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A 17-year-old juvenile was picked up Tuesday night near Grandview Subdivision on an old juvenile pick up order for contempt of court on previous charges. The juvenile is also considered a "person of interest" in the recent car breakins that have been reported in the Grandview area, said Cynthiana Police Chief Ray Johnson.
Johnson said there were four or five vehicle break-ins over the weekend.
The juvenile was taken into custody and will appear in juvenile court for a hearing on Thursday.
The surprising thing about starlings is that they are everywhere yet not from here. It's another story of one good intention going bad. Apparently in 1890, in honor of a Shakespeare festival in New York City's Central Park, 60 European starlings were released. The following year another 40 were released and today the bird is one of the most numerous species in North America.
The Harrison County Sheriff's Department made five arrests early Wednesday morning in a surprise round up.
Four of the arrests were drug related.
"We had been looking at some of these individuals for three to four months," Sheriff Bruce Hampton said. "This is a continuance from October's drug raid."
Hampton added that Wednesday's arrests will be followed by even more busts.
"If you sell drugs, I want you," he said.
Crystal Denise Wells, 35, and David Wayne Sibert, 36, married Dec. 3, 2009.
Crystal Lynn Brooks, 29, and Travis Allen Stroub, 28, married Nov. 26, 2009.
Retha Lynn Muntz, 49, and Kenneth Marazoff Jr., 55, married Dec. 19, 2009.
Sharon Jean Hunt, 42, and David Noble, 38, married Dec. 15, 2009.
Bailey Jordan Brown, 18, and Stephen Dale Hicks, 22, married Dec. 23, 2009.
Leona Jane Saylor, 18, and Chad Alen Herrington, 22, married Dec. 23, 2009.
Annie Gail Malara, 20, and Charles Henry Huff, 30, married Dec. 30, 2009.
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Berry City Commission will meet Thursday, Jan. 14 at 7 p.m., at Berry City Hall. The meetings are open to the public.
If Ptl. David Powers had but one regret with his law enforcement career, it would be that he didn't begin it soon enough.
Powers, 55, will be retiring from the Cynthiana Police Department this week. Thursday will be his last day.
He said the hiring process wasn't nearly as restrictive when he began in July 1989. Chief Robert Barkley put him on duty as an auxiliary police officer for a year.
"He did that to see if you could do the job," Powers said, naming off a number of his comrades who were hired in the same manner.
Alex Barnett has filed the necessary paperwork to seek re-election to the office of Harrison County Judge-Executive.
He is currently serving his first term as County Judge Executive.
Barnett lives on Mount Vernon Road where his family has farmed since 1790. He is married to Michelle and they have two children, Brandon, 17, and Ally, 14.
Barnett said that during his first term as county judge-executive, he has worked hard to improve the lives of all Harrison County residents.
It's Christmas and Amber Campbell, 18, is giving her older brother, Corey, 19, a gift.
And a kidney.
"From the day of his diagnosis, she said she wanted to do it," Amber and Corey's mom Jennifer said.
In April 2007, Brian and Jennifer knew something was wrong with their son.
"He raised his pants legs and showed me his legs," she said. "They were extremely swollen."
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Three former Harrison County residents were arrested Friday in Pendleton County in what officials there are calling a "trifecta" drug bust.
"We've had marijuana busts and prescription arrests here and there, and even meth arrests," said Pendleton County Sheriff Craig Peoples. "But, we've never had all three at the same time."
Peoples said Sharon Barnes and her son and daughter-in-law, Tyler and Stephanie Parrish Barnes, were arrested Friday around 2:45 p.m. following a week-long investigation.
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Ok, so my last post was about the spring conditions that we've enjoying for the past two weeks or so, blue skies and corn snow. Scratch that, reverse it, it's winter again. Actually it's now more winter than what I've ridden pretty much all season. Words don't really do it justice, just check out this gallery and get up and enjoy :
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A pretty uneven film, lurching from comedy to violence to sentiment, but it's best when it sticks in the realm of flat-out farce.
This is a deliberately off-kilter, cheerfully violent, hit-and-miss effort with just enough moments of inspiration to warrant a recommendation — especially if you know what you're getting into.
This isn't vintage De Niro but at least there's more substance here than in a lot of his other recent projects. Michelle Pfeiffer, who flirted with this sort of a role 25 years ago in "Married to the Mob," is enjoying something of a renaissance after working only sparingly for more than a decade.
Not known for subtlety, Besson gets the expected laughs, and then some. He also exercises an unwonted finesse, not only with the allusions, but also with variations on the "f" word that, if not poetic, are at least funny.
The Family is the rare breed of pitch-black comedy that effectively uses violence for laughs or gasps, depending on the situation.
It's at its best in the brief moments when Besson plunges into complete, comic-book-panel unreality, as in an early shot where a hitman in a black trenchcoat, black trilby hat, and black gloves emerges silencer-first from behind a wall of smoke. It's the rare occasion when you might wish a director were more over-indulgent.
The Family is a film at once strange and intriguing. It can't seem to settle on a tone. The early eruptions of violence are treated as slapstick when they are most assuredly not. But the climactic showdown, which fairly cries out for a touch of humor, is played as a tense and grim action sequence.
The movie has holes galore. It has abrupt tonal shifts, an incoherent back story and abandoned subplots. It doesn't even try for basic credibility. But buoyed by hot performances, it sustains a zapping electrical energy.
Sep 12, 2013You can be chuckling one minute then cowering and cringing the next, which tinges the humor with apprehension and taints the brutality with absurdity. That isn't to say that the combo doesn't work at all.
Sep 12, 2013It's a sadistic comedy, both in bloodshed and groan-worthy gags.
Their inside jape is unfortunately not as much fun for the audience as it may have been for the filmmakers, though it does have its piquant moments. But it's not consistently entertaining enough either as a spoof or as a thriller.
Robert De Niro – wait for it – in the role of a mobster. Now there's an original idea.
The Family is a fish-out-of-water/buddy comedy/Mob flick. But most of all, it's a missed opportunity.
Besson aims his movie at anyone who's ever held a grudge at an ill-mannered French waiter or clerk (haughty, and by the way, they'd NEVER condescend to speak to you in English). If that includes you, The Family has serves up a little wish-fulfillment payback, with a baseball bat.
Though it's good to see Michelle Pfeiffer married to the mob again, she alone can't redeem a lumbering farce that takes an unpleasantly sadistic glee in violence, murder and intimidation.
But Besson — by no means a bad filmmaker — has gotten rich off that kind of violence that upsets no one, least of all jaded international action audiences. He tries to have it both ways and fails some of cinema's most precious resources.
Curiously airless, weightless and tonally uncertain, the picture mixes mass murder, dismemberment and rape threats with sappy sentimentality, fish-out-of-water gags and groan-worthy meta-humor, yet very little of it manages to leave any impression.
Yes, The Family has skills. They're like "The Incredibles" — except they're heroes for sadists and sociopaths only.
Remember when Robert De Niro was an interesting actor? These days his talent, like his character in The Family, is in the witness protection program, never to be seen again.
After the movie limps along for an hour and a half, Besson suddenly switches gears and does what he does best.
Sep 12, 2013There isn't a single genuinely sharp sequence in the entire movie. The casting of Robert De Niro as an ex-Mafioso hiding in witness protection is witty in only the silliest, most superficial way. It's a joke with its own tinny, built-in laugh track.
A film whose only distinguishing characteristic is how big a mess it makes of its already meager ambitions.
The Family is ultimately a headache, nearly two hours of baseball bat beatings and dull witticisms, with zero inventiveness or energy.
Robert De Niro does further damage to a reputation much battered by "The Big Wedding."
Nov 19, 2013The film's sole saving grace is Tommy Lee Jones's amusingly cranky FBI agent, but he can't save this ship from sinking.
Director Luc Besson treats his protagonists as likable cartoons yet never provides a single reason to view them as anything less than remorseless, repugnant psychos.
It's too bad we can't take a hit out on The Family. This unexciting, unfunny would-be action satire is filled with Italian-American stereotypes, decades-old TV-style Mafia cliches, bits of business that never amount to anything and actors so much better than the hoary, one-joke material.
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Sep 18, 2013My review is going to be very short because this movie doesn't deserve a lot of analysis. This movie was billed as a dark comedy, there is aMy review is going to be very short because this movie doesn't deserve a lot of analysis. This movie was billed as a dark comedy, there is a lot of darkness via the extreme violence and not a chuckle in the whole movie. As far as I was concerned I never smiled, giggled and certainly never laughed. How can you laugh at gratuitous violence to undeserving innocent people. It was so predictable that it held no surprises whatsoever. Don't waste your money. After 10 minutes I wanted to ask for a refund, but my friend had fallen asleep and I did not want to wake him up and tell him we were leaving. So I sat through the whole stinking thing. Basically this movie was not funny at all. Unless you were a ten-year old. And the movie is way too violent for a 10 year old. The theater was fairly crowded but the people were not laughing. This film is pure pornography. Not sexual pornography but violence pornography. If I'm going to watch pornography it's going to have babes with big boobs and guys with big well you know!
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Sep 14, 2013Subtle humor is sparsely accessible to cheap slapstick comedy fans, kitsch-ish monster/dragon/vampire lovers, so thank you Mr. Besson forSubtle humor is sparsely accessible to cheap slapstick comedy fans, kitsch-ish monster/dragon/vampire lovers, so thank you Mr. Besson for raising the bar. Brilliant casting/acting helped as well. Snobbish critics, please feel free to smirk your nose.… Full Review »
Dec 10, 2013It would seem a lot of people just don't "get" this film. It's not quite as loud & stupid as most of the big comedy movies in recent years andIt would seem a lot of people just don't "get" this film. It's not quite as loud & stupid as most of the big comedy movies in recent years and I think the fans of those movies are the same people that don't understand this one. Anyway, I loved it and would watch it again. The family members were very enjoyable and I would actually like to see a sequel. The only part of the movie I didn't like (spoiler incoming immediately) is when the daughter tried to kill herself over the math teacher. 1st of all she talked and acted like a female who has already experienced sex, a lot of sex. Yet it is revealed that the math teacher was her 1st.... and then she wants to kill herself because he didn't fall madly in love with her after hooking up one time? Um, ok then. But besides that I have no complaints.… Full Review »


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The Kansas City Royals optioned Clint Robinson, who hit .326 with 23 home runs and 100 RBIs last season for Omaha, to their Pacific Coast League Triple-A affiliate. The 27-year-old became just the third player in Texas League history to win the Triple Crown with a .335 average, 29 homers and 98 RBIs in 2010. The Royals also optioned outfielders David Lough, who hit .316 in 14 spring training games, and Derrick Robinson, who led the Texas League in stolen bases the past two seasons, to Omaha.
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Charleston Southern opens Big South play
Charleston Southern coach Jamey Chadwell is happy with his team's 6-0 start and only its second top 25 ranking in the program's history.
But with Big South Conference play opening Saturday against VMI, he knows there are bigger accomplishments available for his Buccaneers.
"I think our team understands that the sort of preseason is over," Chadwell said.
In other games Saturday involving South Carolina Football Championship Subdivision teams, Coastal Carolina hosts Gardner-Webb; Wofford hosts Elon; The Citadel travels to Georgia Southern; and Furman is at Chattanooga. On Thursday, South Carolina State (5-2, 3-0 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) beat North Carolina Central (3-3, 1-1) in a 44-3 rout.
In Lexington, Va., Charleston Southern (6-0) takes on VMI (1-4) hoping that the Big South part of its season goes as well as the opening six weeks.
The Buccaneers were wrapping up a 16-game losing streak two years ago and were expected to have some struggles adjusting to Chadwell in his first season. But Chadwell said he has players who want to rally around each other and were hungry to win.
"We're not the most talented team in the county or in the league for that matter. But our guys are playing with a chip on their shoulder. For the last three years, it has been tough around here," Chadwell said.
To finish the year with a Big South title and the program's first FCS playoff berth, Charleston Southern will have to adjust to a new quarterback. Senior Malcolm Dixon hurt his knee at the end of a win two weeks ago against Appalachian State. Freshman Danny Croghan III stepped in and started last week, completing 12 of 20 passes for 136 yards and running 11 times for 70 yards and two touchdowns in a 28-14 with over North Greenville.
VMI lost to those same Crusaders 37-24 earlier this year.
"They have good players. They are coaching them well. That's why they are undefeated," VMI coach Sparky Woods said.
In Conway, Coastal Carolina (5-0) opens its Big South season against Gardner-Webb (4-2).
The Bulldogs have also been a surprise in the league this season, knocking off Wofford, Furman and perennial FCS power Richmond. Gardner-Webb finally lost to an FCS team last week in a 53-51 defeat at Charlotte.
"They are a team to be reckoned with and their tough loss that they had last week is only going to make them more determined," Chanticleers coach Joe Moglia said.
But Coastal Carolina has been a force as well. The Chanticleers have won 11 of their last 12 games going back to last season by an average of 19 points. They are the seventh best offense in FCS, gaining nearly 508 yards a game.
Sophomore quarterback Alex Ross is 15th in the country in pass efficiency and is using his experience with second-year coach Moglia's system to his advantage.
"With this being the second year with our offense, he has the chance to make good decisions," Moglia said.
Coastal Carolina is ranked sixth in the coach's poll and eighth in the media poll, its highest rankings ever. Gardner-Webb coach Carroll McCray said there is little doubt at this point that the Chanticleers are the best team in the Big South.
"They deserve all the attention they have got to this point," he said.
Wofford (3-2, 2-0 Southern Conference) returns to league play against Elon (2-4, 1-1) in Spartanburg.
The Terriers beat Presbyterian 55-14 last week after having two weeks to stew over a stunning 3-0 loss to Gardner-Webb.
"We got that bad taste out of our mouths from two weeks ago. Now it's on to conference play for the rest of the way out," Ayers said.
Wofford is one of only two teams left undefeated in SoCon games this early in the season. But Ayers said staying unbeaten will be an uphill climb because of injuries. The Terriers lost five players in the win over Presbyterian.
"We've got to be careful with the amount off hitting we do because we can't afford to lose anyone else," Ayers said of this week's practice.
For Elon, this week is about as familiar as it can get on the road in college football. The Phoenix were in the Upstate last week, beating Furman 28-25.
"It's going to be the same routine. We're going to stay in the same hotel. We'll have the same pregame meal," Elon coach Jason Swepson said.
Furman (2-3, 1-1 SoCon) goes to Chattanooga (3-2, 1-1) hoping it can hold on to a quarterback for an entire game.
True freshman Duncan Fletcher is getting his second start, the fourth player to take snaps for the Paladins this season. The first three quarterbacks are all out with injuries. The backup QB for Furman now is 5-foot-210, 207-pound freshman kicker Hunter Townes.
Furman coach Bruce Fowler said Fletcher was a pleasant surprise when he was forced into the lineup in the loss to Elon last week. Fletcher went 25-of-38 for 255 yards with a touchdown and an interception.
"He handled the offense well. There are a lot of things that go on out there. It is hard to rehearse what all will go on out there for a guy who is a veteran, let alone someone doing it for the first time," Fowler said.
Chattanooga coach Russ Huesman said he is impressed that Furman is still in the thick of the SoCon race even after losing three quarterbacks.
"It really doesn't seem to bother them a whole lot. They bring a freshman in and he gets freshman of the week honors," Huesman said. "Bruce and his staff, they do a great job of getting kids ready to play, whether it is a senior or a freshman."
The Citadel (2-4, 2-2 SoCon) ends its conference rivalry against Georgia Southern (3-2, 1-2) in Statesboro, Ga. The Eagles are heading to the FBS next season, although the teams do have one more game scheduled next year.
While Georgia Southern has dominated the league, it has had trouble with the Bulldogs. Six of the last seven meeting between the teams have been decided by a touchdown or less, including The Citadel's stunning 23-21 win last season in Charleston.
The Eagles could be ripe for another loss. Georgia Southern coach Jeff Monken said he has 20 scholarship players who won't be able to play Saturday because of injuries.
"I don't know if I've ever experienced a season like this," Monken said.
The Bulldogs also are trying for stunning back-to-back SoCon results for a second season. The Citadel beat Appalachian State 31-28 in overtime last week, and in 2012 beat the Eagles and the Mountaineers in successive weeks.


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Survivor Lester reveals father diagnosed with cancer
Updated: May 26, 2008, 2:14 PM ETBy Erin Andrews | ESPN.com
Less than a week after Boston Red Sox pitcher and cancer survivor Jon Lester tossed a no-hitter, the left-hander revealed that his father has cancer.
Lester said his father John was diagnosed with lymphoma last month and that the cancer is "slow growing, ... something [his father] will die with, not die from."
Father and son will get to talk in person about their unfortunate common bond on Sunday. Jon Lester made his first start since the no-hitter Sunday afternoon ...
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Speight, instrumental in advances for the port, dies
Facility's former head of industrial development was 55
CORPUS CHRISTI - Al Speight probably is teeing off on a beautiful golf course near the home he's building without walls. At least that's what his Margie imagines his heaven to be.
"He loved to golf, he loved the coast and he was the greatest guy," his wife said. "He taught our daughters what to look for in a man and our sons how to be men."
Joseph Allen "Al" Speight, formerly the Port of Corpus Christi's manager of industrial development, died Tuesday after a four-year battle with cancer. He was 55.
"Everyone that met Al was taken aback by his intelligence," said Margie. "The kids would bring friends over just to pick his brain. That was his greatest virtue."
Speight was instrumental in getting the port designated as a strategic military port and getting wind turbine manufactures to ship through the port.
He was the guy to go to when something needed to be done, regardless of the obstacles, said John LaRue, the port's executive director.
Last week port commissioners honored Speight's contributions to the area by naming the Southside Military Rail Yard, the "Al Speight Military Rail Yard."
"He saw opportunities many of us couldn't see at the time," LaRue said. "He was a thinker. He read, researched and thought about how the port could do it. On a personal level, it will be impossible to replace Al. He was a positive force and full of integrity."
A graduate of West Point, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Salve Regina College and the Naval War College, Speight served in the Army for more than two decades, retiring in 1996 as a lieutenant colonel. His wife said he could have been a general.
"He gave up his career because he didn't think it was fair for the kids to have to pack up and move every two years," she said. "He was just like that. He was very easygoing and you never saw him upset. His grandmother nicknamed him Sunshine as a child."
Speight is survived by his wife, Margie; sons, Jeremy Lopez and Eric Lopez; and daughters, Erin Merrill and Katie Speight. A military graveside service will be at 9:30 a.m. Monday at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio.
In lieu of flowers, a memorial contribution may be made to the Boy Scouts of America South Texas Chapter, 700 Everhart Road, Corpus Christi, TX 78411.
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Just saw this nice post, courtesy of "Brutus the Pimp" of ye olde Sun Deck. Sometimes, when reading posts, things leap out at you like that movie, "A Beautiful Mind." Well, this bit struck me:
I see 1-4 in that list hitting 3-6. It just struck me as "right." I know, small sample sizes with Nix but he's been hitting doubles like crazy.Plate Appearances per Run Created
1. Joey Votto (4.8)
2. Laynce Nix (5.7)
3. Jay Bruce (5.9)
4. Ryan Hanigan (7.3)
5. Paul Janish (7.5)
6. Brandon Phillips (8.5)
7. Willy Taveras (8.9)
8. Ramon Hernandez (9.6)
9. Chris Dickerson (11.4)
10. Jerry Hairston (12.5)
11. Alex Gonzalez (17.0)
12. Edwin Encarnacion (18.9)
13. Adam Rosales (31.1)
Anyhow, it's a good post. I thought the stolen base formula was interesting. Thoughts?
Ah, I meant to make the title "Interesting SD Thread" - sorry!


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The first Christmas celebrated on land that is now part of the United States took place near Tallahassee, Fla., in 1539, according to historians there.
The region is known for its sunny weather, so it definitely was not a white Christmas.
"It was not a very festive celebration either," Rachel Porter, special programs coordinator for the Florida Department of State, told Discovery News. "There were no Christmas trees or presents. Instead, it was a religious observance with a Christmas mass."
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Megan LaFond had 11 kills and 13 digs, and Vanessa Muckerheide contributed 12 kills on Tuesday as Union swept Skyview in the Greater St. Helens League volleyball district semifinal match. The scores were 25-22, 25-18 and 25-22.
The win means Union visits league-champion Camas on Wednesday to play for the district title. That match starts at 7 p.m.
Skyview (10-6) will be the district's No. 3 seed into the bi-district tournament. Brinley Hadfield's six kills paced the Storm attack on Tuesday.
Sammy Savage had 31 assists for Union (12-3), which finished second to Camas in the GSHL regular season.
2A tiebreaker -- Hockinson lost to R.A. Long in four sets in a 2A Greater St. Helens League tiebreaker match at Mark Morris.
R.A. Long won 25-23, 25-17, 30-32, 25-21.
R.A. Long advances to the 2A district tournament, where the Lumberjacks will face Capital of Olympia in the first round.
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Mountain View 2, Prairie 1 -- A goal with 40 seconds left gave the Thunder a spot in the Class 3A bi-district playoffs.
Rachel Rand won the ball from the defense and scored her second goal of the night to advance the Thunder. Rand also scored of a Milla Benedetti assist early in the match at Kiggins Bowl.
Prairie (7-9-1) tied the game midway through the second half with a goal from Brielle Lindsey assisted by Payton Meisner. This was the third win for Mountain View over Prairie this season, all by one goal.
Mountain View will play at 2 p.m. Saturday in Burien against an opponent to be determined.
W.F. West 2, Ridgefield 1 -- The Bearcats of Chehalis scored twice in the second half to overcome a first-half goal by Liz Smith. W.F. West advances to play for the district championship, while Ridgefield will take on Hockinson on Thursday at Battle Ground District Stadium for one of the 2A bi-district playoff slots.
Hockinson 3, Mark Morris 0 -- Aurora Bodenhamer had a goal and an assist as the Hawks extended their season by bllanking the Monarchs. Sydney Cole-Vogler and Mikayla Meisner also scored for Hockinson, which will play Ridgefield in a loser-out game on Thursday.
Montesano 1, Woodland 0 -- Woodland lost on a second-half goal, which ended the Beavers' season in the 1A district playoffs.
Montesano advances to play the winner of Tuesday's Rochester-King's Way Christian match for third place.
The third-place match will be played at 5 p.m. Thursday at Kalama High School.
The championship match will follow at 7 p.m. Thursday at Kalama between La Center and Elma.
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What is the best Wonder Woman comics to read? Anything with Wonder Woman playing a big role will do. I bought some New 52 Wonder Woman comics and some pre 52 but just the first few issues.
The best Wonder Woman comics to read Pre-52 and New 52
@lilben42 said:
Anything with Wonder Woman playing a big role will do.
Superman : Sacrifice (WW kills Maxwell Lord)
Who is Wonder Woman (part of the one year later event)
Wonder Woman: Gods and Mortals (post crisis retelling of her origin )
Azzarello's run in new 52
Wonder Woman Odyssey (haven't read it but i heard it was good)
- George Perez's run
- Greg Rucka's run
- Gail Simone's run
- JLA: A League of One
- Brian Azzarello's run
@Squalleon said:
@lilben42 said:
Anything with Wonder Woman playing a big role will do.
Wonder Woman Odyssey (haven't read it but i heard it was good)
No, it's pretty terrible actually.
@lilben42: New 52, because Gods and Mortals is harder to get and may be a little outdated nowadays.
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@Squalleon: In your opinion if you had to get either the new 52 Wonder Woman origin story or Gods and mortals which one woyld you get?
Depends if you wanna start reading WW or you just wanna get a taste of the character :-P
for the later i recommend Gods and Mortals
since it gives a clear origin without the need to read other stories
@SmashBrawler:as i said i haven't read it i just saw it got good reviews in goodreads.com
@lilben42: No probs.
@lilben42: @lilben42:
OK here´s what you should really read. I´m new to WW and it took me time to get some good stuff. IT GOT REALLY FRUSTRATING CAUSEI liked the film and wanted an interpretation of WW close to the film
1. Greg Rucka´s run - Eyes of the gorgan, and Down to earth (both really fantastic WW stories, probably the best)
2. Spirit Of Truth (although very short)
3. The Circle (Gail Simone) Excellent story, deals with her origin. great humor as well and most like the animated film
4. The Heikita (Rucka)
5. Wonder Woman War Killer And Contagion Gail Simone (Again great humor, good story, but not as good as The Circle)
6. Gods and Mortals Perrez (although a bit dated, still a great origin story)
7. All the rest of Ruckas run, by far the best in examining who Wonder Woman is.
Hope you enjoy. Anyone who says get any Bryne or Loeb don´t listen. I´m not sure about Jimminez either, I have some, but they were difficult to read. Unfortunately most of DC´s characters apart from Superman and Batman have been ignored by DC, so its difficult to get good WW graphic novels. Trust me when I say these are the best.
@Squalleon said:
@lilben42 said:
Anything with Wonder Woman playing a big role will do.
Superman : Sacrifice (WW kills Maxwell Lord)
Who is Wonder Woman (part of the one year later event)
Wonder Woman: Gods and Mortals (post crisis retelling of her origin )
Azzarello's run in new 52
Wonder Woman Odyssey (haven't read it but i heard it was good)
Odyssey is terrible, really confusing for new readers. But you can try it if you want.
Azzerrello is not really representative of what WW is about, but alot of people like it.
not sure about whos is Wonder Woman either, i´d buy an issue from DC database, read it and then see if you want to get the Paperback.
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2. Spirit Of Truth (although very short)
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@lilben42: perez run and ruka run,and simone the circle,the best from wonder woman,what probably won't see again in a long time,sorry arazzello,but it's taking you forever to take wonder woman somewhere,define her properly and give good action,sorry for you and specially for old wonder woman readers.
@lilben42 said:
@Squalleon: How is the war of the gods story arc.
WoTG is a crossover mate , i wouldn't recommend it to new readers :-P
Have you checked the Animated movie?
Also WW plays a great role in Kingdom Come
As @jphulk26: said "The circle" is very good!
@jphulk26: Well I watched the JL animated series and the movies but what really got me wanted to catch up on Wonder Woman was the movies and the Maxwell Lord Wonder Woman vs Superman story. I love her character a gentle, loving, fierce, BA, powerhouse with lots of skill and isnt just muscle and punches. Oh and these fight scenes I just wanted to see more, I mean if she is always this cool in a fight then......
@lilben42: Yep I thought so, I´ve been having this discussion on another post, of how media representations of characters have a huge impact on the comic characters people eventually want to explore. Thats why I asked you. A lot of people think Batman is popular, just because he´s popular, or because he´s cool... Likewise they think that WW comics don´t sell cause she´s not cool/ she´s a woman. I disagreed. I won´t go into the whole discussion, but in any case, I never really thought about WW until I saw the animated film and now she´s one of my fav comic characters, so i´m trying to see if my theory is right that a lot of people are turning to WW because of the animated features.
Any way thanks for your answer, make sure to check out the books I suggested, especially if you like the animated features, cause they´re are similar in tone tone and she´s really badass in them.
The last few issues of the first volume were all right. The first half of Perez and the whole of ML. Skip Byrne, then go to Devastation showing up and then the last thirty of volume 2. Most of the third volume was pretty good, but especially the Simone stuff and Odyssey. Also if you can get your hands on it the mod girl stuff from the 70s is kind of fun in a campy way.
Jphulk26 is right on the money with this stuff so listen to him. I've read the entire George Perez run recently and I was surprised how much I enjoyed it. Greg rucka's and Gail simone's run on that title is also worth checking out as well as who is Wonder Woman. JLA a league of one is something that should be at the top of your list which is considered by fans the best Wonder Woman story ever told. Spirit of truth by the brilliant Paul dini is worth looking at, kingdom come which I really enjoyed and highly recommend. Superman sacrifice which is also by Greg rucka. The heikita again by Greg rucka. I've read some of the original stuff by William marston but I wouldn't recommend it since it was a bit of a chore to read.
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@lilben42: I'd take God's and Mortals but I'm a bit old school. It's a serious and deep story and I dig Perez's art, the guy is classic. This origin story defined Wonder Woman for 20+ years and is a definite must if you plan on reading pre-new 52 Wonder Woman stories.
Also, probably not a story for small children
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It's been a while since the last post, but that just means that since then many new issues starring Wonder Woman have come up. I'm also currently looking for anything with her that I can read. I really enjoyed Blackest Night: Wonder Woman. Does anyone know some miniseries or one-shots that would be worth recommending?
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Alternative file manager for Gnome
Keyboard Shortcuts
The developers mainly based navigation on Norton Commander or the text-based Midnight Commander [3]. For example, you can press the Tab key to toggle between the two directory panes.
The original design is also reflected in function key assignments such as F3 for the file viewer or F5 for copy.
If you prefer a mouse-oriented approach, Gnome Commander does give you this option. Double-clicking a directory makes changes to that directory.
A Nautilus-style address bar above the directory content is also very useful because it gives users a simple option for climbing up the directory tree. You can just click the required directory name to do so.
Remote Servers
In a world of global networks, modern file managers need to let users access all kinds of remote resources, such as WebDAV, ftp, SSH, and SMB.
The version tested for this article, version 1.2.6 from early June, supported ftp and SMB, with SSH and DAV support to follow shortly, according to the developers.
SMB and Ftp
By clicking the corresponding buttons, you can conveniently browse SMB shares – Gnome Commander will then show you the locations it has discovered.
For ftp access, go to the Connections menu, select New Connection, and type the server name (such as ftp.gnome.org) and, optionally, a directory name (Figure 1).
For ftp servers that require a user login, select FTP (with Login) in the Service type combobox; in addition, type your user name and password.
If you would like to store an ftp server connection in the program, click Remote Server in the same menu. If everything works out, you will see a button with an alias below the toolbox; now you will be able to access the resource directly.
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The Department of Defense (DOD) is on the brink of operations in Iraq while seeking to respond to changes in security threats and still meeting the challenges transforming the military. DOD spends an average of $150 billion annually on acquisitions that support these and other missions. Moreover, this investment is expected to grow considerably in the future as DOD works to keep legacy systems while investing in future capabilities such as unmanned aircraft, satellite networks, and information and communications systems. Such demands clearly require DOD to be as efficient and effective as possible in obtaining the systems, services, and equipment it needs to carry out its mission. But GAO's reviews continue to show that DOD is not carrying out acquisitions cost-effectively and that the acquisitions themselves are not always achieving DOD's objectives. Pervasive problems persist regarding high-risk acquisition strategies and unrealistic cost, schedule, and performance estimates. This testimony focuses on two aspects fundamental to successful acquisitions in DOD: (1) the implementation of sound policies for making sourcing decisions, and (2) the adoption of best practices.
Government agencies increasingly are relying on services to accomplish their missions. The Department of Defense now spends more than half its contracting dollars acquiring services, about $77 billion in fiscal year 2001, the latest year for which complete data are available. In addition, the Department reports that it has over 400,000 employees performing commercial-type services. Determining whether to obtain required services using federal employees or through contracts with the private sector is an important economic and strategic decision. In fact, competitive sourcing is a key component of the President's Management Agenda. But historically, the process for determining whether the public or the private sector should perform services needed by federal agencies--set forth in Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-76--has been difficult to implement. The impact such decisions have on the federal workforce has been profound, and there have been concerns in both the public and private sectors concerning the fairness of the process and the extent to which there is a "level playing field" for conducting public-private competitions. DOD could significantly improve its performance in a number of areas by adopting some of the best practices we have identified. Specifically, DOD could improve its performance in the areas of information technology outsourcing, acquiring information technology systems, acquiring services, major weapon system acquisitions, and acquisition workforce challenges.
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PETA names Fable 2 "most animal friendly game" of 2008
PETA has taken a break from slamming video games for their poor treatment of animals, to single out Xbox 360's Fable 2 for being 2008's "most animal-friendly game".
At PETA's sixth annual Proggy Awards the organisation described Fable 2 as a "vegetarian's dream come true". It particularly liked the fact that game characters powered by tofu are just as powerful as their "meat-eating counterparts", as well as being "more fit and attractive to boot".
It continued: "Featuring a strong pro-vegetarian theme, eating a plant-based diet helps you rack up 'purity' points, whereas eating meat makes your character fat and evil. A fun and innovative game, it's also an effective tool that teaches gamers the real-life benefits of a vegetarian diet".
This is all well and good, but it seems PETA may not have spotted the chicken kicking mini-game towards the end of the popular RPG, or the fact that you can attain more Achievement Points for giving the odd chicken a boot.
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Fox Kit is a Battle pet Companion, which can be purchased from either Pogg or Quartermaster Brazie, in Tol Barad Peninsula for 200 Tol Barad Commendation, after reaching Exalted status with Hellscream's Reach or Baradin's Wardens, respectively. It is also a 0.1% drop from Baradin Foxes in Tol Barad Peninsula.


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As a child of the 1970s and '80s television, I would oddly find myself drawn to "Murder, She Wrote." Maybe it was because my grandmother always commandeered the television at 8 p.m. on Sundays after I watched football for seven hours, but it was always fascinating to me to watch a show for 45 minutes, have no idea who the killer was, then have Angela Lansbury coolly recap it in the final 15 minutes by answering all the questions leftover by the police.
With the Lakers' 15th world championship in their rear-view mirror, and a throng of fans sitting outside my studio at L.A. Live wearing so much purple it looks like a Prince concert, I'm ready to go all Jessica Fletcher on you and react to all the burning questions surrounding Los Angeles' defeat of the Orlando Magic in the NBA Finals.
Where can I get Phil Jackson's hat? I assume that'll be widely available on eBay any day now. But the hat itself was really significant. Sure, he downplayed his passing Red Auerbach for most titles as a head coach, but you can see how much it means to him to wear that hat with the big X on it (for which, come to think of it, I think he owes Spike Lee some royalty money). Sometimes the math is that easy. He's got X, Red has IX. Red won with a roster full of Hall of Famers, so has Phil. But it's much harder to win in the playoffs now compared to the salad days of the Celtics -- when I think all you had to do was win your division and get voted the best team by the fans. You play more rounds in the playoffs now, which carries a greater chance of upset, and your players turn over due to free agency, whereas the only time the Celtics lost people was when they retired. Phil gets this.
So does Phil stay? I'm going to put Jackson's return at 50/50. True, he has a season and $14 million left on his contract, which it would be pretty easy to just show up and collect. But he was a different guy this postseason. Gone was the funny pregame repartee between he and the reporters. He looked spent. I don't know how much fun he had -- yes, he was all smiles afterward about his accomplishment, but I can't shake the feeling this season was the means to an end for him. He'll ride his Harley to Montana, enjoy a brandy snifter with Jeannie Buss, who will either be empowered by the Lakers (and by the Lakers I mean Kobe Bryant) to convince him to stay for one more season or let him retire so Byron Scott can take over. I can't help but picture Jeannie as the femme fatale in a spy movie in which you don't know what side she's on until the very end.
Phil Jackson and Jeannie Buss are enjoying cocktails on a white bear rug in front of a roaring fire while famous Chick Hearn calls play softly in the background. Suddenly, Phil Jackson starts to gag.
Phil: Jeannie ... you've ... poisoned ... my ... snifter!
Jeannie: The poison is slow acting. Kobe wants you back. If you agree to exercise your option for next season in the next two minutes I'll give you the antidote.
Or maybe she could just channel Darryl Hannah in an eye patch by bringing in a black mamba to threaten him with (and by that I mean the deadly snake, not the four-time NBA champion, though I guess either would work).
Are the Lakers a great team or just the best of the flawed squads we watched this season? The latter. The NBA this season was like "The Departed," which won the Oscar for best picture in 2007. Not Scorcese's best, kind of a rehash of some of his mafia versus the police films of the past. It was a good movie, but certainly we've seen better from him. That's what the NBA was in 2008-09. A rehash of 2007-08. Possibly it was due to the economic downturn, but teams weren't aggressive in the offseason and refrained from spending a lot of money to improve and become title contenders. So we got a rehash of the previous season. Each team came into the postseason with the same cast of characters as the previous campaign. So we saw some good teams in the playoffs the last month or so, but we've certainly seen better. Los Angeles squeaked by a number of talented, but flawed teams.
So with every team being virtually what it was before, the Lakers proved themselves to be the best (I would have loved to see what a healthy KG would have meant to this equation). And with teams likely to stay the course and not spend freely until we come out of economic hardship, it's tough to see anyone beat the Lakers in the next couple of years. When all you need are supporting parts, they're easily obtained and replaced.
Can I compare Kobe to MJ now? Yes.
Really? You said yes? I was just kind of throwing that out there. Why? Jordan won his first when he was 29. Kobe is 30 and has four -- three as a "1A" player, and now his first as the "1." Kobe's also been to two other finals as well. So now we can start the conversation, whereas we couldn't before. It just wasn't right. If Kobe wins three more, that gives him seven overall -- including four as a "1." I know Jordan's six-for-six is tough to beat, but what's more impressive -- that, or winning seven and going to nine or 10 Finals overall? Kobe shouldn't be penalized for going and losing. After all, it took MJ a long time just to get to his first. Kobe will never surpass MJ in the icon department, but for on-the-court accomplishments? He can do it. And now that he's led the Lakers solely for the first time? It's a conversation.
What is the moment I should remember from the Finals? Dwight Howard missing his two free throws at the end of Game 4. He makes just one, and it's a different series. I wonder if he'll ever realize how close his team was in this moment and how it may never come close again. Paging Dan Marino.
Who will I miss the most now that the Finals are over? Stan Van Gundy. No one is as negatively entertaining as this guy. He could have won the NBA title and he would have found a way to complain about it afterward. "Sure, we won, but I didn't like the way we did it, and we'll go back to the drawing board to make it better for next season." Even when he throws his team under the bus like he did after its Game 4 failure at the end of regulation (not fouling Derek Fisher and allowing a huge gap for him to shoot his game-tying 3-pointer), he's fun. I'm going to miss his stumping for his daughter to be elected to her high school student body council (she lost), his being unafraid of Phil Jackson in a fight (I'd take Stan in three rounds -- Phil has the reach but he's got hip and back problems, allowing Stan to get in close and do tons of damage) and, of course, taking a swing at how bad the Bowl Championship Series is in the process. Stan, I look forward to your return in November.
Who cashes in the most from his Finals performance? Three players come to mind right away: Lamar Odom, Trevor Ariza and Hedo Turkoglu. Sure, Odom dominated in three of the five NBA Finals games, but teams will be wary of his inconsistent play and candy addiction. Or maybe he can be paid IN candy. "Lamar, a lifetime supply of Lemonheads in exchange for an eight-year deal." He made $14 million this season but he's been in the league a while now and he's as good as he's going to get. He still gets a big contract, but less than what he's been used to. Ariza is going to hit it big for a supporting player. His clutch play both offensively and defensively may have some teams thinking they've found the new Tayshaun Prince. I think somewhere in the neighborhood of five years, $30 million. Turkoglu is going to be one of the few guys this offseason to hit the jackpot. Proving he can hit big shots and take care of the ball on the point if he has to? He'll double the $6 million deal that's expiring. Just stop with the tongue wag.
If I watch "The Manchurian Candidate" and then move on to "Murder, She Wrote," will I think of Angela Lansbury differently than if I just watched the TV show? Oh, yes. Sweet good golly, yes I will.
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As Guy has extensively detailed, over the weekend the Obama administration in partnership with the Defense Department, announced a prison swap of the "Taliban 5" in exchange for POW and alleged deserter Sgt. Bower Bergdahl. Speaking at the White House Monday, Press Secretary Jay Carney refused to classify the Taliban as a terrorist organization when asked about the details of the exchange.
"Does the US still regard the Taliban as a terrorist group," CBS News' Mark Knoller asked Carney directly.
"We regard the Taliban as an enemy combatant," Carney said, adding the swap was consistent with U.S. policy and past prisoner of war releases throughout armed conflicts. "This was the right thing to do because we, in the United States, do not leave men behind."
"If you look through our history, ample precedent for this decision," Carney said. "We don't leave men behind based on who's holding them."
When asked about the swap being illegal, Carney said Congress shouldn't have been surprised about the move and that the White House needed to act with urgency, after five years, to get Bergdahl out of Afghanistan. U.S. law states prison swaps must be sent to Congress 30 days ahead of time, but this deal went down without it.
"This [release/swap] should not have been a surprise to Congress," Carney said. "Prisoner exchanges are hardly a new development."
"The executive branch must have the ability to act swiftly," he said.
Carney was also questioned about the communication between Sgt. Bergdahl's father, Robert Bergdahl, and Al Qaeda leaders on Twitter considering he was at the White House Saturday and stood directly beside President Obama for the announcement. Carney argued Robert Bergdahl's views do not reflect those of the White House and quickly dismissed the question.
When asked if President Obama viewed Bergdahl's as having served with honor and distinction as White House National Security Advisor Susan Rice stated over the weekend, Carney diverted comment to the Defense Department.
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