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Some Jackson residents living on Thompson St. and Thomas St. say various suspicious people are going door-to-door soliciting money. One of the suspicious people is a nurse claiming to raise money for a good cause, but some ask if she's raising it for her own cause.
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In a major turnaround from past decades, a majority of Americans support legalizing marijuana, according to a new poll.
The CNN/ORC International survey released Monday also indicated that the number of people who say smoking pot is morally wrong has plunged.
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According to Mike Sheldon of ClearWay Minnesota, most smokers want to quit.
"The problem is they don't know the best way to quit," he said.
Hundreds of smokers resolve to quit smoking when the new year begins, but only a small percentage of them achieve the success they desired.
"People throw away their packs of cigarettes and then try to quit cold turkey," said Sheldon, adding they have no specific plan in place to quit.
Without a plan and the support of others who can help, one is left without much hope of actually reaching the goal to quit.
That, said Sheldon, is where ClearWay Minnesota comes into the picture clearing away the smoke and helping those hoping to quit to find resolution.
A new program is being offered through ClearWay Minnesota called "Together We Quit," and Sheldon said it offers those who desire to quit a chance to do that with the right types of resources and support they need.
Registrations are currently being accepted at the Quitplan Web site for its "Together We Quit" program.
The program is free, but the offer is only good through Jan. 13.
The registration is quick and easy at www.quitplan.com, and once one is signed up the free tools are at their disposal.
Those tools include lots of information about smoking, including suggestions about the best way to quit, and Sheldon said there are experts available every Friday to help coach people who are struggling and to encourage them in their quest to quit.
ClearWay Minnesota was established by the State of Minnesota in 1998 in an effort to help reduce tobacco use among the people of Minnesota. It receives funding through the tobacco settlement.
"We want to help people think through their plan to quit, so they can be successful," said Sheldon.
For more information, one can visit the ClearWay Web site at www.clearwaymn.org.
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1. Oopsie: 01:54
Hate it when I plan to go to sleep early and a tech problem comes up. Forgot my domain account password so couldn't update sachachua.com to reflect new IP address. Cause of great annoyance. Had to guess lots of possible passwords. Argh. Problem when you have your browser remember most passwords, and then you change computers...
2. The power of a good nap: 21:59
I feel that I'm stretching myself a bit too thin again, so I might just cancel my Thursday stuff. I scheduled something onto Wednesday, my usual emergency break, but that's okay; it's fairly low-key. =)
Had to take a nap earlier. Slept at 5:30 PM, didn't get up until 9. Still feeling a little bit fuzzy. Also, now realize that I'm starving.
Find myself dropping the ball on too many external responsibilities. May need to cut back and list things to make sure I don't forget...
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I think the mt (modify text) keyboard command shortcut is broken on both mac and pc versions (haven't checked linux) - as in, it returns "Command 'mt' not found" - a bit annoying when I'm starting to get pretty good at the left-hand keyboard, right-hand mouse combos for QCAD speed!
also a Mac bug with scrolling for zoom - if you mouse-wheel scroll up (or down) the block browser (if docked) until it runs out of scroll room, it starts zooming the document - you need to click on a newly-opened doc before it'll start doing it but from that moment on. - quite annoying...
Length - it would be great to have a "length" parameter for lines that could be seen (and edited) - once they're off horizontal or vertical it's a pain to measure things or work out how (much) to modify them by.
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Once we found out where it landed it should have been destroyed asap. By now they probably have it partially, if not completely disassembled. I would like to think that they planned it to get into Iran but I don't give anyone in this administration that much credit. They are too engrossed in tearing apart our country!!!
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What should the United States do about the downed drone now in possession of Iran?
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I agree with the self destruct. If it did not blow then send in a bomber.
I can't believe that the U.S.A. would have not have put a self destruct capability in such a high tech piece of equipment. Sometihing's going on that we don't know......believe me!!!! We would never let something this secret just fall into Iran's hands. I also tend to think of the Trojan Horse theroy!!
Good thing we landed that Trojan Horse there so they would move it closer to the systems we want to monitor.
Well I think now that we are out of Iraq,I see no reason why we can't invade Iran.The billons of dollars and lives wasted in Iraq can now be wasted in Iran. There should be a few billion left from us downsizing in Afganistan. And for sure we have many healthy young men and woman who will lay down there lives for freedom and fighting global terror.Washington won't mind,I mean none of them are getting shot at. And very few have sons and daughters in uniform. Why would they. Their already sucking on the government teat and there is not one decision that they make that relates to them,they don't live by the same standards that they expect us to live in.We need to wake up people,we are being scamed and cleaned out by the power elite,and the war machine.I'm 67 and I can't remember any time that we have not been in a war with some country.The innocent pay the price.
We should have already went and got it back, what kind of President do we have? A coward I think. Geez what a sorry loser he is.
I apologize for not having my photo on my last comment. I did not post one yet. I do not approve of those who speak and choose to be anonymous so I post this comment and hope my picture appears at this time. If not then go to my profile, it will be there.
I feel it will be necessary to destroy it as it is probable that with the help of other detractor nations to the United States that it will be reverse engineered and like our nuclear arsenal will become another threat to our nation developed by our own hands.
If it were left to me to decide what to do, taking into consideration our nations already poor rating among the worlds developed communities, I would not hesitate to use everything available to my administration to find it and destroy it like we have with leaders of terrorist organizations of late. I feel it is time to stop trying to be popular and just do what needs to be done after contacting the needed nations that are our allies to keep them in the loop.
I will understand if this comment will not set well with many who have never seen combat and are comfortable with talking rather that doing. I, like so many Americans, gave my pound of flesh in the Vietnam campaign to maintain the status quo "keep our country free". It will make waves but I feel we have no choice... we now have "an angry wolf by the ears". It is not something we want but we "dare not let it go".
I agree Sir.
The problem is not the drone or its' design. The problem is we badly need a President that is not a coward. We need a President that can make the tough decision and be a leader, not a liar.
We will always have, as we have had in the past, problems somewhere in the world, that is why we need a "Real" President. Capable of making a Command Decision.
hope that it is boobtraped and it goes off when they try to take it apart
Why it would not have a destruct mechanism is beyond me as well. With the pathetic commander and chief we now have it is no wonder we are doing nothing. He ares more about his image than protecting out country.
Send a drone in to destroy no matter where it is.
Some are questioning why the Drone wasn't destroyed. My understanding is that the Operators could not get the "Powers That Be In Charge" to make a decision. They were afraid there might be an International Incident filed against the United States Commander in Chief. It figures, our Commander in Chief wouldn't give the order to kill Bin Laden either. I understand that order was given by Panetta not Obama.
Take it back or better yet destroy it with air power. When will government begin to actually listen to the majority? Screw political correctness!!
Any top secret weapon should be rigged with a remotely controlled self destruct device.
what kind of idiot designs a top secret drone w/ out having a self destruct button
Drone should explode on impact of crash.
We take it back or blow it up. Dare them to stop us
you forgot to ask the obvious go in and take it,they are not interrested in diplomatic steps , and its time to show the world that we have had it with the rag heads telling us what to do.


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Last week I picked up 3 flowering begonias in small containers at $3.99 each.
I have tried to grow tuberous begonias over the years, but had very little luck with them. The large, brilliant blooms are mostly seen in containers or hanging baskets, never in my garden.
Begonia is one of the most colorful and diversified flowering plants.
There are at least 1500 species in the family Begoniaceae with "innumerable hybrids and cultivars."
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The Department of Agriculture operates a wide range of rural subsidy programs out of more than 800 offices across the country.1 These programs are just a portion of the entire gamut of federal programs that subsidize rural communities. A study by the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines found an astounding 1,399 federal programs that served rural America.2
The USDA's rural programs are grouped in three areas:
- The Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBS) provides grants and loans to rural businesses, and it funds organizations such as the National Sheep Industry Improvement Center.3
- The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) provides grants, loans, and loan guarantees to electricity, telecommunications, and water utilities in rural areas.
- The Rural Housing Service (RHS) provides rental assistance to tenants, subsidizes housing developers, facilitates home ownership, and promotes community development through a variety of grant and loan programs.
Net outlays for these activities in fiscal 2009 are $3.1 billion. However, gross outlays for rural activities are larger because some of these programs collect offsetting receipts, such as fees, which are subtracted from gross spending to arrive at the bottom line net outlay amounts.
The USDA's rural programs provide goods and services that the private marketplace normally provides. Whether it is the financing of multifamily housing, the funding of broadband Internet access, or the provision of loans to electricity plants—USDA's rural activities duplicate functions that the private sector usually performs elsewhere in the economy.
It is often claimed that federal subsidies promote economic development in rural areas, but there is little evidence of that. Consider the effects of farm subsidies on the rural economy. A study by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas found that, far from being a spur to rural economies, farm subsidies are a drag on growth:
Job gains are weak and population growth is actually negative in most of the counties where farm payments are the biggest share of income.
Job growth is decidedly weak in the counties most dependent on farm payments. The vast majority of such counties (483) had job gains below the 19 percent national average from 1992 to 2002. A considerable number (167) had outright job losses over the period.
In short, farm payments are not yielding robust economic and population gains in the counties where they should have the greatest impact. If anything, the payments appear to be linked with sub par economic and population growth. To be sure, this quick comparison cannot answer whether growth would have been even weaker in the absence of the payments. Still, farm payments appear to create dependency on even more payments, not new engines of growth.4
If federal subsidies to rural areas don't spur growth, why do they persist? Rural programs are sustained not by economic logic, but by the intense lobbying of interest groups. The RUS, for instance, is supported by a lobbying group called the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association headed by a savvy former congressman5 It gives more than $1 million annually in political contributions split evenly between Democrats and Republicans.6 The association's more than 30,000 members are scattered in congressional districts across the nation, but they are efficiently mobilized to lobby Congress in letter-writing campaigns and visits to Washington.7
Many studies have found that USDA rural subsidy programs are inefficient and mismanaged.8 More importantly, rural subsidies are unjust redistributions of wealth, especially given that rural dwellers are better off than other Americans in many ways. Americans who live in rural areas should not be a privileged class deemed more important than other Americans. All USDA rural subsidies should be ended.
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
The RBS was created in 1994 to consolidate USDA programs that provide loans, grants, and other subsidies to rural businesses. Those programs include the Rural Business Investment program, which invests in new business ventures, and the Rural Cooperative Development Grants program, which aids rural cooperatives.9 The RBS also funds training and technical assistance centers.
The presumption is that RBS programs encourage economic competitiveness in rural areas where access to capital is supposedly lacking. However, according to the USDA's Economic Research Service, rural areas do not exhibit restricted access to capital today, as might have been the case in prior decades.10 For example, comparisons of rural and urban manufacturers show little difference in access to capital, according to the ERS. Indeed, ERS surveys find that rural manufacturers are more likely than urban manufacturers to have undertaken recent expansions or modernizations of their plants.
Even a cursory analysis of the RBS's programs suggests that its activities are not cost effective. According to a USDA report on rural development programs, the Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program committed $766 million in 2006 to "create" or "save" 14,837 jobs.11 Even accepting those job claims, that is a huge cost of $51,648 for each job created or saved. Similarly, the USDA's Renewable Energy Loan Program provided $24.2 million to generate 170 jobs, which works out to a cost of $142,000 per job.
Most businesses that receive RBS subsidies can and should fund their activities privately. Most Americans would expect movie theaters, shopping centers, and grocery stores to be funded privately, but the RBS funds those sorts of activities in some communities.
- The RBS loaned $4.5 million to the city of Meadville, Pennsylvania, to build a 10-screen movie theater in 2006.
- The RBS gave grants of $91,595 (2006) and $165,000 (2001) to construct the Duck Valley Shopping Center in Idaho.
- The RBS provided a $1.4 million loan guarantee to build the Middlebury Natural Foods Cooperative in Vermont, which the USDA describes as "a thriving market for Vermont farmers, artisan cheese makers, bakers and specialty-food producers."12
The health of rural American economies does not require taxpayer subsidies for such commercial activities. If such projects make economic sense, then private developers will invest in them and try to earn profits. Congress should repeal this sort of corporate welfare spending for rural communities.
Rural Utilities Service
Congress passed legislation in 1936 to fund the Rural Electrification Administration, designed to bring electricity to rural farming communities. In the early 1930s, few rural families had access to electrical power. But by the mid-1950s, the number of rural households with electricity matched that of suburban households, and by 1975 more than 99 percent of all farms had electricity.13
With rural America wired up to the electrical grid, one would expect that Congress would disband the REA. Instead, Congress has continually expanded the agency and broadened its mandate. One new goal of the agency was to help bring telephone service to the countryside. Telephone service penetration in rural areas topped 90 percent by the mid-1970s and 95 percent by the 1980s.
The REA was renamed the Rural Utilities Service in 1994. The RUS continues to subsidize the electricity industry through low-rate loans to the nation's more than 800 rural electric cooperatives. The Washington Post noted, for example, that the RUS "is using taxpayer money to provide billions of dollars in low-interest loans to build coal plants even as Congress seeks ways to limit greenhouse gas emissions.14
The RUS also subsidizes urban areas through a number of its programs. Close to 200 of the counties in which RUS subsidizes loans to electric co-ops have populations of more than 1 million.15 For example, three borrowers that received more than $400 million in loans between 1999 and 2003 distribute electricity near Atlanta, Georgia. Only 24 percent of the counties served by RUS borrowers are completely rural.16
Some of the electricity co-ops that are subsidized by the RUS have gone beyond their original role of rural electrification. Some compete with for-profit private companies in commercial ventures outside their core businesses. The Washington Post reported, for example, that one co-op operates a gas station and another operates a Dairy Queen.17
Some of the new missions of the RUS include providing distance learning, telemedicine, and broadband Internet access to rural America through grant and loan programs. Broadband initiatives have proven to be very expensive. The USDA boasted that it had spent $3 billion in taxpayer money to assist 1.3 million subscribers in accessing broadband.18 That works out to a cost of more than $2,300 each—enough to have bought each beneficiary a long-term subscription to a satellite broadband service.19
Electricity, telephone, and Internet services are the last things we need the government to be involved with in today's advanced economy. The RUS should be eliminated as one of many unneeded relics of the New Deal era.
Rural Housing Service
The RHS provides rental subsidies to tenants, subsidizes loans to homeowners and apartment developers, and promotes community development. The RHS has its origins in the Housing Act of 1949.
The types of problems that the RHS was established to tackle—such as lack of suitable housing for some rural residents—have been largely solved by decades of U.S. economic growth. Today, the home ownership rate in rural America is actually 10 percent higher than the national average.20
Many studies have found that the RHS is inefficient and mismanaged. The USDA inspector general discovered that the agency pays out millions of dollars in subsidies to recipients who are not legally eligible.21 In addition, the agency has had trouble recovering losses on its guaranteed loan program.22
Much of RHS loan activity is in communities that are integrated with nearby urban areas and have ready access to financial services. A Government Accountability Office study discovered 1,300 examples of RHS subsidies going to areas that fit the RHS definition of "rural" but were closely integrated with nearby urban areas.23Thus, RHS loans often go to areas that are "rural" as most people understand the word.
Regardless of who receives the loans, the USDA's rural loan programs make less sense than ever because of the increasing sophistication of U.S. financial markets. People and businesses that are good credit risks can generally get private loans, no matter where they are located. USDA rural loan programs should be closed down, and rural homeowners, developers, and businesses should borrow in private markets as other Americans do.


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The utility company reports several business owners have been contacted by fraudulent callers claiming to be Westar Energy employees. The caller asks for a pre-paid debit card or pre-paid Green Dot card to avoid disconnection of service.
Gina Penzing, director of corporate communications, said the scammers are becoming more sophisticated.
"They may use the name of a local employee and provide what seems like a valid employee number," she said. "Customers may always request to call us back."
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Westar will never ask for a customer to purchase a pre-paid card to avoid disconnection of service.


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- Purdy: Doling out final scores to the Sochi Games participants
- Sochi Games wrap up peacefully, dramatically
- Sochi wrapup: Sport by sport highs and lows
- Sharks in Sochi: Marleau, Vlasic share golden smiles
- Olympics: USOC defends America's Sochi results
- Olympics: Canada wins men's hockey gold with 3-0 win over Sweden
- Olympics: Spontaneous commentary underscored athletes' unabashed joy
- Olympics: Steven Holcomb-led U.S. crew holds off Russia-2 for bronze in four-man bobsled
SOCHI, Russia -- Sweden center Nicklas Backstrom failed a doping test for a substance found in an allergy medication and was withdrawn from Sunday's hockey final at the Sochi Olympics.
"I got the message 2 hours before the game that something was wrong," Sweden coach Par Marts after his team lost 3-0 to Canada in the gold-medal game.
Backstrom, who plays for the Washington Capitals in the NHL, was scratched just before the game began.
"It's too bad he couldn't play," Sweden winger Carl Hagelin said. "We lost a really good player."
Backstrom was listed in the lineups distributed before the game, and forward Daniel Alfredsson said the team was told he wouldn't play just before it started.
Swedish Olympic Committee spokesman Bjorn Folin said the banned substance was in an allergy medication that Backstrom has taken for the past seven years.
Backstrom is the sixth athlete to fail a doping test at the games. Five of the six, including Backstrom, tested positive for minor stimulants that are often found in food supplements.
Several of Backstrom's teammates declined to comment on his positive test, with Hagelin saying only that he thinks "it's a bit strange."


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Personalized Ornaments Are The New Scrapbooks!0
With PMall's Christmas in July Sale going on this week I was looking through all of the beautiful Personalized Christmas Ornaments and started to realize just how special some of these ornaments can be!
There are a few unique PMall designs that are extra special because they help you capture a specific moment in time so in the future you'll be able to use the ornaments to remember some of your favorite Christmas moments!
The My Wish List© Personalized Ornament, which you can personalize with any name, year and 4 items, can act like a mini scrapbook that helps you preserve some of your favorite holiday memories without all the mess! In the future you'll look back and be thankful that you personalized the My Wish List design for each of your children year after year, because you'll be able to reminisce about what toys and gifts they loved most each Christmas while they were growing up!
This adorable ornament can help you look back and remember some of their funniest and sweetest memories like when your son was going through his superhero phase and only wanted Spider-Man action figures and clothes (by the way, if your son is going through that phase now, you should check out our brand new line of Personalized Spider-Man Gifts!), or when your daughter asked Santa for a little brother or sister.
The ornament is usually only $12.95 but thanks to the Christmas in July Sale it's marked down to just $10.35 from now through Sunday! Start your new tradition now and you'll love having the opportunity to share all the fun stories with your kids when they're older (especially when your daughter is older and fighting with her new younger sibling you can pull out the ornament and remind her that this is what wanted! )
PMall's exclusive designs not only help you capture your kids' precious moments, but your whole family's favorite moments, too! With the Our Family© Engraved Message Ornament you can create your own mini scrapbook that can display an entire year's worth of family events. You can have this elegant glass ornament laser engraved with up to 9 lines of personalization – those 9 lines can include your family's name, address or your favorite family highlights of the past year, such as your vacation spots, activities, inside jokes and anything else you can think of! This beautiful ornament is usually $14.95 but is currently 70% off and can be personalized for only $4.48! Now that's a deal you can't pass up! Just think you'll be able to start a new tradition where every year when you're decorating the tree, you'll be able to look back as a family and remember each year's fun vacations and important accomplishments and help decide as a family what you'd like to include on the following year's ornament!
But you don't need to have kids to create one of these "scrapbook ornaments."
The Our Life Together© Personalized Couple's Ornament is the perfect way for newlyweds to remember the details of their wedding while also starting their own ornament collection as a married couple! The stunning glass ornament is usually $14.95 but is on sale for only $4.48 until Sunday and can be engraved with the couple's names and up to 9 lines of personalization. If you're personalizing it as a wedding keepsake you can include the ceremony's location, date, the first song you danced to, the flowers you used and more.
However, I think this design is a perfect way to celebrate your anniversary year after year – after all, who says you have to save this beautiful gifts for Christmas!? Each year you can personalize it with all your firsts (vacation, purchasing a home, adopting a pet, etc.), triumphs (promotions at work, buying a new car, getting pregnant) and struggles that you went through and overcame together (losing a job or loved one) so you can look back and be proud of what you have made it through together as a team.
Whether it's for your anniversary, your kids or your entire family, you are sure to find the perfect PMall Personalized Christmas Ornament for you! So put down the glue stick, close the scrapbooks and stow the memory boxes … forget about all of the fuss and head over to PMall to create a one-of-a-kind keepsake before the Christmas in July Sale ends Sunday, July 8th!
It may only take you a couple minutes to create your gorgeous personalized ornament, but you're sure to enjoy your little time capsule for many years to come!


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Auditions for the "Waynesboro — You Have Talent" show, postponed this week due to snow, have been rescheduled for 6 p.m. Monday, March 18, in Harbaugh Hall, Trinity United Church of Christ, 30 W. North St. Auditions will be on a first-come basis and will be for students in the Waynesboro Area School District only. Each applicant, group or individual chosen to participate in the talent show, which will be held on Saturday, April 13, will pay a $10 entrance fee. Proceeds will go toward programming for Waynesboro Communities that Care. For more information, visit waynesboroctc.org or call 709-4755.
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A multi-process browser for OS X Leopard.
Although Stainless started out as a technology demo to showcase our own multi-processing architecture in response to Google Chrome, we've been inspired by our growing fanbase to forge ahead and craft Stainless into a full-fledged browser. In fact, Stainless now has features you won't find in Chrome or in any other browser.
A prime example is parallel sessions, which allow you to log into a site using different credentials in separate tabs at the same time. This new technology is woven throughout Stainless, from the private cookie storage system, to session-aware bookmarks that remember the session in which they were saved. We're excited to showcase what we believe is a true browser innovation.
Required OS: 10.5
Tags: google , chrome , stainless , browser , webkit , leopard
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I would be happy with an ordinary bookmarks bar or at least the option to use one in favor of the shelf. Frankly most favicons are ugly as hell and I don't want them cluttering up my interface.
Nice. I like the site URL 'shelf'. I hope they continue to innovate in terms of bookmarks. Bookmarks are currently where my URLs go to get forgotten. Safari's topsites makes them more 'live' but there's got to be something that makes them more 'useful' or handles them intelligently.
Nice browser, Very fast and minimal. Integrate with leech and 1password and this browser will rule them all. Seriously.
Very, very nice. Fast, clean, and I love the "Inspect element" feature for web development.
At this point you'll still may need a mature browser, depending on your usage, but Stainless gets better and better every week.
Bookmark handling sucks and it doesn't yet appear to support saving passwords into keychain, but once that is dealt with, this browser might become my default browser. I really like it.
This is brilliant. It's missing some must have features, but single session tabs alone make this worth checking out. Once Stainless is feature complete it will own other browsers.
This is developing into a really interesting browser.
Whoa. the dmg is 540KB... of course, it reuses webkit, but that's small :-)
Wow, I'm impressed. Chrome for Mac may make this obsolete, but in the meantime it's pretty awesome.
Awesome... Now if only it had leech and 1password integration
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STOCKTON - Police are searching for a former Stockton resident who may have withdrawn money from a Stockton bank since disappearing from his home in Utah, authorities said.
Dee Ray Humphries, 83, had not been seen in several days when he was reported missing July 5, according to the Millard County Sheriff's Office. He was believed to be en route to Stockton in a red 2004 Toyota Corolla with a Utah handicap license plate, No. C207C, authorities said.
Humphries normally contacts his daughter in Stockton when he visits California, but he has not made contact with relatives in weeks, authorities said.
According to authorities, Humphries withdrew $1,335.74 from a Wells Fargo bank in the 300 block of North El Dorado Street in Stockton on June 28. There has been no further activity on his bank account, officials said.
Humphries suffers from dementia and is considered at risk, authorities said. He is described as a white man about 5 feet 8 inches tall and 194 pounds with gray hair and hazel eyes.
Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to contact the Stockton Police Department at (209) 937-8323 or the Millard County Sheriff's Office in Utah at (435) 743-5302.
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ANTIOCH -- Citing the need to attract veteran police officers to a city plagued by increased crime, Antioch leaders this week said they will consider reinstating pension benefits that were scaled back earlier this year because of budget woes.
Antioch may amend its state Public Employees' Retirement System contract to incorporate a "3 percent at age 50" formula for veteran public safety hires and "2.7 percent at age 55" formula for employees hired for other city jobs.
The City Council will consider the change at its Tuesday meeting, once it has actuarial data from the state outlining potential costs.
"There's a cost to this if we do nothing; we just haven't quantified that yet, but there's a cost to doing nothing," Councilman Gary Agopian said Tuesday. "This council tonight is doing something."
Police Chief Allan Cantando said Antioch is having "recruitment dilemmas," in that police officers from other agencies, or lateral hires, are not going to want to leave their present jobs for ones with reduced retirement benefits.
"We're not talking about one, two or three officers; we're talking potentially 25 in the next 18 months. As police chief, I'm concerned with my staffing on the streets," he said. "We're going to need every tool available."
Antioch's "3 percent at 50" pension calculation would mean that police are entitled to retire starting at age 50 with 3 percent of the average of the highest three years of pay multiplied by years of service.
Antioch switched its contract with its police union earlier this year to a "3 percent at 55" formula, which allows retirement starting at age 55.
After Antioch adopted that change, Gov. Jerry Brown signed new statewide laws that further reduced the benefit level for new rookie cops and froze benefit formulas for veteran officers hired from other state agencies.
Under the new state laws, lateral hires recruited in the future will earn pension benefits in effect at the end of this year.
The retirement formula cap for rookie government hires after Jan. 1 is 2.7 percent at age 57 for public safety and 2.5 percent at age 67 for other employees.
Tom Fuhrmann, president of the Antioch Police Officers Association, said the contract agreement was made based on the assumption that the state would go to the 3 percent at 55 plan.
Instead, Antioch sees itself with a three-tier plan, rather than the two-tiers it desired.
"Things took a sharp turn from where we thought they were going to go," he said.
Fuhrmann also questioned whether the city wanted all potential new hires to be immature officers fresh out of the academy, a point the council echoed.
"There needs to be a blend of employees that are in an organization. To bring in 20 to 30 academy graduates, will be a nightmare in terms of the training component," said Councilman Brian Kalinowski, a Contra Costa Sheriff's lieutenant.
Antioch would not have any unfunded liability on the public safety side, as it has not hired anyone under the 3 percent at 55 calculation, said Michelle Fitzer, the city's human resources director. Eight people have been hired under the 2 percent at 55 calculation for other city positions, which would result in some unfunded liability, she said.
Concord, Richmond, San Pablo and Vallejo are among the East Bay cities that use the 3 percent at 50 retirement formula for sworn public safety officers. Brentwood, Pittsburg, Walnut Creek and Martinez use a 3 percent at 55 calculation.
Contact Paul Burgarino at 925-779-7164. Follow him at Twitter.com/paulburgarino.


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"I am half way through my MBA program at Concordia University and I am truly enjoying the classroom learning environment as well as the interaction with faculty members and other students. The professors in all of my courses have always placed strong emphasis on classroom interactions and teamwork. The campus is clean, beautiful and very peaceful."
-Tuan Nguyen '11
"The Concordia University Irvine MBA program is a well thought out program with expertise and professional guidance."
-Michael Sweeney '12
"Being a foreign exchange student from France, Concordia's MBA program was a great opportunity for me to develop my understanding in business from different perspectives. Teachers are not simply teaching from textbooks, but they bring their experiences and knowledge from the business world, and build bridges for us to the professional world."
-Vrunda Patel
"Concordia University Irvine has provided a place where I can learn about what interests me. Its flexible schedule allows me to work full-time as well as spend time with my family. The curriculum is relevant, enabling me to utilize and apply real life concepts within my company. Its beautiful campus, great amenities, ample parking, and helpful faculty make choosing Concordia University a decision I am grateful God has led me to."
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3.7-14 Negligence - Un/Under-Insured
Revised to January 1, 2008
The plaintiff has brought this action
against the defendant, (his/her) own insurance company, under coverage known as
uninsured / underinsured motorist coverage. The purpose of such insurance is to
provide compensation to the plaintiff for the damages that would have been
recoverable if the uninsured / underinsured motorist, <defendant's name>,
[or the unknown driver of the other car] had maintained an insurance policy to
adequately cover the plaintiff's losses from this collision. For this defendant
to be liable to the plaintiff, the plaintiff must show that the other driver was
negligent, that the negligence caused injury to the plaintiff and that the other
driver did not have (any / adequate) insurance.
The defendant has stipulated that the
plaintiff's insurance policy with the defendant provides this type of coverage
and that the policy was in full force and effect, and thus you need not concern
yourself with the specifics of the policy.
[<If there is no stipulation on
negligence:> Rather, you must determine if the plaintiff has proved that
the other driver was negligent, whether any such negligence caused injury to the
plaintiff, and if so, what amount of money will fully and fairly compensate the
plaintiff. <See
Negligence - Definition, Instruction 3.6-1,
Proximate Cause - Definition, Instruction 3.1-3, and
Damages - General, Instruction, 3.4-1.>]
[<If there is a stipulation on
negligence:> The defendant has agreed that the other driver was negligent
and caused the accident, and thus you need not concern yourself with the
question of who caused the accident. Rather, your only task is to determine
whether the plaintiff suffered injury as a result of the accident and, if so,
what amount of money will fully and fairly compensate the plaintiff. <See
Damages - General, Instruction 3.4-1.>]
[<If there is evidence of
<Select one of the following
as appropriate:>
You have heard
testimony that the plaintiff has already received some compensation from the
other driver.
The fact that the
plaintiff is suing <name of insurance company> for underinsured motorist
benefits suggests that the other driver had some insurance which was paid out to
the plaintiff.
If you determine that the plaintiff
was injured as a result of the negligence of the other driver, and awarded
damages from the defendant insurance company, the plaintiff will not receive
compensation twice for the same injuries. Your task is to determine whether the
plaintiff is entitled to an award of damages and, if so, in what amount. After
you determine the full amount to which the plaintiff is entitled, I will make
any necessary mathematical calculations after your verdict to adjust for any
sums the plaintiff may already have received.]
If there is no contest over the
terms of the defendant's insurance policy, the policy and the coverage limits
are not admissible. Evidence of the amount of coverage in the insurance
contract or the amount of recovery from the tortfeasor are deemed irrelevant to
the jury's determination of damages. Fahey v. Safeco Insurance Company,
49 Conn. App. 306, 314-15 (1998).
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Sage Francis wrote: Sage Francis "The Best of Times" with music by Yann Tiersen off the upcoming LI(F)E album.
This song is premiering now at http://www.prefixmag.com/media/sage-francis/the-best-of-times-prefix-premiere/39561/
Not exactly how I intending on unleashing a most epic song, but there it is. People rating the fucker and all.
I will explain more about the song, the collabo, and have the lyrics available on www.LifeIsJustALie.com tomorrow.
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Canada, 2011, 90 Minute Running Time
Additional Countries: USA
Genre/Subjects: Comedy, Sports
Program: The Watching Hour
MUST END Thursday, April 26th at the Denver FilmCenter/Colfax
35mm presentation - From writers Jay Baruchel and Evan Goldberg (Superbad) and Canadian cult director Michael Dowse (Fubar I and II) comes this hilarious tale that just may knock Slap Shot off its skates as the best comedy ever to tackle the topic of hockey.
Meet Doug Glatt (Seann William Scott), an aimless bouncer at a zero club who is scouted for a minor-league hockey slot after he uses his fists to pummel a visiting player who rudely breaks into the crowd shouting homophobic slurs. The coach likes the cut of his jib, and throws Doug on the ice to protect aging and puck-shy player Xavier Laflamme (Marc-Andre Grondin) from all aggressors, including Doug's hockey idol, Ross "The Boss" Rhea (Liev Schreiber). Ross, who has recently been demoted to the minors, has his stick set squarely on Doug and his charge.
Off the ice, Doug tries to navigate the social mores of his new world, including the affections of a horny-but-taken young lady (the always awesome Alison Pill) and a friendship with his biggest fan and pal (played by writer Baruchel), who tries to make sure that Doug's eyes are on the prize—and that his fists are buried deep in his opponents' skulls.
Hockey is a blood sport, and Goon provides plenty of both—the fast-paced action and close-up violence that hockey fans really pay to see. There are moments that rival Raging Bull's bone-crackingly realistic head shots and crimson showers. No foul here, then—Goon delivers what hockey fans have been craving on the big screen since Paul Newman knocked a puck into viewer's hearts in 1977.
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I am working with hand drawn pattern instructions and converting them to CAD, so this may seem a bit odd. I've attached a drawing to illustrate.
If it was paper, the original pattern would be slashed at the Center Front line nearly to the other edge, then the pattern is spread out. The edge line retains its length and the individual sections retain their width.
I've tried different combinations of tools in QCAD, but I end up distorting something in the process. I'm sure this isn't a one-step process, so whatever it takes to accomplish this is fine. Any suggestions?


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Melissa Nething
Washington Elementary School
401 Washington St.
Marietta, Ohio 45750
Phone: (740) 374-6520
Fax: (740) 374-6521
Marietta School District
School Profile
Hours: 8:55 a.m. to 3:35 p.m., office 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Grades: K-5
Enrollment: 350
Teachers: 25
Student-teacher ratio: 23:1
Nickname of school team: Trojans
School Calendar: Aug. 19 - May 20
Child care options (elementary): YMCA Kids Company before and after school.
Business partners: Arbors at Marietta, Warren's IGA, Peoples Bank, McDonalds, Selby General Hospital.
Feeder Schools
Feeds: Marietta Middle School
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June 16, 1960
Congress passed the 23rd Amendment
The federal government moved to Washington, DC, in 1800. For 160 years, the residents of that city were denied the right to vote for the President and Vice President of the United States. On June 16, 1960, Congress passed the 23rd Amendment which would change that. Ratified by the states in March 1961 citizens who were otherwise eligible to vote, could now vote for the President and Vice President.


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Live Oak's Trevor Bearden isn't satisfied with just having the all-time Central Coast Section rushing record.
With two regular-season games and probably at least one playoff game left, the senior running back wants to put the record out of reach.
"I want to smash it," Bearden said days after breaking the career mark.
Bearden averages 265.4 yards per game this season. If he continues that pace for three more games, he would finish his career with just under 6,400 yards.
He would also finish just shy of the CCS season rushing record of 2,956 yards that Capuchino's Justin Ewing set last season.
With 2,133 yards this year, Bearden would need to average 274.7 yards over three more games to pass Ewing's mark.
Mitty's run last weekend elevated the Monarchs back to the top spot in the Mercury News rankings. Valley Christian dropped to second.


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What are the biggest challenges and opportunities when it comes to improving patient health?
Contributors Respond
Crawford Clay
Patient Advocacy Coord., Colon Cancer Alliance
Nine years ago, I was diagnosed with colon cancer, and what followed was one of the most physically and psychologically challenging experiences of my life.
Surviving a health crisis like colon cancer is a complicated, daunting challenge. As with any cancer, it is as much of a mental challenge as a physical disease. I remember my radiation therapist telling me he thought more people died of despair than of the disease. I committed myself to beating the disease for my kids' sake. Luckily, I did, but it was an incredibly difficult journey.
Unfortunately, my story as a colon cancer survivor is far from unique. Colon cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States, and more than 140,000 people will be diagnosed with the disease this year. As with many other issues of chronic disease, preventative care is crucial. For people with average risk factors, that means a colonoscopy at age 50 with follow-up visits every 10 years after that. Those with a first-degree relative like a parent or sibling that have colon cancer are two to three times more at risk than the average person.
But diagnosis doesn't have to be a death sentence. Early detection is key to staging a successful fight against the disease – there is a 90 percent, five+ year survival rate if it is detected at an early stage. Unfortunately, most instances of colon cancer are not detected early enough. Improving access to potentially life-saving cancer screenings for colon and other forms of the disease, and continuing to raise awareness about the risk factors needs to be a top public health priority.
Adam Gilden Tsai
The Obesity Society, Advocacy Chair, MD, MSCE, FACP
A major challenge in improving care for patients is ensuring consistent, high-quality care across the healthcare environment. In general, patients are more likely to receive the best care in integrated health systems, where members of the care team work together to ensure the patient's medical history, medications and prior tests are a part of patient care. This team-oriented environment helps reduce the waste and confusion that often coincides with the silos familiar to our current healthcare environment.
The Affordable Care Act provides incentives for providers and payers to form integrated systems, such as Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). The ACO model for healthcare delivery is a network of providers and hospitals that shares responsibility for improving patient health. Kaiser Permanente and the Veteran's Administration (VA) Health System are taking the lead in establishing these systems. Both are prime examples of coordinating medical care with a focus on the long-term, and thus providing an environment where clinicians can focus on keeping patients healthy without facing pressures of over- or under-treating.
When more patients receive care in integrated systems, there will be greater incentives for those systems to deal systematically with health issues that affect large numbers of patients – for example, obesity.
Obesity is an important population health issue, affecting more than one-in-three American adults, and treatment is not consistently reimbursed in many settings. However, in the case of an integrated system, patients can have access to treatment by a team of healthcare professionals, which is often necessary for this complex condition. For obesity, access to a nutritionist, a psychologist and a weight-loss physician can mean the difference between success and failure. And more, a five to ten percent weight loss alone can have significant benefits for a patient's overall health, and the cost of future treatment.


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How to Deal With a Toxic Boss or Co-Worker
Being on the receiving end of bullying behavior in a professional environment is hard to talk about. Given the emerging awareness of the danger and punitive sanctions against workplace bullying, we'd all be forgiven for being incredulous that it's still happening.
Bullying is usually conducted by people with low self-esteem and a need to exercise power and control. We go to work expecting to communicate with other professional adults – It's a shock. It's easier to make excuses: it's just a misunderstanding, a personality clash, or you must be overly sensitive. But bullying behavior at the office can be downright toxic, affecting workplace satisfaction, creativity, productivity, and the health and happiness of even the most competent and confident worker.
Despite increasing knowledge of diminished organizational effectiveness to potential life-threatening trauma from bullying, and the educational programs, work bullies continue their unacceptable behavior. Here are five ways to handle a toxic co-worker or boss.
1. Validation
Find a trustworthy co-worker, mentor or professional to use as a sounding-board. It's important to talk it through with someone you respect; have a chance to vent; and obtain feedback from this person. They can verify when you are indeed being bullied and when, perhaps, you're being a little oversensitive.
If it seems that you may be reading more into it, or that it could be open to misinterpretation, can humor help you to diffuse the ambiguity and regain your composure? This is a good opportunity for you to review your own behavior. Are you performing acceptably and executing your job duties appropriately? Is it possible that your boss or colleague is exasperated with your underperformance or stressed due to your work ambivalence? Are you miserable and labelling your boss a "bully"?
Or is this a clear case of bullying?
2. Verification
Document the offenses in writing for a certain period of time (e.g. a week, a month, or a quarter), then discuss the matter with your supervisor and/or your Human Resources department. Have concrete examples of the bullying.
Learn the policies and protocols of your organization. Be aware of training programs, support services, and resources to help you. The greater your emotional intelligence—self awareness, interpersonal communication skills, and understanding of personality types—the greater your range of options. Different types of bullies require different strategies. For example, different strategies may be required for bosses, co-workers, direct reports, clients, customers, and contractors.
3. Naming It
Speaking directly to the bully specifying their unacceptable behavior. Depending on the situation and the personalities involved, weigh up whether it is worth saying something directly, or whether that would be too risky and counterproductive. Unbelievable as it may sound, some bullies are not aware that they are being inappropriate (often because no one has ever told them) or how to communicate differently.
If you do decide to try to nip it in the bud, some people find it is helpful to rehearse the conversation or obtain some coaching first. Prepare your points (refer to no. 2 Verification) to discuss calmly.
Make specific statements about the behavior that you have noticed, the consequences, and what is expected in future communications. Ask, "What can we do to resolve this/improve things?"
4. The Next Level Up
If the bullying still continues, then speak to their superior. Be aware of organizational communication protocols; if the bully is your boss, before you speak to their boss you might be required to advise them of your intention.
You will need to have specific details of the incidents recorded so you are absolutely correct. Remember that this is not about personal characteristics; this is about bully behavior and the likely organizational impact.
In your discussion, keep cool, calm, and collected. You need to mention what you have tried to do to resolve it, and have concerns about the impact this has on organizational effectiveness.
5. Self Protection
You should expect to be safe from physical, emotional, and verbal abuse at work. Before, during, and after addressing the problem, ensure that you're never alone with the bully—have colleagues around you in front of whom he or she will have to behave.
Restore and retain resilience. Humor can sometimes diffuse bullying. Does checking with that person's colleagues add some ideas—any clues, additional support? Can you put on a "suit of mirrors" when visiting the bully? Does a song title or cartoon character come to mind?
Try to do things at work to keep things in perspective—whether it's grabbing an afternoon coffee with a co-worker, taking a walk at lunch, or mentoring a junior colleague. Having things to look forward to will offset the drudgery of having to deal with the bully.
Should you stay or go? If your health, personal life, and capacity to perform your work is suffering, seriously consider your future. Is the bully likely to leave? Can you transfer, job exchange, or remove yourself from the bully's trajectory?
Don't shrug off the pain, humiliation, and loss of job satisfaction that a bully can cause. If all else fails, look for another job. Your health and happiness are more important than "sticking it out."
Meredith Fuller is a psychologist and the author of "Working with B—-es" (Da Capo Lifelong Books, 2013).


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Well, it happened again. The Super Bowl half-time entertainment featured another "oops" moment.
This time, it wasn't a wardrobe malfunction, such as what infamously happened when Janet Jackson was performing during the 2004 Super Bowl. Instead, it was a different body part that was exposed to the camera. Specifically, it was the middle finger of British-born rapper M.I.A., extended in front of the camera and an estimated audience of 111.3 million viewers. Like the 2004 incident, the TV network who broadcast the Super Bowl, along with the NFL, was quick to issue apologies. The Federal Communications Commissions will likely issue six-figure fines for the middle-finger salute.
Now granted, worse things are regularly seen and heard on network television. It's just a finger, after all. On the other hand, that finger is a universally-understood obscene gesture representing "the queen mother of dirty words" (according to Ralphie, the main character in the movie "A Christmas Story"). To flash that gesture deliberately, and apparently premeditatedly, in front of one of the largest prime time television audiences ever is inexcusable.
Sadly, it wasn't terribly unexpected. Not that uttering vulgarities, curses, and blasphemies are anything new. But crude, vulgar, and offensive speech is practically the norm anymore, it seems. Movie stars and athletes drop more F-bombs these days than a B-17. It isn't just celebrities whose mouths spew that stuff, however. Few of us can claim a perfect or even good track record when it comes to guarding our tongues.
So why is it important for us to watch our mouths? Good manners are one reason. I fear for a society that tolerates and even promotes boorishness among the people it claims to look up to. But even more important, for those of us who call ourselves Christians, we represent our Savior and our faith every time we step out into the world and open our mouths, whether we realize it or not. What impressions are we giving others about the Lord when our language is offensive? St. James wrote, "With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be" (James 3:9.10).
Those of us who find foul words spilling from our lips on a regular basis probably wouldn't do that if our grandmothers were watching, would we? So why do it when we know our Lord is watching? Instead of peppering our speech with offensive words (or using offensive gestures), let's follow our Savior's advice: "Simply let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No,' 'No'; anything beyond this comes from the evil one" (Matthew 5:37).
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Images of the world's two newest supercars began to circulate through the Internet this weekend, one being the 2013 Ferrari F620 GT and the other taking the form of an Infiniti Emerg-E concept.
The F620 GT will replace the glorious V12 front-engined, RWD 599 GTB. Questions have surrounded the car. Would it continue to use a V12 or succumb to modern trends and use fewer cylinders along with some form of forced induction? Would it be RWD or incorporate the FF's innovative AWD system? Would it take styling cues from the controversial FF or be more fluid like the 458 Italia?
Many of those questions have been answered, but I'm left wondering if Infiniti built the better Ferrari.
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Hometown Memories Publishing Company already has collected hundreds of stories and pictures from life in the "good old days" in Northwest and North Central Kansas. And they are looking for a few more to complete the book they will publish later this year. The company intends to save a big slice of local history before it's lost forever.
Karen Garvey, senior editor at Hometown Memories, is extending the deadline for submitting stories to May 31. She invites anyone older than age 60 with yarns about the "good old days" in Northwest and North Central Kansas to write them down and mail them to her for possible publication in the book. The hardcover coffee table book will contain tales of bygone years from people who actually lived them. If you have already submitted a story, please do not submit more.
"The stories we have received from Northwest and North Central Kansas are among the best we have ever gotten. Because this promises to be one of the most interesting books we have ever done, we want to increase its size by adding about 75 more stories. I'm not looking for genealogy," says Garvey.
"What we want to save are true stories about things that once were commonplace but are virtually unknown to today's generation. The contributor's descendants will love them for it. Life today is not what it used to be."
"Stories like these are not only great fun to read, especially for old-timers, but they're usually left out of the official history books. I hope our books will still be around in 200 years so that people will know that old-timers were more than a name or a faded picture. But that we were real people with real lives."
Especially wanted for the book are stories that involve humor, odd, unusual, frightening or mysterious events, romance stories (for example, "How I Met My Spouse"), local myths and legends or ghost tales.
Garvey requests that anyone interested in submitting material for the book phone her toll free, at 877-491-8802 for instructions or visit the web site at www.hometownmemoriesonline.com.
Hometown Memories, LLC is a North Carolina Company that is dedicated to providing books that preserve the spirit, character, and memory of a time that will never be seen again. The people who appear in them are from all walks of life. Their experiences are so unusual and varied that it is impossible to categorize them. You'll find humor, adventure, romance, hardship, and even a few ghost stories in a Hometown Memories book. The company has produced more than 60 titles, and there are currently more than 70,000 copies of their living history books in circulation.
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The roster for Jeff Wadlow's planned "X-Force" movie hasn't been revealed, but that's not stopping Fox consultant Mark Millar from putting a number on the team.
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Jim Carrey, who portrays Colonel Stars and Stripes in the upcoming "Kick-Ass 2," distances himself from the film over concerns about its violent content, prompting co-creator Mark Millar to respond to the actor's comments.
Universal has released a second international trailer for "Kick-Ass 2" that places the focus squarely on busting skulls and, well, kicking ass. The movie, based on Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.'s comic, opens Aug. 16.
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Oscar winner Colin Firth is reportedly in talks to star in "The Secret Service," director Matthew Vaughn's adaptation of the comic book by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons published under Marvel's Icon imprint.
Mark Millar and Frank Quitely's "Jupiter's Legacy" continues on June 26, and CBR has an exclusive preview of the Image Comics' series' second issue!
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Greg McElhatton gives "Jupiter's Legacy" #1 by Mark Millar and Frank Quitely 4 stars, calling the issue "elegantly written and drawn" by the creative team, and "a book to be proud of."
Frank Quitely discusses his and Mark Millar's "Jupiter's Legacy," from its origins as a bar room pitch to settling into the world of creator-owned comics, designing the fashion for an entire planet and more.
CBR presents an exclusive preview of Mark Millar and Frank Quitely's highly-anticipated Millarworld project, "Jupiter's Legacy" #1. The series debuts April 24 from Image Comics.
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Mark Millar and Frank Quitely show off the first full pages from their upcoming Image epic "Jupiter's Legacy," taking readers from the discovery of super powers to modern battles full of psychic illusions.
Courtesy of Marvel Comics, CBR presents exclusive previews for Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli's "Ultimate Comics Spider-Man" #20 and the final issue of Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.'s "Hit-Girl" mini!
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Frank Quitely's character designs for Mark Millar's "Jupiter's Children" epic trilogy have been revealed, featuring a first look at the superpowered slackers and their responsible parents.
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