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June 6-8 - Carlisle, PA- Carlisle, All Ford
Nationals - Gate-N-Go- Your Green
Light to the Show field. To save
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for the weekend! Online Registering is available and Phone Orders will also be
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June 22 - Liverpool, NY - 37th Annual All
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July 16-19 - Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix
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August 16 – Bellbrook, OH - Miami Valley Car Club – Bellbrook Lions Club Car Show will be held on at the Sugarcreek Elementary School grounds. Registration begins at 3:00. Entry Fee is $10.00 per car which includes 2 chances from the Bellbrook Lions Club to win $10,000 or $500.00 or 250.00. Dash Plaques will be given to the first 75 cars. Trophies will be awarded at 7:30 PM to the Top 30. There will be Door Prizes and a 50/50 Drawing. (Presence not required to win the Lions Club money). Contact Ken Shanley, Miami Valley Car Club, (937) 376-1511.
September 27 - Port Washington, WI - Saturday -
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October 8-11 - Hershey, PA - Fall Eastern AACA
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Cloud Saves Are Great!
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For anyone who didn't see the quick look, one of the lesser talked-about features with the new 360 dashboard is cloud saving. If you have two internet-connected 360s, your profile can now live on both systems. Additionally, there's an option to turn on cloud saves, which saves your files at MS. When you log into the other system your files are there waiting for you. Unfortunately, marketplace content can't be saved to the cloud which is an issue for Rock Band DLC in particular.
After trying out the cloud saves with Skyrim, I had zero problems with them. The saves are just as quick as offline saves, since they don't get uploaded right away. I have noticed that you're going to add about 20-30 seconds when starting up the game for the 360 to find and download the cloud saves. So that's something to consider. All in all, I'm really happy with the way that it works! Good on ya, MS.
edit: It actually only adds the 20 second cloud save loadup when you've switched consoles. So, for instance, I was playing all day on my main 360 and it didn't need to pull down any cloud saves. It'll only check when I log into my other 360.


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In this course, author Curt Frye shows how to perform a wide range of financial calculations quickly and easily using the many financial functions found in Excel 2010. The course details dozens of functions for evaluating cash flows; calculating depreciation; determining rates of return, bond coupon dates, and security durations; and more.
Treasury bills, which are also called T-bills, are popular investments. If you want to compare T-bill's yield to a bond's yield you can do so using the TBILLEQ function. To use that function you need to know the following three things about the T-bill you're evaluating. The first is the settlement date and that is the date that you take possession of the investment. Then you have the maturity date which is the date that the T-Bill payments come due, in other words the money due to you is paid to you.
And then finally you have the discount rate and the discount rate is the interest rate applied to the investment. So with that information in place you can click in cell C8 and create the formula. So I'll type equal tbilleq, left parentheses, and then just fill in the cell references for the three arguments. So we have our settlement date in C3, comma, maturity date C4, comma, and the discount rate which is in C5. Type a right parenthesis just to make sure everything looks right. Everything is good.
Press Tab key and we get a bond equivalent yield of 4.36%. So to interpret these results, that means that if you have the opportunity to purchase a T-bill at a rate of 4.25%, you should do so unless you can find a bond that would pay 4.36% or more. Now one thing that you should know about bills as opposed to bonds is that a bill by definition has a life of less than one year. So for example, if we were to change the maturity date in cell C4 to 12/31/2012 and press Enter, then, the formula in cell C8 would generate a #NUM error and that's because we violated the definition of a T-bill by giving it a life of more than one year.
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A teacher at Oxnard High School was arrested Wednesday afternoon on suspicion of misdemeanor child annoyance, Oxnard police said.
Police said they arrested the 41-year-old at his Oxnard home about 4:30 p.m. after a six-month criminal investigation.
Police began their investigation after officials at the school were told of alleged misconduct between teacher and a student at the high school, said Gabe Soumakian, superintendent of the Oxnard Union High School District.
The teacher was immediately placed on paid administrative leave, Soumakian said Wednesday evening.
"We have not been involved in the case, other than to turn it over to (Oxnard police) right in the beginning," Soumakian said.
Police did not elaborate on the nature of the alleged misconduct of which the teacher was accused.
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Memphis man convicted for illegally moving in to vacant home
A 45-year-old man has been convicted of theft of property for illegally moving in to a home several years ago in the Raleigh area.
Devitoe Farmer, 45, filed an "affidavit of truth" and a quitclaim deed in the Shelby County Register's Office in 2010 several months after moving in to the home at 4171 Sevella, which had been foreclosed on by the Federal National Mortgage Association also known as Fannie Mae.
Authorities said that when sheriff's deputies arrived to evict him, Farmer said he did not recognize the laws they were there to enforce or Fannie Mae's right to the property, which was valued at $25,000.
A Criminal Court jury convicted him of theft over $10,000, which carries prison time of three to 15 years. He will be sentenced in April by Judge James BeasleyJr.
Earlier this month, Tabitha Gentry was arrested after moving in to a vacant mansion on Shady Grove in East Memphis. Gentry, who also goes by Akba Re Bey, claimed membership in the Moorish American National Republic, a sovereign-citizen type group that generally does not recognize state and federal laws.
She is being held on $2 million bond and faces charges of burglary, criminal trespass and theft over $60,000. Gentry is due in General Sessions Criminal Court again next week.
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Cadenced verse is today based on rhythmical phrases that are more irregular than those of traditional poetic meter. When it is used, it tends to follow a looser pattern than would be expected in formal verse. Free verse does away with the structuring devices of regular meter and rhyme schemes; other traditional elements of expression, such as diction and syntax may still be prominent.
The ideal of the early practitioners of free verse was well described by Ezra Pound, who wrote: "As regarding rhythm: to compose in the sequence of the musical phrase, not in sequence of a metronome. D. H. Lawrence wrote that Whitman "pruned away his clichés — perhaps his clichés of rhythm as well as of phrase" and that all one could do with free verse was "get rid of the stereotyped movements and the old hackneyed associations of sound and sense".
Some poets have explained that free verse, despite its freedom, must still display some elements of form. Pound's friend T. S. Eliot wrote: "No verse is free for the man who wants to do a good job. Donald Hall goes as far as to say that "the form of free verse is as binding and as liberating as the form of a rondeau.
Some poets have considered free verse restrictive in its own way. In 1922 Robert Bridges voiced his reservations in the essay 'Humdrum and Harum-Scarum.' Robert Frost later remarked that writing free verse was like "playing tennis without a net".
Many poets of the Victorian era experimented with form. Christina Rossetti, Coventry Patmore, and T. E. Brown all wrote examples of unpatterned rhymed verse. Matthew Arnold's poem Philomela contains some rhyme but is very free. Poems such as W. E. Henley's 'Discharged' (from his In Hospital sequence), and Robert Louis Stevenson's poems 'The Light-Keeper' and 'The Cruel Mistress' could be counted early examples of free verse.
In France, free verse was occasionally used by symbolist Arthur Rimbaud. In the Netherlands, tachtiger (i.e. member of 1880s generation of innovative poets) Frederik van Eeden employed the form at least once (in his poem Waterlelie ["water lily"]). Goethe (particularly in some early poems, such as Prometheus) and Hölderlin used it occasionally, due in part to a misinterpretation of the meter used in Pindar's poetry; in Hölderlin's case, he also continued to write unmetered poems after discovering this error.


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The average price of homes sold in Cocoa Beach, FL is $213,700.
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This amazing historic oceanfront residence sits on over half an acre of prime direct oceanfront property. With 100+ feet of coastline frontage, The Folly provides unmatched panoramic views. 5 bdrms, 4.5 baths & almost 6,000 square feet, withstanding the test of time, the finishes are warm & charming. A formal dining room & large, spacious kitchen are traditionally located on the northwest side of the residence. Situated under mature trees & surrounded by local horticulture its an oasis of flowering and native plants, birds & butterflies. Enjoy all the oceanfront sights, sounds & scents from the expansive patio. Direct beach access from your private dune crossover. Revel in the historic beauty of this residence or update with your personal vision. This property is an amazing opportunity
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Gallery: Spiraling 'Evolver' Viewing Platform Soars Above the Alps
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December 5, 2009 at 8:55 am
Lets see is I have this right……..Man goes out into the middle of the beauty of nature.builds ( ugly I might add ) a man made structure so we can enjoy the natural view it is occupying….? What a deal.Sounds like our congress.
October 12, 2009 at 3:14 pm
SPIRAL of goodness & wooden DESIGN complexity! This CREATION makes you want to hang out — and IN.
From Page: "Evolver is an architectural artefact intervening on the panorama surrounding Zermatt. It was designed and executed by a team of 2nd year students from the ALICE Studio at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. In an effort to take full advantage of the site's extensive and astounding views, the project sits strategically next to the lake Stelli at an altitude of 2,536 m (8,320 feet).
Evolver's structure mainly consists of a succession of 24 rotating frames supporting an enclosed space that visitors are encouraged to enter. As he or she progresses through the space, a concealed but uninterrupted 720° movement is unraveling along a transformed panorama.
This transformation occurs while inside a person is moving along a selective string of openings only to be caught peeling off a sequence of unexpected views from the original landscape.
Wobbling below and above a distant horizon, ground and sky have been reorchestrated into an orbiting panorama by a journey that has already culminated to where it started: A loophole on the skyline."
October 8, 2009 at 1:09 am
evolver's movie link : http://www.vimeo.com/6942144
September 24, 2009 at 10:46 pm
I agree. What can be more beautiful than nature itself?
September 24, 2009 at 4:10 pm
Sorry but that is a rather ugly structure to
mar such serene natural surroundings – how about
just standing outdoors to take in the unmatched 360
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I Took a Voyage on the R.M.S Titanic
On the starboard well deck, near the foremast, lay several tons of ice that had been shaved off the iceberg by the collision.
"When we arrived on the top, there were really very few passengers about; I believe we were among the first. And it was quiet; everybody was so stunned and frightened that hardly anybody was speaking at all."
Slowly the decks began to fill with people wearing incongruous combinations of clothes: bathrobes, evening clothes, turtleneck sweaters, fur coats.
About 25 minutes after the crash, the ship's crew began preparing the wooden lifeboats, 16 of them, eight to a side, as well as the four collapsible canvas lifeboats. If filled to capacity, the 20 boats would hold 1,178 people. But on that cold April night, there were 2,207 people on board the Titanic.
Distress rockets began to be fired and the ship's "CQD," the forerunner of SOS, was picked up on the Cunard ship Carpathia at 12:25. The Carpathia was 58 miles away and radioed that she was "coming hard."
By one o'clock in the morning, the bow of the Titanic was slowly moving deeper into the water and the ship had developed a nasty list to port. Passengers and crew alike moved over to the starboard side in an attempt to restore her balance. Slowly the wounded ship gained its equilibrium. Still there was no panic; rather, the busy, scurrying silence had taken on an intense, dreamlike quality. And Marjorie Newell was about to leave the Titanic under considerably less glorious circumstances than her father had anticipated.
"I believe we were in the second boat to be lowered. The ship was listing rather badly and we were at a great height. The boat we were on had only one boatman. There were no supplies and everything was ill-prepared. My father said, 'It seems more dangerous for you to get in that boat than to stay here,' but he hustled us into the boat anyway. Father stood there just as stately and calm as if he were in his living room.
"We were lowered. Most of the people in the boat were women and they were very frightened; nobody was saying anything. I thought to myself, 'You have to help where you can,' so I took hold of an oar and rowed and rowed. I was young then and strong.
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Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of a PARP Inhibitor for the Treatment of BRCA-positive Advanced Breast Cancer (ICEBERG 1)
This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
KuDOS Pharmaceuticals Limited
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: June 27, 2007
Last updated: January 16, 2015
Last verified: January 2015
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The purpose of the study is to see if the drug KU 0059436 (olaparib) is effective and well tolerated in treating patients with measurable BRCA1- or BRCA2-positive advanced breast cancer and for whom no curative therapeutic option exists.
Breast Neoplasms
Drug: KU-0059436 (AZD2281) (PARP inhibitor)
Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Phase II Open-label, Non-comparative, International, Multicentre Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of KU 0059436 (Olaparib) Given Orally Twice Daily in Patients With Advanced BRCA1 or BRCA2 Associated Breast Cancer
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Genetics Home Reference related topics: breast cancer
MedlinePlus related topics: Breast Cancer Cancer
Drug Information available for: OlaparibU.S. FDA Resources
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Confirmed Objective Tumour Response (According to RECIST Criteria) [ Time Frame: End of study ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Number of patients with confirmed best RECIST response of complete response (CR) or partial response (PR). Patients with a best RECIST response of CR or PR had to have a confirmed response at least 28 days later.
|Study Start Date:
|June 2007
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|December 2015
|Primary Completion Date:
|February 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: KU-0059436 (AZD2281) 100 mg BID
100 mg BID
Drug: KU-0059436 (AZD2281) (PARP inhibitor)
Other Name: Olaparib
Experimental: KU-0059436 (AZD2281) 400 mg BID
400 mg BID
|Drug: KU-0059436 (AZD2281) (PARP inhibitor)
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Advanced breast cancer with positive BRCA1 or BRCA2 status
- Failed at least one prior chemotherapy
- In investigators opinion, no curative standard therapy exists
- Measurable disease
Exclusion Criteria:
- Brain metastases
- Less than 28 days since last treatment used to treat the disease
- Considered a poor medical risk due to a serious uncontrolled disorder
Contacts and Locations
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00494234
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00494234
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|United States, Massachusetts
|Research Site
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States
|United States, New York
|Research Site
|New York, New York, United States
|United States, Pennsylvania
|Research Site
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
|United States, Texas
|Research Site
|Dallas, Texas, United States
|Research Site
|East Melbourne, Australia
|Research Site
|Randwick, Australia
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|Köln, Germany
|Research Site
|Lund, Sweden
|United Kingdom
|Research Site
|Cambridge, United Kingdom
|Research Site
|London, United Kingdom
|Research Site
|Manchester, United Kingdom
Sponsors and Collaborators
KuDOS Pharmaceuticals Limited
|Study Director:
|James Carmichael, BSc, MBChB, MD, FRCP
|KuDOS Pharmaceuticals Limited
|Principal Investigator:
|Andrew Tutt, PhD MRCP FRCR
|Guy's and St Thomas's NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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Tutt A, Robson M, Garber JE, Domchek SM, Audeh MW, Weitzel JN, Friedlander M, Arun B, Loman N, Schmutzler RK, Wardley A, Mitchell G, Earl H, Wickens M, Carmichael J. Oral poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitor olaparib in patients with BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations and advanced breast cancer: a proof-of-concept trial. Lancet. 2010 Jul 24;376(9737):235-44. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60892-6. Epub 2010 Jul 6.
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|January 16, 2015
|Last Updated:
|January 16, 2015
|Health Authority:
|United States: Food and Drug Administration
United Kingdom: Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
Australia: Department of Health and Ageing Therapeutic Goods Administration
Germany: Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices
Sweden: Medical Products Agency
Spain: Spanish Agency of Medicines
Keywords provided by AstraZeneca:
Advanced breast cancer
Poly(ADP ribose) polymerases
AZD2281,KU-0059436 (olaparib)
BRCA1 protein
BRCA2 protein
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Breast Neoplasms
Breast Diseases
Neoplasms by Site
Skin Diseases
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Well, this is fun.
Is it "next season" yet?
"Since I've been with the Reds in 1989, we've never had a farm system this loaded," Bowden said. "If we were the New York Yankees and had unlimited dollars, we could have traded for Colon, (Jeff) Weaver, Rolen, (Cliff) Floyd, (Kenny) Rogers and Finley and gotten them all -- and still held onto our top five prospects. That's an amazing statement."
Man, O' Man. DL him, and get Cingrani up here. No chances whatsoever.
Looking like it's going to be one of those seasons.
Talent is God Given: be humble.
Fame is man given: be thankful.
Conceit is self given: be careful.
John Wooden
This year keeps getting more awsomer as the days go by.
Simon coming in
A terrifying season.
Don't understand why not Lecure. Simon now pitching, quite a difference from Cueto.
Luck isn't with the Reds so far this year.
hopefully nothing too serious
Well, Cingrani might get his chance sooner rather than later.
Games are won on run differential -- scoring more than your opponent. Runs are runs, scored or prevented they all count the same. Worry about scoring more and allowing fewer, not which positions contribute to which side of the equation or how "consistent" you are at your current level of performance.
Depending on the MRI, I may have to change my season prediction.
"But I do know Joey's sister indirectly (or foster sister) and I have heard stories of Joey being into shopping, designer wear, fancy coffees, and pedicures."
We need to get on track with getting runs again.
Is it "next season" yet?
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Corruption and Productivity Growth in OECD Countries
The study of corruption is attracting lot of attention in recent years. Focusing on the economic consequences of corruption, the empirical evidence points to a positive relation between institutional integrity, or absence of corruption, and economic growth. Although most developed countries tend to have lower corruption than less developed ones, there exists significant variation within OECD countries. As an example, it may be observed that the gap in perceived corruption between the Nordic countries and southern Europe is larger than the gap between southern Europe and the average of the emerging economies. In this context, the objective of this paper is to analyze the impact of corruption on economic performance in a sample of OECD countries during the period 1980-2000. Specifically, we study the effect of corruption on productivity and efficiency change, trying to determine whether productivity growth is greater in countries with lower corruption. To this end, different productivity measures are compared by considering both output per worker and Total Factor Productivity (TFP). Furthermore, TFP change is decomposed into efficiency change and technological progress by means of Malmquist productivity indices. On the basis of this of this decomposition we will analyze whether corruption affect TFP growth via efficiency gains or technological change, thus gaining insight into the channels through which corruption influence economic growth.
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Young children are full of questions about how their bodies work. With straightforward, easy-to-understand language and a playful attitude, Liza Fromer and Francine Gerstein MD have collaborated to create books packed with solid information about the intricacies of the human body. Their reassuring text describes the body's various systems and supplies parents and caregivers with answers that will help them provide the accurate, age-appropriate information young children need. My Noisy Body deals with the digestive system and the many noises it creates, from burps to stomach growls to farts. Why do we hiccup? Sneeze? Snore?
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Baked Potatoes
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|Idaho potato
|1 Large (or baking potato)
|To Taste
|1 Tablespoon
|Parsley sprigs
|3 (optional)
Method Scrub potatoes thoroughly and roll in salt.
Prick the skins and bake in a moderately hot oven (375°F) for lJ/4 hours, or until the potatoes feel slightly soft when pressed.
Take from oven and cut deep crosses in the tops, pinching them to open the cuts and let out the steam.
Put a piece of butter and a sprig of parsley in center of each potato and serve at once.
Watchpoint: potatoes should never be baked in foil as the outer skin cannot become crisp and steam will be trapped inside the potato, making it soggy instead of light and floury.
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The latest tally of analyst opinions from the major brokerage houses shows that among the components of the S&P 500 index, Danaher (DHR) is now the #30 analyst pick, moving up by 1 spot.
This rank is formed by averaging the analyst opinions for each component from each broker, and then ranking the 500 components by those average opinion values.
Looking at the stock price movement year to date, Danaher (DHR) is lower by about 1.6%.


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Have 10IC gold watch,AALD Dennison watch case,
No.562565, 18 underneath and XX. Movement 41951 Thos. Russell Liverpool, 10 jewels, Swiss made, Blue steel hands. Approx. age
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- A Manufacturer Liverpool, United Kingdom
Pocket Watch Movement - Thomas Russell & Son, Liverpool, late 19th Century Reg. No: ST 024750
- Summary:
- Gents pocket watch movement, Thomas Russell & Son, Liverpool, no 90093, late 19th century.
- Description:
- White enamel dial has roman numerals and outer ring of arabic numerals to 300 (one fifth of a second).
Key wound spring; lever escapement.
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|1.1 cm (Width), 5 cm (Diameter)
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|Back plate is marked '90093' and 'Thos Russell & Son, Makers to the Queen, Liverpool'. Dial is marked 'Chronograph Centre Seconds by Thos Russell & Son 90093'.
|Thomas Russell & Son, Liverpool, England, Great Britain
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The Spook's Sacrifice: Book 6Paperback The Wardstone Chronicles
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- Dimensions: 126mm x 178mm x 23mm | 240g
- Publication date: 27 May 2010
- Publication City/Country: London
- Sales rank: 16,235
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'Witches, Mam? We've made an alliance with witches?' As the Spook's apprentice, Tom's first duty is to protect the County from the dark. But now Mam needs his help in her homeland of Greece to rise up against one of the Old Gods, the Ordeen. Mam has summoned a powerful group to fight, but among them are the Pendle witches. Can Tom go against all the Spook has taught him and ally himself with the enemy? What is the secret that Mam is keeping from Tom? And what sacrifices must be made in the battle against the dark? The sixth chilling tale in the Wardstone Chronicles, the series that inspired the forthcoming movie The Seventh Son, starring Jeff Bridges, Ben Barnes and Julianne Moore.
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Joseph Delaney is a retired English teacher. He has three children and nine grandchildren and is a wonderful public speaker available for conference, library and bookshop events. His home is in the middle of Boggart territory and his village has a boggart called the Hall Knocker, which was laid to rest under the step of a house near the church. Most of the places in the Spook's books are based on real places in Lancashire. And the inspiration behind the stories often comes from local ghost stories and legends.
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J. Delaney did not disappoint. Absorbing world, this book is.
Plus this time, a bit of an adventure was added into the mix. It probably helped that England (Tom and Spook's country) is on the same continent as Greece (Mam's country). I like this new twist in the series. Adventure plus a deviation from Tom's usual Spook's apprentice thingie. Keeps the series from being monotonous. Will continue to look forward to reading more of the Spook's series.
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Lookers results ahead of forecast
Lookers has declared financial results for 2012 which are ahead of expectations and with a record performance from its motor division. The results mark the group's fourth year of profit growth.
The acquisition of Lomond Audi and contract hire operator, Fleet Financial, has boosted turnover to over £2bn and pre-tax profits increased to £35.3m from £31.4m in 2011. The group said adjusted profit before tax increased to a record £36.8 million (2011: £33.8 million) and operating profit was also up, at £48.1m.
Although the group invested £18.2 million on acquisitions during the year, the level of gearing has been maintained at 24% compared to 20% last year, with net debt of £48.2 million compared to £39.5 million at the start of the year.
Lookers is rewarding shareholders with an increase in the final dividend for the year of 12% and a total dividend for the year of 2.35p a share.
Chief executive, Peter Jones, told shareholders: "I am pleased to report that the motor division increased profit before tax by 16% to £31.7 million, a record for the business and a significant increase over the prior year's result of £27.4 million."
Core retail new car sales increased by 12.0% compared to 2011 while the group withdrew from fleet with sector volumes falling by 9.4%. Gross profit on new retail cars increased by 3.7% whilst gross profit on fleet business increased by 19% which more than offset the reduction in fleet volume.
Group used car sales volumes increased by 12% compared to 2011 levels and gross profit per unit increased by 10.5%. Despite continued pressure in the sector, the aftersales business in the motor division increased turnover by 2.8%, although a focus on older vehicles resulted in a slight reduction in margin from 42% to 40%.
After a difficult first half of the year for the parts division volumes were protected by active pricing management and turnover for the 12 months was therefore £0.1m ahead of 2011. Jones said the action had an adverse impact on gross margins which reduced slightly from 30.5% to 29.9%, with total gross profit in the parts division reduced by £1.1m.
Jones added: "The new car retail market is showing some recovery and our order take for the important month of March is tracking on plan."
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On January 9, 2012, Jeff Green was laying on a surgical table preparing for surgery to repair a damage aortic root aneurysm. After undergoing urgent heart surgery, Green laid on a hospital bed faced with his biggest adversity ahead of him. While recovering, Green missed the entire 2012 NBA season with his future of returning to the league unknown. Fast forward ahead 365 days however, and Green is back. Wednesday night marked the one year anniversary following Green's surgery. During the second quarter, Green helped conduct the Celtics to go on a 14-2 run with 2 back-to-back dunks, leading the Celtics with a team high of 14 points to seal an 87-79 victory over the Phoenix Suns. While reflecting on his personal milestone Green said, "I don't cry, but it was (emotional)," he said fighting back tears. "A year ago I had heart surgery. I think about lying in bed, when I woke up from it, to where I'm at now. It's a big deal to me. I'm just glad to be here, glad to be alive, glad to be playing basketball. I don't cry, but it was (emotional)," he said fighting back tears. "A year ago I had heart surgery. I think about lying in bed, when I woke up from it, to where I'm at now. It's a big deal to me. I'm just glad to be here, glad to be alive, glad to be playing basketball." Prior to the game, Green tweeted a photo of himself exactly one year ago dependent upon a tub running down his throat, three drainage tubes, and three IVs pumping in his chest. It's a memory that he will never forget, but can use to fuel him to fight. The last chapter has yet to be written for the Iron man, but you cannot deny this is an amazing comeback story.
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Writing Across GenderPosted by Jennifer duBois, March 30, 2012 11:16 am 14 Comments Filed under: Guests.
In promoting A Partial History of Lost Causes, I've fielded some questions about what it was like to write across gender — to enter the point of view of a man, Aleksandr, and stay there for 30 years of his life. Those questions have made me think in a broader sense about what writing across gender means: what it implies, who is expected to do it, how it relates to some of the most vexing ontological questions about women that have preoccupied the country of late, and how, perhaps, it can help to address them.
I don't think it's terribly controversial to note that women, from a young age, are required to consider the reality of the opposite gender's consciousness in a way that men aren't.I don't think it's terribly controversial to note that women, from a young age, are required to consider the reality of the opposite gender's consciousness in a way that men aren't. This isn't to say that women don't often misunderstand, mistreat, and stereotype men, both in literature and in life. But on a basic level, functioning in society requires that women register that men are fully conscious; it is not really possible for a woman to throw up her hands and write men off as eternally unknowable space aliens — and even if she says she has, she cannot really behave as though she has. Every element of her life — from reading books about boys and men to writing papers about the motivations of male characters to being attentive to her own safety to navigating most any institutional or professional or economic sphere — demands an ironclad familiarity with, and belief in, the idea that men really are fully human entities. And no matter how many men come to the same conclusions about women, the structure of society simply does not demand so strenuously that they do so. If you didn't really deep down believe that women were, in general, exactly as conscious as you, you could probably still get by in life. You could probably still get a book deal. You could probably still get elected to office.
This discrepancy plays out in fiction, where it fuels a literary cycle which is both a cause and a consequence of the broader issue. Girls, alongside the variety of other ways in which they're confronting the reality of male consciousness, read and write papers about Huck and then Holden and then Jake Barnes. In doing so, they learn that male minds, like female minds, are complicated and weird and worthy of attention. Adult female readers then will often voluntarily read books by and about both men and women, whereas male readers will overwhelmingly, though of course not exclusively, read books by and about men. And female writers will often also voluntarily write books populated by both men and women. (If they don't, they will have to be ever-mindful of the possibility of being understood as writers of "women's fiction" — meaning fiction for women only.) Male writers will have the latitude to do whatever they want: many will write books about both men and women, but they can excise women entirely from their fictional universes, if they want to, without ever marginalizing their books. And all of this results, of course, in a re-enforcement of the initial problem: the production of another realm where taking women seriously — as consciousnesses, narrators, characters — is optional.
Male writers' hesitation to use women as point of view characters seems to stem in part from a prevailing sense — perhaps not entirely unfounded — that one simply can't win, and that the tiniest gesture or cadence amiss could spark a frenzy. But a larger fraction of the hesitation seems to me to arise from two premises: first, the notion that women are essentially strangers, their consciousnesses wholly foreign; and second, that this foreignness, in addition to being unassailable, is also pretty limited and boring. A male writer who careens around in time, deviates from autobiography, or takes liberties with realism believes in the potential dramatic and aesthetic payoffs for doing so. Writing from a female point of view seems to be generally regarded as something more like writing from the perspective of a deerWriting from a female point of view seems to be generally regarded as something more like writing from the perspective of a deer: you might get points for novelty, but it'd be impossible to get right, and who really wants to hear a deer narrate a story, anyway?
That is, of course, something of an overstatement. But I suspect that the notion that women's consciousnesses are so alien and reduced as to be generally unknowable is actually fairly widespread, I suspect it pervades our literary culture, and I suspect it explains a lot of recent political theatrics. But I also suspect that reading books with complicated female consciousnesses (any kind, as long as someone's actually driving!) can chip away at it, to some extent. If there's one thing that's unambiguously morally elevating about fiction, it's the way it forces us to confront the complexities of the brains of strangers, since all characters are strangers to us when we start a book. By engaging our attention and our curiosity, fictional people can make real people seem more real. And that means that writing female narrators is something of an ethical issue, as well as a literary one, for writers of both genders.
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The Conversion to Christianity in Medieval Ireland: St. Patrick vs. St. Bridget
Moriah Gerrish
Published Online (2010)
The study of the lives of saints, or hagiography, has always been a fascinating field. Historians and everyday people study saints, not only in order to find a connection to God through his disciples on earth, but because many saints were influential in historical events, such as the spread of Christianity or the development of Church doctrine. Two saints, in particular, were responsible for the dramatic spread of Christianity throughout medieval Ireland, and their activities have been recorded in medieval texts. These saints are Saint Patrick and Saint Bridget of Ireland. Saint Patrick worked as a missionary in Northern Ireland during the early half of the fifth century. Saint Bridget was an abbess of Kildare in the central eastern portion of Ireland from roughly 450 to 520 A.D., and is famous for being the only female bishop in the Christian Church.
Both St. Bridget and St. Patrick are patron saints of Ireland, but each had very different methods of converting people to Christianity from paganism during medieval times in Ireland. The main reason for the differences in their approach was due to their difference in origins and target audience. St. Patrick's approach was more aggressive and was aimed towards people in the druid class who were advisors to kings. St. Bridget's approach, which was gentler and welcoming to the Irish people, was directed toward commoners who continued to follow pagan rituals until her influence. Although their methods varied, it is evident that St. Bridget's approach to conversion yielded greater results than St. Patrick's, because it did not impose religion on the people, but instead molded their previous pagan beliefs into a genuine and devout acceptance of Christianity.
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Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has dismissed speculation Gonzalo Higuain is about to join Arsenal by revealing the Premier League club are yet to make an offer. Higuain, who told the media on the final day of the Primera Division season that he was going to leave Madrid in the summer, was reported to be on the verge of a £23millon move to Emirates Stadium. However, during an interview with Univision, Perez said: "We don't want Higuain to leave. What's more, no-one from Arsenal has come to us and made us any offers at all for him. There are no offers on the table." Madrid have made two signings so far this summer, bringing defender Dani Carvajal and midfielder Isco to the Bernabeu from Bayer Leverkusen and Malaga respectively, but Perez remained tight-lipped on future transfers. However, it has been reported Madrid will sign Spain Under-21 midfielder Asier Illaramendi from Real Sociedad in the coming days. And although Perez did not confirm a move for the 23-year-old, he...
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Should we as fans be upset at what the Orioles did at the Winter Meetings? Not really. The biggest signing that they had was bringing back Nate McLouth for a one-year pact. They also got a pitcher in the Rule 5 Draft, T.J. McFarland, and Dan Duquette did a lot of talking, mainly noting that the franchise has a good to core to work with. In Nashville, many fans had wanted the franchise to be bold and open up the purse strings and perhaps make Christmas in Birdland a memorable by reeling in Josh Hamilton, Zack Grienke, or any big name free agent you can think of. Yes, the Orioles were fairly quiet in Nashville. I thought that Duquette could have done more this week; however, with the prices that some players – notably Angel Pagan, Macro Scutaro, and the Eric Chavez's of the world –went for, perhaps it was a good thing that the Orioles didn't go crazy and get a player for the sake of signing one. I certainly think that the Orioles need to upgrade the roster, because honestly, what happened last season was a tad fluky – especially with their record in one run games and in extra frames. They cannot stand pat with the team as-is, but at the same time, Duquette has shown himself to be adept at finding diamonds in the rough, players of value who fit a certain role, and taking chances on those who have been overlooked. Although it would be real nice to see the Orioles sign a high-dollar player who will bring some positive buzz for the fan base, they'll use the trade market and some players in the organization as commodities. They still need another arm despite what's in the system right now – especially with Dylan Bundy & Kevin Gausman – plus another bat. I expected more; however, it is only the second week of Decemeber and plenty of time still left for action. There will be a move soon, but when – who knows. The Orioles didn't need to go crazy at the Winter Meetings. In fact, I kind of appreciate Duquette's restraint over the past week, but something needs to be done to improve some holes with the roster. If not, the Orioles will probably not win 93 games in 2013.
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Fingerprint Security Convenient, but not Flawless
BARCELONA, Spain— Samsung's upcoming Galaxy S5 smartphone will be at least the third to have a fingerprint sensor for security but it's alone in letting you use that for general shopping, thanks to a partnership with PayPal.
The sensor brings convenience for entering passcodes and could encourage more people to lock their phones. But fingerprint security isn't foolproof.
Here's what to know as you consider whether to place your trust in it:
How does it work?
The S5 has a sensor on the home button, just like Apple's iPhone 5s. On the S5, you train the phone to recognize your finger by swiping on it seven times. You also enter a passcode as a backup, so you're not locked out if the device doesn't recognize your print. On the iPhone, that can happen if your hand is greasy or wet, for instance.
The phone then converts the fingerprint information into a mathematical representation, known as a hash, and stores that in a secured location on the device. Samsung says that information stays on the device and is never shared.
When you want to unlock your phone, you simply swipe on the home button. A hash is again created and must match the one the phone already has. Otherwise, the phone stays locked.
You can do this with up to three fingers on the S5, compared with five on the iPhone. On the S5, you must swipe down. On the iPhone, you simply hold your finger on the home button, and you can do that sideways or upside down as well.
The HTC One Max also has a fingerprint sensor, though tests by The Associated Press have shown it to be inconsistent in recognizing prints.


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Holy playoff hockey, Batman! Last round we witnessed yet another nearly historical comeback by the Red Wings. Pekka Rinne, Joel Ward, and the rest of the Nashville Predators put themselves on the map by putting forth a hard-fought, blue collar effort against the Canucks. The Flyers, seemingly the favorites in the East, literally got their asses handed to them by the Bruins who satiated their need for revenge. Alex Ovechkin continues to feel playoff frustration as his Caps are swept by division-rival Tampa Bay.
For the record, Joe was once again tops in predictions with two out of four correct picks (Canucks, Lightning). Myself and Tim went one for four; I picked the Lightning, Tim the Bruins (that jerk!). And Mike? Well, Mike picked the Preds, Wings, Flyers, and Caps--all teams that were eliminated last round. Better luck this time around, buddy!
So what awaits us in the Conference Finals? Check it out!
Eastern Conference Finals: 3 Boston Bruins v. 5 Tampa Bay Lightning
Joe: Vezina favorite Tim Thomas has been off for a month it seems since ousting the Flyers in 4. Tampa's stars have really shined in the first two rounds. Look for much of the same. If Seidenberg doesn't step up for the Bruins it could be a short series. I expect Chara to play close to 30 minutes per game and I expect Rollie the goalie to let in some bad goals. Thomas will be fighting for the Prince of Wales Trophy. The big question: will Chara touch the trophy when they win it? Bruins in 6.
Ty: On paper, the Boston Bruins look like clear favorites. After all, defense and goaltending win championships. But this is also a team I can't get a lock on. They were taken to OT of Game 7 by the much smaller Canadiens, but easily handled the powerful Flyers. Another two huge variables to consider: Guy Boucher and the 1-3-1 trap. I expect the trap to frustrate Boston's weaker offense. At the end of the day, look for Vinny Lecavalier to hoist the Prince of Wales Trophy. Lightning in 7.
Tim: How do you hide your weakness of a sub-par blue line group? Play amazing team defense. Tampa with their 1-3-1 system have been locking down opponents all year. And they have the fire power to score goals as well. St. Louis, Stamkos, and a rejuvenated Lecavalier have been stepping up all playoffs long. With secondary scoring from Downie and others, this team is scary good. Guy Boucher will lead his team to victory in this ECF. Mostly for spite, I'm picking Tampa. Lightning in 6.
Mike: What right in the world do I have to make any predictions? Seriously, I had each of these teams out in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. Hell, I had the Caps sweeping the Bolts, and if that's enough for you to stop reading right now then I don't blame you in the least. Could I be just as nuts to think that Boston will take Tampa in 5? I congratulate the Lightning for getting this far, but Thomas and his yellow crew are gonna blow the Bay's high hopes right outta the sky. Bruins in 5.
Western Conference Finals: 1 Vancouver Canucks v. 2 San Jose Sharks
Joe: A team that has never been to the Finals against a team that hasn't been there since Pavel Bure was in the League. Luongo has quieted the "playoff choke" talk and Joe Thornton has done the same for his squad. The Sedins need to perform in this series and not force Ryan Kesler to carry his team solely to the finals. Vancouver is my favorite to win the Cup so it would be funny to see Daniel and Henrik try to fight over who gets to lift the Cup first. Canucks in 6.
Ty: I've been hating on the Canucks for too long. This team has proven its resiliency and scoring depth by quelling a nearly historic comeback by playoff-rivals the Blackhawks and taking down a hard-working blue-collar Predators squad, all without much assistance from the Sedins and Kesler. The Sharks, meanwhile, have proven that they are no joke. Will Niemi tap into championship form, or will Luongo finally prove that he can carry his team to the Finals? Canucks in 7.
Tim: The perennial chokers have managed to ride the wave of momentum into the WCF this year. Vancouver hasn't been to a WCF since 1994. Both of these teams are playing some stellar hockey. I think this will be an exciting series to watch. Thornton, Marleau, Setoguchi, and Boyle played one of the best playoff games of their career in Game 7 as San Jose slain the dragon, galvanizing them into true playoff warriors. Look for them to emerge from a hard fought series. Sharks in 7.
Mike: The Canucks have proven that their game can be slowed down and altered by great goaltending from the likes of Pikke Rinne. But the question is: Can Antti Niemi keep his undefeated playoff series record going with more brilliant performances in net? I believe so. We all thought this was just another year that the Fins would choke in the water in which they dwell. But after securing a win in Game 7 versus the Red Wings, I believe their strongest opposition is behind them. Sharks in 7.
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MADISON, Wis. Certain lichens can break down the infectious proteins responsible for chronic wasting disease (CWD), a troubling neurological disease fatal to wild deer and elk and spreading throughout the United States and Canada, according to U.S. Geological Survey research published today in the journal PLoS ONE.
Like other "prion" diseases, CWD is caused by unusual, infectious proteins called prions. One of the best-known of these diseases is "mad cow" disease, a cattle disease that has infected humans. However, there is no evidence that CWD has infected humans. Disease-causing prions, responsible for some incurable neurological diseases of people and other diseases in animals, are notoriously difficult to decontaminate or kill. Prions are not killed by most detergents, cooking, freezing or by autoclaving, a method used to sterilize medical instruments.
"When prions are released into the environment by infected sheep or deer, they can stay infectious for many years, even decades," said Christopher Johnson, Ph.D., a scientist at the USGS National Wildlife Health Center and the lead author of the study. "To help limit the spread of these diseases in animals, we need to be able to remove prions from the environment."
The researchers found that lichens have great potential for safely reducing the number of prions because some lichen species contain a protease enzyme (a naturally produced chemical) capable of significantly breaking down prions in the lab.
"This work is exciting because there are so few agents that degrade prions and even fewer that could be used in the environment without causing harm," said Jim Bennett, Ph.D., a USGS lichenologist and a co-author of the study.
CWD and scrapie in sheep are different than other prion diseases because they can easily spread in sheep or deer by direct animal-to-animal contact or through contact with contaminated inanimate objects like soil. Chronic wasting dis
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Carob Truffles
|Part skim ricotta cheese
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|Vanilla extract
|1 Teaspoon
|Unsweetened flaked coconut
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs), processed in food processor until it is the consistency of powdered sugar
|Carob chips
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|2 Tablespoon
1. Line a baking sheet with waxed paper.
2. Prepare a double boiler pan, by placing a small saucepan, filled with 3 inches water over medium low heat.
3. In a medium bowl, combine the ricotta, honey, vanilla, and 1/4 cup of the prepared coconut sugar.
4. Use a wire whisk to beat the mixture until light and smooth.
5. In a small pan (one that fits snugly over the saucepan of simmering water) combine the carob chips and the butter and place it over the double boiler pan.
6. Allow the carob and butter to melt until smooth. Stir occasionally.
7. Gradually pour the melted carob butter into cheese mixture, in a steady stream, while whisking constantly.
8. Allow the mixture to cool until it is easy enough to handle.
9. Shape the mixture into walnut size balls, rolling the mixture between palms you palms.
10. Coat each Truffle with Coconut Sugar by rolling in it and arrange of the baking sheet Place baking sheet in the refrigerator to chill and harden the Carob Truffles.
11. Place each ball in a foil or paper sweet case and serve cold.


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Under a lowering sky, the entourage crowds into two hertz station wagons for the sixty mile drive to Las Cruces.
There is a pro version that costs $49 per year and comes with hertz Gold and Regus membership.
Microsoft-Yahoo becomes a genuine Pepsi to Google's Coke, Burger King to their McDonalds, Avis to their hertz.
unit of frequency equal to one cycle per second, 1928, named in reference to German physicist Heinrich Hertz (1857-1894).
hertz (hûrts)
n. pl. hertz
Abbr. Hz
A unit of frequency equal to 1 cycle per second.
The international unit of frequency: one cycle per second. The abbreviation for hertz is Hz.
Note: Household current in the United States is sixty hertz.


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Originally written on MLB Buzz | Last updated 5/1/13
The Brewers' Jean Segura doesn't look like a classic shortstop – he's 5-foot-10, 165 pounds, with a thick lower half. So, when trying to determine a "comp," something baseball people love to do, Brewers director of pro scouting Zack Minasian went off the board entirely. Minasian mentioned a player that Brewers general manager Doug Melvin once acquired for the Texas Rangers, but one who bears absolutely no physical resemblance to Segura. Are you sitting down? Michael Young. Segura, Melvin said, is similar to Young because of his energy, his instincts, even his relatively low profile when he was a prospect in the Angels' organization. Young, too, was mostly unknown early in his career with the Blue Jays. Young exceeded expectations, and now it appears that Segura – the centerpiece of the Brewers' three-player haul for right-hander Zack Greinke last July – might do the same. Segura, 23, skipped Triple A after the Brewers promoted him last Aug. 6, opened the c
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You've probably heard a little about Mark Millar and Steve McNiven's next comic book series, Nemesis. When the character was decribed as "Batman meets the Joker" combined with an image that looked as if it was inspired by Heath Ledger's Joker performance, word was DC had something to say. Regardless of that, here is the chance to live out the dream that many comic book readers have had.
Have you ever imagined yourself as the star of a comic book? Mark Millar is offering you that chance. Nemesis is about the fight between America's smartest cop and the world's one and only super-villain. Who is the cop? That's where you come in! Dynamic Forces is hosting an auction to name the cop. The winner's name will be immortalized as the hero of the story. All proceeds will go directly into a special fund that will assist handicapped children.
The auction has started and runs until January 28 so you better get bidding today. You can check out the auction by going HERE. The starting bid was $99.00 and currently is at $1025.00. It's a cool idea to get your name in a comic and it's great that the money will go to a good cause.
"My older brother, Dr. Bobby Millar, works with these children every day and he explained to me what a difference it would make if they could get a new bus," Mark Millar explains. "Resources are tight at all schools and hospitals in the current economic climate, but we had a great success with the Kick-Ass auction and feel hopeful that comic-book readers will dig deep again and they can build towards this pretty hefty amount of cash they need for the vehicle. Steven and I have had an amazing run of luck with Civil War and Old Man Logan and we're hoping "Nemesis" will be similarly massive. To star as a comic-book hero is pretty cool and the intense movie-studio and production-company interest for "Nemesis" before the book even hits the stands should bode well that whoever wins this auction will get their name out there in many other media too, just like Dave Lizewski. I really hope people get behind this as the staff at the school do a terrific job and the kids would be delighted with this nice, new bus everyone has their eye on."
"We're thrilled to help Mark out here with this awesome auction and to raise some much-needed money for a truly worthy cause," stated Dynamic Forces President Nick Barrucci. "'Nemesis' is poised to be another break-out book from Mark and Steven, and the chance to be in the book is the opportunity of a lifetime. Am I eligible to win?"