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Welcome to School District No. 42
Our vision is for every individual to feel valued and for all learners to reach their full potential.
School District No. 42 meets the learning needs of approximately 14,000 students of all ages in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows. We have developed numerous skilled trades training partnerships with colleges and universities, and are committed to educational choice and an inclusive, local approach to special education.
Regular Student Transporation 2016/17
At its regular public meeting on Wednesday, June 15, 2016, the Maple Ridge – Pitt Meadows Board of Education approved a one-year regular student transportation model pilot. Learn more.
2016/17 & 2017/18 District School Calendars
At its regular public meeting on March 9, the Board of Education approved the 2016/17 and 2017/18 District School Calendars. In accordance with School Calendar Regulation, the calendars will be submitted to the Ministry of Education for approval. Review the calendars here.
Graduation and Provincial Assessment Changes
On Thursday, May 26, 2016, Minister Mike Bernier announced updates to the graduation program and provincial assessment. These updates will be implemented province-wide between 2016 and 2018. Read the letter and background information here.
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Elementary and Secondary Summer Learning: Click here for elementary and here for secondary.
Policies and Procedures: The following policies and procedures have been been approved by the Board: Policy 8901: Field Trips (Including Extra Curricular Activities); Amended Policy 2400: School Board Meeting Proceedings; Policy: 9430 Physical Restraint and Seclusion in School Settings; Procedure: 9430.1 Physical Restraint and Seclusion in School Settings.
Board Highlights: For highlights from public board meetings, click here.
Announcements and Accolades:
Congratulations to all our amazing Maple Ridge - Pitt Meadows public school students, some of whom are celebrated in this annual Leaders of Tomorrow publication: http://goo.gl/u8uG78
Congratulations to SD42 Deputy Superintendent Laurie Meston, who was recognized with a Citizen Campion Award from the Municipal Advisory Committee on Accessibility Issues earlier this month. The award recognizes individuals who demonstrate and/or promote the inclusion of persons with disabilities within everyday community living.
Congratulations Jayda Long and Teanne Clements, who won silver and gold respectively in the Provincial Championship Skills Canada competition in hairdressing!
We received some great feedback at our Your Voice, Your Neighbourhood Centre public workshop on February 10. Visit our Facebook page to see some great photos from the night. We will be reviewing all the feedback we received through the workshop and our online survey, and will present some options for public feedback at our February 25 open house. Pre-register for our Open House by email at firstname.lastname@example.com. Learn more about this consultation process here.
Thank you to all students and staff who added their voice to the January 27th Student Forum! Read about the forum here.
The WorkBC Find Your Fit tour stopped at Maple Ridge Secondary on January 7 and January 8 and was a big hit. Visit our Facebook page to see more photos from the event.
Congratulations to SD42 students across the district for raising $3406.67 for the Christmas Hamper Society this year!
Thank you Harry Hooge elementary, Thomas Haneysecondary and principal Kristi Blakeway for your amazing work on this important project! Project HELLO Christmas cards connect lonely Vancouver residents with lost loved ones.
Minister of Education Mike Bernier visited Albion Elementary and Thomas Haney Secondary on Monday, November 30, 2015. See our pictures on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MapleRidgePittMeadowsSchoolSD42/
Thomas Haney Secondary Bricklaying students showed off their skills at last month's Bricklayer 500 competition. This year they volunteered; next year they will compete. As these students found out: Masonry not only builds rock solid foundations, it cements a high paying career!
Ministry of Education letter to parents regarding new curriculum: click here to view/download letter in PDF.
What a coup for Westview Secondary and for the Maple Ridge - Pitt Meadows School District. All three of our boys - Nash Taylor, Phillip McBride, and Trevor Dean - placed in the TOP FIVE in the Microsoft world competition, with Nash Taylor winning SILVER. Congratulations!
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Board of education directs funding to schools and regular student transportationJune 16, 2016 - 1:27pm — Anonymous
At its regular public meeting last night, June 15, 2016, the Maple Ridge – Pitt Meadows Board of Education approved a number of one-time budget changes to the 2016/17 Preliminary Budget. These budget changes were necessitated by last month's unexpected redirection by the Ministry of Education of $25 million in administrative savings to school districts across the province. For Maple Ridge – Pitt Meadows, the amount being redirected to the school district totals $631,773.
School board welcomes return of administrative savingsJune 1, 2016 - 2:22pm — Anonymous
The Maple Ridge – Pitt Meadows Board of Education welcomes yesterday's provincial funding announcement that $25 million in administrative savings is being redirected to services for students for the 2016/17 school year.
We would like to acknowledge the importance of the advocacy work undertaken both by our parent community, by our board, and boards around the province. Together we have given our students a strong voice, and yesterday's announcement shows that this voice was heard at the provincial level. Thank you.
Maple Ridge School District Educator Recognized with Inclusive Education AwardMay 31, 2016 - 1:40pm — Anonymous
Laura Mackenzie, Education Assistant at Harry Hooge Elementary School in Maple Ridge has been awarded a National Inclusive Education Award from the Canadian Association for Community Living and Inclusion BC for her advocacy work in ensuring that educators and support staff recognize the benefits of inclusion for all students.
Music madness at schoolMay 6, 2016 - 9:16am — Anonymous
By Colleen Flanagan - Maple Ridge News
Garibaldi secondary's music department will be holding the last showcase concert of the academic year on Monday. May Music Madness will feature three levels of the concert band, the jazz band and the choir. More than 175 students will be performing.
Celebrating a decade of learningMay 6, 2016 - 9:12am — Anonymous
By Neil Corbett - Maple Ridge News
Ten years ago, Samuel Robertson Technical was born. The building was underweight, and is still waiting for a growth spurt
The school was built for $16.75 million, completed in 2005, and opening for 600 students in 2006. The provincial government of the day said a new addition would effectively double the size of the new technical high school, but that has never materialized.
That said, there have been as many as 12 portables on site, and registration has been at times, more than 1,000 students.


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Kuwaiti civil society is one of the most vibrant in the Gulf, hence its early rejection of the GCC Internal Security Pact, which was interpreted as yet another attempt to silence dissent in their own country. Many Kuwaiti activists resented Saudi hegemony, which the pact is meant to strengthen not only in the small emirate but the other ones, too. It is evident now that criticizing Saudi Arabia is taboo, the violation of which definitely leads to perhaps several years in prison. Kuwaiti apprehensions were not unfounded but they couldn't do much about the treaty that was ratified by their parliament. Several opposition groups boycotted the elections that eventually produced a docile body.
On the other side of the border, there was no debate or controversy related to the pact as Saudis are completely disenfranchised. The only consultative council they have is appointed by the king and has no power to discuss security pacts with the GCC or other countries.

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Northeastern University is receiving a $3 million state grant to lead a university-industry partnership focused on developing smart sensors and nanomaterials to be used for a range of medical, defense, and energy applications.
We asked José F. Buscaglia, professor and chair of theDepartment of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, has just returned from Havana as part of a Northeastern delegation that explored several potential academic and research partnerships in Cuba. Buscaglia has studied the Caribbean and Latin America extensively throughout his career and was a pioneer in study abroad programs by American institutions to Cuba, where he was the first professor from a U.S. university since the revolution of 1959 to teach a regularly scheduled yearly seminar at the University of Havana.
Moody's Investors Service has revised Northeastern University's A2 bond rating from a "stable" to "positive" outlook, a forecast that is more favorable than much of the higher education sector nationally and reflects a range of university strengths and strategic investments.
At a time when employment numbers for student veterans lag behind those of civilian peers, Northeastern University is launching the Center for Advancement of Veterans and Servicemembers, which will offer a wealth of services and benefits, including mentorship opportunities and assistance with the transition to civilian life.
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Wisp....wisp wisp wisp. this is a complicated one. im constantly changing my mind on whether i like this resort, or not. so i'll start with the cons.
Cons: uncrowded-people who live or go to wisp a lot were saying that the crowds on presidents day weekend were SUPER, UNCONTROLLABLE, etc. but it wasn't all that bad. I guess if your in a huge group of people, lines can get long, but waits are only about 15 or 20 minutes at the busiest lift and the busiest time. the singles line will b AT MOST 10 minutes waiting.
nice staff-the people who work there, people who just help around and ski patrol are jolly and nice to talk to on lifts
good grooming-i was never early enough to go on the slopes to see curderoy, but when i didn't want them to groom something because of moguls and pure awesome powder, they didn't!!! so i was very happy
the coooons. theres quite a few.
one easy thing to say is that wisp is very small. meaning that there aren't very many trails, and it takes 2 minutes to get down, and 15 minutes or more to get up. the lifts are slow as well. they say that they were decreasing the speed for inexperienced skiiers...and i understand that. i just want a faster ride up.
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Inferring Social and Psychological Meaning in Social Media
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AbstractThe rapid ascent and adoption of social media as the dominant form of communication has led to significant analysis challenges. In particular, there is a gap in theoretically informed methods to analyze data mined and collected from social media. One primary cause of this gap is the lack of fusing structural sources of information (e.g. social network topology) with non-structural sources (message content, demographics). As a result significant social patterns and meaning that should be derived by goes undetected. Securboration Inc., teaming with Dr. Carlos Guestrin from Carnegie Mellon University; and Mr. Thomas Morello from a leading commercial marketing company, proposes to address this gap. Our solution, referred to as SURF (Social-media Understanding and Reasoning Framework), is a service-based suite of analytical tools that uses structured and non-structured social media information to identify significant topologies, motifs, embedded online communities, and individual characteristics. SURF leverages social media research on reciprocity, degrees of separation, and quantitative comparisons; and extends it based on noise reduction and link analysis research performed by Dr. Guestrin and semantic content analysis techniques pioneered by Securboration. SURF will provide improved algorithms and tools for mining social media that spans domains from marketing to military intelligence.
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My favorite graffiti tag has got to be this sentence sprayed near one of my friend's places.
"everybody is full of shit...except for you tho"
It's become hip to hate Banksy, but I think he's insanely great. The dribblers around here got nothin'.
Banksy is king.
that's not graffiti - it's art.
"everybody is full of shit...except for you tho"
yeah! that's under my window and i love it! i've even begun substituting "tho" for "though" when appropriate.
We park right next to it for our drug deals!
now this is creative. seattlites are hacks.
This has nothing to do with graffiti, but it seems like you'd have a better chance of seeing it if I posted here...
Sometimes when I see super DL, straight boys posting on Craiglist that they are curious about getting together with a guy, I sometimes want to email them and call them a huge faggot. You know, just to get in their heads...
But I don't, because, well, coming out sucks and I'm not a huge asshole. But I just had to share.
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Cast: Desiree, Charlotte Leigh, Tony Montana, Ron Thrasher, Rachel Ryan, Vanity (I), Christina Evol, Wanda Denoir
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If someone broke into your apartment you'd call the police, right? Not in this feature! First, it being a girl (Wanda Denoir) you have sex with her, then hire her as a model. That's the basis of this humorless comedy which has as its soul-saving grace the introduction of three new and attractive faces and bodies. The sexual action is average for this bunch and we can only hope that these ladies will be seen in better vehicles that will showcase their talents and bodies. But don't get suckered by the boxcover or title. Vanity has only one scene (with Rachel Ryan) and there's nothing tropical here.


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Selenium WebDriver is a website robot framework that allows you to implement your assessments against various windows, not just Opera.
Selenium WebDriver also allows you to make use of a coding language in developing your examination texts (difficult in Selenium IDE).
It's simple to employ conditional operations like if-then-else or change-event
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Following development languages are recognized by Selenium WebDriver:
Tomcat is the de-facto web server of choice. Written entirely in Java, you have access to the entire code (if you want to make changes). Read to get an introduction to Tomcat, where to download, how to install it on your machine and know about the xml files of importance.
Making database connections are expensive in terms of machine resources. In this article, we will examine how a number of connections can be cached in a pool, and then used for accessing the database.
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This article is the first of a series. In this series, we will discuss all the good things JDBC® 3.0 package has to offer. JDBC API provides a programmatic way of accessing data from Java code. Even though non-relational data can be accessed, the goal of JDBC and the technology revolves around accessing relational data. The JDBC is packaged in the java.sql and javax.sql packages.
In this article, we discuss the different ways in which Java can communicate with a database. We will talk about the traditional different kinds of drivers and also discuss some code to connect to a database in order to run queries.
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Use a revolver. Thumbing back a hammer is a distant second, but a smooth S&W or Colt DA revolver will dryfire faster than anything.
This is a discussion on Is there a dry fire secret I'm missing? within the Defensive Carry & Tactical Training forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; I just bought this book with a ton of great dry fire drills called "Champion Shooting". A lot of the drills are to be done ...
I just bought this book with a ton of great dry fire drills called "Champion Shooting". A lot of the drills are to be done with multiple targets and a PAR timer. The problem I am having is that I have a Kimber, Glock, and a couple Sigs. The Glocks I only get one trigger pull before I have to rack the slide, and this obviously makes it so I cant go as quick as the drill requires. The Sigs are DA/SA so I could keep pulling the trigger all day long, but every trigger pull is DA then. The Kimber is of course SA so I need to pull the hammer back with every shot. The book gives some hints on what to do, but I was wondering if any of the dry fire masters in the crowd had any other suggestions. Here is what the book says to do:
1. For the Glocks, stick a rubber band in the ejection port to prevent the firearm from going into full battery. Then you can keep pulling the trigger because it never fully fires the striker. The problem with this is that it doesn't feel at all like the real Glock trigger pull.
2. For the Sigs, take the first DA pull and then don't let the trigger out all the way to the point of reset, and then just keep pulling back on the slack. Again, not a very good representation of the true Sig pull, especially considering I have the SRT on one of my Sigs.
3. The Kimber they suggest pulling the trigger once and then just pressing back on the trigger even though it won't move again. This is just plain pretending in my opinion.
Just trying to figure out a way to do rapid and multiple target acquisition and engagement with the true trigger pull of each firearm. Ay suggestions?
Use a revolver. Thumbing back a hammer is a distant second, but a smooth S&W or Colt DA revolver will dryfire faster than anything.
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive." C.S. Lewis
Never heard of the book..... but my dry fire combines the basic fundamentals.... trigger control, breathing, sight picture, etc. Master these first before you try moving on to bigger and better things. If you have done so, then i would follow the drills as they are laid out and just take the time to recock my weapon, or you can just do the full task for each target... it will give you much more practice in a short period of time that way too... ymmv. Also... keep in mind slow is smooth and smooth is fast. Work through each step and master it before adding to it....
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Your points are shallow... my points are Hollow....
Some guns do not like dry fire, best to do this with snap caps.
I can only add this, Practice as you will shoot!
I was learning to shoot small bore sillhoettes and the best advise I got was to hold the gun on a distant target and dry fire a lot! Small bore targets are shot with a rifle from the standing position only. The targets are from 2" to 5" and are set at 40 to 100yds out. At first I couldnt even hold the rifle on the targets But after awhile I got to where I could hold for short times. Then I added dry firing to the mix. I dont like to dry fire a rimfire gun as the firing pin can strike the chamber mouth and damage the gun. so I started to practice with an[ uncocked] dead trigger. When I thought I was doing well, I went out to the range, set up the targets, and put the first three bullets into the berm above the targets! I was used to the long take up of the dead trigger, And not what the cocked trigger would feel like. After that experiance I started using snap caps, or spent cases, and always train as I would shoot.
I think you are going to find the same thing to be true. if you always have to rack the slide you will find yourself in an emergency reaching for the slide! DR
Alternatively, look to dedicated training systems such as the SIRT or, for example, The Glock Store "Reset Trigger Kit" or the Glock 17R drop-in.
Finally, there are pneumatic recoil simulator available, too.
For your Glock- (look down toward the bottom of the page. Dryfire reset kit.
Southwest Shooting Authority - Professional Training. Pinetop, AZ
Your questions suggest that you may be expecting too much from dry firing. It is what it is but there is no substitute for firing live ammo.


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Coupled Jet-Interaction Base Flow Simulation
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AbstractThe program focuses on turbulence modeling enhancements for predicting coupled jet interaction baseflows. Unified kε turbulence model, and varied extensions that provide for scalar fluctutation models (SFM), baroclinic torque effects, realizability constrainst, vorticity/strain non-equilibrium effects, etc. will be systematically evaluated. Complimentary Large Eddy Simulations (LES) and hybrid RANS/LES simulations will provide additional turbulence statistics that are not readily/reliably measured. The LES data will support enhancements to the CRAFT Tech unified k-ε turbulence model. The impact of employing a variable turbulent Prandtl and Schmidt number methodology, based on a two-equation scalar variance framework, will be considered for reacting and non-reacting base flows. The effort will lead to extended validation of enhanced turbulence modeling tools, increased reliability of base drag & heat flux predictions and fills a major gap at the US Army by improving upon base region simulation capabilities required for design of low altitude missiles with surface-mounted, fast-reacting jet thrusters located at the aft-end.
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"Sam Wilson" & US Agent Clash as Spencer's "Captain America" Saga Escalates
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Every week, I will spotlight strange but ultimately endearing comic stories (basically, we're talking lots and lots of Silver Age comic books). Here is the archive of all the installments of this feature. Feel free to e-mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com if you have a suggestion for a future installment!
Today, we take a look at Marvel's 1993 Financial Report, which they cleverly put out in the form of a comic book. I will be spotlighting Wolverine's role in the comic because, well, he's more popular than the other characters in the book.
Every year, publicly traded corporations have to issue financial reports for the previous fiscal year. They can come in all sorts of different forms. I've personally worked on a few over the years and they tend to be glossy affairs designed to accentuate the positives about their company (while, of course, still including the negatives). When a company is in the midst of a boom period, like Marvel was in the early 1990s, they can get away with being more unconventional in their presentation, since no one is going to begrudge you your delivery system when you're giving them good news. Marvel's 1993 Financial Report was based around Doctor Doom trying to inquire why Marvel had such an improved 1992…
Doctor Strange puts together a group of Secret Defenders (which also served to promote that then-new series) to investigate. The next few pages were drawn by John Hebert and Bill Anderson….
Hilarious stuff.
The individual spotlights in the report are awesome. I am just going to pick Wolverine's, where he spotlights Marvel's consumer products division (art by Andrew Wildman and Stephen Baskerville)…
I love how insistent Wolverine is. "I have to find out, dammit!"
While all but Black Panther and Black Widow eventually DID have films (in a recent Movie Legends Revealed, I discussed how Black Widow almost DID have her own film!), I think only the Blade project and the Spider-Man animated series are actually the same projects being discussed at the time.
Finally, when all the other heroes return from their various spotlight missions, (the Fantastic Four one with Herb Trimpe art is particularly trippy, as is Thunderstrike's trip to a comic book store with Tom Morgan art) Doctor Strange informs Doctor Doom that Marvel is in great shape and there's nothing Doom can do to stop it.
But that is not a surprise to Doom…
This might be the single most oddball comic release of all time.
Did DC ever do anything like this?
DC is "just" a division of a larger corporation, so they never really had the opportunity.
Wow. What the hell?
My dad owned Marvel stock at the time this was released, and I still have it. I also have the ones from 1991, 1992, and 1996.
Watch out for the all-seeing eye of Uatu the Accountant!
When did Marvel go public, anyway?
So did all shareholders receive a copy of this? That's awesome.
Too bad they had to file bankruptcy a few years later, huh?
But I have to say, despite the goofy presentation, it's actually a smart way to present the information. You see the charts with the info, and you see the characters that are driving the increased revenue. Cool stuff.
Black Panther never had a movie, either. Odd that he would have been one that was on track to be in a movie, before Spidey or others.
Black Panther never had a movie, either.
Oops, good point! Thanks, I fixed that.
Man I'm just sad that 20 years later and they're still saying a Black Panther Film is "in development"
Wow… Just, wow.
If High School Business 101 had taught classes using this method, I might have paid more attention.
Too bad the bubble burst a couple of years later. Disaster struck way back to the Marvel Bullpen and industry vets such as Herb Trimpe were suddenly out of a job after years with the company.
The fact that Marvel rebounded to the point where Disney found them to be a desirable investment pretty much brings everything full circle with the stuff presented in this comic.
I'm willing to guess that the Hulk project was also developed into the 1996 animated TV show.
Technical point: Marvel's bankruptcy wasn't "We're broke" but "We don't want to pay our debts." As detailed in the book Comic Wars, Marvel's owner had used the company as collateral for his junk bonds; when they came due, he told bondholders they could either accept pennies on the dollar or he'd file bankruptcy and they'd get nothing. When he filed, Avi Arad and his partner realized they could afford to pick up the company for themselves (the technical maneuvers are beyond my ability to recount).
That aside, wonderful post, Brian.
Oh, sheesh. I can't even bring myself to read this. I'm sure it explains the finances just fine, but that coloring is so gaudy that I'm turned off by it. Storm is surrounded by yellow in that one panel for no reason, and Wolverine and Madrox are surrounded by black (with a little green line to keep them from disappearing). Weird.
Amazingly, this looks and reads better than most Marvel comics from 1992.
I have to do some digging but I think I have this somewhere. Either this one or '92.
My dad bought shares for my brother and me when we were younger.
Then they declared bankruptcy.
Why would anyone buy shares in a comic company?
Why would anyone buy shares in a comic company? Because it was profitable and the stock price was rising. Buy low, sell high, make some money. It's the American way!
My way: buy low, wait til the price peaks and then start coming down, wait for it to rebound and go back up, keep waiting for something to happen, curse because I waited too long and now the stock is below the price where I bought it, get pissed off when Marvel declares bankruptcy and the stock becomes worthless.
Anyone who would buy stocks in a comics publisher is obviously not someone with much experience in investing.
Would love to see how Marvel presents its figures for c.1996/97! Just a giant representation of a black arm-band? Coffin? Rope-and-gallows? Razor blade?
John Hebert, where did you go?! and Andrew Wildman too, for that matter. Those men drew some of my first comics, as they had the gig on X-Men Adventures. Greg Adams, the inker on that, is still going strong.
Funny, Nick Napolitano drew one of those XMA comics
This was cannon? If you dig the biz side of comics check out Comic Wars: Marvel's Battle For Survival.
Andrew Wildman is penciling the "Transformers: Regeneration One" series for IDW right now. Its a continuation of the Marvel series from back in the 80's-early 90's.
Thanks; Transformes has long been his bread and butter.
when I think of the Marvel that would have put this out, I imagine ponytailed, earringed suits rolling their sleeves up to get a crack at the break room's arcade machine while "Motown Philly" blasts in the background.
oh and 15 million a month? Jesus.
This reminds me of the new Target/JLA ads. Bob Harras idea?
It's crazy that the comic calls for licensees to use original comic artwork but the entire comic is nothing but swipes! Dr.Doom swiped from John Byrne, Numerous X-Men lifted right out of Jim Lee's run, Michael Golden's Dr.Strange and Dale Keown's Hulk are the ones that I recognize by just skimming through it.
I certainly see plenty of attempts to evoke certain artists' style, but I don't see any outright swipes. Do you have a particular example of an outright swipe?
Still waiting on that BP movie, Marvel…
they went bankrupt because of greed, during that time, Mcfarlane disclosed Marvel planned to release hundreds of monthly books to the detriment of quality. I never liked Todd but I believed him. when Cable had his own series, i lost interest in the character because of mediocre stories and unbelievably horrendous art by steve skroce. Bishop and Gambit were also given mini-series of their own, I bought it and was disappointed, i decided to drop several other titles afterwards.
Keown swiped Hulk, pitt anyone? most image characters in the beginning were unoriginal.
The Doctor Strange image is the opening splash page to Doctor Strange issue # 55. The artist just added pupils and reversed it :http://thebaxterbuilding.tumblr.com/post/28915971370/stunning-michael-golden-depiction-of-dr-strange
The image of Wolverine slashing the sentinel is from Jim Lee's cover to X-Men #9 vs Ghost Rider :http://marvel.wikia.com/X-Men_Vol_2_9
Surprisingly difficult to find a link to the Byrne image of Doctor Doom, But I believe that is lifted from the interior of Fantastic Four #258
Can't find the Keown image online either, But I believe that is from Incredible Hulk #384 or 385
One thing you have to consider about Marvel artwork and it's quality during this era was how thin they stretched their line. In an effort to control the marketplace, Marvel flooded the racks with books every month in an attempt to force competitors out of sight. After all, people were more likely to pick up a random Marvel book with their extra cash than a book by somebody you've never heard of. DC did the same thing. He'll, they still do it now, which is why they have so many damn spin-offs of popular characters.
This lead to a massive influx of creators, especially artists, who really hadn't yet achieved a sustainable level of quality on a monthly basis. Basically, if you could hold a pencil and draw something that resembled a humanoid shape, you got a job. Books from that era era are littered with the names of creators that nobody remembers. A handful of creators managed to improve their work to a point that they are still working today, but I would guesstimate that probably 80% of those people are gone and forgotten.
Actually, that might make for an interesting series of articles, going back through some of the credits on those books and seeing who is still around and who has disappeared…
I worked with a fellow who bought Marvel stock and make a killing with it, enough to retire in his 30s and move to New Zealand.
Back in january of 1997, just after marvel declared bankruptcy, just might have been the best time to buy their stock.It may have went even lower.Just remember by 1998, the company was on the edge of going down.
Something about Jubilee knowing all this information about merchandising and explaining it to Wolverine makes my head spin.
BTW, regarding the Andrew Wildman question, Transformers: ReGeneration One ended earlier this year, and Guido Guid actuallyi did the pencils for most of the last several issues. (Wildman did return for part of #100, the final issue.) If you liked his work on the original Transformers comic (and who didn't?), it's definitely worth reading–maybe a bit rushed in the end, but far better than an awful lot of comics out there.
Also Herb Trimpe has done some work for the post-155 issues of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (also published by IDW), though mostly just covers.
"I'm the best there is at what I do. And what I need to do now is find out about Marvel's profits." – James Howlett
Dave J, I actually bought a ton of Marvel stock (the only stock I've ever purchased) in January or February of 1997. A year later, after the company restructured, I got a letter explaining that my stock in the old company authorized me to buy a certain amount of stock in the new company for a reduced price. As a poor college student, I couldn't afford the new stock. And so my old stock expired. Since I wasn't willing or able to re-invest in the new company, buying the old stock when I did was completely worthless.
Kabe…John Hebert was run out of comics and went back to his own planet.Actually, he went on to be a firefighter, investment broker, EMT and fire marshall and is now a fingerprint examiner with the Justice Department.he appreciates the shout out…and just being remembered.
About 3 years late I know, just going over this now,but Mel, I dont doubt they were planning on expandind the line but you take the word of McFarland? A man who wasn't involved with marvel at the time and had maybe a little bit of a grudge if one can call it that. And it's obvious at the time anyways that that's what marvel was doing anyways that quoting someone like Mcfarland would be just like asking someone from DC.
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Candied Pumpkin Seeds(Or Pecans)
Total Time
Prep 10 mins
Cook 15 mins
A great little recipe adapted from Southern Living magazine. These are sweet, so you might want to reduce the sugar a little, starting at 1/3 cup.
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- 2 cups raw pumpkin seeds (or pecan halves)
- 1⁄3-1⁄2 cup granulated sugar
- 1⁄3-1⁄2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon paprika
- 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons fresh orange juice
- Cook pumpkin seeds in a medium skillet over medium heat, stirring often, about 8-10 minutes or till puffed(don't brown). Watch closely so the don't brown. Move to a bowl.
- Combine sugar, brown sugar, paprika and salt. Set aside.
- Toss pumpkin seeds with orange juice. Stir in sugar mixture, tossing to coat. Spread in a single layer on wax paper lined jelly roll pan(or cookie sheet).
- Bake at 350*F. for 6 minutes, stirring once. Cool in pan on a wire rack 30 minutes. Store in an airtight container up to 2 days.
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This is a great recipe! My wife ate them and she doesn't care for pumpkin seeds. I added another 8-10 minutes bake time as the seeds were not cooked enough with only 6 minutes in oven. Will make these again, definitely!
I love pumpkin seeds but these are quite sweet. Others in my family liked them more than I did... I just don't have much of a sweet tooth. I prepared these nuts to go with your delicious Green Salad With Candied Pumpkin Seeds . My stepson thinks they are great though, and was happy to take the leftovers to his room!
These were wonderful! I actually made it in the microwave. I first microwaved them at 70% power for 1-1/2 minutes stirring every 30 seconds. I then added the other sugar mixture and did again for another 2-3 minutes at 70% power (1100 watt microwave). I spread them on the wax paper and came out perfectly. Dh couldn't keep his hands off them. LOL! ;) I used them with Green Salad With Candied Pumpkin Seeds and used pecans instead of pumpkin seeds. Thanks for the great recipe, Sharon123!


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Over-the-Counter Asthma Inhalers Should Be Used Cautiously
According to Nicholas Malerba, director of respiratory therapy at Mather Memorial Hospital in Port Jefferson, N.Y., use of OTC asthma inhalers often results in patients' not seeking medical attention, which can have very serious consequences. For this reason, he maintains that OTC inhalers should be taken off the market.
Malerba tells WebMD, "We have gotten a lot of patients who come in here after using an OTC inhaler improperly. They think that if a little is good, a lot must be better, and that's simply not true. They end up with rebound effect [where their air passages shut down], and it's very difficult for us to pull them out of it."
Altman acknowledges that such a condition is possible if someone uses OTC inhalers too often, but says that the research doesn't show that this happens very often.
Altman believes that for the patient with mild, occasional asthma, the OTC asthma inhalers can be a reasonable choice. He says, "My daughter had severe asthma when she was very small, but now that she's in her 30s, she only experiences tightness in her chest every one to three months. For my daughter, OTC inhalers are a reasonable choice."
For consumer safety, Altman says, "Our group has recommended to the FDA that labeling [of OTC asthma inhalers] be strengthened, and they are doing so. The new labeling will emphasize the need for further medical care if symptoms do not improve after using the OTC inhaler."


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BAE is a serious human disease with fatal consequences and a mortality rate of more than 95% even with available treatments. Unlike Acanthamoeba, Balamuthia can produce encephalitis in relatively immunocompetent individuals, almost always resulting in death. Since its identification in1986 and the first human cases, more than 100 cases of BAE have been reported and the actual number of BAE infections is likely far higher. BAE cases have been reported worldwide. The majority of BAE patients exhibit characteristic skin lesions. Siddiqui and Khan compare the epidemiology and clinical features of infection with B. mandrillaris versus Naegleria fowleri.
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Discussion in 'EU Community' started by CPL_Macja, Sep 3, 2012.
Mark me down as confused.
I'm still confused
I'm just running with it at this point...and got a slashed arm in exchange.
The reasoning behind all of this will eventually come to light. Do not worry.
Roger that, good enough for me.
There we go; the interwebz be back
Woohoo, more Alec. If only I had time for more Eira.
I'll get a reply to that post up real quick if I can.
In theory at least, Lenea should know that Chewie came down on that ancient freighter, and (as Alec said) information is a good thing. Since she was working as the relay point in the TCC at the time our crazy friend showed up
Well part of the reason I had Alec ask was because even I forgot how Allynic got to Saridona Prime
Damn right
I should get a response in for both Taab and Zey in sometime today or tomorrow.
He showed up with JM on the Ebon Hawks twin
Of course, that was so long ago I had to read back and see if I remembered right about Lenea knowing. Which she does at least know of the Dynamic showing up, and it isn't much of a leap to assume Allynic was aboard it, since he was there even before people got back from the Ruins.
Kambie's response is up.
I'm enjoying reading all your posts
I'll have one up tomorrow.
I would enjoy it more if you, Chewbie, would post faster.
BTW I arrived on the Dynamic-class ship with Khalifa.
@BultarSwan ummm ok?
Things are moving faster than they have in months, I like
Hey, I remembered right!
(granted I went back to check, but I remembered right before that! )
Chewbie yousa in big doodoo.
I'll get started with this sometime this week.
Maybe, maybe even today.
I should be able to get a Redemption post up once I'm back in my room.
Been awhile since I've done one of those now that I think about it.
Looking forward to it.
Post be up.
Post up.
The Jedi Order was founded on Tython, and the first Jedi (Je'daii back then) to ever live were in harmony with both the light and dark sides, seeing the Force as one entity rather than it being divided in good and evil. This mind-set was maintaned for millenia until a conflict arose between supporters of the light side and supporters of the dark side. The victors were the followers of Ashla (the light side), and exiled the remaining followers of Bogan (the dark side) out of the planet.
Ever since that conflict took place, the Je'daii ceased from being Je'daii and declared themselves 'Jedi', followers of the light side, abandoning the previously established balance as they now considered the dark side to be evil and unethical.
The Jedi views on the Force have not changed since. After this event, the Jedi Order has been loyal to the light side of the Force, maintaning its status as protectors, guardians and peacekeepers throughout the galaxy.
Even though the Jedi's view of the light and dark sides of the Force has not changed at all in the following countless millenia, the Order's restrictions, rules and ideas have drastically changed over this massive period of time.
For example, The PT Jedi, an Order governed by Grand Master Yoda, had all sorts of restrictions regarding the developing of relationships outside of the Order, bonds and families, as well as being extremely strict when considering the age of an individual to be able to join the Order and effectively become a Jedi without the risk of falling to the dark side. Jedi were forbidden to marry and have children, as it was taught that strong emotions and grief inevitably led to the dark side. Basically, passions and emotions were prohibited and were considered to lead the Jedi down an evil path. Individuals could only become Jedi if they were discovered at a very early age. If not, it was considered too dangerous, for it was thought to be significantly harder to train an adult and thus, there was a much higher risk for him/her to fall to the dark side.
The KOTOR Jedi had the same rules and restrictions.
However, the NJO radically changed those restrictions and turned them into possibilities. At that time, Jedi were able to marry and have children, and students of all ages were accepted in for training. The Grand Master of this Order, Luke Skywalker, believed emotions such as love could be used positively.
At one point in time, the Jedi were forced to join forces with Darth Krayt in order to defeat the god-like entity, Abeloth. This was done solely because it was necessary, as the Jedi and Sith's differences were still too great to form a permanent alliance. This could never last, and it never will.
Jedi's views on the Force are completely opposite to those of the Sith. The Jedi have always seen themselves as the true peacekeepers of the galaxy, and they have always viewed the Sith and the dark side as an evil force of destruction that needs to be eradicated. I believe this will never change, and Jedi will always be Jedi.
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In late April 2009, the outbreak of more than a thousand cases of swine flu in humans in Mexico, and a suspected 86 deaths, as well as another 11 cases confirmed in the United States, led the World Health Organization (WHO) to say that the outbreak has "pandemic potential" and to urge all countries to increase their reporting and surveillance of influenza and to be on high alert for any unusual patterns.
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This document shows that Colombian immigrants, who returned to the country from the United States between 1990 and 2005, were on average less well-educated than those who decided to stay in the U.S. This is a fact that has contributed to emphasizing the positive selection made by Colombians when choosing the U.S. as their destination, and, as a result, has increased the net flight of human capital (the so-called brain drain). Although data does not allow us to include the quality of the jobs that immi¬grants are performing in the U.S. as a determinant of the decision to return, it allows us to show that Colombian immigrants are usually engaged in jobs that require qualifications commensurate with the level of education. We also provide evidence that Colombia is a net exporter of 5% of its population with a university or post-graduate degree.
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a universal language
One of the exciting aspects of Intrepid is that our responsible travel philosophies can translate into assisting local communities in a variety of ways. Intrepid Thailand is involved in a three-way partnership with Nakhon Sri Thammarat Rajaphat University and the Thailand Community Based Tourism Institute (CBT-I), to help students become confident local guides. Travellers on our Colours of Asia trip get to spend time with these wonderful young people and later this year we look forward to excited students joining some of our trips for special work experience.
Peter Richards from CBT-I has recently returned from Nakhon Sri Thammarat, where each Monday and Tuesday Colours of Asia travellers are looked after by the student guides who escort them to the birthplace of Thai Buddhism, Wat Mahataad Temple, and to a Shadow Puppet show by the nationally recognised master artist Suchart Subsin.
journey to lhasa
When travelling to Tibet, My Journey to Lhasa was a book Intrepid's Anastasia Kozak simply had to take with her and following in the author's footsteps was an adventure of the mind, body and spirit…
"Alexandra David-Nell's bio makes impressive reading: a French traveller, writer, and mystic who was fluent in Sanscrit, Tibetan, and Buddhist philosophy. She was the first western woman to ever enter the forbidden city of Lhasa and receive an audience with the Dalai Lama. Disguised as a Tibetan pilgrim, she walked for four months in the middle of winter, oftentimes sleeping outdoors without even the protection of a tent and subsisting on the simple Tibetan staples of "tsampa", barley flour, and yak butter tea. I brought her sensational account, My Journey to Lhasa, to read on my own adventure in Tibet, visiting famous monasteries from Lhasa to Kathmandu.
lights, camera, australia!
There's so much happening on Intrepid's Central Explorer trip that we recorded it on video. Our stunning Intrepid Central Australia video tells it like it is and we hear from the now Intrepid traveller, Clive Berry, to find out about his Australian 4WD holiday in front of the camera…
"DJ had been searching the internet for ideas for a trip when she stumbled across an advert for a holiday to anyone who was available at short notice to travel to the Red Centre of Australia. So after posting an email, along with photos and a short profile of ourselves, a prompt reply came back from Intrepid explaining what would be involved. They wanted someone to take part in creating a DVD that would go out with their brochures. "It wouldn't cost a penny – flights, insurance, transfers and all food would be provided, you just have to be available in 2 weeks time. All we want you to do is say a few words to camera about your experience and we will take photos of you doing some the activities."
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"It's 2am and the sun is only just starting to set, streaking the sky with strips of pink and purple which reflect on the waters of the lake and mingle with the image of the 12th century monastery that stands in front of us. This is summer on the Solovetsky Islands and White Nights celebrations are in full swing.
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"We've travelled over 8500 kilometres (5280 miles) from Moscow and yet we are still in Russia! Travelling across the country on the world-renowned Trans-Siberian railway you certainly believe that this is the biggest country on the planet. And today we have arrived in the Far-Eastern city of Khabarovsk. While the Cyrillic writing all around us as we stroll through the city lets us know we are still on Russian soil, there is most definitely a different and very multicultural feel to this far flung city.
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"Let's face it – when you've gotta go, you have just got to go. It doesn't matter what name you give it, uppermost in your mind is how far away it is and will you make it – that is your concern. Oh, and does anybody have any spare toilet paper?