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Article | August 1, 2008
CPA member cast their nets to catch new ideas at annual meeting
There's an ocean of opportunity in the contract packaging industry.
How to seize those opportunities was the theme of the Contract Packaging Association's recent annual meeting in Miami, FL.
One of the consistent positive comments about the meeting was that members could discuss problems and solutions facing all contract packagers. The meeting opened with a cocktail-and-dinner cruise aboard the Venetian Lady, drawing raves from attendees. The relaxed setting gave participants the chance to meet everyone, and it set the stage for exchanging ideas throughout the meeting.
James Marstiller, senior vice president of The Solution Partnership, set the tone for the meeting by discussing innovation and how to exploit it for the benefit of the customer, and thereby the contract packager.
Judi Lazaro, director of customer relations at the American Institute of Baking (AIB), educated and entertained the audience. As the industry matures and customers become more involved in packaging standards, a common platform is necessary. The chosen platform to date has been the standards for cleanliness set by the AIB.
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Jason Tham, vice president of corporate development, Nulogy Corp., discussed innovative infrastructure software to help contract packagers increase operational efficiencies and improve decision-making.
Hot topics
Change, flexibility, innovation! Jeff Hayzlett, chief marketing officer for Kodak and a former CPA director, mesmerized the audience when he started with facts about Kodak. Among them was that Kodak's sales of film five years ago were $15 billion and last year were $500 million. Obviously, change was needed, and innovation was the driver.
Two "hot" topics—sustainability and e-commerce—were covered by Dennis Salazar, president of Salazar Packaging, and David Bird, director of sales at Quatro Systems. Nearly every company now has a Web site, something that couldn't be said just five years ago. But are we maximizing its marketing and sales abilities? David's ideas can help significantly.
At some point, a contract packager may need additional capital to grow. Philip R. Yates, senior adviser of the private-equity arm of Bear Stearns Merchant Banking, taught attendees how that market works and how to tap into it.
Joe Angel, vice president/publisher of Summit Publishing Co., publisher of Contract Packaging magazine, discussed the value of targeted communication. You need to shoot with a rifle rather than a shotgun.
CP 08 will take place Sept. 16-17 in Chicago, IL. It is a highly focused conference for users and providers of contract-packaging services. Last year's inaugural event was a sellout, so register early at www.contractpackagingmag.com/cp08.
Phase two of industry study
The closing session of the annual meeting addressed CPA business. Highlights included preliminary results of "The State of the Contract Packaging Industry Report," the development of the Marketing Committee, and the announcement of the decision to add an Education Committee.
Commissioned by the CPA, "The State of the Contract Packaging Industry Report" expands on the initial study completed last year. Kevin Armour, vice president at Strategic Analysis Inc., discussed the results. Armour and John Riley, the Study Committee's chairperson, talked about the goals and objectives of the study, and how it will be of continuing value to companies providing or using contract-packaging services.
If participant evaluation is an indicator of success, this meeting surpassed attendees' expectations. Joe Jaruszewski and his team are to be congratulated for the agenda and caliber of speakers procured.
Save the dates of March 20-23, 2009, at Chateau Élan in Braselton, GA, for next year's CPA annual meeting!
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Marc Spector (Earth-616)
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|Moon Knight
|Real Name
|Marc Spector
|Current Alias
|Moon Knight
|Jake Lockley, Steven Grant, Yitzak Topol, Fist of Khonshu, Crescent Crusader, "Moony", Crescent Wrench, Lunar Legionnaire, Sheet Face, Spider-Man, Bullseye, Mister Knight
|Editorial Names
|Moon Knight; Marc Spector: Moon Knight
|Elias Spector (father, deceased)
Unnamed mother (deceased)
Randall Spector (Shadowknight) (brother, deceased)
Seth Phalkon (alleged great-great-grandfather)
None; formerly Khonshu, former Employer of Buck Lime, Secret Avengers, U.S. Marine Corps, CIA, partner of Frenchie (Jean-Paul du Champ), partner of Raoul Bushman, partner of Midnight, partner of Echo, West Coast Avengers, Marvel Knights, Defenders, Heroes For Hire, the Committee
|Base Of Operations
|New York City New York, Formely; Los Angeles, California; Spector Mansion, Long Island, New York; Avengers Compound, Los Angeles, California
|Public Identity
|Marital Status
|Adventurer, entrepreneur, vigilante; former prize fighter, spy, soldier (U.S. Marine commando), C.I.A. liaison, mercenary, cab driver
|High-school graduate, extensive C.I.A. training
|6' 2"
|225 lbs (102 kg)
|Unusual Features
|Scar over his left eye; twice he was confined to a wheelchair
|On a mercenary mission in Egypt, Spector was left for dead. An idol of the Egyptian moon god, Khonshu, saved him, and gave him his moon-based powers.
|Place of Birth
|Chicago, Illinois
|Doug Moench, Don Perlin
|First Appearance
Early life
Spector's father, a rabbi, managed to escape Germany when Hitler invaded Czechoslovakia. Spector was born in the US. His mother died soon afterward. Marc refused to follow his father's calling; he could not understand why Elias never fought back against persecution. Instead he became a prize fighter, but when his father got into the ring one night to stop him, Marc punched him.[2]
US Marine Corps
The next morning he enlisted in the Marines, and he never saw his father again. After two tours of duty, he became a field agent of the C.I.A.. There he worked with several people who would later interact with Moon Knight, including William Cross, Amos Lardner, and his own brother, Randall Spector. Randall killed Spector's girlfriend Lisa with a hatchet to keep her from exposing a gun-running scheme; Spector retaliated with a grenade and assumed Randall was dead.[3]
After leaving the CIA, Spector became a soldier-for-hire. During this period he befriended "Frenchie" Duchamp, who became his professional partner. They took on several assignments, mainly in Africa and South America. Spector later went to trial for assassinating the president of Bosqueverde, a South American country[4][5][6][7]; such assignments paid well, though, and Spector invested wisely.[citation needed]
Mercenary Work
Spector and Frenchie took on a job in Sudan for Raoul Bushman. Whereas Spector worked for the money, Bushman seemed to enjoy plunder and killing. When Bushman massacred the inhabitants of Selima, as well as archaeologist Peter Alraune, to find an Egyptian pharaoh's tomb, Spector could stomach no more. He got Alraune's daughter Marlene to safety at the tomb and challenged Bushman, who mortally wounded him in the desert. Spector managed to reach the tomb before he collapsed, and Marlene and the crew laid him beneath an idol of Khonshu. His spirit had an encounter with Khonshu, who promised to save his life in exchange for his service. Spector agreed, although he later considered this encounter a hallucination. Restored to life, he punished Bushman's men, while Bushman himself escaped.[8]
Moon Knight
Finally having found a purpose in life, Spector applied himself with a will. He, Franchie, and Alraune (now his lover) moved to New York, taking the idol along. With their help he developed the costume, equipment, and persona of Moon Knight. With his fortune he could not only support his new career of fighting crime, he could create another persona: Steven Grant, financier. Finally, to gather information at street level, he created a fourth persona: Jake Lockley, cab driver. His original persona, with its multiple facets, faded into the background. Still, leading four separate lives put great mental stress on Spector. Lockley developed a network of informants, including the homeless Bertrand Crawley, diner owner Gena Landers, and her sons Ricky and Ray.
Spector's first major job as Moon Knight came when the Committee hired him to capture a werewolf named Jack Russell. He succeeded, in large part thanks to the silver cesti he was equipped with.[9] However, he learned that the Committee planned to turn Russell's sister into another werewolf and use them both as weapons. He did the honorable thing and switched sides; Spector and Russell shut down the Committee.[10]
Spector faced Conquer-Lord on his own[11] before briefly joining the Defenders to battle a Life-Model Decoy version of the Zodiac[12]. The first skeleton from Spector's closet to bedevil Moon Knight was William Cross (now the villain Crossfire), from whom Spector rescued the Thing[13]. He met Spider-Man for the first time when they teamed up against the Masked Marauder, who at the time called himself "Big M" and employed the original Cyclone[14].
Moon Knight had reached the big time and encountered super-villains with more frequency. Very early on, he had to face a serial killer dubbed the Hatchet-Man, who claimed to be his brother Randall[3][15].
Spector investigated the death of Amos Lardner when his body arrived in a crate on Spector's doorstep. He learned that Amos' brother James had become a test subject in a CIA experiment (one that Spector himself had participated in), and when Amos investigated, he was forced to undergo the same treatment and committed suicide as a result[16].
Spector faced other menaces: some super-powered, some insane, some simply ambitious, but all dangerous. He confronted the Slasher, a man slaying homeless people in a effort to find his father. He tracked down Bushman and sent him to jail,[8] but Bushman struck back by having Midnight Man (a more recent foe[17]) destroy Spector's idol of Khonshu. By this time Spector was convinced that Khonshu had given him his powers, as well as a focus in life. His precarious self-control broke down until Marlene produced another idol, which she claimed was the original[18] and [19].
Moon Knight's next major foe, Morpheus, turned out to be a patient of Doctor Peter Alraune, Marlene's brother[20]. The idol of Khonshu sustained Spector again when he first encountered the Black Spectre, who tried to terrorize people into supporting his bid for mayor. Nobody, including Dr. Alraune, believed Spector when he claimed that Knowles was the Black Spectre, but Khonshu gave him the strength to prevail[21].
A battle with the Fly left Spector unable to walk, but he quickly recovered[22]. To stop an ancient Egyptian curse, Spector briefly hosted the spirit of a priest of Khonshu, which helped to integrate his personalities[23].
When Spector learned that his estranged father was dying, he had a change of heart, but he arrived in Chicago too late. To his horror, Spector found his father's tomb empty and his papers stolen. After his father's death, Spector was outraged when his body was stolen by Reuben Davis, a former student of Elias Spector who had mastered Kaballah. Using the body as a power source, Davis took the name Zohar and used his magical power to punish Marc Spector for his sins. Moon Knight defeated Zohar, but Spector subsequently suffered another serious mental breakdown and decided to abandon all of his alternate identities to settle down with Marlene; by reconciling with his father's legacy, though, he found a measure of peace and decided to retire from crime-fighting[2][24].
As part of his new life, Spector gave up his Grant identity and sold the idol at a gallery in Paris. He had a vision, however, telling him that "the image is delivered up to evil." Called back to action as Moon Knight, he learned that Marlene could no longer tolerate his schizophrenic behavior, and she left him. In the Egyptian Valley of the Kings, Spector met three ancients priests of Khonshu, who told him that Khonshu had chosen him as an earthly champion and gave him new weapons. Only later did Spector realize that Khonshu himself was influencing him subconsciously[25].
West Coast Avengers
Spector joined the West Coast Avengers for a time after rescuing some of their members who had been time-shifted to Pharaonic Egypt. Hawkeye got help from Khonshu, in exchange for designing Moon Knight's new weaponry[26]. Khonshu alerted Spector in the present day, who helped the Avengers return home safely.
While an Avenger, Spector for a time became romantically involved with Tigra, but he never became a true team player. After a while, there was a controversy amongst the team upon the discovery that Hawkeye's wife Mockingbird had allowed the Phantom Rider (who had sexually assaulted her) to die while cast away in time. Spector, Tigra, and Mockingbird left the team as a splinter group. Together with Bill Foster they daunted the High Evolutionary, and they also fought the Night Shift. When they consulted with Hellstorm about Phantom Rider's ghost haunting Mockingbird, Spector learned of Khonshu's presence in his own psyche, and Hellstorm convinced the moon god to depart[27]. Freed from Khonshu's meddling, Spector left the "mainstream" hero business and gave up the mystic weapons the priests had given him.
Back in New York, Spector reunited with Marlene and went back to less-cosmic crime-fighting[28]. He soon learned that Jeff Wilde, the son of his old foe Midnight Man, had tried to take his place during his time on the West Coast and now wanted to become an ally as Midnight. The new Midnight fought crime for some time together with Spector, until Midnight was seemingly disintegrated during battle with the Secret Empire. Wilde had survived, however, and was turned into a cyborg soldier by the Secret Empire, told that Moon Knight had been responsible for his father's death. These difficulties with the Empire drew Spector (as well as Darkhawk, New Warriors Night Thrasher and Nova, the Punisher, and Spider-Man) into a near war[29]. At the end of the climactic battle, Wilde again seemingly perished, this time crushed by debris when the Empire's headquarters collapsed around him.
Spector underwent another near-death experience[30]. He then found that his brother, Randall had survived, and in addition had been trying to take his place as Khonshu's champion. Randall (as Shadowknight) succeeded in usurping Spector's powers temporarily. With the Punisher's help, Spector defeated Shadowknight[31]. The power levels of his foes kept increasing, so Spector continually upgraded his own equipment. He retooled his Kevlar armor and steel crescent darts with adamantium, and his public persona with a firm named Spectorcorp.
During the Infinity War, Spector had to contend with Moonshade, an evil twin of himself created by the Magus (himself an evil twin of Adam Warlock). Luckily, Moonshade suffered from the same blunted focus caused by Spector's multiple personalities, while Moonshade's threat had the effect of sharpening Spector's own focus. Moonshade also had an Achilles' heel: the adamantium in Spector's new weapons.[32][33] During another cosmic event, the Infinity Crusade, the Goddess (another aspect of Warlock) selected Spector as one of the most spiritual beings on Earth, thanks to his near-death experiences and his devotion to Khonshu.[34][35][36]
Seth Phalkon attacked Spectorcorp with a computer virus. Rather than let it destroy the entire conglomerate and his employees, Spector quarantined it in his own building, Shadowkeep, along with himself. He died in the ensuing meltdown[37].
Second Resurrection
Khonshu resurrected Spector again to counter another plot by Seth, who had recruited Spector's old foes Bushman, the Black Spectre, and Morpheus. Using an idol of Seth, they tried to break up a peace conference at the UN. Spector foiled the plot by destroying the idol.[38] The CIA tried to assassinate Spector because he knew too much about their mind-control programs. With an old flame from the agency, Candace Calder, he exposed the latest refinements in their sinister schemes.[39]
Spector journeyed back to the spirit realm to help the Black Panther reconnect with Bast, his own patron deity. Although Nightmare impersonated Khonshu and tried to divert them from their purpose, the real Khonshu helped them finish the quest[40].
Some time later, Spector was approached by Doorman of the Great Lakes Avengers, who was seeking new blood for his team after Dinah Soar's death and Mr. Immortal's (repeated) suicide attempts. However, Spector mistook Doorman for the Midnight Man, leading to an altercation. Needless to say, Moon Knight did not end up joining the Great Lakes Avengers.[41]
Despite his mistrust of teams, Spector joined a group that tried to bring in the Punisher for his excessive vigilantism, and he put up the funds for a headquarters. Zaran wounded Spector severely, and the team's building exploded in the same attack. Drained of money, health, and enthusiasm, Spector retired again.[42]
Spector finally exorcised one of his demons when he killed Bushman in mortal combat[43]. He survived, albeit with broken knees. Crippled and despondent, he turned to drugs and alcohol. The Civil War passed him by, although both Captain America and Iron Man tried to enlist him for their sides.
Recent encounters have forced Spector to shake off his lethargy, at the price of some psychological stability. He still believes that he is Khonshu's champion, but in his mind Khonshu wears the face of Bushman. So far he has faced a returned Midnight, the Taskmaster, and a revitalized Committee.
Moon Knight had to fake his own death when Osborn sent his Thunderbolts to kill him. After that he fled to Mexico using the name Jake Lockley for a while. He eventually met up with the Punisher and the Zapata Brothers to help save Carmen Alcantara from her father's drug cartel.[44]
Dark Reign
Moon Knight returned to New York after faking his death with Jake Lockley as his dominant personality, but still struggled against his violent nature and was hounded by a small imaginary tormentor resembling a man in the Moon Knight costume with a bird skull who goads him to kill. While trying to walk the path of a hero he made a bold return taking on many criminals but killing none of them, now the people of New York begin to see him as a hero and not a murderous vigilante much to Norman Osborn's disdain. Jake's personality had been one of struggle against the inner demon trying to get him to kill while juggling sobriety. Most recently he was met by the Sentry who asked him "Who do you think you are, a hero?" Later the Sentry took Moon Knight across the city while he saved people and stopped crimes telling Lockley that eventually he will be tested and that he will fail to which Moon Knight replies "So will you". They stared each other down for a moment before the Sentry eventually left.
Secret Avengers
After Norman Osborn's defeat in the Siege of Asgard, Steve Rogers was appointed his replacement. He reorganized the Avengers, recruiting Moon Knight to be on his team of Secret Avengers. Their first mission sent the team to Mars. Later on Moon Knight was part of a team that infiltrated a Secret Empire undercity beneath Cincinnati.[45] Some of his teammates, such as Beast, did not trust Spector due to his mental illness.
The One-Man Avenger
Spector moved to Los Angeles to work as a television producer. Marc Spector was at a party celebrating the success of his new show, "the Legend of Khonshu", which he based on his own past. His celebration was interrupted by a call, and he went outside to meet Wolverine, Spider-Man and Captain America. Cap informed Spector that criminals had been migrating to Los Angeles, and as he now operates there he wanted Spector to figure out why. He reminded Marc that as an Avenger he never has to work alone.
At the docks, Moon Knight spied two armed henchmen, making a pickup for a mysterious employer. They approached Mr. Hyde, who demanded payment. When it is not given, Zabo killed the two men. Moon Knight attacked Zabo. The fight moved onto Hyde's boat, and Moon Knight discovered that Hyde was selling a Ultron's head. He made off with the Ultron's head, diving into the water.
The henchman's employer appeared above the boat as Moon Knight dove deeper. He refused to pay Hyde. In revenge for killing the henchmen, he attacked with a massive burst of energy and absconded with the rest of the Ultron body. Moon Knight took the Ultron head back to Captain America, Wolverine, and Spider-Man to discuss the situation. However, he was in fact completely alone, and the three Avengers were mere hallucinations.[46]
Dressed as Spider-Man, and thinking that he was in fact Spider-Man, Marc confronted the criminal Snapdragon at a strip club she operated. Partway through the fight, his Wolverine personality took over. He was defeated, but saved by Echo, who was undercover there.[47] She explained that she had briefly been an Avenger and they had mutual friends. He later asked her out on a date at Pink's Hotdogs to make up for blowing her cover.
Spector had hired Buck Lime, an ex-S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, to assist him, having tested him by pretending to be Bullseye.[48] Buck confirmed the authenticity of the Ultron's head and encouraged him to give it to the Avengers; at the same time, the new kingpin of L.A. ordered Snapdragon to kill Moon Knight. For that, Snapdragon hired the team Night Shift.
Meanwhile, the assassin known as Daken moved to L.A. He had wanted to become lord of the city's crime scene, but found a new kingpin already in place. A string of murders attributed to a 'Claws Killer' was attributed falsely to Daken [49] Moon Knight was also hunting the Claws Killer. The Claws Killer ended up being Marcus Roston.
Night Shift attacked Moon Knight and Echo on their date. The police tried to arrest them, and at the suggestion of his Cap persona he initially surrendered. When a handful of officers tried to unmask him he fought back and escaped. Echo also escaped, stealing a cop car. He later tried to kiss Echo, angering her. Later, Echo showed up at his house and apologized. The real Avengers arrived, having been contacted by Buck and informed of the Ultron's head. Rogers told Marc he trusted him and his plan for catching the mysterious kingpin, but emphasized the riskiness of the plan. [50]
Buck went to Snapdragon's club to offer the kingpin the head. Although he knew this was a trap, the kingpin revealed himself: Count Nefaria. The Ultron head was a fake, filled with a drug that weakened Nefaria.[51] They battled, but Nefaria fled. However, Echo had recorded everything; they now had hard evidence of the kingpin's identity and his intentions. She also witnessed Moon Knight talking to his other personalities. Moon Knight took Snapdragon to the police. Although the evidence was solid, the captain didn't want to anger Nefaria and thus did nothing.
Whilst out defeating criminals, Moon Knight and Echo were ambushed by Nefaria. They tried to flee with little success. Standing their ground, they knew it was an impossible fight. Nefaria slew Echo with his optic beams, enraging Moon Knight as he had developed an infatuation with her. His Wolverine personality slew the other two Avenger persona's and took control.[52] He savagely attacked Nefaria, wounding him. Nefaria's blast backfired, seriously harming both himself and Moon Knight. The police found Spector and took him to a hospital. He woke up to discover himself handcuffed to a bed. Buck Lime gassed the hospital and rescued him.
Nefaria asked his daughter, Madame Masque, for assistance. She traced the Vibranium in Echo's staff and found Buck and Moon Knight's hideout. She retrieved the Ultron head. Together, Buck and Moon Knight defeated Masque and reclaimed the head. During the fight, Moon Knight manifested another personality, this one based on Echo.[53] When L.A.P.D. showed up to arrest Count Nefaria, he attacked their station. Moon Knight followed him but was defeated. This lead Nefaria into a trap, as Spector had called the Avengers. Thor knocked out Nefaria and he was taken into custody. The Ultron head was given to Tony Stark, who made quite an impression on Marc. Moon Knight manifested a new Iron Man personality. Three months later, "Legend of Khonshu" is cancelled, and Moon Knight abandoned L.A. for New York. [54]
Avengers vs. X-Men
Moon Knight took the side of his fellow Avengers against the X-Men. He was sent to keep an eye on the Jean Grey School together with Falcon and She-Hulk. He took an aggressive attitude to his job, and after exchanging barbs with Frenzy, he attacked her, leading to a fight. After She-Hulk injured some kids in the belief that they were a greater threat, a full scale conflict erupted with the rest of the school's faculty joining in the battle.[55]
Return to New York
With laundered old money, Marc paid himself his return to New York and new technological equipment. He developed a new "Mister Knight" persona with which he started working along with NYPD Detective Flint in numerous different cases, while with his Moon Knight persona he continued his normal vigilante activities. He also discovered with a psychologist that he didn't suffer from Dissociate Identity Disorder, but his mind had been "colonized" by Khonshu since the day he became Moon Knight, with each of Khonshu's four aspects taking on one of the three personalities he has at a time or his more psychotic moments. The apparent multiple personalities were his brain's way of making sense of what was happening to him.[56]
During his following adventures, Moon Knigth faced a sniper on revenge against his former employers;[57] battled a gang of punk ghost terrorizing downtown Manhattan, for which he needed to use a magical skeleton armor;[58] investigated apparent paranormal-activities caused by the death of an infected patient of Doctor Skelton;[59] raided an abandoned building where a gang had kidnapped a Scarlet little girl;[60] and a new Black Spectre, a NYPD officer set out to kill Moon Knight in order to replace him as a vigilante to gain the approval of Detective Flint.[61]
After thwarting the assassination attempt of a mercenary hired by Spector's psychologist Elisa Warsame to murder General Aliman Lor,[62] Marc was intervened by Elisa, who used hypnosis to claim Khonshu from him in order to have her revenge.[63] Marc lost all of his multiple personalities, and was captured and kept in an undisclosed prison, from where he managed to escape, after another act of saving Aliman Lor's life cost him being blamed for the attack.[64] Once Khonshu gave up on Warsame, he returned to Marc, and helped him finally stop her from killing Lor.[65]
Powers and Abilities
|Power Grid [66]
|Energy Projection
|Fighting Skills
As a testament to the human brain Moon Knight's state of mind has always caused his "Powers and Abilities from Konhshu" to come into question, as he himself, at times, is not a reliable source. It's been stated that he may suffer from a madness so powerful it can only be describe as magic.
Split Personalities: Whether by Konshu's power or the fact that Marc Spector was technically dead (leaving his brain without oxygen for sometime) it is believed that he suffered some type of brain damage during his first resurrection causing a form of Dissociative Identity Disorder, bestowing him with abilities even unique in the superhero community.
- Telepathic Immunity: Spector's multiple personalities give him some protection against certain psychic powers such as possession.[67][68][69][70][71][72]
- Adaptive Personality: Though Marc Spector at his core, one of his personalities is a blank slate, allowing it to be filled with another, anyone who'll best suit his ends. Most of these I.D.'s are a sorta "One-Night Stand" type of guise.
- Pain Resistance: Insanity, spiritually gifted, or simply numb from all the years of damage to his body, Moon Knight has an apparent strong threshold for pain, so far to the the point of seemingly turning it off sometimes.
- Fear Inducing: Though Marc Spector himself is a scary person it's been stated multiple times, for unknown reason, that Moon Knight strikes defibrillating fear in his targets as if from another force.
Currently, Spector claims no superhuman powers.
Over the course of his life as a boxer, U.S. Marine, mercenary, and costumed superhero, Marc Spector has become an expert at hand-to-hand combat techniques and various martial arts. He is an Olympic-level athlete and a skilled acrobat and gymnast, and excels as a combat strategist.
- Expert Pilot: He is an excellent pilot and aviator due to his years as a US Marine and a mercenary.[67][68][69][70][71][72]
- Skilled Detective: Spector is a good detective/private investigator with broad skills , knowledge and understanding of the criminal underworld. He also knows many of the streets of New York very well due to being a cab driver in the alias of Jake Lockley.[67][68][69][70][71][72]
- Interrogation Expert: He is an expert at interrogation often employing military secret police methods of torture.[67][68][69][70][71][72]
- Expert Marksman: He is capable of hurling all types of projectiles with great aim and pin point accuracy as well as an excellent sharpshooter/marksman.[67][68][69][70][71][72]
- Weapons Master: Spector is adept with nearly every weapon ever invented ranging from many types swords, combat knives, batons, chains, brass knuckles, thrown projectiles such as shuriken, longbows, bolos, boomerangs to use of all types of firearms such as pistols, sniper rifles, automatic assault rifles, submachine guns, machine guns, grenade launchers, anti-tank bazooka, and even electronic remote firing stations such as 20/30mm anti-aircraft full auto chain guns, Gatling cannons, mechanized mortars, missile launchers etc.[67][68][69][70][71][72]
- Master Martial Artist: Spector is a former heavyweight boxing champion who underwent intense training as a commando, intelligence operative and mercenary. He is skilled in armed and unarmed combat with training in Boxing, Judo, Savate and Kung Fu; his knowledge is extensive enough that it has been shown that he can use pressure points against his opponents, striking nerve clusters to stun or even instantly incapacitate. On more than one occasion without powers he has fought the Punisher to a stand still.[67][68][69][70][71][72]
Strength level
- Currently, Spector has the strength of a normal human male of his age, height, and build who engages in intensive regular exercise. He could formerly press lift twice his bodyweight; 450 lbs, but since losing his powers he has been routinely weightlifting and is likely stronger. According to the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #9, at his strongest, under the light of the full moon, he can lift about 2 tons.[67][68][69][70][71][72]
- Moon Knight has suffered from mental breakdowns on many occasions. Taskmaster also points out that Moon Knight never makes any effort to evade fatal attacks.[67][68][69][70][71][72]
Flying drone (As Moon Knight), Modified limosine (As Mr. Knight); formerly Moon Knight's Helicopter, Avengers Quinjet
Although he's Mastered almost every weapon ever invented Moon Knight displays an obvious fondness for certain moon themed object referred to as his toys. These include throwing darts, nunchaku, and a truncheon.
- Crescent Darts: Most likely his favorite weapon these symmetrical throwing blades function as "calling cards" as well as weapons. Spector keeps a dozen of them in protective holsters spaced around his belt.
- Truncheon: This ingenious device functions as a simple club, nunchaku, and a grappling hook. By itself, it can be wielded as a blunt instrument or thrown. It separates into two shorter clubs (linked by a chain) to entangle a weapon or limb, or to lengthen the club's arc of travel and thus its force. The hook springs forth from one end and, with a cable attached, allows Moon Knight to climb to, descend from, or swing around a fixed point. It weighs 12 pounds (5.5 kg) and is 12 inches (30 cm) long. When not in use, it fits into a holster on his left calf. Later improvements include upgrading the stainless steel to Adamantium, incorporating the cable with the hook, and adding the option to extend to 8 feet (242 cm) long.
- Crescent Launcher Pistols He was using 2 pistols which fired crescent darts with cables that allowed him to grapple, trip or pin his enemies to surfaces. These had enough force to push a man back into a wall and pin him there.
- Energy shield: Buck Lime built him an energy shield similar of Captain America's Vibranium shield.
- Web-Shooters/Wolverine's Claws: Buck Lime created a pair of bracers which can be used as a Web-Shooters (like Spider-Man's) or Metal claws (like Wolverine's).
- Silver Cestus: On his first mission as Moon Knight (bringing in the Werewolf By Night for the Committee), Spector wore two silver cesti on his arms.
During his time as the Fist of Khonshu, Spector used another set of weapons, keeping them in a leather pouch or on his person.
- Ankh: This Egyptian symbol made of gold lit up in the face of imminent danger. Like the truncheon above, it could serve as a thrown or hand-held club. It weighed 12 pounds (5.5 kg) and was 12 inches (30 cm) long.
- Other Weapons: Moon Knight also used other weapons such as scarab darts, a ivory boomerang, grappling hook / lariat, bola, san-setsu-kon (three-piece staff), and a truncheon with built-in taser.
- In 1999, Moon Knight: High Strangers was nominated for favorite limited series by the Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Award.
Marc Spector has five main split personalities Steve Grant, Jake Lockley, Moon Knight, himself and an Adaptive Personality.
- Moon Knight is an apparent amalgamation of Marc Spector's four other main personalities creating a whole new personality but still familiar and accepted by the rest. This leads to the personalities able to hold secrets and have different abilities from each other except for Moon Knight who has all there knowledge and abilities but cares not for them.
- Pathfinder, Embracer, Defender, and Watcher of overnight travelers are the traits that are use to define Konshu's personalities and may explain Marc's split personalities. Though this is unconfirmed (Embracer)Adaptive Personality (Defender)Marc Spector (Pathfinder)Steve Grant (Watcher of overnight travelers)Jake Lockley.
It is completely possible that all of Moon Knight's "Powers" are just a form of Mind over Matter as it has become quite clear that he is insane, suffering from schizophrenic delusions and hallucinations. On top of that every feat achieved has and can be achieve by human will.
- Moon's Might, and Enhanced Healing: Iron Fist achieves similar feats through Chi Manipulation, which is an energy in every living thing.
- Night Vision and Astral Vision: Daredevil(Night Vision) and Dr Strange(Astral Vision) achieved abilities thru mental discipline and training.
- Shadow Walk: Is simply stealth techniques with no real difference except that Marc Spector titled it something else and possibly dramatized it.
Links and References
- 410 Appearances of Marc Spector (Earth-616)
- Media Marc Spector (Earth-616) was Mentioned in
- 215 Images featuring Marc Spector (Earth-616)
- 42 Quotations by or about Marc Spector (Earth-616)
- Character Gallery: Marc Spector (Earth-616)
- Fan-Art Gallery: Marc Spector (Earth-616)
- Moon Knight article at Wikipedia
- Moon Knight article at Don Markstein's Toonopedia
- Ultimate Moon Knight resource
- Comic Foundry - The Conversation: Doug Moench + Charlie Huston
- Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Awards
- "Charlie Huston: Shining Light on Moon Knight", Comixfan, August 17, 2005
- summary of Moon Knight's earliest appearances (in French)
Discover and Discuss
- Search this site for: Marc Spector (Earth-616)
- ↑ Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Vol 4 #10
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Moon Knight #37
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hulk! #17
- ↑ Marc Spector: Moon Knight #15
- ↑ Marc Spector: Moon Knight #16
- ↑ Marc Spector: Moon Knight #17
- ↑ Marc Spector: Moon Knight #18
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Moon Knight #1
- ↑ Werewolf by Night #32
- ↑ Werewolf by Night #33
- ↑ Marvel Spotlight #28-29
- ↑ Defenders #47-51
- ↑ Marvel Two-In-One #52
- ↑ Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #22-23
- ↑ Hulk! #18
- ↑ Marvel Preview #21
- ↑ Moon Knight #3
- ↑ Moon Knight #9
- ↑ Moon Knight #10
- ↑ Moon Knight #12
- ↑ Moon Knight #25
- ↑ Moon Knight #35
- ↑ Moon Knight #36
- ↑ Moon Knight #38
- ↑ Moon Knight Vol 2 #1
- ↑ West Coast Avengers Vol 2 #23
- ↑ West Coast Avengers Vol 2 #41
- ↑ Marc Spector: Moon Knight #1
- ↑ Amazing Spider-Man #354-358
- ↑ Marc Spector: Moon Knight #28
- ↑ Marc Spector: Moon Knight #35-38
- ↑ Marc Spector: Moon Knight #41-44
- ↑ Infinity War #2-4
- ↑ Marc Spector: Moon Knight #56-57
- ↑ Thor #464
- ↑ Infinity Crusade #1-6
- ↑ Marc Spector: Moon Knight #60
- ↑ Moon Knight Resurrection War Vol 1
- ↑ Moon Knight: High Strangers Vol 1
- ↑ Black Panther Vol 3 #20-22
- ↑ Great Lakes Avengers #2
- ↑ Marvel Knights #4-14
- ↑ Moon Knight Vol 3 #2
- ↑ Moon Knight Vol 3 #26-#30
- ↑ Secret Avengers #16
- ↑ Moon Knight Vol 4 #1
- ↑ Moon Knight Vol 4 #2
- ↑ Moon Knight Vol 4 #3
- ↑ Daken: Dark Wolverine #13
- ↑ Moon Knight Vol 4 #6
- ↑ Moon Knight Vol 4 #7
- ↑ Moon Knight Vol 4 #9
- ↑ Moon Knight Vol 4 #11
- ↑ Moon Knight Vol 4 #12
- ↑ X-Men: Legacy #266
- ↑ Moon Knight Vol 5 #1
- ↑ Moon Knight Vol 5 #2
- ↑ Moon Knight Vol 5 #3
- ↑ Moon Knight Vol 5 #4
- ↑ Moon Knight Vol 5 #5
- ↑ Moon Knight Vol 5 #6
- ↑ Moon Knight Vol 5 #7
- ↑ Moon Knight Vol 5 #9
- ↑ Moon Knight Vol 5 #10-11
- ↑ Moon Knight Vol 5 #12
- ↑ Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z hardcover Vol. 7
- ↑ 67.00 67.01 67.02 67.03 67.04 67.05 67.06 67.07 67.08 67.09 67.10 67.11 Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #7
- ↑ 68.00 68.01 68.02 68.03 68.04 68.05 68.06 68.07 68.08 68.09 68.10 68.11 Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Vol 2 #9
- ↑ 69.00 69.01 69.02 69.03 69.04 69.05 69.06 69.07 69.08 69.09 69.10 69.11 Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Master Edition #9
- ↑ 70.00 70.01 70.02 70.03 70.04 70.05 70.06 70.07 70.08 70.09 70.10 70.11 Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z #7
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1809 Mississippi Blvd. Bettendorf, IA 52722
Vol. 1 Issue 47 April, 2015 355-5218
Children ages 3 to 5 and those in kindergarten to 3rd grade are invited to participate in the Awana Program – a place for fun, a place to learn, and a place for your kids to meet Jesus.
Awana meets on Wednesday evenings from 5:45 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. from September to May. Sign-in and pick-ups are in Lower Fellowship Hall at Asbury. A meal is offered at 5:15 p.m. in Upper Fellowship Hall.
We will begin each club night with a prayer and the pledge of allegiance. The children then participate in a variety of fun activities that help the kids become closer to Christ.
CLICK HERE to download an Awana Program Registration form.
CLICK HERE to download the 2013-14 Awana Program Calendar.
Childen ages 3-5 are the Cubbies. Children ages K-3 are the Sparks.
Club Night Schedule:
Special Note for Cubbies: Cubbies must be 3 by September 15 and be completely toilet-trained. Parents are required to review materials with the child each week.
If you have questions or want to volunteer, contact:
• Rebecca Erickson, Commander of AWANA - 563-323-3394 (email: firstname.lastname@example.com)
• Angie Kunz, Cubbies/Sparks Director - 563-210-0806 (email:firstname.lastname@example.com)
• Bec Parish, Children's Ministry Director - 563-359-8785 (email: firstname.lastname@example.com)
On Facebook at: facebook.com/asburybettawana
Click on the links below to download the most recent Sunday School Newsletter.
Forms to sign up for Asbury's youth programs are now available. Click on the links below to download the registration, code of conduct and release forms to fill out and return to the church.
CLICK HERE to download the Parental Consent Form.
CLICK HERE to download the Code of Conduct Form.
CLICK HERE to download the Asbury Youth Program Registration Form.
Thanks to those who were able to join us July 4 for the Bettendorf 4th of July parade! We really had fun and are already looking forward to the next parade on August 9 in the evening in LeClaire!
Our GREAT group consisted of Ken Jones, Bec Parrish, Heather Dennis, Denise Jerson, Pastor Kerrin, Rick Reed and Cindy Bruhn. Our wonderful candy distributors were Denise, Lance and Jayme VanDeest.
We would love to double (or triple) our group! It was so much fun and a few are already planning to join us in August. Please consider joining us, too. We plan to have a practice before the mission group leaves for Africa on July 23.
If you are thinking about joining us OR know of someone else who would like to join us, please let us know. You don't have to own the proper type of chair - we will be rounding up some extras.
Click on this link to view images from the joint mission trip by members of Byers Avenue United Methodist Church, Elsworth, Iowa, and Asbury United Methodist Church, Bettendorf, to Joplin, Missouri, to make repairs to homes damaged by last year's tornadoes.
For more photos and information on the week-long mission trip, CLICK HERE to visit the group's Facebook page.


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That's what happened with Andrej Pejic's cover of dossier Journal last year.
He also helped develop a dossier on al-Yazid that documents his history back to his days with the Egyptian Islamic Jihad.
Nor has anyone mentioned whether reference to these crimes might also be in the dossier.
The DCF dossier chronicles in heartbreaking detail how Nubia and Victor were betrayed by not one family but two.
You will have to ask for that dossier, and study it most carefully for your own defence.
I've studied his dossier, and he's not the kind of man to switch loyalties that easily.
Immediately following the "conversation" is the principal document in the dossier.
When he had found ink and paper he began the interrogation which should help his dossier.
Then a lengthy flow of interrogation prompted by reference to some dossier in hand.
1880, from French dossier "bundle of papers," from dos "back" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin dossum, variant of Latin dorsum "back" (see dorsal). Supposedly so called because the bundle bore a label on the back, or possibly from resemblance of the bulge in a mass of bundled papers to the curve of a back. Old French dossiere meant "back-strap, ridge strap (of a horse's harness)."


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Former Nats' third base coach Bo Porter is now the new manager of the Houston Astros, but despite leaving Washington he hopes to carry over some of the success he and the team shared in 2012. Porter spoke with CSN Houston on Tuesday and said he sees similarities in the current Astros and the Nationals several years back before they became a playoff team.
"I was lucky enough and blessed enough to go through that maturation with the Washington Nationals," Porter told CSN.
"And a lot of people outside of the Washington Nationals organization, they didn't know Ian Desmond. They didn't know Danny Espinosa, they didn't know Tyler Moore, they didn't know Craig Stammen, Steve Lombardozzi."
"We look at the players we have in our organization and we believe we have high quality Major League players that a lot of people just don't know about," he said. "But when you look at the Houston Astros today, and when you look at where the Washington Nationals were at three years ago there are a lot of similarities. My experience in Washington will definitely help here in Houston."
Porter is taking on quite the challenge in trying to lead the Astros back to prominence, Houston managed just 56 wins in 2011 and won only 55 games in 2012. Just going by win totals, the Nationals were never quite that bad. Washington's worst seasons were 2008 and 2009 when they won 59 games each year.
A big part of the Nats' rise was what they got out of those losing seasons. The first 59-win season brought them Stephen Strasburg through the draft and the second landed them Bryce Harper. Both were number one picks.
The Nationals' ascension has had to do with more than just Strasburg and Harper, but they certainly helped. They also give the Nats reason to hope the team can be even better in the future as each is a young star.
The Astros had the first overall pick in 2012 and selected shortstop Carlos Correa out of the Puerto Rico Baseball Academy. He is a special young talent, but not considered a once-in-a-while player like Strasburg and Harper were. He certainly could, however, provide the youthful boost both of the Nats' young stars gave the club when they reached the majors.
Houston obviously won't be able to follow the exact path Mike Rizzo and the Nationals took to winning their division, but it sounds like they will try to emulate the team's success as much as they can. GM Jeff Luhnow spoke about following the Nats' model in the fall at Porter's introductory press conference and Porter himself has evoked his former team several times since in conversations with the media.
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NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, OCT. 2, 2004 (Zenit.org).- Men are marrying later, but most still want to form a family. This is the conclusion of a recent study by the National Marriage Project, based at Rutgers State University of New Jersey. This year's report on "The State of Our Unions" bears the subtitle "The Marrying Kind: Which Men Marry and Why."
The report argues that most men are still "the marrying kind." Their survey of young heterosexual males showed that those from traditional, religiously observant family backgrounds are more likely to be married, to seek marriage and to have positive views of marriage, women and children.
The report's authors, Barbara Dafoe Whitehead and David Popenoe, observed that when it comes to dealing with young men, most popular novels, movies and television shows "are obsessed with the thirty-something single man and his romantic pursuits." In fact, "the young husband has virtually disappeared as a cultural figure or a social type."
In spite of this media stereotype, young married men are an important part of the population, the report insisted. In 2002, there were 9.5 million married men ages 25 to 34. "And contrary to the popular stereotype, the typical thirty-something guy is a married guy," the report notes.
The report starts observes that marriage is a hot topic. Part of the Bush administration's plans for welfare reform seeks to provide $1.5 billion to provide access to marriage education, skills training and counseling resources for low-income couples who choose to marry. Congress has also enacted tax reforms to help married couples.
At the state level, programs to help married couples are already being tried out. And there are a multitude of community and grass-roots initiatives seeking to promote and defend marriage. Researchers are also paying attention to marriage, after what Whitehead and Popenoe term "several decades of neglect of the subject."
Better off wed
Whitehead and Popenoe argue that marriage has an even greater lifestyle impact on men that it does for women. Studies show that married men "work harder and do better financially than men who are not married." Moreover, they are less likely to abuse alcohol or drugs, and more likely to be involved in religious and community events.
A key factor in these changes is the emotional and physical care wives provide for their husbands. However, it is not just a question of sharing a home with a female partner. Married men are, in fact, better off in a number of social indicators than men who cohabit. This is to do with the nature of marriage itself, the report contends. "Once married, men are supposed work and care for others. They are expected to voluntarily donate their time and money to their wives and children and also, to a lesser degree, to kin who may need their help."
And, even if less so than in the past, marriage is still expected to last for a long time, leading men to take a longer-term view, instead of living day to day looking for immediate gratification. Marriage also sets limits on men's behavior, requiring men to be faithful. Overall, "marital norms of masculinity call for accountability, sacrifice and commitment rather than sensation-seeking, risk-taking and unfettered freedom."
No pressure
The data from the survey conducted for the report showed that 63% of married men were living with both parents at age 15, compared with 55% of men who were unmarried. Having parents who regularly went to religious services, and a father who was involved in their lives, were also factors more common among young married men. The young married men themselves are also more religious, with nearly half saying they go to religious services several times a month, compared with less than a quarter of the unmarrieds.
The vast majority, 85%, of the married men denied that they had married due to pressure from their future wives. "Most married young men see their decision to wed as a choice and commitment they make freely and for their own reasons," affirmed the report. Another important factor is finding a woman they think will be a good mother, something that 75% of the men declared was a factor in choosing a wife.
And almost all, 94%, of the married men say they are happier being married than when they were single. With 70% of the married men living in a household with children they are also more likely to declare that "watching children grow up is life's greatest joy." They are also more likely to want more than one child.
Nevertheless, the study did show that, compared to earlier generations of men, are not so likely to regard marriage as closely connected to "building a family." The majority of those surveyed, including those married, declared that children are not an important reason for marriage. "Thus, though marriage remains an important transitional event in men's lives, it is increasingly disconnected from traditional notions of male adulthood or aspirations to fatherhood," concludes the report.
Why the delay
In spite of the advantages of marriage, there is a general trend to putting off the decision until an older age, the report notes. In the United States, as recently as 1970, the median age of first marriage for men was 23; today it is approaching 27. And for college educated men, the median age of first marriage is likely to be a year or two older.
Whitehead and Popenoe note that researchers often cite two causes of this trend: more time spent in higher education and difficulties in finding secure employment. They also point to additional factors such as a later transition to adulthood, with fewer social or family pressures to marry young as part of the process of becoming independent.
As well, young men today face little pressure to marry if they father a child while still single.
Allied with this is that young men today can live in a "singles culture" that allows them to exploit some of the sexual and domestic benefits of marriage, without making the long-term commitment.
In fact, the survey carried out by the National Marriage Project showed that 22% declared that marriage was not for them. This group is more likely to mistrust women, be worried about the risk of divorce, more likely to not want children, and to be concerned about losing their personal freedom.
Another factor that allows men to delay marriage is that, unlike women, they "do not have to worry about a ticking biological clock" that would prevent them from fathering children at an older age.
Additionally, the survey showed that the vast majority of young men are looking for a "soul mate who will fulfill their emotional, sexual and spiritual desires and who will also share bread-winning responsibilities." The search for this ideal companion plays a part in putting off marriage until a later date.
While noting there are indeed many factors leading to delayed marriages, the report concludes that the media stereotype of men being allergic to making a commitment does not accurately reflect reality. "Most young men," the reports insists, "are still 'the marrying kind.'"


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For the week, December wheat lost 12 1/2 cents, while the nearby corn contract lost 7 1/4 cents.
The reduction in private acreage estimates and increased buying by developing countries like China sent prices for soybeans to 19 year highs. For the week, the January soybean contract gained almost 22 cents, while soybean meal was up $10.50 per ton.
In the softs, cotton continued its downward trend with the December contract losing $3.74.
In livestock, the December cattle contract lost 20 cents. Nearby feeders gained a $1.10. And the December lean hog contract lost most of last weeks gain closing down $1.38.
In other markets of interest, the Euro lost 11 basis points against the dollar. Nearby crude oil prices dropped back from the century mark to the $95 range. Comex gold lost $47.70 an ounce. And the CRB Index went down a point and a half to close at 353 even.
Newsom: Oh, thank you, Mark.
Pearson: Well, I was down in Hutchinson, Kansas last week and had a chance to visit some friends of mine down there and boy, I'll tell you, the east side of Kansas they can tell you some horror stories about the weather of 2007 and their frustration and with these high wheat prices we've seen this fall they didn't have anything to sell. What about selling the wheat crop for 2008, Darin?
Newsom: You might want to get some of it on the books. You know, we're looking at this market, we're looking at the rally, this incredible rally that occurred in 2006-2007 and what we're seeing is that this is basically just a supply driven rally, this is what we've talked about many times, it's exactly what the market looked like. We're over short wheat, still short wheat but the market has seemed to lose some of that steam and it's being reflected in the discount to the 2008 new crop July contract. So, you know, one of things we can look at is start getting a little bit on the books. But as last year taught us we don't want to get overzealous in our contracting because we don't know what's going to happen and as you said in the meeting in Kansas what might be a third to a half of your crop can all of a sudden turn out to be 75-100% and so you just have to be very careful with markets like these but certainly looks like we could put some on the books.
Pearson: Alright, obviously these have been strong prices. The old truism is short crops have long tails, is that what we're facing here in wheat?
Newsom: I believe it is and, yeah, I think so many of these things are coming to pass again. Even though the dynamics of the markets are changing the personalities don't change. We talked about the supply driven market, we talked about the short crop having a long tail. All of these things are playing out. Another one that's playing out in the wheat market is the bull needs to be fed every day and what we've seen in the wheat market is it's backed off a dollar and a half, two dollars in here just due to the fact that we know that there's a shortage, we know that there's been weather problems worldwide but what's next? What's the new thing? We saw a glimpse of that this week when the frost possibilities in Argentina brought up some ideas we might see some shortage of supply again, reduced supplied but it was very short lived, we only got a couple days rally out of that and then right back down, right back into our trend where we just continue to grind lower until something, until the next major news piece comes along.
Pearson: Alright, so, again, get something on the books, maybe not get too aggressive, I'm assuming we're going to lose the crop five times before we put it in the bin on the wheat.
Newsom: That's right. Just looking at these levels, 10%, 20% tops is what we're going to want to be coming out of the fall. You want to sit back, let it go into dormancy, then as spring starts up see what the condition in southwest Kansas, even the southern plains as a whole for the hard red winter and then maybe start to adjust some of our strategies at that point.
Pearson: Of course, we've got the soft red situation which has expanded dramatically too which could be a play on double cropping soybeans which could be a factor too.
Newsom: That's right and we're hearing the next big thing that's going to last through the fall and the winter and into the spring is this whole acreage debate. And right now we are hearing reports that there's going to be more soft red winter acres. This is going to be, you know, this is going to have a little bit of a bearish effect or put some pressure on the new crop Chicago market so very similar to Kansas City. Get some on the books, let's see what happens this winter, let's see how this acreage thing plays out and what the weather situation is going into the spring.
Pearson: We keep talking about buying acres in wheat, corn, beans, cotton. I talked to a hay grower this week who has had a record price for high quality hay, he said hay is going to try and buy some acres here too.
Newsom: It wouldn't surprise me at all, yeah.
Pearson: Well, let's talk about the corn market, Darin, and what you see happening on that front. Obviously it's going to be another wild winter it looks like in terms of corn being defensive this year as opposed to being on the offense like last year.
Newsom: That's a great way of putting it. Corn is going on the defensive right now and it doesn't have the impetus just to continue to rally because, you know, all the talk is that it might not lose the acres, it might be able to hold acres and as we've seen in some of the private estimates actually increase some acres next year. Will it be enough to meet expected demand? We don't know. But right now it is on the defensive and what that has it doing is turning sideways. We've got the December 2007 is dealing with this huge crop coming in and it's also had a little bit of a lack of interest from the non-commercial or speculative side up at these levels. So, we seem to be trapped in a $3.60 to $3.90 price range, can't get out of it. Longer term probably will, I think we're going to see another round of buying particularly if the dollar continues to weaken, we continue to see weaker export sales like what we saw this week, sales and shipments. A lot of things lining up to help push this market higher later but it's just in the doldrums right now, it doesn't have that spark to get through the resistance and create all this buying that could be coming yet. So, I think we're going to be looking at that for most of the winter so we've got some opportunities to make some sales in here, again, not get overly aggressive, let's play this thing out over the course of the next few months, see what happens. But we are going to have some opportunities as the winter goes on.
Pearson: Take advantage of those. This cheap dollar bottoming out at all?
Newsom: I don't think so. You know, you hear economists arguing one way or the other but I'm very concerned about what the Dow looks like right now, I'm concerned about what the dollar looks like. I know we're trading right around 75 in the U.S. dollar index. To me I ran some numbers, it looks like it could still come down to about 68, 69 so there's still some more sliding to come in this thing. Interest rates will probably continue to come down. Hopefully that might prop up the Dow Jones but that looks like it has some problems as well. There's some indicators out there that make, you know, commodities look like they're going to remain strong. Just how much strong until we start to see inflation really get up and go away and take off, really start to cause a problem with people not wanting to push commodities as high. I don't know that we're there yet. But, you know, we talked about gold being off $37, just an incredible week, crude oil bouncing between $95 and $98. I think this is just the tip of the iceberg. I think there's a lot more to come because the situation itself, the underlying situation, economic situation is not changing at all.
Pearson: Alright, let's move over to soybeans, again, extremely volatile. 19 years highs now, $11 beans, been a long time. I was a young man, I was your age when we had beans that high. Where are we going here? We've got $11 beans, I'm sorry, the world I live in that's got to be a sale.
Newsom: Well, you would think so, but, again, the dynamics of these markets have changed and one thing that we've noticed is that the round numbers don't mean what they used to and $11 is a big target. I mean back in 1988 we hit $10.99 1/2 and we just couldn't quite push that.
Pearson: It seemed to blow right through it.
Newsom: Yeah, looks like this year we've got the -- we're about 11 cents away from there right now and we should be able to move through there. There is enough interest in this market, there is enough buying coming into this market. We saw China making another purchase today. This looks like it could go, I ran some numbers again on this one, looks like 12.5 to 16.5 and really without batting an eye. What all is going to have to happen to cause this? Well, I think the biggest thing is we're going to see the U.S. stocks really start to pull down. There's talk of it coming below 100 million bushels, I think it's a very strong possibility. Whether or not the reports actually ever show us going below 100 I think the perception on the floor will be that we're actually going below 100 and this is going to be what propels us higher. It's going to take some time but right now we're in the throws of a very strong up trend but I don't know that $11 is going to put the brakes on it.
Pearson: Talk about South America. You mentioned the cold weather in Argentina which, again, was kind of downplayed later in the week but obviously there's been concerns about crop issues down in South America, it hasn't been a perfect start down there.
Newsom: Hasn't been a perfect start. Now, the crop that is coming off looks like it's in great condition so we're still hearing projections of very large numbers coming out of Brazil, very large numbers coming out of Argentina. What this is doing is helping the '06-'07, you know, it continues to add to those ending stocks and creating larger ending stocks, beginning stocks here in '07-'08. So, that could -- one would logically think that's going to slow this up trend but we just simply haven't seen it. We didn't see it at all basically through '06 and '07 where we had ample stocks and the up trend continued. It looks like we've got other things to play in this market, concerns further out beyond this next harvest in South America that is going to continue to push this market higher, going to continue to pull dollars into this market.
Pearson: Alright, on that bullish note on soybeans let's talk about what happened on cotton this week which was certainly less than bullish. What's your take there?
Newsom: It's the opposite situation. Cotton has tried to follow some of the other markets higher. We've seen these commodities all rallying on the weakness of the dollar but unfortunately in markets like cotton where the underlying fundamentals just simply don't provide any support, we've got plenty of supply, we've got plenty of supply to meet demand and so what we're seeing is when the specs are in this market, when the non-commercial traders decide to get out and take some profit, put some in the bank there's really nothing underneath this market and it starts to freefall and that's exactly the situation that cotton is in right now. Certainly looks like it would come down to about 56.5. If that doesn't hold it, it's probably heading back to the low 50's and it probably won't take too long to get there. So, this is a market that could see some more pressure over the coming weeks and it does need another round. It needs an infusion of money coming in to help support it at this point.
Pearson: Acreage battle isn't an issue there for cotton?
Newsom: I would think so because talking to folks over in the southeast and the delta they're thinking why isn't the market fighting harder to get these acres. But right now it just seems to be kind of a forgotten crop because it isn't really fighting that acreage battle. Now, that doesn't mean that it won't. Over the winter we might see that money come in, we might see the support come into the market that says hey, we're not ready to give this up, we're not ready to move everything from soybeans and corn and wheat and everything else. It might be willing to fight for the acres but right now it just doesn't look like it's wanting to.
Pearson: Let's talk about livestock, flip side of this whole equation, these high costs and $10 move in soybean meal this week. Cattle market has performed pretty well, a lot of red meat out there, we keep hearing that with the hog issue. But let's talk first about fed cattle. What do you see happening there as we hit the end of 2007, first quarter of 2008?
Newsom: Normally this is a time when we can start to rally the market pretty well and I know now as we go into 2008 a lot of it has to do with the weather and do we get these big storms moving across the plains and everything else. But we're going to have to get something to break the market. It's been in a lull here for the last three or four weeks, you know, the futures just trading sideways, cash is staying in that 92, 93. I think we bumped cash up a little bit this week. We really need, again, we really need something to spark this thing. Is it a weather event? Is it this next round of buying coming in? I think it's going to occur because normally as December goes into expiration we start to put this market into a rally, cash follows along. I am expecting to see the same sort of thing. So, I think we can see the cattle market move up. I think we can see better times ahead over the coming weeks, just kind of shake the dust off this thing a little bit and hopefully we can re-energize a rally.
Pearson: Alright, any expansion in this cow herd in 2007-2008?
Newsom: Looking at the numbers what they're expecting I would say we could see some.
Pearson: One percent?
Newsom: I would say it's not going to be much more than that, one maybe two percent. Other than that I don't really see it changing all that much going into 2008.
Pearson: Is that what's keeping this calf market so good?
Newsom: I think so, I think that's really helping to support the calf market despite some of the other things that are going on when you look at the feed and everything else. I think that is helping to support the calf market.
Pearson: Of course, new rations are being used out there and I think that's helping out a lot too. Let's talk about the hogs, the miracle turnaround story in terms of production. I mean, these hog kills have been huge.
Newsom: Yes, they have and that's one of the things, you go back and you look and that's one of the things that is putting pressure on this market. Now, what's interesting to me in the hogs is a couple of developments that we've seen over the last couple of weeks, hogs -- in the futures market and cash -- have just been getting beaten up with this high slaughter levels and everything else, a lot of meat available. But what we're seeing is October, November is when the next long-term cyclical low should occur. We've passed October's market and continue to slide. We came into November, market was still in a little bit of a down trend but all of a sudden last week or two weeks ago we saw this spike in the market, in the December contract. It held its ground, lost a little bit this week but held its ground overall. What we're seeing in the latest CFDC report now is that the non-commercial or spec traders have moved from a net short position to a net long. What this could mean is that we could be getting ready to turn this market towards a more seasonal rally heading up into the spring giving us better opportunities to sell, to lock in some profits or lock in some sales later on. Now, does this mean the cash market is going to automatically turn around? We've still got a lot of meat to get through. But it certainly is indicating that there could be a bottom coming in this cash market, that we could start to see some strength coming into the winter, possibly moving on into next spring.
Pearson: Alright, the Christmas ham rally.
Newsom: The Christmas ham rally, absolutely.
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Former state Rep. Thomas "Bud" Brady, who represented five parishes during his tenure from 1976 through 1988, died Friday in Alexandria. He was 72.
Brady represented LaSalle, Winn, Caldwell, Grant and Rapides in the state House of Representatives under Govs. Edwin W. Edwards and David Treen. During his time in the Legislature, Brady focused on supporting his constituents by helping the needy, elderly and underprivileged.
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Justin Rose three-putted the final hole for bogey and a 2-under 70 to share the lead Friday with Bill Haas in the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando, Fla. Haas never had a par putt longer than 4 feet in his bogey-free round of 66.
Woods was one shot out of the lead until he bogeyed the last three holes. He had a 70 and was four shots behind.
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Hal Sutton, Steve Elkington, Corey Pavin and Roger Chapman each shot 3-under 69 to share the first-round lead in the Champions Tour's Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic in Saucier, Miss.
• In Kuala Lumpur, Kiradech Aphibarnrat topped the Malaysian Open leaderboard at 10 under with nine holes to play when the second round was suspended because of darkness.
On a snowy night in Commerce City, Colo., Clint Dempsey scored early in his first start as the American captain and the United States beat Costa Rica 1-0 in a key qualifier for next year's World Cup.
The Bears agreed to a one-year contract with linebacker D.J. Williams, a possible replacement for Brian Urlacher. The deal came two days after the Bears said they couldn't reach an agreement with Urlacher.
• Buffalo's offseason search for a quarterback led the Bills to West Virginia, where they conducted a private workout involving Geno Smith.
• Unrestricted free agent wide receiver Ted Ginn was signed to a one-year deal by the Panthers.
• Free agent tight end Kellen Davis and cornerback Chris Owens were signed to one-year contracts by the Browns.
Diamondbacks outfielder Adam Eaton will be out for up to two months with a left elbow sprain.
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Major League Baseball sued a now-shuttered South Florida clinic and its operators, accusing them of scheming to provide banned performance-enhancing drugs to players in violation of their contracts.
• St. Louis Rams cornerback Trumaine Johnson was arrested Friday on a misdemeanor driving-under-the-influence charge in Missoula, Mont.
Former New York Knicks guard Ray Williams, 58, died on Friday. He had been battling colon cancer, according to Reuters.
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San Diego State third baseman Ty France singled up the middle in the eighth inning to drive in two runs and give the Aztecs a 5-3 Mountain West baseball victory over UNLV at Tony Gwynn Stadium.
• Gonzaga scored six runs in the bottom of the first and made them stand up to beat visiting USD 6-2 in a West Coast Conference baseball game.
Justin Abdelkader had his first NHL hat trick, Pavel Datsyuk had a goal and two assists, and the Detroit Red Wings ended Anaheim's club-record 13-game home winning streak with a 5-1 victory over the Ducks.
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Italian animation studio Mondo TV released second-quarter revenue reports, which were up 250% to 6.7 billion lire (US$2.94 million). This report is the first since going public on the Milan stock exchange in June. In the quarter, Mondo TV's gross operating margin inflated 484% to 5.3 billion lire ($2.32 million). The big gains are attributed to the firm's increasing presence in Asia and its new co-production deal with Seoul-based Hahn Shin Corporation. Mondo TV is the owner of Italy's largest library of domestic and imported television cartoons.


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I plan to get one of each product, and then try them and get more of those I like. The loose eye powders and the blue nail polish look the most interesting to me, I'm looking forward to see them in the store. The shimmer powder looks the same as in previous Essence Vampire's Love collection, and I haven't used that one a lot, it's too shimmery for everyday, except as an eyeshadow:)
Essence The Twilight Saga – Breaking Dawn TE (preview)
I may not be huge fan of Twilight movie saga, but I tend to like Essence Twilight limited edition nail polishes. You could say I do it backwards … I anxiously await new Twilight movie so I can see what kind of nail polishes will Essence be bring out.
And nail polishes (2,19 EUR) in Essence Breaking Dawn TE are looking promising so far … 3 out of 4 at least. This time we're getting 4 shades with appropriate names: 01 Jacob's protection (blue), 02 Alice had a vision – again (purple), 03 A piece of forever (gold), 04 Edward's love (black). I just hope they won't be too similar to Vampire's Love TE shades.
No eyeshadow palette this time, but 4 pigments (2,69 EUR) are good replacement in my book. Judging from promo photos, blue and gold are something I may like, but glittery one also looks like potentially fantastic top coat.
Renesmee red blush (3,09 EUR) is another product that caught my eye – interesting shade I'm pretty sure I don't have + it does not look too shimmery. Keeping my fingers crossed it doesn't turn out pink with loads of shimmer.
Shimmer powder (3,29 EUR) on the other hand is probably to shimmery for me as powder, but they do sometimes make lovely highlighters. Available in one shade – Bella's secret.
There is only one lipstick (2,69 EUR) in Essence Breaking Dawn TE – shimmery gold one called A piece of forever. And to round up lip selection Essence added two shimmery lip glosses (2,19 EUR) – Alice had a vision – again, Renesmee red.
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I'm not a huge fan of twilight, but still liking it though, I think this collection can be quite cool. I loved the eclipse collection, so I'm really loooking forward to those pigments and the blush. I wonder why essence skiped a red lipstick? I know it's generic, like deep red = vampires, but it's a thing I would surely want to buy and enjoy having it. the gold-ish seems to be a bit meh for my liking
Blah, pa sem že mislila da je konec te vampirske obsedenosti.
Bom vrgla oko na moder lak, ampak ostalo me pa že zaradi teme ne mika
žao mi je što onu prvu kolekciju nisam uhvatila,svidili su mi se lakovi,a sad ništa,super ako od ove nesto uzmem
Laki me preveč spominjajo na že videno. Jih pa vseeno pregledam, če jih ujamem. ;) Bolj me zanimata blush in rdeč lipgloss, pa moder eyeliner zgleda fino, samo če bo imel dober aplikator. :)
Kot vedno so mi najbolj padli v oči laki (razen zlatega) xD Bomo vidli, kaj se bo dalo dobit v trgovini…joj, že vidim naval
i'm not very excited for this collection, just not a big twighlight fan :P
the nail polishes do look really pretty though! (well except for the gold one, but that"s just because gold nail polish looks horrible on me :P)
ovaj preview mi se puno vise svidja, svi lakovi rumenilo i oba linera
Pri lakcih sem pomislila na isto kot ti, da so zelo podobni lakom iz Vampire's Love kolekcije. Ampak od blizu na promo fotkah moder in vijoličen izgledata prav zanimiva. Še pigmenti so me pritegnili. Bomo videli, kakšna bo ta kolekcija v živo.
twilight me sploh ne zanima, ampak so mi lakci zelo všeč!


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Military Retirement Benefits: Structuring Payments as Deductible Alimony
Bird, Bruce M., Sakai, Marcia, The CPA Journal
Whether a payment made by a taxpayer to a former spouse under a divorce or separation instrument constitutes deductible alimony by the payer is often controversial. A payment may be described in a divorce or separation instrument in a variety of ways. The payment may be labeled as alimony, periodic alimony, alimony in gross, child support, division of property, or property settlement. In addition, the definitions of these terms can vary from state to state.
To be deductible as alimony by the payer, the payment must satisfy the requirements of IRC section 71. A recent Tax Court decision involving the payment of military retirement benefits under the Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act (USFSPA) to the former spouse of a retired serviceman sheds light on the treatment of alimony payments. The interplay between the requirements of IRC section 71 and the USFSPA is analyzed for purposes of structuring a payment under a divorce or separation instrument as deductible alimony.
For payments under instruments executed after December 31, 1984, the requirements for deducting payments of alimony or separate maintenance are relatively straightforward. The payment of alimony or separate maintenance must be in cash. Under IRC section 71(b)(1)(A), such payment must be received by (or on behalf of) a spouse under a divorce or separation instrument. IRC section 71(b)(1)(B) provides that the divorce or separation instrument does not designate such payment as a payment that is not includable in gross income and not allowable as a deduction under IRC section 215. Under IRC section 71(b)(1)(C), in the case of an individual legally separated under a decree of divorce or separate maintenance, the payee spouse or the payer spouse cannot be members of the same household at the time such payments are made. Section 71(b)(1)(D) provides that no liability exists to make any such payment for any period after the death of the payee's spouse (and there is no liability to make any payment in cash or in property as a substitute for such payments after the death of the payee spouse). Furthermore, under section 71 (e), the former spouses must not file a joint return together. For payments under instruments executed before January 1, 1985, however, different requirements apply. An individual, in determining whether a payment constitutes deductible alimony, will continue to apply the requirements of prior-law IRC section 71. Accordingly, the scope of this article is limited to payments under instruments executed after December 31, 1984.
Alimony is deductible by the payer as an adjustment to income and is includable in the payee's income. When a significant difference exists between the marginal tax rate of the payer and payee, structuring payments as alimony can result in significant tax savings to the payer.
Example. Assume that the taxpayer/alimony payer has a marginal tax rate of 35% and that his former spouse/payee has a marginal tax rate of 10%. If the payments of $24,000 per year under the divorce or separation instrument constitute deductible alimony, the payer's tax savings will be $8,400. (Computed as follows: $24,000 ? 35% = $8,400. This assumes that the payer is in the 35% marginal tax bracket both before and after the adjustment to income.) The payee's taxes will increase by $2,400. (Computed as follows: $24,000 ? 10% = $2,400. This assumes that the payee is in the 10% marginal tax bracket both before and after the inclusion in income.) If the above payments constitute child support, however, the payer cannot deduct them. The payee does not include as income the child support she receives.
The USFSPA was the legislative response to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in McCarty v. McCarty [453 U.S. 210 (1981)]. The taxpayer, a U.S. Army colonel, filed a petition in California Superior Court for the dissolution of his marriage. At the time, the taxpayer had served approximately 18 of the 20 years required for retirement with pay. …


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Anonymous on June 3, 2013 - 1:06pmThe owner is not focused on customer service and negates attempts by her clients to address important issues and community concerns that would ultimately benefit not only the community she manages, but also her reputation. One gets what they pay for and this is a prime example.1
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owner on May 25, 2013 - 11:37amManagement is unavailable and unresponsive to complaints. Guests come in on Saturday afternoon, office is closed on the weekend.1
poor mgmt.
anonymous on May 25, 2013 - 11:30amAs an owner, I would not recommend this company to lease your unit. Customer service is NOT a priority. Communication is nearly non-exixtent.1
Anonymous on February 26, 2013 - 3:20pmDo not rent from Coastal Realty! The office staff is horrible to deal with and would rather sweep a problem under the rug than fix it. Devon and Judy have both shown their uncaring attitude towards many renters. Look somewhere else is you want a decent place to stay!1
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A$AP Ferg "Persian Wine"
Harlem's self-proclaimed "Trap Lord" and next up on the A$AP Mob roster, A$AP Ferg, drops some post-apocalyptic Arabian visuals for his single "Persian Wine." The video–directed by Ferg and Thuan Tran–was shot primarily in an abandoned edifice and lot on 145th Street. In it Ferg brandishes his guns, goons and jewelry all while professing his undying love for his clan. The promising A$AP representative's first solo album is set to drop this Summer. Be sure to also check out our recent Off Tha' Wall interview with Ferg for more insight on him and his crazy world.