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Panzer Corps Review
Nature abhors a vacuum, and video gaming appears to as well. When many of the big game studios packed up and abandoned the PC in favor of the easy money that came with the console market, a void was left in their wake. However, contrary to the many pessimists' predictions of calamity, this void did not linger for long. Rather, it was quickly filled by a number of smaller studios who saw it as a golden opportunity to yank PC gaming away from the corporate group-think that had come to dominate the industry, and put it back on a path that would restore it to its glorious heritage of thoughtful yet addictive gaming that used to be a staple of the platform.
Case in point: Lordz Game Studio's recently released Panzer Corps. Clearly seeking to capture the magic of SSI's Panzer General, perhaps one of the most beloved wargames of all time, Panzer Corps combines intuitive gameplay with deep strategy to produce an addictive "one more turn" formula that should prove quite popular with a wide group of gamers. Here's why….
Role-playing World War II
Panzer Corps arrives with four campaigns, offering the player a choice of where to begin his German military career: 1939 – Early Blitzkriegs, 1941 – Operation Barbarossa, 1943 – Eastern Front, and 1943 – Western Front. In addition to these four there is also a tutorial campaign, one I highly recommend because it leads the player through a series of field exercises that introduce the core mechanics of the game in an entertaining fashion. The player can also try his hand at individual scenarios derived from the campaigns, some twenty-six in all.
While the ability to play an isolated scenario is a nice option – it can be helpful to practice a particularly difficult battle – the schwerpunkt of Panzer Corps is found in the campaign gameplay. You see, in a nod to its illustrious predecessor Panzer General, Panzer Corps proves to be an additive experience because of a clever role-playing element that is central to the gameplay. Unlike other wargames that serve isolated battles to the player, each battle in Panzer General is linked to another in a long campaign that stretches across World War II. In other words, the ultimate outcome of the war is determined by the actions of the player. Do well by achieving a number of decisive wins at the front, and the player may well find himself leading an invasion of North America! Do poorly, and his career will end with the defeat of the Wehrmacht.
Further adding to the role-playing element of the game is the ability of the player to nurture a core set of units that he can take with him from battle to battle. While the player will begin his military career with a set of pre-assigned units, as he progresses from battle to battle, he can custom tailor his forces by purchasing new units from over 400 unit types (land, air and naval units) that are made available according to the actual time frame they were available to the Wehrmacht during World War II. Even better, though, is the fact that each unit that survives a battle will gain experience, battlefield commendations, and even heroes who boost the combat ability of the unit. This ability to carefully outfit your forces, and nurture them from battle to battle, really makes Panzer Corps an engrossing experience, one nicely enhanced by a touch of role-playing.
World War II Chess
I know it is an overused metaphor, but the battles in Panzer Corps really do resemble a game of chess more so than your traditional turn-based, hex wargame. There are a few reasons why this is so.
First off, each battle in Panzer Corps is presented as a carefully orchestrated race against time. The player only has so many turns to achieve his objectives, leading to a tense game that really puts the player on the edge of his seat, much like trying to mate your opponent's king with limited time on the clock. There are two possible victory conditions: a "marginal victory" where the player captures all objectives before running out of turns, or a "decisive victory" where the player captures all objectives with nine turns to spare – something that is decidedly harder than its sounds. Both marginal and decisive victories advance the campaign, while a failure to achieve either can end your career or result in a do-over on the same battlefield.
Given the time constraints, a player needs to carefully survey the battlefield and plan accordingly. Panzer Corps hex-based tactical map is nicely detailed with different terrain types, including cities, ports, airfields, road and rail networks, along with the usual assortment of topography such as hills, grasslands, mountains, et cetera, with each providing the suitable combat and movement modifiers. So, for example, infantry benefits defensively from the close terrain of a city, while armor can move faster on open fields. Panzer Corps also tracks weather conditions, something else that can affect combat and movement. With this in mind, the player needs to take all these factors into account and start considering which units he will need to purchase to get the job done post-haste.
Once a plan is made, the player can begin purchasing his units from a limited supply of "prestige points" which are earned from capturing cities and winning scenarios. Each unit in the game costs a certain amount of points to purchase and/or upgrade to a better level of equipment, so the player must carefully weigh the cost of each purchase. In addition to that, each battle only allows the player a certain number of "unit slots", so care must be taken not to waste them on units that will be of only limited use during a long battle.
Once the player's force has been chosen and placed on the map at the designated deployment hexes, the battle can begin. Typically, the player will use his initial turns to get his units to spread out across that map in an altogether appropriate blitzkrieg towards valuable objectives. As with the real war, armor and recon units will quickly fan out in advance of the slower infantry and support units, while aircraft span the battlefield looking to strafe targets or engage enemy aircraft in a dogfight. While it is tempting to capture every city you come across, the player needs to decide if the resulting battle is worth the loss of equipment and, more importantly, time. Sometimes it is, such as during periods of heavy fighting when the prestige points gained by capturing a city can be invested in reinforcements. However, other times it might be better just to bypass enemy strongpoints and make do with what you have on hand, such as when the turn counter is nearly maxed out and there is still one last objective to siege. Strategic decisions such as this prove to be Panzer Corps' gameplay hook as they really get the player thinking about his options.
Combat is nicely modeled without becoming a headache for the more causal player. Each unit is rated according to a variety of factors, from fuel and ammo, to spotting ranges and attack values against different types of targets (infantry, armor, air, etc.). Since this is a classic hex-based game, attacks involve moving next to an enemy unit (only one land/naval unit and a single air unit is permitted per hex) and clicking on the target. Combat considers the innate combat ability of units involved, along with terrain benefits and the experience level of the units, as well as any nearby supporting units such as artillery. Combat results arrive in the form of point loss to a unit's strength (which spans one to ten points, although the player can buff some of his units with an extra point or two during the purchase phase), and suppression. When a unit's strength gets low, it will usually retreat or surrender. Deal enough damage, and you can destroy the unit entirely.
Of course, as in real life, units can replace their strength losses with reinforcements. Again, the player has a decision to make: does he replace a unit's lost strength with regular recruits, something that will degrade the overall experience level of the unit and thereby harm its combat effectiveness, or does he invest the extra prestige points to replace loses with elite reinforcements which will not degrade the overall experience of the unit? Choose wisely because the right decision can help swing the battle quickly in your direction.
As I mentioned earlier, units that perform well – and survive! - in combat will be awarded various medals, such as the Iron Cross. Even better, units will even occasionally see heroes emerge that boost their abilities, such as getting bonuses in attack, defense and even mobility. All this information is handedly displayed in the unit's battle history screen, one that I found can make for fascinating reading after a few battles as it provides a neat chronology of the units various exploits, even to the point of listing the particular cities captured by the unit. This detailed unit history really gets the player invested in the outcome of battles. Let me assure you, there is nothing more heart wrenching that being overly aggressive with one of your honored units and losing it in battle! Argh, the tragedy! Of course, this also forces another decision on the player: do you risk your best units in a risky attack in the hopes of a big breakthrough? Or do you play it safe and save them for later, even if this means a delay in your attack? Decisions, decisions….
Other important decisions need to be made as well. For example, some units can be purchased with or without transportation. Is it worth the cost for the extra mobility? And if so, do you go for armored transports or unarmored trucks? What about airborne drops? Should you risk dropping some paratroopers behind enemy lines, or would it be faster and safer to organize an armored thrust to penetrate enemy lines and seize the objective? Or maybe you should put some units on naval transports and attempt a seaborne invasion? Some units can even function in multiple roles, such as the infamous German 88s. Do you keep them in an air defense role, or turn them into deadly anti-gun guns? The choices go on and on….
Ultimately, it's the need to make these decisions that transforms Panzer Corps into an absolutely engrossing World War II chess game. Like chess, the gameplay is easy to pick up, yet provides remarkable strategic depth; the player needs to be always revising his plans based upon the ever-changing battlefield. Before even a few turns have elapsed, the player finds himself deeply immersed in its gameplay, fretting over the need to replace causalities with precious prestige points, cheering when a hero emerges in a unit, and panicking when the turn counter begins to max out. All these factors serve to create individual battles that rage with remarkable realism and intensity both on the tactical map and in the player's mind. The result is gaming witchcraft that transforms Panzer Corps into something that is impossible to put down once you start playing it. In short, The Lordz Game Studio has managed to successfully capture the spirit of Panzer General and thereby return some old school glory back to turn-based gaming. Nicely done.
So What's Not to Like?
Not a heck of a lot. Panzer Corps is a largely solid game that will only get better with time (is it too early to ask for an expansion?). However, there are three things that I would like to see addressed.
The first item is actually rather minor, but I found it to be an annoyance after awhile. As mentioned above, units will earn battlefield decorations and heroes for noteworthy performance in battle. Unfortunately, which units have heroes/decorations is not clear from the tactical map. While the user interface does prominently display the experience level of each unit via a handy five star rating system, and the unit cards in the "unit list" window do indicate medal/heroes, to find out which units are receiving combat bonuses from a hero is difficult while looking at the tactical map. In fact, the only way to do so is to right click on the unit to bring up "unit details" screen, and then left click on the unit's "battle history" tab. Yeah, it's a bit buried. I would like to see this information more prominently displayed on the tactical map so I know when I am giving orders to a particularly distinguished and valuable unit.
Another critique involves the victory system. As I described above, in Panzer Corps there are two victory conditions, both of which require a complete conquest of the map. I have found this to be less than ideal because many times the player may come up short by a single objective, yet still be judged to have lost the entire battle and even the whole campaign. Such a result can be annoying to say the least, especially after slugging your way through a long battle. I wish Panzer Corps recognized more than two levels of victory so on those occasions where I came up just short of total conquest, my hard won near victory would still be recognized and I would be able to advance onto another mission rather than being unceremoniously dumped at the main menu and being forced to load a saved game. At a minimum I would like to see a failed offensive force the player to subsequently fight a defensive battle. It certainly would be a less jarring and more realistic result than an instant loss of the whole game.
My only other real complaint is that Panzer Corps sticks a bit too closely to the original formula of Panzer General. To be honest, this is the type of criticism I really don't like to make because it is admittedly vague, but I still feel it needs to be said. So, while it is nice that fans of SSI's classic wargame now have a fresh version to play with, I would have liked to have seen Panzer Corps go beyond the experience offered by the original. Perhaps, for example, Panzer Corps could have amped up the RPG aspects by allowing the player to earn experience along with his units? Sure, you could say that is what is accomplished by prestige points, but I would have liked to see something more concrete, such as allowing the player to earn some combat bonuses as well. Likewise, it might have been nice to be able to hand out medals and bonuses ourselves to our favorite units. Additional chrome such as this - and these are just idle suggestions - would have helped move Panzer Corps from being a solid tribute game to forging its own unique path.


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- The author interjects. He tells us about a visit to Pi's house. Pi shows the author memorabilia, but only has four photos of childhood: a photo of Mamaji, of Richard Parker, of the Aurobindo Ashram swimming pool, and a photo of Pi's secondary school.
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"It was absolutely wonderful," said former waitress Brucie Conrad. "We were so family when we were there. We would have picnics together and the Chieftain would let us bring our families to the swimming pool. It was like getting together with all of your most favorite sisters again." The Chieftain closed in 1999. The reunion included, from left, Cindy Blaufus of East Wenatchee, Patty Pepper of Wenatchee, Peg Schmidt of Waterville, Brucie Conrad of Ashland, Ore., and Fran McKinney of East Wenatchee.


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SIKESTON - Local motorists still appear to be confused by a new state law that went into effect July 1.
According to the law, U.S. citizens must present a U.S. birth certificate, a valid U.S. passport, a Certificate of Citizenship, a Certificate of Naturalization or a Certificate of Birth Abroad when they arrive at the license bureau to obtain or renew their license. Anyone whose name is different from the one on their birth certificate - through marriage or other means - must also present documentation indicating how their name was changed.
"Obviously a lot of people are still pretty confused," said Barry Cook, administrator for the Scott County Health Department, referring to a high volume of recent SpeakOut calls.
Although other forms of identification may be used, birth certificates are what most are using. "Ninety-nine percent of them have a birth certificate," estimated Terry Cole, fee agent at the Sikeston License Bureau.
For those born in Missouri, birth certificates can be obtained through any county health department in Missouri, Cook said. "If they're in the computer and not a problem - most aren't - it only takes a few minutes," he said. "We print it on the spot and usually within five to 10 minutes they have (the birth certificate)."
In some circumstances, it may take longer to receive a birth certificate. For instance, a person's name may be spelled differently on the birth certificate, or their birth may not have been recorded because they were born at home, Cook said.
These are the people who have the biggest problems at the license bureau, too. "They say they've fallen through the cracks," said Heather King, a clerk at the Sikeston License Bureau.
Those in this category are put in touch with the Missouri Department of Health Vital Records, where they submit papers and proof of their residency and existence, such as school records, Cook said.
And they, in addition to anyone else having trouble obtaining their birth certificate, are given a 60-day extension to renew their license, Cole added. "We will do whatever we can to help."
Cook said the health department has received a lot of calls from confused motorists and several have been pointed in their direction from the license bureaus. To help clear some confusion, forms they must fill out to receive birth certificates were placed in both Scott County license bureaus - Sikeston and Chaffee - Cook said.
For those born in other states, there are a few different routes they can take to receive certified birth certificates, like contacting that state's department of health or vital records or through a private company, Vital Chek. Cole and Cook both recommended the Centers for Disease Control Web site.
"That would be the first source I would try if I wasn't born in Missouri," Cole said.
The license bureau has actually found some mistakes as a by-product of the new requirements, originally planned to decrease identity theft and fraud as well as preventing illegal immigrants from getting driver's licenses, boarding planes and entering protected federal buildings. "We're finding some where the date of birth is wrong," Cole said. For instance, a license may have a birthday of June 18, but the birth certificate states it as June 20.
And the problem is beginning to get smaller. When the law first went into effect, close to 50 percent of motorists were unaware of the new requirements, but now only about 20 percent come without the necessary paperwork, Cole said. "It's just about getting everyone educated."


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The Red Badge of Courage
by Stephen Crane
Analysis: What's Up With the Title?
The title hails from a passage in the novel when Henry, our protagonist, sees the bloody, battle-injured men around him and "wishe[s] that he, too, had a wound, a red badge of courage" (9.47). The title is somewhat ironic since it seems to refer to a genuine flag or emblem of honor when, in fact, the "red badge" is nothing more than the blood oozing from a wounded man. Crane seems to contrast the patriotic notion of military bravery and honor with the mundane and sad inevitability of death and injury that is the reality of war. The title is paradoxical and intentionally so, especially since the wound the protagonist finally receives is accidentally inflicted by a fellow Union soldier and hardly a mark of courage. It actually becomes a mark of cowardice for Henry, since he lies about the wound and pretends to be wounded by the opposing side.


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Freak waves towering as much as 30 m above the surrounding seas have long been reported by mariners, and recent satellite studies have shown that they are more common that previously expected. Now, a team of physicists in Germany and the US has gained important insights into the possible origins of such waves by scattering microwaves in the laboratory.
The work suggests that rogue waves can emerge from linear interactions between waves – contradicting some theories, which assume that non-linear interactions are required. The team believes that its insights could be used to calculate a "freak index", which would give the probability of encountering freak waves at specific locations in the oceans.
The experiment was inspired by a measurement made eight years ago by a group that included one of the present team – Eric Heller of Harvard University. Electrons flowing on a semiconductor sheet were seen to focus into several narrow beams, rather than scatter in random directions as had been expected. The reason, according to Lev Kaplan of Tulane University, is that random impurities in the semiconductor acted like a "bad lens", directing the electrons (which act like waves) towards several focal points.
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Kaplan and Heller realized that random currents in the ocean could also act as bad lenses, focusing smaller waves into larger – and even freak – waves.
According to Kaplan, it would be very difficult to test the theory using water in a wave tank because such facilities are set up to study waves propagating in only one direction. Instead, they joined forces with Ruven Höhmann, Ulrich Kuhl and Hans-Jürgen Stöckmann at the University of Marburg to study the effect in microwaves.
The team in Germany injected microwaves into a cavity comprising two parallel metal plates. The distance between the plates was much less than the wavelength of the microwaves, making the waves "quasi 2D" – just like ocean waves. Scattering from random currents was simulated by placing a number of metal cones in random positions in the cavity.
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The team monitored the microwave intensity throughout the cavity and noticed the emergence of "hot spots", where the intensity was five or more times greater than background levels. The team counted the number of such freak waves that occurred over a finite time and discovered that they were many orders of magnitude more common than if they resulted from the random superposition of plane waves in the cavity. Random superposition had earlier been thought to govern the formation of freak waves in the ocean, which could explain why mariners and oceanographers seemed to differ on the frequency of such events.
Kaplan told physicsworld.com that the randomly-placed cones were behaving like a bad lens, which could occasionally focus the microwaves into a hot spot. The experiment is also the first to establish that freak waves can be generated via simple linear interactions between waves – the microwaves in the cavity only interact linearly. Previously, many oceanographers had believed that non-linear interactions – which become more prevalent in shallow water – were required to create freak waves.
Leonid Mezhov-Deglin of the Institute of Solid-State Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences said that the microwave experiments should be of interest to physicists studying ocean and other surface waves. However, he cautioned that much more work was needed in the characterization of rogue ocean waves before they could be simulated accurately using microwaves.
Freak index
The experiment has also allowed Kaplan and colleagues to hone their "freak index", which defines the likelihood of encountering a rogue wave based on the average wave and current speeds and the angular spread of wave motion. This could help mariners to identify regions of the ocean where rogue waves could be a problem, but Kaplan points out that physicists will never be able to predict the formation of individual waves.
A preprint describing the work is available on arXiv.
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Frantic as a cardiograph scratching out the lines, Day 132: Strikeforce: Morituri #10
Every day this year, I will be examining the first pages of random comics. Today's page is from Strikeforce: Morituri #10, which was published by Marvel and is cover dated September 1987. Enjoy!
Strikeforce: Morituri was an odd comic from the 1980s that took place outside Marvel continuity but wasn't an Epic line book. I own a bunch of issues but still haven't read it because I'm trying to collect them all (of course, after I got a bunch of them, Marvel decided to start releasing trades – thanks a lot, Marvel!), but basically, aliens attack Earth and humans scientists figure out how to give some people superpowers to fight back, but the process kills them in a year. Am I missing anything, or is Wikipedia correct?
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Does this work to draw people in? I think so – it gives us a character who is already complicated even though we only know a little about him, and the artwork is perfectly fine. Nothing here repels a reader, and a good amount draws one in. That's the job, isn't it?
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Boy howdy, do I love this series.
This is much better than anything Portacio has done lately.
Just a little surprised that you didn't showcase Brent Anderson, the original series artist; or the Mark Bagley, (yes, THE Mark Bagley). Not sure if this was Bagley's first series.
Odd is right. A depressingly bleak series, where characters are expected to die (you just didn't know when or how).
Tom: It's random! I just closed my eyes, reached in, pulled out a comic, and it happened to be this one! I only knew I was somewhere in the "S" area, because I have a lot of comics that begin with "S" and I know where those long boxes are.
Such a great series!!! Greg, I envy the enjoyment you will have as you discover this.
I've read a few out-of-sequence issues before, but now that the trades are coming out I've gone through the first two volumes. It's excellent material. Not sure what to expect from Volume 3, though, with the Electric Undertow miniseries.
Greg: Nope,it's the first time we've seen the alien.
This is Portacio's first full issaue on the series after previously drawing the Blackwatch pages in earlier issues.
Buy the trades, this is good stuff
Thanks for the kind words about the Morituri page. I didn't keep many of the original pages from this series, but I kept this one. Good memories inking Brent Anderson on that book too. I don't mean this to be in any way snarky, but what do you like to see in Jim Lee inks that I'm not providing? I'm always interested in trying to learn and get better. Thanks!
Scott: Wow, way to put me on the spot! I think the biggest issue I have with your inks of Lee is the hatching – Lee's pencils seem very spare occasionally, and your inks seem to make them too busy. I like this page quite a bit because you use the lines to their maximum effect by not overusing them – the fur and the hair make a good impression against D'Cheir's body. I don't know if Lee's pencils are too rushed (I know he's busy) and your inks are filling in the blanks too much, but the inks seem to obscure some of the pencil work. I don't mean to tell you your business – obviously, you're inking a very good artist on a very good-selling book – but it's bugged me for years.
I don't think you were snarky at all. I hope I'm not!
Philip: Interesting about D'Cheir's appearance. I think that makes the page even better, because Gillis does get a lot of his personality in very few words.
No worries, and not trying to put you on the spot. I came to terms years ago with the fact that I will not be able to please everyone. I still like hearing opinions about what I could do to be a better artist and better inker. I'm constantly falling short, but I'll keep trying.
This is a beautifully-drawn page – love the work on the shadows. I'm not convinced it's zip-a-tone but it looks like it. I must admit the style's not something I expected from a future Image artist. Whether that sort-of-Tom Palmer vibe is all down to Williams' inks I don't know, but nice work, Scott.
My only experience of Portacio is the Byrne/Lee X-Men era stuff.
And Strikeforce: Morituri I don't ever remember seeing on newsstands or comic stores late 80s/early 90s, so another cool insight. Nice work, too Greg, keep this series coming.
Thanks Pete. I used a ton of zip-a-tone in the mid to late 80's and this page is no different. I was indeed heavily influenced by two of my favorite inkers, Klause Janson and Tom Palmer (amongst others) who used a lot of zip. And yeah, Morituri was available at comic stores and news stands when it came out. Our book was somewhat drowned out by the release of the New Universe line Marvel launched at the same time. Unfortunate timing for us.
Pete: Morituri started December 86 and was sold on Newstands. If memory serves it went direct only in the late teens at the same time as Alpha Flight, Power Pack and …… racks brains ….. I can't remember! 31 issues and gone by the end of 89!
and yeah, it does a great job of setting up the issue by introducing the character.
While we're on the subject of Portacio's art: how about a nice colour Portacio X-Factor trade Marvel?


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by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Lines 16-25 Summary
Get out the microscope, because we're going through this poem line-by-line.
Lines 16-18
and all without mistaking
any thing
for what it may not be
- Fair warning, fair Shmoopers: we're getting into some of the highbrow stuff here, but it's manageable. We promise.
- Let's keep in mind the context of these lines: the poet-acrobat is doing fancy footwork, maybe for the purpose of deception. Now we get to learn a little more about his performance-style.
- He's performing "without mistaking any thing." Notice the separation of "any" and "thing." The speaker is emphasizing the solitary nature of one "thing" whatever it may be. He's not lumping it into the word "anything." It's special and it deserves its space.
- Check out the structure, too. It looks like these three lines are kind of nestled in their own little space, unlike some of the previous lines we've seen. They're still part of the one big thought/line/swing we started with, but Ferlinghetti seems to be singling these lines out a bit, just through the structure alone. Why?
- Maybe he's emphasizing that there's some careful attention being paid by the poet to the individual "things" (presumably ideas and words since we're talking about a poet). The poet seems to be looking at all sides of the "thing" and not just taking them for face value. No "mistaking" going on.
- And all the careful attention is for the purpose of getting at what the "thing" may be rather than what it may "not be." Is your head spinning yet? It's okay.
- That's what philosophy is all about—spinning and liking it.
- So yes, it seems Ferlinghetti is doubling back on the whole notion of "street poetry" since this stuff is looking pretty heavy and dare we say highbrow to us.
- But to be fair, Ferlinghetti could have made this a whole lot more artsy-fartsy. He's still keeping the poem within our reach, so maybe we should cut him some slack. Maybe things are getting complicated for a reason.
- A little side note too: the Beats (even if Ferlinghetti claims he wasn't one) were for the most part highly educated, too, so it's not as if they rolled out of elementary school and right into poetry. They've got the academic chops to back up their "street poetry," so it's inevitable that we'll hear some of the deeper philosophical stuff on occasion.
- Ferlinghetti is no exception. The guy has a master's degree from Columbia University and a doctoral degree from the Sorbonne. Just sayin'.
Lines 19-21
For he's the super realist
who must perforce perceive
taut truth
- We can't say for sure that we've begun a new stanza because it's hard to tell with the swinging lines. It looks like it's all one stanza, just like it's one thought swinging into another. But for our purposes, we can assume that there's a subtle break that begins with line 19, when the poem starts to focus more on the poet-acrobat himself. Plus we get a capitalization of "For." That's new.
- We learn that our guy's a "super realist" which is an oxymoron of sorts. How can a superhero or super-anything be a realist, too? They're by nature unreal or supernatural, right? Maybe the speaker is simply emphasizing the fact that the poet is more specifically "very" much a realist, hence "super realist."
- So there are a few different ways we can read line 19. But the main idea seems to be that the poet is by nature a contradiction. On the one hand, he has a lofty responsibility of finding Beauty and Truth (don't worry—we'll get there), while on the other he's trying to capture "real" life and putting it in a way we can identify with.
- Again, poetry and usually poets are full of contradictions, and that's what makes the stuff they put forth either very interesting or very confusing. And hey, the everyday folks are no walk in the park either. We're all nuts and confused to some degree.
- In these lines we also learn that the poet's got a duty: he "must perforce perceive taut truth." This is no easy feat, but since perforce means it's unavoidable; there's no getting around his duty. He "must" do it. Resistance is futile.
- "Taut" is a fancy way of saying tight. So this truth is a bit delicate, when we bear in mind how easy it is for something to snap if it's pulled too tightly. On the other hand, we may think that if it's tight it's also secure.
- Regardless, "truth" is present here and it's the poet's duty to perceive it. No putting it off until the weekend.
Lines 22-25
before the taking of each stance or step
in his supposed advance
toward that still higher perch
- So first the poet-acrobat needs to "perceive taut truth" before the "taking of each stance or step." In other words, he better be sure that there are no mistakes here. After all, his life depends on it. Sure it's fun to write your girlfriend a love poem or two, but when you're a poet performing for an entire audience, your work better say something more than just "let me count the ways."
- Each step—each stance—matters.
- We could have some symbolism at work here, too. The steps and stances may represent the words, ideas, or language a poet uses. And just like an acrobat had better be sure he watches his step, so does a poet when it comes to the ideas and words he uses. Everybody's watching (or at least poets like to think so).
- But we haven't even seen the hard part yet. Still there's a "supposed advance" which suggests that the poet is moving toward something he hasn't quite reached yet. There's an end somewhere, even though he may not see it right away, and everything (word) he uses is part of the process of getting there.
- And again it's all "his." No one ever said poets weren't egomaniacs…
- Notice too the use of the word "supposed." There are no guarantees here, no shining trophies at the other end waiting to be handed to the poet. His main concern is avoiding death. What good is a trophy if you're dead anyway?
- And we get more reminders that there's still a long way to go—a "still higher perch." Have you ever heard of a satisfied poet, writer, or artist? If you have then chances are they're not all that great since it's a commonly shared belief that an artist's entire existence rests on wanting more, bigger, better things (in an artistic sense of course, though we're sure they wouldn't mind the big bucks either).
- So we're starting to see the struggling artist rear his ugly head in these lines. He's reaching, striving, climbing, considering every step he takes or word he writes, all in the name of reaching that "higher perch."
- That "higher perch" is perhaps a symbol for that elusive "truth" the poet is seeking out. Again, if truth were easy to find we'd likely have painful smiles on our faces all the time.


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Letters to the editor
Cherish our Veterans Day When I was a child, Armistice Day - the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month - was when the guns stopped after four years of incredible, mindless slaughter. The countries of France and Belgium were awash in blood and the death count beyond belief. Observations were universal. At 11 a.m., sirens would sound, traffic would stop and drivers would stand at attention alongside their cars for two minutes in silent tribute to fallen comrades; flags half-staff, everyone wore a "buddy poppy" prompted by the poem "In Flanders Fields," which every school kid knew, as well as the lyrics to the song "My Buddy." This, of course, was before WWII when we learned what was forgotten, or perhaps, never learned. But then we all felt the hurt, took it seriously, with the solemnity it warranted.Now, after a few flag waves by a select few, the rest of America goes off to have a picnic (now called Veterans Day, a difference without a distinction) except the picnics become more important than the veteran. So for once let's concentrate on our new veterans, the ones who need jobs, housing to accommodate their disabilities and some ongoing compassion for the damage war has inflicted on them. Wear a poppy and know its significance, why it is blood red. Don't let this day become a day of hollow ritual and empty of remembrance. Don't just thank him for his service and turn away feeling virtuous. Perhaps we should rename it "Cherish Our Veterans Day." Randy Ludacer Lake Placid Voting rights Can people never see the gross unfairness of requiring a picture ID to vote? If a person has been registered under 10 different names, that person stands to lose 90 percent of his/her voting power. Free society voting should be classified close to the top of the sacrosanct. Voter fraud should result in a $100,000 fine, plus 10 years in prison. Obviously, there is some tongue-in-cheek with these statements, but we definitely need to emphasize in our homes and in our schools the tremendous, nearly non-measurable value of a free society's vote. The next statement is sincere: One felony should result in a five-year suspension of voting rights, with a second felony resulting in permanent voting rights suspension. Jim Rahenkamp Avon Park


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I drive in our valley a lot being in real estate. Many clients question our law allowing left turns against a red light when going onto a one-way street. One of my clients brought up an interesting question when I turned against a red "arrow" light from McAndrews Avenue onto Court Street after checking oncoming traffic and making sure it was safe. He asked, "Is this law true for red lights and red arrows?" Now I am confused. What is the law, and are red arrow red lights the same as regular red lights?
— Patty D., Medford
You know, Patty, we were pretty confident on this one — after all, some of us just graduated from traffic school. But to make sure, we checked with Medford Police Lt. Mike Budreau, and together we're here to spell out your rights to make a left.
Budreau pointed us to Oregon Revised Statutes 811.360, which addresses when a vehicle is permitted to turn at a stop light:
"The driver of a vehicle subject to this section, who is intending to turn at an intersection where there is a traffic control device showing a steady circular red signal, a steady red bicycle signal or a steady red arrow signal may do any of the following ... .:
(a) Make a right turn into a two-way street.
(b) Make a right or left in the direction of traffic upon a one-way street."
That's a bit to unpack, but Budreau put it more simply for us.
"You can turn on both the red arrow and the regular red circle," he said.
Of course, it goes without saying (but we're going to say it anyway) that anyone turning on a red light or a red arrow must first come to a full stop and is responsible for ensuring there is no oncoming traffic.
See, we did pay attention in traffic school!
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Bagsværd/Seattle – Danish Novo Nordisk has expanded its portfolio of promising biologicals in a multi-million dollar licensing deal with US biotech company ZymoGenetics. Under the terms of the license, Novo Nordisk has agreed to pay ZymoGenetics an initial upfront cash payment of $24 million for its autoimmune and inflammatory antibody therapy IL-21 mAb and has acquired broad intellectual property rights covering IL-21 mAb and the development of other IL-21 antibodies.. In addition, as the development programme of IL-21 mAb advances, ZymoGenetics may receive further milestones from Novo Nordisk of up to US$157.5m. Novo Nordisk in-licensed intellectual property rights to IL-21 antibodies outside North America in 2001 and now has worldwide rights.IL-21 mAb is a preclinical fully-human monoclonal antibody, and a pre-investigational new drug candidate under development for the treatment of autoimmune and inflammatory disorders such as inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus, in which it is overexpressed. Novo has agreed to pay a $1.5 million milestone payment upon the filing of an Investigational New Drug application, and an $8.5 million milestone payment at the start of phase 1 studies with the mAb. In addition, ZymoGenetics will receive royalties on net sales as the IL-21 mAb development programme advances. As part of the agreement, ZymoGenetics retains the option to fund a portion of phase 3 clinical development costs in exchange for an increased royalty rate on US sales and US co-promotion rights. If ZymoGenetics exercises the option, it would pay a fixed fee of US$10m, together with 15% of the costs of phase 3 clinical trials, and royalties on US sales would increase from single to double digits. (more)


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Gotta name the coven. Drawing a blank! What have ya'all come up with, any suggestions, stir the creative juices please!
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Re: Name for CovenTue, July 26, 2005 - 3:40 PMWhat path is the coven going for?
Otherwise my choice is the Butterfly Cupcake Coven
Re: Name for CovenTue, July 26, 2005 - 5:21 PMYep, gotta have some background otherwise you'll end up with something like "The Fromagerie of Soul Cheese."
Re: Name for CovenTue, July 26, 2005 - 5:27 PM*scratches head* hard to describe. Open Circle will be basically traditionally wiccan-based. That circle will feed into the inner Circle, which will be much more eclectic. What have ya'all come up with?
Re: Name for CovenTue, July 26, 2005 - 6:42 PMHow about something that describes your direction? As in which way you want your coven to flow.... Maybe use of a old magick word, or a saying that is comfortable for your whole group.
If you want it something like publically acceptable, make sure that others can spell/pronounce it. :) like the coven of the woven circle or something. :)
Sometimes the hardest part is all in the name. :)
Best of luck! You will find what you need!
Re: Name for CovenTue, July 26, 2005 - 8:07 PM"Serious Moonlight?" Sorry, just always wanted to name something that...Seems like it might be a good name if one does lots of Moon rituals...
Re: Name for CovenTue, July 26, 2005 - 8:48 PMNah, you've got an opportunity here to be REALLY creative with something like "Paisley Moon" or "Tie-died Pentacle" or "Not a coven, dammit, The Coven".
Or not. Why not "Open Circle"? You've already named it yourself!
Re: Name for CovenWed, July 27, 2005 - 5:30 AMI'm with Shaman here. A friend of mine helped found a coven named Ralph. Be creative and have fun!
Re: Name for CovenWed, July 27, 2005 - 8:59 AMSwiss Cheese and the Moldies?
Re: Name for CovenWed, July 27, 2005 - 10:44 AMOh gods keep 'em coming. These are great, got stuff like Starship Moonrose Happyjoy and Frank and Peeing In The Wind. Shhhhheesh.
If...and that's a big if...IF I go for a serious name, the Open Circle is every full moon, and the Inner Coven is 8 major rituals and 8 prep dates, solar calendar. Hmmmmmmmmmmm. Well we can still go for "My Witchy Little Pony", whaddya think?
Re: Name for CovenWed, July 27, 2005 - 1:23 PMOkay how about this - put together a variety of first and last names from among the coven members. THEN go to any of the various name generators - for elves, for fantasy characters etc. Run the names through and see if something doesn't pop up that you all like. Do it some night when y'all can gather around one computer and just have fun. I know there should be a pagan name generator out there somewhere....
Re: Name for CovenWed, July 27, 2005 - 1:38 PM<<I know there should be a pagan name generator out there somewhere.... >>
Ask and ye shall recieve (originally written about personal pseudonyms but could apply equally here):
Lady Pixie Moondrip's Guide to Craft Names
by Lady Pixie Moondrip
In the Olde Days, when our pagan ancestors were going through the persecutions we now invoke to justify various kinds of current silliness, witches took craft names to conceal their identities and avoid those annoying visits by the Inquisition. In the course of years, it was noticed that these aliases could also be used as a foundation for building up a magical personality, carrying out various kinds of transformative work on the self, and the like. It's clear, though, that these were mere distractions from the real purpose lying hidden within the craft name tradition. It took contact with other sources of ancient, mystic lore -- mostly the SCA, role-playing games, and assorted fantasy trilogies -- to awaken the Craft to the innermost secret of craft names: they make really cool fashion statements.
It's in this spirit that Lady Pixie Moondrip offers the following guidelines to choosing your own craft name. Such a guide is long overdue; the point of fashion, after all, is that it allows you to express your own utterly unique individuality by doing exactly the same thing as everyone else. (Those who are particularly drawn to this element of the craft name tradition will find the Random Craft Name Generator near the end of this guide especially useful.)
The approaches given here can be used separately, or combined in a single name to produce any number of interesting effects. Given enough cleverness (and lack of taste), the possibilities are endless!
The Random Craft Name Generator
On the other hand, if you are individualistic like everybody else, you may be looking for a name that expresses the uniqueness of your personality but still sounds like all the other craft names you've ever heard. Fortunately, this isn't too hard. Several years back, a gentleman of Lady Pixie's acquaintance told her that the best way to get laid at a pagan gathering was to have the PA system announce, "Will Morgan and Raven please come to the information booth?"
Since the resulting crowd would include at least a third of the female attendees, he went on, it wouldn't be too hard to meet someone interesting. While Lady Pixie has not tried this out herself -- she has tested the principle behind it in a series of controlled double-blinded experiments, and discovered a rule that she has modestly named: "Moondrip's Law: 80% of all craft names are made up of the same thirty words combined in various not particularly imaginative ways."
The discovery of this principle has allowed her to make the once difficult task of creating craft names easy, by means of the:
Random Craft Name Generator, release 1.0.
To use the RCNG, take either two or three of the following words (using any convenient randomizing method, including personal preference). If you take two, simply run them together; if you take three, one of the words becomes the first part of the name, and the other two are combined to form the second.
Wolf, Raven, Silver, Moon, Star, Water, Snow, Sea, Tree, Wind, Cloud, Witch, Thorn, Leaf, White, Black, Green, Fire, Rowan, Swan, Night, Red, Mist, Hawk, Feather, Eagle, Song, Sky, Storm, Sun
Try it out: "Rowan Moonstar," "Raven Blackthorn," "Silver Ravenw..." -- uh, never mind.
For the expanded version (RCNG 1.01), come up with a name by any of the methods covered elsewhere in this guide, or take some ordinary American name, and add a two-word name produced on the RCNG to the end: "Gwydion Silvertree." "Sybil Moonwitch." "Squatting Buffalo Firewater." The possibilities are endless!
(Note that this list will change with shifts in fashion; Lady Pixie expects to bring out an upgrade to RCNG 2.0 in a year or two.)
It may be objected by the narrow-minded (who are probably all covert Christians, anyway) that members of the Craft have better things to do with their time than the above guidelines would suggest. This shows a complete lack of insight.
First of all, in an increasingly blase' and tolerant culture, it's becoming hard for white middle-class Americans to get that rush of self-righteous gratification that comes from pretending to be members of a persecuted minority; we may not be able to get burned at the stake by calling ourselves silly names, but at least we can get laughed at, and that's something.
Secondly, if we keep on treating craft names (and the Craft as a whole) as fashion statements, we are spared the unpleasant drudgery of actually learning magic and making it part of our lives.
Finally, if we're pretentious enough, those people who actually know enough to magic their way out of a wet paper bag will roll their eyes and go somewhere else, and we can keep on fighting our witch wars, casting vast astral whammies and invoking powers we don't have a clue how to control, all in the serene certainty that no one is actually going to get hurt.
On the other hand, we could take the Craft seriously...but who wants to do that?
Lady Pixie Moondrip
Re: Name for CovenWed, July 27, 2005 - 1:41 PMBut seriously folks, speaking as someone who does not think that paganism and Mercedes Lackey are interchangeable, howzabout just relaxing and letting the name come to your group instead of running out and deciding you must define yourselves with a name first?
Talk about putting Descartes before the horse...
Re: Name for CovenWed, July 27, 2005 - 1:58 PM*G* Too true John - often times names - pop up out of the blue. I changed mine a couple of years ago to one that I felt was more appropriate to who I had become - yet I still found the "commonality" of it a bit disconcerting.
You know - they could spend a meeting just sitting around and loosely brainstorming....or not...meditating or not....in the end whatever it is will fit.
Re: Name for CovenWed, July 27, 2005 - 2:34 PMWhat about a symbol? like the "Coven Formerly Known as ..."
just a thought
Re: Name for CovenWed, July 27, 2005 - 2:40 PMLMAO!!
Re: Name for CovenWed, July 27, 2005 - 5:41 PMAloha Monkey Bong
I don't think any explanation is needed.
This is the maximum depth. Additional responses will not be threaded.Unsu...
Re: Name for CovenWed, July 27, 2005 - 11:16 PMAH HAH HAH HAAAAA!!!!!!! Okay that name goes into the hat. We're gonna vote on names anyway.
Oh *holds sides* this is getting to be a great thread. I'm good with creating from a purpose and a plan, but not creating from nothing that which you cannot touch, so this is essential. Aloha Monkey Bong. Oh yes. What else ya'all got?
Re: Name for CovenWed, July 27, 2005 - 11:45 PMI think John is funny, but who ever came up with the name generator didnt mention that they would also have to register those names with the National Magical Name Registry for them to be official.
the group I am in took about 6 months to defintatively decide. We tried one name out but it didnt have staying power, but by voting and eliminating some by email the original name spun off into a perfect one. when we voted on it, after everyone giving there .02, everyone was for it.
I lobbied hard for my favorite name; Liliths Underground Railroad, but it didnt win for some reason........
Re: Name for CovenThu, July 28, 2005 - 11:23 AM"have to register"? National...magical...name...registry?
Pardon my Tude, but part of the reason I'm starting my own circle (s) and trad is 'cuz what's out there doesn't fit. I don't like the idea of having to get certified before anyone will look at you, I don't like the idea of having a record of everything I've ever done, and I don't like the idea of people following like sheep. Therefore I refuse to register anything I don't absolutely have to, I refuse to allow someone else to test me 'officially' and then let the test decide whether or not to trust or believe in me, and I refuse to do anything just because someone else says "you have to do it!" I am not sheeple and it'll work just fine without it.
Gorsh. This was supposed to be a fun thread and multiple people are already squashing it.
Re: Name for CovenThu, July 28, 2005 - 12:19 PMI think dif was making a joke there, 'a'...
Re: Name for CovenWed, July 27, 2005 - 8:37 PMThe Innies
Re: Name for CovenSun, July 31, 2005 - 4:19 PMThe Outies
Re: Name for CovenThu, July 28, 2005 - 11:19 AMJust let it happen, speak to a tree, they can help. My favorite name is "Easy Bake". They have a wonderful website also.
Re: Name for CovenFri, July 29, 2005 - 5:51 AMI STILL think "Paisley Moon" is a good name.
Ah Hel, what about "We're more pagan than you are"?
Re: Name for CovenSun, July 31, 2005 - 3:24 PMyup, just joking on the name registry thing. for all the best of pagan satire
try the Revolutionary Pagan Workers Vanguard collected works... paul
Re: Name for CovenWed, February 2, 2011 - 9:25 AMI am looking for a coven name for all walks of life,from witch to other christian.Any idea?


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This Scottish band was formed in 2005 by three of the most talented young folk musicians of the early twenty-first century. Kris Drever (Orkney, Scotland; guitar/vocals), Aidan ORourke (b. Scotland; fiddle) and Martin Green (b. England; piano accordion) boasted over 10 years experience as session musicians and recording artists between them, with notable projects including Fine Friday (Drever) and Blazin Fiddles, Tabache (ORourke), and Greens collaborations with Eliza Carthy and Colin Steele. Their debut recording, Lightweights & Gentlemen, was a fine collection that highlighted the trios exquisite playing and Drevers fine singing voice.


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Chanelle Brennan is in her junior season with Nevada
April 10, 2012
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Name: Chanelle Brennan
Favorite food: Sushi
Favorite time of year: Summer! Tanning time
Favorite place to eat in Reno: Sushi pier 2
Most listened to song on I-pod: "Come fly away" By Benny benassi
If you were stranded on a desert island what is one belonging you would most want: My iPhone
If a movie were made about your life, which actress would you want to portray you: Angelina Jolie
What would be the name of the movie that is about your life: Dramatic Barbie
Biggest pet peeve: When I have to repeat myself
Biggest fear: Spiders
Favorite thing about living in Reno: The different Seasons
Favorite thing about Coach Albright and her staff: Always fun and supportive
Favorite Athlete: Chad Ochocinco
If you could change one thing about your game what would it be: My defense
If you had three teammates to join a band with you who would they be and what would be your band name? Amber Smith, Kelsey Kaelin, and Emily Burns = Dummy Swaggers
Who do you think is the best dancer on the team: Myself
How do you amuse yourself when you are bored: Go on twitter and Facebook
Favorite person to follow on twitter: @kayla Williams
Favorite TV show: Nip Tuck
Who is the Most competitive person on the team: Pnut (Amanda Johnson)
If you won the lottery what is the first thing you would buy: Anything my mom and grandparents ever dreamed of.
If you were a Ninja what would your ninja name be: Destructive barbie
Favorite place ever visited: Cancun
Most inspirational person in your life: My grandparents and Mom
One Word to describe you: Amazingly-Dramatic
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Softening the Edges of a Contemporary Space
Nothing will soften a room, add a little comfort and bring in a little sensuality like a strong, no-nonsense curve. We're tempted to call these five items we found "lumps of design," but that frankly just sounds weird. We think you'll see what we mean. Giving off a relaxed, almost shapeless look, these five items mean business when it comes to diminishing hard lines and would do wonders to soften any room's look.
1) West Elm's Pebble Side Table $149
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3) CB2 Knitted Poufs $90 each
4) DWR's Granit Salt + Pepper Shakers $38
5) How Now Design's Hand Painted Wooden Tea Light Candle Holder $20
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