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Are you Tolstoy or Dostoevsky?
The Pushkin House Russian Book Prize aims to bring the UK and Russia closer together. Judge Viv Groskop sets the scene
Tuesday 18 March 2014
"So, are you Dostoevsky party or Tolstoy party?" It's a question you could expect to come up at a meeting of the judges of a prize for non-fiction writing about Russia. But I did not know how to answer it. The man asking was Boris Akunin, my fellow judge of the 2014 Pushkin House Russian Book Prize and Russia's best-selling contemporary novelist (30 million copies). "Dostoevsky party," I replied cautiously, fairly sure that he would be on the same side. "Oh dear," Boris shook his head, "I am Tolstoy party."
It had not started well. But somehow we ended up with a strong shortlist of six extraordinary new books, unveiled last week at the Independent Bath Literature Festival at an event hosted by Financial Times journalist and Pushkin House co-chair Andrew Jack, featuring me excitedly reading extracts from each title.
The £5,000 prize launched last year and is awarded "to the author of the best book about Russia or the Russian-speaking world, which is accessible to the general reader, and published in English for the first time between 1 January and 31 December 2013." Our chairman is Dr Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury and legendary Russianist. (He declared himself Dostoevsky party. Which surprised me. Surely Tolstoy is more spiritual?) Also on the panel: Catriona Kelly, professor of Russian at New College, Oxford (Tolstoy party) and, in absentia via email, historian Douglas Smith, whose Former People won the inaugural prize last year (party unknown). The winner will be announced at London's Pushkin House in Bloomsbury on Wednesday 30 April.
We had a longlist of more than 40 contenders. Non-fiction writing about Russia is having something of a boom, perhaps because of the success of writerly historians like Orlando Figes and Simon Sebag Montefiore, as well as the increasing profile of commentators like Masha Gessen and Anne Applebaum (both on last year's shortlist). Gessen has a new book out about Pussy Riot, for example, too recently published to be eligible for our criteria.
Overall, though, contemporary writing on Russia fared poorly in the judging process, which took place just before events in Ukraine started to unfold. We all agreed that books looking at the current and most recent history of the post-Soviet bloc can be problematic: events on the ground move fast. Most of all, we felt that what the Russian situation benefits most from is historical perspective and background. The past fortnight has really underlined that for me.
The shortlist, then, is a masterclass in little-known but compellingly readable Russian history. Owen Matthews' Glorious Misadventures: Nikolai Rezanov and the Dream of a Russian America reads like a great novel: it tells the story of an adventurer and courtier in the early 19th century when Russia had outposts in California and Hawaii. (Yes, really.) Equally original and refreshing is The Black Russian by Vladimir Alexandrov, the biography of Frederick Bruce Thomas, the son of Mississippi slaves who became a millionaire impresario in Tsarist Moscow. (Also: yes, really.)
There are two books by academics who have made a career of writing brilliantly and accessibly about Russian history. One is wonderfully personal: Sheila Fitzpatrick's A Spy in the Archives: A Memoir of Cold War Russia describes in detail what it was like to be a post-graduate student insider in Moscow in the 1960s, a time of suspicion, shortages and endless accusations of spying. The other is a fantastic glimpse into the Kremlin itself: Red Fortress: The Secret Heart of Russia's History by Catherine Merridale. Lively and addictive, it's a rare glimpse behind the scenes of one of the very few buildings in the world that still keeps its original late-medieval function: to intimidate the populace.
And of course Russia can't be understood without reference to its food and music. Musorgsky and His Circle: A Russian Musical Adventure by Stephen Walsh is an intellectual biography of some of the best-known and most admired Russian musicians of the 19th century, the "Mighty Handful": Musorgsky, Balakirev, Cui, Rimsky-Korsakov and Borodin. Walsh also focuses on their guru, Vladimir Stasov, and presents a brilliant examination of the cultural context that created the music.
Finally, Anya von Bremzen's Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking: A Memoir of Food and Longing is a highly entertaining treat. From a Moscow communal apartment where 18 families shared a kitchen, to an emigré life in the US where the author and her mother attempt to recreate the taste of their Soviet past, it's a celebration of finding identity through food rituals. And, like all the books on the shortlist, a reminder that there's more to a country than just news headlines.
Viv Groskop is a writer, broadcaster, Russian speaker and artistic director of the Independent Bath Literature Festival
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Alright, Rixton fans! We've got the last teaser video for you guys before 'Let the Road' drops next week and this time it's for the song "Whole."
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Rixton are back with another snippet of a track from their upcoming album, 'Let The Road,' this time of the song "Speakerphone."
Today's (Feb. 23) Rixton clip shows the guys playing "Hotel Ceiling" for a group of four girls, and asking them to rate it on a scale of one to 10.
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- Developer: Electronic Arts
- Publisher: Electronic Arts
- Genre: Simulation Virtual
- Release Date: Dec 13, 2011
- ESRB: Not Set
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Question & Answers
Is being impossible to grow my baby sim into a toddler!!!
I play Sims freeplay in my iPhone ( level 30 ). Since the last update I'm having a lot of malfunction in the game like: I can't grow my baby into a toddler, I did everything that I was supposed to do, I spent 20 LPs to buy a birthday cake ( that was the price before ) I wait 24 hours and when it was ready I clicked the baby and chose " have a birthday" and my game crashed out and closed, I re open the game, excited to see my toddler and he is still a baby, And every time I click him to have a birthday it asks me for a birthday cake, I tried to bake another cake ( there was a cake in my inventory so I did not pay for the second cake ) and the same thing happened. Now I have a task to grow a baby into a toddler an I'm afraid to use my last 10 LPs. What can I do? Please help!
Answer from: Lizzziedizzy
You have to bake a birthday cake first then interact with baby
Answer from: Janjeviscky
So far I have baked 4 cakes and I could not finish the task to grow a baby into a toddler, every time when the cake is done or before it's done my game crashes and I lose all my content, my cakes desappear and I keep losing my LPs. I need help!
Answer from: LucyLovesLandon
The game crashed with me too. Just start baking the cake, and for the ENTIRE duration of cake baking, no matter what, do NOT turn off your iPhone/iPod. Leave it on. You can leave the game but do NOT turn your device off. Okay? And be sure to, after the cake is finished baking, click on it so you get the money and xp for baking it. THEN click on the baby to have its birthday. Ive had it crash twice while cake baking because I turned it off. Just give this way a shot because so far, it's been full proof. :)
Answer from: Janjeviscky
Thank you Lucy, it worked for me, finally I have a toddler, the only problem is that before I had a baby girl and now is a boy...I would like to at least change his name, I have a boy with girl's name... Rsrsrsrs is funny but it's ok. What I did also Was delete some apps to have more space in my iPhone, I heard that Sims freeplay take a lot of space and if you have too much applications rumning that causes your game crashes.
Answer from: NellySimsFree!!
It's best to be as careful as ever when doing the last finishing touches to your new born baby. You don't want the girl baby's name saved as a boy one. And also when baking the cake. Make sure your sim is in front of the fridge before clicking on the 'make birthday cake button' then DO NOT switch your apple console off --just in case-- and keep checking if the time is decreasing or if nothing is happening at all. Then maybe your child WILL become a toddler
Answer from: AJ
If you are really stuck and no techniques work, just use 5lp to skip the goal. I had the same problem and had like 2lp. I skipped the goal and have more than 100lp now. I also sent an email to the sims help and they fixed the problem for me later. Have about 10 preeteens now!
Answer from: Steeno
I have 2 babies, baked a cake, and couldn't get it to work for their b-day. The cake hovers over the stove, finishesd, and when I click "have b-day", it asks me if I really want to buy a cake. Made a second cake, same problem. I click the cake and it disappears, giving me a bit of xp, but can't use them to turn the babies into toddlers for some reason. Finally, I clicked "yes", I want to buy a cake...and it made one baby a toddler. Will see if I actually get charged...
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Topic: Trees
Title: White pine insect problems
Answered by: Anne Bossart
We live in The Woodlands TX. Some of our large pine trees have leaking sap and one is dead. What can we do to save the one's still alive?ANSWER:
Pine bark beetle is a huge problem in The Woodlands and all across North America, not just the Piney Woods.
It is of particular concern in the Woodlands, however, as it is the Woodlands is a community carved out of a second growth forest made up primarily of pine trees. When a monoculture like that is attacked, the problem can spread like wildfire and decimate the entire population (as happened to the American Elm and Chestnut). Many things (construction damage, drought and so on) stress the trees, making them more susceptible to insect and disease damage.
The only advice we can give you is to direct you to a website, The Woodlands Texas Trees dedicated solely to your challenge. We hope your unaffected trees are healthy enough to survive the attack.
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Customer satisfaction with retailers in general is high. But while the industry has improved overall, according to the American Consumer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), not all retailers received high marks. At the positive end of the spectrum, while traditional brick-and-mortar retailers set a record, e-commerce companies scored better still. At the negative end, traditional retailers received the most negative assessments. Despite a positive multiyear trend, many traditional retailers' scores remain average at best, especially those that are struggling to keep up with growing online rivals. 24/7 Wall St. reviewed the ACSI data to find the companies with the worst satisfaction scores in retail.
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Customer satisfaction score: 76
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Walgreen Co. US:WAG is the operator of drugstore Walgreens and one of the nation's largest companies. As of December 2012, the company had more than 8,500 locations. But its wide reach has not helped the company appeal to consumers. In 2012 Walgreen received an ACSI score of just 76. However, not all measures of customer satisfaction were as negative for the company. A 2012 poll from MSN Money and JZ Analytics showed that more than 30% of customers thought the company's service was "excellent," while another 49.4% described service there as "good." Whether customer service was actually any good, the company was struggling to attract consumers. Sales at stores open at least a year declined 2% in the most recent quarter, while revenue for the company declined 4.6% and earnings declined 25.5%.
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Customer satisfaction score: 76
12-month revenue: $25.88 billion
One-yr. share price change: 20.18%
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The TJX Cos. Inc. TJX, +0.84% which owns discount retail stores T.J. Maxx, Marshalls and HomeGoods, has underperformed the specialty retail store sector's ACSI score in five of the past six years. According to the MSN Money/JZ Analytics 2012 Customer Service Survey, less than 18% of consumers described service at the company's T.J. Maxx chain as "excellent" — among the lowest of all businesses surveyed. But mediocre reviews did not hurt the company's bottom line. Sales at The TJX Companies were up 12% in the most recent year from the year before, while net income for the retailer rose from $1.5 billion in the previous year to $1.9 billion in 2012.
7. The Gap
Customer satisfaction score: 76
12-month revenue: $15.65 billion
One-yr. share price change: 45.84%
Industry: Specialty retail stores
Gap Inc. GPS, +3.05% owns a number of well-known retail chains, including the Gap, Banana Republic and Old Navy. In the most recently available 12 months, the company was extremely successful. Gap reported a net income of $1.1 billion, up from $833 million the year before. But consumers were likely less satisfied with Gap than investors. Of the 10 distinct specialty retailers rated by the ACSI, Gap rated as the worst for customer satisfaction — tied with TJX. Additionally, 2012 marked the fifth consecutive year in which Gap has underperformed the average specialty retail store in terms of customer satisfaction.
6. Supervalu
Customer satisfaction score: 76
12-month revenue: $34.77 billion
One-yr. share price change: -35.60%
Industry: Supermarkets
Supervalu Inc. SVU, -1.20% is a grocery retailer operating discount store Save-A-Lot as well as a list of grocery chains that includes Albertsons, Jewel-Osco and Shop 'N Save. In addition, the company also operates a supply chain logistics business. Supervalu was among the consumers' least favorite retail companies, according to the ACSI. The company received one of the lowest supermarket ratings, at 76. Not all supermarkets performed poorly. Publix received one of the highest ACSI scores at 86, while Whole Foods received an 80. The company also has struggled financially. After years of stock price declines, Supervalue has begun trimming its operations, planning the sale of five of its supermarket chains.
5. Sears
Customer satisfaction score: 75
12-month revenue: $39.85 billion
One-yr. share price change: -34.60%
Industry: Department and discount stores
Sears Holdings Corp. SHLD, +4.30% owner of Sears and Kmart, had one of the lowest customer satisfaction scores of the department and discount stores reviewed by the ACSI. Since the start of February, The Consumerist published many of the consumer complaints describing Sears' coupons as highly restrictive, its rewards program as limited and its delivery service as poor. But low customer satisfaction is nothing new for Sears Holdings. Since 2007, the company has consistently had low ACSI scores relative to other department and discount retailers. Additionally, in J.D. Power's 2012 Online General Merchandise Retailer Satisfaction Report, both Sears and Kmart's websites were among the worst performers. Customers are not the only people unhappy with the company. In the past year, the company recorded revenue of $39.85 billion, down from $41.57 billion the year before, while domestic sales declined by 2.5% from the year before at stores open at least 12 months.
4. CVS Caremark
Customer satisfaction score: 75
12-month revenue: $123.13 billion
One-yr. share price change: 15.95%
Industry: Health and personal care stores
CVS Caremark Corp. CVS, -0.29% is one of the nation's largest businesses in any industry, ranking 18th in the Fortune 500 for 2012. But its size has not brought the company the appreciation of customers. In each of the past three years, the company's customer satisfaction rating has trailed those of rivals Rite Aid and Walgreens. However, not all customer service indicators reflect as negatively on the company. More than 75% of respondents to a poll by MSN Money and JZ Analytics rated customer service at CVS Caremark stores as "excellent" or "good." Investors might also rate the company's stock well with shares up 15.95% in the last year.
3. Safeway
Customer satisfaction score: 75
12-month revenue: $44.21 billion
One-yr. share price change: 13.60%
Industry: Supermarkets
Supermarket operator Safeway Inc. US:SWY is among the nation's largest retailers. At the end of December, it had more than 1,600 stores. Its size, however, has not helped it satisfy customers, with many consumers finding shopping at Safeway to be tedious. In each of the past 10 years, Safeway has underperformed supermarkets as a whole in the ACSI. One major complaint Safeway has faced has been accusations of inaccurate pricing, which led the state of California to sue the company twice. According to The Consumerist, a court order required Safeway to refund customers $5, or give them the product free-of-charge, if they are charged more than the advertised price. But a report by the CBS affiliate in San Francisco showed that the company still overcharged consumers last year.
2. Netflix
Customer satisfaction score: 75
12-month revenue: $3.61 billion
One-yr. share price change: 70.80%
Industry: E-commerce
While most online retailers have scored well on the ACSI, with an average score of 82 in 2012 versus an average of just 76.6 for all brick-and-mortar retailers, Netflix Inc. NFLX, -1.68% was an outlier. It received a score of just 75 in 2012, and just 74 in 2011, when the overall score for online retailers was an 81. This was a dramatic reversal from past years. In each year from 2006 through 2010, the company exceeded its benchmark, and in 2009 it was the top-scoring company of all those tracked by the ACSI for e-commerce. Netflix famously enraged customers in late 2011 when it increased prices and announced plans to separate its DVD rental and streaming platforms. But after a considerable hit to its image, the company reverses its decision. Read more at 24/7 Wall St.
1. Walmart
Customer satisfaction score: 71
12-month revenue: $469.16 billion
One-yr. share price change: 22.65%
Industry: Department and discount stores; supermarkets
Among all retailers rated by the ACSI for customer satisfaction, none received a worse score than the 71 for Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT, +0.16% which it received from the ACSI when it was graded as a department and discount store. When graded for customer satisfaction as a supermarket, Walmart's ACSI score was not much better, at just a 72. This was by far the worst in that category. This is hardly new territory for the company. Walmart has been the lowest rated department or discount store in the nation every year between 2007 through 2012. Worse, it has been the lowest rated supermarket every year since 2005. And the company's performance in e-commerce is not particularly impressive either. According to ForeSee's E-Retail Satisfaction Index, Walmart received a grade of 78 on a 100 point scale during the 2012 holiday season, while rival Amazon.com led all e-retailers with a score of 88.


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Vasilis Lolos auctioning art to benefit stray dogs in Greece
Original art is a growing market for creators and fans alike, and for the holidays artist Vasilis Lolos is selling choice pages of his work for a good cause. The Last Call cartoonist is auctioning off pages from his work at Marvel, Image and Dark Horse, as well as his self-published projects, with all proceeds to benefit stray dogs in Athens, Greece.
"During this time of winter and the constant bombings and riots, these stray dogs need a helping hand," Lolos says. "This is why I created these auctions, so I can sell my artwork really cheap but help somebody in need."
Kyle Baker's forgotten Marvel comic strips lampoon the X-Men
Years before his breakthrough works such as Why I Hate Saturn, Kyle Baker was an intern at Marvel. And although he was admittedly a poor fit for superhero comics, his editors saw something in the artist and gave him an outlet in It's Genetic, a series of one-panel comics for the company's promotional magazine Marvel Age.
Although Baker would go on to do different things, these early illustrations demonstrate how Baker — to say nothing of Marvel — wasn't afraid to poke fun at one of the company's biggest properties. Take this for instance:
Growing lineup of superheroine titles adds one more: 'Pix'
While Marvel and DC Comics have recently renewed their focus on superheroines with the likes of Captain Marvel, Ms. Marvel, Spider-Gwen and Wonder Woman and Batgirl, independent publishers and creators have been enjoying a bumper crop of superpowered women and girls — including Pix, created by a former Marvel editor turned cartoonist.
Gregg Schigiel has recently launched Pix: One Weirdest Weekend, a graphic novel about a fairy princess who has to deal with real-world issues like first dates. The cartoonist describes Pix as "what if Spider-Man were a Disney princess?" and mixes the classic superhero formula he learned from his time at Marvel with more modern storytelling gleaned from working at Nickelodeon and on SpongeBob Squarepants.
Conversing on Comics with CHIKARA's Mike Quackenbush
Many fans were surprised when it was announced last month that former pro wrestler CM Punk will make his Marvel writing debut in February's Thor Annual #1, but of course the connection between comics and wrestling goes way back: Icons like the Ultimate Warrior, Mick Foley, Raven, Christopher Daniels, Booker T and Tony Atlas have all tried their hands at comics. However, it isn't a one-way street, as one pro wrestler has used his passion for comics to inform an entire wrestling promotion: Philadelphia's CHIKARA.
The man behind it, Mike Quackenbush, started wrestling in 1994, and made a name for himself on the independent scene during the Attitude Era and became a promoter in 2002 when he founded CHIKARA. Over the years, he has wrestled around the world against top names like CM Punk, Jushin Thunder Liger, Cesaro and Colt Cabana. But with CHIKARA Quackenbush has expanded into writing complex geek-infused storylines featuring throwbacks to comics and movies, including one memorable entrance involving a DeLorean.
On Saturday, CHIKARA will present Tomorrow Never Dies, live in Philadelphia and on iPPV, so I spoke with Quackenbush about his passion for comics and wrestling.
Four romances, four stories: Jose Garcia's 'Seasons'
Cartoonist Jose Garcia has been hard at work on a 120-page wordless graphic novel that explores four romance stories set in the four seasons. He's looking to self-publish the book, fittingly titled Seasons, next year.
"Each one has its own mood and peace," Garcia writes on the project's Indiegogo page. "[Seasons is] based solely on feelings so I intend that each reader interpretation depends on his or her mood, and that by reading it in different occasions, the story's meaning change!"
Beirut university starts initiative devoted to Arab comics
A unique partnership between a Beirut university and an construction magnate is designed to bring new attention to the long and interesting tradition of comics in the Middle East.
According to Al-Fanar Media, the American University of Beirut and businessman Mu'taz Sawwaf are working to create a coordinated academic program focused on comics, along with an annual conference, awards ceremony and an archive of Arab comic art.
How to buy Cyclops' sunglasses (or, 'shades like Summers')
Ruby quartz doesn't sound that unattainable, but finding sunglasses similar to what X-Men leader Cyclops wears is harder than you might think. Freelance editor/journalist Rachel Edidin has written an excellent buying guide for Cyclops fans who want to look like the cinematic Scott Summers.
"I own a lot of red sunglasses – in fact, for a long time, all the sunglasses I owned were red," Edidin admits. "It's part homage, part aesthetic preference (red sunglasses are cool, okay?), and part security blanket: Cyclops is a character I identify pretty closely with for a lot of reasons, and the sunglasses have become a pretty central touchstone for that metaphor. (Plus, everyone needs at least one ridiculous visual affectation, right?)"
Ron Wimberly pitches his vision of Blade and Cloak & Dagger
Marvel regained its mojo in the late 1990s when it handed some of its second-tier characters to creators to reimagine as part of the Marvel Knights imprint. And now, one of comics' hottest up-and-coming artists is pitching his revamp of two of the publisher's cult-favorite properties not to Marvel, but directly to the fans.
First mentioned during an Inkstuds interview, Ron Wimberly has posted two sets of illustrations showcasing his re-envisioning of Blade and Cloak & Dagger. The Prince of Cats creator said the Cloak & Dagger work initially started as "playing with type," but he says he does have story ideas to back up the artwork.
Conversing on Comics with Christopher Sebela
The best way to learn how to make comics is to simply make comics, and writer Christopher Sebela found his way in by coloring and lettering.
He's the first to admit he wasn't the best, but it helped him to learn the industry while he continued to hone his writing skills. After years of work, and a couple of lucky breaks, Sebela is beginning to make a name for himself as a writer of diverse titles like Ghost, Escape From New York, Aliens vs. Predator: Fire & Stone and his own Dead Letters and High Crimes.
I spoke with Sebela about his entrance into comics, his beginnings as a color flatter, and his various projects. Along the way, he told me how the ability to hide a dead body gave him one of his biggest breaks in his career, and about his dueling passion and fear of Mount Everest.
Conversing on Comics with Derf Backderf
Derf Backderf spent the first 40 years of his life aiming, and ultimately succeeding, to become one of the top cartoonists in alternative newspapers. However, he then realized that niche industry was failing, and he needed something else; that's when he found graphic novels.
Since switching his focus from newspaper strips to graphic novels in 2000, Backderf has transformed from a virtual unknown to a curiosity to an international star, with books like Punk Rock & Trailer Parks and his most famous work, My Friend Dahmer. He's now working on on a graphic novel for Abrams about his time working as a garbageman, as well as a pseudo-sequel to Punk Rock & Trailer Parks that explores his time growing up in the Midwest punk scene.
Backderf's opinion on comics as a fan and as a professional has changed over the years as he's witness the decline of the once-thriving alternative weeklies, the rise of graphic novels and the changing face of American comics. I spoke with Backderf about his experiences, his acceptance in Europe, and his own opinions on comics.
Artists reimagine Batman, with some sci-fi and fantasy flair
Virtually everyone, fan and creator alike, has his or her own of what Batman acts and looks like. To that end, the Facebook art group Brainstorm asked its members to redesign the Dark Knight — just one in a series of challenges — to stunning results.
The Brainstorm Facebook page has been rampant with designs, some keeping the superhero elements while others delve into fantasy and sci-fi. The entries come from artists of all skill levels and from around the world.
Here are six pieces, out of the hundreds submitted, that stood out. Head to Brainstorm's Facebook page to see even more.
Want to play a claymation game by Doug TenNapel? Sure you do
Doug TenNapel is a bit of a renaissance man when it comes to commercial art, from video games and animation to comics and even music. The creator who brought us Earthworm Jim and numerous graphic novels and webcomics is now showing off Armikrog, a stop-motion game he produced with developer Pencil Test Studios.
This is a first look at the fruits of TenNapel and Pencil Test's 2013 Kickstarter campaign, which raised nearly a million dollars for Armikrog – even financing a Wii U release. The game follows intrepid space explorer Tommynaut, who has crashed with a blind alien talking dog named Beak-Beak on a weird world, where they become trapped in a structure called an Armikrog. That's when the game begins.
Pencil Test is aiming to release the game next year for Wii U, PC, Mac and Linux.
From Russia with comics love: a look at artist Artyom Trakhanov
New artists come along in comics seemingly ever week, but among the newest crop one has stood out for me: Russian illustrator Artyom Trakhanov. I discovered Trakhanov from his U.S. debut, the Image miniseries Undertow, but the more I've seen about him the more I've liked his work.
Since the completion of Undertow (which he describes as "Star Wars underwater"), Trakhanov has been churning out a number of one-off covers, short stories and concept art that have circulated online. Although more issues of Undertow are a possibility, the artist has been working on concept art for a number of other projects, including an enticing-sounding book with Brian Funk titled Enforcer, about gang wars in a city filled with magic. Artyom also has his long-running webcomic Madblade, which he hopes to resume and at some point translate into English.
New Stuart and Kathryn Immonen book tops AdHouse slate
Stuart and Kathryn Immonen's Russian Olive to Red King will headline a boisterous lineup of books coming in the spring from AdHouse Books. The slate, announced on The Comics Reporter, features Ignatz winner Sophie Goldstein's new book The Oven in April, the Immonens' long-gestating graphic novel in May, and the fourth issue of Ethan Rilly's Pope Hats in June.
In 2010 Stuart Immonen spoke briefly to ROBOT 6 about Russian Olive to Red King, calling it a "tortured love story" featuring "petroglyphs and plane crashes and bad dogs and angry people."
Conversing on Comics with Ivan Brandon
Ivan Brandon's stories may initially appear to be one thing, but when you read them you discover they're actually something else entirely. The writer's 2009 series Viking was a crime drama, and his new series Drifter is a story of frontier expansion in the 1800s — despite being set in the far-flung future. Many of Brandon's stories have a technological bent, however; from his 2003 debut writing Terminator to his indie series NYC Mech to Machine Man in Marvel Comics Presents.
Drifter, with artist Nic Klein, debuted this week, and Brandon is in the middle of a four-city signing tour that finds him at Leed's Thought Bubble this weekend and London's Orbital Comics on Wednesday. It's a familiar territory, launching a series, but he views the landscape of creator-owned comics differently today that he did when he started more than a decade ago.


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Ah, back to life. 2008. Moving forward. It's been a trying year so far. I lost my wedding ring on vacation. At least I was with my wife when I lost it...
This week's Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas caused a spike in questionable expense reports throughout the media industry.
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It all began on New Year's Day… in my thirty-second year of being single. Once again, I found myself on my own… and going to my mother's annual turkey curry buffet. Every year, she tries to fix me up with some bushy-haired, middle-aged bore… and I feared this year would be no exception. Maybe this time mum had got it right. Maybe this was the mysterious Mr. Right I'd been waiting my whole life to meet. - Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
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US 5533778 A Abstract A window shield including a transparent projectile resistant panel mounted on the inside of a vehicle door frame covering the window opening, and a removable bracket support connected to the panel. An additional panel can be fastened by snaps to the bracket support to protect the lower portion of a driver's body if necessary.
Claims(3) 1. A window shield for mounting on the inside of a side window of a vehicle door to protect persons in a vehicle from injury from projectiles comprising:
a transparent projectile resistant window shield of a size to substantially cover the inside of a vehicle side window; an adjustable support means for attaching said window shield to a vehicle door window frame, said vehicle door window frame having a window sill to which said adjustable support means connects wherein said adjustable support means comprises: a vertical bracket means mounted on said window shield, where said vertical bracket means has a vertical longitudinal slot, and a captured stud slidable in said. longitudinal slot; and, an adjustable inverted V-shaped bracket connected to said vertical bracket means by said captured stud, and having a pair of inverted U-shaped brackets for connecting to said window sill. 2. A window shield as in claim 1 wherein said adjustable inverted V-shaped bracket includes a pair of arms connected to one another at one end by said captured stud and a threaded fastener, whereby said arms pivot about said captured stud to change the angle of said adjustable inverted V-shaped bracket and thereby adjustably raising or lowering said window shield.
3. A window shield as in claim 2 wherein said pair of inverted U-shaped brackets are pivotally connected to said arms, each having a first integral arm and a second integral arm, said second integral arm being longer than said first integral arm whereby said first integral arm inserts between the vehicle window and said window sill and said second integral arm extends over said window sill to stabilize said window shield on the inside of said vehicle door window frame.
Description The present invention relates to a vehicle protective window and, in particular, to a vehicle protective window that is bullet resistant and mounts inside a vehicle door to provide protection for the occupants. Making a vehicle bullet proof by using steel plates and very thick safety glass is well known. Applications of such armor proof vehicles range from protection of presidents and the highly visible wealthy people to military personel. Obviously, the construction of armor proof vehicles, using steel plates, etc., was very expensive and costly to operate, because of the added weight that required beefed-up tires, heavy suspension systems, increased gas consumption and the like. With the advent of modern plastics it is possible to provide transparent plastics that are bullet resistant. Such plastics include aliphatic and alicyclic urethanes, plexiglas, polycarbonates and others. Prior U.S. patents directed to transparent plastic window panels include the McDonald U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,855,898 and 3,923,339. The McDonald patents are directed to full armor after market protective panels for vehicle doors and windows. The entire inside of each door is covered with bullet resistant transparent plastic panels. Each panel is permanently attached to a door, forming a shield from the vehicle floor to its headliner. While McDonald addresses the dangerous situation present in most urban areas, most people would not want to have the full armor protection offered in McDonald. In particular, there is a feeling among the general population that such full armor is demoralizing and demeaning. Also, encasing the inside of the vehicle with armor is cumbersome and confining to ordinary people. Of course, ordinary people do occasionally enter dangerous areas where protection is prudent. On those occasions a removable or permanently installed window protection offers security. The present invention overcomes the prior problems associated with armor protection of vehicles. Most urban situations involving guns, include a criminal element which is inexperienced in marksmanship. Often the criminals use small caliber automatic weapons that they randomly shoot, The most important area of the body to protect is the upper body and head; therefore, a window shield which covers those vital areas is paramount. The window shield of the present invention does just that. The window shield of the invention comprises a transparent bullet-resistant plastic shield mounted on the inside of a vehicle window. In the preferred embodiment, a bracket support having a vertical slide adjustment is mounted on a V-shaped bracket. The ends of the V-shaped bracket are attached to U-shaped hangers, where the hangers hang on the window sill between the sill and the window. In another embodiment, the transparent bullet resistant plastic shield is mounted on one or more vertical brackets, which reciprocate vertically in a permanently mounted support with a spring means to secure the vertical bracket in a retained position. Snaps are included with brackets for the attachment of additional protective panels for extended body coverage to the floor if desired. Kevlar, Steel and/or other protective material can be used. The primary object of the invention is to provide a transparent projectile resistant window cover that can be permanently or removably attached to a vehicle window. Another object of the invention is to provide a transparent bullet resistant window cover and a mounting means that is simple to operate and install. These and other objects will become apparent from an understanding of the drawings and description. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a window shield and mounting bracket of the invention. FIG. 2 is a front plan view of a window shield of the invention. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a window shield of the invention mounted on a vehicle door. FIGS. 4-6 are front plan views of different window shield configurations. FIG. 7 is a front plan view of another embodiment of the invention. FIG. 8 is a side plan view of the embodiment of FIG. 7. FIG. 9 is a side view with a sectional view taken along the line 9--9 of FIG. 8. FIG. 10 is a front plan view of still another embodiment of the invention. FIG. 11 is a cross sectional view taken along the line 11--11 of FIG. 10. FIG. 12 is still another embodiment of the invention. FIG. 13 is a side plan view of FIG. 12. FIG. 14 is a front plan view of the embodiment of FIG. 12. Referring to the drawings, FIGS. 1-14, there is shown a window shield 10 of the invention. The window shield 10 is a clear transparent projectile resistant plastic. This material is an aliphatic or alicyclic urethane, plexiglas of other modern plastic suitable as bullet or projectile resistant material. Bullet resistant glass may also be used. A mounting bracket 12 having a vertical slide 14 for adjusting the height of the window shield, supports the window shield 10 on a vehicle door, as shown in FIG. 3. The mounting bracket 12 has a vertical slide 14 with a slot 16 and apertures 18 and 20. The window shield 10 has a pair of apertures 22 and 24, which align with apertures 18 and 20 in slide 14. A pair of bolts 26 and nuts 28 fasten the slide 14 to the window shield 10. A stud 30 is inserted in slot 16 with end 32 captured between window shield 10 and slide 14, to allow window shield 10 and slide 14 to move vertically on stud 30. A pair of spacers 34 provide a space for stud 30. A pair of arms 36 and 38 fasten to stud 30 via apertures 40 in each arm. The other ends of arms 36 and 38 are mounted to a pair of U-shaped brackets 42 and 44. Each of the U-shaped brackets has one leg 48 longer than the other leg 46. The U-shaped brackets 42 and 44 mount on the window sill with legs 46 inserted between the window and the sill. The longer legs 48 of each U-shaped bracket extends over the window sill as shown in FIG. 3, to stabilize the window shield on the inside of the door frame. Also, as shown in FIG. 3, a panel 50 of bullet resistant plastic may be attached to leg 48 to provide a larger area of protection. In use, the mounting bracket 12 is assembled with the U-shaped brackets 42 and 44 connected to arms 36 and 38. The free ends of arms 36 and 38 are connected to each other and to stud 30. Since stud 30 is mounted in slot 16 of slide 14 and slide 14 is fixed to window shield 10, the window shield is adjustable up and down, and on an angle around stud 30. FIG. 2 shows adjusting arms 36 and 38 to change the angles of the arms. By spreading the arms from position "a" to position "b" or vise versa, the window shield is raised or lowered without using slide 14. FIGS. 4, 5 and 6 show other window shield configurations that are usable with the mounting bracket 12. The window shield 11, FIG. 4, has an arcuate end and a straight end. FIG. 5 shows a square shaped window shield 13 with rounded corners. While in FIG. 6 window shield 15 is rectangular with rounded corners. The window shield 10 in FIG. 1 has an oblong shape with two rounded ends. The embodiment shown in FIGS. 7, 8 and 9 includes a window shield 60, a verticle member 62 connected to the window shield by a bolt and wing nut. There is a slot 64 to adjust the position of the window shield horizontally. Vertical member 62 is received in a bracket support 66 which permanently mounts to the window sill of a vehicle. Vertical member 62 reciprocates vertically in bracket support 66. A spring lever 68 which is fixed to the bracket support 66, presses against vertical member 62 to hold it in a desired position. In FIGS. 10 and 11, another embodiment of the invention is shown. The window shield 70, which is larger than the window shield 60, has a pair of vertical members 72 connected to it by bolts and wing nuts. There are slots 74 which allow horizontal movement. The vertical members 72 are received in bracket supports 76 which mount on a vehicle window sill. Vertical members 72 reciprocate vertically in bracket supports 76. Spring levers 78 are affixed on the bracket supports, each lever having a projection 80 which engages apertures 82 in each vertical member to hold the window shield 70 in an extended position. FIGS. 12, 13 and 14 show another embodiment of the invention where the bracket supports 90 can be removably mounted on a vehicle window sill. FIG. 13 has a hook 92 which extends between the window and the sill to support window shield 98. A vertical member 94 extends from the bracket supports 90 and reciprocates vertically. In FIG. 14, vertical member 94 is Y-shaped to connect to the window shield in two places. The bracket support 90 has a spring lever as in FIGS. 7-11 to adjust the height of the window shield 98. While various embodiments of the invention have been disclosed, it is understood that other embodiments may be realized. Therefore, for a complete understanding of the invention one should consider the drawings, specification and claims. Patent Citations
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