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The second season of "Ray Donovan" is heating things up fast this summer and Octavius J. Johnson is having the time of his life being a part of all the twists and turns on the Showtime hit series. On the critically-acclaimed drama led by Liev Schreiber, Johnson plays fictional entertainer Marvin Gaye Washington, who is seen as the "Black Justin Bieber". Washington ends up on the wrong side of Ray Donovan (Schreiber) when he befriends his daughter, Bridget. And if you watch the show, you know Donovan's bad side is not the side you want to be on!
In a recent interview, Washington spoke about Marvin's relationship with Ray Donovan, what's ahead for his storyline this season, as well as why he thinks Marvin was dubbed as Justin Bieber!
On "Ray Donovan", you play Marvin Gaye Washington, whois referred to as the black Justin Bieber.
Octavius – Yes. They're so funny how they related Marvin Gaye to Justin Bieber, and it was perfect timing because it was during the time that Justin Bieber started doing a lot of his new thing that he's doing. He's not the kid that he used to be, and Marvin happened to be like that. In that sense, I wonder if they related him to Justin for that reason. Originally, my character is a rapper and Justin Bieber isn't a rapper. I think the reference is that he was going to be the next hot thing and he does happen to be as you can see.
Let's talk about the dynamic between Marvin and Ray Donovan this season. We know Ray is not happy about Marvin's relationship with his daughter, Bridget.
Octavius- It left off in an unsettling situation. Marvin was just taken back to Compton and left there and it was also said that Ray Donovan put a gun in his mouth and told him not to do what he did to his daughter. Ray Donovan never interacts with Marvin as much because they're always sneaking around, but he does see him again. Ray Donovan comes home when Bridget and Marvin are trying to be sneaky. But Ray is just really trying to protect his daughter and he doesn't think Marvin would be helpful with that goal. He's just trying to keep him away- be a dad. And Marvin just wants what he wants. You'll see more of that.
We do know one character he gets along with is Re-Con (Kwame Patterson), who is a big time producer, we know he adopted Marvin.
Octavius- He's a big producer who lives in Calabasas who swept Marvin off his feet. He adopted Marvin because he saw the potential in him. He wanted to help him grow and expand his career. He adopted him right before Marvin's mom's death.
How do you think you have grown as an actor working on "Ray Donovan"? How has this been different for you in comparison with other roles you have played?
Octavius- Well, it's funny because my first role was in a movie called COLD WATER, and I played a hard-core character. And it's funny because he was more hard-core than Marvin Gaye. They're both inner city characters. The movie that I did it was way more intense than Marvin. Marvin, he's more of a charismatic kid, but he happens to be from Compton. He does mischievous things: he has bad language; he drinks, but he's charismatic. So, I have a history of playing these kids from the inner city so far. It's different because that's not me. I don't act like that so it was fun to go there.
Do you have a dream role? You're still so young, is there a character you would love to play or genre you would like to explore as an actor?
Octavius- Yes, that's a great question! I thought of my own original MAN ON FIRE role that Denzel Washington played. I made up my own original idea like that. I love that genre; that's one of my favorite movies. I want to be able to do everything: drama, Sci-Fi, action; comedy is so fun. I love it all. I just want to act and grow.
Anything else you would like to share?
Octavius- Follow me on Twitter because there's big things coming! Keep in touch with me. @OctaviusJ_OLord on Twitter.
"Ray Donovan" airs Sundays on Showtime.


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d20 Lylat is a Star Fox RPG that uses a more traditional style of the d20 system. The project was started by Ian Galvin (a.k.a. Falkner McLeod) and a friend, to bring the Star Fox series to the world of tabletop gaming. An 80+ page rulebook, NPC character sheets, and blank character sheets are all available for players. The game has been put on indefinite hold, as the aforementioned creator has moved on to other interests.
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That unassuming little bird is such a bad influence on you! He's lost in sin, and if you wear the LOST IN SIN T-Shirt ($19), you're no better than he is! Still, the small print leaves us with something to think about: "Kill all my demons and my angels die too". That is one lost but philosophical bird!
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'A Star-Spangled Story' about a flag, a song and a war
June 14, 2016, 1:14 p.m. by Gerri Miller
Smithsonian Channel special celebrates the surprising history behind the flag that inspired our national anthem.
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From playful spoofs to interrupting birds, here are our favorite moments with the official voice of nature.
10 parks that have shaped American cities
April 25, 2016, 3:23 p.m. by Matt Hickman
PBS honors game-changing urban green spaces, old and new.
'Gilmore Girls' returns, but why all the hubbub about romantic interests?
March 29, 2016, 3:55 p.m. by Starre Vartan
For a show focused on women's dreams and relationships, too much ink has been spilled on boyfriends.
Steve Harvey is selling transparent eggs
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After a leading role in the final season of 'Downton Abbey,' Matthew Goode's next gig is 'The Wine Show.'
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On April 13, 2014, at approximately 5:45 a.m., a Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's deputy conducted a stop on a truck near the intersection of N. Cities Service Highway and Maplewood Drive in Sulphur for a traffic violation.
When the deputy approached the truck and spoke with the driver, Joseph F. Morris, 32, 303 E. Lyons Street, Sulphur, he detected a strong odor of alcohol emitting from his breath, along with slurred speech and he appeared very unsteady on his feet. Morris advised the deputy that he had been drinking prior to driving.
After Morris performed poorly on a standard field sobriety test, he was arrested and transferred to the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office, where a breath intoxilyzer test revealed he was over the legal limit.
Morris, who has three prior DWI arrests since 2008, was booked into the Calcasieu Correctional Center and charged with DWI 4th and released on a $10,000 bond set by Judge Richard Wilson.
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Advocating for equal rights can be a part of your everyday routine with the help of items sold at the Human Rights Campaign's Action Center & Store. In the D.C. shop (one of three in the country), you will find ways in which you can get involved with equal-rights advocacy, as well as items to buy: clothing dubbed "Equality Wear," bags, accessories, flags, jewelry and office supplies. Almost everything is decorated with HRC's signature equal-sign logo. But HRC's Action Center & Store also sells items from different vendors, including American Apparel. The store is located at 1633 Connecticut Ave. NW. Hours are Monday through Thursday between 10 a.m. and 9 p.m.; 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays; or 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sundays. Call 202-232-8621 or visit shop.hrc.org.
With D.C.'s new 5-cent bag tax, the time has never been more fitting to purchase the Peace, Love, Equality bag, which costs $21. "It's durable," says Jason Boone, the store's assistant manager. To top it off, the HRC logo cap is the perfect companion at $19.
T-shirts at the HRC store range in price from $25 to $35. The store sells HRC-branded expressions on several of its shirts, such as "Love Conquers Hate," inspired by Judy Shepard's advocacy to enhance hate-crime legislation. And while you can get the "Legalize Gay" American Apparel shirt, HRC sells a less Cali-centric version, swapping the subhead slogan "Repeal Prop 8," with an HRC logo.
HRC's line of ceramic mugs ($14), travel mugs ($14) and water bottles ($12) provides yet another opportunity to "show your support for equality," Boone says. "Whether you're in class, or at work in your office, or just walking around town with your cofee mug or water bottle at the gym."
Don't leave out your pets when shopping at the HRC store. Items currently available for your furry friends include a retractable dog leash ($12), a dog bowl ($28), and a plastic-bag carrier including 20 bags($8), all bearing the HRC logo. For kitties, HRC sells a cat bowl for $24.
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This is absolutely ridiculous... I just moved into my complex and have between 0 and 1 bars of service in my place. I work less than a mile from my place, and of course I have decent service there. Not really sure what is the deal, but Sprint service is horrible. I can't be on a phonecall in my place without being on my patio in a specific corner. I just switched to Verizon today and am happy to pay the early termination for Sprint to get rid of their crappy service.Was this review helpful to you?
Data Coverage drops between 27th ave and 21st Ave. on Indian school rd.Was this review helpful to you?
The phone drops calls. I have a 4G, but it has never registered 4G, just 2GWas this review helpful to you?
We get 1-2 bars just outside our apartment. I don't understand no reception, there is a tower not to far away. When we come inside it drops to nothing. When we first moved in in August there was some reception inside. It steadily got worse. A couple of times coming up the street where we live we dropped calls. Its as though we live in a dead spot. If changing carriers works then that would be great... just want to know which carrier to go with ? Cricket worked good until the last few months.Was this review helpful to you?
OMG, I don't know where to start. I have an airave as a bandaid for the reception issue I have *in my house*. As soon as I walk out to the parking lot, my reception drops to 0-2 bars, if I'm lucky. I have called Sprint about this issue probably 100 times in the last 3 years, and was treated very poorly and rudely by *everyone* with whom I spoke. "We'll have the engineers look into it". Well, the engineers "looked into it", and decided that it was much more convenient to eat donuts than to fix the issue. Called and spoke to a supervisor, Mensah, ironically enough (obviously not a member of the famed society). I was told that "well, sir, wireless communications is not perfect, and your agreement states that coverage is not guaranteed in all areas. Your only choice is to pay your early termination fees and switch to a different carrier." I was flabbergasted by this response. They flat-out refused to resolve the issue, or send an engineer to my home to witness the coverage issue. The kicker is this: the tower involved is on 32nd St.and Acoma (about 1 / 2 mile from my home)! The frustrating part is that I like every other aspect of Sprint's service, my phone, my plan and all. I'm just having problems RIGHT here in my home neighborhood. I can't call my wife from the grocery store next door to see if she needs eggs. I can't call my doctor from the Walgreens next door to straighten out mixups with my medications. Now, I don't anticipate living in my current residence for a lot longer, and I'm sure that once I move, the problem will no longer exist, but that doesn't do me any good right now. It is just frustrating that Sprint is completely unwilling to resolve this issue in our neighborhood. I see several complaints on this site from people in this neighborhood. One would think... .Was this review helpful to you?
Left area in April 2010. At the time, On St.coverage was okay if I was in open areas. But when inside a building, expected a drop within 60 seconds. The closest towers were one mile away to the south (downhill) and two miles away to the east. I had three bars of signal, but it was a trick. To try to stop some dropped calls carriers can increase power on the downlink from the tower to the phone, what the bars indicate. But the mobile only has a small battery. It is maxed out at a mile at most and after that its uplink signal degrades and drops.Was this review helpful to you?
Constant dropped calls very slow to load, sometimes doesn't load at all really sucks considering I pay nearly 200 a month for three phones and all three get bad reception called customer service numerous times to no avail. They really should invest in better towers I think I will go to Verizon now.Was this review helpful to you?
As soon as I pull on my street my calls will drop. It also drops on Central Ave in various parts. I understand the structure of a home has an effect but friends get reception in my home and I do not unless connected to my wireless internet... ..Was this review helpful to you?
Switched to AT&T 2 years ago for all the wrong reasons and have suffered every since. I would estimate drop calls to happen 50% of the time, 20% of the time calls go dead for about 20-30 seconds, another category is my phone doesn't ring 30% of the time and I just get a chime when I'm notified someone has left a voice mail. I've encountered bad spots with AT&T all over Ahwatukee especially main areas like Ray and 48th St. Trust me, stay away from AT&T, 2 soup cans and a piece of string will get you further. I'm going back to Verizon where I've never had a problem in the past once the IPhone 5 comes out very soon.Was this review helpful to you?
I like reading the comments on here because its amazing how ignorant people can be. No cell phone carrier can guarantee service within your home. They will not guarantee your service in an office, a warehouse or a mine. The structure of the building, placement of electrical units and building material all play a factor in this. Anyway, my Verizon service is perfect - always has been and always will be. I used to have T-Mobile and I wouldn't go back even if they paid me to use their service.Was this review helpful to you?


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Bioware has officially revealed the box art for the upcoming multiplatform video game, "Dragon Age Inquisition." According to a report from GameSpot on April 21, the image shows a character standing on the edge of a cliff shooting up a green-colored energy against silhouettes of invading creatures. In addition to the game's title, the logos for Bioware and Electronic Arts can also be seen.
The development team also left a message that accompanied the box art, hinting that only the Inquisitor can stop whatever is plaguing the land. Players will be able to build the main character of the story in "Dragon Age Inquisition," who is responsible for investigating a big breach connecting the Fade to Thedas. At the same time, the Inquisitor would get caught up in a war between the Mages and Templars.
The main character can be built using several options in "Dragon Age Inquisition." Players have the choice of playing as a Dwarf, Elf, Human or Quanari. The action role-playing game also offers a gender option. In fact, Mike Laidlaw revealed that the character in the cover was designed in a way that the gender can be interpreted in both ways. You can find the box art, which was posted by the official "Dragon Age" Twitter page, with the photo attached to the top of this article.
The cover design may have been in response to the situation that arose from "Mass Effect 3." The male version of Commander Shepard was featured in the two previous games in the series. For the third and final title of the series, however, Bioware decided to create an alternate box art featuring the female version of the main character in order to appease the fan base.
Mike Laidlaw and the rest of his team are preparing to release "Dragon Age Inquisition" later this autumn for the PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One. Bioware is also planning a new game for the "Mass Effect" franchise that will be coming at a later time. Both upcoming products will be published by Electronic Arts.
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Flushed Away is a generic run-and-jump game that's hampered by technical problems.
There are few solid gameplay elements, such as some clever use of Rita's grappling hook, but the overall feel of the game screams "rush job" from nearly every angle. The music is generic, the VO is repetitive, the overall presentation is extremely bland, and the gameplay is chalk full of quirky execution.
AceGamezFlushed Away isn't a terrible game, but it does nothing to encourage me to go and see the film again, and tarnishes what is easily one of the funniest films of the year.
Nintendo PowerIf anything, Flushed Away suffers from being too ambitious, but there are many worse crimes a game can commit. [Dec. 2006, p.113]
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RyanB.Jan 27, 2008I liked the game but, It was nothing like the movie. There were some parts in the game that were NOT in the movie and the parts that were in I liked the game but, It was nothing like the movie. There were some parts in the game that were NOT in the movie and the parts that were in the movie were slightly diff. I found the game to bo too easy and i beat it in 48 hrs (not played for 2 days straight just the amount of time played). I didn't like the end of the game thow b/c it was nothing like the movie so overal this game SUCKED!!… Full Review »


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World War II Generation Fades in Washington
WASHINGTON–With the passing of Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D., N.J.), there are no members of the U.S. Senate that served in World War II, and only two members of the House that served in the war.
The two remaining members of Congress of the "greatest generation" are House Reps. John Dingell (D., Mich.) and Ralph Hall (R., Texas). This week, Mr. Dingell, who is already the longest serving member in the House, will surpass the late Sen. Robert Byrd (D., W.V.) to become the longest ever serving member of Congress, having first been elected in 1955.
As recently as last year, there were three members of the Senate that served in the war. But Sen. Daniel Inouye (D., Hawaii) died last December, and his Aloha State colleague Sen. Daniel Akaka retired at the end of the last Congress.
Mr. Lautenberg, who has been suffering from various ailments this year, hasn't often been in the Senate in 2013. He announced in February that he wouldn't seek re-election in November, 2014.
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I am working on algorithms for collaborative filtering (CF). As part of this work, I want to compare a new algorithm to previous approaches to the problem. I am also surveying the most important methods and publications in publications. So far I have skimmed through around 50 articles, but I have difficulty in pin-pointing the most relevant/interesting.
I want to test my CF-algorithm against a set of other CF-algorithms, both some simple baseline methods and some of the newer methods. Which methods should I compare my algorithm to?
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A candidate running for Texas Agriculture Commissioner came through the Big Country on Wednesday.
J. Allen Carnes is the mayor of Uvalde, about 80 miles west of San Antonio.
He's running as the only farmer in the race. He and his family own more than 3500 acres of farm land. He says he personally manages a third of that. The company grows and ships cabbage, broccoli, onions, cotton and grain .
"You know, it doesn't matter if you are in Abilene, Uvalde, or in Houston. You are tied to Texas agriculture. Whether it's the shirt on your back, or the food on your table, you are tied to Texas agriculture like anybody else, like a producer is. It's very important that this state, as it grows and doubles in population, and becomes more and more urban, that we keep the mantra to what Texas is, we keep that in the future and we build on that," Carnes told KTXS news.
Carnes is running as a Republican.
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LUBBOCK, Texas - Texas Tech released its official football schedule today, which features the earliest season-opener in school history, three opponents that played in alliance bowls a year ago and six home games in Jones Stadium.
When the Red Raiders travel to Knoxville, Tenn. to face Payton Manning and the Tennessee Volunteers on August 30, it will mark the earliest season-opener in 72 seasons of Texas Tech football. The previous earliest start was last season's August 31st matchup at Kansas State in the first-ever Big 12 Conference football game.
Texas Tech opponents Nebraska, Texas and Kansas State all played in Alliance Bowls a year ago, while Tennessee defeated Northwestern 48-28 in the Florida Citrus Bowl. Texas lost to Penn State in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, Nebraska defeated Virginia Tech in the Fed Ex Orange Bowl and Kansas State fell to Brigham Young in the Southwestern Bell Cotton Bowl.
Texas Tech will play six home games within the friendly confines of Jones Stadium this season, with its home opener coming against last season's final home opponent Southwestern Louisiana. Tech will also face North Texas, Kansas, Texas A&M, Kansas State and Oklahoma. The Kansas contest on Oct. 11 will be Texas Tech's homecoming, while the Kansas State game on Nov. 1 has been designated Family Day.
"I think the schedule we have this season is the kind that will really challenge our football team," said Red Raider head coach Spike Dykes, who is entering his record-tying 11th season at Texas Tech. "We open up with a great football team on the road where we have everything to gain and nothing to lose. I think we have a very strong home schedule that our fans should really enjoy."
Tech's first three games will feature a 6:30 p.m. start time, while the final three are scheduled to kick-off at 1 p.m. All game times are subject to change for television purposes. Those determinations will be made by the networks during the summer for the first two weeks of the season. Beyond the first two games, television time changes will be announced by the Big 12 Conference on a 12-day or 6-day advance basis.
Ticket information is available through the Texas Tech Athletic Ticket Office at 806/742-4112 or toll-free at 1-888-Go-Big12. Information can also be accessed on Texas Tech's Internet website at http://www.texastech.com.
Date Opponent Location Time Aug. 30 at Tennessee Knoxville, Tenn. tba Sept. 13 Southwestern Louisiana Lubbock, Texas 6:30 p.m. Sept. 20 North Texas Lubbock, Texas 6:30 p.m. Oct. 4 at Baylor * Waco, Texas tba Oct. 11 Kansas * (Homecoming) Lubbock, Texas 6:30 p.m. Oct. 18 at Nebraska * Lincoln, Neb. 12:30 Oct. 25 Texas A&M * Lubbock, Texas 1 p.m. Nov. 1 Kansas State * (Family Day) Lubbock, Texas 1 p.m. Nov. 8 at Texas * Austin, Texas tba Nov. 15 at Oklahoma State * Stillwater, Okla. 2 p.m. Nov. 22 Oklahoma * Lubbock, Texas 1 p.m. all times central; game times may change for television; * denotes Big 12 game
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Hello. First of all, I love the pilot.. I love it so much that I bought a 16gb transcend sdhc card for it to increase the space. My problem is that, I have a bunch of mp4 movies that I like to convert to my pilot. Unfortunately, 6 movies took almost 5gb away, and that pissed me off. The original video are about 300mb, but when I convert it. It adds the space to 400mb. How can I convert the video to a lesser space with a good quality and audio. I am using the conversion software that came with it.
By the way, is there a manual for the pilot on the website? I need it to learn more about the mp3 player.
Is insignia pilot txt file suppose to be grey like that? How can I read my songs lyrics and play songs without going back and forth while pausing and reading lyrics and stuff. Can you pause your song while reading the text lyrics at the same time? I swear, we need to fix this problem. I want to be able to fastforward/rewind song while reading the txt lyrics. I don't want to go back and forth. It's complicated.. Although it's a plus because it supports text files.
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Your audio/video bitrates are set higher than the source material, so that's why it's making them bigger. I haven't used it in a while, but I think you do it by clicking the pencil button next to the conversion profiles in the converter. You can also trim a little more fat off by lowering the framerate. 25fps is fine for live action and 20 fps is fine for cartoons.
Yes, the text viewer is supposed to be grey. There's no way to control music player functions while viewing text files. It wasn't really meant to be used as lyrics veiwer, but I don't think it was meant to be a text viewer either... It was just an afterthought.
What should my audio and video bitrate suppose to be? My audio bitrate is at 128kbps and my video bitrate is 512kbps. My frame per second is 29.97. Thanks for responding.
Well.. that sucks for the txt viewer. I'm sure there's never going to be an update for the pilot because I think they gonna come out with a new insignia player next year.
Last edited by David K; 10-02-2008 at 06:25 PM.
I can't really tell you what to use, as it depends greatly on the source material. You should experiment and see what looks best to you. But set the video bitrate to 256kbps, and go down from there. Anything higher is a waste of space; the difference between 256Kbps and 512kbps is hardly noticeable on a 2.4" screen.
Also, I recommend you use WMV instead of MPEG4. The Pilot seems to do better with WMV.
Avi seems to work well so far. As for WMV, I've never used that because the converting is so slow. Alright, I'll stop using 512kbs.. It does seems like a waste of space. I've converted almost all videos at that rate, but I'll just keep it at that. I'm done with converting, but I have a few more videos to convert to my pilot. I have about 5 gigs left for external and 2gb left for internal. I know many people doesn't really use the video function, but I found it very useful when I'm out there.. ..
Eventhough we don't have an update, I'll just claim this is the best player I ever have. Thanks for your help tobey.
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|"Cyberforce" #2
|"Cyberforce" #2 variant by Silvestri
"My relationship with Top Cow has been great. It really goes back to when I decided to leave CrossGen," explained Marz. "Within a couple of days, Jim McLauchlin, who was the Cow's Editor-in-Chief, called and offered an arc on 'The Darkness.' Before I was done with that, they offered me the chance to take over as the regular 'Witchblade' writer. One of the real pleasures is that they've given me a lot of leash on everything I've done for them. I can't recall a situation where they've told me, 'No, you can't do that.' That sort of freedom is an absolute gift.
"The Top Cow universe itself is intriguing because there's a dichotomy to it. On one hand, you've got the more superhero-oriented stuff like 'Cyberforce' and 'Hunter-Killer.' On the other, there's the darker, more supernatural-oriented books like 'Witchblade' and 'Darkness.' It's also relatively new, rather than having decades of continuity in place. It's a nice mix. There are enough different toys that you've got something to play with, but it's not of a scope and complexity that you feel like you're navigating an obstacle course all the time."
Marz's new position as writer on "Cyberforce" (a book created by the founder of Top Cow, Marc Silvestri) has generated a lot of buzz, even before the March 22 release of issue #1. "Once we were up and running on 'Witchblade,' Top Cow asked me what else I'd like to do. I told them 'Cyberforce.' The chief attraction was to be able do a team book, which I hadn't had much opportunity to do in the 15 years I've been at this. When I was a kid, I was drawn to team books like 'Avengers' and 'X-Men' and 'Teen Titans,' because it felt like you were getting more bang for your buck, you were getting all these different heroes in one book. And not only were you getting the big action pieces, you were getting all the character interaction, all the soap opera.
"To me, team books fall into two categories. You have books with all-star rosters like 'JLA' or 'Avengers,' books that pull together different heroes for the greater good. And then you have 'family'-style books like 'X-Men' or 'Titans,' where the characters come together because they need each other and for a sense of belonging, and not just because the planet needs saving once a month. 'Cyberforce' is definitely more of a family book. The characters cling together because they're mutants, for lack of a better word. They all have alien DNA spliced into their genetic code, which is what gives them their powers. "
As Marz mentioned, the comic book market is full of superhero teams and it's hard to sometimes differentiate one from another. Like a military general, Marz is putting his troops into the field with a specific strategy in play. "The plan, at least in my mind, is to distill what I liked about those team books I read as a kid and try to put some of it in 'Cyberforce.' And I'm really talking about the character dynamics, the sense of family that you got from classic X-Men or Titans, more than who was beating the hell out of who. Yes, we'll have plenty of action, plenty of stuff blowing up, but I think what keeps readers coming back every month is the characters. So, in that sense, it's probably not going to be vastly different from what I've done before. I like to build characters the readers can care about. Here I'm doing it with a half-dozen characters, as opposed to one in something like 'Green Lantern.'
"The first six issues are an arc, putting the team back together and facing a threat heading toward earth from deep space. The second arc deals with whoever the survivors are, and them deciding whether they want to stay together. By the end of the second arc, we'll have some new team members, characters who have never been involved in a team setting before. I'm really looking forward to the mix, because they're not going to get along like the Brady Bunch."
The new "Cyberforce" also seems much darker in tone, with early pages showing a grittier version than seen in the past. Still, Marz contends that his vision of "Cyberforce" isn't as dark something like "The Authority," with its brand of graphic violence and mayhem. "I don't know that I'd consider it 'darker,' per se, but you really can't ignore the influence 'The Authority' and 'The Ultimates' have had on the medium. There's a certain nihilistic sensibility in 'The Authority' that I don't think fits with 'Cyberforce,' but the widescreen quality of both those books will certainly be felt, especially as the series goes on. The first arc begins comparatively small, but the story grows to increasingly epic proportions. One difference is that 'The Authority' and 'The Ultimates' are very public teams, but at least initially, 'Cyberforce' is going remain more of a covert operation.
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|"Witchblade" #97
"Velocity is the speedster, as well as the youngest on the team. She's more of an innocent than anyone else, particularly her sister, Ballistic, who's the 'shoot first, last and at any time in between' character. We'll pick up a few more characters during the first arc, but they're under wraps for now."
Some of the attention on the series has also been the result of the book's penciller, Pat Lee, well-known for his company, Dreamwave Comics. When the company collapsed, despite Lee's influential work on "Transformers," his character came into question, as creators revealed that Lee hadn't paid them for their work, making the writer/artist into a lightning rod for controversy. "Pat's a lightning rod for controversy? Really? Gee, I hadn't noticed. Next thing you'll be telling me that comic fans can sometimes be opinionated," smiles Marz.
"Obviously, Pat brings a certain amount of baggage. It would be disingenuous for me to sit here and say he doesn't. But my relationship with him is writer-artist, and thus far it's been a satisfying collaboration. I really think Pat's 'Cyberforce' pencils are the best of his career and he's certainly not scrimping on the detail. He's loading as much as he can into every panel. Pat's strength is oriented toward the tech aspects, so I'm pushing the story in that direction when it's appropriate. We've got some pretty amazing hardware coming up in issue #3. 'Cyberforce' is a book with a hell of an artistic pedigree in Marc Silvestri and David Finch. Pat knows he's got big shoes to fill, and he's stepping up."
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|"Witchblade" #97, Page 3
Meanwhile, Marz isn't taking a break with "Witchblade," where he's going to continue shattering the status quo with each issue. "There's a transition period coming up for the book. We just announced that Mike Choi's last issue for the foreseeable future is going to be #100, which will be out this summer. I've loved working with Mike on the book. The leaps in his artistry and storytelling in less than two years are really astonishing, and I'm really going to miss collaborating with Mike when he picks up some Marvel books as part of the Top Cow/Marvel deal. Hopefully we'll be working together again sooner rather than later. But as sad as I am to see Mike go, I'm equally as excited to have Adriana Melo taking over.
"I did a few Star Wars issues with Adriana, so this isn't the first time working together for us. I seem to be blessed when working with Brazilian talent, like Luke Ross on 'Samurai: Heaven and Earth,' and Greg Tocchini on 'Ion,' so Adriana fits right in. The first glimpse readers will get of Adriana's stuff is the Free Comic Book Day offering from Image, which has a Witchblade segment that doesn't just hint at what's coming up for 'Witchblade,' it gives away the whole farm.
"Our new inker is Mariah Benes, who's the sister of upcoming 'Justice League of America' artist Ed Benes, Sonia Oback is staying on as colorist, and Renae Geerlings is taking the editorial reins. So, I'm the lone boy in the girls club. I just hope they're gentle with me and don't leave any bruises I can't explain to my wife.
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Though Marz is happy to provide those teasers, he isn't saying much more, adding, "I can't say much about the direction we're taking the series without spoiling some huge surprises ... though the cat's going to be out of the bag when the Free Comic Book Day issue is released. So, how about for now I just say 'nothing lasts forever.' Ask again after the FCBD issue hits."
Further expanding the Marzverse, the writer will tackle "Magdalena," a sister series to "Witchblade." The four-issue mini-series won't debut until later in the year. " Magdalena is actually the first Cow character I requested, but I was asked to have a go at Witchblade first," revealed Marz. "In the simplest terms, Maggie is a monster hunter who works for the Catholic church, descended from Mary Magdalene in a very 'Da Vinci Code' way. She's had a handful of mini-series previously, but to be frank, the stories have been pretty muddled. It's a great concept, though, so my job in this four-issue mini is to make sense of it all. The idea is that this is the Magdalena series that a new reader can pick up and run with. I'm not going to put the lie to anything that's gone before, but this is going to be a starting point. I'm going to make this mini as accessible as possible. The short version is that the present inheritor of the Magdalena mantle has decided to walk away from the responsibility, so someone else has taken up the role. But a threat arises that pulls in both of them.
"Keu Cha is painting all four issues. Keu and I did a Darkness one-shot called 'Black Sails,' which was a pirate story, a period piece. It's one of the most gorgeous books I've ever been associated with, so I jumped at the chance to do another project with him. Keu's pencils are great, but his painted work is twice as amazing."
If you're one of those comic book fans who've dismissed Top Cow as all flash and no substance, Marz takes issue with that point of view. "To a certain extent, I probably sound like a broken record about this. I think a lot of readers have a mindset about what a Top Cow book is, and a good deal of it is wrong. If you think these books are nothing more than an excuse for tits and ass, you obviously haven't looked inside one. I'm interested in story and character, first and foremost. So is Mark Waid, who's writing 'Hunter-Killer.' If you'd like to add a little something to your diet beyond what Marvel and DC are setting out on the buffet table, here's your chance."


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Some people who write for examiner goes far and high to find their best topics to write about. Many of them have certain titles that they are supposed to write about. A rare number of them write absolutely nothing about the topic they're supposed to. Norman Byrd is our Myrtle Beach, South Carolina "Events" examiner, but I have never read anything that he has written that has anything to do with our beautiful beach.
I have reported on him several times because I figured if I stuck to writing my own titles, then he should do the same. I imagine that there are plenty of things happening in Myrtle Beach instead of what he does write about. He seems to love trash magazines about stupid celebrities. That's what he does… apparently standing in line at the grocer looking through the trash mags to find stories to write and get paid for it.
He really should do what is right and turn the title over to someone who appreciates Myrtle Beach and will do it justice. I'm quite sure that there are things going on there all the time and the mention of those businesses would love the attention given to them by this website. He is always listed as one of the top people for the area, but that's easy to do when you look to see what trash is trending on Twitter!


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For 60 minutes Sunday night at the Gallivan Center, Salt Lake City felt like the heart of the pop universe thanks to Adele. The British singing sensation was in fine form both vocally and with irreverent, light-hearted chatter with an adoring audience. Some of the songs were more popular with the audience than others - they were definitely there for the hits, but it was obvious many people were blown away by her presence and performance.
The 23-year-old singer has had arguably the best 2011 of anyone in the music biz and continues to move massive quantities of her January release, "21." She also reportedly sold the additional 4,000 new tickets released for her Gallivan show after February's cancellation at The Depot in less than an hour. The bad news? Her new album's a bit less R&B and it's poppier than some of her earlier work. Meanwhile, she largely splits the difference among the competing interests during her live set.
The results are the crowd gets wonderful Americana-flavored songs like "Right As Rain," and "If It Hadn't Been For Love" along with pop-as-can-be pablum like "Set Fire To The Rain." What's interesting is her biggest song, "Rolling In The Deep" comes down on both sides of the roots vs. pop divide with its killer, old-school soul verses and its catchy-as-a-cold chorus. And Adele and "Deep," are so popular that when she introduced the song as her last, but didn't name it, a large part of the crowd easily answered her challenge to sing its first verse. You simply don't see that every day.
Quibbles aside, Adele's voice more than matched the hype Sunday night. It's a gorgeous, soulful instrument with strong range and a tender touch. Her vocal chops were on dazzling display during "Chasing Pavements, "One and Only," and the emotional Dylan cover, "Make You Feel My Love." Adele's wit and charm were also brought to bear as she continually chatted with the crazed crowd in the front and sipped on tea in a mug she promised to give to an audience member.
Another thing about Adele worth knowing: She apparently connects with many, many people on a deep, personal level. I literally saw people from the ages of 5 to about 60 singing along to her lyrics - and not just the hits - and more than one person was crying during different songs. You don't see that every day of the week either. You also don't see such heartfelt, airy covers as her version of The Cure's "Love Song."
And hats off to Adele for booking the "First Lady of Rock 'n' Roll," Wanda Jackson as the opener. While the 73-year-old Oklahoman's heavenly, 45-minute blast of '50s-style rock didn't sweep away the crowd, those of us who are Jackson fans enjoyed every growl, yodel and yarn. Since her show here last March, Jackson's cover of the recently passed away Amy Winehouse's "You Know I'm No Good," has taken on a melancholy air, but is still highly effective. Mix that in with her own "Funnel of Love," and "Fujiyama Mama," and Jackson delivers a smoldering, rocking set, in no small part thanks to her backup band, Seattle's The Dusty 45s.
As good as it was, Jackson's set was likely an afterthought for many as people were too busy being floored by Adele's songs and that voice. One gets the feeling Adele's going to be at the center of the pop world for some time to come. But here's hoping she keeps mining her glorious roots along the way.
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College Hockey:Thelen Coming Back
Michigan State defenseman A.J. Thelen put to rest any speculation that he might leave school for the pros, telling reporters in Minnesota that he would return to East Lansing for his sophomore season.
Thelen was the 12th overall pick in this past June's NHL Draft by the Minnesota Wild. Thelen is a native of Minnesota, and participated in the team's developmental camp last month.
"I'm excited to go back for another year of college and be with my teammates and, hopefully, build on my confidence from last year," Thelen told the St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press. "With the lockout, you don't know if the season's going to start or if I could get signed. It wouldn't give me a chance to get into a groove."
Thelen was a member of the USCHO.com All-Rookie team last year, and was winner of the CCHA's Best Offensive Defenseman Award. He scored 11 goals and 29 points in 41 games for the Spartans last season.
"This is one of those years that is too confusing, and this was the simplest solution," Wild general manager Doug Risebrough told the paper. "He's still a developing player, and the place he can best develop right now is in college."
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Congratulations again to former UMass hockey netminder Jonathan Quick, who was officially presented with the William M. Jennings Trophy on Tuesday evening at the 2014 NHL Awards, though he was not in attendance to receive it after recently undergoing wrist surgery.
Quick and the Los Angeles Kings were announced as the winners of the Jennings Trophy back in mid-April upon the conclusion of the NHL's regular season schedule. The William M. Jennings Trophy is presented annually to the goalkeeper(s) having played a minimum of 25 games for the team with the fewest goals scored against it. Quick is the first in franchise history for the L.A. Kings to win the trophy.


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Why Is the White House Pretending Obama Didn't Bow?
This will only make things worse.
The best way to diffuse the non-stories that blogs latch onto and hyperventilate over from time to time like President Obama's bow to Saudi royalty at the G20 summit is to simply ignore them and let them die out on their own. But addressing them with a not-quite-believable explanation is bound to just make things worse. Yes, Obama did seem to respectfully duck his head when he greeted Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah at a group photo session last week. "It's not protocol!" cried conservative critics. "Protocol!" Who cares? Not Obama, who knew there were cameras everywhere at the time. So why, when asked about the incident, is the White House offering an excuse that doesn't conform with what we can clearly see with our own eyes? "It wasn't a bow," an anonymous aide told Politico's Ben Smith yesterday. "He grasped his hand with two hands, and he's taller than King Abdullah." Uh huh, right. Check out the video and decide for yourself if that holds water.
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Social Security: Bush STILL has it wrong
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Last night President Bush addressed the nation to promote his Social Security agenda. As could be expected, he still got it all wrong.
The details of Bush's speech and proposal can be found here:
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Fact Sheet: Strengthening Social Security For Those In Need
At the heart of his proposal is the use of means testing to ensure that higher income workers receive less of the money back that they put in. This is, basically, how he proposes to make the system solvent.
Specifically he stated:
Secondly, I believe a reform system should protect those who depend on Social Security the most. So I propose a Social Security system in the future where benefits for low-income workers will grow faster than benefits for people who are better off. By providing more generous benefits for low-income retirees, we'll make this commitment: If you work hard and pay into Social Security your entire life, you will not retire into poverty. This reform would solve most of the funding challenges facing Social Security.
In fact, this does not address the funding challenges faced by the program. Additionally, this turns Social Security into something more like a welfare system. We don't need, or want, a welfare system. Social Security is a social insurance program and it should remain as such.
The proposal obviously comes off as a populist move to try and appeal to many of the lower income workers who have been most skeptical of his privatization agenda.
Turning Social Security into a welfare system will make the system, first of all, less fair, second of all more contentious and more likely to be attacked in the future, and thirdly it avoids dealing with the real underlying problems that are causing the Social Security funding problem. It avoids addressing root causes by adjusting how payouts are made.
I have already written several pieces outlining the root causes of the funding problems with Social Security.
In Getting a grip on Social Security: The flaw in the system, I identified the flaw in how Social Security benefits are calculated.
The central flaw in the Social Security system is that the benefits are calculated using Average Wage Indexing. This is the root flaw in the Social Security system, and no change that does not address this flaw will be successful in solving the budgeting problems for Social Security.
The Social Security system does not tax all wages or all forms of income. It only taxes wages below a certain limit, yet the yearly increase in Social Security benefits is calculated based on the average rise in all wages.
The reason that this is such a significant problem, and what I consider to be the real root cause of the overall problems with Social Security, is that wages for those with the highest incomes have increased dramatically over the past 20 years and there is every indication that this trend will continue.
This means that the high end wages, which are not taxed by the Social Security system, cause the benefit levels to be increased every year at a rate much higher than the rate of increase for the incomes that are taxed by the system.
In other words, payouts are being calculated using a totally different set of numbers than collections are using. It is impossible that this scenario could ever be kept in balance.
The solution is that collections and payouts have to be calculated using the same sets of numbers. This is basic accounting.
Anything that does not correct this problem is simply going to be moving numbers around to try and make secondary adjustments to correct for the use of wrong data. Without addressing the real cause of the problem, the problem, of course, will continue to exist and adjustments will continuously have to be made, and how those adjustments are made may well lead to more problems.
Fixing Social Security is not difficult, there is no crisis. All that needs to be done is some accurate accounting needs to be applied.
I propose several levels of steps that could be taken to strengthen Social Security.
The first level of action is to stop using Average Wage Indexing to calculate benefits changes, and begin using either Median Wage Indexing, or be even more specific and use an indexing method based specifically on the exact rage of incomes that are taxed by the Retirement (OASI) portion of the tax.
The second level of action would be to completely remove the cap on the Disability (DI) portion of the tax. Currently, the portion of the Social Security tax that is used to make payments to people receiving disability payments is capped at the same level that the OASI tax is capped at. This really makes no sense, because disability payments are not directly related to how much the recipient pays into the system anyway. Disability is really a function that should be supported by every member of society, and arguably, it should be supported most by those most able to pay. As it is right now, the burden of caring disabled workers falls most heavily on the poor and middle-class in America, while the wealthly barely contribute anything at all to pay for the disabled. This makes no sense at all of course. Therefore, the cap should be completely removed on the DI tax to at least make it so that everyone pays an equal share to care for the disabled.
The third level of actions that could be taken, would be the removal of the cap on the OASI portion of the Social Security tax as well, accompanied by a small decrease in the overall OASI tax, resulting in a small tax break for those people currently under the cap and a small to moderate tax increase for those above the cap. This would make Social Security a true flat tax.
The third level of action is not necessary to make the system solvent, but the first two steps are. What I have outlined here is a sound and reasonable way to strengthen Social Security and make it solvent, without a need to reduce benefits below current levels, increase taxes, raise the retirement age, or use means testing. It also does not add any increased cost for administration or make the system more complex, which means testing would do.
There is also, of course, no need to use private retirement accounts, and as I have stated in other articles, using private accounts would significantly weaken the system by eliminating the risk pooling that makes Social Security, and all forms of insurance plans, effective.
The bottom line is that benefit increases have to be based on the incomes of the people who are paying into the system.
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Stocks were starting to gain ground by midafternoon after yesterday's sell-off, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES:^DJI) trading 28 points higher, or 0.17%, following positive news from the housing industry. Housing starts rose 13.2% in April, which was much higher than the expected 3.1% increase, driven by a strong 43% increase in multifamily housing starts. Investors obviously hope to see continued improvements in the housing industry, which is a huge contributor to the health of the overall economy.
With that in mind, here are two companies making headlines in the market today.
Inside the Dow, General Electric (NYSE:GE) was sending an executive to Paris today to promote the company's $17 billion bid to buy the energy business of French conglomerate Alstom. The French government this week gave itself the power to block the deal, and French Economy Minister Arnaud Montebourg has been encouraging Siemens to submit a competing offer in an attempt to keep the business in European hands.
"We appreciate the importance of the energy sector to France, and we will continue to have open and productive discussions with the government," General Electric said in a statement.
GE this month sent a letter to French President François Hollande saying it would consider taking on French investors in Alstom's hydropower unit and selling Alstom's wind power unit to French investors. GE also said it could make concessions with Alstom's nuclear technology.
A successful deal would be the largest acquisition in General Electric's history and boost the company's plan to focus on growing revenue from its industrial and energy businesses -- a strategy that investors have cheered.
Outside the Dow, the U.S. government issued the maximum possible $35 million fine against General Motors (NYSE:GM) for waiting too long to recall 2.6 million cars with faulty ignition switches. Along with accepting the penalty, General Motors agreed to give regulators full access to the results of its internal investigation into the technical defect that has been linked to at least 13 deaths.
"We have learned a great deal from this recall. We will now focus on the goal of becoming an industry leader in safety," GM CEO Mary Barra said in a statement, according to Automotive News. "We will emerge from this situation a stronger company."
For current or potential investors, this $35 million is a drop in the bucket compared to last quarter's charge of $1.3 billion that nearly wiped away all of the company's profits -- and rightfully so. The $35 million fine will be on top of the $200 million charge that General Motors expects to take in the second quarter related to this week's announcement of five additional recalls covering nearly 2.7 million vehicles.
This is just another hurdle General Motors has created for itself while trying to rebound from its bankruptcy roughly five years ago. The company has continually lost market share over the years and now faces arguably a more battered brand image than ever before. General Motors still has much potential as a company and an investment, but it has a ton of work to do to fix its brand image and operations. Investors would be wise to monitor sales going forward in case its brand image causes car buyers to shop at GM's competitors.
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Baby Name Poll Results
Alexander Michael vs. Zachary Michael vs. Andrew Michael
Michael is my husband's middle name & I want our son to have it as well. Which first name goes best?~Nicole
The Top Baby Name is...
|Alexander Michael
|37% (10 votes)
|Zachary Michael
|37% (10 votes)
|Andrew Michael
|26% (7 votes)
Zachary is a beautiful name, I recommend that one!!
posted by guest: jilliank :: 2007-02-14 15:05:18 | report
These are all great names so it was hard to choose. I think Zachary Michael flows the best.
posted by guest: Kay :: 2007-02-14 19:58:27 | report
I like Zachary but i think Andrew Michael flows the best.
posted by guest: kellyf :: 2007-02-15 05:05:07 | report
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Detroit defenseman Niklas Kronwall scored with 16 seconds left in overtime Saturday night, carrying the Red Wings to a 2-1 win over the Phoenix Coyotes.
Kronwall fired a shot from the high slot through a screen set by Danny Cleary and over the shoulder of Phoenix goalie Ilya Bryzgalov to win the game for Detroit.
The goal came with seven seconds remaining in the Red Wings' eighth power play of the night. They had been held scoreless with the extra attacker until that point.
The Coyotes had opened the scoring with ten seconds remaining in the first period.
After winning a faceoff in the Detroit end, the Coyotes worked the puck down to the corner. Martin Hanzel jumped to open space in the slot and Wojtek Wolski sent the puck to him for a one-timer past Red Wings goaltender Jimmy Howard.
Pavel Datsyuk evened the game up at 7:03 of the second when his centering attempt to Patrick Eaves deflected off the skate of Lee Stempniak and slipped past Bryzgalov.
Bryzgalov stopped 31 of 33 shots on the night while Howard made 25 saves on 26 Phoenix chances.
Detroit held the Coyotes scoreless on four power play tries.
The Red Wings are now off until Thursday when they host the Calgary Flames to begin a four-game homestand.
Notes: The Red Wings iced only 17 skaters, with Johan Franzen, Kris Draper and Justin Abdelkader all out of the lineup due to injury.
I have a summary of the whole game for you:You're not missing much.
Ken Kal and Paul Woods made it sound not horrible. Seemed like it might be sloppy still as it came across as pretty end-to-end.
At least we get a point?
I feel like - given Phoenix's ownership - the Wings should have one and one twenty-ninth goals counted right now. That's a win.
Niklas Kronwall
Credit: Chris Creamer
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Just out of curiosity I tried to put my Glock 24 in my Cross Breed Supertuck made for my Glock 27. It fit perfectly.
So now I have the option of carrying 16 rounds with extra velocity from the 6 inch barrel.
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Just out of curiosity I tried to put my Glock 24 in my Cross Breed Supertuck made for my Glock 27. It fit perfectly.
So now I have the option of carrying 16 rounds with extra velocity from the 6 inch barrel.
I have a Crossbreed SuperTuck for the G-19 and it also fits my G-26. Like you it allows me to carry a smaller weapon but 15 +1. Gotta love Crossbreed Holsters!
Yep! I love Crossbreed!
Most holsters will fit different sized guns of the same make and model. Slide lengths are the only difference. I have numerous holsters that will fit different length glocks.
While it may fit okay.....I think the true test will be in comfort of concealment. I've found way too many times that holsters that fit the Glocks universally for the 9mm,357SIG, 40S&W, etc are fine until one pushes the limits on the open bottom holsters without changing position. The one and only holster I could ever use throughout the range of Glock from full size to sub-compact and carry in the same position concealed is the DeSantis Scorpion holster. I've tried the M-Tac holsters which are like the CrossBreed. Fit of the pistol is just part of it....most Glock frames will fit in any particular Glock holster especially open muzzle holsters, and the kydex holsters. One of those things that still makes Glock pistols more versatile than most brands....but it all comes down to the end user. I just can't carry a full size Glock where I do a compact or sub-compact with any of my generic made for Glock holsters. I just can't with any level of comfort for extended periods.
This is true. I have also found that in a beltslide type holster made for a mid or service lenght model, the barrel, which is meant to extend past the leather, will actually stabilize the gun against the body. If a compact model is put into the same holster, the slide is completlely covered by the holster, but flops around when you walk.
I did move the position slightly for the longer G24. I carry the G27 at my 8:30 (I'm a lefty), I had to move the G24 to my 9:00 to comfortably sit in the car.


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Archive for February, 2006
I've loaded the butterfly quilt and intended to start quilting it tonight but since I'm not sure about the quilting I'm going to sleep on it and start tomorrow afternoon.
I'm in such a pantograph mode – I haven't quilted anything freehand this year. I'm debating between freehand quilting a Line Dancing pattern with leaves or this pantograph – Rhapsody. The lazy way would be to just do the pantograph.
Second I'm debating thread color. An olive green that matches the *dark* fabric in the quilt or a variegated with greens, golds, and oranges.
Click on the picture to get a larger view.
I'll probably start quilting in the afternoon so if you have any thoughts for me – leave me a comment before then otherwise it will be too late because I AM going to make a decision and quilt this tomorrow!
Adam's top finished
I was determined NOT to go to bed tonight before finishing this top. I did not want to wake up and have to face it in the morning. It's turning out better than I expected it and I know Adam will love it.
Now I'll put it aside until I get back from the Mid Atlantic Quilt Show next week. We visit Adam on his birthday (March 18th) so I'll have plenty of time to quilt it before our visit.
Stashbuster's retreat weekend
I'm participating in a stay at home retreat this weekend with the Stashbuster group and working on a birthday quilt for my son Adam.
This is another UFO – I've had 3/4 of the squares cut out for this quilt for months maybe even more than a year. My intention was to make a rag quilt but then I made the mistake of describing the quilt to him. He said NO ragged edges. So with most of the squares cut out I was limited to what I make.
Here's my progress so far. The appliques are from the old jeans and I'm just trying to sprinkle them through the quilt.
I have two more rounds of squares – one blue and a final black.
Does anyone have ideas on how to quilt this?
UFO #5 finished
Here are the final pictures. I finished the binding up at my Bee group this morning. I didn't have enough of the border fabric to bind the quilt so I made a scrappy binding out of the leftover red and purple strips.
Next up is a jean's quilt for my son's birthday. He told me he did NOT want a rag quilt after I had most of the squares cut so this one won't be very interesting.
Labeling quilts to be donated
While it was good to get a lot done last night when I couldn't sleep – I made up for it and slept in this morning. Now I'm not tired tonight so I'm working again.
I finished the quilting on the Red and Purple rail fence, took it off the machine, trimmed it, sewed the binding on, and still not tired. So I decided to embroider my initials and the year on the back as my label.
I'd been using my sewing machine alphabet to sew initials and the year on some of my donation quilts but wasn't crazy about how it looked. So when I saw a post by Jeanne with her morning has broken embroidery I decided that I'd label one of these next quilts by hand.
Even though my lettering needs a lot of practice I'm happier with these results than the machine lettering. This has more character!
I'll work on hand stitching the binding down tomorrow night while I'm watching the Olympics and this will be UFO #5 finished.
Quilting makes the quilt
Yesterday was taken up with errands and hiking and I never did get back to my quilting. I couldn't sleep last night so around 2AM I decided to load a quilt and start quilting the red and purple rail fence.
With all the lights on in my studio I couldn't see the quilting very well and the red thread blended in with the top. So I came downstairs this afternoon and with just the light from the windows I could see the detail of the quilting and I love it.
It's a pantograph – the large version of Fay Feathers from Lorien Quilting and I think it looks wonderful.
I'm curious if other bloggers print a hard copy of their blogs. I've always wanted to keep a journal but never got beyond a few entries. I've been printing my blog in sections thinking that I'll put them together in a binder so I'll have a permanent written record of what's going on in my life – quilting, travels, even what I'm reading.
How about the rest of you? Are you keeping a printed copy of your blogs?
Weight loss update
I went to my Weight Watchers meeting today and in spite of being out of town for 11 days and having to eat out I lost 3 lbs in the last two weeks. That's a total of 8.8 lbs in 4 weeks. I celebrated by going for a long hike at Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park.
I finished another crocheted afghan tonight. Most of it was done in the car on my trip but it was started in October and finished up tonight watching the Olympics.
Pictured above are the three afghans I've finished this year. The white one is the one I just finished up.
I always have trouble taking a good picture of these – I never seem to get them to drape across something the right way so this time I just folded and stacked them together.
All three will be donated.
String Quilts
While I was in Florida there was more discussion on the stashbuster list about string quilts so I thought I'd post 2 more string quilts that I'd made.
The lap quilt was the first one I did and after the blocks were made I sashed them with a blue fabric. The second one on the bed is a what I call self sashing. The first string placed on each block is the same blue fabric so when the blocks are sewn together it appears sashed.
I have 2 more string quilts on my UFO list that I'm anxious to work on but there are a few other projects ahead of them.
The weather is beautiful here in South Florida. We're having a great time walking along the beach and visiting with family.
Friday we walked the boardwalk at Hollywood beach – lots of construction going on there and half the boardwalk was roped off with the path being redone. We were able to walk from one end to the other – 4 miles. Saturday we went to Ft. Lauderdale beach and walked another 4 miles along the boardwalk and then had lunch at a place overlooking the water.
We lived in South Florida for over 9 years and in Tampa for 3 but have been in the Atlanta area for almost 4 years now. It's interesting seeing the changes in both areas.
Today we went to Keith's nephew's soccer game – they lost 2-1 but his nephew scored their only goal so we got to cheer loudly. It is a beautiful day and I had a long walk with my sister-in-law after the game.
Hopefully all these walks are going to help with my weight loss goals!


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Washington Owns Windermere Cup On Perfect Sunny Day
The men's and women's varsity eight rowed to their seventh straight Windermere Cup victories in the best weather and biggest crowd Opening Day has seen in years.
Huskies Win Five Races In Dual At WSU
With a race forced to be rescheduled to Friday the Huskies still manage to race well.
Huskies Earn Some Hardware in San Diego
The Washington novice eight boat took first in a wire-to-wire finish in the Women's Collegiate Novice Grand Final on the second day of the San Diego Crew Classic on Mission Bay. The Huskies raced in a total of four grand finals on Sunday, earning two third-place finishes by the 2V8 and V4, and a fifith-place finish by the varsity eight.
Husky Rowing Experience: 2013 (Freshman)Took home a gold medal coxing for the Novice 8 at the Pac-12 Championships...Coxed for the winning Novice 8 at the Windermere Cup Regatta...Coxed for the Novice 8 shell that placed first at the Cal Dual...Coxed for the Freshmen "A" shell at the WSU Dual...Coxed for the women's freshman class in the Seattle Times Women's Eight at the Class Day Regatta 2013...Coxed forthe winning shell in the Novice Grand Final, who took home the Laurel V. Korholz Perpetual Trophy at the San Diego Crew Classic.


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Anyone interested in flooding currently happening in Scott County is invited to attend a presentation on Monday evening, March 28, at Scottsburg High School.
The program will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the high school's commons.
The study completed late last year by staff of HWC Engineering has already been reviewed by members of the Scott County Drainage Board, Scott County Commissioners and the Scott County Council.
Knowing that facts gathered could affect its ability to obtain grants, the Drainage Board requested support from Commissioners. Commissioners in turn asked that the study's $40,000 price tag be paid by the County Council. Once Councilmen agreed to foot that bill, engineers fanned out on foot to track Stucker Ditch.
Stucker Fork drains at least 75% of Scott County from its beginnings in Lexington Township along its journey to the Muscatatuck River in Jennings Township. Flooding takes its toll on infrastructure and the bills to replace or repair those structures.
2015 was an excellent year to experience the effects of flooding in Scott County since two months were declared the wettest on record by the National Weather Service.
Over the years, flooding has taken acres of agricultural land out of production, and some property owners are now required to buy flood insurance. Subsidies for flood insurance premiums are beginning to disappear, so homeowners and farmers with land currently in flood plains may soon find themselves with unexpected expenses to keep their properties covered by insurance.
The study traces Stucker Ditch through farm and residential areas, showing how silting has caused excess surface water to flow out of its banks and onto roads, bridges, cropland and homes.
Strategies to correct most flooding are also covered as are the projected costs.
Robert Tobias, President of the Board of Commissioners and a member of the Drainage Board, expressed Commissioners' appreciation to the County Council for paying for the study, which has reportedly proved that dredging Stucker Ditch to bring it back to its original configuration will help retard local flooding.
"We feel the program on March 28 will prove interesting to farmers and homeowners alike, and we encourage people to learn as much as they can about the study and the steps needed to improve Scott County drainage," Tobias stated.
Englishton Park is gearing up for the 48th consecutive year of the Academic Remediation and Training Center, better known as the Children's Summer Camp Program. Children from all over the southern half of Indiana annually find their way to our unique summer program for academically/emotionally challenged children ages 8-12 years old.
The Englishton Park Experience is one that has been especially designed for boys and girls who have shown through testing that they are smart enough to do normal school work but find themselves failing academically, emotionally and socially in school-type settings. The EP experience happens amid 300 acres of fields, forests and lakes where these children can discover they can be successful, they can make friends and are surrounded by caring encouraging people who think the two most important things are learning to have fun and that learning can be fun.
The four main goals of the program are to improve academic skills, change attitudes about learning, modify behavior interfering with learning in the classroom, and to experience success in school-type activities. Each child on arrival to camp is told specific behavior goals they will work on for the next 10 days. Children's school records are studied and both an academic and behavior plan is set for each child. Children are divided by gender and age into four groups of 7-9 children and have three counselor/therapists who work with them the entire time they are at camp. Children earn points all day for demonstrating appropriate behaviors and can trade these points for pay-off activities, such as pool time.
Children spend each morning in academic classes which are held in non-traditional settings; math in the pool, geography/history in the barn, science under a huge old tree by the stone fence and language arts under another stately old tree. Individual learning is stressed in these classes. Lunch time is legendary, a time for personal and group awards, a time of smiles and laughter and togetherness. The afternoons, again in the same groups, are spent in the woods where group learning is stressed where a child will only be successful with the cooperation and help of others. The children build tree forts and clear a campsite, learn to use tools, and enjoy the beauty of the outdoors. Also in the afternoon each child has two individual tutoring sessions to work on their biggest academic needs. Evenings are filled with pay-off activities, dinner, and an activity to emphasize team work and good sportsmanship.
In the Englishton Park Experience, each child is able to succeed at many things. When they go home they take all of their awards they have earned and all the things they have made, especially memories of great friends and great times. They have learned new skills and behaved in new ways. They like the new feelings they have about themselves and about learning. They are going to give school a fresh start.
For more information about Englishton Park Academic Remediation and Training Center (Summer Children's Program) contact Thomas or Lisa Barnett,
Board members of the Scott County Fair Association are planning several grandstand activities sure to draw crowds, provided the weather cooperates.
Plans were outlined at the Fair Board's meeting on March 8.
The 2016 Scott County Fair will be held from Sunday, July 10, to Saturday, July 16.
The "Come to the Fair" Parade is scheduled for the afternoon of that Sunday.
Events already planned for that evening include the 2016 Little Miss and Little Master of Scott County competition and the 2016 Miss Scott County Fair Queen Pageant. Both will again be held at McClain Hall at Scottsburg High School.
At the fairgrounds grandstand, staff of the Brownstown Speedway will offer a night of racing.
Monday and Tuesday nights, July 11 and 12, are still open on the grandstand schedule.
Mini-stock and pure stock enduros are scheduled Wednesday night, July 13. Moto-cross action will take place on Thursday night, July 14, followed by the popular demolition derby on Friday, July 15.
On Saturday, July 16, the Battle of the Bluegrass truck and tractor pull will take place at the grandstand.
Board member Todd Richey reported that the Battle of Bluegrass promoter is attempting to develop a television series based on truck and tractor pulls. The promoter would also like to use the fairgrounds for a two-day end-of-the-season championship event, he advised.
This information was taken under advisement until the Fair Board's next meeting on April 12.
The board talked to Megan Voyles, Extension Educator, about conditions in the oldest swine facility and where poultry will be exhibited. Renting a tent for 4-H poultry entries was considered and also taken under advisement until more information can be obtained.
Voyles said there are 65 4-H'ers with rabbit projects, so possibly 600 rabbits could be entered this year at the fair. A total of 58 4-H'ers have swine projects, and there will be 21 horses. More animal entry numbers will be firmed up after April 24, Voyles related.
An alternate group to collect trash daily at the fairgrounds was discussed. The board was told the local football league does not want to do that service this year.
Other ideas floated that evening included a car show on the grounds on Sunday.
Merchants who have had booths in 2015 will soon be contacted to renew those spaces. More information can be obtained by visiting the website at scottcountyfairgrounds.com or attending the next meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 12, at the former Saddle Club building on the fairgrounds.


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- Auto-off motion lights scheduled for non-use times
- Water service consists of pitchers and glasses rather than plastic water bottles
- Daily paper recycle program and removal service
- All computers required to be on energy-savings settings
- "Digital over Paper" procedures practiced
- Standard purchasing procedures require buying recycled goods
- Standard use of biodegradable cleaners and chemicals
- Digital room signage vs. paper and poster displays
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- Available recycled paper goods (napkins, plates, etc.)
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Warner Bros. has confirmed today the "Batman: Arkham Origins" side-scrolling spin-off for Nintendo 3DS and Sony PlayStation Vita titled "Batman Arkham Origins: Blackgate" will be available on consoles (i.e. Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U, and PC) as soon as April 1 for only $20. "Blackgate"–which was developed by Armature Studios–is supplemental to "Origins" plot-wise, but will not act as downloadable content for the game. Instead, it has been decided to port it as a standalone title downloaded from Xbox LIVE, PSN, Nintendo eShop, and Steam.
"A companion title to 'Batman: Arkham Origins,' players can continue the storyline of the console version and discover more details of the Dark Knight's past." (Product description)
The move to bring "Blackgate" to consoles has puzzled a few reviewers and even fans of the franchise who point out the game has faced mild criticism and overall mediocre scores. Many are skeptic how the side-scrolling game will translate from mobile devices. Lest they forget the legions of successful side-scrolling adventures placed on pedestals throughout video game history (e.g. "Super Mario Bros."). Dubbed the "Deluxe Edition," however, the game will feature high-definition 2.5D graphics, a new map and hint system, and the ability to unlock the Zero Year Batsuit.
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I probably know exactly who you are. I worked there too back in October of 2012 and this was by far the worst job I've ever had all because of the Business Office Director. It lasted exactly about 3 months. The BOD had absolutely no idea how to do her job let alone how to be a boss.