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Up Against the Wall in Prague
The final decision to intervene was made not because there was a misunderstanding over the terms reached at Cierna, but because the Soviets and their allies feared that the Czechoslovak defection from Communist orthodoxy would imperil the solidity of the alliance and spread heresy to their own lands. They saw the experiment of the Czechs and Slovaks not as a variation within the socialist system, but as an infection that could undermine their conception of what a communist state should be. They believed it would weaken the communist party's control over the state apparatus and unleash an uncontrollable range of opinion. In a sense they were right. Even in the most rigidly authoritarian states, such as Poland and East Germany, not to mention the Soviet Union itself, there are forces pushing for a loosening of arbitrary economic controls and for greater freedom of expression. The intellectuals, scientists, and technicians, the "new class," of these societies are increasingly resistant to the dogmatism of the party bureaucracy and the arbitrary controls exercised by the apparatchiks. While committed to the values of socialism, they, like the Soviet physicist Sakharov, in his remarkable manifesto, are beginning openly to demand greater freedom of expression and artistic creation and to repudiate the neo-Stalinist restrictions. When Prague eliminated press censorship, encouraged freedom of discussion and the confrontation of ideas, allowed the creation of non-communist political groups, and tried to make the bureaucracy responsive to the vocalized demands of the hitherto silent population, East European liberals were heartened.
But the orthodox communist leaders in the Soviet Union, Poland, and East Germany decided that the situation was getting out of hand. It was not so much that they distrusted Dubcek's motives as his ability to keep in check the political and social forces unleashed in Czechoslovakia. They were alarmed by the free-wheeling iconoclasm of journals like the literary-political weekly Literarni Listy, which played a crucial role in the liberalization drive. The magazine became a spearhead of the Czechoslovak revolution, and its circulation shot up to over 300,000 in a nation of only fourteen million. Three of its editors had been expelled from the party last fall for their attack on the Novotny regime, and one of them, Ludvik Vaculik, later wrote the famous manifesto, "Two Thousand Words," signed by leading intellectuals in support of the reformers. Prodding the Dubcek leadership from below and openly satirizing such unsympathetic foreign comrades as Ulbricht, the magazine symbolized everything orthodox communists feared from the reform movement.
THIS WAS SIMPLY the most outspoken element of an attitude that had deep roots in the communist party itself. It is precisely what was unique about the Czechoslovak experiment—that it came from within the ranks of the party hierarchy. The reformers were dedicated Marxists, dissatisfied with the rigidity of the party structure and eager to breathe new life into ossified, bureaucratic institutions. They wanted to make the economy work more efficiently, reward initiative, and decentralize the economic machinery. They resented the unequal trading relationships with the Soviet Union, where they processed Russian raw material at little benefit to themselves, and they wanted to expand economic links with the West so that they could modernize their outdated industrial plant. While it had been the most industrialized state of Eastern Europe before the war, Czechoslovakia had fallen behind such neighbors as Austria. In many cases its industry had become inefficient, outdated, and uncompetitive—locked in the communist trading bloc, but unable to operate on the world market. The economic crisis had become so severe that Novotny was forced to accept some of the reforms proposed by Professor Ota Sik, including production geared to demand, and the decentralization of authority.
But the reforms were being held up by economic conservatives with a vested interest in the status quo. Last year the regime resumed its repression of intellectuals, and the Slovaks became increasingly resentful of their domination by the Czech majority in Prague. With only four million of the country's fourteen million people, the Slovaks have felt discriminated against by the more numerous, industrially advanced Czechs. Considering themselves to be a separate nation, with a somewhat different language and different historical and social traditions, the Slovaks have never assimilated easily into the hybrid state formed in 1918 at the break-up of the Austro-Hungarian empire. Where Prague had been administered by Vienna, the Slovak capital of Bratislava was absorbed in the Hungarian part of the empire, and the differences have been crucial.
During the Stalinist terror of the early 1950s the Slovaks, with the few remaining Jews, were singled out as "bourgeois nationalists," and repressive efforts made to ignore or stamp out their separate identity. Even after the terror, Slovakia was treated more like a colony than a theoretically equal member of a federated state. Novotny was particularly contemptuous of Slovak feelings and became an object of contempt for both nationalists and reformers. Resistance to his regime became centered in Bratislava, where the Writers' Union demanded a purge of Stalinists, the release of political prisoners, and an abolition of censorship. When the Czechs realized this involved more than simply an expression of Slovak nationalism, they joined forces with their colleagues and sparked a whole progressive movement.
FACED with the resentment of the Slovaks, the demands of the intellectuals, and its own economic failures, the Novotny regime began to crack around the edges. It needed only a push to crumble, and that push came in October 1967 when the relatively obscure first secretary of the Slovak communist party stood up in the meeting of the Central Committee and attacked the Novotny leadership. Progressives and conservatives rallied around Alexander Dubcek, including a majority of workers. After a bitter struggle Novotny was ejected first as head of the party, and then as President. Once the rotting foundation had been removed, the barriers fell faster than anyone could have anticipated. Within a few months freedom of the press was restored, political prisoners liberated and rehabilitated, the economy decentralized and opened to the play of market forces, and the communist party itself democratized to provide for secret ballots and minority criticisms of majority decisions. Although he began as a moderate reformer, Dubcek himself was caught up in the tide and became a leading advocate of democratization.
From the 5th of January, when Novotny was ejected from office, to the 21st of August, when Russian tanks rolled across the frontiers, Czechoslovakia experienced an exhilarating freedom. People who had been circumspect, or even silent, for a generation, suddenly were able to voice their feelings. Workers held debates on the streets, housewives stood in line to sign petitions, the press cast off two decades of censorship and began subjecting the government to a blinding scrutiny. Various non-party groups were allowed to form, such as Club 231, of former political prisoners, and KAN, an organization of non-party political activists. While they posed no counter-revolutionary threat, some of their members spoke of the day when the communist party might be willing to compete for power with a non-communist party. The communists, after all, had won 38 percent of the vote in 1947 during Czechoslovakia's last free election.
"The creation of an opposition party in Czechoslovakia is a necessity," stated the young playwright Vaclav Havel, "and this party should enjoy the same rights and the same chances as the communist party." This was also the position of Ivan Klima, one of the three writers temporarily evicted last fall from the communist party by Novotny. "The press can remain free," he wrote in Literarni Listy, "only within a functioning democratic system, and this is scarcely imaginable without the existence of several independent political parties." Other reformers, however, argued…that this was unrealistic, given the political situation in Czechoslovakia, and its relation with the Soviet Union. Even such an outspoken liberal as Professor Eduard Goldstücker, president of the Writers' Union, has argued that "a parliamentary opposition as a system for the control of power exists only in a class society. Since Czechoslovakia has gone beyond the struggle between classes, we have to find and create another system for controlling power."
THE GOVERNMENT LEADERS did not want to break the communist party's monopoly on power, but simply, in Dubcek's words, to eliminate "the discredited bureaucratic-police methods"—to infuse communism with the humanism that had been lost in decades of conspiracy and repression. They realized that what they were proposing was radical—dangerously so in the eyes of the Soviet Union and its allies—and they were not sure they would be able to get away with it. We knew there were risks involved in the "effort toward social renewal," Josef Smrkovsky, president of the National Assembly told the Czechoslovak people after returning from his abduction to Moscow, "but we never thought we would have to pay the price we paid the night of August 20-21." That price was a return to communist orthodoxy, reimposition of censorship, permanent stationing of Soviet troops on the West German frontier, dissolution of non-communist political groups. Nobody wanted to admit it, yet all along the reformers realized in the back of their minds that they might not be able to get away with their experiment.
"What we are trying to do here," one of the most outspoken advocates of the reform movement told me in Prague just two weeks before the invasion, "is to find a form of communism that is relevant to advanced, technological societies where people have to be given the latitude to think for themselves. This is the only kind of communism that is ever going to have any appeal to Western Europe. The reform-minded parties in Italy, and even in France, are with us. But I'm afraid the Russians aren't ready to understand what we are doing. They see it as a threat to their own system, and so they accuse us of being 'counter-revolutionaries'—which means that we don't slavishly imitate their ways. They know we're not going to embrace the West Germans or apply for membership in NATO. But they are afraid that our 'heresy' of free speech and non-communist political groups might infect their own citizens. Beneath the crust of neo-Stalinism, the Soviet Union is seething with the demand for reform. If the Czechs and Slovaks can get away with this 'heresy,' why not the citizens of the Soviet Union, Poland, and East Germany? That's the question the Russians are asking themselves, and I'm afraid what the answer might be."
In the balmy air of an early August night in Prague, the warning seemed a bit exaggerated. With Czech hippies playing their guitars on the baroque Charles Bridge, with rock-and-roll music wafting through the streets from student discotheques, and with the moon rising above the spire of Hradcany Castle, the prospect of a Soviet military intervention seemed highly improbable. But Prague is a city where dreams can turn into nightmares, and Hradcany is also the Castle that tormented Kafka's Josef K. Central Europe is not a place for easy optimism. The history of the Czechs and the Slovaks is riddled with failure and betrayal: the burning of Jan Hus at the stake in 1415, the defeat of the Reformation army at the Battle of the White Mountain in 1620, the stab in the back at Munich.
It is not so remarkable that the Czechs and the Slovaks failed to retain everything they won during the exhilarating months since the Novotny dictatorship collapsed last January. The Soviet Union simply behaved with the arrogance and the blindness of a super-power that knows it has a free hand within the area it claims as its sphere of influence. What is remarkable is that the people of Czechoslovakia, by bravely defying the occupiers without militarily provoking them, by painting swastikas on their tanks and telling the Russian farm boys to go home, and by supporting their ousted and imprisoned leaders, have for the time being been able to retain a considerably greater degree of autonomy than anyone would have imagined when the Russian military machine first struck. They have so far kept their reformist leaders—Dubcek, Svoboda, Cernik, Smrkovsky—because the Soviets were unable to find any reputable Quislings to carry out their orders. The hands of the reformers are now tied, the secret police is silencing opposition, and the people have once again retreated into stony silence. But Russian military government has been averted, for the time being at least, and in the long run the Czechs and the Slovaks are likely to win back some of their reforms, just as the Hungarians did after the brutal invasion of 1956.
This is not the end of the story of revolution within the communist empire, but only the beginning. The forces of reform and democratization which have been released in Czechoslovakia, and momentarily restrained by Soviet military power, are not unique to that country. They exist in Poland, where stagnation and political repression have created great instability beneath surface conformity; in East Germany, where even the Ulbricht regime has not been able to silence support for the Czechoslovak liberals; and in the Soviet Union itself, where the new technocracy and the intelligentsia have grown increasingly restive under the reactionary, autocratic rule of the party bureaucrats who replaced Khrushchev. The system of political repression practiced by the Soviet Union and its orthodox allies could not withstand the kind of public criticism that was the hallmark of the Czechoslovak reform program. The Soviet system demands authoritarianism at home and obedience of national communist parties abroad.
BUT THIS SYSTEM, which was workable during the time when the Soviet Union could with some justice claim to be the leader of the world communist movement, is now in ruins. It is not world communism which has suffered from the invasion of Czechoslovakia—for there is no longer any single seat of communist authority—but the Soviet Union. The prestige it has enjoyed within the communist movement has been shattered, and it has revealed itself to be simply another dynastic state with dynastic ambitions. Moscow, not Prague, is the greatest casually of the intervention against the Czech and Slovak reformers, and its actions have been repudiated by the major European communist parties, including the French, the Italians, the Yugoslavs, and the Rumanians. Instead of postponing the coming crisis within the Soviet Union and its hard-line allies, the move against Prague has hastened it by polarizing opinion in the communist states. Unity within the communist world was long ago destroyed; it is now being broken down within the repressive communist bureaucracies of Eastern Europe.
The initial reaction in the West to the Russian intervention was a call for greater vigilance against the "communist conspiracy" and for increased arms budgets to meet the Soviet threat. Even the normally liberal Times of London hoisted the cold war flag and called for the Western powers to "look seriously at the state of their defenses." Many fear that the cold warriors here and abroad will get a new shot in the arm, and the détente will be seriously imperiled. This may be exaggerated. The Russians pose no more a threat to the West than they did two days, or two months, or two years ago. They are neither more aggressive nor more pacific. They simply want to hold on to the empire they believe is rightly theirs and which they consider vital to their security. No political leader in Washington has challenged this principle, even though they all lament its implementation. The truth is that Washington is willing to let Moscow play its game, so long as the Russians do not infringe on our territory. The détente is unlikely to be endangered because both political parties are committed to it and respect super-power diplomacy. Washington will forget Czechoslovakia even faster than it forget Budapest. But it has a vested interest in the détente, regardless of which party is in power.
Revolutions of the kind that occurred in Czechoslovakia are troublesome to the super-powers. They cannot accept them without undermining their control over their client states and eroding their traditionally conceived spheres of influence. They cannot intervene forcibly against them, however, without diminishing their international prestige and, perhaps more importantly, unleashing disruptive forces within their own societies. This is what the United States learned at Santo Domingo and in Vietnam, and it is what the Soviet Union is now discovering in Czechoslovakia.
The Czechs and the Slovaks had their moment of glory, and they will have it again. For the time being they must play the good soldier Schweik and sit out the storm that is now enveloping them. But their vision of a humane communist society was an inspiring one that will have a profound impact on nations that are trying to achieve social justice without undergoing a brutalizing dictatorship. In the Soviet empire itself, the rumbling echoes of the Czechoslovak heresy have only just begun to be heard.


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text: The DC Multiverse wiki last edited by Thor_Ul on 12/17/14 05:42PM View full history HistoryInside the DC comics mythology, the Multiverse concept has been one of the main characteristic of their superhero universe.It began with the team-up of the original Flash Jay Garrick and the Silver Age Flash Barry Allen in the now famous Flash of two worlds story. To explain the existence of both characters, Gardner Fox created the concept of Multiverse, as both characters were the Flash from different earths. Later the JSA and the JLA would work together in what would convert in a traditional reunion.The multiverse would be used (and abused) to introduce characters from different editorial acquired by DC (like Quality and Charlton characters) or just to try different stories outside the continuity and explain contradictions (Kamandi and Batman encounter, for example)The Multiverse concept would be abandoned after the celebrated Crisis of Infinite Earths for almost twenty years. The characters from different earths now lived together in a clustered earth and transformed a lot of concepts (like Superman being the first Superhero of the world), but introducing others (the Legacy hero concept). However various writers tried in some fashion or other to bring back the multiverse in some fashion, with Elseworlds tales, stories imaginaries, alternate timelines or dream realities. Among those writers were Grant Morrison and Mark Waid, who created the concept of Hypertime to bring back the alternate earths but their efforts didn't thrive.It was Geoff Johns with Infinity Crisis who brought back a glimpse of the previous Multiverse before along with Waid, Morrison and Gregg Rucka in 52 brought the concept back in proper fashion, with a multiverse of 52 unexplored universes than resembled strongly the original one from before the crisis but included others as the Kingdom Come earth, the wildstorm universe and the tangent line.During this age and until the new 52 reboot, some earths would be explored and would be used in different stories, as also was hinted the presence of people of other earths living among the characters of the main earth.However, a new reboot caused during the Flashpoint event changed the multiverse yet again: this time the main earth (rebranded as Prime Earth by Dan DiDio, DC co-publisher) included the characteristics of the Wildstorm Universe and Vertigo characters. Also Earth 2 was started radically different, with some of the Golden Age characters transformed into a younger generation of heroes in a world in war against Apokolips.However the multiverse still has a stronger presence with characters from other universes making pivotal appearances as last seen in Forever Evil.A more deep exploration of the multiverse will be provided by Gran Morrison in his series Multiversity.New 52 confirmed (published) universesPrime-Earth/Earth-0The mainstream DC earth, keep the characteristic of previous earth-0, New earth and earth-1, but including characters from Wildstorm and Vertigo lines.Earth-2A rebooted version of Golden age characters, now updated as a younger generations of heroes after an invasion of Apokolips and the destruction of the original heroic "ternion".Earth-3The home world of the Crime Syndicate, evil versions of the JLA members. Now a scorched earth after being attacked by the Anti-monitor.Earth-4World of the "Pax Americana". Home of the action heroes of Charlton Comics (tha same ones than inspired Watchmen), were they must confront political intrigues in a post 9-11 world. Main characters include: Captain Atom, Blue Bettle (Garret & Kord), Nightshade, Question (Vic Sage), Tyger, Sarge Steel and Peacemaker.Earth-5"Thunderworld". Home of Captain Marvel and Fawcett characters from the Captain Marvel family (Mary Marvel, Captain Marvel Jr. Uncle Marvel, Lineauts Marvel, Talky Tawny) and their enemies the Sivana Family. A more gentle and bright world.Earth-7Essential Major comics universe: A universe pretty much similar to earth-8 but with some differences and the promise of a better tomorrow. Now only chaos and madness reside there, after the attack of the Gentry. Home of the Thunderer. This universe reflects Ultimate Marvel comics.Earth-8Home of erzatz characters to Marvel Comics:. In another universe they are published by a editorial by the name of Major Comics. Home of American CrUSAder, Behemoth, Ladybug, Wundajin, Machinehead, Lord Havok Major Max and Hyperius, among others.Earth-10"Mastermen". Mentioned. Not yet seen.Earth-11Shares a similar story with earth-0, but here genders are reversed. Inhabitants include Superwoman, Batwoman, Aquawoman, Wonder Man. In this world, amazons of Paradise Island didn't recluse themselves and shared his culture with the rest of the world.Earth-13A Vertigo like universe, were Superdemon (Superman/Etrigan amalgam) leads a dark version of the Justice League than includes Hellblazer (John Constantine/Batman amalgam), Fate (Jared Stevens), Klarion, Ragman, Enchantress, Zattana, Deadman and Swamp Thing. Note:Published as Alternative cover Multiversity: The Society of Super-Heroes #1. More info in Final Crisis: Secret Files #1.Earth-16Earth-Me: Home of the Just, sons and daughters of heroes and villains who live in a utopic, crimeless world, acting as super-celebrities. Inhabitants include the Supersons (Chris Kent and Damian Wayne), Alexis Luthor, Sister Miracle, Menta, Bloodwynd, Gypsy, Offspring, Kyle Rayner, Wally West, Connor Hawke.Earth-17 Home of the Atomic Knights of Justice, a mash-up of the Atomic Knights and the Justice League. They live in a post atomic holocaust earth where radioactivity and hope still burns. (Alternate cover Multiversity: Thunderworld Adventures)Earth-20Home of Doc Fate and the SoS (Society of Superheroes). A pulp-like world just coming out of a world war. A decopunk technology earth, his most notable heroes included Immortal Man, Lady Blackhawk, Mighty Atom and Green Lantern Abin Sur.Earth-23Home of Calvin Ellis, Superman and President of the USA. Here major superheroes are also African-Americans (Nubia, Manhattan Guardian, Green Lantern John Stewart, Cyborg, Steel, Vixen).Earth-26Earth-C. Home of Captain Carrot and the Amazing Zoo Crew. Anthropomorphic super animals with characteristics similar to cartoon funny animals.Earth-29Bizarro World. The underverse populated by Bizarro copies of the Justice League. (Alternate cover to The Multiversity: The Just #1)Earth-33"Ultra Comics". Mentioned. Not yet seen. (Hint: You live there.)Earth-36Home of Optiman, Flashlight, Iron Knight, Red Racer and Optiman, members of Justice 9. Optiman was killed by Superdoom. (Action Comics #9)Earth-40Opposite world to earth 20, a dark pulp world, dieselpunk technology style. A world were the superbeings joined into the Society of Supervillains, including Vandal Savage, Lady Shiva, Doc Faust, Blockbuster, Count Sinestro. They attacked recently earth 20.Earth-41Erzats Image Comics Universe. Home of 90s Image comics characters doppelgangers: Dino-Cop (Savage Dragon),Spore (Spawn), Fletch (Shaft), Vague (Vogue), Flintstein (Badrock), Sepulchre (Chapel), Nightcracker (Diehard?),Scorpion (alternate Batman, possible Dr. Midnite or Shadowhawk erzats). The premier team of this universe is the Nimrod Squad (Youngblood)Earth-42Home of the Lil' Leaguers. Their Superman was killed by Superdoom (Action Comics #9). Wonder Woman and Steel of this world are still in active. (Confirmed in January 2015 DC Solicitations)Earth-43Vampire world. Inspired in the Red Rain elseworlds saga. A dark world, possible home of the Vampire Justice League.Unknown Earth (Earth 45?)Home of Superdoom and their creators, scientifics Clark Kent, Lois Lane and James Olsen (Action Comics #9).Earth-51Jack Kirby's earth, AD (after disaster). World were the adventures of Kamandi take place. (Confirmed in January 2015 DC Solicitations)Apokolips-New GenesisExits outside of the standard earths and have access to all of them. Darkseid was powerful enough to attack a lot of them simultanously. Their worlds stand in the Sphere of the Gods of the Multiverse.The BleedThe space between universes.Multiversal Worlds (Pre-Flashpoint)EARTH-0 New EarthThe main and central DC Universe.EARTH-1Mentioned several times, but as of yet unseen.Please note the Earth One graphic novels do not take place on this Earth, or any currently numbered Earth.EARTH-2The world of a new and unique Justice Society Infinity. The Kal-L of this world is missing. Visited by the New Earth Power Girl.EARTH-3Based on the Pre-Crisis Earth-Three, this Earth is home to the Crime Society of America, a team of evil counterparts of the Justice Society of America. In this universe, all DC heroes are villains, and all DC villains are heroes.EARTH-4This world appears to house classic Charlton brand comic characters, including Dan Garrett (the original Blue Beetle), and Captain Allen Adam, with added inspiration from Watchmen.EARTH-5Home to a version of the Marvel Family more similar to the Golden Age incarnation. Similar to the Pre-Crisis Earth-S.EARTH-6Ray Palmer is the Ray.EARTH-7Courtney Whitmore is Starwoman.EARTH-8Home of Lord Havok and the Extremists and their enemies. Very similar to the Marvel Universe. Similar to the pre-Crisis world of Angor.EARTH-9Home of the Tangent heroes. This Earth's history is radically different- the Atom accidentally causes a nuclear war in 1961, and Superman takes over the world later.EARTH-10Home to Uncle Sam and his Freedom Fighters, who fight against the Nazis after the Nazis win World War II and take over the world. Also home to a Nazi Superman. Similar to the Pre-Crisis Earth-X.EARTH-11Home of heroes with reversed genders. For example, Superwoman. Batwoman and Wonderman. The Superwoman and Batwoman of this Earth first appeared before the creation of the 52 in Superman/Batman. Its history reflects New Earth's, with only slight differences because of genders being reversed.EARTH-12The setting of the DC Animated Universe, which currently continues in the Batman Beyond Universe comic book series.EARTH-13World of dark and arcane heroes. Monarch destroyed this reality's United States of America.EARTH-14unknownEARTH-15Perhaps a perfect Earth with Zod as Superman and Jason Todd as Batman. Destroyed by Superboy-Prime.EARTH-16Home of the Super Sons and the characters from the Young Justice animated series and comic books.EARTH-17A devastated world home to the Atomic Knights. Similar to the original Atomic Knights stories.EARTH-18A world where superheroes began in the Old West.EARTH-19A world where superheroes such as Batman and the Blue Beetle fought crime in the Victoria era as seen in Gotham by Gaslight.EARTH-20A world influenced by early 20th century pulp fiction. Home to a Doc Savage/ Dr. Fate pastiche named Doc Fate, as well as a version of the Bat-Man.EARTH-21A world where superheroes where around in the 1950s. Vigilantism was outlawed in the 1950s before the heroes banded together to fight a sentient island, as seen in The New Frontier.EARTH-22A world where Superman was exiled after Magog killed the Joker, leading a generation of violent anti-heroes to take over, as seen in Kingdom Come.EARTH-23-25unknownEARTH-26Home of Captain Carrot and the Amazing Zoo Crew.EARTH-27unknownEARTH-28unknownEARTH-29unknownEARTH-30A world where Superman landed in the USSR instead of America, eventually becoming the premier of the USSR, as seen in Red Son.EARTH-31Home to a violent Batman, a subservient Superman and more, as seen in the Dark Knight Returns and related titles. Frank Miller is the writer of pieces of work in this Earth. Batman: Year One also is the origin story for batman in Earth-0 (New Earth).EARTH-32The Batman: Darkest Knight earth. Batman receives a Green Lantern Ring.EARTH-33All the heroes are magic; including Oracle, Kal-El and Bat-Mage, and some heroic versions of villains, such as Weather Wizard and Shade.EARTH-34A world where Wonder Woman was active in the Victorian Era and fought Jack the Ripper, as seen in Amazonia.EARTH-35unknownEARTH-36unknownEARTH-37A world where Barbara Gordon became Batgirl in the 1960s and fought corrupt cops and a female Joker alongside Robin, as seen in Batman: Thrillkiller.EARTH-38Captain Atom and the Atomic Knights.EARTH-39Dan Garrett has the Blue Beetle Scarab armor.EARTH-40A world where superheroes active in the 1940s worked for the US government and were active against the Nazis, as seen in JSA: The Liberty Files.EARTH-41unknownEARTH-42unknownEARTH-43A world where Batman became a vampire and fought against them, as seen in the Red Rain series.EARTH-44Doc Tornado and the Metal Men.EARTH-45unknownEARTH-46unknownEARTH-47unknownEARTH-48Forerunner's homeworld.EARTH-49Firestorm has turned the sun red. Superman and Supergirl have to wear Superboy-Prime style armor to keep powers.EARTH-50The Wildstorm Universe.EARTH-51The Utopian society. This world was protected by Nix Uotan and destroyed in the battle between Monarch and Superman Prime . The New Gods immigrated here following the Final Crisis.EARTH-PRIMEHome Of Superboy Prime . Revealed in Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds #5. Unlike Earth-2 that created duplicates of its lost inhabitants Earth Prime was missing Superboy Prime. May be part of the 52 but unrevealed so far.ANTIMATTER UNIVERSEHome to the planet of Qward, the Anti-Monitor and the Crime Syndicate of Amerika. On the Antimatter Earth, the Crime Syndicate rules with an iron fist, killing or imprisoning all those who endanger their rule. In the Antimatter Universe, evil will always triumph over good, as opposed to the positive-matter DC universe, in which the heroes usually win.EARTH-247Both created and destroyed in Infinite Crisis. Home of the Post Zero Hour Legion of Super-Heroes who survived its destruction. Revealed in Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds #1Pre-Crisis Multiversal WorldsBefore the Crisis on Infinite Earths, there were many (hence "infinite") versions of the Earth scattered throughout the Multiverse. The DC Multiverse first appeared in The Flash #123 when Barry Allen (Flash) found himself in another universe that was separated from his own by being on a different vibrational frequency. This world came to be known as Earth-Two and was populated by the heroes of the "Golden Age" of comics (the 40's and 50's). After this, more worlds were found, and then even more, until finally DC decided it was time to put an end to the expansion of the Multiverse. As was mentioned before, the other worlds were destroyed during the Crisis, but here is a list of the known Earth's before they were lost.Earth-1Home of the Silver Age heroes, such as the Justice League of America.Earth-2Home to the Justice Society of America and the Golden Age heroes.Earth-3A world where the only super-powered beings were five villains called the Crime Syndicate of America. Later, a man named Alexander Luthor, Sr. rose as the world's only hero to combat the villains. Also the birthplace of Alex Luthor.Earth-4Home to characters originally from Charlton Comics, such as the Blue Beetle or Captain Atom.Earth-SHome to characters originally from Fawcett Publications, such as Captain Marvel.Earth-XHome to characters originally from Quality Comics, such as Plastic Man and Uncle Sam. The Nazis won World War II and were opposed by the heroes on this Earth.Earth-5A world with no superheroes. The Phantom Stranger transported Earth-1's Batman to this earth, where he inspired the Bruce Wayne of Earth-5 to become Batman.Earth-6A world where the Americans lost the Revolutionary War. Home to Lady Quark.Earth-7Home to Dark Angel.Earth-8A world home to Post-Crisis versions of heroes, such as Jason Rusch.Earth-11A world home to a man named Tin, possibly Tintin.Earth-12A humorous world home to the Inferior Five.Earth-14Home to purple butterflies. Nothing else is known about this Earth.Earth-15Home to a race of stone giants.Earth-17Two versions of this Earth existed. One was home to pre-Crisis stories of the New Gods after Jack Kirby left the title. The second was home to Overman and parodies of grim and gritty heroes. Overman killed this Earth after being infected with an STD.Earth-32An almost identical Earth to Earth-1. Earth-1's Hal Jordan shifted into this world and eventually named it Earth-32.Earth-86A world where the world was ravaged by nuclear war in the year 1986. Home to the Atomic Knights, OMAC and Hercules.Earth-AAn artificial world created by Earth-1's Johnny Thunder where the heroes were replaced by his friends.Earth-BA fan name for a world where stories by Bob Haney in Brave and the Bold that don't fit into regular continuity take place.Earth-CHome to the Zoo Crew.Earth-C MinusHome to the Just'A Lotta Animals.Earth-DHome to racially diverse versions of the Justice League.Earth-OmegaFan name given to the Pariah's unnamed home world.The New 52Ever since the New 52, the exact state of the multiverse has been in question. The former Wildstorm Earth is now fused with Earth Prime, while Earth 2's past has been radically altered. Comments by Mister Terrific of Earth Two and The Phantom Stranger suggest that it may indeed be infinite again. 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Seeking improvement and striving for a better end product.
I am looking better and feeling better each week.
And soon I'LL be stopping traffic.
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2. I am not proud of that.
3. I NEED this challenge and the SSV TEAM to help encourage me.
4. I am on a sabbatical/maternity leave and am taking three graduate courses this semester. I return to teaching in January. I am also teaching dance on Monday nights, Zumba on T, TH, and Sat. I am planning a wedding. I want to look fantastic in my dress. I have no down time.
5. I have three girls. My fiance is cranky. There is too much estrogen up in here.
6. My oldest girls are back in school. My eight-month-old is trying to eat my slipper. I am trying to focus.... but she smells like poo.... be right back...
7. I am a new Zumba Instructor. I am teaching at my fiance's gym. He is a personal trainer and he is marrying me. ME. -- the woman with a lousy self-body image who is still 'obese.'
8. This makes me feel inadequate. I am coping.
9. I am venting. I am frustrated. I need to stop the nonsense.
10. I feel better now! --- Let's get those PUMPKINS less round by Halloween!
1. Drink enough water... at least my 8 glasses. I want to float away and make mad dashes to the bathroom. I am not drinking enough. Why? I'd rather drink diet tea and coconut rum. (not together!)
2. Lose 10 pounds by Halloween. If I could lose more, it would be the cherry on top of the sundae... or the stem on top of the pumpkin.... NO SUNDAES!
3. Create and complete daily challenges for this team.... all that will directly help us lose weight.
4. Zumba 5X a week --- I am going to be teaching back to back classes on Tuesday and Thursday nights. I may just drop from exhaustion.... good thing I will be drinking extra water.
6. BLOG every MONDAY. PERIOD. IT'S MONDAY. THIS WILL BE MY FIRST BLOG POST of the SKINNY Pumpkins CHALLENGE.
P.S. If you want to join me and haven't done so, let me know in a comment here or in a SPARKmail and I will send you the invite!
Today our (((( Sending SKINNY Vibes! )))) team challenge is to share some of our favorite websites...
Here are some of my top sites:
www.imagechef.com/ This is where I "play" and make my cute SKINNY Vibes backgrounds and pictures like the one I am using today!
I am an avid online shopper.... these are the two sites I visit most regularly to get the best deals:
www.funtasia.net -- this site has coupon codes for discounts and/or free shipping to some of the best online stores around.
www.ebates.com -- I've been a member of this site since 2001 and over nine years received $1,099.51 back simply by visiting this site before shopping and using their links to get to my favorite stores. They do have a tell-a-friend program, so if you like what you see, please consider signing up through this link: www.ebates.com/rf.do?referrerid=S%2Bz3WklkDQk%3D
Other sites:
This is the Zumba site I visit regularly. There is info about Zumba and a class locater to find a live class near you... www.zumba.com
I do visit www.facebook.com regularly. If you want to add me as a friend, please do so.... Here is my page... just let me know you are from SPARKpeople! www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1677754837
I am loving www.theknot.com This website is great tool for those planning a wedding... Only 304 more days until I tie the knot with my guy!
www.holidayinsights.com/ - This is where I find all those crazy holidays to use on our team's challenges!
www.phillies.com -- Helps me with game times and stats of my favorite team!
My final favorite site to visit is www.ebay.com Bargains and the rush of winning? Addicted.
Have fun!!!! Feel free to post your favorite sites in reply to this blog.... I plan on having a blast visiting new, fun, and invaluable websites today!


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The one-stop zombie-slaying shop known as Dead Trigger 2 has just gotten an update that adds a whole new game mode. If you're always running low on the in-game currency in Dead Trigger 2, maybe the Arena of Death will please you. This is a wave-based game mode where you can take out zombies and earn cash to spend in story mode. But that's not all – arena mode brings a raft of new content with it too.
Madfinger's Dead Trigger 2 has remained near the top of the game charts on Android since its release a couple of months ago, and the developers continue to update it regularly. The last update focused on balance issues, but this one adds the most content yet, most notably the new China environment. This addition includes new Story and Warfare missions and extra challenges, plus Google Play Games achievements.
You also get several handfuls of melee weapons for when you inevitably run out of ammo and/or chickens.
Dead Trigger 2 is certainly one of the prettiest shooters on Android, and it also has one of the highest zombie densities of any game on Android. The developers have been pretty serious about adding new content and responding to player suggestions with past updates, and it's the same with today's. Version 0.2.5 has hit Google Play with some cool stuff and insights into the next update.
Madfinger's Dead Trigger was undoubtedly one of last year's premier mobile games. It brought forth elements that were previously only seen on consoles: quality graphics, a decent storyline, and gameplay that involved more than throwing birds at a some repurposed Jenga blocks. It was (and still is), a gamer's game.
Like with all popular games, we all expected a sequel. Something more immersive, with better gameplay, more features, a deeper storyline, and the like.
Zombies are still cool, right? Even if they're not, Dead Trigger 2 could potentially tip the scales of trendiness in favor of the undead. The zombie shoot 'em up has been teased a few times, but now we've got a date. Madfinger Games will release Dead Trigger 2 on October 23 – just in time for Halloween.
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Madfinger Games is hard at work on the follow up to one of last year's blockbuster mobile games. Dead Trigger 2 is nearing completion and the developers have decided to release a few new details and drop some impressive gameplay footage on us. The video demo shows the stark difference between Nvidia's last generation mobile chip and the new Tegra 4.
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The dyno chart shows a peak output of 475 hp at 6,115 rpm and 428 lb.-ft. of torque at 5,130 rpm. Those numbers are incredible close to Nissan's claim of 480 hp and 430 lb.-ft. of twist, but we'll have to wait until a few lucky souls slap the GT-R onto a set of rollers to get some idea of wheel horsepower and torque figures.
Looking over the chart shows very little happening before 3,000 rpm, which is contrary to a number of driving reports we've read so far. Turbo lag has virtually been eliminated on many new models, the GT-R included, so we're assuming that the Dynapack at Super Autobacs wasn't paying attention until later on in the rev range.
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(PHILADELPHIA) Reporting in the journal Urology, researchers at Thomas Jefferson University have found that a pre-emptive multimodal pain regimen that included pregabalin (Lyrica) decreased the use of opioid analgesics in patients undergoing robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy.
Opioid usage, which involves narcotic pain medications, was significantly less in patients who received the multimodal regimen compared to patients who received a standard postoperative analgesic regimen. The mean opioid dose, which was measured in "total morphine equivalent dose," was 75.3 mg for patients who received the standard regimen, versus 49.1 mg for patients who received the multimodal regimen.
"This is the first demonstration of the effectiveness of a pre-emptive pain management protocol using pregabalin in urologic surgery," said Edouard J. Trabulsi, M.D., associate professor of Urology at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University. "We think this study paves the way for new pain management protocols. Though a larger prospective study is necessary to accurately characterize the benefit of reducing opioids, it could have significant implications not only for robotic prostatectomy, but also other laparoscopic procedures and more painful surgeries."
Dr. Trabulsi and colleagues from the Urology and Anesthesiology departments at Jefferson conducted a retrospective study of 60 patients, all undergoing robotic prostatectomy. Thirty of the patients received the multimodal pre-operative treatment and 30 previous patients received only the standard postoperative analgesic regimen.
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ALBANY, Ga. -- The Dougherty County Police Department is asking the public and area businesses to be on the lookout for three individuals who have been cashing counterfeit checks.
They are Stephen Green, 23, Brittney Jennings, 23 and Geon Floyd, 34.
While Jennings has lived in Albany, all three have addresses in Columbus. The trio has been cashing counterfeit checks that have "E Tax Service" written on top.
The routing and account numbers are correct, but not for E Tax Service.
"It looks like they took information from a payroll check and put it on their checks," said Sgt. Chad Kirkpatrick, a detective with the DCPD.
"We want to let local businesses know and to be on the lookout for these subjects."
Since May 9, two Albany businesses have come across these checks -- Jaxx Liquor Store on South Slappey Boulevard and National Liquor Store on Oakridge Drive. There are two such checks confirmed to be counterfeit, with more checks that are thought to be connected to the ring.
"We have to process the checks for fingerprints, but we have warrants on these folks," Kirkpatrick said. "There are more (checks) that are pending."
The two checks known to be involved were confirmed to be counterfeit by Citizens Bank, Kirkpatrick said.
To date, almost $4,000 has been lost as a result of this scheme. All three are wanted for forgery and theft by deception, with Jennings and Green being charged with one count each and Floyd being charged with two counts each.
Floyd is also wanted in Columbus for forgery.
Green, Jennings and Floyd have been putting their real names and social security numbers on the back of the checks, Kirkpatrick said.
Kirkpatrick was not able to give a vehicle description to tie to the trio, who are thought to be in the scheme together. The sergeant was also unable to confirm on Tuesday whether this was tied to a forgery ring in Columbus.
"Forgery is a big problem here because it's easy money," Kirkpatrick said. "Anybody has a printer or a computer.
"This type (of forgery) is easy. It is a real check per se, it's just got false information."
Anyone that comes across a check that looks suspicious is asked to call the DCPD at (229) 430-6600 or visit them at 2106 Habersham Road.
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MONROE, La., Oct. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL) today announced it is expanding its sustainability commitments by installing Bloom Energy fuel cells to generate up to 500 kilowatts of clean, reliable power for one of its California data centers.
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The fuel cells, expected to produce nearly 4.4 million kilowatt-hours of annual electricity, will help power cloud, managed hosting and colocation services housed within the data center, located in Irvine, California, and operated by Savvis, a CenturyLink company.
"We must explore our energy alternatives to support advancements in technology and the escalating demand for network and IT infrastructure," said David Meredith, senior vice president and global general manager for Savvis. "Bloom's clean fuel cells offer a way for businesses like CenturyLink to promote the continuing evolution of technology without sacrificing their sustainability commitments."The Bloom Energy Servers use fuel cells to generate electricity through a clean electrochemical process using air and natural gas. The project will help CenturyLink avoid approximately one million pounds of CO 2 (carbon dioxide) emissions annually and significantly reduce SOx (sulfur oxides), NOx (nitrogen oxides) and other harmful smog-forming particulate emissions. Bloom Energy has experienced widespread adoption for its servers and a growing demand for its Mission Critical solution, which will be installed at the Savvis California location. This configuration enables CenturyLink to receive primary power for its critical loads from Bloom Energy Servers, protecting those loads from electrical outages without the need for backup UPS and generator systems. "Bloom Energy is excited to work with CenturyLink in helping it achieve its corporate sustainability goals," said Peter Gross, vice president of mission critical systems at Bloom Energy. "This project highlights CenturyLink's long-term vision, and Bloom Energy is excited to be contributing to a new model for data center design and operation that is cleaner and more reliable than the conventional architecture." The Bloom system will be fully operational in early to mid-2014. To see how this program fits in with CenturyLink's broader sustainability initiatives, visit http://www.centurylink.com/Pages/AboutUs/Community/Environment/. About Bloom Energy Bloom Energy is a provider of breakthrough solid oxide fuel cell technology generating clean, highly efficient onsite power from multiple fuel sources. Founded in 2001 with a mission to make clean, reliable energy affordable for everyone in the world, Bloom Energy Servers are currently producing power for several Fortune 500 companies including Google, Wal-Mart, AT&T, eBay, Staples, The Coca-Cola Company, as well as notable non-profit organizations such as Caltech and Kaiser Permanente. Also, with its Mission Critical Systems practice, Bloom Energy provides grid-independent power for critical loads in data centers and manufacturing. The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. For more information, visit www.Bloomenergy.com. About SavvisSavvis, a CenturyLink company, provides industry-leading IT infrastructure solutions that keep enterprises powered for business in today's ever-changing global marketplace. Combining deep, proven experience with personal commitment, Savvis delivers cloud, colocation and managed-hosting services over advanced networks, enabling its clients to focus on their core environments and meet new market opportunities. About CenturyLinkCenturyLink is the third largest telecommunications company in the United States and is recognized as a leader in the network services market by technology industry analyst firms. The company is a global leader in cloud infrastructure and hosted IT solutions for enterprise customers. CenturyLink provides data, voice and managed services in local, national and select international markets through its high-quality advanced fiber optic network and multiple data centers for businesses and consumers. The company also offers advanced entertainment services under the CenturyLink® Prism™ TV and DIRECTV brands. Headquartered in Monroe, La., CenturyLink is an S&P 500 company and is included among the Fortune 500 list of America's largest corporations. For more information, visit www.centurylink.com. SOURCE CenturyLink, Inc.
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This video summarizes the contributions of NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) toward the understanding of weather and climate, global rainfall, El Niño, and tropical storms, as well as the applications of that science. TRMM was... (View More) launched in 1997; the video was produced in celebration of TRMM's 15-year anniversary. (View Less)
This poster features NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission. The front features an image of the GPM Core Observatory satellite along with the constellation of satellites that will accompany it. Background information is provided on... (View More) the reverse side of the poster, including an overview of the mission, details of the satellite, the science and applications of the mission, and information on the constellation missions with which GPM will partner. Also included on the back is a multi-age educational activity on freshwater availability. See Related & Supplemental Resources to download a PDF of the poster. (View Less)
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This short video (02:48) profiles Steve Nesbitt, a scientist affiliated with NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission. Following a brief description of his career pathway, Nesbitt provides both an overview of the GPM mission as well as... (View More) insights into his work in validating and analyzing the GPM satellite data. (View Less)
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This short video (~2 minutes) explains how a raindrop falls through the atmosphere and why a more accurate look at raindrops can improve estimates of global precipitation. This information is important to scientists working on the Global... (View More) Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission - understanding the micro world of raindrops provides insight to scientists about the macro world of storms. (View Less)
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This short video includes interviews with several key engineers who built and tested the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Interviewees include: Beth Weinstein, GPM integration and test... (View More) engineer; Lisa Bartusek, GPM deputy mission systems engineer; and Carlton Peters, associate branch head at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and GPM thermal branch development lead. (View Less)
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Arctic warming produces biological winners (whales) and losers (polar bears). This article explains why they are impacted differently and includes supplemental images. This lesson is part of the Climate Kids website, a NASA education resource... (View More) featuring articles, videos, images and games focused on the science of climate change. (View Less)
Adding lemon juice to water increases the water's acidity; adding carbon dioxide to water will also increase acidity. The effects of the carbon dioxide acidification of ocean water from burning fossil fuels are discussed and images of some of the... (View More) organisms adversely affected by that acidification are included. This article is part of the Climate Kids website, a NASA education resource featuring articles, videos, images and games focused on the science of climate change. (View Less)


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St Andrew's College in Cleethorpes 'on right track' after Ofsted inspection shows improvement
Posted: March 07, 2013|
A CLEETHORPES school formerly judged as "inadequate" has improved, according to Ofsted inspectors – but there is still a long way to go.
St Andrew's College was visited by Ofsted inspectors on February 5 and 6 and was given a "requires improvement" rating, which is below "outstanding" and "good" in the four categories.
However, it shows improvement on the previous "inadequate" grade – the lowest of the four – that the school was given in January 2012 along with a "notice to improve".
Principal Louise Wilson said it shows the "pace of change" that will bring the school through a difficult period.
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However, Mrs Wilson added: "There is still a long way to go but we are on the right track on our journey to becoming an outstanding school – which is our ultimate aim."
However, now it is in the "requires improvement category" – equivalent to "satisfactory" until new framework came into place last year – it will be two years until it has another full inspection.
Mrs Wilson added: "It might have been 'satisfactory' in old money but not for me – I think we should be trying to be the best we can be."
Mrs Wilson fully expects the school to be in the "good" category by the next inspection.
She added: "It's an ambitious target but I'm aiming high."
The report says the school is not "good" because:
Progress is adequate rather than good because teaching needs to improve.
Attainment is still below average – although it has improved.
Teachers should do more to develop literacy skills – except in humanities.
Attitude to learning needs to improve and students should take more responsibility.
Too much drive comes from senior leaders – other teachers need to do more.
However, the report also highlights strengths:
Progress is well-monitored, allowing teachers to intervene early if necessary.
Governors have grit, determination, expertise and are constantly looking at ways to improve.
A coaching system for teachers is improving standards.
The principal provides inspirational leadership.
In 2011, just 35 per cent of students reached the Government benchmark of five A*-C GCSE grades including English and maths.
In 2012, results improved so that 43 per cent of students reached the benchmark – an improvement of 8 per cent.
Mrs Wilson added: "We are still on this journey of improvement but this report shows we are in the right place."
Rainbow Corner Day Nursery in Holton-le-Clay has been rated "good" – an improvement on the "satisfactory" rating it was given in 2010.
Read the full story in tomorrow's Grimsby Telegraph.