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But this diminutive, utilitarian four-wheel-drive was designed in Australia by the Holden design team under the supervision of Mike Simcoe the man behind the glamorous Commodore-based Monaro which was the hit of the just-finished Sydney Motor Show.
It's one of a number of cars that are either due for production soon, or which are close-to-production prototypes which broke cover in Tokyo, in the past week.
It's already established that the Cruze will be coming to Australia, where it will be badged as a Holden, General Motors having a controlling, 49 percent interest in the Japanese vehicle maker.
Simcoe was supposed to be unveil the Cruze at its launch on the eve of the Tokyo Motor Show but he was grounded by a General Motors corporate edict which prohibits employees from international travel on commercial airlines, following last month's terrorist activities in the US. Ironically, GM executives from the US attended the function, but they had travelled by corporate jet.
The vehicle is based on a Suzuki platform, and in Japan it will be the first locally-built, General Motors branded vehicle in 60 years GM built cars there until 1939, when it pulled out as hostilities escalated towards the beginning of World War II.
The Cruze will be sold on the domestic market with a choice of either 1.3-litre or 1.5-litre engines, both with a new, electronically-controlled four-wheel-drive system.
The first hint of the project came at the 1999 Tokyo show with the unveiling of the YGM1 concept car, which was designed to reflect the "youth culture", a niche market involved in activities such as snow-boarding and jet skis, it was claimed at the time.
The team leader of the project was Peter Hughes, while much of the interior work was done under the guidance of Jenny Morgan-Douralis, who is Holden's chief colour and trim designer.
Simcoe says this is the first product of the alliance between GM, Suzuki and Holden, and demonstrates Holden's place in the global operations of the world's biggest car company.
Australian buyers won't have to wait too long for the Cruze; it will go on sale in Australia in the first quarter of next year.
At the exotic end of the scale, the Honda Dual Note is predicted to be the eventual replacement for the present NSX supercar. According to Tokyo insiders, "one look at the sharply-designed exterior and its engine specifications would suggest so".
The four-door, four-seater car gets an advanced hybrid system using the company's proven Integrated (electric) Motor Assist system which is married to a high performance 3.5-litre V6 engine.
Such a combination gives the prototype a total output of 300kW and a top speed of around 300km/h, together with fuel consumption of only 5.6litres/100km.
Mitsubishi showed four concept cars in Tokyo, and all were styled in a surprisingly short four months when newly appointed chief designer Olivier Boulay arrived at Mitsubishi in late May and instigated a redesign of existing concepts.
According to the DaimlerChrysler-appointed Mitsubishi CEO, Rolf Eckrodt, the CZ2 is "very near to the company's future production". It is believed that the CZ2 is based on a platform which is being developed jointly with DaimlerChrysler, with the CZ2 indicating how Mitsubishi's version will look.
It was designed by Mitsubishi's German Studio and Mitsubishi's three-diamond corporate mark is prominent, located on the central triangular part of the grille. Similar treatment was seen on the Pajero Evolution concept displayed at the Frankfurt show and is on the other Mitsubishi concept cars in Tokyo, indicating that this is the company's new corporate face which is likely to be seen on the next-model Magna.
Korean maker Hyundai unveiled its "close-to-reality" concept version of a future all-new light car code-named TB. Hyundai people say this heralds a return to entry-level light car values popularised in Australia by the previous Excel model.
Less than four metres long and tall in proportion to provide a spacious interior, the TB concept car is designed as a five-seater, and is said to be close to the final shape of Hyundai's new light car model that will debut worldwide next year.
The concept car was powered by a four cylinder, 1.3-litre engine mated to an electronically controlled four speed automatic transmission.
The new model will be launched in Australia late next year, priced below the Accent. Speculation that it may be badged Trevi is not confirmed by Hyundai Australia.
Continuing the momentum of the Jeep Willys concept vehicle shown at the Detroit Motor Show in January, the Chrysler design team has shown its Jeep Willys2 concept in Tokyo.
The modern interpretation of traditional Jeep design cues includes a seven- slot grille and trapezoidal wheel arches.
Although Chrysler maintains a stoic "no imminent production plans" stance on the vehicle, the fact that it is pursuing this line of thinking with two concepts in 10 months has observers believing that it will form the basis of a new, compact, utilitarian Jeep model.
Technological curiosities include a one-piece carbon-fibre body on a lightweight aluminium frame concepts used in both competition cars and in military equipment although these may not be realised in production.
It is powered by a four-cylinder, supercharged, 1.6-litre engine with 120kW of power.
Although there is still concern over the world's economy following the terrorist activities in the US on September 11 coincidentally, during the Frankfurt Motor Show the world's car makers are putting on a brave front in Tokyo and are sufficiently confident to give us a glimpse of what is to come.
Honda NSX-R
Although the Dual Note is seen as the eventual replacement for the NSX sports car, this NSX-R is an evolution of the present vehicle. It has carbon fibre panels, air vents, rear spoiler and engine compartment cover as well as carbon fibre-backed Recaro seats.
Honda Civic Hybrid
This will go on sale in Japan in December, and uses the Integrated Motor Assist system first seen in the two-seater Insight. It is a five-seater, whose petrol engine produces 63kW while the electric motor generates an additional 10kW.
Nissan 350Z
Continuing to carry the Fairlady name in Japan, this version of the 350Z is closer to production reality than the concept displayed at the Sydney Motor Show. It is 50mm narrower and has a different and to most people's way of thinking, better-looking frontal treatment.
Mazda RX-8
This is a close-to-production version of the rotary-engined, four-door, four-seater Mazda RX-8, which will go into production late next year, and is expected to hit the Australian market early in 2003 at a price estimated to be less than $70,000.
Nissan mm
The mm is said by Nissan to be the "almost final step" of the next Micra that will be introduced in the Japanese market in February next year. There was an mm-e concept at the Frankfurt show with a plastic body, but this version has a production-style steel body and is on the new Micra platform being developed jointly with Renault.


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Why do i have to wait 24 hours before i can pick an MHO? i asked a Q 12 hours ago. no one else is answering, and i've alread gotten satisfying answers. but nooo... if i wants to pick me an MHO or two, i gots to wait 24 hours y'all! sorry, i felt like talking like Bruce from family guy there, but you get my point.
and now that i'm ranting anyway, why does GaG keep closing Q's so early? if there are two MHO's i coulld totally understand, but most peeps haven't even gotten any answers they find helpful, yet the Q is closed already and someone who could actually have something good to say, can't answer anymore..
C'mon you silly GaG, you...
change things back to how they were!
- I wants things to be changed back to how theys were before y'all! (thx Bruce!)Vote A
- oh nooo. i don't cares much about this y'all. let things be like theys are now (shut up Meg.. i mean Bruce!)Vote B
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#MakeGagGreatAgain we need to bring back the down vote and the option to follow myTakes and questions. We need to undo the terrible updates that have been plaguing GAG recently and look at sites like Quora and Yahoo Answers to improve the interface of GAG.
There's also a lot more we can add.
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i read that in Trump's voice xD
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Yay this is the second time this opinion became MHO.
I will soon write a myTake on this topic.
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Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been named Time Magazines person of the year.
In 2010 Facebook watched as their user base climbed to 500 million users, while The Social Network has been one of the most critically lauded films of the year and Zuckerberg became the youngest self-made billionaire in the world.
Throw in $100 million donated to the New Jersey education system and a pledge to give away most of his fortune and it's easy to see why Time would choose an internet mogul as their person of the year.
According to Time:
"For connecting more than half a billion people and mapping the social relations among them; for creating a new system of exchanging information; and for changing how we all live our lives, Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is Time's 2010 Person of the Year."
On Time.com many users are angered by the choice, calling Wikileaks founder Julian Assange the person of the year, interestingly enough, many of those comments talk about Zuckerberg's life as if it was an exact replica of The Social Network, a little naive in my opinion, but to each their own.


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Welcome to the June 1st One Little Word Blog Hop. In case you're new, the hop was started by Margie (who, by the way, spends a considerable amount of time organizing, communicating and publishing in an effort to bring us all together….so thank you, Margie, for all you do!) . If you're going in order, you've just visited Melissa's little home on the web (and what an awesome OLW post she has there today!) and next on the list is Sam . If you're bouncing around, you can find the entire list at the bottom of this post.
Maybe it's the bookworm in me (even though I'm not ready to admit how long it's been since I picked up a book. sigh), but I am in love with the idea of a new month. It's almost like a new school year….fresh, nothing written in the boxes of the calendar grid, practically begging for me to fill it up. I read a piece of advice recently about how to live a better life, an it emphatically stated that time should be invested, not spent. Been thinking of that quite often.
Especially now that summer has arrived and the kids are home. The days are B-U-S-Y; so busy, sometimes, that I barely stop to breathe much less really tune in to my thoughts. I think that's why, even though I don't participate as often as I should, I love the One Little Word challenges. They force me to take a few minutes to reflect. To play with paper and glue and inks (which I miss so very, very much). To gague where I am, if I've achieved anything worth noting in the previous 30 days, or–God forbid–slid backward on the big scale of progress.
This is our smallest hop to date, which I guess makes sense when you think about it. I think many of us started the One Little Word class as a New Years Resolution of sorts, and like many resolutions this one has lost steam over the months as real ife has taken place. I realized as I was working on my pages that my word is one GREAT BIG RESOLUTION; nothing like being true to myself and biting off more than I can chew. If you're interested in seeing all of my One Little Word posts in one place, go here.
My word in and of itself is a beautiful word: become. Thing is, I'm a believer that you can't really become who you truly are until ALL the aspects of your life are in order. So I'm not just working on one thing (why coudln't I have picked the word SLEEP?!), I'm working on all things Lisa. The biggies: weight, health, finances, calling, motherhood, me. Quite a mouthful to chew on, don't you think? Add the fact that even though I'm incredibly talented at recognizing the progress in baby steps that others take in their journeys, I completely dismiss my own baby steps. I look at the bank balance, the number on the scale and notice first the lack of progress instead of the baby step successes. Is that a personality trait one can change? I don't know; it's been my MO for 40 years now, which makes it a pretty damn hard habit to break.
Anyway, today is a new month. 30 brand new days to choose whether I invest or spend. And even though I dislike those annoying Jenny Craig commercials on TV, I do love a quote I found from her: "It's not what you do once in a while, it's what you do day in & day out that makes a difference." I'm reminded of my inspiring friend Diana (who just happens to take the most amazing photographs I've ever seen) and her sharing with me that she and her husband are enjoying a time in life where they are loving life, and they did that by making hundreds of little right decisions. Not one or two over the course of years, but a series of choices to do the right thing even if it didn't pay off for them at that moment. What a beautiful legacy to look back upon.
I wish you a lovely month filled with baby steps and tiny victories!
Here's the entire blog hop list….you can visit anytime. I'm sure they'd love to have you stop by!
Jamie http://jmpgirl.blogspot.com/
Cherie http://cheriandrews.blogspot.com/
Jill http://jillconyers.typepad.com/
Amanda http://scrappnbee.blogspot.com/
Lynn W http://www.crafty-creativity.blogspot.com/
Rebekah http://istampscrapcraft.blogspot.com/
Melissa S http://blog.mshanhun.com/
Lisa A http://backtoallen.com/writers_blog/
Sam http://learncreatedo.wordpress.com/
Jenn http://www.studiojenn.blogspot.com/
Junelle http://yesandamenblog.blogspot.com/
Jen S http://www.byjen.com/ ;
Monica B2 http://questtoperfectimperfection.blogspot.com/
Cindy http://seriousplay.typepad.com/
Nikki http://www.inkyart.com.au/
Karen D http://womenontractors.blogspot.com/


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McNish: Time right for Webber to move
2 July 2013 – Three-time Le Mans winner Allan McNish has backed Red Bull driver Mark Webber's decision to leave Formula 1 in favour of Porsche and its new LMP1 programme at the end of the season, arguing that "the time is right" for him to move on.
McNish, who claimed overall Le Mans honours alongside Audi team-mates Tom Kristensen and Loïc Duval last month, reckons the Australian, 36, would not have struggled to retain a seat in Formula 1 if he had wished to stay beyond 2013, with his ultimate World Endurance Championship (WEC) switch coming as no surprise.
"If you look at it from his point of view, I'm very sure he could have looked at another team in Formula 1, but it would be a step back from where he is now. On the other side of it, he's got quite a tantalising prospect, which we all have, of Audi, Porsche and Toyota fighting it out for World Championships and for Le Mans victories."
McNish also believes Webber will enjoy a smooth transition to LMP1 machinery, the ex-Formula 1 driver playing down the current differences between both categories.
"I think the biggest thing for me was the smile on his face. I'm sure he will turn up to the first round of the World Championship next year with a smile on his face."
Prior to his Formula 1 career, Webber made two appearances at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Mercedes-Benz. His first attempt, in 1998, ended after just 19 laps when team-mate Bernd Schneider retired with an engine issue, while his second effort was curtailed before the start of the race following a pair of high speed crashes in practice.


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Behold! The Quietus Comics Round Up Column
The Quietus
, October 12th, 2012 06:02
Reggie Chamberlain-King, Mat Colegate and Aug Stone get to grips with comics and graphic novels released in September
Mat Colegate writes:
It's been a while and, yes, we have much to talk about. The world these days moves in fast and strange ways and it seems that life-altering, future scarring news is round every corner. Doubtless, in the month since we last met your existence has slipped into new modes and directions with every shed skin cell, just as mine has. However, in introduction to this month's column, I have only one thing to say…
Look what I got for my birthday…
Now THAT, motherfuckers, is what pumps my dice.
On with the reviews.
Dal Tokyo
(Gary Panter, pub. Fantagraphics)
I wish you could hold this thing in your hands, I really do. (By all means go into your local comic shop and paw away at it, just mind you don't contribute to any page warping. That would be, as my hip-with-the-kids ex-headmaster used to say, Supremely Uncool). A collection of Gary Panter's long running Dal Tokyo strip has been long overdue and having Fantagraphics release this gorgeous hardback - one strip per page, beautifully reproduced and with the inks practically weighing down the paper – is a total treat. Panter is probably one of the single most influential underground American cartoonists of all time, a kind of Ramones to Robert Crumb's Jefferson Airplane, which makes his relative unknown status a bit baffling. A cartoonists' cartoonist, maybe? Whatever, you don't need to know one end of a white board from another to know that Dal Tokyo is The Heavy Special. Dal Tokyo loosely tells a series of interconnected stories all set in Panter's imagined future metropolis, a futuristic cross-pollination of Dallas and Tokyo, but, obviously, on Mars, that features an array of maddeningly named characters going about an array of maddening business.
Story-telling wise, I would say it's closest antecedents would be the more sci-fi scuffed William Burroughs novels such as Cities of the Red Night or The Wild Boys, but with a more deliberately pointillistic, scattershot approach. Yep, even more scattershot than old Bill, who knew a fair amount about scattering his shots around, am I right, Joan? This seeming lack of narrative tension initially had me writing Panter off as some kind of beatnik Psammead. A wish granter to cartoonists who wanted to shed a lot of ink about nothing whilst coming out coated in the fresh scent of the underground, but closer attention (and this book demands close attention) reveals Panter is a serious, serious dude, and me as a fucking idiot for not getting it sooner. God, the feel of this stuff. What on first appearance appears merely ugly (or naïve, if you're walking the charity mile), on repeat exposure reveals a host of complexities and delights. The man's inks are practically sentient, devouring white space like it was candy floss as his crude likenesses become imbued with a very deliberate purpose, that of guiding the reader through Panter's personal inferno: the urban Twentieth Century. Get this book, smoke Marlboro reds while you read and grip yourself a brew, you'll come out warping.
Suspect Device #2
(Various: edited by Josh Bayer, pub. I am War)
Bowman 2016
(Pat Aulisio, pub. Hic and Hoc Publications)
Josh Bayer and Pat Aulisio are two good-drawing folk who I would say have hit a direct line from Panter's brand of the inspired and the slap-shot. Those of you who have memories may recall my review of Bayer's Raw Power in the last column, and Suspect Device #2 confirms my hunch that this guy is worth sticking a few sheckles on. An anthology featuring some serious (and to me previously unknown) talent, Suspect Device #2 (SD2, as we're going to call it from now on) starts with a very simple premise, take a couple of panels from some old comics (Garfield and Nancy comics in this case) as your beginning and end point and find the weirdest, grossest way to get from A to B. The results are astonishing, and the anthology ends up reading less as a collection of separate work and more as the home-sick-from-the–factory fever dream of a 60-year-old, sexual frustrate resident of Shitsville, North Carolina with the TV on too loud in the background. If that sounds like a recommendation to you (and if it doesn't, quite frankly you're not going to find any space in my Filofax) then I would hunt this sick puppy down. One of the artists in SD2 who sticks out that little bit more is Pat Aulisio, making this the perfect opportunity to recommend his scratched and slurry Bowman 2016. If the idea of an ultra-violent, surrealistic sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey drawn by a diseased child holds any appeal then pick this fellow up. Like Bayer, Aulisio's drawing is a wonderfully sloppy and skittering thing which masks some proper chops. Bowman reads like a dream, not a particularly nice dream mind you, more the sort that makes you fight invisible bats and scream your lungs out at the moment of waking, but it's good to swing by that neighbourhood on occasion, right? Right.
Dungeon Quest Book Three
(Joe Daly, pub. Fantagraphics)
On to one of my very favourite things in the world. The third volume in Joe Daly's Role Playing Game-inspired fantasy series is out and it is a solid gas. Following the adventures of the unfeasibly craniumed Millennium Boy and his fellow questers, Steve, Lash Penis and Nerdgirl as they seek to unite the separate pieces of the Atlantean Resonator Guitar. Now, you're reading a comics column so I'd bet that the concept of RPGs is not completely unfamiliar to you, am I right? You ever rolled a D20, tough guy? Have ya? Huh? Yeah, I bet you have. Bet you enjoyed it too. Well, if you've ever spent any time at all fussing about what your armour class might be and querying your mage's alignment then Dungeon Quest is a must read, packing in gorgeously realised and detailed drug experiences (the characters are constantly getting boxed on preposterous weed), oodles of stats (everyone loves stats) and more anarchic humour than you can shake a spiked stick at (that stick gives you plus 6 damage and plus 2 defence, by the way). Needless to say, this is not your straight Tolkien rip-off. Dear J.R.R. certainly never had one of his characters wank off a gnome, did he? Indeed Dungeon Quest's good natured, silly humour gives it much of its character and combines with Daly's beautiful Charles Burns-esque artwork to make the book much more than the sum of its parts. It feels like a real labour of love and when you read it you'll see why. Nerdgasm guaranteed. I'm in love with this comic.
No Man's Land
(Blexbolex, pub. Nobrow)
So this one just about creeps on to the comics page by virtue of, well, where the hell else are you going to put it? This is a beautifully illustrated picture book by French artist Blexbolex (that's a snappy name, innit? Say it out loud. Satisfying, like throwing a lit cigarette into a puddle). Taking the format of a child's picture book - one illustration per page, text at the bottom – to tell a warped and at times confusing tale of espionage, war and multiple identities. The influence of Burroughs is again in evidence here and teamed with Blexbolex's gorgeous screen printed art forges a handsome, powerful tome. What really strikes about this one is the way the story rubs against the simple, almost childlike imagery. The frisson produced by putting an unmistakably warped and adult story in this particular format is something I hadn't come across before and makes for fascinating reading. And, indeed, re-reading, as further delves had me encountering yet more depths and complexities. Nobrow's customary attention to detail has ensured that this is one of the best looking books out there right now and that it will be riding high in a lot of end of the year lists. Totally deserved. Bravo, folks.
New York Mon Amour
(Jacques Tardi/Various, pub. Fantagraphics)
It's taken a while for Jacques Tardi to gain the reputation he deserves on these shores, but it's a reputation that's going to get a whole lot meaner and more impressive if this book is as successful as it deserves to be. A collection of four of the French master cartoonist's shorter, more noir influenced works, all set in and around the titular city, New York Mon Amour sees him on effortlessly brilliant form. The first story in particular, Cockroach Killer, written by Benjamin Legrand, is a masterpiece in miniature. A fully fleshed out conspiracy thriller with a disturbing, hallucinogenic punch. Using only black, white and red, Tardi illustrates a seedy, roach-infested New York that's utterly plausible. You can practically smell the trash on the sidewalks as you follow the hapless narrator's spiral into madness and murder. The other three stories are slighter (which after Cockroach Killer's intensity comes as something of a relief), but serve to demonstrate the versatility of Tardi's clear line influenced style and to demonstrate his impeccable storytelling. This is the one on the list where I would say, if you know anyone looking to take the plunge into comics, someone who's interested in what the medium can do and the fascinating ways it can do it, then point them in this books' direction. Or, better yet, buy it for them for their birthday. Sure, it's not Batman Lego, but they'll get a kick out of it for certain.
Lincoln Washington Free Man, issue 1
(Benjamin Marra, pub. Traditional Comics)
There is a lot of fuss being made about Benjamin Marra at the moment, and it's pretty easy to see why. His crude, deliberate style has served to give the simple action comic a much needed kick in the vitals and his no-holds-barred approach to the violence has set many a gorehound tongue a'flapping, as well as earning him serious interview space with those perma-highbrowed folk at The Comics Journal. The story of a freed slave and his fight for the land entitled to him, Lincoln Washington is awash with hilariously cartoonish violence, sex aplenty and loads of glorious cussing. Time will tell whether Marra is remembered for more than just gory yucks, but in the meantime get with this hilariously cheap and nasty slice of good old fashioned entertainment and look forward to my interview with the man himself, coming soon.
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The Nao Of Brown
(Glyn Dillon, pub. SelfMadeHero)
I have yet to find a description of this story that can really sell it. Indeed, the blurb on the inside cover – "Nao Brown suffers from OCD… violent morbid obsessions… Working part-time in a designer toy shop, while struggling to get her own illustration career off the ground… searching for that elusive love…" – had me holding off reading it until the last possible moment. But within ten pages it was another story entirely. One marvels at the care and talent involved, the book coming alive with the fullness that the art portrays. Beautifully water coloured, Dillon perfectly captures nuances of expression. You can tell exactly what a character is feeling, however complex, simply by looking at what their eyes are doing. Time after time you catch yourself uttering 'Oh!' at some delightful aspect of the page. And the letter 'O' permeates this book, a symbol of Zen, painted by Buddhists throughout, the washing machine that plays such a pivotal role to the plot, the sound of Gregory Pope's name, and an all 'O' mixtape, not to mention the OCD. If you live in North London, you'll notice locations such as Big Red faithfully depicted. Of special note is the superbly drawn and beautifully told Japanese fairytale about a half-boy half-tree also searching for love that weaves in and out of the main story. Part of the "ichi" scene that Nao is a huge fan of, check out the site here. See if you can find the hidden songs by Nao's old band, The Möbius Strip Club, on the second menu and guess who's behind them. I must say I was charmed by The Nao Of Brown, the book far transcending any attempt to summarize its parts.
Sailor Twain, or The Mermaid In The Hudson
(Mark Siegel, pub. First Second)
This delightful book captivated me much like the mermaid's song it sings of. Its lovely charcoals portray life on the Hudson River in the late 1880's, rich with magic, immortal Trickster figures, sex-crazed Frenchmen, reclusive authors, and other intriguing individuals. In the centre of them all is Captain Twain, slowly losing his life's moorings after rescuing a harpooned mermaid the night of his thirty-seventh birthday. Twain looks a little like Scott Pilgrim but rather than modern day boy-pursuing-girl, this is an age-old struggle with love's morally ambiguous enchantments. Romance, religion, spells, and myth are all explored as the Lorelei makes its misty voyages upstate and back again, the philandering Lafayette offering many a wise word on all such subjects. The 400 pages flow swiftly by (though you'll want to be pausing to admire the rainsoaked scenery), the characters very much alive, gripping you with their conflicts both internal and external. As these boil over, the ending leaves one unsettled long after the turn of the final page, as such meditations on life and love are bound to do.
Young Albert
(Yves Chaland, pub. Humanoids)
Hats off to Humanoids for making more of Yves Chaland's work available in English! This French master of the clear line/Atom style died all too early in 1990 at the age of 33 but what he left behind is very impressive. Humanoids brought out a collection of Chaland's excellent Freddy Lombard stories years ago (we also see Young Albert drawn to the legend of Godfrey de Bouillon) and now there is this wonderful super-oversized deluxe limited edition of Young Albert released October 10th. A know-it-all kid from the projects of Brussels, Young Albert would be infuriating to know in real life. Always offering unasked for advice (often ridiculous or if there is any hint of practicality in these comments, they couldn't be delivered at a worse time), he traverses the city and countryside manipulating his friends, engaging in dubious ways of making money, and often perpetrating physical aggression. Death and violence very much play a role in these vignettes, for the most part six panels each. But there's a certain charm about them, offering a picture of life, and though this rapscallion isn't loveable himself, Chaland's excellent work certainly is.
Reggie Chamberlain-King writes:
Locke & Key, Volume 5: Clockworks
(Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez, pub. IDW Publishing)
The finest American writing of the last decade has been in the long-form, on television and in comics, where the story-telling is tight, if not compact; sprawling, but taut. It is the run-on series, rather than the continuous soap, that fits modern expectations: a microscopic world that goes all the way down, somewhere the writers can go forwards, backwards, round, and deeper and deeper. In this fifth and penultimate installment of Locke & Key, by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez, Hill the writer goes further back, bringing into focus the troubled history of Keyhouse, a history as troubled as its present would suggest. As the children of the Locke family have already learned, the more one delves into the dark, the more inevitable the spread of darkness seems. In Volume 1, their father was brutally murdered, by Volume 5 it's a wonder that they have not. Rodriguez's spectacular artwork – including several beautiful funerals across the series – is the perfect complement to Hill's turns of imagination, grounding every twist in a consistent aesthetic world. The great invention of the Keyhouse keys themselves – magic instruments that unlock the laws of physics – is all the more captivating by being so smoothly integrated into the reality of the book: Rodriguez's work allows for such things. The Head Key, which grants access to one's inner-most thoughts and emotions, is central to the series: psychology is made transparent; the fears, the secrets, and the dark passions of the teen heroes are available for peers and readers to see. Metaphorically, that which has been suppressed is unlocked, and, judging by the meticulous pacing and exploration of this series, so too will something worse be unlocked literally. With one chapter – Omega – left in this beguiling horror series, it would be wise to catch-up on the preceding five, so that you may better savour the anticipation of whatever conclusion is in store.
The Underwater Welder
(Jeff Lemire, pub. Top Shelf)
The Underwater Welder is an elegant metaphor, even if it makes for an inelegant title. The occupation is obscure and intriguing, but, as importantly, blue-collar and uncomplicated. It would be earthy, if it weren't sub-aqua, and is certainly more captivating than the English degree that the protagonist leaves behind to pursue. At its heart, it is about diving beneath the surface to fix things and, for a character who likes to psychoanalyse and needs to be psychoanalysed, this is perfect. Jack is an expectant father who once, unfortunately, expected too much of his own father. His father, an underwater man himself, disappeared and left Jack to doubt his own capabilities as a parent and adult. It is circular, self-destructive logic that is told with a surreal clarity: Jack finds himself in a ghost town, where all the roads lead back; he is mysteriously returned to his childhood, where spirits remain. As Damon Lindelof observes in the introduction, it is like an early episode of The Twilight Zone, but used here to resolve the personal rather than the social. It is told beautifully. Lemire's lines are all nervous and twitchy, while his shading alternates between the botchy and the scratchy. All of these are positive attributes when they contribute to the unnerving, tense atmosphere in the artist's heavy seascapes: the sea and sky are still, but, look closely, and they're shivering. This applies to the writing too, both literally and figuratively: the action takes place beneath the surface.
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Oct 12, 2012 12:41pm
"Yep, even more scattershot than old Bill, who knew a fair amount about scattering his shots around, am I right, Joan?"
Seriously though, too soon?
Oct 12, 2012 12:42pm
I'm gonna go with a big ole 'Snap' here as just this past fortnight, I've picked up 'The Underwater Welder', 'Sailor Twain' and 'The Nao of Brown'. All excellent.
The Summary of 'The Nao of Brown' is quite perfect as it had a similar effect on me. I tried to recommend it to someone and I couldn't do it justice. It reminded me (and had a similar effect on me) of Nate Powell's sublimely haunting 'Swallow Me Whole'. One of my favourite graphic novels and a similar subject matter to 'The Nao of Brown' as well.
A shout out should go to 'Scalped' too if you're talking about great American writing. It finished fairly recently and is just hugely addictive and brilliant. Highly recommended.
PS The Lego Batman looks awesome.
Oct 12, 2012 12:54pm
Yeah, I need to get with Scalped. I read the first few trades ages ago and really enjoyed them but lost pace with it and fell behind. I've heard great things though.
And, yep, the Batman Lego is indeed awesome.
Oct 12, 2012 1:28pm
In reply to Mat Colegate:
Definitely do. Very tight scripts. It's the sort of writing that could translate very well to a TV show. I think all of the collected editions of Scalped are available now too.
On a Batman related note, I got Batman: Earth One and Batman: The Black Mirror for my birthday a while back. I'd fallen behind on Bats to be honest but I was surprised at just how good both were.
Especially Black Mirror as I was fairly shaky about what was going on with Batman Inc but it was a great self contained story, with Dick Grayson making for a great Batman.
Oct 12, 2012 2:05pm
Yet again, I find more stuff that I want to buy on pay day. Fantagraphics is consistently putting out great stuff. I read the first Locke & Key and never got round to reading the rest, but this is a good reminder to pick up where I left off. The cover of The Underwater Welder basically looks like the cover of the first Sweet Tooth trade, with a diving helmet added and antlers removed!
Oct 12, 2012 3:17pm
Yeah, Lemire has a very definite style, I would say. Lovely stuff through.
Yeah, Snyder's Detective run is a real highpoint and his first few issues when he took over the Post-52 Batman are great as well, before DC decided to slap a massive Bat-crossover together and have all the books tie in, totally ruining his story arc. Great shame.
Oct 12, 2012 3:39pm
How about a mention/review for the new Chris Ware, Building Stories?
If nothing else, it's big enough to use as furniture.
Oct 12, 2012 4:19pm
In reply to Mike Morris:
Yeah, it's an amazing looking thng, isn't it? I'm not the biggest fan of Ware, to be honest. A bit of a blind-spot really, but we should attempt to cover it certainly. Watch this space!
Oct 12, 2012 7:15pm
When's the Saga trade out?
Oct 14, 2012 11:05am
i put my twopeneth in for scalped, it is rather good. and the first saga trade is out next week, BKV!!!!.
worth looking at message to adolph, Osamu Tezuka's epic first volume was reprinted last month, and it's marvelous thus far.
......and batman lego, whoosh!!!
Oct 16, 2012 1:24pm
I like. What comic is the first picture come from, the one at the start of the article? thanks
Oct 16, 2012 7:29pm
In reply to seb:
Hi Seb, that's from The Nao Of Brown.


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Health experts and breastfeeding experts agree that it's best to wait until your baby is around six months old before offering solid foods. There has been a large amount of research on this in the recent past, and most health organizations have updated their recommendations to agree with current research. Unfortunately, many health care providers are not up to date in what they're telling parents, and many, many books are not up to date.
The following organizations recommend that all babies be exclusively breastfed (no cereal, juice or any other foods) for the first 6 months of life (not the first 4-6 months):
- World Health Organization
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American Academy of Family Physicians
- Australian National Health and Medical Research Council
- Health Canada
Most babies will become developmentally and physiologically ready to eat solids by 6-9 months of age. For some babies, delaying solids longer than six months can be a good thing; for example, some doctors may recommend delaying solids for 12 months if there is a family history of allergies.
Reasons for delaying solids
Although some of the reasons listed here assume that your baby is breastfed or fed breastmilk only, experts recommend that solids be delayed for formula fed babies also.
- Delaying solids gives baby greater protection from illness.
Although babies continue to receive many immunities from breastmilk for as long as they nurse, the greatest immunity occurs while a baby is exclusively breastfed. Breastmilk contains50+ known immune factors, and probably many more that are still unknown. One study has shown that babies who were exclusively breastfed for 4+ months had 40% fewer ear infections than breastfed babies whose diets were supplemented with other foods. The probability of respiratory illness occurring at any time during childhood is significantly reduced if the child is fed exclusively breast milk for at least 15 weeks and no solid foods are introduced during this time. (Wilson, 1998) Many other studies have also linked the degree of exclusivity of breastfeeding to enhanced health benefits (see Immune factors in human milk).
- Delaying solids gives baby's digestive system time to mature.
If solids are started before a baby's system is ready to handle them, they are poorly digested and may cause unpleasant reactions (digestive upset, gas, constipation, etc.). Protein digestion is incomplete in infancy. Gastric acid and pepsin are secreted at birth and increase toward adult values over the following 3 to 4 months. The pancreatic enzyme amylase does not reach adequate levels for digestion of starches until around 6 months, and carbohydrate enzymes such as maltase, isomaltase, and sucrase do not reach adult levels until around 7 months. Young infants also have low levels of lipase and bile salts, so fat digestion does not reach adult levels until 6-9 months.
- Delaying solids decreases the risk of food allergies.
It is well documented that prolonged exclusive breastfeeding results in a lower incidence of food allergies (see Allergy References). From birth until somewhere between four and six months of age, babies possess what is often referred to as an "open gut." This means that the spaces between the cells of the small intestines will readily allow intact macromolecules, including whole proteins and pathogens, to pass directly into the bloodstream.This is great for your breastfed baby as it allows beneficial antibodies in breastmilk to pass more directly into baby's bloodstream, but it also means that large proteins fromother foods (which may predispose baby to allergies) and disease-causing pathogens can pass right through, too. During baby's first 4-6 months, while the gut is still "open," antibodies (sIgA) from breastmilk coat baby's digestive tract and provide passive immunity, reducing the likelihood of illness and allergic reactions before gut closure occurs. Baby starts producing these antibodies on his own at around 6 months, and gut closure should have occurred by this time also. See How Breast Milk Protects Newborns and The Case for the Virgin Gut for more on this subject.
- Delaying solids helps to protect baby from iron-deficiency anemia.
The introduction of iron supplements and iron-fortified foods, particularly during the first six months, reduces the efficiency of baby's iron absorption. Healthy, full-term infants who are breastfed exclusively for periods of 6-9 months have been shown to maintain normal hemoglobin values and normal iron stores. In one study (Pisacane, 1995), the researchers concluded that babies who were exclusively breastfed for 7 months (and were not give iron supplements or iron-fortified cereals) had significantly higher hemoglobin levels at one year than breastfed babies who received solid foods earlier than seven months. The researchers found no cases of anemia within the first year in babies breastfed exclusively for seven months and concluded that breastfeeding exclusively for seven months reduces the risk of anemia. See Is Iron-Supplementation Necessary? for more information.
- Delaying solids helps to protect baby from future obesity.
The early introduction of solids is associated with increased body fat and weight in childhood. (for example, see Wilson 1998, von Kries 1999, Kalies 2005)
- Delaying solids helps mom to maintain her milk supply.
Studies have shown that for a young baby solids replace milk in a baby's diet – they do not add to baby's total intake. The more solids that baby eats, the less milk he takes from mom, and less milk taken from mom means less milk production. Babies who eat lots of solids or who start solids early tend to wean prematurely.
- Delaying solids helps to space babies.
Breastfeeding is most effective in preventing pregnancy when your baby is exclusively breastfed and all of his nutritional and sucking needs are satisfied at the breast.
- Delaying solids makes starting solids easier.
Babies who start solids later can feed themselves and are not as likely to have allergic reactions to foods.
Additional information
- Solid Foods and the Breastfed Baby at this website
- Is Iron-Supplementation Necessary? at this website
- When will baby be ready for solid foods? at this website
- Solid Food: Best Delayed by Becky Flora, IBCLC
- Supplementation of the Breastfed Baby: "Just One Bottle Won't Hurt"—or Will It? by Marsha Walker, RN, IBCLC
- The Case for the Virgin Gut: Even the Occasional Bottle of Formula Has Its Risks by Ann Calandro, RNC, IBCLC
- Breast-Milk: The White Blood by Arlene Jacobs
- WHO Resources on Child Nutrition
- WHO: Guiding principles for complementary feeding of the breastfed child
- WHO: Feeding the non-breastfed child 6-24 months of age (March 2004)
- WHO: Complementary feeding: report of the global consultation, and summary of guiding principles for complementary feeding of the breastfed child. (2002)
- WHO: The Optimal Duration of Exclusive Breastfeeding: A Systematic ReviewWHO/NHD/01.08 (2002)
- WHO Global strategy for infant and young child feeding: the optimal duration of exclusive breastfeeding A54/INF.DOC./4 (1 May 2001)
- Developmental Readiness of Normal Full Term Infants to Progress from Exclusive Breastfeeding to the Introduction of Complementary Foods: Reviews of the Relevant Literature Concerning Infant Gastrointestinal, Immunologic, Oral Motor and Maternal Reproductive and Lactational Development (April 2001), Audrey J. Naylor, MD, DrPH and Ardythe L Morrow, PhD, Editors.
- WHO: The Optimal Duration of Exclusive Breastfeeding: Report of an Expert ConsultationWHO/FCH/CAH/01.24 (28-30 March 2001)
- Chantry CJ, Howard CR, Auinger P. Full breastfeeding duration and associated decrease in respiratory tract infection in US children. Pediatrics. 2006 Feb;117(2):425-32.
- Optimal duration of exclusive breast feeding in low income countries (editorial). Black RE and Victora CG. BMJ 2002 (30 November);325:1252-1253.
- Rethinking current recommendations to introduce solid food between four and six months to exclusively breastfeeding infants. Borresen, HC. J Hum Lact 1995 Sep;11(3):201-4.
- How Breast Milk Protects Newborns by Jack Newman, MD
- Protective nutrients and bacterial colonization in the immature human gut (abstract)
- The Bacterial Flora of Humans by Kenneth Todar, PhD
"At birth the entire intestinal tract is sterile, but bacteria enter with the first feed. The initial colonizing bacteria vary with the food source of the infant. In breast-fed infants bifidobacteria account for more than 90% of the total intestinal bacteria. Enterobacteriaceae and enterococci are regularly present, but in low proportions, while bacteroides, staphylococci, lactobacilli and clostridia are practically absent. In bottle-fed infants, bifidobacteria are not predominant. When breast-fed infants are switched to a diet of cow's milk or solid food, bifidobacteria are progressively joined by enterics, bacteroides, enterococci lactobacilli and clostridia. Apparently, human milk contains a growth factor that enriches for growth of bifidobacteria, and these bacteria play an important role in preventing colonization of the infant intestinal tract by non indigenous or pathogenic species."
- Mohrbacher, N. and Stock, J. BREASTFEEDING ANSWER BOOK. Schaumburg, Illinois, USA;La Leche League International 1997.
- American Academy of Pediatrics, Work Group on Breastfeeding. Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk. Pediatrics. 1997;100(6):1035
- Pisacane A, et al. Iron status in breast-fed infants. J Pediatr 1995 Sep;127(3):429-31.
- Sleisenger & Fordtran. Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease, 6th ed. W. B. Saunders Company (1998): p. 1495-1497.
Comparisons between different lengths of exclusive breastfeeding:
- Kramer MS, Kakuma R. The optimal duration of exclusive breastfeeding: a systematic review. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2004;554:63-77.
From the abstract: Infants who are breastfed exclusively for 6 months experience less morbidity from gastrointestinal tract infection than infants who were mixed breastfed as of 3 or 4 months of age. No deficits have been demonstrated in growth among infants from either developing or developed countries who are exclusively breastfed for 6 months or longer. Moreover, the mothers of such infants have more prolonged lactational amenorrhea and faster postpartum weight loss. Based on the results of this review, the World Health Assembly adopted a resolution to recommend exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months to its member countries.
- Onayade AA, Abiona TC, Abayomi IO, Makanjuola RO. The first six month growth and illness of exclusively and non-exclusively breast-fed infants in Nigeria. East Afr Med J. 2004 Mar;81(3):146-53.
CONCLUSION: It is concluded that exclusive breast-feeding supported adequate growth during the first six months of life for most of the infants studied. Early introduction of complementary foods did not provide any advantages in terms of weight gain in our environment, it was frequently associated with illness episodes and growth faltering. Many mothers however require support, encouragement and access to health care providers to breastfeed exclusively for the first six months of life.
- Kramer MS, et al. Infant growth and health outcomes associated with 3 compared with 6 mo of exclusive breastfeeding. Am J Clin Nutr. 2003 Aug;78(2):291-5.
CONCLUSIONS: Exclusive breastfeeding for 6 mo is associated with a lower risk of gastrointestinal infection and no demonstrable adverse health effects in the first year of life.
- WHO: The optimal duration of exclusive breastfeeding. A systematic review
(compares introduction of solids at 3-4 months vs 6 months)
- Kramer MS, Kakuma R. Optimal duration of exclusive breastfeeding. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2002;(1):CD003517.
(compares introduction of solids at 3-4 months vs 6 months)
From the reviewer's conclusions: "Infants who are exclusively breastfed for six months experience less morbidity from gastrointestinal infection than those who are mixed breastfed as of three or four months, and no deficits have been demonstrated in growth among infants from either developing or developed countries who are exclusively breastfed for six months or longer. Moreover, the mothers of such infants have more prolonged lactational amenorrhea."
- Dewey KG, Cohen RJ, Brown KH, Rivera LL. Effects of exclusive breastfeeding for four versus six months on maternal nutritional status and infant motor development: results of two randomized trials in Honduras. J Nutr. 2001 Feb;131(2):262-7.
- Hop LT, Gross R, Giay T, Sastroamidjojo S, Schultink W, Lang NT. Premature complementary feeding is associated with poorer growth of vietnamese children. J Nutr. 2000 Nov;130(11):2683-90.
(mainly compares introduction of solids before/after 3 mo)
- Wilson AC, et al. Relation of infant diet to childhood health: seven year follow up of cohort of children in Dundee infant feeding study. BMJ 1998 January;316:21-25. (compares introduction of solids before/after 15 weeks)


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Each June, a moving mass of sardines so large that, from the sky, it appears to be an inky river flowing languidly through the deep blue ocean makes its way to the cold waters off South Africa. The gigantic shoal is here to feed on the plankton bloom - and hundreds of predators are here to feed on the sardines.
Forced upwards into a tight ball of shimmering silver scales (a safety-in-numbers defence mechanism) near the surface, the fish become easy pickings. Blue whales simply scoop the fish into their enormous gaping mouths, while dolphins and sharks circle menacingly, stealing away stragglers, and penguins and birds dive down to pluck them effortlessly from the water.
This year, Louis van Aardt, dive guide for the team filming the sardine run for BBC2's Oceans documentary, is leading a small group of scuba divers on an exclusive trip to see all the action up close and underwater.
The 11-night trip starts in Cape Town with some easy diving at Cape Point, where you can see blue and mako sharks, before flying to Port Elizabeth in pursuit of the sardine run. The frenzy is easy to spot from the surface, as the water bubbles and spits in an almost volcanic manner. Once located, divers descend to watch the swirl of activity unfold around them in a matter of moments.
The 11-night 'Predators and the Sardine Run with Louis Van Aardt' trip runs from 18-28 June 2013 and costs from £4,900, including domestic flights and transfers, accommodation at Grand Daddy Hotel in Cape Town, and the Kariega Game Reserve in Port Elizabeth, most meals and all diving. To book contact Original Diving (020 7978 0505; www.originaldiving.com)
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Pilot staff writer
The Brookings-Harbor High School boys' basketball team held the South Umpqua Lancers to 18 percent shooting in the second half and 27 percent shooting for the game as the Bruins used their defense to dominate the Lancers in a 48-34 win.
In the third quarter, the Bruins had their way with the Lancers as the defense held South Umpqua to a single point as the Bruins ran away with the quarter, 16-1.
andquot;We had a great third quarter,andquot; Coach Bryan Wood said. andquot;The kids came out and executed very well, played great defense and did enough to win. andquot;
The 14-point victory kept the Bruins perfect in the Far West League with a 7-0 record and a 17-2 mark for the year. They also extended their win streak to nine straight games.
After pulling out to an 11-3 lead to start the game, the Lancers did a good job of keeping the game close through the first half as the Bruins only led by five at halftime, 23-18.
But the third quarter proved to be the difference in the game as the Bruins rattled off 13 points before the Lancers hit a lone free throw for their only point of the quarter.
Chase Bansemer continued the onslaught in the fourth as he scored seven straight points to start off the quarter, after ending the third by draining a 3-pointer.
The Bruins led by as many as 27 in the final period (47-19), but the Lancers continued to fight as they ended the game on a 15-2 run against the Bruin reserves.
Bansemer led the Bruins with a game-high 16 points while Fred Corpening added 14 and Nick Taresh chimed in with seven.
Kenton Bansemer had a difficult time on the offensive side of the ball as he was double and triple teamed by the Lancers every time he touched the ball and was limited to a season-low six points.
Michael Wood chipped in three points on the night and Chris Hodge added two.
Jake Grady led the Lancers with 15 points and Andrew Nale added 10.
In the JV game, the Bruins used a 25-9 first quarter to pull out a 62-48 win over the Lancers.
Cody Cozad led all scorers with 21 points as he dropped 12 points in the Bruins' big first quarter.
Joseph Tonn added 10 for the Bruins, Jacob Eszlinger had eight, Geoff Gowman had seven and Anthony Babb six.
In the latest AP and Coaches polls, the Bruins moved up as the No. 2 ranked team in the state after Marist lost to Junction City last week. La Grande remains the No. 1 team in the state.
The next game for the Bruins will be an away game at Siuslaw on Tuesday, Feb. 12. The JV game starts at 4:15 p.m. and varsity plays at 7:30 p.m.


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"Now I must get back into politics, that's the only way to help the Democrats return to power," said U.S. Rep. Henry Arnold Waxman, sitting in his small, plain district office on crowded Third Street near La Cienega Boulevard.Get back into politics? The man has been a player since a junior high school teacher confiscated the Adlai Stevenson button he wore to class. He was statewide president of the California Federation of Young Democrats in college and has been an elected — and never defeated — public official for 32 of his 61 years.
He is recognized by friends and opponents in the House of Representatives as a master legislator, and just about every federal law on health care and the environment over the past quarter century bears Waxman's imprint.By "getting back" into politics, Waxman means returning to the grunt work of his craft, knocking on doors, pressing the flesh, and raising lots and lots of money.
Unbeatable in his own district, one of the wealthiest and most liberal in the country, Waxman has used his low-key fundraising prowess to benefit young colleagues, and he plans to intensify his efforts.
It is not by chance that three of the four new Jewish Democrats elected to the House in November — Adam Schiff, Jane Harman and Susan Davis — are Southern Californians who benefited from campaign funds dispersed through Waxman's Los Angeles Political Action Committee.
As dean of the 27 Jewish House members and a lifelong supporter of Israel in and out of Congress, Waxman is discouraged by the violence in the Middle East "after everything Israel has done to advance the peace process," he told The Journal.
He doubts that President George W. Bush will bring the same intensity to mediating between Israelis and Palestinians as did President Clinton, and he worries that Bush's ties to the oil industry could make him "more responsive to Saudi Arabia."
Yet his short-term pessimism is leavened by the political reality that "it always takes a new administration a couple of years before it starts looking at the Middle East."
On the domestic front, Waxman views the next four years with "a great deal of apprehension." He fears a weakening of Medicare and, despite Bush's campaign promises to provide free prescription drugs for seniors, Waxman said that "if you look at his actual proposal in detail, millions of seniors will be left out."
The congressman is equally apprehensive about the enforcement of environmental regulations, many of which became law through his initiative.
"Bush is very weak in this area," he said. "It depends what kind of people are appointed at lower levels, where the day-by-day environmental decisions are made."
Henry Waxman's grandparents on both sides left Bessarabia shortly after the deadly Kishinev pogroms of 1903 and 1905. Their stories of murderous persecution, together with the ardent trade unionism of his own parents, shaped young Henry's sympathies for the underdog early on.
After his family moved from the Jewish working-class enclave of Boyle Heights to the Watts area of South Central Los Angeles, Henry learned the value of coalition-building across ethnic lines.
"My sister Miriam and I were the only Jews and among the few Caucasians at Fremont High," he recalled. There were no synagogues in the vicinity, so Henry attended Hebrew school and celebrated his Bar Mitzvah at the Huntington Park Hebrew Congregation.
After his high school graduation, the family moved to the Beverly- Fairfax area, which has remained a pillar of his powerbase ever since.
At UCLA, Waxman majored in political science, both in the classroom and as a leader of the California Young Democrats, and later earned a law degree.
Equally important, he made friends with young men who were to become major political allies, among them Rep. Howard Berman and his brother, campaign strategist Michael Berman, State Senate leader John Burton, and San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown.
After four years in private law practice, Waxman jumped into politics full time by running for the California Assembly and beating the veteran incumbent in the all-important Democratic primary by a large margin.
To win the race, he combined old-fashioned precinct walking with the brand-new technique, fathered by Michael Berman, of direct mailings targeting specific groups of voters. One mailing addressed the concerns of senior citizens, another the interests of homeowners, and so on.
The same combination of door-knocking and computer-generated targeted mailings propelled Waxman to victory in his first congressional race in 1974, a seat he has since held without interruption.
Waxman's district, and his unassailable position in it, is the envy of most other politicians. It extends from his Beverly-Fairfax home base, where he lives, to the mansions of Hancock Park and Beverly Hills, the Hollywood Hills, Brentwood, Pacific Palisades, Santa Monica, West Hollywood, Los Feliz and the southern edge of the San Fernando Valley.
"I am fortunate that I represent a Democratic district whose electorate wants me to be involved in national and international issues," he said. "That way, I can focus on health and environmental concerns and those affecting the entertainment industry and Israel. I am fortunate that my views and those of my district are compatible."
They're so compatible that one observer noted, "Henry doesn't have to take the pulse of his constituents to know how they feel about a given issue. All he needs is to take his own pulse."
Waxman has never been in a tough election fight, and the only excitement after the polls close is in guessing whether he'll win by a "low" 64 percent of the votes or a high of 74 percent.
With little other ammunition, an opponent may carp that Waxman has become so much of a Washington fixture that he spends too little time in his home district. Be that as it may, the home folks don't seem to mind.
Nobody has ever accused Waxman of gaining success through his charisma or by cutting a dashing figure. Standing less that five-and-a-half-feet tall, bald and with a toothy grin, he would never be cast as a powerful politician by his constituents in the movie industry.
His strengths, aptly described in a new book titled "The Congressional Minyan," are "hard work, knowing the issues and parliamentary procedures better than anyone else, a genius for fundraising, and a great deal of patience, persistence and perspicacity."
All these qualities came together in perhaps his proudest legislative achievement, the Clean Air Act of 1990, which initiated comprehensive programs to combat smog, toxic air, car emissions and depletion of the ozone layer.
Over a 10-year period, Waxman fought and outmaneuvered all attempts to weaken the bill by the Reagan and Bush administrations, the country's most powerful industries and influential leaders of his own party until public opinion swung to his side.
Although his committee appointments, particularly his 15-year tenure as chairman of the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, have focused on domestic issues, he has been a stalwart — and knowledgeable — champion of Israel.In 1980, he authored a bill creating the Middle East Regional Cooperation Program, funded by the United States to further joint scientific projects between Israelis and Arabs.
The original partners were Israel and Egypt, but now participants include Moroccans and Palestinians. "This program continues successfully despite all the Middle East turmoil, and I consider it one of my most meaningful accomplishments," says its originator.
Waxman and his wife, the former Janet Kessler, have had a personal incentive to visit Israel since their daughter, Carol, made aliyah 10 years ago.
The Waxmans' son, Michael-David, is in the communications business in Los Angeles.
In his personal life, Waxman may not wear his Judaism as conspicuously on his sleeve as, say, Sen. Joseph Lieberman, but "The Congressional Minyan" cites him as the most "Jewish Jew" on Capitol Hill.
He and his wife are active Conservative Jews and keep a kosher home. He accepts no political engagements during Shabbat and meets twice a month with other Jewish members for study sessions.
In Washington, he and his wife, who was a founding member of Congressional Wives for Soviet Jewry, are members of the Adas Israel congregation. In Los Angeles, they attend services at Temple Beth Am, Valley Beth Shalom and Temple Israel of Hollywood.
Waxman is unfazed by the prospect that the rapidly growing Latino population in Los Angeles and California will seek political power to reflect its size, at the likely expense of Jewish office holders.
"First, you don't need a Jewish district to elect a Jewish politician," he says. "When I first went to Washington, I was the first Jew from Southern California ever elected to Congress. And look at the picture now.
"Secondly, I believe most of the Latino leaders will work with us. For my part, I have always believed in coalitions where the partners share the same basic values."


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Mother Nature was not kind on holiday travelers Wednesday as much of Wyoming was rocked by a winter storm that caused several accidents and road closures throughout the state. Wyoming Highway Patrol Sergeant Stephen Townsend says that safety should be tops on the list while traveling for the holidays.
Townsend said that if you plan on traveling for the holidays, it's also a good idea to bring a shovel, tow rope, chains and plenty of winter clothing in case you happen to run into trouble on the road.
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Telecom power supplies use a nominal -48 V distributed bus. However, the increasing number and complexity of loads has driven a system-level change known as the Intermediate Bus Architecture, which is fed to the Intermediate Bus Converter. Mr. Greenland tells us what's happening here and why there is talk of using an even lower voltage range.
Historically, telecommunications power supplies used a stack of lead acid batteries for a nominal -48 V distributed bus. The polarity of the bus was chosen to be negative to reduce corrosion in the power distribution system. The nominal voltage of the bus had to be SELV (Safety Extra Low Voltage). SELV is defined as a protected secondary circuit designed to work under normal operating conditions and single fault conditions, such that its voltages do not exceed a safe value, limited to 60 V max. On each Line Card is one or more modular DC-DC converters with multiple outputs (usually three).
Recently the increasing number and complexity of loads has driven a system-level change known as the Intermediate Bus Architecture (IBA). In the IBA the first level distributed supply (-48 V nom.) is fed to Intermediate Bus Converters (IBC) on each card. The Intermediate Bus Converter is essentially a DC-DC transformer delivering an "intermediate voltage" of 8 to 14 V. Non-isolated point-of-load regulators convert the intermediate bus voltage to the appropriate voltages for core and I/O in microprocessors, DSPs, digital ASICs and FPGAs.
Generally speaking isolated DC-DC converters are more efficient with increasing output voltage. This is mainly due to the impact of turns ratio on power transformer leakage inductance referred to the primary, particularly in single-ended topologies such as forward and flyback. So in order for the intermediate bus converter to be most efficient it is desirable for its output high voltage to be 12 to 14 V. Also, higher output voltage implies smaller load current and a reduction in losses due to PCB trace and connector resistance. Conversely, if you look at the efficiency versus supply voltage curve for a point of load regulator you will see a peak, usually before 50% duty cycle. So it is desirable to feed the point-of-load regulator with a lower voltage, closer to its output, say, 8 to 10 V.
Another location for distributed power is in the desktop PC. In the desktop PC the 12-V supply originally provided for the hard disk drive and the floppy disk drive also fed the voltage regulator module (VRM) which supplied the core voltage for the microprocessor. At first, the microprocessor supply was 3.3 V, latterly core voltages have dropped, with decreasing CMOS feature size, towards 1 V.
Decreasing the load voltage has two effects, the nominal duty cycle of the VRM drops towards 10% and synchronous rectifiers are essential to preserve efficiency. In summary the system designer has to choose the distributed voltages for maximum efficiency of the overall system. Currently the lower-end of the intermediate bus voltage range, 8 to 10 V is favored; there is some talk of this reducing to 8 to 6 V.
Paul Greenland, Marketing Director, Power Management Products, Tel: 408-721-3210, Cell: 408-718-3149
Paul is an industry veteran with over twenty years of experience in power management design, applications and marketing. He is the author of numerous articles, training seminars and white papers, and a speaker at conferences including Power Systems World, PCIM-Europe, APEC, Intelec, ISPSD, Power-UK and the IEE colloquium on power electronics. His interests include quasi-resonant and multi-resonant power conversion techniques.


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Adeno-tonsillectomy is a commonly performed surgical procedure in children.Main morbidities are postoperative pain, nausea and vomiting, and haemorrhage.Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)widely used for paincontrol increase the risk of postoperative bleeding and reoperation. Dexamethasone is an powerful antiemetic and has shown analgesic efficacy. Antiemetic and analgesic dose-response has never been established.
1. Primary objective: To investigate the dose-effect relationship of prophylactic single-dose dexamethasone for the prevention of PONV in children undergoing adeno-tonsillectomy.
2. Secondary objective:To investigate the dose-effect relationship of prophylactic single-dose dexamethasone for the prevention of postoperative pain and its effect on general outcome in children undergoing adeno-tonsillectomy. To investigate the safety of dexamethasone in children undergoing adeno-tonsillectomy.
3. Study Population:Children, aged 3 to 16 years, scheduled for elective tonsillectomy with or without adenoidectomy, and with or without ear tubes will be included. Children will stay the first postoperative night at the hospital and will be discharged the day after surgery.
4. Randomisation and blinding:Children will be randomised to one of four groups of equal size:
Group 1: Placebo NaCL 0.9%,Group 2:Dexa 0.05 mg/kg, Group 3: Dexa 0.15 mg/kg, Group 4:Dexa 0.5 mg/kg
Indistinguishable 20 ml ampoules will be prepared and randomised by the Hospital Pharmacy. Children will receive 0.5 ml/kg of the solution as an IV bolus after induction of anaesthesia. The maximum volume of dexamethasone injected will be limited to 20 ml (corresponding to a maximum dose of 20 mg in a child with ≥40 kg bodyweight).
Standardized Anesthesia technique and surgical procedure
5. Variables measured
5.1. Intraoperatively
- Type of surgery
- Surgical time
- Dose of opioid
5.2. Postoperatively
Follow up will be during the hospital stay, through a telephone interview 48 hours after surgery, and through a surgical control (standard procedure) at about one week. Preoperatively, parents and children will be instructed in the evaluation of pain. Parents will be given a questionnaire to be filled in twice daily (morning and evening) after discharge of the child, and to bring it back to the routine postoperative surgical control at one week (or to send it back by post).
Endpoint PONV
- Cumulative incidence of vomiting (including retching) during the first 6 postoperative hours.
- Cumulative incidence of nausea during the first 6 postoperative hours. Nausea is only recorded if the child is able to express the sensation of nausea.
- Cumulative incidence of vomiting (including retching) during the first 24 postoperative hours.
- Cumulative incidence of nausea during the first 24 postoperative hours. Rescue medication for PONV is with ondansetron (Zofran) 50 µg/kg IV or droperidol 20 µg/kg IV. Rescue antiemesis will be recorded.
Endpoint pain intensity In hospitalised children, pain assessment will be with the revised Faces Pain Scale (FPS-r) [Hicks et al, 2001] and with the conventional 0-10 cm Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). The FPS-r was adapted from the Faces Pain Scale [Bieri et al, 1990] in order to make it possible to score on the widely accepted 0-10 point metric. It shows a close linear relationship with the visual analogue pain scale across the age range from 4 to 16 years. In the case that a younger child is not able to express adequately its pain with the FPS-r or with the VAS we will use the CHEOP Scale (Children of Eastern Ontario Pain Scale); this is a behavioural observation scale [McGrath et al,1985]. Pain will be evaluated at arriving in the PACU, 1-hourly during the PACU stay, 4-hourly on the ward, and twice daily after discharge (see questionnaire). Sleeping children will not be woken up.
Cumulative doses per day of paracetamol/codeine and of any other analgesic (NSAIDs, opioids) will be recorded.
Further endpoints
- Quality of sleep during each the night until the surgical visit. Each morning, the care-giver (nurse, parent) will estimate the child's quality of sleep on a NRS ranging from 0=did not sleep at all to 10=excellent sleep.
- First oral intake of fluid (including ice cream); hours after end of surgery.
- First oral intake of solid food; hours after end of surgery.
- At discharge: Overall "satisfaction" judged by the nurse on a NRS ranging from 0=not satisfied at all to 10=very much satisfied.
- Degree of stress on the part of the parents due to the child's "illness". Rated by the parents on a daily basis on a NRS scale from 0=not stressed at all to 10=very much stressed.
- At the surgical visit: Overall "satisfaction" judged by the parents on a NRS ranging from 0=not satisfied at all to 10=very much satisfied.
Adverse effects, safety
- Any minor complication: definition: no need for readmission.
- Any major complication: definition: does need readmission (for instance, readmission due to bleeding, re-operation due to bleeding).
Allocation: Randomized, Control: Placebo Control, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Prevention
Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting
dexamethasone, Dexamethasone, dexamethasone, Saline
University Hospital of Geneva, Anesthesia Department
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Aprepitant With Dexamethasone Versus Ondansetron With Dexamethasone for PONV Prophylaxis in Patients Having Craniotomy
We hypothesize that the combination of aprepitant with dexamethasone will provide significantly improved prophylaxis against Postoperative nausea and vomiting compared with the combination...
Oral Aprepitant and Lower Dose Dexamethasone Versus Aprepitant Alone for Preventing Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting (PONV) After Elective Laparoscopic Surgeries
The combination of aprepitant and lower dose dexamethasone is superior to aprepitant alone with respect to the proportion of patients with a complete response (no vomiting and no use of re...
Palonosetron and Dexamethasone With or Without Dronabinol in Preventing Nausea and Vomiting in Patients Receiving Chemotherapy For Cancer
RATIONALE: Antiemetic drugs, such as dexamethasone, palonosetron, and dronabinol may help lessen or prevent nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy. It is not yet known whether giving d...
APF530 or Palonosetron Combined With Dexamethasone in Preventing Nausea and Vomiting in Patients Receiving Chemotherapy for Cancer
RATIONALE: Antiemetic drugs, such as APF530, palonosetron, and dexamethasone, may help lessen or prevent nausea and vomiting in patients receiving chemotherapy for cancer. It is not yet kn...
Dexamethasone Improves Postoperative Symptoms After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Dexamethasone has been reported to reduce postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) after laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). However, its effects on other surgical outcomes such as pain and...
A randomised controlled trial of placebo, droperidol or ondansetron to prevent nausea and vomiting after tonsillectomy in children receiving dexamethasone.
We tested whether prophylactic droperidol and ondansetron, in combination with a moderate dose of dexamethasone, were equally effective in reducing nausea and vomiting after tonsillectomy in children ...
Addition of droperidol to prophylactic ondansetron and dexamethasone in children at high risk for postoperative vomiting. A randomized, controlled, double-blind study.
: The combination of dexamethasone (DEX), ondansetron (OND) and droperidol (DRO) is efficacious in preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting in adults, but has not been well assessed in children.
A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial of Prophylactic Dexamethasone for Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization.
This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial evaluated dexamethasone efficacy in preventing fever, anorexia, and nausea/vomiting, the most frequent adverse events of transcatheter arterial ...
Epidural Dexamethasone Influences Postoperative Analgesia after Major Abdominal Surgery.
Epidurally administered dexamethasone might reduce postoperative pain. However, the effect of epidural administration of dexamethasone on postoperative epidural analgesia in major abdominal surgery ha...
Antiemetic Corticosteroid Rotation from Dexamethasone to Methylprednisolone to Prevent Dexamethasone-Induced Hiccup in Cancer Patients Treated with Chemotherapy: A Randomized, Single-Blind, Crossover Phase III Trial.
To assess whether the rotation of dexamethasone to methylprednisolone decreases the intensity of dexamethasone-induced hiccup (DIH) in cancer patients treated with chemotherapy.
An anti-inflammatory 9-fluoro-glucocorticoid.
Dexamethasone Isonicotinate
An anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic glucocorticoid that can be administered orally, by inhalation, locally, and parenterally. It may cause water and salt retention.
Glucocorticoid-induced Tnfr-related Protein
A member of the TNF receptor family that was initially identified as a DEXAMETHASONE-induced protein from a T-CELL line. It may play a role in regulating APOPTOSIS and modulating immune response by T-lymphocytes. Signaling by the activated receptor occurs through its association with TNF RECEPTOR-ASSOCIATED FACTORS.
Postoperative Nausea And Vomiting
Emesis and queasiness occurring after anesthesia.
Postcholecystectomy Syndrome
Abdominal symptoms after removal of the GALLBLADDER. The common postoperative symptoms are often the same as those present before the operation, such as COLIC, bloating, NAUSEA, and VOMITING. There is pain on palpation of the right upper quadrant and sometimes JAUNDICE. The term is often used, inaccurately, to describe such postoperative symptoms not due to gallbladder removal.
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The slim, willowy look of this dress is pure 1930s,
but you'll notice that the skirt flares a bit and is not as long
as earlier skirts from this decade. We're heading into the 1940s "swing" era now!
This 1938 pattern is for a day dress with a gored skirt, tailored bodice and puffed sleeves. Note the collar and pretty long-sleeved option.
Here is a trio of wonderful leading ladies from the 1930s. The 1930s "look" is so distinctive--particularly in films. Left to right: Myrna Loy in a large ruffled-collar dress; Joan Crawford in a very early 1930s publicity shot (note that the gown still has a lot of 1920s style elements with its straight lines and loose fit); Greta Garbo in an oh-so-1930s dress with lots of crisp organza ruffles.
Here is a lovely, slim daydress pattern.
Isn't the collar a wonderful contrast to the straight lines of the skirt?
Here is a scrap from my own collection, showing Shirley on the set of "Just Around the Corner." What I love about children's fashions of the 1930s are the crisply tailored lines and delightful design details. Notice Shirley's ruffled pinafore that isn't "fussy" and the ribbon bows on the bodice front.
This is a wonderful 1930s pattern--very Shirley-esque--for girls' dresses.
I love the tailored look of this era.
This is a sharp-looking pattern from 1938. Note the long, slimming lines and the slight emphasis given the bustline by the gathers underneath.
This is a beautiful hand-colored photograph of a young woman dressed up for a special occasion (wedding? dance? tea?). The overdress looks like organdy or silk georgette, and her sleeves flutter in the breeze. Her ornament of choice is a big bunch of flowers pinned at the waist. This is probably from the early 1930s, since her hairstyle still reflects the late 1920s to early 1930s "boy" cut. Looks like she had fun!
|A slim afternoon dress with tucked bodice and stitched-down pleats.
|For some reason, I think of a Frank Capra heroine when I look at this pattern.
It looks just like one of his "office" gals from "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" or another great 1930s film.
|A wonderful double-breasted everyday dress from the late 1930s.
Very crisply tailored.
|A set of vests and dickies from the early to mid-1930s. These are so very chic--I picture Ginger Rogers when she's not on the dance floor.
|Chic and sleek 1930's pattern for an everyday dress.
Would be lovely in flowing rayon or challis--or crisply elegant in lined organdy or silk organza.
|A pair of slim 1930's skirts.
|Totally glamorous 1930's day dresses.
|This evening gown would be stunning in a floaty, filmy chiffon.


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Hey everyone. This is my first post here .
I have been using my parents old turntable (10 years old maybe) for awhile now, and the belt is really worn out. Instead of buying a new belt, I figured I would purchase a new turntable since this one has seen its fair share of records.
I would like a direct drive turntable, but I am having trouble finding one with the features I want.
What I liked about the old player was that it had automatic features. The one that I REALLY want is the feature that will lift the arm when the last song is done.
I would really really really like this feature, because I don't want to wear down my needle if I fall asleep, especially if I put a record on before going to bed.
Can anyone point me in the right direction? I do not have time nor the experience to build something, and I would like to spend no more than $400. I will definitely not spend more than $500.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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