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Incognito does not have a recognised line-up of members; Incognito is essentially one man's dream, namely Jean-Paul 'Bluey' Maunick.
Since the inception of Incognito in 1981, many musicians have been involved in creating the music of Incognito. Rather than focusing on individuals, equal credit is given for their contributions. This approach, to quote Bluey himself, "promotes and encourages the talents of the musicians and in turn teaches all of us humility and a sense of sharing that is not usually present in most other bands".
In putting together the credits for the "No time like the future" sleeve notes, Bluey took an unconventional approach by listing the musicians as "The Incognito Family"; a decision that initially caused confusion and is clarified on this web site by the man himself.
In keeping with this philosophy, the people who have contributed to Incognito over the years are listed below in alphabetical order and grouped by their 'primary' role in the band.
Thanks to Chris Jones for doing a lot of research!
Lead vocals
Christopher Ballin, Chyna, Imaani, Dianna Joseph, Jocelyn Brown, Joy Malcolm, Karen Bernod, Kelli Sae, Linda Muriel, Mark Anthoni, Maysa Leak, Pamela Anderson, Xavier Barnett, Ed Motta, Joy Rose, Tony Momrelle
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Barry Stewart, Bernita Turner, Charlise Rockwood, Claudia Fontaine, Elizabeth Gray, Elizabeth Troy, Lennox Cameron, Ogadinma Umelo, Paul Lewis, Ray Simpson, Sarah Brown, Sophia Jones, Valerie Etienne, Veronique DeMargary, Xavier Barnett, Luaraine McIntosh, Paige Lackey
Jean-Paul 'Bluey' Maunick, Paul Weller
Alpheus Little, Julian Crampton, Paul 'Tubbs' Williams, Randy Hope-Taylor, Ski Oakenfull, Andy Kremer, Alex Malheiros, Gavin W Pearce, Mark Edwards,
Gary Sanctuary, Graham Harvey, Jim Watson, Michael Gorman, Peter Hinds, Ski Oakenfull, Paul Weller, Mark Edwards, Matt Cooper, Jamie Norton, Simon Grey, John Deley
Andy Gangadeen, Gavin Harrison, Matthew Stuart, Richard Bailey, Ski Oakenfull, Ian Thomas
Chris Joris, Daniel Sadownick, Karl Vandenbossche, Louis Jardin, Maxton 'Gig' Beesley Jr., Snowboy, Thomas Dyani-Akuru, Martin Verdonk
Alexander Pope Norris, Anthony Kadleck, Basilo Marquez, Dominic Glover, Donald Downs, Duncan McKay, Gerard Presencer, Greg Gisbert, Julio Enrique Padron, Kevin Robinson, Tim Hagans
Adrian Ravell, Bud Beadle, Chris DeMargary, Denys Babtiste, Ed Jones, Irving Acao, Jason Yarde, Patrick Clahar, Ray Carless, Roman Filiu, Ronnie Cuber, Snake Davies, Tim Ries, Andy Ross
Ken Hitchcock, Ed Xiques, Rowland Sutherland
Adrian Fry, Avi Lebo Leibovich, Charles Gordon, Fayyaz Virji, Jimmy Bosch, Mark Nightingale, Matt Coleman, Michael Davies, Richard Edwards, Winston Rollins, Nichol Thomson
Alex Rizzo, Daniel 'Venom' Maunick, Ray Hayden, Richard Bull, Simon Cotsworth, Tyrrell
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text: Having lived almost have my life in New York and and the other half in the Williamsport area, I have seen and compared the difference in state stores and private wine shops. If the state stores are shut down, I will miss the friendly and professional service that I have long experienced from the specialty store at the Loyal Plaza, and the similar service from the Montoursville and Muncy Stores. I will miss the excellent selection and deals provided by the Chairman's Select offering. In closing, I cannot envision a wine shop in Williamsport that will compare to the store at the Plaza in terms of selection, price and professionally trained experts, in addition to support staff, who have helped to guide many a customer over the years.


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When it comes to our pets, product safety is a huge issue. I've talked about the recalls of toys made in China that were a major inspiration in my challenge to find products made in USA. Around this same time a massive recall of dog food and treats was announced after pets were becoming sickened. The culprit was found to be a manufacturer in China that was illegally adding melamine, typically used as in plastics and fertilizer, to the food to increase it's protein content inexpensively.
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Join us on Sunday, October 28, 2012 at Strawberry Square for the Food Bank's 25th annual premier event, Taste of Central Pennsylvania.
In between tastings, take a moment to enjoy the live entertainment and take a chance at winning one or more of the raffle and silent auction items available.
October 28, 2012
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Even when the Rangers were struggling earlier this season, the power play could be counted on as they've been in the top 10 virtually the entire year.
However, since the Olympic break they're in a 4-for-32 funk including 2-for-24 with the extra man since the Martin St. Louis trade.
Most Rangers fans, myself included, expected the Blueshirts power play to rev back up with the St. Louis acquisition, however, it's been the complete opposite as the man advantage has regressed to Mike Sullivan territory.
Obviously, a lot of the struggles have to do with the former Lightning captain still trying to find a comfort level with his new teammates and them with him. But according to Alain Vigneault and Scott Arniel, the problem could be more than that. Here's Vigneault…
"(St. Louis) is real comfortable (along the half wall). The difference between the setups that we use and the setups that he's used to is that he's used to a lot of right-handed shots. And we don't have many on our team. So that complicates things a little bit. But we tried a couple of things yesterday in practice and we'll see how it works out tonight."
Assistant coach Scott Arniel, who is in charge of the power play, added this…
"The hard part is in Tampa he always had right-handed shots when he gets setup on the off side. He's a great passer as well as a scorer and the right-handed shots really compliment him. We're a team of all lefties, so that's why we've tried to bring Stepan over and put him in the middle of the ice so he has a righty. We're trying to bring some of that familiarity he's had over the years."
…this situation could really give us some insight into why super star players such as St. Louis, Nash, Drury and Gomez struggle when they arrive on Broadway. When with their former team, the organization builds around them by acquiring players who complement their game, so when they arrive in New York they're like a fish out of water as neither the system nor the personnel set them up for success. For some reason, when Sather and his minions evaluate players for a trade or free agency these are factors that they either completely overlook or grossly under-value. Listen, I get that you want to jump at the opportunity to obtain a player with the skill set of St. Louis, but shouldn't somebody have noticed that throughout his career he's succeeded with a righty dominated power power and that the Rangers extra man units and lineup are chock full of lefties? It's the same thing with Drury. If you followed his career, you knew that his 35 goal seasons in Buffalo were a product of the system he was playing in, not his skill set. So unless the Rangers were going to implement that system, obtaining him at the exorbitant price given is completely foolish.
…but I digress, at least the Rangers coaching staff was able to identify the problem and seem to be making the proper adjustments to hopefully get him comfortable and back to being the prolific goal scorer he is. Let's just hope it's not too late.


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This is the super middleweight fight that will never die. At least not until it gets settled once and for all in the ring.
The problem is that Mikkel Kessler and unified champion Andre Ward disagrees on who's to blame for a return fight not materializing.
Why talk about Ward-Kessler II when there's a big rematch between the Dane and Carl Froch coming up in May? Because the natural fight for the winner of that showdown happens to be Andre Ward. And perhaps for that very reason, Kessler fired an uncharacteristic poisonous pill towards his American conqueror: [Click Here To Read More]
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I like Ward as a human and his ability to win is not in doubt.
His performances are like watching paint dry and his greatest wins would easily be compiled into a 30 second youtube clip of Shelby Pudwill and a stick-thin Chad Dawson.
A Kessler, and definitely a Carl Froch fight is massively more entertaining to fans than anything Ward can muster in his current approach.
And I'm no hater.
Put it this way, I want to watch a Froch fight LIVE but am happy to just read the result of a Ward fight.
That's an opinion shared by many - And that clearly shows that his style is not appealing.
Kessler is right, you travel the world to be a 'World' champion.
Ward is the champion of Oakland.
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Is Kessler really going to look past Carl Froch?
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I saw an interview with Ward who was pretty disrespectful towards Kessler which surprised me cuz I didnt relaise there was bad blood there especially because Ward seems so laid back.
I think the controversy surrounding the 1st fight still annoys him and Kesslers equally annoyed about Wward always demanding home advantage.
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like Ward or not, he's the champ.
Winner of Froch-Kessler 2 should definitely get a rematch though. but that will probably happen.
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Ward is one of my favorite fighters, but they came down to Oakland n fought him there, why cant Ward go out there, after Froch vs Kessler the winner should face Ward in Europe in there hometown, that way a champ is going out there to unify titles
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i agree with kessler 100%
ward hits and holds far to much, im not hating its got him this far but its not pretty.
looking forward to froch kessler II BIG TIME.
war froch war kessler may the hardest kent win
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Ward draws a lot from his home crowd, we saw Lucian Bute collapse in a hostile enviroment, not saying Ward is like Bute, but people are quick to forget, Bute looked imperious right up until the moment he stepped through the ropes in nottingham. Little things, the boos from the crowd, unfamiliar surroundings, referee calling you up on things you aren't used to... it has an effect.
It's a great achievment to win abroad, full respect to Ward if he goes for it
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Ward is a low key guy and doesn't like to talk trash about his opponents. But apparently Kessler being a sore loser is finally starting to get to him.
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But then again, calzaghe didn't hold, headbutt and maul, he beat Kessler at his own game.
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My predictions don't matter that much (or at all) but the Presidential Atlas is a gem. You can get raw data, review past elections, and participate in a forum. It's an excellent resource. The site is without any bias whatsoever. Dave Leip collects the data and you get real election results, unlike those provided on election night. A good deal of voting results come in up to a month after the election. Membership is free, right column.
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• A 33-year-old woman underwent neurologic and neuropsychological studies 26 years after she sustained damage to the frontal lobe. The findings of the neurologic examination were normal, and magnetic resonance imaging revealed a lesion in left prefrontal cortex and deep white matter. Cerebral blood flow studies showed an abnormal pattern in both left and right frontal regions. The patient exhibited striking neuropsychological defects in higher cognition, most notably in self-regulation of emotion and affect and in social behavior. Analysis of her behavioral development failed to yield a pattern of abrupt onset of defect immediately after the lesion occurred. On the contrary, there was a delayed onset of defects, followed by a period of seeming progression, and finally an arrest of development in adolescence. We suggest that this peculiar pattern is the natural consequence of the varied changes that occurred in brain development and social cognition during the patient's formative years. While certain long-term neuropsychological deficits in our case are similar to those following frontal damage in adults, the delayed onset and progression of deficits are different.
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Both Yahoo and Scottrade list BX yield at 5.5%, which is more misleading bull****. The 22 cents dividend payable on March 15 is a one time deal - the other quarters, the divvy was a dime. That puts the yield much closer to 3%, not 5.5%.What a crock.
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James Bond At 50 Scores Big At The Academy But Could It Be The First To Get Best Picture Attention?
James Bond and Abraham Lincoln both were very impressive at the box office this weekend but they also killed at the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences with packed turnaway crowds, certainly among the biggest of the year there and a good omen for their Oscar chances.
At Saturday night's Lincoln screening the 1,012 seat Samuel Goldwyn Theatre was already full with Academy members by 7:10 and the smaller theatre in the building that seats about 80 was also at capacity just a few minutes later. In a rare moment for these official Academy screenings about 50 to 60 were turned away. One member who didn't make it in and regularly attends almost all the Acad member weekend showings told me it was the first time in all the years he has been going that he wasn't able to get in. The film reportedly played extremely well with a standing ovation for star Daniel Day-Lewis at the Q&A which also included director Steven Spielberg, producer Kathleen Kennedy, screenwriter Tony Kushner, composer John Williams and co-star Sally Field. I was also told that virtually everyone stayed for the Q&A which often isn't the case. This intense interest bodes well for the film's Oscar prospects down the line. An earlier all-Guild screening at the Westwood Bruin also drew a capacity crowd and strong response at the Q&A.
For Lincoln Academy Award attention is expected but now MGM/Sony's (with Eon) Skyfall, thanks to top reviews and the best business ever for a Bond, is also surprising pundits as an emerging Best Picture contender. The Goldwyn was packed to the rafters on Sunday night and producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson, star Daniel Craig and director Sam Mendes appeared for the Q&A. One member told me they felt it is definitely Best Picture material and that was seconded by another, a self-confessed Bond uber-fan who proclaimed it the best ever.
Skyfall marks the 23rd Bond film out of the Broccoli factory and it is the first I can recall getting truly serious Oscar talk, not only for Best Picture but even in acting categories for supporting players Javier Bardem as the villainous Silva and Judi Dench with a particularly meaty turn as M this time around. It currently stands at an impressive 92% fresh score at Rotten Tomatoes survey of critics, the best critical response to a Bond film in decades. Mendes' smart re-invention of the series after the not-well received Quantum Of Solace (2008) is a big reason why.
In terms of past history Bond films have a very spotty track record at the Oscars being nominated just seven times, mostly in music categories and with only two early wins for Goldfinger's (1964) sound effects and for Thunderball's (1965) Visual Effects. But Never Say Never to James Bond and Sony may seriously be looking at an Oscar campaign across the board. Although there was a spotty attempt made on behalf of Craig's first go-round as Bond in 2006's Casino Royale, the venerable series has never had a film with the Oscar pedigree of Skyfall starting with its Oscar-winning director Mendes (American Beauty) and including at least three craftsmen new to the Bond oeuvre and way overdue for a statuette including 9-time nominated cinematographer Roger Deakins, 10-time nominated composer Thomas Newman (a Mendes regular) and 15-time nominated Sound Mixer Greg P. Russell. Russell, who attended Sunday night's Academy screening, told me he is hoping this is the movie that changes both his and James Bond's luck at the Oscars. "I have been a part of a lot of visual effects-type movies that are tentpoles and it is not the kind of movie that gets your 60-plus-old Academy member out to go see. But seeing this kind of turnout at the Academy was really exciting for me. I have read many reviews and most had the sentiment that this is not only one of the best Bond movies, but one of the best of 2012," he told me earlier today. He has been going to the Oscars on a regular basis since 1989 and feels this could be his best shot, especially if it gets Best Picture attention.
"I believe that is why the Best Picture category broadened (to 10 nominees), when The Dark Knight came out and didn't get in the five. Generally as Academy members we are dealing with art films or indie films but the big popular movie that has critical acclaim too makes a lot of sense for Best Picture. I would love to see a more popular film get in and I think Skyfall fits into that as well," he said while signaling Deakins, Newman and editor Stuart Baird out for special praise in addition to Mendes.
Another person with similar thoughts is Sony Pictures Entertainment Co-chairman Amy Pascal. At this weekend's Contenders event where Pascal sat on our Moguls panel with several other studio heads I posed the question of why the Academy doesn't take Bond films and other Blockbuster movies of its ilk as seriously as smaller, artier fare. Enjoying record grosses and rave reviews rolling in for the film over the weekend she didn't mince words. "Well I think the Academy should take big blockbusters seriously. I think the Academy should take any movie seriously that is the best version of itself," she said adding genre movies like Skyfall or Dark Knight fit that definition. "I think we all got into this business because of big American movies that we fell in love with, not because they're small indie films. And I don't think we should relegate the power that we have as filmmakers and Academy members to the French, or the English or the indies. This is what we do. We should own it."
If "owning it" means also launching a big campaign, James Bond could be joining Abraham Lincoln as a major Oscar contender at the ripe old age of 50.
Skyfall was fun. Oscar worthy? No
It was nowhere near good enough to receive such an accolade. Besides that, Casino Royale is still the best of all the Bond films in my eyes.
Agreed. I fell asleep during some of the film. It is not as exciting as Casino Royale.
Saw Skyfall on Saturday but haven't seen Lincoln and a few other possible best picture nominees. Right now I'd include it in the 10 best pictures of the year.
I think it would be a shame if Skyfall was to get a Best Picture nomination. It's not even the best Bond film (Casino Royale was a better film, though it didn't have such showy supporting roles).
I could see Bardem or Dench scoring nominations, though.
Sure big American blockbusters can be nominated that's why we now have 10 slots but they won't ever win Best Picture unless they're Titanic. Dark Knight and James Bond are too mainstream and populist for the elite snobs who actually vote for Best Picture. They hate movies that make a billion dollars. If a movie is a huge success the voters automatically disqualify it unless it's Titanic. A movie like that has historical relevance to the elites so they can vote for it without feeling guilty.
Has it ever occurred to you that maybe the voters just have different tastes in film from yours?
The problem with most "big blockbusters" is that they're dumbed down to appeal to knuckle-draggers and kids. When a picture like SKYFALL comes along–not just spectacular but also smart and compelling–then absolutely, attention must be paid. I would have no problem whatsoever seeing it as one of the BP nominees.
I don't think they will give Skyfall a Best Picture nod as a merit badge for the durability of the franchise. Voters certainly have restrained themselves from nominating other blockbuster chapters, like the last two Harry Potters.
I'm still not thrilled with the expansion of the Best Pic category, but overall I've been impressed that the doling out of nominations hasn't yet become a mere tool for major studios to brag about their biggest hits. But I'm sure it will devolve into that soon enough.
highly, highly doubt a MORE visually impressive blockbuster will be released in the next
10 years. it was amazing to see what he did with such a big budget.
What the hell? No way Skyfall deserves a Best Picture nomination.
I can't say if Skyfall is worthy of an Oscar nomination but it is a helluva fun movie to watch. I do think however both Judi Dench & Javier Bardem definitely deserve supporting actor nominations. Also best song sung by Adele is worthy of an Oscar & the sound effects are nearly deafening in the climactic action scenes so I could see that winning in the technical category.
I agree that Skyfall doesn't deserve to be nominated, still it's fantastic and fun mainstream movie. But to compare with Argo, for example, which is supposed to be made as alternative historic "for the Oscar" movie, it looks very "Tony Scott" and totally lacks director's class and proficiency. For now, Killing them softly is the best candidate if not for best picture, but definitely for best actor category.
This is the most ridiculous thing I've heard in a long time. BEST PICTURE?! It's one of the worst Bond movies ever made. And not even the best would deserve that accolade.
Oh please. It was fun… it wasn't THAT good.
let's cut this Skyfall Oscar talk out please.
Even the song was good yes but is it better than Tomorrow never dies or The World is Not Enough which were snubbed years ago? No.
isn't the fact that the mere mention of a best picture nomination for a James Bond picture isn't being laughed at a sign of how low our culture has fallen?
To be fair, if the Academy devolves into doling out awards for the biggest hits, they brought it upon themselves for going excessive with nominating the pretentious artsie indie films that people don't even like.
I think it may be more "pretentious artsie indie films that Jesse doesn't like." I get more nervous when dressed-up Lifetime movies like The Help get nominated than when a great film like The Tree of Life take up a spot.
By far the best cinematography I've seen in years – the use of light and shadow throughout was absolutely breathtaking. It would be a travesty if Deakins didn't get nominated and an affront if he didn't win.
Dench is terrific – rarely isn't – she's been nominated plenty of times of course – and won once, this is as good as that one was – actually rather better – so I think she has a decent chance.
Nominated for Best Picture??? Oh, no.
But for Best Supporting Actress (Judi Dench), Cinematography, Sound Editing, Song, Sound Editing and Film Editing? Definitely yes.
What makes you think a James Bond movie can't be that good? Dismissing a movie just because it's based on a particular character or genre is the equivalent of judging a book by it's cover.
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This conference aims to shift the focus away from exclusive emphasis on the spiritual inclinations of medieval thought, and instead papers redirects attention onto medieval conceptions and conceptualizations of earthly phenomena. We welcome papers that range from considerations of the natural sciences, to literary representaions of Nature and the natural world, to the abiding anxiety over manifestations of the unnatural and the supernatural. Interested participants may consider such themes as:
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For the two decades that I've been associated with pupil transportation through this magazine, our industry has fought against those who would have us equip large school buses with active passenger restraint systems, whether they're lap belts, lap-shoulder belts or other devices (remember the roller coaster-style lap bar?).
We've stood our ground against continuing assaults from well-meaning but often misinformed proponents of seat belts, such as parents whose only frame of reference is their car or zealous seat-belt advocates.
We've cited the effectiveness and simplicity of compartmentalization in keeping passengers safe in a crash. The statistics are persuasive. On average, only 10 passengers are killed each year in school bus crashes. Only 10 are killed, out of 25 million transported daily. That's truly amazing.
We've cited the loss of capacity that the installation of lap-shoulder belt systems would cause. Floor plans would have to be modified, possibly to a 3/2 or 2/2 seating scheme, with a loss of capacity.
We've cited scenarios in which young children struggle to free themselves from their seat belts after their bus has plunged into a lake or been engulfed in flames.
The streets are meaner
We've held our ground. We've fought the good fight. But maybe it's time to look a little more closely at the possibility that we're clinging to an outdated notion.
Ten years ago, how many people do you recall driving while talking on their cell phones? Now, how much more distracted is everyone on the road, whether they're talking on a cell phone, monkeying with their iPods or checking e-mail with their BlackBerrys.
Ten years ago, we didn't have lap-shoulder belt systems built expressly for school buses. Now, several suppliers offer three-point systems, including some of the bus OEMs. These systems are rigorously designed and tested.
Ten years ago, it was unthinkable that a state would require a three-point belt system on its buses. Only two states — New York and New Jersey — required any type of active restraint (lap belts, in those instances). Now, California, one of the nation's most populous and influential states, requires all new school buses to be equipped with lap-shoulder belts. Other states will follow their lead.
Let's embrace the future
I know my stance will be unpopular, but it's time to address this polarizing issue from a long-term perspective. Ten years from now, I believe we'll have shifted our paradigm, and three-point restraint systems will be mandatory on all our buses.
Thankfully, the number of deaths in school bus crashes is already low, but injuries are more common. Three-point belt systems will be helpful in minimizing the number and severity of injuries in crashes. Fatalities garner the biggest headlines, but injuries need to be considered as well.
I leave it up to you to fight for increased transportation funding to buy more buses to compensate for reduced capacity. Yes, I know, budgets are tight and school boards are focusing on the classroom. But safety is our mission and our responsibility.
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Plant cells that are elongated and occur in long strands or cylinders that provide support for surrounding cells.
sclerenchyma cell
Plant cells that lack cytoplasm when they mature, but retain their thick, cell walls.
vascular cambium
A thin cylinder of meristematic tissue that can run the entire length of roots and stems.
cork cambium
Produces cells that develop tough cell walls that form a protective outside layer on stems and roots.
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Miss Understandingby Stephanie Lessing
Zoe Rose never quite fit in. As the only kid in kindergarten with an enormous red afro, Zoe was taunted by the other little girls for refusing to share her "Annie" wig, even when she swore it was her own hair (it was). In second grade, after seeing her best friend ridiculed for wearing a dirty, pink, polka-dot party dress to school every day, she became obsessed with understanding what makes normal girls tick and why they're so cruel to the girls who never seem to "get it." And so Zoe begins a lifelong study of girl behavior, and by thirty, finds herself editor of Issues magazine. Determined to raid the locker room of the female psyche and rip open the frilly façade of femininity once and for all, she sets out to reform an entire nation of women, beginning with the readers of the most notorious magazine on Madison Avenue. It's the feminist vs. the fashionistas. Can Zoe stop girls from behaving badly toward other girls, and turn them into a strong, united force that can succeed in our male-dominated world? Or will her spectacularly warped sense of humor, pathetic wardrobe, and plethora of psychosomatic illnesses get her eaten alive? Zoe's willing to risk losing it all, including her mind, but she'll walk away with something she never dreamed she wanted: the little girl hiding inside of her.
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What if the narrator of The Devil Wears Prada was too busy changing her outfits to get upset by her boss? What if the Shopaholic got locked in Lucky's shoe closet? What if Plum Sykes had to get a real job? Find out in Stephanie Lessing's fabulous first novel about climbing the ladder (at a thinly-veiled fashion magazine) without breaking a sweat--or a heel. When Chloe gets her dream job as assistant to the assistant at Issues Magazine, she is in hog heaven. Her sister, however, is ready to keel over at the very thought of her own flesh and blood slaving away to further the patriarchy and sell cellulite cream. Chloe pays her sister's ranting no mind, which is exactly the same amount of attention she pays to her grasping, desperate boss and the swamp of office politics she's unknowingly waded into. Sure, filing pedicure receipts and making coffee exactly the same colour as a camel (one hump, not two) is hard work. But as long as she has a key to the shoe closet, how bad could things be? Well, bad. Chloe's bumbling lovability and miraculous gift for accessorizing has attracted just a tad bit too much attention, not only from the Editor-in-Chief and his boss, the Publisher, but also from a small but dogged group of underfed beauty editors who can't stand that they can't get a rise out of her. But when they publicly slander her, are they telling the truth? Has Chloe's sweetness been just an act that lets her steal shoes (lots of them), tell lies (whoppers) and undermine her idiot boss in the hopes of getting her job? Wouldn't you like to know?
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Pretending that Norquist is more powerful than he is allows Republicans to win acclaim they haven't earned yet.
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Think tanks such as the Cato Institute and the Tax Foundation like to cherry-pick tax data to claim that the rich pay more than their fair share. But a broad look at taxation shows it's not true, a writer at The Economist says.
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In November 2001, the Bank of New York quietly transferred nearly $8 billion of its assets—almost 10 percent of its holdings at the time—to a trust in the small, business-friendly state of Delaware in a critical first step in setting up a tax shelter that has cost the government more than $1 billion in revenue in the past decade.
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Which industries actually thrive in the midst of a crippling recession? There are many ways to approach that question, but over the past year, Americans looking for low-impact escapism on a budget went to the movies, and they did so in numbers that might put some of the hand-wringing about the impact of the Internet and the economy on the film business on hold, at least for the time being.
We've all been hearing this refrain for some time, but this is getting even more serious, people: According to Business Week, circulation numbers for 11 of the 25 biggest newspapers in America have taken a nosedive—the worst drop yet since the mediapocalypse in the print world commenced.
After two months and 261 rounds of bidding, the FCC announced Tuesday that it has raised a total of $19.6 billion from the sale of the U.S. wireless spectrum. The revenue, slated to fund "public safety and digital television transition initiatives," is nearly double what Congress had previously estimated for the publicly owned spectrum.
Chicago-based billionaire and Tribune Co. honcho Sam Zell doesn't take too kindly to uppity ink-stained wretches reminding him about what's important in the newspaper business besides the bottom line. Here, an Orlando Sentinel journo grapples with him in a lively exchange that ends with Zell letting fly with an F-bomb.
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All Saints Church in Pasadena, Calif., is facing an IRS investigation for its politically themed sermons dating back to 2004. Here, Truthdig reproduces the defiant sermon that its rector, the Rev. Ed Bacon, delivered this past Sunday, in which he voices strong opposition to the U.S. government's perceived position that churches should stay silent in the face of the world's injustices.
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The 800-pound gorilla's rampage has started to slow down a bit, as evidenced by the chief financial officer's admission that the search company will have to find new ways to boost revenue.
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Interview Series: Kay Radford, Research Centre Manager Central Coast Family History Society Inc
The Central Coast of NSW stretches from the Hawkesbury River north of Sydney, Australia. It is an area with a history of shipbuilding and early settlement and most popular for its orange orchards in the past.
In this interview we meet with Kay Radford, Research Centre Manager and Vice President of the Central Coast Family History Society Inc.
Tell us a bit about yourself Kay - how you got into family history research, why you are so heavily involved with it now etc.
I consider I was tricked into becoming a family history researcher by my late sister, who under the pretext of needing some information urgently from State Archives at Kingwood during the 1980s asked me to go and look something up for her because I lived locally whilst she lived at Hornsby. That was all it took for me to become hooked like many others.
I was so lucky with that trip to Kingswood because I met the late Lesley WHITFORD then President of Nepean Family History Society who was working in the search room. With Lesley's help I was given a fantastic in depth indoctrination – Lesley led me through the pitfalls which have stood me well over the years, and trained me in the methodology I still use today.
I remained a member of Nepean for several years, holding the positions of Secretary and finally President when I moved to the central coast in 1996 at which time I was dragged screaming to a general meeting of the Central Coast FHS and have been on the committee ever since.
I became Nepean's delegate to the NSW & ACT Association of Family History Societies Inc. and as delegate for Central Coast FHS in 1999 was voted onto the managing committee at the Tumut Conference. I became Secretary in 2000 a position I held until last year 2010 when I stepped aside to concentrate on my commitment to Central Coast.
2. What's the background on your surname. Any famous/infamous people you're connected to?
I was married to Wayne Hartley in 1958. Have one daughter and four sons. Unfortunately, the marriage did not last and in 1977 I married Ken Radford and found myself with a new husband and eight children. We survived! I am now the proud grandmother of 18 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. I have carried out research for the Hartley and Radford surnames.
My maiden surname was MYERS. I have a collection of Royal Doulton Pottery and have visited the factory in Stoke a couple of times, so it was no surprise to learn my 5th great paternal grandfather was an Earthenware Potter, William MAYER from Burslem in Stoke on Trent.
On my maternal side my mother was Ellen Elizabeth Hallstrom a niece of Sir Edward HALLSTROM the manufacturer of the Silent Knight Refrigerator and for many years a Director at Taronga Park Zoo. My grandfather was William Charles HALLSTROM the eldest child of William HALLSTROM and Mary Ann (nee COLLESS) from the Nepean.
I have successfully traced my mother's Hallstrom line back to Sweden as far as Johan Svenson HALLSTROM 1708-1771 all documented with primary records to prove ancestry.
3. What's your role at CCFHS?
I am the Research Centre Manager and have been since 1996. I coordinate the day to day running of the Centre, I am responsible for keeping the centre updated with the latest resource material. I delegate work to volunteers and supervise projects. Our latest project is to scan irreplaceable source material to keep off site in case of fire or theft.
I also administer the Society's web site as well as the website for the NSW&ACT Association of Family History Societies Inc. Maintain a mailing list for all members with email addresses to keep them informed of latest development in the family history world. I have been the editor of CCFHS' journal The Muster since 1997 working on the team a few months prior to taking over completely. In 1997 I created the Pelican Press the monthly newsletter given free to members at the general meeting and placed on the website to be downloaded.
I am at present one of the precinct committee organizing an event for the Biggest Morning Tea which will be an event run by the four tenants of our council precinct to be held on 28th May 2011. Gosford Lion's, CC Handweavers, Spinners and Textile Arts Guild and the CC Potter's Guild.
4. Tell us more about CCFHS e.g. When did it start, How many members do you have etc.
The Central Coast Family History Society was formed in 1981 when a small group began to meet over coffee to exchange ideas regarding research into their family histories.
As interest grew, and membership increased, it became necessary for a more formal approach, thus the first election of Officers was held in April, 1983. The number of active members now exceeds four hundred, with attendance at monthly meetings averaging seventy with ninety being registered in February 2010.
Our aims are to promote the study of family and local history and to encourage its recording and preservation.
To undertake the recording of monumental inscriptions, and the transcribing and indexing of historical records, of the Central Coast. To promote, public access to Government records of interest and importance to family historians and to provide facilities to assist and benefit members' research.
5. What are some of CCFHS key activities
- Our main aim is to encourage family history research
- We conduct Beginner's Course run by a professional genealogist
- Hold Computer User's meeting to assist members in getting the most out of their computer investment
- We conduct a Writers Group to assist members in putting their research into print.
- Conduct Seminars for beginners on using Family Tree Maker® family tree program.
- We are currently in the process of making available several new publications. Logan's Funeral Directors Register Records for Moree. Reconstructing the Old Balmain Cemetery at Leichhardt, Dungog Cemetery digital collection kindly donated to the society.
- We have a general meeting on the first Saturday of each month with the exception of January. Location is the Gosford Lions Community Hall behind our research centre at 8 Russell Drysdale Street, East Gosford doors open at 11am for a 1pm sharp start.
- We have a group called the Trippers. This group on a monthly basis travel by train to various places of interest last event was to the Big Dig in Sydney.
- Regular car pool trips are made the State Records Office at Kingswood
- Our Centre is open 9.30am – 2.30 pm Monday through Friday, Thursday evening 7pm-9pm and on Saturday morning 9.30am till noon.
- Saturday afternoons is designated as workshop, seminar or educational time.
6. Do you have any events coming up?
CCFHS next major society event will be National Family History Week in August, in September we will travel with a large contingent of members and our Bookstall to the Annual Conference of the Association of Family History Societies' State Conference, to be hosted this year by Inverell District Family History Group http://www.inverellfamilyhistory.org.au/.
See NSW & ACT website at http://www.nswactfhs.org/
7. How do you see the Internet affecting genealogy / family history researchers?
It was all doom and gloom at the beginning of the Internet Research era. The role of the little family history society would be at risk, members will drop off and on and on it went.
Well not at CCFHS our membership has grown and our visits on a daily basis have increased tremendously over the past several years. The reason? Confusion. Ok online access is great. BUT what do you do when you have no real background knowledge on the basics. You head for the people with the knowledge, your local family history society. Day after day we have people arriving on our doorstep in a complete meltdown because they have downloaded all this information and nothing seems to fit. Our job is to make it fit, correctly and we do it over and over again. At CCFHS we are there to put the jigsaw back together. Where else do you get so much help for a small yearly membership fee.
We try to only use the online sites when we have a clear picture of the basic details. Once these are proved by the purchase of primary or secondary records may I add here Certificates or Transcriptions do we encourage moving on. Hence we encourage our trips to Sydney to the various repositories like the State and Mitchell Library, various council libraries and to Kingswood to State Records, not forgetting local cemeteries etc.
8. What effect do you think DNA profiling will have on family history research?
I think DNA has its place. But it would be a long time before I would be interested and I guess price will be the main factor.
9. Do you have any tips for someone starting out on the on the genealogical journey?
- Join your local family history society – when you enter our centre you will probably find a combined knowledge base in research of 50 years or more.
- You will receive in your beginner's kit sufficient forms to begin recording your information. And how to go about it.
- Perhaps purchase one of our Handy Note Recorders, they fit in your handbag ladies. Take it wherever you go. Use a pencil for recording your information and a rubber to erase the mistakes you are bound to make.
- Don't forget to note the source material.
- Go to the research rooms of your FHS and seek help from one of the volunteers on duty. They will guide you through the resources in the way of books, fiche, film and internet, and will recommend other research facilities for you to visit, which will depend on the area or country from where your ancestors travelled to Australia.
10. If someone wants to find out more about what you or the BMFHS do, how can they contact you?
To find out more about CCFHS email our Centre Manager at email@example.com or phone the centre during office hours at 02 4324 5164. Our website is http://www.centralcoastfhs.org.au send a message via the Contact page for immediate action.
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THE WHITE HOUSE -- President Obama's desire to be re-elected has led to a reality check for the incumbent -- governing is much different from campaigning.
Now he's working to win back supporters upset about some of his first term decisions.
As the president travels the country trying to sell his jobs act, his approval ratings have taken a nose dive.
It's the last thing he needs in a re-election campaign where he's already experiencing a disconnect with his Democratic base.
"We're supportive of the president, but we're getting tired" said Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., of the Congressional Black Caucus.
Three Years Ago
In 2008, black voters turned out in droves to the polls, inspired by the president's message of hope and change. Now, nearly four years later, many wonder why they're no better off.
"This has been triggered again by the fact that he, as president, has not really engaged in a lot of policies that are directly of benefit to the African American community," said Chris Arterton, a professor of political management at George Washington University.
April Ryan covers the White House for the American Urban Radio Networks.
She says there's always been disparities between the black community and mainstream America. That's why the bar was set so high for the nation's first black president.
"When Barack Obama was campaigning for the Oval Office, so many people viewed him as the savior. Almost that he's going to bring this change and he was at a level that no one.he could not even achieve that level of expectation that he placed there" Ryan said.
While the national unemployment rate hovers around 9 percent, unemployment among African Americans is almost double at about 17 percent.
Among black men the numbers are even higher, standing at 18 percent.
"Money does make the world go round and people feel through their pocket books," Ryan noted.
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Now some of Obama's most staunch supporters - like Princeton University's Dr. Cornel West - have mounted a challenge.
They want a Democrat to run against the president in an effort to make him accountable for his actions.
Ryan says African American pride only goes so far.
"But when it's all said and done it's about self preservation. Helping me to obtain or keep the American dream" she said.
At the annual gala of the Congressional Black Caucus, the president responded to his base.
"I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I'm gonna press on. I expect all of you to march with me and press on. Take off your bedroom slippers. Put on your marching shoes. Shake it off. Stop complaining. Stop grumbling. Stop crying" Obama told the audience.
West called the president's words "offensive, condescending, insulting, disrespectful."
And PBS host Tavis Smiley wrote, "the part that hurts the most is watching black folk applaud as they're being insulted."
Once the Republicans pick their nominee, it's likely that the president's liberal base will rally behind him. However, there is another danger -- voter apathy. And it's not just among black voters, young voters who were key to the president's victory in 2008 may be losing interest.
"I think the relationship that was so exciting and energized in 2008 between young people and the Obama campaign is not likely to be restored in 2012," Arterton said.
Which means the president will have to take time away from winning over the all important independent voters to mend fences with his base.
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Comics Reporter Interview: Mark Sable
October 9, 2011
I was pitched an interview with the writer Mark Sable by one of his publishers. I usually don't respond to those kinds of pitches, but I knew I had heard the name before, and went to look him up.
A picture started to form. Mark Sable is one of those constantly-employed writers that splits his time between his own projects, comics series and stand-alones for various smaller publishers and start-ups, and occasional but not always reliable work at the big two companies, mainly but not limited to one-shots and fill-ins. I think that's a fascinating place for a writer to be in their career: getting a lot of work but maybe not the exact kind of work that might come eventually come to you, with hundreds of comics readers that are wannabe writers wanting to take your place, all without the kind of high-profile gig that stamps you in the mind of the majority of the medium's fans. I read from two ongoing/forthcoming projects from Sable in specific preparation for this talk: Graveyard Of Empires from Image, and Decoy from Kickstart. I found compelling much of what Mark Sable had to say about his work and orienting himself towards writing in general, and I thank him for the time in doing the piece and taking a peek at the transcript before publication. -- Tom Spurgeon
TOM SPURGEON: I take it from what I've read you're a lifelong comics reader or at least a long-time comics reader?
SABLE: Yeah, lifelong. I think like everyone else there's a short break in high school. I'd like to say it was to chase girls [laughs] but I think it was the fear of being a social outcast building up stronger than in other years. The story I tell sometimes is that I was bar mitzvahed and literally the theme of my bar mitzvah was Marvel Comics.
SPURGEON: Decoy is one of the comics you sent me. There are thriller elements to it, which makes me think that pacing is important. How much information are you providing the artist in terms of pacing issues: say, the number of panels per page, or the panel shapes and sizes. Do you provide more information now than you used to as far as storytelling rhythms go?
SABLE: Yes and no. The one thing I've always done, and I'll always continue to do it unless mandated otherwise, is indicate the number of panels. That's not to say an artist can't say to me, "I want an extra panel" or "I don't need as many panels." But if I don't do that, I'll over- or underestimate what I can fit on a page.
The other thing I'm very careful about is with double-page spreads; I try not to have panels that run horizontally across two pages. It's very hard to pull off, and if I don't tell an artist, sometimes they'll do it. I don't think it's even the artist's fault. There's a sequence in Graveyard Of Empires that Paul and I sat down and worked out, it was meant to work that way.
I'm not that specific with the shape of the panels. That's something for the artist to decide. I'm not at the point where I feel comfortable having a strong opinion on the matter. I give panel size, and I try to indicate the pacing to some degree: "Okay, this panel should be larger." Also, someone like Andy McDonald, although it's the first time I've worked with him, I've known him a long time personally. I've followed his work. I feel like there's a level of trust with him where it's always like, "Okay here's the script. If you find a better way to do it..." That's a situation where there's enough creative participation and collaboration that we can go back and forth on a particular thing. Should this be a splash? Should it not?
SPURGEON: It seems to me you're at the point in your career where you don't have those recurring mainstream gigs that define the rest of your schedule. How do you manage a career where a writer is where you are? What projects you take on and what do you take a pass on? How much attention to you pay to projects in terms of getting you from one place to another career-wise, or do you just take things as they interest you and work as much as possible?
SABLE: There's a little bit of both there. Ideally, I'd like to have stability of the sort that as a freelancer I don't completely have -- at least in terms of my writing. I teach writing as well, primarily screenwriting and TV writing, and that's really rewarding in and of itself. Having a source of income outside of comics is helpful just to live, but it also lets me have a little bit of say. There are some things I can say no to. Not everyone can, and it's easy on the outside to wonder how a creator could say yes to a project that seems so obviously wrong for them.
I don't want to complain. I've been extremely fortunate. But comics don't pay a lot. How many comics creators get healthcare? I'd certainly love more regular gigs from the Big Two, but that being said I want them to be the right gigs. Not that I'm not hungry, but I think I felt desperate in the beginning and a little dazzled. They approached me to do Teen Titans stuff right after Grounded, and I was so flattered that I didn't wonder if that was the right fit for me.
Another issue about doing work for the Big Two is that no matter what it's going to be read by more people than read my creator-owned stuff. I don't know what the percentage is, but I think I've done much more creator-owned work than Big Two work. But those work-for-hire books that I've done can stand out a lot more in casual readers' minds. When I was doing Teen Titans and Supergirl, just little arcs, the Cyborg story, I felt like I was getting maybe typecast a bit as the teen guy. I have no problems writing books like that. I wouldn't have written Grounded if I felt I had nothing to say in that genre. But I don't want to get limited to it.
When I look at people's careers I admire the most, they're people who are able to do some version of both. Brian K. Vaughan is someone I have a lot of respect for. There's an example of someone who's been extremely choosy about his work. It's hard to think of anything he's done that's not exceptional in some way. I know that when he started out he was doing some Marvel and DC stuff that are back-issue bin kind of stuff. He was fortunate enough to do work that would eclipse that. But who knows if he'd be able to be as choosy if he were not getting all that work from Hollywood?
There are a number of different scenarios I could see myself being happy doing. I could be very happy just doing comics, even after all those years of wanting to do film. I'm not above compromising. If Marvel or DC wanted to sign me to an exclusive, I'd be very happy to do that. They let you carve out exceptions for creator-owned work, so that would be fine. If I could do creator-owned and work on a television show -- it doesn't have to be Lost -- that would also be fine. Or to have something like Kirkman's career, where he really is making a living off of independent stuff. But the list of those people? It's like Kirkman and...
SPURGEON: Something like this Decoy book. How does that fit in to your desire to do a certain kind of work? What's the appeal of the project in that sense?
SABLE: There's a couple of things. I like espionage. I'd love to do a straight espionage book. It's something I've been trying to pitch, and it's been really hard. Quite frankly, outside of Queen and Country, which was a black and white for a small publisher, it's a genre that doesn't seem to have a lot of attraction at least as far as editors and publishers are concerned. So just the espionage aspect of it interests me, although the idea drifted pretty far from the hard kind of espionage I'd like to be doing. [Spurgeon laughs]
I'm trying to think of where the idea came from, it's always hard to pinpoint, and I'm sure the Life Model Decoy stuff from Marvel was somewhere in the mix there. I think Casanova was somewhat of an influence just in my getting excited -- it's my favorite book on the stands right now, period -- about espionage being something you could have fun with without veering off into Austin Powers territory. The thing that was maybe the clincher for me was I was reading a book called Wired For War. This is one of those things that if I lack that visual arts background that most creators have, I'd like to think my interests are one of the things I bring to the table. I mostly read non-fiction and things that are outside what most people would consider reading for fun.
This book Wired For War is about the roboticization -- if that's a word -- of warfare. Just thinking about drones, how that's changed warfare. Just in the war in Iraq, the amount of drones just blew up. Even under Obama. You think of all the moral and ethical implications of what that means. That book opened my mind to that, as well as to what's technologically possible in robotics now and what's expected to be in the near future.
Other than the decoys in that book -- that's a pretty big "other than," it's like "other than the zombies -- but other than the decoys all the robotic stuff in there is pretty realistic. Some scenes have been cut, but there's a walker that one of the characters has, walkers like out of Robocop, but basically there's a real one out there that's been built. Some of the powers that Decoy has, like the synthetic aperture radar that allows him to see through things, they're real. That book exposed me to a host of things.
I'm going to blank on the name... it was a movie I saw [Transcendent Man]. It's based on a book by Ray Kurzweil, The Singularity Is Near, and its idea is that technology is increasing. Technological growth is increasing exponentially. Kurzweil believes that between nanotechnology, artificial intelligence and genetics, we're all going to be cyborgs. To an extent we already are, with our smart phones. He thinks within our lifetime we'll see self-aware AI.
There's two sides to this vision. There's the Rise Of The Machines/Terminator scenario. They became self-aware and they don't need us. But there's also this optimistic idea that these beings will allow us to become god-like and immortal. Kurzweil is in the optimist camp, and I'd never really been exposed to that side of things He's a technologist/futurist. He's also an inventor. He invented a reader -- I don't know if he invented the scanner, but you scan it over a page and it reads out loud to the blind. He has a ton of patents. He lost his father, which I did last year. He wants to come to terms with his own mortality, or not come to terms with it. He's on this quest of getting artificial intelligence and robotic, accelerate it.
How does all this relate to Decoy? The story of Decoy is this guy wakes up and he realizes he's a robot -- not just any robot, but a Life Model Decoy for a spy. Instead of the spy using the decoy out in the field, so the bad guy thinks he's killed the spy when he really killed the decoy, the spy uses the decoy at home to be the perfect father and perfect husband and the spy goes out and enjoys shooting people. [laughter] He's into gambling and womanizing and all those things. So there are character things that appeal to me there.
Relating this back to robotics, when this decoy is forced to take on the role of the spy, the two organizations that are the threats in the book reflect both sides of this philosophy. There's a neo-Luddite group that fears the Rise of the Machines scenario and wants to send mankind back into the Dark Ages. There's another one that believes AI is a good thing but they happen to be a criminal syndicate. They believe there's a virtual heaven for everybody; they just want to control the gates. Getting to play with those ideas is something that interests me. As you can tell, I can ramble on about it. [Spurgeon laughs]
Ultimately to me the hook into it as a writer when it became something more than conceptual was the idea of what would you if you found out your entire family, all your family relationships were something that was programmed into you. They feel real but they're not, and maybe you can let them go. What do you do? Somebody asked me at one point if I had a robot, what would I do. It would be somewhat similar to what Zekiel Dax, the spy in the book, does. I don't think I'd use it so I could go out whoring.
SPURGEON: So what is your best work, Mark? What should we buy?
SABLE: [laughs] Fearless is being reintroduced in trade, and I hope people pick it up. But t's hard to think of anything I'm more proud of than Graveyard, Graveyard of Empires from Image. I'm genuinely proud of it. I'm finishing up the last issue with Paul. I think it's his best as well. I don't feel like I'm being disingenuous with that.
I think Decoy is very strong as well. The tone is lighter. Story structure is something I've always worked on very hard. In terms of character arcs, I don't think I've nailed it any better than in Decoy. And Andy MacDonald's art is great. I really feel those books are the best things I've done so far. Lest I sound too in love with my writing, nothing I write meets my expectations for my work. Every time something new comes out I'm overjoyed at the art and I cringe at the writing. I hate going back and re-reading things, and I don't unless I have to. But yeah, Decoy and Graveyard, in all sincerity I stand by those as the best two things I've written so far.


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