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Where To Start Reading: Batman
Our Where To Start Reading Batman guide lists several books, each in the character's fictional chronological order despite it's publication date – so the first book is at the beginning of Batman's career and we go from there. Each book was specifically picked as a good individual starting point; so feel free to start at the beginning, in the middle, or towards the end if you want to get caught up quickly. And if you have any more suggestions or questions just leave a comment.
Year One 1987
Following the 1985 mega event, Crisis on Infinite Earths, DC rebooted many of its titles, Year One was the Batman reboot. With the success Frank Miller had received from The Dark Knight Returns just the year before he was tasked with retelling Batman's origin. This is the modern day definite origin and starting point for all things Batman. Even today, stories are built around and pull from Miller's 4-issue run. Also unique to Year One, it is the only Frank Miller Batman work that lives in both DC continuity and the continuity Frank Miller wrote for his other Bat-works (Dark Knight Returns, Strikes Again, and All Star Batman and Robin). Not only is Year One considered one of, if not the best Batman comic, it's regraded by some as one of the finest ever.
What to read next | Batman: The Man Who Laughs
The Long Halloween & Dark Victory 1996 & 1999
Written to take place anywhere between six months to a-year-and-a-half after Year One the 13-issue limited series, The Long Halloween, is most notable for showing the transition of Batman's rogues gallery starting with mobsters (specifically the Falcone family) to the more familiar villains, along with the origin story of Two-Face – who for the majority of the tale is strictly District Attorney Harvey Dent. For all intents and purposes this is Year Two. Dark Victory is it's direct sequel, with the same creative team and finishing the story from Long Halloween along while introducing Dick Grayson.
What to read next | Batman: The Gauntlet and Robin: Year One
The Killing Joke 1988
The Killing Joke is a 1988 Alan Moore one-shot graphic novel whose story continues to affect Batman's mythos even today. Although it plays a significant role in the Batman and DC continuity elements of it's story are debatable, including exactly where in Batman's career it takes place (it's placement here is our best guess) along with a the origin for the Joker (although Alan Moore's origin is recounted in other stories later on, in other words this is a possible origin story.). Regardless of it's debatable elements though it remains one of the more impactful events in Batman, Joker, and Barbara Gordon's careers and is a must read for any Batman fan.
What to read next | Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth
Death in the Family 1988
Death in the Family is one of the most significant stories in all of Batman's many years of publication. Not only would the death of Jason Todd go down as one of mainstream comics biggest and most shocking moments but Jason Todd would go on to be nearly more famous and influential dead than when alive. His death would motivate and haunt Batman for years, playing it's role in the character becoming the darker and more gritty Batman we know today. It's style is a little dated compared to more modern comics but the creative team is legendary amongst long time fans and if you read Batman long enough, the death of Jason Todd will eventually come up.
What to read next | Batman: A Lonely Place of Dying & Robin: A Hero Reborn
Knightfall Part 1-3 1993
Knightfall is not only important to Batman's fictional career but also a milestone in his publication career, one of the first Batman (and not the last) large-scale crossover "events" that would spark a trend and begin the Modern Age of comic books. Published shortly after The Death Of Superman, Knightfall volumes 1-3 collect the breaking of Batman's back by Bane, the introduction of Jean-Paul Valley as Batman (formerly Azrael) and Bruce's return to the mantle. The story elements in the "Knightfall" event are not only substantial themselves but also had short term and long term affects that can still be felt today.
What to read next | Batman: Prodigal
Cataclysm & No Man's Land Vol. 1-5 1999
A massive earthquake strikes Gotham and most the city is destroyed; Cataclysm catalogs the rescue efforts and chaos immediately after the quake while No Man's Land is the 2-year saga in which the government declares Gotham a "No Man's Land," cutting off any access in and out of the city. Several notable events and character introductions happened during this span including Cassandra Cain (Batgirl), Luthor's rise to president, Harley Quinn, and much more. As Batman events go this is arguably the longest running and most epic.
What to read next | Batman: Evolution – New Gotham Vol. 1 & 2
Hush 2002
Hush was the return of Long Halloween and Dark Victory author Jeph Loeb and legendary artist Jim Lee's first work at DC after leaving Image, most notably though it is one of the most popular and mainstream Batman arcs in the modern era. The collected edition continues to be reprinted in various ways and it's story is revisited in the comics frequently. It introduces the villain Hush, reemphasizing the romance between Catwoman and Batman, plays a significant role in the return of Jason Todd, and allowed for Jim Lee to artistically explore the Batman universe. Just how much each Bat-fan loves the story is subjective but it's popularity and effects on the character (both in and out of the fictional stories) can't be denied.
What to read next | Batman: War Drums & Batman: War Games Vol. 1-3
Identity Crisis 2004
Although not specifically a Batman book, the story isn't even about Batman really, Identity Crisis (along with paving the path for Infinite Crisis, 52, and Final Crisis) would shake up the entire DC Universe and play an even more significant role in the life of Batman and the entire Batman family. It's easily one of the most important non-Batman books that directly affects Batman. And don't let "Crisis" in the title worry you, it's a stand alone mystery thriller that only sets the stage for the more continuity-driven "Crisis" events. It's also a great way to get to know characters outside of the Batman family.
What to read next | The OMAC Project
Batman and Son 2006
In 2006, starting with Batman #655, Grant Morrison took over the writing duties for the main Batman title and his run on the character continues even today, it's one of the longest runs in modern comics and his first arc is collected in Batman and Son. The book quickly introduces Batman to his child with Talia Al Ghul (Damian, who he didn't know exsisted) along with foreshadowing and introducing the many themes and events that continued to unfold throughout Morrison's run. Were actually in the works of a "Where to Start: Grant Morrison's Batman" article, so keep an eye out.
What to read next | Resurrection of Ra's Al Ghul
(The New 52) Batman Vol. 1: The Court Of Owls 2012
In September 2011 DC relaunched their entire line of comics, 52 titles got a new #1. While the majority of the universe's continuity was completely rebooted certain pockets were left alone, Batman and his supporting cast were one of those pockets, still got a new #1 though. And since then writer Scott Snyder and artist Greg Capullo have crafted arguably the most successful book of the relaunch and set the stage for a Batman shakeup worthy of the hype. The first six issues collected in this volume not only offer a great jumping on point for new and veteran fans alike but also sets the stage for the crossover event, The Night of the Owls, which will feed the Batman mythos with new characters and ideas for quite some time. This is the best place to start if your wanting to get caught up quickly.
What to read next | Batman Vol. 2: The City of Owls is scheduled for a March 2012 release, until then catch up through the single issues.
The Dark Knight Returns 1986
Regarded by many as the greatest Batman story of all time, Frank Miller's 4-issue Batman arc shows us what might become of Bruce Wayne, who is 55 years old at the time of the story, comes out of retirement and back into the costume. Not only is the story considered a masterpiece within most of the comic book community but it's also one of the many works that helped shape the modern "gritty" and "dark" Batman were more familiar with today; while Batman had been trending away from the more campy or silly stories and settings in the comics this book was an early full on jump into the deep end of the gritty noir/crime genre. And although strictly out of continuity it offers an interesting future for Batman and his supporting cast which is hinted at every so often in regular continuity.
What to read next | The Dark Knight Strikes Again
If you have any questions or suggestions leave a comment and we'll try to help you out. Until then, happy reading!
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Absolutely amazing list! Love the fact that you added identity crisis & hush……both great arcs, but the detective quotient alone makes them worth reading.
Thankyou, Thankyou, Thankyou! I would never have known were to start otherwise. I am almost through reading Dark Victory, after reading Year One, The man who laughs and The Long Halloween, I am now completely hooked on Batman (though he's been my favourite Comic Book hero for years).
So after redding dark knight strikes again what do we read? Do you start with the new 52
Thanks for the great article!
I'm now working my way through these great books, but like the previous commenter, I'm concerned where to go next? I'm not that familiar with the batman chronology, so what should I read when I finish Resurrection of Ra's Al Ghul? TDK Returns is alternative continuum, so don't really see that as a stepping stone to anywhere… Great piece although.
Bruce's "death", Dick as a Batman, Bruce is back. All what i know beforehand sounds very confusing to me…
thank you so much, but what should i read after the las one?
I suggest the Batman Black & White
Those are short stories with multiple storytellers and styles.
I Just loved those new bosses and styles. It would stand alone ?after Hush? maybe?
I don't undertstand something you put the title of the novel, give it a description and then put a what to read next. Am I to read that novel next and then read the next novel you are describing. Example Batman Year One – Batman the Man Who Laughs – Batman The Long Halloween and Dark victory? Plz answers this question cause I don't want to make any mistakes if I start buying these novels.
Firstly thanks for putting this together. So helpful.
I'm starting to get why comics are so confusing for the uninitiated though… I swear reading in order… that Two Face shouldn't be in Robin: Year One… and yet there he is! What the heck, haha. I guess just because comics are in the same cannon there are still inconsistencies?
Hey man, this is really awesome. I have always wanted to start reading comics but never did because I didnt know where to start. So thank you very much
Read them all…never reallt thought about making a list of what you need to read to better enjoy the rest kind a list great job and perfect batman selections.
You should add The Killing Joke right after The Man Who Laughs since it's set directly afterwards. When Batman goes to Arkham at the start of Killing Joke, it's supposed to be just after he's ever caught Joker for the first time. His first encounter with Joker takes place in The Man Who Laughs, which put The Killing Joke immediately afterwards. Awesome list.
Great list!
But what to read after the Dark Knight strikes again?
Is there something important between this and RIP and Battle for the Crowl?
Hey John, I just wanted to quickly say thank you AND damn you for your list. I recently jumped back into comics with the New 52 launch. I figured that sense I was jumping back in and Batman was always my favorite that I should try and do justice to a Batman collection. I say thank you because this list is amazing and has reignited my love for Batman and comics in general. I say damn you because I keep spending too much money on comics! Haha. Great list and great website!
Hey, i've just read Batman Year One, but where it says you should read 'Batman Gauntlet and Robin Year One' are they two comics/books or are they together as one title?
Robin Year One is a trade paperback (ISBN 978-1-56389-805-1). Batman Gauntlet is a separate TP (ISBN 978-1563893643).
Thank you so much for making this list! I've read a few books here and there but had no idea how I should read them to get Batman's story in more or less chronological order. Thanks again!
I noticed Batman Year Two didn't make the list. Any reason why? Year 3 was supplanted by Dark Victory, but thought Year Two would fit nicely.
Thanks for this site. I have wanted to jump into Batman comics for a while, but I had no idea where to start. Just to clarify:
We should read the featured titles, the ones listed underneath, and then move on to the next featured title?
Thanks again for the help.
This is a pretty awesome list, great job! I've always been looking for a fairly comprehensive means of getting into Batman that isn't just reading every single issue from the modern era. I'll definitely be reading these, thanks!
Does this cover the whole series of the Batman comics
Hi John..What do you make of 'The Joker' by Brian Azzarello story? Is it worth picking up? cheers!
Hey John, still planning that Grant Morrisons Batman guide? I'd really like to start going through Morrisons works before starting to read the Court of the Owls.
John – I just wrapped "The Man Who Laughs", and they combined "Made of Wood" afterwards. It doesn't seem to fit the order though. Gordon seems much older, and I was just curious about that. I'm going to break the bank buying all these!
I wouldn't have read "Made of Wood". After finishing "The Man Who Laughs" you should just put the book down, lol.
Thanks for your suggests John. I want ask a question: do you suggest "Vengeance of Bane" for "Knightfall" and "Trail of Catwoman" after/earlier to "Batman:Year One"?
Great list. There should be Gotham Central and Kingdom Come somewhere too.
I just want to know where the picture is from at the top of this article.
Very nice list.
I'd had Venom for a bit more insight into Knightfall and Batgirl Year One otherwise the Killing Joke deosn't really have any impact.
"And since then writer Scott Snyder and artist Greg Capullo have crafted arguably the most successful book of the relaunch and set the stage for a Batman shakeup worthy of the hype." – I enjoyed your article, but completely disagree. Snyder's doing some crazy things with Bruce, first of all he's only 5-ish years into being Batman.. ridiculous. Also according to this first arc, he's barely a detective.. It's brutal. He is way too average and makes way too many mistakes. The court of owls don't even make sense, how did Bruce not know about them? Why did Bruce trust his childish instinct and not believe they existed? Why did a team of rich people get the better of Bruce, a richer person himself. How did the court claim Gotham so quickly, it is Bruce's city? Yet most importantly, how did they beat Bruce so badly. Assassins? Bruce can handle, Rich people? Bruce has got it… Rich people hiring assassins? No problem.. There wasn't even anyone smart behind it all. It was just rich people and assassins and Bruce was left almost dead in a maze.. Just completely ridiculous. All Snyder has done is revisit all of Morrison's key points from his run and made them less epic and worse. Rich people, Thomas Wayne/family member, and a drugged and beaten down Batman. Snyder should not be having this much creative freedom being a new writer on Batman.. In fact this whole reboot is going terribly considering the other titles as well. Personally I think they should have just bargained with Siegel and Shuster, rather than reinvent all the characters for this whole New 52 coverup for copyright purposes..
I had a question about The Gauntlet comic. I've finished Year One, The Long Halloween and Dark Victory. I'm about to move onto The Gauntlet. However, I wanted to ask: Since The Gauntlet is part of the Chronicles series, should I read all of the Chronicles? Or JUST The Gauntlet?
Honestly, you don't have to read "The Gauntlet" at all. I'd read it if I were you because it's a pretty cool story and I'd assume the reason John put it in there is because it's the story that connects Grayson being this little kid who helped Batman out to being Robin. In it, Robin officially becomes Batman's sidekick.
Okay John, I've read Batman: The Gauntlet and TRIED to move onto Arkham Asylum: Serious House on a Serious Earth, but I just don't think it was for me. Anyhow, I've continued on through your list and started Batman: A Death in the Family. I was wondering though, on the first few pages the book introduces Robin as Jason Todd. However, from your list; we never saw a "Departure" so to speak of Dick Grayson. Last we saw in Robin: Year One; Grayson was SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER teamed up with Batman yet again. Are we just supposed to assume we know what happened to him?
Brandon, if you're really interested in bridging the gap between the two, check out Nightwing: Year One. It shows the transition from Dick to Todd.
So I have one quick question, the dark victory introduces dick Grayson as a kid robin, and then the killing joke as no robin, and then a death in the family jumps right to Jason todd as robin, is there a novel that shows dick Grayson becoming nightwing? Or a novel introducing Jason Todd?
It's a shame that John isn't checking these anymore. I had the same question!
Damn, it seems John isn't checking out the comments in this article anymore, even though it was re-posted a while ago.
If you do get answer John, I have one question: I heard Dan Didio had said that no "Crisises" happened in the new DC universe(Crisis on Infinite Earths, Infinite Crisis, Final Crisis), but does it account for Identity Crisis too?
It kind of feels that The New 52 made it even more confusing to get into comics instead of making it easier.
Hey John,
I just purchased Batman: Year One – thanks for the article.
I do still have some questions though.
I'm still confused about the order of comics and if they all stories coincide with each other or if they don't add up.
From my understanding DC introduced Batman in '39, then the following year released his own comic. I would have thought that would have just continued to this day and that would be it. 1 comic, 1 story, regular updates. But I see other comics etc with different orders of the story released in random years and I just don't get it. I just want to understand overall, how the system works. Your list is great for a newbie like me, but after that I get through this, where do I go? I'd just be really confused.
Anyway, hope you can get back to me and thanks again.
I'm not John but I can answer that question for you. There have been many varying stories to the Batman name. They all contain more or less the same basic properties (Batman, Bruce Wayne, Gotham City, various characters, etc) but the story arc varies from different ones. This list mainly consists of the most promenant story elements in the Batman lore put into a sensible order. It isn't exact and there are thousands of issues you wont read in this list but this will essentially tell you everything you need to know and it is in a decent chronological order. I would make the suggestion to add Batman Beyond to the end of the list but other than that, it's a damn good starting point for new readers.
Great list, helped me out a lot, just one thing though, right before batman and son, is another issue, Batman: Son of demon, one in which they show batman's love with talia blossoming and stuff
Thanks a lot for these suggestions, just what I was looking for! :)
Nightwing- year 1 fits perfectly before the killing joke! It portrays the exit of dick as Robin and the introduction of Jason Todd. Barbara Gordon can still run around, therefore it can´t happen before a death in the family, so i assume that jason todds absence in the killing joke and arkham asylum only means he´s still training back at the bat-cave!
And you could probably throw Batgirl: Year One in front of Nightwing: Year One also if you really want to get into it since she's in Nightwing and Killing Joke.
Does anyone know if Tim Drake's Robin is featured in Batman: Sword of Azrael?
While Bruce was in Europe during Sword of Azrael, Tim stayed back in Gotham getting into trouble with the Huntress and the Russian mob in the mini-series Robin III: Cry of the Huntress.
Thanks! This was a lot of help.
I actually started reading Batman with the KnightFall/KnightQuest/KnightsEnd Series. And what stands out to me is how the story line weaves in and out of Batman, Detective Comics, Shadow of the Bat, etc.
I'd be interested in reading the New 52 Batman stuff, but will I constantly have to buy comics from across titles in order to follow a story?
is it essential to read Batman: The Gauntlet and Robin: Year One or can i move straight on to to the killing joke from dark victory ….
I've just finished reading Knightfall series, which I've thoroughly enjoyed, and am now going to backtrack to Year One & read through. I was curious as I was looking at your list aside from Arkham and Batman & Son, you don't have any Grant Morrison. Do they fall outside the canon?
It's a great list & thanks for your effort!
Hi! I just bought BATMAN VS BANE. I want to know where does it fit in order of your reading list?
Hey John! I just bought BANE VS BATMAN. I just would like to know what comic books should i read before BANE VS BATMAN and what should i read after. Where does it fit in order of your suggested list. And lastly, do you know what i should buy where it features the origin of batman and his training into becoming batman?
I'm not John but maybe I can help since I just bought that book as well to finish my collection. Batman VS Bane is complicated because it combines 2 books (Vengeance of Bane/Bane of the Demon) that were separated by 4 years of stories in between them but I'll try to make it simple. On John's list the first story, Vengeance of Bane, fits in right before Knightfall and the second story, Bane of the Demon comes after Batman: Prodigal. The books I would suggest before reading Bane VS Batman are: Batman: Sword of Azrael #1-4. Then after that you should read the first story of Bane Vs Batman (Vengeance of Bane) which leads into:
Batman #489-490 (Part of the build up to Knightfall)
Batman: Knightfall
Batman: Knightquest
Batman: Knightsend
Batman: Prodigal (not necessary but still great)
Batman Vengeance of Bane II: The Redemption
The second story in Bane VS Batman (Bane of the Demon) takes place after Vengeance of Bane II and is a build up to the crossover Batman:Legacy but that book is very rare and hard to find now with copies going for $70 or higher online so you can just wikipedia that story.
WHEW, that was not as easy to explain as I thought it would be!
The best book that explains Batman's origin is Batman: Year One. As for his training, there's not really any specific books that I know off the top of my head (maybe John knows!) but I would suggest picking up "The Batman Chronicles" trade paperbacks which collect all his early comic appearances from Detective Comics and Batman.
Are Two Face: Year One and Scarcrow: Year One worth reading and where do they fit in the chronology?
(There's also a Ra's al Ghul Year One but the reviews seem pretty poor).
I was wondering, are the Bruce Wayne: Murderer & Batman: Fugitive line worth picking up? It doesn't appear it really does much for the Batman mythos.
You can skip over those books since they don't add to the mythos and were forgotten soon after. The only thing they contributed was the character Sasha Bordeaux who plays a prominent figure in the OMAC Project mini-series.
So can I read the main ones in any order? So for example, can I read Year One, then Knightfall?
Is it ok if I skip Dark Victory?
Do you know where i can get Batman: The Gauntlet?
Awsome list, thought there is the transition between Dick Grayson to Jason Todd as Robin missing. I think "Nightwing: Year One" would do the job.
Can't disagree with this list :)
For added reading I'd put The Man Who Laughs, A lonely Place of Dying, Bruce Wayne Murderer/Fugitive, Under the Hood…
I would read The Killing Joke before The Man Who Laughs. They both feature Red Hood and reference the origin story. Great list.
It's pretty expensive on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and even half.com. Check you local library. Even if your local library doesn't have it they can most likely borrow it through interlibrary or intralibrary loan. Libraries are great resources for old comics and graphic novels to save you a pretty penny.
So if I also wanted to watch the Batman Animated Series, when does that take place?
It would take place before, during and after the Batman: The Long Halloween and Dark Victory books since some of the characters on the show were already established (Joker, Penguin) while other characters had origin episodes like Two-face, Dick Grayson, Poison Ivy and Mad Hatter.
Quick question. If I were to read banes vengance where should I do that in this list?
Hi John
Fantastic work with this blog – it's really helped me piece together the various often disconnected reading that I've done over the years!
One question for you: I've recently acquired a copy of 'Batman: Haunted Knight' (Loeb/Sale) and wondered where you would say that it fits within your chronology? e.g. Anywhere near The Long Halloween/Dark Victory, or somewhere else?
Many thanks
Haunted Knight takes place around the same time as The Long Halloween and Dark Victory.
Batman: Vengeance of Bane goes right before the KNIGHTFALL books.
Hi, I just wanted to say thanks for creating this, very helpful. The Grant Morrison list sounds great too, is this still coming? Thanks
hey thanks for putting this together! sorry if I missed something but I was just wondering in what order i'm suppose to read. Never read any comics but recently heard about the Scott Snyder stories so should I start with court of owls? i have volumes 1-3, i'm so confused with there being this owl series then seeing batman #00-15 etc in his works list, cant seem to figure out in which order exactly i'm suppose to follow thanks!
After reading robin year one do I just jump into the killing joke?
do any of these books have the first time that the 2nd and third robin first came into the story and became the next robin???
After Rovin Year one read Batgirl Year One and then Nightwing Year One, followed by the Killing Joke(which I thinks the poorest in the series).
This list was helpful in getting me started, but you should do some research of your own. Alot of gaps are filled in within other series'. In the case of Batman, very big moments are told in Batgirl and Nightwing comics. If you feel you've missed something small that isn't worth a whole comic series, try a wiki page for a synopsis to fill in blanks.
First of great list ive been wanting to start reading batman comics for a while now.
Ive read Batman year one and just finished The man who laughs which i really enjoyed.
I have Batman long halloween and Dark victory on the way to me as we speak, i was thinking of using my ipad to read comics but i think most will agree you cant beat the feel of the pages in your hands and a good colletion of comics on your shelf just looks nice .
found a great way to fill in the blanks without spending loads of money.
you can download nightwing year one and robin year one from dc comics app on ipad, saves u spending 50-60 on it when u can dl for slightly under a tenner


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There may be a lot of temples within China but Gaozhou Xiantai Temple can easily stand out from the rest. What is it with this temple which makes it very popular? What is the special significance of it? Is it really worth visiting?
The Gaozhou Xiantai Temple is an outstanding tourist attraction because of its preserved architecture. Aside from the aesthetic beauty that this structure has, it also has a historical significance. Even the inhabitants of Maoming still pay much respect to this place.
Yes, it is a sight that is worthy of a visit. For people who have had enough of the city's hustle and bustle, this could be a very refreshing sight. For those who want to discover more about the history, culture and society of Maoming, this place will also satisfy their yearning for more knowledge.
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The Gaozhou Xiantai Temple is comprised of four different sections. These are the front hall, middle hall, Fenggong temple and the main hall. During the earlier times, these sections serve as important venues, not only for matters that are related to religion but also for political gatherings. Today, the preserved parts of the Gaozhou Xiantai Temple serve as a very interesting tourist attraction.
The view of the Gaozhou Xiantai Temple is very captivating. Its front part exudes sophistication and elitism. It is reflective of the traditional Chinese architecture. However, its main difference from others is that this temple is made to be much more luxurious.
The entrance of the Gaozhou Xiantai Temple has a grandiose staircase. This adds to the overall drama of the façade. Tourists who are visiting this place would need to climb up the stairs before they are able to reach the main entrance door.
As tourists approach the main entrance, it would be quite impossible not to notice the elaborate decoration for the pillars and the ceiling. All the design elements are derived from ancient Chinese symbols. The pillars have laborious carving. Considering the fact that this temple was built hundreds of years ago, it only shows that people from back then has already developed an impressive technique on how they could execute their outstanding artistry.
The ceiling is also adorned with various eye-catching designs. The decoration is reflective the patience that Chinese put into their creations. The ceiling and the edges of the roof are beautified by the fine paintings which have a myriad of bold colors like blue, red and greens. There is also a touch of gold which makes the overall look very elegant.
Of course, the interior is just as impressive as the exterior. It is amazing how the interior of the halls and other sections of the Gaozhou Xiantai Temple were preserved. The design for the walls and the doors look much like how the original was built. Yes, this place has already gone minor repairs and restoration because of the damages that are brought about by wars and harsh weather, but the look is still very traditional.
Inside the Gaozhou Xiantai Temple is a sculpture of Mz. Xian. She is a well-respected leader of the Southern Yue Baiyue Nationality in AD 6th Century. Because of her impressive contribution in history, she was officially called as the Number One Heron in Female World. This occurred during the time of Premier Zhou. Aside from the statue of Mz. Xian, there are also stone inscriptions and carvings which can be seen inside the Gaozhou Xiantai Temple. Each one tells much about the history of the place.
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Losmandy G8 sale, I think this is a red flag
Posted 23 February 2011 - 11:52 AM
I asked for a phone number to finish up the details of the sale and this is the reply I got from someone with almost no sales history and a complete stranger (of course!) from the opposite coast of the US. I immediately passed on the deal.
Sorry, but I do not give out my phone number. It's in both our
interests to work out the details via email so that there is absolutely
no confusion.
Posted 23 February 2011 - 01:13 PM
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Posted 23 February 2011 - 06:06 PM
Posted 23 February 2011 - 06:16 PM
I'm afraid it wouldn't matter to me if the buyer had 1000 five star ratings.
If I deal with a seller who has no rating I ask them to send the goods before payment - they can read my ratings to see if I'm trustworthy enough to accept the offer.
Unless I knew them personally, I would NEVER send something without being paid first and I would strongly urge others not to!
If in doubt, and you really want the gear, use a pick-up/forwarding service.
Posted 23 February 2011 - 06:47 PM
Posted 23 February 2011 - 07:23 PM
Where you live with a little patience you should be able to buy a used one locally and eliminate all the hassles, and sellers will offer a discount for a local pickup. I've been looking at used G8s for awhile and I would never pay more than $1k and it better be perfect.
Posted 23 February 2011 - 08:52 PM
I have taken the risk of buying a couple of things from sellers in the past that were not rated and did not have Paypal, but they were always small purchases (less than $100). $100 is not a lot of money to me, but I would still not like getting ripped off. Still, what are you going to do?
If you do anything for just about any hobby where there is an aftermarket for re-sale, the common currency is almost always Paypal, so if you think you will be doing more dealing in the future, you might consider it.
That way, if you get ripped off and have Paypal Primere, you get your money back.
I would not do this deal without Paypal Premiere though. Too much money at stake.
Posted 23 February 2011 - 11:05 PM
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Posted 24 February 2011 - 07:37 PM
One thing I can't stand is when people say in their ads to "use the Personal Transfer option in PayPal, there's no fee that way." Well, that's true. But if you're using that there is also no protection for the buyer since by sending the money under the Personal tab, you're implying that it's a gift. There is ostensibly no product in PayPal's eyes. There's no way to prove it, either. Also, if you have a bunch of large dollar-amount transactions sent as Personal, you better believe PayPal is going to come sniffing around your account. Again, you just have to carefully read the rules and regulations and you'll be fine.
The moral: if you're using PayPal to buy goods online, use the proper method. The 3% is well worth the protection it affords.
Posted 24 February 2011 - 09:17 PM
I pass on any sale where the seller wants to avoid the fees. No recourse for the buyer and it speaks to the ethics of the seller: What else might they be willing to pull?
Most of the problems people have with PayPal stem from ignoring the service agreement they agreed to when signing up. If you follow the rules, you'll be fine.
One thing I can't stand is when people say in their ads to "use the Personal Transfer option in PayPal, there's no fee that way." Well, that's true. But if you're using that there is also no protection for the buyer since by sending the money under the Personal tab, you're implying that it's a gift. There is ostensibly no product in PayPal's eyes. There's no way to prove it, either. Also, if you have a bunch of large dollar-amount transactions sent as Personal, you better believe PayPal is going to come sniffing around your account. Again, you just have to carefully read the rules and regulations and you'll be fine.
The moral: if you're using PayPal to buy goods online, use the proper method. The 3% is well worth the protection it affords.
Posted 25 February 2011 - 12:15 AM
Posted 25 February 2011 - 09:18 AM
It's a safety net.
Posted 25 February 2011 - 10:43 AM
Refusal to provide a phone number is a red flag all right . . .also simply rude IMO.
Posted 25 February 2011 - 11:06 AM
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Just my two cents worth.
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Move on to the next deal.
Posted 26 February 2011 - 02:07 PM
About Paypal, some swear by it and like a few I swear at it. A few years ago my Paypal account and identity was compromised and Paypal didn't have an answer as to how it happened. I had signed up using CC "A" and then later switched to CC "B". Somehow, someone was able to sign up with a ship to address in CA (I'm in Tennessee) with CC "A"and make about $900 in purchases thru E-Bay before the CC Company notified us via a "Red Flag" we put in. Paypal didn't catch it at all.
I've lost a few deals in both buys and sells because of not having Paypal. I offer and accept M.O, checks and cash and feedback is very important to me. I hardly look at E-Bay anymore and mostly buy off Amazon which I haven't had a single issue in three years.
Posted 02 March 2011 - 02:58 AM
Well, I got burned by paypal a long time ago for $40. They offered no recourse although they said they did at the time. A phone # does provide verification and comfort especially for an expensive purchase. Someone wanting to sell something, especially with 0 ratings should be prepared to well, communicate!!
I also thought it was overpriced of course and offered less. Well I think it will be there until lowered or the economy starts to ramp up.
Me? I got a beautiful Vixen Sphinx mount used for a great price from a really highly rated fellow over on the other site. I got pictures of the entire packing process, all the documentation, I could want.
Ok, I think this thread could use a little light heartedness so Here's my buying a used mount rant from another post, to another brother with a sexy WO FLT98 CF! The rant could be slightly edited to deal with just about any product category offered for sale in used optics land.
Hi 10k.
I just bought a Vixen Sphinx SXD for my new mount. i was looking around at the Atlas mount. Its real nice, I thought, everyone on CN thinks I should get it, but I thought, I'd like something fancier! Something more classy, since i'm 62 and in a few years, I could be dead of old age or worse alzheimers, I wanted something truly supernova to brighten my twilight years. That I could list below my avatar for all too see!
****, I'd make a new avatar with photo booth of moi and my lovely new scope&mount.
I wanted a Losmandy, they are real nice too, but on a pedestal of money that I could never hope to reach. Any cheap one, just evaporates with a sold sticker! That leaves many who thinks they are made of gold and worth used, almost more than new! Then i realized that the manufacturer who no doubt makes a fine piece of gear had the gall to not even provide a power source with it. Well, now i knew why everyone wanted so much $$ for them. Many had long accessorized lists detailing turbo knobs, chrome plated lettering, beefed up this and customized much better that, all stuff that should've come with it originally for all that $$. Gee, it was like reading the bio of a hot rod at a car show. I suddenly remembered the motto of a speed shop where I got v8 parts from. "Speed Costs Money, how fast do you want to go?"
I don't know, but between the gall and the high prices, I started to lose interest and lost hope that I could ever find a deal, you know some poor young astronomer whose unemployment checks just ended and with a new baby on the way. Ok then, maybe a CGEM, but the CGEM is not exactly cheap either, then a touch of some common sense realized its huge and heavy, nope, not4me! I had to have something more PORTABLE.
Then along came a Sphinx SXD at a great, great price. It really got my attention. First thought was, what a fashion plate the combo of our beautiful carbon fibre scope and the gorgeous Sphinx would make. It will also carry my 9.25 plus an entire load of super expensive and heavy gear! Who cares if it works! Hey, I'd be the center of attention at the local star parties, meet girls and maybe get free lattes or a job teaching Astronomy for one of the local public school districts. All I had to do was wave that beautiful StarBook around, ruin everyones night vision, and the foolish ones who were not already grouped admiringly around me and my gear would be forced to come over and paying me $1.25 each to take a look through my big 55mm Tele Vue Plossl with original caps/box/sticker, mind you, attached to the bold looking WO 2" dialetric diag suggestively clamped tight to all that genuine carbon fibre refractor with hot pink, bronze and S/S trim.
Anyway, when the mount arrives next week, i will be sure to provide a new new post with a great BIG BIG 2bigabyte color picture with just a gigantic super-sized view of the newly married couple! I bet it rises to one of those posts that you see with all the flames on it. Man, I want to start a post like that, like one of those Sages. But my flaming post will be stoked by excited noobie amateur astronomers (some of whom could be girls) and older worn ones with carpal tunnel, still dreaming of a glimpse of heaven on earth, all eager to see the splendid new astronomic fashion plate and clap me on the back telling me what an excellent judge of mounted telescope tastey's I am!
These astronomy threadsters will all grovel before the oversized picture of my lovely carbon fibre APO and beautiful hitech mount with the colored candy controller. My small observatory will become an intimate chapel of optical love Love of the stars, technology, carbon fibre, pretty color schemes and tight polar alignments
OK I'm through.........
Swarovski SLC10X42 - the best!
ETX 90 -1st view of Saturn, wow!
ETX125PE bye bye buddy!
8" LX10 EMC 1st 8", Gone to Astro Heaven
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Posting #23 Father daughter tandem team
great event.
cross posted from another forum but I thought you might be amused.
Posting #23 Father daughter tandem team
great event.
Last edited by Al Bundy; 11-24-08 at 10:18 AM.
sorry, I revised the original thread to highlight the correct cross posting on the Socal forums thread (#23)
Mike ...we do quite a few rides and have debated the long drive to do this one on our tandem for a nunber of years, but haven't been able to decide if it is worth the effort and the challenge of so many entrants.
Hope you can help with a couple of questions.
What time did you actually get to the start and were you able to ride right off or did you still have to wait a while to be released? Did you walk the bike through both crossings or just the second...I assume both are dry or was the first one wet? It sounds like the hordes of riders were manageable from a saftey perspective or were you being kind?
How strongly would you recommend it as a fun Tandem ride..will you do it next year?
Thanks for the report.
Bill J.
Hello Bill
We arrived about 6am but after unloading, bathrooms etc. we lined up about 6.30 and waited 30 mins for the bell. Its a timed event so when the bell goes they let everyone go starting with the alleged fastest. We waited about 10 minutes before we started moving as there were nearly 4000 people in front of us. The first mile was very slow and then the road opened up and people began to sort themselves out. Getting there earlier would be a better idea.
There were a number who weren't really comfortable riding with lots of people, but frankly being on a tandem and habitually riding with singles you get used to this to some degree anyway, that said the people we ride with know our different rates of acceleration/deceleration, so it was more of a mental exercise than normal.
I only noted one with an Ipod playing and most were pretty with it when it came to shouting out a warning. We did make every effort to clear the hordes of TNT fairly quickly as there were definitely a high percentage with limited confidence and awareness.
The river crossings were both dry. You could have ridden through the first if it hadn't been packed with people and bikes. If you are in the front then you ride it, but the vast majority walk. The second you definitely walk or run and carry or push the bike.
We will probably do it again. Given the weight to power advantage we have over most people its often been hard work riding with others at the group speed and so being a timed event this is a good performance metric. Its not the most scenic and the food offering isn't great but there are many many spectators and all seem very pro the event. Its a big charity thing so many people come out and wave and shout. free massage offered at the end. Beer tent and festival atmosphere is good. Its also well worth the experience of going full tilt through red lights. For people who regularly race then its less of a deal, for the rest of us those aspects are quite fun....
There were some fast tandems out, but obviously we weren't one of them, that said I think at 8 Beth was the youngest `Centurion'. Rather less impressive is that we (and many others), got beat by a 12 year old - so we'll be gunning for him next year!
On the tandem question . . .
We have ridden El Tour 15 times on our tandem.
Depending where you start (109, 80, 66 or 35 miler) get there a minimum of 1 hour ahead of time. Does not pay to stand around shivering at 4:30 a.m. in the chill of the desert morning!
If you do stand around, stuff a couple layers of folded newspaper between chest and jersey . . . great insulation. Arm/leg warmers or vest, depending on your comfort level can also be used.
Starting any of the shorter distances, you put up with smaller crowd (1,500 starters at the 35 miler and the 80 miler usually has the least participants) and temps are much nicer.
Your timing chip does NOT activate until you cross the start line, so there is no actual loss of time; same at finish line.
Yes, there will be a huge crowd to navigate through; remember, everyone wants to be FIRST (not gonna happen!). First 25 miles and first river crossing will be close quarters/hectic. Riding a tandem, watch your corners . . . singles have no idea that we need a bit more space (ride with elbows out if necessary).
On the river crossing: dismount, carry the tandem (don't wheel it through the dirt/rocks). With our team, the pilot carried tandem while stoker ran along.
The river crossings have not always been dry, but usually are. If wet crossing: remove shoes/sox put 'em in jersey pocket. Hoist the bike and go. When you hit pavement DRY off you feet. with cycling cap/bandana. Otherwise sand granules will give you blisters after several miles.
The last 25 miles a few folks are a bit wobbly as they have overextended themselves a bit, so beware.
After 15 El Tours on our tandem, stoker Kay decided that was enough for her!
We rode many years as Bike patrol so we were in no huge hurry to finish.
This was my 25th ET out of 26 . . . missed one in the early 1990s when boss would not let me off work and threatened to fire me if I called in sick (nice guy?!).
Raced the first few El Tours (on a single) and on the very first one finished either 26th or 27th out of about 190+ riders and was one of the 'older' participants. Less crowded for sure with more stops but not nearly as well organized as it is nowadays.
There are loads of sag/potty stops. This year had banana, 2 brownies 1/4 orange and water refills. Bring own favorite snacks/gels/bars/drinks etc.
At ages 76, and 73 we still pedal on TWOgether!
Rudy and Kay/zonatandem !
Some stats on the El Tour de Tucson XXVI . . .
8,636 total riders
4,539 did the full109 miles
4 hrs 20 min 35 sec was the winning time
4 hrs 32 min 2 sec for the fastest tandem duo
12 hrs 8 min 39 sec was the last official finisher of the 109 miler
166 folks rode as Bike Patrol
go.azstarnet.com/eltour for some highlights


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Klein was defeated last year by Republican Allen West and has not closed the door on the possibility of running for the seat again in 2012.
Klein said he'll be working primarily from South Florida and will not be lobbying or registering as a lobbyist in his new job. He said he'll provide clients advice on dealing with government, with an emphasis on health care, financial services and energy policy. Before going to Congress, Klein was a state House member and Senator for 14 years.
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|JV girls' basketball scores two big wins
|Written by Holyoke Enterprise
HHS girls' jayvee basketball came away with two big wins last weekend, beating Haxtun Friday, Dec. 18 and Sedgwick County Saturday, Dec. 19.
Coach Arlan Scholl said the team is showing good improvement, and they did much better in free throws after a week of hard practice.
Holyoke JV 28, Haxtun 12
Even though the game started out with Haxtun leading 3-0 at the end of the first quarter, the Dragons kicked it into gear scoring seven, seven and 14 points in the next three quarters respectively, ending with a 28-12 final score over the Bulldogs.
Leading scorers for the Dragons were KrisAnna Ham and Heather Duester, both with eight points. Kaylee Groshans added four; and Annie Daniel, Emily Bradley, Chandler Gerk and Patricia Adams two apiece.
Holyoke JV 42, Sedgwick Co. 6
JV athletes were on target in Saturday's game against Sedgwick County, outscoring the Cougars in all four quarters. HHS finished the game with a 36-point lead and the big 42-6 win.
Duester led Dragon scoring with 12 points followed by Mallory Bennett with nine; Ham five; Bradley, Erin Vieselmeyer and Groshans four apiece; and Daniel and Gerk two apiece.


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I understand the problem is you have different passwords for Exchange Online and Lync Online.
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I havent tried yet, as I can't do it by my self, as I am admin, and may not reset my own pw.
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RALEIGH – Dave Telep's 5th Annual Carolina Challenge will be held at Ravenscroft on Saturday, March 26, and an Oakwood School basketball player is among the invitees.
Freshman shooting guard James Demery (6-4, 170) will make his first appearance in the event.
The Carolina Challenge is the signature event for the state's top basketball players. The top 80 freshmen, sophomore and juniors are chosen for this invitation only, one-day academy that not only showcases the talent in the state, but also emphasizes what it means and takes to become a college basketball player.
Players will be divided into eight teams of 10 players each for scrimmages, and will also attend skill sessions conducted by Denny Kuiper, a former Michigan high school coach and academic advisor for the Marquette University basketball program. Alan Stein, owner of StrongerTeam.com and the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach for the DeMatha Catholic High School boys basketball program, will be the featured speaker.
Last year more than 30 media members covered the event and the participants were showcased in front of multiple voters for the McDonald's All-American team as well as other state and national awards.
Previous Carolina Challenge participants include six McDonald's All-Americans, six Jordan Brand Classic participants, more than 20 NBPA Top 100 Camp attendees, and the top pick in the 2010 NBA Draft.
Dave Telep is a Senior Basketball Recruiting Analyst for ESPN, and his college basketball scouting service is used by more than 225 colleges and numerous NBA teams.
For more information on the event, please visit http://www.carolinachallenge.com. The event is free and open to the public.


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Baked potatoes
Crispy potatoes are roasted with a tasty spinach topping - with a delightful crunch. This makes a tasty side dish or a great vegetarian recipe suitable for the whole family.
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 clove garlic, finely chopped (optional)
- 1/2 cup pine nuts
- 2 cups Kellogg's Sultana Bran
- 4 cups baby spinach leaves
- 1 cup parmesan cheese, grated
- 1kg potatoes, boiled or roasted
- Pre-heat oven to 190°C.
- Heat olive oil in a wok or large fry pan. Add the garlic and cook 1-2 minutes until golden.
- Add the pine nuts to the pan and allow to cook for a further 2 minutes.
- Add the Kellogg's Sultana Bran and spinach and combine well.
- When spinach is wilted add the parmesan and combine well.
- Place cooked potatoes into a 20cm x 30cm roasting pan and cover with cooked mixture.
- Place in the oven for 18-20 minutes until mixture is slightly brown and potatoes are hot.
- Serve immediately as a side dish or on its own for lunch.
- This recipe is a tasty way to ensure your children get the fibre and vitamins they need.
- This recipe was supplied by Kellogg's nutritionists.


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Basis of Implementation. Implementation of SMS in the SMS Pilot Projects is based upon meeting the expectations for a robust SMS as outlined in the SMS Framework document (PDF). This document is supported by the SMS Implementation Guide (PDF).
Phased Implementation. Initial SMS implementation strategy follows a four phased process similar to that outlined in the ICAO Safety Management Manual (SMM – ICAO doc. 9859). ICAO, as well as other governments that are in the process of implementing SMS requirements favors a phased implementation process. The phases of implementation are arranged in four levels of implementation "maturity", similar to that developed as the Capability Maturity Model (CMM) by the Software Engineering Institute of Carnegie-Mellon University. This technique is employed by the U.K. Health and Safety Executive (HSE – equivalent to U.S. OSHA) as a safety culture maturity model.
- Level Zero: Orientation & Commitment is not so much a level as a status. It indicates that the Aviation Product/Service Provider has not started formal SMS development or implementation and includes the time period between an Aviation Product/Service Provider's first requests for information from the FAA on SMS implementation and when they commit to implementing an SMS. Level zero is a time for the Aviation Product/Service Provider to gather information, evaluate corporate goals and objectives and determine the viability of committing resources to an SMS implementation effort.
- Level One: Planning and Organization. Level 1 begins when an Aviation Product/Service Provider's Top Management commits to providing the resources necessary for full implementation of SMS throughout the organization (This presupposes a parallel commitment from the Certificate Management Team). Two principal activities make up level one:
- Gap Analysis: The first step in developing an SMS is for the organization to analyze its existing programs, systems, and activities with respect to the SMS functional expectations found in the SMS Framework. This analysis is a process and is called a "gap analysis," the "gaps" being those elements in the SMS Framework that are not already being performed by the Aviation Service Provider.
- Implementation Plan: Once the gap analysis has been performed, an Implementation Plan is prepared. The Implementation Plan is simply a "road map" describing how the Aviation Service Provider intends to close the existing gaps by meeting the objectives and expectations in the SMS Framework.
- Level Two: Reactive Process, Basic Risk Management. At this level, the Aviation Service Provider develops and implements a basic Safety Risk Management process. Information acquisition, processing, and analysis functions are implemented and a tracking system for risk control and corrective actions are established. At this phase, the Aviation Service Provider develops an awareness of hazards and responds with appropriate systematic application of preventative or corrective actions. This allows the organization to address problems as they occur and develop appropriate remedial action. For this reason, this level is termed "reactive." While this is not the final objective of an SMS, it is an important step in the evolution of safety management capabilities.
- Level Three: Proactive Processes, Looking Ahead. (Full-Up, Functioning SMS) Component 2.0 B) 2) a), of the SMS Framework expects safety risk management (SRM) to be applied to initial design of systems, processes, organizations, and products, development of operational procedures, and planned changes to operational processes. The activities involved in the SRM process involve careful analysis of systems and tasks involved; identification of potential hazards in these functions, and development of risk controls. The risk management process developed at level two is used to analyze, document, and track these activities. Because the organization is now using the processes to look ahead, this level is termed "proactive." At this level, however, these proactive processes have been implemented but their performance has not yet been proven.
- Level Four: Continuous Improvement, Continued Assurance. The final level of SMS maturity is the continuous improvement level. Processes have been in place and their performance and effectiveness have been verified. The complete Safety Assurance process, including continuous monitoring and the remaining features of the other SRM and SA processes are functioning. A major objective of a successful SMS is to attain and maintain this continuous improvement status for the life of the organization.


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And then there were 22…
When 2008 began, the Entertainment Software Association, the lobbying group which represents U.S. video game publishers, had 28 member companies. Several well-publicized departures, however, reduced its ranks to 23 companies by the time that E3 rolled around in July.
A glance at current ESA membership reveals that prominent British game publisher Codemasters is no longer listed as part of the organization.
While there has been no announcement from the ESA, Codemasters' departure must be a fairly recent development. The publisher of the Operation Flashpoint and Colin McRae Rally series was officially reported to be an ESA member as recently as E3. An ESA booklet, Essential Facts About the Computer and Video Game Industry, distributed at the show, lists the firm as a member on page 12.
Codemasters thus apparently becomes the sixth publisher to leave the ESA since May, following Activision, Vivendi, LucasArts, id, and Crave out the door.
We have a request in to the ESA for comment.
GP: There has been speculation for some time that additional member companies might leave the ESA after E3. Current global economic conditions certainly can't be helpful to the ESA in its efforts to retain members.
UPDATE: The ESA has confirmed that Codemasters has left its membership ranks. A statement from Senior Vice President of Communications and Research Rich Taylor this morning says:
We can confirm that Codemasters has decided not to renew its ESA membership. We respect Codemasters' decision and look forward to continuing to work with them on issues of mutual interest.


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by Data Domain
Sep 01, 2009
Download This paper describes the role of deduplication in the evolving data lifecycle, along with its historical significance. Industry expert Steve Duplessie explains how Data Domain has changed the status quo when it comes to data protection by reducing the number of products needed for operational and disaster recovery. How did Data Domain do it? And how does Data Domain maintain its leadership? Duplessie outlines key success factors with historical references to market makers such as Cisco, Symantec, EMC and NetApp.


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Fellow fans,
Hello from Whidbey Island, Washington, home of some of the best cycling roads (if not weather) on the planet!
I'm a career Navy Chief Petty Officer, with over 21 years active duty. Just got back from a tour of duty in Afghanistan and am currently back onboard my ship, the USS John C. Stennis homeported in Bremerton, WA.
I grew up in Washington and my first bike was a 1973 Schwinn Apple Krate. I've owned a lot of bikes over the years, and have ridden every one I've collected. Today, I lean towards Italian steel, but would one day like to own a mid-70s Paramount and add a Jack Taylor to the stable so I can represent the other side of the pond. Colnagos are my favorite - the first super-bike I ever saw. I am currently restoring a 1973 Molteni Super that will - sorry! - be ridden again as soon as it's built.
I discovered an interest - and subsequently, and aptitude - for replicating 70s Drillium about three years ago. I did this at first for myself, then for a friend - who subsequently suggested I come up with something different and list it on Ebay. Since then, I've trickled out things for myself, my friend and the occasional Ebay auction. Just recently, upon return from Afghanistan, I was contacted by a CR list member who was interested in commissioning a job. That turned out well and I did a second piece for him shortly after finishing the first. It's really just a hobby, but it's fun and if I can make a bit of money doing it, well who am I to complain?
I've always found postings on these forums fascinating, but never joined for whatever reason. I guess I just felt that now was as good a time as any. I always like looking at other's bikes; wondering what kind of background story is behind them. I certainly feel an affinity for any bike guy/girl who goes that one step further and personalizes their ride.
Be seeing you around! I hope I can be of assistance in some areas and gain knowledge in others.


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We are traveling down the same path. So here is the ultimate question - what about possession of the leased property. The landlord wants possession more than the past due rent and I want to avoid having to put them through the expense of getting a relief from the stay as I anticipate the debtor will fight and just delay it by 60 days. Can the landlord, in state court, proceed against the debtor for possession only without seeking relief from the BK court on the stay and then just wait out the conclusion of the Ch 13 to collect past due rent. TN has a 6 year SOL on contract so they will still have an opportunity to seek collection (secondary to possession) after the Ch 13 stay has ended.
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Want something fun that will spice up your white aisle look without breaking the bank? Try a pair of frilly, fancy shoe clips! These babies make even the simplest pair of wedding shoes look and feel special, so scroll on through to find the perfect set!


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Security Messages for U.S. Citizens
Risk of Assault on Morumbi Bridge in São Paulo
São Paulo, August 8, 2012
The U.S. Consulate General in Sao Paulo alerts U.S. citizens traveling to and residing in Sao Paulo that, due to an increase of "smash and grab" assaults on cars stopped in traffic on the Morumbi Bridge, the U.S. Government has advised all Consulate personnel to avoid this bridge if possible. If you must pass over this bridge, keep all items locked in the trunk or completely out of view.
You can stay in touch and get Embassy updates by checking the Embassy website. U.S. citizens are encouraged to enroll in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP). U.S. citizens without internet access may enroll directly at the nearest U.S. Embassy or U.S. Consulate. By enrolling, U.S. citizens make it easier for the embassy/consulates to contact them in case of emergency. Stay up to date by bookmarking our Bureau of Consular Affairs website, which contains the current Travel Warnings and Travel Alerts as well as the Worldwide Caution. Follow us on Twitter and the Bureau of Consular Affairs page on Facebook, and download our free Smart Traveler iPhone App to have travel information at your fingertips.
In addition to information on the internet, travelers may obtain up-to-date information on security conditions by calling 1-888-407-4747 toll-free in the United States and Canada or, from other countries, on a regular toll line at 1-202-501-4444. These numbers are available from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm Eastern Time, Monday through Friday (except U.S. federal holidays).
The U.S. Consulate in Sao Paulo is located at Rua Henri Dunant 500 and can be reached at phone number 11 3250-5000, "emergency after-hours" phone number 11 3250-5373, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com and website http://saopaulo.usconsulate.gov


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by Meredith O'Brien
I used to watch the Gilmore Girls [1] (still do in repeats) and coveted the relationship between Lorelai Gilmore and her teenage daughter Rory. My 11-year-old daughter and I have spent many an hour bonding while watching episodes of the show, talking about how we'd handle the various situations that cropped up between the Stars Hollow ladies.
Sure there were times when Lorelai and Rory fought -- like the time when Rory and her boyfriend got busted for taking someone's boat on a joy ride or when Rory temporarily dropped out of Yale and went to live with her grandparents over Lorelai's vigorous objections -- but they always found their way to back to one another.
There really hasn't been another chummy mother-daughter duo like the Gilmores since the show stopped airing new episodes in 2007. Surveying today's TV landscape looking for shows which portray the challenges, joys and frustrations of parenting teens, I discovered that none depict a parent-child relationship like I'd seen on the Gilmore Girls. In fact, many of the currently airing shows have robbed me of the gauzy comfort I once derived from watching Lorelai and Rory cozy up on the couch together while cracking wise about bad TV shows and eating piles of junk food without getting fat.
Take, for example, the freshman NBC drama Parenthood [2]. This show makes being the parent of a teen seem like a stomach-curdling, non-stop migraine of an impossible, Herculean task. It, frankly, scares me.
The "good girl," Haddie Braverman, is 15. In the dozen episodes that have aired, Haddie had pot and lied about it after she and her cousin were detained by police. She had a secret Facebook account, a secret boyfriend and a sexy bra for said boyfriend's benefit which she secretly ordered online (her mom Kristina thought it had been ordered by her husband as a gift for her). Haddie also racked up a huge cell phone bill, snuck to her boyfriend's house after her father had told her she was grounded, and got into a shoving match with her cousin at school which landed them in the principal's office. To cope with all of this, her parents, Kristina and Adam, have inconsistently vacillated between taking a hard line – grounding, taking away cell phone privileges, banning stuff – and a softer approach involving quiet, rational talking at night while perched on the foot of Haddie's bed as they attempted to be empathetic. None of it seemed to be all that effective.
Meanwhile, Haddie's 16-year-old cousin Amber Holt has been having sex since she was 15, a fact that doesn't seem to really bother her divorced mother Sarah all that much, neither does the fact that Amber smokes. Sarah seems resigned to the notion that she's lost control over Amber and reserves her "mom card" powers for what she considers really big stuff, like the time when Amber ran away from home to live with her deadbeat boyfriend, and like insisting that Amber will go to college, although Sarah doesn't know that Amber blew off her SAT test after learning that Sarah was dating Amber's English teacher, on whom Amber had a crush.
Things are no easier on the awesome comedy Modern Family [3] for Claire and Phil Dunphy whose 16-year-old daughter Haley has routinely been a handful. She's been dating a sketchy, dimwitted teen named Dylan who Haley allowed to sleep over in her bedroom (a fact she hid from her parents). Dylan unwisely sang a song, in front of Haley's whole family, that he wrote and dedicated to Haley about how awesome it'd be to "do" her underneath the moonlight. (When Haley's parents saw the music video [4] Haley and Dylan made to go along with the song, she was grounded.)
Near the end of its first season, when the entire Modern Family clan went on a trip to Hawaii, Haley refused to stop texting and talking on her cell phone, so her father Phil plucked the phone from her hands and chucked it into the hotel pool, that was before Haley went off with some kids with whom she'd told her parents she'd be getting some 'shaved ice" and instead got roaring drunk and missed her grandfather's birthday dinner.
Parenting teenage boys is no easy task, as Patricia Heaton's Frankie Heck has learned on The Middle [5]. Frankie and her husband Mike have been perpetually befuddled by their son Axl, who not only sleeps constantly and walks around the house in his underpants, but allowed himself to be led around by the nose by a girl named Morgan who repeatedly broke his heart. Against his mother's advice – flouting parental recommendations seems to happen with alarming regularity on TV (even on the Gilmore Girls) – Axl dated then got dumped by Morgan over and over again, repeatedly allowing her to talk him into getting back together and then adhering to her every suggestion. Finally, fearing complaints from Frankie, Axl resorted to hiding the fact that he was dating Morgan for the millionth time, only to have Frankie find out and wind up "accidentally" chucking a beanbag at Morgan's head when she'd had enough of her son listening to his girlfriend instead of his mother. Other than mediocre grades, snarkiness, being a tad slow on the uptake and keeping a pig-sty of a room, Axl hasn't seemed as much of a handful as those girls from Parenthood.
For 15-year-old Maya Bennett on Private Practice [6] things really spiraled out of control this season when her divorced physician parents -- Naomi and Sam Bennett, who spent a significant portion of their time this season building their medical practices and juggling a number of love interests -- learned that their daughter was pregnant by her high school boyfriend. Her pro-life mother, Naomi, was so upset by the pregnancy that she tried to force Maya into having an abortion against Maya's will. Maya wound up securing her father's permission to marry her boyfriend and then went to live at her mother-in-law's house. In the season finale, the teenaged Maya went into labor, got into a car accident on the way to the hospital (which wound up killing her midwife) and was nearly paralyzed.
Oh. My. God. Are these things to which I've got to look forward to when my twin 11-year-olds become teens? If so, I guess that the Gilmore Girls, whose picture of parent-teen relationships I'd hoped to emulate with my daughter, kind of made parenting a teen appear a tad rosier than it actually is, at least according to these new crop of shows. Not everyone's got Rory for a kid.


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Karur Vysya Bank today reported a decline of 9.5 per cent in its net profit at Rs 113.04 crore for the quarter ended December 2012 on account of increase in bad loans.
Its net profit stood at Rs 124.92 crore in the same quarter of the previous fiscal.
The total income of the private sector bank, however, increased to Rs 1,177.59 crore in the third quarter of 2012-13 from Rs 945.77 crore over the corresponding period last year, it said in a filing to the BSE.
The net non-performing assets (NPA) or bad loans of the bank during the quarter increased to 0.38 per cent from 0.29 per cent in 2011-12.
Amount wise, the net NPA stood at Rs 101.79 crore as of December 31, 2012 versus Rs 64.34 crore as of December 31, 2011.
For the nine-months ended December 2012, net profit of the bank was at Rs 391.74 crore from Rs 354.93 crore a year ago.
Total income during April-December period of 2012-13 rose to Rs 3,411.04 crore from Rs 2,561.25 crore.
Shares of the bank were trading at Rs 527.50 apiece on the BSE in afternoon trade, down 0.38 per cent from its previous close.


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Download the PWP_DC_2014_Application.doc
In this Problems without Passports program, students register for IR 445: U.S. Defense & Foreign Policy: Nonproliferation & WMD. This course surveys the broad spectrum of weapons of mass destruction, the international non-proliferation regime and U.S. policies and programs dedicated to preventing the spread of WMD. Students will meet with experts involved in the formulation of policy, including NGOs, think tanks, consultants, lobbying firms, Executive Branch agencies and relevant offices and committees in the Congress. Students will interview these experts on non-proliferation issues and learn first-hand how legislators, policy makers, and interest groups interact to produce and manage non-proliferation policies and programs. Back at USC, students will present briefings that propose solutions to the particular aspect of proliferation that they have chosen to examine.
Program Dates
Monday, May 19-Friday, June 27, 2014 (tentative)
Approximate Cost List
USC Tuition:
4 unit course at +/- $1473/unit= $5892
Check in on Sunday, May 25-Check out on Saturday, June 28 (34 nights)=+/-$1400 (tentative dates)
Students will reside in George Washington University Housing
Roundtrip Airfare from Los Angeles to DC= +/- $330
*Students in this program are eligible to apply for a Summer Undergraduate Research Fund (SURF) grant, for more info go to http://college.usc.edu/surf (excluding Seniors)
Application Checklist-All materials and supporting documents due by Friday, February 28, 2014 by 5pm in VKC 326 to Ashley Bonanno.
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Safeway Chief on Wellness, CDHP Crusade
Since implementing a consumer-directed health care plan in January, Burd, whose Pleasanton, California-based supermarket chain employs 200,000 people and operates 1,770 stores in North America, says health expenditures have dropped precipitously for the food and drug retailer.
A market prescription, Burd says, also is the remedy to the national health care challenge. In a presentation at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in early September, he outlined a four-step process: encourage healthy living, reduce wasteful medical spending, limit administrative expenses and lower the costs of terminal care.
Burd asserted that taking these steps would save about $500 billion annually in health care costs. He says those gains could be put toward extending insurance to the approximately 45 million Americans who lack coverage.
Promoting wellness is the key. "That's where the money is," Burd says. "When we discovered this behavioral stuff, I felt like it was the Holy Grail."
Although he doesn't anticipate Congress will tackle major health care legislation before 2008, Burd is trying to get his message to Capitol Hill now. He and other executives from pharmaceutical, health care and insurance companies have formed a group that is formulating a health care proposal.
For now, they're floating their ideas to state and national legislators. "We're talking to anyone who will listen," Burd says. "When I talk to members of Congress, I talk about the component pieces and what ought to be in there."
The group is not hawking a specific plan. But the principles it advocates include an individual mandate for basic health coverage based on the automobile liability insurance model, universal access to insurance and integrated medical, pharmaceutical and care management.
The system would be run by the private sector rather than the government and would rely on individual incentives to save money fostered by price and quality transparency. "What's lacking (currently) is a market mechanism," Burd says. "The market is a wonderful way to solve this health care problem."
In the time it has remaining this fall, Congress is likely to focus on targeted health care legislation. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tennessee, is pushing for a House-Senate agreement on a bill to strengthen health care information technology.
"It can transform health care in terms of cost, quality and access," Frist says.
Burd urged companies not to wait for Washington, but to go ahead with their own initiatives. He maintains that Safeway's consumer plan has produced an 11 percent drop in health care costs this year.
Nearly 43 percent of Safeway's 30,000 nonunion employees have signed up for consumer-directed health care. Burd says that deductibles for individual employees have risen $250 annually, but their out-of-pocket expenses have fallen 20 percent because the company has picked up more of the total health care bill.


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Visual/Digital Media 3
In this course we begin with an intensive study of three dimensional digital modeling and rendering techniques. Each student will build upon the graphic language that they have begun to develop as they explore their own individual techniques for representing spatial concepts and data. The graphic layout of large and small format presetntaions will also be topics of special interest during this class.