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Best Shots Mega Column: RED SHE-HULK, LANTERN CORPS, More
Greetings, 'Rama readers! Burned out from Comic Con yet? Us neither! Which is why Best Shots has a full bevy of columns and pellets for your reading pleasure! So let's kick off today's column with some crimson critiques, as Rob McMonigal takes a look at Red She-Hulk…
Written by Jeff Parker
Art by Carlo Pagulayan, Wellinton Alves and Val Staples
Letters by Clayton Cowles
Published by Marvel Comics
Review by Rob McMonigal
'Rama Rating: 7 out of 10
If at first you can't create a superhuman, try, try again — until a Hulk comes to stop you! Betty Ross, the Red She-Hulk, is on a mission to protect the U.S. government from itself in this new direction for the Hulk title that is off to an intriguing (if familiar) start.
Ever since Captain America, the U.S. government has been trying to make new superhumans, and it never seems to work. When John Walker is your best example, it's probably time to put down the test tubes. Writer Jeff Parker picks up this old chestnut once more, with a new initiative headed by a military man who is determined to make superhumans that he can control.There's no way this ends well, and no one knows this better than Betty Ross. Having watched her father become ever more desperate to stop the Bruce Banner Hulk, Betty knows that the only thing that can come of this advanced technology is more heartache and destruction, not to mention the potential for super villains. In his search for military power, Thunderbolt Ross turned himself, Banner, and Betty into monsters. Under Parker's direction, Betty's bound and determined to stop General Fortean before he makes the same mistakes that have cost her—and those she loves—so much.
All of this is shown and not told by Parker. We never hear Betty say outright that she's trying to stop Fortean before he goes down the same road as General Ross. Instead, Parker has her rip through the prototype super-soldiers while making witty rejoinders that remind me of the Peter David years (but feel a bit out of place in Betty's mouth). X-51 (a.k.a. Machine Man) helpfully fills in gaps for readers who have mostly stayed away from the Hulk titles over the past four years, as he is brought in to try and stop Betty before she ruins the latest pet project of Uncle Sam.
For better or worse, Parker is assuming that his readers will either be familiar with the complex past of Betty Ross or can pick it up from context. I think that's the right call, as it allows us to revel in her righteous destruction rather than get bogged down in unnecessary speeches that other writers might have used to open this new direction. That allows Parker to move quickly from setting up the new superhumans to establishing they're trouble to seeing what happens when the legitimate heroes, such as Captain America, are asked to toe the line and protect the assets of their new bosses. By the time we get to the inevitable confrontation (that appears lopsided on its face), Parker has given us everything we need to understand the new status quo.
While I was unfamiliar with the artists on this title, but I came away very pleased with the smooth, slick work of Carlo Pagulayan and Wellinton Alves, which looks a bit like Clayton Henry to me. As the two artists divide up the story, there's no noticeable change in the quality or style as we move through the pages. While none of the panels are particularly notable or innovative, the pair do a solid job of showing a Hulk on a rampage. Betty-as-Hulk crunches the earth she stands on, leaps from place to place, and gets the needed speed lines to indicate movement.
The artists' body design for Red She-Hulk is pretty much a clone of how Green She-Hulk has been portrayed, looking like an over-sized athletic woman. There's no magical anatomy here or over-sexualized posing, as the artistic pair put Betty through her paces and show potential new readers what she can do. I absolutely love Val Staples's color work, giving Red She-Hulk glowing eyes that burn with rages and providing awesome color contrasts between the red of Betty and the characters she faces off against. Staples also shines at providing visual effects like tinted viewscreens without feeling overprocessed.
Red She-Hulk #58 isn't breaking any new ground in its introduction (anti-hero tries to stop unruly government project) here, but Parker's dialogue and good artwork covers a pedestrian plot, making this comic one to pick up if you haven't already.
Written by Peter Tomasi
Art by Cafu, Scott Hanna and Gabe Eltaeb
Lettering by Dave Sharpe
Published by DC Comics
Review by David Pepose
'Rama Rating: 7 out of 10
Amazing what an inker can do, huh?
Case in point: Cafu and Scott Hanna on Green Lantern Corps #13. I snagged this book based on the goodwill Cafu has built up with his work on T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents and Action Comics... but imagine my surprise when I opened this book, and could barely recognize him.
Let's step back a second. This issue, in many ways, is a jumping-on point only in the loosest possible definition. We're full steam ahead after the War of the Alpha Lanterns, as Peter Tomasi pits Guy Gardner against the secret machinations of his bosses, the Guardians of Oa. So in that regard, pairing inker Scott Hanna with Cafu might be seen as a logical choice: Cafu's edges are typically harder, with open characters unencumbered by shadow, but Hanna pulls him in the opposite direction, rounding out his characters and throwing on the depth. In a lot of ways, it's like Hanna is trying to take on Cafu's pencils the same way he would regular series artist Fernando Pasarin.
On the one hand, it's a smart move, scheduling-wise — you don't want to have a jarring shift in art, particularly not with the first issue of an arc, particularly not if you want to have a visually coherent trade collection. But on the other hand, I couldn't help but feel a little wistful — Cafu's a pro, and I can't help but think his streamlined style would have been better with his regular inker Bit, particularly with a sequence of Guy Gardner hurtling to Earth, or the Third Army taking another victim in a particularly gruesome way.
While the introduction to this story can be jarring for new readers, Peter Tomasi does get credit for packing in a lot of plot, with both Guy and John Stewart being set up for some major problems all in the span of a single issue. That said, the exposition is so naked on occasion that it feels more like recitation than any sort of tenseness, relying too much on gore and violence to get our hearts racing. In many ways, the Third Army are more like zombies than the undead Black Lantern Corps — they're mindless, shuffling, virulent beings, and the amount of damage they can do is pretty ruthless.
Ultimately, Green Lantern Corps does have a winning formula compared to some of the other books of the New 52, and in that regard I can understand trying to keep the chemistry and tone of this book intact. On the other hand, part of me feels like the book could use a kick in the pants to get more buzz, and Cafu is a criminally underrated artist in the DC stable as is. Put him on the right book — with the right inker — and he could become DC's version of Steve McNiven. Instead, Green Lantern Corps is keepin' on keepin' on, a "good enough" rather than an ambitious high roller.
Written by Lee David Zlotoff and Tony Lee
Art by Will Sliney
Colors by Ciaran Lucas
Published by Image Comics
Review by Shag Matthews
'Rama Rating: 7 out of 10
MacGyver. It's been 20 years since the television show ended, and for most people that word still conjures visions of a man who can solve any dilemma with simple household ingredients. The show is so ingrained in our collective consciousness that "MacGyver" is even listed as a verb in many online dictionaries. Image Comics and television series creator Lee David Zlotoff are counting on MacGyver's lasting popularity to carry their new comic to success. MacGyver: Fugitive Gauntlet #1 is a solid introductory issue with enjoyable art that will hold some appeal for long-time fans, but may not capture the imagination of readers new to the character.
Pairing Lee David Zlotoff with Tony Lee makes for a smart writing combination. Zlotoff understands the necessary elements of a MacGyver story, while Tony Lee has a knack for successful media tie-in comics, such as IDW's Doctor Who. In the first issue our hero travels to Kenya to assist an old college professor and quickly finds himself dodging assassins and uncovering industrial espionage. Where the story succeeds is in introducing MacGyver to the world of comics with a fast-paced, action-oriented adventure.
Where the story falls a little short, however, is in grabbing the reader's curiosity. So much time is spent ensuring it's a strong MacGyver story that the intrigue never manages to become incredibly compelling. I found myself caught up in the scenes establishing MacGyver's character, but I never developed much interest in the mystery behind the industrial espionage. There is nothing necessarily wrong with the espionage scenes, they just felt a bit stereotypical. They didn't add anything innovative to the espionage genre and therefore didn't grab my attention.
Long-time MacGyver fans will be pleased to find the essence of the character alive and well within these pages. MacGyver is a genuinely nice guy who wants to help, but finds himself in over his head. In addition to the spirit of the character, Zlotoff and Lee manage to capture MacGyver's voice. For example, MacGyver's first appearance in the book is accompanied by a caption box in first person (on television it would have been a voice over) of Mac recounting a story from his youth.
Many other usual MacGyver story elements are present, such as helping an old acquaintance, his disdain for firearms, pairing up with a beautiful woman (but not quite in a romantic way), Swiss Army knife action and his ability to combine everyday items into the exact combination needed to escape a dangerous situation. We get three such MacGyverisms in the first issue, one of which seems a little too complicated to have pulled off in the time given. While these tropes will have children of the '80s cheering, their significance will likely be lost on folks unfamiliar with the property.
Will Sliney's art on this book is strong without being spectacular. Sliney's got a good sense for figures and perspective, but his faces seem a bit generic. The character's expressions are believable, but they all look somewhat alike. One area Sliney excels is panel design; his choice of panels makes some of the talky-talk pages more interesting than you'd expect.
The story is set in modern day, yet features a MacGyver younger than we last saw on television. Sliney gives us a MacGyver who maintains certain physical characteristics from the television series, but his resemblance to Richard Dean Anderson is minor. Gone is the mullet, replaced with shaggy collar-length hair. The trademark brown leather jacket is present, but along with it comes previously unseen five o'clock shadow. These choices work perfectly for the story as the character has never been defined by his age, looks, or the era in which he lives. MacGyver now joins the ranks of James Bond and Batman as ageless characters that are not bound by an actor who previously played the role.
Lee David Zlotoff, Tony Lee and Will Sliney deliver an action-packed comic that succeeds in shifting the character to the modern era, but falls short of creating an innovative espionage story. While there are enough MacGyverisms to hook old fans, the story lacks a "wow factor" that may bring readers unfamiliar with the character back for the second issue.
Written by Brian Wood
Art by Vasilis Lolos and Dave Stewart
Lettering by Richard Starkings and Comicraft
Published by Dark Horse Comics
Review by Rob McMonigal
'Rama Rating: 3 out of 10
It's a Cimmerian after-school special as Conan's past returns to haunt him. A former friend tries to destroy all the barbarian knows, possibly including his relationship with Belit the Sea Queen, in this extremely disappointing conclusion to the "Border Fury" story arc.
I've been a bit uncertain about Brian Wood's handling of my favorite pulp-era character and with this issue, it's clear that his vision for the character is very different from those who came before him, from Roy Thomas to Kurt Busiek to Howard himself. Conan is many things—a killer, a womanizer, a thief, a scourge of rigidity in all its forms. Yet even while he breaks the rules, he has an honor code that gives his actions legitimacy for the reader. Conan, like anti-heroes such as the Punisher, does the things we fantasize that we could do.
But in this issue, Wood makes it clear that Conan's villain, while certainly evil, is evil because Conan made him that way. We get a lengthy flashback that shows Conan bullying a supposed friend, embarrassing him to the point that he must leave the village. All of the destruction caused by the imposter is ultimately laid at the feet of our title character, and there's no way to deny that it is in fact his fault that hundreds of his distant kinsmen are dead. (Wood even adds an unnecessary caption to this effect.) That's just too much for me to take as a fan of the Howard stories. I would have bought a man trying to get revenge on Conan for something he did unintentionally—there's plenty of people out there who are collateral damage from Conan's rampages—but to make it specifically tied to a deliberate act of malice is just too far out of character in my opinion.
While there is certainly less continuity attached to Belit, I feel like Wood has radically altered her character from the one he introduced us to just a few issues ago. It was good to see her show a bit more effort here, shouting defiantly at the wolves she could not see due to snow blindness and defying Conan's imposter, but I still find it hard to believe that a woman who was portrayed as so self-sufficient at her introduction would go to pieces when taken north. Neither she nor Conan act like characters we want to read more of after their adventures in Cimmeria, which is an extremely odd choice.
Conan the Barbarian is not being helped by the rotating art cast, many of whom seem to be trying actively to keep from drawing Conan as a hulking, heroic figure in the John Buscema-Barry Windsor-Smith mold. Vasilis Lolos is now the fourth artist on the book, and is definitely my least-favorite so far. (Becky Cloonan's return lasted all of one issue, apparently, which is odd given this was billed as being Wood and Cloonan's Conan.)
All of his characters feature distorted faces that look like a poor mix of Western and Eastern art styles, neither capturing the exaggeration of manga nor the realistic yet individualized work of Cloonan. Too many times it's almost impossible to identify Conan or Belit by sight due to this artistic choice, and readers have to use context clues from the text to figure out who is on the page. There is raw emotion aplenty in these faces, but because it shows up so many times, the impact is lost.
Lolos plays fast and loose with anatomy as well, which means that teen Conan and adult Conan look identical, putting a lot of pressure on colorist Dave Stewart to make distinguishing features between them. I did like Lolos's action scene layouts, but his final work invokes not action but soap opera to my mind. It's a style better suited to a relationship comic and fails here trying to capture a cruel, pulp-era world.
I realize that there is a trend in comics right now to modernize classic characters and give them more depth, but Wood takes it too far here. Making characters flawed is one thing, but between Belit's inability to cope off-ship and Conan's bullying past that makes him hard to like going forward, I don't see why a reader would care enough to pick up issue #10.
Written by Steve Niles
Art by Menton3
Published by IDW Publishing
Review by Edward Kaye
'Rama Rating: 9 out of 10
Transfusion is a new miniseries from the deranged minds of Steve Niles and Menton3. The series is set in a post-apocalyptic future, where society has been overthrown by robots created to help mankind but turned against their human masters. Now bands of survivors fight for existence, always on the run from the evil robots, who actually run on human blood. However, the robots are not the only thing they need to fear, as another—far less mechanical—breed of blood-drinking creatures has begun to stalk the nights.
Concept-wise, this new miniseries is not all that different from another IDW series, Zombies vs. Robots, a series which Menton3 has worked on himself in the past. However, the future presented here is a lot bleaker, with civilization in a much worse state than the one presented there.
As first issues go, this one felt a bit more like a prologue than the first chapter of a story. We are introduced to a number of characters in the first few pages, many of whom don't make it to the end of the issue. The protagonist of the story seems to be a man called William, who we find helping a small group of survivors to find food and join his much larger group. We soon find out that William is not everything he appears to be though, and is more of an anti-hero than anything else.
Most of the rest of the issue is spent setting the scene, and introducing us to this world overrun by blood-drinking robotic behemoths. The main narrative thread of the series doesn't seem to have been established quite yet, but after setting the scene with pages full of action, Niles delivers a twist ending that leaves the issue with an interesting cliffhanger, and the promise of great things to come.
Steve Niles' script for the issue is actually very light, limited to a few lines of dialogue and a bit of expository monologue on the part of William. Instead, he leaves much of the storytelling to Menton3's artwork, which makes the issue move at a rapid pace and gives the events depicted a sense of urgency. Every line we do get is well delivered though, and works brilliantly to familiarize us with William and the desolate world in which he finds himself.
Menton3's artwork on this first issue of the series is astonishingly gorgeous. He seems to use a number of drawing techniques here, changing his style slightly to fit what is going on in each part of the story. In some places he's used very sketchy linework and loose inking to give the panels a sense of urgency and motion. In other places, he's used very tight linework to illustrate objects in painstaking detail. In other places still, he's delivered fully painted page that make the reader stop in their tracks to admire the artwork and soak in the scene.
The issue is mostly illustrated in black and white with some sepia tones and lots of luscious of ink washes. The few places where color is used are then all the more striking, with the skies illustrated in a dark bruised blue color, and blood being depicted with vivid and bright splashes of red paint that stand out in stark contrast to their background.
Transfusion #1 is a great debut issue for an intriguing miniseries filled with the promise of horrific things to come. With Halloween just around the corner, this might be just the book you are looking for.
Written by Jimmy Palmiotti. Justin Gray, Steve Niles, and Jay Russell
Art by Andrew Ritchie, Jerry Lando and Paul Mounts
Published by Image Comics
Review by Lan Pitts
'Rama Rating: 7 out of 10
Talk about some deja vu.
Creator-Owned Heroes definitely fills that void of spy thrillers and tactical espionage with a flavor of old-fashioned cool, but this being the fifth issue of the series, I feel like we've been here before. At least in the first story entitled "Killswitch" anyways. The duo of Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray are back with another take on suave assassins and other tropes of the like, backed by artist Jerry Lando. With "Black Sparrow" by Steve Niles and Andrew Ritchie, Niles dives back into his horror roots and gives a proper cliffhanger.
This all seems like a treaded road, however. Especially harkening back to the first issue of the series with "Trigger Girl 6" and "American Muscle." Palmiotti, Gray, and Noto opened the show and Niles and Kevin Mellon closed it. I just think this time around, "Killswitch" dominated the issue while "Black Sparrow" barely had time to take a breath. Not complaining, I just want to see the books evenly published. "Killswitch" is what you think it would be about and Palmiotti and Gray certainly have a knack for this type of story: a sexy assassin with an aura of mystique doing what he does best. But the mystery to it at the end if is a nice added layer. Jerry Lando does some great layouts and art here, even though he uses a lot of talking head shots as the book progresses. Everything is rendered wonderfully and Paul Mounts' colors work well with the line art giving it a certain depth and moodiness to the world.
Steve Niles, Jay Russell, and Andrew Ritchie make a supernatural old pioneer tale with "Black Sparrow." It's a good beginning but asks too many questions, that I'm certain will be answered in due time, but there's not a lot of dialogue to explore or to get an idea of who these characters are. Ritchie has a great Mike Mignola/Matthew Dow Smith vibe with his art, and a muted color palette to boot.
In the middle of the stories to act as a sort of intermission, is a terrific interview with Amanda Conner. We learn about her Kubert School roots and some defining moments in her career as well as some of her artistic techniques and gives advice to any and all up and comers. It's a real warm read, and Conner comes across as sincere and personable about her work. That alone is almost worth the price of admission.
I've been digging COH since day one, but I'd like to see something new and different from Palmiotti and Gray. They certainly know their audience and are great at these tales, but this book is all about taking chances. Let's see if they can liven up.
Written by Ron Marz
Art by Walter Geovani and Adriano Lucas
Lettering by Troy Peteri
Published by Dynamite Entertainment
Review by Rob McMonigal
'Rama Rating: 10 out of 10
Seven monsters for seven heroes—or is it eight? Red Sonja and her unlikely allies continue their battle to stop Kulan Gath's plans to bring the Mayan apocalypse to life in another excellent issue of this mega-crossover event for Dynamite Entertainment.
Just when I think that Ron Marz has used up every surprise he can bring to the table, he reaches out and finds one more. This time it's another cult favorite, known more for his screen appearances than comics, who arrives just in time to alter the dire circumstances Herbert West found himself in at the end of issue three. I was completely surprised by this addition, as I had forgotten that Dynamite owned the license to his series as well. Marz is doing an amazing job blending the public domain (Dracula, Sherlock Holmes) with licensed properties (Vampirella, Red Sonja) together, and I wouldn't put it past him to include a few more before we finish the series.
Because the cast is getting so large, certain players only make cameo appearances as the focus is on the fights of West, Vampirella, Pantha, and Athena. Holmes is missing again, and I'm still a bit lost on how he fits in, but I am trusting Marz to link it all together. I think leaving Sonja's battle to the second half of the middle section makes sense, as Gath is her villain, but her absence was felt. She is the heart and soul of this crossover and the only one who knows Gath's true nature, to say nothing of the fact that Sonja is probably the only true "hero" in this comic—and that's stretching things a bit. I hope we see a lot more of her in Issue #5.
Continuing the theme of linking the battles to the personalities of the characters, Marz and artist Walter Geovani do an amazing job again of keeping the action moving while making each fight unique and interesting. Though the nature of each battle is similar—a "hero" from Sonja's team must fight a god from Gath's creatures, they are all extremely different in terms of how they are portrayed. While West and his ally's battle is dark comedy mixed with exposition (just in case we have any new readers), Pantha's fight is full of animalistic savagery. Athena's battle is a classic in the mode of a Homeric epic, with the warriors clashing on an icy plain, using weapons that evoke those of the Iliad. The last conflict, with Vampirella up against a creature wielding effectively a wooden stake, ends in a way that only the female vampire could relish, showing she is only a shade of gray better than those she opposes.
Geovani effortlessly switches between these scenes, using just about every comic book trick imaginable, from rotating camera angles to constantly shifting panel sizes that keep the reader off-balance but locked in to the narrative. He seems to know just when to give us a splash page and when to split a page into 10 uneven rectangles that pack more into each one than others can manage over an entire twenty-two page book. You can tell that Geovani takes the time to think carefully about Marz's script and focus on the detail that brings the most impact. It may be a close-up of a gun to West's head that shows the Re-Animator's eye straining almost out of its socket at the imposing weapon or a depiction of the world's longest waterfall that makes the characters miniscule so we understand the scale of the backdrop. I'm not sure which is more terrifying—the god facing Vampirella or the transition she makes from considering drinking its blood to gorging herself on its life fluids. Backed by the perfect color palate of Troy Peteri, Walter Geovani is quickly becoming one of my favorite artists. He's using the storytelling tricks that made Kirby, Ditko, and Romita the masters of the Silver Age of while still making them his own, and the results are amazing.
Prophecy is helmed by a great creative team at the height of their craft, playing with ancient legend, pulp favorites, and cult classics to make a story that's not to be missed. Don't let the licensed characters fool you into passing on one of the best comics out there right now.
Written by Brandon Montclare
Art by Amy Reeder
Published by Image Comics
Review by Lan Pitts
'Rama Rating: 5 out of 10
With Halloween right around the corner, this would seem like a perfect quick read to get one in the mood for the incoming swarm of trick-or-treaters and spooky decor. Yet, sadly, this comic that sprang from Kickstarter left me wondering why it wasn't as good as it should have been. The premise is cool: imagine Wizard of Oz meets Nightmare Before Christmas with a slice of A Christmas Carol mixed together. However, something falls flat halfway through.
I'm not too familiar with Brandon Montclare's work, but I've been an Amy Reeder fan since her Madame Xanadu days. Her line work and great use of facial expressions has never been better. The cast of characters all have a distinct look that mirror a little bit of their personality. When Eve wanders into Halloween Land (also the name of the shop she works at), the details are full of whimsy and Halloween fun. The parallels of her co-workers and their counterparts in the magical land is a nice nod and really thought out. Reeder, who was the one-time artist for DC's Batwoman, is better off with projects like these, which give her a true spotlight to be herself.
There seems to a be a lot of development into the characters themselves and their particular design, but the interactions among them are just not interesting. Eve is probably the biggest victim here. She's just not likable. By the end of the book, I didn't really care what happened to her, Most of the dialogue just doesn't work, either. It's either too cliché, or just juvenile. We're really not quite sure the reason of Eve's hostility towards Halloween and it's never really explained. From the notes of the book that Reeder and Montclare have a great friendship and rapport, but I just feel something better could have come from their creative union. Some pages seem too cluttered and while Reeder does her best to maintain control, some details get lost along the way. Reeder is a one-woman show here taking on all artistic and lettering duties. Her choosing her own palette paid off wonderfully; nothing is too over-saturated and looks great on the page. Her letting is a bit rough, and I caught myself once or twice trying to figure out who is saying what, but nothing overly distracting.
The behind-the-scenes look at how certain characters evolved is fascinating. You can see that Montclare and Reeder really went into this with guns blazing and excited to make a comic that they wanted to do. I think that level of enthusiasm is sometimes lacking from creators going into certain projects. I just feel Reeder's art here only elevated this story so far and didn't quite mesh with Montclare's script. I think the main problem was that it's too condensed. Had this been a mini, it probably would have worked better giving the creative team a little more to expand on. Instead, we're given a box of raisins in our candy bowl.
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Sue Trotter remembers it as an opportunity to whirl around on the rides and take part in a cake walk.
When he was a boy, American Legion Commander and business owner Steven Wainwright, said it was the first time he ever got to experience carnival rides. His mother would drop him off at Dodge Park and he would have fun all day.
Some of that nostalgia still exists at the Beverly-Waterford Homecoming, which will start at 6 p.m. today with a parade leaving Waterford Elementary School, winding through Waterford and Beverly and ending at Dodge Park in Beverly.
Citizens Bank in Beverly has had a presence in the parade for a long time. Usually, several employees get together and walk with a vehicle emblazoned with the bank name.
"It's always nice to get the community together," said Elizabeth Tennent, 27, of Hackney. Tennent works at the bank and is president of the Beverly-Waterford Chamber of Commerce.
Honored as the Homecoming parade's grand marshal is Warren E. Gillard, of 512 Dietz Lane, Beverly. He is a World War II veteran who helped train the first Navy Seals before his retirement from the Navy in 1949.
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What: American Legion Post 389's annual Beverly-Waterford Homecoming.
When: Today through Saturday.
Where: Dodge Park in Beverly.
Details: Parade will kick off today at 6:30 p.m. beginning at Waterford Elementary. Entertainment will follow at Dodge Park. Homecoming activities include rides, entertainment, food and raffles.
Cost: Admission to the event and parking is free. Ride tickets can be purchased on the grounds.
Other events: 8 p.m. Friday, pedal pull; tae kwon do demonstration tonight; 11 p.m. Saturday, raffle drawing for prizes and cash.
For information: Steven Wainwright, 984-2498.
The 67th annual event, started right after World War II, Wainwright said, has the rides, food and live entertainment the homecoming-goers seem to enjoy every year.
"It's neat for young mom and dads to bring (their children) to the park and let them ride the rides and get them cotton candy," Wainwright said.
New to the event this year will be a tractor pull to take place at 4 p.m. Saturday right on Sixth Street next to the park.
Also, Wainwright said the Ferris wheel will return to the homecoming midway.
Trotter, a member of the Lower Muskingum Historical Society, said the Homecoming used to be a fundraiser for the Beverly Lions and the Russell Chadwick Post of the American Legion. Now, it's the four parts of the American Legion family: American Legion, Auxiliary, Legions Riders and Sons of the Legion.
Those organizations give money to community projects, Trotter said. They also conduct a poker run in the fall to raise money for education and RIF (Reading is Fundamental) and buy flags for public buildings, such as banks and the library.
Entertainment runs from 7:30 to 10 p.m. at the park's pavilion. The Sunderman Family and The Stockey Family will perform tonight. Tracy Nichols and Justin Arthur take the stage Friday, and Sam Clark and Friends will perform Saturday night.


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Bevelyn Kelly stood before the students and parents of De La Salle High School, thanking them for welcoming her grandson into their lives.
Terrance Kelly would tell her "with the biggest smile on his face" how they treated him to lunch or invited him to spend the night, saving him a trip home to Richmond.
"Through your acts of kindness, we knew you loved him, " Bevelyn Kelly said.
More than 1,000 people gathered in the De La Salle gym Friday to celebrate the life of Terrance Kelly, a May graduate who was shot and killed nearly a month ago.
The audience responded to his grandmother, who had collapsed and was hospitalized after learning of her grandson's death last month, with a standing ovation that lasted almost a minute.
Kelly's coach, Bob Ladouceur told the crowd, "I don't feel good being up here today. Terrance was taken from us in the prime of his youth in an act that defies all wisdom."
The 18-year-old football player was killed Aug. 12 in Richmond, two days before he was to leave for the University of Oregon on a full scholarship. Fifteen-year-old Darren Pratcher of Richmond has been charged with murder.
"We could do nothing about the single act of violence, but for all the reasons that lead up to his death, we can, " Ladouceur said. "Failure to do something means we have not learned from his brief and meaningful life."
A slide show projected images of Kelly onto a screen as former teammate Mahiri Wise, 16, sang "Our God is an Awesome God" and motioned the audience to clap along.
The montage included photos of Kelly as a child sitting with Santa Claus, Kelly as a teenager wearing a green Spartans jersey, and Kelly as a graduate donning a cap and gown.
Kelly's father, Landrin Kelly, was then presented with a white football jersey bearing Kelly's No. 28.
The 90-minute service coincided with the school's first Mass of the Holy Spirit since classes began three weeks ago.
Senior Scott Hugo, 18, said he talked to his coach about the death of his former teammate.
"I thought, 'What gives me the opportunity to be on the playing field and not TK?'" Hugo said. "He told me, 'You carry him with you because he doesn't have that opportunity.' My duty is to remember him and try to be a better person for him and because of him."
Even students who did not know Kelly personally said his death has reminded them not to take anything for granted.
"The reality that it happens close to home makes it hard to deal with, " said junior Harry Levy, 16.
De La Salle High School has established an endowed scholarship fund in Kelly's memory.
"I truly believe Terrance is alive and here with us now, " Ladouceur said at the service. "He is alive because he is a part of me. If you love him, he is a part of you, too."
Kelly's uncle, Billie Dempsey, said the family would be driving Friday night to Eugene, Ore., where today's University of Oregon football game will be dedicated to Kelly.
"Losing TK is still a bitter pill to swallow, " Dempsey said. "It knocked the wind out of all of us. It's no easy road. It's hard every step of the way."


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Nowitzki is thrilled he is now a champion. The Mavericks and the city of Dallas will be honoring him and the rest of the team on Thursday morning.
Lance Armstrong is making headlines again, and it's not positive. Armstrong had a recent run-in with former teammate Tyler Hamilton in Aspen, Colo. Hamilton has reported it to the feds.
Derek Jeter left the game early last night with a leg injury. Jeter is only six hits shy of having 3,000 hits.
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The Washington Memorial says it allPosted Tuesday, November 23, 2010, at 2:18 PM
We have been to Washington, D.C. twice. It is an interesting city and it would be even more so if the crime rate was not so high -- in Congress and on the streets.
The interesting aspect of the city is that no building can be erected taller than the Washington Monument which is 555 feet tall or about 55 stories. No building is even close to that height.
With all of the uproar about removing the Ten Commandments and other religious symbols from public buildings it is worth a moment or two of your time to review this historical information.
On the aluminum cap atop the monument are displayed two words -- Laus Deo. No one can see these words. Most visitors to the monument are totally unaware they are even there. We went up in the monument and I don't remember it being mentioned.
Laus Deo. Two seemingly insignificant, unnoticed words. Out of sight but very meaningfully placed at the highest point over the most powerful city in the most successful nation in the world. Very simply, they say "Praise be to God."
Construction began on the giant obelisk in 1848 when James Polk was president and it was completed and opened to the public in 1888. It took 25 years to finally cap the memorial with a tribute to the Father of our nation, Laus Deo -- Praise be to God.
Visitors to the top of the magnificent granite and marble structure are provided a beautiful panoramic view of the city with its division into four major segments in the form of a cross. A cross. Isn't that interesting? Why a cross? What about the separation of church and state? Yes, a cross; separation of the church and state was not, is not, in the constitution. This plan intended to carry a profound meaning for those who bother to notice.
Praise be to God. Within the monument itself are 898 steps and 50 landings. As one climbs the steps and pauses at the landings the memorial stones share a message. On the 12th landing is a prayer offered by he City of Baltimore; on the 20th is a memorial presented by some Chinese Christians; on the 24th a presentation made by Sunday School children from New York and Philadelphia quoting Proverbs 10:7, Luke 18:16 and Proverbs 22:6. Praise be to God.
The cornerstone was laid on July 4, 1848 and several items were deposited in it including the Holy Bible presented by the Bible Society. Praise be to God. Such was the discipline, the moral direction and the spiritual mood given by the founder and the first president of our unique democracy. "One nation, under God."
When one stops to observe the inscriptions found in public places all over our nation's capital, he or she will easily find the signature of God, as it is unmistakably inscribed everywhere. You may forget the width and height of "Laus Deo", its location or the architects but no one who reads this will be able to forget its meaning, or these words: "Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain." Psalm 127:1.
Happy Thanksgiving. Laus Deo.
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If you look at the monument closely, you can see that the color changes approximately 1/3rd the way up. When I lived there, it was a standing joke to tell visitors that this change of color was due to a horrendous flood of the Potomac at sometime in the past. People would fall for it, despite the fact that a flood of that magnitude would have inundated the entire city, not just part of the monument.
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With legislation pending that could disrupt commercial air service at the Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport, airport manager Terry Moore said he remains optimistic.
Commercial passenger use at the airport has dwindled from more than 40,000 in the early 1990s to about 5,000 passengers last year but there have been recent gains, he said.
"We had 570 passengers last month and that's the best I've seen since I've been here," said Moore, who has managed the local airport near Waverly for the past five years. "Right now, we're providing the best service I feel we have offered in a long time, perhaps ever."
In October, Gulfstream International Airlines began commercial service from the local airport to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport as Continental Connection with four flights a day and a total of 24 flights a week.
Previous carrier, Colgan Air was under a codeshare agreement with United Airlines. In May 2007, Colgan provided 18 flights a week, with three flights a day to Washington's Dulles International Airport. In April 2009 the number of flights was dropped to 12 a week and two a day.
"Our service is basically business-oriented ... Most people who fly in or out of here are business travelers," Moore said. "The people going on vacation in June and bringing the kids with them are not our bread and butter but I'd love to see them here. I always invite people to take a look at us. If we're not the deal you're looking for, I understand, but at least give us a look."
Moore said Gulfstream has been offering deals recently, including round-trip service to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for $209.
"It's almost worth going just to walk around and say you've been there for that price," Moore said.
This month, the U.S. House and Senate have been considering legislation that could dramatically impact the future of the local airport, which is considered an "Essential Air Service" airport. The designation means air carriers are subsidized for providing service to the rural airport. Gulfstream was awarded a two-year, $2.6 million contract to provide service to the Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport.
The House voted to eliminate future funding for Essential Air Service, while the Senate is considering eliminating some of the funding over the next four years.
"Right now, the Senate Bill would not affect us but we are monitoring it very closely," Moore said. "We're talking about a third of our budget, which we wouldn't be able to make up. It would be devastating to our community, but I remain hopeful that won't happen, because I really think we've turned a corner."
Moore said the loss of industry and changes in how remaining companies do business has resulted in a lot of the loss of service at the airport.
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|The power of Mother Nature seems to have come together this spring. Besides the tragedy of the multiple deaths and seemingly endless destruction, ag operators have been spared direct blows without significant loss of property and no loss of life. However, the impact to most operators along the Mississippi River borders from Missouri to Louisiana has been substantial.
A devastating combination of drought, tornadoes and flooding have reduced farming acres suitable for spraying by more than 50% for many operators in mid-America to the Gulf of Mexico following the Mississippi River. AgAir Update contacted key individuals on this route of destruction to learn firsthand the effects.
Sandy Wells / Executive Secretary / OkAAA - "Bill, I checked on operators that lived in the El Reno, Oklahoma area or had businesses located nearby. Rick and Tanner Escott (OkAAA September 2011 Fly-In Hosts) said the tornadoes that plowed through Oklahoma came very close to their operation, but they were okay. He also said nearby Helena Chemical Company made it through safely. It appears the a tornado passed between them. Rick said he would definitely be installing a storm shelter for his family. I also checked on a few others - Junior Regier, Terry Thomson and J&C Enterprise. They are all okay."
Dennie Stokes / Stokes Flying Service / Parkin / Earle, Arkansas - "We are all okay, but Stokes Flying Service has lost somewhere between 3,500 to over 4,000 acres of rice acreage to spray this year. I estimate a reduction of more than 50% in rice acreage. We have passed the planting date (first of June), so those acres will be planted in soybeans. Our farmers are way behind, even on high ground, due to so much rainfall. Hard rains have come through weekly, delaying their planting. We are positioned between the Mississippi River and the St. Francis River. Although the rivers never flooded their banks, the St. Francis floodway held the waters. In doing so, however, this created flooding on thousands of fertile rice land.
Also, the rains took their toll on one of the best looking wheat crops I've seen. Our cotton acres will be 50% or less, due to wet fields. Some operators are worse off than us, while others are almost up to normal. Southeast Arkansas has been very dry, almost to the point of barely enough rain to plant. Although, I hear they are cutting 80 bushel per acre wheat, compared to 50-60 bushel average yields.
We were very fortunate to have missed the tornadoes. One passed to the south of us, but didn't cause any damage. I've not heard of any lost aircraft or hangars, but several load pads were damaged."
Mike Lee / Earl's Flying Service / Steele, Missouri - Mike Lee operates at the north edge of the boot hill of Missouri. Although he avoided the tornadoes, his area was flooded by excessive rainfall, not rivers breaching their banks. Like Dennie Stokes, he had not heard of any loss of aircraft or hangars from the tornadoes that ripped through Missouri. However, his customers are feeling the effects of more than nine inches of rainfall in May. His farmers planted 24-48 hours non-stop before they got rained out and this has delayed planting and replanting to where Earl's Flying Services' rice and cotton acreage will be off by 50% or more. In one instance, Earl's Flying Services water-seeded (aerial planting in standing water) 3,000 acres of rice, only to have excessive rains stack 10 feet of water on top of it. When it drained, it pulled up rice plants by their roots. Now, it is too late to plant rice. If the fields will dry off, soybeans will replace the rice.
It's the same story for Missouri boot hill cotton acreage, too late to replant. More soybeans will be planted to replace the cotton. Unfortunately, soybeans planted around Steele, Missouri do not need much, if any, aerial spraying.
North of MIke and out of his spraying area, Birds Point was purposely flooded by the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, over 130,000 acres. This was fertile farmland already planted in rice.
Mike operates one AT-802. Normally, he will get behind during rice season, so he calls in nearby Scott Rainey in western Tennessee, who does not have rice work. That may not happen this year.
Bradley Reed / Reed Aviation / Iota, Louisiana - Although many operators were adversely affected along the Louisiana side of the Mississippi River Delta, south of the Morganza Spillway, similar to operators in Arkansas and Missouri, Reed Aviation's problems are completely different. Bradley Reed, owner/operator, is facing drought conditions and the effects of Clearfield rice. Ironically, Bradley's fellow Louisiana operators closer to the Delta are in drought conditions for flooded farmland.
Clearfield rice is a genetically modified rice that farmers started planting about 10 years ago in Louisiana. Unlike traditional rice varieties, Clearfield is farmed differently. Because it does not require flooding to control weeds, like weedy red rice, aerial applications have been reduced from 7-8 to four or less.
Seeing the handwriting on the wall, in 2006 Bradley bought a couple of nearby operations, expanding his acreage to offset the effects of the Clearfield plantings. It took ten years for farmers to transition to this type of farming rice, especially the old timers, when they did it was all at once. Instead of flying from "can to can't" in May, he's in his office wondering what he could be doing. "I've prepared somewhat for the effect of Clearfield rice on my business. It really is not so bad being not as busy in May as we were in the past. Maybe I can take up some golf...", Bradley jokes.
Along with Clearfield rice, crawfish are taking their toll on Reed Aviation's rice work. With rice only bringing $18 per hundredweight and input costs at $22 per hundredweight, many growers are looking for ways to offset the loss by farming crawfish in the rice fields. Crawfish typically don't require Reed Aviation's services.
Doug Davidson / Davidson Solid Rock Insurance / Clinton, Arkansas
"All of my ag customers avoided having any losses resulting in insurance claims. However, that cannot be said for my general aviation accounts. Many of them had extensive damage."
Paul Artman / Gary Flying Service / Inverness, Mississippi
"We have been very lucky as far as the weather is concerned. We are now in a drought and wishing for a rain. Knowing a rain could cause a levee to break and flood, we don't wish too hard. It's a Catch 22 situation. We need the rain, but we don't want others to suffer from a broken or breached levee."
And, wildfires too
Wildfires have scorched over 3.5 million acres, not counting the ones raging in Arizona. This represent triple the average and the most acres burnt in over a decade. In Arizona, in early June hundreds of square miles have been burnt with numerous homes and building.
From Arizona to Georgia, drought conditions persist; 94% of New Mexico and 96% of Texas are in drought conditions.
Weather experts searching for an explanation of this year's weather claim the La Niña climate pattern is the reason. A recorded breaking La Niña, born in the Pacific Ocean from cooler-than-normal sea surface temperatures, in combination with altered jet stream flow set the stage for extreme weather. According to meteorologist Steve Bowen, as of late May the U.S. has seen eight separate billion-dollar events this year. In 2008, there were nine. He says the Mississippi Valley flooding has been a $5 billion disaster, while the tornado in Joplin, Missouri may end up being on of the costliest single tornadoes ever recorded (Source: USA Today).
So far in 2011, 525 people have been killed, as a result of an estimated 1,438 spotted tornadoes. The average for this time of year is 823.
If there is one bright spot amongst the havoc brought by Mother Nature, it is the elevated commodity prices. On June 10, corn hit an all-time high of $8.48. Soybeans prices are sky-high at $14.68. When commodity prices are high, farmers tend to spend more money protecting and enhancing the yields of their crops. Invariably, this means more acres will be flown over by ag-aircraft.
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Photos provided by Tracy Stokes, Stokes Flying Service of Arkansas
Lee Ellis' airstrip with the St. Francis floodway on the other side.
Piggot, Arkansas airport with an AT802 parked on a mound of dirt that was going to be the foundation to build a hangar. Fortunately, the At802 was spared.
The Tyronza River, just north of Earle, Arkansas, starting to encroach over a wheat field that Stokes Flying Service had already flew fertilizer over twice.
A small community in the St. Francis floodway that later had eight feet of water over it.
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IEA Economist Sees Risk Of Higher Oil Prices
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World oil prices may jump to US$150 a barrel if current investment levels are not maintained in the Middle East and North Africa.
This is according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), which held its annual world energy outlook seminar in Singapore yesterday.
Dr Fatih Birol, the chief economist at IEA, told MediaCorp that oil producing countries need to spend US$100 billion (S$130 billion) per year on upstream investment and production over the next four years to ensure output meets demand. Demand is growing fastest in emerging economies including China, he added.


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Christmas TV Specials Part Deux
As promised, here's the next list of Christmas TV Specials on for the first half of this week.Just in case you didn't get your holiday TV fix during the very short week last week, here's what you can expect to watch this week (or at least what's on tonight through Wednesday. I'll update again for what's on through the end of the week on Thursday.)
"Rudolph's Shiny New Year" (1976) – Monday, December 5th 6pm on ABC Family. Once again, Rudolph lends his talents to aid Santa in another Christmas dilemma.
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys" (2001) – Monday, December 5th 7pm on ABC Family. An animated story following Rudolph as he seeks to recover all of Santa's stolen toys so that kids don't wake up empty handed before Christmas.
"A Christmas Carol" (1984) – Monday, December 5th 8pm on AMC. One of countless versions of the classic Dickens tale where Ebenezer Scrooge gets a lesson from three spirits. George C. Scott helms the title role of this interpretation on AMC.
"Miracle on 34th Street" (1994) – Monday, December 5th 8pm on FMC. The remake of the inspirational and unforgettable black-and-white story about a man that truly believes he is Santa Claus and how New York State tries to prove otherwise.
"The Polar Express" (2004) – Monday, December 5th 8:30pm on ABC Family. Tom Hanks voices characters on the heart-warming animated story of a boy who learns to believe in Christmas again when the midnight train to the North Pole stops to pick him up for a special meeting with the man in red.
"The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause" (2006) – Monday, December 5th 8:30 pm on the Disney Channel. The final chapter of the Christmas trilogy featuring a jolly Tim Allen as Santa and a miserable Jack Frost determined to claim the Santa franchise for his own.
"Mickey's Christmas Carol" (1983) – Monday, December 5th 10:30pm on ABC Family. The animated version of Charles Dickens' Christmas tale featuring the beloved characters from Mickey's Magical Kingdom.
"Twas the Night Before Christmas" (1974) – Tuesday, December 6th 6pm on ABC Family. An animated, musical twist on the bedtime story by Clement Moore where Santa has been denounced by a newspaper in town.
"12 Men of Christmas" (2009) – Tuesday, December 6th 8pm on LMN. A Jane Austin-inpsired Christmas story about pride and prejudice when a woman relocated from NYC to the midwest for the holidays to start a new career, a new relationship, and a new life that understands the importance of keeping the Christmas spirit.
"The Nightmare Before Christmas" (1993) – Tuesday, December 6th 8:30pm on Disney Channel. Tim Burton envisions this creepy holiday story of the Halloweentown Mayor devising a scheme to kidnap Santa in an effort to take over Christmastown.
"Home Alone 2: Lost in New York" (1992) – Tuesday, December 6th 8:30pm on ABC Family. The sequel to the wildly popular Christmas story that follows Kevin's latest Christmas mischief as he gets separated from his family during the holidays and battles the same foes he encounters from the first film.
"A Christmas Story" (1983) – Tuesday, December 6th 9pm on Turner Classic Movies. The penultimate of Christmas movies that follows the story of Ralphie and his quest to get a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas. Will he shoot his eye out this year?
"National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" (1989) – Wednesday, December 7th 9pm. The Griswolds return to celebrate the holidays with family, squirrel-infested trees, blinding Christmas lights, dry turkey, and egg nog in this classic Christmas tradition for the whole family.
"The Santa Clause 2″ (2002) – Wednesday, December 7th 8:45pm on ENC. In order to continue on with his role as Santa, Mr. Claus must go about finding a Mrs. Claus all while his replacement Santabot makes some new changes in the North Pole.
And since the Hallmark Channel, ABC Family and Lifetime/LMN pretty much have close to a 24-hour Christmas movie schedules, you can follow the links to their pages where you can get entire listings.


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ROCKPORT -The area's trapping and fur trade is seeing record highs, according to a local fur buyer.
Jason Stutler, a fur buyer in Rockport, is seeing an increase in trapping as area folks are seeking extra income and fur prices have risen.
"A lot of people are trapping this year," he said. "A lot of unemployed people are trying to make extra money, so they are trapping."
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Jason Stutler is a part-time fur buyer, working from his shed in Rockport.
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Jason Stutler stands with some of the fur pelts he has purchased.
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Jason Stutler examines some fur pelts. He learned the trade from his uncle Harold Stutler.
Stutler grew up around trapping, learning the trade from his uncle Harold Stutler, who was part of a family tradition that dates back more than a century.
"There has been a fur buyer in the Stutler family for well over a century," he said. "It is to us what oil is to the Rockefellers- minus the money."
Stutler is a part-time fur buyer, working evenings from his shed on Windy Ridge.
He said there has been a boon in the fur trade recently. Rising foreign economies and a few cold winters have made the trapping and fur business a bustling one.
Stutler, who also sells trapping supplies, has sold more this year than any in recent memory.
"Last year the market heated up and the value of several items advanced by almost 100 percent," he said.
Stutler deals in native small animal furs: fox, raccoon, possum, otter, bobcat, coyote, muskrat, beaver and mink. Bobcat and river otter pelts are the most valuable. Depending on the size and quality a bobcat or river otter pelt will fetch from $50 to $80.
Stutler estimates about 60 percent of the furs he buys are raccoon.
"Because there are so many of them, and they are relatively easy to catch," he said. "The remaining 40 percent will be a mixture of everything else."
Stutler said he'll buy from 4,000-6,000 furs a year from the beginning of November through February.
At the end of the hunting and trapping season the West Virginia Trappers Association meets in Glenville for an annual auction. Several hundred trappers from all over the state will bring pelts.
In addition to Stutler, buyers will come from four or five states away for the event.
At this year's auction he said more than $200,000 worth of fur was sold.
"They sold 9,200 pelts, 95 percent of those are native," he said.
Most of the fur ends up overseas.
Stutler markets his purchases to larger fur brokers- there are a handful throughout the country who deal internationally. The majority of the fur ends up in China, Russia and Europe.
"Most of the fur is used for clothing and accessories: trim, blankets, teddy bears," he said. "A lot of different uses, but primarily coats, jackets and hats."
Stutler said the increase in demand and prices has increased the number of trappers.
"A lot of my customers are running into competition in the woods, rivers and creeks," he said. "In years past they felt like they were the only people trapping. That's not the case.
There are always more trappers out there than what people realize."


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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 12/17/12 -- Simba Technologies Inc., the industry's source for standards-based relational and multi-dimensional data connectivity solutions, announced today the immediate release of Simba XMLA Provider for Oracle OLAP 2.0 (Simba XMLA for Oracle). Simba XMLA for Oracle enables users to connect from XMLA compatible Business Intelligence (BI) clients to an Oracle OLAP cube. It directly connects familiar BI applications such as SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, IBM Cognos and MicroStrategy to an Oracle OLAP database - enabling powerful query and analysis of multi-dimensional data.
This update to the Simba XMLA for Oracle has the same new features as its companion product, the Simba MDX Provider for Oracle OLAP 4.0. This includes Oracle 12c database support, advanced date filtering, custom member support and Microsoft Excel 2013 support via SimbaO2X 4.5 - the de facto solution for connecting OLE DB for OLAP (ODBO) based applications, such as Microsoft Excel, to XML for Analysis (XMLA) based data sources from multiple vendors. The XMLA infrastructure has been enhanced to run on Windows Server 2012 and Linux. The secure XMLA service interface now has an easy-to-use administration console and can run on-premise or in the cloud.
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To keep quarterback Colin Kaepernick safe on the practice field, the 49ers on Tuesday made him wear a black no-contact jersey with a red "No. 7."
"There was a play (Monday), we were going against our (starting defense), and as the defense was running a stunt, Ahmad (Brooks) came free and got a little close to Colin," coach Jim Harbaugh said. "The jersey is a way to re-emphasize to stay away from Colin Kaepernick, so we don't get anything freakish happening in practice."
Asked about Brooks' pass rush, Kaepernick said it "didn't scare me at all." As for the new look, he added: "I'm not a fan of the jersey."
Kaepernick stands to see a lot more action in Sunday night's exhibition against the Minnesota Vikings. He played only four snaps in last Friday's win at Kansas City.
"I would play every snap if they let me," Kaepernick said.
Colt McCoy will be the second quarterback in for the 49ers on Sunday, said Harbaugh, declining to state whether Scott Tolzien or rookie B.J. Daniels would be third. Daniels, however, has seen more reps on the second-string
For more on the 49ers, see Cam Inman's Hot Read blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/49ers. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/CamInman.


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HOLOS Light
HOLOS Light allows you to measure curves and simple freeform surfaces. HOLOS Light is suitable for a plan/actual comparison, for sampling and the measurement of single parts with curved surfaces made of plastic, wood or metal. Measuring programs can be generated quickly by clicking on measurement and reference points on the imported CAD model. Freeform surfaces can be aligned by defining only six points on the monitor. HOLOS Light guides users to the points to be measured and graphically displays the measurement. The measuring results are displayed at the corresponding position in the workpiece diagram immediately after probing.
HOLOS Extended
In addition to the functionality of HOLOS Light, HOLOS Extended enables the inspection of complex freeform surfaces. Because the software is designed as an open system, HOLOS Extended can be programmed and integrated in the automation strategy of the user by means of VBScript features. HOLOS Extended also provides the measuring data for SPC evaluation. Scanning with HOLOS Extended delivers a high amount of information even with extreme curves and contours. The cubing function in HOLOS Extended enables a comparison of the intersections of several parts.
HOLOS Geo
HOLOS Geo provides features for manual and CNC measurements of standard geometries. For example, users who also have to measure standard geometries no longer have to use software that offers more than they need. HOLOS Geo is the practical solution for sampling measurements, e.g. the initial inspection of cast and forged parts, bores and reference marks. Furthermore, HOLOS Geo includes functions for measurements with references, which is primarily required for metal and plastic parts. Defining and storing different measurement strategies is also a key element of HOLOS Geometry.
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HOLOS Digitize provides users with a tool to digitize curves and surfaces. It enables the fast and highly accurate digitization of a model, the capture of model modifications and sampling. The recorded point clouds can be directly converted for further editing in various data formats or used to generate freeform surfaces in HOLOS. This enables immediate control of surface descriptions. Moreover, HOLOS Digitize features a direct interface to DIMENSION, which enables the exchange of data via Windows.
Option HOLOS CAD Converter
The HOLOS CAD Converter provides a CAD direct interface to convert CAD data for downstream processing in HOLOS software and in ACIS-based systems. The current version of HOLOS CAD Converter supports a wide range of CAD formats. HOLOAS (.mod) and ACIS (.sat) are available as output formats.