text:
Matt Smith has been editing â2000 ADâ for nearly a decade, as well as overseeing its sister publication, âJudge Dredd Megazine.â He recently took some time to sit down with CBR News and gave a wide-ranging discussion on his career and the books and characters he oversees.
For the uninitiated, â2000ADâ is a UK-based, weekly comic anthology created by John Wagner and Pat Mills in 1977. It is the home of such creations as âJudge Dredd,â âThe Ballad of Halo Jones,â âZombo,â âRogue Trooperâ and many more. The Editor-In-Chief job is held by Tharg the Mighty, an inside joke and position held by Pat Mills, Alan Grant and Andy Diggle, among others. Each weekly issue, called a âprog," showcases several different comics and has featured a veritable who's who of British talent including Grant Morrison, Alan Moore, Chris Weston, Brian Bolland and a multitude of others. With an ongoing attempt to crack the US book market, an upcoming big-budget film adaptation of âJudge Dreddâ and a multitude of projects in stores all over the world every single week, Smith had a lot to share with CBR.
CBR News: â2000ADâ has been popular for decades in England, but has never had as large of a following in the United States. What made you decide to have your first booth at New York Comic Con this year?
Matt Smith: We heard good things about it and we have been attending Comic-Con International: San Diego for the past four years or so and itâs always gone really well. Thereâs been lots of interest in â2000ADâ and âJudge Dreddâ and a lot of US fans have been saying how hard it is to get the comics over here, so theyâre always pleased to see it and get a hold of the books. Weâve done great in San Diego and figured weâd try New York.
Weâre also promoting the new line of US-only graphic novels, which we are getting in to US bookstores, so we are giving people a chance to get a hold of those books [at this show].
Itâs been going really well. âJudge Dredd: Case Files 01â has been selling really well and we released a new version of "The Ballad of Halo Jonesâ by Alan Moore and Ian Gibson that sold out its print run almost immediately. Itâs a book thatâs been out there for almost 25 years and itâs quite well known, so itâs surprising itâs sold out so quick, but anything Alan Moore does tends to do quite well. We are aiming to use, in the new line, writers and artists that are more well-known in the US.
We are doing a range of Judge Dredd books called âMega-City Mastersâ that focuses on bigger names like John Wagner, Mark Millar, Brian Bolland, Alan Davis - all people with a high profile in the States. Weâre mixing up some of the more classic stuff, like when Dave Gibbons drew Dredd back in the day, with more current stuff. To give a sense that â2000ADâ isnât just about what had been going on in the 1980s, but that thereâs lots of stuff going on now.
Any movement on the US version of â2000ADâ that was mentioned to CBR at Comic-Con International in San Diego this year?
No, itâs an idea thatâs often been booted around, collecting â2000ADâ stories in a 22-page or even 32-page format to get in to US comic shops because â2000ADâ has a spotty distribution. Itâs weekly and doesnât always filter through to the US comic stores, but at the moment we have decided to concentrate more on the graphic novel releases in the US.
Youâve been Editor-In-Chief of â2000ADâ for almost a decade, correct?
Iâve been EIC for â2000ADâ for about nine years. I took over the âJudge Dredd Megazineâ editing in about 2006, so Iâve been editing all the different â2000ADâ titles for about ten years. Itâs not the first time someoneâs editing both of them, but Iâve probably been doing it the longest.
You inherited the EIC title from Andy Diggle, who is now a prolific writer in the US comics scene. Do you have any similar plans to pursue writing?
Itâs not my career plan, but it is generally the career path for ex-â2000ADâ editors to become freelance writers. Andy Diggle did it, David Bishop before him and of course Alan Davis and Pat Mills were both editors of â2000AD.â Iâve done a couple of novels on the side and done some comic script writing, but itâs not something Iâm planning to do just yet.
Whatâs coming up in â2000AD?"
The repercussions of the recently completed âTour of Dutyâ story arc in âJudge Dreddâ will carry on for quite some time because John Wagnerâs keen on the soap opera elements where a story builds and you can see the machinations of whatâs going on. As far as Dredd goes, thatâs the ongoing future.
Weâve got some new stories coming up in â2000ADâ as well. Weâve got the return of âFlesh,â the cowboys in dinosaurs times where dinosaurs are shipped back to the future as meat. Pat Mills has returned to do that; itâs a classic series. The artist is a guy named James McKay whose done a lot of work for the European market, some French graphic novels, but this is the first thing heâs done for â2000 ADâ. Itâs going to be printed in black and white and very much be in the vein of the original series [published in 1977].
We are also building towards the release of the âJudge Dreddâ film, which begins shooting in a month or soâs time in South Africa and is slated for release possibly towards the end of 2011 or beginning of 2012. Itâs going to be in 3D, so thereâs going to be a lot of post-production on it. I imagine weâll be flagging all our Dredd comics and graphic novels to push the character for the release of the film. Thatâs the big project outside the comic books that weâre looking forward to. Thereâs also interest in other â2000ADâ properties as well, but I canât say what they are. There have been a couple of licenses picked up, though. Itâs looking towards movies.
Weâve got a deal with 3A Toys, Ashley Woodâs company, and theyâve just done an action figure of Tharg, the alien editor of â2000AD,â and thatâs gone done very well. The first run of that sold out as soon as it was released and the next one will be Mongrel, from âThe ABC Warriorsâ robots. [Ashleyâs] going through all these various â2000ADâ characters he wants to release, so itâs looking good.
Talk about Tharg, the alien editor of â2000ADâ who introduces every issue a bit. Are you actually the one who writes what he say? How do you get in to character?
I started as the assistant to Andy [Diggle] and I was quite keen to do a bit of writing, so he was happy to let me write the Tharg speak right from the beginning because he always found it hard to find new things to write in every issue. I just write in this verbose style and itâs quite easy to get in to. Itâs quite good to hide behind Tharg. Heâs a good figurehead if any of the readers ever ask any tough questions, we can just have Tharg gloss over them!
Weâve got this Tharg mask that was made and itâs just been sitting around the office so we dig it out at some of the British conventions and pretend that Thargâs visiting. Heâs good to have that kind of sense of humor, especially for the comic, it keeps it from getting too serious or grim. Itâs something thatâs never really gone out of fashion.
Do you have any US talent coming up at all in â2000ADâ or âJudge Dredd Megazineâ?
No, not that I know of. Guy Davis just did a âJudge Dreddâ strip for âJudge Dredd Megazineâ last year and that was the last American artist to work with us.
Any future plans to work with Guy Davis again?
Possibly, yeah. He was very keen on doing some Dredd and it was a case of Rob Williams, when he wrote the script, he said, âIâd really like Guy Davis to draw it,â so he got me in touch with [Davis.] We are always open for US writers and artists to get in touch. If anybody submits stuff thatâs good, weâll use them.
Whatâs your ultimate goal for the US-expansion? Is it just to bring attention to, and better distribution for, the weekly â2000ADâ comic, or are large plans afoot?
Itâd be nice if we got the comic over here for people to pick up. Weâve now got the digital downloads off the website so people can get the actual issues the week after theyâre released in the UK, so technically theyâre available. Itâs just a matter of building the comicâs profile to the point where itâs known as much as any US publisher or comic title. It means that more and more people will be interested in licensing properties and seeing more movies and more TV deals. We want more of a global brand and not something thatâs just seen as a UK thing. We want to get the title out there as much as we can.
Right now, you are distributing through Diamond Comic Distributors. How is that relationship, are they supportive of the title?
Yeah, they recently changed things so now â2000ADâ goes over in monthly packs so it means you can get four issues at once, without ones going off here, there and everywhere and you end up missing an issue. It still seems that we struggle to get â2000ADâ over there as much as we like, but [Diamond] keeps working to plug us. Also, our trade list has expanded so much over the last two or three years that we have built up quite a library that we can get into stores.
Do the makers of the âJudge Dreddâ movie have a working relationship with you as the EIC of â2000ADâ and âJudge Dredd Megazine?" Are you consulted about the creative components of the film?
I was given a copy of the script - this was way before it leaked online and everybody read it - and I had to sign a non-disclosure agreement. This was 2009 or so, and I read it and made some notes. I emailed producer Andrew McDonald [of DNA Films] and Alex Garland, who wrote it, my various comments on the script; whether I felt it was in keeping with the comic strip or any other suggestions. They called me down to London and I had a meeting with them to discuss it, but ever since then I havenât had much contact with them. Jason Kingsley, who is the CEO of Rebellion [owners of "2000AD"], is one of the producers of the film and heâs been more in touch with them. Dredd belongs to Rebellion; they own the rights to the character.
[Judge Dredd and â2000ADâ co-creator and writer for over 30 years] John Wagner has been in touch with Alex Garland since the scriptâs been written, so heâs been kept in the loop on actor choice and various things like that. Itâs all looking like itâs going to be made by people who want to make a good Dredd film thatâs very much in keeping to the comic, very true to it.
So whatâs your opinion of the script? What were some of the notes you had?
My initial impression was that itâs certainly never dull and itâs very grim and very brutal. Itâs going to be a very dark film.
Will there be any of the dark humor that Dredd is famous for?
Yeah, Dreddâs got a very terse, straight-faced demeanor through it. Heâs teamed up with Anderson in the film; sheâs just a cadet out of her teens. Sheâs a Psi [a Judge who uses telepathic abilities] and is on her last chance. Sheâs going to be booted out of the academy unless she proves herself on this patrol with Dredd. She has to toughen up when sheâs faced with what they're up against and Dreddâs sort of this stern guiding force in it.
Will Dredd and Anderson kiss in the end, like the infamously out of character kiss between Dredd and Hershey at the end of the original "Judge Dredd" film?
No, no, no, no kissing. No taking off of the helmet, none of that stuff.
No Rob Schneider?
No, no, no, no! Thereâs very little broad comedy in it actually. There are plans to do a lot of the sort of Mega-City flavor in the background, thereâs obviously going to be a lot of CGI.
Will we see any of the cursed earth, the area outside Mega-City One?
No, itâs fairly self-contained and city-based. Itâs very focused and very direct, going for a near-future feel, rather than some of the out-there or comical aspects of the comic.
How do you feel about the casting of Karl Urban as Judge Dredd?
I thought it was a good choice. He was slightly younger than I thought they were going to go for, I thought they were going to go for Dredd in his 50s, to show the difference between Dredd and Anderson. But yeah, I think heâs got a good chin for it and heâs obviously a fan from what heâs said and he wants to do the character justice. He knows the comic; he read it when he was younger.
Is â2000ADâ popular in Australia, where Karl Urban is from?
Itâs one of the countries outside of the UK and the US that gets it. Australia and New Zealand, those are the main territories. The Australians tend to be more in tune with the anthology format of it than the Americans. Theyâve got more of a newsstand culture.
How old were you when you started reading â2000AD?"
13? 12 or 13? Around 1985 until now. Never stopped reading it.
Did you always want to work for â2000ADâ?
I never imagined what I would do! Iâve always been interested in writing. I graduated in English literature and creative writing and my first proper job was working for a book publisher. Then [2000AD] advertised a job for an assistant back in 2000 and I just went for it. I got the job and 18 months later became the editor. Itâs quite amazing; I never imagined Iâd be here.
Did Diggle leave to pursue writing full-time when you were promoted to EIC?
Yeah, he had decided he had had enough and wanted to pursue a freelance writing career. He had written the character Lenny Zero for the Megazine with Jock and it gave him a taste, so by the end of it, in November 2001, he resigned as editor and I stepped up to take over.
What are your favorite strips in â2000AD?â
Judge Dredd remains my favorite character. Over the years, the writing and the art have been phenomenal. I just love the dry wit and sense of black humor that John Wagner brings to the world and to the character. Heâs my favorite and Iâm quite interested in where the characters going to go, John tends to keep his cards quite close to his chest so you donât always know whatâs going to happen. The first I know about it is when a script comes through. For the [recently completed] âTour of Dutyâ storyline he pretty much just said, âIâm thinking of taking Dredd out to the cursed earth, Iâm going to exile him for a certain period of time,â and I thought, âOh great!â so I had to plan ahead for that.
If Wagner proposes an epic Judge Dredd story and just tells you, âIâm going to have a really long epic,â and you as the editor have to create other stories and marketing around his scripts as they come, how do you handle something like that?
[âTour of Dutyâ] ended up being 39 episodes, which is the longest Dredd story ever. Normally with any other series Iâll ask a writer how long itâs going to be so I can plan it and schedule backwards. You work out when the last episode is going to come in and then work backwards to see when you should start it. With Dredd itâs not always easy to know when itâs going to finish, so itâs a different story. John kind of gives me an idea as to how long he thinks it will be and then I work towards that. I might have to bring in other artists to work and keep the stories going.
Does Wagner get any input as to who draws his stories?
Often, yeah. He asked if Carlos [Ezquerra] could draw the last arc of the âTour of Dutyâ storyline. Often heâll write a story with a particular artist in mind, but most of the time Iâll just choose an artist who's available for the story. Iâm always interested to know where Dreddâs going to go.
What are some other favorite â2000ADâ characters?
âStrontium Dogâ has taken an exciting new turn in that he has come back from the dead. He was killed off in 1990 and all âStrontium Dogâ stories set after that have all been flashbacks, but then John [Wagner] said, âIâve got a hankering for bringing [series star] Johnny Alpha back to life.â I think he felt constrained because, since the character was dead, he could never really take him anywhere with the flashback stories. So he came up with a way that was satisfying enough to bring him back and we had âThe Life and Death of Johnny Alphaâ storyline that ran this year, and that final episode ended with him seemingly resurrected. Johnâs still going to write the next series to say what Johnny will be like; is he the same guy and whatâs going to happen.
What other upcoming stories are you excited about?
Weâre building up in the autumn now to the Christmas issue, prog 2011, which is the hundred-page issue. Weâve got the start of a new series of âKingdom,â the post-apocalyptic series and âShakara,â which is the final series of that, starting in prog 2011. That comes out the 15th of December, I believe. The series that starts then is the 5th and final series called âShakara: Avenger,â and will wrap it all up in one 14-part epic. It goes completely mad; itâs quite a long series.
âShakaraâ is a fan-favorite for both its breathtaking visuals by Henry Flint and its insane sci-fi plots. Will this be the end of âShakara?"
It will probably be the final end of âShakaraâ in total. In the last few episodes it just goes mad. Entire galaxies and planets exploding, massive extinction stuff. Yeah, that shouldnât be missed and Henry Flint is doing amazing artwork, heâs about half way through drawing it now.
Henry Flint seems to have turned in to one of superstar â2000 ADâ artists in the last few years.
He is, yeah, heâs incredible. Itâs always been amazing that he hasnât been picked up more for America, really. He did âThe Haunted Tankâ mini-series that Vertigo put out last year or so. Heâs an incredible artist and always really strong for whatever he draws. Heâs somebody else who grew up on â2000ADâ and itâs in his DNA. What he draws is basically based on what heâs been reading for the past 30 years; heâs very much an archetypal â2000 ADâ artist with a sense of weirdness and action and humor.
Do you have anything you can tease for readers?
We have the return of âIndigo Prime,â which is a sort of weird, multi-dimensional series that ran in â2000ADâ back in the early '90s, written by John Smith and drawn by Chris Weston. Itâs going to be drawn by Edmund Bagwell who drew the horror series âCradlegraveâ that ran in â2000ADâ last year. John Smith has a very bizarre, warped, fertile imagination. This new âIndigo Primeâ series is very out there, very massive, widescreen, weirdness. Iâve been itching to get âIndigo Primeâ back in the comic ever since I became editor. Johnâs got a long series planned for that, so itâll be going for a while.
Other than bringing back "Indigo Prime," do you have any other long-term goals as EIC?
Iâd like to get Steve Dillon back drawing a Dredd in â2000AD.â âCry of the Werewolfâ is probably my favorite ever story in â2000AD,â a Judge Dredd story back from 1984, drawn by Steve Dillon, where werewolves come up from the under city and Dredd has to go down and destroy them. Dredd gets bitten, though, and he turns in to a werewolf himself and itâs got a wonderful cover where Dredd goes, âI am the laaaahâ as he turns in to a werewolf. Itâs got everything. Itâs fast paced, itâs got humor and Steve does wonderful artwork. Iâve got a couple of the original pages hanging up at home, actually. Thatâs always been my favorite story and Iâd love to get Steve back.
Iâd like to get Garth Ennis to come back and do something, either for â2000ADâ or âJudge Dredd Megazine.â Iâve asked him if he fancies pitching in the odd Dredd here or there. Heâs such a fan of the character and he feels like he didnât do it justice enough when he was the regular writer on it.
Ennisâ work on Dredd was fantastic! The âJudgment Dayâ storyline he wrote where all the dead of Mega-City One come back to life and attack the city is one of the best Judge Dredd stories ever told.
Yeah, I thought it was great! I think he feels beholden to the character to get it right, so heâs always politely declined my invitations to do it again. Heâs one of my favorite creators, I loved âPreacherâ and âHitmanâ and Iâm reading âThe Boysâ and âCrossed.â Heâs a good guy and Iâd like to get him doing something.
What has been your proudest moment as EIC?
Oh, blimey! Well I always feel Iâm not the one to congratulate myself, itâs always down to the writers and artists and Iâm always aiming to get the perfect prog. You get five stories where everything nicely balances and they have individual arcs. Iâm always aiming for that and in a couple of issues I think Iâve accomplished that. I want to keep people enjoying it, thatâs my goal.
One particular proud moment was âOrigin," the story of how Judge Dredd and the Judges came to be, which was published when I was editor. It was something that had been rumored and booted around for years and it had always been suggested that when John Wagner wrote it heâd retire because it would be the final story. When the first episode of âOriginsâ came through my e-mail from John, I thought, this is going to be the high point of my career.
Did you get nervous that Wagner really would retire after the story arc?
Well, yeah. Obviously, John is the voice of Dredd and I donât want to see him go, but there will come a time that heâs had enough of writing it. Fortunately, heâs still doing it and still writing great stuff. âOriginsâ wasnât the end of [Judge Dredd], but it was a high point for me. It was history in the making, I felt.


text:
Joyce Korschgen is a Licensed Professional Counselor and EAGALA (Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association) trained Equine Assisted Professional (EAP) who has been in private practice for 30 years. Though her main specialty has been the treatment of Eating Disorders she was inspired to create Heron Hill Arabians 8 years ago and has been working to promote EAP since then. Her more recent collaboration with Lewis and Clarke College and Thomas Doherty has resulted in the development of The Center at Heron Hill: An Equine and Nature Based Therapy and Education Program. She is the founder of Alliance Counseling Center, an outpatient eating disorder treatment facility and now serves as the Director of The Center at Heron Hill. Joyce is a level one Archery Instructor.
Thomas Doherty, PsyD is a psychologist in Portland, Oregon who specializes in nature-based counseling approaches and the psychological aspects environmental issues. He is active in research and education in wilderness therapy and brings over 20 years of experience providing therapy, education, and personal growth in settings ranging from primitive skills expeditions to inpatient hospital units. Thomas began his career working with adjudicated youth on the wagon trains of the Vision Quest program of Arizona. He later worked as a river guide in Grand Canyon and as an expedition leader, therapist, and supervisor at the Catherine Freer Wilderness Therapy Programs. In addition to his clinical psychology practice, Thomas trains counselors at the Lewis & Clark Graduate School, where he founded the Ecopsychology in Counseling Certificate program. Thomas is also Editor-in-Chief of the academic journal Ecopsychology and served on the American Psychological Association's Task Force on the Interface between Psychology and Global Climate Change.
The New York Times called Thomas Joseph Doherty "the most prominent American advocate of a growing discipline known as 'ecopsychology.' Thomas's work has also been featured in the Oregonian; New Hampshire Public Radio; the Detroit Metro Times; Sustainability: The Journal of Record; Alternative and Complementary Therapies, the Monitor on Psychology.
Thomas has provided talks and workshops for organizations such as the American Psychological Association, Psychologists for Social Responsibility, Natural Step USA, New Season's Markets, the Port of Portland, the Bioneers, the Association of Oregon Recyclers, and the Oregon Counseling Association.
Amanda Starr is a licensed psychologist in Portland, Oregon, and is certified by EAGALA in equine assisted psychotherapy (EAP). In 2006, Amanda graduated with her doctorate in psychology from Pacific University and became licensed in Oregon in 2008. A member of the trauma team at the Portland DBT Program for three years, Amanda is intensively trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy and is experienced in working with people who struggle with suicidal urges and self-harm behavior, intense emotion dysregulation, and difficulty building and maintaining stable, satisfying relationships. In 2010, her clinical focus shifted to include advanced training (Levels I & II) in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, a body-based talk therapy for trauma recovery. In private practice since 2011, Amanda works with adults ages 18–70+ on issues related to mood and anxiety, relationships and communication, PTSD and complex trauma, and dissociative disorders.
Having grown up on a ranch in Northern California, Amanda has a deep appreciation for the outdoors and animals of all kinds. In her free time she loves to ride horses, go on long rambles with her dogs Maya and Huckleberry, swim, kayak, cook, eat, or lie in a hammock and read a trashy book. She aims to bring compassion, mindful awareness, acceptance, and humor into her work with people, and feels privileged in her role of supporting clients' pursuit of personal healing and growth.
Eric DiIlio has been providing counseling since graduation from Lewis & Clark College (Portland, OR) in 2010 with a Master's degree in Counseling Psychology and a focus on Ecopsychology and Wilderness Therapy. He also has earned a Bachelor's degree in Outdoor Education from Penn State University. Eric has had counseling experience in mental health outpatient clinics, child and family therapy programs, schools, as well as with his private practice Counseling With Nature, which offers eco-therapy and sessions outdoors.
Eric can help with a wide variety of issues including anxiety, depression, bipolar, adjustment disorders, relationship troubles, men's issues, PTSD, parenting, self-esteem, career counseling, panic/phobia, and aging concerns.
Eric strives for balance and will combine well-researched and highly effective contemporary approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy along with age-old, irreplaceable therapeutic nurturing that comes from experiences with the natural environment.
Eric has had a long passion for the outdoors and enjoys gardening, hiking, biking, skiing, and day trips with his wife, son, and dog.
As a child I loved spending time outside. I preferred to climb trees, and make mud pies rather than playing indoors. My professional wilderness career began in 2000 when I started working at an outdoor education center in Michigan. For the next several years I continued to spend my summers working at summer camps teaching sailing, canoeing, archery, high ropes courses, and low ropes courses. I graduated from the University of Toledo with a BS in recreational therapy.
After graduation I went on a professional outdoor educators backpacking and climbing course with the National Outdoor Leadership School. I spent 31 days backpacking through southern Arizona, and climbing at Cochise Stronghold. During this time I received my certification as a Wilderness First Responder, and studied Leave No Trace principles.
In 2007 I moved to southern Utah to work at Aspen Achievement Academy, a wilderness therapy program for troubled teens. I spent two years working at Aspen hiking with teenagers in the woods. We taught wilderness skills (bow drill fires, shelters, backpacking skills, and survival skills), life skills, school based curriculums, and worked on self-confidence. My experience working with the teens directed my current path.
Currently I am finishing my master's in Marriage, Couples and Family therapy with a certificate in ecopsychology from Lewis and Clark Graduate School. I'm also a teaching assistant for the wilderness therapy course offered in the summer. My hope is to continue integrating the healing aspects of nature into my therapeutic career. I continue to enjoy spending time outdoors in my free time, hiking and exploring all of the outdoor beauty that Oregon has to offer.
Leah Shuyler graduated in 2009 with a Master's Degree in Counseling Psychology from Lewis & Clark. In addition, she received a Specialty in Ecopsychology from Lewis & Clark. She also holds a Certificate in Yoga Calm™ for Children and for the last three years she has been working with Yoga Calm to integrate Ecopsychology principles and activities into their program. She will be co-authoring a book with Yoga Calm tentatively titled Love, Knowledge, and Action: Fostering Environmental Stewardship, publish date to be determined. Leah is the Yoga Calm Certification Manager and is a certified EAGALA professional.
Leah has experience working with all ages, as well as individuals, groups and families. She has experience in environmental education, watershed restoration, leading children's camps, and teaching gymnastics and trampoline. She has also worked as a Mental Health Therapist, she has helped lead workshops and trainings for teachers and counselors, she has presented at multiple conferences, and she has participated in various research studies.
Leah has been passionate about helping people and the planet since she was a young child. She loves to recycle, create repurposed art, read, spend time in nature, spend time with her family and pets, and learn about the environment and cultures from around the world. Leah is a level one Archery Instructor.
Ivy Katz has a masters in Counseling Psychology and certificate in Ecopsychology from Lewis & Clark College. She is also trained in Hakomi Body Centered Psychotherapy and is a certified yoga instructor. Ivy has had numerous experiences in the outdoor behavioral healthcare field. Along with her Masters degree she holds two bachelors degree from Prescott College. One in human development and the other in dance. She focused her studies on the therapeutic use of adventure education along with dance as means for personal and spiritual growth.
Since 2007 Ivy has worked in the mental health field, including three and half years as a senior field instructor at two adult based wilderness therapy programs. This includes competencies in backpacking, earth based skills, rites of passage work, and other adventure based activities. She has also had multiple years of experience working with adolescents at both wilderness programs and residential treatment.
Along with working as a therapist at the Center at Heron Hill, Ivy has a counseling private practice where she focuses on somatic mindfulness based approaches to therapy. www.ourinnerlandscape.com She also works as a teacher trainer for the non-profit Street Yoga where she trains other social workers,counselors and yoga teachers how to teach yoga to vulnerable youth. Ivy is a wilderness first responder and a Leave No Trace trainer. When Ivy is not working you can usually find her on her yoga mat, traveling, exploring the mountains, riding her bike and spending time with family and friends.
As founder of Four Winds Coaching, Beth Kuchenreuther seeks to energize clients and guide them toward greater self-awareness and realization of their fullest potential. Beth's highly developed coaching and training skills are backed by twenty years of experience in executive leadership, team development, and sales management. She has supported leaders at several levels in developing their operational and personalized action plans, enhancing their effectiveness, and helping them reconnect with their passions and strengths.
After earning a M.A. in Psychology and a B.A. in Education, Beth was formally trained as a professional coach, and is licensed as a Certified Counselor in WA State. She is an EAGALA (Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association) trained specialist (Level I and II) and holds both Mental Health and Equine Specialist certifications.
Beth designs and conducts coaching and training programs for executive development and organizational teams, and specializes in leadership development, team performance, and employee engagement. Her counseling specializations include women, wellness and workplace issues. Beth utilizes her extensive background and education to challenge and support her clients as they reach outside their current reality and transform their work and life.
Rebecca has an MA in counseling psychology from Lewis & Clark College and has been providing individual and group counseling to children, youth, and adults since 2010. She is also a certified yoga teacher (RYT) and has been teaching people to connect with their bodies and breath since 2013. She has experience working with Oregon communities in various settings—schools, community outpatient clinics, and residential treatment centers to name a few. In 2014 she started a private practice, The Art of Balance, offering individual and group counseling as well as private and group yoga classes in Portland, OR. She specializes in working with people struggling with symptoms of trauma, anxiety, depression, grief/loss, and difficult life transitions.
Rebecca finds it important to approach her work with openness, creativity, and the desire to learn and grow from the people she works with. She uses an integrative and strengths-based approach, adapting her work to fit the individual needs of the people she serves. This can range from meeting outdoors in a natural setting to exploring something through art, music, or movement. To create more balance in her own life she practices yoga, listens to music, exercises her "green thumb", cooks deliciously healthy food, reads books of all kinds (preferably in a hammock), and often goes for hikes in the woods.
Merri Vaughn graduated in 2011 from Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling with a Master's degree in Counseling Psychology. She has received specialized training in somatic psychology, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Motivational Interviewing, human sexuality, and the treatment of trauma. Merri also holds a Bachelor's degree in Neuroscience from Carleton College. She is EAGALA certified as both a Mental Health Specialist and an Equine Specialist.
Merri has ten years of experience in the mental health field and has helped clients deal with major mental illness, homelessness, and traumatic brain injury. She completed a year-long internship at the Oregon State Hospital. She has provided therapy, case management, and skills training to adults and adolescents in outpatient, inpatient, and residential settings. In addition to working as a therapist and Equine Specialist at The Center at Heron Hill, Merri has a private practice. She also provides abuse intervention treatment services through a local non-profit organization.
Merri has a life-long passion for horses and the outdoors. She began riding before she could walk, and she continues to spend as much time at the barn as possible. She grew up in the country and has never lost her love of a good hike and a campfire.
Ian MacKay grew up backpacking and exploring in the Pacific Northwest and is proud to call Oregon home. After receiving a Bachelors of Science degree in Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation from Oregon State University and spending 5 years working as a biological technician on wildlife conservation projects in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, Ian decided to move in a different direction. Following a stint as an AmeriCorps Volunteer leading wilderness trail work crews, Ian was certified as a Wilderness First Responder and worked as a guide for an Oregon-based Wilderness Therapy Company, logging over 200 days leading adolescents in the backcountry. In addition to spending time at Chemawa Indian School, Ian works as a Mental Health Technician at a Psychiatric Outpatient facility in Portland, Oregon, supporting adults through their treatment process. As an advocate for people who stutter, Ian helps facilitate a monthly support group for young people who stutter in Portland. Ian has a certificate in permaculture design and has worked many hours as a landscaper in his spare time. When not working, you may find Ian eating delicious food, riding his bike, or digging in the dirt.
Michael Margadonna began developing his love of the wilds by dodging copperheads and alligators while sneaking through the swampy forests of the southeast, chasing whitetail deer. Being an active and current wilderness explorer, Michael is constantly pushing himself and updating his skills in the field, learning from real life experiences. He has logged thousands of miles on foot and canoe in remote wilderness locations around the world, as well as embraced a lifestyle of hunting, trapping, and fishing year round for food, beginning at a very young age.
As an accomplished archer, Michael is a certified USA Archery instructor and member of the National Field Archery Association with a passion for creating challenging and realistic archery scenarios for himself and his students. He has taught archery with all age groups on all levels. He enjoys teaching everyone from young beginners to old timer hunters, believing there is always room to grow. In addition to being an archer, Michael is both a bowyer (a maker of bows) and a fletcher (a maker of arrows), as well as a teacher of both trades.
Michael enjoys a connection with the earth that feels led to share with others. In his free time he can often be found (or not) far into the forest somewhere, hunting or fishing for something, or scouting for future adventures. If he is not there he is training at his dojo in Judo or Kyokushin Karate.
Denni holds Masters degrees in both social work and public health from the University of Connecticut, and a Bachelor degree in community health from Brown University. She is a registered Clinical Social Worker Associate, pursuing her License in Clinical Social Work in the state of Oregon. She is fluent in Spanish, and has worked with individuals and groups facing a range health and social issues in high poverty urban communities, focusing mainly on children and youth. She spent five years at the Health, Emotions and Behavior laboratory with the Yale University Psychology department, in message framing community-based research in HIV/AIDS and cancer education. Denni is a master gardener and spends much of her free time doing a range of do it yourself, make and build your own projects, as well as getting outdoors with her family and animals as much as possible. She is awed daily by the rhythm and beauty of the natural world around her and is happy to be able to share this with clients at the Center at Heron Hill.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Happy Wednesday, Music Boxers,
The weekend after Thanksgiving can only mean one thing: It's time for Sing-A-Long Sound of Music at the Music Box! This annual event promises fun for the whole family, as we present the classic Julie Andrews film with on-screen lyrics so you can sing along. Plus, every patron gets a complimentary goodie bag, and don't forget about our pre-show costume contest. Tickets on sale now.
The Music Box 30th Anniversary continues this week, with screenings of The Freshman, Monty Python & The Holy Grail, Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade, the premiere of the small town documentary Medora, and more! Purchase advance tickets to these special events now.
Concussion is a poignant sexual examination of Abby, a forty-something, married, wealthy, lesbian housewife who, after suffering a blow to the head from her son's baseball, confronts a mounting desire for something different. Palpably sensual and deliciously contained, Concussion is a keen observation of the complicated contours of midlife crisis.
Next week we've got wall-to-wall special events! On Tuesday, Greg Sestero presents The Disaster Artist, the new book that takes you behind-the-scenes of The Room, arguably the worst movie ever made (Tickets on sale now).
On Wednesday, it's a double dose of Disney cheer, with double feature of that other classic Julie Andrews musical Mary Poppins, followed by a sneak preview of the new film Saving Mr. Banks. This is a free event, but you must RSVP to be admitted.
On Thursday, in anticipation of our premiere of the Japanese's Madoka Magica 3, we're screening parts 1 & 2! Catch up with the series before you see the latest installment (Which just added another screening on December 9th!). Purchase advance tickets now.
We also have midnight screenings of the quintessential coming-of-age tale Stand By Me and the psychological genre-bender The Visitor, and weekend matinees of the thoughtful drama Museum Hours.
See you at the movies
Wednesday, November 27th – Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013
This Week's Sponsor:
Dablon Vineyards
Believing that exceptional wine comes from exceptional grapes and their unique terroir, our grapes are hand-nurtured from the time they are planted, until the grapes are harvested. Our people are committed to creating quality products. Our wines are produced in our hillside facility and stored in an underground cellar.
111 W Shawnee Rd
Baroda, MI 49101
(269) 422-2846
Sound of Music Sing-A-Long! 2013
This Thanksgiving weekend, give thanks for some of your "favorite things!"
Fun for the whole family! The classic film with on-screen lyrics so that everyone can sing along. Fun Packs included! Costume Contest!
This fun-filled tradition includes a screening of the classic Julie Andrews film musical in glorious, full-screen technicolor, complete with subtitles so that the whole audience can sing along!
The fun actually starts with a vocal warm-up led by the evening's host, who also takes the audience through their complimentary Magic Moments Pack containing various props to be used at strategic points throughout the film.
Then of course there is the famous fancy-dress competition in which everyone who has come in costume is invited onto the stage to show off their tailoring skills.
The Sound of Music
A film by Robert Wise starring Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer
This classic film, one of the most beloved of all time, is back at the Music Box for the whole family to sing along to. Maria (Julie Andrews) joins the von Trapp family as a governess in Austria, right before the Nazi occupation. She teaches the von Trapp children music, while also falling in love with the Captain von Trapp.
A story about love, music, joy, and fighting for what is right, The Sound of Music is a film for all ages.
A film by Stacie Passon starring Robin Weigert, Maggie Siff, Jonathan Tchaikovsky
Concussion is a poignant sexual examination of Abby, a forty-something, married, wealthy, lesbian housewife who, after suffering a blow to the head from her son's baseball, confronts a mounting desire for something different. She takes on a new project and purchases a pied-à-terre in Manhattan. Walking around the city streets reminds Abby what it feels like to be sexy, and with pent-up libido shakes off its inhibitions. Her newfound desire turn out not to be a take-home item, so Abby begins a double life as a high-end escort. Palpably sensual and deliciously contained, Concussion is a keen observation of the complicated contours of midlife crisis.
Stand By Me
A film by Rob Reiner starring Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Jerry O'Connell and Corey Feldman
Bask in the eighties goodness for a moment: Corey Feldman, River Phoenix, Wil Wheaton, Kiefer Sutherland, and Jerry O'Connell in one of the best Stephen King adaptations ever made. The aforementioned teen boys go searching for a dead body rumored to exist in the woods near their Pacific Northwest hometown.
Facing bullies and leeches, the young lads learn the true meaning of friendship and loyalty and that, but the true lesson they learn is to never eat blueberry pie again.
Museum Hours
A film by Jem Cohen starring Mary Margaret O'Hara, Bobby Sommer, Ela Piplits
Vienna, winter. Johann, a guard at the grand Kunsthistorisches Art Museum encounters Anne, a foreign visitor called to Austria because of a medical emergency.
Never having been to Austria and with little money, Anne wanders the city in limbo, taking the museum as her refuge. Johann, initially wary, offers help, and they're drawn into each other's worlds. Their meetings spark an unexpected series of explorations – of their own lives and the life of the city, and of the way artworks can reflect and shape daily experience.
The museum is seen in the film not as an archaic institution housing historical artifacts, but as an enigmatic crossroads in which, through the artworks, a discussion takes place across time with vital implications in the contemporary world. While the "conversations" embodied in the museum's collection revolve around nothing less than the matters that most concern us all: death, sex, history, theology, materialism, and so on; it's through the regular lives of the guard and displaced visitor that these heady subjects are brought entirely down to earth and made manifest.
The Visitor
A film by Michael J. Paradise starring Shelley Winters, Glenn Ford
Legendary Hollywood director/actor John Huston stars in phantasmagoric sci-fi/horror/action/??? hybrid The Visitor, about an intergalactic warrior battling alongside a cosmic Christ figure against a demonic eight-year-old girl and her pet hawk, as the fate of the universe hangs in the balance.
Director/Professional Body Builder Michael J. Paradise's film stands as perhaps the most ambitious of all the European attempts at Hollywood cloning, taking its inspiration by artfully fusing The Omen, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Birds, Rosemary's Baby, The Fury, and Star Wars alongside a baffling cast that includes Shelley Winters, Glenn Ford, Lance Henriksen, Franco Nero, and Sam Peckinpah(!!!).
Disney Sneak Peek Double Feature
The Music Box Theatre and Walt Disney Pictures are proud to present a special double feature screening of the classic film Mary Poppins, followed by a special advance screening of Disney's new film, Saving Mr. Banks.
5:30pm – Mary Poppins
8:00pm – Saving Mr. Banks
Mary Poppins
A film by Robert Stevenson starring Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke
A magic nanny comes to work for a cold banker's unhappy family.
Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke star in this musical Disney classic! The movie combines a diverting story, songs, color and sequences of live action blended with the movements of animated figures. Mary Poppins is a kind of Super-nanny who flies in with her umbrella in response to the request of the Banks children and proceeds to put things right with the aid of her extraordinary magical powers before flying off again. Winner of 5 Academy Awards, including Best Actress for Julie Andrews!
Saving Mr. Banks
A film by John Lee Hancock starring Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Colin Farrell
Inspired by true events, Saving Mr. Banks is the extraordinary, untold story of how Disney's classic Mary Poppins made it to the screen – and the testy relationship that the legendary Walt Disney had with author P.L. Travers that almost derailed it.
Chicago Premiere of Medora
We are proud to welcome the new documentary Medora to the Music Box for its Chicago premiere.
On a grand scale, it's a film about America, and the thousands of small towns across the country facing the same fight. As one towns-person told us, "Once we lose these small towns, we can't get them back."
A film by Andrew Cohn, Davy Rothbart
Medora is an in-depth, deeply personal look at small-town life, a thrilling, underdog basketball story, and an inspiring tale of a community refusing to give up hope despite the brutal odds stacked against them.
Years ago, Medora was a booming rural community with prosperous farms, an automotive factory, and a thriving middle class. The factories have since closed, crippling Medora's economy and dwindling the population to 500 people.
Medora follows the Medora Hornets varsity basketball team over the course of the 2011 season, capturing the players' stories both on and off the court. Medora is an in-depth, deeply personal look at small-town life, a thrilling, underdog basketball story, and an inspiring tale of a community refusing to give up hope despite the brutal odds stacked against them.
Visit Music Box Films
Music Box Members receive discounts on all regular screenings & select Special Events!
The box office accepts cash, Visa and MasterCard. The Music Box Theatre Box Office is open daily from 15 minutes before the first show of the day until 15 minutes after the last show of the day. Tickets can also be purchase in advance online at MusicBoxTheatre.com.
For showtimes, call (773) 871-6604.
Getting here
The Music Box is located at 3733 North Southport Avenue, Chicago 60613. Metered street parking is available on Southport Avenue. The Music Box is a short walk east from free street parking on Ashland Avenue. There is a parking lot one block north of the theatre at the Blaine School ($10).
The theater is near the Southport station on CTA's Brown Line and the 152 Addison, 9 Ashland and 80/X80 Irving Park bus routes.
For public transit information, call 836-7000.
We look forward to seeing you soon!


text:
I have checked my answer twice and still come up with the sameanswer of 0.581 kg for this problem which is incorrect. I'm notsure what i am doing wrong
A frog in a hemispherical pod finds that he just floatswithout sinking in a fluid of denstiy 1.27 g/cm3. If thepod has a radius of 6.54 cm and negligible mass, what is the massof the frog?


text:
Sunday: Open for Special Events Only
Monday: Closed
Tue & Wed: 10am - 7pm
Thurs: 10am - 11pm
Friday: 10am - 4pm, 6pm - Midnight
Saturday: 10am - 3pm, 6pm-10pm
Thursday Young Adult Shag Night
Join Columbia's Young Adult Shag Dancers for a lesson from 9-9:30pm and dancing until 11pm. Only $2, age18+
Saturday Live Music & Dancing
On Saturday from 7-10 pm we've got a live band on stage playing music including shag, rock'n'roll, and classic country, and our dance floor is open! $8 admission donation per person or $15 per couple. Dance Lessons start at 6pm and are included in your admission.
Friday Bluegrass & Acoustic Open Stage
Come to Bill's for our legendary Friday night bluegrass and acoustic open stage and jam. Doors open at 6, stage show is from 7:30 - 9pm, and jammin' goes until midnight.
Doors Open at 6pm
710 Meeting Street
West Columbia, SC 29169


text:
ITS Services Status
RESTORED: Wireless Network
Service Restored
Between 12:35 p.m.to 2:23 p.m. on 12/02/2008, the campus wireless network service was malfunctioning. During this time some users may have experienced problems obtaining IP addresses in some areas of campus on the; restricted.utexas.edu wireless network, due to a sudden spike in usage. The service has been restored and is functioning normally.
Last updated on Dec 2, 2008 8:57 PM


text:
CALIFORNIAN: GO! Arts & Entertainment for July 31-Aug. 6
Sunday, July 31
Classics at the Merc ----- The Golden Valley Music Society presents a program of classical music by members of the Music Teachers Association at the Old Town Temecula Community Theater; 3 p.m.; 42051 Main St., Temecula; $11, adults; $5, students; 866-653-8696.
"Oklahoma!" ---- Caroline Nelms and Johnny Fletcher star in Fine Arts Network's production of this classic musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein about the clashes and friendships between farmers and cowboys in the Oklahoma Territory at the turn of the 20th century; 2 p.m. Sunday, 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday (continues through Aug. 14); Old Town Temecula Community Theater, 42051 Main St., Temecula; $20-$28, general; $18-$25, seniors, students and military; $14-$22, children under 12; 866-653-8696.
"As You Like It" ---- Shakespeare in the Vines presents William Shakespeare's comedy about a young girl; 7:30 Sunday, Friday Saturday (and Aug. 7, 12, 13); Mount Palomar Winery, 33820 Rancho California Road, Temecula; $15-$28; shakespeareinthevines.org .
Monday, Aug. 1
Tuesday, Aug. 2
Wednesday, Aug. 3
Thursday, Aug. 4
Jazz at the Merc ----- Sherry Williams hosts this jazz performance by Judy Wexler with Joe Bagg; 7:30 p.m.; Old Town Temecula Community Theatre, 42051 Main St., Temecula; $15; 866-653-8696.
Friday, Aug. 5
Aries Spears ---- The comedian will perform two shows nightly at the Comedy Club at Pechanga; 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. (also Saturday); Pechanga Resort & Casino, 45000 Pechanga Parkway, Temecula; $22 (plus one-drink minimum); 877-711-2046.
" Romeo and Juliet" ---- Patchwork People presents William Shakespeare's tragedy about a young pair of star-crossed lovers; 7:30 p.m. (also Saturday); Frangipani Winery, 39750 De Portola Road, Temecula; $15-$20; 951-699-8845.
Saturday, Aug. 6
Chelsea Handler ---- 8 p.m.; outdoor stage, Pechanga Resort & Casino, 45000 Pechanga Parkway, Temecula; $45-$75; 877-711-2946.
Country at the Merc ----- Local country music artists perform two shows on Saturdays; 7 and 9 p.m.; Old Town Temecula Community Theater, 42051 Main St., Temecula; $15; 866-653-8696.
Working Poets in Murrieta ---- The city of Murrieta's Summer Concerts in the Parks series continues with a performance by the Working Poets, a classic pop trio from Apple Valley; 6-8 p.m.; Town Square Amphitheatre, Kalmia Street, between Jefferson and Juniper streets, Murrieta; free; 951-304-7275.


text:
In every community where we operate, from Safford, AZ to Silver City, NM to Arequipa, Peru to Tenke or Fungurume, DRC, we aim to work in partnership to help communities build their own sustainable futures. Read more.
In every community where we operate, from Safford, AZ to Silver City, NM to Arequipa, Peru to Tenke or Fungurume, DRC, we aim to work in partnership to help communities build their own sustainable futures. Read more.
We partner with NGOs, foundations, and other community and government institutions globally to support community development initiatives. Read more.
Education is fundamentally important to sustainable communities, states and countries. From preschool programs to universities, schools are an important partner in delivering opportunities for people and communities. Learn more about how we partner to advance education.
We collectively work with organizations and community stakeholders to build the capacity of our operating communities leading to stronger, more viable communities. Read more.
Through philanthropy and volunteerism, Freeport-McMoRan employees are dedicated to making our communities better places to live and work. Read More.
Freeport-McMoRan donates $10,000 to Economic Development Course at Western New Mexico University. The weeklong course is one of a handful offered throughout the country for community leaders looking to enhance their economic development skills. The course is accredited by the International Economic Development Council.
Freeport-McMoRan Foundation supports New Mexico Lions Club Reading Program at Bayard Elementary. The goal for the New Mexico Lions Club Reading Program is to help kids throughout the state of New Mexico become better readers.
Freeport-McMoRan, Bowman Consulting and the Eastern Arizona College Engineering Club sponsored EAC's 12th Annual Engineering Day. The event is attended by high school students across Arizona and 14 Freeport engineers volunteered their time to help mentor both the high school students and the EAC engineering students.
USA TODAY: VOTE FOR BISBEE AS YOUR FAVORITE HISTORIC SMALL TOWN The USA has a rich and exciting history, and visiting the places which most affected it is so much more fun than reading about it. These 20 nominees for Best Historic Small Town have big histories and small populations -- fewer than 25,000 people -- making them fun and affordable ways to dive into our nation's past.
Going Home with Care, a program developed by Valley Assistance Services, receives $130,000 grant from Freeport-McMoRan Foundation. The program was funded through the Green Valley/Sahuarita Community Investment Fund.


text:
- From Nightwing: Year One we have this exchange between Dick and Commissioner Gordon when the former is introducing himself as Nightwing.
Gordon: Say something... Say something only the The Kid would know.Nightwing: My former associate has a thing for bats? You took up a pipe to quit smoking cigarettes? Wait, howzabout— HOLY MISTAKEN IDENTITY!Gordon: *lowers his gun*
- In Annual #2, there's a flashback to Dick's time as Robin showing him working with Batgirl (Barbara Gordon). They get knocked unconscious by Crazy Quilt and wake up stuffed together inside a safe. Batgirl is dressed, you know, as she usually is, and there's a lot of contact going on. Batman comes along and cuts a hole in the safe to let them out. Robin gets out hunched over and holding his cape in front of him. Batman notices.
Batman: Robin? You OK, chum?Robin: Uh, it's nothing.Batman: You sure?