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In addition to having the best comic-store name, one that captures the mysterious allure of the comics underworld and the warped brains that inhabit it, Secret Headquarters at Sunset Junction is a mighty little store that manages to fit a surprisingly deep catalog into its compact confines. It opened in 2005 with the goal of scratching many diverse itches rather than, in co-owner Dave Pifer's words, sticking with "the narrow nerd world." It's a clean, well-lighted place for the true headz, with two comfy chairs for slouching into while contemplating possible purchases. Whether you're gunning for the hottest superhero titles ("It's what pays our bills," says Pifer), the classics (up-to-date volumes in the ongoing Complete Peanuts reissue series, and both volumes of Windsor McKay's Little Nemo in Slumberland in full-size Sunday reprints), or the cream of the fantastical tales (the weirdly brilliant Fables series), Secret Headquarters will lighten your wallet with ease. Its new-release wall features the latest DC and Marvel volumes, a lot of the recent Ignatz Awards nominees (I bought Ted May's fantastic Injury series last time I was here) and, best, a lot of titles that I've never seen before. Secret Headquarters is the kind of place that, regardless of your subgenre predilections, you can walk in with a twenty and leave with something or three that'll get you through the night.—Randall Roberts
Hardcore hikers and backpackers typically go to two places for expedition equipment: REI or Adventure 16. REI's stuff tends to be less expensive, but Adventure 16, particularly the larger West Los Angeles location, is the place to go if you want to talk to someone who really knows a Marmot sleeping bag from a North Face. And the last thing you want is to buy a $300 backpack and realize that it's not fitted correctly when you're in hour one of a 12-hour hike. Knowing how to properly fit a pack is the benchmark for a camping-supply salesperson.
"People get their packs refitted here after going to other stores," says Greg, a massively yoked young man who works at the West L.A. store. He can't count the number of times he's had to remeasure people's torsos after they'd been improperly fitted by the competition. Greg, whose home town in Montana manufactures the bear-repellent spray you see on the shelves, believes he does the most outside sports of all the employees — kayaking, mountain climbing, rafting, spelunking, you name it. Though there are, no doubt, colleagues who would take him to task for saying that; some employees have worked at A16 for more than 25 years, mainly because they love the adventure lifestyle and feed off the energy of the customers and their fellow staffers. Plus, it's a really good pickup spot for cute, outdoorsy girls and guys who've climbed K2.
The guts of the store are the backpacks, tents and hydration packs. But there is something for everyone, from birder journals and pine incense you burn in holders shaped like little log cabins to pristine, unfolded U.S. Geological Society topographical maps. Just being inside the store makes you want to go ford a river or walk the Appalachian Trail or something, anything, you know, outside. You can rent trekking poles, sleeping bags, tents and even bear canisters (for stashing food in — the idea being that the bear gets tired of trying to pry open the canister and leaves in a frustrated huff).
The sheer quantity of stuff to buy and learn can be overwhelming. What does the Vitalyte electrolye-replacement solution taste like? Which do you have to worry more about while hiking in the San Gabriel Mountains, bears or mountain lions? What is the tradeoff between price, comfort and lightness in the Osprey technical backpack? Chances are, someone at A16 can wax poetic on any of those subjects, and countless others. Or, to quote that Disneyfied outdoorswoman Pocahontas, "You'll learn things you never knew, you never knew."—Gendy Alimurung
It's a music retail ghost town, yes. We don't need to be reminded. Those were our jobs, and our expense accounts, and our backstage passes, that vanished along with the neighborhood record stores. Gone are Aron's, Sea Level and Tower, ashes to ashes, funk to funky. Last year the Virgin on Sunset bit the dust. It adds up, you know? Therefore: Amoeba of our heart. Yes, some have grumbled that the arrival of Amoeba nearly seven years ago was the big, brass nail that sealed the L.A. retail coffin because it sucked up so much business that our littler compadres couldn't possibly compete. But Amoeba drew the freaks because Amoeba knows its shit, and stocks it, and recommends it, and plays it. Walk in and it looks like one big mess. Start spending time there, though, and you begin to see the order, and realize that Amoeba's not one big-ass store but at least eight (nine? 10? 11?) little stores. A man could get lost in its international section. Not just the Best of Ethiopiques, but all 24 volumes. Not just Brazilian classics, but Living Is Hard: West African Music in Britain, 1927-1929 (some of the most inspiring music you'll ever hear, btw). A dance shop with Villalobos white labels; a thick house section, ditto the hip-hop stacks. A punk shop. Classical and opera. Oh, the reggae vinyl, and the rock vinyl! The best soundtrack store in the country. And upstairs! Upstairs the DVDs! Don't get us started. A whole other celebration. It's downstairs we honor here. Amoeba: flip flip flip, snag, examine, caress, yoink!, play, bond, dance, fuck, nap, repeat.—Randall Roberts
Wendy Yao, local artist and den mother of L.A.'s burgeoning Chinatown scene, curates her store, Ooga Booga, with all the thought and precision of a carefully selected mixtape made for a longtime friend. Clothes and bags mingle with prints, books, zines and one-of-a-kind items. Sometimes there are actual mixtapes for sale from the likes of K Records impresario Calvin Johnson. The art openings and parties are the stuff of local legend, attracting musicians from the Smell and beyond who attempt to impress Ooga Booga's adorable resident cat with their grooves.—Molly Lambert
Everyone has their own favorite neighborhood thrift store, the name and location of which they guard with the close-lipped fervor of Allied operatives keeping state secrets from the Nazis. Each store specializes in merchandise subject to the individual whims of its proprietor. Aardvark's Odd Ark has long been the place to go for retro dresses, vintage skirts and plain, white button-up and pastel, ruffle-front prom tuxedo shirts. Jet Rag on La Brea Boulevard is alternately scorned and worshipped for its dense collection of overpriced, costume-y Jackie O. dresses and patterned, pointy-collared polyester '70s shirts. The Goodwill and Salvation Army stores are hit or miss, depending on the location and season. Some people swear by the clean but relatively expensive Council Thrift stores, run by the National Council of Jewish Women. Council Thrifts focus on used designer apparel and accessories. At the West L.A. locations, which include a brand-spanking-new one on Santa Monica Boulevard, it's not out of the question to spot a pair of Blahniks for 40 bucks, a Coach purse for a hundred.
Furniture-wise, Pepe's Thrifty Shop in Culver City is a tiny Dickensian vintage oasis. Barely bigger than a studio apartment, cane chairs and midcentury nightstands pile here atop antique credenzas, crowned by hanging chandeliers and sconces. You have to scoot sideways down the single looping aisle and be ready to pounce upon a desired item: Stuff here is value priced and moves fast.
The Lincoln Heights location of St. Vincent de Paul, however, is a different beast entirely. The Costco of thrift shops, it is all these stores rolled into one. Friendships have broken up over sharing the location of this no-longer-hidden spot. It's a sprawling, workmanlike place, 90,000 square feet, packed to the rafters, where on Sundays Mexican families shop for hours after church. You could furnish an entire house on the sheer glut of merchandise here, from armoires to wrought-iron bed frames. Men's, women's and children's clothes, mainly from the '80s and '90s, are so cheap (five pieces for $3 for the pink-tag items) you'll feel like you stole them. It is the home of the $9 file cabinet; the $10 pleated-shade lamp.
Recently, I spied a set of four wicker chairs that I'd swear were Breuers, for $59. Also: a midcentury lighted dressing table (minus the light, minus the mirror). An old Westinghouse freezer, the kind with a pull latch that kids get trapped in and suffocate, $399. A desultory flock of kids' bikes, $29 a pop, roosting by the exercise equipment. Every single hexagonal 1970s drum table has come for a stopover here on its way to hipster homes across the city.
There is a truly magnificent gallery of used electronics in the back, near the so very, very sad stuffed-toy table overwhelmed by crusty teddy bears and no-longer-purple Barney dolls. Wireless three-channel intercom for $3, anyone? Perhaps an Emerson clock-radio tape player, with the previous owner's "Island Tranquility" meditation tape still inside. While the women rove the dress aisles, the men slake their gadget lust here with Beta tape rewinders and $7.99 Hitachi rice cookers.
Tucked behind the freeway overpass on North Avenue 21 just short of downtown, it's invariably dingy and dusty in the store. Trucks heavy with new furniture come and go, belching exhaust fumes into the front docking zone. Loaded down with armfuls of cheap treasure, you'll crave a refreshing shower after a visit to St. Vincent de Paul's. For the stuff you can't haul home on your own, they now even have same-day delivery. But steer clear of the sofas. They are ghastly. And they always seem to have someone's overheated, sweaty octogenarian grandmother already sitting on them.—Gendy Alimurung
If you're in a hurry on a new-release Wednesday and don't have the time or desire to make the rounds to the many small suppliers that dot the city, Meltdown is your one-stop shop, the Amoeba of the L.A. comic scene. Walk in and drown in the colors that pour from each rack, the Smiths' "Girlfriend in a Coma" on the sound system, visuals bombarding. At Meltdown, each subgenre — underground, classic, graphic novel, superhero, manga, whatnot — is represented. Rejoice at the bounty of Tin Tin posters filling the west wall, and appreciate the depth of the employees' enthusiasm. The beautiful Chris Ware display in the back holds the artist's geometric work. An entire shelf is devoted to the Optic Nerve series by Adrian Tomine; another to the many moods of booty-loving Robert Crumb. Peruse the wildly successful Buffy the Vampire Slayer series in all its glory. All the Krazy Kat reissues are lined neatly in a row (drawn by the genius George Herriman, who spent his last days just up the road from Meltdown in the Hollywood Hills), a graphic affirmation that life is worth living.
But if that crap's too brainy for your sci-fi-loving ways, Meltdown also offers only-in-Hollywood temptations like an $18,000 limited-edition bronze Darth Vader statue, Clive Barker–approved Demon in the Blue Grass prints, all the DC, Dark Horse, Marvel and Vertigo comics you can put your French-fry-greased fingers on, and a very deep and imposing selection of Japanese manga. (Manga is a world in and of itself, and wise is the writer who admits his relative ignorance and moves along.) And, of course, all of L.A. Weekly's recurrent comic artists are represented: Lynda Barry's newest thrill, What It Is. The freako-surrealist Kaz strips, Tony Millionaire's boisterous Maakies series. There's even Meltdown University, a 13-week course in the craft of pictorial storytelling, so you, yes you, can be a major player (and soon thereafter, major chick magnet) in the glamorous world of comic art.—Randall Roberts


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A SWELL of support means a local cause set up to help people suffering with rare blood disorders is well on its way to becoming a fully-fledged charity.
Ruby Edwards, a mum from Upton-upon-Severn, set up Funny Blood after her son Noah was diagnosed with platelet function disorder – meaning he is prone to extreme bruising and bleeding and has to be extra careful when taking part in activities other children take for granted.
The cause shot to prominence after we featured Noah's story in the Malvern Gazette and Ms Edwards has since been working hard to raise the £5,000 needed for Funny Blood to apply for official charitable status.
People all over the county have been organising fund-raising events to support Funny Blood and thanks to their efforts that target has now been reached.
Recent contributions have come from Adrian Berry, of Dymock, near Ledbury, who made £1,000 by organising a golf day at Ross-on-Wye Golf Club, while Lyn Hancock, a hairdresser from Pershore, travelled all the way to Morocco to raise her own £1,200.
Having decided to climb Mount Toubkal to celebrate her forthcoming 65th birthday, she decided Funny Blood would be the perfect cause to support.
Although adverse conditions meant her group had to switch their attentions to 3,720 metre high Jebel Oukaimeden mountain, she gamely pulled on her Funny Blood T-shirt and completed the gruelling ascent. "It was far tougher than I ever imagined," she said. "Out of the 11 of us only five managed it, the conditions were treacherous to say the least and a day later no one would have gone up.
"We trekked for up to 10 hours a day, up mountain passes, down into valleys and camped somewhere different each night."
Ms Edwards is delighted with the support Funny Blood has received and called it "amazing"
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Women in the town of Baquba, 60 kilometres north-east of Baghdad, queue up at one of the town's 31 polling stations to cast their vote. Nine of the stations had to be closed for security reasons following attacks that began an hour before polling opened.
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The young man wore a winter jacket over his explosive vest and approached the polling station with his hands in his pockets.
"Take your hands out of your pockets," said Ali Jabur, the Iraqi police officer in charge of patting down voters on the street. The young man obliged by throwing his arms wide. He blew them both to bits.
The bomber's head landed 20 metres away. His midsection disappeared. Three hours later some determined voters were still stepping around bits of his fingers as they went into the Badr Kobra High School for Girls to cast the ballots that they called a repudiation of the terrorist attacks meant to scare them away.
"I would have been happy to have died voting at the time of this explosion, because this is terrorism mixed with rudeness," said Saif al-Din Jarah. Mr Jarah, 61, a balding man with white hair, leaned on his daughter Shyamaa as he shuffled into the afternoon sunlight after casting his ballot.
"When terrorism becomes aimless and without a goal, it becomes rudeness," he said, holding up a finger stained with indelible ink. "How could they force people not to vote?"
The blast at the high school killed five people and wounded seven. It blackened the pavement and brought a US Army patrol racing to the tidy streets of this upper middle-class neighbourhood.
It also could have done what Abu Musab al-Zarqawi said the violence was intended to do - derail the election. Al-Zarqawi's al-Qaeda affiliated insurgent group claimed responsibility for 13 suicide attacks on Sunday.
When the suicide bomber struck shortly before 11am, the polling station had been growing busy after a slow start. But Hadi Saleh Mohammed, the election official in charge, felt he had no choice but to close it. There were the wounded to evacuate, a bloody mess to clean up, security to reassess.
While that went on, voters waited at the end of the block. "They wanted to come back in," Mr Mohammed said. "They didn't want to go back home."
Why not?
"First, people want to stop this terrorism that's breeding in this country. Second, the religious leadership wanted people to vote. And third, people have had enough of time wasted. They want to get their permanent government."
So the poll reopened. On the advice of the US troops, the security perimeter was pushed back a block, so people could be frisked twice before entering the school.
Though this meant standing amid bits of the flesh of the last person to approach the checkpoint, there were volunteers. In stepping forward to do the first round of pat-downs themselves, residents explained that they could raise the alert if another suspicious stranger approached.
"The police might not be able to recognise residents; we know them better," said Zaid Abdulhamid. He was stationed at the head of an alley blocked by the trunk of a date palm, the all-purpose roadblock in Iraq.
Najila Amin, a housewife who felt the massive blast in her home, made her way to the school. "We're used to explosions," she said. "It's normal." What surprised her, she said, was the steady stream of people walking past her window to the school. Twenty were in the street at any moment, stepping carefully to avoid places the street cleaners had missed.
"I didn't expect such numbers," said Mrs Amin. "It makes me feel people want to protect themselves and have a government that can protect us."
Her companion, Taiyma Jamal, 26, said the turnout represented a vote against the insurgency. "People want to be free," she said.
Nawar Khadim Ahmed had gone home after seeing the man explode as he raised his arms. By 3pm, he was back to vote, carrying his two-year-old daughter, Noor. "We have to bury this chaos now and form a government," he said. "This is the time that we make a stand."
Mr Ahmed, a mechanic, said he voted for Iyad Allawi, the interim Prime Minister. "Power," Mr Ahmed said, when asked the reason.
"Don't you want education?" asked Sabah Abdullah Rahman, a retired fighter pilot standing nearby.
"We want power and education," Mr Ahmed replied.
The US troops left after a couple of hours, handing security to an Iraqi National Guard major and a dozen Iraqi police officers, most in street clothes.
"This doesn't stop the process," said Sergeant Tahsin Hassan. The suicide bomber had been Sergeant Hassan's third close call. He had survived a car bombing in the "triangle of death" south of Baghdad that killed two policemen and a roadside bombing that killed two civilians.
As he spoke, shots from an assault rifle sounded not a block away. The sentries looked around, but no one on the street so much as flinched, not even a small child clutching his father's hand on the way to the polls.
"We've had enough of this situation," Sergeant Hassan said. "We hear after the elections the situation will stabilise. People want stability."
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In its May issue, Real Simple introduced a new feature called Moneywise that mostly included little tidbits that you Savvy gals would consider old news, but I thought their gathered tips on saving at the grocery store were worth sharing with you. Grocery savings is one area that doesn't get old for me and I like hearing refresher tips to keep in mind while I'm at the store. Markets can be overwhelming at times — they're crowded, too bright, and there's stuff everywhere — it's enough to make me want to grab the first items I see, no matter the price, and go. Because those store trips can be frustrating at times, it's important to be armed with savings strategies that become simple habits. To see Real Simple's tricks to filling up your cart without emptying your wallet just
- Purchase oranges, onions, and potatoes in bags rather than individually. You'll pay roughly half the price since those items are staples that will get eaten before going bad.
- Don't buy nongrocery items at the supermarket. Health and beauty goods are usually cheaper at mass-market retailers, like Target, and you'll find the best deals on paper products at warehouse clubs.
- Opt for frozen seafood over fresh. Some vacuum packed seafood can cost 20 to 40 percent less than at the fish counter. Real Simple reminds us that most fresh fish has been previously frozen during transport, anyway.
- Buy ground beef and chicken breasts in bulk or family-size packages. It will save you 20 percent on ground beef and 50 percent on chicken.
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Johnny Mathis Biography
John Royce Mathis, 30 September 1935, San Francisco, California, USA. In 1956, the 19-year-old Mathis was signed to Columbia Records where he began his career with a jazz-tinged album. A US Top 20 hit with Wonderful! Wonderful! saw him move adroitly towards the balladeer market, and before long he was a major concert attraction, with regular appearances on highly rated American television shows. In 1957, together with his first hit, Mathis was barely absent from the US bestseller lists, and that year had a further five hits, including the number 1 Chances Are, The Twelfth Of Never and Its Not For Me To Say. Mathis had become a phenomenon; his popularity at that time ranked alongside that of Frank Sinatra. By May 1958, he was scraping the UK charts with Teacher, Teacher, and soon established himself with major hits such as A Certain Smile, Winter Wonderland, Someone, Misty and My Love For You. His appeal to the adult market ensured spectacular album success, and Johnnys Greatest Hits stayed a record 490 weeks in the US chart.
With the beat boom and 60s pop explosion making it more difficult for visiting American balladeers to infiltrate the singles chart, Mathis concentrated increasingly on releasing albums. Indeed, he seemed willing to tackle a variety of concepts presented by his various producers and arrangers. Away From Home, produced by Norman Newell, saw the singer concentrating on the songs of European composers; Olé, the Latin-American outing, was sung in Portuguese and Spanish; Wonderful World Of Make Believe consisted entirely of songs based on fairytales; and there were tribute albums to such composers as Burt Bacharach and Bert Kaempfert. Meanwhile, Mathis was suffering from serious drug addiction, but fortunately he managed to kick the habit. By the late 60s, Mathis seemed equally adept at tackling MOR standards and John Lennon / Paul McCartney songs, as well as hoping to update his image. He returned to the UK singles chart in 1974 for the first time in a decade with Im Stone In Love With You and, two years later, secured the Christmas number 1 with When A Child Is Born. Back in the USA, he was still searching for new ideas and in April 1978, collaborated with Deniece Williams on Too Much, Too Little, Too Late. This, his first duet, became a surprise number 1, his first US chart-topper since 1957. Since then, Mathis has duetted incessantly with a list that includes Gladys Knight, Paulette McWilliams, Stephanie Lawrence, Jane Oliver, Dionne Warwick, Angela Bofill, Natalie Cole, Barbara Dickson and Nana Mouskouri. What has been overlooked is Mathis incredible commercial success: he is one of the most successful recording artists of all time, although behind Sinatra and Elvis Presley. His remarkable durability and unfailing professionalism demand admiration, quite apart from his incredibly distinctive voice.
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As leading shares fell for the eighth trading day in a row - their worst run since January 2003 which seen some £104bn wiped off the value of Britain's top companies - investors were also checking out of Dixons Retail ahead of its results on Thursday.
The company dropped 1.19p to 9.36p, an 11% decline which made it the biggest faller in the FTSE 250. Amid speculation of a tough Christmas ahead, Dixons is expected to report a half year loss of around £31m before exceptional items, according to JP Morgan Cazenove. This time last year the figure was £5m. Initial enthusiasm that Dixons would benefit from Kesa's sale of Comet and the withdrawal of US business Best Buy seems to have faded. Indeed some analysts believe a Best Buy clearance sale could make it even more difficult for Dixons during the festive season.
With Thomas Cook revealing this week it was in urgent talks with its bankers, investors are increasingly nervous about company finances. Analyst Nick Bubb said:
For all the plaudits Dixons has received for its UK store and service transformation programme (and the brilliant Darth Vader Xmas TV ad!) , the group is still badly exposed to the economic problems of Southern Europe (via its loss-making operations in Italy and Greece) and that is putting pressure on the balance sheet. Dixons insists it can repay its bond next year, but if it has to slash capital expenditure to do so, the much-vaunted 3%-4% medium-term margin target would be even more threatened.
Eithne O'Leary at Oriel Securities said earlier this week:
Dixons has covenant tests in April and July 2012 that currently afford it little headroom on its fixed charge test. Given the near term covenant risk, we stay with our sell recommendation.
Elsewhere on the high street JD Sports fell 55p to 760p after sales slowed and it made cautious noises about Christmas trading.
The European debt crisis dominated sentiment again, after a poor result in the latest German bond auction raised fears the contagion was rapidly spreading to the core members of the eurozone. Bond yields across Europe were moving higher again as a result. Fitch did not help, by warning that France's AAA rating was at risk if the situation became much worse. With disappointing Chinese manufacturing figures pointing to a global economic slowdown, and some uninspiring US data, the FTSE 100 finished 67.04 points lower at 5139.78. Wall Street, which is closed on Thursday for Thanksgiving, was down more than 190 points by the time London closed. Angus Campbell, head of sales at Capital Spreads, said:
In the run up to the end of the year, any potential for the usual Christmas rally could be scuppered as investors know that there are billions more euros worth of bonds to be issued and if today is anything to go by, those auctions will be poorly subscribed too. Next week in particular sees some €17bn of German, Belgium, Spanish and Italian debt needing to be rolled over.
As the Americans go on holiday for the remainder of the week for Thanksgiving, European markets can't rely on them to try and keep equities propped up. As the FTSE goes it alone with the technical outlook looking evermore negative, it's hard to see equities rallying from here.
Financial shares were again under pressure, as investors worried about the fallout from the debt crisis. Royal Bank of Scotland dropped 1.08p to just 17.34p while Lloyds Banking Group lost 0.55p to 21.84p and Barclays fell 4.7p to 147.9p.
Man was the biggest faller, down 13.8p at 123.6p as its shares went ex-dividend and it revealed a weekly rise of just 0.2% in its key AHL fund, making an annual 0.5% decline.
Among the risers Glencore added 9p to 380p ahead of the expiry on Thursday of an agreement not to issue new shares, made when the commodities trader floated in May. At the same time a number of Glencore's initial investors are free to sell some of their stock, although they may wish to hold on since shares have fallen almost 30% since the company went public. Analysts believe the lifting of the share restrictions would allow Glencore to make a move on one of its potential bid targets, notably Xstrata, down 1.9p at 885p.
Meanwhile JP Morgan Cazenove cut its target price for Glencore from 550p to 440p.
Tui Travel topped the mid-cap risers, up 17.3p to 154p as it recovered from Tuesday's falls in the wake of Thomas Cook's warning. Analyst Jamie Rollo at Morgan Stanley said Tui could benefit from Thomas Cook's problems, it has a strong balance sheet, and there was always the prospect of it being taken over by 55% shareholder Tui AG. He said:
The weak booking environment is negative for all leisure travel companies, though we think the weakness is widely known. However, TUI Travel expressed surprise at Thomas Cook's trading comment, and told us it has no plans to issue an update ahead of its results on December 5, both indications that it has not seen the sort of deterioration as at Thomas Cook. Given that Thomas Cook's travails are already in the mainstream press, it is likely that Tui Travel sees at least a small trading benefit from worried consumers switching away from Thomas Cook.
[TUI AG] recently confirmed it would exercise its tender right to sell its 33% of Hapag-Lloyd in January, where trading has been surprisingly resilient, and we think TUI AG is likely to get back around half the €1.5bn remaining investment in Hapag in cash in 2012 (with the rest rolled over as a new loan). This would give TUI AG €1.4bn of cash, enough to buy the 505m shares it does own in Tui Travel (currently worth €800m).


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Itâs safe to say Corvette Racing has hit its stride in the first year running the new Chevrolet Corvette C7.R.
With expected teething issues a thing of the past, Corvette Racing has gone on a tear in the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship GT Le Mans (GTLM) class, a tear that continued Sunday with a third straight TUDOR Championship victory in the Sahlenâs Six Hours of The Glen at Watkins Glen International.
Antonio Garcia held off the No. 91 Dodge Viper SRT GTS-R of Marc Goossens on a last-lap restart in the win, joining co-driver Jan Magnussen in victory lane for the third straight race in the No. 3 Corvette C7.R. The two also led at the halfway mark to score maximum points en route to a Round 3 victory in the Tequila Patrón North American Endurance Cup.
"I have to say, I am so pleased with how things have gone for the team this year, with the (No.) 3 car especially," said Magnussen, who picked up his 40th win in North American professional sports car racing. "Weâre developing a new car and we keep finding new things to do with it. I just saw that all the fastest race laps for all the GTLMs were all within three tenths (of a second). It is a very competitive category. You have to be on your best game for everything you do. There is no room for any mistakes."
Limiting mistakes is one of the reasons Corvette Racing has been so strong over the summer months. In addition to the teamâs success in North America in the TUDOR Championship, the team finished second in GTE Pro at the 24 Hours of Le Mans two weeks ago with Magnussen, Garcia and Jordan Taylor.
Goossens and co-driver Dominik Farnbacher finished second in the return of the red-and-white liveried Dodge Viper SRT GTS-R. The teamâs No. 93 Dodge Viper SRT GTS-R driven by Jonathan Bomarito and Kuno Wittmer finished third to round out the podium.
Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner drove the No. 4 Corvette C7.R to a fourth-place finish, while Nick Tandy, Richard Lietz and Patrick Pilet finished fifth in the No. 911 Porsche North America Porsche 911 RSR.
The TUDOR Championship next heads to Canadian Tire Motorsport Park on July 13 for the Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix presented by Hawk Performance (FOX Sports 1, live at 2 p.m. ET). The two-hour, 45-minute race will feature the Prototype, GTLM and GTD classes.
Turner Motorsport BMW Z4 Dominates In GTD
Dane Cameron and Markus Palttala drove to a dominant victory Sunday in the Sahlenâs Six Hours of The Glen at Watkins Glen International. The duo led all but nine laps in Turner Motorsportâs No. 94 BMW Z4 for their second GT Daytona (GTD) class victory of the season.
The team also led at the halfway mark to score the maximum 10 points in their Round 3 win in the Tequila Patrón North American Endurance Cup.
A late caution and final lap restart allowed Townsend Bell to close the deficit in the runner-up No. 555 REVO/Robert Graham/Royal Purple/Motegi Ferrari 458 Italia, but there wasnât enough time to catch Cameron who went on to win by 2.087 seconds.
"It was picture perfect today," said Palttala, who started the car and quickly moved to the front. "I took the lead in the first corner of the very first lap and never gave it away. Everything went according to plan."
"Itâs pretty special to get the first win for both of us here at Watkins Glen," added Cameron, picking up his fourth win in North American professional sports car competition. "I checked the [Sahlenâs] Six Hour box and one of the marquee events for us here in the TUDOR Championship. Literally, it could not have gone any better than it did today. The cars were excellent, the team was excellent. Perfect."
With its second-place finish, the No. 555 AIM Autosport team, as well as Bell and co-driver Bill Sweedler unofficially extended their lead in the Patrón Endurance Cup to 14 points over the No. 44 Magnus Racing team (37-23). With wins in both segments Sunday Turner Motorsport now has 21 points despite not scoring any in the Rolex 24 At Daytona.
Bell and Sweedler also extended their lead in the TUDOR Championship season-long standings. Despite finishes of 14th at Mazda Raceway and seventh at Detroit Belle Isle in the two most recent races, the two have made up significant ground in the Patrón Endurance Cup events thus far, winning at Daytona and Watkins Glen and finishing second at Sebring.
Finishing third at Watkins Glen in Magnus Racingâs Porsche 911 GT America were full-season co-drivers Andy Lally and John Potter and third driver Sebastian Asch. Fresh off a fifth-place in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Dempsey Racing and drivers Patrick Dempsey and Joe Foster teamed with Andrew Davis to finish fourth in the No. 27 Porsche 911 GT America. Alessandro Balzan and Jeff Westphal finished fifth in the No. 63 Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 458 Italia.
The Patrón Endurance Cup concludes Oct. 4 with the season-ending Petit Le Mans powered by Mazda at Road Atlanta.
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Jammin at Hippie Jack's Americana Roots Music Festival is back and better than ever. There's great music and fun for the whole family. The event features multiple stages and runs through Sunday. For tickets and directions check out www.jamminathippiejacks.com.
It's important to relieve stress before you head into the weekend and what better way than at a "Car Bash & Cookout" to benefit Alzheimer's Tennessee. Stop by Elmcroft of West Knoxville Friday for some bashing and burgers. The event runs from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.
Take a trip down the Tennessee River at the world premier of "Voyage". A group of friends embark on a 1,000 mile journey to the Gulf of Mexico. This amazing documentary will be showing at the Bijou Theatre, Friday at 7:00 pm. Tickets are $18.50.
The Panerathon 5k/10k to Fight Hunger takes place this weekend. In its 37th year, this event joins fitness and families all for a great cause. Stop by Church Street, west of Hall of Fame, Saturday at 8:00 am.
From the Highlands of Western North Carolina, Pipapelli brings the sounds of rocking blues and celtic all wrapped up as one. Put on your finest kilt and head to the Preservation Pub Saturday night. The show starts at 8:00 pm.
The Kentucky Headhunters along with Cathouse Prophets will be jammin' hard at the Shed Saturday night. For good music outdoors, head to Maryville and enjoy the show. The music starts at 8:00 pm.
Also Saturday night, we kick it up a notch with the Hard Knox Roller Girls. Roller derby is always an adrenaline infused good time. Matches take place at the Civic Coliseum. The first bout starts at 6:00 pm. Tickets are $12 at the door.
In anticipation of Statehood day on June 1st, many historic Tennessee sites will be offering free admission. For example, if you head to Historic Marble Springs on Saturday, you can walk among some living history from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm and again, admission is free.
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Victorian electricians will receive pay rises of more than 5 per cent a year for four years in a new enterprise deal that will underpin bargaining in the state's militant construction industry and stoke fears of wage-driven inflation.
Mass meetings of Electrical Trades Union members endorsed the deal yesterday. It includes overtime being paid at double time from next October on construction projects.
ETU Victorian secretary
The National Electrical and Communications Association (NECA) negotiated the deal on behalf of a group of contractors, but the ETU traditionally pushes it as a standard agreement to cover several hundred employers and more than 10,000 electricians working in construction, service and maintenance.
"We think it's a reasonable outcome in the circumstances," NECA's Victorian chief executive, Philip Green, said. "We're happy with a four-year deal. It gives us certainty. We've got some flexibilities, particularly in the non-construction area.''
The ETU deal comes as the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union's Victorian branch prepares to negotiate about 3000 enterprise agreements that expire in March 2011 and provide a national pay benchmark in commercial building.
Meanwhile, the Transport Workers Union has struck a deal covering about 450 workers at Australian air Express (AaE) that delivers pay rises of more than 4.5 per cent a year over three years, with an additional 0.5 per cent in the following three months.
TWU members employed at the freight operator -- which is owned by
The TWU's national secretary,
Mr Sheldon said between 10 per cent and 15 per cent of the AaE workforce would get an additional wage rise of 7 per cent through the introduction of a new pay classification system.
But the chief executive of AaE, Wayne Dunne, argued yesterday that there would be "no pay increase out of the [pay] classification restructure", which included some productivity gains.
Mr Dunne said AaE employees had accepted a pay freeze in the year ended June 30 during the business slowdown caused by the financial crisis.
"I look at it [the deal] as being over
4 ¼ years,'' he said. "The increase is roughly in line with CPI [the consumer price index] at 3.25 per cent.''
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How to Try Retirement Before You Quit Your Job
What's the best way to "test drive" a retirement before you leave the office?
MARC FREEDMAN: Some 80 years ago, the great psychologist Carl Jung observed that "wholly unprepared" we "embark upon the second half of life." If that was true in the 1930s, it's certainly the case today, a time when so many in midlife are working extreme jobs, trying to make ends meet, all the while juggling family responsibilities. Who has time to think about what's next? But unlike the period when Jung penned his admonition, most individuals in their 50s and 60s today can assume an upcoming period that truly amounts to the second half of adulthood—one that could easily stretch decades in duration. That means we need to prepare for this phase just as seriously as we did for our midlife years and careers.
How can we do so in the most effective way? In a phrase, try before you buy. If you're interested in an encore career in the purpose sector, join a board or volunteer for an appealing organization. Accumulate a body of hands-on experience. It will help you determine whether the abstract appeal of a field is connected to the tangible reality of an actual workplace. Herminia Ibarra, a management scholar at Insead, the business school in France, has demonstrated through extensive research that most people who successfully shift careers at various junctures across the lifecourse tend to do so through trying on new roles. They experiment. That's certainly how many young people use internships to their benefit—and there's no reason why older people can't take a similar path.
Some will elect to put the "try before you buy" strategy in place by themselves. For those who want help there are now some useful services available.
One of my favorites is PivotPlanet. Born as VocationVacations, the original organization placed individuals wanting to change their life and career with a mentor, in person, for one to three days—for a modest fee. Participants got exposed to a range of fields including acting, winemaking, architecture, even baseball announcing. Pivot Planet focuses more on the mentoring component than its earlier incarnation, over the phone, through video conferencing, and in-person. A recent New York Times article tells the story of how Melissa Owen, a woman from Plano, Texas, opened a coffeehouse there with mentoring from a Pivot Planet adviser. Think of it as a way to take a stealth gap period—on vacation time, for example, or weekends, under the radar screen.
To return to Jung's wisdom, it's worth noting that he had more to say about our lack of preparation for the second half of life than vocational tips. Jung felt just as strongly that we needed to think differently about this period, adopt a set of values and priorities appropriate to a time in life when there are likely fewer days ahead than behind. According to Jung, "we cannot live the afternoon of life according to the program of life's morning—for what was great in the morning will be little at evening, and what in the morning was true will at evening have become a lie."
Marc Freedman is CEO and founder of Encore.org, a nonprofit organization working to promote encore careers—second acts for the greater good.
Read the latest Encore Report.


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Some guy comes, and we give him a song and dance about how we're willing to swap military info for a square deal from Sasebo.
And that was exactly the way Admiral Sasebo had fought his part of the war.
Tonight we will make a rendezvous with Admiral Sasebo's force.
And so I think it is best for you to take them to Admiral Sasebo.
At the mention of the name, Admiral Sasebo, Dawson jumped inwardly.
Then they can send the news back to Sasebo, and shoot us down.
On the contrary, he wondered plenty if the Jap would fly them to Sasebo's ship!
Sasebo will know where Jackson is, but Jackson won't know where Sasebo is.
That Jap rat officer was going to fly us to the Suicide Sasebo's flagship.
The naval hospital at Sasebo is crowded with new patients from the great sea battle.


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We address the problem of understanding scenes from multiple sources of sensor data (e.g., a camera and a laser scanner) in the case where there is no one-to-one correspondence across modalities (e.g., pixels and 3-D points). This is an important scenario that frequently arises in practice not only when two different types of sensors are used, but also when the sensors are not co-located and have different sampling rates. Previous work has addressed this problem by restricting interpretation to a single representation in one of the domains, with augmented features that attempt to encode the information from the other modalities. Instead, we propose to analyze all modalities simultaneously while propagating information across domains during the inference procedure. In addition to the immediate benefit of generating a complete interpretation in all of the modalities, we demonstrate that this co-inference approach also improves performance over the canonical approach.
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Explore the alternate
reality of history gone strangely awry in Salem in 1692, or the far-future
problems of a world where thinking too hard about religion tends to
spawn rival gods. From a magical widow determined to make a life with
her husband's ghost to a world where wishes come true at unexpected
times to an embattled Firedancer discovering frightening
things about the elemental enemy of her people, the worlds of S. A.
Bolich are unexpected, fascinating - and places you won't soon want to leave.
Check out the
page for a full listing of upcoming works.
Read sneak previews and catch up on all the news:
June 16, 2010
I did a guest
blog at Damnation Books today on the perils and reward of writing dark
fiction. Go check it out!
April 11, 2010
My Weird Western short fantasy "Wishes and
Horses" has been accepted by Tales of Moreauvia for publication this fall.
April 8, 2010
Norwescon was excellent. The writers' workshops there are
impressive and I got some excellent ideas for present and future work. And I
acquired a great hat! (One should really be careful in the dealers' room. So
much great stuff!) I'm looking forward to seeing new friends and old at the next
con, which at this moment will be SpoCon in Spokane, WA this summer.
March 26, 2010
I'm heading off to Norwescon in Seattle April 1-4, which
should be a lot of fun. I hope I'll see a lot of you there!
March 13, 2010
Here's another good review of "Who
Mourns for the Hangman?", which seems to touch a chord in everyone who
reads the story. The reviewer says, "Who Mourns for the Hangman is
an imaginative dark fantasy that is sure to thrill all who read it."
You can download a copy at Damnation
Books or as a Kindle e-book at Amazon.
February 17, 2010
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I should Google myself more often. I just found this old
Tangent Online review
of my very first published story, "Where Magic Lives," which earned an
Honorable Mention in the Year's Best Fantasy and Horror for that year. It was
originally published in On Spec, which has another of my stories, "An
Infinity of Moments," in the queue to publish, hopefully sometime this
February 16, 2010
I will be giving an interview on Blog
Talk Radio Tuesday, February 16th at 5:30 Pacific time, (7:30 Central, 8:30
Eastern). Call in and listen to my report on RadCon and the inspiration behind
"Who Mourns for the Hangman?"
Come along and listen!
February 15, 2010
A couple of favorable reviews of Kraken's Honor have wended
their way to my mailbox:
From Matthew Denton at Novel
From Maegan Bergstrom at Maegan's
From Lois Tilton at Internet
Review of Science Fiction
February 11-14, 2010
I'll be at Radcon in Pasco, Washington. I hear this is a
great con and a lot of fun. I'm looking forward to the panel I'm on: "For
Want of a Nail" which discusses alternate history, a subject near and dear
to my heart. Hope to see some of you there!
January 23, 2010
"Who Mourns for the Hangman?"
placed in the top 10 in the Preditors and Editors Poll (tied for 5th), out of 95
entries. Not bad!
January 9, 2010
"Who Mourns for the Hangman?" is up
for best SF or fantasy story of 2009 at the Preditors and Editors readers poll
at Critters Workshop. You can vote for Hangman or any of your favorite stories here.
Naturally, I hope you'll vote for me!
December 16, 2009
I have a guest post up on Naomi
Clark's site today, and an interview at Imperfect
December 13, 2009
Kari Wolfe of Niteblade Magazine did an
interview with me. You can find it at Perfect
Clarity. Among other things, it talks about the origins of "Who Mourns
for the Hangman?"
December 3,
"Kraken's Honor" is now up at Beneath
Ceaseless Skies. Go check it out!
November 30, 2009
Two good reviews of "Who Mourns for the
Hangman?" are up at Niteblade
and Book
Illusions. Many thanks to Kari Wolfe and Debbie Wiley for their thoughts on
this story.
November 10, 2009
Another good review of "Who Mourns for the
Hangman?" at The Pen
and Muse. And I notice that this e-book is now available in the UK at Direct
Ebooks. It's priced in pounds, euros, and dollars, so take your choice.
November 2, 2009
A new review of "Who Mourns for the Hangman?" is
up at Niteblade
Horror and Fantasy Magazine.
November 1, 2009
See my blog
for my report on the 2009 World Fantasy Convention. It was great!
October 29-Nov 1, 2009
I'll be at the World Fantasy Convention in San Jose,
California. I haven't attended before so I'm looking forward to it. I hope to
run into some of you there.
September 7, 2009
Another favorable review of Who Mourns for the
Hangman from The
Horror Press.
September 1, 2009
Damnation Books debuts with my story Who
Mourns for the Hangman? as an ebook. Currently it is in the top 10 sellers
of the 25 titles released.
August 17, 2009
Two favorable reviews are posted, of "Message in the Dust" at Tangent Online,
and "Who Mourns for the Hangman?" at Rites
of Romance Reviews (for a horror story!).
June 20, 2009
Roads to Hell" is accepted by Third
Order Magazine for publication in Summer, 2009. This weird Western wonders
why people are so much readier to accept odd events as works of Hell instead of
"Who Mourns for the Hangman?"
accepted by Damnation Books
for publication in September 2009. This is dark, period fantasy in which a
traveling hangman is faced with an unexpected dilemma.
View the video
trailer in full high def. You can buy this story as an ebook directly
from Damnation Books.
Read the reviews:
of Romance
The Horror Press
Honor" is accepted by Beneath
Ceaseless Skies for publication in September (tentative).
This is high fantasy, in which an exiled prince is forced to
discover if the gods his house once betrayed are still
Honor" is accepted by Beneath
Ceaseless Skies for publication in September (tentative).
This is high fantasy, in which an exiled prince is forced to
discover if the gods his house once betrayed are still
March 16, 2009
Master of the Bones" is accepted by Pangaia
for publication in spring or summer 2010. When a group of farmers encounter
the world's oldest being, the outcome is both magical and not what
anyone expected. This is gentle, modern fantasy in a rural
February 8, 2009
"Eternity's Child," an SF short story about an
encounter with an alien artifact, receives an Honorable Mention from Writers of the Future, which puts it in the top 5-15% of entries received.
January 11, 2009
"Message in the Dust" is accepted by Science Fiction Trails
anthology, Issue 4,
Spring 2009. Now available here. This
is a somewhat unusual weird Western with a strong SF element.
Two explorers find something that forces them to weigh courage
against foolhardiness, wisdom against curiosity.
I really love that cheating robot on the
Read a review.
November 13,
Infinity of Moments" is accepted by On
Spec magazine, publishing date TBD.
On Spec also very kindly accepted my
first published short story, "Where Magic Lives," back
in the Summer 2002 issue. They might even still have a copy or
two to buy. This story received an Honorable Mention in the
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror anthology.