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Today is a very exciting day for the 1 Million Cups program. We are three quarters of the way to our goal of twenty U.S. cities by then end of 2013. But more importantly, the debut launch of 1MC Orlando and San Diego demonstrates the power of collaboration at the grassroots level.
Last week marked an important milestone in the development of the 1 Million Cups program. For the last year, each city's weekly 1 Million Cups event has been run by our community organizers, a team of volunteer entrepreneurs. That's right people,VOLUNTEERS! Our community organizers are some of the most talented, creative, genuine, and collaborative entrepreneurs on the planet. In addition to being the thought leaders in grassroots entrepreneurship in their communities, they hold down day jobs working with or running startups. With all that brainpower at our disposal, we knew we had to get all of our community organizers together in Kansas City to plan for the future of 1 Million Cups as it continues to grow.
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A lone startup that had set up shop in a house on a typical Kansas City block has some new neighbors. In less than one year—with the recent installation of Google Fiber serving as a potential catalyst—that same block is now home to a dense pocket of startup activity and has been duly dubbed the Kansas City Startup Village.
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In retrospect, "Fireflies" wasn't so bad, was it? Sure, Owl City's breakout hit cribbed liberally from the electro-pop-meets-indie-pop sound pioneered by The Postal Service. And sure, Adam Young's lyrics verged on kindergarten levels of wide-eyed faux-etry. But it at least felt true to character.
It all seems so instantly nostalgic compared to "Good Time," the recent single that saved both Owl City and "Call Me Maybe" starlet Carly Rae Jepsen from one-hit-wonder status. Listening to Young whimper about inspirational fairy-tale nonsense is unpleasant, but hearing him sing about how "It's always a good time" when he and his friends kick it is even less digestible. And there's a children's choir for some reason? The video feels like one of those old straight-to-DVD Olsen twins movies. No one wants to party with this dude.
Go ahead, prove me wrong by showing up at the Newport this Sunday.

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A traditional fishing community in Senegal is seeking a Peace Corps Partnership contribution of $1,353.50 (676,750 F CFA) for building repairs to create a health hut and to purchase a horse drawn ambulance.
The community is located in the north of Senegal, seven kilometers away from the closest public health care facility. In order to reach that health care facility, community members must either walk or hire a horse drawn cart, which can be costly. Due to the obstacles of reaching a health care facility many people do not seek access to medical treatment when they are sick and the majority of women give birth in their homes. The community currently has a trained midwife and another trained health worker who will be able to work at the health hut once constructed. The health hut would provide a space for women to give birth in a sanitary environment under trained supervision and for other people to receive consultations for minor medical conditions. The purchase of a horse drawn ambulance will allow a patient to be quickly and safely evacuated to the nearest health post when the case is severe. The construction of the health hut and acquisition of the ambulance will provide not only access to, but ownership of health care within the community.
To finance this project the village is funding the cost of the labor and transportation as well as the purchase basic furnishings for the health hut at a cost of $470 (235,000 F CFA) a little of 25% of the projects cost.


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Episode set to air in fall 2014
In a sure-to-be-classic episode of "Family Guy," two of the most iconic and revered families on television will come together when the Griffins end up in Springfield and meet the Simpsons. The "Family Guy" episode will air in fall 2014 on FOX.
"FOX hasn't spent this much money since they took Simon Cowell tight T-shirt shopping," said "Family Guy" patriarch Peter Griffin.
"Finally I can get my hands on this guy!" added Homer Simpson.
In "The Simpsons Guy" episode of "Family Guy," Peter (Seth MacFarlane) and the Griffins get out of dodge and end up in Springfield, where they are greeted by a friendly stranger named Homer Simpson (guest voice Dan Castellaneta), who welcomes his new "albino" friends with open arms. The families get along famously: Stewie (MacFarlane) becomes obsessed with Bart (guest voice Nancy Cartwright) and his old-fashioned pranks; Lisa (guest voice Yeardley Smith) takes Meg (Mila Kunis) under her wing and is determined to find something - anything - at which she excels; Marge (guest voice Julie Kavner) and Lois (Alex Borstein) ditch housework for a little bonding; and Peter and Homer fight over the best beer in town - Pawtucket vs. Duff.


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An island-wide memorial honoring a young victim of a fatal hit-and-run victim pedaled its way around Oahu Sunday.
Day two of the Zachary Manago Memorial Ride began at the State Capitol, and had hundreds of bicyclists pumping through the 144-mile course that finished Sunday afternoon.
The annual event is held in an effort to raise awareness of bicycling safety and to help realize Zachary Manago's dream nearly a year a half after the fatal collision
"I cannot, cannot believe it's been that long." said Rob Belgro, friend of Manago. "It feels like it was a few months ago."
On December 17, 2010 Zachary was killed while riding his bicycle, by a hit and run driver on Kamehameha Highway near Wahiawa.
Army Sgt. Douglas Curtis was sentenced in May to the maximum 10 years in prison for the crash.
Zachary was 18 years old.
"In his last term paper he wrote about having a more bike friendly Hawaii," said Daphne Manago, Zachary's mother. "And I think by raising awareness, some of his vision will hopefully come true," said Daphne Manago.
It's the second year, Manago's family and the Hawaii Bicycling League have organized this ride to raise awareness of bicycling safety and raise money for bike safety education.
"We ought to be able to connect the bike routes, we out to be using bicycles more frequently," commented Honolulu Mayor Peter Carlisle at Sunday's event.
While the city supports the creation of more bike lanes. It's a long and sometimes controversial process.
Family and friends say while the ride is all for a good cause. Each bicycle and each mile moves them forward towards hope for safer roads and healing.
"If you just start small, if it's just one community, hopefully it will start happening throughout the state," Daphne Manago said. "I know this is what he wanted. I know he's watching over all of them."
On Tuesday,the Governor is expected to sign the "Vulnerable Users Bill" into law.
It increases the penalties for drivers who seriously injure or kill a cyclist, pedestrian, public safety officer or construction worker on a public road.


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Police: Man using drugs crashes carNovember 04,2013POWNAL — Vermont State Police said a local man was under the influence of drugs when he crashed a stolen car Saturday afternoon.
Police said 35-year-old Anthony Barbiero was illegally in possession of prescription medication and marijuana when he drove a 1998 Ford Escort station wagon off the east side of Cedar Hill Road and struck several trees. Police said Barbiero had taken the car without the owner's consent.
According to police, Barbiero was not wearing his seat belt. He was taken to Southwestern Vermont Medical Center, police said. His condition was not available Sunday.
Police said that while at the hospital, a drug recognition expert with state police screened Barbiero and determined he was under the influence of drugs at the time of his crash.
Barbiero is facing charges of driving under the influence, driving a car without the owner's consent, careless or negligent driving, as well as civil tickets for marijuana possession and driving with an expired license.
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Tips on Knitting Your First Pair of Mittens
Warning! Mitten Knitting Can Be Addictive!
In many ways, mittens are an ideal knitting project. They're small enough to carry everywhere. They're easy enough that you can invent designs as you go along. They don't have to be as light and seamless as socks, so you can use blunt-tipped plastic needles and blanket-type yarn if you like. They use up just one or two skeins of yarn. They knit up fast; you can make two or three pairs a day. They don't have to be a perfect fit to be used and appreciated. One can see why entire knitting communities concentrated so much attention on mittens that they hardly developed any tradition of knitting anything else.
7 General Tips for Mitten Knitting
- Mittens can be made out of anything. Cheap, colorful acrylic blanket-weight yarn from the dime store makes warm and attractive mittens. Soft, thick, pretty cotton makes ideal kitchen mitts. For serious interaction with rain and snow, however, nothing beats wool. Wool mittens shrink to a perfect custom fit when they're wet instead of stretching and drooping; that prickly feeling that can irritate your skin in a warm room keeps your hands warm on the ski slops. Many people who think they're allergic to wool are actually allergic to chemicals used to process wool. If they try less thoroughly processed, perhaps undyed wool, especially soft types like Shetland, Merino, or Icelandic wool, they will be pleasantly surprised.
- Undyed wool is not necessarily white. There are endangered minority groups of sheep whose wool is naturally brown or gray. Shetland sheep come in any of nine distinct natural colors, including a brownish "red," a grayish "blue," and a dark gray called "Shetland Black." Thus it's possible to knit the famous "nine-color Fair Isle" color designs without using any dyed yarn.
- Mittens need to hold their shape, rather than flowing over the body like a sweater or cuddling around the shoulders like a shawl. You don't always absolutely have to knit mittens on needles two or three sizes smaller than you'd use to knit a sweater or afghan with the same yarn, or pack at least one more stitch and one more row into every square inch, but that's the way the most serviceable mittens are made. You want a thick, stiff fabric with no room to shrink.
- Mittens can be knitted on two needles (or even on a frame) in one piece, with seams around the edges. However, traditional knitting patterns call for four or five double-pointed needles, which makes mittens seamless and therefore more artistic.
- The best way to learn to knit mittens intuitively is to knit a few from patterns and see how patterns work. If you don't already have a pattern you want to use, look for a published pattern. Some good basic patterns for knitted mittens are found in Elizabeth Zimmermann's Knitting Without Tears and Knitting Workshop and in Mildred Graves Ryan's Knitting for Pleasure. (A few of the other patterns in Knitting for Pleasure contain typographical errors, but the pattern for basic mittens that can be knitted on two needles, in blanket-type yarn, is flawless.)
- There are several good books dedicated exclusively to mitten patterns. Lizbeth Upitis' Latvian Mittens and Anna Zilboorg's Magnificent Mittens are beautiful, classic collections. My nomination for the title of Best Mitten Pattern Book Ever is Marcia Lewandowski's Folk Mittens. It contains dozens of traditional and traditional-inspired patterns, uses a full range of knitting techniques and yarn types, and begins with a basic mitten pattern beginners can make with inexpensive yarn.
- Mittens are worn in pairs. Children's mittens should, however, be knitted in sets of three. Mitten loss is sometimes caused by machine washing, during which one mitten can be trapped in the works. To prevent damage to machines as well as mittens, pin mittens (and socks and underwear) inside a pillow case before washing.
Knitting After Mittens
To break the mitten habit before it becomes addictive, you may want to reflect on this knitting fact: One mitten generally equals half a hat; or, if you repeat any traditional mitten pattern twice on double the number of stitches, for the same number of rows, ignoring the thumbs, you have a matching hat.


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Deeplinks Blog posts about Copyright Trolls
These have been some eventful weeks in the world of copyright trolling. Thousands of unnamed "John Does" in P2P file sharing lawsuits filed in California, Washington DC, Texas, and West Virginia have been severed, effectively dismissing over 40,000 defendants. The plaintiffs in these cases must now re-file against almost all of the Does individually rather than suing them en mass. These rulings may have a significant impact on the copyright trolls' business model, which relies on being able to sue thousands of Does at once with a minimum of administrative expense. The cost of filing suit against each Doe may prove prohibitively expensive to plaintiffs' attorneys who are primarily interested in extracting quick, low-hassle settlements.
When we said that Texas was no place to file suit if you want to bypass due process, we weren't kidding. Senior federal judge Royal Furgeson has "severed" thousands of Does in these and several other cases. (see below for sample order). Judge Furgeson is the same judge that ordered the plaintiffs in five cases to explain why the court should not appoint attorneys to represent the Does' interests.
In essence, these rulings mean that the plaintiff in each case must re-file against each Doe defendant individually, rather than attempting to sue hundreds (or thousands) of Does at once, something that may make these cases less lucrative for the lawyers hoping to turn copyright trolling into a business model.
Looks like the Texas courts are no place to file suit if you want to bypass due process. A few weeks ago, we reported that Mick Haig Productions had dismissed its copyright infringement lawsuit against 670 "John Does," complaining that the court's appointment of attorneys from EFF and Public Citizen had impeded its ability to prosecute its case. In a brief filed on behalf of the Does, EFF and Public Citizen had argued that Mick Haig should not be allowed to send subpoenas for the Does' identifying information, because it had sued hundreds of people in one case, in the wrong jurisdiction and without meeting the constitutional standard for obtaining identifying information. We have also raised questions about the plaintiff's conduct, as it appears it sent out subpoenas without the court's permission.
One of the major problems with the mass copyright lawsuits we seen over the last year is that the judges hearing the cases often aren't aware of the full legal and practical context of the litigation. That's because they are asked to make important decisions (e.g., whether to allow the plaintiffs to send out subpoenas for the Does' identities) before any of the defendants have had a chance to point out the fundamental flaws in the plaintiff's case.
The copyright troll Righthaven has brought over 190 casesand countingagainst bloggers, online journalists and others since March of this year. While EFF has taken on two of these cases directly (Democratic Underground and DiBiase) we have also been attempting to help those sued to secure counsel. If the tactics of these trolls trouble you and you are a member of the bar with experience in copyright litigation, these defendants need your help.
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Maryland traffic cameras -- examining the controversial use of red light and speed cameras to improve driver safetyAbout the controversial implementation and use of traffic surveillance cameras, such as red light cameras and speed cameras, in the state of Maryland and nearby areas. This trend has many Maryland citizens up in arms against their elected government officials who claim that these measures are essential to the safety of motorists. From Video Surveillance Guide, September 25, 2008
Wireless Tracking Devices Come to MinesMicro-wireless tags used in 30 West Virginia mines.
From GovTech, September 25, 2008
Is D-Block Dead?Whether you are an opponent of the white space debate or an advocate of the re-auction of the D-Block spectrum, some D.C. insiders believe that chances are slim that a decision on either issue will be made before year-end. One analyst with Stifel Nicolaus & Co says that she doesn't think either controversial project will be finalized this year. And if they are finalized, she thinks they could easily be reversed by those appointed by the next administration.
From Fierce Wireless, September 24, 2008
Virginia Announces Launch of Community Broadband ToolkitProvides an easy-to-use guide to facilitate local decision-making including information on technologies, applications and business elements such as legal structure and financing.
From Gov Tech, September 24, 2008
New York State Announces Grants for Local Government EfficiencyExpanded opportunities for shared services.
From Gov Tech, September 24, 2008
Wi-Fi dead zone to cost Minneapolis extra $1 millionTo fill in a dead spot in the middle of its Wi-Fi network, the city of Minneapolis will shell out $1 million for decorative light poles that are strong enough to hang wireless Internet transmitters on. From Twin Cities.com, September 24, 2008
Silicon Valley Going Ahead On Wi-Fi PlanWhile many city and regional governments have backed away from ambitious plans to provide wireless services, a Silicon Valley group is moving ahead -- albeit slowly.From Yahoo! News, September 24, 2008
London Mayor Wants Citywide Wi-FiBoris Johnson, mayor of London, says that London should create a citywide Wi-Fi network: "What we need is a city where anywhere you go, you can log on, you can get on the web. They've done it in other parts of the world; why on earth can't we do it? Let's look at ways that we can improve the infrastructure in this city so that there's wi-fi access everywhere."From Muniwireless, September 23, 2008
Cell tax bill debated at House hearingThe Cell Tax Fairness Act of 2008 was debated yesterday at a House Judiciary Committee hearing. Supporters claim the bill's five-year ban on imposing any "new discriminatory tax" on wireless carriers will help low-income people get greater access to mobile broadband. Detractors claim the bill will hamper local and state governments' ability to collect taxes, which will cause budget issues in the face of economic woes.
From CNet, September 22, 2008
Searching the city for Zune-friendly Wi-FiCNET News' Ina Fried traverses San Francisco with one of Microsoft's latest music players, to mixed results.From CNet, September 22, 2008


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On any overnight visit of mine to Subic Freeport Zone, I usually include a day trip to one of Subic's many ecotourism attractions. The last time around, it was bonding with the whales and dolphins at Ocean Adventure. This time, it was a land-based encounter with the wild: an authentic "tiger safari" at the cleverly … Continue reading "A Tiger Safari"
An Island Paradise's Private Hideaway
Breathtakingly beautiful Boracay, the No. 1 tourist destination for foreign and local travelers in the Philippines, is noted for its turquoise waters and gradually sloping, sparkling white-sand beach, voted as one of the best in the world by Beach Bum, BMW Tropical Beach Handbook (1990), London's Harpers & Queen (August 1990) and the British publication … Continue reading "An Island Paradise's Private Hideaway"
Mercedes' Seven Delightful Sins
I recently got an invitation from Daet Mayor Tito S. Sarion to attend Daet's Pinyasan Festival together with other media guests. Two days before the big event, I hopped on the 1 PM Philtranco bus bound for Daet. Normally, the trip took just eight hours but traffic due to road widening and repair projects extended … Continue reading "Mercedes' Seven Delightful Sins"
It's More Fun in the Waters of Sorsogon
One major destination in our 3-province romp across the Bicol Region (the others are Albay and Camarines Norte) is the province of Sorsogon, known for its whale shark (butanding) sightseeing tours. Event organizer Bernard Supetran and I just had a taste of some of Camarines Norte beautiful white sand islands but, in Sorsogon, we were … Continue reading "It's More Fun in the Waters of Sorsogon"
Bagasbas: More Than Just The Surf
Barely two months after my last visit to Camarines Norte, covering the quadricentennial of three town parishes, I was again invited, this time by professional surfer Mr. Joey Cuerdo of Power Up Gym and MOJO Slippers and Sandals, to cover the 4th Bagasbas Summer Surf Festival in Daet, held in line with the province-wide Bantayog … Continue reading "Bagasbas: More Than Just The Surf"
Unspoiled Calaguas
Part of my itinerary during my first week of February visit to Camarines Norte was to camp overnight at the famed Calaguas Islands, a group of 17 islands northeast of Daet under the jurisdiction of the town of Vinzons. This was not to be as three days of continuous rain prevented us from doing so. … Continue reading "Unspoiled Calaguas"
Paradise by Any Other Name
Half of our North Philippines Visitors Bureau (NPVB)/Manila North Tollways Corp. (MNTC)-sponsored Lakbay Norte 2 Media Tour was to cover Cagayan province (the other half being Ilocos Norte), and one of this province's major draws is the second-class fishing municipality of Sta. Ana, located 158 kms. from Tuguegarao City (a 2-hr. drive) and 651 kms. … Continue reading "Paradise by Any Other Name"
A Paradise Place Called Bolinao
A major destination during our 3-day (April 4-6, 2011) Pangasinan Media Tour (with events organizer Bernard Supetran, travel writers Kara Santos and Vince Lopez, travel blogger Mark Vincent Nuñez and my travel photographer daughter Cheska) was the premier tourism town of Bolinao whose 69,568 people speak the unique Bolinawen dialect. This wasn't my first visit … Continue reading "A Paradise Place Called Bolinao"
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Pampanga was a major destination during our Manila North Luzon Tollways Corporation (MNTC) and North Philippines Visitors Bureau (NPVB) sponsored Lakbay Norte 2. In fact, almost 3 days of our 6-day media tour were spent in this history and culture rich province with its many Spanish and American era architecture. After our tiring but rewarding … Continue reading "Tripping on History and Culture in Pampanga"
Camarines Norte: 400 Years of Keeping the Faith
This year marks the quadricentennial (1611-2011) of the University of Sto. Tomas, the oldest university in Asia and my daughter Cheska's college but, in Camarines Norte, it marks a different milestone – the 400th year foundation anniversary of the three parishes of Daet, Paracale and Vinzons. Although all these towns were founded by Franciscan missionaries … Continue reading "Camarines Norte: 400 Years of Keeping the Faith"


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1. You can't be bothered because you can't answer it.
2. It isn't happening, many top players have remained "loyal" to the top four clubs and openly wanted medals (even a statue) for that stating they had received better offers elsewhere, but wanted to stay. I have heard players more honestly saying they signed because they wanted to win things, that happens in soccer they move from top ten clubs to top four clubs. Top players don't want to end up the big fish in a small pond club with the burden of trying to take the club up the table on their own back. Lautiti had equal offers from Hull and Leeds who did he choose. Leeds.
You still don't get it with Huddersfield or "England". We've been so short of talent even Karl Pratt and Stuart Reardon got games for Great Britain with respect to them. Huddersfield have won nothing, and Hodgson left a club who could pay him what he wanted for Warrington. All you need for the top four to dominate any challenger is for one of them to lure the challengers best player away. It does more damage off the pitch than on it.
3. We'll see how it goes, but there is NO argument or proof now that even money will equal even teams. The top 28 players will not spread out at two per club which is your wishful thinking theory. Nobody wants to go to London who can pay full cap. Why do Leeds win so much? It's because they don't even have to buy top players, they come through the juniors and play for significantly less money.
And this is the the reality, you need to fund full cap to get above the skint clubs, then once there you need to produce the quality juniors. These only come through at a rate of one a year at the top clubs, so down at your Wakefields and Widnes's they only produce a star once every couple of years or so.
With no prospect of any cups with their clubs these lads are prone to moving to a top club. Ricjie Myler's a great Widnes born star. Why's he not at Widnes now O'Connor can afford him?
Is there a solution to a negative post? Not now there isn't if it's grow your own stars if they aren't there to buy. The game is too short of quality kids at too many so called "super" clubs to develop into stars, and even the lads who do shine at local junior clubs will look straight to the top four academies.
Progress is possible but only on a radical basis. One club in Hull, one club in "Calder" with everyone behind it just may capture the huge resources in playing talent and fans and challenge the top four monopoly.
However if it came to Pass Hull or Featherstone grew their clubs into big outfits with academies capturing all the talent in their areas, and interesting all the fans then I fear that St. Helens who are slightly dropping off the pace and still reliant on overseas would suffer and we'd still have a "big four". Bradford lost their big four place to Warrington.
Whose next to lose their big four place to who is the real question in the real world......
Not how many club will join the big four to make it the big 5,6,7,8.
The dearth of talent could even lead to a big three for some time to come, then the big two and finally we may end up having tried try to follow the NRL but ended up like the SPL. Especially if Moran ever leaves the game.
1. I could and I think you know I could but I don't always have endless time or energy to refute all your guff. This was one such time.
2. It isn't happening because all the new investment money is not in place yet and the recipient clubs of this new found largesse are not yet in the market for juniors and top overses stars. The money will expand the small ponds to the size of the bigger lakes atg the top, don't you get it?
I am not arguing with you about the lack of all round talent in the game and the cuts in funding to junior teams will only make it worse. However, poor as they may be, the players produced by Davy's millions, have been deemed to be the best of the bunch, hence their selection for England. What was Hodgson's motivation for moving from Huddersfield to Warrington or from Australia to the UK. It could be MONeY or it could be the desire to win things. I would bet on the money thing myself.
Anyway you defeat your own argument when you bring Warrington into it. For the first few years of SL they were in a decaying stadium with no fans and no money. They were the Salford of the era. Then along came Moran, new stadium, new players, new fans and now they are attracting the top talent. It's all about the MONEY.
Now Hull KR and Salford are seemingly about to move into the same financial league as the others they can also join the club. It may well dilute the available talent between more cashed up clubs than there are at present but so what. Leeds and Wigan and Warrington et al will either have to raise their game or lose their top four spot. The game will be better for it. The number of teams able to compete for the top spot in the NRL is always bigged up as a plus for their competition. It will now become a factor in SL.
3. If the money is available at other clubs, Leeds will not be able to sign all the top juniors they do now. Money talks. If Wakefield or anyone else with the cash can point to top Australasians being signed, good facilities, good coaching and offer lotsa money to juniors they will not automatically sign for Leeds, especially the ones from the immediate area of a cashed up club.
Richie Myler was at a cash starved Widnes. He went to Salford for SL money. He then went to Warrington for even more SL money. If he were a junior on Widnes books today, I mwould wager that he would be staying, convinced of the vision within the club to move into the big time and persuaded to stay there by the cash on offer.
The result of money at many clubs will dilute the talent but will indeed end up with the big four becoming the big 6, 7 or 8. The standards on the field may regress but the number of power player clubs will increase.
The reason the SPL is as it is is because they only ever had two teams with money and now they only have one. The reason Bradford fell out of the top echelon of clubs is because they ran out of money.
SL, if all this new money comes to pass, will be more like the NRL than the SPL because there will be numerous clubs with money and not just the top three or four.
The dearth of talent is real but the availability of money at more clubs will result in a more equitable split of the limited talent between more clubs because they can. The current big boys will have serious competition for the first time in years.


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CHARLESTON – Delegate Bill Hartman, D-Randolph, has been chosen to help lead the creation of a new legislative work group that will foster small business growth in West Virginia.
House Speaker Tim Miley, D-Harrison, is creating the group and intends for it to become a standing committee in the current session of the Legislature.
Miley said, "Delegate Hartman has proven time and again his willingness to work hard and ability to lead. In this instance, I asked Delegate Hartman to take this position because he brings to the table years of experience as a small business owner and a very active member of his local business community."
Hartman said, "I am honored that the speaker selected me for this important committee." He added, "Sometimes small business owners feel overshadowed by big businesses, which are, of course, very valuable to the state's economy as well. But small businesses are the backbone of this state."
Hartman will serve as one of two vice chairmen of the task force and will continue in that role once the group is
established as a permanent standing committee.
The bipartisan work group is to meet in various regions of the state this year and hold discussion forums with members of the
The goal is to hear from as many successful small businesses and entrepreneurs as possible to learn how they achieved their success and to determine what hurdles they might have faced that the Legislature can remove.
All 25 members appointed to the committee by Miley will be current or former small business owners. Hartman, now retired, owned Hartman Insurance agency for more than 20 years.
Hartman said, "I look forward to encouraging a frank dialogue about what the Legislature should or shouldn't be doing to help create a good business climate."


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Mario Hernandez has been named as the head coach of the Lipscomb Bisons tennis team. It is his first head coaching assignment on the college level in his career.
Hernandez, 26, played for Lipscomb University from 2008-2011. He was the captain of the team his senior year.
In July 2012 Hernandez was named a graduate assistant coach for the men's team. The 2012-2013 team finished with its best result ever in the Atlantic Sun Conference. The Bisons, the No. 6 seed, reached the semifinals of the conference tournament with a victory over No. 3-seeded Stetson. The Bisons lost to eventual champion ETSU.
Hernandez has been coaching since he was 16 years old working with both junior players and adult groups. From January through July in 2012 he coached at the North Shore Winter Club in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada working with junior players, adults, and professionally-ranked players.
Tennis is a family tradition for Hernandez. He started playing when he was 4. His mother has also been a tennis coach.
Hernandez was born in Houston, Texas July 22, 1987. When he was 16 he moved with his parents, Jane and Mario Hernandez, Sr., to Vancouver.
He grew up playing in state tournaments in Texas as well as playing in some national events. Hernandez also played in national and provincial tournaments and was ranked in the top 40 in Canada.
Hernandez graduated with a degree in Political Science and a minor in History.
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It's a bird! It's a plane! No wait, it's Skippy — who knew our mascot could fly?
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Im not PHP developer but I consider myself advanced user. I have one issue where I think some knowledge of PHP might help me to solve it and who knows, maybe I will learn it eventually .
okay, here is the deal. I have website which is custom written and uses PHP/MySQL.
I recently bought SSL certificate for it and my hosting provider got it installed for me.
I tried to use rewrite in the htaccess file but there has been issues. Code is:
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It seems that content like images and links are not displayed well. I'm getting website without formatting and when I click on the certificate there is notification that encryption is not good for most of the content. Please see the attached screenshots. You can also see the difference of displaying the website in Chrome and FireFox browsers.
I was chating with the support technician and he told me that I need to change URLs for all my content in each files from HTTP to HTTPS but I dont know how to do that as Im not familiar with the PHP.
Is there some script or code that can I include on the pages in order to rewrite all the paths, image paths included, in order for the SSL certificate to work ok and to get HTTPS written in green instead read and crossed like now?
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I didn't know Edward Scissorhands was from Council Bluffs.
Apparently, he is. Why else would Council Bluffs let the Iowa West Foundation spend $3 million to erect a four-piece monument in Edward's honor on the corners of the 24th Street bridge over Interstate 80.
The sculptures, in the process of being installed this month, stand as tall as 60 feet high in some places.
The latest numbers released by the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) only validates something we already knew - Iowans like to volunteer their time and give back to their local communities.
According to the CNCS' Volunteering in America report, Iowans rank No. 2 in the nation when it comes to volunteering their time. Approximately 39 percent of Iowans did something in 2009 to help others.
Approximately 50 people came to the Glenwood Community High School auditorium Thursday night to offer input on the school district's search for a new superintendent.
The forum was moderated by Dr. Thomas Jacobson, a member of the consulting team hired by the district to help in the recruitment of the potential superintendent candidates.
Audience members were asked to share their thoughts and input on three specific questions. I'm paraphrasing here, but the three questions went something like this:
I'm going out on a limb and saying that the Glenwood Community School District's vote for an instructional support levy next Tuesday won't end up in a 434-434 tie like it did last year.
Will the levy get the votes needed for passage this year? Your guess is as good as mine.
The way the 2009 election and post-election unfolded is still one of the most unusual stories I've ever covered. Pass or fail, I expect things to unfold in a more conventional way this time around.
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Just like everyone else in the room, I fully expected Frank Overhue to have a last word or two before formally relinquishing his seat on the Glenwood Board of Education.
Frank didn't disappoint.
Overhue said his good-byes before stepping down during the school board's transitional meeting on Monday, Sept. 14. The 38-minute presentation made for one of the most unorthodox school board meetings you'll ever see. But, then again, it was vintage Frank Overhue.
OK, I know it wasn't supposed to open this way.
I know it's a year behind schedule and I know it's not going to be totally finished until the auditorium gets put together later this year.
One school board candidate told me last week that the high school construction project has become "a joke." I don't dispute his assertion. I've been a part of the coffee shop chatter and have thrown out a sarcastic one-liner or two myself.
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When you decide you want to be more frugal, the easiest area of the budget to cut is the grocery bill. It's one of the biggest household expenses, and also the most flexible household expense. And one of my tricks to cutting the grocery bill is playing the Grocery Game. Yesterday after my grocery shopping trip, I put my savings up on Twitter, and I received a lot of responses asking me how I did it. My answer was the Grocery Game.
The Grocery Game is basically a database of store sales combined with coupons. Each week "The List" comes out for Grocery Game members, listing items on sale and the coupons that go with them.
List items are categorized into three colors:
You need to know your prices, because sometimes rock bottom prices at your list store are still more expensive than buying the item at regular price at a bare bones grocery store like Winco. This is where a pricebook could come in handy. I don't have one yet, but my goal is to make one this year.
However, items that are on sale and have a coupon to go with them are generally a really good deal. And the thing I love about the Grocery Game is the list will tell you exactly where to find the coupons. In fact, the Grocery Game list provides all of the following information, neatly arranged on an easy to read list.
To show you how the Grocery Game works for me, I'll give you the rundown of my shopping trip yesterday. I shopped at Albertsons, which is the store in my area with the best coupon policy. They don't double coupons, but this week they had two coupons in their weekly ad which doubled three coupons up to one dollar each, for a potential savings of $6.
In addition, Albertsons accepts up to 10 competitor coupons, so I also use Fred Meyer coupons and the Safeway coupon doubler, which doubles 4 coupons up to 50 cents each, for a savings of up to $2.00.
So, yesterday I bought:
Total before preferred savings and coupons: $124.45
Total Paid Out of Pocket: $40.82
But wait. There's more. There was a deal going that if I bought $30 in certain products, I could get $15 in coupons, good on my next shopping trip. So I also have $15 worth of coupons that work like cash. When you take that into consideration, I got $125 worth of groceries for $26. Now that's a good deal!
After shopping at Albertsons, I headed to Winco, which has the lowest non-sale grocery prices in my area, and I picked up some fruits and veggies, milk, and meat to supplement my Albertsons purchases. Now I'm set for the week and beyond.
If you eat a completely natural and organic diet, it probably won't be a good deal for you. I don't buy tons of sugary snack foods, but I'm not adverse to eating some processed foods either. The items on my grocery list are a good representation of the way my family eats.
I cook a lot from scratch, but I like to have canned soups on hand for quick lunches, when I don't have homemade in the freezer. And I haven't kicked the cereal habit yet, either.
If this is similar to the way you eat, you might find the Grocery Game to be beneficial to you. Before you decide, though, you can have a 4 week trial for $1, and that should be enough to help you decide whether it's for you or not. Before you sign up for the trial, I suggest you collect 4 weeks worth of coupon inserts, or you'll be disappointed that you don't have the right coupons for the deals.
After the trial, membership is $10 for 8 weeks, which is completely worth it for me. I save more than that each week, even when the price of the Sunday newspaper is taken into consideration. If you do sign up, feel free to put my email address in the referral box: beingfrugal at gmail dot com. And for full disclosure, I do get 2 months free for every 3 people that subscribe to a full membership (those who don't cancel after the trial).
But I wouldn't be writing this article, and I wouldn't be a member of the Grocery Game, if I didn't think it helped me save money on the grocery budget.
Do you use coupons? Have you ever used the Grocery Game? What has your experience been?
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Wow…great ideas here!
We couldv'e used something like this when we started our "Dollar-A-Day" Challenge. We're on Day 17 of eating on just a buck a day.
The other main challenge for us is that I have a gluten allery so there are many processed and 'cheap' things that I cannot have.
Worth exploring tho….
We invite everyone to come check out our progress:
I was about 1 week from signing up for the grocery game in october of 2007, when I stumbled upon a grocery challenge thread on msn.com. I asked the ladies there about it and they said that it was great, if you wanted to pay for something you could quickly do yourself lol. An experienced grocery "hound" took me under her wing and showed me sights like couponmom.com and hotcouponworld.com. They do EXACTLY what the grocery game does(especially coupon mom) but doesn't charge me any money. I like FREE. It's a good price lol.
Lynnae, as always great post and very informative!
I have not had a chance to check out the grocery game yet, or to see if it covers my area. The only real grocery store around here is HEB. They also do not double coupons (doesn't seem like there are many that do any more).
Thanks for the info!
If I had more than a Freddies and a Safeway in my area I'd probably try it. But as I don't… well, I'll just keep gardening. Last night's dinner (and leftovers and giveaways) was fresh brussel sprouts out of my garden. 4 big servings cost a maximum of 10 cents total. Then clam/potato/onion fritters…10 huge servings of self harvested clams and all home grown potatoes, onions, and herbs… added 2 eggs and dried milk and some flour for a total cost of a maximum of 75 cents. Doesn't get any fresher than that :) 85 cents total for all that food – and yes that includes the water for the garden and the cost of seed, if applicable.
I do the local Freddies and Safeway coupons and usually only buy what I have a coupon for, and need. This week that was the canned beans and tomatoes also, bacon for flavoring my soups, beans, and sauteing with, and the TP. That was it. I wish we had more stores here, but that's all we have :(
I would happily give you a referral if the Grocery Game covered any of the stores in my area. It does sound like a wonderful service and if they are listening, maybe it's time to expand the stores they cover!!
I've been doing Grocery Game for over 3 years and I just love it. The weekly cost is very little compared to what you save. I average 40% savings. The best part is that when you've been doing it for a bit, you suddenly realize your grocery list is getting shorter and shorter–because you have built up a good stockpile.
It's the basic GG principle: you don't buy it when you need it (when you'd pay full price whether you want to or not), you buy it when it's on sale at it's cheapest and put it in the freezer or pantry. It's better to reach for a jar of mayo you bought for 1.99 two months ago than to have to spend $4 on one today!
I have thought about this, but I am not very good at grocery shopping. I make a list and plan meals, but inevitably I always buy something that isn't on the list that I think "Oh yeah, I need that but forgot to add it to the list." The way I see it, the more different stores I go to, the more potential for little "extras" to end up in my cart. Plus, where we live we have a Woodman's. The are pretty much only in WI and northern IL, but they have the best prices hands down. Most things, especially non-perishables, are already the best price around. They don't have a butcher, but we usually go to Sams Club once a month and stock up on meat anyway, just dividing it and freezing it.
I have heard about Teri's list but I have never tried it. I, too, shop at Winco and do most of my shopping there. They accept manuf. coupons but not internet. Thanks for sharing this great idea!
Good job!!! No one here doubles coupons (not even Safeway)
so , I rarely am able to save more than 45% on a full weeks groceries. My all time high was 57% though if I save less than 35% I know I'm not even trying 8-)
I use couponmom.com instead of the grocery game. That web site has fewer bells and whistles as the grocery game but it is free. (which I always like.)
After my shopping trip every week, I write on the calendar how much I spent and how much I saved with coupons and the grocery club card. It is fun to keep track and it impresses the husband 8-)
I don't do the Grocery Game because I can do the same thing myself quickly without paying for it. Plus I frequent hotcouponworld.com and afullcup.com plus lots of great blogs (like yours)!
I revamped my expenses spreadsheet for the year to account for coupons, ECBs, RRs, and so forth.
WOW! That is awesome. I tried the Grocery Game but it didn't work very well for me because we eat a lot of natural and organic foods. That's awesome how much food you got for so little money!
Seems like the Grocery Game does what I already do … but saves a lot of time! I shop at Shaw's, which is affiliated with Albertsons, so I recognized some of the deals that got yesterday. My Shaw's doubles all coupons up to $.99 though, so I'm pretty lucky.
I'm glad the grocery game works for you – it can be a lot of fun to figure out grocery savings, freebies, etc. I used to spend a lot of time on coupons until I decided simple living was also a goal of mine. Now I focus on meals that use cheap ingredients and are easy to prepare and am surprised that my grocery bill hasn't changed all that much from my couponing days. Of course, it probably helps that we're not breakfast people!! Most of the great deals always seem to involve cereal – I wonder why?
Lynnae, because of where I live neither the grocery Game or Couponmom work for me. BUT it does save you a lot of time if you don't mind paying for the service. however, just a little bit of research could lead you maybe to the forum or blog that does coupon matches for free for the stores you shop at.
I have to say playing the grocery game works for those who stockpile and for those who don't.
Great job!
I loved the grocery game… that is until I found the free version at couponmom.com. Go to the "deals by state" and you'll find almost the same thing (just not color-coded). For Arizona, they only have Fry's deals, but some states they have all sorts of grocery deals. It's fine for me since Fry's is the only place that doubles/triples coupons around me.
The only thing you need to do is sign up with minimal information. Then once you're all signed up, you get the deals for FREE!
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April 7th, 2013 12:08 PM #508
Well AF showed up yesterday while I was helping a friend get ready for her baby shower ='( why such horrible timing!? How does a woman not cry when these things happen!? I'm watching as my sister's and friend's bellys grow and I feel torchered, this is the first time ever in my life that I feel jealous that some woman is bigger than me! *Giggled sigh*
I hope everyones month goes smoothly and much much faster this next time round! Lets get some BFPs!TTC a lil bundle of joy since March 2012. Nothing yet, but praying.
Princess: Top 4: Felicity, Evangeline, Annabel, Anna-Claire
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Sorry to hear, @butterflykisses. ): That sucks! Don't worry, your BFP will come! I'm rooting for you!Kim & Ryan
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April 7th, 2013 09:24 PM #512
FRUSTRATING! I'm in my fertile window and got called into work today, but my husband is working night shift, so he'll be gone by the time I get home! I'm a little concerned we're not doing it enough during this key time! Last time was Saturday and next time won't be till Tuesday. Although ovulation date is scheduled (according to my iPhone app) on Wednesday. Oh well, I guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens! I'm probably overthinking things~ Mother of Violet Elizabeth Rose ~
April 7th, 2013 11:26 PM #514...I'm a little concerned we're not doing it enough during this key time!...Kim & Ryan
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The College of Dental Medicine welcomes new faculty member Dr. Theresa S. Gonzales to the Department of Stomatology in the Division of Pathology.
Dr. Gonzales recently retired from the United States Army Dental Corps after a long and distinguished career in active federal service. Most recently, she was a nominative selection as the Director of Strategic Communications for the Army Surgeon General. During her career, Gonzales served in Director positions in pain management and pathology departments.
Gonzales graduated Magna Cum Laude from the College of Charleston with a B.S. in Chemistry. She then received her D.M.D. from MUSC before starting her military career. From 1994 to 1998, Gonzales taught in the Department of Diagnostic Sciences at Baylor College of Dentistry, where she was nominated for "Teacher of the Year" three times. She has continued her education through her career, most recently completing a two-year fellowship in Orofacial Pain at the Naval Postgraduate Dental School in 2006.
In addition to teaching undergraduate Pathology, Gonzales will be Director of the Center for Orofacial Pain Diagnosis and Management at CDM. The goal of the pain center will be to reduce pain and improve the quality of life with a variety of treatment methods to help patients reach their unique goals.
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Carole Peon
Representing: FRA
Gender: Female
Athlete Year of Birth: 1978
Athlete Place of Birth: Nice
Athlete Weight: 52 kg
Athlete Height: 163 cm
Athlete Lives: Montpellier France
Website: carole-peon.onlinetri.com
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Carole became a triathlete at the age of 19 after a friend suggested she give it a try. Her future goals include competing at the Olympic Games and working for Triathlon France when she is done racing elite. Carole's career highlights include:
European vice champion, Athlone
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Athlete Language: French, English
Athlete Education: University of sport
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Barcelona, Spain is presently buzzing with close to 50,000 international visitors to the Mobile World Congress, where the best and the brightest companies and products from all over the globe are being exhibited, and in-depth sessions covering the industry's key growth areas are being held. It's a veritable "who's who" of the Mobile industry and Vidyo is in the center spotlight of several exciting demos from leading players in the market. Check out who is featuring Vidyo at Mobile World Congress!
- Alcatel-Lucent and Verizon Wireless in a live 4G multi-continent gaming and live video conferencing demonstration between Barcelona and a moving 4G LTE-enabled vehicle in the United States.
- Alcatel-Lucent in a demonstration of high-quality video conferencing via TD-LTE, between passengers driving in a brand new Audi A8 automobile wired for broadband with LTE, cruising the neighborhood around the Arts Hotel in Barcelona, and people at the LTE TDD/FDD International Summit inside the hotel.
- Intel in a demonstration featuring a multiparty HD Vidyo™ conference using WiMAX and LTE, connecting three Intel-based tablets running Windows® 7 positioned at different booths located within the MWC Exhibit Hall, and a PC desktop participant at a remote location, connected via the Internet.
If you happen to be at MWC in Barcelona right now (lucky you!) make sure to experience Vidyo in a live multi-player, multi-continent gaming and multi-party audio/video conferencing by visiting the Verizon Wireless booth (Hall 8, Stall 8C55) and/or the Alcatel-Lucent booth (Hall 6, Stall 6C23). You can also view the WiMAX and LTE demonstration at Intel's Booth (Stall 8B192 in Hall 8).
Here is a clip of the demonstration of gaming and VidyoConferencing over Verizon's 4G network at the Alcatel Lucent booth:
Read the full release here: "Vidyo Featured in Demonstrations of HD Video Conferencing via LTE at Mobile World Congress"


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One of the coolest comic book stories I've ever read is when they changed the Flash's eye color from blue to green from one issue to the next, and then like 70 issues later they brought back the blue-eyed Flash to reclaim his life from the impostor. I thought it was just mind-blowing that they'd wait six years to pull off a plot like that, and I couldn't wait to see what happened next. The answer was: nothing. Nothing happened, because this wasn't a real plot. It was just a theory some guy with too much time on his hands posted on a message board, and the eye-color changes were just printing errors or whatever.
However, sometimes guys with too much time on their hands come up with crazy comic book theories that should be true, and everything fits in so well that it's hard to believe it's not intentional. Like ...
4 Alan Moore Had Batman Kill the Joker and No One Noticed
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Batman: The Killing Joke is the second most influential Joker story ever told (the first one being the epic saga of his boner). Written by Alan Moore with art by Brian Bolland, The Killing Joke has inspired both film incarnations of the Joker and remains universally praised by anyone who isn't a hairy old grouch who worships snakes and hates his old comics. And yet there's one part of this undisputed classic that doesn't sit right with a lot of readers: At the end of the comic, after the Joker has shot Batgirl through the spine and tortured Commissioner Gordon, he and Batman just stand there laughing for a while like the best of buds.
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"Oh, that Marmaduke."
Many fans believe it's out of character for Batman to share a light moment with his nemesis after he inflicted so much suffering -- shit, some even say Bats should have just killed the Joker right there. Well, according to a very convincing theory that did the rounds in 2013, that's exactly what Batman did, right under our noses. Seriously, look at this panel again:
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Is Batman leaning on the Joker as he convulses with laughter ... or is he reaching over to snap his neck? According to comics superstar Grant Morrison (who wrote Batman for seven years and knows his shit), it's clearly the latter. Morrison explained as much on Kevin Smith's podcast Fatman on Batman, as Smith had a series of orgasms over this mind-blowing revelation:
As Morrison points out, immediately after the "choking" panel, the laughter comes to an abrupt stop and the comic ends, presumably along with the Joker's pulse. What's even more significant is that this reading makes total sense with the themes of the story: The Killing Joke is all about Batman recognizing that he is trapped in an endless, self-destructive cycle with the Joker and doing something to stop it. At first he approaches the Joker and tries to reason with him, but this has the same effect as trying to reason with a freshly painted wall.
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Right down to the stained gloves.
By the end of the comic, the Joker himself tells Batman it's too late to stop the cycle and proves he's beyond redemption by seriously hurting Batman's friends ... so Batman breaks his fucking neck. It all fits. Alan Moore wrote the last Joker story (and the last Batman one, by extension, since he's a killer now), and no one noticed for 25 years. Even though the biggest clue was always right there in the title: The Killing Joke. Perfect.
Why It's Not True:
Only a day after this theory went viral, Rich Johnston of BleedingCool.com had the bright idea to check the comic's script to see what it said on the "choking" panel:
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"AND THEN- oh bollocks my caps were on."
Wait, shit, Batman is convulsing with laughter. There's no mention of Batman killing the Joker anywhere in the script, and Moore is the type of writer who describes the ripples on the puddles on the ground, so that's not the kind of detail he would have left out. Well, it was fun while it lasted.
3 Watchmen Has a Secret Plot Twist Hidden in Plain Sight
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The best thing about Watchmen is that you notice something new every time you read it. I've had this comic for half my life, and I'm still finding new things.
It took me 15 readings to spot the phallic symbolism in Panel 2 (the pen, I mean).
The level of detail in Watchmen is frightening. For instance, there's a panel in Issue 5 that shows you a first-person view of Rorschach rummaging through a trash can, and since it's seen from his perspective, obviously you don't see his face (which hasn't been revealed yet). Meanwhile, a separate but concurrent panel shows you a news vendor saying "I bet there's all kinda stuff we never notice" ... and in the background, there's Rorschach's still-secret identity (a crazy guy who goes around with a "THE END IS NIGH" sign), going through the trash. It sounds obvious, but it takes most people at least a couple of readings to notice that.
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Also "shadowy forms" = Rorschach's face, clearly.
So, when superfan James Gifford wrote a long essay about how a panel of some people eating in a restaurant secretly solves one of Watchmen's biggest mysteries, that seemed completely plausible (especially to the legion of Internet commenters who revealed they'd always known that, thus proving their superior intellect). The big mystery is the fate of Hooded Justice, an enigmatic vigilante who debuted on October 13, 1938, and disappeared sometime in the '50s. In the comic's text pages, it's suggested that he was a circus strongman named Rolf Muller and that he didn't so much disappear as get killed, but none of that is confirmed.
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Apparently his neck noose got caught in a revolving door.
H.J. is also hinted to have had a gay affair with fellow crime fighter Captain Metropolis, who apparently went on to get decapitated in a car crash in the '70s. However, as Gifford's essay explains, a panel in Issue 1 shows what looks a lot like an older Hooded Justice and Captain Metropolis sitting together in a restaurant, both with their heads still on and holding hands:
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Check out the inverted Robin masks on their necks. NOTHING IS A COINCIDENCE.
The date? October 13, 1985. The anniversary of Hooded Justice's debut. The man on the left has pretty much the same mustache as Rolf Muller, and the one on the right could easily be Captain Metropolis with some extra pounds:
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The wings on his chest are fatter, too.
By the way, the characters talking in the background are two retired superheroes who will hook up as the story progresses. The parallel has to be intentional, right? It seems pretty clear by now that Metropolis faked his death to be with his secret lover. After all, this is a comic with a naked blue god in it -- everything is possible!
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Except this, because it's been debunked. The theory had been doing the rounds for 10 years when Rich Johnston of ComicBookResources.com (he gets around) emailed Watchmen artist Dave Gibbons to ask him about it. Gibbons' answer? The idea is "interesting and plausible," but not what they intended. Apparently they just put that old couple in the foreground to show that homosexuality is socially acceptable in this far-out alternate reality.
You messed up, Gibbons. You should have just said "Oh yeah, that's totally it."