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Nudity and swearing?, Nudity and swearing?
Dec 15 2009, 02:58 PM
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Nudity and Swearing . . . OK, just picked up my first issue of HEAVY METAL in like 15 years . . . why did I feel like I had to keep my head down and like I was buying a Playboy?
With the success of shows on HBO and SHOWTIME like the Sapranos, True Blood, Dexter, Californication, Rome, Deadwood . . . to name a few . . . why aren't more comics being created for what I would imagine are mature readers who are buying the books?
I'm working on my own book and find myself typing "*#$^" in stead of swearing, and have no naked people . . . do i need too? . . . would i be dooming my book if we did?
I realize we can't see Mary Jane and Peter full frontal between the sheets, with all of the cartoon and kids ti-ins . . . but why are we being more excepting of the HBO approach . . . or are we?
Any thoughts?
Dec 15 2009, 04:17 PM
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It's a good question, Mike.
On the one hand, I'd say tell the story you want to tell and write it the way you want to write it. Be true to your vision, otherwise, you'll find yourself unhappy with it.
One the other hand, there IS a reason why most comics don't have swearing or nudity in them...and most of the reason has to do with sales. While yes, HBO and Showtime's shows are for an adult audience and are "successful" and critically acclaimed, the number of people who watch Dexter is a fraction of the people who watch CSI or NCIS. CSI can cover exactly the same type of stories and material as Dexter, but can do so in such a way that it won't get walled off.
And that's what swearing and nudity does. It walls you off from the "general" audience.
With my online graphic novel Over, I was going for a soft-R type romantic comedy, along the lines of a SuperBad or Chasing Amy. Adult themes, language, mild nudity. It's definitely NOT for all audiences, and I have to tell you, it does sting a little bit realizing I'm giving up a big portion of the comic buying public by crossing the R barrier. (Plus my mom reads it, and wishes it was more tame so she could share with her friends...ha.)
I'd say just try to think it through...do you need to cross the R-barrier to tell your story? Clearly everyone on network TV and mainstream DC marvel do not. Are you willing to give up the general audience, in exchange for more adult storytelling?
Dec 15 2009, 04:41 PM
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Well said sir. What's you online book . . . link?
Dec 16 2009, 09:29 AM
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The book I was referring to is called Over
I'm also doing more of an all-ages fantasy book called Tears of the Dragon specifically because I want to have material on my table at cons that will be appropriate for all comic audiences.
Dec 16 2009, 10:26 AM
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Cuss it up MR. Weber. I am so sick of these non-mature books. No offense but I am older I want to read older stuff. Sure I have a few I read here or there that may be the old school, i love Ult spidey, but I want more grown up stuff.
Now there are extremes that you might border on, I think some companies can get right up to the line while others jump way over it but as long as it is in good taste to you the creator use it.
Dec 16 2009, 10:40 AM
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The good thing about doing an Indy book (and yeah....I spelled it Indy....if that offended anybody...get a life) is that you're free to do what you want.
I'm tired about hearing about all ages stuff all the time. Life is not rated "G" for everyone. I don't get into sex and profanity for the sake of sex and profanity either...there's a fine line.
It's your material. Write it in a manner that makes it real to you. Don't sell out to please the masses who could care less in the long run. Just write a good story.
And if nobody likes it but you in the long run everybody else can (bleep) your (bleep) (bleep) (bleep) and the (bleep) (bleep) can be (bleep) happy about it.
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Dec 16 2009, 11:15 AM
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Thanks all . . . great stuff . . . any thoughts on levels and degrees of graphic violence?
Dec 16 2009, 11:40 AM
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Thanks all . . . great stuff . . . any thoughts on levels and degrees of graphic violence?
Once again, I feel the world today is a Rated "R" world. Most of the comics that appeal to me...and most Indy books at least have a fan following that share the same age demographic as I...if nothing more...are very much Rated "R" in nature.
(kids don't buy independent books....adults over 21 buy indy books so cater to your audience)
That being siad , scenes of intense violence is bound to pop up from time to time....just make sure if you use any of these elementns it's only to add an extra sense of layering to your story and the characters within.
Three pages of sex or violence with no dialouge and is nothing more than nude party parts of brains splattered on the wall...would in my opinion be going too far. A man getting in his car to discover somebody in the back seat with a gun and the next panel shows the same guy getting shot in the back of the head...that's part of a story. True you can tone this same scene down and imply even off panel that the driver has been shot....that's your call.
It's your book.
I have a problem with PG-13 horror films. I know the wider the audience the more a movie makes...but if a movie or book is okay for a 13 year old , where do I fit in? I'm 13 x3 with some change. And I have more money than any 13 year old I know.
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Dec 16 2009, 01:42 PM
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What has always bothered me about excess anything in comics is that it is often a subterfuge to disguise a true lack of story-telling talent. Think about a minute. How many times have you picked up a so called indy-adult book to find it over filled with gratuitous sex and violence and absolutely no cohesion in regards to plotting and story-telling.
So you make an honest critique, and immediately the creator deflects it with, "Ah, you're just a naive wimp who doesn't understand adult fare."
Which, my friends is pure BS.
Rule number one, serve your story. If it requires sex, violence, cussing, whatever, fine...but don't make those things the be all, end all.
We can still smell a phony under all that "adult" camouflage.
Dec 16 2009, 02:12 PM
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Again . . . well said . . . thanks for the good stuff all!
I'm lucky with the book I'm working on with 2 very talented artists (Loran Skinis and Gary Morgan) . . . and we can reel each other in and keep the story on point. Which I think is pretty good . . . personally, with the violence I prefer the inferred approach or dark silhouettes, even in R rated horror films . . . like the creativity it spurs.
Dec 16 2009, 02:14 PM
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As someone who intends on having a children's book series published, but also intends on having a more mature themed comic: I think its fine as long as its advertised as such. I see no problem with it as long as the story or plot requires it.. if the character cusses so the they *the character) can advance in some way, they go for it.
I think what the others had written above are all well said.
Dec 16 2009, 02:48 PM
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I have nothing to add but my two cents. Bill and Ron basically said everything I would have, both pro and con. The only thing (somewhat) new that I can add is stay true to the theme and stay true to yourself. Earlier mention of HBO programming made me think of Deadwood. I enjoyed the show, but I thought it took the vulgarity too far. I didn't think it made the story any more edgy and, for me, it distracted from it.
A point/counterpoint of reference, though. Imagine switching the verbal mannerisms of Jackie Gleason's character in Smokey and the Bandit with Samuel L. Jackson's character in Pulp Fiction. Both movies would suffer for it and come off just plain odd. Same with nudity... Kim Basinger in Nine and a Half Weeks versus Kim Basinger in Batman. You probably wouldn't want to interchange those. (No knocks on the Tim Burton Batman now people... when that was all we had we loved it and you know it).
So, as I said... no new ground here, just wanted to jump in the discussion.
Dec 16 2009, 10:54 PM
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I remember a letter from an EPIC magazine from waaaay back when they used to PUBLISH Epic magazine, comparing it to the content in HM. While Marvel had the adult content in Epic, it seemed that the quality bar was raised very high. The letter writer stated that it seemed that HM's only interest was in making porn. When you compare, for example, the over the top naked people running around Corben's DEN in HM, and the artsy nudity in MARADA THE SHE-WOLF in EPIC, you'd see the point. Personally, I'd LOVE to take the time out to produce a story for HM, but I realize that it doesn't need to be an excuse to produce porn. Anyone can do that.
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Dec 16 2009, 11:15 PM
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Those Marada the She-Wolf stories were incredible!!
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Dec 16 2009, 11:39 PM
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The series I'm working on there is swearing, there is the occasional smoking and there is some pretty gory violence at some points.
At the end of the day if you feel it needs to fit in the story and you feel the characters will do the things your writing, go with that gut instinct. They are your characters and audiences will appreciate the read in the long run as long as your not second guessing yourself I guess.
Bill made a good point, things really are geared towards the "R" rating nowadays.
As long as it never feels forced, you should do it.
Dec 17 2009, 02:06 AM
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I wanted to chime in on this earlier, but I got caught in the gears of the triplet machine this evening. The gist of the messages given have been right on the money, which is to tell your story in what ever fashion you deem to be appropriate and as long as you aren't going to excess in the areas that society tends to frown on you'll be OK.
I think one of the difficulties creators face is similar to the example you gave in regards to the mature theme of shows available of HBO and SHOWTIME such as Deadwood, Dexter, Rome, Sopranos, ect.... The most obvious is that despite the similarities, they aren't the same mediums and as such the inherent differences don't always allow for simple and equal conversions.
The second thing thing to keep in mind is that their success is based on a totally different business model. Each one of those shows are are marketed as part of a "package" of original movies, series, sporting events, concerts, and first run motion pictures on a subscription basis. The Networks compete against that by providing their content free to the consumer (in exchange for selling ad space) and thus its' content is subject to approval and oversight by the FCC.
That's a large part of why those same cable channels can cater to a smaller fringe segment audience (us) than say CBS or NBC who will bombard us with CSI: BANGOR and LAW & ORDER:Expired Food Labels Division. From a business standpoint that holds true for comics as well, but few people self publish do so as a way make money.
On a bit of a side note I think if was Chad who mentioned the vulgarity on Deadwood as going to far, but I want to defend it. Whether you take it out of context or in its entirety it was placed specially for it's ability to shock modern viewers with vulgarity. This was done to reflect the discrepancies between the rest of society and the wild and uncouth culture that began to spring up around the mining camps in the post-Civil War Dakota territories. Had the dialogue remained more true to the period I doubt it would have be as interesting.
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Dec 17 2009, 02:48 PM
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What has always bothered me about excess anything in comics is that it is often a subterfuge to disguise a true lack of story-telling talent. Think about a minute. How many times have you picked up a so called indy-adult book to find it over filled with gratuitous sex and violence and absolutely no cohesion in regards to plotting and story-telling.
So you make an honest critique, and immediately the creator deflects it with, "Ah, you're just a naive wimp who doesn't understand adult fare."
Which, my friends is pure BS.
Rule number one, serve your story. If it requires sex, violence, cussing, whatever, fine...but don't make those things the be all, end all.
We can still smell a phony under all that "adult" camouflage.
Fully agree with you here Ron.
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Dec 17 2009, 06:21 PM
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There is a place for everything. I believe you should make what you want. I personally try to steer clear of the "purely adult" stuff on the creation end. This is because I'm a father of two and I want to be able to show them what I do. But in contrast, that doesn't mean I don't love more mature stuff to enjoy myself.
On a slightly different note, I have to get in on the deadwood example. I personally loved the show and thought everything about it was made in perfect context. I mean, ya, it was one of the most vulgar shows I've ever seen, but it added a reality of the times in complete contrast to another show set in the same period, Little House. Now don't think I'm knockin Little House, because I'll be the first to admit that I love that show, too, but from all the research I've done, Deadwood was far more accurate to the time period. Sorry to ramble on, but anytime someone mentions Deadwood, I gotta chime in. If ya haven't seen it, do so. Some of the best character developement and chemistry I've ever seen happens between Bullock and Sweringen. Nuff said.
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Great discussion here by the way, nice to see some coherent thought going on both sides of the issue.
For me, with Fallen Justice it was back and forth. The original scripts had a lot more language in them, as well as some interesting innuendo, that I eliminated in the lettering phase of the game because for whatever reason it wasn't serving the story. I think the story is hard nosed enough, and has enough sex and violence, without adding to it unnecessarily. At one point we did have a discussion about what path to take, either over the top mature, PG-13, or all ages. At the end of the day you really can't have your shining hero go to killing everyone in sight with powers and call that all ages. At the same time I'd like to be able to have the trade carried by larger book chains at some point, and to do that it's going to have to stay in the PG-13 range simply because it's shelved next to other books of the same general rating and marketed to kids for the most part. Compromise? Absolutely. But do I feel the story suffered for that compromise? Nah, not at all. I got the stuff in there that I wanted, one way or the other, so it's all good. Not to mention we freaked Apple out without showing ANYTHING! So yeah I'd say we accomplished what we wanted to and still stayed under the radar for the most part.
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Dec 18 2009, 10:18 AM
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Thanks again all . . . great stuff!
And love just about everything in DEADWOOD . . . but I did need to turn my head during the one fight where the guy poked the other dudes eyes out . . . ouch!
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Posted 07 February 2012 - 07:48 PM
Get the excTY it's only 250 and has much better CS than DP. Plus comes in a really nice carrying case. An all around great marker.
well the g4 is 300 so that's the only gun in the list you could get, and for hopper you should get the too
Posted 07 February 2012 - 08:09 PM
I split my vote, half for etekgirl's body, half for her mind, because I respect a woman's mind just as much as her cans.
*Waits to get hit*
Posted 07 February 2012 - 09:38 PM
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Geo 1.9 and Marq 6- http://www.techpb.co...howtopic=210474
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Posted 20 February 2012 - 12:58 PM
All those gun choices are good, but whatever you do you don't skimp on the hopper. If you buy an budget hopper (Invert Too) you will then want to upgrade to a better hopper relatively soon, and that's just wasting money. So don't skimp on the hopper and tank, and whatever gun you choose make sure that the resale value is good.
Theres no need to upgrade from an invert halo too its a good loader and saves him some cash
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Get this! Best possibility. I recently had the same decision as you and decided on these two.
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A hard look at rail/trail figures
Advocates of converting the Adirondack Scenic Railroad to a trail have made quite a number of claims about how it would be cheaper to create this trail than to restore it as a railroad. Let's look at what some actual numbers might be.
Interestingly, we get some of the best numbers from a report by a trail consulting company, Camoin Associates. This report, originally commissioned by AdkAction.org and currently available through the Adirondack Recreational Trail Advocates, has estimates from 2010 for the cost of converting or rebuilding the segment between Tupper Lake and Lake Placid, a distance of 34 route miles. This report has a great deal of information, including the following numbers in regard to the cost of trail conversion, here broken down to a per-mile figure:
-Railroad rehabilitation: $320,000 per mile
-Permanent trail conversion: $440,000 per mile
-Temporary trail conversion: $550,000 per mile.
The principle difference in the temporary vs. permanent trail conversion is an estimate of the cost of storing the track material for 10 years. It does not include the cost of reinstalling this material.
It is notable that the cost of the permanent trail conversion does include a credit for the salvage or resale of track material. This reduces the cost of the trail conversion by about $41,000 per mile, making the actual cost about $481,000 per mile.
Speaking of rail salvage brings up the clams made by some trail advocates that "the salvage of the rail will pay for the trail." As we can see above, that's not quite true, at least as allowed by Camoin.
But let's not be satisfied with that. Let's see what we do have.
First, let's figure out the tonnage in steel we have for this 34-mile stretch of track. We have the rails, obviously, and I happen to know that it's a combination of sections weighing 105 pounds per yard and 90 pounds per yard. But I don't know the proportion, so we'll be generous and assume it is all 105-pound-per-yard sections.
Thirty-four miles times two (two rails), times 1,760 (yards per mile), times 105 equals 12,566,400 pounds, which would be 6,283 American (short) tons.
Then there are about 3,200 ties per mile, each with two tie plates weighing about 30 pounds each, plus eight spikes weighing about three-quarters of a pound each. More fiddling there comes to 7,180,800 pounds. That's another 3,590 short tons.
There are probably multiple tracks in here at some locations, plus the weights of the joint bars and their bolts, we'll just fudge that with another 10 percent; let's round the whole thing up to 11,000 short tons.
What's all that worth? Those 11,000 U.S. (short) tons work out to a rounded 9,980 metric tonnes, and as of a month ago, that would have brought $394 per tonne, or about $3,932,000. That's a bit less than $116,000 per mile, and well over Camoin's estimate of $41,000 per mile, but it still is only 24 percent of the cost of the trail.
And, I might add, the large spread between these figures here and Camoin's estimate suggests the price I had to work with was with this rail delivered to a scrap mill. The last time I looked, rail was inanimate; it's not going to get up and walk there on its own. Figure a scrap man will want at least half of this to get the rail delivered and make a profit, and then you are looking at a measly 12 percent of your trail cost (which comes in line with what Camoin allowed).
Of course, the cost of conversion isn't the only thing to keep in mind. This trail, or the railroad, will require maintenance. The Camoin study uses a low but fairly realistic estimate of $1,500 per mile to do the things you need to keep the trail open. This is a bit higher than the averaged $1,324 per mile the railroad has received for the entire 119-mile long corridor. Both numbers are, in my opinion, pretty realistic, although it might be argued that the railroad has not been adequately reimbursed for its track maintenance (which is the arrangement it currently operates under). These numbers are in the range for the maintenance of a secondary road, which brings up an important point: Much of what you have to pay for for infrastructure like this is the supporting structure: drainage ditches, bridge painting and repair, culvert clearing, tunnel maintenance where you have those, and in the Adirondacks, dealing with beavers. The cost of maintaining what I call the superstructure or running surface – track for the railroad, whatever is the paving surface of road or trail – is relatively minor and certainly is the same in any given location for a similar structure.
All of this suggests that, financially at least, the trail and the railroad are at best a wash, with an actual capital advantage going to the railroad.
Now that's not the only metric we might want to use, and the trail people will rightly claim that we might want to look at what benefits, including economic growth we might get from the trail, but that will have to be for another time.
David P. Lubic lives in Inwood, W.Va.
Adirondack Rail Corridor Economic Impact Study (Camoin & Associates), pages 8-16, accessed April 3, 2014: www.thearta.org/Camoin percent20Rail-Corridor-Report.pdf
International Scrap Register, No. 1 HMS (heavy melting steel), East Coast, prices dated March 4, 2014, accessed April 3, 2014: www.scrapregister.com/scrap-prices/united-states/260


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Debates of Nov. 3rd, 2010
House of Commons Hansard #93 of the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was veterans.
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Government Spending
Oral Questions
November 3rd, 2010 / 2:50 p.m.
Siobhan Coady St. John's South—Mount Pearl, NL
Mr. Speaker, last week the public accounts were released.
What a tale of out-of-control spending they tell: $3 billion more on professional and special services since the Conservatives became government; $9.5 million more on cabinet since 2007; and $2.5 million more on the Prime Minister's office.
At a time when Canadians have had to make hard economic choices, their government chose more spending on press releases, management consultants and cabinet. When will this borrow and spend government get its reckless spending under control?
Government Spending
Oral Questions
2:50 p.m.
Stockwell Day President of the Treasury Board and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway
Mr. Speaker, it is very clear that there were unprecedented demands on the government, especially last year, whether we are talking about the Olympics, the unprecedented nature of the H1N1 epidemic, or the G8 and G20, a number of things that do not occur on a usual basis.
It is unfortunate that the opposition does not reflect on the fact that all government operational spending is now frozen for three years, all ministerial and MP salaries are frozen for three years, and all ministerial budgets for next year have been reduced by $11 million. It is too bad the member did not mention that.
Government Spending
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
Siobhan Coady St. John's South—Mount Pearl, NL
Mr. Speaker, what we are told is that the increases for the PMO are for communication, yet the Prime Minister has not had a single public meeting since taking office.
Instead of giving fiscal updates to the House of Commons, he wasted $250,000 to hold two closed press conferences. The PBO now estimates that the Conservatives have added $210 billion to the national debt. With all due respect to drunken sailors, this government is spending like one.
When will the Conservatives stop wasting hard-earned taxpayers' money?
Government Spending
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
Ottawa West—Nepean
John Baird Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Mr. Speaker, I just found today an area where we could cut some wasteful government spending.
We have learned today that a member of the Liberal caucus has spent $700,000 over the last three years, despite the fact that he was suspended from the Senate three years ago. That is $700,000 of taxpayers' money for travelling and office expenses to keep a senator who has been suspended and has not worked for one minute. Maybe the Liberal caucus could look into that.
Mining Industry
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
Claude Gravelle Nickel Belt, ON
Mr. Speaker, do you know what foreign takeovers have meant to my community?
Two of Canada's most profitable companies, Inco and Falconbridge, were taken over by international mining giants. Hundreds of jobs were lost. Pensions were attacked. Wages were cut. Workers were forced into the longest strike in history. That is how Xstrata's and Vale's takeovers worked.
How is that a net benefit to Sudbury?
Mining Industry
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
Parry Sound—Muskoka
Tony Clement Minister of Industry
Mr. Speaker, the hon. member knows that the recession has been hard on a number of communities, including Sudbury. That is why this government has approved many different infrastructure projects for the city of Sudbury, working with municipal officials. We have also deployed the community action fund for the city of Sudbury to make sure that we can grow new jobs, new opportunities in new areas as well as some of the tried and trusted areas where Sudbury has a competitive advantage.
We care about these issues. We care about the people who are affected by them. That is why we have acted through the economic action plan, and those members voted against it every single time.
Mining Industry
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
Charlie Angus Timmins—James Bay, ON
Mr. Speaker, when the Conservative government rubber-stamped Xstrata's takeover of Falconbridge, we had a world-class copper and zinc refining capacity in Ontario. What happened after the takeover? We lost 1,000 jobs in Timmins. The copper refinery was shut down. The ore was shipped out to other jurisdictions. That is how Xstrata's takeover has worked, so God help the people of Saskatchewan if they are looking to the Tories for help with potash.
Where was the net benefit to the people of Timmins when the government sold them out?
Mining Industry
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
Parry Sound—Muskoka
Tony Clement Minister of Industry
Mr. Speaker, I would like to know where the hon. member was when the mining industry needed some help to defeat a bill that would have hobbled them on world markets. He was not in his seat defending the interests of his community or the mining sector. He was not defending the interests of his rural constituents when it came to the long gun registry.
He has a lot to answer for. We have nothing to answer for.
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
Lee Richardson Calgary Centre, AB
Mr. Speaker, in this time of continuing economic uncertainty, our Conservative government is continually striving to create jobs, boost trade and open new markets for Canadian workers. We stand in contrast to the Liberal-led coalition that continually promotes policies that kill Canadian jobs, such as their support of Bill C-300 or their promise to cancel the purchase of F-35s.
Could the Minister of International Trade update this House on Canada's ambitious free trade agenda and how it will benefit Canada's economy?
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
Peter Van Loan Minister of International Trade
Mr. Speaker, our government is clearly focused on the economy, on creating jobs and growth for the benefit of Canadian workers and Canadian families. An important way to do that is through securing access in foreign markets.
The predecessor Liberal government in 13 long years only did three small free trade agreements, all of which we are now upgrading. In contrast, in four years we have already delivered eight new free trade agreements and are in talks with 50 other countries, including the cornerstone, a free trade agreement with the European Union which stands to deliver an annual boost of $12 billion to Canada's economy, in fact creating hundreds of thousands of jobs, tremendous prosperity for Canadians and millions in growth. It is great for Canada.
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Anthony Rota Nipissing—Timiskaming, ON
Mr. Speaker, Giselle from Lanark sent me an email. She wrote:
It will take more than 10 minutes per photo to download because...yes...yes...I'm still on Dial-up. Hard to believe in this day and age that being 110km from our great capital...I don't even have access to High Speed yet...Even cell phones and BBerrys don't get the signal.
Can you imagine...can you do something for me
Why is it that the Prime Minister ordered that millions of dollars be spent to track 9,000 propaganda signs by GPS but cannot find the money to help Giselle?
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Parry Sound—Muskoka
Tony Clement Minister of Industry
Mr. Speaker, this government has acted to bridge the gap between rural and urban Canadians when it comes to broadband. We have, as part of our economic action plan, a $225 million fund to ensure that we can help bridge that gap.
Where were those hon. members then? Where were they looking out for those kinds of issues? Where was the hon. member when the long gun registry vote occurred in the House? He was voting against his rural constituents in favour of the Toronto elites. We will not do that to rural Canada.
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Thierry St-Cyr Jeanne-Le Ber, QC
Mr. Speaker, following the earthquake in Haiti in January 2010, the Conservative government promised to speed up the processing of applications for permanent residence in the context of the special Quebec-Haiti humanitarian sponsorship program. Yet as of October 16, 2010, only 18 Haitians had come to Quebec.
How does the immigration minister explain the fact that, despite his promise to cut red tape, now, 10 months later, only 18 Haitians have come to Quebec through that special program?
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Calgary Southeast
Jason Kenney Minister of Citizenship
Mr. Speaker, our government is proud of how it responded to the crisis in Haiti, including in the area of immigration. We are going to grant temporary status to all Haitians who were in Canada at the time of the earthquake. We have sped up the processing of family sponsorship applications. Over 2,000 have been completed. It is true that the Quebec government created its own program. We just began receiving applications from people who went through the Quebec program. I have no control over the Quebec procedures.
Steel Industry
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Chris Charlton Hamilton Mountain, ON
Mr. Speaker, let me tell you what foreign takeovers have meant to my community. U.S. Steel took over Stelco. The result? It shut down the blast furnace and now no steel is being made; 800 jobs were slashed; the remaining employees are being threatened with a lockout; and the workers who put the value into this company have been abandoned by both the foreign owners and the government.
Due diligence has to happen at the front end. Taking U.S. Steel to court after the fact did not save jobs and it did not save production. How is that a net benefit for Hamilton?


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In September 2010, retired Para Pan-Am gold medalist Ed Levy was selected by the USATT Athletes Advisory Council to be the American nominee for the inaugural ITTF Paralympic Athletes Commission. Following an election process at the World Championships in Gwangju, Korea, Levy was appointed as the commission's Americas representative.
Levy's presence on the commission will greatly aid USATT as it works to integrate disabled table tennis into its High Performance Plan and create a solid foundation enabling continued excellence on the World stage. When asked about his vision and role within the commission, Levy states "I see myself as having the vital responsibility to be a competent and firm voice for North and South American players competing at the sport's highest level, a context where their opinions and needs often go unconsidered. However, my duty does not stop there. The commission aims to ultimately function as a non-partisan entity that understands it must work together to advocate effectively for all athletes participating in international disabled competition, regardless of where they are from. In this regard, I am committed to assisting in the continued promotion of equal recognition and prizes for both disabled and able-bodied elite athletes, clean sport and stringent anti-doping rules, adequate playing conditions and accommodations at all sanctioned international tournaments and improving table tennis access among disadvantaged groups and regions"
The commission's first meeting will take place in Lignano, Italy in March and Levy's term will last until the next World Championships in 2014.


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A Hi-End Designed Loft in Athens
Size55 m²
Floor No.5(with elevator)
- Family/child friendly
- Internet/WiFi
- Kitchen
- Pets allowed
- Air conditioning
- Elevator in building
- Towels
Accommodation summary
|Kratinou, 105 51 Athens, Greece
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This beautiful apartment is furnished and fully equipped. The idea of the owner, a fast rising designer, to create this Hi-End Loft is based on the necessity for ameliorating the luxurious tourist services with an affordable price. It is very modern decorated and fully furnished from very well known designers. There is one bedroom with king size bed and one bathroom. The kitchen is fully equiped. Big closets will make your stay more comfortable. The heating and Aircondition is autonomous. Bed linen and towels, cuttlery, dishes, pans, wifi internet and all electric devices are provided. There is boiler which provides 24 hours hot water.
The apartment is very close to the Historical center of Athens, to greek traditional tavernas, pharmacies, banks and public transport. The nearest metro station is only 250 m. away from the apartment. Only 200 m away from the apartment , there are bus stations from where you can take a bus to the city centre, to the south or nothern suburbs. Monastiraki is 5 mins walking distance from the apartment.
There are a plethora of available options for nightlife, including bars, ouzeries, and tavernas. Outdoor seating on pedestrian walks is typical, creating a lively atmosphere at night. The main Syntagma Square, Thisseion, Monastiraki and Plaka are surrounded by cafes and restaurants.
Kotzia Square is a square in central Athens, Greece. The square retains several charactertics of 19th century local neoclassical architecture, such as the City Hall of the Municipality of Athens and the National Bank of Greece Cultural Cente. The square is surrounded by the following streets: Efpolidos Street to the north, Athinas Street to the west, Kratinou to the south, and Aiolou Street from the east. The square itself is south of Omonia Square and north of Monastiraki square.
House rulesThe guests in general must respect the property.
Security deposit: 150€.
Smoking is not allowed.
Pets are welcomed upon prior arrangement.
Airport transport or any other transport is available upon demand at an additional cost.
For everything you might need, I am 24 hours a day on call. The keys will be delivered upon arrival and I will personally explain you everything you need to know for the apartment.
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Nice place close to the restaurants and very clean!
I have been in the flat for 5 nights. The situation of the flat is okay. It's a little bit far to the centre but therefore it is really quite and there is an other centre/big streets with a lot of stores really near. Still, it doesn't take too long to get to the centre (Akropolis). Wheter you can take the bus/metro and it takes you 10-15min or you take a Taxi, which is also not expensive and only takes 10mins.
The elevator is helpful, the balcony is a nice place to sit and the room are also clean and well furnished. The wifi Router is directly next to the bed but still it is slow or sometimes not even usable.
All in all it was a great stay in Athens and I would totally recommend this flat.
Apartment address has been entered inaccurately - as Merarchias 0, 185 35 Pireas, Greece.
The search for appropriate address it took approx. 20 minutes. and another call in roaming to the host, who gave the correct address 2as Merarchias 19.
Adres mieszkania podany został nieprecyzyjnie - as Merarchias 0, 185 35 Pireas, Grecja.
Poszukiwanie właściwego adresu zajęło ok. 20 min. i kolejny telefon w roamingu do gospodarza, który podał właściwy adres 2as Merarchias 19.
Beautiful apartment to relax. Close to a supermarket and public transport. Many shops close by for shopping. Good advice from the host to find a restaurant.
Bel appartement pour se détendre. Proche d'un supermarché et des transports en commun. Nombreux magasins tout proches pour faire du shopping. De bons conseils de l'hôte pour trouver un restaurant.
Beautiful appartment, clean, confortable... In a very good location in Athens, i highly recommand!!! George was very accomodating and friendly. Thank you very much :-)
Excellent apartment and location. Everything was as it was seen on website! Thank you
We have been welcomed by a friend of George at the airport. He drove us to the appartment when it was already in the evening. The moment we came we were surprised by the service of all the things that were present in the appartment. The tools in the kitchen were very complete. Sugar, coffee,tea and the supplies were present and ready for using. A little garden at the backsite was complete and looked very charming. The only thing was that cats made it also to a place of there own, so you could smell as soon as you opened the door.
We enyoied it very much.
Thank you for the great hospitality.
Great appartment, very clean in a nice neighbourhood. We stayed with 5 persons, there were lots of towels and even food and drinks in the fridge even we arrived. George arranged transport from the AirPort, very good. It is nearby the metro station, just a 10 minutes walk.
We had a great time and would recommand this appartment!
Our stay in Athens was excellent. The apartment meets all the conditions: the photos are accurate and representative. No surprise.
The area is very nice and you can magner there, drinking ... 20 minutes from the center (040 bus) which is 5 minutes walk from the apartment.
George thank you for your help and for sure we will return!
Notre séjour à Athènes était excellent. L'appartement répond à toutes les conditions : les photos sont exactes et représentatives. Aucune surprise.
Le quartier est très agréable et on peut y magner, boire... 20 min du centre (le bus 040) qui est à 5 min à pied de l'appartement.
Merci George pour ton aide et c'est certain, nous reviendrons !
After a week in this flat, 5 adults (parents and three grown up "kids"), we just have positive words to say about the flat and the host. We are pretty active travellers and we found the the flat well situated to be a good starting point for excursions in Athens and the neighbourhood. The flat is well equipped, very clean and the hosts responds quickly on any questions. If you need a large flat with more than two bedrooms, you don't need to hesitate about this alternative. But remember Athens is a big city, there's a lot of cars and a lot of noise, this flat is not quiet, but probably one of the better places to stay at.
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Wow 65% seems insanely high for Chicago thin. Where did u get your water measurements from? (Already saw the 1/2 gallon milk measurement)
Thank you for sharing this recipe Ryan. I will try this on my attempt tonight. See below for 28oz can conversion..90 tsp - salt.45 tsp - garlic salt.34 tsp - black pepper.57 tsp - sweet basil.23 tsp - sugar.23 tsp - majoram.34 tsp - oregano.11 tsp - parsley34.56g - olive oil (anyone else think this is really high?)
How bout none?
That's some good info right there Peter. So hi gluten flour and not AP. I didn't think it was AP because that is biscuity. In all the vids the dough still looks stiff though so what % hydration would you say about?
Ok so this sauce has hints of the current Giordanos sauce. That is a pleasant surprise. I used crushed tomatoes with citric acid though by mistake which altered it a little. I have to make a new batch of dough though because my yeast died. In gonna go with 55% hydration for this attempt.Nate
Garvey,I hear you and appreciate that things change with the passage of time but who is to say that the old Giordano's recipes aren't better than the recipes used today? Over the years I have seen a decline in the quality of pizzas produced by chains and independents alike. I think it would be interesting for Ryan to try the old Giordano's recipes to see what they produce. They apparently were the recipes that gave birth to the Giordano's enterprise.
But if we are talking Giordano's, what is the measuring stick? An objective standard that exists today and can be readily measured against by many tasters, or a historical (apocryphal?) recipe that cannot be verified by anyone, except maybe BTB or someone else who dined there regularly 40 years ago?
Nate,I tend to be a suspicious sort so I don't believe everything that people say or write about pizza, including insiders who should be in the know but often aren't. I am most suspicious of writers who are not intimately familiar with a given topic and are just parroting back something that someone told them. And because someone is an executive chef doesn't mean that what they say is accurate or correct either. To give you an example, the Slice article at http://chicago.seriouseats.com/2008/06/giordanos-stuffed-pizza-classic-chicago-illinois.html reported that there was shortening used in the Giordano's dough. That turned out not to be correct. The article I cited in the last post and also another Slice article at http://chicago.seriouseats.com/2011/07/chicago-essential-giordanos.html reported that the flour used to make the Giordano's dough was a high gluten flour and also that the sauce was made from fresh tomatoes. As for the flour, since there is no industry standard or definition of what make a given flour a high gluten flour, what protein level are we talking about? King Arthur describes its bread flour, which has a protein content of 12.7%, as a high gluten flour. Most people tend to think that a protein content of around 13-14.2% makes a flour a high gluten flour. I tend to doubt that Giordano's is using a flour with a protein content in the latter range. If Giordano's is not using the Ceresota flour, with a protein content of 12%, or it is not using what most of us consider an all-purpose flour, I would guess a flour with a protein content of say, 12.7% to 13%. Of course, that is just an educated guess. With respect to the Giordano's sauce, what pizza company are you aware of with over forty stores that uses fresh tomatoes to make their pizza sauce? Even small operators don't do that. I think what was meant was "fresh pack" tomatoes since Giordano's uses canned fresh pack tomatoes, such as sold by Escalon or Stanislaus, to make their sauce. Peter


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Profile: 'Manny' Roman – Man Group's CEO-designate
Regarded as one of the most powerful figures in the asset management industry, Emmanuel Roman has been considered the driving force at Man Group ever since the company bought GLG Partners, where Roman was chief executive, in May 2010.
At the time, the deal was referred to by many in the marketplace as a "reverse takeover", in a nod to the fact that Roman ensured that GLG executives were chosen over their Man Group counterparts for key roles in the combined firm.
Now, Roman is set to take full control of the world's second-largest hedge fund manager by assets. He will succeed Peter Clarke when the incumbent chief executive steps down in February, it was announced today.
Roman, an avid wine collector, is known among his peers as 'Manny'. He is also known for his canny timing: GLG was bought by Man Group for $1.6bn in a deal that was criticised for being too expensive for the acquirer.
Roman inspires loyalty – and a degree of fear – in his employees. He is the figurehead at a firm where GLG's portfolio managers – dressed in jeans with barely a tie in sight – are given full investment autonomy, but enjoy the infrastructure of a large organisation. Roman's forthright style is in stark contrast to Clarke's polished performance, which epitomises the differences in culture between GLG and Man.
A person who knows Roman well said: "If anyone can rescue Man, it's Manny. He's been given a job they should have given him months ago."
Born in Paris in 1963, Roman began his career in 1987 at Goldman Sachs in Europe, working in various positions across the firm's fixed income, investment banking and capital markets businesses. He went on to spend 18 years with the Wall Street giant, rising to become its global head of prime brokerage before his 2005 departure to GLG. He was named a partner at Goldman Sachs in 1998.
Roman joined GLG in April 2005 as co-chief executive alongside co-founder Pierre Lagrange, and was there to oversee the company's 2007 listing on the New York Stock Exchange just before the financial crisis.
GLG, a former unit of Lehman Brothers, had a difficult financial crisis along with other hedge funds. Its assets under management fell from a pre-crisis high of $24bn to just above $15bn in 2009. This brought the firm perilously close to triggering the breach of a loan covenant, which was avoided by acquiring the UK fund management arm of Societe Generale. Assets gradually recovered.
Roman also steered GLG through the loss of star trader Greg Coffey – who quit for Louis Bacon's Moore Capital in April 2008 – and poor performance among several, but not all, of its largest funds in 2008. GLG's long-only global equities fund came last in a ranking of its peers over the 12 months to the end of February 2009, despite charging the third-highest fees, according to figures from BNY Mellon Asset Servicing. The figures showed the GLG Performance Fund lost almost 50% over the period. However, other funds, including the firm's alternative strategy fund, produced good returns over that time.
Following GLG's acquisition by Man Group, Roman was promptly named as chief operating officer of the newly-combined company, a role that gave him responsibility for wrapping GLG into the existing Man Group business. He reportedly received a $1m annual salary before bonuses, making him better paid than Clarke on $925,000 in basic income per year, according to takeover documents published by Man when it agreed to buy GLG.
His position at Man was further consolidated after an appointment to the firm's executive board of directors in May last year, leading many to speculate that it would not be long before he took the top job.
Just over two years ago, Roman persuaded long-time friend Luke Ellis to join Man Group and help rebuild its multi-manager business. Earlier this year, Roman helped orchestrate Man Group's acquisition of the fund-of-funds firm FRM, where Ellis had spent a decade.
Roman holds a bachelors degree from the University of Paris and an MBA in finance and econometrics from the University of Chicago.
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Obtaining Database Information in CUBRID
This guide explains how to retrieve database information from CUBRID. This includes: table, index, and column names, if certain columns are indexes or not, which one is primary key, etc. In simple words, all this information can be retrieved from CUBRID's system tables. Every database in CUBRID has a table for users, another table for list of tables in this database, and the other one for list of columns in all tables, etc.
Users List
The list of database users is stored in a system table called db_user. Follow this link to see the manual where the table columns are explained.
To get the list of users for a database being used, execute the following query.
SELECT name FROM db_user;
You will see the results similar to the following.
Also to retrieve the user name that is currently logged in to the database, one can retrieve CURRENT_USER or USER which can be used interchangeably.
The result will show the current user name.
Tables List
The list of database tables is stored in a system table called db_class. In CUBRID, whenever you meet the term class, you can refer to it as to a table. There are two types of tables in CUBRID:
- System Tables
These are the table used primarily by CUBRID server itself to keep track of various meta data of the database. Normally, ordinary database users do not have access to system tables, but users with administrative privileges do. If you see a table which starts with underscore like _db_class, then they are accessible by database administrators only. The system tables without underscore like db_class can be accessed by non-admin users.
- User Tables
These are the table which the database users have created by themselves. Normally they are use in some applications to store application data. So all users with granted rights can access them. As mentioned above, normal users can access to some of the system tables.
Thus, to get a list of all tables a user has access to (this includes both system and user defined), one must execute the following query.
SELECT class_name FROM db_class;
To get the list of only user defined tables, i.e. those explicitly created by the user, one should filter out by is_system_class column of the db_class table as shown below.
SELECT class_name FROM db_class WHERE is_system_class = 'NO';
For other possible attributes users can use, see the db_class documentation.
Table Columns List
The list of columns defined for database tables is stored in a system table called db_attribute. In CUBRID, whenever you meet the term attribute, you can refer to it as to a column. There is also _db_attribute table, but as mentioned above, this class is accessible by only administrators.
Thus, to get a list of all columns created in a particular table correctly ordered, one must execute the following query.
SELECT * FROM db_attribute WHERE class_name = 'game' ORDER BY def_order
For other possible attributes, see the db_attribute documentation.
Index List
The list of indexes created in the database is stored in a system table called db_index. There is also _db_index table, but as mentioned above, this class is accessible by only administrators, and in practice you do not want to mess with it, though they have similar structure.
Thus, to get a list of all indexes created for all table in the current database, one must execute the following query.
SELECT * FROM db_index;
The result will include indexes defined for both system table and user created tables. You can also see if a particular index is a UNIQUE, a PK, or an FK.
If you want to see indexes for only those table which were created by you, then you need to join db_index and db_class tables just like you would do normal SQL query.
SELECT di.* FROM db_index as di LEFT JOIN db_class as dc ON di.class_name = dc.class_name WHERE is_system_class = 'NO';
For learn more about other index attributes, see the db_index documentation.
Index Keys List
In the above example we were able to retrieve a list of table the database has, then filtered them down to user defined. However, at this point we cannot understand which column a particular index was created on. This means we need to retrieve the information about index keys. There is a table for this named as db_index_key.
SELECT * FROM db_index_key;
If you see the documentation, you can understand different attributes that an index can have in CUBRID.
There are many other information we can retrieve for a database in CUBRID. Later, we will update this article and add some more examples.
See also
CUBRID Query Tuning Techniques
This article has been written by one of the CUBRID core developers to help users improve their application performance by understanding h...
What is Covering Index in CUBRID 8.4.0?
Starting from version 8.4.0 CUBRID supports Covering Index. Wikipedia explains it as:
CUBRID Click Counter
The scope of this tutorial is to show you how to use one of the most special features implemented in CUBRID – Click Counter.
How to Concatenate Column Values from Different Rows
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The science behind goose bumps is fairly well understood – but that 'music chill' you get sometimes when you hear certain melodies or sounds – well not so much. Could it be that what you hear evokes a specific emotional reaction?
Scientists are not sure but Cogswell College is offering a class this summer, "Theory and Practice of Sound Work" that may dig a little deeper into the issue.
Take a few minutes to watch this short video to learn a little more about this phenomenon.
What music or sounds give you 'music chills?'
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Globalfoundries, one of the leading contract semiconductor makers, said that 300mm chip factories still have a lot of potential. The company claims that it does not make sense to transit to 450mm wafers and change loads of manufacturing equipment since modern semiconductor factories can still be improved.
"The rush to 450mm suggests a lack of ideas for improving fab productivity. At Globalfoundries, we see a tremendous amount of headroom left in the 300mm process. We are tapping our expertise in lean manufacturing to extend the lifecycle of the industry's current 300mm investments, and we are investing more than $4 billion in a new 300mm fab in upstate New York because we are confident in our ability to get the most out of this technology generation," said Thomas Sonderman said, vice president of manufacturing systems and technology at Globalfoundries.
In its effort to meet the ever-increasing demands of consumer technology, the semiconductor industry has long been preoccupied with smaller transistors and larger silicon wafers. While these are important tactics, opportunities for increasing efficiency, becoming more agile, and minimizing waste are often overlooked in manufacturing processes, according to Thomas Sonderman.
At Semicon West 2009 conference, Mr. Sonderman is calling for a renewed focus on operational agility in the semiconductor manufacturing industry, particularly in light of increased pressure to move to processes based on 450mm wafers.
During the transition to 45nm, Globalfoundries achieved the fastest time to mature yield of any process in its history, while simultaneously implementing a complex new form of lithography –immersion lithography – ahead of all other semiconductor manufacturers. Immersion lithography allows for enhanced microprocessor design definition and manufacturing consistency by placing a fluid, instead of air, between the final element of the lens of a lithographic exposure tool and the wafer.
All wafer starts in Fab 1, Module 1 have now been converted to 45nm, a process that is proving to deliver few defects, low leakage, and high performance, according to Globalfoundries.
"When Fab 2 begins volume production in approximately 2012, it will be part of an integrated global network linked by the next generation of Automated Precision Manufacturing. The next generation of APM will feature interoperable technologies across multiple fabs and the implementation of lean processes in all aspects of manufacturing, from the front end of the supply chain to the final wafers out the door of the fab," said Norm Armour, vice president and general manager of Globalfoundries' Fab 2.
Mr. Armour will participate today in the annual SEMI Press Luncheon at SEMICON West, where he will present a history of the Fab 2 project and an overview of the capabilities of the new leading-edge facility, which is being designed to support 28/22nm process technologies.


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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 12, 2012) – The U.S. women's beach volleyball teams of Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh, Jennifer Kessy/April Ross and Nicole Branagh/Tyra Turner are set to compete Wednesday in the main draw of the smart Grand Slam Rome.
The smart Grand Slam Rome, part of the 2012 FIVB SWATCH World Tour, began on Tuesday with a women's country quota match and a qualifier.
Angie Akers (Fort Wayne, Ind.) and Brittany Hochevar (Fowler, Colo.) defeated U.S. teammates Lauren Fendrick (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Brooke Hanson (Ventura, Calif.), 21-15, 14-21, 15-13 in 46 minutes to advance to the qualifying bracket.
Akers and Hochevar received the No. 6 seed in qualifying. In the first round, they defeated the Mauritius' No. 27-seeded team of Natacha Rigobert and Elodie Li Yuk Lo 21-10, 21-15 in 30 minutes. They suffered a second-round loss to Switzerland's Isabelle Forrer and Anouk Verge-Depre (No. 11) 12-21, 13-21 in 29 minutes and did not advance to the Wednesday's main draw.
Also compete in the main draw are Branagh (Torrance, Calif.) and Turner (Fort Myers Beach, Fla.). Rome marks the second FIVB event the duo will compete in this season.
The Chase for London Reaches Its Final Leg
As the Chase for London reaches its final leg, the U.S. men's beach volleyball team of Jake Gibb (Bountiful, Utah) and Sean Rosenthal (Redondo Beach, Calif.) has a 200-point advantage over Matt Fuerbringer (Costa Mesa, Calif.) and Nick Lucena (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) in the race to claim the final men's slot on the 2012 U.S. Olympic team.
The first slot is projected to go to Phil Dalhausser (Ormond Beach, Calif.) and Todd Rogers (Santa Barbara, Calif.), who have withdrawn from Rome, but should still be a top-seeded team in London.
Both Gibb/Rosenthal and Fuerbringer/Lucena are set to begin main draw play on Thursday. Joining them in Rome are the U.S teams of Casey Jennings (Las Vegas, Nev.)/Billy Strickland (Malibu, Calif.) and Bradley Keenan (Westminster, Calif.)/John Mayer (Thousand Oaks, Calif.).
The men's tournament is slated to begin on Wednesday with country quota and qualification brackets.
To follow the Chase for London since the begining of the season, visit the USAV website.
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