Zoie Palmer (4:00 PM)
- Kids' Costume Contest (2:00 PM)
- Adults' Costume Contest (5:00 PM)
SUNDAY MARCH 16th:
- Femi Taylor (11:00 AM)
- David Yost (Noon)
- Eddie McClintock (Noon)
- Lee Majors (1:00)
- TREKtacular Star Trek Cast Reunion (4:30) – NOTE: this is a separately ticketed event. This event is close to being sold out. Find out more about tickets here.
Planet Comicon is Kansas City's largest comic book and pop culture convention. Now in its thirteenth year! The convention will be held at the Kansas City Convention Center on March 14-16th. Please visit their website for the full guestlist, ticket information, and more!
NYC – Sin Titulo Signing
October 28, 2013 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, New York, Signing and Appearance Profiles, Webcomics
Artist Cameron Stewart appears at Bergen Street Comics on Wednesday November 16th on his Sin Titulo Tour! Cameron has worked on Batman & Robin, Catwoman, Seaguy, BPRD, Invisibles, and Assassins Creed to name just a few!
Bergen Street Comics
470 Bergen Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217
OH – Sin Titulo Signing
October 26, 2013 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Ohio, Signing and Appearance Profiles, Webcomics
Artist Cameron Stewart appears at Laughing Ogre Comics on Monday November 14th on his Sin Titulo Tour! Cameron has worked on Batman & Robin, Catwoman, Seaguy, BPRD, Invisibles, and Assassins Creed to name just a few!
Laughing Ogre Comics
4258 N. High Street Columbus, OH 43214
(614) 267-6473
IL – Sin Titulo Signing
October 23, 2013 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Illinois, Signing and Appearance Profiles, Webcomics
Creator Cameron Stewart signs at Challengers Comics on Wednesday, November 13, 2013 from 5:00pm until 7:00pm for the Sin Titulo tour!
Plus Christopher Mitten signs the same day!
Challengers Comics
1845 N. Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
TX – Sin Titulo Signing
October 21, 2013 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Signing and Appearance Profiles, Texas, Webcomics
Meet Cameron Stewart at Austin Books & Comics on Monday, November 11th. Press Release: Cameron Stewart's Eisner Award-winning webcomic has been collected in its entirety in a hardcover volume by Dark Horse Comics, and we're thrilled to host the artist's only Texas stop on his whirlwind North American promotional tour! Pick up the new hardcover (we'll also have Seaguy and more of Stewart's books in stock, too!) and get it signed, ask questions, and get a chance to talk with the celebrated creator!
About Sin Titulo:
Following the death of his grandfather, young Alex Mackay discovers a mysterious photograph in the old man's belongings that sets him on an adventure like no other-where dreams and reality merge, family secrets are laid bare, and lives are irrevocably altered.
CA – Sin Titulo Signing
October 16, 2013 by Colin Solan
Filed under California, Comic Books, Signing and Appearance Profiles, Webcomics
Artist Cameron Stewart appears at Secret Headquarters on Friday November 8th at 7:00pm on his Sin Titulo Tour! Cameron has worked on Batman & Robin, Catwoman, Seaguy, BPRD, Invisibles, and Assassins Creed to name just a few!
Secret Headquarters
3817 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026