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UPDATE: "The Flash" Hasn't Cast Savitar, Says Berlanti
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This is the first in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) of pieces showing you the first appearance of stuff that later became notable parts of comic book lore. Not like "the first appearance of Superman," but rather, "the first time someone said, 'Avengers Assemble!'" or "the first appearance of Batman's giant penny" or "the first time Spider-Man's face was shown half-Spidey/half-Peter."
NOTE: Those examples are specifically the three things I'm showing you today, don't ya know…
The giant penny in the Bat-Cave is something that has been there for decades, but where did Batman get it?
That honor comes from World's Finest Comics #30, written by Bill Finger and drawn by Bob Kane and Ray Burnley, where we meet a bad guy obsessed with pennies…
The giant penny comes in here…
Interestingly enough, it wasn't like the giant penny was supplied by the crook, it seems. So, what, Batman just decided that he was going to take home the giant penny from the exhibition as a trophy? That's not an absurd request, but it smacks a bit of mercenary-ism, doesn't it? Maybe Bruce Wayne bought it after the exhibition ended?
One of the interesting quirks of Steve Ditko's Spider-Man run was that he liked to do a bit where he had Spider-Man's mask show up on half of Peter's face. He would do this at two different times…
1. When he wanted to make sure to highlight that Peter was Spider-Man (in situations where it would be especially ironic – like on the cover of Amazing Spider-Man #8 when Peter is boxing Flash – we know that it is really Spider-Man boxing Flash, so he could kick his butt easily, but he has to hide his secret identity…
2. When he wanted to show Peter using his powers while as Peter, specifically the Spider-Sense.
This confused a generation of young children reading Spider-Man who had problems understanding symbolism.
It caught on, though, and John Romita used the effect, as well, and occasionally you'll still see it today.
It did not show up in the first four Spider-Man stories (the first one in Amazing Fantasy #15, the two stories in Amazing Spider-Man #1 and the first one in Amazing Spider-Man #2).
In fact, at the end of the first story in Amazing Spider-Man #2, Ditko actually went a different direction…
(by the by, you have to love the prison folks letting Vulture wear his costume in jail).
But finally, in the second story, Ditko went with it to show Peter using his powers while out of costume…
The Avengers did not really have a catch phrase for months. You could tell Stan Lee wanted to give them one. Preferably, it would be nice if the catch phrase was alliterative. Stan Lee LOVED alliteration – Peter Parker, Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Scott Summers, Bruce Banner – and the same went for his catch phrases!
So in Avengers #10, he did it!
Amusingly enough, for a phrase that only debuted in the tenth issue of the magazine, by issue #16, it was already treated as a major part of the book's history.
It made the cover…
And Iron Man is already wistfully thinking back upon a phrase that debuted six months earlier…
And the crowd already knows it!!
That's quite an impressive catch phrase that it became beloved by the public so quickly!
Thanks to MrNorrinRadd for the correction on the first appearance of the phrase.
Feel free to send in ideas for future debuts I should feature here to email@example.com!
It did not show up in the first four Spider-Man stories (the first one in Amazing Spider-Man, the two stories in Amazing Spider-Man #1 and the first one in Amazing Spider-Man #2).
Typo. First "Amazing Spider-Man" should read "Amazing Fantasy."
This piece was pretty funny. Esp. the part of how much Avengers Assemble meant to Iron Man after only two months.
Typo. First "Amazing Spider-Man" should read "Amazing Fantasy."
Thanks! Fixed.
And at least for me "Avengers assemble" does not sound so good when said out loud. Works better on paper.
But then I'd also have to point out that Avengers is not the best of all possible names anyway…
That half-mask look of Spidey was a great trick though, at least in those "Spider Sense kicks in" moments.
I really like this idea, Brian. Great stuff. Keep it up.
Surely the first Bwahaha should be posted in the future.
Also, Batman's dinosaur.
You could get a couple articles just out of Batman's trophies: the dinosaur, the Joker card, Thomas Wayne's Bat-Man costume, the stuffed(?) penguin, etc.
A follow-up to this post: when was the first time the penny from this adventure appeared as a part of the Batcave? Was it in the very next issue or did it take a while?
That Spider-Man robot sure does have a rich inner life.
It's been a while since I read that Vulture story, but if he'd just been arrested he probably hadn't been issued his prison uniform yet.
(Then again, I've seen stories with bad guys still wearing their costumes after months in prison.)
Now that we know about Batman's penny, are we going to see the debut of Scrooge McDuck's dime?
Other possible ideas–
Colossus and Wolverine and the Fastball Special
'It's Clobberin' Time!'
Tangled Up in Blue is probably my favorite Dylan song.
OK, now THIS is the kind of obscure comics trivia I enjoy finding out about! Thanks Brian, may you make many more columns like this!
It might be interesting, if applicable, to examine how the "explanations" have changed over time. For instance, the giant penny is now associated with Two-Face in some versions of the backstory. (The Animated Series comes to mind immediately.)
Um, why is Cap wearing green underwear? To show support for Quicksilver? Plus, I think that "Avengers Assemble!" worked so well because Thor looks so badass yelling it.
So, what, Batman just decided that he was going to take home the giant penny from the exhibition as a trophy? That's not an absurd request, but it smacks a bit of mercenary-ism, doesn't it? Maybe Bruce Wayne bought it after the exhibition ended?
I love the idea that it was early on his career, he was still figuring things out, and just decided to take the Penny with him.
I've been wondering this one for a while… what was the first comic that firmly established what Wolverine's powers are? (ie: healing factor that makes him virtually invulnerable, heightened senses & animal instincts, and adamantium laced bones.) I know it was in Dave Cockrum's original X-Men run where it was established that Wolverine's claws came out of his arms (not his gloves), and where he tells (I think) Banshee at one point that he heals fast, but when did everything get more specific?
When was the first time both Hal Jordan and Reed Richards were drawn with the white hair above the ears?
When did Hal Jordan start being referred to as a legendary, or the greatest Green Lantern?
First gimmick cover?
What was the first time a lead character's (Marvel or DC) internal monologue was in a text box instead of a thought balloon? (This seems like a major innovation to me, but I may be alone in that belief.)
First time Batman gets referred to as "Dark Knight?" "Caped Crusader?"
First time Superman is referred to as "The Man of Steel?" "The Man of Tomorrow?"
First Marvel or DC trade paperback of a single story (discounting stuff like "The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told")?
First time a cover blurb stated "Because you demanded it!"
OK, I think that's it for now!
Original concept, I'm gonna enjoy going reading this column.
Um, why is Cap wearing green underwear? To show support for Quicksilver?
You try spending 15 years encased in ice wearing the same shorts and see how fresh you turn out.
First time:
DC used "not a hoax, not an imaginary story" or such on a cover?
An Imaginary Story was used by DC?
Hulk said "Hulk is the Strongest one there is!"
Thor said "For Asgard!"
Spiderman said "Spidey sense tingling"?
Non married characters had sex?
Some Inhuman called Black Bolt "My Liege"?
The Vision partially became solid inside someone (not named Scarlet Witch hahahahaha)?
Ed's question of 'not a hoax, not an imaginary story' reminds me of Fantastic Four #331. It was during the time Englehart was writing as 'John Harkness', and he was using the character's dreams to tell the stories he'd planned to tell. The cover actually says 'It's a dream! It's a hoax! It's an imaginary story!'
How about the first time we saw Joker committed to an insane asylum? (Batman #74, I believe.)
What about the first actual view of the Batcave in the comics? (As opposed to references to tunnels & what not.)
The first Batmobile that actually looked like something that should be called a Batmobile.
Green Arrow's first use of trick arrows.
The first appearance of kryptonite.
The first appearance of Scrooge McDuck's dime I actually remember as a good duckist would: The Round Money Bin, One Shots #495, September 1953…in case a future installment wants to give it a go (the issue I had to check from the net).
Reed Richards and Ben Grimm war references: when were they said to have been in Korean War, and when was that war updated to later ones?
The first war I recall Reed and Ben were said to be veterans of was WWII I believe, not Korean War. I could be wrong though.
>>The first war I recall Reed and Ben were said to be veterans of was WWII I believe, not Korean War.
Yep. I'm sure there were references in earlier FFs, but Reed appears as a soldier in Sgt. Fury #3, Ben in Capt. Savage #7.
I'd love to see a story on exactly how Batman got that giant penny into the Batcave. Or why a guy who seems to have no emotional attachment to anything other than his parents murder would keep all that stuff in the cave. Poor Alfred must cringe every time Batman drags some new crap in there. He's the one who has to figure out how to display it and clean it.
Best use of the word "assemble" ever.
First "Long Live the Legion!"
First use of "mutant menace" (either the phrase or the concept)
First "Flame on!"
Superman's first ID change in a closet and a phone booth
Superman's first flight (after bounding over tall buildings)
Iron Man's first heart attack
Green Lantern's first running out of power after 24 hours
Thor's first turning back to Dr. Blake after 60 seconds
Jimmy Olsen's first use of the signal watch
Lois Lane's first accusation that Clark Kent is Superman
First "Hulk smash!"
I'm sure we could go on and on with these. There must be dozens of 'em for each popular character.
In that last picture…what exactly is Quicksilver doing with his right hand…
The first "When Titans Clash!"
I love the idea that it was early on his career, he was still figuring things out, and just decided to take the Penny with him.
Strapped to the roof of the Batmobile.
Ben and Reed were shown in FF#11 to have been in the Second World War, and even then Reed was described as thinking about the girl back home, Sue. When I first read the story it was reprinted in about 1974 in a Treasury Edition, with an editor's note added at the bottom of that panel, suggesting that they must have served in Korea as well, because "Sue's not that old!"
And so the dates began to melt and blur, like the clocks in Dali's trees. (Was that reprint the first appearance of Marvel Time Revisionism?)
1st time Spider-Man used his Spider-sense to track a Spidey-tracer
— in particular did they actually refer to Spider-Man re-calibrating the Spider-tracer to work with his Spider-sense? (Or did Stan simply forget that he had previously used a specific tracking device for this purpose?)
@Third Man
I was going to ask when Wolverine first revealed he had a healing factor – I think it was when the Brood put an egg inside him during Cockrum's second run (#162 or thereabouts), but it is treated as though it is common knowledge, so maybe it was earlier.
Stan Lee loved alliteration so much that he saddled the Avengers with a battle-cry that makes no sense. Galactus is going to eat the planet, Doom is leading an army of killer robots, the Masters of Evil are about to attack, but don't worry because the Avengers are going to "Assemble". Yeah, I bet that puts the fear of god into wrong-doers.
As bad as "Avengers Assemble" was, I thought "Titans Together" was even worse. It just sounded so hokey and childish. Both slogans are pretty bad. Nothing beat's "Clobberin' Time."
Didn't someone in the 80s get a Marvel No-Prize for explaining that Avengers Assemble was a call to arms, while Iron Man's Avengers Attack was a battle cry?
Personally, I like the phrase "Avengers Assemble" because it has symmetry. Both words start with A, and both have three sylables.
This is a really great idea for a column
Yeah, I bet that puts the fear of god into wrong-doers.
While I generally agree, I think you can make a good argument that the whole notion of the Avengers is that you are putting the best and most powerful heroes together to face an enemy that none of them could stop on their own, so when you hear that they are "assembling," you know that means you're about to face off against an imposing force of heroes, so that's something, I think.
Except those times, of course, when the assembled Avengers was unimposing, like the saddest Avengers team of all, the pre-Crossing Avengers…."Oh no, it's Black Widow, Quicksilver, a de-powered Hercules, Deathcry and Crystal!!! Run!!!!"
@Third Man, bernard the poet
Several of Wolverine's abilities were already mentioned in Uncanny X-Men #116, which was featured here : http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2009/05/12/a-year-of-cool-comic-book-moments-day-132/
I was thinking just the other day, "when was the LAST time Batman added something big and cool to his Trophy Gallery?" He's shown as so much less cheerful and sentimental nowadays compared to decades ago; all he ever adds are new "costume tubes" for dead or retired Robins and Batgirls. When was the last time he added something new?
As to the giant penny, I think I remember a DC ad page showing Batman & Robin tied to a giant penny that was falling through the air, and I always assumed it was from that story, probably via Two-Face but I never got the comic. In a similar way, the image of Wonder Woman shrunk down and held tight in the grip of a man with tweezers is iconic to me from those house ads. Has that one ever been referenced in a more recent WW story?
Avengers….. AWAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYY!
@Rob Schmidt:
First use of "mutant menace" (either the phrase or the concept)
I'm not sure about the phrase, but I'm very certain the concept first appeared in issue #14, which was the first appearance of the Sentinels and the whole concept of mutants as a group to be feared/hunted.
Before that, there wasn't much in the book about mutants beyond just being people born with powers, some of whom were good and some bad. In fact, the X-Men were cheered by the general population in some of the early issues (and the ladies loved that dreamy Angel).
great info! btw, Lee used alliteration so that he would remember the names of the characters. If he could remember the first or last name, he would be able to recall the other half. Just lettin' ya know as it's in my book of interviews with him: Conversations: Stan Lee
I never really understood "Avengers Assemble". They're already there, together. What's to assemble?
Does sound cool though.
"Avengers Assemble" is an example of assonance, not alliteration. Assonance is repeating vowel sounds. Alliteration is repeating consonants.
I guess you just gotta yell something when you're Thor and smashing your hammer into the ground!
"Assonance Assemble!" to be used right before English class.
I have to apologize; my post from November is not correct.
Assonance is repeated vowel sounds, and "Avengers Assemble" is an example of assonance, but it is also an example of alliteration. Alliteration is the repetition of sound in the first syllables of words, both vowel and consonant. I was mistaken.
Assonance can be found in any part of words, not just the start.
I've always loved the half-Peter, half-Spidey scenes! And actually, when I read Spider-Man comics when I was a kid, I understood what they were doing.
I was searching the first time someone said 'Avengers Assemble!' and I found this page, and I am having a great time reading everything you have write!! But I must tell you something… Look at Avengers #10, page 19; when Thor breaks free from Baron Zemo's trap, he says… 'Avengers Assemble!!'
I'm reading the original Avengers stories right now and as I was reading, I was looking for the first time anyone said "Avengers assemble." This article says that they started looking for a catch-phrase in issue 11, and the phrase "Avengers assemble" does not appear until issue 14, but that is incorrect. In issue 10, 2 pages before the end of the story (page 245 of my Avengers Omnibus), Thor yells "Avengers assemble!"
I'll be darned, he DOES yell "Avengers Assemble!!", and for some reason has lost his long pants.
one note about spiderman half face – it was a trick used by Ditko because Stan Lee always wanted complained that Ditko didn't show Peter Parket as Spiderman enough in the stories . Ditko was more interested in Parker aspect of Spiderman .. So by showing the half mask he could explore keep exploring Peter Parker and not be forced to have him turn into Spiderman so much.
Two years is too long for this article to go without a post! Where was the one for 2014?
Anyway. The immortal, superhumanly strong and immensely powerful (even in those days) Enchantress is knocked off of her game by the Wasp tugging her hair. The Wasp, who at that point had the relative strength of a petite fashion designer. Perhaps it was her innate winsomeness that threw Amora, or some unexplored wasp-ish phobia.
For some reason…every time I read "Avengers Assemble", I hear it in Major Glory's voice.
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Life after Luis Suarez doesn't look anywhere near as bleak as some were making out after Liverpool's fantastic 4-0 friendly win over Borussia Dortmund. There will never be another Suarez, but Brendan Rodgers has found enough exciting players to fill the gap and compensate, and in Coutinho they have a player of rare quality.
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When the pressure was on, Sebring's Nic Staffieri played his best.
The Blue Streak sophomore averaged a team-best 40.19 strokes for nine holes and played a key role at districts and regionals to help the Sebring boys golf team qualify for the state finals.
Staffieri capped an outstanding season by shooting 78-79-157 to finish 17th at the Class 2A state tournament.
"Nic has been playing for a long time and when it came time to tee it up, he was ready," said Sebring boys golf coach Vince Liles. "He doesn't have any weaknesses in his game and his strength is his putting and a great short game.
"If he keeps working to develop his game he could earn a scholarship to play golf in college."
For his ability and accomplishments, Staffieri has been selected as the Highlands Today 2013 All-Highlands Boys Golfer of the Year.
"It means so much to win this award," said Staffieri. "We had a really good team and the competition to play in the matches made us all better.
"I played solid down the stretch, got hot with my putter and it was a special year making it to state."
The Team
Brooks Whidden, junior, Avon Park - Whidden averaged 43 for nine holes for the Red Devils.
"Brooks is a natural athlete and had the lowest score most of the time," said Avon Park boys golf coach Jason Beatty. "He drives it straight off the tee and hits his irons pretty good."
Jeremy Camino, junior, Sebring - Camino was solid all season and had a nine-hole average of 40.71 for the Blue Streaks. Camino has one of the best swings on the state and played a key role in Sebring making it to the state finals.
"Jeremy is a good player and if he works on his game he could earn a golf scholarship to play in college," Liles said.
Leighton Jahna, sophomore, Avon Park - Jahna averaged 45 for nine holes for the Red Devils.
"Leighton loves the game and doesn't mind practicing," Beatty said. "He played on the Sertoma Junior Golf Tour last summer and really wants to improve.
"He has a positive attitude and drives the ball well."
Ben Tubbs, freshman, Sebring - Tubbs averaged 41.32 for nine holes and came on strong as the season progressed.
"Ben works hard on his game and is only going to get better," Liles said.
Cody Pearlman, senior, Avon Park - Pearlman, who played varsity golf for three years, averaged 45 for nine holes for the Red Devils.
"Cody is a natural athlete," Beatty said. "He hits the ball a long way and can chip and putt pretty well."
Sam Rogers, freshman, Sebring - Rogers averaged 41.44 and played big down the stretch for the Blue Streaks.
"Sam has a great swing and was solid all season," said Liles. "He is a great asset to the team."
Terrell Williams, senior, Sebring - Williams averaged 41.51 for nine holes and was a key contributor to the Blue Streaks success on the links.
"Terrell worked hard to improve and it paid off," said Liles. "His short game and putting were the strongest parts of his game."
Sam Weber-Callahan, freshman, Lake Placid - Weber-Callahan averaged 40 for nine holes for the Green Dragons.
"Sam was very consistent," said Lake Placid boys golf coach Dan Coomes. "He keeps the ball in play and has good course management."
Kade Damboise, junior, Sebring - Damboise averaged 41.63 for nine holes and is being counted on to play a big role for the Blue Streaks next season.
"Kade is a real competitor," said Liles. "If he works on his game he has a chance to play a lot of golf next year."
Cullen Lovett, senior, Sebring - Lovett, an outstanding athlete, averaged 42 for nine holes.
"Cullen played well in his first year on the team," Liles said. "He was the longest hitter on the team."
Matthew Arnan, freshman, Sebring - Arnan averaged 41.78 for nine holes and was another talented freshman who contributed to the Blue Streaks success.
"Matthew has a solid swing and can hit any shot," said Liles. "He will be a force next season."
Jason Cannon, sophomore, Sebring - Cannon averaged 42.22 for nine holes for the Blue Streaks.
"Jason is the most competitive player on the team," said Liles. "He's always practicing and I'm looking for big things from him next season."
Honorable Mention
Zach Jones, sophomore, Avon Park - Jones averaged 50 for nine holes for the Red Devils.
"Zach has a great desire to play golf," said Beatty. "He is always practicing, is a good putter and I'm looking forward to him playing a big role for us next season."
Brent Didomenico, senior, Lake Placid - Didomenico averaged 43 for nine holes for the Green Dragons.
"Brent could hit the ball a long way," said Coomes. "He was a team leader and very coachable."
Coach of the Year
For guiding Sebring to the state finals for the first time in many years, Vince Liles has been selected as the Highlands Today 2013 All-Highlands Boys Golf Coach of the Year.


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In honor of the 4th of July, we'll be holding a special Gears of War 3 event starting today! There will be 2x XP in Versus, Beast and Horde, and there will be a special "Top Wingman" playlist with alpha rules.
Also, you'll be able to select a custom event skin for each weapon!
Maverick – Lancer
Viper – Retro Lancer
Goose – Hammerburst
Iceman – Gnasher
Jester – Sawed off
Everyone have a safe and happy holiday and enjoy that 2x XP!
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Conn's CamerasA new branch of the ever-excellent Conn's Cameras has opened at 54 Clarendon Street...
Conn's stock a great selection of DV camcorders, Digital cameras, SLRs, compacts, printers, telescopes, binoculars and all the accessories such as extra lenses, film, batteries and memory cards, so this is your photographic one-stop-shop.
All the top SLR brands such as Canon, Nikon, Minolta, Pentax and Vivitar are stocked. Staff can explain features and guide you to the perfect camera for your needs, from basic SLRs for beginners to 'the professional's favourite SLR', the Canon EOS 1 v HS. There's also a great selection of Compact 35mms from the affordable Samsung Fino 305 QD to more expensive models like the Ricoh GRIV. Along with the full range by Samsung & Ricoh, other compact selections by Canon, Nikon, Olympus and Pentax are here too.
Conn's also provide a developing & printing service, scanning to CD, film and video transfer and camera and lens hire. Also, if you're in need of a wee passport picture, you can get it done here, and after all, if you're going to have to look at the same glum picture of yourself for the next ten years, you may as well get it done right.
This all-new Conn's Cameras is an amalgamation of the two old branches at the Hibernian Way and the Grafton Arcade, which have closed down in favour of the new shop. The new shop is beside Aya at the entrance to the Brown Thomas Car Park behind Grafton Street.
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I'd love to use the other sock yarns that I have in my stash that don't have the elastic in them. Now where could I BUY such thin elastic?? I'd be very interested to know..that's a GREAT idea.
Don't let me not wearing my knit socks with my shoes turn others off the idea. I wear size 11 shoes and I have long toes so believe me when I tell you that I have foot issues as it is without having to try to buy larger shoes!! I really am not interested in wearing my socks out. They work great for me to wear them around the house. I have on a pair right now!!
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thank you for wonderful poems i had a good cry wich i find hard to do. i lost 2 babys last year i reached 20 weeks with them both then they were born asleep. my little angels are called katy and harry. they will always be with me in some ways but i still find it difficult to understand why i cant hug them i so much want to hold them still that i cant breath sometimes. i am 6 weeks pregnant now and although i being really careful and dreading something going wrong i feel guilty that its not katy or harry. is this normal? xxxx
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I can only imagine that your feelings are normal. I lost my little one at 36 weeks, and would do anything to be pg again. But at the same time, feel such a sadness that if I was, that it wouldnt be my Harry. I dont know how I will feel if Im ever lucky enough to fall again, but I imagine that it is a bitter sweet happiness. You can and will do this hun, and its only normal to feel sadness too. If however you feel as though you arent coping in yourself, please go and get some help e.g. cruise or something similar, just to help you sort out your own feelings. May you have a very happy and healthy pregnancy. Big hugs Pipsx


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It was only 10 years ago when the bizarre collection of the Victorian taxidermist, Walter Potter (1835-1918), was auctioned off from a small museum in Cornwall. Damien Hirst tried to buy it, stating in The Guardian that:
"Mr Potter… was a self-taught taxidermist. You can see he knew very little about anatomy and musculature, because some of the taxidermy is terrible – there's a kingfisher that looks nothing like a kingfisher. But there's some great stuff in there, too – two-headed goats, a rhino's head, a mummified human hand. As an ensemble, it's just mad."
Like Potter, the people interested in taxidermy today are mostly hobbyists and the appreciation for the bizarre craft has resurfaced with him as a leader. And what better icon for the masses of those wanting to learn?
Potter, being a self-taught 'amateur', was unlike most of the professional Victorian taxidermists at the time who stuffed animals as natural history specimens, as trophies or for personal collections. Potter's work was made purely for enjoyment, as spectacles, hand crafted with detail and care, and inspired by fairy tales. Wedding kittens, bunnies at school, rat police raids. All of these expressed a fascination with nature in a twisted anthropomorphic perspective (see acaseofcuriosities.com for images). Potter found himself falling away from the technical nature of taxidermy and brought to life something incredibly different.
A new culture
Being something that was previously very unpopular in the late 20th century, taxidermy has made a complete come back, with a new purpose for those involved.
As human beings, we love to create new and innovative things. Taxidermy is very hands-on and making dead mice into caricatures of humans might just be a light-hearted way of viewing death, similar to the Victorians. There are very technical skills involved, but these days it is not about perfection or anatomically correct figures. People want to make taxidermy for themselves. They want to come to the course, create something and take home a finished project to appreciate. It has become very persona.
In this modern culture of sitting at a computer desk all day in a stuffy office (no pun intended), what better way to get your hands dirty and exercise those manual skills than skinning and stuffing a tiny rodent?
Offering an easily accessible course to the public will hopefully continue to create a revived culture of taxidermy and taxidermists, and the work will hopefully draw similar attention to that which Walter Potter's anthropomorphic scenes gained.
Megan McClimont, taxidermy enthusiast, said: "I mostly love it because I'm an overgrown child with an over-active imagination. In particular I have a tendency towards anthropomorphising everything around me. I have the odd bit of taxidermy around the house, and each piece has a name and a character. My shabby old squirrel, Earl, has had a hard after-life, and just needs a home where we can be appreciated for the tired, earless little guy he is. Little Helicopter, my stuffed budgerigar, surprised me with his judgemental expression. I had to move him out of the bedroom because he appeared to disapprove of my shenanigans. I know it sounds a little peculiar, but I like the idea of learning to create these characters from nature's leftovers. To take what is essentially a scrap of flesh, skin and bone, and give it new life. I'm sure that, with time and skill, even the most broken things can be made beautiful."
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Issue No.03 - Fall (1995 vol.12)
pp: 86-95
High-quality memory testing is increasingly important, especially when RAMs and ROMs are deeply embedded in bigger systems, as the techniques based on control and observation points fail. Adopting a built-in self-test scheme for deeply embedded memories seems advantageous and industrial experience at Italtel, a telecom company, confirms it. The scheme implements in hardware the test pattern generation algorithm proposed by R. Nair, S.M. Thatte, and J.A. Abraham \cite{NTAb78}, extending it to word-based memories. Area overhead, performance degradation, additional pins, and test time are minimal, whereas we guarantee high fault coverage for the significant failure modes and full testability of the BIST hardware, as the experimental results confirm.
Paolo Camurati, Paolo Prinetto, Matteo Sonza Reorda, Stefano Barbagallo, Andrea Burri, Davide Medina, "Industrial BIST of Embedded RAMs", IEEE Design & Test of Computers, vol.12, no. 3, pp. 86-95, Fall 1995, doi:10.1109/MDT.1995.466385


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Young CEOs Feeling More Optimistic
A survey of young CEOs shows they're feeling a bit sunnier about the U.S. economy, opening the way for more hiring in the months ahead.
The Young Presidents' Organization's latest confidence survey ticked up 1.1 points to 62, its highest level since April of last year. Any reading above 50 indicates a positive outlook—the higher the number above 50, the greater the positive attitude.
Nearly half of the 746 U.S. CEOs surveyed by the group said business and economic conditions have improved in the last half year. CEOs in the construction sector particularly upbeat: 65% said conditions have improved–up from 46% three months earlier. The survey is done quarterly. Across the board, smaller companies were more likely to see improvements than larger companies.
The CEOs were more optimistic in their outlook for sales than for hiring or capital spending. A hefty majority—62%–said they expect their sales to increase over the next 12 months. But only about four in 10 said they expected to add workers in the next year, a slight improvement over the previous survey. On the opposite end of the spectrum, only 3% said they expected to cut jobs by up 10% or more in the months ahead—down from 6% who indicated that three months earlier.
"We're in a strange time," says Rick Skidmore, CEO of Timberlane Inc., a Montgomeryville, Pa.-based maker of custom shutters, who participated in the survey, "because everyone's tentative. We're all wondering if this is another blip or something more sustainable."
Timberlane's business is up 18% so far this year, aided by the revival of the housing industry. "New construction is definitely starting to pick up some speed again," says Mr. Skidmore, "but it's nowhere near where it used to be" before the recession.
Another survey respondent, C. Davis Nelsen II, was less upbeat. "People are afraid to make investments," says the CEO of Nelsen Steel Company LP in Franklin Park, Ill. "Nobody wants to place a bet when they don't know what the rules will be tomorrow." Mr. Nelsen says his company is continuing to lose customers to foreign producers, who view the U.S. as a relatively healthy market for selling steel. "I'm not saying the foreign producers are dumping in the U.S.," he says, "but it's eating up our customers."


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Out with the old; in with a dude!
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Yay for you and Seattle Rob getting to expand your 'friendship'.ReplyDelete
Also, YAY FOR FACEBOOK.
Happy New Year!
Yep, i totally wish we see a blog post with you going out with Rob and maybe with me, who knows. Cause i'd love to fly over to DC, mazambique isn't so cool ;).ReplyDelete
Happy New Year!
@Tabs -- yeah, I reread this and it almost sounds like we're blowing each other off, and I swear that's not it... Rob, care to weigh in?ReplyDelete
@Steyny -- if you flew here, I would totally let you buy me a drink.
Sounds like 2011 will be a great year for you! Here's hoping that Seattle2DC Rob ends up being more than a friend!ReplyDelete
@DateMeDC: Totally!. Drinks are on me after you pay for the dinner.ReplyDelete
Girl, i have a feeling we will get along pretty well...
I genuinely just laughed out loud at that. :)ReplyDelete
The Dude AbidesReplyDelete
I have friends who play Gaelic football in the DC area -- let me know if he needs the hookup.ReplyDelete
"Good friends" = good news for those of us who enjoy the stories.ReplyDelete
"DomesticMeDC" just doesn't have the same ring to it...
@freckledk -- I think he might already have the hookup! But I'll ask him.ReplyDelete
@PRSlaveDC -- fact. But I'm lonely too!
What a nice surprise to ring in the new year - it's awesome that you and Rob will be closer together, regardless of whether your relationship with him remains a friendship or becomes anything more! :)ReplyDelete
- Seattle RobJanuary 4, 2011 at 11:40 PM
yes yes, the rumors are true... I am currently heading east. Right now I am in Denver with some family and in a couple weeks I will be in the District (do people call it that, it would be cool if they did, maybe I'll start it)ReplyDelete
DateMeDC and I have talked and we are going with no expectations. what ever happens will and I am not going to try to call it from here.
Moving to DC is a new page in a new chapter and I am going into it with an open mind.
@freckledk -- I actually play Hurling... the sport that gaelic footballers wish they were cool enough to play. Regardless, both sports are awesome to watch and even better to play. Everyone should check out the DC Gaels!
DC ETA is Jan. 18th
And Jan. 18, coincidentally, is my next happy hour. MARK IT ON YOUR CALENDARS!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 5, 2011 at 4:44 PM
Love your blog...you should come out to NY/NJ area we could get drinks for sure. It's funny you get asked on dates by guys and girls now.ReplyDelete
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Are you a terrorist or involved in terrorist activity.....don't answer that, the FBI will decide what they think, regaurdless of evidence!
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Bush administration proposed guidelines Friday that would give the FBI more tools to assess national security and foreign intelligence threats.
Agents would be permitted to use tactics only allowed in criminal cases: physical surveillance, recruitment of sources and "pretext interviews" — where the real purpose would not be revealed.
Justice Department and FBI senior officials briefed reporters on the draft guidelines, but would not be quoted by name because they were discussing proposals that are still likely to be changed.
Some Democratic senators and civil liberties groups have said the proposals would allow Americans to be targeted in part by their race, ethnicity or religion — and be spied on without any other basis for suspicion.
The American Civil Liberties Union, which was briefed by the FBI and Justice Department, quickly criticized the new guidelines. The rewritten rules would "give the FBI the ability to begin surveillance without factual evidence, stating that a generalized 'threat' is enough to use certain techniques," the group said.
"Also under the new guidelines, a person's race or ethnic background could be used as a factor in opening an investigation, a move the ACLU believes will institute racial profiling as a matter of policy."
The administration officials acknowledged those factors could play a role in national security and foreign intelligence cases. But they said they can already be considered under 2003 rules that are not changing.
According to the officials, the surveillance, recruitment and interview rules are too restrictive in allowing the FBI to become a post-Sept. 11 intelligence agency that can stop terrorists before they strike.
FBI Director Robert Mueller will testify about the guidelines in Congress next week.
Commenting on the decision to leave the 2003 guidelines on race, religion and ethnicity unchanged, Justice Department spokesman Brian Roehrkasse said, apart from the briefing, "It is simply not responsible to say that race may never be taken into account when conducting an investigation. The reality is that a number of criminal and terror groups have very strong ethnic associations."
He said the bureau cannot ignore La Cosa Nostra's Italian membership or that Hezbollah is largely Lebanese, "any more than it could ignore the identification of a bank robber as a short white male."
Existing guidelines do not allow an investigation based on factors like race alone; there must be some other evidence of a threat or crime, the senior officials said at the briefing.
The officials said they want the guidelines to take effect Oct. 1.
They described a threat assessment as an information-gathering tool — usually based on a tip or a news story — to determine whether a problem exists. An example would be learning whether Iranian agents are operating in a U.S. location to obtain technology secrets.
However, the assessment guidelines are important, because the threat assessment could trigger a formal investigation of Americans in foreign intelligence and national security matters.
The guidelines require that FBI agents use the least intrusive methods in their assessment. However, they would be able to work on the assessment — such as conducting Internet searches — without high-level approval from supervisors.
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Whether it comes from a kit or a salon service, here's how to find (and keep) your perfect hair color match
Find the Right Hair Color for You
You Want: Brilliant Brown continued...
At the salon: "Brunettes are the most challenging," says Hazan. "Their hair can turn red and brassy with added color but look flat without it." Ask for gold highlights instead of red, and afterward, get a clear gloss treatment to give hair more luster (it's sometimes complimentary when you go in for color). Gloss is like temporary haircolor, only without the pigment, explains Hazan; it fills in the damaged part of the cuticle and enhances shine for up to six weeks.
Color care: The coloring process involves less lightening for brunettes than for blonds, which means brown hair doesn't get as damaged, explains Lesley McBride, a Pantene principle scientist. Brown pigment also repels water, which can dilute dyes — so the color stays put for longer. Since you are still likely to crave extra shine, try following every other shampoo with a lightweight silicone glaze, such as Fekkai Salon Glaze Clear Shine Rinse ($28, Sephora). Between salon visits, hide grays and regrowth with Avon Advance Techniques Grey Root Touch-Up in Brunette ($6, avon.com), a mascara wand with color that lasts until the next shampoo.
You Want: Shimmery Blond
At home: Lustrous blond is the result of more than just bleach. This sought-after shade is often a blend of artfully applied highlights and lowlights — no small feat if you haven't been to beauty school. The best candidates for at-home, multifaceted honey tones: women who were blond as kids (their skin is more likely to be a good match for blond hair) and anyone with gray mixed in with their blond or light brown (gray strands will look like highlights when you coat them with semi- or demi-permanent dye, says Michael Casy, color director at Salon Eliut Rivera in New York City). Because most women go lighter than they should, Casy suggests that you buy one shade darker than the blond you're most drawn to at the store — and make sure your "before" color is also featured on the side of the box. If your hair is more than 40 percent gray, use a permanent dye to cover the silver before adding highlights. Try L'Oréal Paris Couleur Experte Express with Easy-Glide Highlighter ($20, drugstores), which pairs up permanent color and a highlighting kit in one box.


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Grey Wind
Grey Wind and King Robb - by Amok ©
|Robb Stark
|In 298 AC, at the North
|In 299 AC, at the Twins
| A Game of Thrones (appears)
A Clash of Kings (appears)
A Storm of Swords (appears)
A Feast for Crows (mentioned)
A Dance with Dragons (mentioned)
Grey Wind is a direwolf bonded to Robb Stark. He is the litter-mate of Lady, Nymeria, Summer, Shaggydog, and Ghost.
- See also: Images of Grey Wind
Grey Wind has smoke grey fur and yellow eyes.[1]
Recent Events
A Game of Thrones
Grey Wind is discovered along with his litter mates by Robb Stark and Jon Snow after the direwolves' mother has been killed by a stag.[2] Like the other Stark direwolves, Grey Wind forms a special bond with his master. Like Robb, Grey Wind grows bold and faithful. Robb names him Grey Wind due to his fast speed when running.[3] During Tyrion Lannister's return to Winterfell, Rickon Stark arrives with the direwolves, Summer, Grey Wind and Shaggydog in tow. When they catch the scent of Tyrion, all three direwolves move in to corner him and Tyrion is only saved when the Starks call off their wolves.[4]
During Bran Stark's first ride on a horse since his fall, Robb, Grey Wind and Summer go off in search of deer, leaving Bran alone. A small party of wildlings come upon Bran and promptly try to rob him. Robb, Grey Wind and Summer return and a fight ensues. Grey Wind kills Wallen and then runs down another of the wildlings. All of the wildlings are killed except for Osha, who surrenders and is taken captive for further questioning.[5]
Grey Wind follows Robb around Winterfell and sits at his feet when he holds court. When Greatjon Umber menaces Robb during an audience, Grey Wind bites two of the lord's fingers off, helping Robb gain the respect of Umber and other Stark bannermen. During the War of the Five Kings, Grey Wind follows Robb into battle and adds significantly to Robb's fearsome reputation. At the Battle of the Whispering Wood, Grey Wind kills several men.[1]
A Clash of Kings
Grey Wind is present when Robb gives peace terms for Cleos Frey; Cleos is visibly scared of him.[1] Robb's cavalry slip past the Golden Tooth into the Westerlands using a secret goat track that Grey Wind discovers.[6] At the Battle of Oxcross Robb sets Grey Wind on the Lannisters' horses after the Blackfish's scouts cut the horse lines, causing a stampede and a crushing rout of Ser Stafford Lannister's host.[7] Rumors circulate that Robb fed Ser Stafford's heart to Grey Wind after the battle.[6]
A Storm of Swords
Grey Wind goes into battle several more times beside Robb. At the Battle of Oxcross he kills six or seven men and a man at both Ashemark and the Crag. He does not like the smell of Rolph or Sybell Spicer, which leads Catelyn Tully to urge Robb to send Rolph away. However, the fear and disquiet that Sybell and her children show toward Grey Wind leads Robb to send Grey Wind away from him more often than not. Robb had believed the direwolves were guardians, but he lost faith in the idea after hearing that Bran and Rickon were killed by Theon Greyjoy at Winterfell.[8]
Just before the Red Wedding, Grey Wind senses the Freys' impending betrayal. He growls at Lothar Frey and Walder Rivers upon Robb's arrival at the Twins. Catelyn urges Robb to trust Grey Wind's instincts, but Robb has him tethered in the stables during Edmure Tully's wedding. While the butchery of the Stark forces takes place, Frey men kill Grey Wind, but not before he is released by Raynald Westerling, allegedly killing four Frey wolfhounds and tearing the arm off of a man, even while being shot by crossbows. His head is sewn onto Robb's corpse as a final insult to the Starks.
While defending the Wall, Jon Snow has a dream and sees a ghastly grey direwolf spotted with blood, staring back at him with sad golden eyes. He mistakenly thinks of Summer, unaware of Robb and Grey Wind's deaths.[9]
Quotes about Grey Wind
|He's killed too many men to fear them now. [8]
|He's a direwolf, not a dog, and dangerous to men he does not trust. [10]
– Robb Stark to Lothar Frey
|Any man Grey Wind mislikes is a man I do not want close to you. These wolves are more than wolves, Robb. You must know that. I think perhaps the gods sent them to us. Your father's gods, the old gods of the north. [8]
– Catelyn Tully to Robb Stark, upon learning that Grey Wind does not like Ser Rolph Spicer
|I saw Lord Umber's giant-in chains and the Mallister eagle, but it was the boy who led them, with a monstrous wolf running at his side. I wasn't there to see, but it's said the beast killed four men and ripped apart a dozen horses. [11]
– A messenger to Lord Tywin Lannister's council after the Battle of the Whispering Wood
References and Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 7, Catelyn I.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 1, Bran I.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 8, Bran II.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 24, Bran IV.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 37, Bran V.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 39, Catelyn V.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 32, Sansa III.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 14, Catelyn II.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 64, Jon VIII.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 49, Catelyn VI.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 69, Tyrion IX.


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Sunday: Last chance
Roger lost at doubles with Swiss teammate Yves Allegro today, giving the Czech Republic a 2-1 lead in their Davis Cup playoff.
Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek saved a match point in the third set before winning 3-6, 5-7, 7-6 (7), 6-4, 6-4 to put the Czechs one victory from a spot in next year's World Group. The loser drops to a regional zone.
The best-of-five series will be decided in Sunday's reverse singles when Roger faces Berdych and Stanislas Wawrinka takes on Stepanek.
Roger is making his 2007 debut in the Davis Cup for Switzerland, which has been part of the 16-team World Group since 1995. The Czechs were relegated to a regional group once after losing to Germany 3-2 in 2005.
The Czechs made a late change to replace originally nominated pair Martin Damm and Lukas Dlouhy. Instead, they used their two best players to face Roger and Yves.
The Swiss pair broke Stepanek for a 4-2 lead in the first set and finished it with Roger serving an ace on the fast indoor carpet at Sazka Arena. In the second, Berdych dropped his serve in the 11th game and Allegro then served out the set.
The Czechs came close to breaking Roger in the ninth game of the third set and took a 40-0 lead, but our top-ranked player used his serve to save the game. The Swiss were trailing again 4-2 in the tiebreaker before coming back to waste a match point at 6-5. The Czechs finally came back, converting their second set point.
In the fourth set, Yves Allegro double-faulted to give the Czechs an early 2-1 lead. The Czechs broke Allegro for the second time to go ahead 4-3 in the final set and went on to build a 5-3 lead before Berdych won with a serve Roger failed to return.
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Marie/ Ozzie
I suppose that referring the poor quality of this tournament, no matter that you face a failure. I strongly recommend you to concentrate on Shanghai.
Take care...
Go Team Suisse!! You guys can do it!!
SWITZERLAND.... for Davis Cup!!!!!
Good luck!
Keep positive for tomorrow. We'll be praying for you and Alegro tomorrow on your individual matches.
GOOOOO Switzerland!!!!!!!!!!!


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Here lies buried
The Woman
The daughter of R Shmiryah
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American Express launches i-Mode site
Ogilvy Interactive has developed a new I-Mode website for American Express Italy. According to Pubblicit?alia Italian users, belonging to the Wind network, can now access a lot of information about the credit card, using their cell phone.
Once again, there's a big question mark connected to this news: how many i-Mode users are there in Italy? And how many i-Mode users are interested in accessing American Express information using their mobile phone?
I don't want to be too much controversial, let's just say it's a first move action, clients will come…


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text: I was just outside working on the haunted trail (Farmers Cemetery) when a Florida storm started to blow in. I was going to keep working untill it started to rain when out of no where I see a fash of light and the crack of thunder that sent me off the step stool I was standing on to the ground. A tree just across the road about 100 feet away took a hit. I was freaked and ran to the house as fast as I could. Living in Florida I should know better but I was being stupid, I'm happy that it was a cross the road and not on Farmers Cemetery or they maybe burying me here. It's getting worse outside but I did go out and get my drill and stuff, well I guess I'll just watch a movie. Lighting cool in a haunt, not cool in real life.


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The City of El Paso's Engineering Department contracted ECM to provide construction management services for the improvements to the Stanton and Paso Del Norte International Bridges. ECM has provided inspection services, constructability reviews of project modifications throughout the construction phase, held construction weekly meetings, reviewed pay applications and change orders, performed schedule and progress reviews, managed quality control testing, and reported progress reports.ECM's support included close coordination and communications with Customs and Border Protection, the Border Patrol, Union Pacific and BNSF Railroad, the International Boundary and Water Commission, General Services Administration (GSA) and all local utility companies.The improvements to the Paso Del Norte International Bridge include the construction of a new 1540 sq. ft. toll booth building, the Lion's Placita park revitalization, the installation of 9,840 sq. ft. of new bridge pedestrian canopies and a new secured parking area. A 50-foot tall sculpture by the renowned artist Sebastian was also installed as part of the project.The improvements to the Stanton International Bridge include the construction of new bridge toll administration building of approximately 10,900 sq. ft., a new landscaped plaza, a 100-foot long mural wall, and 4,400 sq. ft. new bridge pedestrian canopies.Projects were funded with ARRA funds and included the installation of unmanned toll equipment, security cameras, fiber optic connections, and state of the art automatic public restrooms in the plaza areas.


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Tanya Wexler on 'Hysteria' and the Plight of Female Filmmakers
The makers of "Hysteria," the new film chronicling the invention of the vibrator in 1880s England that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, were in the market to make a breezy romantic comedy — not a political statement. But released against the backdrop of the current culture wars, the film is taking on a surprisingly relevant tone, says director Tanya Wexler.
That it's now politically salient doesn't detract from the overall essence of the movie, which is a stylized take on the life of Dr. Mortimer Granville, the doctor who patented a version of the device and who is portrayed by Hugh Dancy in the film.
Speakeasy caught up with Wexler to talk about the making of the film, the depiction of love and sex on screen and how she plans to get the access to projects she craves.
The Wall Street Journal: Some dialogue and parts of the movie feel very modern. Like when one character is speaking into a telephone and says, "Can you hear me now?"
Tanya Wexler: We wanted it to feel incredibly authentic to the time and all the design. The joke is, can you believe they did that back then? People in Victorian England, I'm guessing they weren't sitting around thinking, "we're quaint." They were probably thinking, "We're on the cutting edge of electricity, women's rights, medicine. We are at the dawning of the modern age." A phrase like that was less a wink to the audience of what's going on in our lives but to remind ourselves we're always someone's antique. And that it's always exciting that we're on the forefront. They always had a lovely version of denial, one that allowed you to get the best massage ever at the doctor's office. It's not a history lesson, it's a romantic comedy.
And yet the courtroom scene at the end of the film is quite serious. Were you trying to take a stance?
It took us seven years to get this movie made. I don't think we could have predicted that out of all the things we're talking about for agency over women's bodies, we're still talking about birth control. That's kind of surprising. I set out to make a romantic comedy. A friend of mine said it's a thinking woman's romantic comedy. We finished the movie, premiered in Toronto and that stuff wasn't on the radar. I thought I would make a comedy, even if some of the issues are a little bit political. I find myself having after the fact surprisingly political discussions.
So how real is the film? What were your own inventions?
A movie about about the invention of vibrator was a sketch. Hysteria was the catch-all diagnosis for being a woman. Mortimer is a combination of people. Maggie Gyllenhaal's character is a combination of all the great heroines, all the Katherine Hepburn/Emma Thompson kind of characters. That's who I would have loved to have been but I'm not sure I would have been brave enough. There was a settlement house in the U.K. that served the community and provided services and education. The kind of Chicago, liberal political union movement was very related to that.
Are there specific genres you're drawn toward for your next film?
I'm less interested in any one specific genre. I love comedy and romantic comedy because you can tackle taboo subjects with humor. You can find a world's that rich with funny stuff. I'm really interested in identity as a concept. If I could have made a drama I would have liked to have made "The Hours."
Women don't get a shot at epic stuff, anything from superheroes stuff or more classic, big kind of Hollywood drama scales. Women aren't pigeonholed in rom coms, they get pigeonholed in small series character pieces. Movies are most well told when the drama is externalized. Women are pushed more toward the smaller budgets and are less likely to make a lot of money. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy that you're going to smaller movies instead of bigger, ambitious ones. But I have an ambitious side. That's what the guys who make successful move after successful movie do well. I'd like to make some of the stuff Spielberg or Ron Howard get a crack at.
Will having people like Maggie and Hugh in your films help you get access to those sorts of projects?
It should help "Hysteria." It's not a battle of the sexes movie. It helps to have them, and if the movie does well, it helps me. You either have to watch the fairy tale, or watch medicine and broccoli. I wanted something that was fun and entertaining that spoke to me. Sony Classics understands this movie. If it goes well and people feel good about it then of course that can only help me.
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Footers In Modern Web Design: Creative Examples and Ideas
This post just came across my feed reader and I had to spread the love. There are some amazing designs for the footer of a website, makes me want to re-do my own right now! Very inspirational.
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CARUTHERSVILLE - Pallbearers at services conducted Monday at the First Baptist Church in Caruthersville for MaryBelle Patterson, 96, who died Aug. 22, 2003, were: Wayne Brantley, Joe Brewer, Earl Bullington, Lonnie Cagle, Buddy James and Lavanda White.
Honorary pallbearers were: John Gale, Lee Dorroh, Robert Garrett and James Cullum.
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Originally published in the Feb. 6, 2001 issue of Country Weekly featuring Tim McGraw on the cover. This story is presented here in its entirety.
Gary Morris steps outside his home and inhales a full breath of clean, Colorado air. His surroundings are like a postcard, the Navajo Mountain base and the snow-capped Banded Peaks in the distance, a stream running through the property, an ocean-blue sky.
"Everything I ever really loved in life is right here," says Gary, pointing like a tour guide. "I can fly-fish, hunt, take out my guitar and write music. It's a place where a man can feel comfortable in his own skin. It's so peaceful." And tranquility is what he's marketing. This remote, get-away-from-it-all unspoiled beauty is not only Gary's home, but also the site of an exciting new business venture.
Gary bought the property two years ago to fulfill his dream of owning a hunting and fishing retreat. Last summer the master plan became reality when Mountain Spirit Lodge officially opened for business. Up to 20 paying guests at a time can share the rustic life at Mountain Spirit. "This has some of the best trout fishing and elk hunting in Colorado," he raves. "If you love the outdoors, this is the place."
At the same time, Gary hasn't forgotten the great indoors. Mountain Spirit features two furnished guest houses, a restaurant offering everything from steaks to Mexican fare and fresh salmon, and a heated sauna. "We also have some tepees in the mountains," adds Gary with a smile, "where you can literally sleep under the stars."
Getting in touch with nature is part of the Mountain Spirit way. The lodge lies in a tucked-away tract of Colorado, where the closest "big towns" are Durango and Pagosa Springs. Urban sprawl and e-commerce? Forget about it.
"That's why I picked this area," explains Gary. "I wanted a kick-back, stress-free kind of place that would be a retreat. The only real condition I have for our guests is that they stay a minimum of three days. We won't book any less."
There's a reason behind that. "My experience in traveling around the world and performing is that it takes at least three days for you to get over the stress of getting there, first of all, and then trying to forget your worries back home," says Gary. "We don't want you to worry about anything when you're here." Gary pauses and grins. "We'll have computer access if you need it. But we're hoping you won't."
Gary's also hoping that Mountain Spirit can reap the same benefits as his musical career. He was one of the 80's hottest hitmakers, reaching No. 1 with "Baby Bye Bye," "I'll Never Stop Loving You," "100% Chance Of Rain" and more. His soaring tenor lent itself perfectly to what became his best-loved single, "Wind Beneath My Wings."
But in 1984, Gary radically shifted gears. He secured a lead role in La Boheme, opposite Linda Ronstadt, the first time a country singer had starred in a legitimate opera production. Then four years later, Gary furthered his stage-acting career by landing the coveted part of Jean Valjean in the theatrical smash, Les Miserables, on Broadway.
Gary's last country hit came in 1991. But he's kept his ties to the business with a song publishing company in Nashville, where a young Faith Hill once worked as a receptionist, and touring. "I perform when people want me," he continues. "Mainly, I play a lot of symphony dates and performing arts centers. I still do a Christmas concert tour every year."
Offstage, Gary assumes the identity of Renaissance Mountain Man. "I get up early in the morning and jog, and then do a little fly-fishing or bow-and-arrow hunting," he says. "I've just recently gotten into painting, so on some mornings I take out my watercolors and acrylics and paint for a couple hours."
But first things first. Grabbing a fishing rod and a pair of wading boots, Gary heads for the nearby stream on the property. He makes one cast and immediately feels a tug on the line. "Get over here, fish," he playfully commands, as though the enemy could hear. Gary proudly holds up the catch. "Yahoo! Look at that—I'd say it's about a four-pound trout."
Another one, though, swallows the bait and gets away. "That one was even bigger," he figures. "At least a five-pounder."
Later that afternoon, Gary hops in his truck and sets out to shoot with a bow and arrow. The field where he stops is abundant with white aspen. "They turn gold in the fall," says Gary, almost in awe. "Everything around here is just beautiful." It's especially fun when Gary's 3-year-old son,
Garon, visits. Gary—separated last spring from wife Elizabeth, whom he married in 1996—has two grown sons and is discovering the joys of parenting.
"I'm 52, and I'm finding this a great time to be a dad," Gary reveals with a gleam in his eye. "I can spend more quality time than someone who's in his 20s or 30s and is still building a career. Garon and I go riding on a four-wheeler, we cook, draw pictures—it's great."
When Gary says he cooks, he's not just blowing smoke. As dinner time nears, Gary whips up a healthy salad, baked chicken breasts and vegetables with a chef's smooth strokes. He also shares his favorite recipe for cooking trout.
"I gut the fish, add some butter or garlic salt, then wrap it in a paper towel," he begins. "Put it in the microwave for about two minutes. The skin sticks to the paper towel and all the meat just falls off the bone."
On many nights, once the dinner hour ends and darkness falls, Gary gets together with his ranch hands for an old-fashioned campfire and sing-along. It's a far cry from star-studded industry parties and hobnobbing with the famous—which is just fine with him. "I really don't miss all that," says Gary, flashing a wry grin. "I still have a house in Nashville where I stay when I need to do my business. But this is the place that's home now.
"I've always considered myself a sportsman," he says, brushing back a tangled nest of hair off his face. "I also love to sing, write and entertain. Here, I can do both. I can still get anywhere I need to, so it's not like being totally isolated."
Gary sits in front of a crackling fire and watches the sparks fly. He feels a gentle rush of contentment. "For a lot of people, this wouldn't be enough," he says, poking at the ashes. "But for me, it's more than enough."


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The RDR dilemma over keeping advisers on a leash
Adviser firms are facing a RDR dilemma over keeping IFAs on a leash
Back in the days when big insurers took strategic stakes in adviser firms, one of the sales and marketing directors responsible laughed at the suggestion that such stakes were meant to make his firm any significant returns on its investment.
The big driver, he said, was keeping IFAs on a leash and ensuring the firm retained access to their customers.
In spite of a list of concerns, it seems strategic stakes could rear their head again after the RDR
John Lappin
Ten years later, most commentators would be swift to point out just how much of that capital has gone up in smoke.
Many, if not most, of the investments are close to worthless – the businesses defunct or sold on for a token sum. Even the wholly owned businesses struggle to make a profit.
In spite of that, firms appear to be mulling taking strategic stakes again. The driver could well be the appearance of so-called restricted advice under the RDR – which will mean that advisers effectively tie themselves to recommending products from a limited set of firms.
But which of these latter firms would offer restricted advisers a strategic stake today?
Is it the life insurers? For them, it could be a case of 'once bitten, twice shy', but it is important to consider what the alternatives are in terms of distribution. These days, the banks are arguably an even more traumatised distribution channel than IFAs.
It is difficult to discern just how the other channels – loosely categorised as direct marketing to consumers, execution-only or DIY consumer platforms and offerings for corporate employees – will perform.
Perhaps it is platforms that will be the next generation of stake takers? This makes some sense as a defensive move by a platform with a lot of assets already, given how competitive the open part of the market may prove to be in the next few years with easier re-registration. An investment could help safeguard those assets from moving anywhere else, though once again this surely only applies to restricted firms.
All firms in the process would have to make sure they stayed the right side of the regulator. Is it, for example, possible to benefit from vertical integration without coming under the rules about vertically integrated firms? Under those circumstances, it may be better to take over a firm fully.
It will also be interesting to see if the new tough-talking regulator might determine that a financial product provider that pays an adviser for a strategic stake in the latter's firm breached the new RDR rules – given that, after the RDR, providers cannot offer advisers any inducements, most notably commission.
What do the adviser firms get? They would get investment, which could prove very useful for several reasons – to help manage the cashflow crunch in the move to adviser charging, to deal with professional indemnity insurance challenges and future capital requirements, to fund an execution-only or DIY platform, or to embark on further acquisitions.


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The fellas are back to ring in the new year and break down all the gridiron wonderfulness happening across this great. 'Tis indeed the season for smackin', and the NFL playoffs are arriving right on schedule. FootballSickness.com's Ryan Burns and Sen Sogah break down all four wild card games, touch on some of the organizational changes, review and preview all the big college bowls, and even foreshadow some NFL Draft Sickness, which will hit warp speed in a little over a month. For now, though, it's all about the games on the field, and to be on the field you have to GET YOUR HELMET ON!!!
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Celia, one of "Commencement"'s four heroines, also comes from an Irish Catholic background and has drawn comparisons to the author. While Sullivan insists, "There are parts of me and parts of all my friends in each character," she agrees that Celia's Irishness has plenty to do with her role as the glue that holds the girls together past college graduation and well into the beginnings of their adult lives. "My first week at Smith, I had made a plan to go to a movie with some girl on my hall, and I just felt like I didn't want anyone else to be left out. I just dreaded the thought of being left out in this brand new group of women and so by the time this girl had gotten her coat on, I had invited twenty more people. And she was kind of like, why? But I just wanted everyone to feel included. I think you're right, I think it probably does come partly from being Irish, and coming from, as Celia does, and as I do, a very traditional, big Irish Catholic family. I've been doing readings lately and reading from Celia's first chapter, the first chapter of the book, and she says all these things about how she just wanted to have a weekend to herself, where she wasn't obliged to do some family thing. But then when she gets to Smith she's like, 'So what do I do now?' And I definitely had that as well when I grew up—and still, my family in Boston gets together every single weekend for some sort of communion or birthday party or whatever. They go to every BC baseball game. It's a community unto itself. So I think when you come from a background like that you're looking for community everywhere. Also, I'm the oldest in my family, nine years older than my sister but also older than all of our cousins, who are even younger than she is. So I definitely grew up with a bit of that nurturing mother hen sort of thing going on."
The relationship between mothers and daughters is an element at the core of this novel, as each character struggles between adolescence and adulthood, reliance and independence. "That was something that was looming large in my thoughts when I was writing this book, and I just think that the role of mothers in their daughters' lives is obviously so enormous for good and bad. I still talk to my mother every day. I have friends who think that is absolutely bonkers and talk to their mothers every other week for five minutes. I call my mother every day for things: 'How long do you cook an egg for?' Or, 'Can you remind me of our dentist's phone number at home?' The most ridiculous stuff, you know. So I do think that that first sort of female-to-female relationship is very interesting. It does sort of shape in some ways how you will go on and interact with other females in your life… and the mother's approval is so strong, the desire for it is so strong, even when you're an adult, even when you're completely out of the house and separate." Sullivan says that she has been lucky in that her parents have entirely encouraged her writing, even when it hits close to home. "My parents are exceptionally amazing and supportive and generous and comfortable because I've been writing about them for so long in different ways."
Sullivan's mother also impacted her experience of Catholicism, which inspired some details in the relationship between Celia and her own mother in "Commencement". "In the neighborhood I grew up in, everyone was Catholic. Certainly everyone in my family was Catholic. And it was sort of understood that you would of course want to marry an Irish Catholic man, and I always really struggled with Catholicism, for many different reasons. But it's weird because, like Celia does, I have held on especially to the Virgin Mary; my mother has always completely worshiped the Virgin Mary, and Jesus was almost like second fiddle to her, and we had the Virgin Mary statue in our yard and all of that. And my mother is forever giving me rosaries and this and that, just sticking them in my pocket or whatever. …That has really sunk in with me, so in any time of danger or stress or peril I always revert to saying a Hail Mary. Anytime I see an ambulance go by with the siren on, I say a Hail Mary. So it is a bit like blending the actual religion, which I don't believe in many of the tenets of, with a kind of superstitious, female-centric—I mean, this very masculine religion and I take away the only feminine component there is."
Sullivan is hard at work on two upcoming projects: a feminist anthology co-edited with Courtney Martin as well as a second novel. The novel, "about an Irish Catholic family from outside of Boston, follows three generations. All the characters who tell the story are women, but the oldest is the grandmother who's in her mid-eighties, and then her daughters and daughter-in-law speak, they're all about in their fifties, sixties, and then the granddaughters, who are in their thirties. It follows them over the course of a summer at their family beach house in Maine. All variety of horrible secrets are festering in every different segment of the family, and they all come to a head once everyone comes together at the end of the summer. … It deals a lot with religion and how Catholicism is dealt with by different members of the same family in many different ways."


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Source: The Atlantic
quote: Well maybe if you explained first computers and GPS and modern avionics, he would have a more firm grasp on the autopilot concept. Also explain to him that it just holds a speed and course, not actually "flies" the plane. But I digress, this is another stupid analogy. The idea of a self-driving car isn't some super futuristic mind-blowing idea!
quote: Well yes, that's generally step #1 of any discussion I enter :) Divide and conquer!
quote: I already did that though. The difference is I applied realism, logic, and common sense. It's a radical concept called "critical thinking".


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This year's 30 Strangers exhibit is now up and available to view at the BYU Lee Library Auditorium Gallery (first floor). The exhibit will run through October 28. Go check it out. I think you'll like it.
On October 4, from 6-9 pm, we'd love to have you join us for the artist's reception. These events are always such great fun, and when I say we'd love to have you there, I really mean it. It's a special night, with a beautiful feeling. For extra enjoyment, at 7pm, four writers– Amy Hackworth, Lisa Clark, CJane Kendrick,and Kacy Faulconer–will read short essays about motherhood in the adjacent auditorium. That part you aren't going to want to miss. And I know what you're thinking–you're probably saying to yourself, "Well that's all fine and good, but if someone would also sing a beautiful song, then I'd really enjoy myself". Well, tiger, you're in luck. Cherie Call will sing a song. Just for you.
See you then!
What: 30 Strangers exhibit, Artists Reception
When: Thursday, October 4, 2012, 6-9pm (Readings and music at 7:00)
Where: BYU Lee Library, Auditorium Gallery, 1st Floor
Why: Support the arts, duh
How: Easy
This exhibit is generously sponsored by The Brownstone Gallery.
And did you see the video about 30 Strangers made by Kale Fitch. Wowza. It's here.


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Win a $500 shopping spree and meet Chicago Hockey Hall of Famer Denis Savard this Saturday at the Grand Opening of Sports Authority right off Route 12 and 22 in Lake Zurich (727 W Main St, Lake Zurich, IL)!
Frank from Middays will be hanging out for the fun starting at 2p, giving you a chance to meet Hockey legend Dennis Savard from 1-2:30p, win a $100 Sports Authority gift card EVERY HOUR until 6p, one lucky winner will receive a $500 shopping spree too! Plus it's a chance to stock up on your summer sporting good needs!!


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MUMBAI: Reliance Industries (RIL) is planning to transfer 80% of its participatory interest (PI) in the famous D6 block in the Krishna Godavari (KG) basin to four unlisted subsidiaries. Valued at nearly $50 billion with 14 trillion cubic feet of gas reserves, this is the arguably the most valuable asset held by the company. These four entities — Reliance KG Exploration and Development, Reliance KG D6 E&P, Reliance KG Basin and Reliance E&P KG — have recently become majority-owned subsidiaries of RIL.
RIL has sought the petroleum ministry's approval for this. The ministry, in turn, has asked the upstream regulator, the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH), to furnish a list of similar cases where more than 50% of PI in blocks have been transferred to affiliates.


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When:Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, 5:30pm Taste of Teeter, 5:30pm - 8:00pm
Where:Potomac Yard Shopping Center 3600 South Glebe Road Arlington, VA 22202
Immediately following the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, Harris Teeter will host a Taste of Teeter. This event is a complimentary in-store sampling of a variety of fine wines.
Harris Teeter's official first day of business is Wednesday, August 1. Grand opening festivities will continue throughout the weekend. Below are some of the highlights:
Ø Grand Opening demos will provide guests with free Harris Teeter specialty product samples from 4pm - 8pm.
Ø Grand Opening demos will provide guests with free Harris Teeter specialty product samples from 10am - 2pm.
Friday, August 10
Saturday, August 11
Features and Departments:
Full Service Meat Department with Harris Teeter Rancher and Reserve Angus Beef • Fishermans Market Seafood Department • Certified Green Thumb Experts and produce from around the world in our Farmers Market • Full Service Fresh Foods Department • Specialty Foods • Hot Asian Bar • Rotisserie Chicken, Pork Or Turkey • International Foods • Imported Cheeses • Sushi • Coinstar • Money Gram • Wine Imported & Domestic Beer • Fresh Cut Flowers • Pharmacy • Red Box DVD Rental Kiosk • On Line Shopping • Italian Meat Section
Harris Teeter, Inc. with headquarters in Matthews, NC, is a subsidiary of Ruddick Corporation (NYSE:RDK). Harris Teeter is the 40th largest supermarket in the United States with 2004 sales of $2.57 billion. The grocery store chain employs over 15,000 associates and has 161 stores in North and South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee, and Florida.