text: Weston High sophomore Zev Koffsky (second from left), a member of the New Canaan High crew team, participated in the US Rowing Association Northeast junior district championship regatta on Lake Quinsigamond, Mass. May 18-19. Koffsky was on the JV quad boat that placed second, earning a silver medal. First place went to the New Canaan varsity quad.


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Westchester County's new leader says he will lay off hundreds of employees if necessary to avoid raising property taxes.
County Executive Robert Astorino says he inherited a projected $166 million deficit for 2011.
At a news conference Tuesday, Astorino said closing that gap with property taxes would mean a 30 percent increase for
Westchester homeowners, but he said he would not raise taxes.
Instead, he proposed several immediate cost-cutting measures just short of layoffs, including letting many vacant jobs go unfilled.
Astorino said more severe measures, including layoffs, are required for the long term. He said he hopes union leaders will consider measures including pay cuts, pay freezes, furloughs and buyouts to limit the number of layoffs.

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Life in the 21st century NHL means getting a big-ticket practice facility and the Maple Leafs finally have caught up.
They cut the ribbon yesterday on a new $45-million four pad on Kipling, just north of Lakeshore, replacing their aging single-sheet facility next door.
The MasterCard Centre takes many of the perks at the Air Canada Centre and improves on them, with a small theatre for team meetings, a full kitchen, and an office already dubbed the Burke Bunker, where the general manager can look down on practice, then spin his chair to monitor weight room activity.
This is the Cadillac, the best in the NHL, Burke said of the 29,000 square foot building, in which the Leafs are major tenants, sharing space with the Hockey Hall of Fame Resource Centre.
It was eight years ago that then-GM/coach Pat Quinn was promised a new practice facility, but it took a long dance through red tape between the City of Toronto, Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment Ltd., the Lakeshore Lions Club and the Toronto District School Board, who all had a stake in the surrounding land.
The City and the Lions Club paid $40 million to build it, with MLSEL adding $5 million for the Leafs and AHL Marlies to have a lounge, whirlpools and state-of-the-art medical equipment, while paying a further $600,000 a year in rent.
The City gets its badly needed first new arenas since 1982 and MasterCard, along with naming rights, is sponsoring some free public skating. There also is talk of the surrounding land being flipped to the city by MLSEL for an all-weather stadium should Toronto FC switch to grass at BMO Field.


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Program Time: 48 minutes
People often believe
the history of Black Americans and the struggle for
equality took place only "back east," or in the south.
Our purpose here is to share the stories and experiences
of westward immigrants whose pioneer spirit, by necessity,
had to extend beyond the settling of the frontier.
The U.S. Census of 1870 lists 'Blacks - 27' in Arizona
Territory. A century and a quarter later, they still
comprise only about five percent of the population.
Owing, perhaps, to these small numbers, the history
of African Americans in the southwest is the least known
and least told of any group.
The facts are that there were Black cowboys, ranchers,
farmers, editors, merchants, soldiers, gun-slingers,
athletes, artists, and politicians. The program also
examines the significant historical role of the 'black
Of particular interest is the Territorial legislature's
actions segregating schools and outlawing inter-racial
marriage. Included are a variety of individuals who
relate their difficult and sometimes violent experiences
in early times. Also recounted are the activities in
Arizona during the civil rights movement of the 1960s.
Listen for the music of the choir from the First Institutional
Baptist Church.
Featured participants include:
Reverend George Brooks - Civil rights leader
Joseph Flipper - Educator
Dr. Eugene Grigsby - Artist; educator
Richard E. Harris - Journalist
Helen Mason - Theater troupe founder
William P. Mahoney - Attorney; civil right leader
James McElroy - First person observations
Dr. Lincoln Ragsdale - Civil rights leader
Senoma Smith - First person observations
Reverend Warren Stewart - Civil rights leader
Charles Thomas - Former Chief of Police
Dr. Morrison Warren - Educator; first person observations
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The Sistine Chapel has been fitted with a chimney by firefighters, as the Vatican gears up for the Tuesday conclave that will decide the next pope.
Roman Catholic cardinals are streaming into the Vatican ahead of the monumental vote, which will be broadcast to the public via smoke signals.
The chimney will emanate white smoke when they have selected Pope Benedict XVI's successor, BBC News reported. Dark smoke means more discussions and votes need to be held.
Two stoves have been installed: one to burn the cardinals' votes, the other to send up the signal, according to CNN. There are also plans for a spotlight to illuminate the smoke, whether the signal is good or bad.
Rev. Federico Lombardi, a Vatican spokesman, said that the suspense leading up to the decision is all part of the "beauty" of the process.
"We're not going to send out text messages or SMS messages, you'll have to come and see," another Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Thomas Rosica, told the Associated Press.
While the Sistine Chapel's interior and exterior is being prepped for the monumental vote, Benedict's fisherman's ring and the personal seals and stamps for official paper were also being destroyed, signaling the official end of his rule, according to the AP.
Benedict stepped down suddenly last month, the first pope to do so in over 600 years, citing his failing health as impeding his ability to lead the world's 1.2 million Catholics.
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Just wanted y'all to know how much I — and I'm sure many others — appreciate the re-creation of the Dirk West football cartoons by Scott Hall. Very, very enjoyable. I hope he can continue for many years.
I don't think the West family will get as upset as Mrs. Buddy Holly, and I still believe the freeway should have been the Dirk West Freeway.
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They're not quite halfway through the season and already the injuries are piling up for the Edmonton Eskimos.
But there may be light at the end of the tunnel.
Slotback Kelly Campbell was on crutches at Wednesday's practice after injuring his ankle on a punt return last Saturday. But he is expected to return to practice this week and be ready for Monday's game.
"His ankle's a little bit sore, but he'll be OK," said Eskimos head coach Richie Hall. "(The crutches) are just out of precaution to make sure he keeps pressure off the leg."
Defensive end Greg Peach practised in pads for the first time since injuring his ankle in the season opener.
"It was real exciting because he's excited to be out there," said Hall. "It's the first time he put his pads on since the first game. He looked good. I think he's going to look better and better as each day goes on and he becomes more confident.
"I think he feels confident in his (ankle) out there, which is important."
While Peach is sidelined for at least another two weeks on the nine-game, both safety Elliott Richardson and kick returner Tristan Jackson are scheduled to come off the nine-game injured list following the Labour Day game.
Fullback Graeme Bell was also in pads after nursing an ankle injury for much of the season. Safety Saleem Borhot was also back in pads for the first time since twisting an ankle at the beginning of August against the Toronto Argonauts, but appeared to reaggravate the injury and will have more x-rays.
"We're getting healthier as the season progresses," Hall said. "You've got Elliott coming off, you've got (LB Mark) Restelli coming off. We have some other guys that are nicked up that will be coming back shortly, like Graeme Bell and (RB) Calvin (McCarty).
"We have a number of guys that are legitimately hurt and there's a reason why they're not playing."


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Last Thursday, The Iranian American Jewish Federation held its Young Leadership Gala at the New York Public Library. The IAJF of New York Young Professionals is a not for profit organization that gives support for Jewish causes in the United States and Israel. Guests enjoyed traditional cuisine and cocktails, while dancing the night away at the landmark location, the New York Public Library.
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Guests included Kevin Shokrian, Jessica Weiss, David Shokrian, Rebecca Hirsch, Eddie Shokrian, Maz Jobrani, Ashley Emrani,Chantal Elnekaven, Shayna Mizrahi, Daniella Lavian, Ora Zargari, Arash Gohari, Josephine Mairzadeh, Jon Bakshi, Roxana Maddahi, Alexa Hakim, Sanam Assil, Soraya Moinian, Ben Movtady, Alex Moinian, and Jonathon Roshanzamir.
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Best Shots Comic Reviews: THE SHADE, ULTIMATE X-MEN, More
Greetings, 'Rama readers! Zonked from all the New York Comic Con coverage? Good thing Best Shots never sleeps, as the team has taken on a number of this week's big releases. Marvel, DC, Drawn and Quarterly, even some new creator-owned books get some love. So let's kick off the column with Scott Cederlund, as he looks at James Robinson's return to Opal City with this first issue of The Shade...
The Shade #1
Written by James Robinson
Art by Cully Hamner and Dave McCaig
Lettering by Todd Klein
Published by DC Comics
Review by Scott Cederlund
'Rama Rating: 8 out of 10
"October brings melancholy."
James Robinson opens The Shade #1 with that line and repeats it again at the very end. The Shade, sitting on a rooftop patio, enjoying the company of an old friend, the blue-skinned Starman Mikaal. The line is the same at both points in the story but ends up meaning two completely different things thanks to James Robinson's story in between. It's been far too long since Robinson bid adieu to Starman and Jack Knight, as he left his home to find his true love out west but Robinson's simple and playful story in this issue brings all of the memories of the action, of the characters and of the Shade flooding back as he steps comfortably back into Opal City. Shade was one of Robinson's more complicated characters in Starman, a villain but never a bad guy. Shade was as much Jack Knight's mentor as Ted Knight, Jack's father was, able to teach the hero lessons that another hero couldn't. By the end of the series, Shade still wasn't a hero but he also wasn't necessarily a villain. He was a man who fought to protect the city and the people he loved.
This issue is expressly about the search for an adventure. "October brings melancholy" is not a mission statement or a resignation but a symptom of an ennui brewing in Shade. Mikaal recognizes it on the patio and maybe feels the same way as Shade. The issue opens with Mikaal trying to coerce a story out of Shade, an origin story. All Shade is willing to give up is that October's melancholy is partly caused by the fact that Shade received his powers in this month. Later, Shade finds himself in the same funk around Hope O'Dare, his lover. She tries to snap him out of it, telling him to go off and find an adventure. She wants the rapscallion that she fell in love with, not the morose man before her who has lost his focus.
That adventure, for better or worse, ends up finding him. An assassin is sent after him and while he thinks this is just the type of adventure that Hope told him to find, he cruelly discovers that he is not quite as clever or quick as he once was. He is not the heartless villain of the past and he's not the unbeatable hero that his world seems to be so full of. "October brings melancholy" at the end of the issue means something completely different than it did at the beginning. There's a melancholy of the soul and a melancholy of actions at work in this issue as Robinson returns to Opal City and returns to a character that he once spoke as clearly through as he did Jack Knight, his hero and his Starman.
This first issue begins with bright and bold art, thanks to Cully Hamner. Recalling a bit of original Starman artist Tony Harris's bold line work, Hamner's clean linework and clear storytelling nicely compliments Robinson's wordplay. About half of the book feature characters talking, trying to diagnose Shade's melancholy and spur the character into some kind of action. Hamner uses these pages to show who the characters are in the way they lounge around or share a bit of pillow talk. These moments are not action packed or particularly exciting but Hamner makes them that way because he takes Robinson's story and helps give the characters life, whether it is Shade's pride or Hope's confidence or Mikaal's longing. Robinson gives them words but Hamner gives them a presence on the page.
That is not to say that Hamner cannot do action. The character work he accomplishes in the more quiet scenes is on display as well in this issue's two big action sequences. The first, introducing German detective William Von Hammer, builds that character the same way that Shade's rooftop scene built him. Von Hammer is a man of action; he's a fighter and a brawler and Hamner draws an exciting and energetic action scene. The second action scene features the less contemplative and more confrontational part of Shade. Hamner shows the confidence and pride that Shade has going into battle and the shock when the fight does not go the way he expected.
James Robinson is at his best when he is able to play with words and that's what Shade gives him; a character who enjoys words as much as the author does. Returning to Opal City and Shade, Robinson steps into the past, picking up where he left off with these characters and he expresses a joy of storytelling that has been lost in a lot of his recent work. These characters feel special to him and that comes through in Shade #1 as Robinson proves that Opal City is where he belongs.
Ultimate Comics X-Men #2
Written by Nick Spencer
Art by Paco Medina, Juan Vlasco, and Marte Gracia
Letters by Joe Sabino
Published by Marvel Comics
Review by George Marston
'Rama Rating: 6 out of 10
In the spirit of walking through new doors, I've decided in the last few months to take my first excursions in Marvel's "Ultimate" line. I dove in with Ultimate Comics Spider-Man and Ultimate Comics X-Men. So far, between the two titles, I'm 50/50 in my continued interest. In the case of Nick Spencer's X-Men, for someone who has no concept of these characters, this isn't a great place to get to know them. Things start out at a breakneck pace, and while that's often a good thing in these introductory arcs, in this case it seems like important beats are just passing me by, with characters coming and going in a single scene, and references to an overarching plot that feels like it started somewhere else. I feel like the ball is quickly rolling downhill, and Spencer is just kind of running after it, hoping to pick it back up after he catches his breath.
For starters, it's hard to get a handle on who the characters actually are. It's only the second issue of the series, and I already feel like I need a recap page to explain everything that I wasn't a part of. Two of the big through-lines in this issue are Rogue's former relationship with Iceman, and I guess, Kitty Pryde, and the idea that "God," or some concept thereto, is playing a major role in shaping the outcome of these events. In the case of the former, it just makes me feel like I'm a guest at a party where everyone else knows each other, and I'm standing there with a drink, nodding my head and trying to find a way in to the conversation. In the case of the latter, I feel like the "God" angle is a reference to something I never read, like if I got where it was coming from, I'd be getting much more out of the story. That may not be the case, either, but the rest of the book sure makes me feel like it is.
While the plotting isn't Spencer's best work (and he's done some great stuff in the past), the actual dialogue is fun, and convincing. Paco Medina's art is also a highlight; his lines are clean, and his storytelling is clear. He's able to wrench out some very dynamic panels without sacrificing layout and readability. He's very much coming into his own after a strong but choppy run on "X-Men" proper.
Really, when you get down to it, this isn't really even a poorly written comic; it's just a terrible gateway into a world that's bogged down with continuity just as intricate as the one it was designed to replace. The whole time I was reading the book, I felt how someone must feel when they pick up their first issue of a long running series, with no idea of which way is up, no way to get to know the characters, and no tour guide into a very thick and foreboding jungle. Fans of previous incarnations of Ultimate Comics X-Men will probably find a lot to love in this continued saga, but those readers just trying to make their way in will feel lost and a little bored.
Green Lantern #2
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Doug Mahnke, Christian Alamy, Keith Champagne, and David Baron
Lettering by Sal Cipriand
Published by DC Comics
Review by Edward Kaye
'Rama Rating: 3 out of 10
Of all the #1 DC books I picked up, I think that Green Lantern was one of the most disappointing. It felt like no effort at all was made to make the book new reader friendly, and the comic should have been titled Green Lantern #68, because it felt like an epilogue to War of the Green Lanterns. The whole point of the DCnU is to attract new readers to DC's books, but if I were an Average Joe who had just seen the Green Lantern movie, and then picked up the first issue of the series, I'd at least expect to see Hal Jordan in the role of GL. As it is, we got a story that felt bogged down by continuity, featuring a depowered and downtrodden Hal Jordan, and Sinestro as a newly appointed GL. Even as someone who read the entirety of Geoff Johns' run on the title, I found the issue to be quite a false start, and completely uninspired.
Sadly, the plot of this second issue feels to be just more of the same. The entire issue centers around Sinestro trying to teach Hal that he's been squandering his powers, and has never fully utilized the true potential of the ring. The argument is preachy and somewhat flawed, and the fact that Hal just ignores the advice makes him look impetuous and arrogant - it's like the character hasn't grown at all in the last six years! We do at least get to see Hal back in his role as a GL in this issue, but the ring that Sinestro gives him only grants him with limited powers. The most confusing part of the story is that Sinestro's powers seem to have been amped up significantly - and his ring can now make permanent physical structures, as see when he reconstructs a collapsed bridge with very little effort. He's even able to create a brand new ring for Hal! How this came to be, we are not told, and Hal never seems to wonder.
Johns uses no narration, monologue, or exposition of any kind in this issue, and tells the story entirely through dialog and the artwork. Exposition has become a bit of a dirty word in comics these days, but when used properly it can provide important background information to the reader. Therefore, a little exposition wouldn't have gone amiss here, and would have been incredibly useful to help new readers out! Johns' dialog in this issue is pretty good, but doesn't really make up for the other flaws in the story.
Doug Mahnke is a great artist, who has worked on a lot of great DC titles that I have enjoyed. However, I don't think that he is being used to his full potential on this book, as the book has a very standard superhero style look to it, which seems to unify the whole Green Lantern family of titles. That is to say that it has nice clean linework, where all the men are muscle bound and have chiseled jaws, all the women are beautiful and buxom, and the action is clear and easy to follow. There's nothing wrong with it per se, but it just seems very stylized and lacks creativity or individuality. He does get to draw a few light constructs in this issue, but not really anything spectacular.
Christian Alamy and Keith Champagne both ink the issue, and it's hard to see the seams between their styles. That being said, most of the inking seems to be just tracing over Mahnke's pencils with a medium line-weight, or filling blacks. There are a few nice finishes here and there, but all in all, there is very little flare to the inks.
David Baron is the colorist on the book, and much like the inking, the colors are pretty much by the numbers. It's not a bad color job at all, but it's just a bit plain and average. There's very little in the way of shading or texturing going on, and there are a few too many Photoshop light effects going on for my taste.
Green Lantern #2 continues the disappointing start to the new series, with an underwhelming story, and some artwork that at best could be called average. If the series doesn't pick up soon, this could become one of my first "New 52" titles that I drop.
American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest #5
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Sean Murphy and Dave Stewart
Lettering by Pat Brosseau
Published by Marvel Comics
Review by Edward Kaye
'Rama Rating: 10 out of 10
Last year, it seemed like every comic book I read had vampires in it. It got to the point where I became so sick of them that I dropped every comic featuring vampires in any capacity. Well, it wasn't long before I regretted this, as I soon began to suffer serious withdrawal from American Vampire, and had to rush to the store and pick up the issues I had missed! What sets American Vampire apart from the other titles I was reading was that it wasn't just jumping on the bandwagon, but was telling fascinating and original stories in which vampirism was an essential component. In addition, it took a different approach to the mythology, to create a new and unique slant on the immortal bloodsuckers!
The 'Survival of the Fittest' spin-off revisits some of the more interesting characters from previous arcs, as they are sent to Germany, during the height of WWII, to investigate rumors about a cure to Vampirism. The miniseries thus far has been gripping and tense, and has revealed fascinating new details about the world of American Vampire.
In this final issue, everything comes to a head as our protagonists make their escape from a remote German castle, pursued by Nazi vampires, while they also fend of an attack from an ancient breed of gigantic vampires. Oh, and did I mention the gun that shoots sunlight?! It's an issue packed with thrilling action scenes and electrifying drama. These scenes are well paced, and Snyder brings the fray to a close in breathtaking and heartbreaking fashion! While it's undoubtedly a climactic issue, Snyder leaves room for a touching epilogue that brings the book to a poignant conclusion. Being an action packed issue, Snyder refrains from using exposition or thought boxes, and lets Sean Murphy's artwork do most of the storytelling, setting an exhilarating pace, which carries the reader along in its wake! Snyder's dialog has a natural feel to it, which is mostly due to the fact that he has developed the lead characters so well in previous issues that you feel like you know them. The scene where Cash sings the opening of Star Spangled Banner... well, I won't ruin it for you, but that's some smart writing right there. I also love the fact that he closes the issue with the same monologue that he opened issue #1 with, but now it conveys quite a different message. Bravo!
Sean Murphy's artwork on this comic is just astonishing! His linework has an amazingly detailed, and yet somehow sketchy feeling to it. His characters have realistic and well-defined anatomy, and an array of highly expressive facial features. His Nazi vampires are ferocious and threatening, and their ancient cousins look grotesque and monstrous. All of the military vehicles and machinery that he draws is intricately composed, and he's obviously done a lot of research on WWII ordnance. The battle scenes in the issue are incredibly busy, but Murphy manages to keep the reader's eye focused on the main characters, and the flow of the action is always clear.
The slightly sketchy feeling of the linework extends to Murphy's inking, where instead of just filling black spaces digitally, you can see his brushstrokes as he's filled them by hand, and can see little gaps of white space left peaking out through the blacks. It's a wonderful inking job, and he pulls all sorts out of his back of tricks, with some great finishes on figures, brilliant use of force lines to make motion look fluid, and some gorgeous texturing with hatching and screentone dots.
Dave Stewart colors the book, and you couldn't ask for a better colorist. Whatever the scene, Stewart has an uncanny knack for picking exactly the right hue, shade, tint, and tone to bring the images to life, and jump off the page! Here, he uses color to add even more nuance to characters and backgrounds, and uses panel washes to give the book a unique and somber look. I also applaud the fact that he never resorts to tacky digital lighting effects on explosions in the battle sequences. In fact, one of my favorite panels from the book is a tank explosion, where Stewart has recolored Murphy's beautiful brushwork in dark orange, and used a lighter orange in the background to give the sense of illumination. The whole panel is very simple, and only uses two or three colors, but is incredibly striking!
American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest #5 is an amazing climax to a thrilling miniseries. With a great story and amazing artwork, it excels on all fronts. I hope we see this team reunite for future minis with these characters!
Batgirl #2
Written by Gail Simone
Art by Ardian Syaf, Vicente Cifuentes and Ulises Arreola
Lettering by Dave Sharpe
Published by DC Comics
Review by David Pepose
'Rama Rating: 4 out of 10
Why Batgirl?
It's an honest question. Considering the controversy of turning Barbara Gordon from a paraplegic information broker to a jumping, leaping and kicking superhero, there has to be a reason with more depth than simple brand recognition. Unfortunately, two issues into the new run on Batgirl, Gail Simone hasn't answered these questions yet, resulting in a book that's high on low-calorie action without the striking artwork to back it up.
In a lot of ways, it feels like Simone is trying to channel Chuck Dixon in this script — fast pace, lots of fisticuffs, and a personable internal monologue to keep everyone in the loop on what's going on. Yet there are a number of missteps in the script, ranging from the juvenile ("Batgirl may have choked, mister… but I won't.") to stuff that sounds like teenage poetry ("Why are the questions I'm asking so dark to me?") But considering accessibility was priority one for the New 52, Simone is "mission accomplished" there.
But it's hard to get invested in a fight sequence when you care neither about the hero or the villain: Barbara's M.O., either as the daughter of a cop, a recently-recovered paraplegic, or even someone who's (presumably) worked under the shadow of Batman either never gets fleshed out, or is touched upon so late in the game that you're already snoozing. They say a hero is only as good as the villains they face, and that's the other big problem that Barbara Gordon faces here: her bad guy is totally bland. The Mirror has a standard my-family-is-dead origin, a fairly standard lots-of-strength-plus-lightshow power set, and his design is about as unmemorable as it gets.
That last critique brings me to Ardian Syaf. If he's the one responsible for the Mirror's design, he definitely missed the mark — black cape with a white chest oval and a hood? Come on. But just on the technical standpoint, his sense of composition really doesn't make good use of the page — I mentioned Chuck Dixon earlier, but the reason why his Nightwing scripts worked so well is because Scott McDaniel knew how to make every shot line up for the maximum amount of spotlight and speed. One panel of the Mirror suplexing Batgirl looks particularly impossible, and even small continuity details — like Batgirl's hair popping in and out of panels on the same page — get lost in the mix.
Combine all this with still no explanation behind Barbara's status quo, and you wind up with a sophomore issue that has little weight behind its knuckles. It's fine to not answer that question, but there needs to be something a little bit deeper than fighting about "miracles." The real question at hand: Why Batgirl? Until Gail Simone can answer that question, it feels like Barbara Gordon's relaunch could have used a little bit more preparation.
Power Play #1
Written by Kurt Christenson
Art by Reilly Brown
Available on ComiXology
Review by David Pepose
'Rama Rating: 7 out of 10
What's most revolutionary about Power Play isn't so much the storyline or even its slick-looking art, but the method in which Kurt Christenson and Reilly Brown have delivered their book to readers. As popular as the ComiXology platform has been, it's always been an imperfect translation from the printed page to portable devices such as iPhones and iPods — but no longer.
Power Play is a comic for the portable generation. Instead of turning your phone sideways and upwards from panel to panel, there's a smoothness in transition in this book, particularly through Brown's art, and that alone makes this a book worth looking at. (99 cents doesn't hurt, either.) Just small details like the "cut" moving diagonally to match the action is a great effect, and is really one of the first comics I can remember to take full advantage of the ComiXology platform as a reading experience, not just a distribution center.
So how does this work in terms of story? There's an exuberance to Power Play, buoyed much by Brown's clean, cartoony art, even if there are also a few rough edges that could be smoothed out along the way. The plot reminds me a lot of Top Cow's Freshmen, showing that superpowers and college dorms can mix together about as well as Jameson and Coke (or tequila and warm Gatorade, depending on how much your friends hate you).
Kurt Christenson is clearly more at home with the superpowered tournament known as Power Play, in which "the baddest of the bad" play a knock-down, drag-out game of capture the flag, giving a kinetic introduction to the various heroes and powers of this world. It's when we introduce our main college-aged characters that the story does drag down a little bit, as these protagonists still feel a bit like stock characters rather than something more three-dimensional. It's not entirely their fault, but seeing a comic book-loving geek in the lead is something I've seen before, and it's something I rarely see actually get justified by a series' end.
The real selling point for this book, however, is the artwork. Reilly Brown was criminally underappreciated on his run on Incredible Hercules, and he's really going for the jugular in this creator-owned book. Brown's sense of design is particularly sharp, with characters like Ice Queen having a Dazzler-esque vibe, while the hoodie-wearing, tentacle-wielding Gowanus Pete has a wild energy underneath his baggy clothes. Brown has a very open and inviting style to his artwork, and he's able to really make the most out of some comedic beats just due to the expressions he gives characters. It's no understatement to say that it's Brown's involvement that really elevates this book and makes it a memorable work.
While the Freshmen-meets-Mortal Kombat theme isn't necessarily the most original concept in the world, there's no denying that this team is having a blast, and that level of joy in these pages can become contagious. The ease of reading on a portable platform is the real win for Power Play, as Christenson and Brown are recognizing an underleveraged platform in an era when innovation is crucial to the comic book industry. Everyone has a comic shop in their pocket, so why not tailor your reading experience to fit the bill? But just because it's small screen doesn't mean it's small time — Power Play gets in on the action early, and with Reilly Brown drawing it, this is a 99-cent investment that definitely makes good.
The Death-Ray
Written by Daniel Clowes
Art by Daniel Clowes
Published by Drawn & Quarterly
Review by Scott Cederlund
'Rama Rating: 9 out of 10
The Death-Ray is Daniel Clowes at his captivating best, a story that's brutally stark as Andy, a teenager who discovers that he gets super strength when he smokes, realizes he has the power to change the world even if he doesn't have the maturity or wisdom to do it. It sounds ridiculous and childish, maybe even reckless- gaining super strength through smoking but that is not really what Clowes' story is about. There's an adventure story here but it is just a wrapper for the author's real story about the uncertainty of growing up and how at one time or another we all think we've got the world figured out and know how to fix it. Of course, most of us come to realize that we don't have the answers or have control over anything more than our own lives. Somehow or other, few of Clowes's characters ever learn those real lessons or figure out how to live in the real world. They get by somehow, lonely in a world that's full of people.
Clowes' stories are about relationships, how we want them to work and how they ultimately fail. The Death-Ray focuses begins with a focus on Andy's relationship with his best friend Louie but there's also a long distance relationship with a girl who Andy believes is his girlfriend, a relationship with a schoolwork/bully, a relation with an aging grandfather and a relationship to a dead father. Clowes's story is more about defining Andy through those relationships than through any fantastical powers or wish fulfillment.
Andy is a character that none of us wish to be but who we may see a bit more of ourselves in than we are comfortable with. A high school kid who can easily see how unfair the world is, Andy thinks he knows how to make the world better and that he has the responsibility to do so. After all, if he is not going to save the world, who is? Clowes hits on that moment in our lives where we mistakenly believe we've become an adult while we're even more childish than ever. That's where Andy is and really all of the people around him. They see the world in clearly defined right and wrong; basically they are right and everyone else is wrong. It's a child's view of the world that Clowes' characters have.
While Clowes' story is about Andy trying to figure out what he can do to try and make his life better, Clowes does give him the powers and does throw the bit of action/adventure into this book. This is Clowes' Spider-Man story. He even goes as far as homaging Amazing Fantasy #15 to give Andy his "with great power comes great responsibility moment." Unfortunately, it's only in a fantasy sequence and Andy focuses more on the tragedy of Uncle Ben's death rather on the lessons that Peter Parker (i.e. Andy himself) was supposed to learn. Andy is Peter Parker without the comic book clear wisdom of right and wrong. Like many of us, Andy has probably grown up on Marvel comics, where it's easy to get caught up in the flashy costumes and incredible powers of those stories without ever really understanding the characters or themes that were built behind those costumes.
Daniel Clowes is a brutal storyteller. His artwork is stark and unflinching because he doesn't pull any punches in it. He doesn't try to be exciting or pretty but his art is still shocking because he shows his of how plain it is. Even when he tries to show Andy in a super-hero costume, he draws it looking as ridiculous on the page as it would in real life. His characters can't hide because Clowes' story reveals them even as it breaks them down. Clowes is a very traditional comic book artist; his pages are designed as pages and not as collections of images that just happen to be put together. Clowes finds his excitement and energy not in the individual drawings but in how they're arranged together on the page because Clowes isn't just a writer or an artist but he is a comic book storyteller. The Death-Ray is an exciting book not because of Clowes frank drawings but because of the way his blunt images lull the reader in and then smack them in the face as the story reveals just how little any of the characters actually grow up.Got a comment? There's lots of conversation on Newsarama's FACEBOOK and TWITTER!


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NEW YORK - The first growth in the service industry in a year and upbeat comments about big banks pulled investors into the stock market after two losing weeks.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 112 points as all major stock indicators gained 1 percent.
The Institute for Supply Management said its service index rose to 50.9 in September from 48.4 in August. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters had expected a reading of 50, the dividing line between growth and contraction. The index hadn't grown since August of last year.
Financial and energy stocks led the gains after Goldman Sachs raised its rating on large banks and the price of oil jumped.
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Human beings like to commemorate or celebrate a past important event that occurred on the same date of the year as the initial event to either remind themselves of something they never want to repeat, or fondly recall a better time in their lives. This past week an anniversary came and went that should be a reminder of a shameful practice that lingered in America 89 years after Founding Father Thomas Jefferson wrote that "all men are created equal," and the day should have celebrated that slavery finally came to an official end. The 13th Amendment ended slavery in America in 1865, and the day was remembered by a teabag leader who admonished African Americans to stop complaining their ancestors were indentured servants.
Americans are typically not welcoming to immigrants to this country, and many different groups who came seeking a better life were discriminated against whether they were Italians, Asians, Russians, Hispanics, Germans, or Irish, but they were never bought and sold, kept as property, or treated like Africans who did not come to this country of their own accord or to seek a better life. Despite historical records documenting the horrid treatment of Africans captured in their native lands, shipped to America, and sold to Americans who literally treated them worse than draft animals, there has always been a segment of the population attempting to delegitimize the horrors of slavery. Indeed, there are still racists in America who regard African Americans as inferior, and they celebrate and mourn their loss in the Civil War the Confederacy fought to preserve their right to keep other human beings to buy, sell, and toil to increase the wealth of white people.
Last Wednesday, on the anniversary of the official end of slavery in America, a teabag leader from New Mexico sparked a minorcontroversy when she suggested that African Americans take advantage of the horrid legacy of slavery to garner some kind of benefits from the rest of America, probably the government as if it is owed to them. The teabagger, Glynis Racine of the Lincoln County Tea Party Patriots took to social media outlet Twitter to send a message via an image suggesting that African Americans "bitch and moan about how the world owes them a living" because their ancestors were slaves. She also had the temerity to state Irish immigrants' experience in America was worse than African slaves. The Tweet read, "American history month. Forgotten facts," and was accompanied with an image that read, "White Irish slaves were treated worse than any other race in the U.S.," and then "When is the last time you heard an Irishman bitching and moaning about how the world owes them a living?"
Racine deleted the Tweet fairly soon after posting it, but the damage was already done and exposed her as a racist. The implication that African Americans, all African Americans, "bitch and moan" about the world owing them a living is as outrageous as it is racist and infuriating. To make matters worse, Racine responded to her detractors and reiterated that Irish immigrants were treated worse than African slaves and said, "It's time to move on." Sadly, her sentiment is not isolated to racist teabaggers and is the kind of fear-mongering and race-baiting Fox News and every Republican candidate for president parroted throughout the primary season in 2012.
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Under right conditions, catching muskies can be quick
I've always had a problem with the old pearl that muskies are "the fish of 10,000 casts."
This contention has been around for years, maybe even back in the day when Wisconsin license tags outnumbered those from the Land of Lincoln in front of popular watering holes in Minocqua.
It sounds like something an inebriated Illinoisan would say to rationalize: It must be the muskie's fault that he spent all day washing lures instead of hooking up with our state fish.
Truth is 99 percent of muskie-fishing success involves a combination of timing, location and presentation. The other 1 percent can honestly be blamed on ornery muskies.
It shouldn't take more than 100 casts to tussle with this alpha toother below essentially any Wisconsin River dam for the next week or so.
The Petenwell tailwaters get my vote for the best location to wing a small bucktail or a 6-inch grandma now. On opening day a few years ago I caught five and missed at least that many more muskies casting the big, sleepy basin below this dam.
Malevolent muskies find habitat below these dams suitable for spawning. They are very close to engaging in this annual ritual right now. Probably the best way to tangle with a muskie just about any time is by fishing for another species. This is a karma thing, like the biggest buck in the county always getting killed by a 70-year-old woman driving a Buick.
Central Wisconsin guide Jesse Quale and I thought crappies would be a good target on opening weekend because just about every angler south of Wausau would be out chasing gamefish on an inland lake.
The Wisconsin River at Nekoosa is a substantial drive away from any worthwhile fishing lake. Crappies of slab proportions are tucked in quiet back eddies close to shore below the Nekoosa dam right now. These fish are thinking about spawning, too.
Crappie catching at Nekoosa right now is an exercise in running and gunning with a 3-inch white or chartreuse Kalin grub on a 1/8-ounce jighead until a crappie finds your hook.
Once a school of crappies is located, anchor or tie up to shoreline brush, peg a bobber two feet above the jig and replace the plastic with a minnow until you've had enough fun catching fish.
Quale and I were still in the search mode when a 41-inch muskie grabbed his jig and took off across the river.
When a fish with teeth grabs a bait without a steel leader, one of two things happens: The angler either reels in a slack line with no hook or lets out a war whoop.
Some folks call Quale "Jumpin' Jesse" because of his lightning-fast reflexes. The second time this muskie torpedoed past the boat, we could see the jig in the corner of her mouth.
This would be a test of skill, tackle, experience and ingenuity. Quale had two Frabill landing nets in the boat. Since crappies were our main quarry, the hoop sizes were "small" and "smaller." Fortunately, the folks at Frabill build their nets with sizable net bags.
Fighting a big muskie is a study in eustress, essentially "good" stress. I did my best to contribute to Jumpin' Jesse's angling experience by commenting on the size of the landing net—which wasn't much bigger than the tiny net in the minnow bucket.
This brought an instant smile to Quale's face. The kind of grin you flash after being suddenly kicked in the groin.
Contrary to the story you might hear from an inebriated Illinoisan who finally set the hook after 10,001 casts, combat with a muskie doesn't go on for an hour, even if you don't have muskie gear.
With an ultralight rod and 4-pound test line, Quale was able to lead this 20-pound toother to the net in less than 10 minutes, less than one minute after I offered up more eustress with a threat of cutting his line so we could get back to crappie fishing.
Ted Peck, a certified Merchant Marine captain, is an outdoors columnist for The Gazette. Email him at email@example.com.


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Today the KOOL Kids On The Block were at Schlotzsky's on 90th St and Shea (from 11:30-12:30) with everyone's favorite morning personalities: Tom and Maria!
We were on site registering listeners to win Fleetwood Mac tickets for their May 30th show here at US Airways (winners will be announced at a later date). There was a great turnout and everyone was having a blast getting free KOOL swag and Schlotzsky's swag as well!
Schlotzsky's had a promotion where you could buy a Muffalotza sandwich and get a second for 94 cents! And get this, if listeners texted "BETTER" to 23765 they could receive a small original sandwich with the purchase of chips and a drink! Today was the last day for this promotion, but if you missed out we will be at many more Schlotzsky's in the future with Tom and Maria and KOOL FM.


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College Park (Ga.) Banneker defensive end/wide receiver prospect Steven Fowlkes is a sleeper no more.
The 6-foot-5, 213-pound jumbo athlete has picked up multiple offers from Southeastern Conference and other BCS Conference programs in recent weeks, placing himself squarely in the category of major prospect.
"Recruiting has been going ok," he said. "I've got offers from Tennessee, Indiana, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisville and Minnesota."
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The Vols and Tide were among the more recent. While most are recruiting Fowlkes as a defensive end, the Vols liked him on the other side of the ball.
"Tennessee offered me as a wide receiver," Fowlkes said. "We were doing 7-on-7 and I was playing wide receiver and they offered me on the spot. I really don't know too much about their program, but I plan on making a visit up there this summer."
Fowlkes added that he would prefer to play wide receiver in college.
Fowlkes has been to Tuscaloosa to check out Alabama.
"I know a lot about Alabama," Fowlkes said. "(Crimson Tide head coach) Nick Saban came by the school and watched me practice and that's how I got the offer. I've also been to the campus for an unofficial visit and they have nice facilities, things like that."
South Carolina also is a school Fowlkes commented on. The Gamecocks currently have signed two prospect from Banneker, defensive tackle Olufemi Ajiboye (2007) and cornerback Carlos Thomas (2005) during the tenure of current head coach Steve Spurrier.
"I have a couple of teammates up there," Fowlkes said. "I haven't been to the campus or anything, but I plan to take a visit up there this summer."
Currently, Fowlkes has no leader.
"None of the schools really stand out more than the others right now," he said. "I wouldn't put any at high interest right now."
Fowlkes does want to end the process in the coming months.
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Glassdoor: People's Insights Volume 1 Issue 15
Glassdoor is a one-stop shop for online job seekers. It is a free jobs and careers community that offers an inside look at recruitments and companies through 'employee-generated content' by uncovering 'Inside Connections' through Facebook.
The content includes jobs available, salaries offered, tips for interviews, company overviews, ratings, etc, enabling users to browse for all the relevant information on one website.
This information is generated by job seekers, employers and companies, making it more legitimate.
A unique feature is 'Inside Connections', a Facebook app that reveals the connections users have at a company – employees and ex-employees – from within their Facebook friends list.
Glassdoor co-founder Tim Besse explained:
What job seekers really want is all the answers on one page. What's the job, what does it pay, what is it like there, and who do I know who could help me?
Job seekers look for information that can help them get the right job quickly. They also want to know more about the company, its salary structure, working environment, point of contact and so on. It is these queries that Glassdoor addresses.
Claire Gordon said in her article 'Glassdoor Launches Social Network, But Can It Beat LinkedIn?' :
The Internet is a powerful streamliner. But job-hunting, as millions of unemployed Americans know, is still an inelegant online experience, with separate sites for job searching, company reviews, and professional networking. But Glassdoor has its eyes on the prize: a one-stop shop for all your job-seeking needs.
Glassdoor has a massive advantage over other networks as it is said to have details of more than 150,000 companies, including those listed on the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500, and featured in the Fortune 500 list, making it the biggest online repository of information on the job market.
CEO and Co-founder Besse said:
We have as many baristas on the site as we do software engineers. And that's something LinkedIn can't say.
Job seekers can search for positions, get a perspective on companies and check which friends have worked there. They also gain insights on a company's recruiting process. The portal is also useful for human resource personnel scouting for talent.
As mentioned by Mashable writer Sharlyn Lauby:
If you're interested in specific companies or you just landed an interview there, look them up on Glassdoor. Glassdoor is a community site where individuals can anonymously post the "inside scoop" on companies, jobs, salaries and benefits, based on their firsthand experiences. The comments answer the questions we're all dying to know: Does the company offer advancement opportunities? What's your impression of the management team? Does the company encourage in work-life balance?
The inside story of a company and some tips could be the difference between an offer and a rejection.
Through 'Inside Connections', every job or company throws up the number of connections a user has through his/her Facebook friends list.
Mashable writer Peter Pachal pointed out:
Now when you connect Glassdoor to Facebook and click on a company, you'll be able to see which of your Facebook friends are connected to that company — either by being an employee or having worked there in the past. You'll also see friends of friends who are connected, too.
The integration of 'Inside Connections' was based on the insight that most jobs are found through personal connections. Co-founder and CEO Robert Hohmann said that research showed that almost 60% of jobs were found through such connections.
When people look for jobs, they first turn to friends and family. This prompted Glassdoor to integrate the professional network with users' personal networks.
Hohman said:
Friends and family are the most trusted resource for career advice, and with Glassdoor's Inside Connections, we are bringing together who you know with what you need to know about jobs and companies. Inside Connections allows job seekers to leverage their Facebook network to uncover where they have an 'in' at specific companies to help them land the right job.
Glassdoor, therefore, has an advantage over Linkedin through the social integration and through its large database of companies. As mentioned by Jon on the blog 'Carve Consulting' :
What's interesting about the latest Glassdoor update is that it's chosen to integrate the Facebook API, in a way that dramatically enhances its value proposition. Now, if I choose to log into Glassdoor using my Facebook profile, my social graph will be mapped against any companies that I'm checking out. So if I want to work at Google for example, I can see which of my Facebook friends can possibly help me with an introduction. Sure Linkedin has this feature, but it doesn't have all the rich data on salaries and reviews from actual employees. What do you think? Has Glassdoor now become the one-stop shop for all your career research needs?
Glassdoor is more about leveraging an existing network for professional connections that most users weren't aware of. By using Facebook, Glassdoor makes the most of a network that has over 800 million users. Glassdoor users are also younger and more active on Facebook than on other networks like Linkedin because of its serious approach.
As Besse said:
We've been taught to think that Facebook is just our personal or social lives and Linkedin is our professional lives, but the reality is that when you're boots-on-the-street looking for a job, some of the very first people that you turn to are your closest friends. And what Glassdoor does is make it really easy to tap into these connections.
Instead of duplicating the Linkedin experience on Facebook, Glassdoor used Facebook to enhance its own website.
Facebook is the world's most popular social network but does not have any business features other than the Branchout/Monster apps, so such integration works well for both.
Users connected to the influential, the well-networked and those who have a diverse set of friends will have access to the most jobs. Also, each friend that joins Glassdoor allows users to see more connections at more companies.
Glassdoor isn't the first to turn to Facebook contacts. Branchout is the most popular one with 2.5 million unique monthly visitors, according to AppData.
This app, like Inside Connections, pulls information from users' profiles – work history and education, in this case, to allow them to network without personal information getting in the way.
People who are uncomfortable with sharing personal information can opt for BeKnown, which lets users choose friends they want to list as contacts. Those friends must consent to be part of the list.
Tech Crunch writer Sarah Perez explained:
Conceptually, the product isn't all that different from what BranchOut has already been doing, or what Monster.com is doing with its BranchOut copycat BeKnown. Using BranchOut's Facebook app, for example, you can view which friends work where and who they may know at companies you're interested in. And, like Glassdoor's new Inside Connections, the others are also built on top of the Facebook social graph.
The difference is that with BranchOut, the goal is to create a mini LinkedIn right on top of Facebook. You can post projects, share links, post jobs, search through people and companies and grow your network. Glassdoor's Inside Connections, meanwhile, isn't meant to be a standalone experience. Instead of duplicating the Linked In experience on Facebook, it's using Facebook to enhance its own website.
Glassdoor also boasts of a richer database of reviews from actual employees.
A purely social network is not the best foundation for a professional application, but neither is a purely professional network. Job portals will emerge in the social networking space to maximise the potential of social data through strategic integrations.
Though Linkedin offers a successful platform for business networking, the Facebook graph is a lot more expansive and can provide useful data.
While social and professional networks are fundamentally different, they both hold useful information and will form a potent partnership in the future.
Glassdoor recognises this. How far it succeeds in bridging the two worlds will be interesting to watch.
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Odd behaviour of Simple viewer with Artisteer
I have developed a WP website using Artisteer 4.0. The home page contains a Simple Viewer slide show and I suspect that some conflict with Artisteer introduces some very odd rendering of the home page.
The first time you land on http://toanklein.com you will notice that the footer at the bottom of the screen overlaps text (or images, depending of the size of your screen). If you resize the window, the resulting screen has the footer at the bottom of the page and does not overlap any of the text. This is true in all the browsers I've tried (Firefox, Chrome, Safari, IE9, and Opera).
Is the mix of Artisteer-generated code and Simple Viewer to blame? Is their some way to fix this?
At the moment the only option seems to drop Simple Viewer in favour of another plugin.
Any suggestions or advice would be appreciated (including the recommendation of a similar plugin).
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Today Nintendo releases the much anticipated Nintendo 3DS game, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D. This highly acclaimed and top rated Legend of Zelda quest returns, back from 1998. Fans who have played the original and newcomers have many notable Nintendo 3DS features to warrant a return to Ocarina of Time. In addition to the 3D display and enhanced graphics, new features include Hint Movies, Touch Screen Items, Motion Controls, a Boss Challenge mode and the Master Quest (upon completing the game).
Before you jump back into Hyrule, remember to register your included game code here at Club Nintendo for a free The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D Soundtrack CD (limited time, while supplies last). Here are the details from Nintendo on what is included in the soundtrack CD:
– 50 tracks from the game, many never before released.
– 1 fully orchestrated medley specially recorded for the soundtrack.
– Liner notes include new character illustrations created for the Nintendo 3DS release, and a special message from Mr. Miyamoto and Mr. Kondo.
Order the The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D here.
For more details, visit the official website at www.zelda.com/ocarina3d.
See a trailer below from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, or here on YouTube.
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REDMOND, Wash., June 16, 2011 – The 25th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda™ video game series goes into high gear with the June 19 launch of The Legend of Zelda™: Ocarina of Time™ 3Dgame. Available exclusively for the portable Nintendo 3DS™ system, the new game introduces a fully re-mastered version of one of the most acclaimed installments in Nintendo's fan-favorite The Legend of Zelda game series. Combining adventurous game play and classic story elements with enhanced graphics and previously unavailable challenges, this new edition also highlights the deep, engaging experiences made possible by Nintendo 3DS with intuitive hand-held motion controls and the ability to play in 3D without the need for special glasses.
Experienced fans and newcomers alike will have plenty to discover in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D as they guide the heroic Link™ on an adventure through Hyrule, where they will encounter vividly enhanced characters and environments. The new touch-screen interface makes it simple to navigate menus and switch between items, while new motion controls allow players to swiftly and accurately aim their weapons when targeting in first-person view. After completing the main game, players will also have access to the additional Master Quest that provides even more challenges with redesigned dungeons, more challenging enemies and environments that are experienced in reverse.
"The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D is the definitive version of a game that is an indelible part of entertainment history," said Cindy Gordon, Nintendo of America's vice president of Corporate Affairs. "This is a game for every fan of the series, from those who grew up on Link's adventures to the new generation of players who are just starting to create their own magical memories in the mythical land of Hyrule."
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D introduces new content that is exclusive to the Nintendo 3DS version of the game. After players have defeated a boss, they can replay the battle again in Boss Challenge mode and try to improve their completion time. When they have defeated all eight of the game's bosses, they can face them all in succession under an action-packed timed run. At select access points in the game, players can also watch special hint movies that provide clues to help solve tricky puzzles and defeat challenging enemies.
The original The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time launched for the Nintendo 64™ system in 1998. Earning widespread praise from fans and critics alike, it currently holds a Metacritic.com score of 99. Since 1986, The Legend of Zelda game series has sold more than 62 million units worldwide.
Remember that Nintendo 3DS features parental controls that let adults manage the content their children can access. For more information about this and other features, visithttp://www.nintendo.com/3ds.
For more information about The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, visithttp://www.zelda.com/ocarina3d.


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Raider boys' golf team still in hunt in BRC
The Raider boys' golf team entered last Monday's Big Rivers Conference match at Troy Burne one point behind conference leader River Falls. When the day was over, the Raiders had slipped to three points back.
Head coach Bill Schaub said Hudson struggled a little on its home course, finishing with a 9-hole team score of 164. River Falls won the event with a score of 157 while Eau Claire North took second with 160.
The Raiders now sit three points behind River Falls and five points ahead of third place Eau Claire North in the BRC standings, with two conference matches remaining -- this past Tuesday at Eau Claire North and Tuesday, May 15, at Menomonie. The BRC Tournament is scheduled for Thursday, May 17, at Chippewa Falls.
Last Monday at Troy Burne, Ben Lewis and David Kein each finished with 40 to lead the team. Pat Bowers and Brody Belland had 42's and Jordan DeLao had a 43.
"I was happy with Kein's score today," Schaub said. "He is starting to come on and play good golf."
The team traveled to Hayward and Telemark last Friday and Saturday for a 24-team, 36-hole invitational. The Raiders won the tournament last year.
Hudson had a nice first day at Hayward before the wind picked up and the temps started to drop. The Raiders finished the first day in second place with an 18-hole score of 318.
DeLao paced the Raiders with a season-best, one over-par score of 73.
"Jordan DeLao played great golf, hitting most fairways and doing everything well," Schaub said. "Ben Lewis faded down the stretch with a triple bogie but still finished at 80."
Bowers shot 81 and Belland 84 to finish out the scoring.
Day two started well with Lewis even after 9 holes at Telemark, and DeLao playing at two over-par through nine holes. Belland, Kein and Bowers were all working hard in the cool weather but could not get on track as the day went on. The team eventually finished the day with a 36-hole score of 648, which dropped them to a fourth-place finish in the tournament.
Virginia, Minn., took first with a tournament record 611 while Northwestern was second with 339 and Superior third with 344.
Lewis shot a 74 the second day to finish with a two-day total of 154 and place fifth overall, while DeLao finished in 11th place.
"The Telemark course is a very narrow, tight course that can be very difficult to play," Schaub said. "The team overall did not play as well as I expected. We need to start playing better, more consistent golf at this time of year."
Hudson will compete in the Rice Lake Invitational Thursday, May 10, before hosting a dual match with Tartan at Troy Burne Friday afternoon, May 11.


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Subject: PRICE, John; 1584; Jamestown VA
Date: Sun, 5 Oct 1997 15:06:33 -0400 (EDT)
seeking biographical RECONCILIATION of conflicting accounts on:
++Ances & Desc of JOHN PRICE Immigrant to VA 1610-1611, ++by Vina Price
++JOHN PRICE the Immigrant,++ by Benjamin Price
/1 John PRICE Sr bc 1584; Brechnock, Montgomery County, Wales; d 1628
Henrico Co VA;
+ m. Anne MATTHEWS b 1603/4 British Isles; d bef 5/1666 VA
// 2 Mary PRICE bc 1624; m Richard COCKE
// 2 Matthew PRICE bc 1626
//2 John PRICE Jr b 1627, Henrico Co VA; d bef 1662; m. Miss ROWEN
///3 John PRICE 3rd bc 1650
///3 Daniel PRICE Sr bc 1648, Henrico Co VA; d 8/1692 Henrico Co VA.
+ m. Susanna CARTER bc 1660; d 1714dau of Giles Carter b 1634
Gloucester England and Hannah ___.;
////4 Daniel John PRICE bc 1689, Henrico Co VA;
+m. Mary HUGHES
/////5 Elizabeth PRICE b 1720; d aft 1767; m John CURD
1. John Price, b. 1584 in Brecknok, Montgomeryshire, Wales d. ca 1638 in
Henrico Co., VA. married (1) Mary ____ (2) Ann Mathewes, b. 1599
John Price came from England to America in the ship STAR and landed in
Jamestown, Virginia in May 1620. John was 36 years old and had a
teenage son when he and his wife, Mary, came to Virginia. This son,
William, came with his parents, but another son, Matthewes, age 5 years
remained in Wales with relatives until 1635.
Mary died about the year 1622, presumably killed in the great Indian
massacre at Jamestown in May 1622. John then took a second wife. John
and his two sons, William and Matthewes, became landholders on the Neck
of Land in Charles City County. In 1626 John owned 100 acres of land
near the Falls of James River in Henrico County. (Virginia Historical
Magazine edited by William G. Stanard, No. 15, page 363; Manuscript by
Eva Grant Malone, Craig City, Virginia)
The younger son spent the remainder of his life there. After the
Massacre at Jamestown, John Price was a man of importance in the
Colony. and one of the eleven counsellors with Sir Francis Wyatt in the
Provisional Government when the London Company was dissolved; his name
appears with thirty-two others in an appeal to King Charles I of
England, June 1625. (DeJarnette Papers, Virginia State Library.)
On the southerly side beginning from the Falles, there are these
PATTENTS granted: John Price - 150 acres, Henrico Co. 1620 (Manuscript
by R.A. Brock, Southern Historical Society, Richmond, VA.)
Among the list of inhabitants in Virginia, 23 Jan 1624 were:
John Price aged 40 yrs. [came]in the STAR in May
Ann his wife aged 21 yrs. [came] in the FRANCIS BONAVENURE
in August 1620
Mary a child aged 3 months
John and his son, William, were planters, home builders, and assisted in
governmental affairs of the Colony.
John's childen by 1st marriage:
1) William Price, b. ca 1607 or before in Wales
(According to Burke's History of Virginia, William was living at College
Landn near Jamestown in 1623, His descendants lived in Glouchester,
Middlesex and other eastern counties.
(Hottens Original List, page 203)
2) Matthewes Price, b. 1615 in Wales d. in Henrico Co. Va. married
________ Calvert, duaghter of George or Charles Calvert, founder of the
Maryland Colony.
Children by 2nd marriage:
Mary Price, b. ca Oct 1623 in VA.
(possibly others)
b. 1615 in Wales d. Henrico Co. Va. m. ____Calvert.
Matthewes Price, son of John and Mary ____ Price and [as] heir of John
Price, deceased, was granted 150 acres of land in Henrico Court 23 may
1638. (Virginia Colonial Record, Vol. V) Matthewes remained in Wales
with relatives and came to America in 1635 on the ship GEORGE; John
Severne, ship's Master.
Matthewes Price was an honorable free-holder; belonged to the gentlemen
free-holders and the militia, for every honorable freeman was mustered
into service for the purpose of defending the country, and helping to
build the Empire.
John Price, b. ca 1650 in Henrico Co., VA. d. c. 1711 in Henrico Co.
Married ca 1690 to Jane Pugh.
b. ca 1650 in Henrico Co. c. 1711 in Henrico Co. married Jane Pugh.
John Price, son of Matthewes and ___(Calvert) Price, "came in for the
land at the Falls of James River and other Henrico lands." He had 3
sons and 2 daughters who survived him.
Jane was the daughter of Henry and Jane (Womack) Pugh.
Their children:
1) John Price, Jr. married Mary Randolph, daughter of William Randolph
2) Daniel Price b and d ? married Sally Coleman, daug. of Stephen
(Daniel was one of the Committee of Safety, he settled in Pittsylvania
near Danville, VA.)
3) Pugh Price, b. 1690 d. 1775 in Prince Edward Co., VA. married (1)
Sarah Thornton (2) Tabitha Barrow (3) Jerusha Penick
4) Mary Price married ____Cannon
5) Elizabeth Price
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Nearly five months ago, UFC President Dana White announced a welterweight title fight between Georges St. Pierre and Nick Diaz would headline the event. After a shuffle that resulted in Diaz scoring a unanimous decision victory over B.J. Penn in Saturday night's UFC 137 main event at the Mandalay Bay Events Center, White again found himself booking St. Pierre vs. Diaz.
Diaz leapfrogged Carlos Condit for the next 170-pound title shot and will tentatively face St. Pierre at UFC 143 next year on Feb. 4 in Las Vegas. St. Pierre requested the fight after Diaz accused the champion of faking an injury in his post-fight octagon interview.
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White, and everyone else, was shocked by the comment. St. Pierre is normally one of the most reserved fighters in the UFC, but White said the Canadian "flipped out" after Diaz's comments.
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"I've got to come off like that just to get a fight," Diaz yelled upon hearing the news. "I've got to be the bad guy. You want to point the finger and make me the bad guy. I'm the bad guy. Now I get a fight."
Leave it to Diaz to win what most considered the most important fight of his life, receive his dream matchup on the same night and still complain for the entire 25 minutes he was available to media.
He bemoaned having to accept the bout with Penn. Diaz criticized his own performance and called his game plan stupid.
He complained about not having the training partners to properly prepare him for Penn. Diaz even grumbled about a referee stoppage in teammate Jake Shields' last fight.
But mostly, Diaz stuck with his usual complaint of not making enough money. He compared himself to Floyd Mayweather, Jr., whom he said, "makes $25 million and can't stop the double-leg" takedown. The rant continued when Diaz detailed his daily running routine.
"I run by hundreds of these huge houses with these big yards and fountains everywhere," Diaz said. "And then these people have their little picnic patio outside and a little pool, all this stuff. Then I take a little circle around and go back into my neighborhood where my car gets robbed. I've got some dude out in front of my house looking for cigarette butts or something where some friends might have left some. It's ridiculous."
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As perturbed as he was with Diaz at the press conference, White spoke glowingly of the former Strikeforce champion's performance against Penn. Diaz lost the first round to the more active Penn on all three judges' scorecards, but recovered to win the last two by a wide margin.
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"This is what I wanted from the beginning," St. Pierre said in a statement. "Let's do what was supposed to be done originally. I've always wanted this fight — now I want it even more. I can't wait for Super Bowl weekend."
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Junior defensive end Kurt Holuba of Oradell (N.J.) Bergen Catholic has seen a number of top programs come through his school during the last month. Recently one of these became his third offer. Holuba is also considering attending a few camps this summer.
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A few that Holuba did remember include West Virginia, Maryland, Rutgers, Boston College, Stanford, Tennessee, Notre Dame, Virginia and Central Florida.
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Another visit came from Syracuse, which resulted in his third offer. This offer joins previous offers from Rutgers and Massachusetts.
Holuba plays lacrosse during the spring which will slow down his ability for visits, but he does have a few in mind.
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Holuba also hopes to visit Notre Dame, Virginia and Stanford when the time allows, which may include a couple of camps.
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May 29, 2012 at 6:04 am #12508
So i want to either have one big sidebar on the right of the page or i'll have two side bars but really i just want a sidebar on the right basically i got other things happening on the left i basically have the two sidebar things happening right now and only a widget for the right sidebar where i got a calendar i want to have it display fully instead of having it cut off where supposely the second side bar on the right is but what i dont understand is why does it seem like there is two sidebars on the right rather than one on the left and one on the right is there a way to just have one side bar on the right and if so how do i align it up further to the right cuz it seems as though something is preventing it from being further to the right where i want it can someone help me out
everlastingezekiel.comMay 29, 2012 at 7:11 am #75733
Also another thing i wanted to know the theme comes with a couple stock backgrounds im using the modern right now and its a fixed background and wanted some help and changing the background image still need it to be a fixed background just different image i didnt know if that is possible with this theme didnt really have any options indicating i had a choice in theme options and i cant seem to find it in the css
final question is:
Is there a way to keep the accordion slider and not have a blog roll of the post corresponding to the posts with the featured images that make the slider work on the front page…what im asking is there a way to have the slider work without the small post previews below the slider i just want to make whats below the slider blank page space to put on big block of text instead of the individual post in 7 different preview boxes i just wanna put one block of text there instead am i asking to much? tell me if i need to be more specific on that or if that is even possibleMay 31, 2012 at 4:33 pm #75734
come on now can someone help me out here where are the moderators at????June 2, 2012 at 3:48 pm #75735
well i changed the home to have the sliders to come from pages rather than post which fixed the final question but i still need to change the back ground and do something different with the side bars i guess the moderators are busy helping other peopleJune 3, 2012 at 3:27 am #75736
Hi karapondos,
Sorry for the delay in responding. We've had a lot of questions to go through these past couple of weeks.
To change the background you would change this in your style4.css:
body {
background: url("../images/skin4/bg.jpg") no-repeat fixed center top #000000;
color: #CCCCCC;
Note: style4.css is the Modern skin.
To answer your sidebar question, go to Newscast Options > Sidebar & Footer. The first option "Sidebar Count" gives you two choices "Two small sidebars" which is default or "One big sidebar". Choosing the "One big sidebar" will give you a right sidebar.
Hope this helps!
MyaJune 4, 2012 at 11:51 pm #75737
ok so i got the background issue figured out and now im sitting up my menu and im seeing a second menu up top over the menu i created and it over laps on another menu is there some coding you can give me to fix that look at my page and check it outJune 5, 2012 at 1:45 am #75738
also the side bar when you choose the big sidebar only gives you the main front page left widget and not the right front page widget so i have to do the two side bars just so i can have the option for a right
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West is a super talent and super headache, but, at 29, a relative pup by Knicks standards. He hasn't played all season but was effective last year with Dallas. The Knicks haven't been thrilled with their point-guard play since Christmas, with Raymond Felton and Jason Kidd falling back to Earth, Iman Shumpert not being a reliable scorer and playmaking rookie Pablo Prigioni not enough of an offensive threat.
The Knicks don't have a roster spot and rehabbing Rasheed Wallace is on the West Coast trip for "moral support,'' coach Mike Woodson said. Woodson acknowledged he will sit down with general manager Glen Grunwald after the trip to explore options. Wallace would have to be cut to open a roster spot.
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last day- tomorrow they are all up for grabs! Head on over to the LAD Blog for all the deets-
First up is a gift tag using the new Love & Joy Labels- I stamped the bird then cut him out, popped him up with foam tape.
Then a quick little card using the Oh Christmas Tree set- Paper is Basic Grey, Wassail, ribbon is SU!, and gems are from MAMBI.
make sure to head to check out the rest of the girls designs- links are all to the left!
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2 comments:
- Jennifer Buck said...
Cute stuff, Girly! Love it! :) Hope you are having a great day! :)
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- Bethany Paull said...
Pretty. I like the bird sitting on that swirl.
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