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NYC – The Puma Blues Signing
October 8, 2015 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, New York, New York Comic Con, Signing and Appearance Profiles
MEET STEPHEN MURPHY (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) and MICHAEL ZULLI (Sandman) at JHU COMIC BOOKS on Friday October 9th at 7:00 PM!
Press Release:
Stephen Murphy and Michael Zulli are in town to unveil their new graphic novel collection, THE PUMA BLUES, at New York Comic Con at the Dover Publications booth. Of course, there are many who -for one reason or another- will not be in attendance at the show. Here, then, is your chance to meet the most prolific writer ever of TMNT stories, along with the fan-favorite illustrator of some of the most beloved Sandman comics by Neil Gaiman.
**PURCHASE of Puma Blues required to participate in signing event!
JHU Comic Books MANHATTAN
32 East 32nd Street, New York, NY 10016
(212) 268-7088
Masters of Fantasy Gallery Opening
October 7, 2015 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Convention News, New York, New York Comic Con, Other, Science Fiction and Fantasy
Press Release:
Metropolis Gallery is pleased to present for viewing and purchase the Masters of Fantasy Gallery Show. Featuring the amazing art of Frank Frazetta, Jeff Jones, Greg Hildebrandt, Ken Kelly, Michael Golden, Phil Hale, Bernie Wrightson and many more famous pop culture / comic artists.
Metropolis Gallery is located at 36 West 37th Street, 6th Floor, only a 10 minute walk from New York Comic Con.
Join us Friday, October 9th, 6:00 – 10:00pm for our opening reception.
Hors d'oeuvres and beverages will be provided for your enjoyment.
Gallery Opening continues through the weekend:
Saturday, October 10th 12:00-8:00pm
Sunday, October 11th 12:00-5:00pm
After NYCC, the gallery will be open to the public
Tuesday – Friday, 11:00am-5:00pm.
All items for view and purchase. Click here to view items for sale.
To view by appointment, call Robert Pistella or Vincent Zurzolo at 212-260-4147 or 1-800-229-6387.
Hero Initiative Announces Special Guests for NYCC 2015
October 7, 2015 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Convention News, New York, New York Comic Con
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Hero Initiative, the charitable organization dedicated to helping veteran comic creators in medical or financial need, is heading to New York Comic Con, the four-day long show at the Javits Center located at 655 West 34thSt. on October 8-11!
And EXCLUSIVE special guests are the order of the day at Hero's booth, #N104! Punisher and Uncanny X-Men artist Whilce Portacio will be at Hero's booth ALL weekend, along with fellow X-Men alum Chris Ivy!
Mike Perkins, artist on Captain America and X-Men will be at the Hero booth on Friday and Saturday afternoons, Oct. 9 and 10, and he'll be joined by Preacher and Punisher artist Steve Dillon, who's making the trek all the way from England. Dillon will be at Hero booth and only Hero's booth Saturday and Sunday afternoon, Oct. 10 and 11. And Hellboy artists Max and Sebastian Fiumara come in from Argentina to make an appearance at Hero's booth on Saturday from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Speaking of which, The Hellboy 100 Project book will be on sale at the booth at $12.99 for softcover and $24.99 for hardcover! The con is a GREAT autograph opportunity. Participating artists Gabriel Ba, Arthur Baltazar, Jim Calafiore, Victor Castro, Clayton Crain, Mark dos Santos, Tony Fleecs, Autumn Fredrickson, Agnes Garbowska, Gabriel Hardman, Edwin Huang, Ken Lashley, Fabio Moon, Todd Nauck, Whilce Portacio, Tom Raney, Alex Saviuk, Tim Seeley, Bill Sienkiewicz, Ben Templesmith, Jim Zub, and Chrissie Zullo will all be in attendance!
Hero's Sandman: Overture #6 variant makes its convention debut at New York! Only 1000 copies of this special variant were made, and copies are available at $5 per.
And Hero Initiative ambassadors are all over the con floor collecting for our worthy cause! Please check out Arthur Adams, Gabriel Ba, Marguerite Bennett, Joyce Chin, Amanda Conner, Darwyn Cooke, Bryan Glass, Richard Isanove, Ken Lashley, Jason Latour, Tom Lyle, Fabio Moon, Greg Pak, Jimmy Palmiotti, Brandon Peterson, Brian Pulido, Sara Richard, Tim Sale, Valerio Schiti, Louise Simonson, Walt Simonson, Joe Staton, James Tynion, and Jim Zub. They'll all be flying the Hero flag, so stop by their booths and do the right thing!
About The Hero Initiative
The Hero Initiative is the first-ever federally chartered not-for-profit corporation dedicated strictly to helping comic book artists and craftsmen in need. Hero Initiative creates a financial safety net for yesterday's creators who may need emergency medical aid, financial support for essentials of life, and an avenue back into paying work. It's a chance for all of us to give back something to the people who have given us so much enjoyment.
Since its inception, The Hero Initiative has had the good fortune to grant over $700,000 to the comics veterans who have paved the way for those in the industry today. For more information, visit www.HeroInitiative.org or call 626-676-6354.
NY – Shutter Signing
October 2, 2015 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, New York, New York Comic Con, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Writer Joe Keatinge and artist Leila del Duca appear at Escape Pod Comics for a signing on Wednesday, October 7th from 6:00 till 9:00 PM!
Leila will be sketching on special edition Shutters and bringing original art to marvel at while sketching and signing in whatever you bring. Joe Keatinge, author of Glory, Tech Jacket, Morbius and (of course) Shutter, will be signing and sharing anecdotes.
Escape Pod Comics
302 Main Street, Huntington, NY 11743
(631) 923-1044
NYC – Robot Chicken Bowling Party
October 2, 2015 by Colin Solan
Filed under Animation, Comic Books, Horror, Movies, New York, New York Comic Con, Other, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Signing and Appearance Profiles, Television, Video Games
Join Robot Chicken co-creators Seth Green and Matthew Senreich on Thursday, October 8, 2015 for an early look at Season 8 and the world premiere of Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship. Presented as part of New York Super Week.
You'll also be treated to an evening of free bowling, prizes, a DJ set by The Rub, and good company.
6PM Doors | 8PM Screening
Must be 21+
Must RSVP to gain entry
Brooklyn Bowl
61 Wythe Ave, Brooklyn, New York 11249
(718) 963-3369
CBLDF Announces Parties & Signings for NYCC 2015
September 30, 2015 by Colin Solan
Filed under Collectibles, Comic Books, Comic Strips, Convention News, New York, New York Comic Con, Webcomics
New York Comic-Con is just around the corner, and CBLDF is ready to welcome fans to NYC with the CBLDF NYCC Welcome Party and the CBLDF Liberty Annual Signing and Release Party!
First, join CBLDF at Forbidden Planet (832 Broadway, New York, New York) on Thursday, October 8, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m., for the CBLDF Liberty Annual signing with Fred Van Lente, Sina Grace, Bob Fingerman, R Sikoryak, and other fantastic creators!
After the signing, we'll wander mere blocks away to the Village Pourhouse (64 3rd Avenue, New York, New York) for the CBLDF NYCC Welcome Party and CBLDF Liberty Annual Release Party! Guaranteed to be one of the best parties at NYCC, the party begins at 8:00 p.m., and fans will have the chance to mingle with comics superstars!
The party is free to CBLDF members ($10 suggested donation for non-members) and features drink specials, door prizes, and gift bags for attendees. The first 30 people through the door after 8:00 p.m. with take home an exclusive t-shirt featuring artwork by Duncan Fegredo, courtesy of Threadless!
To RSVP for the CBLDF NYCC Welcome Party, visit the event page here.
On Friday, October 9, 8:00 p.m., don't miss the Image Comics NYCC Afterparty at Bowlmor Times Square (222 West 44th St, New York, New York)! Mingle with special guests Adam McGovern, Alex de Campi, Amy Reeder, Antony Johnston, Ben Mackey, Bob Fingerman, Brandon Montclare, Brian Haberlin, Brian Joines, Brian Buccellato, Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang, Declan Shalvey, Ed Brisson, Edwin Huang, Frank Barbiere, Ilias Kyriazis, Ivan Brandon, Jason Shawn Alexander, Jay Faerber, Jim Mahfood, Joe Eisma, Joe Harris, Joseph Keatinge, Justin Jordan, Kieron Gillen, Kyle Higgins, Leila del Duca, Martin Morazzo, Matt Wilson, Michael Moreci, Nick Dragotta, Ryan Browne, Sean Lewis, Steve Orlando, Stuart Moore, Wes Craig, and more (list subject to change)! A portion of proceeds from this party benefits CBLDF. RSVP here.
While you're at NYCC, don't miss CBLDF at booth 1764, where we'll have signed books, posters and prints, and apparel on hand for fans old and new!
Dark Horse Comics Announces Panel Schedule for NYCC 2015
September 29, 2015 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Convention News, New York, New York Comic Con
Press Release:
Come and check out the Dark Horse booth, #1636, at NYCC 2015! Here's the full list of amazing Dark Horse Panels!
Be sure to check out the full NYCC panel schedule here for a complete list of panels including other incredible Dark Horse Comics creators!
Title: Dark Horse Creators: Crafting The Original Story
Description: Dark Horse's creator-driven original series are full steam ahead with the industry's top talent! Moderated by Dark Horse Comics publicist Steve Sunu, Greg Pak (Kingsway West), Donny Cates and Eliot Rahal (The Paybacks), Christopher Golden (Joe Golem), and Ethan Young (Nanjing: The Burning City) discuss developing their original stories, and what's coming next from Dark Horse's prolific creators.
Date: October 8, 2015
Time: 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM
Location: Room 1A18
Title: Dark Horse: CLASSIFIED!
Description: The can't-miss Dark Horse Panel of NYCC 2015! Join Dark Horse creators Brian Wood, Matt Kindt and surprise guests along with Dark Horse Comics publicist Steve Sunu for the first word on new series and announcements, including creator-driven original series and all-new TOP SECRET projects!
Date: October 9, 2015
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Room 1A21
Title: Spotlight on Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá: Different is Cool
Description: Eisner Award winners, Brazilian Wonder Twins Gabriel Bá (Daytripper, Umbrella Academy) and Fábio Moon (Daytripper, Casanova) have returned for a new collaborative original graphic novel with Two Brothers from Dark Horse Comics. Join them as they share their experiences, both inside and outside the US comics market, and invite young creators and readers to a discussion about career choices, foreign languages, exotic places and how the best way to make it big might not be by doing what everyone wants, but by doing what only you can do.
Date: October 10, 2015
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Room 1A18
Title: Dark Horse All-Ages: Comics Are For Everyone!
Description: Celebrate all-ages comics with Dark Horse creators Art Baltazar and Franco (Itty Bitty Hellboy, Aw Yeah! Comics), Kevin Panetta, (Zodiac Starforce), and Matt Kindt (Poppy and the Lost Lagoon) as they discuss the glory of all-ages comics, and what readers of any age will be talking about going into 2016.
Date: 10/10/2015
Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Location: 1C02
Splash Page Comic Art Brings Artists to NYCC 2015
September 29, 2015 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Convention News, New York, New York Comic Con
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Splash Page Comic Art will be setup at New York Comic Con on October 8th – 11th in our regular spot at booths 2405.
This year we will have artists Goran Sudzuka, Dalibor Talajic, Sebastian Fiumara, and Max Fiumara at the booth signing books and selling original art. Goran & Dalibor will each be offering a FREE sketched on blank comic for a $400+ original art purchase of their work. Sebastian & Max will also each offer either a 9 X 12″ sketch or blank comic for any $400+ original art purchase of each of their work. Buy $400 of art from Goran & get one of his sketches for free, $400 of Dalibor's and get one of his for free etc.
Goran and Dalibor will be sketching throughout the show. Max & Sebastian will NOT be doing any sketching other than the Art Promotion pieces.
GORAN is taking pre-signups for NYCC NOW. Here is Goran's price list:
Blank covers and A4 drawings
Bust $50
Full figure $80
Each additional character $40
Simple background $20
More elaborate background (e.g. city panorama, etc.) $40
A3 drawings
Preliminary sketch $30
Full figure $120
Each additional character $80
Simple background $30
More elaborate background (e.g. city panorama, etc.) $80
Here is a link to examples of some of the commissions that Goran has been turning out recently:
Feel free to email Mark Hay to setup a commission for Goran or Dalibor or to arrange for me to bring specific art you would like to purchase at NY.
Hollywood Babble-On Live at NYCC 2015
September 2, 2015 by Colin Solan
Filed under Animation, Comic Books, Convention News, Horror, Movies, New York, New York Comic Con, Other, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Television, Top Stories, Video Games
Kevin Smith and Ralph Garman appear at the Hammerstein Ballroom on Saturday, October 10, 2015 at 7:30 PM for Hollywood Babble-On LIVE as part of New York Super Week!
Press Release:
Kevin Smith and Ralph Garman take a twisted look at showbiz news and bite the Hollywood hand that feeds them. Sometimes, they feel bad and give Hollywood a tetanus shot and some Neosporin, but, even then, they usually just turn around and bite Hollywood's other hand. They can't help it. It's their nature. It's like that "scorpion and frog" story. But, deep down, they're just two nice East Coast boys… who happen to have a heavy dependence on drugs and alcohol, respectively.
Ticket prices: $60 VIP Opera Boxes with autographed pic (limit 15), $40 floor, $30 first balcony, $20 top balcony
Manhattan Center Hammerstein Ballroom
311 West 34th Street, New York, NY 10001
NYCC and Brooklyn Brewery Launch Defender IPA
August 27, 2015 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Convention News, New York, New York Comic Con, Other, Top Stories
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Come hang out with New York Comic Con and Brooklyn Brewery to launch the Defender, the Official beer of New York Comic Con on Wednesday, September 9, 2015 at 7: 30 PM! Kick back and relax on this hump day with a pint of the Defender and mingle with other pop culture Fans for a pre-NYCC celebration. We'll be joined by Defender artist Khary Randolph with the opportunity for some awesome photo ops! Come dressed to conquer all evil and take part in the Defender Costume Contest for a chance to win tickets to NYCC. Rock Candy Cakes will be unveiling a Defender cake based on Khary's artwork and there may even be some exciting giveaways. You don't want to miss this. We'll see you there! (21+ only)
Brooklyn Brewery Tasting Room
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Last weekend, Los Angeles residents stood in line to taste free coffee at a new coffee shop in town: "Dumb Starbucks." The stunt was later discovered to have been orchestrated by Comedy Central comedian Nathan Fielder, Quartz reports. Although short-lived—the shop was shut down by the Los Angeles Health Department for operating without a health permit— Dumb Starbucks drew considerable attention and raised an array of legal issues.
According to The Wall Street Journal, Dumb Starbucks opened on Friday, February 7. The shop was identical to a real Starbucks shop except that the word "dumb" affixed to everything in sight. The shop offered, for free, items including "Dumb Vanilla Blonde Roast," "Dumb Chai Tea Latte," and "Dumb Caramel Macchiato" in sizes "Dumb Venti," "Dumb Grande," and "Dumb Tall." The CDs sitting on a shelf by the cash register included "Dumb Jazz Standards," "Dumb Norah Jones Duets", and "A Dumb Taste of Cuba." The "dumb" theme also extended to its logo, with "dumb" inserted into the outer ring of the Starbucks logo, reports Time. (more…)

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About Jeff Masters
Dr. Masters co-founded wunderground in 1995. He flew with the NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990. Co-blogging with him: Bob Henson, @bhensonweather
By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 4:15 PM GMT on July 06, 2008
Tropical Storm Bertha continues west-northwestward over the open Atlantic, and has now moved over some warmer Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs) of 26°C. Wind shear has remained about 10-15 knots, and the storm appears to be responding to these slightly more favorable conditions by generating a larger area of heavy thunderstorm activity near the center. The tops of these more vigorous thunderstorms reach higher into the atmosphere, and thus show up as colder in infrared satellite loops. This morning's QuikSCAT pass showed winds of about 50 mph north of the center. Visible satellite loops show some increased organization of Bertha's low level spiral bands, and it appears the storm is beginning to intensify. Additional data on Bertha's current state will be available Monday afternoon, when the Hurricane Hunters are scheduled to pay their first visit.
Figure 1. Oceanic heat content along Bertha's forecast track. At 8am EDT today, Bertha had just finished crossing a region of near zero heat content (black colors), but is poised to cross a region of increasing heat content over the next 120 hours. The oceanic heat content is a measure of the total amount of heat in the ocean to a depth of about 150 meters. Hurricanes stir up water from down deep due to their high winds, so a shallow layer of warm water isn't as beneficial to a hurricane as a deep one. A high heat content in excess of 80 kilojoules per square centimeter is very beneficial to rapid intensification. Bertha is not passing over anything that warm in the next five days, so only slow intensification is anticipated. Image credit: NOAA/CIRA/RAMMB.
The intensity forecast
SSTs will warm quickly to 27°C by Monday morning and 28°C Tuesday morning underneath Bertha, and shear is expected to remain moderately low, in the 10-15 knot range. This should allow Bertha to intensify into a Category 1 hurricane by Tuesday. On Wednesday, Bertha is expected to hit a branch of the subtropical jet stream that will raise shear levels to 15-20 knots. The models have been steadily weakening the trough of low pressure associated with this shear in recent runs, and it now appears that the shear will not be strong enough to weaken Bertha, although it may be able to keep Bertha from intensifying further.
The track forecast
The models are now in better agreement that Bertha will track well north of the northernmost Lesser Antilles Islands, and tropical storm conditions are not likely in the islands. Bertha should continue to the west-northwest through Thursday, when a moderately strong trough of low pressure is forecast to exit the East Coast of the U.S. This trough is expected to turn Bertha to the northwest, and there is the potential for Bertha to affect Bermuda 6-8 days from now. Climatology, and the few models that we have that run out that far--the GFS and the ECMWF--suggest that this trough will be strong enough to fully recurve Bertha so that it misses the U.S. However, long range forecasts of this nature are highly erratic in their reliability, and if this trough is not strong enough to recurve Bertha, the storm may pose a risk to the U.S. East Coast 7-10 days from now.
Elsewhere in the tropics
There are no threat areas to discuss in the tropical Atlantic, and none of the models are forecasting tropical storm formation in the next seven days.
I'll post an update Monday morning.
Jeff Masters
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Ricky Burns, Scotland's WBO lightweight champion
Ricky Burns suffered a broken jaw during the second round of his World Boxing Organisation lightweight title fight against a rampaging Raymundo Beltran of Mexico in Glasgow on Saturday night. Beltran would soon be left a broken man, his very essence rendered dejected, dispirited and disillusioned by the sheer rawness of the outrage yet to befall him.
Beltran - a hardy 32-year-old from Los Mochis with 28 wins and six losses from 34 bouts - had coped admirably with everything his opponent had offered during 12 hectic rounds at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, which was not a great deal of anything memorable, but was left dazed by the sort of verdict that does boxing no favours as a credible sport.
To cut a fairly harrowing story short, certainly if you are Mexican, Beltran landed one on Burns in the second round to dislodge his jaw and floored the game Scot with a trademark left hook in the eighth round amid a dominant performance that illustrated why he once sparred with Manny Pacquiao. He should have been rewarded with the title.
Instead, Burns, from Coatbridge near Glasgow, was wheeled to hospital to have a titanium plate fitted in his broken jaw, bruised, battered but not bowed as three judges somehow contrived to piece together a 'draw' that enabled the Scotsman to retain his belt. A rotten hometown decision it is called in boxing parlance.
A decision comparable to FIFA awarding Qatar and its oppressive summer temperatures football's World Cup finals in 2022. Something stinks somewhere.
One judge Andre Van Grootenbruel of Belgium saw what the rest of the crowd in the SECC had witnessed calling it 115-113 for Beltran, but British judge Richie Davis opted to score it a 114-114 draw. Goodness knows what he was smoking.
American judge Carlos Ortiz Jr scored the fight 115-112 for Burns that left the Scotsman retaining his belt courtesy of a draw.
Ortiz Jr is clearly an unsuitable person to judge such a prestigious fight, and should judge amateurs because his was a call reeking of amateurishness. The irony being that he is from the same neck of the woods as the 'loser'.
The vocal announcer Michael Buffer had bellowed his trademark "lets get ready to rumble" on a night of general grumble. It seems boxing will never learn from its soiled past about bowing to the wants of voracious home fans. Not that the majority of the seven thousand fans inside the SECC will thank you for such favouritism.
The decision did not make you wonder how judges see the technical aspects of this bout or who was the busier fighter. Rather how much money, promises and politics had been discussed beforehand.
It used to be said that British fighters visiting America or Mexico would have to knock out the home favourite to earn a draw, but it is difficult to complain about corruption elsewhere when these sorts of decisions are being doled out in the UK.
Was it corruption? Who knows? Was it right? Clearly not.
WWE wrestling has as much credibility. Both camps and officials appeared stunned after hearing the verdict. Some of the crowd began to sober up. Most sensible Scots have a sense of fair play about them in sport: Beltran was done a huge wrong here.
Picture of a disillusioned Raymundo Beltran during his interview with Sky Sports
As a passionate Scotsman who admires Burns, his character, his work ethic and his terrific attitude to his aptitude, one could not feel anything other than heartfelt sympathy for Beltran as he discussed the fight on Sky Sports afterwards. He hit the main topic as much as he clocked Burns during the fight of a decision that stank out the SECC more than any smell of Tennent's lager emanating from the locals.
"I think I did everything I had to do to win the fight," said an emotional Beltran, looking close to tears.
"Politics. Always the same thing in boxing," he said. "I think it's disrespectful for the fighter and the fans. They play the business because they have the power. If I got beat, I got beat. But I didn't."
"It's so frustrating. So much hard work, sacrifice. We put our lives on the line. They don't care. I don't blame Ricky. It's not his fault. It's business. To me, I'm a world champion. It's bull****. That belt is mine."
Little wonder Burns and his promoter Eddie Hearn were quickly talking about a rematch, but that too may disappear in time because money talks. And it shouts loudly in boxing.
The decision was not the fault of Burns, who had displayed astonishing tenacity amid horrendous pain to somehow stay upright for most of the night despite the intensity of his broken jaw. He hung in there, and got a "result", but it was not an outcome anyone in boxing should deem palatable.
Beltran is unlikely to return to these parts. Little wonder. What is the point of staging a rematch in Glasgow if this is going to be the kind of sporting inequality such visitors have to live with? After this particular Burns Night in Scotland, what is the point of boxing?
Beltran would have felt better if he had been mugged walking down Sauchiehall Street later on. At least his attackers would not have called for a verdict.
If you want any sense of realism relating to boxing, stick to the Rocky movies. Balboa's win over Apollo Creed at the end of the second film was more believable than this.
"Yeah, Ray was robbed but so was boxing, " said Beltran's manager Steve Feder. "This is killing the game. Okay, you get some odd decisions but this is one of the worst...sadly, after a week or two, nobody else will give a damn that Ray was robbed."
To the loser, the spoils.
Burns will not fight again this year with doubts over his future in the sport due to his injury. He has made the most of limited powers to go far in the sport with a big heart, but Saturday night should have signalled a third defeat from 39 fights. His pride and jaw will recover. If Burns fights on, he may move up to light-welterweight to chase a third world title at a different weight.
A new father during the week, he will be left holding the baby. Continuing to hold the WBO belt is an affront to boxing, a sense of fair play and those who seek out the Corinthian spirit in professional sport.
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Why Lincoln Matters: Today More Than Ever
by Mario M. Cuomo
33 used & new
4.0 out of 5 stars
a valid argument in spite of a clear political bias:
July 16 2004
This review is from:
Why Lincoln Matters: Today More Than Ever (Hardcover)
Call this a good book with a number of obvious problems. The first issue I would take (and my four star review is quite sincere, regardless of the spate of criticisms to follow) is the fact that many of these essays were clearly written at different times. The editorial process, or what there is of it, has managed somewhat admirably to keep the issues up to date (or at least to the time of its publication as so many things are happening so quickly it is impossible to avoid an ensuing irrelevence). What is wrong is the fact that so many points are repeated--endlessly, it seems at times--and this makes the reader sometimes wonder if they hadn't just read or overheard the exact same thing elsewhere. Now there are positives and negatives to this impression. A positive, certainly, would be the implied rational logic of the argument--yeah, I've heard that before so this guy really makes sense. The negative (and this probably affected me more specifically) is that you will read the same idea over and over again.
Now Cuomo has some good things to say, some interesting parallels to make between Lincoln's time and the present moment in history and he argues passionately and forcefully. He didn't necessarily need to convince me as I likely already agreed with much of what he is saying. But as a reader I try to avoid applying my own personal biases and look at the issue at hand objectively (although if I disagreed with his points I bet my review would have dropped a star or two).
What is ultimately at hand, after the eloquent sling shots of President Bush and his supporters, is a minimal hypocrisy on the part of Mr. Cuomo, a man I admire and respect tremendously. He condemns certain politicos of the past for "quoting Lincoln out of context" or for applying his words to their own issues. Unfortunately he does the exact same thing here, assuming Lincoln's opinions regarding issues a mid-19th century politician, a radical or otherwise, could not possibly grasp.
Again, I agree (if not wholeheartedly than essentially) with many of Cuomo's criticisms of the way the Bush administration is running the economy, the 'war on terrorism'--even the murky religious/moral issues at hand throughout the world. This is a worthwhile book if only to get an intelligent man's opinions, stated clearly and persuasively, regardless of what you may actually believe. This is not the angry ranting of some spoiled and frustrated 'liberal' nor the embittered mumblings of a professional contrarian, but a well thought out screed and ideology about how to improve not just America but the very world itself.
This is, in spite of its temporary contemporary relevence, a celebration of Lincoln's brilliance in statesmanship and his greatness as a communicator. It is a history book applied to the present. I would whole-heartedly recommend Cuomo's ideas to anyone--to consider, to talk over, even to debate prior to dismissing. I would just warn that the author is guilty of much of what he seems to disparage in his own political opposition, regardless of his greater ability to communicate his ideas.
by Barry Hannah
42 used & new
4.0 out of 5 stars
all-in-all very good, yet something irked me . . .
July 7 2004
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Airships (Paperback)
I admired this collection a lot. It is filled with beautiful, mostly inventive writing that features a collective whoop of good humor. Hannah is a sharp and strong and quite powerful writer and he has an ability to strip away characters until they are a raw,bloody pulp. He sees and knows and condemns these people too well, like he knows too much of this stuff and has spent all his life in contempt. This isn't, necessarily, a bad thing, and in Hannah's able hands many of the stories are legitimate treats, comprehension be damned!
But the sore root of this collection (aside from our individual tastes) is the sometimes clamouring of a drunken voice (probably legitimately drunken and occasionally veering into misunderstanding) that has some great things to say but too often finds itself distracted by an irritating minutiea. Sure, the blood and the sadness give several of these tales a needed visceral edge, the kind of voice that drags you there into the eye of the beast that is man. At other times the figures are too literal parodies, muscousy germs that struggle in the petry dish of the frequently cruel author's imagination.
In the end I would definately recommend Airships for the consistantly far-reaching attempts that these little stories of nobodies set out to explore--four or five of them I thought were absolutely wonderful. I would just offer a casual warning that a certain stretch may come when you're tired of trying so hard and find yourself simply not caring about what happens next. This is a very human reaction and one that is usually offered with the sometime forgiveness of a desire to someday return to such potential. This is a book to look over when in a mood of focused patience when you are willing to spend a week or two starting and stopping through a few pictures of hilarious misery that are warped at the edges by an ambitious refrain.
Michael Moore Is a Big Fat Stupid White Man
by David T. Hardy
34 used & new
3.0 out of 5 stars
an encouraging sign:
June 30 2004
This review is from:
Michael Moore Is a Big Fat Stupid White Man (Hardcover)
It is encouraging to see the equal vehemence with which an opposition mindset can simaultenously challege the other verdict directly, or to pout and whine. Any review of Moore's books and pictures essentially engage in the same sort of absolutist banter that brands the left-wing afficienados (in other words: The Followers) more of a 'cult-like mess fallen victim to one person's version of the truth, in this case an imaginative, serious and fervently self-righteous voice that serves to justify (and impregnate--) the conflicting ideals that range across the sides. On the far side (in those cases . . .) the right-wing luminaries who pocket the anti-Moore rap seem to cling more to a mantra--"liar, Communist, scuzz; Liar, Communist, scuzz"--that rant about this fat kook's comedy sketches, even going so far as to dub them "Obscene" (or some other frivilous individual taste--For example, check out the unnecessary stress over the rating of Fahrenheit 9/11. The content is certainly far more disturbing than our coroporate-sponsered nightly newscasts, but not in the ways in which movies are ordinarily scored. The violence is repeated, in endless refrain, on a nightly newscast and the language--oh the language!--that Moore's fervent rivals are now in a standstill over condemning. Other than that it is a stockpile of footage, cleverly cut and molded into a fascinating story by a talented man with an open jest on his pride ).
Now--here!--in this wonderous tome that market's itself as "a schorching attack!" or some other regionalized definition of "I am right and here is what's wrong with--" In this book we have a wave of accusations (including some that are so obviously true that no one really even cares, any longer) we have a frightful cry of outrage (similar, no doubt, to the early days of Michael Moore's formitive time as a high school trouble-maker, something that, on a personal note, I can easily sympathize with . . .) that is so entirely focused to a single point that it finds itself lapsing into a coma over the furor of a single-minded idea.
Sorry, folks, but this is a miss--this whole trite little book that gives us some interesting facts and some occasionally clear, brief slabs of logic. In the end the true blame must be hatched on the writers--guys who are certainly adept at a cyncial turn of phrase or some violently accute personal admission that makes us understand a trace of where these guys are actually coming from. Other than that, they are lame, they are sodden and repetitious, constantly repeating the same boring facts as though they needed a Rosetta stone to remind them they were on a mission.
The present result is that Mr. Moore is just a whole lot better at this game than these guys. As for the independant reader, for the individual reviewer: Great job folks and keep it up. One of these days a real forceful guy is gonna rise up and reduce Mr. Moore, in the end, to just another rich, left-wing Hollywood star. But for now, for the frieghtening impact, Mr. Moore is still around and is the champion cynical and sometimes heart-shattering fact compiler going, still winning in his home state.
It is encouraging to note that this book arrived so suddenly, as a political fender defense. Come Oscar time (or who knows--MTV Movie Awards time . . .?), something more defensible is going to come out that will slap this murmuring culture war people such as Moore and his fanatical arch-rivals have been yearning for into pure, censorous mania! It will make this hit-or-miss effort something for 'Future Nostalgia', some book the young second generation conspiracy theorists will seek out (knowing there will millions of them!) and laugh at the lack of identity in the much better known story of the future theorist, and that they will actually 'use' to help form their regrettably INACCURATE and FANTASTICAL ideas that will change the future in SOME VERY REAL ways . . .
Almost four stars for the 'future nostalgia', down to three because it is such a half-hearted job.
The Magnificent Ambersons
by Booth Tarkington
26 used & new
5.0 out of 5 stars
feeling sorry when bad things happen to awful people:
May 18 2004
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The Magnificent Ambersons (Paperback)
Here is a fascinating book. We start off essentially empathizing with the scornful people who look on at the main character, root root rooting for his demise. As the story progresses it is difficult to not go on truly hating George Amberson Minifer, if only because of a natural distaste for the self-important and the snobs that roam around unenchanted but clearly not aware of this. However, as the story reaches its end, I found it impossible to not actual feel something for this jerk, for his oblivious family and more all the mistakes they made that were obvious to everyone except for themselves. Perhaps this is the truest merit of this wonderful book: such a capable and compassionate understanding of even the worst people (to my mind) that we cannot help but humanize the villains and grow to understand some part of their desperation and yearning for what could never be.
A wonderful, truly affecting novel that will linger for a very long time--
Sister Carrie
by Theodore Dreiser
62 used & new
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
surprisingly engaging and fascinating
May 10 2004
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Sister Carrie (Paperback)
Sister Carrie is a lovely book. It tells a rather profound story--placed specifically in its time, which was of course the 'Modern Day' for the time it was written. As a result a book that was once a critical document of patterns of behavior of some of the author's contemporaries has become, for better or worse, an important historical chronical of the dangers of selfishness and uninhibited personal ambition. Oh, the story is no longer anything unfamiliar, but the grounding and the character studies make this book very affecting and, true to the ideals of its unfortunate literary designation of 'Naturalism' (a meaningless term which limits instead of explains a readers' expectation, much in the way that science-fiction or horror classify something as not necessisarily what it in fact is), this is a very believable and realistic story.
The writing itself, as other readers and critics throughout the past one hundred years or so have repeated when attempting to find fault with Sister Carrie, isn't the most impressive thing about the book. However, in its defense, the cut and dry, occasionally pasted on moments of philosophical conversation and the rugged and perhaps at times inconsistant speech patterns of the various characters somehow, for me, created an even more believable picture, zoning in on those people who attempt to speak both above and beneath their social class and educational backgrounds for either personal gain or in a futile effort to 'fit in'.
A wonderful book, because of its flaws, in fact, that reads like a quick-paced and absorbing tale always on the verge of tragedy. That tension, that what-will-happen-next feeling pervades throughout the book and concludes by providing quite an impact indeed.
Light in August
by William Faulkner
115 used & new
5.0 out of 5 stars
comparatively straight-forward:
Feb. 26 2004
This review is from:
Light in August (Paperback)
This is a fine book; a character study of numerous characters and a representation of how the demons of the past can come to consume those living today. I do not wish to rhapsodize on the story of race--that is evident within the text and, honestly, is not the main point or the actual sin of the story. Race is less concept then consciousness in this book and the idea of 'racism', here, is more inbred than an actual physical hatred: a part of tradition and learning than something violent people go crazy about. Joe Christmas is someone torn, who is constantly choosing sides until he can no longer be anything. This, as a result, makes him an actual individual, a person outside such superficial considerations and therefore not really qualified to exist in this world. All of the primary characters are outsiders of one sort--all of them are equal and all are fundementally the same in their yearning.
A very powerful book with a unique vision of the way the world works . . .
The Bridge Of San Luis Rey
by Thornton Wilder
63 used & new
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
a quiet study of lives lived
Jan. 18 2004
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The Bridge Of San Luis Rey (Paperback)
There is not much to The Bridge at San Luis Rey. In the opening chapter the entire premise is undone, telling of one Brother Juniper and his quest to prove God's motive in a terrible accident that claimed five diverse lives. The narration of this part goes on to tell us that Brother Juniper was unsuccessful in his quest and was eventually charged with heresy for this undertaking and burned at the stake. We then go back in time and learn about the distinctive lives of these five victims, both of their lives and their affect on those around them. It is a quite beautiful story, sweet and hopeful at the end, an enduring picture of lives having meaning and, regardless of the abandonment of the story's initial premise, really quite effective and engaging. Four and a half, rounded down because the book a read immediately prior to it was something held very special in my heart.
Miss Lonely Hearts And The Day Of The Locust
by Nathanael West
64 used & new
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
when tragedy becomes hilarity
Jan. 18 2004
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Miss Lonely Hearts And The Day Of The Locust (Paperback)
Both Miss Lonelyhearts and The Day of the Locust are miserable stories about optimism crushed by the heartlessness of the real world. Miss Lonelyhearts sees a good-hearted man overwhelmed by his required, professional commission over the desperate squawks of the truly hopeless. People write anonymous letters outlining their most unspeakable unhappiness and literally plead with the faceless voice writing an entertainment column for a local tabloid to solve the urgent emptiness of their lives, usually with trite, hopeful cliches. Miss Lonelyhearts himself is hardly better off than his readers, a young guy unwilling to commit to anything and therefore mostly confused and unhappy. Here is a brush with the underside of hopeful reality: those despensing advice are often just as wayward as those most in desperate need of any sort of help. As the cries get louder and human outlook become completely mundane Miss Lonelyhearts finds himself both unwilling and unable to muster even the faintest idea of concern. He even suggests suicide to one reader if only to get himself fired from his hateful job. As with everything else, he is unsuccessful.
The Day of the Locust is a different sort of monster. Here is a story so harsh, so utterly hopeless and bleak that it is easy to overlook how grounded in reality it truly is. Take this story out of its 1930s historical context and the face of the tale would not change. Here is a story of the dreamers flocking to Hollywood usually with unrealistic and terrifyingly desperate hopes of their own future success. These dreams are not even well thought out, based solely on the unreal idea of a 'celebrity culture' entertainment press and studio propaganda build around their handful of stars. But here everyone believes in their own superstardom, everyone imagines their buried talents becoming public property and every ranging idea they have is absorbed into the unreality of their increasingly hopeless dreams. Even the parody of Hollywood cults is contemporary, of these flighty ideas that the desperate flock to when things aren't going their way; these opportunistic religions, translated today into Scientology, Kabbalah and several other currently in vogue practices that ravage the West Coast nightlife in a mingle of true faith and a drug-induced party atomosphere. Is The Day of the Locust an exaggeration, exploiting legitimate weaknesses in character in the name of satire? Perhaps, although I tend to think of it as a much truer picture of those not quite making it, of those growing tired from their ceaseless efforts and daily failures and how they rattle apart under the pressure of their dreams. This book is honestly one of my favorite of all books, all its brutality, misery and cruelty notwithstanding. It paints a very delicate picture of the fragile human soul being consumed with reckless abandon by the self-serving greed of all aspirants who need to somehow make themselves greater than they are. There are all sorts of psychological explanations one could give to explain away this horror, but even this becomes sort of cultish at its extreme, some terrible excuse that ignores individual human motive. West has written a masterpiece undermining all of these futile ideologies while at the same time telling a swift-moving, entertaining story about something given birth to by the American cult of celebrity. A very important and perpetually lasting fable, The Day of the Locust is happening every day.
by E Doctorow
37 used & new
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Overlooking bias:
Jan. 14 2004
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Ragtime (Paperback)
... The first thing I can say about Ragtime, which is a fictionalized story about things that essentially happened in one way or another, is that Doctrow manages to get beyond his clearly socialistic sympathies (evident foremost in the narrative voice) and tell a wonderful and moving story.
Ragtime crisscrosses around east coast America to tell three different interlocking stories about three distinctly American families: Old World white and rich, ambitious immigrant Jews and up-and-coming sophisticated black circa 1902. These three families represent three distinct social classes and, being archetypes to the Nth degree can therefore be used to represent a much larger group of Americans. The story itself, as others readers have stated, is very simply told. Ragtime is quite easy to read and very quickly paced. The urgency of the technological and political advances, the rapid social changes and the human inability to reconcile itself with this too swiftly moving world makes up for the bulk of the narrative, consisting mostly of characters struggling to catch up with the latest play of events. Most of these characters are well-meaning idealistics, constantly disappointed or undermined by the larger, antagonistic world and seeing their great hopes destroyed by the impatience of the world around them. It makes for a wonderful and compelling read, biases be damned!--and, if one can overlook the subtle moralizing of Doctrow, there is a great deal to be learned about the importance of America in the 20th century.
Parade's End
by Ford Madox Ford
12 used & new
5.0 out of 5 stars
quietly sad and fully realized:
Jan. 10 2004
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Parade's End (Paperback)
Parade's End isn't the swiftest moving of epics. Comprised of what are supposed to be four seperate novels, it appears unlikely that any of the subsequent chapters in the story could stand alone. It is a powerful book, the story an inevitable tragedy, the results more of an afflication than anything truly humbling. The idea is very precise: tell of what could happen to a brutalized, perhaps incestually based feudal family of the ruling sort when confronted with the Modern Horror of the quick-paced, revolutionized ideas of the roving, buzzing, continually at war world.
The Age of the Teitjans is coming to an end--the age of the Old Rich and the Founding Fathers controlling and manipulating everything they come in contact with. The generation of today is gentle and much more soft--Freudian psychology and the threat or embrace of Socialism having done away with the undeniable hope that is the forces of Organized Religion. Women's Liberation, the freedom of serfs and of slaves and the rampant attack of the Colonialists on their governing masters has made a man like Christopher unable to side with anyone other than those most against his past. Parade's End is a story of the future--not just the future in the eyes of the past (this book was published in enstallments from 1924-1928), but the future of any generation of today following the end of a devastating World War. We hear tell of the moral degradation of a nation, of the changing expectations of the populace and the aroused suspicions of everyone, both those who fought in the war and are therefore accustomed to viewing others as hostile and those who remained at home or went abroad to escape the immediate consequences of a world gone mad with rage. Parade's End tells of exactly that: the end of the human celebration and, in the words of Ford's sometime friend and collaborator, seeing "even the most justifiable revolutions (being) prepared by personal impulses disguised into screeds." For, as even the elite wealthy must compete with the common man for sustinance, human nature inevitably takes over, with all its crude biases and sexual fixations, giving blood to politics and fostering a climate simply devouring itself for spite and for fun.
This book is a grand telling of the doom of empires. It is a story forever of the future as those of any age settling into an accustomed life start seeing the next generation foundering and no longer regret their own mistakes. Now they start to live in the memory of some distant and frequently misremembered past triumph. At the end I found myself struggling to remember my own name . . .
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No chance. However I purchased a significant amount last fall because I believe BRK to be about the safest equity stock around. When we had a financial meltdown, companies were coming to BRK for help. That tells me that if the SHTF in the future, this is a nice place to be.
You must be a BRK.B trader. An investor would make such an outrageous claim.
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Configuring a Worker Process Identity Using a Predefined Account
Updated: August 22, 2005
Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1
You can configure a predefined account, such as Network Service, Local Service, or Local System, as the worker process identity for an application pool.
|You must be a member of the Administrators group on the local computer to perform the following procedure or procedures. As a security best practice, log on to your computer by using an account that is not in the Administrators group, and then use the runas command to run IIS Manager as an administrator. At a command prompt, type runas /user:Administrative_AccountName "mmc %systemroot%\system32\inetsrv\iis.msc".
To configure a worker process identity for an application pool using a predefined account
In IIS Manager, expand the local computer, expand the Application Pools folder, right-click the application pool you want to configure, and then click Properties.
Click the Identity tab.
Click Predefined, and in the list box beside it, click Network Service, Local Service, or Local System.
Note Network Service, Local Service and LocalSystem are members of the IIS_WPG group.
Click OK.
Related Information
For information about adding user accounts to groups, see "Add a Member to a Local Group" in Help and Support Center for Windows Server 2003.
For information about application pools, see Configuring Application Pools in IIS 6.0.
For information about configuring NTFS permissions, see Best Practices for Securing Files with NTFS Permissions.


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Wednesday, May 4: Carolina Kickoff
- We're kicking off the farmers market with a little help from the Pit Authentic Barbecue and Foothills Brewing Company. The Pit is serving $5 lunch sandwiches, while you sample some great North Carolina beer. Plus, we have live music from Dark Water Rising.
Wednesday, June 29: Cheese Please!
- Our annual grilled cheese competition returns for another year. Jimmy V's Osteria + Bar is putting their title on the line against Rye Bar & Southern Kitchen, Buku Raleigh, Linus and Pepper's, and P.G. Werth's! Whose grilled cheese will reign supreme? YOU get to decide! Sample the chefs' creations and vote for your favorite!
- This is a celebration of cheese, after all, so make sure you stop by the booths for The Hillsborough Cheese Company and Orrman's Cheese Shop.
- Buy a sandwich from American Meltdown while listening to live music from Urban Soil Trio.
- As always, local farmers, ranchers, nurserymen, bakers, cheese makers, and specialty foods producers well be selling their products at the Market
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The Republican National Committee altered a video clip of a local news story about health insurance premiums in North Carolina to imply that rates would increase under the Affordable Care Act, cutting off the segment just before the reporter explained that "not everyone could be in for the sticker shock."
The report, aired on the local ABC affiliate last week and posted and tweeted by the RNC, argues that since enrollment of young people did not meet expectations, health insurance would "eventually cost you more." A small business owner interviewed for the package adds that her family's premiums have increased since passage of the law and reporter Angelica Alvarez notes that Blue Cross/Blue Shield of North Carolina, the state's largest insurance provider, "is warning customers now about what premium prices can look like in 2015."
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idiopathic interstitial pneumonia characterized by lung inflammation and scarring that obstructs the small airways and air sacs of the lungs (alveoli).[1] Signs and symptoms may include flu-like symptoms such as cough, fever, malaise, fatigue and weight loss. COP often affects adults in midlife (40 to 60 years of age). The exact underlying cause of the condition is unknown (idiopathic). Treatment varies based on the severity of the condition but generally includes glucocorticoids.[2][3][4]Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP) is a form of
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- Cordier JF. Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia. Clin Chest Med. December 2004; 25(4):727-738.
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The Minnesota Vikings reportedly have told Brett Favre to decide this week if he wants to play this year.
Coach Brad Childress imposed the deadline on the quarterback, according to ESPN. The network cited two unidentified sources Monday on its Web site. The Sirius NFL Radio network, however, reported later Monday without citing a source a deadline is not in place.
When Favre retired in February for the second time, he blamed a partially torn biceps tendon for his poor play late in the season for the New York Jets. The three-time NFL Most Valuable Player said his health was the main reason behind his decision.
With the Vikings interested in bringing him back for a 19th season, however, Favre has reportedly been considering a comeback contingent on the full healing of his throwing arm.
ESPN has reported Favre had arthroscopic surgery in May on his ailing right shoulder but that it hasn't responded. The report said the 39-year-old wouldn't return to the game unless he feels better.
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Well, one of my friends once asked me what I look for in a guy, and I said I wanted someone honest, trustworthy, loyal....and by that point he took over and started reciting the Boy Scout Code of Honour. But let's look at my family: two cousins who are both Eagle Scouts, dad who is an Eagle Scout, grandpa and uncle in Scouts (not sure what level they reached), a brother just starting Scouts, a youth group with at this point, three Eagle Scouts, plus at least four others still in the program. So my whole life has been surrounded with Boy Scouts, so it shouldn't surprise ANYONE that I would look for those qualities in a male xD
But besides that, physically, what I find attractive: taller than me (no small feat; I'm pretty tall), freckles, blonde/sandy hair, clean cut, blue or green or grey eyes. But certain people with other hair/eye colors can still be attractive if they are tall xD, fit (not overly muscular but not a sack of potatoes...a lot of my friends play frisbee, and they all have GREAT, in-shape bodies. Plus they are lean because they are runners). And the oddest thing I find attractive: I really like guys with angular, straight noses. Se.xy! I don't know why, but something about their profiles has an allure for me that I don't quite understand. I suppose I prefer clean-shaven faces, but some boys can pull of a little scruff.
Mostly, I just want to date a nice guy who treats me with respect, listens to me when I need to talk, will be there for me to lean on when I need him, and whom I will do the same for. I don't care if he isn't an Adonis as long as he's not an a.ss. Even guys who look good can be a turn off if they are idiotic, stupid, jerkish, or any of those things. I recently met a gorgeous guy who was dumb as a rock....he was suddenly a lot less attractive. Of course, I am human, so I would prefer someone who looked a little decent (versus someone that looks like he spends all of his time living in his mom's basement with a near albino complexion, pizza face, creeper mustaches, etc. I think you get the idea).
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On today's show, we follow up on a few of the stories we did in 2013.
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A woman reported that she was the victim of a carjacking and kidnapping, according to Spartanburg Public Safety.
The woman told police that she was applying makeup while sitting in her vehicle when two females and a male put a bag over her head.
The incident happened around 1 p.m. March 15 in the parking lot of Big Lots at 1000 N. Pine St., according to a police report.
The woman told police she never saw the suspects, but identified them as white based on the sound of their voices. She also said she was placed in the back of the vehicle and her hands were taped behind her back.
The suspects drove around and made stops, including buy gas, before returning her and the vehicle to the parking lot Sunday morning, according to the police report. She told an officer that she did not call police Sunday because she was upset and wanted to go home.
The woman said the suspects removed the bag from her head and stated she later removed the tape from around her wrists, but did not know what happened to the tape. She told police $60 was stolen, along with her medications, but did not know what medicines were stolen.
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Outside Austin, Texas, a 53-year-old man sits in an apartment with four radios, three televisions, two amps, a radio scanner, and a Casio electric piano playing all at the same time. Loudly. He has three teeth, his hair is matted into one huge dreadlock, and he has a notarized document on his wall declaring himself an alien, "so whoever's putting shocks to my head will stop."
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Enjoy a Victorian tea in the company of the 16th President of the United States as Robert Brugler portrays Abraham Lincoln. Hear Mr. Lincoln's views on slavery and abolitionism. Following the tea, tour the exhibit of Ohio Abolitionists in Hanby House. $20/person, $18 for members of Ohio History Connection or Hanby House Club. Reservations required at 800-600-6843 or email firstname.lastname@example.com. Reservation deadline is May 28, 2016. Not recommended for young children.
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Ohio Abolitionists
The Hanby family was one small cog in an intricate network known as the Underground Railroad. The brave people who participated in helping fugitive slaves risked personal safety, financial security and their own freedom to take a stand against slavery. Two names associated with both Ohio and abolitionism are John Brown from Hudson and Norton Strange Townshend from Cincinnati. Brown became famous for his radical work in "Bleeding Kansas" and for leading an attack on the United States arsenal at Harper's Ferry. Townshend worked in the Cincinnati UGRR network, served in the Ohio General Assembly and was elected to the United States Congress. Artifacts from the lives of these two men will be on display at Hanby House from April through December of 2016. There will also be information on other every-day Ohioans who risked it all for their beliefs. Visit on weekends from 1-4PM, May through September, or arrange a private tour by calling 800-600-6843.
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