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Christchurch being a very popular tourist destination in NZ, my family and I arrived at this very cosmopolitan city and was not disappointed!
Everywhere was lovely scenes depicting an English town! Our decision to rent a car,which turned out to be a new 4 wheel drive added to our excitement!
First stop was fantastic Antarctic Centre where we got very surrealistic glimpses of life in the very frozen world Antarctica.If you're going to Christchurch which is on the South ISland of NZ, don't miss this magical place!
We also tried riding the hagglund, which was a form of Scandinavian vehicle that can be used in water and land. It was a bit scary but still fun over all riding it outside the museum in the manmade hills which substituted for the tricky terrains in the Antarctic.
From there we also went up Mt. Hutt which was at the time starting to have a lot of snow cover and it was fantastic!
It was cold, freezing to be exact and all I could manage was a quick pose or two and then off to the coffee shop to soak the warmth of the fireplace there!
Over-all Christchurch was spectacular with its lush English gardens, verdant meadows with healthy looking cows/ sheep and other farm animals along the highway going to Queenstown.
Food and service everywhere was good,. NEw Zealanders are known to be friendly people and we felt that! It also helped that their roads are safe and have ample signs so our road trip went well!
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- In a nutshell:Christchurch is a Must-See Spot in NZ like Queenstown.
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Export Controls:
NASA Management Action and Improved Oversight Needed to Reduce the Risk of Unauthorized Access to Its Technologies
GAO-14-315: Published: Apr 15, 2014. Publicly Released: May 15, 2014.
Audio interview by GAO staff with Belva Martin, Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management.
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Weaknesses in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) export control policy and implementation of foreign national access procedures at some centers increase the risk of unauthorized access to export-controlled technologies. NASA policies provide Center Directors wide latitude in implementing export controls at their centers. Federal internal control standards call for clearly defined areas of authority and establishment of appropriate lines of reporting. However, NASA procedures do not clearly define the level of Center Export Administrator (CEA) authority and organizational placement, leaving it to the discretion of the Center Director. GAO found that 7 of the 10 CEAs are at least three levels removed from the Center Director. Three of these 7 stated that their placement detracted from their ability to implement export control policies by making it difficult to maintain visibility to staff, communicate concerns to the Center Director, and obtain resources; the other four did not express concerns about their placement. However, in a 2013 meeting of export control officials, the CEAs recommended placing the CEA function at the same organizational level at each center for uniformity, visibility, and authority. GAO identified and the NASA Inspector General also reported instances in which two centers did not comply with NASA policy on foreign national access to NASA technologies. For example, during a 4-month period in 2013, one center allowed foreign nationals on a major program to fulfill the role of sponsors for other foreign nationals, including determining access rights for themselves and others. Each instance risks damage to national security. Due to access concerns, the NASA Administrator restricted foreign national visits in March 2013, and directed each center to assess compliance with foreign national access and develop corrective plans. By June 2013, six centers identified corrective actions, but only two set time frames for completion and only one planned to assess the effectiveness of actions taken. Without plans and time frames to monitor corrective actions, it will be difficult for NASA to ensure that actions are effective.
NASA headquarters export control officials and CEAs lack a comprehensive inventory of the types and location of export-controlled technologies and NASA headquarters officials have not addressed deficiencies raised in oversight tools, limiting their ability to take a risk-based approach to compliance. Export compliance guidance from the regulatory agencies of State and Commerce states the importance of identifying controlled items and continuously assessing risks. NASA headquarters officials acknowledge the benefits of identifying controlled technologies, but stated that current practices, such as foreign national screening, are sufficient to manage risk and that they lack resources to do more. Recently identified deficiencies in foreign national visitor access discussed above suggest otherwise. Three CEAs have early efforts under way to better identify technologies which could help focus compliance on areas of greatest risk. For example, one CEA is working with NASA's Office of Protective Services Counterintelligence Division to identify the most sensitive technologies at the center to help tailor oversight efforts. Such approaches, implemented NASA-wide, could enable the agency to better target existing resources to protect sensitive technologies.
Why GAO Did This Study
NASA develops sophisticated technologies and shares them with its international partners and others. U.S. export control regulations require NASA to identify and protect its sensitive technology; NASA delegates implementation of export controls to its 10 research and space centers. Recent allegations of export control violations at two NASA centers have raised questions about NASA's ability to protect its sensitive technologies. GAO was asked to review NASA's export control program.
This report assessed (1) NASA's export control policies and how centers implement them, and (2) the extent to which NASA Headquarters and CEAs apply oversight of center compliance with its export control policies. To do this, GAO reviewed export control laws and regulations, NASA export control policies, and State and Commerce export control compliance guidance. GAO also reviewed NASA information on foreign national visits and technical papers and interviewed officials from NASA and its 10 centers as well as from other agencies.
What GAO Recommends
GAO recommends that the NASA Administrator establish guidance to better define the CEA function, establish time frames to implement foreign national access corrective actions and assess results, and establish a more risk-based approach to oversight, among other actions. NASA concurred with all of our recommendations and provided information on actions taken or planned to address them.
For more information, contact Belva Martin at (202) 512-4841 or email@example.com.
Recommendations for Executive Action
Status: Open
Comments: NASA concurred with the recommendation. In June 2014, NASA reported that the Office of International and Interagency Relations was working with the NASA Office of Human Capital Management to revise position descriptions and organizational affiliations for the CEAs Agency-wide to confirm a consistent grade and reporting chain and is updating NASA Procedural Requirement (NPR) 2190.IB, NASA's Export Control Program, to codify this structure. In September 2014, NASA's Associate Administrator provided guidance to the Center Directors regarding the appropriate level and organizational placement of the CEA function.
Recommendation: To ensure consistent implementation of NASA's export control program, the NASA Administrator should establish guidance defining the appropriate level and organizational placement of the CEA function.
Agency Affected: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Status: Open
Comments: The Office of International and Interagency Relations is working with each of the NASA Centers to confirm current resource allocations and solicit specific concerns regarding workload related issues.
Recommendation: To ensure consistent implementation of NASA's export control program, the NASA Administrator should assess CEA workload and other factors to determine appropriate resources needed to support the CEA function at each center.
Agency Affected: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Status: Open
Comments: NASA concurred with the recommendation. The NASA Export Control Operations Manual released in March 2015 outlined a risk-based approach to identifying technologies that warrant additional protection or attention, from an export control perspective.
Recommendation: To improve NASA's oversight and address identified deficiencies in the export control program, the NASA Administrator should implement a risk-based approach to the export control program by using existing information sources, such as counterintelligence assessments, to identify targeted technologies and then direct that the types and location of those export-controlled technologies are identified and managed by CEAs within each center.
Agency Affected: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Status: Closed - Implemented
Comments: In August 2014, the Associate Administrator for International and Interagency Relations provided each Center Director with the results of the annual export control audits for their Center the prior year, 2013. This message directed the Center Directors to ensure implementation of corrective measures. Further, NASA's updated operations manual (NPR 2190.1B), issued on March 17, 2015, codified this, directing Center Directors to oversee disposition of the findings from the annual export control audits.
Recommendation: To improve NASA's oversight and address identified deficiencies in the export control program, the NASA Administrator should direct Center Directors to oversee implementation of export-related audit findings which could involve collaboration among several center offices.
Agency Affected: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Status: Open
Comments: NASA concurred with the recommendation. In July 2014, NASA developed a plan for collecting, categorizing, assigning timeframes for completion and tracking progress on CEA suggestions for improvement.
Recommendation: To improve NASA's oversight and address identified deficiencies in the export control program, the NASA Administrator should develop a plan, including timeframes for addressing CEA issues and suggestions for improvement provided during the annual export control conference, and share the plan with CEAs.
Agency Affected: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Status: Closed - Implemented
Comments: NASA's Export Control Program Operation Manual, released on March 17, 2015, notes the importance of voluntary disclosures in the event of a potential export control violation. The updated guidance identifies the roles and responsibilities related to this process for NASA officials, stating that all NASA employees are responsible for notifying their CEA if they have knowledge of or suspect a potential violation. The guidance provides appropriate timeframes for the process, including the appropriate timeframe for researching the potential violation before sending an initial disclosure to the regulatory agencies.
Recommendation: To improve NASA's oversight and address identified deficiencies in the export control program, the NASA Administrator should re-emphasize to CEAs the requirements on how and when to notify the Headquarters Export Administrator about potential voluntary disclosures to ensure more consistent reporting of potential export control violations at NASA centers.
Agency Affected: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Status: Open
Comments: On June 6, 2014, the Assistant Administrator for the Office of Protective Services, the Chief Information Officer, and the Associate Administrator for OIIR signed a Program Commitment Agreement to establish the formal foreign national assessment management program within the Office of Protective Services and form a task force to prepare the program manual and to continue to implement this program. NASA also stated it is developing a Foreign National Access Management Program Manual that will incorporate specific guidelines for monitoring and implementing corrective measures.
Recommendation: To improve NASA's oversight and address identified deficiencies in the export control program, the NASA Administrator should develop plans with specific time frames to monitor corrective actions related to management of foreign national access to NASA facilities and assess their effectiveness.
Agency Affected: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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I need to create approx. 5-7 classes, every class will contain a lot of members (let us say each class will contain 20 members). I could create them using public access, like:
class A {
public $myPropertyOne = '';
public $myPropertyTwo = '';
My preferred way of course to make these members private and create get/set methods for each property. I.e.
class A {
private $myPropertyOne = '';
private $myPropertyTwo = '';
public function getMyPropertyOne() {
return $this->myPropertyOne;
public function setMyPropertyOne($myPropertyOne) {
$this->myPropertyOne = $myPropertyOne;
public function getMyPropertyTwo() {
return $this->myPropertyTwo;
public function setMyPropertyTwo($myPropertyTwo) {
$this->myPropertyTwo = $myPropertyTwo;
But considering a class will have 20 properties, I will have in addition to this add 40 methods. And my concern here is how will this slow down the script and much more memory this will require (remember I am going to have several classes like this).
Another solution could be to use magic functions __set, __get but I don't want to, because the code completion in development IDE will not suggest properties which is crucial for me.
If this would be a compiled language (like C++) I would not have a question and would use the solution with getters, setters but since the PHP is interpreted language I am interested in my scripts to use less RAM and be as fast as possible.
Thanks in advance, any thoughts regarding this question would be much appreciated!
My Opinion
Thank you all for your answers, I just wanted to share my opinion in case someone will look for an answer to this question.
I cannot fully agree with those who say that you should not care about performance as this is task of optimizers, I think this is important factor (well atleast as for me), when we're dealing with interpreted language such as PHP we will always have to think about memory and speed (this all reminds me the time when I was developing system apps for DOS, heh :) and you always have been limited with poor CPU and kilobytes of total RAM so you got happy if you could save an additional byte), in PHP development you have the same picture as regardless of how many server you add, users' count will be always higher so that you always have to decide if you want to follow classic/safe/proper method or to avoid this and get some gain in speed or memory.
So.... my opinion is that the best way here is to use public access for all member and avoid getters/setters for all properties and use private access with get/set methods for properties which requires data validation or initialization before a value will be set.
For example:
class B {
public $myPropertyOne = '';
public $myPropertyTwo = '';
private $myPropertyThree = array();
public function getMyPropertyThree() {
return $this->myPropertyThree;
public function setMyPropertyThree($val) {
if(!is_array($val)) {
$this->myPropertyThree = $val;
Thank you for spending time on my question!


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Potential role of flavonoids in the prevention of intestinal neoplasia
- Harald P. HoenschAffiliated withDepartment of Internal Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology, Community Hospital of Gross-Gerau Email author
- , Wilhelm KirchAffiliated withMedical Faculty, Institut of Clinical Pharmacology, Technical University of Dresden
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Intestinal neoplasia (adenomas and carcinomas) can possibly be prevented by a diet rich in vegetables and fruits, treatment with aspirin and other nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs, and early colonoscopic removal of adenomas. Ballast, fiber, and secondary plant products could play a major role in colon cancer prevention. Recently there has been much experimental work in vitro and in vivo about flavonoids as inducers of bioprevention. Flavonoids are secondary plant products with a wide variety of beneficial biological properties, and they possess anticarcinogenic, antimutagenic, and antioxidative modes of actions. Flavonoids are the main components of a healthy diet containing fruits and vegetables and are concentrated especially in tea, apples, and onions. We will focus this review on flavonoids which are derived from tea products such as proanthocyanidins (green tea) and flavons (camomille tea). Oral supplementation with bioflavonoids derived from tea could be used in humans to prevent growth of intestinal neoplasia such as adenomatous polyps of the colon. Flavonoids are a large group of natural compounds of which only a few have been used in animal models, cell cultures, and enzyme studies to inhibit mutagenic and carcinogenic events. Their clinical mode of action was evaluated by epidemiological studies, but no intervention studies in humans have been performed so far. In vitro flavonoids can bind electrophils, inactivate oxygen radicals, prevent lipid peroxidation, and inhibit DNA oxidation. In cell cultures they increase the rate of apoptosis, inhibit cell proliferation, and angiogenesis. In vivo they can induce the activities of protective enzymes (conjugating enzymes such as glutathione transferases and glucuronosyl transferases) of the intestine and the liver. In models of intestinal polyposis, flavonoids suppress polyp formation. Some epidemiological studies show a protective effect of flavonoids contained in fruits, vegetables, and tea.Flavonoid mixtures of tea origin supplied as nutritional supplements could be studied as a new way of bioprevention of intestinal neoplasia (colon adenomas and cancer). Therefore, a controlled, randomized clinical study should be performed to evaluate the efficacy of flavonoids.
Key WordsFlavonoids intestinal neoplasia nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs
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- Potential role of flavonoids in the prevention of intestinal neoplasia
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- 3. Medical Faculty, Institut of Clinical Pharmacology, Technical University of Dresden, Fiedlerstrasse 27, D-01307, Dresden, Germany


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Studies in the differentiation between Microsporum ferrugineum Ota and Trichophyton soudanense Joyeux
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A study, conducted with 20 isolates of Microsporum ferrugineum and 12 isolates of Trichophyton soudanense, revealed that some of the discrepancies in the literature regarding their characteristics and differentiation were due to methodology, strain variation and the use of an insufficient number of isolates. We found all isolates of T. soudanense to be urease negative and gelatinase positive (usually by the first week); to produce brown to black colonies on Lowenstein-Jensen medium; to rapidly decompose casein and more slowly tyrosine; to grow well or better at 37°C as compared to room temperature; to produce reflexive branching on cornmeal Tween agar and abundant microconidia on casero medium and to exhibit no sexual reaction with either mating type of Arthroderma simii. All but one isolate demonstrated restricted growth on lactose agar and only three isolates perforated hair.
In contrast, we found 18 of 20 isolates of M. ferrugineum to be urease positive in urea broth (most isolates were negative on urea agar); all produced light-colored colonies on Lowenstein-Jensen medium; spreading colonies on lactose agar and failed to perforate hair in vitro or to produce reflexive branching. Most isolates manifested poorer to no growth at 37°C compared to room temperature and all but one failed to decompose casein and tyrosine. A few strains produced macroconidia and/ or microconidia on casero medium and some reacted sexually with A. simii (a) or (−) mating type. Gelatin hydrolysis was variable.
We suggest the following key tests to differentiate M. ferrugineum from T. soudanense: urease activity in urea broth; colony color on Lowenstein-Jensen medium; growth on lactose agar; growth at 37° C compared to room temperature; presence of reflexive branching on cornmeal Tween agar.
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- Title
- Studies in the differentiation between Microsporum ferrugineum Ota and Trichophyton soudanense Joyeux
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- 1984-02
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- 1573-0832
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- Kluwer Academic Publishers
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- Industry Sectors
- Authors
- Irene Weitzman (1)
- Dr Stanley Rosenthal (2)
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- 1. City of New York, Department of Health Bureau of Laboratories, New York, New York, USA
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osteochondromas). The number and location of osteochondromas varies greatly among affected individuals. These tumors are not present at birth, but almost all affected people develop multiple osteochondromas by the time they are 12 years old. Once the bones stop growing, the development of new osteochondromas also usually stops. Osteochondromas can cause abnormal growth of the arms, hands, and legs, which can lead to uneven limb lengths (limb length discrepancy) and short stature. These tumors may cause pain, limit joint movement, and exert pressure on nerves, blood vessels, and surrounding tissues. Osteochondromas are typically benign; however, researchers estimate that people with HMO have about a 1% lifetime risk of these tumors becoming a cancerous osteochondrosarcoma. HMO is caused by mutations in the EXT1 and EXT2 genes and is inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern.[1]Hereditary multiple osteochondromas (HMO) (formerly called hereditary multiple exostoses) is a genetic condition in which people develop multiple benign (noncancerous) bone tumors that are covered by cartilage (called
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- Wuyts W, Schmale GA, Chansky HA, & Raskind WH. Hereditary Multiple Osteochondromas. GeneReviews. November 21, 2013; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1235/. Accessed 5/8/2015.
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What's wrong with the Philadelphia Eagles? This team is too good on paper, there in lies the problem good on paper. This team has more collective talent than half the league. You have perennial pro bowlers and potential pro bowlers. The bad thing is it doesn't fit. Just because you have a lot of talent doesn't make you a complete team. Andy Reid will most likely be fired at the end of this season. It maybe time for a new voice in Philly. He has shown favoritism to his better players. That doesn't sit well with other professional athletes. No likes when you make one player or certain players feel above the rest.
This team had an off season for the ages in 2011, they landed free agent defensive back Nmandi Asomugha, and Domonique Rodgers-Cromartie, defensive lineman Justin Babin, and Cullen Jenkins to add with Trent Cole and Asante Samuel on defense. On offense they added Ronnie Brown, Steve Smith of the New York Giants , and Vince Young to back up 100 million dollar man Michael Vick. That summary of talent also includes Desean Jackson, Jeremy Maclin, Brent Celek, and LeSean McCoy. That team on paper is a "Dream Team" to quote Vince Young, but what was a dream; has turned into a nightmare.
Starting with the drama from diva receiver Desean Jackson complaining about not getting paid. He was a cancer to the team and constant distraction, he would often quit on his routes during the game. The whole dream team thing didn't sit well with the rest of the NFL. Last checked; paper champs aren't crowned champions in August. They won the super bowl of free agency, but 8-8 and missing the playoffs isn't suitable for a team that is ready to win now.
You think they would learn from last year but no they didn't Michael Vick utter the words we can be a dynasty. How can you be a dynasty and haven't won anything. This team added Demeco Ryans this off season to help the defense. The defense started fine but Andy Reid fired Luis Castillo after 7 games this year. This team is a mess as constructed. It's time to blow this team up or fined a new voice, both are primed to happen.
It just maybe time for Andy Reid to take a season off, he lost his oldest son this season in Eagles Training Camp. he hasn't been quite right since. He needs to take some time off. He will never admit it but, it is taking it's toll on him. He was the longest tenured head coach in the league. It's time he take some time off. Philly is not a kind city when they lose, just think this is the same town that booed Santa Claus. This team needs a breath of fresh air.
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Over half the birthing facilities in Ohio are being equipped with an RFID infant protection system placed on infants at birth to prevent them from being abducted from the hospital or from being given to the wrong mother. "Standard protocol in the hospitals using the VeriChip system is that the baby receives an RFID anklet at birth and the mother receives a matching wristband," VeriChip spokeswoman Allison Tomek told WND. "The mothers are not asked."
VeriChip Corp., a publicly listed company headquartered in Delray Beach, Fla., is marketing though its wholly-owned subsidiary, Xmark, a HUGS brand tag-and-bracelet infant security system. The RFID tag is attached to an infant at birth by an ankle bracelet that is detected by monitors positioned throughout the hospital. Critics charge the VeriChip system is an intrusive technology solution to a problem that is rare.
"The VeriChip infant security system is a technology looking for a solution," said Katherine Albrecht, founder and director of CASPIAN, Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering. "Baby snatching from hospital facilities is a diaper full of nonsense," Albrecht told WND.
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Either way the baby gets an identification anklet at the hospital. I don't see the issue.
Privacy is a huge consideration.
Also there is the consideration for the hospital, and the parents.
There have been cases of 'accidental swaps' in the hospital, and cases of baby theft.
The chip could eliminate the potential lawsuits, and the potential loss of child or the child's life due to kidnapping.
The question is, is it really a loss of privacy? How much privacy does a baby have?
What happens as the child grows could be a concern for us, as concerns privacy.
Will our children be tracked until their old age?
Will the chips last that long?
Questions,Questions, Questions.
Very few quick and easy answers.
"Privacy Advocates", my ass.
Sounds like a bunch of busybodies sticking their noses where they don't belong.
IIRC, they do (states or counties?) take a blood sample (DNA?) and ship it off to some far away depository without consent. I see that as a Privacy issue.
...which is the definition of government.
It's about WND click-through rates.
Right, not implants and since that is the case this sounds like a good idea.
The hospital where I work uses the chips for maternity wards. The fear of mixup or abduction is very real, and liability is astronomical if something bad happens. There really are sickos out there who try to infiltrate maternity wards to swipe a kid.
In one case, there was a hospital-wide security alert when the system detected what looked like a baby leaving the unit, and heading towards the dumpsters. It turned out the mother did not report the baby's security anklet was loose, and just put it on her food tray, which was then taken away after lunch. The anklet was covered by something, so nobody noticed it until the system detected it leaving the premises.
While everybody had a laugh about it after things cooled down, it was taken as seriously as firefights outside the ER. We've had those, too.
This is a large Detroit hospital system, so just about any emergency that can be imagined has already happened at least once.
I think I was switched at birth from rich parents to poor parents.
Luckily, I had the opposite happen to me. You snooze, you lose.
I'm right with you.
I'm saying these so-called privacy advocates protesting the RFIDs are full of crap.
Up here a 'wandering' chip will lock all the ward doors, sound an alarm and all kinds of interesting things happen. Sensors in all hallways, doors and windows.
No mixed up babys of late - so it's all good.
So.......... it was you!
My Granddaughter, born on 19 Dec 2007, had one of these anklets. It was not an issue at all, and the anklet was removed prior to discharge.
An interesting thing was that if the infant's anklet got outside of a certain "safe" area, an alarm would be sounded, the elevators and major doors would be locked, and security personnel would jump into action. The parents were warned not to get too close to the elevators or emergency exits with the baby as long as the device was activated.
I thought it was an excellent idea, and I don't have any idea what these nuts are protesting about. I suspect they have never seen one or had the system explained to them. They probably think it is some sort of permanent RFID sysytem.
It's an anklet, no big deal.
Call me back when they start branding new babies with '666' on their foreheads.
If you wrap your head with tinfoil (shiney side out) you can elude the tracking device.
Kalispell Regional Medical Center use these bracelets.
The bracelets come off when the baby leaves the hospital.
"The bracelets come off when the baby leaves the hospital."
And, when the child grows up, can they not have the chip removed?
My apologies to all.
I misunderstood the Title, and didn't read the article fully.
I "assumed" the chips were implanted.
Maybe the last part of the title should have been....
Privacy Advocates protest needlessly.
This is a good thing. Anyone trying to leave with the baby will trigger an alarm. That's a good thing.
What's the problem here? The tracking device is on the hospital ID braclet, which any baby in the hospital should be wearing, and additionally makes it harder for a child to be taken without permission. WND is trying to over-dramatize a nonissue.
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Oh please! There are implantable chips, they're ankle bracelets. You cut them off when the baby goes home.
Or when you steal the baby :)
IIRC, if you want to take the tax deduction for the little one, you need to apply for his SSN anyway. That happens regardless of whether or not the hospital uses RFID.
I know of a 'scrapbooking' grandma who (dispite being told not to) clipped baby's anklet (for all important memory book). She had that, the little hat, some flowers, heading out to load the car...made it to the elevator. Many, many alarms went off; doors secured; security on high alert, local police alerted and in transit...and she still doesn't 'get' that she caused a problem. This was a few years back...but now I think she must just be a WND reader :)
I'll remember that next time I steal a baby. Thanks.
"There are implantable chips, theyre ankle bracelets."
(good job...)
I knew what you meant, anyway.
If you didn't see it I already acknowledged that I was mistaken.
That must then mean that the families of some of our clients are DU members. We lose about one phone a month from a birthing center suite to souvenir hunters. Despite the fact that it's a special phone that will only work on our commercial phone network.
It costs us about $250 to replace the phone, as opposed to $4 for a RFID chip. Maybe we need to tag the phones in those suites.
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1993- Rainbow/PUSH Coalition[1] OverviewJesse Louis Jackson, Sr.is an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. He was a candidate for theDemocratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988 and served as 'shadow senator' for the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1997. He was the founder of both entities that merged to form Rainbow/PUSH. In the "Black Voices" poll in February 2006, Jackson was voted "the most important black leader" with 15% of the vote. During the 1980s, he achieved wide fame as an African American leader and as a politician, as well as becoming a well-known spokesman for civil rights issues. His influence extended to matters outside of our country in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Delicous way to prepare shrimp but I also made a few minor changes. I didn't have any curry paste so just used the same amount of curry powder and I didn't have any Coco Lopez so used the same amount of Coconut Milk. Thanks for sharing this keeper which we will be having again soon.
first, lets establish that coco lopez is not a liquor, it is a sweetened thick coconut mix in a can used to make pina coladas. i didn't have tamarind paste but i had tamarind necter so i thought i'd boil it down to thicken. i also threw in some coconut rum in case that was supposed to be used. in the end i had alot of sauce so i added half a pound of scallops. the sauce had a nice sweet/hot flavor and i have plenty left which i think will taste great over chicken.


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Located in the heart of Sanduo shopping and entertainment district, the hotel is about 5-10 mins walk from the Sanduo Shopping District Station (R8 on red line of Kaohsiung MRT).
The room is small, but we stil get a writing desk and chair. There's coffee and tea provided, as well as two bottles of mineral water daily. Bed is very comfortable, and the sheets and towels are changed daily. There are also toiletries given and refill everyday (shampoo, bath gel, razor, comb, toothbrush and toothpaste). I like that there's a hairdryer in the room too. The downside of the room is the aircon is centralised and we cant control it, and there's no safety depost box in the room. However if you have important things to leave behind, the front counter will offer to safekeep for you. Free laundry is available but you have to do it yourself, and the place is outside, next to the hotel lobby. Washing is free but you'll have to pay to use the dryer.
Though it's a budget hotel, I find our stay very well accomodated: we were given a map and there are also free brochures and flyers provided at the lobby for hotel guests' convenience. There's wifi throughout, yet there are also two PCs for use at the lobby. The hotel staff were very helpful and friendly too. We asked for an extra pillow and more hangers, and they were given promptly.
Breakfast is simple, and it's buffet style: the usual choices of porridge, bread, rice, with selections of veges, meat and egg. The dining area is rather small, so do go early to avoid the crowd.
Upon checkout, the hotel has free service of sending you to the R8 MRT station.
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One of the best superhero comics of the century (so far)? I think so!
Noble Causes by Jay Faerber (writer), Billy Dallas Patton (penciller, First Impressions: "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner …?"), Patrick Gleason (penciller, First Impressions: "… By Its Cover"; In Sickness and In Health #1-4), Amanda Conner (penciller, In Sickness and In Health #1: "Special Delivery"), Jamal Igle (penciller, In Sickness and In Health #2: "Life Support"), Jeff Johnson (penciller, In Sickness and In Health #3: "Common Ground"), Sean Clauretie (penciller, In Sickness and In Health #4: "Too Close to the Son"), Ian Richardson (penciller, Family Secrets #1-4; Distant Relatives #1), Jonboy Meyers (penciller, Family Secrets #1: "Fire & Ice"), Matt Wendt (penciller, Family Secrets #2: "Unrequited"), Jon Sommariva (penciller, Family Secrets #3: "An Early Frost"), Andres Ponce (artist, Family Secrets #4: "Grown Ups"; Distant Relatives #1-4), Andie Tong (penciller, Distant Relatives #1: "The Ring"), Shane Davis (penciller, Distant Relatives #2: "Normal"), Ray-Anthony Height (penciller, Distant Relatives #3: "Unexpected Arrival"; issue #25), Ethen Beavers (artist, Distant Relatives #4: "Gretchen's Story"), Fran Bueno (artist, issues #1-18, 25), Gabe Bridwell (penciller, issue #7, 25), Freddie E. Williams II (artist, issues #13-18, 25), Jon Bosco (artist, issues #19-25), Jason Craig (penciller, issue #25), Valentine de Landro (penciller, issue #25), Tim Kane (artist, issues #25-26), Yildiray Cinar (artist, issues #27-40), Damon Hacker (inker, First Impressions: "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner …?"; In Sickness and In Health #2, 4: "Life Support," "Too Close to the Son"; In Sickness and In Health #3; Family Secrets #1: "Fire & Ice"), John Wycough (inker, First Impressions: "… By Its Cover"; In Sickness and In Health #1-4; Family Secrets #1-2; Distant Relatives #3: "Unexpected Arrival"; issue #25), Jimmy Palmiotti (inker, In Sickness and In Health #1: "Special Delivery"), Phil Balsam (inker, Family Secrets #1: "Fire & Ice"), Ed Herrera (inker, Family Secrets #2: "Unrequited"), Vivienne To (inker, Family Secrets #3: "An Early Frost"), Lebeau Underwood (inker, Distant Relatives #1: "The Ring"), Sam Mooney (inker, Distant Relatives #2: "Normal"), Kris Justice (inker, issue #7, 25), Ed Waysek (inker/colorist, issue #25), Clayton Brown (inker, issue #25), Ralph Niese (inker/colorist, issue #39), Rob Schwager (colorist, First Impressions), Chris Sotomayor (colorist, In Sickness and In Health #1-4; Family Secrets #1), Jeremy Roberts (colorist, In Sickness and In Health #1-4; Family Secrets #1-2), J. Brown (colorist, In Sickness and In Health #1-3: "Special Delivery," "Life Support," "Common Ground," "Too Close to the Son"; Family Secrets #1-2: "Fire & Ice," "Unrequited"), Ken Wolack (colorist, Family Secrets #3-4; grayscales, Distant Relatives #1-4), Dawn Groszewski (colorist, Family Secrets #3-4; grayscales, Distant Relatives #1-4), Thomas Mason (colorist, Family Secrets #3-4: "An Early Frost," "Grown Ups"; issue #25), Sebastien Lamirand (grayscales, Distant Relatives #1-4: "The Ring," "Normal," "Unexpected Arrival," "Gretchen's Story"), Ron Riley (colorist, issues #1-32), Ryan Vera (colorist, issues #13-18, 25, 33-36), Joshua Ravello (colorist, issue #25), Jacob Baake (colorist, issues #37-40), Shelly Helms (letterer, First Impressions: "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner …?"), Ray Dillon (letterer, First Impressions: "… By Its Cover"; In Sickness and In Health #1-4; Family Secrets #1-4; Distant Relatives #1-4; issues #1-31), Jeremy K. Feist (letterer, Family Secrets #1: "Fire & Ice"), and Charles Pritchett (letterer, issues #32-40).
Published by Image Comics, 53 issues (First Impressions, In Sickness and In Health #1-4, Family Secrets #1-4, Distant Relatives #1-4, issues #1-40 of the ongoing series), cover dated September 2001 (First Impressions), January – July 2002 (In Sickness and In Health), October 2002 – January 2003 (Family Secrets), July – October 2003 (Distant Relatives), July 2004 – March 2009 (ongoing).
This is a pretty plot-driven comic, so of course there are going to be SPOILERS, but I do try to keep them to a minimum!
In 2001, Jay Faerber was a fairly nondescript comic book writer who had toiled in the salt mines at DC and Marvel for some years. Then he decided to start writing his own creation, a superhero book about a wildly dysfunctional family, and over the course of the decade, he grew into one of the best superhero writers around. How did it happen? It seems like a simple fix: Editors should let writers do what they want, man!
With Noble Causes, Faerber was able to indulge in some of his nostalgia for the "good old days" of soap operatic superhero storytelling (also called "The Claremont Way"), all while giving the readers an insightful way celebrities deal with the 21st-century media culture. He was able to make the comic far more interesting than your run-of-the-mill DC or Marvel superhero book mainly because the Nobles were his creations, so he could allow them to grow and change. Superhero comics from the Big Two were once better at "dynamic stasis," but especially in the past decade, they have become more and more calcified. Faerber understands that part of the fun of superhero comics is the soap opera aspect, so he upends the status quo more than once in his book just to see what will happen. If one major plot point is astonishingly retrograde, all the others force the book and the characters to deal with events rather than just ignoring them. It's one of the reasons why Noble Causes is such a wonderful example of the genre.
Faerber does something smart with the first one-shot (First Impressions) – he gives the readers a POV character in Liz Donnelly, who owns a bookstore. Race meets her when he trashes the place – he was angry because a former employee had written a tell-all book and was signing copies at Liz's store. Liz marries Race in the first issue of the first mini-series, and she becomes the readers' conduit into this fabulous world of superheroing. It's an age-old conceit, but that doesn't mean it doesn't work – the Nobles have been superheroing for a long time, and their world might seem a bit too insular if Faerber doesn't show them from the point of view of an outsider, and Liz is perfect for the role, especially after that first issue (I'll get to that). For most of the comic, Liz acts as our guide and the moral compass of the book – she's the "down-to-earth" one (she was raised on a farm, for crying out loud) who lets the Nobles know when their concerns for their public image is overriding their ethical sense. She becomes the shoulder to cry on for Zephyr, the Nobles' only daughter, and she stands up to Gaia, the matriarch, in a way that's different from the way Gaia's own children stand up to her – Liz stands up to her because Gaia is wrong, while the kids often come off as whiners. She's also, of course, the one character who can be endangered in a fight, because she doesn't have powers. This allows her to remain closer in personality to the readers than to the Nobles. (Naturally, other characters can get hurt and even killed, but because they're superpowered and choose to engage in dangerous activities, the impact of their injuries or deaths has a different focus.) As Liz becomes more and more part of the Nobles' world, she helps bring the readers further in, but she also becomes less of a POV character. As this is Faerber's book, he is able to simply shunt Liz aside and introduce a different POV character … with a twist, of course!
Faerber has fun with the conventions of the genre from the very beginning. In First Impressions, Race's family is wondering about the woman he's bringing home, and when she turns out to be … normal, they're let down a bit. Then, in issue #1, Faerber kills Race. On his honeymoon. To Faerber's credit, it's not a hoax or imaginary story. Liz has to adjust to life with the Nobles without her lifeline, and the early issues of the series (when it was a "series-of-mini-series") are very well done with regard to Liz trying to figure out where she belongs in the Noble hierarchy. Faerber brought Race back (in an unfortunately convoluted way which he tried to paper over quickly) and the regular series settled into a very nice look at domestic life among superheroes. Although this is a very plot-driven comic book, Faerber wisely uses the plots to reveal character, so while events are buzzing around the Noble family, we get great insight into what makes them tick. The Nobles are: Doc and Gaia, their kids Rusty, Race, and Zephyr, and Gaia's illegitimate son Frost (whose father is one of the fun twists of the series). Joining them are Celeste, who is married to Rusty but sleeping with Frost; Krennick, a demon whose father is one of the Nobles' worst enemies but who is best friends with Race; and later, Cosmic Rae, who starts dating Rusty after he divorces Celeste. Of course, others come into and leave the Nobles' lives (especially after issue #31), including the supervillain family the Blackthornes (who have their own intimate connections to the Nobles), but those remain the core. Faerber gets plenty of mileage out of them.
As this is a superhero soap opera, Faerber knows the clichés and uses them to his advantage. It begins, of course, with Race's death, which is a standard "big twist" in a comic, but one, in Noble Causes, that ties into the issues of family, which are always at the fore. The first mini-series is essentially a murder mystery, as everyone tries to figure out who killed Race. Faerber, however, introduces several other plot threads that will play out later, always confounding our expectations. So Krennick, who has a crush on Zephyr, doesn't pine away for her … he hires a prostitute to dress like her. Zephyr herself is pregnant, and the mystery of the baby's father shows how deeply damaged the Noble family really is. The first mini-series reveals this as well, as the murderer has very personal reasons for killing Race. When the series begins, Doc has placed Rusty's brain in a robot body because his human body was so damaged in a fight with a supervillain, and this dichotomy between his human emotions and his robot body plays out, Cliff Steele-style, throughout the series. When Cosmic Rae comes into his life, we learn fairly soon that she's harboring a secret as well. There's another murder mystery at the beginning of the ongoing series, and it's also related to what the Nobles represent as a family. With the ongoing, Faerber could also indulge in a love of long-running subplots, many of which took the first 12 issues to resolve (and dovetailed very deftly in that twelfth issue). In issue #13, he introduced the Blackthorne clan, the Nobles' opposite number. They quickly became tangled up with the Noble family drama – one of them became romantically involved in a Noble, while Zephyr, attempting to live a "normal" life with a secret identity, coincidentally moved into an apartment building where a Blackthorne was doing the same. This "era" of the book came to an end in issue #31, after Hunter Blackthorne, the patriarch, was no longer a threat to the Nobles (for reasons I won't reveal) and Gaia was in jail (again, for reasons I won't reveal). The final phase of the book is issues #32-40, which take place five years after issue #31. Faerber shook up the cast, brought in a new wife for Doc and stepkids, and removed Liz from the board for a time, as she had served her purpose. According to Faerber, he lost his passion for writing the book, so he ended it with issue #40 … with a cliffhanger, appropriately enough.
Within all the standard soapy (yet nevertheless superheroic) aspects of the book – deaths that are reversed (in a way), teenage pregnancies with mysterious fathers, lurking murderers, old-fashioned cheating on spouses, alternate dimensions, identity switches, robotic replacements, adventures on alien planets, secret lesbians, powers switches, moles, enemies becoming friends, out-of-control werewolves, time travel (all of which show up in this series, believe you me) – is a very interesting take on modern superheroics. Gaia maintains an iron grip on the family's public image, and makes sure that everyone falls in line. We can see that this will lead to no good, and it does, eventually. Doc's obsession with science and his distaste of human relationships is examined in a far more disturbing way than with his Marvel universe counterpart, Reed Richards, although when Doc starts to figure out that he needs to connect with his kids, that's also more emotionally resonant than whenever Reed makes the same steps. All of the characters go through their arcs and experience growth – Zephyr becomes less of a spoiled teenager and more of a confident young woman; Liz and Race become a solid married couple, and when Liz accidentally gains Race's powers, Faerber doesn't go the stereotypical way with these kinds of power shifts; Rusty has to learn how to deal with a cheating wife and a lack of a human body; Celeste learns how to love and be strong without turning into Gaia, whom she most resembles; Frost becomes more of a hero and less of a rogue. Faerber might pull some standard superhero stuff, but unlike many of the comics from the Big Two, these characters must live with the results of their actions and learn (or not) from those consequences. Faerber doesn't kill off many characters, but when he does, he explores the ramifications of that moment more thoroughly than in most superhero books. As the Nobles are in the public eye, he also shows how famous people manage the press and how living with no privacy affects everything about them. Gaia always thinks of how the public will respond first, meaning she acts very coldly when she finds out Zephyr is pregnant, for instance. When Celeste begins an affair after she's done with Rusty and Frost, she tries to keep it clandestine because of the public relations nightmare it might turn into. When Liz tries to leave the family after Race's death and live a "normal" life, she realizes quickly that that's no longer possible, and as stifling as living with the Nobles can be, it's better than the alternative. Faerber even turns the tables on the Nobles when Hunter Blackthorne realizes he can use the press to destroy their image and build up his family's – and it works brilliantly, because we've seen in today's media culture how much the press likes to tear down idols. Faerber does this all within a framework of superheroes, and while the idea itself isn't the most original, Noble Causes examines it from so many angles it becomes far more incisive than we might expect.
I don't want to write too much more about the writing, because I don't want to give too much away. Suffice it to say that Faerber paces the story wonderfully, and each issue works very well on its own and ties into the larger storylines he's juggling. Even the "five-year break" continues some plot threads from the previous issues, all while Faerber deftly introduces new ones and plays off our expectations from earlier in the book (Surge, Doc's stepson, bringing home his new, non-powered girlfriend, for instance, which mirrors Race bringing home Liz, but with a darker edge to it). Faerber did a nice job with the artists he got, too, presumably using the contacts he had built up working for the Big Two and his eye for new talent to give the book a nice, superheroic look. Patrick Gleason was too good not to get noticed by the Big Two, and he could only draw the first mini-series, but his bold, clean, slightly exaggerated style provided a template for future artists. (There's nothing wrong with a little exaggeration in superhero comics; it's when it gets ridiculous that I object to it.) Ian Richardson and Andres Ponce followed with similar styles, and you can see above the fine talent Faerber got to draw the back-up stories. With the ongoing, Fran Bueno changed the style slightly – Bueno's figures were a bit more blocky – but continued the tradition of strong artists. The only misstep, artistically, was Jon Bosco's brief run (issues #19-24, with some pages in #25). Bosco's figure work was terrible – rounds faces, bad hairstyles (which is something I usually don't notice, but when they're as ugly as Bosco's, I have to), lack of definition in the facial expressions, disproportionate bodies – and while his storytelling was adequate, the linework inside the panels overwhelmed any positives he might have brought to the table. Luckily, after an all-star artist roster in issue #25 and a fill-in in issue #26, Yildiray Cinar came on board and instantly became the Noble Causes artist par excellence. Cinar has gotten a lot better after he started working for DC, but even back when he drew Noble Causes, one could tell he would be a great superhero artist. He has clean lines with just enough edge, easy-to-follow panel-by-panel storytelling, and he is able to draw different faces and body types while making sure everyone is still attractive. Visually, issue #39, in which Celeste travels back in time, is a feast, with Cinar changing his style just enough to make the 1950s look like a comic from that era, with Ralph Niese providing heavier inks and more garish colors (in the best possible way) to Cinar's pencils that complete the look. It's always nice to see artists take some chances, and Cinar and Niese pull it off beautifully.
While it was disappointing that Faerber chose to end the book, especially as he seemed to be reinvigorated a bit by the five-year jump (according to him, he wasn't, but the stories felt fresh), I'm glad he went out on a high note and before he got so sick of the comic the actual work suffered. Noble Causes remains a wonderful read, a breath of fresh air in the increasingly depressing superhero comic world, where characters spin their wheels and gore is a default setting. When violence occurs in Noble Causes, it always serves a purpose beyond "comics aren't for kids, man!" and the violent actions always have far-reaching consequences. Faerber understood that great superhero comics shouldn't stand still but should always push forward, because that's what life does. Despite the small hiccup with bringing Race back to life (which, in the long run, was the right move, even though in the short run it felt a bit cheap), Faerber never looked back. He gave us a superhero comic that showed what can be done with the genre – it can be exciting and feature wacky villains and impossible scenarios, but it can also offer keen insights into our culture and society. Even if we know what's going to happen (which, of course, you do after reading it), it's easy to re-read and chuckle at how well Faerber satirizes our obsession with celebrity. Noble Causes remains a stellar superhero comic partially because of this, and that's why it's a comic you should read.
The series is collected in several trade paperbacks, and also two giant and inexpensive "phone-book" omnibuses that are in black and white, if you don't mind that (the third mini-series, Distant Relatives, is in black and white because of cost concerns, and it doesn't lose too much, although I imagine issue #39, for instance, loses something without color). The trades also include the two issues of Extended Family, the anthology issues in which several creators tackle the Nobles. I don't own the second issue (so sad!), but the first one, while packed with good stuff (writers like Geoff Johns, Phil Hester, Brian K. Vaughan, John Layman, Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning, and Gail Simone; artists like Mike Hawthorne, Sean Murphy, and Mitch Breitweiser), isn't necessarily needed to enjoy the rest of the series. Only Faerber's story has any connection to the regular series, and he explains it in an issue of the ongoing. It's a nice comic to track down, but if you buy the trades, you don't have to worry about it! The trades are all in print, as far as I can discover, and they form a very nice narrative that you can read over and over again. So give them a look! And be sure to check out the archives for more Comics You Should Own!
This is actually the first time I've read anything great about this series. I always figured Faerber for a pretty run-of-mill guy, but I might just have to check this out.
Noble Causes was a great series.
Yup, I have the series in the 2 huge black & white editions and was impressed at how Faeber was able to keep so many storylines straight and actually tie them up satisfactorily even with the 5 year jump.
DC did their 1 year jump and some books felt rushed to fill the gap….
Marvel did their Heroes Reborn "gap" and when the heroes returned some books were great (Cap under Waid, Avengers under Busiek) others were ok to outright bad.
Faeber impressed me with this and his woefully overlooked Dynamo 5… It a shame that he is seemingly "burnt out" on comic writing. He has a gift for taking tired superhero tropes and tweaking them just enough with current sensibilities to make them appear fresh. IMO of course…
yeah it was so much better than his dc and marvel work. i couldnt believe the same person who wrote those shitty titans and new warriors comics wrote this. buy the omnibi they are totally worth it
Thanks for all the love, guys!
But I'm not "burnt out" on comic writing. I don't know what gave that impression. I think Noble Causes had kind of run its course for me — but keep in mind the book lasted (in various incarnations) for 8 years. We had to stop Dynamo 5 because of low sales, but I've got a new, ongoing monthly Image comic starting up next month.
You can read a teaser right here:
So Jay, is Dynamo 5 done, done, or are you still going to release the occasional mini series? That new comic looks really interesting
Noble Causes was one of my favorite books back when it was on the shelves. Congrats on a great book, Jay, and I have to say that as much as I liked it, I have to agree that it was better to end the book than keep it going if it had, as you say, "run its course" for you. Back when if first stopped coming out I probably wouldn't have thought so, but now that it's been a while, in hindsight, I prefer that I can look at it as a good series that ended rather than one that dragged on until it became a slog, where you have to tell people "no, really, it used to be good."
Dynamo 5 is "done, done" in that I have no plans for another mini-series. There just isn't an audience for one, and as much I love the loyal fans, there aren't enough of them to make it financially feasible. So until I get some indication that sales might increase, the book is done.
Jay, thanks for answering and I sorry about that turn of phase. I wish you well with the new series! As you can see there are some of us who are eagerly waiting for more from the "Faeberverse".
Definitely one of my favorite series from the last decade or so. DYNAMO 5 I never thought quite as highly of … but I'm pretty sure that's on me, not Jay.
Jay Faerber is the perfect example of a writer who can do superheroes in a creator-owned space and take them further than the shackles of shared universe continuity would allow. Superheroes are frequently compared to soap opera, but Noble Causes WAS actual soap opera. Illegitimate children, ongoing affairs, surprise pregnancies– and characters complex and likable enough to make it all work!
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