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A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted a fundraiser for New York City Comptroller John Liu on charges he engaged in an illegal scheme to funnel $16,000 to the comptroller's campaign.
Xing Wu "Oliver" Pan of New Jersey was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of attempted wire fraud. Prosecutors allege Pan used straw donors, people who were reimbursed for making a contribution to Mr. Liu, in order to evade the legal maximum contribution limit of $4,950 per individual.
Irwin Rochman, an attorney for Pan, declined Wednesday to comment. He said he plans to respond to the indictment in the coming days.
A spokesman for Liu declined to comment.
According to the indictment, Pan "and others known and unknown, willfully and knowingly combined, conspired, confederated and agreed together and with each other" to violate the law.
A spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's Office declined to comment on whether the government planned to file charges against others. But the probe into Mr. Liu's fund-raising operation is ongoing.
Liu has denied any wrongdoing in connection with the alleged fraud, but he has refused so far to answer substantive questions about the allegations raised in the complaint against Pan that was unsealed in federal court in November.
According to that complaint, Pan plotted with a man he thought was a businessman to evade city-imposed limits on campaign contributions by arranging to steer the money through "straw donors." Those people gave their own money to Liu but were to be reimbursed. The businessman was actually an undercover federal agent, according to the complaint.
Pan told the federal agent he had arranged for 20 friends and family to give contributions of $800 each. The number eight is considered lucky in Chinese culture. A small Aug. 17 fund-raising event was staged.
"Here's the thing, only [the candidate] knows it's your event," Pan told the agent in a conversation caught on tape that could prove the most problematic for Liu.
At the event, the agent saw Pan hand one of the straw donors cash, the complaint said. Pan introduced the agent to Liu's treasurer, Jenny Hou, and another campaign staffer, as well as some of the straw donors. "Pan introduced the U/C [undercover agent] to the candidate and stated that the U/C was a 'very good friend,'" the complaint said. "Pan further stated, 'Tonight is his (the U/C's) event.'"
In another secretly recorded conversation in August, Pan told the undercover agent that he had funneled large campaign contributions through straw donors to Liu in the past. Pan also said he collected similar contributions for another local politician but not to the same extent as he had for Mr. Liu. The criminal complaint doesn't identify the other politician.
According to federal authorities, the alleged scheme not only allowed a single donor, the FBI agent, to evade the contribution limit for individuals, but it also allowed the Liu campaign to claim greater matching funds from the city's Campaign Finance Board.
Last month, Liu disclosed that he returned all donations that were connected to Pan.


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Co-author: Bascha Harris With the WWW2010 conference in Raleigh the first week of May, a slew of open source rock stars were in our hometown. Chris DiBona, Public Sector Engineering Manager at Google, was able to visit the Red Hat office and talk with us during his trip. The focus of his talk was... Read more
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Preds Assign 4 To AHL
Friday, 09.25.2009 / 1:28 PM CT / Training Camp Central
By Press Release - Nashville Predators
-Cuts leave club with 19 forwards, nine defensemen and two goalies-
Nashville, Tenn. (September 25, 2008) – Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/General Manager David Poile announced today that the club has reassigned goaltender Mark Dekanich, defenseman Jonathon Blum and forwards Ben Eaves and Andreas Thuresson to Milwaukee of the American Hockey League.
A total of 19 forwards, nine defensemen and two goaltenders remain in camp. Teams must be at or below the 23-man active roster limit by their first regular season game, which comes for the Predators on Thursday, Oct. 3 at Dallas.
Players by position currently participating in camp are as follows:
FORWARDS (19): Jason Arnott, Wade Belak, J.P. Dumont, Martin Erat, Marcel Goc, Triston Grant, Ben Guite, Patric Hornqvist, Ryan Jones, David Legwand, Peter Olvecky, Cal O'Reilly, Mike Santorelli, Jerred Smithson, Nick Spaling, Steve Sullivan, Jordin Tootoo, Joel Ward, Colin Wilson.
DEFENSEMEN (9): Francis Bouillon*, Cody Franson, Dan Hamhuis, Kevin Klein, Teemu Laakso, Alexander Sulzer, Ryan Suter, Shea Weber, Nolan Yonkman.
GOALTENDER (2): Dan Ellis, Pekka Rinne.
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The Predators close out the home portion of their 2009 preseason schedule on Saturday when they take on the Carolina Hurricanes at 7 p.m. at the Sommet Center. The Preds Home Opener is Thursday, October 8 against the Colorado Avalanche. Tickets for these games, in addition to all 2009-10 regular season games can be purchased at nashvillepredators.com. Tickets are also available at the Sommet Center Box Office, by calling (615) 770-PUCK, or at all Ticketmaster outlets.


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NEW YORK A handyman found guilty of suffocating a cleaning woman and stuffing her body in an air conditioning duct in a New York City office tower has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.
Joseph Pabon was sentenced on Tuesday after being convicted in April of kidnapping and murder.
Cleaner Eridania (erh-ih-DAHN'-yah) Rodriguez disappeared while working at a Manhattan skyscraper a few blocks from the World Trade Center site in July 2009. Her body was found after a four-day search.
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Khaled Ben Letaief
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GEDC Member, IEEE Communications Society Asia Pacific Committee, Member
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IEEE, Engineering Education, International Partnerships.
Academic Leadership Experience:
Dean, School of Engineering, 2009-Present
Chair, University Working Group for the 4-Year Curriculum Development, 2009-Present
Member, Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies Search Committee, 2008-Present
Member, University Committee on Appointments of University Professor, 2007-Present
Director, Wireless IC System Design Center, Nansha, China, 2006-Present
Area of Research:
Wireless Communications, Spread Spectrum Systems, Coding, Space Time Coding.
Selected Published Articles and Works:
- K. Hamdi, X. N. Zeng, A. Ghrayeb, and K. B. Letaief, "Impact of Noise Power Uncertainty on Cooperative Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radio Systems, "IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM'2010), Miami, Florida, USA, December, 2010
- Qing Wang, Pingyi Fan, M. Mckay, and K. B. Letaief, "On the Selection of Relays' Positions in Diamond Relay Networks" IEEE/ACMIWCMC '10, Caen, France, July, 2010
- Wei Chen, Lin Dai, K. B. Letaief, and Zhigang Cao, "A Unified Cross-Layer Framework for Resource Allocation in Cooperative Networks," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol. 7, no. 8, pp., 3000-3012, August 2008. (IEEE Marconi Prize Paper Award in Wireless Communication)
- Feng Han, Pingyi Fan, Q. T. Zhang, K. B. Letaief, "On Energy spreading transform based MIMO systems: Capacity and diversity, "IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC, 2008), Las Vegas, USA, April, 2008
- W. Zhang and K. B. Letaief, "Bandwidth efficient cooperative diversity for wireless networks," IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM'2007), Washington, D.C., USA, November, 2007
Awards and Accomplishments:
Recipient of the 1998 University Michael G. Gale Medal for Distinguished Teaching (Highest University-wide Teaching Award). This Gold Medal is established to recognize excellence in teaching and only one recipient / year is honored for his/her contributions. The award also requires university Senate Approval, HKUST.
Teaching Excellence Appreciation Award, School of Engineering, HKUST, Spring, 2009
Special Mention by HKUST Senate in October 1997 in recognition of dedication to teaching. The Mention states that
"...Dr. K. Ben Letaief is one of three "finalists" for the 1997 Michael G. Gale Award and that it was very difficult for the selection committee to choose among the finalists even after making class visits to the three finalists. The three finalists deserve the congratulations and gratitude of the Senate for their excellent work and dedication to teaching."
Teaching Excellence Appreciation Award, School of Engineering, HKUST, Spring, 1995
Mangoon Award for Best Graduate Instructor, Purdue University, May, 1990
B.S. in Electrical Engineering with Distinction (Cumulative GPA Percentage: 94.67%)
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA (Awarded December 22, 1984).
M.S. in Electrical Engineering (Cumulative GPA Percentage: 98.33%)
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA (Awarded August 10, 1986)
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Cumulative GPA Percentage: 98.00%)
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The IVTV project develops a kernel driver for Linux and a driver for X11 for hardware based on Conexant's CX23415/CX23416 codec chip such as the Hauppauge PVR 150/250/350/500 models and other supported hardware.
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Swamp Thing in Star Wars? What the heck?!?!? It's all in Previews #298, where you can find so many goodies it's almost not fair!
Mike Mayhew is doing the interior art on The Star Wars #1, the mini-series based on Lucas's original rough draft (page 30). Man, I wish I could be a gaziollinaire so that people would do comics adaptation of my rough drafts. I mean, when I was in third grade I wrote and illustrated a story called "The Insect Murder" in which a private investigator called Phoenix (who looks like a phoenix) solves a murder that involves a cockroach and a horseshoe crab. THAT WOULD SELL LIKE GANGBUSTERS!!!!!! But I'm not George Lucas, so no one cares. I'm going to go cry now. Wait, what am I talking about? (4 September)
Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman have been doing good comics together for a while now, so I'm keen to get the trade of Star Wars: Legacy II Book 1 – Prisoner of the Floating World (phew!) (page 34). I honestly don't even care what it's about, because I'm sure it will be full of adventure, and it will look great. (20 November)
I probably won't buy The Fifth Beatle, which comes to us from Vivek J. Tiwary, Andrew C. Robinson, and Kyle Baker (page 35), because I'm just not all that interested in the Beatles, but I'm sure it will be a nice book, especially the fancy hardcover that Dark Horse is offering. They're also offering a softcover, which is nice of them! (19 November)
Dark Horse offers The Colossal Conan hardcover on page 39, which gives us the first 50 issues of the recent series for $150. That's not bad, and these are almost uniformly good comics. Kurt Busiek and Timothy Truman wrote them, Cary Nord and Tomás Giorello (for the most part) drew them, and it's pretty darned cool. As always with giant collections (this is 1264!!!!! pages), I worry about the binding, but as far as the quality of the stuff inside – that's beyond a doubt! (13 November)
For $25, you can get a hardcover of Violent Cases by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean on page 42. It's probably been over 15 years since I've read this, but it's pretty good. I'm not sure if it's worth that much coin, but it's not a bad comic. (13 November)
I'm torn about Kiss Me, Satan #1 on page 44. I've probably read one or two Victor Gischler comics in my life, and that was probably by accident, and the description – the boss of the New Orleans werewolf Mafia wants a witch dead, but she's protected by a demon looking for redemption – doesn't sound too great. On the other hand, Juan Ferreyra draws this. As you know, Juan Ferreyra is one of the best artists in comics right now, and I love to look at his work. Man, this is annoying. (18 September)
B.P.R.D.: Vampire gets a trade on page 47. I haven't seen much about this, but Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá are the artists, so it's bound to be at least decent. (27 November)
I've been waiting for some digital comics to get printed on good old American paper, so I'm very, VERY keen that Bandette volume 1 shows up on page 60. I've been hearing how awesome this is since it launched, so I'm looking forward to actually reading it!!!! (6 November)
On the same page, Sabertooth Swordsman is offered. It sounds silly – the bad guy is called Mastedon Mathematician – but Chris Sims recently posted some pages over at Comics Alliance, and it looks gorgeous. I might have to check this out. (13 November)
If you've ever wanted to see Alex Ross's first professional work, Dark Horse has The Terminator: The Burning Earth in trade on page 63. I'm not sure if this is worth it, even though I like Ross. Has anyone read it? (13 November)
I don't really care if DC wants to suspend their regular publications this month for the "Forever Evil" thing – I'm not a retailer, so Brian Hibbs's problems about ordering the books don't mean much to me, although I can see why it would be annoying to him. But it does seem kind of weird, the way they're labeling them. If you've been reading Dial H, there's a coda to the story called Justice League #23.3: Dial E (page 76). That's bizarre. Are all of them one-shots, or do they tie into the regular series, even obliquely? They're switching creative teams around a lot, which seems to imply that they're just one-shots (John Layman, the regular writer on Detective, is writing Batman: The Dark Knight #23.3: Clayface, for instance). Some of the descriptions seem to imply that they're tied into the regular books, but who knows. It's very weird. Bully for DC for doing this (honestly, I don't care, but they know what they're doing, I guess), but it seems like a lot of the DCnU stuff – they had an intriguing idea but didn't really think it out too well before they decided to launch it. And I wonder if this is a sneaky way to increase the prices on some of their titles – "We'll raise the price to $3.99, and then only drop it back down for some of the books!" We shall see.
DC offers Superman: A Celebration of 75 Years and Lois Lane: A Celebration of 75 Years on page 120. I'm not getting either of these, but I love what seems to be the utter randomness of the selections. I'm sure there WAS a method to DC's madness, but it appears they just put a bunch of numbers in a hat and pulled them out – "Superman #53! Sure, why not?" Also, I like to think that the price discrepancy – the Superman book is 40 bucks, while the Lois one is 28 bucks – is a comment by DC about the disparity between what women earn in the workplace compared to men, as Lois's book is about 70% of the price of Superman's, but I don't think DC is that subtle. That would be pretty awesome, though, wouldn't it? (27 November)
Batman: Odyssey gets a trade on page 126. 368 pages of Neal Adams insanity for 20 bucks. Man, that is tempting, even as insane as this comic is. I'd want to read it just to see the train wreck! (2 October)
On page 127, JSA Liberty Files: The Whistling Skull is in trade. I liked the first two installments of this alternate world, and B. Clay Moore is a good writer, so I'm on board with this! (30 October)
It's a bit weird that DC would collect John Ostrander's Deadshot mini-series (along with two other issues in which he fights Batman), considering how much has changed since it came out, but it's still kind of cool. This is an incredibly bleak series and isn't quite as good as Suicide Squad, of which it's kind of a spin-off, but it's not bad. (30 October)
Man, I'm really tempted to get Vertigo Visions: Frank Quitely on page 138. I own a few of the stories contained within, but there's a lot I don't have, and I'm sure they're pretty cool. It's 25 dollars, but I still might get it. (13 November)
I don't know if I'm going to get Black Dynamite (page 153), but I love that it exists in this universe.
Kill Shakespeare: The Tide of Blood gets a trade on page 173. This hasn't finished yet, but so far, it's been a worthy successor to the first series.
I think Matt Fraction has been hanging out with Howard Chaykin (or possibly Nicholson Baker?) a bit too much, as on page 178 we get Sex Criminals, about two people who can stop time when they're having sex, so they go out and rob banks while time is stopped. I'm not sure about this one. It's Fraction and Chip Zdarsky, so it has a good pedigree, but I'm still not sure. We shall see. (4 September)
Rat Queens on page 182 does not sound like my cup of tea at all ("Let's make fun of hipsters" doesn't sound like something you should base a series on), but it's drawn by Roc Upchurch, which might be the greatest name in history. (25 September)
You can get a trade of Lost Vegas on page 195. This is another series that hasn't quite finished yet, but it's pretty fun. And it looks great, so there's that. (18 September)
So, what is Infinity about, anyway? I'm just wondering, because it's been kind of vague.
Infinity: The Hunt #1 (page 16) has a nice creative team – Matt Kindt and Steven Sanders – but the solicitation is weird. "This CONTEST OF CHAMPIONS pits the super students of school all over the Marvel U (including some you've never seen before) against each other." Doesn't Marvel publish an ongoing that does exactly that? Or has Avengers Arena moved on from that conceit? I can't keep up! (11 September)
I love this cover, with Kang just chillaxin' and shit (page 23; 25 September):
Spider-Man 2099 shows up in Superior Spider-Man #17 (page 32) because "YOU (LOUDLY) DEMANDED IT!" Where is this place where we can loudly demand things of Marvel and they listen, and why doesn't anyone listen to me when I loudly demand something? I really need to know these things. (4 September)
On page 87, Marvel offers Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus volume 2, which is 1224 pages for $125. I already own most of this, so I'll probably skip this, but I wanted to note it as one of our famed commenters has been asking about it for years. Are you happy now, Tom???? (4 December)
So after Marvel releases the first trade of Brian Wood's Ultimate X-Men run, which doesn't actually collect his first issues on the title, they get around to releasing a trade of his first 6 issues, which is part of a big crossover called Ultimate Comics Divided We Fall, United We Stand (page 101). That makes a ton of sense, Marvel! (25 September)
Oh, the back of the book! So much fun back there!
I'm extremely disturbed by Afterlife With Archie (page 246), in which Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Francesco Francavilla seemingly kill off the Archie Gang. That's just weird.
Jonathan Hickman joins the Avatar bunch with God Is Dead on page 255. Apparently all the gods of various pantheons are coming back to Earth, and they're pissed. I might check this out, because Hickman is a good writer, but the actual idea doesn't thrill me.
Boom! has a special edition of Dingo on page 274. This is a pretty good comic, and for 15 bucks, it's a pretty good price.
Jeff Smith has Rasl in full color on page 280, and I will be picking this up. I bought a few issues of Rasl but didn't keep up because it was taking forever to come out, but I'm sure it reads well as a complete volume. It's 472 pages for 40 dollars, which is not bad at all.
Jeff Parker writes Kings Watch for Dynamite on page 282. This stars The Phantom, Flash Gordon, and Mandrake the Magician fighting evil. I'm not sure if I'm going to get this, but Parker's so good I might be swayed! (11 September)
On page 289, Dynamite offers The Shadow 1941: Hitler's Astrologer HC 25th Anniversary Edition, which is the book by Denny O'Neil and Michael Kaluta. This is 20 bucks for only 64 pages, but I'm really thinking about getting this, because I just don't have enough Kaluta comics in my collection. I'm sure Greg Hatcher can offer his opinions about the quality of this comic!
Gene Luen Yang has two new books out from First Second, with Boxers and Saints, two parallel stories about the Boxer Rebellion in China. Yang is a superb creator, and I'm really looking forward to both of these books.
Graphix has The Lost Boy by Greg Ruth on page 314. Man, a new Greg Ruth book is awesome news. It sounds good, too – a creepy mystery about a missing boy and the kids who try to find what happened to him. I'm very keen to read this sucker.
On page 324, Oni offers A Boy and a Girl by Jamie S. Rich and Natalie Nourigat. It's a twist on a traditional love story, as it take place in a future where androids are replacing humans (but what happens to the humans?), and Rich writes good love stories and Nourigat is a good artist. It works for me!
Rebetiko from SelfMadeHero is about a Greek dictator in 1936 trying to stamp out Turkish influences in his country, which includes the music of the title, which blends Greek and Turkish ideas. I'm a sucker for historical fiction, and this sounds pretty cool!
Eternal Warrior returns to Valiant on page 346. It's by Greg Pak and Trevor Hairsine, so it will probably be pretty good. As usual with Valiant stuff, I'm waiting for the trade!
That's all for this month's trek through the catalog. Of course, I'm sure I missed some things, but that's why you need to ask for this by name from your retailer! Have fun checking it out, and remember to pre-order the comics you love so you don't miss them!
I rather liked RASL. And yeah, it does read better as completed than in chapter-at-a-time form (but most story-based comics do). I saw Smith was releasing a one-volume edition and was excited, but I'm leery of the addition of colour. I found the colouring of Bone substantially diminished that book. I'm concerned the same will hold true here as well. Of course, I'll wait and see before deciding either way.
I will say the only two colouring jobs (that I've seen) on an originally B&W work that have impressed me are Steve Oliff's work on Akira twenty-five years ago and Nathan Fairbairn's work on Scott Pilgrim.
Wait, they can stop time when they are having sex, so they rob banks? Does that mean that they have to keep having sex while they rob the bank? Does he have her strapped in a harness or something?
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa wrote a play way back in 2003 called Archie's Weird Fantasy, but Archie Comics slapped a cease-and-desist on it so he quickly rewrote the play as Weird Comic Book Fantasy. (I'm a theater critic, so I mostly knew him as a playwright before he started writing comics.) Glad to see his weird fantasy is finally coming true!
This isn't the first time the Phantom, Mandrake and Flash Gordon have been a super-team, of course. They teamed up as Defenders of the Earth in a TV cartoon back in the 1980s, with an accompanying Star Comics series. I am all over this new series–Dynamite's pulp-hero stuff has been some of the few comics I still buy monthly. Are they public domain now, or is it just that Dynamite has the license for Kings Feature Syndicate characters?
"Wait, they can stop time when they are having sex, so they rob banks? Does that mean that they have to keep having sex while they rob the bank? Does he have her strapped in a harness or something?"
And most importantly, are there jokes about making deposits and withdrawals?!?
"I found the coloring of Bone substantially diminished that book."
Seriously? In what way?
Sex criminals sounds like an NC-17 version of a Mort Weisinger Superman story. I'm sold.
I'm probably going to trade-wait God is Dead if only because I've rarely cared for Avatar's artists (well, with the exception of when Juan Jose Ryp and Paul Duffield were doing stuff for Ellis).
I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that apparently artists and writers at Avatar have very little interaction with one another. It's all bound together by editorial – the writer doesn't even seem to have much say in WHO will be drawing their script. Avatar just finds some dude and hands him a script, sometimes ages after it was written (the script for Heat, a mini by Gillen, h as been in the can for years but still no artist). I remember Gillen sort of describing the situation with respect to Uber. Very little communication, which seems odd for what should be a co-creator relationship.
This is particularly problematic for a guy like Hickman, whose creator-owned work is so reliant on having the perfect artist draw it, a guy perfectly in sync with Hickman on the particular project. I can't imagine anyone but Nick Pitarra, or at least someone with a style vaguely analogous to his (Chris Burnham?), drawing Manhattan Projects or Red Wing. Same goes for Hickman's own art or Ryan Bodenheim's. I expect Avatar will wind up just passing the script off to someone much less distinctive and the results will be accordingly much m ore underwhelming.
People keep saying that Uber doesn't feel like a Gillen comic. And yes, the script is vastly different from anything he's written in the past. But so's Three. And I'll be that when Three comes out, it'll end up feeling more "Gillen" then Uber simply because Ryan Kelly is likely a better fit for him than Caanan White.
The result is that, unlike Image books, the artists often aren't the strongest are aren't the best match for the book. I just don't feel like this editorially-managed arrangement is ideal for indie/creator-owned books.
Yea, the coloring work in the Bone trades is exceptionally well done so that's just crazy talk.
Seth: Well, apparently others disagree with you! I don't own the Bone colored stuff, nor have I seen it, so I can't comment on it. The few pages I've seen of Rasl look pretty good, though. We'll see, I guess.
The Mutt: I'm not sure how it works. In the preview the woman is having sex with a dude, and he freezes but she can get out from under him and move around, so I'm not sure at which point during sex that time actually stops. I guess that will be a mystery for Fraction to explain!
buttler: That's funny – I know he's a playwright, but I didn't know he wrote a play like that. I guess they finally decided to let him loose on the comics!
Good point about the Dynamite characters. I just kind of assumed they were public domain, but it certainly could be that Dynamite has the license on them!
cool arrow, sgt pepper, and Greg –
Hah! Maybe it is crazytalk. Personally, I had two problems:
1) Because the original work traded so vibrantly on Smith's strength of line and use of positive/negative space, the colourization felt out of place (to me). It didn't feel natural or intended. Part of that may be that I had read it in black-and-white so many times that by the time the colourization happened, it couldn't help but feel alien to me. I'm not sure that's why I felt it didn't fit, but I won't deny that it's a possibility.
2) The colours in at least the first two volumes (I didn't check any further) felt inert to me. That's a really loosey-goosey subjective way of me saying that I didn't feel that the colour choices were actually the right colour choices for either the environments or the characters. I was enthusiastic about the idea of Bone In Colour when I first heard about it. That enthusiasm evapourated for me rather quickly in volume 1 and didn't regenerate with volume 2. It could be that it was actually lackluster colour choices or it could be that because of seeing it in black-and-white for so long, my mind had supplied colours and hues and the newly official version just didn't fit.
I will say that I haven't been opposed to the colour samples I've seen of RASL (they look much better and more fitting than Bone's did (to me). It could be rad. I'm just guarded after having been disappointed before. The price tag is pretty great too.
Yeah, I would say that based on the title "Kings Watch", Dynamite has a license with King Syndicate to use those characters. Not sure why else they'd do them all in one book rather than 3 different books otherwise. But who knows, Dynamite may have bought out that stuff.
Not only is R A-S a playwright, but apparently he's going to be writing the Archie live action movie they'll be doing. I'm really intrigued by this "Afterlife with Archie". It's so bizarre, it's got to be good.
I think Seth's main problem with the Bone coloring is that he's spelling it "colour". This is America, dammit! Get rid of unnecessary "u"s!!!
Although I haven't seen it myself, I can certainly see how color might negatively affect Bone. Jeff Smith is so good in B&W that adding color isn't necessarily a plus. Los Bros Hernandez also tend to look better in B&W, and I'd be against a colorized Cerebus as well. Seth is not automatically wrong!!!
I'll probably have more to say later. My comics shop guy talked me into borrowing a copy of Previews this month to look at (EVILLLLLLL!!!!!), so I've been flippin' through it myself these past few days.
Travis is almost certainly right. I always forget what country this is. Social sciences are hard!
The Shadow 1941: Hitler's Astrologer HC 25th Anniversary Edition, which is the book by Denny O'Neil and Michael Kaluta. This is 20 bucks for only 64 pages, but I'm really thinking about getting this, because I just don't have enough Kaluta comics in my collection. I'm sure Greg Hatcher can offer his opinions about the quality of this comic!
Well, since you ask, it's a perfectly nice book, but there's no reason in the world to buy the reprint when the original is available all over the place. For considerably less money. I like it okay, but Kaluta and Heath aren't really a good combo, and the story is really just an Annual with delusions of grandeur. It's not something that rates the super-deluxe treatment.
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I hope Seth doesn't think he's fallen out of favour with me, and I apologise if that's the case.
Ah, dammit, now he's got me doin' it!!!
Travis, it's the small victories, really.
I tried to follow RASL in the individual issues, but I'm not that great at keeping up with single issues that release nigh-quarterly. Instead, I opted to get the four oversized volumes, which is a really fun way to read it. Still, I'm considering the hardcover because it is colorized and 'regular' size (plus I think the retail of the hardcover is half that of the four oversized softcover volumes). When I am willing to re-purchase something I already own, that's usually the highest compliment I can pay to a comic.
Is that Beatles book in SC? I thought it was 3 different hardcover versions. Guess I'll have to look at the Previews again.
I'm going to wait for Kiss Me, Satan in trade. I've read a book (or 2, maybe) by Gischler, and it was pretty well done, a sort of funny crime caper thing, the name of which escapes me. But I'd rather just get the whole she-bang in one go. Trying to move away from monthly books as much as I can (and DC and Marvel are helpin' me out there!).
I'm totally going for Bandette and Sabertooth Swordsman. They both sound way cool.
Forever Evil is annoying. It appears that they're all one shots that might tie in to the main books, but like you said, they're mixing up the creative teams. I'm definitely getting that Dial E one, and there are a few others I'll probably go for (the Parasite one by Aaron Kuder, mainly because he's a cool artist and a nice guy, and it'll probably lead into his upcoming Action run; also some of the Burnham covered ones). The covers, if they look as neat as they looked online, are bound to be cool, but overall as an event, this one's annoying. I'm already well on my way to dropping DCs left and right, and after this month, Detective might be the only one I keep getting. Wow.
I'm tempted by Batman Odyssey too. 20 bucks is a good deal. I'm also tempted on that Quitely book too, even though I have a lot of that stuff too. I don't have much of the Big Book stuff, though, and even though that's probably mostly one pagers, it's probably neat stuff. Is the page from Big Book of Urban Legends in there? That one I have, but I'm not sure if that one was listed. (Read the book!)
Even though Fraction is hit or miss, I'm going to try Sex Criminals. The premise is too good to pass up. I hope it's FF or Casanova Fraction and not Fantastic Four or X-Men Fraction.
Tom better look at this so he sees that damn Byrne book is coming. Jeez. That's sorta tempting as it includes the Last Galactus Story.
Check out the Marvel solicit on the page after that Infinity: The Hunt one. I'll look at it later, but if you look closely, you'll see why I'm pointing it out. I want to get the exact wording right.
I could be wrong, but they may have released that Ultimates X-Men run in a trade already. This collection of the 3 is a sort of Omnibus of the whole storyline, I think. Why they didn't promote the original as a Wood run, or why they called the SECOND Wood collection volume 1 is beyond me, however.
Also, for back of the book fun, check out the Low Society book under Aardvark-Vanaheim. Apparently Rob Walton of Ragmop fame teaches a class on comics, and used Cerebus as the comic/character the students were all doing stories of. Plus Walton apparently does a new story! Looks cool, and I am a Cerebus fan for life, so I pick up as much related stuff as I can get my hands on.
And something else for Seth: I remember now, I HAVE seen Bone in color, back in the Disney Adventures magazine, there were colored pages, serializing (oh, wait, serialising!) the story, sometime in the late '90s, I think. Since those colors were probably used for the first 2 color trades, that might be why they don't appeal as much. Although as I remember, it's when the Bones are on their way towards Rose's neck of the woods, so it's colored very sere and desert-like, so that might be a reason it doesn't look good. IIRC, I wasn't impressed much myself.
Speaking of Bone, isn't there the Artist Edition in IDW's section of the Great Cow Race? Man, I hope since IDW has a relationship with Dave Sim, they can talk him into doing one of those. Nerdgasm all the way!
If Seth spells colour like that, does he say schedule funny too?
I'm surprised that Greg Hatcher didn't jump on this, but I don't believe that the King Features characters (Phantom, Mandrake and Flash Gordon) are in the Public Domain
@ Mr. Burgas & TP: There's only one word to describe what I feel to finally see the solicits for the John Byrne FF Omnibus V. 2: VINDICATED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All-in-all, don't you JUST feel like an albatross being lifted from around your neck? No more having me to pester you with those pesky "are we there yet?" questions.
Now, I just got to find something ELSE to obsess and fixate on and pester you with that.
I'm surprised that Greg Hatcher didn't jump on this, but I don't believe that the King Features characters (Phantom, Mandrake and Flash Gordon) are in the Public Domain
Well, honestly, I thought I might be wrong and Greg knew something I didn't. Right now there are Phantom comics and prose books currently available from Hermes, Moonstone, and Dynamite, and similarly Flash Gordon from Titan, IDW, Dark Horse, and Dynamite… so it's not a completely unreasonable hypothesis.
No, I just assumed they were public domain, because of their proliferation. If they're not, whoops!
Batman: Odessey might be the only comic I own that's unreadable. There are so many confusing jumps in the narrative that I can only conclude that Adams was writing/drawing this at the same time and never went back to proofread his work to see if it makes sense. His artistic style has changed considerably (in my opinion) and it wasn't enough to salvage a project that I was very excited about.
That Marvel solicit I was trying to remember was the Infinity Heist 1, where the solicit reads "Frank Tieri and ARTIST …" Even though the artist's name is up there at the top of that page. Apparently a last minute thing.
Still better than the Zenescope listings on Previews site where the artist is still TBD the week the book comes out….
Travis: In forgot to check on that, but I did notice it at the first pass. I just figured I'd get yelled at for picking on Marvel if I mentioned it. Poor Ramon Bachs – he's just ARTIST!
The way I figure it, they just hadn't decided on the artist yet, or forgot to replace his name in (as in "WRITER and ARTIST bring you…" got replaced with "Frank Tieri and ARTIST", but they didn't cut and paste in Bachs's name).
He was the artist on Lapham's Detective run, wasn't he?
Travis: Yes, he was. That's the best work I've ever seen from him, but he's done some other nice work, too.
And I don't really have anything to respond to that, I just want the recent comments box to look like it's just you and me talking and no one else is here.
Done! Triumph!!!!!!
Travis: you would be pleasantly astouded at all the things I pronounce in ways that veer outside common practice. My wife breaks own in guffaws every tome I say triangulos. It's a thing we have.
When, pray tell, does the need to say "triangulos" come up?
Seriously, though, were you raised in England or somewhere in the UK, or something? Or is it just an affectation? I actually like saying schedule the British way as I had a college prof who was British and it tickled me when I heard him say it.
(And I hope you know I'm just teasin', too.)
Complete affectation. I've always preferred the aesthetic of -our over -or and grey over gray, so I've spelled that way since junior high. (Though I don't spell junior high as juniour high for probably ridiculous reasons, even while preferring savior to savior.) Also, I would never ever ever write prioritise or monetise.
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The Grangefield Academy
The Grangefield Academy converted to a Northern Education Trust sponsored academy on 1st January 2014.
The Grangefield Academy are on a journey of significant improvement over the next few years, a journey that has already started and that will see the development of an increasingly vibrant curriculum with a strong focus on sport and the arts along with a significant investment in new buildings and facilities.
Everyone's learning journey is different. They treat each student as an individual and will support and challenge them to do their best. Their aim is to help students to identify their personal learning pathway and to support them in achieving the challenging but realistic goals they set for themselves.
They offer a broad and balanced curriculum which is designed to cater for the needs of all students. They are developing a new focus on sport and the arts building on the significant strength of teachers in these areas of the curriculum. The new building is being designed to place these at the heart of all that they do for their students and for their community. Success is not just about lessons and learning. They believe that students benefit from a whole range of other activities that make life interesting and fulfilling.
They believe that the key to unlocking student potential lies in the development of enquiring minds that are keen to explore the world around them.
They believe that students do their best when they are happy and secure in a warm, well disciplined and professional environment based on mutual respect.
Successful learning journeys for students will extend far beyond their time at The Grangefield Academy. Their aim is to set each student on their own learning journey to further and higher education, to jobs and careers.


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A beach is defined as a strip of sand or gravel along the shore separating land from water. To gain beach designation, this strip must extend 25 feet in width between the dune or bank and landward of the mean high tide or normal high water. Due to the forces of nature, most beaches do not maintain a constant shoreline profile. Virginia's tidal beaches are predominantly on the lower Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean. Beaches on the Bay and on lower sections of rivers tend to be sandy, while those on the upper reaches of the rivers may have a thin layer of sand over a mud bottom. Other beaches may be sand and gravel bars along river corridors and manmade beaches created on lakes and ponds.
The statewide beach inventory shows approximately 2,047 acres of beach available for public access, including beaches in coastal areas, as well as those located on lakes, streams and rivers west of the fall line. Man-made and natural beaches, including those enhanced by beach nourishment, are also included.
Standards for beach design for public access are available in the Chesapeake Bay Area Public Access Technical Assistance Report, published in October 1990, and available from the DCR. Non-coastal beaches are not as fast to change as those beaches located along the Atlantic Ocean, the Chesapeake Bay or the Commonwealth's tidal tributaries.
The 2006 Virginia Outdoor Survey indicates that 44 percent of the Commonwealth's population sunbathe and relax at the beach. Sunbathing at beaches is ranked as the fourth most popular outdoor recreation activity in Virginia. There is much less public access to beaches than needed as much of the suitable beachfront in the Tidewater, Virginia area is private or in military use.


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Definition of mistletoe in English:
A leathery-leaved parasitic plant that grows on apple, oak, and other broadleaf trees and bears white glutinous berries in winter.
- Several species in the family Viscaceae, in particular the Eurasian Viscum album, and in the family Loranthaceae, in particular the American Phoradendron serotinum.
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- In Somerset and Herefordshire mistletoe grows on the apple trees from which cedar is produced.
- The Druids would cut the mistletoe that grew on the oak tree and give it as a blessing.
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The team broke into DA David Beatty's house only to find him dead in his office from a gunshot wound and Knight Errant on their way to the scene. Making a quick escape, they went into hiding before being contacted by Athena Tatopoulos. She showed them clearly faked footage of themselves taking out the DA and the head of Project Freedom (a political action group behind Proposition 23), among other individuals in the district attorney's office. She also directed the team towards Leonard Freemont, a clerk in the DA's office with a gambling debt to the mob who just happened to be their most recent Johnson.
They ran into Mr. Freemont at a Redmond area brothel that he frequented, and managed to start coaxing information out of him just before an unidentified street sam took him out from across the street with an assault cannon in a pickup truck. After a brief firefight with some mob-allied Skraacha, Knight Errant arrived, and Tosh Athack carted the team off, except for Artiste, who has ducked into an alley with the nearly-dead street sam from before.
Athack revealed that A.D.A. Dana Oaks had secretly survived the attacks against the DA's office, and proceeded to personally confirm with attack survivors that the runners weren't responsible. The parties involved then proceeded to help the team tie together the information they had uncovered thus far, and find a source for what was going on: a known technomancer terrorist going by the alias Anarchy. With his main enforcer out of commission, the runners quickly took out Anarchy and turned down any bounty on him, clearing their names in the process.
Everyone received 1,000 Y (each) as payment from Athena Tatopoulos.
Everyone received 3,000 Y (each) as a surprise deposit from Anarchy after his capture.
All characters get 8 Karma.
Everyone gets 1 Street Cred for clearing their names.
(I have noted Karma/Street Cred gains on your character pages.)
The runners also gain the following contacts at Loyalty 1 (+1 Loyalty if they previously had this contact, max Loyalty 4):
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SPARTANBURG -- Former Clemson golfert Brent Delahoussaye, who tied for fourth in the Nationwide Tour BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by the Synnex Corporation last year, got off to another good start by carding a 5-under 67 at Carolina Country Club.
His finish wasn't bad either – he birdied his final two holes and left the course eagerly anticipating his next two rounds at Thornblade and Chanticleer, two layouts with which the Greenville resident is intimately familiar.
"This morning when I started off I felt like I was more nervous than I'd been in a long time," Delahoussaye said. "It's the same courses I've played for years, so there's no point in putting more pressure on yourself, but somehow you do because you're playing at home, you're playing in front of family and friends and you know the courses. You've played here before and you've shot low here before, so you know you can do it – you've just got to go out and try not to put that pressure on yourself."
Helping to put Delahoussaye at ease was his playing partner, PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour veteran Charles Warren, and his caddy, Stephen Poole. Like Delahoussaye, Warren is a Greenville resident and Clemson alum; Poole, a Spartanburg native, also is a former Clemson player.
"Stephen is caddying for me this week and that's great to have him out there," Delahoussaye said. "And Charles and I play together all the time. We've played thousands of rounds together throughout the years, so it's good to have a guy you're comfortable with. This was like an every-other-day round for us."
Warren opened with a 69 and said he should've shot better, but was optimistic about the rest of the week.
"It was one of those days – I made some birdies, but made some dumb bogeys," Warren said. "A 69 doesn't kill me, but we'll be better tomorrow. Other than the Wofford Invitational, I don't have a whole lot of history on this course, so I'm looking forward to the next two (courses). I won the State Amateur out at Thornblade and spend a lot of time out at Chanticleer now. Both courses are playing great and it should be a lot of fun."
Eight other former Clemson golfers also are in the field:
Sam Saunders, who shot a 66 at Carolina Country Club;
David May, 71, Carolina Country Club;
Kevin Johnson, 73, Carolina Country Club;
Ben Martin, 74, Carolina Country Club;
Matt Hendrix, 74, Carolina Country Club;
Elliott Gealy, 75, Carolina Country Club;
Brian Duncan, 76, Greenville Country Club, Chanticleer course;
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Our Town
by Thornton Wilder
Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory
The play is an allegory of life structured over three days. Wilder begins the play at the crack of dawn, when the town is waking up, and concludes the play with the dead in the cemetery. The repetition of the sun's cycle parallels the life cycle, with one important distinction. The human lifespan is not as long as the sun's. And unlike a sun, when a person dies, he does not rise again. There is hope, however, in the human life cycle: reproduction. Significantly, Emily dies while giving birth to her second child. Although it is unclear whether her baby lived, we do know she has at least one child to survive her and continue the circle of life.


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Linden, CA
Pamela Jean Sheets
Pamela passed away on December 15, 2012 at the age of 54.
She is survived by her two
Patricia and
Jessica Sparks,
both of Linden and 8 grandchildren.
Visitation will be Friday, December 28, 2012 from 12:00-1:00 p.m. and funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., both at Park View Funeral Home and Cemetery, 3661 French Camp Rd., Manteca.
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I've been hearing some really good things about Boom! Studio's comics and they looked good at ALA so I was very excited when the first one I bought was catalogued and I could take it home to enjoy!
I wondered if Muppet Robin Hood would be a straightforward retelling of the legend with muppets as the actors.
Of course, it is not. It is a hilarious, insane, completely Muppet-ish approach to the story, which pretty much disappears after the first page.
Spoilers of much hilarity follow:
Robin decides he misses home and leaves the crusades. He arrives home at the Locksley family swamp, only to discover it has been turned in a miniature golf course. All over England, Prince John is creating horrible attractions and charging outrageous sums. Robin joins a band of outlaws, who previously joined a medieval hippie living in the woods and try to do some of the robbing the rich to feed the poor thing. Meanwhile, Prince John's fool is tricked into spying on Robin's band as a friar, Maid Marian wants Prince John ousted so they can have some decent parties, and King Richard's band *snicker* is having trouble at their gigs.
The story is full of these and many other outrageous characters and plot twists, as well as the characteristic Muppet ability to blend the conventions of the story and the real world around it. I am eager to see if we have enough Muppet fans to appreciate these comics. Other than a couple typos, which I guess are standard in any comic, the style is very readable. The art is sometimes a little squashed, but generally good. By squashed, I mean, sometimes Kermit looks too tall. Hey, I watch the complete Muppet show almost every Christmas. I know what Kermit is supposed to look like!
Verdict: A great purchase if you have lots of Muppet fans. Otherwise, buy it for yourself. You know you want it.
ISBN: 978-1934506790; Published November 2009 by Boom!; Borrowed from the library; Purchased for the library; Purchased for my personal collection
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Muppet Robin Hood by Tim Beedle, etc.
1 comment:
- Terry Doherty said...
This sounds like a book you would never get a chance to read if you hadn't gotten to it first. Can't wait to find these in our library.
- February 5, 2010 at 8:24 PM
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Adult Daughter Support Group
May 24, 2011 at 11:39 am in Family & Relationships by Linda Yezak
"Hello, my name is Linda, and I am the adult daughter of an elderly mother who is making me nuts."
That would be my first admission to a group titled 4MN, if there was such a group. At 4MN, we would all have the same complaint, though different evidences of our claim: "My Mother Makes Me Nuts!"
There are women out there whose mothers have passed away, and they miss them terribly. My heart goes out to these women, as it does to those who never knew a mother's love at all. When I think of these, I hurt for them deeply. I realize my complaints are petty, and I should be counting my blessings. And I do, I really do. Mom is a sweet and wonderful person, and I'm so fortunate to have her still with me. But–and there's always a but–she's making me nuts!
I want to be able to make that claim without feeling the guilt the motherless can heap upon me; however well-intentioned their motives, those who say, "Be grateful for every day you have with her," make me feel guilty and defensive. I am grateful, but that doesn't change the fact she makes me nuts. I want to vent to people who know I'm just venting. I want to get angry in front of folks who realize anger doesn't mean I hate my mother. I want to cry, and stop being strong, and hand all the decisions over to someone else for a while.
It's like this: I've been living at her house since the end of March. She's been ill–nothing life-threatening, but some painful problems, some irritating problems, a couple of new problems. In other words, it's been one thing after another for her, and we can't seem to get her body out of its rebellion.
Most recently, her red blood cell count dropped to 7.8 per whatever-unit-it's-measured-in. That's 7.8 out of 12, which is considered normal. Mom won't ever be "normal" again because of some physical problems, but 7.8 is low, even for her. In the not-too-distant past, the doctor has given her a blood transfusion when she's as low as 8.4, but this time, the doctor didn't. I don't know why–she tried to explain it to us, but we were so rushed for some reason, no explanation seemed to stick in my head. Mom got an iron-drip IV just before the office closed, and another later in the week.
But over the weekend, the one time I get to see my husband, she was dizzy-headed, weak, lethargic–all the signs of anemia–and her home health nurse wanted to send her to the ER for a blood transfusion. Since I was out on a rare date, Mom talked her into waiting to see what I said about it. What I said–me. The one who wanted her to have a transfusion in the first place.
This was Saturday night. I heard both sides:
"She needs a transfusion," the nurse said.
"I don't want to go to the emergency room," Mom whined.
So we didn't. Since she wasn't going to do anything all weekend but watch TV, we waited until Monday when she endures her scheduled blood draw anyway. We could decide then.
The nurse came early the next morning, and took her blood with intentions to have it tested STAT, and talk the doctor into giving Mom a blood transfusion.
"But that'll be another needle," Mom whined. And I understand. She gets three shots a week plus the blood draw, and I know she feels like a pin cushion, but–
"Don't you want to get better?"
"I'll miss my allergy shot."
"No you won't," the nurse says. "I'll bring it to you in the hospital if I have to."
"What about my hair appointment?"
Okay, just to interject here: this is what I'm talking about. Her hair??? She makes me nuts.
"Your hair appointment is tomorrow, Mom. We're going to try to get you in today."
"Oh." She looks up at me with sad sulky eyes, and I just hurt for her. I know what it's like to believe that getting well is an impossibility. And when the very treatment being offered as the avenue to health involves a needle, I know how it feels to dread being stuck again. Been there, done that.
But at some point, I want her well enough I can go home for awhile. Is that asking too much?
The results come in, the nurse from the doctor's office calls. "Her count is 8.4. Up five points. Do you still want her to have a transfusion?"
I tell Mom what the man says. "What do you want to do?"
"I don't know. What do you think we should do?"
And this is where it really starts to hurt. She is showing improvement after the IV even though she's at the exact same count she was the last time they threw her in for a transfusion. She doesn't want to go to the hospital, doesn't want a needle in her arm for hours on end, and I understand.
But she'll feel so much better with the transfusion. The dizziness and lethargy will end, she'll be able to do more without tiring so easily, her heart will benefit.
And I'll get to go home. Which is the rub. I want her to have the transfusion, but am I being selfish? Shouldn't I wait and see if her count continues to climb?
Letting her count climb on its own can take weeks–even months. I'm so homesick, I get teary-eyed at the very thought of having to stay here a minute longer.
The decision is on my shoulders. It's up to me to decide the best course of action.
And I want to be three years old, and hide in Mama's lap, and let someone else figure out the hard stuff.
Her eyes are so sad, her little arms bruised from needle-pricks. She's so weak, but seems better than the day before. Maybe tomorrow will be even better. Maybe.
After the mental battle to wrestle a decision from indecisiveness, I say no to the transfusion.
Thirty minutes later, after I've given myself a talking to and convinced myself I made the right decision, she says, "Maybe I should have that transfusion. It'll make me feel better faster, won't it?"
She makes me nuts. She makes me absolutely nuts!


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Definition of nonaggression in English:
Absence of the desire or intention to be aggressive, especially on the part of nations or governments: a treaty of nonaggression and friendship [as modifier]: a nonaggression pact
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The Frugal Dog – The Cost of Dog Ownership
This is another guest post by Kathryn. She is evaluating the potential cost of dog ownership. Great timing as we're also considering getting a dog in the future.
This is a spin off on Newborn Baby Expenses as pet ownership can also be pricey!
Brian and I both grew up with dogs but because of our transient lifestyle we haven't considered a pet until recently. Lately our lives have settled into a pleasant routine. We have a house. I work from home. The kids are getting older. We're wondering if this might be a good time to bring a dog into the family. We're in the process of researching just how much this little pooch is going to cost us over his or her lifetime.
How much will a dog cost for the first year and beyond?
- Dog. To get a dog from the local humane society is $350 if they can find one that is good with kids. There is a long waiting list for these. Another dog we've been considering from a local reputable hobby breeder ~ $400.
- Spay / Neutering ~ $350 for a female
- Dog crate for medium sized dog ~ $60
- Food dishes ~ $20
- Chew toys & leash ~ $30
- Portable Rug Cleaner (Bissel Green Machine) ~ $90
- Dog training books ~ $0 Thanks to the local library!
- Dog obedience school ~ $250
- Food ~ $250 / yr
- Vaccinations and vet bills ~ $200 / yr on average
- City dog licensing ~ $30 / yr
- Boarding ~ $0 (We made an arrangement with someone else. We'd watch their dog when they go on holidays and they would watch ours.)
- Grooming ~ $20 / yr for a brush and shampoo. We're only considering dogs that don't need haircuts.
First year cost = $1500
Yearly costs = $500
For those of you who are dog owners, are these accurate figures? Have I missed anything?
How have you found ways to be a frugal pet owner without sacrificing the health or safety of your animal?
Which system do you use in your household?
Kathryn is a regular contributor on Million Dollar Journey and has a passion for personal finance. She volunteers her time as a money coach meeting with ordinary Canadians, teaching them the basics of budgeting, no fee banking, saving for the future and other basics of personal finance.
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Published: Sunday, April 28, 2013 at 11:07 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, April 28, 2013 at 11:07 a.m.
A Jonesville man died late Friday night in a Spartanburg Walmart.
Ronald Mummery, 80, of 107 Muriel Drive in Jonesville, died at the store at 2151 E. Main St. about 11 p.m., according to an incident report filed by the Spartanburg Public Safety Department.
Mummery, who was confined to a wheelchair, was having trouble breathing when his wife, Florence Mummery, left the store to get him oxygen, according to the report. When she returned, he slumped over in his chair.
Florence Mummery moved her husband to the photo lab area of the store and then called 911. She told investigators that her husband had numerous health problems.
Medics arrived on scene, but honored a do not resuscitate order.
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Lisa Borders and WNBA players are ready to move forward.
Olympics done, WNBA ready for sprint to the finish
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — With the Olympics in the rearview mirror, the WNBA is ready to restart its season after a month-long break.
US women's basketball 1 win from 6th consecutive gold medal
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — There was a calm, relaxed atmosphere at the final practice for the U.S. women's basketball team.
NBA chooses New Orleans for 2017 All-Star Game
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The NBA has decided to hold the 2017 All-Star Game in New Orleans after taking the midseason event out of North Carolina because of a state law that limits anti-discrimination protections for lesbian, gay and transgender people.
Signed, sealed: LeBron signs $100 million contract with Cavs
LeBron James didn't waste any time signing his new contract.
TNT to begin Monday night NBA doubleheaders in January
TNT is adding a Monday night doubleheader package to its NBA coverage, starting with an NBA Finals rematch on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
AP Source: LeBron James has agreed to 3-year deal with Cavs
LeBron James is going to hang around home for a while.
Durant, Warriors to OKC on Feb. 11, Cleveland on Christmas
Kevin Durant will return to Oklahoma City on Feb. 11 and join the Golden State Warriors for an NBA Finals rematch at Cleveland on Christmas.
Ex-NBA All-Star Stoudemire opens new chapter in Israel
JERUSALEM (AP) — Recently retired NBA All-Star Amare Stoudemire insists he has plenty of basketball left in him.
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Arrow of God
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Arrow of God plops readers right down into the middle of rural Igbo life in the 1930s without any reference point. Even more than Things Fall Apart, Achebe's third novel immerses the readers into Igbo daily life, customs, and thought patterns. Achebe constantly uses idioms common among the Igbo to explain characters' actions and plot. Often, there is an entire string of idioms, one right after another. This, combined with the many similar Igbo names, can become confusing. Don't let it get you bogged down, though. Even if you don't understand the idioms, you can get the gist of what speakers intend to convey by continuing to read and observing the narrative clues.


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Extreme Heat Events
Extreme Heat Toolkit
Heat is a significant threat to public health in the United States. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), heat has claimed more lives on average over the past ten years than any other severe weather event. (NOAA, National Hazard Statistics) By the end of the 21st Century, heat-related deaths could more than triple in the U.S. (NRDC, Killer Summer Heat: Projected Death Toll from Rising Temperatures in America Due to Climate Change)
- To view data on heat-related illnesses and deaths in Minnesota, see MN Public Health Data Access
The purpose of the MDH Extreme Heat Toolkit is to provide information to local governments and public health professionals about preparing for and responding to extreme heat events. Extreme heat events can cause a number of health-related problems, including an increase in deaths (mortality) and nonfatal outcomes (morbidity). Yet, almost all of the negative health outcomes from extreme heat can be prevented by taking appropriate measures to ensure that the public stays cool and hydrated during an extreme heat event.
Download the entire Toolkit (excluding appendices) (PDF: 2.1MB/43 pages) See below for appendices.
- Introduction to Extreme Heat Events (PDF: 425KB/8 pages)
- Why care about extreme heat events
- Minnesota is warming
- Defining extreme heat events
- Extreme Heat Events and Public Health (PDF: 69KB/7 pages)
- Health issues caused by extreme heat
- Characteristics that increase the risk of heat-related illnesses
- Preparing Minnesota for Extreme Heat Events (PDF: 1.4MB/11 pages)
- Key steps for planning for and responding to extreme heat events
- Developing a heat response plan
- Additional strategies to prevent heat-related illnesses
- Mitigation/adaptation to extreme heat
- Training and resources for extreme heat
- Appendices:
- Appendix A: Heat index (PDF: 251KB/2 pages)
- Appendix B: Categories of medicines that may increase the risk of heat-related illnesses (PDF: 220KB/2 pages)
- Appendix C: Map of Minnesota land cover (PDF: 3.1MB/2 pages)
- Appendix D: Draft language for heat response plan/excessive heat annex (PDF: 397KB/7 pages)
- Appendix E: Extreme heat tip sheet for individuals (PDF: 575KB/2 pages)
- Appendix F: Data sources for characteristics that increase the risk of heat-related illnesses (PDF: 365KB/6 pages)
- Appendix G: Mapping 101: Joining census data for beginning GIS users (PDF: 368KB/7 pages)
- Appendix H: Minneapolis case study maps (PDF: 4.9MB/14 pages)
- Appendix I: Olmsted County Public Health Services case study (PDF: 325KB/4 pages)
- Appendix J: Sample media release (PDF: 322KB/2 pages)
- Appendix K: Other important websites and resources (PDF: 228KB/3 pages)
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Populations at Risk
MDH conducted a literature review to identify the populations most at risk for adverse health outcomes from extreme heat. These populations include but are not limited to the following:
- Children less than 5 years-old
- Elderly 65 years old and older
- Elderly living alone
- Economically constrained:
- Population at or below poverty level
- Population at or below 200% of poverty level
MDH developed a set of statewide maps of these populations by county subdivision (e.g., city, township, or unincorporated territory). These maps are intended to provide context for communities. All five maps and the associated Excel data table are provided for download below. Note that the map keys are based on quintiles and do not represent thresholds of health significance.Click the thumbnail of the map or the link above each map to download the full size (11" x 17") PDF.
| Children Less Than 5 (PDF: 575KB/2 pages)
|Elderly 65 and Older (PDF: 575KB/2 pages)
|Elderly Living Alone (PDF: 575KB/2 pages)
|Population at or below Poverty
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|Population at or below 200% of Poverty
(PDF: 575KB/2 pages)
Excel file for populations at risk by county subdivision:
Populations at Risk by County Subdivision (XLS: 600KB)
Example heat vulnerability assessment:
Brown-Nicollet Community Health Board Example Extreme Heat Vulnerability Assessment (PDF: 633KB/9 pages)
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Extreme Heat Training ModuleMDH developed the Extreme Heat Training Module to provide an overview of extreme heat events, public health implications, and strategies for individuals and local public health professionals. This module can be used as an educational piece for interested persons or as a "train the trainer" module for local public health departments. The training has been fully scripted for that purpose.
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Definición de parish en inglés:
1(In the Christian Church) a small administrative district typically having its own church and a priest or pastor: [as modifier]: a parish church
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- Many of these lay candidates are already deeply involved in church ministry: in parishes, on diocesan staffs, as chaplains on campuses, in hospitals, and in jails.
- We should pray for renewal explicitly, as individuals, small Christian communities, parishes, and dioceses.
- In the mainline churches, certain parishes have refused pastoral care to victims and their families.
parishioners, churchgoers, church, congregation, flock, fold, community
1.1 (also civil parish) British The smallest unit of local government, constituted only in rural areas: [as modifier]: a parish councillor
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- Over £16,000 has been awarded over the next two years to take roadshows to the rural parishes and islands to engage older people in activities to benefit their health and well-being.
- Hurling supporters in neighbouring parishes are scouring local GAA officials in the hope of getting a ticket to the September 12 Final.
- We hope this service will help unite the local parishes into a cohesive unit speaking with one voice, something that is sadly lacking over the years.
district, community
1.2US (In Louisiana) a territorial division corresponding to a county in other states.
Oraciones de ejemplo
- Alford provided a listing of floristic surveys for counties in Mississippi and parishes in Louisiana.
- There are nearly 4,500 registered sex offenders living in the 14 Louisiana parishes hit by Katrina.
- But you have to understand, inside the parishes of Louisiana, most of those city governments were victims.
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French and Old French paroche, from late Latin parochia, from Greek paroikia 'sojourning', based on para- 'beside, subsidiary' + oikos 'dwelling'.
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The primary aim of LFRG is to give you an opportunity to have informal discussions of your own and other people's ideas without having to worry about saying something wrong. Thus, practice talks and presentations of works in progress (or in regress) or papers that you find interesting are especially welcome.
The range of possible topics include semantics, syntax, their interface, and whatnot having a connection to either syntax or semantics. The idea is that a lot of research does not fit into the straight jacket of a narrow area - though it is by no means required to have any interdisciplinary interests to attend LFRG.
Meetings this semester are:
Fridays from 2:10-3:20 (by default)
Thursdays from 9:30-11 (when the default time does not work)
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Please see schedule for details.
There are basically four main kinds of meetings: 1) presentations of one's own work, including in progress and in regress; 2) a genuine reading group meeting: everyone reads, or at least browses, some interesting paper, and we discuss it; 3) a tutorial-like meeting where the persons in charge tell everyone something about not so widely known things - like cool experimental techniques, math tools, new empirical results, etc., and then optionally people say what they think about that; and 4) brainstorming sessions: the persons in charge provide a topic and the necessary background, and the point is to generate some ideas about what one can do about the topic.
Meetings and changes in the schedule are announced here and by email to interested people. If you want to receive the email announcements, want to be in charge of a meeting, or have any other comments about the Syntax-Semantics Reading Group, email Igor Yanovich or Mia Nussbaum. An incomplete list of previous meetings: Spring 2012 Fall 2011 Spring 2011 Fall 2010 Spring 2010 Fall 2009, Spring 2009, Fall 2008, Spring 2008, Fall 2007, Spring 2007, Fall 2006.
Claiming an LFRG slot is not scary at all - so don't hesitate to do that!
Igor Yanovich
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RICHARDSON — A year before Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) premiered to jeers, dancer Vaslav Nijinsky helped create another scandal by mimicking masturbation in the final scene of Afternoon of a Faun.
For his version of Rite, modern dance pioneer Paul Taylor uses the same flat, two-dimensional form of Egyptian frescoes and Greek bas-relief vases that informed Nijinsky's choreography for Faun. In this style, the figures are depicted primarily in profile.
Taylor's ingenious twist in Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rehearsal), which led off his company's program Saturday at the Eisemann Center, is to create a connection between these characteristic side-view poses and the exaggeratedly mechanized look of Saturday morning cartoons.
To that end, The Rehearsal, from 1980, humorously depicts the story of a baby-stealing gangster and overlays a dance troupe's rehearsal of that story. The dancers are seen mostly in profile as they wheel their arms and legs like animated characters.
At the Eisemann, Southern Methodist University graduate Michael Trusnovec, a 15-year veteran of the Paul Taylor Dance Company, played the Private Eye who is approached by the Girl (Laura Halzack) after her child is snatched by the Crook (Robert Kleinendorst), His Mistress (Amy Young) and His Stooge (Jamie Rae Walker).
Filled with the silly fun of tightly rendered high steps, hops, stomps and snaps into position, The Rehearsal was an artfully cute take on the 1913 collaboration between Nijinsky and composer Igor Stravinsky that's celebrating its centennial this year.
The other two Taylor dances on the Eisemann program were equally well structured.
At the same time, The Uncommitted (2011), set to four brooding Arvo Pärt pieces, couldn't have been more different in mood and movement style from The Rehearsal.
It featured 11 dancers in sleeveless, darkly patterned suits depicting people who could never quite connect with one another. Throughout the work, various groupings would run in from the wings, only to leave a soloist behind.
The solos varied in style, but each evoked dark mysteries about the elusiveness of relationships. Pessimism reigned.
In contrast, the light-as-air Brandenburgs (1988), set to two of the Bach concertos, had a balletic Balanchinean quality of elegant athleticism danced by three female soloists, including SMU grad Parisa Khobdeh, and a five-male chorus.
Manuel Mendoza is a Dallas freelance writer. He blogs at dfwdance.wordpress.com.


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Through her personal/work experiences and education, she has learned that nutrition is a lifestyle and a science, not simply various diets and myths that one can experiment with. It is her goal to educate people of all ages about the importance of nutrition and living a healthy lifestyle, and to assist those who need to and/or want to make this lifestyle change.
Corinne has undergraduate degrees in Dietetics and Journalism. She also has her ServSafe Certification from the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation and is a certified U.S. Diabetes Conversation Map Facilitator.
Corinne has served as the dietary supervisor at a long term care/skilled nursing facility and also has experience working in the nutrition department at various acute care hospitals. Her writing awards have been in the field of technical writing from the Society for Technical Communication.