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At least that's the way many college football coaches say they feel about the six recruiting reforms the NCAA's board of directors approved Thursday.
"The NCAA once again had a wonderful knee-jerk reaction," Georgia Tech coach Chan Gailey said. "You can't legislate morality, but you can make sure people handle themselves correctly."
Reacting to a growing number of incidents involving high school athletes on recruiting visits, the NCAA will adopt the reforms in hopes of eliminating what Myles Brand, the president of college athletics' governing body, calls "a sense of entitlement."
The new reforms, which are effective immediately, include:
* Limiting air travel to commercial flights, with tickets only in coach class.
* Limiting ground transportation, e.g., no specialty or luxury vehicles like limousines.
* Establishing a standard for meals and lodging, e.g., no extravagant meals with four lobster tails or suites in luxury hotels.
* Requiring host groups to be a part of the university and not connected to the athletic department and that they not be gender specific.
* Limiting personalized recruiting aids like videos or uniforms with a recruit's name on them.
* Demanding that each school write its own policies and procedures for recruiting visits. The document must include guidelines for curfews and entertainment of recruits and clearly state the prohibition of drinking, drug use, gambling and use of strippers during campus visits. Schools must also specify how they will penalize themselves for violations.
Many of the reforms have a direct connection to recent revelations about the recruiting process. Those disclosures include scandals at Colorado, where recruits were treated to wild parties that included alcohol and strippers and where nine women claim they were raped by football players and recruits, and at Florida, where recruit Willie Williams faced criminal charges stemming from his visit to the school.
In addition, Williams chronicled his recruiting visits to Auburn, Florida State and Miami in a diary for a South Florida newspaper last year. The reports made public the extravagant lengths to which football programs go to woo recruits.
The NCAA formed a recruiting task force in February in the wake of those incidents. The task force's recommendations are the basis for the reforms.
Some coaches have their doubts about whether the reforms will have the desired effects. Miami coach Larry Coker, who eventually signed Williams, said during the ACC's media days last month that the entire recruiting culture must change.
"They're all celebrities; that's the nature of the game," Coker said. "There are some things that can be done. I just hope the NCAA doesn't overreact."
The reforms will handicap some schools more than others. Clemson coach Tommy Bowden said the air travel reform will complicate his recruiting efforts. Clemson typically flies recruits in for visits on private planes because of the remoteness of its campus.
Greenville, S.C., is the only airport with commercial flights within two hours of Clemson, and its offerings are limited.
"I think we jumped the gun a little quickly over a linebacker who wrote an article," Bowden said.
Gailey agrees. He said more study - and time - should be put into the process.
"These reforms are trying to stop what 10 percent of the people are doing," he said. "But the other 90 percent have to deal with it too."
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I recently started having sex with a girl that was a virgin before she met me. So the last time we had intercoarse...she kept saying that she had too pee. i told her to just relax...several times- nothing happened.
my highschool sweetheart and i had watched a video called Seymore's Squirters...so after watching that we sat on the couch- i had towles all over the couch, on me, on the floor- EVERYWHERE...and i was doing what they said to do in the video- was actually like a tutorial on how to make women squirt- very informative...anyways...we tried and failed- i think the abundance of the towels and the mere stupidity of it all, killed the mood.
"squirting" is what brought me too ehealthforum...i had copied and pasted a post on here regaurding this topic and sent it too my girly friend(the virgin).
she said that she has felt that "I gotta pee" sensation several times while having sex with me...i think the next time we go at it, it will happen...she knows now that it ISN'T urine, and that she just needs to relax and push it out as if she was peeing.
I am so incredibly turned on to the fact that she may be able to squirt- i want t taste it so bad- it's only fair right- if she takes my semen, then i get her female ejaculate.
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Well I am glad you were able to work it out.
Tell her to relax and just slowly work it through.
I heard clitortal stimulation increases the "squirt" abit so you can try that too.
Good Luck,
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As a matter of fact my ex-boyfriend and I watched a how to squirt dvd. lol. He really wanted me to learn how to as well. I wanted to learn how to too. so we watched it several times. The G-spot it what you want to stimulate. If you two went the local sex shop and got a dildo that had like an angle upward to it,(g-spot dildo) and you just slide it into her about an inch with the upward point, pointed upward, then that would be just about where her g-spot is. keep moving in and out and firmly pushing up against that spot with the point while doing it. Have oral sex with her while you are doing this. I mean it took him and I literally about 3 hours of oral sex, with the dildo too and having sex in between, back and forth between the two. You have to be REALLY be comfortable with someone to be able to do this. I guess what happens as you probably learned, is that the g-spot swells up with this fluid! It feels very weird, yet really erotic at the same time. I mean it really feels like you have to pee quite badly. It is really hard to do if you are in her, so when you are having sex with her, she has to push it out, but you have to have sex with her slowly. I found doggy style to be the very best way to do this. I will tell you what though, it really did seem like I was peeing, but they claim your not! lol! Good luck, and hope this helps!
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yes i get that all the time peeing sensation but makes me even more horny my ex used to suck my lips slow as and id feel like peeing sensations over and over id just tell him to stop cause i could do that for ages i find the windmil position works when he inserts his penis you get a whole lot of his penis and testicles rubbing all over you vjj gues thanks to gravity lol
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Dyson hopes the plan - still subject to planning approval - will create 3,000 new jobs.
He told Eamonn Holmes: "Britain is very creative. British people are very creative and if any more of them would do engineering and discover what a creative job it is ... it's not about repairing things it's about inventing and creating new technology and wonderful products.
"It is true that nearly 90% of our researchers at British universities in engineering and science come from overseas and we ought to make them more welcome.
"Indeed nearly half of the undergraduates studying science and engineering are also from outside the EU so I think if we made them welcome from the very beginning and said that when you've qualify you can stay in Britain and help Britain create interesting products that we can export, rather than dis-encouraging them; they go home and then they become competitors to us.
"This is sheer madness" he said, while urging children in school to engage in science and engineering.
Dyson - best known for its bagless vacuum cleaners - said it filed the highest number of patents in the UK in 2012.
Sir James said 90% of its products are exported to 67 countries - with all the tax revenues from sales going to the UK - £130m last year.
He explained that final production engineering and assembly takes place in Malaysia and Singapore because its supply base is in Asia.
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"Students are given four months in the UK after the end of their course to find a job. This is plenty of time for scientists and engineers whose skills are in high demand.
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I have an h3 tag that I've added an image to using CSS.
The h3 tag also has a bottom border.
The image is on the left of the h3 tag and the text is on the right.
However, the border is also under the image and because the image is larger than the text, the border is far below the text.
I would like to move the bottom border on the h3 tag to not be under the image and up closer to the text.
Can this be done with CSS?
It would help to see an example of this, but the first thing that comes to mind is to reduce the line-height on the h3.
Also, you could try giving the h3 a height (I say also because as ralph.m mentioned the line height will affect the elements height)
Thanks for the replies, but adjusting line-height doesn't appear to change the border position.
Also, changing the height would also affect the image, wouldn't it?
Here are the screenshots.
The before image is how it currently appears.
You can see the bottom border at the bottom of the image.
The after image is what I want to achieve.
You will see the border not under the image and right below the text.
what is your CSS for the h3 tag? CSS borders are drawn OVER any BG image... unless what you are saying is that the BG has the border as part of it...
I don't think its possible to move just the bottom border, but I wanted to see if anyone knew any tricks to do so.
The border is not part of the image.
Here is the current css.
h3.title_white {
padding: 2px 0 0 55px;
margin: 0 20px 10px 0;
border-bottom: 1px solid #E1E1E1;
color: #036;
background-image: url(/images/h_title_white_dragon.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
height: 45px;
you cant really move the border on an element it is RENDERED around the it and pretty much on top of everything else, that why I asked to see the CSS to make sure I understood what you were referring to as "border"
As I said you CANT move the borders.. BUT, you CAN move the BG and/or add padding-bottom. Which would work similarly.. unless what you want is a clear area between the border and the BG image.. for that effect you will need another element:
for example if you had heading links...
h3.title_white a{
padding: 2px 0 0 55px;
color: #036;
background: url(/images/h_title_white_dragon.gif) no-repeat;
height: 45px;
margin-bottom:2px; /* the distance you want from the image to the border*/
h3.title_white {margin: 0 20px 10px 0;
border-bottom: 1px solid #E1E1E1;}
You could put the image in the html and position it absolutely. Only downside (with what I've got so far) is that the underline will go right up to the edge of the image (so I've added right padding and a bg color to the image to hide it, though there are probably better ways to fix that):
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Will definitely practice the hooping part.
Have fun. I am getting ready to do some embroidery for the birth date quilt. It will have a little girl in the center, with her name and birth date. Around that will be a circle of teddy bears and raggedy teddy bears. I will let you know when I post, (probably be two or three weeks) I have made several quilts with embroidery that are in my gallery.
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Hi Ann. Some of the stabilizers remain with the item and are not torn away or washed away but can serve to make the item (tote bag, etc.) more stable.
Hello all, it has been a busy week. We had our guilkd meeting and had a speaker, Dalen Keys. He and his wife, Mitzi, had a trunk show and showed us hios book Just a Quilt . Very cute. It is a children's picture book and about the imagination of a boy and his quilt.
Hi Jean. Do you know if the author has a website? I'd very much like to have a look at the picture book.
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was this a pattern, I've been looking for a masculine one to do for my husband. He used to work for the park service and this would be perfect? Can you share where you got the pattern?
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Hi, Yes he has a site. He Nd his wife make appearances at guild meetings also.
Thanks so much Jean!
I just noticed you're in Canada. I'm near Boston and the Keyes are from Pennsylvania. You never know they might love a trip north if your guild can get them. Do you belong to a guild?
Hi there Jean. I live in Canada alright - but waaaay over nearer to the West coast than the East coast of Canada. I don't belong to a guild. A quilting friend of mine has been wanting me to join her guild, but I have not done that yet. Do you enjoy belonging to your guild?
I do enjoy beinmg in a guild. We have various charity works, show and tells!!! and speakers. We meet once a month from Sept to June. Every other year we have
quilt show and during the year we might have a week end away to quilt or a one day bus trip to visit shops. The women in the group are very talented and I love seeing what they DO. We are on the web. hammersmith quilters guild.in Saugus, Massachusetts. I am sure you will have a good time after all i have never mety a quilter I didn't like!
Have to go....jean
The guild here meets once a week and I find that to be to much. I get togeather with a bunch of quilters once every month or so and find that to be just about right. as soon as my deck is finished, I am hosting a quilters day at my house to christen it. the weather had better cooperate!!
I have just purchased a new sewing machine that embroiders also.... I am loving it. I do have a question though..... What do you think is the cleanest thread for most machines? The embroidey thread is very expensive, is there a place to go where I can get the polyester threads cheaper.
Hi Jean! Congratulations on your new machine. What make did you purchase?
Insofar as answering your thread question is concerned - I can only tell you what I do. I have a Brother embroidery/sewing machine and have chosen to use Brother embroidery threads with the machine. They work so well together. I purchase my threads via ebay. Brother embroidery threads are vibrant and beautiful and have always given me a great result.
Hi Kim, when time permits, I do baby quilts with machine embroidery. My family members loved them. I don't digitize my designs. I have a Bernina 440QE with embroidery module. I found some good quilting designs on ebay andDesign By Sick http://www.designsbysick.com/ The picture of Spiderman quilt has embroidery design from software that came with machine. I didn't use any stablizer for machine embroidery, figure that the three layers were good enough. Didn't have any problems stitching out design.
Did you just put your quilt sandwich into the hoop and turn the machine on?


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Jimmy Swan remembers burying his face in his hands when he got the word: The year was 1997, and Swan, then only 19, had just learned he'd lost $35,000 promoting Tooth and Nail Weekend 2, a music festival held only a few miles away from Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth.
Too bad for Swan that he didn't know before he set up his Christian rock fest that TMS was holding its own festival that day. You might have heard of it: Rockfest. Maybe you were one of the hundreds of thousands who turned out to hear Bush, Third Eye Blind, No Doubt and other chart-topping alternative acts for free. Jesus punk rockers like MxPx at Tooth and Nail didn't stand a chance in hell.
Fourteen years later, Swan still remembers the lesson: "Make sure you know what's going on in the city," he says with a laugh.
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In his 17 years in the music business, Swan has hit a few other potholes on his drive to success. He laughs easily at all of them and still dives head-first into projects. His latest venture, The 720 Model, which he co-founded with Jacob Capricciuolo, acts as an umbrella over several companies including I Saw You On TV and Executive Music Group, a Dallas-based record label founded by Capricciuolo. It's a label Swan says is suited to navigate today's music landscape, in which staying light on your feet is key to survival.
"For us as a label, the things we've been able to accomplish are very unique because we don't have the corporate sponsors or big daddy watching us and paying bills," Swan says. "It's 100 percent me and Jacob."
The "big daddy" he's referring to are the major-label dinosaurs that once ruled the world of music, but are now threatened with extinction — a fact Capricciuolo knows all too well. He spent 12 years working for major labels like EMI and Universal and could see the change coming long before the majors crumbled. On the evolutionary scale, Capricciuolo and Swan are mammals: smaller, faster, more adaptable. The partnership works perfectly, says Capricciuolo, whose major label experience complements Swan's deep history in artist management and promotions.
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What they've been able to accomplish so far has been impressive. Executive Music Group's 2010 release of the white-boy reggae hit "Lay Me Down (featuring Rome of Sublime)" by The Dirty Heads broke a Billboard alternative radio chart record for longest-running, independently released No. 1 single. The previous record was held by Everlast's 1998 "What It's Like," which held the top spot on the alternative chart for nine weeks. The Dirty Heads' stayed there 11 weeks.
Attaining such a feat was something Swan never could have imagined when he first arrived in Texas in 1994. The son of a missionary in Guadalajara, Mexico, he returned to the United States after 12 years to go to school at Dallas Baptist University. He received a scholarship designated for missionary kids that paid him a meager $115 a month in spending money. Broke, alone and suffering a mild case of culture shock, he was befriended by Jimm Varner, a member of the Christian rock band Between Thieves. Swan offered to help the band sell some CDs, and within hours he had moved more than 40 copies. Impressed, the band eventually made Swan their manager, and with his help they sold more than 10,000 copies of their debut alone.
Swan soon began promoting Christian rock shows in Dallas. After only two shows, one with Sixpence None the Richer that yielded a wad of cash that made his DBU per diem look laughable, Swan was locked in, eventually calling his business Jimmy Swan Productions.
Around this time, Swan met Capricciuolo, who was working as a hip-hop artist. This was a short-lived career for Capricciuolo, who quickly found out his strong suit was on the executive side of the music industry, hence the name Executive Music Group.
Swan, however, was just embarking on a career in concert promotions and artist management that would last for years to come.
"By the time I was in my second year in school, I was promoting shows nationally," he says. "I had 27 bands I was a booking agent for, managing about seven, and did about 200 shows a year, so my parents ended up moving up from Mexico and working for me full time, and I dropped out of school, and I've been full time ever since."
Times weren't always so fruitful for Swan. A few years after the Tooth and Nail fiasco, he trimmed his roster and focused all his efforts on the Christian rock band Rhythm, which made a good living touring the country. But when the band decided about seven years ago to cross over to the secular world and pursue some rock cred, they failed. Swan was broke yet again, unsure what the future held for him.
His saving grace was reality television.
Swan was watching Survivor with his wife one night and saw reality star Rupert Boneham. A big fan, Swan did a quick bit of sleuthing and gave Boneham a call to offer some career help. Before he knew it, he was managing Boneham, hawking Rupert merchandise at his many autograph signings and other appearances.
"Ten thousand people would show up in Binghamton, New York," Swan says. "The crowds would wait and stay there all night. I was like 'What if we had a stage out there where bands can perform?'"
The thought led to an idea to have reality stars record music. Swan called the business I Saw You On TV, and with that, he was back in the music industry.
Now that Boneham's 15 minutes have passed, Swan has turned his energy to EMG.
They aren't focused on releasing North Texas artists like local labels Idol Records and Kirtland Records, which is why they are still relatively unknown around Dallas. They aren't opposed to signing local acts, but haven't seen many that they feel have commercial potential.
"If we're signing up-and-coming talent, then I gotta like it," Capricciuolo says. "They do need to have a commercial sound though."
He and Swan say they are making a living with the label — but just that, and lean times have meant cuts to their operation. "We shut down our apartment in L.A. and fired people left and right," Swan says. "We had 11 people working for us." Instead, Swan says, the pair decided to "put 100 percent into it, build it, and that's when we got the hit with The Dirty Heads."
The hit song doesn't mean the difficult days are over. It has helped put EMG in a stronger position, but Capricciuolo knows that they have to keep working hard.
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"It's still a hustle everyday," he says. "You can't let your guard down, not in this business. You have to stay on top of it all the time because it could be gone in a second."
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Ask Dr. Orloff
How do you find your right job?
Answer: You begin to tune into your passion everyday in meditation and discover what that is. Then you turn heaven and earth upside down to pursue it. In my book Intuitive Healing I teach a step called Asking for Inner Guidance. You need to keep practicing that step until you get it down. Then the sky's the limit.


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This particular list is based entirely on my personal taste. Some of it is a result of how much I've listened to an album, but I think there's some objectivity going on as well. In my vanity, I believe that the music I listen to is unarguably "good". But that doesn't mean I've got the best list on the block. If you think I'm wrong or forgetful, let me know (and why). Sometimes I make mistakes, but they can usually be corrected.
Anyway, the best albums of 2009 (according to Dylan Peterson):
25. Sufjan Stevens - The BQE
Points for effort. In Sufjan's discography, this is one of his weakest releases. But The BQE still contains enough impressive moments to make my list. It's good when Sufjan goes instrumental. Let's hope it's even better next time.
24. Dead Man's Bones
Halloween bands don't come around often enough, but Dead Man's Bones makes up for our deficiency of creepy organ rock. This album also takes Ryan Gosling up a big notch on the "cool guy" list. I kinda want to hang out with him.
23. Vitalic - Flashmob
I think this might be the most "synthetic" 'top 25' list I've ever made. A lot of electronic, instrumental stuff on this list. Vitalic makes me feel okay about it all though. Flashmob drives hard with intensity, I'd have to be an asshole if I didn't include it in my 2009 synthesizer party.
22. Telefon Tel Aviv - Immolate Yourself
Telefon Tel Aviv wins the 'Most Unassumingly Exasperating' award. Immolate Yourself is soft, but loaded with depth. Listening to this music is meditative and engaging, so you can listen to it while working out, studying, or falling asleep. It miraculously works on every level.
21. The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
The Flaming Lips are masters of the psychedelic, so it's a good thing they released this album during the second half of 2009 just before the return of grunge comes and smashes all of our precious reverb to smithereens. Embryonic is a trip that doesn't require any drugs. Sound like fun? Absolutely, it is.
Shutter Release. Who the hell really knows how artists create sounds anymore, but it sounds like they've brought in a lot more players for this one. At least more strings. But the best part is that they haven't started singing. It's still devastatingly perfect drumwork and warming melodies from the Bell bros.
19. Andrew Bird - Noble Beast
Oh yeah, this did come out in 2009, didn't it? It's not Andrew Bird's personal best, but when he's not at the top of his game it's still usually going to out-talent most indie bands out there. This album won't make or break Andrew Bird, but it'll keep his fans happy and hold any naysayers at bay.
18. Lightning Bolt - Earthly Delights
I don't think I've ever put Lightning Bolt on one of my year-end lists before (probably because I didn't always give noise a chance). But these guys are still intense. Chippendale is as brutal as ever, and still kinda scares me. All of the hardcore kids should just listen to these guys and get over that "phase" that's become so tired. Come on kids. Just get into Lightning Bolt already.
17. Mew - No More Stories, Are Told Today...
The singer of Mew is the most pathetic excuse of a man I've ever seen. Even though the girly emotional version of Emo died quite a few years ago, this dude still seems to think he can harness the power of tight jeans and tangled bangs in eyelashes. But his pathetic frailty aside, Mew is still excellent. Some of the most surprisingly catchy melodies come out of this band. They're absolutely pretentious, but it works to their own strange grandiose advantage.
16. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
This is one of those albums I didn't want to put on the list just because everybody assumes that it must be on every AOTY list. Fuck that. Getting on this list occurs solely as a result of how much I enjoyed it on an individual level. So that's why the hype band of the year is here. Veckatimest was an album I found myself throwing on when I didn't know what else to listen to (first sign of a great record). It sounds like indie rock in 2009. But, I guess that's not necessarily a bad thing.
15. Saxon Shore - It Doesn't Matter
Post-rock Chicagoan, that's me I guess. Saxon Shore isn't from Chicago, but they should probably move here. They're one of the most 'cinematic' bands I've ever heard. It's time for them to broaden their scope and start composing some film scores. It worked for EitS, and (in my ridiculous opinion), I'll take these guys over Explosions any day.
14. Volcano Choir - Unmap
Our friend in Bon Iver found himself a quirky little indie rock band to play with, how darling! Seriously though, hearing Justin Vernon's voice used in a slightly larger musical context is exciting. Volcano Choir isn't as heartwrenching as Bon Iver, but it's an album that signals a potential evolution for Vernon. And 'Island Is' is a good enough song to put Unmap on my AOTY list even if it were the only track on the album.
13. Wilco - Wilco the Album
I've never heard Wilco so comfortable. I guess their stupid album title is apt. This band has been surprising, unsurprising, disappointing, confusing, and amazing depending on the album you're talking about AND depending on who you're talking to. But Wilco the Album wasn't any of those things, it was just... Wilco the Album. And, apparently, that works.
12. Built to Spill - There is No Enemy
So this return to the 90s' we've experienced in music this year, this is a pretty weird thing, right? Well not for Built to Spill it isn't. Because they've always been there. The 90s' never left them! Upbeat tunes and simple lyrics aren't as bad as we all thought. It's just that they were overdone by a lot of really bad bands. But BtS was never bad. And they're still not. Who cares if they're stuck in the 90s'? Good music is good music, and that's what we have on There is No Enemy.
In a way, this is my favorite album of the year. I guess I didn't put it in the top 10 because I haven't listened to it as much as everything else. That's one of the problems of making a list so early. But if somebody asked me right now "so Dylan, what new music should I check out?" The answer, without hesitation, is Fuck Buttons, Tarot Sport. So go get it now if you haven't yet. And if you don't like it, Fuck you.
[Top 10 will be posted next Monday]


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It's surprising this hasn't been blammed already. It's obvious you just threw this up on the site because you had nothing better to do, and it's kind of degrading to the people who actually try to make quality flash movies. Then you come up with witty responses to the people who criticize you by saying things like "I'LL GIVE YOU A MEDAL IF YOU CAN MAKE ME CARE". If you're going to submit something, please put some real time into it, and at least try to take it a little more seriously.
I'd take this more seriously if it was an actual worthy idea, but it's about a video game, so it wasn't. Take into consideration that I made this in ten minutes and that I do actually submit quality flashes after weeks - in some cases, months work. If you don't believe me, please view my other flash submissions with a score over '3.50' - it's only been recently (2008) that I've been showing my true colours in flash.
I respond with such "wit" to reviews criticising this movie because I can't believe they're taking a ten minute made short so seriously. The great thing a lot of them don't realise as well is that I've actually got talent in animation and that I have actually made this to annoy the public - even though i guess I have failed with the people who genuinely find this funny, but still.
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New Stone Temple Pilots Song
Abomination. [2] why did they think that would be a good idea?
well that was depressing
this is some surprising news
cant lie, song's good
i don't want to listen :-[
this band
Band is average. Singer is average -> Song is average.
I laughed when I saw this, looks like the most random teamup ever... But the vocals actually sound alright. The problem is that the song is very forgettable.
That could've been worse but seriously where did this even come from?
sounds like STP.... why are people saying an abomination?
Better than the cacophany of uselessness that the last album was.
good shit
Digging: Weezer - Pacific Daydream
Is like a dead by sunrise single with a big grunge vibe. Is good but nothing more, actually is better than a big part of the last album and chester is a versatile and good vocalist which makes the things a little bit interesting, obivously this is not at the same level of core and purple. People saying that this song an abomination are the typical bimbos and douches who hate LP just for being cool
yeah chester aint bad at all. still a weird fit because weiland was also very good and has a unique voice.
Some parts of the song are decent, like the solo and the bridge, but overall it's just a mainstream post-grunge song with an explosive and cheesy chorus. Meh.
linkin pilots
prefer weiland better, but not that bad
Of course I prefer weiland ( but 90's works cuz the last album was mediocre), but chester doesn't make a bad job
watch how linkin park and stp do a crossover album like lp did with jay-z
they'll call it the "hybrid core".
At first I was like Abomination [3] then I listened to it. It's actually quite good.
That mash up with jay-z was bland, both ruined numb and of the 6 tracks included only 2 mash-up were good.
jay-z has that effect on things.
It's funny b/c Chester has said that Weiland is his biggest influence and that he wouldn't join Velvet Revolver after Weiland left out of respect. Guess he got over that.
Interesting choice for a replacement. He's an alright singer, but his voice and singing style does NOT fit STP's music at all. And he tries to sound like Weiland as a result, which really doesn't work. But overall, I was pleasantly surprised with the song, I was expecting an abomination like everyone else.
Digging: Ross From Friends - You'll Understand
The song itself was pretty decent, had those neat harmonic touches that set STP apart from the rest. I do not enjoy Chester's vocals though, he sounds feeble and out of his element, especially on the chorus.
STP sans Weiland. What has the world come to.
still better than anything on the last STP album
Chester isn't new to this style. He's been doing it since at least the mid 90s. I'm guessing you haven't heard of Grey Daze before? He's also more than an alright singer imo.
And I thought their last album was bad...
Wow this is surprisingly good. Still STP hasn't been relevant since... shit I don't even know.
Dece song, didn't like the vocals.
Chester made shit like this before with grey daze, dead by sunrise, santana, satriani and slash and his job was very enjoyable, the covers of whole lotta love, paradise city and more made by this guy shows his skill. In fact he is a very good vocalist, I know some people dislike his style, but saying that he sucks is just stupid.
i had no idea of the vocal duty change
Out of Tune
This breaks my heart...
Digging: Converge - The Dusk in Us
I hate Chester Bennington, but I hate Scott Weiland a lot more. This wasn't half bad. Way better than that "When we used to take drugs" bullshit.
This is pretty average sounding. Sounds like a track from Dead By Sunrise.
Digging: Beastmilk - Climax
at least this is better than the shitfest "a thousand suns"
Song's decent apart from the vocals.
Digging: Kiasmos - Blurred EP
pretty solid song
Wow this is surprisingly good. Still STP hasn't been relevant since... shit I don't even know. [2]
Everyone made this out to be much worse than it is. Bennington pulls off the grunge style pretty well.
this was weird to listen to, alright rock song but wtf is chester doing with these guys?
Digging: Sarin - Darker Lakes
Save the bandwagon hate bullshit. ATS is a lot better than people give it credit for too.
Also, this song gets better with each listen imo.
Do I really want to listen to this...
Leaning towards no...
i don't even know how to properly express my revulsion at the idea of Bennington in STP.
This is one of the worst songs I've ever heard.
Maybe this time, no next time...
While the band sounds a smidgen reinvigorated on this cut, to me it's still trying to hark back to days of old. Still better than last two STP albums, but still big shoe's to fill as the FNG's strongest points, at least on this song, were the choruses. I don't know if this was even a wise career move considering that the band will seem more like a cover band of it's glory days.
Personally, this should have been made into another project entirely.
I'm kind of hesitant to listen to it; who in the world thought of this pairing?
The song was pretty forgetable. Bennington is a greats inger though, always enjoyed his work. Excited to hear the full record!
It's not really that I can't stand Chester Bennington, it's more about how it's not STP without Weiland. I've heard the argument before, but I still don't care. If Maynard was replaced in Tool with Scott Stapp and they still called it Tool, you'd all be singing a different tune.
Not bad, but I don't think they should carry this project on with the STP name. It's just not fitting. Seems more like an ego battle between the current STP crew and Weiland.
He sounds almost exactly like Weiland, I don't get why people are complaining about the vocals. As for the song, it seems like a continuation of their self-titled which is wasn't SO bad, just forgetable.
He sounds almost exactly like Weiland, I don't get why people are complaining about the vocals [2]
He sounds so much like Weiland it's almost scary. Don't know how STP figured out Chester was going to be a good replacement for Weiland but hats off to them for figuring out Chester was the right person.
Why even bother at this point? Scott was STP.
That doesn't sound anything like dead by sunrise...
I don't understand why they continue on with the STP name, though, really. When Chris Cornell joined Rage Against the Machine sans de la Rocha, they became Audioslave. The only explanation I can think of is that more people will recognize STP, and not a new name, so they just stuck with it for more popularity.
Music is really solid. Vocals are kind of awkward.
Digging: Transit - Joyride
you more tho
he's really singing the shit out of those Scott Weiland vocal parts. better than Weiland has been able to in like 15 years.
still sucks.
Song doesn't suck, but major disrespect for the bandmates not changing the band name. STP without Weiland isn't STP, sorry guys.
Didn't dig this song at all.
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I am NOT responsible for bricked devices, voided warranties or downloaded virus to your computer.
That being said rooting should be a relatively simple and easy process.
1. Download Odin 3.07 or 3.09 .zip file and install on your computer. (I have found no real difference in between the two when attempting root.) (No link provided just google it.)
2. Download the custom recovery of you choice. (I use and prefer twrp, but some people have had problems flashing ROMs and have had better luck with philz recovery) Below is the link for TWRP. If using 4.4 make sure to download the img.tar file for 2.7. There are other files but you want the one ending in img.tar! http://teamw.in/project/twrp2
3. Open Odin and connect your phone. You need to put your phone into download mode before connecting. Shut your phone off and then turn back on while holding volume down, power and home key. You will see a special screen pop up and a warning. Acknowledge the warning and the connect to the computer. If you don't get a blue bar on the left side of Odin after connecting your phone then you need to update your driver's (google search).
4. Place the .tar file that you downloaded into the PDA(3.07) or AP(3.09) section. Make sure the ONLY boxes on the left are Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time are checked (that should be the default settings)!!
5. Hit the start button. Be advised that Flashing a custom recovery WILL trip Knox.
6. You should the blue bar turn green and say "pass." You know have a custom recovery on your phone and you can disconnect your phone.
At this point you do not have root access, you just have a custom recovery. You now have a choice to make. Do you want your phone rooted or do you want to flash a custom ROM. If you want to flash a custom ROM jump to #8. If you just want root and plan on staying on stock go to #7.
7. Download the latest version of SuperSU file from http://download.chainfire.eu/396/Sup...erSU-v1.94.zip and flash from your custom recovery. when you restart your phone make sure you can open the SuperSU app. If you cannot go to the play store and reinstall it from there. Congrats!!
8. If you want a custom ROM you need to download the .zip file of that ROM. I would recommend placing it on your EXTERNAL sd card.
9. Go to your custom recovery. There are some things you are going to need to back up prior to Flashing the ROM.
a. Backup your stock ROM, This could save you from some major problems. Back up-system, data and boot-to your EXTERNAL sd card.
b. Backup you EFS files (this can be done via twrp, other wise you will need to do it another way-Google search)
10. Wipe the phone. You want to wipe Data, Cache and Dalvik
11. Flash you custom ROM. Almost every custom ROM comes rooted. You just need to read the info on that ROM
12. Your phone should reboot and you are done!!
Below is some Q&A and helpful tips.
If I upgrade to 4.4 from 4.3 to get a diffent ROM can I switch back? NO
What is "Bricked"? It is a phone that will not boot and only stays on a black screen. Soft Brick is where your phone constantly reboots without opening your ROM.
What is Knox? Google it
Will tripping Knox void my warranty? Probably
How do I get into the recovery? Shut your phone off and then restart while holding the volume up, power and home key. You have to let go as soon as you see the blue letters "Recovery Booting"
There are not that many ROMS for T-mobile can I use an international ROM? Yes! I currently run an international ROM but on most of them you do loose your wifi calling feature. You also need to download a custom T-Mobile Kernel and the Wifi/BT fix.
Should I use CF Auto root or Klingo? I personally don't like the idea of Klingo. Some of the things I have seen they appear to be a little fishy and with them rooting your phone they initially have access to EVERYTHING. CF auto root does not place a custom recovery. You CANNOT flash a custom ROM without a custom recovery. I did it my way because I wanted a custom ROM and just not root.
What about the De La Vega Method? I have no idea and it seemed more work that it was worth. I did not care about tripping Knox
Some ROMS will delete your internal memory when flashing as will wiping your phone. That is why I strongly suggest placing the backups and ROMS on your external sd card.
Some ROMS come with an Auroma set up. You will automatically be directed into it when you flash from recovery.
If you are flashing an international ROM make sure that you flash the ROM, T-mobile Kernel and Wifi Fix before choosing the reboot option. If you don't have the t-mobile kernel prior to reboot you will go into a bootloop.
I hope this helps and I will add more and clarify this post in the next few days. I just hope this can help some of you new guys out a little bit and if you found it useful especially if you obtained root please hit the thanks meter.


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|Application number
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|28 Apr 1992
|Filing date
|2 May 1990
|Priority date
|12 May 1989
|Fee status
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|Raimo Ikonen, Pekka Lonka, Pekka Mikkola
|Original Assignee
|Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd.
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|Patent Citations (3), Referenced by (22), Classifications (6), Legal Events (6)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
The present invention concerns a circuitry by which at least two power control ranges can be established in a transmitter consisting of an amplifier of one or several stages.
In a transmitter of a radio telephone, class-C amplifiers are generally used, which are characterized by good efficiency, 60 to 80 per cent, on high power levels. Because of the great non-linearity of the amplifier, difficulties arise in realizing controlled power control on low power levels, and in addition, when low power levels are used, the efficiency of the amplifier reduces. This causes no harm when a system (or locality of use) is in question in which very low transmission power levels need not be used. The situation will be different, for instance in the digital GSM system covering in future all Europe, in which very low power levels will be in use. If a telephone is going to be used in an aeroplane, it is necessary to use, in order to prevent potential interferece to be caused in the aviational electronics, extremely low power levels.
A typical principle block diagram of a transmitter for a GSM radio telephone is presented in FIG. 1. The block diagram only shows the blocks required for understanding the operation. A signal to be transmitted enters e.g. the input RFin of a three-stage class-C amplifier 1. The gain of the amplifier 1 is controlled by a reference amplifier 3, the output of which is filtered before being input in the power amplifier 1. The input signals of the reference amplifier 3 are the voltage derived from a power detector 2, said voltage being proportional to the output voltage RFout of the power amplifier 1, and the control voltage TXC1 derived from the logic section of the telephone. Said blocks 1, 2 and 3 constitute a control loop which tends to be controlled in a state in which the voltage to be derived from the power detector 2 and the control voltage TXC1 derived from the logic sections of the radio telephone are of equal magnitude.
With the procedure of prior art, such power control range can be obtained which extends e.g. from +13 dBm to +33 dBm. If a wider power control range is wished, the following difficulties arise: the narrowness and non-linearity of the dynamics range and non-linearity of the power detector and the poor controllability of the power amplifier operating in class-C make the widening of the power range difficult.
The object of the present invention is to provide a procedure by which, when a power amplifier switch known in the art is used, the power control range can be significantly widened.
This is so achieved that a controllable switch has been connected with a power amplifier in series thereafter, said switch, while in a first state, does not substantially attenuate the power (RF power) of the radio frequency emitted from the power amplifier derived in the output of the transmitter, whereby a first power control range of the transmitter is formed, but while in a second state, it controls part of the RF power emitted from the power amplifier to be consumed in a resistive member and permits part of the power be conducted to the output of the transmitter, whereby a second power control range is formed.
According to the invention, when the transmitter is in operation, part of the RF power emitted from the power amplifier may be directed aside and be consumed in a resistive element, e.g. in a resistor, and the rest thereof being directed to the output of the transmitter to be conducted further to the antenna. If the control range of the power amplifier is marked P . . . Pmax, this is the control range in the output of the transmitter which is obtained when the power is not conducted aside. If part of the power is conducted aside with a switch, for the new control range in the output of the transmitter is (P . . . Pmax)-Pe, in which Pe is the power conducted aside. In this manner two power control ranges formed, which may partly overlap or be delimited to one another.
The invention is described below more in detail, referring to the annexed figures, in which
FIG. 1 presents a principal block diagram of a transmitter typical of a GSM radio telephone, and
FIG. 2 presents a principle block diagram of the circuitry of the invention.
The operation of the transmitter of the prior art GSM radio telephone is already described above. With said circuitry it is possible to achieve, as was mentioned above, for the power control range in the output RFout of the transmitter the range P . . . Pmax. Let us assume that this power control range were in practice +13 dBm to +33 dBm. In the circuitry of the invention presented in FIG. 2, a PIN diode switch 4 is in connection of the invention after the power amplifier 1 and connected in series therewith, said switch being controlled with a control voltage TXA derived from the control logic of the radio telephone and applied to the switch through impedance R2. For the PIN diode switch 4, designs known in the art may be used, such as a switch constructed e.g. from two PIN diodes and from a quarter-wave line. To the gate 3 of the switch is carried control voltage TXA via impedance R2 and to the same gate a ground resistance R1 is connected across a separation capacitor C.
When it is desired that the transmitter should act in a power range of e.g. +13 dBm to +33 dBm, the control voltage TXA derived from the logic is in zero state and no current flows across the diodes of the switch 4. Hereby, the RF power generated by the power amplifier transfers along the transmission line of the switch to the transmitter output RFout. By controlling the power amplifier with control voltage TXC1 derived from the logic the output power may be controlled in said range.
If one wants to use a power control range of a lower level, the control logic of the radio telephone directs the signal TXA to state logical one (e.g. +5 V). Now current flows across the diodes of the PIN diode switch, and the state of the switch changes. The end of the transmission line RFout of the switch towards the connector shortcircuits. Hereby, the transmission line looks open when viewed at the end of the power amplifier 1, and most of the transmitter power is conducted across the PIN diode located at this end to the resistance R1. If the attenuation of the PIN diode switch in this state from gate 1 to gate 2 is e.g. 20 dB, the lower power control range is going to be (+13 dB to +33 dB)-20 dB, or from -7 dB to +13 dB. In this power control range the power is controlled as in the first range, by controlling the power amplifier 1.
The circuitry of the invention has the benefit that it makes the widening of the power range feasible in a simple and inexpensive way. The power detector of the transmitter is not required to have a wide dynamics range, it is enough that it covers the range P to Pmax. Only one analogous control voltage TXC1 is needed in the circuitry. The power control range may be widened further by using a several-stage PIN diode attenuator subsequent to the switch, if the power at said point permits its use. In practice one switch is enough with subscriber telephone power, after which a controllable amplifier may be positioned. Within the protective scope of the claims, the practical implementation of the circuit may greatly differ from what is presented above. The power amplifier may be of a different type from the one described above, and the PIN diode switch may be realized in a number of different ways.
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Jackson is always eager to visit his aunt Sarah at her anthropological digs. This time she's in England, at Stonehenge, and Jackson's particularly excited to see the massive and mysterious stone formations in person. But then he sees a young man viciously attacked and witnesses a similar savage attack on his beloved aunt Sarah. A beast no one has ever seen before is on the prowl and Jackson must rush to stop it before it can kill again. Can he solve the mystery of the inhuman monster that is stalking the countryside - before it's too late?
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SOULE, PAK Explain DOOMSDAY's New Mode of SUPERMAN Attack
According to Greg Pak and Charles Soule, "this isn't your daddy's Doomsday."
Instead of retelling the story of how Doomsday killed Superman, which was done (to great media and reader attention) in the early '90s, the two writers are hoping to explore an attack on Superman that comes from a completely different angle — as the hero is infected from the inside, fighting the monster within.
But that's not to say this is a small, introspective story — far from it. The Superman: Doomed writers promise plenty of action, as well as appearances from DC characters as diverse as Brainiac, Guy Gardner, Swamp Thing and Krypto.
Having initially worked with now-departing Superman writer Scott Lobdell, Soule and Pak are continuing the story all the way through August.
Superman: Doomed will pick up next in Batman/Superman #11 next week. Then it crosses over the next three months of Action Comics and Superman/Wonder Woman, including July's Annuals for the two series.
In August, readers will also see Supergirl #34 tie into the story, and another Superman: Doomed one-shot with DC's solicitation reading:
Written by GREG PAK and CHARLES SOULE
Art by KEN LASHLEY and JACK HERBERT
Cover by GUILLEM MARCH
1: 50 Variant cover by DAN JURGENS and NORM RAPMUND
One shot • On sale AUGUST 27 • 48 pg, FC, $4.99 US • RATED T
And because they've changed since their original solicitation, here's the new synpopsis and cover to Batman/Superman #11.
"SUPERMAN: DOOMED - [INFECTED]: Chapter 3 - With Superman having turned himself in to the authorities, Batman and Wonder Woman, with Steel and Krypto's help, plunge into the Phantom Zone to discover what Doomsday's origins are. But something has happened to the endless void! Within the deepest part of the Phantom Zone lurks someone who will either help the team or doom them even more!"
A Man of Steel who has lost himself in the monster must once again go up against the first threat he ever faced as Superman in the form of a villain who now has the power to warp reality with a thought. But this time if he defeats Brainiac, Earth will be lost. Batman, Wonder Woman, Steel, Supergirl are joined by Starfire, Guy Gardner and Green Lantern Simon Bazz and even Swamp Thing to make a fateful decision about their friend.
Newsarama talked to Soule and Pak about the what's coming up in the crossover, the choice to infuse the story with humor, and whether this is, symbolically, another potential "death" for Superman.
Newsarama: Charles and Greg, how did you come up with the idea to go about writing a Doomsday story where it affected Clark Kent in this way?
Charles Soule: One of our goals from the very beginning of developing this project was to tell a story about Doomsday that was not the Death and Return of Superman, in the same way. Obviously, that story has been told, and everyone's going to be thinking about it. We didn't just want to repeat it.
So now, doing a crossover of single-issue chapters, hopefully it's pretty clear that what we're looking at is that Superman struggled mightily with whether or not to take Doomsday down, and now it's about how that decision's affecting him and his life and everyone around him.
So that's where we thought we'd take it.
It was a way to kind of flip the whole concept on its head and focus on another angle that's really very character-based, which I think is where Greg and I like to write — the action stuff too, but the character stuff is really… if the character stuff isn't in there, there's no point.
So I think that's where it all came from.
Greg Pak: Yeah, in terms of practically how it all came together, we've been meeting — me, Charles and Scott Lobdell and Superman editors — for six months or so now. (Maybe even longer. Maybe it's been like seven or eight months now.) And it just kind of developed organically.
At a certain point, the idea of doing this story with Doomsday arose. The more we talked about Doomsday, the more we wanted to come up with a different way to show Doomsday. This isn't your daddy's Doomsday, and we wanted to make him even scarier than the original, which was pretty darn scary. That story's great. But we wanted to take it to the next level.
I give a lot of credit to Scott Lobdell for — I think in one of the early write-ups we did, he included the phrase, "wherever Doomsday walks, the rivers turn black and the trees catch fire." And that stuck with us, this idea that wherever he goes, everything dies around him.
That was a new way to look at the powers of this creature, which exists only to exterminate life. So that was a great starting point for us. And we went whole-hog with it.
But also, like Charles said, we knew that we wanted to take it to the next level. And when we realized that we had this idea of Superman basically being infected, we realized that that was fully where the heart of this story was going to be.
The trick was to do the kind of story everybody thought we were going to do in the one, giant one-shot, and then spend the rest of this huge event taking it to the next level, as we see what happens when Superman gets infected by his worst enemy.
Nrama: Charles, picking up on what you said about how Superman kind of paused to consider whether Doomsday should be killed. I noticed that Wonder Woman didn't even think twice — she said "we have to kill this thing; it's killing the world." Was that meant to not only show the contrast between the two characters in the story, but also highlight their differences despite their relationship?
Soule: People have their differences on these points, but I think Wonder Woman was raised in a completely martial society. She was trained by the God of War. She's someone who believes there are times when you have to kill the monster, basically.
She also grew up in a society that is full of monsters and horrible beasts and things, who come out and rampage and kill people. So I think that's how she sees Doomsday. For her, there's less of a conflict.
Yes, I think that's something that makes her different from Superman, and that's one of the things we're going to explore in their relationship.
Pak: Clark was taught, growing up, not to punch down, you know, by his parents. He's this kid who discovered that he has these tremendous powers, and he was taught to use them to help out the underdog and not be a bully.
So it's always in the back of his mind, how far he should go.
One of my favorite little bits in the book is when he talks about talking for an eighth of a second, because when you're Superman, that can be a long time. You know what I'm saying?
But the fact is, he would hesitate that tiny little bit, because as Charles said, he wasn't trained as a warrior; he was trained as a defender. And I think there's a difference there.
In the end, he did what had to be done, because of the reality of the situation. But because he's Superman, he has to ask himself those questions.
Nrama: But now the story is turning away from the monster Doomsday, and it's more about the monster Superman, right? That's what the threat is going forward?
Pak: Well, you're going to have to read it. I wouldn't necessarily say explicitly about that.
Is Superman a monster? If you give the strongest man in the world even more power, does that inevitably turn him into a monster? There are certainly some who would perceive him that way.
We're going to find out who he is, I guess.
Sorry I'm answering you with another question, but that question is, who is Clark Kent at his core, and is that core strong enough to survive?
Nrama: So in a way, the battle with Doomsday — and I hate to put this into words, because I know you guys are avoiding comparisons with the Death of Superman story, but in a way, telling the story of Superman battling within himself, against the potential monster he could become…. there is a threat of it killing Superman and Clark Kent as we know him, right? It's almost a symbolic death of Superman, right?
Soule: That's a fascinating interpretation, Vaneta.
Pak: [Laughs.]
Soule: I think we're trying to do something that is very layered, that has a lot of metaphorical stuff going on, but also has a lot of really amazing action and character beats, and really neat interactions layered on top of it.
One of the things that's really fun about this, as a whole, is that we have the entire Superman cast available to us, and we have, basically, we can pull in whoever want, as far as Justice League members or anybody else.
Steel plays a huge role. And Krypto, as I'm sure was Greg was just about to tell you.
So we're trying to make this as big as we possibly can. You need to have strong, underlying themes and metaphors — and the one you mentioned is something we've talked about a lot.
Nrama: Before we talk about some of the characters you're bringing into this story and what's coming up next, I would love to discuss the humor we've seen in the story, especially in the last chapter, in Superman/Wonder Woman #8. I don't think anyone would have thought a Doomsday story would be quite this funny.
Pak: That's really nice to hear — I appreciate that. I mean, one thing that I think about is that a lot of my favorite big, crazy action movies are all really funny. Jaws — there are tons of laughs in Jaws. And Aliens. I mean both those movies.
I think if you're going to do good character work, you're going to have tragedy and comedy in there, because that's life, right?
And if you're going to be true to life, you're going to have ridiculously funny moments.
The trick is embracing those without the whole story into a joke. I mean, sometimes you do want to turn your story into a joke, but in this case, we're just trying to use that humor to keep it real. You know what I mean? To make it understandable and real and fun on that human level.
Nrama: Let's talk about what's coming up. We've seen Lex Luthor interacting with the Justice League members, and we've seen different characters from the Superman cast. Now we're going to see Krypto and Supergirl, and Brainiac?
Soule: Well, every request we've made, as far as characters we want to use or places we want to go has been answered, like, yeah, go for it.
So there's a strong push to make this as big as it can get. We're trying to show how this change in Superman's life affects not just him but the entire DC Universe, and the entire planet.
It just gets bigger and bigger.
As you mentioned, Brainiac may or may not be a part of it — although it would be strange to solicit an issue if he's not going to be part of it, but I don't want to spoil too much.
Basically, almost any character you can think of shows up in one way or another. It's great.
Pak: One thing that I think might be new information for folks is that Chapter 3 of Superman: Doomed comes out next week, and that is Batman/Superman #11, which was a special issue that we found room in the schedule for. And drawn gorgeously by Karl Kerschl and Daniel Sampere and Tom Derenick.
If you are a fan of the Grant Morrison Action run, then you definitely want to pick this up. The Phantom King makes an appearance here, in a pretty interesting way.
And you know, you're seeing a ton of amazing artists in the Doomed story, at the top of their game, who are cutting loose hugely. I mean, Ken Lashley absolutely killed that big Doomed one-shot.
And in Action, we've got Aaron Kuder, who's been doing amazing work throughout. Folks like Rafa Sandoval have also been helping out.
Soule: And Tony Daniel on Superman/Wonder Woman, with Paulo Siqueira helping out from time to time, which has been fantastic.
Pak: Exactly. I mean, one of the glories of working on a big crossover like this is you get to see so many different artists' versions of the characters. And it's just a ton of fun. And all the art has been top notch, so I hope you'll continue to enjoy it.
Nrama: Then to finish up, is there anything else you wanted to tell fans about Superman: Doomed?
Soule: We've crafted something that has lots of great twists and turns, that has lots of great action, that goes to places you're probably not expecting. Get every part of it!


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On Wednesday, April 4 U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall (D-W.Va) had this to say on the matter:
"Two years ago, 29 good and decent men perished in the Upper Big Branch Mine - a tragedy that never should have occurred. From that day forward, April 5, 2010, was destined to be remembered as the day of one of the worst coal mine tragedies in this Nation's history. I continue to hoe, however, that it may also be a date that marks a turning point in our national commitment to miners.
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