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Vattenfall Locks in 44% of 2014 Nordic Power Sales at 44 Euros
Vattenfall AB, the Nordic region's biggest utility, locked in 44 percent of its 2014 Nordic power generation volumes at 44 euros ($57) per megawatt-hour at the end of September, the company said.
Some 63 percent of power sales for Germany and the Netherlands in 2014 had been sold in advance at 53 euros per megawatt-hour, the company said in its earnings statement.
"We hedge less in the Nordic region due to volatility in rain and snow volumes," Oystein Loseth, CEO said in a conference call. "When it comes to the weather in Scandinavia, we never know what will happen."
The Nordic region gets half its power needs from running water through turbines. There is now 10 terawatt-hours more water available for electricity production than on average for this time of year, according to Markedskraft AS data on Bloomberg.
For next year, 73 percent of Vattenfall's projected Nordic power sales were sold in advance at 46 euros a megawatt hour, while 77 percent of sales for October through December this year were locked in at 47 euros, the report said.
"We are relatively well hedged at reasonable prices for this year and next in the Nordic region," Loseth said.
The hedges show that Vattenfall has secured earnings above prices of power derivatives on the Nasdaq OMX Group Inc.'s energy exchange in Oslo, where the 2013 contract traded at 37.50 euros a megawatt-hour at 10:36 a.m., and the 2014 contract traded at 38.80 euros yesterday.
For continental Europe, the company had sold all of its projected output in advance for this year and next, at 55 euros a megawatt-hour.


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Dr. Keith Granger Honored by Southern Bone and Joint Specialists
Updated: 03/04/2015 - Southern Bone and Joint Specialists is proud to honor one of their own.
Updated: 03/04/2015 - Southern Bone and Joint Specialists is proud to honor one of their own.
Updated: 03/04/2015 - Doctors have long suspected the bond between people and animals can be healing. Now researchers have scientific proof.
Posted: 03/04/2015 - Researchers say a tax would cause people to cut back or completely stop drinking sugary beverages.
Posted: 03/03/2015 - A new study finds both low and high intensity workouts help with weight-loss, but only high intensity workouts also help fight diabetes.
Posted: 03/03/2015 - There's more evidence drinking coffee can help your heart.
Posted: 03/02/2015 - Launched by the Colon Cancer Alliance in 2009 to raise awareness about colon health, National Dress in Blue Day falls on the first Friday in March each year.
Posted: 03/01/2015 - Authorities say more than 200 hundred students and staff in the Demopolis, Alabama-area have gotten sick with a stomach bug. The superintendent dismissed all city schools on Friday (2/27) because so many people have been infected.
Posted: 02/28/2015 - A state-funded study is underway to see if Alaskan women will stop drinking if they find out they are pregnant.
Posted: 02/26/2015 - Flowers Hospital offers robotic-assisted surgery for hiatal hernia, inguinal hernia, and ventral hernia. The minimally invasive surgery provides a quicker recovery time and minimal scarring.
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Posted: 02/25/2015 - The CDC is warning of lack of sleep and its effects on the body.
Posted: 02/24/2015 - It's cold and flu season, but what symptoms should you look for to know when your child is really sick?
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Updated: 01/14/2015 - Here's another reason for you to smile: researchers at the University of Illinois suggest optimism may help you keep your ticker in tip top shape!
Updated: 01/08/2015 - Medical professionals at Mercy Hospital Springfield were all smiles last week when Alyssa Bella Bailey, of Branson, was brought into the world.
Posted: 01/07/2015 - The state health department has kicked off the ninth year of Scale Back Alabama
Posted: 01/06/2015 - To the surprise of even health officials, it turns out that most deaths from drinking too much involve middle-aged adults -- not teens or college kids.
Updated: 12/31/2014 - You might find it even more surprising that adult drugs like caffeine and Viagra are being used to help treat these vulnerable babies.
Posted: 12/30/2014 - Thousands in the Wiregrass are feeling the symptoms of this year's flu outbreak. The Houston County Health Department said they did not have the numbers for each county.

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Globe Artichokes with Butter
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|To Taste
1 Cut the top and side points of the artichokes.
2 Trim the stems.
3 Rub lemon on the cut surfaces.
4 In a large pot, add water and bring it to a boil along with lemon.
5 Put in the artichokes.
6 Cover the artichokes with a tea towel.
7 Place a wire rack or heat proof plate over the towel, to weigh down the artichoke.
8 Boil for about 30 minutes, or until the outside leaves pull off easily.
9 Using a slotted spoon, remove from the water.
10 Refresh with cold water and allow to cool.
11 Carefully open up the center.
12 Using a spoon, scoop out the choke.
13 Discard the choke and the stem.
14 Excellent served with butter seasoned with lemon juice and hot sauce.
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Nutrition Facts
Serving size
Calories 477 Calories from Fat 404
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 46 g70.7%
Saturated Fat 29 g144.8%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 121 mg40.3%
Sodium 240.2 mg10%
Total Carbohydrates 18 g6.1%
Dietary Fiber 9.2 g36.8%
Sugars 1.5 g
Protein 6 g11.1%
Vitamin A 28.7% Vitamin C 65.5%
Calcium 9.5% Iron 11.5%
*Based on a 2000 Calorie diet


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|Material Type:
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|Document Type:
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|All Authors / Contributors:
Anita Heiss; Terri McCormack
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|Title from web page (viewed 10 Sept. 2002).
"Barani is an Aboriginal word of the Eora, the original inhabitants of the place where Sydney City now stands. It means 'yesterday'. The name Barani reminds us that there has been a continued presence ... the history of the Indigenous citizens of Warran/Sydney is as new as yesterday."--The title screen.
|Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. Available at www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/barani/main.html.
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This website reflects the values and ideas of the Gadigal people and is built around a series of themes: people and place, first contact, significant events, artistic representations and involvement in the economic development of the city. It reflects the historical work of Anita Heiss, an Indigenous historian and writer.
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Returning Women Students Forum
This program is designed to support undergraduate women over the age of 25 returning to college later in life. The meeting is an informal time for returning women to gather and share their stories, struggles, and successes. Campus resources will also be made available in order to help returning women reach their goals. Please check the Women's Center myUMBC group calendar for up-to-date meeting times or download a copy of the Spring 2015 Forum calendar. You can also request an invite to join the Returning Women Students Forum on Facebook for news, resources, and community building.
Between Women
Between Women is a discussion-based program that centers the experiences of women students who identify themselves on the LGBTQIA+ spectrum. Sponsored by the Women's Center and the Mosaic Center, this structured, topic-based program discusses sexuality and sexual orientation with a focus on intersectionality and provides a safe space for women and feminine-identified students to share their feelings and experiences with other women. This program follows the Women's Center Brave Space model in order to create a community environment that fosters learning and critical discussion. For safety and confidentially reasons, this is a closed meeting for those in the LGBTQAI community and it is not appropriate for students to use the space for class research or interviews. Between Women meets biweekly on Mondays at 5pm in the Women's Center. To get more information or to sign up, contact the Women's Center at email@example.com.
Women of Color Coalition
All self-identified women of color students, staff, and faculty are welcome to share their stories and learn about others' experiences at Women of Color Coalition. This discussion-based program follows the Women's Center Brave Space model to provide a welcoming environment and thoughtful community to engage in conversations focused on the intersections of gender and race. Women of Color Coalition meets biweekly on Tuesdays at 5pm in the Women's Center. Like us on Facebook, follow us on Tumblr, and join our MyUMBC group to learn more!
The Spectrum program is for UMBC community members who identify as trans, genderqueer, gender fluid, outside of the gender binary, and/or those who are questioning their gender identity. Sponsored by the Women's Center and the Mosaic Center, this is a structured, topic-based program for students who are questioning and/or identify outside their assigned gender to discuss and share thoughts about a variety of topics related to identity and trans issues. This program follows the Women's Center Brave Space model to provide a welcoming community and learning environment for UMBC's trans and gender-questioning students all across the gender spectrum. For safety and confidentiality reasons, this is a closed meeting for those needing this intentional space and it is not appropriate for students to use the space for class research or interviews. Spectrum meets biweekly on Thursdays at 2:30pm in the Women's Center. For more information, contact Jess at email@example.com or Joe at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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There's no shortage of mid-range hotels in Newport. Offering a home away from home, the Spring Seasons Inn is a Newport B&B that receives glowing reports for its 5-star service, award-winning tearoom, and well-appointed suites with private balconies. Located in a quiet, idyllic street, this quaint and cozy hotel is within easy reach of the waterfronts restaurants and bars. Formerly Vanderbilt Hall, Vanderbilt Grace is a lovingly restored luxury hotel in Newport that evokes a time of old glamor and modern day opulence, where guests can enjoy plush rooms and suites, a spa and fitness center, outdoor and indoor pools, 2 on-site restaurants, and a stunning rooftop terrace.
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The majestic oceanfront mansions are must-sees, and while Bellevue Avenue teems with these magnificent estates, particular favorites are The Breakers and Marble House for their grandiose designs, opulent interiors, stunning scenery and impressive gardens. The Elm's servants' tour is an unmissable step back in time with a behind-the-scenes look at the mansion staff's living and working quarters. Set in the grounds of sensational landscaped gardens with sweeping ocean views, lies Rough Point Museum, the former home of heiress and philanthropist Doris Duke, who traveled the world and furnished her residence with fine art and unique antiques she picked up along the way. Rough Point is the ideal spot for art enthusiasts to revel in a dazzling array of original artwork from masters like Gainsborough and Renoir. Pass a few serene hours on the coast with a relaxing road trip down Ocean Drive, stopping along the way to take in the breathtaking views of the Atlantic and Newport's incredible seafront mansions.
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Nature's way by geograpcicsWatch
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Nature's way by ~geograpcics The Suggester writes "I love the composition of the piece, the beautiful flowers and wealth of green growth, with the little frog poking it's head out of it- all the elements of nature thrown in, so it catches our eye. I love the message too, being a great nature fan, and I think it is a message we should all heed." ( Suggested by synconi and Featured by DigitalPhenom )
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very very nice!
Awesome work, man! You are incredibly talented!
Thats some awesome color here.
Amazing work ...
Absolutely stunning.
Great design. The colors go so nicely together and the message is wonderful.
Great design. The colors go so nicely together and the message is wonderful.
great work
Love your work...great Job!
I love it! Great job!
great poster mate, but you need to really work on your font choice ...
what a message! everything fits really well
what a message! everything fits really well
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this is very very beautiful man,...
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Wonderful. It's really really really great work!
OO that's AWESOME!
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Wow just amazing. You are fully correct, Respect it before it's to late. *sighs* It's just so sad what people can do to nature so easily without a second thought. So sad.
All-natural awesomeness. Thanks.
That's very cool good work
Little Ian Malcolm love goin' on here?
Nature does not need humans.
Respect nature before nature destroys humanity.
Respect nature before nature destroys humanity.
I am a nature lover, and as you can imagine I like this a lot.
So powerful and lovely. Great job.
this is amaizing..great job!!... where did u get tha 3d renders ??
Great message
just fantastic and i love the message.
respect nature before it's too late?
goodness, you make it sound like nature will come and hurt you if you don't respect it!
very awesome picture
goodness, you make it sound like nature will come and hurt you if you don't respect it!
very awesome picture
So fresh and full of energy
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Thanks for the commission work, Dean!
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Criminals in Denver have begun targeting older homeowners, but police say it's an issue those in Southern Colorado need to be aware of too.
According to investigators, criminals are known to travel so that they don't get caught, meaning these same crooks could eventually find their way to other parts of the state.
Over the last three days, police say at least three to five homes have been targeted. Officers are not positive that they are all linked, but say each case has strong similarities to the others.
"We're looking at them as potentially being linked, but at the same time we're looking at them individually just to be careful," one officer told sister station KCNC.
In all cases, one suspect coaxed the victim, always an elderly man or woman, out of their home by saying there was working being done next door. After getting the victim out of their home, a second suspect would go inside and steal valuables.
One of the suspects is a white male over the age of 30. There is no description available for the second suspect.
Police offer the following tips to protect yourself from falling victim to this type of crime:
-Never leave your home with a stranger
-If someone claims to be from a gas or electric company, call the company first.
-Never let anyone inside your home who is asking for a favor such as using your telephone.


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BEST BETS: "Jessica Jones," "Big Trouble/Escape from New York" & More October 2016 Highlights
Comic Books
David Lloyd and U.K. comics mainstay Bambos Georgiou are launching a digital anthology comic called Aces Weekly, and have released a large and impressive list of future contributors to the U.K. comics blog Down The Tubes. The press release continues:
Publishing | According to the San Diego Comic Con schedule, Archaia will publish an adaptation of Shotaro Ishinomori's classic sci-fi manga Cyborg 009, "reimagined" in Western style. The adaptation will be written by F. J. DeSanto and Brad Cramp, and illustrated by Trevor Hairsine. In case you missed it, David Brothers recently wrote a fascinating piece on the original. [Anime News Network]
Creators | Colleen Doran is looking for original art from her creator-owned series A Distant Soil. "I require good quality scans of the art for the future editions of the print books, as well as the upcoming digital editions … If you purchased A Distant Soil original art, I would be very grateful if you would get in touch with me." [A Distant Soil]
Auctions | Bids for the $412 check from Detective Comics to Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster that includes a $130 line item for the rights to Superman have already surpassed $31,000 in less than three days at auction on ComicConnect.com. The auction ends April 16. [ABC News, The New York Times]
Creators | Akira creator Katsuhiro Otomo is working on a new series that will run in a Japanese shonen (boys') magazine. [Anime News Network]
Comic strips | Richard Thompson is back on the job at Cul de Sac, with some help from Stacy Curtis, who will be inking the strip. [Cul de Sac]
Welcome to Food or Comics?, where every week we talk about what comics we'd buy at our local comic shop based on certain spending limits — $15 and $30 — as well as what we'd get if we had extra money or a gift card to spend on a splurge item.
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If I had $15, I'd skip lunch and dig in to the overdue Choker #6 (Image, $3.99). I almost considered waiting for the trade on this one, but I know once I see the shiny object in front of me in stores I'll want to find out the ending to Ben McCool and Ben Templesmith's story. After that I'd get Uncanny X-Force #23 (Marvel, $3.99), which still holds the crown for my favorite current Marvel book. I was hesitant of Remender & co. going off into Otherworld despite my fascination with the realm going back to my Excalibur days, but I'm being rewarded with good story for my allegiance. The only thing it's missing is an appendix reminding me of older stories that he references here. Last up would be a two-fer with Spaceman #5 (DC/Vertigo, $2.99) and Walking Dead #95 (Image, $2.99). I've talked about both at length here, and they continue to buffet me with greatness.
If I had $30, I'd first snag Daredevil #10 (Marvel, $2.99) to see more of Paolo Rivera's work over the solid storytelling by Mark Waid. Then, I'd rub my eyes to make sure I'm not seeing things and pick-up the 5+ year delayed book Sharknife, Vol. 2 (Oni, $11.99). I've been a big fan of Corey's work back when he was doing inspired Mega Man rip-offs, and the chance that I'll finally see this sequel is exciting and heartbreaking. I hope the quality of the book inside is enough to stave off my feelings about the severe delay the book had.
And for splurging, I'd spend my CBR paycheck on Gone To Amerikay (DC/Vertigo, $24.99). This book is at the intersection of three reasons I'd buy it: Colleen Doran, Derek McCulloch and historical Irish narratives. I'd hold McCulloch's Stagger Lee up to any graphic novel of the past decade in terms of skill and potency, so to see him pair that with Colleen Doran's crafty linework bears my immediate attention.
After the falling out between Ashes writer Alex de Campi and artist Jimmie Broxton, de Campi decided to pursue having multiple artists draw the sequel to the 2005 series Smoke. This week in an update to the project's backers on Kickstarter, de Campi said the line-up of artists is now complete.
Joining A Distant Soil creator Colleen Doran and Smoke artist Igor Kordey are:
De Campi said she plans to begin serializing it digitally in June and publish the graphic novel in December.
Last month writer Alex de Campi's Ashes, the sequel to the 2005 IDW series Smoke, hit a major pothole on the road to publication when de Campi and artist Jimmy Broxton split "over creative differences." The writer offered refunds to anyone who contributed to the well-funded Kickstarter project and said she would look for a replacement artist.
Today de Campi posted an update that should make fans of Smoke happy–Smoke artist Igor Kordey "is coming back to do a 20-page flashback sequence that literally I know he will draw better than anyone else in the world (sorry, everyone else, but it's true)," de Campi said on Kickstarter. She also said that A Distant Soil creator and Orbiter artist Colleen Doran has agreed to draw a sequence for the graphic novel as well.
De Campi said she decided to pursue multiple artists for the project while on a road trip from New York City to Mexico City. "I did a lot of thinking on I-81 about how to proceed with the book, and decided to go back to my original plan of having different artists draw different sections of the book," she said. "Ashes breaks down really nicely into 20-50 page chunks (and a couple really small sections, 3 or 4 pages) based on location, time and secondary characters."
She said she has reached out to "a ton" of other artists and will develop a new production and printing timeline once she's nailed down artists for the entire book.
Legal | A judge refused to dismiss DC Comics' lawsuit against Gotham Garage, a manufacturer of custom-made Batmobiles, ruling that the design of Batman's vehicle is indeed copyrightable. DC sued the California company in May for copyright and trademark infringement, claiming Gotham Garage is confusing the public into thinking the cars are authorized products. The manufacturer asked the judge to dismiss the lawsuit, arguing that the U.S. Copyright Act affords no protection to "useful articles." The judge disagreed, ruling that Gotham Garage "ignores the exception to the 'useful article' rule, which grants copyright protection to nonfunctional, artistic elements of an automobile design that can be physically or conceptually separated from the automobile." [The Hollywood Reporter]
Legal | Nancy Hass provides a broad overview of the legal battle at Archie Comics that pits Co-CEOs Jon Goldwater and Nancy Silberkleit against each other for control of the 73-year-old company. Silberkleit, who spoke briefly to Hass before a New York judge issued a temporary restraining order last month, called claims that she's threatened and harassed the publisher's employees and vendors "completely untrue." [The Daily Beast]
Crime | A drunken Coventry, England, man was arrested for selling drugs outside a nightclub while dressed as the Incredible Hulk. According to the article, "Police were alerted by his costume which was based on the TV and film character who becomes green and superhuman when angry." [Coventry Telegraph]
Creators | Dinosaur Comics creator Ryan North discusses his work on BOOM!'s upcoming Adventure Time comic. [ComicsAlliance]
Creators | Colleen Doran posts some character designs she worked up years ago for a never-completed animation project written by Warren Ellis; she admits to using Star Trek actor George Takei as the model for the main character. [A Distant Soil]
Colleen Doran and Barry Lyga's Mangaman is a fascinating crossover in which a manga character arrives in an American high school, with the twist being that the high school students don't realize that they are also characters in a comic book until the outsider points it out to them. It's fascinatingly meta and at the same time a fun read—Lyga and Doran have a lot of fun importing manga tropes, such as speedlines, going chibi, and talking to oneself, into the more literal world of western-style comics. I interviewed the two of them for the SLJ Teen newsletter, but I saved one bit for Robot 6 readers: Doran's account of how she became interested in manga in the first place. It's an interesting bit of comics history, and she kindly supplied some of her original art to go along with it.
Here's Colleen, who went on to write the well-received Girl to Grrrl: How to Draw the Hottest Shoujo Manga, on how she discovered manga:
When I was a kid I saw anime on television and had no idea it was from Japan. I used to watch Star Blazers and Battle of the Planets every day. I did a comic strip called B-Force for my band nerd friends. The heros flew around in a giant bass clarinet. It was nutty.
Passings | Alvin Schwartz, the prolific writer who penned Batman comics and the Batman and Superman comic strips for DC Comics in the 1940s, passed away Oct. 28 after a long illness. He was 95. Before leaving comics in 1958, Schwartz wrote for most of DC's titles, including Aquaman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern and The Flash. [News from ME]
Creators | Tucker Stone talks to Mark Waid about his work on Daredevil, and Waid confirms that Marcos Martin, originally announced as the artist on every other arc, won't be working on the book after issue #6: "Unfortunately, it was something that came up while we were working. He's doing 4, 5 and 6. When he came on, I don't think things were firmed up with his next project and now they have. I salute him, and I think it's going to be great and I want to see him go off and do creator owned stuff. But my heart breaks." [comiXology]
Welcome to What Are You Reading?, where each week we talk about what comics, graphic novels, books and what-have-you we've been reading lately. This week our special guest is Brian Ralph, creator of Daybreak, Cave-In and Reggie 12.
To see what Brian and the Robot 6 crew have been reading lately, click below.
Creators | With the announcement that Rob Liefeld's Extreme Studios is back in business, former Extreme Studios employee and current Image Comics publisher Eric Stephenson reflects on his time with the studio. "From 1992-1998, Extreme Studios was more or less my life. Youngblood, Supreme, Brigade, Bloodstrike, Team Youngblood, New Men, Prophet, Youngblood: Strikefile, Bloodpool, Glory… We put out a lot of comics, and for the most part everyone involved was incredibly young. Rob and I were amongst the oldest at 25. So many of the artists involved in various aspects of production were just out of their teens, and that made the work as frustrating as it was fun. But looking back, the main thing I remember about that time is Rob wanted to share his success with people who loved comics and wanted to make a living in the business as much as he had." [It Sparkles!]
Webcomics | A Distant Soil creator Colleen Doran, who began serializing the comic online in 2009, notes "my bottom line is up significantly, and my online audience is ten times higher than when I started the five day a week online serialization of A Distant Soil 2.5 years ago." She also shares advice she received when she started the endeavor that hasn't worked for her. [A Distant Soil]
Could we be coming to the end of an era?
iFanboy has a fascinating interview with a recently retired comics pirate who says that same-day print and digital releases make comics piracy pointless:
As to why I quit, the "Scene" has become petty and incestuous. No one cared about "preserving" comic books in a digital form anymore. It was all about getting YOUR copy out FIRST so that you could flood the fileshares before someone else could get their version out just to acquire digital kudos from those around you. I grew wary of the "Race" and took a hard look at the current digital space. Marvel, DC, Image, Dark Horse, and even Archie have been pushing more and more digital initiatives. If digital archiving was really my goal, and not piracy, then wasn't I fooling myself by continuing to scan and edit comics that the publishers were offering in a pure digital form? DC's push for "day and date" releasing of all their mainline titles cemented it for me and I stepped away.
He also comments on the addictive nature of scanning and the group dynamics of the pirates. This sounds like an expensive hobby, as he bought a lot of books to scan them — and sometimes bought hard copies of books he had read online. Underlying all this is the odd notion that making a book digital "preserves" it, although he contradicts that by buying the print editions. Anyway, interesting stuff and well worth reading; I'm looking forward to the rest of these interviews.
Meanwhile, Colleen Doran has put together an interesting roundup of links for freelancers at her website, and among them is one that finishes the story of HTMLcomics.com. As we reported in May 2010, the U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Florida had filed a suit in federal court asking that Gregory Hart forfeit six web domains that hosted scans of copyrighted material (actually, Hart got to keep one because it turned out to be just a blank web page). Earlier this year, Hart agreed to forfeit the web addresses; Copyhype has the details. The domains, including the infamous htmlcomics.com, now belong to the U.S. government, but nobody seems to be doing anything with them at the moment. Doran comments that her take has gone up since the sites were shut down, but that is probably due to other factors. In the end, Hart was not charged with any crimes or sued by any publisher.
Colleen Doran isn't the first artist who springs to mind when I think of Archie Comics, but she signed a contract with them to do a Betty and Veronica project a few years ago. Unfortunately, it didn't pan out, but she posts a few sketches of the characters, whom she was to draw in her own style rather than Archie's house style (which varies a bit, but not this much). Unfortunately, there's no Archie, whom she said was "very hot," but hopefully she'll find those drawings and put them up as well.
Doran sees the drawing on the left as a good start for a Lois Lane character as well, and by happy coincidence she's planning to pitch a Lois Lane miniseries to DC Comics: "I see Lois as a super-smart, Kathryn Hepburn/Rosalind Russell type. At a serious newspaper, instead of a yukky on-air correspondent." Yes, please!
OK, she was never really gone … but lately there has been a rush of news regarding her work. At Comic-Con International last week DC Comic highlighted her next major project for Vertigo Gone to Amerikay, with writer Derek McCulloch, and over the weekend she posted some sketches she did for the ill-fated JMS reboot of Wonder Woman. To cap it all off, she's now on Twitter!
Described by Doran as a story of Irish immigration to the United States, her writer Derek McCulloch spoke at length about the book at Comic-Con. "It's a story about people emigrating to America from Ireland over the course of 140 years," said the writer. "It's a great big historical epic with a crime story and a ghost story and a couple of love stories and all kinds of things in it."
Doran is best known for her long-running independent series A Distant Soil, but her work has been on my mind recently because of her graphic novel Orbiter with Warren Ellis and the final voyage of the U.S. space shuttle. Plans to do a second graphic novel with Ellis, titled Stealth Tribes, seemed to go on the backburner due to Ellis' workload, freeing her up for Gone To Amerikay as well as Mangaman with novelist Barry Lyga.


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Making a green decision isn't always easy. The cost can be daunting, labeling isn't always as helpful as it should be, and let's not get started on the myriad of marketing gimmicks out there. Eve Troeh from NPR's Marketplace Sustainability Desk was on stage today with architects and designers to help us out with our green conundrums. We caught Eve just before she held her first discussion to flesh out a little more information about her two panels and some words of advice to live by. "Ask yourself, 'Do I really need to buy something new to achieve my goal?'" she advises.
Hi, Eve. Can you tell us about the first panel you're moderating?
The first panel focuses on consumer issues surrounding sustainability. We wanted to look into sustainability from the side of people trying to buy sustainable products. Then we talked to designers about how they design sustainable products to give people who buy them a better idea of all the different factors that are in play.
We're trying to simplify that consumer landscape for people. Rather than looking for this label and that label, asking if this certification means something or if this company is really doing something, we give just simple rules for trying to buy sustainable products.
What's the second panel about?
The second panel is the "Dollars and Cents of Greening Your Home." I'm talking to Bill Baldwin of Hartman/Baldwin who has restored a lot of homes. They also did a remodel of a Greene & Greene Arts and Crafts bungalow. Not only was it beautiful, but it earned a Green Point rating, which is a California system for energy efficiency. The second part will cover all the tax breaks that people can get right now.
How did you choose Bill Baldwin for the second panel?
Well, when we think of green building, we often think of new buildings and fancy technology, but you can take a home from the early 1900s, not change the look of it at all, and have it perform well on energy efficiency.
So, for people who can't come to the panels, what simple advice can you give them that they can do in the next two or three days?
If you're really someone trying to buy sustainable products, really think about sustainability. Ask yourself, "Do I really need to buy something new to achieve my goal? Do I really need to buy that reusable bamboo, knife, fork and spoon set? Or, could I just wash the plastic fork I got with my takeout and use that again?"
It's not sexy, but real sustainability stuff is not sexy. It's reusing stuff, buying things that can be fixed and cleaned. For me, a white sofa is not sustainable because I won't ever be able to maintain it. Look at sustainability not from a new or technological point of view, but also taking into consideration timeless aesthetic, materials and value.