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A Little Edge? Might As Well
Very interesting, but you
Very interesting, but you are hoping that the Cubs might be smart enough to pull this off.
Does this burn alot of player's options?
yeah that would be the smart
yeah that would be the smart thing to do, in other words - the anti-Cub thing.
You burn so many player
You burn so many player options this way though, handcuffing you later down the road with these young kids.....
I think the game's gonna be
I think the game's gonna be rained out tonight or at least very wet. Bleh.
Players have option "years",
Players have option "years", not option events. This should not impact anyone's options. Sounds good to me.
player options go by years,
player options go by years, you can send Guzman down and up as much as you want within a year. We already burned Guzman's option by sending him down which is no big deal because due to his service time that option year wouldn't have been available next year as is.
Angel Pagan? who cares
Scott Moore? not a big deal
Buck Coats? who cares
Micah Hoffpauir? old for a prospect, who cares
Mike Fontenot? old for a prospect, who cares
Ronny Cedeno? who cares
Carlos Marmol and Sean Marshall? might want to be careful on those I suppose.
Phil, Can you email this
Can you email this article to Jim Hendry?
Or better yet, scrawl it on scrap paper and let a carrier pigeon deliver it on his desk, randomly, and let him think the gods sent it to him.
Or better yet-- carve it into his skin.
Yeah, that's a good one.
Right, so activating
Right, so activating Marshall on the big league club would start his second option year. Or do the three years start when he first gets called up?
Also, calling up some of those guys starts their option years ticking, no?a
For what it's worth,
For what it's worth, Fontenot has played a bunch of different positions in Iowa this year-- SS, 2B, 3B, and LF (and maybe even RF). I have no idea how well he's played them.
Post 7 Romero: Just so you
Post 7 Romero: Just so you are aware:
Hendry is out in Hollywood this week working on the revival of the Leave it to Beaver TV show where he is renewing his role as Wally's friend Lumpy.
A lot of reading on MP... Since, y'know, we haven't had an update in like, almost a day...
Has anyone heard or seen a
Has anyone heard or seen a lineup for tonight?
It's possible that I
It's possible that I overlooked the answer scrolling through the 200+ comments for the previous post, but I'm confused about something. According to the Cubs web site, Prior is still on the 40-man roster. Now every report I've seen indicates he'll be out for at least the year, and if I understand the rules correctly, moving him to the 60-day DL would clear a spot on the 40-man roster. So why don't they do that? Is it because he would begin accruing MLB service time if they DL-ed him?
Yeah, Jimn, I was asking the
Yeah, Jimn, I was asking the same question a day or two ago. I don't know...
This guys supplied Steroids and HGH to DOZENS of MLB players... Okay, when is the other shoe going to drop on this?
Yeah, that's part of the
Yeah, that's part of the reason JimN, the other is that there's no need for another 40-man spot at the moment. No reason to make the move until you have to. If it comes up though, it's certainly a possibility, although the team might resist to squeeze out another year of service time. I believe if they keep him till Aug. 15th down on the farm, they save themselves a year.
anyone know the lineup
anyone know the lineup tonight?
Jace, Your patience will be
Your patience will be rewarded. If the former Senator gets full cooperation from this guy like he says, there's going to be plenty of juicy stuff coming out of his report. I still haven't heard if the results of his investigation are going to be made public or not. A lot of current big leaguers better hope they don't.
"The Cubs' problems are
"The Cubs' problems are greatly overstated. They have managed to underperform their indicators by more than a win a week, and that won't last. Just two NL teams have a better run differential than their +13, and I expect they'll be leading the NL Central by the All-Star break."
-- Joe Sheehan.
uh, was that optimism by Joe
uh, was that optimism by Joe Sheehan?
Mark the day down.
Wes - Man, I hope you're
Wes - Man, I hope you're right. I have already given up on the Mitchell investigation. It just seems like everything that is coming out about where that investigation is going is negative. I feel like the feds are going to get to the bottom of this before Mitchell will. I really hope that you're right, though.
new post up with lineup...
new post up with lineup...
Thanks, Rob! It's good to
Thanks, Rob!
It's good to see Murton getting a chance...
thanks rob...
thanks rob...
Jordan — April 27, 2007 @
Jordan — April 27, 2007 @ 3:46 pm
Right, so activating Marshall on the big league club would start his second option year. Or do the three years start when he first gets called up?
Also, calling up some of those guys starts their option years ticking, no?a
JORDAN: Because he was optioned to the minors during ST and was not recalled by April 21st, Marshall's option year for this year has already been exercised because he has spent at least 19 days since the start of the MLB regular season on optional assignment to the minors. Bringing him up and then sending him down again has no impact on that. Same goes for Marmol, Pagan, Moore, Coats, Soto, Prior, Rapada, Cherry, Novoa, Dopirak, and Samardzija. Their '07 minor league options have been burned.
Guzman had already used up three minor league options through the 2006 season, but he got a 4th option year in 2007 because he had not completed five "full seasons" through 2006 due to time spent on the DL in 2004 and 2005. So even if he spent zero time in the minors in 2007, the 4th option he gets this year would not be available again in 2008.because by the end of this season he will have spent five "full seasons" on an active (regular season) minor league or major league roster. So there is no point in conserving Guzman's options.
As for Hoffpauir and Fontenot, both are in their mid-20's, so starting the "option clock" ticking on them is no big worry. In fact, Fontenot used up one minor league option year (2005) before the Cubs outrighted him to the minors after the '05 season., so he would have two left if he were to be added to the 40. Hoffpauir would have three.
Here is the minor league option status of players on the Cubs 40-man roster who can be optioned to the minors without having to give their permission (have less than five years MLB service time) :
MINOR LEAGUE OPTION STATUS as of 4-27-2007:
* Can only be optioned to minors after clearing Major League Waivers
* Ronny Cedeno
Angel Guzman
* Rich Hill
* Roberto Novoa (will have no options left ST 2008)
* Will Ohman
* Geovany Soto (will have no options left ST 2008)
* Michael Wuertz
* Neal Cotts
Brian Dopirak (will have one option left ST 2008)
Carlos Marmol (will have one option left ST 2008)
Scott Moore (will have one option left ST 2008)
Angel Pagan (will have one option left ST2008)
Felix Pie (15 days toward using up 2007 option)
* Mark Prior (will have one option left ST 2008)
* Ryan Theriot
Rocky Cherry (will have two options left ST 2008)
Buck Coats (will have two options left ST 2008)
Sean Marshall (will have two options left ST 2008)
Juan Mateo
* Matt Murton
Clay Rapada, LHP (will have two options left ST 2008)
Jeff Samardzija, RHP (will have three options left ST 2008)
Here are the players in the Cubs organization who are eligible to be minor league free-agents if not added to the 40-man roster by 10-15-07, and the players eligible for selection in the next Rule 5 Draft if not added to the 40-man roster by 11-20-07.
Chris Amador, OF
Federico Baez, RHP (6Y MLFA after 2007)
Cory Bailey, RHP
Oscar Bernard, RHP (6Y MLFA after 2007)
Gary Cates, INF
Robinson Chirinos, INF (6Y MLFA after 2007) Jorge Cortes, OF
Koyie Hill, C
Ben Howard, RHP Geoff Jones, LHP
Mike Kinkade, IF-OF
Josh Kroeger, OF
Albenis Machado, INF
Mike Mahoney, C
Ryan O'Malley, LHP
Edgar Omana, LHP
Carmen Pignatiello, LHP
Carlos Rojas, SS (6Y MLFA after 2007)
Issmael Salas, INF (6Y MLFA after 2007)
Les Walrond, LHP
John Webb, RHP
Justin Berg, RHP
Todd Blackford, RHP
Jerry Blevins, LHP
Matt Craig, 3B
Darin Downs, LHP
Mike Fontenot, 2B
Jake Fox, C
Alberto Garcia, 1B-OF
Luke Hagerty, LHP
Adam Harben, RHP
Kevin Hart, RHP
Ryan Harvey, OF
Jim Henderson, RHP
Micah Hoffpauir, 1B
Grant Johnson, RHP
Scott Koerber, LHP
Tim Layden, LHP
J. R. Mathes, LHP
Casey McGehee, 3B
Adalberto Mendez, RHP
Mario Mercedes, C
Ryan Norwood, 1B
Leonel Perez, RHP
Billy Petrick, RHP
Jose Pina, RHP
Elvin Puello, 3B
Tony Richie, C
Alan Rick, C
Joel Santo, RHP
Paul Schappert, LHP
Chris Shaver, LHP
Jemel Spearman, INF
Nate Spears, 2B
Jesus Valdez, OF
Chris Walker, OF
Randy Wells, RHP
JimN — April 27, 2007 @
JimN — April 27, 2007 @ 4:22 pm
It's possible that I overlooked the answer scrolling through the 200+ comments for the previous post, but I'm confused about something. According to the Cubs web site, Prior is still on the 40-man roster. Now every report I've seen indicates he'll be out for at least the year, and if I understand the rules correctly, moving him to the 60-day DL would clear a spot on the 40-man roster. So why don't they do that? Is it because he would begin accruing MLB service time if they DL-ed him?
JIM: Mark Prior is on the Cubs 40-man roster, but he was placed on the DL after he was optioned to AAA, so he is on the Iowa DL and thus is not presently accruing MLB service time.
The only reason to place a player on the 60-day DL (which is only available for use from March 1st through the end of the regular season, and all players on the 60 must be placed back on the "active roster" by November 20th) is to make a spot available on the 40-man roster for another player, and as of right now, the Cubs don't need Prior's spot. If they do need his spot later in the year, then they can "recall" him from his optional assignment at that time and immediately place him on the 60-day DL, which would accomplish two things:
Make Prior's spot on the 40-man roster available for a player acquired in a trade or from the minors, AND, start Prior's MLB service time accrual again.
The thing with Prior is that he has 4+131 (years+ days) of MLB service time coming into the 2007 season, and he needs 41 days of MLB service time in 2007 to get to five years, which would allow him to refuse an optional assignment to the minors in 2008 AND keep him on track to be a FA after the 2008 season. However, as long as he is on optional assignment to Iowa, he can't get those 41 days. And if he doesn't, he would go into the 2008 season with less than five years of MLB service time, and thus would not be eligible to be a FA until after the 2009 season. With less than five years MLB service time going into next season, he also could get optioned to the minors again and that could theoretically delay his free-agency until after.the 2010 season!
But all of that is probably moot, because it's doubtful that the Cubs will offer Prior arbitration after this season. That's because even if he got a full 20% maximum allowable salary cut, he would still get $2.86M for 2008, anfd I don't believe the Cubs would want to commit that kind of money to a pitcher who might not even pitch next season.
So the most-likely scenario is that the Cubs will non-tender Prior (not offer him arbitration) next December and then try and re-sign him to a contract with a low base salary plus incentives (like they did with Wood and Miller after last season). But to do that the Cubs have to first non-tender Prior, and that makes him a free-agent eligible to sign with anybody. Whether he would freely choose to re-up with the Cubs is a big unknown.
My guess is that Prior will get non-tendered by the Cubs next December, the Cubs will offer him a low base salary plus incentives, and he will sign a very similar deal with his hometown Padres instead.
Rob G. and AZ Phil: Thanks
Rob G. and AZ Phil:
Thanks for the explanation guys. I suspected it might be something like that, but I wasn't sure. I have to admit that despite being a baseball fan since I was old enough to say "Hey Hey!," there are still a few things about the game that I find confusing, such as the finer points of the player transaction rules. If I had known as a child that I would eventually need to become a lawyer in order to follow the game, I might have taken up stamp collecting instead of baseball fandom. Fortunately, guys like you have made it a little less confusing. Thanks.
let me add, that while it's
let me add, that while it's unlikely they'll non-tender him and Prior agrees to stay on, there is that small chance. Because even if they do non-tender him but do manage to re-sign him, the service time doesn't change, so on that off chance it does happen might as well try to save a year of service time.
Also Buck Coats and Brian Dopirak are still rotting on our 40-man, I'd start with them if we need a spot.
I realize $2.8 million is a
I realize $2.8 million is a somewhat hefty price tag for someone who may or may not pitch next season.......but come on, seriously.........this is still the same FO that decided to give Glendon Rusch and Neifi Perez $3.3 and $2.5 million respectively. Plus, Jim Hendry will probably be out of a job next year, this might not even be his decision to make.
Speaking of Dopirak, he
Speaking of Dopirak, he should be playing for Tennessee but he left in the middle of a game ten days ago with a leg-muscle tweak and hasn't been back. That's why Jake Fox has been playing first.
Dope has been in the
Dope has been in the starting lineup at 1B a couple of times this past week; they're easing him back into games.
Recent comments
heyward with his 3rd multi-hit game since the all-star break (all in august)...2nd in the past 3 games during his 7 game hitting streak.
he's gone from flirting with a sub-.300 ob% to nearing .310 ob% in 3 games (1 game was just a 1 for 1 pinch hit appearance). all 5 hits in the past 3 games have come in a row...neat.
stewart with 7Ks through 3ip...of course.
that 10-13 mph difference in his fastball/change is working today...and they're swinging at his crappy slider.
brock stewart...steven brault...fun times for the cubs hitters vs allegedly competitive teams...maybe.
Maddon would have started three lefties against the Dodgers, Montgomery, Zastryzny and Lester, except that he doesn't have the juice to do that. No manager does. Maddon has a boss, Epstein (and probably Hoyer, too), who gave him a starting rotation of five guys including Hammel. Maddon was asked yesterday about the starting group for next year and basically said, Not my call, that's why I drive away in my RV in the summer and occasionally check in, etc.
video of Maddon.
always nice that he actually tries to honestly answer questions. Does mention that he wanted to give Zastr? a chance in a meaningful spot rather than a mop-up role.
from Muskat:
#Cubs Maddon: "I'm not going to make up an excuse for why I did what I did. It has nothing to do with lack of confidence" ... "It was the right thing to do today based on what I saw, what their lineup looked like and Rob Z.'s availability." #Cubs
Hammel not particularly understanding of getting pulled out...as he should. Be curious what Maddon had to say. All I can think of is is keeping arms fresh and maybe wanting to see if Zastr? is worth considering for the playoffs and how he'd do against the Dodgers.
great defense
Heyward, Russell, Baez, Bryant, Ross in particular...although Bryant's a bit hard to judge with all the positions.
Fowler and Rizzo in the top half of the NL for their positions as well (per fangraphs)...Zobrist right at the halfway cutoff for 2b in the NL.
I'm sure some luck is involved too, but the Cubs and Maddon knew what they were doing.
If all the starters have FIP > ERA, is that luck or good defense?
#Cubs plummet to 19-5 in August.
Fun with FIP
- J. Hammel 3.07 ERA/4.27 FIP (3.68 FIP last year)
- J. Arrieta 2.62 ERA/3.05 FIP (2.35 FIP last year)
- J. Lester 2.81 ERA/3.67 FIP (2.92 FIP last year)
- K. Hendricks 2.19 ERA/3.37 FIP (3.36 FIP last year)
- J. Lackey 3.41 ERA/3.72 FIP (3.57 FIP last year with Cards)
zastyryzryzryzny put in 3.2ip 1h 0bb 3k
he's great when his control is "on"...problem is it's rarely "on" consistently. he could vault up the cubs prospect list if he ever gets better with that aspect of his game.
JD's take was just trying to get in a lefty to better deal with mostly lefty Dodgers lineup.
My second thought was what you came up with. My first thought was he was trying to light a fire under Hammel.
Maybe he was trying to spare him another brutal road start? NY, Colorado...
joe got a pitcher up for hammel at nearly the 1st sign of trouble in the 3rd...pulled after 2.1
not injured and though it wasn't his day so far he wasn't looking like a pure disaster.
really short leash on him. zastryznzryzryny in.
Russell and Soler can attest that Urias has a pretty good curve/slider - two big strikeouts looking to get out of that jam in the first.
Classic Scully - great stuff.
Thank God we'll still have Hawk next season. (cricket cricket cricket)


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Definition of terrarium in English:
noun (plural terrariums or terraria /-ˈre(ə)rēə/)
1A vivarium for smaller land animals, especially reptiles, amphibians, or terrestrial invertebrates, typically in the form of a glass-fronted case.
Example sentences
- We examined a captive animal in a terrarium, where I fed it samples of the plants that grow on the mounds.
- Males were kept together in a terrarium (70 x 30 cm, height 30 cm) until September, with ad libitum food and water.
- He's been fascinated with these creatures since childhood and now shares his bedroom with six of them in a large terrarium.
1.1A sealed transparent globe or similar container in which plants are grown.
Example sentences
- When looking for what plants to put in your terrarium, first choose plants that love moisture and don't grow very large.
- Plants were placed in terraria in controlled-environment rooms programmed to simulate natural temperature cycles with smooth, sine-wave thermoperiods that lagged the photoperiod by 3 h.
- One of the most common pairings for a terrarium are carnivorous plants and orchids.
Late 19th century: modern Latin, from Latin terra 'earth', on the pattern of aquarium.
Words that rhyme with terrariumaquarium, armamentarium, barium, caldarium, cinerarium, columbarium, dolphinarium, frigidarium, herbarium, honorarium, planetarium, rosarium, sanitarium, solarium, sudarium, tepidarium, vivarium
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The following are the sponsors for the OWASP & WASC AppSec 2007 Conference.
The following are the sponsors for the OWASP & WASC AppSec 2007 Conference.
Revision as of 14:44, 8 November 2007
OWASP Conference Sponsorship
OWASP is no longer accepting sponsorships for the 2007 OWASP AppSec San Jose Conference. Financial sponsorship will help defray the non-profit OWASP Foundation's expenses to prepare for and hold this conference. For the first time, there are two different sponsorship options for this conference:
Option #1: Standard Sponsorship Plan (same as previous conferences)
- Sponsor information will be presented on the main conference web page
- A Sponsor information sheet will be included in handouts to all attendees
- Sponsors can include a poster (no larger than 6 ft. x 4 ft. [can be oriented either way]) at the conference in the main hallway. This can be freestanding, or be hung from the wall.
- Includes 2 Free admissions to the conference
The sponsorship fee for this option at the 7th OWASP Conference in San Jose, CA in November 2007 is $4000.
Option #2: Technology Expo
- Product vendors can demonstrate their application security products to conference attendees. The intended focus of this expo is to be prepared to discuss the technical details of the technologies they are offering in the market to help organizations deal with their application security issues. This expo should be light on sales push and very technical. OWASP attendees are very familiar with the application security market! As this is a technology expo, services only vendors are not appropriate for this venue.
- Time frame: The technology expo will be held from 12-2 on November 13th, with lunch included for all the OWASP tutorial attendees who will be invited to attend the expo, and then open again from 11-6 on November 14th during the first day of the OWASP conference.
- Setup: The tech expo room will open at 9AM on Nov. 13th for the vendors so you can get in and set everything up. For getting your materials back to you, we're setting up a FedEx pick-up onsite after the vendor area closes the final day.
- At this time, we are not working with a provider of rental equipment. Please make arrangements independently if you need to rent equipment for the show.
Each vendor will receive:
- One 5ft by 2.5ft table with dressing
- Chairs (up to 4)
- Power strip
- Wireless internet connectivity
- Space for backdrop/display/billboard with max dimensions 1ft in depth and 5-7ft in width.
Technical exhibit at your vendor booth:
- We want to provide you an opportunity to meet technical consumers and allow them to interact and provide feedback for your product.
- As such, each vendor should plan on using the table space to host two (2) workstations with running product. If you have more than one product you'd like to make available to the attendees, it's your choice as to whether both stations host the full spectrum or each one serves a unique purpose.
- Attendees should be able to walk up with code/binaries on a USB stick, plug it in to the workstation, and get to the nitty-gritty of deploying a WAF, scanning code, pen testing the binaries, etc., etc.
- For practical purposes, your workstations can certainly just be laptop machines. If your product is appliance/SaaS based, please ensure there are two workstations that hook up to your appliance/back-end so that attendees can still interface with you like everyone else.
Staffing your vendor booth:
- Plan on bringing two sales engineers/technical employees to help attendees get a feel for the product(s) with which they're interacting. OWASP attendees tend to be on the very technical side of the spectrum, so there might be a few pointed questions thrown at your folks in the course of the event.
- Attendance to the vendor area is basically free, so you're allowed to bring extra people to rotate folks out, etc., but please keep the vendor booths themselves populated by, at most, three folks at a time.
Communications with attendees in the vendor area:
- OWASP will not provide an attendee list to anyone, nor will we be creating a mailing list for pre-conference announcements from sponsors.
- Contact information for attendees should be exchanged as you and the respective attendee see fit.
- Holding giveaway contests (drop your business card in the bowl to win an iPod, etc.) are allowed as long as they don't go way over the top in terms of detracting from the core purpose of the vendor expo. To keep things sane, please contact Pravir Chandra if you plan on doing this, just to make sure there are no major disconnects in expectations.
The sponsorship fee for this option at the 7th OWASP Conference in San Jose, CA in November 2007 is also $4000.
Option #3: Combined Sponsorship
If you are interested in doing both at the San Jose conference, the sponsorship fee for this combined option is $6000.
If you are interested in sponsoring the 2007 OWASP San Jose conference, please contact OWASP at: conferences 'at' owasp.org.
Sponsorship registration for the 2007 OWASP AppSec San Jose Conference is now closed.
Sending Materials to Conference Facility in San Jose
Sponsors, please ship your conference materials to:
Attention: Amber Mann, OWASP event eBay 2211 N. First Street San Jose, CA 95131
All materials must arrive no earlier than Nov 7th and no later than Nov 12th in order to be included in the conference packet.
Conference Sponsors
The following are the sponsors for the OWASP & WASC AppSec 2007 Conference.


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News 12 at 6 o'clock, July 9, 2008
AUGUSTA, Ga -- The case of the alleged black widow continues to unravel and News 12 has new information on the five state investigation into Betty Neumar.
In court documents filed in Richmond County, details of the more than 20 items deputies seized from Neumar's home, as investigators in three other states struggle to find any evidence at all.
Investigators finally caught up with Betty Neumar at her Augusta home and they hoped a lifetime of evidence was also inside.
Lt. Scott Peebles with the Richmond County Sheriff's Office, "We think that they'll definitely help us get some sort of grasp on what happened."
According to the return filed in Superior Court, investigators seized 21 items from Neumar's Cambridge Circle home:
1). 4-empty Medicine Bottles marked "John Neumar"
2). 1- Clear Medical Tubing
3). Misc. Latex Gloves
4). 6-Toothbrushes
5). Filter Mask
6).4- Misc. Journals and Date Books
7). Misc. Insurance Papers for John Neumar
8). 32 Fl. Oz. Bottle of Roundup
9). 2- Bags of Miracid Soil Acidifier
10). Green Spray Bottle with unknown liquid
11).Cardboard Cylinder with unknown Metal Powder
12).Opened bag of Rat Bait Poison
13). Almost Empty Bag of Hydrogen Peroxide
14). Empty 5 lb. Glass Bottle labeled Carbon Tetrachloride
15). 32 Fl. Oz. can of Mineral Spirits Paint Thinner
16). M-1 Remover 9/10 Empty
17).1/2 bottle of Aspirin
18). Gerber Baby Jar with unknown brown contents
19). Empty 16 Oz. Clorox Bottle
20). Blue Plastic Tote Containing Misc. Military Paperwork and Photos
21). Cremated Remains of John Neumar
Carbon Tetrachloride is a chemical so dangerous, prolonged exposure leads to a coma, even death.
The 76-year-old wed five times in her life. Her first marriage took place when she was 18-years-old in in Ohio in 1950. But within a year of marrying Clarence Malone, Betty reported abuse and in May of 1952, the couple divorced after having a son.
Eighteen years later, Malone was shot to death at point blank range in the back of his neck in the parking lot of his Brunswick Hills, Ohio business. It's a case the Medina County Sheriff's Office is looking at again, but according to local media reports at the time, Clarence had "too many enemies" to count.
Husband number two, John Flynn, was shot to death on a pier in New York in 1955 while the couple was separated. Investigators say Betty was there.
Betty was also there when husband number three supposedly killed himself in July 1965 in Florida. In the latest court filing, investigators site Peggy Flynn Sanders, Betty Neumar's daughter, who says Sills was shot during an argument that Neumar and Sills were having in a closed room. But since investigators ruled it a suicide, they destroyed Richard Sills' records.
Gardner, "So what you're basically saying is you don't have anything to go on?"
Rebecca Herrin, PIO with the Monroe County Sheriff's Office in Florida, "That's correct, there is really nothing to look at, nothing to reexamine."
There's plenty to re-examine in North Carolina, where Neumar is actually charged with hiring someone to kill her fourth husband, Harold Gentry.
In Augusta, lots to look at too, but no charges yet.
So now, the big question for investigators --Five husbands, five dead...coincidence or crime?
Richmond County investigators expect the tests from Neumar's ashes, husband number five, in the next few weeks.


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Jeff Billings
beader - A punch with a hollow end used in chasing to leave dotted impressions on metal surfaces.
beam - A lintel. See post and lintel, ridgepole, and trabeation.
bearings - In heraldry, graphic symbols and mottoes on a field.
bearing wall - In architecture, any wall that holds up the weight of a structure. This describes all walls in history until the development at the end of the nineteenth century of the nonsupporting curtain wall.
Also see masonry and wood.
beauty parlor or beauty salon - An establishment providing women with services that include hair cutting, washing, coloring, and shaping, and often manicures, pedicures, and facials as well.
Also see aesthetician and cosmetic.
beaux-arts - The high arts. French.
(pr. bo-ZAHR or bo-ZART)
bed - The surface on a printing press that establishes the maximum usable sheet size.
Also see furniture and paper.
beehive tomb - A bee-hive-shaped type of subterranean tomb constructed as a corbel vault and found at pre-Archaic Greek sites.
Also see archaic, dromos, and Greek art.
beeswax - Wax from honeycombs, used as a medium in modeling, in encaustic painting, in wax varnishes, in etching grounds, as a resist in batik, and other techniques and media.
belvedere - In architecture, an open-roofed story built to provide a scenic view. It may also be a summerhouse, which is roofed but open; a gazebo.
(pr. BEL-və-DEER)
A curious example:
Maurits Cornelis Escher (Dutch, 1898-1972), Belvedere, 1958, lithograph, 8 1/4 x 11 5/8 inches (462 x 295 mm), National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. This belvedere has three stories, but its drawing results in an optical illusion. Escher has employed a hybrid of linear perspective that produces a mixture of two possibilities. Note how the pillars connect the second to the third story.
Also see balcony and portico.
ben-ben - A pyramidal stone; a fetish of the Egyptian god Re (also spelled Ra).
benchmarks - See standards.
benday - In printmaking, a process using screens of various dot patterns to mechanically produce shading effects. This process was invented by Benjamin Day (1839-1916). Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997) included benday as one of the elements in his paintings signifying Pop Art qualities.
Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997), Vicki, 1964, enamel on steel, 42 x 42 inches, Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
Roy Lichtenstein, The Melody Haunts my Reverie, 1965, oil on canvas, Nationalgalerie, Berlin. See cartoon.
Roy Lichtenstein, Stepping Out, 1978, oil and Magna on canvas, 86 x 70 inches (218.4 x 177.8 cm), Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY.
The commercial use of benday has become more and more rare with the rise of digital imaging.
beni-e or beni-ye or benizuri-e or beni-zuri-ye - In Japanese art tradition, a two-color print in pink and green, with its dominant tone of rose-red derived from saffron. They typically produce a strong color vibration. And, the method of making such prints.
Also see complementary colors, nishiki-e and tan-e.
Benin - A people and former kingdom of western Africa. Benin artists of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries realized a high level of quality in their lost-wax casting of bronze sculpture.
(pr. bə-NIN)
Also see African art, and cire perdue.
benzene or benzine - Benzene (also spelled benzine) is a toxic, flammable hydrocarbon used as a solvent, as a rubber cement thinner, and as a cleaning solution on photographs.
Also see toluene.
beret - A round, soft brimless tam (hat). It fits snugly, and is often worn angled to one side. It has long been a traditional mode of head-covering throughout Europe, and now other parts of the world. Men, women and children of all walks have worn it, and continue to, but it has been popularly associated with artists since the nineteenth century, to the extent that the stereotypical artist is depicted wearing a beret.
(pr. bə-RAY)
Artists wearing berets:
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669), Self-Portrait with Beret and Gold Chain, 1630-1, oil on wood panel, 69.7 x 57cm, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. See Dutch art and self-portrait.
Paul Cézanne (French, 1839-1906), Self-Portrait in a Beret (Autoportrait au béret), 1898-1900, oil on canvas, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. See Post-Impressionism
and Paul Cézanne.
Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926), Self-Portrait with a Beret (Autoportrait de Claude Monet coiffe d'un béret), 1886, 56 x 46 cm, oil on canvas, private collection. See Impressionism and Claude Monet.
Also see costume, easel, and palette.
Berlin Secession - See secession
bestiary - A collection of allegories with descriptions of real or imagined animals. In the numerous bestiaries of the Middle Ages, along with some accurate observations of natural history, some common misconceptions were preserved as well. Several modern bestiaries have been published too.
(pr. BES-tee-AY-ree)
English, "De scitali serpente; Of the snake called scitalis. De anphivena; Of the anphivena (having two heads, one at each end). De ydro; Of the ydrus" in The Aberdeen Bestiary, late 12th century, this page cited is folio 68 verso, the book is 302 x 210 mm; the text area is 185 x 110/115 mm, University of Aberdeen, Scotland. Its text is in Latin. Because each picture in this bestiary was given a background of burnished gold, it must have been commissioned by a very wealthy patron.
English, a page about snakes and dragons in The Bestiary of Anne Walshe, c. 1400-1425, Royal Library in Copenhagen, Denmark (Copenhagen Kongelige Bibliotek), Gl. kgl. Saml. 1633 4°. It has 117 illustrations on its 154 pages, about 76% of the total number of pages. Its text is Latin, and was long ago owned by a woman named Anne Walshe. Because this volume is devoid of gold, it seems to have been commisioned by a more frugal or a less wealthy patron than that of the Aberdeen Bestiary.
Also see animalia, equestrian art, equine art, frottage, and gyo, and gyotaku.
bevel - The meeting of a line or surface with another at any angle other than 90°, or the angle at which they meet. Also, carving or cutting to make a bevel; a chamfer. It may also be an instrument which is formed by joining two rules as adjustable arms in order to measure or draw angles of any size or to fix a surface at an angle; an instrument also known as a sliding bevel or bevel square.
Also see bezel, dado, jewelry, molding, oblique, ogee, profile, splay, and tools.
bezel - A bevel on the edge of a cutting tool, such as a chisel. Or, a thin wall or rim of metal that anchors a gemstone in place.
Also see jewelry.
bhakti - In Buddhism, the devout, selfless direction of all tasks and activities of life to the service of one god; the adoration of a personalized deity.
(pr. bə-HOK-tee)
bias - A line diagonal to the grain of a fabric — at a 45° angle (half way between vertical and horizontal) to the selvage often utilized in the cutting, folding, or arranging of fabric. In another sense, bias can be a preference or inclination of temperament or attitude, especially one that inhibits impartial judgment. This sometimes qualifies as a prejudice or an instance of it, and is sometimes described as the coloring of an opinion or point of view. In statistics, this can be a sampling or testing error caused by systematically favoring some outcomes over others.
Also see align, analysis, appearance, art criticism, artistic temperament, assessment, buckskin ceiling, communicate, critique, direction, eccentric, empathy, enthusiasm, expression, interpretation, lookism, memory, motivation, oblique, obsession, positive, protractor, praise, research, sentiment, stereotype, straight, xenophilia, and xenophobia.
bibelot - A small art object, which is either rare or decorative. Also, a miniature book, especially one finely made.
(pr. BEE-bə-LO)
Also see bric-a-brac, confection, and gewgaw.
Biedermeier - A style of painting, furniture, and other crafts, prominent in Germany and Austria from 1815 to 1848, popular especially among the middle classes. It was a simplified adaptation of the French Empire style, which preceded it. The name is derived from two fictional bourgeois characters, Biedermann and Bummelmeier, in the satirical verses of Ludwig Eichrodt.
(pr. BEE-dr-MY-r)
bilateral - Refers to two sides.
Also see balance, lateral, laterality, symmetry, and asymmetry.
billboard - A large outdoor sign or advertisement.
Chiat/Day, Nike outdoor billboard for LA Olympics, 1984.
Arnold Communications, Inc., Volkswagen New Beetle billboard, 1998.
Also see advertising, graphic design, and signage.
bin - A container that holds and displays a number of two-dimensional works of art. It is sometimes referred to as a cradle or a browser. Each work rests upright upon its lowest edge, leaning forward or back against flat, rigid supports. The bin is open at its top, allowing a viewer to flip through the works. Although not an optimal method of exhibiting artwork, bins are often used in galleries as an economical way to present art for sale. In artists' studios and collectors' homes, bins can provide accessible storage for accumulations of 2-D works. Since works placed in bins are typically unframed (abrasion could be a problem), it is wise to works placed in bins in some way from light, dirt, and other hazards. Enclosing each in a polypropylene sleeve and a rigid, acid-free cardboard backing can provide such protection.
Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891), An Artist showing his Work (Les amateurs de dessin), before 1850, oak panel, 38.4 x 29.1 x 0.3 cm, Wallace Collection, London. In his studio, an artist shows drawings or prints he has been storing in a bin.
Also see collection, connoisseur, flat file, portfolio, solander box, stack tray, and storeroom.
binary colors - Colors made by the mixing of two hues. Examples are orange, green, and purple.
binder - The ingredient in the vehicle of a paint which adheres the pigment particles to one another and to the ground. It creates uniform consistency, solidity, and cohesion.
Also see adhesive, adobe, mortar and pestle, polymer clay, and solvent.
binocular vision - Seeing with two eyes simultaneously gives the viewer the ability to perceive depth. Stereoscopic images depend on the use of binocular vision.
Also see lens.
biomorphic form - An abstract form whose shapes are more organic than geometric, more curvaceous than linear. Much of the work of Hans [Jean] Arp (German-French, 1887-1966) was composed as biomorphic forms.
Other examples:
Frederick Kiesler (Austrian, 1896-1966), Nesting Coffee Table, 1935-38, cast aluminum, each 9 1/2 x 34 x 25 inches (24.1 x 86.4 x 63.5 cm) and 9 1/2 x 22 x 16 1/4 inches (24 x 55.9 x 41.3 cm), Museum of Modern Art, NY.
Jean [or Hans] Arp (French, born Germany (Alsace), 1886-1966), Human Concretion, 1935, plaster, 19 1/2 x 18 3/4 x 25 1/2 inches (49.5 x 47.6 x 64.7 cm), Museum of Modern Art, NY. See Dada.
Isamu Noguchi (American, 1904-1988), Kouros, 1944-45, marble, height 9 feet 9 inches (297.2 cm); base: 34 1/8 x 42 inches (86.7 x 106.7 cm), Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY. This figurative and biomorphic modern sculpture has abstracted the human figure into fragmented, bonelike elements.
Also see amorphous, concretion, and regular.
bird's-eye view - Seeing from a point of view from an altitude or from a distance; a comprehensive view in a downward direction; also called an aerial view. A variation on landscape, the horizon for a bird's-eye view is usually placed very high in the picture, or outside of it completely. Sometimes called a bird's-eye survey.
Japan, The Battles of Hogen and Heiji, Edo period (1615-1868), 17th century, pair of six-panel folding screens, ink, color, and gold leaf on paper, each 60 15/16 x 11 ft 8 inches (154.8 x 355.6 cm), Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY. See Japanese art and panorama.
Bird's-eye views of Chicago in 1820, 1854, 1857, 1871, and 1893. Also see 1996 aerial photographs of Chicago by Alex S. MacLean.
F.L. Hoppin (American), Bird's-eye view of general plan of a proposal for the park system of the District of Columbia, from point taken 4,000 feet above Arlington, 1902. Hoppin was following directions given to him by the members of the U.S. Senate Park Commission, whose members were: Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American sculptor, 1848-1907), Daniel Hudson Burnham (American architect, 1846-1912), Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. (American landscape architect, 1822-1903), and Charles Follen McKim (American architect, 1847-1909).
Stauth & Simpson, Birds Eye View of Waco Tex 9/13/17, 1917, panorama photograph, 7 1/2 x 37 inches, Michael Delahunt collection. Although this picture was produced as one continuous shot, the image posted here is pieced from scans of four parts of the photo. On May 15, 1916, 16 months before this photo was taken, the lawn we see beside City Hall — the imposing building nearby and to the right of center — was the site of the burning and lynching of an African American named Jesse Washington, witnessed by some 15,000 people — about half of Waco's population at the time. Waco's mayor and police chief watched the lynching from City Hall's second story windows, and did not intervene. The building was torn down years later, and since 1972, its site has been occupied by the Waco Convention Center and a Hilton Hotel. Baylor University is four blocks away. There is a memorial marker in Waco to the 114 people who died in a 1953 tornado; there's another memorial to the 80 people killed in 1993 at the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, and there is a Dr. Pepper Museum memorializing the Waco drugstore where the drink was invented in 1885. There is no memorial to Mr. Washington.
Internet resource concerned with bird's-eye view:
Also see aerial perspective, di sotto in sù, ephemera, fish-eye lens, panorama, perspective, point of view, wide-angle, and worm's-eye view.
biscuit - Clay that has been fired once but not glazed. In this sense, also called bisque.
bisque - Clay that has been fired once but not glazed. Also called biscuit.
Agathon Léonard (French, 1841-1923) for Sèvres, Royal Porcelain Factory, Dancing Figure from the Table Centrepiece 'Dance with Scarves', 1900, bisque porcelain, height 47.5 cm, Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. This Art Nouveau figure is one of fourteen in a set of female figures dancing and playing music. See drapery.
bit-depth - See dynamic range.
bite - May refer either to the action of a mordant in etching or to the tooth of paper.
Also see bitten in.
bit-mapped image or bitmap image - A digital image generated by a series of bits and bytes, resulting in an image displayed as a grid of pixels, each a specific color and gray scale value. Most images on the Web are bitmaps — typically JPEGs and GIFs. Also known as a raster image. The alternative sort of image is a vector graphic.
Related link:
Also see aliased and anti-aliased.
bitten in - Etched with acid. See etching.
bitumen - A tarry substance formerly used as an oil
color, now obsolete because of
its tendency to crack and darken.


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"No I didn't," that was the answer given by James Anthony Duran when asked Friday if he shot Brad Hatch. Duran took the stand Friday as his trial continues at the Mesa County Justice Center. Duran is charged with attempted murder for allegedly shooting Hatch and then placing on some railroad tracks on Orchard Mesa.
Duran was cross examined for 2 hours Friday afternoon. He had the chance to tell his story about what happened on December 22, 2003. He told the jury about a visit he made to the hospital to visit Hatch. He said he asked him if he was OK and visited with him for less than a minute before being apprehended by police.
The prosecution focused on the number of lies that Duran told police during their investigation. He admitted several times that he lied to investigators and testified that he lied because he was scared.
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Welcome to the CBR SUNDAY CONVERSATION, a weekly feature where we speak in-depth -- and at-length -- with some of the most interesting members of the comic book community. These discussions run the gamut in terms of topics, from current projects to classic stories, talking trends, tastes and wherever else the conversations lead.
Gene Luen Yang draws upon his experience as a child of Chinese immigrants in original graphic novels like "American Born Chinese" and the "Boxers & Saints" collection from First Second Books. Though he often depicts Chinese culture specifically, his chief concern is the broader examination of the immigrant experience. In "The Shadow Hero," a collaboration with artist Sonny Liew, Yang brings new life to the Green Turtle, a Golden Age character that might represent the first Asian-American superhero. Though never explicitly rendered as a Chinese-American in his original adventures, Yang and Lieu offer a lighthearted reintroduction firmly establishing Hank Chu as the son of Chinese immigrants in a fictionalized Chinatown. The full story arrives on shelves in July, but First Second is also releasing issues digitally on multiple platforms, with the third issue debuting Monday April 14.
CBR News spoke to Gene Luen Yang about the Green Turtle's secret origins as well as the pivotal role that collective immigrant narrative plays in the mythology of superheroes.
CBR News: When did you first hear about Chu Hing and his creation, The Green Turtle?
Gene Luen Yang: It was actually through a blog, Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine. It's a blog that features pages and characters from Golden Age comics. One of his entries on the Green Turtle was actually featured on Comics Reporter. My friend Derek Kirk Kim saw it and forwarded it to me. I read it and was just fascinated with the character. I thought it was so crazy. It's kind of awesome now that you can just go online and there are these resources like the Digital Comics Museum where you can download full Golden Age issues, because many of them are now public domain. So I went and downloaded all of the comics that feature the Green Turtle and read them all.
And it's just the five of them, right?
Gene Luen Yang Explores Chinese History with "Boxers & Saints"
Which, in the grand scheme, is not that bad a run for that period. Some didn't make it out of their first appearance. Was he part of an anthology?
He was originally in this series called "Blazing Comics" published by this company, Rural Home. Back then tons of little companies came up out of nowhere, and they would put out some comics and disappear. They were one of those companies.
In that video produced to pitch the "Shadow Hero" project, you make a strong case for the validity of an urban legend. It seems pretty clear that Chu Hing came up with some creative ways to depict a Chinese-American hero, going out of his way to avoid showing the character's face. In his mind and in the minds of young readers, Green Turtle could be of a different heritage than all the other heroes on the shelves because he never supplied evidence to the contrary. Have you since discovered whether or not that was his intention?
No, so far it's still a rumor. I asked around to some Golden Age collectors and people who know a little more about that period that I do, and nobody can verify it. That's just the rumor swirling around the industry. Most people don't even remember him. Chu Hing is a pretty obscure guy. He did some work for Marvel Comics back when it was Timely, toward the end of his career, but that's about it.
You make a strong case though. From what I've seen, he was really bending over backward to conceal that face. It's almost like that that scene in the first "Austin Powers" where characters are nude, but pieces of fruit in the foreground block out all the naughty bits. It's not all that subtle.
Yeah. There is one exception though. On the cover of the second issue of "Blazing Comics" you see his face. Chu has him posing next to his sidekick, a kid called Burma Boy. Their facial features are pretty similar. Burma Boy is identified within the comic as Chinese. And in this one portrait of the Green Turtle it does seem like he meant for him to be Chinese. But nobody knows for sure.
Did you have an interest in the Golden Age prior to all this?
I've loved superheroes since I was a kid. I've loved comics since I was a kid. I grew up in the '80s and '90s when, in America, if you were into comics that meant you were into superheroes. There was very little of anything else around. I grew up reading Marvel and DC Comics -- mostly Marvel because I thought DC was kind of stupid. [Laughs] That lasted all the way through late high school, and I started getting into indie stuff. The Hernandez brothers, and I think "Bone" was just starting up at that time, so I really got into Jeff Smith. But I do have this lifelong love of superheroes that predates logic. I have a visceral connection with them. If you love superheroes long enough, you'll eventually investigate that Golden Age material. I'm no Golden Age expert, but when I look at them I have a feeling of nostalgia even though I was not around when they were first published.
How long did it take to realize that this forwarded blog post about an obscure Golden Age hero was more than just an item of novelty, but something you wanted to pursue in your own work?
After I read that blog post I just couldn't stop thinking about it. I couldn't stop thinking about the way the pages were composed. I couldn't stop thinking about the rumors surrounding this character's creation, and whether they were true. Green Turtle wasn't popular, so he only lasted five issues. It was cancelled before we ever find out this character's secret origin or his full identity. Chu Hing never confirms for us. I kept thinking, "Man, it would be awesome if somebody would figure that out." I thought that was really inspiring. Even beyond that, the more I thought about it, the more I saw a connection between the immigration experience and superheroes. Most of the superheroes we know today, most of the popular ones, were created by immigrants' kids. Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Bob Kane, Bill Finger -- they were all the children of immigrants. Consciously or not, they embedded their experience within their comics, within their heroes. So every superhero has these two different identities. They operate in two different worlds, under two different sets of expectations. I think that mirrors the experience of a lot of us immigrant kids. A lot of us speak one language at home and another one at school. We often grow up with two different names, a "foreign name" at home and an "American" one at school. We grow up with two different sets of expectations. Navigating between two worlds and two identities -- that's mirrored in those comics. I don't think it's a coincidence that the creators of Superman and Batman, all these characters that negotiate two identities, that their creators were children of immigrants. The more I thought about the Green Turtle, the more I saw it as an opportunity to explore that connection.
Yang Takes "Avatar: The Last Airbender" to "The Rift"
My mind immediately went to Superman as a cosmic Moses, but it really does extend to so many of those characters.
Absolutely. He's cosmic Moses. Superman is the prototypical superhero, but he's also the prototypical immigrant. His parents basically sent him to America for a better life, right?
But you're adding a new dimension to that, I think. At least with western superhero comics, we're looking at the Judeo-Christian allegories as understood, often forgotten subtext, while anything Asian -- culturally or philosophically -- is, by default, exotic and strange. So it seems like there's definitely room for revisiting that metaphor through the experience of Chinese immigrants and some of the specific nuances not included as part of that Superman catch-all.
Yeah, I think in general, most American superheroes are white, and I don't think there's anything malicious behind that. It's just a product of how the genre developed. Superheroes were born in America when America was a very different place. Now we're seeing this push toward diversity, within all media but especially within superhero comics. Online there's this very vocal contingent that really wants to see diversity within superheroes. That really makes sense to me. As a Chinese-American, as an Asian-American, in the rare instances when I encounter an Asian-American superhero, there's something about superheroes that embody the ideals of what it means to be an American. When I encounter an Asian-American superhero, it's almost like a visual reminder that I'm a part of this place, that I'm a part of this society. Even if in different points in my life I've felt like an outsider. I think that's what's driving a lot of this push towards diversity. We want to see a visual representation that anybody can be a part of America.
I was revisiting "American Born Chinese" this weekend, and that metaphor of Jin wanting to be a Transformer when he grew up got me thinking about the current "Ms. Marvel" series. Here you have this young Muslim girl, a wallflower, with shape-changing powers. She transforms, sometimes into her idol, who happens to be a statuesque blonde. At the time, it struck me as a great metaphor for coming of age, but it also must speak to the immigrant experience. Do you suppose that's a universal anxiety, that desire to transform?
I think so. I think that's true for anyone who finds themselves a minority within a majority setting. I haven't read that "Ms. Marvel" book but I really need to. I keep hearing awesome things about it. But for "American Born Chinese" I just thought that with Transformers there's also that dynamic, right? It's a very physical embodiment of this idea of negotiating two identities. Every Transformer has a robot form and a vehicle form, and they go back and forth. That's why I wanted to include that as a way of talking about the experience of an immigrant's kid. I think it's a pretty common thing though. A lot of people live in between cultures, live in between worlds. At some point in their lives they go through a period where they wish they were just part of the majority, that they didn't have to negotiate identities, didn't have to switch codes when they went from home to school. At the same time, it's definitely not unique to Asian-Americans. It's not even unique to the children of immigrants. I just think America's such a diverse place that we're kind of a collection of subcultures. Whenever you go from one to another, you're going to feel some of that tension.
On your blog you talk about some of the process for "The Shadow Hero" and summoning all of the written Chinese you can remember from Chinese School to fill in one banner as placeholder text for a thumbnail drawing.
[Laughs] That's right.
For anyone who didn't grow up with that experience, what was Chinese school like?
So, I grew up going to Chinese school every Saturday. I was very bitter about it as a kid because I'd have to miss all the cartoons. When I first started, there was no such thing as a VCR. There was no way I could record these cartoons. I was so bitter about it. Then we finally got a VCR, and it wasn't like an iPhone; I found it so hard to program. I would always miss recording "Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends." That's the one I really wanted to watch. That and "Dungeons & Dragons." That might have been why I didn't pay a lot of attention. I wasn't as diligent about my Chinese school homework as I was about my regular school homework. Then eventually when I got to junior high and high school, even though I didn't take the work seriously, I actually felt more at ease there, on some subconscious level. There were these girls at Chinese school, and they'd be the same girls from regular school, right? But at regular school I was too intimidated to talk to them. At Chinese school I could, for some reason. I never figured out why. Looking back as an adult, I think that came from the freedom of suddenly being part of the majority, especially when you're a junior high kid and self-conscious about everything. My ethnic heritage, in regular school, was something I was super self-conscious of. That was off the table at Chinese school. So, I got this confidence with the ladies. [Laughs] Not that it did me any good because I couldn't get a girlfriend, but I could at least talk to them, you know?
Considering all of the projects you've been working on, and those links to China and its history, do you wish you'd pursued that language longer, even more studiously?
I think my parents were right. My parents told me as a kid, 'If you don't learn this, you're going to regret it as an adult.' And I didn't learn it. At least, I didn't learn it as well as I should have. I do regret it. I feel like there's a piece of me or of my past that's incomplete. One of my friends -- Jeff Yang, who writes a column for the "Wall Street Journal" -- he explains culture as a bucket of water passed from one generation to the next. Every time you pass it, you lose some of the water, right? Chinese school and learning the language is one way of trying to keep as much of that water in the bucket as you can. That's what I'm doing with my kids. I dropped the water when it was passed to me, and now I want to put some of that water back with my own kids.
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Do you think that's why you tell the stories that you do?
Yeah, because I feel guilty that I didn't pay attention in Chinese school? Maybe. [Laughs] Maybe. I do think that the advice they give to write from your life is a cliche, but it's also true.
As I've gone through my cartooning career I've seen how important research is to any story that you tell, no matter how fantastical. Even licensed stuff. When you're writing from your own life, a chunk of that research is already done. You already have your memories. That's why I gravitate toward stories of cultural heritage.
Stay tuned to CBR News for more on Gene Luen Yang and follow him on Twitter at @geneluenyang.


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"Trick a Trunk," 6 p.m., Oct. 31, Sand Hill United Methodist Church parking lot, Sandhill Road, Reno; children age 13 and under invited to participate; 373-8712.
Annual Fall Bazaar and Sauerkraut Dinner, 4 to 7 p.m., Oct. 31, St. Mark's United Methodist Church, Maple and Third streets, Belpre; craft items, baked goods, dried flowers; menu includes sauerkraut and pork, mashed potatoes, dessert; sponsored by church's United Methodist Women; adults, $6; children, $3; proceeds benefit mission fund.
Great Food For All, food orders accepted, 10 a.m. to noon, Oct. 31, by big sign at Living Faith United Methodist Church property, 6775 State Route 339, Vincent; cash or money orders only accepted; pick up orders, 9 to 10 a.m., Nov. 14, same location; 984-2665 or 678-2665.
Homecoming, Nov. 1, Low Gap Christian Union Church; Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship service, 10:45 a.m.; carry-in dinner, 11:45 a.m.; afternoon service, 1 p.m., featuring Damascus Road Trio from Newark.
All-you-can-eat pancake and sausage breakfast, 8 to 11:30 a.m., Nov. 1, St. John the Baptist Church, Churchtown; also includes home fries.
Fall Festival, Nov. 1, St. Mary's Church, Fulda Road, Fulda; sauerkraut dinner including pork, bonabrie, 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. (carry-out meals available); bingo, 1:30 p.m.; raffle drawing, 3 p.m.; crafts, homemade noodles, baked goods, 50/50 drawing.
"To Be Faithful," message series, 10:30 a.m. services, Gilman United Methodist Church, 312 Gilman Ave., Marietta; speaker, Pastor Diann O'Bryant; "Time to Celebrate" on Nov. 1, "Seeing with God's Eyes" on Nov. 8, "Resetting Our Hearts" on Nov. 15, "Wearing Thanksgiving" on Nov. 22.
"Back To The Bible," radio program by Marietta/Reno Church of Christ, 8:30 to 9 a.m. Sundays, AM 630 and FM 100.9; (740) 434-5310.
"Good News from Christ," radio program of worship and music from Christ United Methodist Church, Marietta, 10:06 a.m., each Sunday, on WMOA, AM 1490; 374-3438.
Free finance seminar, 7 p.m. Nov. 6, 8 a.m. to noon Nov. 7, Walnut Street Church of Christ, 401 Walnut St., Belpre; presented by Denny Coburn of Barnabas Ministries; breakfast available 8 to 9 a.m. Saturday; 423-9040 or (740) 415-6270.
Basement and Bake Sale, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Nov. 6, Waterford United Methodist Church; also, bag sale, 9 a.m. to noon Nov. 7 (everything left over sold by the bag).
Reformers Unanimous, meeting, 7 to 9 p.m. every Friday, Souls Harbor Baptist Church, 115 Caywood Road, Marietta; RU is a Bible-based addictions program; 373-8118.
Upcoming events
Clothing and More Give Away, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Nov. 7, Gilman United Methodist Church, 312 Gilman Ave., Marietta; free lunch.
Annual turkey dinner, 4 to 7 p.m., Nov. 7, Pleasant United Methodist Church, Stanleyville Road, Whipple; includes all-you-can-eat turkey, dressing; (740) 525-6289.
Angel Food Ministries, deadline to sign up for November food units, Nov. 9, St. Mary's Church, 506 Fourth St., Marietta; pick up orders, 10 to 11 a.m. Nov. 14, church basement; 350-0019.
Ivan Parker, southern gospel recording artist, concert, 7 p.m., Nov. 12, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Vienna, W.Va.; (304) 295-6097.
Annual All-Parish Bazaar, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Nov. 14, St. Luke's Episcopal Church parish hall, 320 Second St., Marietta; drawing, 2 p.m., for handcrafted blanket chest; also, baked goods, antiques and collectibles, used books, Tombola game; lunch including homemade vegetable soup; proceeds used for church outreach.
Soup and chili dinner, 4 to 7 p.m., Nov. 14, Cutler Chapel United Methodist Church, Washington County 3 above Belpre; also, hot dogs, pie, cake; freewill donation.
United Methodist Charge Conference, 1:30 p.m., Nov. 22, Belpre Rockland United Methodist Church, Belpre.
Upward Basketball program, player applications accepted, Marietta First Church of the Nazarene, 100 Mill Creek Road; for children in kindergarten through sixth grades; one-hour practice, game each week; $55 before Dec. 10; $70, after Dec. 10; drop form and fee off at the church; basketball evaluations, Dec. 1 and 3; 373-5406.
"The Joy of Christmas," 31st annual candlelight tour of eight downtown Lancaster churches, begins 6 p.m., Dec. 12, at either First United Methodist or First Presbyterian; 15-minute musical program at each church; sponsored by Fairfield Heritage Association; adults, $9; children under 12, $2; (740) 654-9923.
The Religion calendar appears each Saturday on the Focus on Faith page. To submit information, send to Janet Gossett, The Marietta Times, 700 Channel Lane, Marietta, Ohio 45750; e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com; submit through the Virtual Newsroom at The Times' Web site (www.MariettaTimes.-com); fax to 376-5475; or call 376-5446. Deadline for information to be received is noon Tuesday for that Saturday's edition.


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Rosa Maria Martinez "Rosie", passed away February 22, 2013, in Orocille, California. Rosie was born September 23, 1952, in Kokomo Island. Gridley High Alumni class of 1972. Rosie was preceded in death by her parents, Fidel and Aurora martinez, sisters, Anita and Noema; brothers, Frank, Daniel and Fidel Martinez. She is survived by brother, David Martinez, of Corcoran, California; sister, Maria Martinez, of Roseburg, Oregon. She is also survived by many nieces and nephews. A Memorial mass will be held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, in Gridley, on Friday, May 3, 2013, at 8 a.m. with Father Avram Brown officiating. A memorial will be placed for her at Gridley-Biggs Cemetery, followed by a private family ceremony at sea.
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"Kids are naturally attracted to water because they see the beautiful, blue crisp water, and it draws them in. They don't know they can't go in it -- they think they will float," said Heidi Crowden, coordinator of the Cape Girardeau Area Safe Kids Coalition.
A recent national study on childhood drowning said the "silent killer," is the No. 2 cause of death in children ages 1-14.
Last month, the National Safe Kids Campaign, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the prevention of unintentional childhood injury, released the report called ''Clear Danger: A National Study of Childhood Drowning and Related Attitudes.''
Tragedies peak during the summer months from May to August because children have more free time and are outdoors more, according to National Safe Kids Campaign. Safe Kids reports of all of the drownings and near drownings, 40 percent tend to occur on Saturday and 62 percent on Sunday, Crowden pointed out.
"Drowning is called the silent killer because parents don't hear the cry for help or even the sound of the splash," Crowden said. "It occurs in seconds and happens when you've just left a child for a moment to answer the telephone or turn your back."
Two minutes following submersion, a child loses consciousness; and four to six minutes following submersion, a child sustains irreversible brain damage.
According to the National Safe Kids survey, the majority of children who survive (92 percent) are discovered within two minutes following submersion, and most children who die (86 percent) are found after 10 minutes. Nearly all who require cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) die or are left with severe brain injury.
"When we see the parents of these kids in the hospital, they always say, 'I never thought it would happen to me.' It's always them saying you hear about it, but we never thought it would happen to us," Crowden said.
The Cape Girardeau Area Safe Kids Coalition, headquartered at Southeast Missouri Hospital, serves the counties of Butler, Stoddard, Perry, Cape Girardeau, Mississippi, Scott, Pemiscot, Wayne, Bollinger, Ste. Genevieve and New Madrid.
Crowden visits schools, daycares and preschools, presenting information about water safety and other child safety issues. She has even done presentations for the YMCA of Southeast Missouri in Sikeston.
When it comes to saving lives, supervision is the key, Crowden said.
"Know what your child is doing, and use the buddy system," Crowden advised.
Safe Kids recommends enclosing a pool with four-sided fencing at least 5-feet high with self-closing and self-latching gates.
And often times parents will leave wading pools flipped up with water in them, Crowden said. Safe Kids coordinators try to encourage parents to empty the pools and flip them over when they're not being used.
In this area, not everyone has pools, but there are creeks and rivers in many places, Crowden noted. "We see a lot of kids (who drown) in bathtubs, cleaning buckets and toilets," she said.
Reinforcing education is another preventive approach to drowning, Crowden recommended.
"Teach your children about water safety and be honest about what can happen," Crowden said. "Put restrictions on the kids about when they can swim."
Parents and caregivers should remember water wings and rings are not life preservers, Crowden noted. Children should wear U.S. Coast-Guard approved flotation devices.
"If you think about it, if a child falls forward (when wearing water wings) their face will submerse in the water and they won't be able to breathe," she said, adding life preservers keep a child afloat.
Other tips from Crowden and National Safe Kids Campaign include never leaving a child alone or near a swimming pool, hot tub or wading pool; learning CPR; and keeping emergency telephone numbers by the pool.
"Teach your child to swim. Even if the older kids have had swimming lessons, try to keep them updated on swimming," Crowden encouraged.
Also, check the depth of water before swimming or diving. Never dive into water less than 9-feet, Crowden said. Crowden warned: "It only takes seconds to happen and only an inch of water ... You just never know."
For more information, visit www.safekids.org or contact Crowden at (573) 651-5815.


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In a remote lowland village surrounded by trees and expansive green fields, resides the ninth NPH home, Casa Padre Wasson. The Bolivian family began in April 2005 and has expanded to their own property with ten family-style homes that house over 100 children, volunteers and employees (there are now 9 homes for children - 4 boys, 4 girls, and 1 for the babies - and 1 home for the volunteers). Since Bolivia is the poorest country in South America, NPH is eager to grow and offer a permanent family to more impoverished children.
Since the relocation to the main facility in 2008, three more homes have been built to receive new members of our family. Construction of a community clinic and four classrooms for our primary students were completed in 2013 to offer more services to the NPH children and surrounding villages. Future plans include building more residential houses for children, staff and visitors.
Being the newest NPH home, the family is still working on many projects. Creating a sustainable agriculture and animal production project is one goal. This would grant the home more independence of the high food prices and the program helps to involve youths in the production and planning process.
NPH Bolivia is led by 32 staff.
High School Graduates: 6Secondary Graduates: 8Primary Graduates: 4Kindergarten Graduates: 4Holy Sacraments: 22Quinceñeras/os: 10
2005: Home opened in Santa Cruz with a family of six children 2007: Construction began at new home site, Casa Padre Wasson 2008: Six houses and dining hall were completed Family moved to new location with 50 children 2009: First three pequeños graduated from high school 2010: Two more homes were constructed 2011: National Director house was constructed Home population reach 100 children First three pequeños began university 2012: Baby house was constructed Vegetable garden and livestock program began 2013: Opening of school, clinic and volunteer house 2014: Visitors and caregiver house slated to be completed
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Phuong Nguyen serves as the Director of Public Information for Safe Havens International.
Mrs. Nguyen tallies and prepares all written reports for Safe Havens International Assessment projects and completed more than 10,000 pages of written reports for school safety assessment projects in the 2009/2010 school year. A skilled researcher, Mrs. Nguyen has completed document preparation for major school safety and school security assessment projects for the Center for Safe Schools, Pennsylvania Department of Education, the Hawaii Department of Education, the Wisconsin Homeland Security Council, the Indiana Department of Education and numerous public school systems across the United States. Mrs. Nguyen has provided oversight for all reporting for school safety assessment projects covering more than 2,000 public, private, charter, independent and parochial schools. Prior to her work with Safe Havens, Mrs. Nguyen worked in the following roles:
1999 to 2001 – Adjunct faculty member teaching English at Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
2002 to 2004 – Administrative Assistant – Office of International Relations at Vietnam National University, Saigon.
2004 to 2005 – Research Assistant – Vietnam Center at Texas Tech University.
Mrs. Nguyen completed the following degrees:
1999: BA degree in English Linguistics at Quinhon University, Vietnam.
2002: MA in Applied Linguistics at Vietnam National University in Saigon, Vietnam.
2006: MA in Mass Communications at Texas Tech University.
She is presently enrolled in the MS dual degree program for Cyber Security/MBA at the University of Maryland University College.


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Junior/Midweight Digital Designer
- Recruiter
- Premier Media
- Location
- London
- Salary
- £24,000 - £30,000
- Posted
- 20 Feb 2014
- Closes
- 20 Mar 2014
- Business Type
- Agency
My prestigious central London based agency client have an amazing opportunity for s junior-midweight digital designer. This role is an urgent ASAP start. The role is 24-30k.
- Good working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, CS6, including Flash
- Good working knowledge of HTML, CSS and JS
- A portfolio of commercial digital design work samples
- Typography skills
- Knowledge of responsive and interactive design principles
- A good understanding of usability, accessibility and user experience
- Experience with cross browser testing
- Ability to work to tight deadlines
They looking for someone who has a very clean and well-functioning online portfolio with at least a few real-client / commercial work samples.


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Stitches Midwest this coming weekend
Looking forward to the Stitches Midwest convention this coming weekend. :woohoo:
I will probably be brain dead by the end of the weekend as I am taking a total of 7 classes in 3 1/2 days. What was I thinking????:hmm:
Can't wait to see all the luscious yarns and other products at the booths.
Maybe I should leave my credit cards in the hotel room???!!!:noway:
:woohoo: Have fun! Please explain, if you leave your cards in the hotel room, how can you use them to buy yarn? :??
I was being a little tongue in cheek when I wrote that line. :wink:
Though I am rapidly outgrowing my stash space. I will soon be like the woman with the closet cartoon you posted. :woot:
Have fun! I'm not quite ready for an event like that, but one day, one day!
Or you can just go for the day and hang out in the amazing Market where all the vendors are. Just be careful your credit card doesn't melt from over use.:roflhard:
Returned from an amazing Stitches weekend.
Classes for the most part were great. Learned a lot of tips and new techniques.
Spent way too much on luscious yarn!!!
See GG I knew it was a pipe dream to not take the credit cards to the vendors area!!!
Picked up some amazing yarns, some new needles and misc bits and pieces of knitting stuff that I didn't have, patterns and a great book by Laura Bryant about knitting with hand dyed yarns with patterns included.
It was fun walking through the hotel and seeing woman, and an occasional man sitting everywhere with their knitting in hand!!
Can't wait til next year.:woot:
So what did you buy? You're going to have to take some pics and show us.
Let's see..
I got one kind from Kollage called Riveting Sport that's made from recycled blue jeans in a dark blue. That's for a sleeveless top with a lace bottom part.
Baby Boom, from Fiesta that's a hand dyed variegated super wash Merino in blues, purple, dark fushia, and light rust. That's for a cardigan vest.
A tie dyed type bright colored skein in blues and light greens from Miss Babs for a shawl called Hitchhiker.
Another one from Miss Babs in three colors, black, light gray, and variegated in gray, black, a smidgen of white, with splashes of bright blue and dark purple. That's for an Intarsia sweater if I can find a pattern I like.
Then a single skein from Knitting Rose, called Swiss Bloom in various shades of lighter blues that I'm going to make a scarf out of.
And lastly another one from Fiesta that I had to order the colors, for a chevron capped sleeved top done in blues, brown and tans.
I can't get my camera to download to my computer for some reason, but will try my iPhone and see if I can get that to work.
I take it you're a blue person then????!!! :roflhard:
Except for the gray and black.
I couldn't find any greens that didn't have blue in them. At least none that stood out. I do have some greens in my stash as well as brown, and purple.:)
The friend that went with me did a lot in things based with purples.
Funny how one gets stuck on one color!!
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First trailer for Alex Cross
James Patterson's Alex Cross is making the jump to the big screen. And we've got the first trailer right here...
"You are sick and twisted".
To say that author James Patterson is prolific is a bit like saying they used to make one or two Police Academy sequels. His name appears on a new book seemingly every month. He doesn't write them all, of course. A closer inspection of the front cover of most of his novels gives Patterson a big credit at the top, with a slightly smaller 'With So and So' credit at the bottom, presumably the person who did the bulk of the work.
Still, that's not to say Patterson doesn't pen some of the books that wear his name himself, and the most popular feature the character of Alex Cross. The same Alex Cross who now finds himself in a movie.
The film, which is due in October, is directed by Rob Cohen (xXx, The Fast And The Furious), and stars Tyler Perry as Cross, with Lost's Matthew Fox playing a serial killer. The first trailer for Alex Cross has appeared, too, and you can take a look at it right here...
And remember: er, don't ever cross Alex Cross.
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Who's on first, no one at Padres top
Written by | Bill Center | 7:41 a.m., Apr 12, 2010
You don't have to look very far to find the problems for the Padres offensive woes for the first week of the season.
While Chase Headley (.440, 11-for-25) and Adrian Gonzalez (.333, 8-for-24) are off to strong starts, the first and second hitters in the Padres batting order are hitting a collective .091 with a .123 on-base percentage after six games.
And those six games were played at Chase Field in Phoenix and Coors Field in Denver -- the two hitter-friendliest ballparks in the National League West.
The Nos. 1 and two hitters in the Padres lineup have yet to score a run.
The leadoff hitters are batting .074 (2-for-27) with a .138 on-base percentage. The breakdown – Tony Gwynn (1-for-11, two walks, two strikeouts), Everth Cabrera (0-for-9, five strikeouts) and Jerry Hairston Jr. (1-for-7, one walk, one strikeout).
the No. 2 hitters are batting .107 (3-for-28) with no walks. The breakdown – David Eckstein (2-for-19), Jerry Hairston Jr. (1-for-9).
Horrible. And now the Padres play nine straight at Petco Park – the toughest ballpark on offense in the major leagues.
Overall, the Padres had few runners during their first six road games – 63 to be exact on 46 hits, 15 hits and two hit by pitchers. That's a .213 team batting average and a .270 team on-base percentage. And seven of those runners were eliminated on the bases via caught stealings, pick-offs and base-running mistakes.
To make matters worse, the Padres stuck out 56 times – or on 24 percent of their plate appearances. Sunday marked the fourth time in six games that the Padres struck out 10 or more times in a game.
Remove Gonzalez Headley from the equation and the Padres hit .161 (27-for-168) at Phoenix and Denver.
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Help Your Kids Make Healthier Snack Choices
- 12-13-2012
- By Whitney Emke
Burlington--Healthy snacks can boost energy levels and help provide the nutrients your kids need to stay alert all day at school and play. Yet kids don't always make the right choices when picking a snack.
When a snack attack strikes, will your kids reach for a bag of potato chips or a piece of fruit?
"One of the best ways to get your kids to eat healthier is to encourage them to actively participate in grocery shopping," says Whitney Emke, a University of Vermont Extension 4-H Afterschool Program Coordinator based in Middlebury. "It's never too early to start teaching them about good nutrition and why some food choices are better than others. Show them how to read the nutritional information on the package and make wise food selections based on that information."
Explain why foods containing fiber such as whole-grain breads and cereals, fruit and vegetables, for example, are a better choice than sugar-laden foods including soft drinks and candy bars. Combining these high-fiber foods with peanut butter, low-fat yogurt or cheese and other protein-rich foods also will help boost nutrition.
Involve kids in the kitchen. Set aside time together to do prep work for snacks, such as washing, chopping and portioning. Assign age-appropriate tasks whenever possible. Younger kids can help wash fruits and vegetables while their older siblings can chop them up.
"Before long drives and shopping trips, pack fresh fruit, cut-up vegetables, low-fat string cheese sticks, unsalted nuts, granola bars and bottled water in a small insulated lunch box or cooler," Emke advises. "Having healthier options available for hungry kids reduces the chance of having to stop at fast-food restaurants."
Keep plastic containers of ready-to-eat fruits, vegetables and cheese in the refrigerator along with low-fat dressings and dips. Kids can help themselves to these snacks after school.
Snack time is a good time to introduce new foods. Letting them choose their own nutritious snacks also will get them interested in eating healthy.
Here are two easy snack ideas that kids can make on their own or with the help of a parent or older sibling.
1 whole-wheat English muffin, cut in half
2 Tbsp. tomato or pizza sauce
1/3 cup part-skim mozzarella cheese, shredded
In a toaster, toast both halves of the English muffin. Carefully remove and top with tomato or pizza sauce and mozzarella cheese. Place on a microwave-safe dish and microwave on low heat for 10-15 seconds. If desired, add additional toppings such as pepperoni, green peppers, onions, mushrooms or olives. Serves 1. Nutrition information per serving (without extra toppings): 222 calories, 602 milligrams (mg) sodium, 33 grams (g) carbohydrates.
For a healthy snack or dessert, creamy fruit popsicles will hit the spot. Make this snack with your kids the night before, letting them help with tasks such as chopping up fruits or running the blender.
For variety, use strawberry or peach yogurt instead of vanilla or use different combinations of fruits such as peaches or mangos with bananas or mix several kinds of berries including raspberries, blueberries and strawberries.
2 6-oz. containers of low-fat vanilla yogurt
1/2 cup diced fresh fruit (bananas, peaches, strawberries)
1/2 cup pulp-free orange juice
Popsicle molds OR small paper cups
Popsicle sticks (if using paper cups)
Combine all ingredients in a blender or food processor. Blend until puree is slightly chunky. Spoon the mixture into popsicle molds or paper cups. Place in freezer for a minimum of 1 hour. If using paper cups, insert the popsicle sticks after the popsicles have been in the freezer for 10-15 minutes. Peel off paper before eating. Makes 4. Nutrition information per serving (for vanilla yogurt-banana popsicle): 120 calories, 55 mg sodium, 23 g carbohydrates.
Everyone loves nachos, but full-fat versions of this snack can mean too many calories, fats and sodium. For a healthier version, make the following recipe with your kids.
2 oz. multigrain tortilla chips (about 16 chips)
1/2 cup canned black beans, drained and mashed
1/4 cup reduced-fat mild cheddar cheese, shredded
2 Tbsp. salsa
2 Tbsp. fat-free sour cream
Spread the chips on a microwave-safe plate. Top with beans and cheese. Microwave on high for 1 1/2 to 2 minutes, until the cheese melts and the beans are heated through. Microwaving too long will cause the chips to become tough. Remove from the microwave and allow to cool for about a minute. Top with salsa and sour cream. Serves 1. Nutrition information per serving: 520 calories, 1,088 mg sodium, 87.5 g carbohydrates.
For other healthy snack ideas or information on nutrition, appropriate food portions and physical activity, visit www.ChooseMyPlate.gov. Or contact Whitney Emke at (802) 388-4969, ext. 348, or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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A man and woman are dead after a murder-suicide Monday night at their home in northwest Dallas.
Police say the man shot his 34-year-old wife multiple times about 7:45 p.m. at the house in the 7300 block of Fillmore Drive, a few blocks from Dallas Love Field.
The suspect then shot himself. Both died at the scene, and their names have not yet been released.
Police records indicate there have been no other calls to that home in the past year.