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"It's the long-term economy and jobs, stupid."
James Carville would not complain about this paraphrase of his 1992 campaign assessment.
As President Obama takes his seat in the executive office, the echoes of times past reverberate through the halls of government. We are reminded of the Great Depression, the post-World War II repression, the Carter/Reagan/Bush recession/depression/stagnation and the Clinton/Bush years of falling stocks.
The United States in this decade alone has suffered bad times and exhilarated in good. So much so for the latter that we have over indulged yet again with corporations and governments now digging themselves out of ever-deepening financial quagmires.
It was the conservative leaders whose belief in free enterprise blinded them to the possibility of greed and corruption. New calls for reform are chiming from the darkened woods.
Republicans, without extremist conservative support, are changing their tune and asking for governmental oversight of the country's financial systems. Everyone is seeking to "stimulate" the economy, though taking different tracks, to save the American dream and ideals. Both parties say they have the answer, but the answer is much more difficult than we want to admit.
On the Sunday talking-head shows, the two sides sat in their corners, waiting for the bell to ring. The era of bipartisanship has come to an end before it begun. This was not more evident than on NBC's "Meet the Press." The combatants: Obama's National Economic Council director Lawrence Summers and Republican leader Rep. John Boehner (R-OH).
Each man took his seat, separated by a commercial break and by ideology, and prepared for the battle to come in the chambers of Congress. Each man took a position on how a proposed $825 billion stimulus plan should be carried out.
I did review the summaries of the president's and the Republicans' proposed stimulus packages. At least the summaries provided by the White House and the Republican Senate Caucus. Each has its highlights; each has its faults. The main difference is that the president's proposal looks long-term, while the conservative counterproposal is myopic. I have also been reading news and op-ed articles from around the country and listening to my students during discussions on "argument and persuasion."
Paul Krugman of the New York Times, editorials from the Washington Post, news from NECN.com and the Dallas Morning News. The statement that caught my attention was in the last, made by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), who stressed the conservative position clearly: "What we're looking for is a jump start. This (the president's plan) is not going to be a jump start."
Insightful but, in my humble opinion, wrong. Spending is not the solution. Jobs are the solution.
Not only jobs, but jobs that will survive well beyond the current crisis, well beyond this administration, well beyond this decade. Jobs that are designed to improve our infrastructure and reduce our dependency on foreign supplies of oil. Jobs that will improve the education of our children, including as many as 120,000 new jobs in the nation's Head Start program, the key to our future.
With almost 100,000 jobs lost on Monday alone, tax relief makes no sense when 8 to 10 percent of the country is not working. This is the hole we must plug, putting Americans and Missourians back to work, to bring pride back to families and the nation. Putting money in the pockets of American workers, not once or twice, but every month in the form of a paycheck is the only way to bring this nation back to solvency.
I urge you to support the president's economic plan. I urge you to write senators Kit Bond and Claire McCaskill and our nine members of Congress to support the president's economic package. The $825 billion spent on jobs today will bring more jobs, security and education for decades to come.
David Rosman is a business and political communications consultant, professional speaker and instructor at Columbia College. He welcomes your comments at email@example.com.


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Where: Lake Hills Presbyterian Church, 3805 Maloney Road
The proposed project will consist of approximately 12,000 feet of greenway. The current proposed route is along McCarrell Lane to and through sections of the UT Institute of Agriculture's East Tennessee Ag Research and Education Center, and along Alcoa Highway.
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Attached at the end of this post is a set of NAV objects that collects index usage information, and displays it in a NAV client so that you can sort tables by no. of Indexes / Index Reads / (Index) Block wait time, etc.:
The tool is using these three SQL Queries / DMVs:
The information that is collected is already described in these posts:
So the new thing is that now the information is read into NAV, making it more easy to browse through it, get an overview, and having information from various queries collected in one place.
The tool contains the following objects:
And it assumes that you have a partner's developers license.
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Run form 74102 "IUIT Table List". First set up the SQL connection by clicking Table -> Setup, and specify SQL Server Name, Database Name and credentials.
Then go back to the "IUIT Table List"-form, and click Functions -> Update.
After the tool has collected the information (takes a few minutes), you can sort your tables by a number of factors which can all affect performance. And you can look at indexes for each table (Table -> Indexes (Ctrl+F5)), and get statistics for each individual index.
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A pregnant teenager flees life with her drug-addicted mother and ends up living on the street before being welcomed into her first real home in Gimme Shelter, an extraordinary tale of survival and redemption inspired by actual events. For 16-year-old Agnes "Apple" Bailey (Vanessa Hudgens), life has been a constant struggle to overcome the harsh reality of a subsistence existence with her abusive mother, June (Rosario Dawson), and June's string of lowlife boyfriends. When she finds herself pregnant and alone, Apple temporarily takes shelter with her biological father, Tom (Brendan Fraser), a wealthy Wall Streeter living in a New Jersey mansion with his wife Joanna (Stephanie Szostak) and two young children. But Apple's inability to adjust to her new circumstances, and her refusal to terminate her pregnancy, soon force her back onto the streets. Desperate to find a haven for herself and her unborn child, Apple reluctantly agrees to move into a suburban shelter that houses other pregnant teens. Emotionally scarred and unable to trust those who want to help her, it seems unlikely that Apple will be able to adapt to the shelter's strict rules and high expectations. With her safety and that of her unborn child at risk, Apple must find a way to break the shackles of her unhappy past and embrace the future with clarity, maturity and hope.


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Running Time: 130
Director: Timothy Tyler Thomas
Company: Evolution Erotica
Jamie Brooks, Ted Hunter, Christie Lee, Benjamin Bratt, Kayla Marie, Kris Slayter, Kurt Lockwood, Lisa Marie, Laurel Berry, Diamond Lane, Widetrac (Non Sex Roles)
Critical Rating: AAAA
Genre: All-Sex
Couples crossover potential, rare for a wall to wall vignette tape.
Each of these six vignettes about sex with 18- to 19-year-olds has a much longer than usual intro. They're real little stories, and it's nice to see fledgling director Timothy Tyler Thomas flaunt his chops and deliver well staged, edited and - most surprisingly - convincingly acted scenes.
The humor works more often than not, though sometimes the sex that follows the setups lacks optimum heat. Still, few vignette series are so well thought out and executed.
Jamie Brooks and Ben Bratt are angst-ridden teens rehearsing their roles as lovers in the school play. Soon they're making love for real. Jamie's anus gapes all too easily, but there's real youthful passion in the sex.
Lisa Marie, seduced by womanizing coach Ted Hunter, gives him some serious head before a quick boff. Kris Slayter, who looks like a teen himself, daydreams about butt-fucking fellow bus passenger Laurel Berry and sharing her mouth with the driver. Well shot on an actual bus.
Christie Lee has to babysit a 32-year-old creep (Tony Tedeschi). She loses at strip poker and guess what happens? The longest scene, with two non-sex performers. It's fairly amusing. Cute and sassy Kayla Marie manages to get a rock star (Kurt Lockwood) into her pants by stealing his wallet.
The sixth scene is on the Extras disc of this two-DVD set, an all-sex, girl-girl bonus with Cherry Lane and Corina Taylor.
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Marvel Spotlight #13 (Jan. 1974). Cover art by John Romita Sr.
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Publisher | Marvel Comics |
First appearance | Ghost Rider #1 (Sept. 1973) |
Created by | Gary Friedrich Roy Thomas |
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Alter ego | Daimon Hellstrom |
Species | Human/Demon hybrid |
Team affiliations | Defenders God Squad Hellfire Club Masters of Evil Midnight Sons Shadow Hunters S.H.I.E.L.D. Paranormal Containment Unit |
Notable aliases | Son of Satan, Hellstorm |
Abilities | Dark magic user Fire projection Ability to heal others Peak human physical capabilities |
Daimon Hellstrom, also known as the Son of Satan and Hellstorm, is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe.
Publication history[edit]
Encouraged by the success of the titles Ghost Rider and The Tomb of Dracula, both of which starred occult characters, Stan Lee proposed a series starring Satan, to be titled The Mark of Satan. Editor Roy Thomas had reservations about this idea and suggested a series focusing on the son of Satan instead.[1] (Due to an oversight, "The Mark of Satan" is mentioned in a blurb in Ghost Rider #1.[1][2])
According to Thomas, Lee approved of the idea, and Gary Friedrich and Herb Trimpe were assigned the task of designing the character. However, Trimpe denies this, claiming Friedrich alone designed Daimon Hellstrom and only brought him in as artist after the character was fully realized. Thomas has said he later realized that a 1960s fanzine character created by his friend Biljo White had looked very similar.[1] As Thomas recalled in 2001,
Stan called me into the office one day, and said he wanted to do a book called Mark of Satan, but this time, the hero/villain was going to be Satan himself. I went to a parochial Lutheran school, but I'm not religious, but I thought this was going to get us in trouble, and who needs it? I didn't even like the idea. So I went off and thought about it for a little bit, and I came back and said, "I think we're asking for trouble with Mark of Satan, but what if you made it Son of Satan? You could still have Satan as a character, but he's not the hero." It's a little different from [The Tomb of] Dracula, where the heroes were the human beings fighting the vampire. Stan loved it, and it was only a little later I realized that name and basic concept had been a fanzine comic by a friend of mine, Biljo White, back in the early '60s! He wound up looking even looking a lot like Biljo's character, by sheer coincidence, because I don't think Herb Trimpe and Gary Friedrich, who did the actual story, ever saw him and I don't think I described it much. The branded chest, a trident, and so forth... I think it just came out looking almost identical. I explained it to Biljo, and he understood, but it was really weird, because if you look at his old fanzine, it's almost the same character![3]
The character Daimon Hellstrom first appeared in Ghost Rider vol. 1, #1 (Sept. 1973), then was spun off into a feature, "Son of Satan", in Marvel Spotlight #12–24 (Oct. 1973 – Oct. 1975).[4] During the "Son of Satan" run, Marvel Spotlight was a controversial series, with numerous readers writing to object to the depictions of satanism and wiccanism as being either inaccurate or furthering the cause of evil. Nonetheless, sales were strong, prompting Marvel to launch the character into his own series, Son of Satan, written by John Warner. The character's success faded soon after the series launch, and Son of Satan was cancelled with issue #7, though an unused fill-in was published as Son of Satan #8 (Feb. 1977).[1][5]
Hellstrom became a recurring character in Defenders, Steve Gerber having added the character to the team during the time he was writing the "Son of Satan" feature in Marvel Spotlight, and Hellstrom continued to appear in Defenders following the cancellation of Marvel Spotlight. One of the later writers on Defenders, J. M. DeMatteis, featured a number of subplots focused on Daimon Hellstrom, commenting that he "was absolutely my favorite character. Characters like Son of Satan are a wonderful metaphor for what we all contain, good and evil, high and low aspirations. He's literally the son of the Devil, trying not to be what his father is. For a writer like me, how can you not feast on that?"[1]
In 1993, he once more received his own series with Hellstorm: Prince of Lies. As suggested by the title, his surname was spelled "Hellstorm" during this series. Rafael Nieves wrote the first 11 issues; Warren Ellis then took over as writer until the series's cancellation with #21.[6][7]
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Daimon Hellstrom was born in the fictional town of Greentown, Massachusetts. He is the son of Satan and a mortal woman named Victoria Wingate (his father was later retconned into a demon named Marduk Kurios[8] who was actually the biblical Lucifer, according to the N'Garai[volume & issue needed]). Daimon and his sister, Satana, were trained by their father in the art of magic, tapping into the power granted them by their dark heritage. However, while Satana embraced her heritage, Daimon clung to his humanity. When their mother discovered who her husband really was, she was driven mad. Daimon and Satana were separated and put in different homes after his mother was institutionalized and his father banished back to Hell. Daimon grew up in a Jesuit-run orphanage, never hearing a word from his father or sister. He became a professor of anthropology at St. Louis University. He then set himself up as an occult investigator and defender of humanity, battling dark arcane forces—primarily those of his father—under the name of the "Son of Satan", as a demonologist and exorcist.
In his first appearance, Daimon battled Satan and Witch-Woman, alongside Ghost Rider.[9] Soon after that, he began a long association with the Defenders by helping them battle Asmodeus (leader of the Sons of Satannish) and Satannish himself.[10] He also helped the Defenders battle the third Sons of the Serpent.[11] Later, alongside the Human Torch, he battled the Dryminextes.[12] He then encountered Satana for the first time as an adult.[13] Alongside the Thing, he battled Kthara.[14] Alongside Ghost Rider again, he battled Challenger.[15] Hellstrom next battled the Possessor.[16] After Steve Gerber ceased writing the book, Hellstrom began working at the University of the District of Columbia Parapsychology Department, where he had a friendship with a female professor who was a Wiccan.[17] Alongside the Defenders, he battled the Hulk.[18]
He then became a recurring member of the Defenders in good standing. Alongside the Defenders, he battled the Six-Fingered Hand, and was taken to Hell by Satan.[19] He was subsequently expelled from Hell by Satan, and rejoined the Defenders.[20] Alongside Luke Cage, he battled the Sons of Satannish again.[21] Hellstrom then battled an unnamed demon who had taken his place as "Daimon Hellstrom".[22] Alongside the Defenders, he battled the Miracle Man, who stole Daimon's "Darksoul", the essence of his evil heritage.[23] Alongside the Defenders, Hellstrom battled Mad Dog and Mutant Force. He then married his teammate Patsy Walker, alias Hellcat.[24] Alongside the Defenders, Cutlass, Typhoon, and Hannibal King, Hellstrom then battled Minerva Bannister.[25]
Alongside Hellcat and the West Coast Avengers, he later battled Master Pandemonium, Allatou, and the Cat People.[26] He later exorcised Lincoln Slade's spirit from Hamilton Slade's body. Alongside the West Coast Avengers again, he battled Seth's forces.[27]
Daimon and Patsy retired from adventuring, and Daimon went on a personal quest for meaning. He traveled to a monastery where the Miracle Man had taken refuge. When the Miracle Man stole Daimon's "Darksoul", Daimon discovered that he was human, but he was also dying. Patsy eventually used a dark book in Daimon's possession to summon "Satan" and pleaded for him to save Daimon's life. However, to do this, Daimon had to regain his Darksoul and once again become the "Son of Satan". Daimon was re-imbued with his essence, but upon witnessing Daimon's "true face" of evil, Patsy went insane. Daimon kept her away from prying eyes in his estate at Fire Lake, where she spent most days asleep or babbling seemingly randomly. She would remain there until one day she regained enough sanity to weep for having brought back such evil into the world, and committed suicide with the aid of a being known as Deathurge.[volume & issue needed]
Daimon battled the Black School.[28] Now calling himself "Hellstorm", he ultimately discovered a way to finally defeat his father. Daimon discovered his father's true name -- Marduk Kurios—and used the power of this knowledge to finally kill him. Daimon became the new "Satan", ruling over his father's Hell. He used this power to allow Hawkeye and his Thunderbolts to return Patsy from the dead.[29]
In the Hellcat mini-series, Daimon told his wife that he was never truly the son of Marduk Kurios; his true father was Satannish, who was himself the son of the Dread Dormammu. Daimon claimed he had been fathered as part of a plot to take control of the various "Hell" dimensions. These claims, however, heavily contradicted Hellstorm's established history. It has since been established that Hellstorm was deliberately lying to Patsy when he made these claims; his love for Patsy led him to push her away in hopes that she would be happier without him.
Hellstorm used this claim to assume control over Satannish's realm, and inherit Dormammu's right to rule as designated by the powerful "Flames of Faltine". However, without either Satannish or Dormammu backing Daimon, Mephisto was able to gain control of the vast majority of "Hell".
Daimon was recruited by Kyle Richmond for the Defenders as part of the Fifty States Initiative.[30] Working outside of the Initiative, this team is later forcibly disbanded by H.A.M.M.E.R.[31]
Daimon was then brought to A.R.M.O.R. to join the Midnight Sons in facing an inter dimensional zombie threat. The Midnight Sons head to Taino to contain the zombie virus but end up in a battle with Hood's forces. During the course of the outbreak on the island, the demonic Dormammu possesses fellow member Jennifer Kale, though Daimon excorcises him from her. The mission ends up a success, though the zombie Deadpool's head escapes.[32]
He is sought out by Doctor Strange as a potential claimant of the title of Sorcerer Supreme. However, he is attacked by the Hood first, who is attacking potential magic users who could also claim the title and, helped by him and Brother Voodoo (now going by Doctor Voodoo, as the new Sorcerer Supreme), they manage to banish Dormammu, leaving the Hood powerless for a while.[33] Some time around the Dark Reign, Hellstrom, after being informed by a Satanist priest of the Antichrist, vows to slay the boy and, joining once more with former girlfriend Jaine Cutter, rescues the Ghost Rider from Zadkiel's forces, and eventually the Riders united are able to reclaim Heaven, overthrow the renegade Zadkiel, and triumph over the forces Satan unleashed against them.[34][volume & issue needed]
During the Chaos War storyline, Hellstrom rises from the pits of Hell itself to inform the newly assembled "God Squad" that his father's fiery realm had fallen to the hordes of the Chaos King, and that all the dead souls of the Underworld were now under his thrall.[35] Hellstrom joins forces with the God Squad and pits his demonic powers against those of the enslaved Zeus, Hera, and Ares, to little avail, and later journeys with them in a last desperate attempt to seal Mikaboshi in Yomi.[36]
In the pages of Avengers Undercover, Daimon Hellstrom appears as a member of the Shadow Council's incarnation of the Masters of Evil. He is seen in the inner circle of Baron Helmut Zemo (who became the second leader of the Masters of Evil following the death of Max Fury).[37] Cullen Bloodstone tells the teenage heroes that followed him that Daimon Hellstrom has been helping him to control his Glaratrox form.[38] Daimon Hellstrom was with Baron Zemo, Madame Masque, and Constrictor when they watch the teenage heroes confront Arcade at Massacrer Casino.[39] When the teenage heroes are apprehended by S.H.I.E.L.D. and placed in a S.H.I.E.L.D. detention center, Daimon Hellstrom teleports the entire building back to Bagalia where Baron Zemo offers the group a chance to join the Masters of Evil.[40] Daimon Hellstrom is shown to live in Hellstrom Manor in Hell Town, Bagalia.[41]
Powers and abilities[edit]
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As a ruler of a dimension of Hell, Hellstrom commands virtually unlimited power in his own dimension. Potentially, he can perform virtually any magical feat.
As Hellstorm, thanks to his demonic heritage, Daimon Hellstrom could sense the presence of the supernatural and could cast spells to transport himself and others into mystical dimensions and back to Earth. Other powers he exhibited at this time may not have stemmed from himself (as he had lost his "Darksoul," see below) but from his magical trident. Hellstorm could project mystic energy in the form of "soulfire" (also called "hellfire") from his trident, causing excruciating pain within living beings through direct contact of a person's life force. The soulfire did not physically burn in the sense that true fire does, and Hellstrom could project soulfire as a concussive blast of force. He could use soulfire for various other effects, including flight and physical transformations.
As the Son of Satan, Hellstrom possessed supernatural powers derived from his "Darksoul," a demonic counterpart to his human soul, which physically manifested itself in the pentagram-shaped birthmark on his chest. The Darksoul granted him superhuman strength, and the ability to project soulfire. He was able to magically change into his demonic costume at will by extending the middle three fingers of each hand in the shape of a trident, concentrating, and letting his soulfire engulf his body. Once, Hellstrom used his powers to travel through time to ancient Atlantis.
As Hellstorm and the Son of Satan, Hellstrom wielded a trident made of netharanium, a "psychosensitive" metal found only in "Satan's" extra-dimensional realm. The trident was a medium through which magical energies, such as Hellstrom's soulfire, could be amplified and projected. By projecting the soulfire through the trident, Hellstrom could gain enough thrust to levitate and to fly for short periods of time.
He also used a fiery chariot drawn by three flying demonic horses.
Daimon Hellstrom is an expert in demonology, and a highly experienced exorcist with some knowledge of mystic rites. He has an advanced degree in theology, and is self-taught in demonology.
Other versions[edit]
Ultimate Marvel[edit]
In the Ultimate Marvel universe, the Son of Satan first appeared in the sixth issue of The Ultimates 2, but had a small role which served only to develop Hank Pym's story. He is a member of a team of amateur, unpowered vigilantes called the Defenders, all of whom are also lacking in powers except for Henry Pym/Giant-Man. He is also called "Damien" by Nighthawk. He wears a "costume" that is a mix of punk rock and goth elements, including dark facial make-up, bright pink hair, and multiple piercings. When asked if he is actually the son of Satan, he simply replies "Are you retarded?".[42]
In Ultimate Comics: New Ultimates, it was revealed that this Son of Satan is actually a spy (à la COINTELPRO) for S.H.I.E.L.D. - presumably to keep an eye on both Giant Man and the wannabe heroes - and a reserve member of The Ultimates.[43] His name is revealed to be Daimon Hellstorm.[44]
Son of Satan re-appears as a new member of the Ultimates in Ultimate Comics: New Ultimates, having gained powers from a mysterious force, which is later revealed to be Thor's brother Loki.[45]
Science fiction writer Alexander Irvine wrote the miniseries Hellstorm: Son of Satan, starring Hellstrom as a hero in post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans for the MAX imprint, Marvel's mature readers line.[46][47]
In Warren Ellis' Ruins, a two part series which takes place in a dystopian reality of the Marvel Multiverse where everything went wrong, a version of Hellstrom is mentioned in the narrative captions of the series' main character, Phil Sheldon. While on the way to interview Rick Jones, Sheldon passed by a woman with a 'gray baby'[clarification needed] in her arms with a fistula in its chest. The woman claims that for a dollar, one would be allowed to hear the fistula saying "Our lord is dead". When Sheldon tried to quickly get away from the woman, she shouted "Don't forget the baby's name, He'll be the Messiah one day... Daimon Hellstrom. Don't forget Daimon Hellstrom".[48]
In other media[edit]
Video games[edit]
- Daimon Hellstrom appears in Marvel: Avengers Alliance as a limited-time unlockable character.
- ^ a b c d e Aushenker, Michael (April 2007). "The Son of Satan: A Trident True Devil Hero". Back Issue! (TwoMorrows Publishing) (21): 6–13.
- ^ Steranko, Jim, ed. (April 1973). "Marvel News". Comixscene. p. 15.
Marvel's runaway hit 'The Ghost Rider' gets his own book soon, leaving the Marvel Spotlight slot open.... The monster-hero trend continues with a replacement series entitled 'The Mark of Satan', featuring the Devil himself as the lead character.
- ^ "Son of Stan: Roy's Years of Horror" (13). (Roy Thomas interview) Comic Book Artist. May 2001. Archived from the original on December 27, 2010.
- ^ Marvel Spotlight at the Grand Comics Database
- ^ Son of Satan at the Grand Comics Database
- ^ Hellstorm: Prince of Lies at the Grand Comics Database
- ^ Hellstorm: Son of Satan at the Grand Comics Database
- ^ Hellstorm: Prince of Lies #12
- ^ Ghost Rider (vol.1) #1-3, Marvel Spotlight (vol. 1) #12
- ^ Giant-Size Defenders #2
- ^ Defenders #24-25
- ^ Marvel Team-Up #32
- ^ Marvel Spotlight (vol. 1) #24
- ^ Marvel Two-in-One #14
- ^ Ghost Rider (vol. 2) #17-19
- ^ Son of Satan #1-3
- ^ Son of Satan #4
- ^ Defenders #62-63
- ^ Defenders #94-100
- ^ Defenders #105
- ^ Marvel Team-Up #126
- ^ Defenders #118
- ^ Defenders #120-122
- ^ Defenders #125
- ^ Defenders #147
- ^ West Coast Avengers (vol. 2) #14-15
- ^ West Coast Avengers (vol. 2) #41
- ^ Hellstorm #18
- ^ Thunderbolts Annual 2000 (March '00)
- ^ Last Defenders #6
- ^ revealed in Marvel Zombies 4 #1
- ^ Marvel Zombies 4 #1-4
- ^ New Avengers #52
- ^ Ghost Rider: Heaven's on Fire
- ^ Chaos War #2
- ^ Chaos War #3
- ^ Avengers Undercover #1
- ^ Avengers Undercover #2
- ^ Avengers Undercover #3
- ^ Avengers Undercover #4
- ^ Avengers Undercover #5
- ^ The Ultimates 2 #6
- ^ Ultimates Annual
- ^ Ultimate Comics: New Ultimates #1
- ^ Ultimate Comics: New Ultimates #1
- ^ Richards, Dave (June 2, 2006). "Shout at the Devil: Irvine talks "Son of Satan"". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on January 11, 2009.
- ^ "WW Philadelphia - Axel Alonso on The Return of Hellstrom". Newsarama. June 2, 2006. Archived from the original on February 11, 2009.
- ^ Ruins #1
External links[edit]
- Daimon Hellstrom at the Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe
- Daimon Hellstrom at the Comic Book DB
- Daimon Hellstrom at the Marvel Universe
- Daimon Hellstrom at the Marvel Database Project


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Did you know that the U.S spends between 30 and 50 billion dollars every month on foreign oil? I find that number to be HUGE and think that we need to reduce that amount if we want to remain competitive, independent, and environmentally friendly. It doesn't make long-term economic sense to spend so many of our resources on an environmentally toxic substance that also needs to be transported half way around the world.
If the goals are energy independence, environmentally friendlier and local jobs, some say the U.S should drill for domestic oil and other fossil fuel resources that are within U.S. borders.
In a recent interview I had with T.Boone Pickens, he mentioned that if we switched large trucks to natural gas instead of diesel we could reduce foreign oil dependency by 50%. I agree with him, but also think we should focus more on geothermal energy and call for a "drill baby drill" campaign that all political parties can endorse as it will save money and help our environment, while creating domestic jobs that would be difficult to outsource to other countries. To accomplish this requires a slight change in policy to remove some unfair barriers, but let me first explain the benefits of geothermal.
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For example, utilities use hot spots in the earth's crust to make steam and then drive a turbine to make electricity. In addition to using our U.S.-based resources to make kWhs, utility-scale geothermal steam generation plants are also eligible for Renewable Energy Credits (RECs), just like solar and wind energy projects.
Where I want to focus your attention is on another example of geothermal energy- the Ground Source Heat Pump (GSHP) which uses the ground as a moderate temperature heat source during the winter and a heat sink during the summer. Basically, during the summer, it is easier to reject heat from the building to the ground (~60oF) versus the outside air (~80oF). The same concept is true in the winter- easier to recover heat from the ground (~60oF) versus the outside air (~40oF).
GSHPs are an example of renewable energy technology that is also distributed, which reduces the strain on our electrical grid. According to the Department of Energy, the U.S. had over 600,000 GSHPs installed and operating by 2008, so the technology is proven and GSHPs are being installed by countries all over the world.
The Economics of Ground Source Heat Pumps I am surprised Ground Source Heat Pumps are not more popular.GSHPs reduce the kWhs required for air conditioning. When you also consider that when a utility promotes GSHP applications (for example as a Demand-Side Management method), the utility will have reduced demand during peak periods, requiring less generation plants and less pollution.
As our world's overall energy consumption increases, we should be promoting GSHPs to help us satisfy our needs because a GSHP only costs about $.8 million/MW to build, as opposed to a new fossil-fueled power plant ~$2 million/MW.
I acknowledge that GSHPs do have higher installation costs to the building owner than a traditional air conditioner (air to air heat pump). The main reason is due to the infrastructure cost of drilling the GSHP boreholes and installing the ground heat exchanger.
However, the ground loop will last more than 50 years, so perhaps utilities should treat this as "infrastructure" the same way that they evaluate transmission lines. In addition, because these systems last 50+ years and we pay the operating costs every year, the life-cycle costs should be compared. When this is done in combination with the economic benefits to the utility, GSHPs are a no brainer and offer the lowest life cycle cost.
They have shorter payback periods than other renewable technologies and do not require back-up infrastructure, wind and solar energy generators need back-up generation when it is cloudy or calm.). GSHPs provide 100% uptime. Because the ground loop has a long life and is hidden and quiet, it is an asset to the building/home that should add value the same way that a solar array on the roof does.
Let's look at some sample numbers using these equations relating to Energy Efficiency Ratio "EER" and Coefficient of Performance "COP".
EER = (COP * 3.412) = (BTU per hourmoved/wattsin).
Example: If you had a 5-ton air-to-air heat pump, we would be moving 5 x 12,000 BTU/hour, which equals 60,000 BTUs per hour. If the air-air Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio (SEER) is 10, that means we use ~6 kW every hour we run the air-air heat pump.
In contrast, a GSHP would have a SEER of 20 during the summer, which means you would only need ~3 kW. Thus, the GSHP reduces demand by ~3 kW, reducing emissions and helping the utility shave peak demand during the summer. In the winter, the SEER of the GSHP drops from 20 to 13.65 (COP = 4), meaning that the unit will draw 4.4 kW to move 60,000 BTU/hour. 4.4 kW equals about 15,000 BTU/hr of input energy, with the remaining 45,000 BTU/hr coming from the earth.
The total fuel/energy usage is still less than conventional sources (fossil fuels) because the GSHP gets ~75% of the energy from the earth (~45,000 BTU/hr), which avoids fuel that could be going into a natural gas fired heater/boiler. In addition, most utilities are not hitting their kW peak load during the winter, thus GSHPs do help the utility level their kW load throughout the year, which is an effective demand side management function.
Conclusion and Call to Action Although GSHPs leverage a renewable energy resource, it does not currently allow the user to obtain RECs. I think we should change that.
Eric A. Woodroof, Ph.D., is the Chairman of the Board for the Certified Carbon Reduction Manager (CRM) program and he has been a board member of the Certified Energy Manager (CEM) Program since 1999. His clients include government agencies, airports, utilities, cities, universities and foreign governments. Private clients include IBM, Pepsi, GM, Verizon, Hertz, Visteon, JP Morgan-Chase, and Lockheed Martin.
Due to population and general trends utilities need to prepare for higher demand, so why not get that energy from a renewable source at a reduced overall capital investment as well as reduced operating costs? Why shouldn't the GSHPs get RECs if they are literally using the earth's natural energy to avoid MW, just the same way that solar, wind and hydro technologies do?
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Add sweetened dried cranberries and chicken broth; bring to a boil over high heat. Remove from heat and add stuffing, wild rice, and bacon. Serve immediately. Makes 14 1/2-cup servings.
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Known also as Thai Black rice, this is a very attractive, deep purple colour when cooked. It adds unique color and exotic taste to any meal.
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"Let me be represented as one who trusts his senses, who thinks he knows the things he sees and feels, and entertains no doubts of their existence." -- Bishop Berkeley
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Morality for Neo-Platonists
Yes, Sharpton's version of this is pretty bad. So why not debate someone serious, like Plato?
It is obviously just to act justly. But God is the greatest justice, the eternal form of justice itself. And it is absurd to claim that it is unjust to have to obey the highest realization of justice. Therefore, it is not unjust to have to obey God.
The argument often used against a theistic basis for morality, "I'm an atheist and I act morally" has no force against this form of theism: Of course, even someone who cannot see the pure forms beyond the cave mouth still can see a distorted image of them in the shadows they cast.
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What does it even mean to say that "God is justice" (or the greatest form of justice, or the eternal form of justice, or whatever)? It's a grammatical sentence, but it doesn't make sense to me. God is justice? So God is an abstract concept, a set of ideas?
As Plato himself recognized, there are two ways to go here: either God decides what is moral (in which case the argument for morality rests on an implicit appeal to force), or else God knows what is moral (in which case morality must exist independent of God). Between these two, it sounds like you're going with the first.As Roderick Long himself recognized, there are three ways to go here:
"One is that God stands outside that structure, as its creator. But this "possibility" is unintelligible. Logic is a necessary condition of significant discourse; thus one cannot meaningfully speak of a being unconstrained by logic, or a time when logic's constraints were not yet in place.
"The other is that God stands within that structure, along with everything else. But this option, as Wittgenstein observed, would downgrade God to the status of being merely one object among others, one more fragment of contingency – and he would no longer be the greatest of all beings, since there would be something greater: the logical structure itself. (This may be part of what Plato meant in describing the Form of the Good as "beyond being.")
"The only viable option for the theist, then, is to identify God with the logical structure of reality. (Call this "theological logicism.") But in that case the disagreement between the theist and the atheist dissolves....
"It may be objected that the "reconciliation" I offer really favours the atheist over the theist. After all, what theist could be satisfied with a deity who is merelythe logical structure of the universe? Yet in fact there is a venerable tradition of theists who proclaim precisely this. Thomas Aquinas, for example, proposed to solve the age-old questions "could God violate the laws of logic?" and "could God command something immoral?" by identifying God with Being and Goodness personified. Thus God is constrained by the laws of logic and morality, not because he is subject to them as to a higher power, but because they express his own nature, and he could not violate or alter them without ceasing to be God."
So read some Aquinas, Glen, and you may come to understand what it even means to say what I said.


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Riverfest's traveling White Tiger Discovery exhibit has new owner since its Chicago shutdown
The White Tiger Discovery exhibit that will be on display at the Wichita River Festival starting Friday is under new ownership since it was shut down in Chicago in January when its previous owner was found to have violated federal animal welfare laws.
White Tiger Discovery was purchased from Texas-based ZooCats Inc. and its owner Marcus Cook about a year ago by Michael Todd, owner of All Things Wild, a zoological service provider in Illinois, and Todd's Pony & Hay Rides in Garden Prairie, Ill., according to a supervisor with All Things Wild. The sale wasn't final until February.
In January, the exhibit was closed down while on display at Navy Pier in Chicago when organizers learned that ZooCats was having its license revoked by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for health and safety violations, including endangering children.
According to All Things Wild, ZooCats Inc. and Cook no longer are affiliated with White Tiger Discovery, which will exhibit four white tigers during the nine-day river festival.
However, in April the new owners also were cited by the USDA.
Inspectors' reports show that Todd's Pony & Hay Rides was accused of failing to disclose the purchase of the tigers and two cougars within 10 days of the transaction, and of allowing the public, during an exhibition, to feed two of the tigers through a barricade that had bars spaced so that children and adults were able to touch the tigers' enclosure with tongs containing red meat.
The feeding issue was corrected at the time of the inspection, said Aaron Myers, supervisor of the Animal Care Facility at All Things Wild. Failing to report the sale was "probably an oversight", he said.
USDA records show that the previous owner, Cook's ZooCats Inc., which also did business as Zoo Dynamics, had a long history of infractions of the federal Animal Welfare Act, including failing to provide a proper diet, lack of veterinary care, poorly maintained facilities and physical abuse of the animals.
Myers said the White Tiger Discovery exhibit is "totally different" under its new ownership. The tigers that will be in Wichita were returned to Texas after leaving Illinois, but have been well taken care of and are "extremely healthy," he said.
"On a scale of one to 10, I'd give them an 11," said Myers, who last saw them in March.
Janet Wright, president and CEO of Wichita Festivals, said "nothing has come to light" suggesting to River Festival organizers that there are any issues regarding the exhibit that will be in Wichita.. The tigers have passed a veterinarian's inspection in Texas and have been licensed by the city to be exhibited, she said. A local veterinarian will be available throughout the festival to make sure they're taken care of, she said.
"We've tried to do as much due diligence as appropriate," Wright said. "If anything comes about that's not what we expected, it's our call to ask them to leave. But I don't think that's going to happen."
Myers said there won't be any public feedings in Wichita. White Tiger Discovery has been changed into more static exhibit, he said, with public talks and feeding demonstrations rather than public interaction.
River festival goers must pay an extra $3 on top of the cost of the festival button to see the tigers. Navy Pier paid $27,000 for the exhibit, but the river festival paid nothing for it, Wright said. White Tiger Discovery will keep the $3 cost from each visitor, she said.
Myers said Todd purchased the animals, equipment, marketing data base and the name "White Tiger Discovery" from ZooCats.
"We knew we were going to see some negative publicity with the old affiliation," he said.
Todd did not respond to a request for an interview.
The USDA issued All Things Wild a stipulation — a monetary penalty — in 1999 for alleged violations of the Animal Welfare Act, including exhibiting animals for compensation without a license.
The USDA also issued Todd's Pony & Hay Rides a warning letter in 2010 for two alleged violations of the act. One was a failure to establish and maintain adequate veterinary care programs after a male goat was found with extremely long hooves that folded beneath its feet, and which were beginning to crack.
The other was a failure to make potable water accessible to animals at all times after its water receptacles were found to have excessive amounts of algae. The license for All Things Wild has been active since June 2009 and the USDA is not investigating All Things Wild, according to a USDA spokesman.
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According to Jon Heyman of SI.com, the Nationals were actually close to a deal for Zack Greinke. Names like Drew Storen and Danny Espinosa, among others, were discussed. The only problem? The Nationals were on Greinke's no-trade list and he told the Royals he wouldn't go.
Meanwhile, Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com confirms that the deal and adds that Greinke waived his no-trade to Milwaukee without receiving anything in return.
Pretty easy to see the logic behind this. Despite the addition of Jayson Werth, the Nationals are still a few steps away from being a contender. Meanwhile, the Brewers are ready to win right now. Greinke's biggest motivation for leaving Kansas City was that he was sick of losing. Likely would have been more of the same in Washington, at least in 2011.
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Can't fault the Nationals for trying. However, I believe a deal that included Storen, Espinosa and (as reported elsewhere) Jordan Zimmermann would have been far too heavy a price. Not that these guys are necessarily the top young players in the game; they represent the sum total of our farm system's development over the past few years. They're more valuable to the Nats than the average prospect.
- crankyfrankie - Dec 19, 2010 at 1:56 PM
Nationals trying to establish themselves with a trade that big at that price would have really hurt themselves. All three of those players are too high a price for Greinke. I say this as a Phils fan who wants Washington to improve ,at least enough to finish ahead of the Mutts, anyway.


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Iron Studios announce the availability of the third update for Age of Decadence with the following changes:
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- Changed the area around the temple in the Slums to make it look like a busy little bazaar. We added a new, rather colorful character who greets you when you enter this square and introduces the area.
- Added another character and his followers near the tower of Zamedi. He will provide a fresh perspective on the tower and share valuable insights with you.
- Added a new artefact (a mechanical eye). You can acquire it and, in the best traditions of the Planescape Torment, swap it for one of your own. The eye doesnt shoot lasers (would be totally cool if you did though), but it can see into other planes, which makes it a rather useful thing to have … in your eye socket.
- The hammer crowd complained that they dont have a cool hammer, so we gave them *drumroll* the Perforator! Its a handy spiked hammer with a unique icon.
- 3 journal pages (not the entire journal yet, but its a good start). Now in addition to Quests and Techniques, you get Lore (to collect what you learned from different people in one place), Items for all the Artefacts you managed to get your hands on, and Characters to keep track of people you double- and triple-crossed. The Characters page has only the portrait and the intro text for each character; the effect of your actions will be added in the upcoming updates. Overall, you get 17 Lore entries, 29 character entries, and 15 Artefact entries. There will be a lot more in the full game, obviously.
- Added several rare alchemy components in the towers library.
Quest Improvements:
- The trial-by-combat is now more customer-oriented. You will be offered a crappy weapon of your choice and even a shield!
- Now you can fight Hamza in MG5 if you decide to go to the meeting alone. Aso, you can convince Strabos to tell you what he knows without having to fight Hamza in IG4. You can thank Brandon and his 'smart soldier' and 'tough trader' characters for this suggestion.
- Now you can handle TG5 peacefully by paying the assassins crew a visit and discussing the situation with them, which means that now you can play the entire thieves questline without having to fight.
- Now you can get the key to the tower of Zamedi as a Daratan praetor and thief (not only as a Gaelius faithful servant), which should make the game more open. Well extend this option to the assassins in the upcoming updates.
General Improvements:
- The scroll in Feng's house increases Lore to level 2. If you have 2 or more, you get 5 non-combat skill points instead.
- The scroll in Antidas palace increases Etiquette to level 2. If you have 2 or more, you get 5 non-combat skill points instead.
- The workbench in the blacksmith house increases Crafting to level 2. If you have 2 or more, you get 5 non-combat points.
- Coltan either teaches you some Alchemy increasing it to level 2 or gives you a bunch of reagents plus a bottle of liquid fire, if you skill is 2 or more.
- In Belios house in Teron you get a couple of quicksilver roots instead of a flat Alchemy increase.
- The amount of money you can give to Reggie has been reduced to reflect the adjusted economy.
- Added money and reputation rewards for the Arena fights and rebalanced SP gains.
- Infiltrating the palace now awards some SP.
- Fixed miscellaneous issues, dialogue loops, camera angles, icons, and such.
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Was kinda hoping for the a new map or 2.
Played alot of hours and different type of characters but for now i will wait a few more months. Just want to play from start till finish.
Played alot of hours and different type of characters but for now i will wait a few more months. Just want to play from start till finish.
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Originally Posted by ikbenrichardSo far, were on track for the next month update which should include 5 new locations. We did 2 locations in February and should be able to do the remaining 3 in March.
Was kinda hoping for the a new map or 2.
Played alot of hours and different type of characters but for now i will wait a few more months. Just want to play for start till finish.
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make sure you enable dll calls.
[quote]Jasiu70 posted:
Implementation in MT4 is non of my targets. I try to access myfxbook api via javascript xmlhttprequest and have problems with HTTP access control (CORS). [/quote]
You can't use javascript cause you'll run into cross-domain issues (that's the errors you're getting), instead you need to use server side script like php/.net/java etc (you just need to invoke simple http url's and read the response - the most basic api possible)
@mothaya I think that's what Fibo meant...
[quote]pt49 posted:
Meanwhile the Philipnies, Arabs and Indians got a jump on us... dammit.[/quote]
what country you're from?
let the games begin :)
[quote]DrVodka posted:
nothing to do with forums .just open your eyes . there is plenty of offers , how do we know what u looking for ? some ppl looking for 10 % return some for 100 % return .some ppl want to invest 100 $ some 10 000 $ . dont blaim forum blaim yourself ..cheers[/quote]
exactly. if you want to find a good trader you must search on your own, otherwise any trader (good or bad) will see your question and will offer his services right away.
very good points Chikot, but don't forget the human factor - you should know who are you dealing with - you can ask for reviews of other users and have a quick chat with the trader to get a feel if he is honest or not.
i use different strategies, not so sucessful yet [smiley].
using scalping, swing trading and some breakouts.


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Monday, December 12, 2011 More items for Coating Materials
The world's No. 2 paint and coatings company has officially joined the hunt for the world's No. 1 pigment.
PPG Industries of Pittsburgh has announced a "global initiative" to stabilize and expand its supply of titanium dioxide—an issue critical to the company's maintaining its profit margins.
TiO2 has been in short supply globally for several years, and every indicator shows prices continuing to skyrocket.
Paint and coating manufacturers worldwide have been waging an uphill battle with the cost and supply of raw materials, led by TiO2, and research into TiO2 alternatives has become a front-burner issue across the industry.
Titanium dioxide has always been popular for its hiding, durability and whiteness properties. The shortage of recent years has been driven by sharply rebounding demand after several years of curtailed production, as well as fresh demand for its newer uses in anti-microbial and pollution-fighting applications.
Adding Capacity
In May, DuPont Chemical, the No. 1 global producer of titanium dioxide, announced that it would dramatically expand global production of the pigment. The company said it would invest more than $500 million to add production capacity in Mexico and upgrade five other manufacturing sites worldwide, ultimately adding about 770 million pounds of global capacity.
In June, AkzoNobel announced a partnership with a Chinese chemical company to build a new TiO2 plant in Qinzhou, China.
More Shortages, Price Hikes Ahead
In October, Merchant Research and Consulting, a chemical industry analyst, warned in a new market report that supplies of titanium dioxide had reached historically low levels, ensuring continuing price increases.
Titanium dioxide: 2011 World Market Outlook and Forecast up to 2016 noted that current pricing expectations were founded on low inventories of pigment at the beginning of painting season and on supply starved by investment for several years.
"Such tight conditions on titanium dioxide market would lead to rapid price escalation during 2012 and likely 2013," the study said. "Over the next several years, titanium dioxide producers and feedstock suppliers will escalate margins …"
'An Important Issue'
Last week, PPG announced that it, too, was taking major steps to address supplies of both sulfite-grade and chloride-grade TiO2.
At the company's annual capital markets meeting in New York, PPG's Chief Technology Officer, Dr. Charles F. Kahle II, announced an initiative "with multiple global suppliers" to "secure and enhance" PPG's TiO2 supply.
"Escalating and volatile pricing for titanium dioxide has been an important issue for PPG," said Kahle, who also heads Coatings R&D for the company. "PPG possesses intellectual property and expertise in the production and finishing of titanium dioxide pigment, and we intend to leverage this and engage with potential partners to develop innovative supply solutions."
PPG previously manufactured chloride titanium dioxide at its chemical plant in Natrium, WV.
The TiO2 project may include technical collaborations, joint ventures, licensing, technical assistance or other commercial initiatives, Kahle said.
Reduce, Replace, Supply
As with other coatings companies, part of PPG's TiO2 strategy is to wean some of its products from the pigment.
In a PowerPoint presentation, Kahle said the company was evaluating latex spacer technology and the use of hollow latex particles to reduce its reliance on titanium dioxide. Working internally and with external suppliers, PPG is working to replace some uses of TiO2 with other technologies.
The issue is critical to PPG's profit margin maintenance, the presentation notes.
Titanium dioxide is not the only global chemical sourcing project that PPG is pursuing, Kahle's presentation showed. The company is also pursuing key sourcing initiatives for liquid epoxy resin, fluoropolymers (PVDF) and melamine.
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