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A Fairytale Come True at the Library by Bill Peak
Thursday, September 19th, 2013What can I tell you about Peggielene Bartels? That she works as a secretary in Washington, D.C.? That she is black? That she drives a green 1992 Honda Accord? That she talks to her car each morning on the way into work as if it were an old but unreliable friend she must coax into making its way just one more time down Rock Creek Parkway? That she is a king?
That's right, she is a king. In 2008 (though by that time she had lived in the United States for 29 years and had long since become an American citizen), Peggielene Bartels received an entirely unexpected midnight call from her African homeland of Ghana. Through an ancient ritual involving the pouring of special libations at a sacred shrine, it had been determined that "the ancestors" had selected her to be the new king of her native Otuam.
King Peggy is the true story of Peggielene Bartels' ensuing relationship with her subjects and her native land. It is also this year's One Maryland One Book. One Maryland One Book is the program of the Maryland Humanities Council in which people all across the state read the same book at the same time. For six years now, I have read each and every One Maryland One Book, and I have to tell you, this year's selection tells a story unlike anything I have ever read before.
King Peggy is at once a fairy tale come true, a study in human nature and the uses and abuses of power, and an inspirational (and often very funny) story of what one person with good intentions, strong faith, and a heart of gold can achieve. For however appealing the prospect of waking up one day to find yourself the ruler of a foreign land, the reality, inevitably, turns out to be something less … and, in some ways, more … than a storybook romance.
When Peggielene returns to Otuam for her enthronement, she begins to suspect that the real reason her royal council has accepted the ancestors' choice for king is that its members—coming from a culture where men traditionally hold sway over women—believe her selection means they can continue to use the fees and taxes they collect from Peggy's subjects to feather their own nests. For years now they have bamboozled Peggy's weak and ineffectual predecessor, in the process enriching themselves while leaving the people of Otuam poor and dispirited. But even as a secretary, Peggielene Bartels was never one to suffer fools gladly, and it turns out that being king hasn't changed her attitude toward that particular type one little bit.
If you liked Alexander McCall Smith's novels featuring the famed Botswanan lady detective, Mma Ramotswe, you'll love King Peggy, for she is the real thing.
Bill Peak writes a monthly article for the Star-Democrat about working at the Talbot County Free Library. Thank you, Bill, for allowing us to reprint this in our blog—and for your thoughts about our 2013 One Maryland One Book Selection.


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Prior to the 2013-14 season when Rankovic became the lead man in charge of the rowing crew, he served as the Bucs assistant coach for two years, becoming the school's first full-time assistant in the program's history. In his second year with the Buccaneers, Rankovic's international recruiting efforts helped drive Barry to a second place finish at the NCAA Championships. Two of Rankovic's recruits, Kristina Boncheva and Monika Kaminska, earned All-American honors in 2013.
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Just last week it seemed possible that 'The Interview' may never be seen anytime soon as Sony Pictures canceled the theatrical release and claimed they had no immediate plans for a VOD debut. But, following yesterday's news that 'The Interview' will run in select theaters on Christmas Day, comes more details on their plans to simultaneously stream the film online.
Who Should Star in an All-Female 'Ghostbusters' Reboot, According to Bill Murray
At this point, any new 'Ghostbusters' movie has been fancasted within an inch of its life. Any actor working today under the age of 40? They've been considered for the 'Ghostbusters' movie. Shoot, there's a chance you were considered to star in the 'Ghostbusters' movie. So, there's no point in going over yet another list of who should star in 'Ghostbusters 3' or whatever it is they're calling it these days. Unless, of course, the person who made that list is Bill Murray. In that case, *in rapt*.
Megan Fox to 'Ninja Turtles' Haters: "F— Off"
The internet has not been kind to the 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' reboot. This shouldn't be surprising to you, because a) you are on the internet, and b) you have seen the footage from the 'Ninja Turtles' reboot. (True story: during a recent 'Guardians of the Galaxy' screening in New York City, the crowd loudly booed the 'Ninja Turtles' trailer.) But, star Megan Fox has a word for all of those haters. Two words, actually.
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You might want to sit down for this one... The 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' trailer is here, and if you thought that maybe this would allay some of your fears about the Michael Bay-produced remake, we have some sobering news for you. This trailer raises more questions than it answers.
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Hal Douglas, the voice-over artist who popularized the "In a world..." line and whose voice could be heard in movie trailers for 'Forrest Gump,' 'Meet the Parents' and 'Lethal Weapon' has died at the age of 89 from complications of pancreatic cancer.
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Bill Hader Talks About the Stefon Movie That Almost Happened
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A big plus for the Iron Beam system is that it uses a laser to hear and explode warheads, a system far less costly than the $50,00-a-piece Iron Dome anti-missile missile.
The Iron Beam can knock out incoming rockets as far as slightly more than four miles away. Israel's Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, which also makes the Iron Dome systems, will show off the Iron Dome next month at an air show in Singapore.
With the advanced Arrow III, designed to take out long-range missiles, and David's Sling that is being tested to intercept medium-range missiles, and Iron Dome for short-range rockets, the Iron Beam will give Israel multi-layer defense against incoming missiles and rockets.
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Fifteen Auschwitz survivors, aged 80-94, returned this morning, Monday January 26, to the infamous death camp, Auschwitz, some for the first time.
Yair Lapid has announced his Yesh Atid list for the upcoming elections….
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God has not cooperated with the Boycott Israel movement.
El Al has canceled its popular 001 after-midnight flight from Ben Gurion Airport to JFK in New York because of the expected blizzard that is forecast to cripple the Northeast in the United States. Flight 027 to Newark, New Jersey will take off 11 hours late, and the flight from Newark to Tel Aviv will […]
Maybe the court will forgive the gang because one of them apologized.
Ari Ne'eman, a pioneer in autism self-advocacy, awarded the Ruderman Prize in Inclusion.
IDF soldiers were dragged to missionary evening of 'appreciation' for soldiers who fought in Operation Protective Edge last summer in Gaza.
It isn't over until it's over.
As they say in Egyptian, plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.
French far-rightist politician Jean-Marie Le Pen suffered a facial injury.
Apple may have handed the Chinese government access to the software used in its iPhones.
Was it a toy? A test by Al Qaeda? Or maybe Amazon got the wrong address?
ISIS-linked cyber terrorists promoting a 'Cyber Caliphate' were busy early Monday hacking the website of Malaysia Airlines.
Canada's Conservative government is set to consider new anti-terror legislation by the end of this week, following some nations in Europe.
The Old City of Jerusalem is made up of multiple cultures living side by side, in various degrees of conflict and cooperation.
Yair Lapid has announced his Yesh Atid list for the upcoming elections….
El Al has canceled its popular 001 after-midnight flight from Ben Gurion Airport to JFK in New York because of the expected blizzard that is forecast to cripple the Northeast in the United States. Flight 027 to Newark, New Jersey will take off 11 hours late, and the flight from Newark to Tel Aviv will […]
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The February issue of InfoTech & Telecom News reports Montgomery County, Maryland is planning to launch a government-funded news Web site. Merlyn Reineke, executive director of Montgomery Community Media, which operates the two public access cable channels in the county, said he is unsure whether the county's idea for a news site is a good one. "My basic concern is that nobody will use it," he said.
Also in this issue:
- Ruling that blogger Crystal Cox is not a journalist granted protection under Oregon's media shield laws, a U.S. District Court judge entered a $2.5 million judgment against her.
- Ann Arbor, Michigan estimates annual savings of $300,000 since the implementation of automated electricity meters in 2005.
- A San Francisco judge issued an injunction against a city ordinance that would require retailers to warn customers about alleged carcinogenic effects of cell phones.
- John Stephenson, director of the American Legislative Exchange Council's information technology task force, makes the case for increasing FCC spectrum auctions.
- Albuquerque, New Mexico is the latest of a growing number of cities switching off traffic cameras used to catch motorists running red lights.
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Court Overturns 'Wardrobe-Malfunction' Ruling
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Famous yellow diamonds
Diamonds are found in many different colors which is influenced by many different factors, but today we will talk about some of the most famous yellow diamonds in the world. Yellow diamonds are not considered for the most beautiful color of diamonds but they are definitely among the most beautiful. Anyhow, decide yourself.
Read our story about maybe the most famous yellow diamond in the world – The Allnatt diamond.
Some of the most famous yellow diamonds
The Tiffany Yellow Diamond is one of the most famous diamonds in the world of fashion. When it was discovered it weighed 287.42 carats or 57.484g. However subsequent grinding and cutting led to the fact that the value of a diamond is greatly reduced and it is now 128.54 carats that is, 25.708g.
The Spoonmakers Diamond is 86 carats (17g) pear-shaped diamond, which is considered the pride of the Imperial Treasury exhibitions at the Topkapi Palace Museum and he is the most valuable in a single exhibit. It is considered the fourth largest diamond of its kind in the world and is kept under very strong security.
The Oppenheimer Diamond is nearly perfect 253.7 carats yellow crystal. Belongs to collection of the largest diamond in the world. Discovered in 1964th in Dutoitspan Mine, in South African Republic. Harry Winston gave it to Smithsonian Institution as the memory of Sir Ernest Oppenheimer.
The Moon of Baroda Diamond is 24.04 carats (4.81g) diamond and it was discovered in Vadodara (Baroda) in India. When it was found, the raw diamond weighed 25.95 carats (5.19g).
There is a myth that says that the Moon of Baroda brings bad luck to its owner if it is carried across the sea. And one more interesting thing is that this diamond was worn by famous actress Marilyn Monroe.
The Golden Eye Diamond is a 43.51 carats (8.70g) fancy intense yellow diamond. It is believed that it was found in Kimberley area in South African Republic, but this is not confirmed by the present owner.
The Florentine Diamond is a lost diamond from India. Has a light yellow color and rose cut. It weighs 137.27 carats (27.454g). This beautiful stone is also known as the Tuscan, the Tuscany Diamond, the Grand Duke of Tuscany, the Austrian Diamond and the Austrian Yellow Diamond.
The Eureka Diamond was the first diamond discovered in South African Republic in 1867th. It weighs 21.25 carats (4.25g). He was found near Hopetown on the Orange River. Later, the diamond is cut to a 10.73 carats (2.15g) and is currently on display at the Mine Museum in Kimberley.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Digital Music Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:DMGI), a content owner and distributor of digital music recordings focused on past-hits, out-of-print, back catalog, and independent label recordings, today announced four new long-term distribution agreements, consisting of over 3,500 tracks in total, with independent catalogs and labels. Under the terms of the long-term digital distribution agreements signed with each company, DMGI will distribute their respective catalogs to online music stores worldwide on an exclusive basis.
The four music catalogs announced today are: Swan Records -- Swan Records was founded in 1957 in Philadelphia and is home to such artists from the late 1950s and 1960s as Danny and the Juniors, Billie and Lillie, Dickie Do and the Don'ts, The Rockin' Rebels, and Link Wray. The catalog also includes master recordings of notable artists such as The Three Degrees, Jerry Jaye, The Dovells, The Royal Teens, and The Strangeloves. Turtle Island Music -- Turtle Island Music Inc is one of the largest Native American music labels. Established in 1996 Turtle Island Music represents some of the most talented and well-known Aboriginal, Native American and Metis artists, including Little Island Cree, Wildhorse, and Winston Wuttunee. Turtle Island has won numerous awards from the major Canadian and American music associations for capturing traditional music that has been handed down for hundreds of generations. Red Lightning Records -- Red Lightning Records is one of Europe's longest established post-war blues labels. Artists include Tommy Tucker, Big Joe Williams, Albert Collins, and Charlie Musslewhite. Passport Audio -- Passport Audio is a producer and worldwide distributor of blues, pop, jazz, soundtrack, easy listening and gospel music. Artists include worldwide favorites such as Mantovani, Lloyd Price and Art Tatum.
"We're pleased to announce these new long-term distribution agreements and our affiliation with such quality record labels," said Mitchell Koulouris, Chief Executive Officer of DMGI.
"We have been diligently building our content acquisition pipeline and these new deals represent the early return on that investment."
Additionally, DMGI intends to release portions of these catalogs through ringtone, mastertone, and over-the-air download sales channels as they are added as part of the Digital Music Group distribution network.
About Digital Music Group, Inc.
Founded in 2005, Digital Music Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:DMGI) is focused on helping consumers worldwide to experience more music, in more ways. Digital Music Group acquires the digital rights to music recordings and processes these recordings into digital format for distribution to online music stores such as the iTunes Music Store, MSN Music, RealNetworks, Napster, Wal-Mart Music and Yahoo! Music, where they are available for purchase by consumers via downloading. For more information, please visit www.dmgi.com.
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Want to start the new year in a good mood? Try remembering how bad things were in years past
I'm mostly hating this decade, but recently I've reflected on ways life has improved, and this helps blunt the despair.
For example, as today we witness a massive change in attitudes toward gays and lesbians and same-sex marriage, there is plenty of shrill and irrational counter rhetoric. But I recall a time in America when no such debate could even begin because the words themselves were forbidden.
There was rebellion against change.
In every age there's rebellion against whatever you've got. Ginsberg's "Howl" explicitly referred to homosexuality in 1955, and the courts even let the poem be sold in stores two years later. But nowhere in America was it a subject of open, mainstream civic debate.
Even during the Summer of Love, 1967, the mainstream news only had it that hippies, good heavens, were flocking to San Francisco.
I have a treasured memory of that era, which I'd like to share. This happened in the spring of my junior year of high school, here in space age Seattle, 1966, in a coed health education class.
Our teacher was a 6-foot-6-inch school football coach who was built like an icebox and who could crush your skull with one hand. Mr. Icebox. Yeah, that's it. Randy Icebox.
Health Ed, to start with, was all about how to be physically healthy. We began with nutritional health, so we learned to eat leafy green vegetables.
We learned to wash hands often.
We learned not to have sex at all because we could get gonorrhea or syphilis or crabs (pictured in the book). Or, if we were bad, always wear protection. Some boy (believe it or not, it wasn't me) spouted, "What do you mean, 'protection,' Mr. Icebox?"
"You know exactly what it means."
"Ha, ha, you mean rubbers, Mr. Icebox?"
"Shut up, there are girls here."
At one point Mr. Icebox tried to tell us that it was unhealthy for boys to have long hair like those dirty Beatles, because boys don't wash their hair often enough. When I objected, "What if the boy was the exceptional boy who did wash his hair often enough?" Icebox came back with, "That'd be a sissy boy."
From then on the class was less about physical health than about being indoctrinated in the mainstream attitudes about homosexuality, all without mentioning homosexuality explicitly. Part of what needed to conveyed was precisely that it should not and could not be spoken of.
My prized memory concerns an incident that occurred as our class came to find ourselves faced with two contrasting pictures on one page in the textbook.
One showed two teenage boys in an ice cream shop sitting side-by-side across from two girls, photographed in unflattering black and white with harsh lighting. It had a red "x" over it. The other had the same kids, but they formed two boy-girl couples facing each other, photographed in cheery color, with a caption that said these teenagers were socializing in a healthy way.
I couldn't take it, and I spent about 10 minutes of my health education class trying to get Mr. Icebox to say the h-word. I asked, "What's the red 'x' for? Guys can't be friends?" He would not say it. I demanded to know what was unhealthy in the first picture. "We were told in grade school girls had cooties. Now you're saying boys spread cooties among themselves? Just by sitting next to each other?"
As this went on, Mr. Icebox's eyes bulged out of his sockets, and the vein in his forehead stood out and throbbed. He said I was being deliberately obtuse, and I knew perfectly well why the first picture showed unhealthy behavior. Finally I just said, "Why can't you just come out and say that you don't want us to be homosexuals?" He turned as red as a lobster and made me shut up for the rest of the period.
You see so little of that now. There's something to be happy about.
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"We really liked this recipe! Even my husband who kept eyeing up all the veggies I was chopping. Instead of the canned diced tomatoes I used some whole frozen tomatoes that I had from the garden last year. I didn't add the 1/2 c. water as I didn't feel I needed that much liquid. I added a 1/4 c. red wine, though. I also added fresh mushrooms. I..."
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Chilean shipments to Europe this year likely will be similar to last year, with some adjustments possible because of economic factors, said Nolan Quinn, berry category director for the Vancouver, British Columbia-based Oppenheimer Group.
"They are offering the same prices but are looking for high quality," Quinn said. "Since the euro has weakened against the U.S. dollar, we may see more volume targeted to the U.S. versus Europe than in 2010-11."
Now China is part of the mix, with that country this year having granted phytosanitary approval for blueberry shipments from Chile after three years of talks, according to Chile's Ministry of Agriculture.
"China is opening up, and global demand is good for the grower and will keep the price strong," said Cindy Jewell, marketing director at Watsonville, Calif.-based California Giant Inc.
China's entry into the Chilean berry deal enhances an increasingly vibrant Asian presence, said Brian Bocock, vice president of product management with Naples, Fla.-based Naturipe Farms LLC.
"Over the next five years, Asia is going to have a huge impact on blueberries," he said. "There's a lot of demand over there. South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong — all of them bring a lot of opportunities."
European and Asian demand are growing, but Chile likely will have ample supplies for everyone, said Tom Richardson, general manager of Giumarra Cos., Wenatchee, Wash., speaking for Giumarra VBM LLC, Littleton, Colo.
"It would seem that, at least for the next several years, increasing production will allow a fully supplied North America, as well as an ability to reach the emerging markets of the world," he said.


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Up here in Canada, it's rage hangover day (also, it's cold as s***, but that's neither here nor there). The Canadian Olympic team has been named, and we've all pleaded our cases to people who agree with us, or don't, or those who don't even want to listen to us, like any of these people can change the decisions Hockey Canada made.
The team, she is set. (Barring injuries.)
So, on to the next question: how do you play with all that talent on the roster? How do you adjust for the bigger ice surface? How would YOU coach that team? I mean systemically – how would you chose to maximize the team's chances of winning gold in Sochi?
I put some thought into it since the announcement yesterday, and here's what I've come up with to start. And like a coach using his assistants, hopefully you guys have some tweaks that would improve my hypothetical plan.
In The Neutral Zone
My personal preference would be a 1-2-2. I think that the best team you can assemble plays defense-first, but has a ton of talent so they can transition effectively and challenge offensively. There's no need to send two forecheckers at talented, poised players – they'll just end up caught and now you've given up numbers.
In The D-Zone
I like the way Boston defends with layers, and would encourage my team to do the same. The only difference is that I'd be all over our wingers to take defending seriously (not that you normally don't, but I'm asking for more movement), because the blue-line in the offensive zone is actually closer to your net on the Olympic sheet than it is in the NHL. That means giving up too many bombs from there isn't ideal, which means that while you'd like to have them help in the layering, they also have to be cognizant of the increased threat up top. Stops, starts, and active sticks, like you're killing a penalty.
Once possession is established, I think you unchain the dogs, specifically from your back-end because it's a great way to use the extra width of the ice: you push the opposing D back by driving wide (which is now easier), and you delay (unless you have a step) and look for the late layers. I think you preach possession at all costs (as in don't dump the puck in), because it's easier to keep the puck with the extra space, and harder to recover it. I think you encourage spreading out in the offensive zone, specifically behind the goal line, to make players who haven't played together much communicate on coverage switches.
On The O-Zone Forecheck
Basically the same as the neutral zone forcheck: F1 on body, F2 on puck retrieval or board-side wing (reads off F1), F3 in the middle reading. I think I'd want F3 to approach a bit wider than normal and hope to flush the play up the overloaded side. The wide ice makes angling & directing the play more important than ever. Oh, and use discretion when finishing checks. Wasting strides to take yourself out of the play is kinda nonsensical when there's so much skill on the ice.
On The Powerplay
You don't force players into a powerplay system, you build a system to best utilize your talent. Which is to say, if I have a healthy Stamkos, I'm loading that gun. If I have Subban, I'm loading that gun. If you're using skill guys not bombers, you run more low options. I also think after the initial game or two, you better set the plan in stone. The concept of "chemistry" is never more relevant than on the powerplay, when you have solid possession and are looking to make precision plays, which involves being able to predict/read where your teammate is going, and get the puck heading there before he arrives.
On The Penalty Kill
Nothing too crazy unusual aside from two pieces of advice: be careful not to get stretched out to the walls (which is easy to do when you're mesmerized by some skill guys zipping the puck around) because the added width means you're prone to leaving a gigantic soft spot right down broadway, and against the higher skilled teams, play more passive. As much as I love get 'em-pressure-get 'em-pressure, that equals burned players and clean looks against the best in the world (it's killer against panicky kids though!).
It's a seven game tournament at best, so all you can do is take care of your own end first, and maximize the difficulty of containing your own skilled players going the other way…and hope. Mike Babcock's a smart hockey mind, and I have no doubt he's got better plans for the team than I do. I'd also be willing to bet his plan isn't too far off mine – it's just a lot more in-depth.


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Online gamers have been known to play for long stretches, eschewing sleep, food, and social responsibilities. But when does it become too much? Yesterday, the BBC News, reacting to astounding first- and second-day sales of World of Warcraft, pitted Elizabeth Woolley, founder of Online Gamers Anonymous, against game aficionado Lynn Hall to answer that very question.
Woolley argued that while online games "can offer hours of enjoyment and interaction with the outside world," for shut-ins, there is a turning point beyond which gamers become addicted. "They no longer have the 'choice' to play, but are driven to play," she said.
When this happens, gamers become like any other addict, failing to look after themselves and avoiding family, work, and even the outside world, Woolley argued.
Hall, an avid Diablo and Diablo II player, agreed that games can swallow hours of gamers' lives but said players still have freedom of choice. "Online gaming is an all-consuming passion that niggles at you during working hours, haunts your dreams and takes away all your spare time, if you let it."
She argued that games can be psychologically healthy, letting people explore what it's like to take on different roles or even genders. Whether or not it's harmless depends on "whether you have enough willpower to tear yourself away," Hall said.
Woolley created her Web-only recovery program after her 21-year-old son, Shawn, committed suicide. The Milwaukee man shot himself on Thanksgiving Day, 2001--while in the throes of an EverQuest addiction, according to Woolley. According to Wired, when she attempted to uncover any in-game clues to Shawn's demise, Sony Online Entertainment told her that their records were confidential.
So, is there such a thing as too much play, too much fantasy, too much time spent online? Even the Diablo devotee Hall admits that the answer is not so clear. "Is World of Warcraft harmless fun? I am of two opinions." A stance many gamers share, indeed.


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Movie: Bully. Another documentary out to save the world one viewer at a time
Mar 30th, 2012 | By AJ Anderson | Category: EntertainmentLet's all agree up-front: Nobody likes a bully, and that's the easiest connection with the new buzzed-about documentary, "Bully," out today in New York and Los Angeles. I wasn't happy when Bobby Dreyfus told me I was flat-chested in the seventh grade when I was walking the halls between algebra and Spanish, and I didn't believe adults who told me it was his way of saying he liked me. It's still embarrassing to admit, and there wasn't any violence attached. Oh, and Bobby, I have boobs now. Hah! Most of us have been on the receiving end of some level of bullying, and if we are still alive to talk about it when we have our own adolescent children, then we're not like the unfortunate extreme cases, also chronicled in the movie, in which children have taken their own lives rather than get on the bus one more time.
It's easy to identify with the individual subjects, such as Tyler who hanged himself in his bedroom closet, the awkward Alex who is so starved for friendship he tolerates daily physical abuse on a bus in Middle America and who's being poked with pencils and called names. It's no surprise, given his age and geekiness that he doesn't have the emotional wherewithal to fight back, or put into words his feelings of inadequacy when (and if) he discusses the outbreaks with his parents, teachers, school officials, and police officers. The movie also follows an Oklahoma out-lesbian teen who tries to take a stand at her high school, a 14-year-old who took her mother's gun and brandished it at her tormenters on the morning bus, and an 11-year-old farmer's son whose bereft father becomes an antibullying activist. [Read More...]


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Washington Wizards center JaVale McGee had an embarrassing moment during the third quarter of Monday night's NBA game in D.C. against the Toronto Raptors. McGee missed a shot and hustled down the court to play defense, but didn't notice that one of his teammates got the offensive rebound. That left McGee looking pretty silly once he turned around to play defense and realized no one was there.
Wizards point guard John Wall had the ball to set up the offense, but he had to wait about four seconds for McGee to come back from the defensive end to start the offensive play.
To top it all off, McGee had the chance to finish off an alley-oop, but Wall's pass was a bit too high.
Fortunately the Wizards won the game in overtime 111-108, so McGee can call it a lesson learned, laugh about it, and hopefully pay more attention from now on.
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This was a fairly interesting news story and a lot of care has gone into making a movie about it. There's just one problem: We've really seen it all before. Debut director/writer Nathan Morlando makes too many rookie mistakes here, starting with his totally desaturated and unappetizing palette which, one supposes, is meant to evoke the past as well as Boyd's bleak existence in the snowy Great North. Every popular gangster film in memory is seemingly evoked, with special nods to Bonnie and Clyde and Michael Mann's Public Enemies, with their jauntily picaresque approach to period crime.
Morlando employs a surfeit of early rockabilly and blues to underline the gang's high jinks, which only emphasize the surface-y nature of his film. Any true period quality soon dissipates, and the movie becomes quite monotonous quite fast. How many heists, followed by Nan Goldin-esque louche hotel room celebrations with the perps and their bimbos, can one watch? The alternative offered here, Boyd endlessly being confronted by the tearfully concerned Doreen, who's kept out of things even more than poor Diane Keaton in The Godfather, ain't that revelatory, either. Morlando's stabs at pathos, like Eddie's carrying a wounded vet on and off his bus, have the subtlety of a Trump tower.
It's rather a shame, for with a better script, Speedman, with his natural Errol Flynn handsomeness and geniality, could have shone. Instead he disappears into the none-too-interesting morass, as do the rest of the hard-working cast, although Reilly is affecting, with her timorous voice and manner. An even more morose than usual Brian Cox, as Eddie's eternally disappointed policeman father, just drags things down further.


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Best National Nod to a Local Institution Denver 2009 - Mercury Cafe
Marilyn Megenity's Mercury Cafe is a Colorado institution, beloved both inside and outside of this state. It's also a no-brainer for a left-leaning catalogue of American collectives, co-ops, eco-conscious and alternative businesses, think tanks, coffee houses, favorite leftist anthems and restaurants for locavores, but we were still happy to see that The Nation Guide to the Nation mentions Denver's long-lived, free-thinking hippie outpost not once, but twice. Lauded for its rooftop windmills, organic fare and alternative politics, this Mercury is still rising.


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Cardinals Caravan brings baseball to Carbondale
Carbondale baseball fans got a chance to interact with past and present Major League Baseball players Friday when the Cardinals Caravan came to SIU Arena.
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Running backs sprint to top spot
With just under two weeks before Saluki football takes on University of Illinois in their anticipated first season game, one highlight to this year's team is the core of running backs.
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Baseball players succeed off field
Two Salukis shined on the field and in the classroom last season, earning scholar athlete awards.
Senior utility player Austin Montgomery and junior pitcher Tyler Dray were selected for the Missouri Valley Conference MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team. To ... Continue Reading →
Salukis ready for final test
The SIU men's baseball team plays six of its last seven games against Missouri Valley Conference competition and the season's final stretch could be what the team needs to have a successful postseason.
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Dawgs downed by Shockers
The Saluki baseball team lost two out of three games by a combined run total of seven to Wichita State University during the weekend.
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Salukis claim second-straight MVC series
The Salukis scored a combined 15 runs in the final innings of all three weekend games to claim a series win against Wichita State University.
SIU head coach Kerri Blaylock said series win was key to kickstart another good weekend.
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Runs come in late for Salukis
The Salukis scored the winning run in the eighth inning or later in both games to sweep the series during the team's final two weekend series games against Eastern Kentucky University.
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The SIU track and field teams dedicated the new Lew Hartzog Track and Field Complex Friday and Saturday in grand fashion with nine event wins and 11 personal records during the Bill Cornell Spring Classic.
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Women's tennis ends record year with loss to Shockers
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Comic Couture | Marvel villains, Batcuffs and more
WeLoveFine.com recently held a contest where they asked artists to design shirts with a Marvel villains theme, and they've now posted the winners. The above shirt was the judge's pick, chosen by Loki himself, Tom Hiddleston, and designed by Mariel Thompson. You can see the other winners at their site.
Comic Couture | Dan Hipp goes headless at Threadless
If you are a fan of Dan Hipp's work on Amazing Joy Buzzards, Gyakushu!, Ben 10 or his wonderful art blog, then you might want to know that Threadless recently turned the above image, "Zombie Survivalist," into a T-shirt and a hoodie. No doubt it will sell out quickly, so head over there fast if you'd like to grab one for your very own.
Tony Moore and Katie Cook team up with surprising results
One of the unique parts of a comic convention is the chance to get sketches and fully-rendered art commissions from some of the medium's top artists. They could draw the characters they're known for best, or even something off-the-wall like the Swedish Chef that colorist Justin Ponsor did for me once. But a recent posting on artist Tony Moore's blog shows just how crazy things can get when you get two artists to collaborate, or 'jam,' on a single piece
Behold Moore's rendition of a My Little Pony being ridden by a zombie drawn by Katie Cook, as done during last weekend's Emerald City Comicon in Seattle.
Wish This Was Real | George Washington: Warlord of Time
I'm trying not to post about Ben Caldwell every single day, but he's making it difficult. Look, I resisted when he posted this picture of George Washington and a cave-girl fighting Zombie Blackbeard, but then he had to go and make an actual comic out of it. I'm not made of cave-stone here. Click the link to see the whole, one-page comic, then join me in begging for more.
WonderCon | A round-up of announcements from Friday
WonderCon opened its doors Friday at the Anaheim Convention Center, a first for the convention as it moves south from its usual San Francisco home this year. Will it be a permanent move? The Beat's Heidi MacDonald, who is at the show, has some thoughts on why that may not be a bad idea.
Here's a round-up of news from yesterday at the show:
• Daredevil and Irredeemable writer Mark Waid announced several digital comics plans, beginning with a PDF comic available now on his website. The zombie comic, called Luther, is drawn by Jeremy Rock. It will be followed in May by a digital comics imprint. "In May, I'm rolling out a digital comics website where material will be going up in weekly or twice-weekly installments. But before that, on April 2, MarkWaid.com goes live again as a process blog for webcomics and what we're doing. All throughout April, we'll be giving sample material away for free, showing what the format can do, and I'll be doing interviews with pioneers in this field. My own artists will also be there to talk about the projects we're doing and how we'll be building them." Waid was also on hand for the Marvel House of Ideas panel, which went into detail on their recently announced digital and augmented reality plans.
Comics A.M. | Ryan Matheson speaks on Canadian manga case
Legal | Ryan Matheson, who was stopped at the Canadian border in 2010 and charged with criminal possession of child pornography because of a manga image on his computer (which even the officials who arrested him couldn't agree was child pornography), talks about his ordeal in a personal statement on the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund site. The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund announced Thursday that the Canadian government has dropped all criminal charges against Matheson. [CBLDF]
Comics | Leah Moore sees two things: a huge number of women who like comics, and a comics industry that is in serious trouble, and thinks it's time to connect the dots and start making comics that appeal to the other 50% of the audience. "Okay, well, let's say, instead of jumping in and writing comics designed to attract women readers (Minx comics discovered this is harder than it looks), how's about writing comics which don't actually put women off? How's about a bit less objectifying, a bit less sexualisation, a bit less pervy gusset shots and tit windows? Just a bit? Make some of the regular mainstream big name books everyone enjoys reading a bit less eyewatering and weird about women. That would be a great start." [Warren Ellis]
Previews: What Looks Good for March
It's time once again for our monthly trip through Previews looking for cool, new comics. As usual, we're focusing on graphic novels, collected volumes and first issues so that we don't have to come up with a new way to say, "Batwoman is still awesome!" every month. And we'll continue letting Tom and Carla do the heavy lifting in regards to DC and Marvel's solicitations.
One cool change this month and for the foreseeable future: I'm joined by Graeme McMillan who'll also be pointing out his favorites.
Finally, please feel free to play along in the comments. Tell us what we missed that you're looking forward to or – if you're a comics creator – mention your own stuff.
Abrams Comicarts
The Art of Daniel Clowes: Modern Cartoonist – I admit, I tend to run hot and cold on Clowes' output, but I'm a sucker for coffee-table career retrospectives, so the idea of taking 224 pages to look back at his career to date (with, of course, the traditional little-seen artwork and commentary) seems like a must-look at the very least. [Graeme]
Abstract Studios
Rachel Rising, Volume 1: The Shadow of Death – Terry Moore's latest series gets its first collection and I love the premise of a woman's waking up in a shallow grave with no memory of how she got there and needing to figure out who tried to kill to her. [Michael]
'Two things I swore I would never write about': Abnett to write vampire/zombie comic for Vertigo
Vertigo Comics announced today that writer Dan Abnett and artist I.N.J. Culbard will team up on an eight-issue miniseries titled The New Deadwardians, a comic set in post-Victorian England where the upper class voluntarily becomes vampires in order to escape the lower class, who have all become zombies.
"May I just confess that this is a story that involves both zombies and vampires, two things I swore I would never write about because they had both long since jumped the shark," Abnett said in his pitch. "Then this idea came to me and wouldn't leave me alone. Please be tolerant of the zombie-and-vampire-ness of this until you've heard me out. It's essentially a detective story set in an alternate history England, circa 1900."
Here's how they described the book on the Vertigo blog:
Set in post-Victorian England, nearly everyone in the upper class has voluntarily become a vampire to escape the lower classes who are all zombies.
Thrust into this mayhem is Chief Inspector George Suttle, a lonely detective who's got the slowest beat in London: investigating murders in a world where everyone is already dead!
But when the body of a young aristocrat washes up on the banks of the Thames, Suttle's quest for the truth will take him from the darkest sewers to the gleaming halls of power, and reveal the rotten heart at the center of this strange world.
Abnett, of course, is one half of the DnA writing team with Andy Lanning, who together write Resurrection Man and New Mutants. Culbard has done work for Dark Horse and SelfMadeHero, a British publisher, including the adaptation of Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness that won a British Fantasy Award earlier this year.
The first issue comes out in March.
Wolfe and Higgins bring zombies to Camelot in Knights of the Living Dead
Artist Dusty Higgins has a knack for getting involved with projects with titles that make you scream, "Hey, why didn't I think of that?" Over the last couple years, he's worked with Van Jensen on the Pinocchio, Vampire Slayer series of graphic novels, the third of which is due next year from SLG Publishing. It of course pits the little wooden boy against monsters whose weaknesses include wooden stakes through the heart.
Now he's teamed with writer Ron Wolfe for Knights of the Living Dead, a story that brings zombies to Camelot. The first issue is now available for free from SLG Publishing's website, where you can also buy the second issue for 99 cents.
Wolfe says not to let the title fool you – the book is no spoof.
"I love the title, but don't let it mislead you. The book is no spoof on zombies. It's as dark as anything I've ever written," Wolfe told Robot 6. His previous work includes Death's Door and Old Fears, both horror novels co-written with John Wooley, as well as Hellraiser comics for Marvel. "That said, the premise allows for some playing around. But I really think, if I just happened to pick it up, this thing would trouble me for some time."
Zombies, the Spirit of Pop Culture Present: A few thoughts on Zombies Christmas Carol
In seeking to explain the pervasive popularity of the zombie genre, talkers-about pop culture have long espoused the theory that tales of the unhappy undead catch on during times of national stress, usually of a military variety.
I bought that, as 2002's 28 Days Later re-mainstreamed zombies between the U.S.-lead invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, but zombies are still around, and more popular than ever. The argument could be made that they're still here because we're still stressed out and America is still engaged in the same wars we were fighting a decade ago , but then, hasn't every single year of American history been stressful for the folks living in it? Haven't we almost always been at war with someone somwhere?
So I'm developing my own theory. I think zombies are popular not necessarily as a psychological reflection of the common consumers anxiety about terrorism or immigration or mortality or economic decline or the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on Citizens United, but simply because the proliferation of cheap filmmaking and publishing technology and the hydra-like increase in media outlets makes it easier to make and transmit zombie products, and the astronomically more specialized consumer of the past decade means its easier to sustain popularity of particular genres. It's now possible for almost any genre to become popular enough to be self-sustaining in today's media environment.
For example, producers pitching Walking Dead to AMC in 2010 didn't have to worry about mass appeal in the same way that a previous generations producers might have had if they pitched a Night of Living Dead series to NBC in 1985; if they get the people who participate in zombie walks and the comic book people and the horror people, that's more than enough to tune-in and buy DVD collections.
Food or Comics? | Point One, Silver Star, Tezuka and more
Welcome to Food or Comics?, where every week we talk about what comics we'd buy at our local comic shop based on certain spending limits — $15 and $30 — as well as what we'd get if we had extra money or a gift card to spend on a "Splurge" item.
Check out Diamond's release list or ComicList, and tell us what you're getting in our comments field.
Chris Arrant
If I had $15, I'd first get the third issue of my favorite New 52 title, Batwoman #3 (DC, $2.99). Seriously, J.H. Williams III is hitting a home run on every outing here when it comes to my tastes. Although the writing isn't up to the level of Greg Rucka's time on the book, it's close and only bound to get better. Next up I'd get Point One #1 (Marvel, $5.99). I think this format–an extra-size preview book for what's coming next–is an interesting experiment, and I'm intrigued most by the Nova story, but also interested to see what the others do. Third would be Uncanny X-Force #17 (Marvel, $3.99), to get the one-two punch of Rick Remender and Jerome Opena. Iceman as a bad guy? I dig this.
Robert Kirkman survives harrowing appearance on The View
As we noted on Sunday, The Walking Dead co-creator Robert Kirkman was a guest on The View's "Halloween Spectacular" episode, where he survived a gauntlet of questions about his popular creation, zombies and zombie survival. You can check out Kirkman's appearance below; his "Zombies 101″ segment begins at about the 11:20 mark, after the first commercial break.
CDC comic helps you prepare for the zombie apocalypse
Back in May the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention took a fun approach to encouraging folks to prepare for disasters with a blog post about how to get ready for the zombie apocalypse. That post proved to be very popular, so they've followed it up with a comic on the same topic.
Preparedness 101: Zombie Pandemic was created in-house, the CDC's David Daigle told USA Today. The same article points out that the initial zombie blog post cost $87, to buy a stock photo as an illustration. "We got an estimate for the blog that it's worth $3.4 million in marketing value," Daigle said. So maybe lightning will strike twice with the comic.
Their timing, of course, couldn't be better, what with AMC's The Walking Dead returning to television this past Sunday. Both the show and the CDC claim Atlanta as a home, which has led Atlanta Magazine to declare the city "the Zombie Capital of the World."
Adlard, other artists create posters for 'Mondo Mystery Movies'
The Alamo Drafthouse theaters held six "Mondo Mystery Movies" in Los Angeles this past weekend, and they had different artists create limited edition posters for each of them. One of those artists was Charlie Adlard of Walking Dead fame, who created the above poster for 28 Days Later (with title treatment from Jon Smith).
There's also a variant edition — same poster, different title treatment — after the jump, along with the other movie posters they released for Iron Giant, City of Lost Children, Hellraiser, Assault on Precinct 13 and The Mist.
Artist Chris Moreno draws a-holes after a zombie apocalypse
It seems that even after a zombie apocalypse, there are still dickheads you have to deal with.
That's the story cartoonist Chris Moreno is telling in his new comic book Zombie Dickheads Are NOT Coming To Get You, set for release in October. Moreno's produced a diverse amount of work in his short career, from Disney's Toy Story to a World War Hulk one-shot, but this book sees him doing his first creator-owned book from the ground up.
"[The title characters are] total jerks," Moreno says in the press release. "Imagine the idiots who get everyone killed in zombie movies the day after they come back from the dead, and now they have to stick together. I've heard them referred to as 'hipster zombies', since they have a sort of 'been there, done that' attitude to the whole zombie thing. In a way, they're sort of commentators on the whole zombie invasion of pop culture."
The October release clocks in at 48 pages, and will debut at Chris' table at the Nashville Comic and Horror Fest on Oct. 1. After that it'll be available at all his future convention appearances, as well as a website he set up for the book.