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SEIA Joins Women in Solar Energy as Founding Member
WASHINGTON, DC – The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) today announced it has joined Women in Solar Energy, a 501(c)3 nonprofit and membership organization dedicated to promoting the advancement of women in one of the fastest-growing industries in the country.
"SEIA takes great pride in being a founding corporate member of Women in Solar Energy," said SEIA president and CEO Rhone Resch. "We recognize the great strides the solar industry has taken in terms of reaching out to women, and we look forward to continued progress."
The organization was founded in 2012 with the goal of providing a unified voice for women in the industry, as well as supporting the recruitment and retention of women in the solar workforce. Women in Solar Energy formalized its non-profit status this year, recently launching a campaign to raise $100,000 by the end of 2014. SEIA has taken the lead and provided the group a large corporate donation, earning the Founding Member designation and setting an example for the industry.
"SEIA is demonstrating that a real commitment to this issue requires dedicated resources to support a mainstay organization in the industry. We are thrilled that they have stepped up and answered our call to action. We hope that other industry leaders will follow suit," said Kristen Nicole, Women in Solar Energy's executive director.
As part of their participation in Women in Solar Energy, SEIA employees will become individual members of the organization with access to a host of resources for women in solar, including access to the Women in Solar Energy mentorship program, job board and SheSpeaks Solar program. The two organizations sponsored a technical session and industry panel at PV America in June and will host a webinar on the partnership in August.
According to The Solar Foundation, women already make up 18.7 percent of the solar workforce, but the new organization is committed to substantially increasing that number.
About SEIA:
Celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2014, the Solar Energy Industries Association® is the national trade association of the U.S. solar energy industry. Through advocacy and education, SEIA® is building a strong solar industry to power America. As the voice of the industry, SEIA works with its 1,000 member companies to champion the use of clean, affordable solar in America by expanding markets, removing market barriers, strengthening the industry and educating the public on the benefits of solar energy. Visit SEIA online at www.seia.org.
About Women in Solar Energy:
Women in Solar Energy is a 501(c)3 nonprofit membership organization focused on advancing women in all aspects of the solar energy industry. Solar companies interested in becoming a Founding Member or supporting the organization through corporate donation should contact Kristen Nicole directly at firstname.lastname@example.com. For more information, please visit www.solwomen.org.
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(AP) - Jake Westbrook pitched a five-hit shutout and the St. Louis Cardinals backed him with four home runs Wednesday in routing the Cincinnati Reds 10-0.
Jon Jay, Carlos Beltran and Matt Adams homered in a span of seven at-bats off Homer Bailey as the Cardinals took two of three from the NL Central champions.
Matt Carpenter added a two-run homer on a four-hit day. Adams homered for the second straight game and added an RBI double and walk.
The Cardinals have dominated the Reds at home the last decade, losing just three of 28 series with two splits.
Westbrook (1-1) threw his fourth career shutout, walking four and striking out three.
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What a bright and cheery baby quilt. Love the colors and design. I want one too.
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Love your baby quilt. I clicked on the pattern and I am signed up for this class I am looking forward to making a baby quilt with this pattern. Your color are great and the quilt is so colorful and cheery. Congratulations it is a great quilt.
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About the NOBA Inn of Court
The Risks and Dangers of Social Media
with The Hon. Susie Morgan, Christopher Ralston,
Lesli Harris, and Lauren Godshall
August 21, 2014
12 Noon CLE and Lunch
Phelps Dunbar, 365 Canal Street, 20th Floor, New Orleans
Annual Joint Inns of Court Meeting
Hosted by the New Orleans Bar Association Inn of Court
Speaker: Chief Judge Carl Stewart, US Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
October 29, 2014
6 - 7 pm CLE; Reception to Follow
US Court of Appeals at the Fifth Circuit
Mardi Gras CLE
January 2015
Antoine's Restaurant
Happy Hour Social & CLE
March 2015
Understanding the Medical Causes of Stress and How it Affects Professionalism
September 26, 2013
Tommy's Bistro
Joint Inns of Court Meeting
October 16, 2013
Louisiana Supreme Court
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February 14, 2014
Antoine's Restaurant
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March 26, 2014
Inn of Court News and Views
"A Return Visit With Atticus Finch"
by The Hon. Terry Q. Alarcon
Judge, Orleans Parish Criminal District Court
"Is It Live? Or Is It Television?"
by The Hon. Terri F. Love
Judge, La. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal
The New Orleans Bar Association Inn of Court was chartered in 1992 and is one of four New Orleans inns associated with the American Inns of Court. The American Inns of Court is a national association of attorneys and judges dedicated to increasing the level of professionalism and civility in the practice of law and the enhancement of the quality of legal services in our community. The program is patterned after the English Inns of Court in which more senior attorneys tutor law students and younger attorneys within the organization of inns and its members discuss emerging issues of law in a bench-bar setting.
The Hon. Terri Flemming Love -President |
Monica J. Manzella |
Christopher K. Ralston -Counselor |
Jack C. Benjamin, Jr. -Treasurer |
The Hon. Robin M. Giarrusso -Vice-President Membership |
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Nominations for Membership to the Inn of Court
Membership to the Inn of Court is a process which begins by a nomination from a member of the judiciary and/or an existing Inn of Court member. For information on joining the Inn of Court, please e-mail Inn of Court President Michael J. Mestayer or call bar staff liaison at CC Kahr at (504) 525-7453.
Inn of Court Professionalism Creed
Whereas, the Rule of Law is essential to preserving and protecting the rights and liberties of a free people; and
Whereas, throughout history, lawyers and judges have preserved, protected and defended the Rule of Law in order to ensure justice for all; and
Whereas, preservation and promulgation of the highest standards of excellence in professionalism, ethics, civility, and legal skills are essential to achieving justice under the Rule of Law;
Now therefore, as a member of an American Inn of Court, I hereby adopt this professional creed with a pledge to honor its principles and practices:
I will honor the requirements, the spirit and the intent of the applicable rules or codes of professional conduct for my jurisdiction, and will encourage others to do the same.


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Evil Eye products under this category make wonderful favors for Baby Showers, Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, Weddings, Graduations, and any other party you can think of. We offer Great Volume Prices for these items.
These bracelets are definitely the most sold throughout the selection of Evil Eye that we have. And also, the most less expensive of all we show on our website. The material is a velvet ribbon of 36/40 inches long (about 91/101 cm) with 15 plastic beads in blue or multicolored. For a wrist size of 7 inches (17.8 centimeters), you can wrap it with about 5 laps. Obviously, for larger wrists the number of laps will be less. In this case, we recommend carrying 2 of the same color and you can easily join them with a simple knot and nobody will notice the trick!.
The bracelets with the colorful beads are the preferred by girls and teen agers. Those with the blue eye beads also are suitable for young men, usually in colors like black or chocolate or red.
Refer to The Colors and the Mood page or at the bottom of this page for information on how do colors affect us.
Color, without our realizing it, can have a profound effect on how we feel both mentally and physically. Dr. Morton Walker, in his book The Power of Color, suggested that the ancient Egyptians as well as the Native American Indians used color and colored light to heal. Below are some emotional associations that humans tend to have with certain colors. These are important to keep in mind in order to create the mood you are seeking.
Blue represents peace, tranquility, calm, stability, harmony, unity, trust, truth, confidence, conservatism, security, cleanliness, order, loyalty, sky, water, cold, technology, and depression. Blue can "slow the pulse rate, lower body temperature, and reduce appetite." Blue is considered a business color because it reflects reliability. In the Middle East blue is a protective color.
Black is the absence of light and therefore, of color. It represents power, sexuality, sophistication, formality, elegance, wealth, mystery, fear, evil, anonymity, unhappiness, depth, style, evil, sadness, remorse, anger, underground, good technical color, mourning and death.
Green, one of most-often cited favorite colors. It represents nature, environment, health, good luck, renewal, youth, vigor, spring, generosity, fertility, jealousy, inexperience, envy, misfortune.
Orange symbolizes balance, warmth, enthusiasm, vibrancy, flamboyancy, and is demanding of attention.
Purple represents royalty, spirituality, nobility, ceremony, mystery, transformation, wisdom, enlightenment, cruelty, arrogance, mourning. Purple is considered an exotic color.
Red is the color that we pay the most attention to. It is the warmest and most energy color in the spectrum. We associate red with love, valentines, danger, desire, speed, strength, violence, anger, emergency exit signs, stop signs and blood. In China red symbolizes celebration and luck, used in many cultural ceremonies that range from funerals to weddings. In India red is the color of purity (used in wedding outfits).
White is what we see when all colors come together in perfect balance. It represents reverence, purity, simplicity, cleanliness, peace, humility, precision, innocence, youth, birth, winter, snow, good, sterility, and marriage.
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Air Force officials are investigating what caused a jet to crash in the Florida Panhandle.
A release from the Air Force the F-22 Raptor went down Thursday afternoon near Tyndall Air Force Base, just south of Panama City.
The pilot ejected safely before the crash and was receiving medical treatment at the base.
A section of the highway was closed as a safety precaution as rescuers responded to the scene.
There were no immediate reports of injuries on the ground.
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…of "Dancing with the Stars" fame will be at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs?
2013 winner Derek Hough and dance pro Emma Slater will be on-hand Jan. 19 for a special Reality Check event for the hotel's grand opening weekend.
There will be a live performance and Q&A session at 3 p.m. in the Seasons Ballroom and a public signing event at 4 p.m. on the Sky Bridge. Hough is a five-time "Dancing with the Stars" champion, and Slater is the show's newest dance pro, having made her series debut this past fall.
The first 350 people to visit the Player's Club booth across from Ruth's Chris Steak House Jan. 2 at 5 p.m. will receive a ticket to the exclusive performance and Q&A. Due to time restrictions, signing personalization or photos taken with personal cameras are prohibited. Headshots will be given out at the event. The event is bracelet-only. A limited number of bracelets will be distributed starting at noon at the signing area on the Sky Bridge. Participants must have a bracelet in order to gain entry into the signing line.
…will a former Saturday Night Live cast member bring the laughs on Feb. 8 at 8 p.m.?
Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs will host an Evening of Impressions and Stand-Up with Darrell Hammond in the Keystone Grand Ballroom in the Convention Center.
Hammond is best known for bringing to life his famous impressions of Bill Clinton and Sean Connery as well as scores of other politicians, actors, media personalities, and newsmakers during his time on SNL.
Tickets for An Evening with Darrell Hammond are $30 and on sale now through Ticketmaster at ticketmaster.com. Call Ticketmaster's national toll-free Charge By Phone number at 1.800.745.3000 or visit any Ticketmaster outlet. Tickets are also available at the Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs Box Office.
…will you be able to catch the postponed Joe Nardone's Doo Wop Christmas show at the F.M. Kirby Center?
Thanks to Mother Nature, the Dec. 14 show had to be pushed back to March 2 at 7 p.m. Tickets for the Dec. 14 affair will be honored on the 2nd, and anyone who cannot attend the rescheduled performance is eligible for a full refund at the point of purchase.
In other Kirby news, blues vocalist Alexis P. Suter and her full band have been added as special guests for the Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue show on Jan. 17 at 8 p.m.
A true vocal phenomenon, Suter and crew began wowing audiences as regular performers at Levon Helm's Midnight Ramble Sessions in Woodstock, N.Y. When the legendary B.B. King first heard Suter sing, he was visibly impressed and said so after she opened for him in New York City: "It's a rare thing to share the stage with great talent like that young lady."
As special guests for The Levon Helm Band, Suter also played to sold-out audiences at the Beacon Theater, Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, the Paramount Theatre in Asbury Park, N.J., and Central Park's Summerstage.
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The Spanish customs official took one look at my rental car with its Spanish license plates, and motioned me into the "search" lane. I was driving from Andorra's southern border back into Spain and -- since the microstate isn't part of the Schengen Agreement -- there are formalities at the border.
He was visibly disappointed when he looked in my empty trunk. "No alcohol? No cigarettes?" "No, señor." There wasn't even a suitcase, since I was staying in Catalonia. In fact I didn't buy much more than a coffee mug and a couple of postcards.Not that I couldn't have bought more: Andorra is a discount shopping paradise. Americans such as myself are restricted to one suitcase and one carry-on flying across the pond and back. We aren't likely to be hauling much out of the country. Europeans, however, were buying cigarettes and liquor and food and jewelry and prescription drugs and clothing and sporting goods and eyeglasses and flowers and, yes, kitschy souvenirs such as my mug. This is the place to come with an empty suitcase and buy the latest styles for the coming season. Stores are everywhere in the microstate: there are more than 1,200 retailers in 22 designated shopping areas in this country of only 181 square miles (for comparison, the City of Los Angeles covers 469 square miles).As the crow flies, Andorra is less than 19 miles from east to west, and about 16 miles from north to south. I was doing Andorra as a day-trip from Girona, Spain, so I didn't spend much time in the stores. I did hit some of the highlights as I breezed through the country on the main road running north to south – somewhat more than 16 miles given that it has to traverse mountains and valleys on its way. The Tourist Information office in El Pas de la Casa – the first town I encountered – was surprisingly interesting because of its photography exhibit on the second floor outlining the early history of the country's ski industry. The end of World War II brought a tourism boom with serious investment in resorts and amenities. Snow sports and hiking are Andorra's main draws (aside from shopping). Grandvalira is Andorra's biggest ski region. It includes the resorts of Soldeu el Tart er, Pas de la Casa/GrauRoig, Encamp and Canillo.Vallnord, the other big ski region, combines the resorts of Pal, Arinsal and Arcalis. I was there in September, however: no snow except on the tallest peaks. Our Lady of Meritxell Our Lady of Meritxell is the patron saint of Andorra, so my next stop was the Meritxell Chapel. The story involves a statue of Mary. The congregants took the statue to the Canillo church – but the next day, it was found again under the same wild rose. This time, they took it to the church in Encamp. The next morning? It was back under the rose bush. Obviously, there was nothing to be done but build a chapel in Meritxell to house the statue. The legend has such "legs" in the country that Our Lady of Meritxell is the patron saint of Andorra, and is mentioned in "El Gran Carlemany", the country's national anthem. Her feast day is September 8, not coincidentally the National Day of Andorra. The original statue was destroyed when a fire leveled that chapel in the early 1970s, so it's a replica I found in the new building, a very Mid-Century Modern chapel designed in 1976 by Ricardo Bofill, an architect in Barcelona. I drove into Andorra via France, which, in an earlier incarnation, was responsible for the country's creation. The microstate is the last independent survivor of the Marca Hispanica -- the buffer states created by the Frankish king Charlemagne in the 8th century to separate the Roman Catholic territories of the Franks from the Muslim territories of the Iberian Peninsula. During World War II, the country was officially neutral, and its steeply mountainous terrain became a well-used smuggling route between France and Spain. Today Andorra is a ski destination (primarily for Europeans), with more than 125 miles of ski slopes ranging from little more than a mile in length to a mile and a half each. After a day spent on the slopes (the season usually extends into April) or hiking in warmer weather amongst peaks topping 9,000 feet, spas, saunas and steam rooms refresh sore muscles. Andorra has been a parliamentary democracy since 1993, although retaining French and Spanish co-princes. (The two rulers arewhoever is the current Bishop of Urgell – a Catalan region of Spain -- and the President of France.) In 1993 it became a member of the United Nations and the Council of Europe. Susan McKee is an independent scholar and freelance journalist specializing in history, culture and travel. She lives in Indianapolis. Read more of her stories on GoNOMAD. |
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Here's our pick of the most useful and interesting apps from Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 Marketplace hub
Developer: Sunlight Labs
Category: productivity
Talk about timely, given the new faces in Washington. The Congress app is almost literally a 'window' into the US Congress: using your location, it can list your federal legislators by your location, by state, by name or by committee. Each one has a profile, with photo and other info. It tracks the official's tweets, or tweets about the official and it creates a list of linkable relevant videos. It's currently only available for US users.
Photo: Architect of the Capitol.
Developer: eBay
Category: Lifestyle
Rated 4 out of 5 stars by users. The app completely adapts the full eBay experience to the Windows Phone 7 user interface, apparently successfully: users repeatedly praise its speed and functionality. A few say some navigation is 'rough around the edges'.
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Ayer Reveals Jared Leto's Tattooed "Suicide Squad" Joker
Since ending his run on Animal Man in 2012, artist Travel Foreman has released relatively limited comics work — primarily covers and short stories — largely because he remains focused on his long-gestating creator-owned project Zuerst. However, it turns out he nearly tackled another series for DC Comics, with his Animal Man collaborator Jeff Lemire.
On his blog, Foreman posted sketches created in preparation for Lemire's Justice League United title. That work ultimately never came to pass, but these sketches — and the raw creativity shown by Foreman — are certainly invigorating, if perhaps disappointing for fans who'd have enjoyed seeing the story arc materialize.
Although we already ran the epic fan trailer the DC vs. Marvel movie that will never happen, I couldn't pass up these two fan-created teasers for Suicide Squad that might not be too far away from director David Ayer's vision.
In both, Will Smith, Tom Hardy and Jai Courtney, who are among the actual cast, take center stage, with footage and voiceover of Viola Davis making us hope an unconfirmed report of her involvement as Amanda Waller is true. Because Viola Davis makes everything that much better.
I'm pretty sure that a Suicide Squad with the look and tone of either of these videos would make a lot of fans pretty happy. The Warner Bros. film arrives Aug. 5, 2016.
Conventions | Clem Bastow notes a disconnect at Oz Comic-Con in Melbourne, Australia, where women were a slight majority in the audience but were severely underrepresented as guests; DC artist Nicola Scott was the only woman in the comics contingent. Organizer Rand Ratinac said it was purely a matter of availability: "We offered for literally dozens if not hundreds of different guests, we always do, because you're dealing with people whose schedules they sometimes can't lock in until a month before the event. This time, of the people that we wanted, there were just a lot of guys that were available. Next year, it could be a whole bunch of girls; it all just depends who can come." But Scott points out that there are simply fewer women in superhero comics than in the other sectors of the industry and superhero creators are what brings the audience in the door. [The Guardian]
Matt Kindt, who followed Ales Kot as writer of Suicide Squad beginning with October's Issue 24, revealed he's leaving the DC Comics series with the conclusion in March of the title's five-part tie-in to "Forever Evil."
"It's just for 'Forever Evil' and then I'm done," Kindt told Comic Book Resources. "It's one of the things I'm scaling back on, because I don't have time. It's driving me crazy to do so much. I knew I could do a finite amount of time on that and do it well, but I can't sustain it for that long and make it good, still — 'for sure' good. There's a chance it could be good. I told my editor, 'At a certain point, it's just going to be like flipping a coin — it could turn out all right or not, depending on how I'm feeling that day.' It's better to take a little bit of time off and recharge my batteries.
Kindt, who also writes DC's Justice League of America, certainly has a full plate, although increasingly at other publishers: In addition to his critically acclaimed spy series Mind MGMT, he has the four-issue Star Wars: Rebel Heist and the original graphic novel Poppy! in the works at Dark Horse. He's also writing the new Valiant Entertainment series Unity, and a smattering of smaller projects for Marvel.
Kindt's tenure on Suicide Squad was announced in July with the release of DC's October solicitations, which signaled the abrupt departure of Kot after just four issues. The publisher hasn't revealed who will follow Kindt.
Conventions | Organizers of Tokyo's Comic Market (aka Comiket), the world's largest self-published comic book fair, have received a threat letter, leading them to consider their options for the planned Dec. 29-31 event. The preparations committee said it has been in contact with local police and the Tokyo Big Sight, where the semiannual convention is held. The incident follows a series of threat letters containing powdered and liquid substances sent in the past month to more than 20 locations linked to Kuroko's Basketball creator Tadatoshi Fujimaki. About 560,000 attended Comic Market 82 over its three days in August (that's turnstile attendance, not unique visitors). [Anime News Network]
Creators | Patrick Rosenkranz catches us up on S. Clay Wilson, who suffered a massive brain injury in 2008 (the cause isn't clear) and is still recovering. "Wilson's favorite word is still 'No!' He used to be a motor mouth but now he's mostly monosyllabic. After a long life dedicated to being the baddest boy in comix, he's become a grand old man, but he's no longer in his right mind. He used to be able to out-talk, out-booze, out-cuss, out-draw, and outrage almost anyone but he doesn't drink, smoke, snort or draw dirty pictures any more. He doesn't walk much either and seldom leaves the house, and only in a wheelchair." [The Comics Journal]
DC Comics announced they're reshuffling the deck a bit on the New 52, with Birds of Prey artist Jesus Saiz is moving to Resurrection Man and Resurrection Man artist Ferndando Dagnino moving to Suicide Squad. Both are effective with issue #9 of each series, which also happen to contain a crossover between the two titles.
"I'm going to miss Birds of Prey immensely, although it's also true that I was dying to work on the Dark line of books," Saiz told DC's The Source. "There's some very interesting stuff happening in these books, and I've always considered horror / creating dark settings are some of my stronger areas as an artist, and I really haven't had many chances to flex those muscles working in this genre during my career. So…I think I'm really going to enjoy working on Resurrection Man! Crrrrazy fun!"
"Call me insensitive but I must admit I've really enjoyed killing Mitch twice or thrice per issue," said Dagnino. "Nevertheless, it all falls into place knowing that he will be in Jesus' hands now. This run on Resurrection Man has REALLY been loads of fun but now I must confess I am even more excited to take over the responsibility of dealing with such a thrilling cast of characters as the Suicide Squad. Harley…I'm coming!"
No word yet on who will be drawing Birds of Prey after Saiz, but I wouldn't be surprised if we find out later today. The cover above, for Resurrection Man #9, is by Rafael Albuquerque.
Update: DC Comics has announced that Animal Man artist Travel Foreman is moving to Birds of Prey, and 1990s Animal Man artist Steve Pugh will return to draw the character in his current series.
"A big reason I love the Animal Man character so much is because of the work Steve did on the character back in the 90's with Jamie Delano," Animal Man writer Jeff Lemire posted on his blog. "In fact, I don't think it would be a stretch to say that I have been heavily influenced by a lot of the concepts Steve an Jamie created and represented them in my tenure on the book. So, to have Steve join colorist Lovern Kindzierski. letterer Jared K. Fletcher and I is a a dream come true for me. Steve is an incredibly talented illustrator as well as an extremely professional and reliable guy and with everything we have planned on Animal Man coming up, I know the Baker Family is in good hands!"
Publishing | John Jackson Miller profiles Diamond Comic Distributors to mark its 30th anniversary, offering a timeline of major events in the company's history. [Comichron]
Conventions | Usagi Yojimbo creator Stan Sakai and AdHouse Publisher Chris Pitzer both report on their experiences at the Angoulême International Comics Festival. [Angoulême]
Retailing | Dark Horse Publisher Mike Richardson will give the keynote address at this week's ComicsPRO Annual Membership Meeting. [NewsOK]
Retailing | Hypno Comics will open Saturday in Ventura, California. [Ventura County Star]
In a Los Angeles Times profile pegged to today's launch of Batman: Arkham City, Warner Bros. Interactive President Martin Tremblay drops an enticing crumb: In addition to a new Lord of the Rings video game and a sequel to LEGO Batman, next year the studio will release an adaptation of a DC Comics superhero he wouldn't name.
That Warner Bros. is looking to develop more DC properties for its rapidly expanding games division is no secret — a new studio in Montreal is being set up specifically for that task. But what could this mysterious title be?
Kotaku notes that while a Superman game may be the obvious guess, given the release of Zack Snyder's Man of Steel in June 2013, it hardly requires a veil of secrecy. After all, movie tie-ins are par for the course.
As DC Comics, retailers and fans prepare for another round of New 52 titles next week, here's a collection of the latest news and such …
• DC's Bob Wayne told CBR's Kiel Phegley that they planned to extend certain sales incentives to retailers through December, and this week DC released more details on what exactly that means — additional discounts for qualifying retailers on certain books, returnability on many titles and variant covers for several books, including the fourth issues of Justice League, Batman, Action Comics, Flash and Green Lantern.
• Wired's GeekDad talks to Tony Bedard about the relaunched Blue Beetle series, which is due in shops next Wednesday. Bedard notes that the new series will be "less convoluted" than the last one in terms of Beetle's origin, noting that this time around it isn't tied to Infinite Crisis. He also notes Ted Kord won't figure into the new series: "I loved the Ted Kord Blue Beetle as much as anyone. But he doesn't figure into this new Blue Beetle series at all. My mission right now is to make 15 year-old El Paso high school student Jaime Reyes into the best character and the best Blue Beetle imaginable. And I have really good material to work with there. As anyone who read the last series or caught his appearances on Brave & The Bold will tell you, Jaime is a character teens and twenty-somethings can really latch onto. He has a terrific supporting cast and I'm building a 'rogues gallery' for him that will knock your socks off. None of this means that Ted Kord never existed. It's just that before we go back and rehash the past, we are going to build a solid future for DC, and Jaime Reyes is the future."
This week, I count at least five New-52 books picking up pretty much where they left off. Chief among these are Green Lantern and Red Lanterns; followed by Batwoman, which was supposed to come out months ago. Batman and Robin keeps its previously-announced regular creative team, and Legion Lost spins out of the pre-existing Legion of Super-Heroes. Overall I thought this week was pretty strong, but there were a few clunkers, including at least one book which really disappointed.
Just think — after this week, we're more than halfway done…!
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While a lingerie-clad Harley Quinn received a lot of attention leading up to the Wednesday release of DC Comics' Suicide Squad #1, the issue's most radical makeover doesn't appear on the cover. Instead it's reserved for the final page, where readers discover that, post-Flashpoint, Amanda "the Wall" Waller is now thin and apparently significantly younger.
Since her introduction in 1986's Legends #1, the tough-as-nails congressional aide turned Suicide Squad leader turned Checkmate's White Queen has been depicted in comics as short and overweight, her size varying from artist to artist. Co-creator John Byrne tended to exaggerate Waller's features, with her large frame supported by stiletto heels. In more recent years, she's sported a slimmer look — although she's never been "thin."
Until Suicide Squad #1, by Adam Glass and Federico Dallocchio, Waller was one of the few prominent heavy-set characters in superhero comics. Rarer still, her weight wasn't used for comic relief (like, say, Etta Candy in her earliest incarnations) or somehow connected to superpowers (as with Bouncing Boy, or Marvel's Blob or Big Bertha). In a sea of ageless and impossibly thin and tall figures, Waller stood out as a squat, middle-aged force to be reckoned with.
Now, however, "the Wall" is young and svelte, like much of the DC Universe … and flashing a bit of New 52 cleavage.
You can see Waller's unveiling after the break. But be warned: It contains spoilers for the end of Suicide Squad #1.
On the eve of the third wave of releases from the DC Comics relaunch, we check in on the latest news and previews for the New 52:
• At Comic Book Resources, Kiel Phegley checks in with direct market retailers after the first full week of the DC relaunch.
• USA Today previews Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E. #1, which kicks off the "War of the Monsters" story arc. "It's basically Frankenstein and these classic Universal monsters against as many other monsters as I could throw at my poor artist [Alberto Ponticelli]," writer Jeff Lemire says. "Literally, I had pages where he was drawing thousands of monsters. It's really fun and big and over the top and a lot of black humor as the team gets to know each other and interact, and the readers get to know them, as well."
• TV Guide previews Suicide Squad #1, written by Supernatural co-executive producer Adam Glass, who details his take on the radically redesigned Harley Quinn: "The thought was, let's see her operate outside of the Joker, not being obsessed 24/7. One thing that I think gets downplayed with her is how smart she is. This is a woman who is a mastermind in her own right. […] We didn't lose any of the humor. She's still funny, she's still sexy, she's still a little crazy. This is Harley if she's moved away from home, her chance to shine on her own."
• IGN.com and iFanboy have previews of Red Lantern #1 and Grifter #1, respectively.
• Writer Scott Snyder talks at length with Complex about Swamp Thing, and his approach to Batman: "The way DC approached me about the relaunch was that it was a way to tell any story that you wanted about your favorite character, no holds barred. And the story I wanted to tell was one that was already really rooted in what's already happened in Batman, but is accessible to anybody that hasn't been reading Batman. It's a big epic, ambitious story about Bruce Wayne and the way he thinks of Gotham as his friend and this kind of ancient evil under Gotham that exists, or may exist, that he has somehow overlooked as Batman. So it has to do with the history of the Wayne family and the Grayson family, and there will be big revelations about this enemy from the past, and this enemy is going to bring all the weight of history against the Bat family and try to crush them."
If the news on the new Suicide Squad comic that Newsarama reported on earlier today wasn't enough of an indication, Gail Simone confirms that August's Secret Six #36 is indeed the last issue of the series.
Man, that sucks.
"On behalf of everyone who worked on this book, I want to thank those readers. In this market, there is no way that a book starring CATMAN, of all people, should even exist, let alone be the favorite read of so many pros, readers, and critics. More comics pros and staffers from all companies told me it was their favorite DC book than anything else I have ever worked on. I think the message was that there was room for outsider comics even during a time when the focus is so intent on the icon characters," she said in a post on her forum over at the Bendis Boards. If you were a fan of the series, click on over there and read everything she has to say.
The current incarnation of the Secret Six first appeared in the Villains United miniseries back in 2005, as Catman, Scandal Savage, Ragdoll, Deadshot, Parademon and Chesire were recruited by the mysterious Mockingbird to oppose Lex Luthor's Secret Society of Super Villains. The team next appeared in its own miniseries and in Birds of Prey before moving on to their own ongoing series in 2008. Although the membership changed slightly over the years, the tone and quality of the stories has not, as Simone and her artistic partners — Dale Eaglesham, Nicola Scott and J. Calafiore, among others — have shown that B-level villains can be just as intriguing and entertaining as A-list heroes (and sometimes even more so).
Simone says that the editors gave the creative team enough warning about it ending that they were able to end "the way we wanted, with our team intact." That's great to hear, and I look forward to seeing what happens to one of my favorite books in August.
[A quick note before we go too much farther: I started writing this post before DC's big announcement about its September-and-beyond plans. In fact, I wanted this particular post to be about something other than Flashpoint and/or line-wide reboots — so depending on your perspective, I picked exactly the right week, or exactly the wrong week, to draw that line. In any case, it's probably not hard to tell, from the past few weeks' worth of posts, where I stand on current events.
[So there you go. On with the business at hand.]
Since it's pretty much summer, and time to think about catching up on reading, let's revisit DC's list of "30 Essential Graphic Novels" — "best-selling titles that you must read[, ]whether you are just beginning to discover graphic novels or you are an established fan looking to expand your collection."
The list is almost four years old, and has had a few minor updates. (Pride Of Baghdad replaced The Quitter, and Crayon Shinchan replaced Sword Of The Dark Ones.) For the most part, though, it's the same compilation — heavy on the Batman and the Jeph Loeb, a decent amount of Alan Moore (but no Swamp Thing), a couple of Sandman books and Hellblazer, but no Wonder Woman, no Joe Kubert, and no Jack Kirby. While there are at least a couple of representatives from each of DC's imprints, there aren't many hints at the real scope of DC's diverse publishing history.
Retailing | A bankruptcy judge is expected to hear arguments today from the bankrupt Borders Group, which is seeking to pay $8.3 million in bonuses in a bid to retain key corporate personnel. The struggling bookseller says that 47 executives and director-level employees have quit since the company declared bankruptcy on Feb. 16 — two dozen just this month — leaving only 15 people in senior management positions. In a court filing last week, U.S. bankruptcy trustee Tracy Hope Davis objected to the bonus proposal, characterizing it as "a disguised retention plan for insiders, which also provides for discriminatory bonuses for non-insiders." [The Detroit News]
Publishing | Todd Allen looks at sales estimates for the first issues in Marvel's "Point One" initiative, which featured self-contained stories designed to serve as a jumping-on point for new or lapsed readers: "With the sole exception of Hulk, retailers ordered less copies of the 'jump on' issue, than the regular series. If you figure people picking up the title would also pick up the '.1′ introductory issue, this is a flaming disaster and there aren't going to be a lot of these comics finding their way into the hands of new readers. It smack of very low buy-in from the retail community." [Indignant Online]


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I just had juvederm yesterday..there is an apparent "line" (vertically) on left cheek that is hard and noticeable. Will the treated area disperse or will the gel remain? How can I flatten out the area? Its as if the gel did not move but stayed in the vertical line. How can I get it to flatten out? Strange looking..thanks
Juvederm Stayed in Line After Injection
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You should return to your injector for assessment. You may just have some swelling that may persist for 2 weeks but he should take a look and see if any adjustments should be made.
If you notice a vertical line where the juvedem was injected you shoudl definitely speak with your doctor about what to do. For my patients, I will recommend massage which can sometimes help to improve irregularities.
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If you have a firm raised line on the face after a filler, it may indicate that the filler is in a superficial plane and needs to be deeper. It may be well integrated and massaging may not help any longer. You should see your physician who injected the filler to rule out other causes such as a clotted vein. The filler can be dissolved with hyaluronidase and then the filler can be reinjected but deeper than where it was placed initially.
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You got the best advise. Go and see the Dr. who injected the Juvederm.
I hope He / She is qualified
This could be eith to injecting too much or injecting too superficial
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Irene Hervey
Irene Hervey | |
Born | Beulah Irene Herwick July 11, 1909 Venice, Los Angeles California, U.S. |
Died | December 20, 1998 Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
(aged 89)
Cause of death
Cardiovascular disease |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1933-1944 1948-1972 1978-1982 |
Spouse(s) | William Fenderson (1929– 19??; divorced; 1 daughter, Gail) Allan Jones (1936–1957; divorced; one son, Jack Jones) |
Irene Hervey (July 11, 1909 – December 20, 1998) was an American television and film actress.
Born Beulah Irene Herwick in Venice, Los Angeles, California. She began her acting career after being introduced to a casting agent from MGM. After a successful screen test, she was signed by the studio and made her screen debut in the 1933 film The Stranger's Return, opposite Lionel Barrymore.
Though signed by MGM, Hervey was loaned out by the studio and appeared in several films including United Artists' The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) and With Words and Music, released by Grand National Films Inc..[1]
In 1936, Hervey left MGM and signed with Universal Pictures.[1] While at Universal, Hervey appeared in The League of Frightened Men (1937) and Destry Rides Again (1939) with Marlene Dietrich and James Stewart.[2]
At Universal from 1940 to 1943, Hervey had the lead in 11 B pictures, one A (The Boys from Syracuse) and one serial (Gang Busters), all excellent.
In 1943, Hervey was seriously injured in a car accident and was forced to retire from acting for five years.[1] Though she did briefly return to acting for the stage play No Way Out, where she played Dr. Enid Karley, in 1944.
Later years[edit]
Hervey returned to acting in 1948 with the film Mickey, followed by Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid. By the early 1950s, she began appearing in the new medium of the era; television. Throughout the 1950s and early 1960s, Hervey appeared in several television series, including the crime dramas Richard Diamond, Private Detective, Peter Gunn, and Hawaiian Eye. She also made three guest appearances on Perry Mason: in 1958 she played Helen Bartlett in "The Case of the Black-Eyed Blonde;" in 1961 she played Grace Davies in "The Case of the Jealous Journalist," and in 1963 she played Jill Garson in "The Case of the Lawful Lazarus." In 1965, she landed a regular role on The Young Marrieds, followed by a stint on the short-lived Anne Francis series Honey West as the titular character's Aunt Meg.[2]
In 1969, Hervey was nominated for an Emmy Award For Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for her appearance on My Three Sons.[3] After her roles as Mrs. Durant in the comedy Cactus Flower and as Madge in the 1971 thriller film Play Misty for Me with Clint Eastwood, Hervey retired from acting. She took a job working at a travel agency in Sherman Oaks, California and briefly returned to acting in 1978 with a role in Charlie's Angels. In 1981, she made her last on-screen appearance in the television movie Goliath Awaits.[2]
Personal life[edit]
As a teenager, Hervey married her first husband William Fenderson in 1929 and had a daughter, Gail, before they divorced. She was briefly engaged to Robert Taylor during the mid 1930s. In 1936, she met and married actor Allan Jones. The couple had a son, singer Jack Jones, before divorcing in 1957.[1]
On December 20, 1998, Hervey died of heart failure in Woodland Hills in Los Angeles at the age of eighty-nine.
For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Irene Hervey has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6338 Hollywood Boulevard.
- ^ a b c d Vallance, Tom (1998-12-28). "Obituary: Irene Hervey". The Independent (London). Archived from the original on 2008-06-28. Retrieved 2008-01-02.
- ^ a b c Irene Hervey at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ IMDb awards, Irene Hervey
External links[edit]
- Irene Hervey at the Internet Movie Database
- Irene Hervey at the TCM Movie Database
- Irene Hervey at Virtual History


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After FBI Special Agent Scott Garriola described the 2011 arrest of Bulger and his girlfriend, Catherine Greig, prosecutors in federal court in Boston rested their case, the Boston Globe reported. The defense is to start putting on witnesses Monday.
Bulger and Greig had lived quietly in Santa Monica, Calif., for more than a decade under the names Carl and Carol Gasko. But Garriola said agents who searched the apartment found $822,000 and 30 guns concealed in the walls.
"This is the first time I've signed this name in a long time,'' Garriola said Bulger told him when he signed a consent to search form.
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Throw the mechanics of Mass Effect 2 into the first game and... well, it wouldn't be that easy to make it work, but still, that would make Mass Effect 1 take this easy. Mass Effect 2 is the real answer.
This is a topic I had a very long argument with a friend over, but I still stick by my choice.
Mass Effect 2 was a generation defining game, even though the story in 1 is vastly superior. Mass Effect 2 is the right choice!
I love both games dearly, but my vote definitely goes to ME2.
I think highlighting one of the Mass Effect games in particular doesn't properly credit the amazing storytelling and character continuity across three games. The achievements of the franchise as a whole is greater than it's individual parts.
Also Mass Effect 3 is the best game in the series so fuck everybody.
Personally, I prefer Mass Effect 1 for building the overarching plot, characters, and brilliant universe. Implementing things like the new dialogue wheel, seamlessly integrating speech checks into conversations to make it more personal, and having player choices have lasting impact were huge! When you get the unveil of the reapers and you meet Sovereign, when you meet Vigil on Ilos, exploring the Citadel for the first time, I remember this game from start to finish.
Mass Effect 2 will probably win this. I can see why too. It nailed it as a stellar sequel to a great game. ME2 improved the shooting and trimmed the fat ME1 had. ME2 also improved the dialog system as well as adding the paragon/renegade LT/RT system for more branching conversations.
I didn't like losing armor configurations to one single suit, I like number crunching and ME2 didn't deliver on that front. Even regarding criticisms however, I can still critique ME1 more than ME2. ME2 is more polished. ME2 is the game that made ME3 such a blockbuster event.
Conclusion: Objectively, ME2. Personally, ME1.
Thought this would be a closer contest but Mass Effect 2 has taken a runaway lead. ME2 would be my pick as well. As much as I love the universe the first game established, the floaty shooting and Mako sequences really bogged down the game for me. ME2 took away a bit too many of the RPG elements but I really enjoyed jet-setting across the galaxy to build this A-team of Reaper fighters. And it has Mordin.
ME1, mainly because it had a much stronger story. Gameplay wise, it had problems, but I really hate how their fix for most of them was just "let's remove them and make an action game". It was the beginning of Bioware no longer trying to make RPG's.
It's kinda hard and unfair to judge the Mass Effect games entirely seperately considering what they set out to do with this trilogy. Even though they are quite different games in their own right, they were genuinely intended (and ended up being) three parts of a whole. The wheels may have come off a bit during ME3, but that wasn't entirely the fault of ME3. Weaknesses in ME2 were largely responsible for failures in ME3, just like the strong groundwork in ME1 was largely responsible for the successes in ME2.
Regardless of which game is individually 'best', I think they deserve a huge amount of credit for even attempting what they did with the Mass Effect trilogy, even if they (perhaps inevitably) didn't quite pull it off in the end. In an increasingly 'safe' industry, the ME trilogy was one of the most ambitious things anybody attempted during this generation. 'That Ending' may ultimately mean it is remembered as a brave attempt rather than a complete success, but it's pretty remarkable they ever reached the heights they did and came as close to pulling the whole thing off as they did.
Pushed to pick one I would have to say ME2, simply because that was where most of the high points were reached and before the major flaws in the series became noticeable, but really it stands as representative for the trilogy as a whole. This console generation will inevitably end up being remembered for CoD4 and Gears, but it could do a lot worse than being remembered for the Mass Effect trilogy.
I went with Mass Effect 1 largely for the same reasons everyone else who voted for it did: better world building and setting. Mass Effect 2 played better, it had cooler moments, it looked cooler but Mass Effect 1 had a way better story, it kept me on the edge of my seat. The world building was so good - I pretty much read every log, every conversation, mined every planet. It was awesome.
This is why you should have put both. Mass Effect 2 will likely win despite having the lesser story, the lesser characters (minus one or two exceptions), and the far less interesting villain. The only thing Mass Effect 2 did better (and this is a debate) is the mechanics and it did have superior UI.
This is so hard. It's like asking which hand I prefer when I think both are pretty damn awesome since both can pick up pizza slices and open doors and both make playing Mass Effect games much easier... Ugh...
I picked Mass Effect over Mass Effect 2 because it created the universe and set the stage for 2 and 3. I also enjoyed just walking around in that game and exploring planets, much more than the other games that seemed to downplay the exploration aspects that I liked so much.
I almost went with 2 because of the mechanics. The second game plays so much better and isn't as frustrating as the first game. Still, I think I like 1 more just for the story and the universe it created and the promise of it all.
If Mass Effect 1 didn't run like complete shit then it'd be tough. I love the overall story in ME1 way more than I did in ME2. ME2 is simply a better playing game with better characters while ME1 set up the universe which is a challenge in it's own right. The thing that pushes it over the top for me is the suicide mission which is a fantastic sequence of events that ME1 simple doesn't have. I'll have to go with ME2. I love them both but that's how it'll go for me.
ME2 is just a better game to play overall, yeah they streamlined it but IMO losing some of the more 'hardcore' RPGish elements to make it a better playing game was worth it. Looking back on the story though, I'm still not sure how I feel about the collect them all Pokemon aspect of the game, the main meat being loyalty missions, building up your team only for it to all be over in the next few scenes hit me a bit flat. Don't get me wrong though, I loved the characters and the back stories of them.
f*ck you ME2 voters! You're making ME1 looose ;_;
f*ck you ME2 voters! You're making ME1 looose ;_;
Hate to say it but there are more casuals than "hard core" gamers. Hence the CoD sales. ME2 is the casual game on this list, so yeah.
My problem with this - and I love both these games, let's get that out there right up front - is that I can in some way, like, objectively understand why the consensus is that Mass Effect 2 is the better game, I just didn't love it as much as I loved ME1. ME2 took a lot of the jank out of ME, but they also took some of the complexity out of it, along with some of the soul. I liked the tighter narrative of ME1, and I generally thought that the greater emphasis on character back-story and whatnot in ME2 highlighted the fact that a lot of the characters from ME1 were just more interesting than those in ME2, to me at least. ME1 was just such an achievement in world-building and introducing you to this large, complex, well fleshed out sci-fi universe, and the first time you get to explore that stuff is always going to be more impressive than the second time.
But the big change was in the combat; ME1's combat was rough around the edges, but I'll take a more unique system based on RPGs over a generic third person shooter with a little bit of window dressing any day. But that's just because I prefer RPGs, and that's why it was disappointing to see one of the best RPG studios turning away from that. I also played ME1 a good six months or so after it was released, so maybe a lot of the most janky stuff had been patched out of the game by then, I dunno.
Whatever, Mass Effect 2 will win, and Dragon Age: Origins is the best BioWare game and you're all assholes.
Mass Effect 2 is one of my favorite games ever made.
Thought this would be a closer contest but Mass Effect 2 has taken a runaway lead. ME2 would be my pick as well. As much as I love the universe the first game established, the floaty shooting and Mako sequences really bogged down the game for me. ME2 took away a bit too many of the RPG elements but I really enjoyed jet-setting across the galaxy to build this A-team of Reaper fighters. And it has Mordin.
As a guy who shouted about Mass Effect in the main thread, I always knew it would lose this fight. I'm just happy 1 got a shout out in the completion.
Mass effect 1 is a great game. Mass effect 2 is probably the best game of the generation (or very close behind the ole Dark Souls)
Mass Effect 2 far in a way is a better looking and better playing game. The sad thing is that you absolutely NEED to slog through Mass Effect if you want to understand anything that's going on in ME2. If not for the botched ending drama we could've counted all three as one singular game of the generation instead of splitting hairs on characters vs story vs world building.
Mass Effect 2 is sexier.
ME2. It was the only game this generation I played through 3 times and didn't mind it (okay, that's a slight lie because my Insanity run was frustrating in spots.)
Mass Effect, for sure.
The tone of that game is completely lost in the sequels. There's real mystery in ME. The music is the greatest casualty going forward. ME2 and 3 are quite forgettable musically but Mass Effect is so. damn. good. And while 2 has more "extreme" dialogue options, there are also less. Mass Effect had far more minor side quest dialogue. Also had Rex. Also... did I mention music? You remember the end credits song?
It's pretty much a foregone conclusion that ME2 will win this poll, which is too bad really. Mass Effect has its issues but the promise of the game is out of this world. It's really the closest we ever got to the Star Trek experience games seem born to emulate.
I'll take world building and rpg elements over the dirty dozen. I loved the story in ME, but preferred the game play in 2. As for the way this vote is skewing towards 2, I am not surprised. I gave ME to two friends who couldn't be bothered to play past the first two hours.
Mass Effect 2 absolutely plays better but I have to go with the original. The way that game introduces you to the ME universe is unforgettable and I feel like the story arc is the best of the three games.
Definitely the 1st for me. Mass Effect 2 went in the exact opposite direction I hoped it would, still a great game in its own right.
The overall story in Mass Effect 1 was much better. The individual character arcs and gameplay was bad though.
The overall story in Mass Effect 2 was one of the worst I've ever seen. But the individual character arcs were awesome and it was a pretty competent shooter.
The ending of Mass Effect 2 was so silly and terrible that it soured the entire game for me. It's as if they had a great idea for a story, wrote most of it, then gave the script to a 5-year-old to write the last two pages with absolute nonsense.
I want the scary aliens to put humans in blenders to get blood and guts to pump into a big giant alien robot monster and he'll have sharp fingers with three eyes and will attack commander Shepard on a big floating platform in the spaceship and they save everyone by shooting the alien's blood!
f*ck you ME2 voters! You're making ME1 looose ;_;
Hate to say it but there are more casuals than "hard core" gamers. Hence the CoD sales. ME2 is the casual game on this list, so yeah.
Except this Giant Bomb, not the nebulous "gaming community" as a whole. The people that go to Giant Bomb, engage in the forums, and vote in polls like are hardcore gamers, plain and simple. Also, in what world is Mass Effect 2 a "casual game". The people that play COD and Madden probably don't even know what Mass Effect is, and if they do they certainly don't give a shit about it.
ME2 may be more streamlined than the first game, but calling it casual is ludicrous. The only explanation for the poll results is that a majority of people consider Mass Effect 2 a better game. I can you tell the reason I prefer Mass Effect 2 over the original is not because it's "more casual", but because it's a better playing, better looking game with more worthwhile content (everyone forgets that ME1 was like 50% dialog free Mako missions) and far few rough edges than the original.
Mass Effect 2 is certainly the better game yet I didn't enjoy it as much as the first. The way they told the story in the first game was more interesting to me than the second one. It's weird how sometimes I think gameplay is what makes a game better in my eyes but other times it's the story. In this case the story made more of a impact so ME1 gets my vote.
I fully accept Mass Effect 2 played better, I just think in terms of story, tone and setting 1 is just better. The Mass Effect 1 story as a real driving force behind it, and actually feels like a fully developed story. 2 just lent on the crutch of vignettes too much, it felt less like a plotted story and more like a theme park, with the player choosing which ride to go on next. Also you fight those same three groups of mercenaries in grey and brown corridors and warehouses way too much in 2.
Furthermore, 1 captured that feeling of going out the horizon just to see what's there. The world just unfolding out before you as you want just felt wonderful, everything felt new and mysterious. In the end, I think 2 is on the whole the more polished game and has more peaks and less troughs than 1, but the peaks it has never reach the heights of 1.
Anyway, both the games are excellent, I think they outclass the vast majority of the other games of the generation.
I totally agree with this.
The actual main plot in Mass Effect 2 I think was pretty bad but the characters and their mission were really fun. I also thought the idea of the final mission was great... but it was really disappointing. The boss... and how easy it was to make sure all your guys made it.
I just enjoyed the setting of 1 more. I liked how there were bigger open areas. I really think it's crazy that as that series went on in the main games at least, the Citadel was always so small.
And 1 had a better villain. It wrapped up pretty cleanly which I enjoyed.


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There is no simple definition of a dessert wine. In the UK, a dessert wine is considered to be any sweet wine drunk with a meal, as opposed to the white fortified wines (fino and amontillado sherry) drunk before the meal, and the red fortified wines (port and madeira) drunk after it. Thus, most fortified wines are regarded as distinct from dessert wines, but some of the less strong fortified white wines, such as Pedro Ximénez sherry and Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise, are regarded as honorary dessert wines. In the United States, by contrast, a dessert wine is legally defined as any wine over 14% alcohol by volume, which includes all fortified wines - and is taxed more highly as a result. This dates back to a time when the US wine industry only made dessert wines by fortification, but such a classification is outdated now that modern yeast and viticulture can produce dry wines over 15% without fortification, yet German dessert wines can contain half that amount of alcohol.
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Ancient Egyptian Papyri and Sumerian tablets dating back to 2200 BC detail the medicinal role of wine, making it the world's oldest documented man-made medicine. Wine continued to play a major role in medicine until the late 19th and early 20th century, when changing opinions and medical research on alcohol and alcoholism cast doubt on the role of wine as part of a healthy lifestyle and diet.
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Treatment of patients with severe sepsis using ulinastatin and thymosin alpha1: a prospective, randomized, controlled pilot study. | |
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BACKGROUND: Tradition treatment of sepsis and new therapies, including high dose corticosteroids and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, have proven unsuccessful in improving survival. This study aimed to evaluate the potential efficacy of immunomodulating therapy using Ulinastatin (UTI) plus Thymosin alpha1 (Talpha1) for improving organ function and reducing mortality in patients with severe sepsis. METHODS: A prospective study was carried out with randomized and controlled clinical analysis of 114 patients conforming to the enrollment standard. All patients had severe sepsis and received standard supportive care and antimicrobial therapy. Fifty-nine patients were also administered UTI plus Talpha1 (defined as Group A), 55 patients were given a placebo (defined as Group B). Clinical parameters were determined by evaluation with the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II), multiple organ failure (MOF) and the Glasgow Coma Scores (GCS) on entry and after therapy on the 3rd, 8th, and 28th day. By flow cytometery and ELISA lymphocyte subsets and cytokines were analyzed. Survival analysis was determined by the Kaplan-Meier method at 28, 60, and 90 days. RESULTS: Based on comparison of the two groups, patients in Group A exhibited a better performance in organ failure scores which was noticeable soon after initiation of treatment. Patients in Group A also demonstrated a better resolution of pre-existing organ failures during the observation period. After initiation of treatment, significant improvements in the CD(4)(+)/CD(8)(+) ratio, a quicker balance between proinflammatory mediators such as tumor necrosis factor alpha, interleukin 6 and anti-inflammatory cytokines including interleukin 4 and interleukin 10 were found. This was followed by cumulative survival increases of 17.3% at 28 days, 28.9% at 60 days, and 31.4% at 90 days in Group A. The reduction in mortality was accompanied by a considerably shorter stay in the ICU and a shorter length of supportive ventilation, antimicrobial and dopamine therapy. CONCLUSION: UTI plus Talpha(1) has a beneficial role in the treatment of severe sepsis. |
Hao Chen; Ming-yan He; Yu-min Li |
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Title: Chinese medical journal Volume: 122 ISSN: 0366-6999 ISO Abbreviation: Chin. Med. J. Publication Date: 2009 Apr |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7513795 Medline TA: Chin Med J (Engl) Country: China |
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therapeutic use* Adult CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / immunology CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes / immunology Female Glycoproteins / therapeutic use* Humans Interleukin-10 / metabolism Interleukin-6 / metabolism Lymphocyte Subsets / immunology Male Middle Aged Sepsis / drug therapy*, metabolism, mortality Survival Analysis Thymosin / analogs & derivatives*, therapeutic use Treatment Outcome Trypsin Inhibitors / therapeutic use* Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / metabolism |
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0/Adjuvants, Immunologic; 0/Glycoproteins; 0/Interleukin-6; 0/Trypsin Inhibitors; 0/Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; 0/thymalfasin; 130068-27-8/Interleukin-10; 61512-21-8/Thymosin; 80449-32-7/urinastatin |
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Five climbers—almost half of the 11 who summited this week—died while descending from the top of Kangchenjunga in the Himalayas on Monday and Tuesday in a series of separate incidents.
According to preliminary reports from the Spanish climbing site Desnivel, the dead include two Hungarian alpinists, Zsolt Eross and Peter Kiss, who lost contact with Base Camp early yesterday afternoon. Also killed were Korean climber Park Nam Su, who suffered a fall near the top of Kangchenjunga, and two sherpas, Phurba Sherpa and Vivas Sherpa, whose bodies were found near Camp 4 and are believed to have died in a fall.
Reports of the deaths came from Carlos Soria, a 74-year-old Spanish climber who attempted Kangchenjunga as part of his quest to become the oldest person to summit all fourteen 8,000-meter peaks. Soria and his party turned around short of the summit at 8,300 meters after calculating that they wouldn't meet their turnaround time.


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The Arkansas History Commission and State Archives, located in Little Rock (Pulaski County), is the official state archives of Arkansas and houses the state's largest collection of documents, publications, photographs, and other material relating to Arkansas history. It is administered by a commission of seven directors with terms staggered so that one expires each January. Members may be appointed for additional terms.
The Arkansas History Commission was established by the Arkansas General Assembly in 1905 as part of the burgeoning state archives movement that swept the South shortly after 1900. It was created largely through the efforts of John Hugh Reynolds, a history professor at the University of Arkansas (UA) in Fayetteville (Washington County). "The Commission exists," Dallas T. Herndon, the first executive secretary and director wrote in 1911, "to gather the records of all [of Arkansas's] local and state activities, past, present, and future; to preserve and classify these records; [and] make them accessible to the public." The commission obtained its first permanent quarters in the then new State Capitol building in 1915. Over the next several decades, Herndon crowded into his small offices a remarkable collection of museum objects, historical manuscripts, public documents, books, and pamphlets.
In 1935, due to the expansion of state government, Herndon was forced to give up much of the commission's already limited office space. Many of its irreplaceable manuscript collections and other items were placed in the dark, dank basement of the capitol. Here, they were not only inaccessible to the public but were in real danger of being damaged or destroyed by damp, dangerous storage conditions. For the next fifteen years, the commission and its small staff spent much of their time fighting for the agency's very survival.
After World War II, a successful preservation movement, led by various women's groups across the state, rescued the Old State House in Little Rock from the wrecker's ball. The commission was able to obtain the promise of new, larger quarters in this building if restoration plans went through. In April of 1951, Herndon supervised the move of the fruits of his forty years of archival labor into the west wing of refurbished building.
In 1953, Herndon was succeeded as director by Ted R. Worley, a college professor from what is now the University of Central Arkansas (UCA) in Conway (Faulkner County). Under his short but progressive tenure, several much-needed improvements were made to the commission's facilities. Perhaps the most important were the addition of a three-story archival storage annex to the north side of the Old State House and the establishment of an agency microfilming program.
As a result, Worley was able to encourage visits by researchers to the commission's facilities for the first time in many years. His new storage space allowed him to set aside an area for the use of a modest but growing number of historical and genealogical researchers. To meet their needs, he purchased a small collection of U.S. Census records for Arkansas and a few microfilm rolls of the early files of the Arkansas Gazette and obtained the commission's first microfilm reader.
In 1960, chronic ill health forced Worley to resign, and the Arkansas History Commission chose John L. Ferguson as his successor. Early in his tenure, Ferguson expanded Worley's work by acquiring additional manuscript collections and other research materials. With funds from the state Civil War Centennial Commission, he obtained a large microfilm collection of materials relating to the Civil War in Arkansas and additional holdings of U. S. Census records from the National Archives in Washington DC. He also made a major commitment to support the commission's in-house microfilming program.
Ferguson's arrival at the commission coincided with an unprecedented public increase in interest in Arkansas history and genealogy. In 1961, the first year for which records are available, 552 patrons used the commission's research facilities. Within the next two years, the total had more than doubled. To meet this increase, the commission added two new microfilm readers and additional research collections. By 1966, the commission had a total of ten microfilm readers and a large collection of microfilm storage cabinets. Soon afterwards, due to expanding demand, Ferguson extended the commission's hours of operation from five to six days per week. In 1971, due a general reorganization of state government, the commission became a part of the Department of Parks and Tourism.
By the late 1960s, it was evident that the commission's current quarters were inadequate. In 1974, the General Assembly included new facilities for the Arkansas History Commission in the soon-to-be-constructed One Capitol Mall Building. Work began in 1976, and the commission moved into its new facilities of almost 30,000 square feet. in the spring of 1979. Since then, over 600,000 patrons have used the commission's facilities. In April 2005, Ferguson announced his retirement after forty-five years of public service. He was replaced as director by Wendy Richter from Ouachita Baptist University (OBU). She continued in the position for over seven years, leaving in late 2012, and was replaced by Dr. Lisa K. Speer of Southeast Missouri State University in April 2013.
The Black History Commission of Arkansas was created by the Arkansas General Assembly in 1991 for purposes of collecting materials pertaining to black history for the Arkansas History Commission, as well as encouraging research into African-American history. The Black History Commission also oversees the Curtis H. Sykes Memorial Grant Program, which funds projects related to black history in the state. The seven members of the commission are appointed by the governor.
In 2005, the commission acquired the Southwest Arkansas Regional Archives, located in Washington (Hempstead County). In 2011, the commission opened the NorthEast Arkansas Regional Archives in Powhatan (Lawrence County).
For additional information: Arkansas History Commission and State Archives. http://www.ark-ives.com (accessed March 30, 2015).
Baker, Russell Pierce. The Arkansas History Commission and its Manuscript Collections. MA thesis, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 1985.
Coker, Robert R. "The Origins of the Arkansas History Commission." Arkansas Historical Quarterly 32 (Autumn 1973): 242–254.
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