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The Oxford Handbook of Entrepreneurship.
Mark Casson, Bernard Yeung, Anuradha Basu and Nigel Wadeson
Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 89 [pounds sterling], 808pp, 2006.
Both an important reference work in the field of entrepreneurship research and a handbook, this volume has a number of difficult challenges to meet. First, it must be inclusive enough to be valuable to the researcher and serve as an early resource to help identify key concepts and citations. Second, it must also be somewhat discriminating because the actual breadth of a field such as entrepreneurship is so wide that a handbook could require a couple of thousand of pages of text. Handbooks therefore have to help the researcher, and especially the less seasoned academic, determine what is important. For the most part Casson and his associates do succeed in meeting these challenges. Their book is a worthwhile addition to libraries for the doctoral student or even the experienced entrepreneurship researcher. As Casson himself notes, however, this volume is weak in covering research methods and analysis of entrepreneurship research. Here he points us towards Acs and Audretsch (2003), Handbook of Entrepreneurial Research as a companion volume.
In order to be as comprehensive as practical, to keep the various chapter authors on track with a common conception of entrepreneurship, and to reduce the redundancy that could plague an effort such as this, the Handbooks' editors did two noteworthy things. First, they issued a White Paper that helped define entrepreneurship and guide the chapter authors' approach. Second, they had an author's conference to discuss the papers among each other. This process serves the volume well, since the approaches employed are consistent and there is little repetition among the chapters.
The book is divided into seven parts comprising 27 separate chapters. The parts are: Theory and History, Small Firms, Innovation, Finance, Employment, Self-employment and Buyouts, Social and Cultural Aspects, and lastly Spatial and International Dimensions. Although the content has a tendency to focus more on economic work than from the field of management studies, and more on British sources than European or North American, the chapters still have much to offer. There are few references to the entrepreneurial experience in Asia, African or Latin America.
Chapter 27 on Entrepreneurship in transition economies by Saul Estrin, Klaus E. Meyer, and Maria Bytchkova offers a rigorous review of the issues of entrepreneurship in the communist transition to capitalist, proto-capitalist, and pseudo-capitalist models. They note the importance that the differential reform processes in each economy took on the final result. Entrepreneurship manifests itself in different ways in each economy, yet the share of the private economy in each former communist country skyrocketed in the period 1989-2001. The differences in the initial conditions, the speed and consistency of the process, and the legal/managerial implementation of the reform process produced assorted outcomes. And why not? If, as the authors note, each new business is an economic experiment, then similarly, each new reform is also an experiment.
The chapter also points out what I may call 'green field' entrepreneurship has proven to be more successful, robust, and growth-oriented than the privatisation efforts of state reformers. The new ventures created by entrepreneurs--taking risk, making judgmental decisions, creating organisations and reaping profits by absorbing uncertainty--were better suited to the transition than the state-owned enterprises that attempted to reconfigure themselves to meet the new market realities. Too often the privatisation efforts were thwarted by political manoeuvring, corruption and self-dealing, a lack of flexibility, and the wrong incentives. However, much effort by academics and political elites went into trying to make effective privatisation policy only to be subverted by real entrepreneurs, foreign and domestic.
After introducing the topic, Estrin and his colleagues focus directly on the nature of entrepreneurship in the transition economies. They review the functions of and barriers to entrepreneurship in these economies. An exploration of the patterns of entrepreneurship follows. This will help the researcher customise their research for the particular country or economy to be studied. A summary of the attributes of the 'new entrepreneur' follows. The chapter ends with a review of entrepreneurial strategies. As in the Introduction to the book, Estrin et al. concludes that the networking strategy of the entrepreneur and firm are critical strategic elements. For although frequently cast in a competitive framework, the entrepreneur requires the cooperation of many other actors in order to produce a product or service before it even gets to the market.
Sometime in the future the Estrin chapter will require revision because we are observing more transitions than just the one from communism to capitalism. In the past we have observed the transitions from feudal to modern economies in both Europe and Japan. We are currently immersed in the transition from regional to global economies, religious to secular economies (and vice versa) and industrial to post-industrial economies. What lessons we could learn if we paid some attention.
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Omar Ha-Redeye is a legal academic and Toronto lawyer with a focus on civil litigation, employment, and labour law. He has significant background in various areas of health law, including personal injury, medical malpractice, occupational health and safety, and health policy, and various areas of reputation management, such as online defamation, crisis communications, public relations. His work in employment and labour relations usually focuses on workplace disputes and practices in the health care setting. His office is based out of Fleet Street Law, a legal incubator in Toronto.
He teaches law and ethics at Ryerson University and is an instructor at Centennial College and Seneca College. Dozens of paralegal, law clerk, and office administration students complete their internship under Omar at Garfin Zeidenberg LLP every year, including Ontario law students completing a recognized program through their law school.
Omar is active in the local bar, and is the immediate past Co-Chair of the Young Lawyers Division (Toronto) of the Ontario Bar Association (OBA). He has sat on the Board of Directors and is a Council Member for the OBA.
In 2011 he was named one of the top 12 social media influencers practicing law in Canada. He was presented the Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2013 by the Governor General for his contributions to society and professional achievements.
Omar is a regular blogger with legal websites such as Slaw, and is frequently contacted by the media. He has several publications in the areas of health law, online reputation, and labour law. He is repeatedly invited to judge legal competitions for law students across North America.
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Omar Ha-Redeye is a graduate (Juris Doctor) of the law program at the University of Western Ontario. He won or placed in more than half of Western Law's oral advocacy competitions, making the finals in all of the school's upper-year appellate moots. He has received numerous awards for advocacy, including the Patricia DeGuire Cup for Best Oralist in the Koskie Minsky LLP Diversity Moot, the Justice C.D. Stewart Trophy for best team in the Lerners LLP Cup, and winner of the Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Client Counselling Competition.
During his time in law school he published with Oxford University Press (ISBN 9780195560558), CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group) (ISBN 9781439821299), and the Windsor Review of Legal and Social Issues (Vol. 1, No. 1, April 2010). He also spoke at a number of professional venues while studying law, including at the United Nations, to a diplomatic delegation from China, as well as several academic conferences and post-secondary institutions.
Omar is one of the few law students in Canada to participate in multiple law exchange programs with other universities internationally, including partnerships with the University of Toronto, Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Whittier Law School, Bar-Ilan University, Baylor University, and Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara. He received two international CALI Excellence for the Future Awards in academic achievement for the highest performance in law courses in the holocaust and genocide and religious legal systems.
He was actively involved in his law school community, holding the role of President of the Black Law Students Association (BLSA), the Health Law Association, and the Mature Students Club. As Magister of Rand Inn he lead Western Law's chapter of Phi Delta Phi (ΦΔΦ), an international legal fraternity. He founded the Western Law Review Association, a group dedicated to establishing the Western Journal of Legal Studies, and created the largest law school blog and podcast in Canada at Law is Cool.
Omar is currently completing an Masters in Law (LLM) part-time at Osgoode Hall Law School.
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Prior to law school, Omar began his clinical career in Nuclear Medicine in the U.S. While working at a veteran institution in the U.S., he began his research into radiological hazards. He continued working in the field of nuclear medicine for a major health care system, before taking on various administrative roles in the areas of emergency management.
He completed an additional degree in health administration, where he graduated as the only student in his class with honours, and was presented the Dennis Mock Student Leadership Award for community involvement. After finishing a certificate in corporate communications & public relations he worked briefly in communications for a provincial cabinet member.
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The event is set to begin October 22 at 12 p.m. Pacific, and will run until October 29 at the same time. "This week the Lab will see the return of Lead Uncharted 3 Multiplayer Designer Robert Cogburn's first Block Mesh Map," the developer wrote on it official blog. "If you didn't get a chance to play it when it was first released, it's a ton of fun. Check it out."
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The late Vazhakkunnam Neelakantan Namboodiripad, the patriarch of magic in the State, could not have been paid a better tribute than a visual commemoration in the form of a documentary produced by his disciple.
`Prof. Vazhakkunnam, born in an orthodox Namboodiri `illam' at Thiruvegappura, near Pattambi,' is considered to be the `guru' of magic by contemporary magicians like Gopinath Muthukad.
The 12-minute `Manthrika Muthachan,' presented by Muthukad's Magic Academy that was screened at the Press Club here on Thursday, captures the life and the art practised by the legendary magician.
"We, the contemporary magicians, are indebted to Prof. Vazhakunnam for his efforts to bring the magic show from the streets to the public stage," said Muthukad. The docu-fiction based on the life of a magician, was perhaps, the first such endeavour in the country, he said.
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The docu-fiction tracks the transformation of a boy, enthralled by the sleight of hand of a magician who had performed at the `illam' into a magician of versatility.
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Muthukad told reporters that the documentary would be released at Thalassery on February 9 in connection with the 24th Vazhakkunnam Smaraka Yugami All-Kerala Magic Show at Sangamam Auditorium.
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Comparing Carbon Calculators part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Teaching with Data:Examples
Carbon calculators, no matter how well intended as tools to help measure energy footprints, tend to be black boxes and can produce wildly different results, depending on the calculations used to weigh various ...
Poleward Heat Transport Jigsaw part of Cutting Edge:Hurricanes-Climate Change Connection:Activities
Based on great plate tectonic exercise by Sawyer et al. (2005 JGE), this small-group exercise with maps of data about earth's energy balance helps students visualize poleward heat transport.
Calculation of your personal carbon footprint part of Cutting Edge:Energy:Energy Activities
This worksheet walks the students through the steps for calculating their personal carbon footprint. Additionally it helps them consider options for reducing their carbon footprint and the potential costs of those ...
Mock Environmental Summit part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Role Playing:Examples
At the end of a six-week class or unit on global warming, students role-play representatives from various countries and organizations at an international summit on global warming. -
Runaway Greenhouse Effect Exercise part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Role Playing:Examples
This site has a collection of role-playing exercises that provide the students with equations and data to use in collaborative problem-solving. -
Confirmation of the IPCC Prediction re: Increased Storminess part of Cutting Edge:Hurricanes-Climate Change Connection:Activities
A two-part culminating activity for a meteorology/climatology unit in an Earth Science course centered upon data acquisition and analysis regarding the confirmation of the IPCC predicition regarding increased ...
Exercise 5: The human impact of sea level changes, plus extensions to impacts of other natural events on human populations part of Cutting Edge:GIS and Remote Sensing:Activities2
Barbara and David Tewksbury, Hamilton College Summary In this eight-part exercise, students download NOAA high resolution bathy/topo DEMs and TIGER census data to predict the location of shorelines, the extent of ...
Atmospheric Carbon: Can We Offset the Increase? part of Cutting Edge:Courses:Oceanography:Activities
This activity lets students discover first hand how the big issues in climate change – here, the increase in atmospheric CO2 and the utility of carbon offsets – can be understood through measurement, ...
El NiÃo and Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions in the Tropical Pacific part of Cutting Edge:Courses:Oceanography:Activities
This activity investigates the oceanographic and climatic characteristics of El NiÃo/La NiÃa (ENSO) events using observational data from moored ocean buoys in the tropical Pacific Ocean. Data are obtained from ...
What Should We Do About Global Warming? part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Role Playing:Examples
This module contains an 8-lesson curriculum to study greenhouse gases and global warming using data and visualizations. The students will summarize the issue in a mock debate or a presentation. -
Is There a Trend in Hurricane Number or Intensity? part of Cutting Edge:Topics:Hurricanes-Climate Change Connection:Activities
This lab guides students through an examination of the hurricane record to determine if there is a trend in hurricane intensity over the past 40 years and introduces some issues related to statistics and ...
Global Temperatures part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Teaching with Data:Examples
Students analyze the global temperature record from 1867 to the present. Long-term trends and shorter-term fluctuations are both evaluated. -
Northwest Passage part of Cutting Edge:Enhance Your Teaching:Teaching Methods:Teaching with Google Earth:Examples
An investigation of changes in polar regions using Google Earth.
Weather Map Assignment part of Cutting Edge:Introductory Courses:Activities
This assignment assesses how well students are able to record and synthesize basic meteorological data.
Predicting Weather and Understanding Weather Systems part of Cutting Edge:Introductory Courses:Activities
The assignment gives students to the opportunity to bring together everything that they have learned in 7 weeks of atmospheric processes and meteorology to try to predict weather conditions.
Timeline of the Early Earth part of Cutting Edge:Online Teaching:Activities for Teaching Online
Students assemble timelines of the early evolution of Earth's atmosphere, lithosphere, biosphere, and hydrosphere by examining data from Archean rocks and minerals.
Forecasting Lake Effect Snow in Lake Superior region part of Cutting Edge:Hurricanes-Climate Change Connection:Activities
This exercise is designed to present the realistic problems of forecasting weather. Lake effect snows are hard to forecast because they depend on information that isn't part of the regular set of information ...
Climate Change and Atlantic Hurricanes: A GIS Inquiry part of Cutting Edge:Hurricanes-Climate Change Connection:Activities
Students make hypotheses about how hurricane numbers, locations, or intensities have been changing, and then use hurricane tracks, wind speed, barometric pressure, and dates to test their hypotheses.
Tropical Cyclones, Sea Surface Temperature, and Beyond part of Cutting Edge:Hurricanes-Climate Change Connection:Activities
The activity will use historical data of sea surface temperature and tropical cyclone origin and/or tracks to identify trends. Students use Arc GIS to explore projected SST changes and predict areas where tropical ...
Mapping Hurricanes - Working with Digital Vector and Raster Data Sets part of Cutting Edge:GIS and Remote Sensing:Activities2
Scott White, Fort Lewis College Summary This lab exercise shows students how to create a map of the track and winds of a hurricane. Hurricane Jimena from 2009 is examined using both vector and raster data. Context ...


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Birthday greetings for the month of April go out to: Denise Crom, Leverne Tanis, Makenzie Ohe, Calab Coston, Jim McCarthy, Megan Peterson, Michelle Muller, Jordan Ray, Eric Ulrich, Sharon Page, Lee Shearer, Annette Hunter, Tara Konberg, Jean Dyer, Joan Taylor, Steve Ingram, Josh Malcom, Ted Kassahn, Julie Mattox, Gary Shook, Shawn Spani, Todd Gutierrez, Gabriel Gutierrez, Teri Foster, Jim Rotelli, Cat Ulrich, Greg Burns, Cleo Wilson, Gayle Diltz, Ember Harris and Michele Sturtevant.
Congratulations go out to the winners of the Oak Summit Lodge #112 Free and Accepted Masons essay contest. The winners received savings bonds. Sixth grader winners were: First-Jocelyn Burke, Second-Alondra Machado and Third-Jenna Armario. Seventh Grade winners were: First-Katherine Schwandt and Third-Salvador Limon. Eighth Grade winners were: First-Kaeli Sturtevant, Second-Erick Ramirez and Third-Cleo Wilson. Congratulations on your good writing!
Welcome to the Knights Ferry area Richard and Leta Lutz.
At the MAC meeting held last Thursday, Supervisor O'Brien spoke on the release of prisoners to the local facilities. The State is funding this now but may not if the tax bill does not pass in November. The criminals that are coming into the Stanislaus County facility are non-violent and non-sexual offenders. Fish and Wildlife passed out fishing regulations for the Stanislaus River and spoke on the public meeting that was held in the Ferry. They plan to go ahead with the side channel restoration in the Army Corp Park below the covered bridge. The California Highway patrol commented ...
Emma Morales, Orange Blossom 4-H Reporter says the poppies the club planted along the North Canyon trail above the Covered Bridge are popping up. Also, the club members met at the Odd Fellows Hall to clean up the inside and outside of the building (the club meets there). The members weeded around the building and community garden and pruned plants and trees. Two truckloads of brush were disposed of as well as one truckload of garbage.
Congratulations go out to these Knights Ferry Students for their award of good citizenship: Levi Dickens, Aubrey Mendonca, Carter Sturtevant, Deagan Sweet, Ben Cassinetto, Jackson Ault, Breanna Banks, Dylan Anderson, Tate Cassaretto, Ember Harris, Natalie Barton, Presley Wilson, Matthew Wolf, Lenin Palafox, Ian Carroll, Mikali Willis, Angel Limon, Austin Santillo, Rilyn Cassaretto, Eden Cassinetto, Julia Nilsson, Shawn Spani, Ray Patton, Jenna Armario, Mariah Loomis, Shaela Borba, Salvador Limon, Harrison Ault, Cleo Wilson, Kaeli Sturtevant and Marina Braaton. Keep up to good work!
Welcome to the world Allison Grace Blanc, born February 10th to Lydia and Kevin. Proud Knights Ferry Grandmother is Nancy Redden. Happy to have a sister is Samantha Blanc. Welcoming their new cousin are Colton Redden, Kylie, Remington, Cadance and Gage Ryland.
Congratulations go out to Nathan Van Ryn for his many medals at the Oakdale High School Academic Decathlon.
Birthday greeting for the month of February go out to: Melissa Holcomb, Rylie Pena, Bob Muller, Steve Feichter, Makena Mendonca, River McCarthy, Jaycee Harden, John Pfefferle, Salvador Limon, Shaela Borba, Brendan Finn, Ed Cassinetto, Bill Telfair, Bernie Foster, Tim Hudelson, Ed Viohl, Anna Shulz, Holly Hixon, Heaven Tucker, Dylan Anderson, Olivia Doshas, Mikali Willis, Matthew Wolf, Lily Sturtevant and Kennith Henthorn.
Bernard and Teri Foster and daughter Bridgette have returned from spending some time in England. Bridgette attended the British Education Teaching and Technology conference. They stayed at a Manor House, Berrington Court in Somerset.
The Knights Ferry School First and Second Graders went to CSUS in Turlock to see the play "Puss N Boots". River McCarthy liked when the troll fought with the cat. Alek Barton liked when the ogre turned into a mouse. Grace Harden enjoyed the actors screaming at each other. Vincent Peterson, Ben Cassinetto and Degan Sweet all liked the fight scene and Puss won!
Glad to see the rain! The plants also were happy to be watered. If there is enough snow this coming month (Feb.) the Knights Ferry 5th –8th grades can go skiing!
Birthday greetings for the month of January go out to: Heather Wright, Sean McCarthy, Barbara Burroughs, Kevin Burns, Heather Brockman, Wayne Largent, Sherron McCarthy, Jonathan Amaral, Amy Simons, Alexis Arias, Logan Martinelli, Angel Limon, Kaeli Sweet, Jocelyn Burke, Madison Page, Shaye Spani, Trenton Foster, Ric Feichter, Joe Murray, Larry Bell, Sam Page, Matthew Boyer, Elijah Elting, Maribel Limon, Benjamin Cassinetto, Mitzy Collantes, Brooks Bonde, Rhiannon Hawthorn, Heather Voortman, Hayden Durham, Carson Sundberg, Aubrey Harris and Katherine Ramirez.
Rhiannon and Grandma and Grandpa Linda and Ken Morris attended the first Kings game against the Bulls. This was Rhiannon's first Kings' game. She said it was awesome! She also liked the dancing teams at halftime.
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Knights Ferry School went to Gratton School for a Spelling Bee. Those attending were: 2nd grade-Lily Sturtevant and Jenna O'Neil, 3rd grade-Trent Esteves, Carson Sundberg and Gracie Anderson, 4th grade-River McCarthy, Mason O'Neil and Grace Harden, 5th grade-Luke Dickens, Dakota Voortman and Hayden Cassaretto, 6th grade-Dean Dodge, Olivia Doshas and Jude Krick, 7th grade-Braden Sousa and Matthew Wolf, 8th grade-Tyden Baker, Wyatt Dickens and Dayne Sturtevant. Congratulations go out to River McCarthy on placing third!
Birthday greeting for the month of April go out to: Denise Crom, Makenzie Ohe, Calab Coston, Jim Mc McCarthy, Megan Peterson, Michelle Muller, Jordan Ray, Eric Ulrich, Sharon Page, Lee Shearer, Jean Dyer, Joan Taylor, Steve Ingram, Ted Kassahn, Julie Mattox, Gary Shook, Barbara Hudelson, Teri Foster, Jim Rotelli, Cat Ulrich, Greg Burns, Gayle Diltz, Michelle Sturtevant, Pat Johnson, Maya Camara, Charlee Birdsong, Weston Sundberg and Julian Arias.
The first rattlesnake has been reported. Jill McPhee got one on her patio. Be cautious when outside!
Here it is another month already! There are a lot of things happening in the Ferry this month. April 2nd is the Knights Ferry Community Club dinner meeting at 6:30 p.m. at the clubhouse. April 4th is the Car Show with over 160 cars entered. The cars will all be around town, none on the other side of the river. There will be live entertainment, food, and T-shirts available. April 5th is Easter with sunrise services at the cross on Frymire's hill. April 8th the Garden Club is meeting at the cemetery at 10:00 a.m ...
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Volcanic Activity on Ulawun
April 30, 2013
Ulawun Volcano, on the island of New Britain, continued emitting a plume of ash and steam on May 31, 2006. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) flying onboard NASA's Aqua satellite took this picture the same day. The volcanic plume appears as a faint gray cloud snaking westward away from the volcano. Bright white clouds also hover over the area. Credit: NASA image created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data obtained from the Goddard Earth Sciences DAAC.
Topics: Environment, Stratovolcanoes, Volcanology, Geology, Ulawun, Distributed Active Archive Center, Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, Aqua, Volcanic ash, Volcano, Io, National Aeronautics and Space Administration


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MARIA Shriver is returning to her career roots - professionally at least.
The 55-year-old mother of four, who recently filed for divorce from husband Arnold Schwarzenegger after learning that he fathered a child with their former housekeeper, might have spent much of the last decade as the First Lady of California but she's ready to get back to work, turning interviewer for Los Angeles magazine.
In the decades before her action-hero other half ran for political office, Shriver was a high-profile TV news reader.


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From The CriticsReviewer:Fong Wong, BSD, DDS, MSD(University of Florida College of Dentistry)
Description:This updated edition of a book covering removable partial denture prosthodontics provides many relevant photographs and illustrations to aid in understanding. The previous edition was published in 1992.
Purpose:The purpose is to provide students and practitioners with a basic understanding of all aspects of removable partial denture therapy and then apply these concepts in a clinical situation. These are worthy objectives, and the book presents students and practitioners with the theoretical understanding of removable partial denture prosthodontics and then applies this knowledge in a clinical situation. The book definitely meets the objectives.
Audience:The book is written for students, residents, and practitioners. The authors are credible authorities on this subject.
Features:There are many visual aids that are very effective in delivering the information. For example, the design of the removable partial dentures is illustrated and demonstrated with an actual metal framework on a stone model and exact drawings of designs on the stone models. There are also color photographs of design and survey in chapter 7; clinical photographs of procedures with patients and without patients; and demonstrations of laboratory procedures. The area of maxillofacial prosthodontics deserves a general introduction, but this topic is not included.
Assessment:Overall, the authors suggest techniques and opinions that are based on currently accepted prosthodontic practice. The book is well written and the text is accompanied by many colorand black-and-white illustrations of good clarity, an improvement from the previous edition.


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The models get tested at a commercial shoot to do ridiculous requests with a fake director played by comedian Reggie Watts. At a "flawsome" photo shoot, which highlights flaws to show they are beautiful, one of the models can't focus because of a fight between the girls and the guys in the house.
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Barchi said that Hermann underwent a "rigorous" vetting process.
According to the Star-Ledger, Hermann remained at the University of Tennessee in a different position for a short period of time after her players confronted her. She eventually left to become an assistant to the athletic director at the University of Louisville -- a post she held until she was selected as the Rutgers athletic director.
In April, Rutgers fired then athletic chief Tim Pernetti after an ESPN report revealed that basketball coach Mike Rice shoved, kicked and berated players with racial and sexual slurs. Rice was also shown the door.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said over the weekend that he wanted to gather more information about Hermann's tenure at Tennessee and the accusations made by her former players.
Citing Hermann's responses in the Star-Ledger, one Christie source told ABC News, "Her answers were hard to buy. It's hard to see how she weathers this storm."


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Myanmar jailing of reporters sends 'wrong message': US
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States on Friday condemned tough jail terms handed down on five Myanmar journalists for publishing a story about an alleged chemical weapons factory.
State Department spokesman Jen Psaki said Washington was concerned about the jail terms of 10 years with hard labor given to reporters from the Unity Weekly News under the former junta-run country's official secrets act.
"The sentence sends the wrong message about Burma's commitment to freedom of expression, including for the press," Ms Psaki said, using Myanmar's former name.
"The Burmese government has made tremendous progress in the last three years, working to develop an environment conducive to free, fair, independent media," she told reporters.
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Peabody award–winning journalist Andrea Bernstein is Senior Editor for Politics & Policy for WNYC News. She has previously served as Metro Editor, Political Director, Director of Transportation Nation, and Senior Reporter.
(Andrea Bernstein, Transportation Nation) Five bus routes that were cut last June will get private commuter vans beginning Monday. Three of the routes (the B71, B23, and B39) are in Brooklyn and two Q74 and Q79) in Queens. The private commuter vans are a bit of a gambit for the New York City Taxi and Limosine Commission, which is trying to fill part of the hole left by the bus cuts. So called "dollar vans" --which will actually cost $2 (no metrocards accepted) are privately run, and will pick up passengers at some of the cut bus stops -- and drop off anywhere along the routes. They'll help knit together some communities which otherwise can't be traversed with public transportation, or that aren't served by subways.
The NYC Transport Workers Union had initially opposed the vans, then said it would run it's own, then dropped the idea.
Dollar vans are popular in parts of the Caribbean and in third world locales that don't have public transportation.
More, and a map, from WNYC.
Wonder if the drivers will be playing kompa & dancehall or adjust accordingly to Park Slope by playing Dave Matthews Band
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According to the Chamber's records, 186 companies have relocated to Austin or added a presence in the city since 2004, in industries that range from biotechnology to solar energy to social networking. Just this year, Facebook picked Austin as the location of its first major office outside of California.
"Well-educated cities and globally-linked cities have done well in this downturn. They have workforces that are less likely to get laid off," said Lang.
The report says that improving Las Vegas' low rate of college degrees from 22 percent of adults would be crucial in helping diversify the city's economy. But Brown said that although having a more educated population could help Las Vegas from being hit so hard in future economic downturns, he doesn't think it's as crucial to the city's recovery from this recession - which he says will just come as the nation recovers. He noted that cities like Rio de Janeiro, which were ranked in the top ten on the Brookings list, weren't well-known for their educated populations.
Berube said that the service-based economies of many U.S. cities require their workforce to be more highly educated.
"The value of educational attainment depends on what state of development your city or nation is in," he said. "If you're in a lower income place, and a lot of what you do is commodities, it's not as important to have a highly educated population."
Ten Cities With Worst 2009-2010 Economic Performance
1. Dublin, Ireland
2. Dubai, United Arab Emirates
3. Barcelona, Spain
4. Thessaloniki, Greece
5. Las Vegas, United States
6. Valencia, Spain
7. Riga, Latvia
8. Johannesburg, South Africa
9. Madrid, Spain
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Psalm 38; Isaiah 6: 1-13; John 7: 53-8: 11
This is a troubling passage for the commissioning of a prophet, despite the popularity of the first half of it for ordination services. Isaiah is sent to proclaim the destruction of the kingdom of Judah to people who will not comprehend God's message. And for how long is Isaiah to do this? "Until cities lie waste." The destruction will be like a landscape burnt over with fire. "Even if a tenth part remain in it, it will be burned again."
Who wants to preach a message of destruction to a community that is about to be totally razed?
And yet, the promise of growth out of utter destruction is found: "The holy seed is its stump." Out of the charred landscape will emerge new life.
The coming of Jesus Christ shows that all of our best laid plans, all the ways of the world on their own will not amount to anything. In the end, everything will be consumed, whether by the grave and worms or by the fires of destruction, real or metaphorical. All we have depends on the work of God in Christ alone.
When we say, "Here I am send me," we allow ourselves to be the speakers of God's hard truth that is also God's grace. Nothing that we have ultimately is ours. All comes from God. Prepare the way of the Lord by letting go all that is destined for the fire.
O God, when you call us, give us strength
Dr. Daniel Joslyn-Siemiatkoski
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Dr. Joslyn-Siemiatkoski joined the seminary faculty in Fall 2014 following his tenure since 2005 on the faculty at Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley, California. His areas of interest include Jewish-Christian history, the history of Anglican ecclesiology, and contemporary interfaith dialogue. He is the author of Christian Memories of the Maccabean Martyrs and is currently working on A Christian Commentary of Mishnah Avot. He has published in journals such as Anglican Theological Review and Anglican and Episcopal History. He will teach History of Christianity I and II and offer electives in his areas of expertise. Dan and his wife Jennifer have two children.
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Executive Committee of the American Institute of Physics
Minutes of Meeting
March 14, 1952
Present: George R. Harrison (Chairman), Gaylord P. Harnwell, J. C. Steinberg
Absent: G. B. Pegram, H. K. Schilling
Staff: Henry A. Barton, Wallace Waterfall, B. H. Goodfriend
1. Minutes:
The minutes of the meeting of December 6, 1951 were approved as circulated.
2. Financial Report for 1951:
The Secretary presented the summary report of operations for 1951 showing net income to the Institute for that year of $44,623.67 (copy attached) and explained the reasons why the actual performance for the year was better than had been budgeted. The biggest single difference was due to considerably better revenue from advertising than had been anticipated. However, all items on the summary turned out better than budgeted, including PHYSICS TODAY and the other three Institute journals.
3. Authorization of Signatures for Account at Irving Trust:
Mr. Waterfall explained that the Institute has a small account with the Irving Trust Company and that it would be desirable to make the same arrangements with Irving Trust that the Institute now has with Bankers Trust. At present only Messrs. Pegram, Barton, and Vorburger are authorized to sign checks on the account at Irving Trust. Accordingly, it was moved, seconded, and carried that there be required a double signature on all checks on the Irving Trust account, that Messrs. Pegram, Barton, Waterfall, Vorburger, and Miss Setze be authorized to sign checks, and that the resolution required by the bank to effect this (copy attached to official minutes) be adopted.
4. Report of Finance Committee:
In the absence of the Treasurer, Mr. Barton reported on the meetings which had been held with members of the Finance Committee. It was agreed that the subject should be held over for a more complete report and discussion at the Governing Board meeting.
It was the consensus of the Executive Committee that since the Institute has been trying to get sufficient funds to promote physics and that since this has been accomplished to some extent during the year 1951, the Institute should now consider sending PHYSICS TODAY to all members of the Institute in 1953. The Director presented estimates of the cost of sending PHYSICS TODAY to all Institute members indicating that, with reasonable luck, this may now be accomplished without incurring an overall Institute deficit. After considerable discussion, the following motions were made, seconded, and carried:
MOVED that a reserve fund of $35,000 be set up in anticipation of sending PHYSICS TODAY to all Institute members, beginning January 1953.
MOVED that, beginning January 1953, PHYSICS TODAY be sent to all members of the Institute.
It was understood that some study will be necessary and possible some changes made in the non-member subscription rate to PHYSICS TODAY in order to work out the most economical postage arrangement. The staff was instructed to make further studies of the financial picture and report later.
6. Contribution of Member Societies to the Support of the Institute:
The present basis on which the Member Societies contribute to the general operations of the Institute is set forth in an agreement between the Societies whereby the Governing Board is empowered to fix each year the percentage of Society dues receipts which shall be contributed to Institute support, the upper limit being fixed at 15%. For 1951 the contribution was 13%. For several years there has been some discussion about changing the basis of support to something approaching per capita dues so that societies having a high dues rate for support of a large volume of publication would not have to pay so much more per member than societies with a low dues rate. After discussion of a number of suggestions, the Executive Committee passed the following motions:
MOVED that the Executive Committee recommend that the Governing Board consider the following action.
That it be proposed to the Member Societies that the Constitution of AIP be amended by adding a new Article VI as follows:
Each Member Society shall pay annual dues to the Institute amounting either to a percentage of dues collected from its individual members in the preceding year, such percentage to be fixed by the Governing Board prior to September 1 of the preceding year at some figure not greater than 12%, or $1.00 per member, whichever is higher; and that the remaining articles of the Constitution be renumbered in order.
MOVED that the Governing Board consider the desirability of instructing the Executive Committee that, in the event the Societies amend the Constitution as suggested, the percentage of dues from the Societies be set at 10% for the year 1953. Otherwise, the percentage will be set at 13%.
MOVED that the Executive Committee suggest to the Governing Board that they rescind the earlier action of the Executive Committee setting the percentage for 1952 at 13% and retroactively set it at 10%.
7. Election of Student Sections:
Mr. Barton presented an application for a student section from the University of Minnesota. The application was approved.
8. Associate Editors for the JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS:
The Secretary reported that at the meeting on December 6 when Associate Editors for the other Institute journals were appointed, no recommendations had been received from the Editor of JCP for Associate Editors. Recommendations have now been received and the following Associate Editors were appointed for a term from January 1, 1952 to December 31, 1954.
- Theodore H. Berlin
- B. P. Dailey
- A. W. Lawson
- Harald H. Nielsen
- Harrison Shull
- Charles P. Smyth
- Frank H. Westheimer
The meeting was adjourned at 5:15 p.m.


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Kitsch is the new cool… if we'd say that, you'd probably laugh your head off! South Mumbai has, unquestionably, not been alien to stores that offer hand-crafted products, which harp on the quirk factor. And another name to be a part of this trend is 10am, a year-old (inception: August, 2013) creative zone that essentially is "a creative home décor, lifestyle accessories and personalised gifting company."
A venture by design enthusiast Anjali Malhotra, a Nepean Sea Road-resident (that's also where the 10am studio is based), this store didn't crop up as her next big idea post college. "After college, I worked with a PR/event management company and later switched to being a graphic designer at a publishing house. I always wanted to do something on my own. But I wasn't sure of what it would be back then," says Malhotra.
With an inclination towards art and craft since childhood, Malhotra quit her job to foray into a zone she was comfortable in. She adds, "I decided to make a couple of products and showcased them at a small exhibition in Pune. The response I received was amazing. That's when I knew I wanted to do this full time."
10am doesn't really sound like a name for a design store, right? We were curious enough! Malhotra explains, "Ever since I was a kid, I've played football. My jersey number has always been 10. And with my initials stating AM (Anjali Malhotra), I thought that 10am would be the perfect name for the studio."
Creating quirky everyday products like table lamps, glasses and bed tables, Malhotra also customises items for gifting purposes, apart from consulting on home décor products, as per client needs. Ranging from Rs. 350 to Rs. 3,000, you'll find everything from upcycled products to handcrafted goods like personalised cube lamps, rhythmic coasters, funky wall art, vintage clocks and more.
A classic example of youngsters quitting their regular 9-5s and striving to start something they're passionate about, Malhotra says, "While it was a huge risk, I was lucky to succeed. Youngsters today need a medium for self-expression and that can be done only by starting something on their own." And has Mumbai been instrumental in bringing about this creative wave? Agrees Malhotra, "Mumbai owns a level of freedom like no other city in India. And that, I feel, helps inspire creativity. With so many different people, each with a different story to share; this city is inspiring."


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Thank you, Sir. That looks really cool Dart!
It was a lot of fun to make, too!
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Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
|Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Theatrical release poster
|Directed by
|Sidney J. Furie
|Produced by
|Screenplay by
|Story by
|Based on
by Jerry Siegel
Joe Shuster
|Music by
|Alexander Courage
John Williams (themes)
|Ernest Day
|Edited by
|John Shirley
|Distributed by
|Warner Bros.
Release dates
Running time
|90 minutes[3]
|United States
|$17 million[2]
|Box office
|$15.6 million[4]
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace is a 1987 American superhero film directed by Sidney J. Furie. It is the fourth and final film in the original Superman film series.
This is the first film in this series not to be produced by Alexander and Ilya Salkind, but by Golan-Globus's Cannon Films, in association with Warner Bros. Gene Hackman returns as Lex Luthor, who creates an evil Solar-powered Superman clone called Nuclear Man.[5] Superman IV was neither a critical nor a box-office success and critics have put it in the category of worst films ever made. The film was the first American film in the series, the first being a UK/US co-production and the two sequels being entirely British.[6][7]
The series went on hiatus until 2006, when Superman Returns was released, which uses the first two films as backstory while ignoring the events of this film and its predecessor.[8]
Superman saves a spaceship of cosmonauts whose ship was thrown off course by debris, then visits his home-town of Smallville as Clark. Now that his adoptive parents have died, Clark has inherited their now-unattended farm. In an empty barn, he uncovers the capsule that brought him to Earth, and removes a luminescent green Kryptonian energy module. A recording left by his mother Lara (voiced by Susannah York) states that its power can be used only once. Unwilling to sell the farm to a mall developer, Superman returns to Metropolis.
Returning to the Daily Planet, Clark learns that the newspaper went bankrupt and has been taken over by David Warfield (Sam Wanamaker), a tabloid tycoon who fires Perry White and hires his own daughter Lacy (Mariel Hemingway) as the new editor. Lacy takes a liking to Clark and tries to seduce him. Clark agrees to go on a date with her. Following the news that the United States and the Soviet Union may engage in nuclear war, Clark is conflicted about how much Superman should intervene. After receiving a letter from a concerned schoolboy, Superman travels to the Fortress of Solitude to seek advice from the spirits of his Kryptonian ancestors. They recommend that he let Earth solve its own problems, or seek new worlds where war has been outlawed. After asking for advice from Lois Lane (Margot Kidder), Superman attends a meeting of the United Nations, announcing to the assembly that he will rid the planet of nuclear weapons. Various nations fire their nuclear warheads into space, which are collected by Superman into a giant net and then thrown into the sun.
Meanwhile, young Lenny Luthor (Jon Cryer) breaks his uncle Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman) out of prison. Returning to Metropolis, the pair steal a strand of Superman's hair from a museum, and create a genetic matrix which Lex attaches to a U.S. nuclear missile. After the missile is test launched, Superman intercepts it and throws it into the sun. A glowing ball of energy is discharged, which develops into a superhuman (played by Mark Pillow and voiced by Gene Hackman). This "Nuclear Man" makes his way back to Earth to find his 'father' Luthor, who establishes that while his creation is powerful, he will deactivate without Solar light. A vicious battle ensues between Luthor's creation and Superman. While saving the Statue of Liberty from falling onto New York, Superman is infected with radiation sickness by a scratch from Nuclear Man's radioactive claws. Nuclear Man kicks Superman into the distance with such strength that his cape is torn away.
To Lois' disgust, the Daily Planet (which has been reformatted as a tabloid newspaper) publishes the headline "Superman Dead?". Lois indicates a desire to quit and seizes Superman's recovered cape for herself. Lacy is also upset and reveals to Lois that she cares for Clark. Lois ventures to Clark's apartment where she proclaims her love for Superman. Felled by radiation sickness, Clark staggers to his terrace where he retrieves the Kryptonian energy module and attempts to heal himself. Having developed a crush on Lacy, Nuclear Man threatens mayhem if they are not introduced. The newly restored Superman agrees to take him to her to prevent anyone else from being hurt. Superman lures Nuclear Man into an elevator car, trapping him inside and then depositing it on the far side of the moon. As the sun rises, Nuclear Man breaks free due to a crack in the elevator doors and Superman is again forced to defend himself. At the end of the battle, it appears as though Superman has been defeated, and he is driven into the moon's surface by his opponent.
Nuclear Man forces his way into the Daily Planet and abducts Lacy. Superman frees himself from the moon's surface and pushes it out of its orbit, casting Earth into an eclipse which nullifies Nuclear Man's powers. Superman rescues Lacy, then recovers Nuclear Man and deposits him into the core of a nuclear power plant, destroying him. What had been Nuclear Man becomes electrical power for the entire electrical grid. Perry White secures a loan to buy a controlling interest in the newspaper, making David Warfield a minority shareholder and protecting the paper from any further takeovers. In a press conference, Superman declares only partial victory in his campaign, saying, "There will be peace when the people of the world want it so badly that their governments will have no choice but to give it to them". Superman also recaptures the fleeing Luthors. He places Lenny in Boys Town, telling the priest that Lenny has been under a bad influence, and returns Lex to prison.
- Christopher Reeve as Clark Kent / Superman[5]
- Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor, Voice of Nuclear Man[9]
- Jackie Cooper as Perry White
- Margot Kidder as Lois Lane[10]
- Marc McClure as Jimmy Olsen
- Jon Cryer as Lenny Luthor
- Sam Wanamaker as David Warfield
- Mark Pillow as Nuclear Man[9][11]
- Mariel Hemingway as Lacy Warfield
- Damian McLawhorn as Jeremy
- William Hootkins as Harry Howler
- Jim Broadbent as Jean Pierre Dubois
- Stanley Lebor as General Romoff
- Don Fellows as Levon Hornsby[12]
- Robert Beatty as U.S. President
- Susannah York as Voice of Lara
- Esmond Knight as 2nd Elder
Development and casting[edit]
In 1983, following the mixed-to-negative reaction to Superman III, Reeve and the producers, Alexander Salkind and his son Ilya, assumed that the Superman films had run their course.[13] Reeve was slated to make a cameo in 1984's Supergirl but was unavailable; the film was a box-office failure. Two years later, Ilya Salkind sold the Superman franchise to Golan & Globus of Cannon Films.[14]
According to Jon Cryer, who played Lex Luthor's nephew Lenny, Reeve had taken him aside just before the release and told him it was going to be "terrible". Although Cryer enjoyed working with Reeve and Gene Hackman, Cryer claimed that Cannon ran out of money during the production and ultimately released an unfinished movie.[15]
In Reeve's autobiography Still Me, he described filming Superman IV:
We were also hampered by budget constraints and cutbacks in all departments. Cannon Films had nearly thirty projects in the works at the time, and Superman IV received no special consideration. For example, Konner and Rosenthal wrote a scene in which Superman lands on 42nd Street and walks down the double yellow lines to the United Nations, where he gives a speech. If that had been a scene in Superman I, we would actually have shot it on 42nd Street. Dick Donner would have choreographed hundreds of pedestrians and vehicles and cut to people gawking out of office windows at the sight of Superman walking down the street like the Pied Piper. Instead, we had to shoot at an industrial park in England in the rain with about a hundred extras, not a car in sight, and a dozen pigeons thrown in for atmosphere. Even if the story had been brilliant, I don't think that we could ever have lived up to the audience's expectations with this approach.
Mark Rosenthal's DVD commentary pointed to this scene as an example of Cannon's budget slashing. According to Rosenthal, Reeve and director Furie begged to be able to film that sequence in New York in front of the real United Nations because everyone knew how they looked and the Milton Keynes setting looked nothing like them, but Cannon refused. According to Rosenthal, they were "pinching pennies at every step".
Superman's home in Smallville was actually built on farmland outside Baldock in North Hertfordshire.[citation needed]
Deleted footage[edit]
According to writer Mark Rosenthal's commentary on the 2006 DVD., in the gallery of deleted scenes included on the disc, there are approximately forty-five minutes of the film that have not been seen by the general public. They were deleted following a failed Southern California test screening. In fact, the Nuclear Man that appears in the film is actually the second Nuclear Man that Luthor created. Cut scenes featured the original Nuclear Man (portrayed by Clive Mantle) engaging Superman in battle outside the Metro Club and being destroyed by the Man of Steel.[9] The first Nuclear Man was somewhat more inhuman-looking than his successor, and vaguely resembled in looks, and significantly in personality, the comic book character Bizarro. Luthor postulates that this Nuclear Man was not strong enough, and hatches the plan to create the second Nuclear Man within Sol as a result.[16]
Not all deleted scenes made it to the deluxe edition of the DVD, including a scene depicting Clark Kent visiting the graves of his foster parents. This scene was to have preceded the film's theatrical scene where Clark returns to Smallville to meet the contractor in hopes of selling or leasing the Kent farm. A deleted scene about Lacy Warfield's and Clark Kent's romance, showing them dancing in a Metro Club, was also not released on disc.[17]
Box office[edit]
The film was released July 24, 1987, in the United States and Canada and grossed 5.6 million U.S. dollars on its opening week-end, playing in 1,511 theatres, ranking #4 at the box office.[8][18] It ended up with a total domestic gross of $15,681,020.[19]
Of the four Superman films starring Reeve, this one fared the worst at the box office, and the series went dormant for the following nineteen years.[2] Reeve regretted his decision to be involved in the film, saying "Superman IV was a catastrophe from start to finish. That failure was a huge blow to my career."[20] Plans were made to do Superman V, but they never came to fruition.[21] Reeve's 1995 paralysis made any further development of sequels involving him in the starring role impossible. Time Warner let the Superman feature film franchise go undeveloped until the late 1990s when a variety of proposals were considered, including several that would reboot the franchise with different versions of the characters and settings.
Critical reception[edit]
Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 12% of critics gave the film a positive review, with an average score of 2.9/10 based on 41 reviews. The consensus reads: "The Superman series bottoms out here: the action is boring, the special effects look cheaper, and none of the actors appear interested in where the plot's going."[22]
The movie received a poor review by Janet Maslin of The New York Times although she noted that Margot Kidder's portrayal of Lois Lane was "sexy, earnest".[23] It fared no better with Variety.[24] The Washington Post described it as "More sluggish than a funeral barge, cheaper than a sale at K mart, it's a nerd, it's a shame, it's Superman IV."[25] Several critics disliked the special effects.[26][27][28] In some cities, the film wasn't even screened for critics.[29] The film was voted in at number 40 on a list of 'The 50 Worst Movies Ever' by readers of Empire magazine.[30] It was also nominated for two Golden Raspberry Awards including Worst Supporting Actress for Mariel Hemingway (lost to Daryl Hannah for Wall Street) and Worst Visual Effects (lost to Jaws: The Revenge).[31]
Special powers[edit]
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This film shows the Man of Steel using powers which had never been shown before in the films. Superman restores part of the damaged Great Wall of China using energy beams from his eyes, apparently manipulating some kind of telekinetic power. This power was never ascribed to Superman in the comics, although General Zod possesses it (via finger beam) in Superman II; the issue was avoided altogether in the comic adaptation, where Superman repairs the Great Wall manually. Superman uses the same ability (minus the beam effect) during the street battle with Nuclear Man, when he lowers several suspended civilians and a policeman to the ground just by looking at them.
Comic book adaptation[edit]
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In late 1987, DC Comics prepared a comic book adaptation of Superman IV, scripted by Bob Rozakis and pencilled by Curt Swan and Don Heck. This edition included different dialogue than the movie and incidents from the deleted scenes of the movie. In place of a voice-over from Lara in the early scene involving Superman finding the mysterious crystal, there is a projection of Jor-El himself, much like in the first film. The comic book features a battle with the failed prototype of Nuclear Man resembling Bizarro and an around-the-world fight with the second Nuclear Man. The adaptation even has an alternate ending with Superman and Jeremy flying above Earth, observing that the planet is, in reality, just one world, rather than the divided world one sees on a man-made map. In the adaptation, Jeremy is seen in orbit with a space-suit but in the deleted footage he is not wearing any protection of any kind, like Lacy Warfield when she was rescued from the second Nuclear Man by Superman. The alternate ending appears in the Deluxe Edition DVD, incorporated in the deleted footage section.
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- ^ a b c Mills, Bart (1987-01-02). "And Now . . . Mighty 'Superman Iv' To The Rescue". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
- ^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=superman4.htm
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- ^ a b Arts, ' (1987-08-11). "Weekend Box Office". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
- ^ a b c Williams, Owen (2013-06-21). "What happened to Superman IV's Nuclear Man? - Yahoo Movies UK". Uk.movies.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
- ^ Beck, Marilyn (1986-06-26). "Margot Kidder Flies Back To Superman". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
- ^ Murphy, Steve (2001-06-14). "Superman IV: The Quest for Peace". IGN. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
- ^ "Superman IV: the Quest for Peace (1987)". NYTimes.com (The New York Times). Retrieved 30 January 2011.
- ^ "And Now . . . Mighty 'Superman Iv' To The Rescue - Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. 1987-07-27. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
- ^ "UGO's World of Superman — Superman Movies: Superman IV: The Quest For Peace". UGO Networks. 2006. Retrieved 2010-10-15.
- ^ "Jon Cryer takes your iReport questions". CNN.com. 2012.
- ^ Lentz, Harris M. (February 1989). Science fiction, horror & fantasy film and television credits supplement: through 1987. McFarland. p. 598. ISBN 978-0-89950-364-6. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
- ^ "Superman Homepage - Superman on Television". Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ "Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) - Weekend Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2008-04-03.
- ^ "Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2008-04-03.
- ^ Andersen 2008, p. 38.
- ^ Zink, Jack (1990-03-04). "Fifth Superman Movie In The Works". South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved 2010-10-16.
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- ^ "Superman IV: The Quest for Peace". Variety. 1987-01-01. Retrieved 2010-08-25.
- ^ Howe, Desson (1987-07-31). "'Superman IV: The Quest for Peace' (PG)". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
- ^ Patridge, Tim. "Superman IV: Special Effects Review". Superman Cinema. Dharmesh. Archived from the original on 2008-08-28. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
- ^ Russell, Candice (1987-07-25). "Superman IV Just Too Tired To Fly". South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
- ^ O'Hara, Helen; Plumb, Alastair; De Semlyen, Phil. "The 50 Worst Movies Ever". Empire. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
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- Andersen, Christopher (2008). Somewhere in Heaven: The Remarkable Love Story of Dana and Christopher Reeve. Hyperion.
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According to Dallas Police Maj. Max Geron, at about 2:50 a.m. on June 27, a citizen called to report the cats were impaled on a six-foot metal fence at an apartment complex in the 2900 block of Remond Drive.
Dallas Fire-Rescue cut off the tops of the fence posts to free the severely injured cats, but as they were preparing the felines for transport, one ran away and could not be located.
Dallas Animal Services took custody of the remaining cat, but it had to be euthanized due to the extent of its injuries.
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