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SMALL businesses and their 400,000 employees are counting on the community to open their wallets to avoid a lean Christmas that may push some to the wall.
They've revealed their concerns about low consumer confidence and endless red tape in a survey as part of a new campaign - Shop in SA - to help energise one of our state's most important economic generators.
The survey of 500-plus small and medium businesses by The Advertiser last week found more than 80 per cent did not think consumer spending would increase this festive season after an already difficult 2011.
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The good news is that a quarter of businesses think the SA economy will improve over the next 12 months, and eight in 10 expect their revenues to either increase or stay the same in three years' time.
In a bid to bolster that optimism, The Advertiser, Sunday Mail, adelaidenow and the Messenger group of community newspapers are today launching the Shop in SA campaign.
It will encourage people to spend their money at an SA business rather than send it offshore by shopping online.
The Advertiser will give businesses free advertising space each Monday for a month, from November 19.
Shoppers will also benefit because businesses will be asked to offer an attractive discount in return for the free coupon space.
The Advertiser survey also found that in the short term, the biggest threat to the survival of small business was unstable economic conditions, coupled with a lack of consumer confidence.
Data released by the Reserve Bank yesterday showed a culture of saving across the nation. The household savings ratio of about 11 per cent is the highest it has been since the mid-1980s.
Business SA chief executive Nigel McBride said the Shop in SA campaign "couldn't have come at a better time". He said: "It's very hard out there in retailing - business confidence is down, the Australian dollar is strong so imports are cheap and online retail is taking off."
Australian Retailers Association executive director Russell Zimmerman said the next few weeks were vital. Some retailers generated as much as 60 per cent of their yearly revenue in the six weeks before Christmas, but a big jump in spending was not forecast. "It's probably going to be much like last Christmas - I don't think we're going to see huge increases in spend by the consumer," he said.
Changes to penalty rates, which were negotiated last year by former Business SA chief executive Peter Vaughan and Shop Distributive and Allied Employees Association boss Peter Malinauskas, have also raised the ire of businesses.
The agreement, which allows for public holiday trading in the Adelaide CBD, means that businesses elsewhere in the state, who do not benefit from that change, will have to pay penalty rates on two half-day public holidays - Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.
Restaurant and Catering SA chief executive Sally Neville has described it as a "disastrous" deal for her members and has said many would reconsider opening on those days.
David West is the chairman of Mainstreet SA, which was formed 15 months ago to promote main street shopping districts.
"The key thing about main streets is they have social and economic impact.
"You want it to work well for the community. It's not just the economic side, you want people to enjoy meeting each other, they're able to walk down the street and they know the shop owners and the shop owners know them."
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Laimbeer is best known for his days as a member of the Pistons' "Bad Boys." Laimbeer played for two NBA title teams with Detroit, winning back-to-back titles in 1989 and 1990. He finished his career averaging 12.9 points and 9.7 rebounds per game. In the 1985-86 season, Laimbeer led the NBA in rebounds with 13.1 per game, the fourth of six straight years in which he averaged 10 or more rebounds per game.
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Sometimes you see a great band and wonder why they have never been picked up by a label, especially when you compare it to some of the bottom biscuits that does catch the ear of 'the man'.
Luckily some have the gumption and belief to do it themselves, enter Brooklyn quartet Bear Hands.
Their American lilt combine with their exuberance and their choppy sustain devoid rhythm guitars to produce a sound mixing the energy of Limp Bizkit with the kookiness of Mercury Rev and the pop sensibilities of The Smiths. This is more than an Alternative guitar album laced with melodies.
Lead track Giants mixes raw distorted bass with break beat drum patterns and semi-rap vocalisations before swirling huge guitar melodies over the chorus.
Agora meanwhile moves from the delicacy of a barely whispered verse to a chorus bulging with the sort of overblown guitar treatments worthy of The Edge moonlighting with Simple Minds.
This release (now on a major label) does showcase a rich vein of ideas ultimately always overlaid with a smiling crowd friendly sheen.
Despite its title Bone Digger has enough pop sensibilities to make it onto a Prefab Sprout collection.
Distraction demonstrates that a DIY ethic and recording your album at your mums doesn't have to mean Lo-Fi obscurity, this album successfully combines guitar pop, punk and white middle class hip-hop influences. (7/10)


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30 Opposition Members Arrested in Iran
Iran's largest pro-reform party on Sunday condemned the arrests of more than 30 liberal opposition members as a political move aimed at influencing the June 8 presidential elections.
"These unprecedented arrests are an attempt to influence political participation and the will of the people," the Islamic Iran Participation Front (IIPF) said in a statement carried by the student ISNA news agency, cited by AFP.
The IIPF, headed by President Mohammad Khatami's brother, urged the voters to say "no" to those fighting the wishes of the people and called for a heavy turnout at the polls.
The detainees belong to the liberal opposition party, Freedom Movement of Iran. They were arrested on Saturday in the capital Tehran and in several other cities, said the official IRNA news agency.
It quoted a statement by the Tehran Revolutionary Court as saying that some members of the outlawed Freedom Movement of Iran (FMI) and counter-revolutionary figures backing this political camp had been arrested Saturday.
"The arrests of these dissidents followed the recent crackdown on the nationalist-religious alliance."
It added that the arrested figures were among those who tried to overthrow the Islamic system of Iran "through creating troubles and tensions in the society and cooperating with the opposition abroad." - Albawaba.com
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- Sopranino is in Eb
- Soprano is in Bb
- Alto is in Eb
- Tenor is in Bb
- Baritone is in Eb
- Bass is in Bb
- Contrabass is in Eb
There are others of course but I didn't include them on the list because they are very rare and not made or used anymore. These are the C soprano, C melody, the C bass, and the Sub-contrabass. The ones with the letter C in their name means they were made to be in the concert key, just like the piano.
Knowing which key your saxophone is in relative to other instruments is a must!
When we sax players play along with concert pitch instruments such as piano, guitar, violin etc, we must play a different note on our horns for it to come out sounding like the same note the concert pitch instruments play. Read on to understand the saxophone keys…
Why do they call it a Bb saxophone?
Because when a Bb saxophone plays it's written C it sounds Bb on the piano (concert pitch).
Why do they call it an Eb saxophone?
Because when an Eb saxophone plays it's written C it sounds Eb on the piano.
All saxophones are transposing instruments. This means that they are not in concert pitch like a piano or guitar. So when a Bb tenor sax plays it's written C it sounds Bb on a piano. Think about that for a minute. The note C is exactly one whole step up from the note Bb so whatever concert key your piano or guitar player friends are playing in you need to be one whole tone higher – they're in A so you need to play in B. If they're in E you need to play in F#.
If an Eb saxophone such as the alto plays it's written C it sounds Eb on the piano. If you study the relationship between these two notes you can see they are a minor third apart – C, C#, D, Eb. So whatever the concert pitch instruments such as the piano and guitars are playing in, the Eb alto needs to be a minor third (3 semi-tones) below – Concert E will therefor be C# for the alto, concert G will be E etc.
Why Must We Have These Saxophones Be Transposing Instruments Anyway?
You're not the first person to wonder about this question that's for sure! Ever heard of the C Melody Saxophone? Well, the reason it was invented after all the other saxophones was so that we could have a saxophone that could play in concert pitch.
Imagine, a saxophone that was already in the same key as the piano and all the other concert pitched instruments…no more transposing headaches etc. The C Melody sax conceived of in the earlier part of the 20th century, long after the invention of the original alto saxophone back in the 1840's.
Now whether you realize this or not, the C Melody is not in production any more and has been out for many decades. Why? Because it just didn't sound as good as the other transposing saxes. Just didn't work as well. I'm not sure about the scientific reason (if there is one) but you'd have to think that the instrument's actual size is important and related to this. The C Melody was a little bigger than the alto and a little smaller than the tenor and for this reason it just didn't work out as well.


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Balmian presents some low fi looks at their forthcoming Autumn/Winter 2010 collection. We're sure that the higher res will pop online soon after this. At that point, we'll be refiling this piece with some better imagery. Seeing as the line is completely killing it globally. A quick sampling of the Spring collection at Riccardi Boston shows that most of the men's goods are gone while the women's line is still in supply. Autumn/Winter should not slow them down one bit.
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Report: Wisconsin RB Corey Clement will return to school next year
Wisconsin Badgers running back Corey Clement has told his coaches that he will return to school next season, according to Jeff Potrykus of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Clement, who is finishing up his junior year, has only played in three games this season due to a sports hernia. He was considering declaring for the NFL draft.
In 2014, he backed up Heisman Trophy runner-up Melvin Godron, and rushed for 949 yards and nine touchdowns on 147 carries.
"He knows he can't leave," running backs coach John Settle told reporters after bowl practice on Tuesday. "I was relieved because as a coach you don't want to see a guy make a bad decision."
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Many Vanderbilt fans are critical of football coach James Franklin for bailing out for the greener fields of Penn State (very much greener).
Many Vanderbilt fans are critical of football coach James Franklin for bailing out for the greener fields of Penn State (very much greener).
I am not. He gave us three good years in a profession not known for loyalty, honesty and keeping contracts, be they coaches, players or dedicated athletic supporters. Some have been known to lie and cover up the transgressions of players and coaches (as happened at Penn State and elsewhere). After all, the money and glory are a combination hard to control, be it Wall Street, Main Street or Southeastern Conference football.
You think you are honest, but have you been offered $4 million and 100, 000 seats?
What particular honor should we expect from a culture which claims to have scholar athletes, but a study of the University of North Carolina, one of our more prestigious universities, discovered that 40 percent of their football and basketball scholar athletes could not read above the fourth grade level. At any big time football or basketball program, the result would be the same. Few players graduate and all think their future is professional sports. The truth is that less than 2 percent of them will go to the big leagues and the rest have wasted an opportunity to gain a useful education and have been used by the system.
The days when Bob Neyland went to the coal mines of Pennsylvania and West Virginia and offered poor boys an opportunity to gain a college degree at UT as football players, a time when they played football to go to college, not went to college to play football, and who became useful physicians, teachers, coaches, lawyers and business men, are long since over.
The whole system is today fraudulent.
If the purpose of college athletics is to educate young men, it is a failure.
Or it is solely to entertain alumni, students and fans who can read and write? If so, it is a success. The travesty is that the universities make so much money from TV contracts; attract so many students and the money keeps rolling in from old grads in gaudy sweat shirts, who bask in the glory of these scholar athletes who can't read, it will never stop. The system is bound to be corrupt and honor goes by the board. Keeping your word and your contract is so blasé.
So don't blame Coach Franklin. Thank him for giving us a few good years even though beating Georgia and UT this year was no big deal. But do fault him for taking the players he recruited with Vandy money and running. At least he could pay it back!
All this is to repeat what I have said before: Football and basketball should not be associated with education. Colleges ands universities should hire players for the amusement of the masses and the student body. They should form the lowest of the professional leagues and not be associated with our colleges and universities other than as team sponsors.
Schools could still have tailgate parties and cheerleaders, and honest schools who forsake scholarships for ball players,might continue to have athletics.
It might not be as much fun, but it would be more honest and fairer to the players.
Sam D. Kennedy is publisher of the Lawrenceburg Advocate and a former editor and publisher of The Daily Herald.


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The Riteway Phoenix have won the 2011 ACT Super League Men's Title, defeating the Woden Eagles 7-6.
The Eagles got out to a 4-2 lead at half-time, before the Phoenix hit back in the second half to take the one touchdown win.
The game started at a frantic pace, with both teams moving the ball from end to end at great speed. It took until the 10th minute for the first touchdown to be scored, with the Eagles' Daniel Scroope scoring in the corner off the back of some good phase play to give his side an early 1-0 lead.
A Phoenix player was sent for a period of time following the awarding of the first touchdown, and the Eagles were quick to capitalise on the fact they had an extra player, scoring in the 12th minute to take a handy 2-0 lead.
The Phoenix got on the scoreboard in the 15th minute, when Pat Bower showed impressive footwork close to the line to score a touchdown and bring his side back to 2-1.
The Eagles extended their lead in the 19th minute, with Matt Cooke scoring on the wing to give Woden a 3-1 lead. The Phoenix were quick to hit back, with Glenn Hayes diving over in the next set to bring the game back to 3-2.
But Woden wasn't done just yet, scoring just before the siren to take a 4-2 lead into the half-time break.
It didn't take long for the Phoenix to start making their way back into the game in the second half, with Cameron Stanley diving over the line in the fourth minute to bring his side's deficit back to one touchdown.
And they levelled the game up six minutes later, with Chris Tarlinton showing his experience and leadership, creating a touchdown out of nothing to bring the score to 4-all.
The Eagles hit the lead again in the next set of six, with a great long ball out to the wing to take a one touchdown lead, 5-4.
The Phoenix hit back four minutes later, with an acting half run by Ben Hughes resulting in a touchdown, bringing the score to 5-all.
When Hughes scored in the 16th minute, the Phoenix had the lead for the first time in the game at 6-5, and two minutes later they further extended this lead, when Damien Prendergast scored, with the Phoenix up by two touchdowns with two minutes remaining.
The Eagles hit back in the next set, when another great long ball saw Aaron Goode on the wing score, to bring his side back to within one touchdown. But the Eagles were unable to score another touchdown and the Phoenix held out to claim the 2011 Super League title, 7-6.
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Overcoming the difficulty of delivering therapeutic agents to specific regions of the brain presents a major challenge to treatment of most brain disorders. In its neuroprotective role, the blood-brain barrier functions to hinder the delivery of many potentially important diagnostic and therapeutic agents to the brain. Therapeutic molecules and genes that might otherwise be effective in diagnosis and therapy do not cross the BBB in adequate amounts. It is widely reported that over 95% of all potential therapeutic molecules do not cross the blood-brain barrier. To address the unmet clinical need to transport drugs across the blood brain barrier biOasis intends to license Transcend to multiple corporate partners.
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The government raised the import duty on bullion to 2% on value from the previous flat rate of R300 per 10 gm, and to 6% on value from R1,500 per kg on silver.The activity is muted today as the initial reaction to the duty hike is not positive, said Pinakin Vyas, assistant vice president with gold-importing IndusInd Bank in Mumbai.
Though in the short-term, traders and consumers may hesitate to buy into higher prices, the increased duty is unlikely to have significant impact on Indias gold appetite in the longer term, traders and analysts said.
Sometime later, people will digest the price rise, but the impact will stay for a week or two, said a Singapore-based dealer. India last raised gold import duty in February 2010. Its gold consumption that year soared 66%, data from the World Gold Council showed. Supporting the sentiment, the Indian rupee hit a two-month high against the dollar, which helps boost purchasing power of Indian gold buyers.
Premiums in Hong Kong and Singapore dropped a touch from a week earlier as bullion demand eased. In Hong Kong, gold bar premiums were quoted in the range of $1.50-$2 an ounce. Premiums in Singapore were about $1, down from as high as $1.30 last week.
There is still a bit buying on Wednesday, but from Thursday, there will be little business, said Dick Poon, manager of precious metals in Heraeus in Hong Kong.
Dealers reported some scrap selling in the previous session, as upbeat data from China, Germany and the United States propelled spot gold to a one-month high just below $1,670 an ounce. But the selling faded quickly, as prices retreated to lower $1,640s earlier in the day and attracted light buying in the region, dealers said.In Tokyo, gold bar discount widened to 50 cents an ounce from 25 cents last week, an official at a large bullion house said.China, the worlds second largest gold consumer, closes shop next week for a week-long holiday for the Lunar New Year.


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James Busby is one of the founders of Detonate, a drum and bass night that takes over Rock City four times a year and turns the place into a heaving palace of beats, bleeps and breaks…
What was the first gig you ever saw at Rock City?
I can't remember, to be honest – but the first dance gig I saw there would have been Metalheadz in 1996, with Goldie, Grooverider, Adam F and the like. I do remember practically living there all week when Radio 1 were there in 2002
What's the best gig you've put on there?
KRS-One completely blew me away. It was at the time when UK hip-hop was breaking through, and I was watching so many crews who did their sets in the same way. So when I got to see one of the true originals showing people how it was really done, it was unbelievable.
The first Detonate session at Rock City took place in October 2003. Was it a risk stepping up to such a big venue?
It was a massive risk! We were always looking to make the jump, but we were only going to do it at the right time. It was a big leap to go to a venue with a 2,000-plus capacity – we had to match our largest attendance fi gure at the time just to break even. It was a very nervous time, because we weren't used to selling so many tickets in advance and had nothing to compare ticket sales with. We had done multi-genre events before, but this was on a higher level.
And it wasn't long before you took over Stealth and the Rescue Rooms too?
Yeah, just a couple of years later we started doing all three for the Detonate all-day festivals. By that time we were selling out our Bank Holiday events, and the proximity of the venues made it tempting. We also wanted the freedom to put on more genres which the extra venues allowed.
What's your policy on what goes where at a Detonate festival?
Do you automatically siphon the name acts towards the Rock City main stage, or are the rooms genre-specific? We've always had the drum and bass on the main stage, and we tend to keep the more electro stuff at Stealth. Dubstep as a genre is massive at the moment, so it needs its own venue. As for name acts, we put them where their act is best suited; for example, one year we had Grandmaster Flash in the basement at Rock City – we could have put him in a bigger venue, but the intimacy of the place made it perfect for him.
How do your source your acts for Rock City gigs?
The nature of dance music and the power of the internet means that there will always be acts that get so big so quickly, and you have to keep tabs on everything and make sure you place them accordingly months in advance. It's a case of sitting back and trying to gauge what's bubbling up and what people are really into at the moment.
What are the biggest expenses?
It's always the artists fi rst, obviously. Let's have a look at one of the previous accounts… (rummages through papers) Detonate New Years Eve 2009… the artist spend was around £45, 000. So artists fi rst, equipment hire next, and then promotion.
What kind of riders are we talking about here? Are DJs less piss-takey than bands?
When it comes to dance music you're essentially booking one or a couple of people per act, as opposed to more in a band. The nature of the job also means that DJs are out the car, in the venue, onstage and out again with minimal fuss. You do get the odd mad one, though – KRS-One had a rider that went on for pages and pages,
detailing everything right down to the room temperature. We actually got a phone call from his manager two weeks before the gig stating that he was on his way, which threw us in a panic. Then we were told he'd actually just got on the QE2, because he hates fl ying…
So would you say being a dance promoter is an easier life than, say, someone who puts on bands?
It may be easier in certain ways, but we put on far more acts and lots of them can be doing up to four gigs in a night, so there's far more that can go wrong. We've had events on where I've known that six of the acts I've booked are stuck in the same traffi c jam on the M1, which is very stressful. Artists not turning up is always the worst thing that can happen.
At what point of the night on a Detonate festival do you stop worrying and start enjoying yourself?
Usually about five o'clock in the morning, when the last acts have gone on. I usually stop stressing around then. On a regular Detonate festival night, you'll have sixty acts to deal with. It can be very demanding. Making sure those that are staying in town are where they need to be is pretty much always the last job of the night.
Who've been the most awkward acts you've had to deal with?
Rahzel was a bit of nightmare – although with US rappers, you often fi nd it's the tour manager who is the real problem. Lee 'Scratch' Perry in 2003 was awkward, but in a more mad way; my mate drove him on to the next gig in Manchester, and they had to make a stop-off at Asda where he spent hours picking up everything silver or refl ective to stick on his outfi t. Girls hair grips etc.
So how does Rock City shape up as a dance venue?
For dance music, you have to judge venues by their vibe; some places have it, some places don't. For dance music – for any kind of music, really – Rock City definitely has it. The shape of the room is so well-contained; there's nowhere where you feel too far away from the stage. The artists love playing there; the crowd is virtually on top of you, and the noise that comes back at you is unbelievable. The fact that there are only a few windows available a year to promote at Rock City makes it a very special night for us.


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Or – "The Man To Whom James Howlett Should Be Paying Royalties…"
One of the most common reasons I've heard for not reading the Legion (after "Too Many Members!" and "Too Much Continuity!") is the assertion that their future is too bright and shiny, and all the various Lads and Kids and Lasses too well-adjusted and clean-scrubbed. While I can admit that there is a grain of truth to that, the Legion has it's share of darker types as well, none moreso than the man originally known as The Lone Wolf. Originally a supporting cast member, Timber Wolf was one of the first graduates of the Legion Academy, and after four long years, made his way into the Legion itself. As with many of the later period Legionnaires, his path has been a long and difficult one (in fact, he didn't appear in the first version of the "rebooted" Legion for almost seven years) and his look has changed more often than Madonna, but through it all, he's retained his strong sense of integrity, a fierce independence, and an unconscious ability to find trouble that otherwise should have left him alone. This is your Major Spoilers Hero History of the troubled-yet-noble Brin Londo of Zuun… Timber Wolf!
The story of the man who would be Timber Wolf begins early in the saga of the Legion, during their first run in Adventure Comics. The Legion was well established by this point, already numbering 21 members (though Star Boy and Dream Girl were ejected from the team at the time) when a routine mission comes up: a series of thefts on planet Zoon has the local authorities puzzled. At the same time, a mysterious hero shows up on Earth, stopping a rampaging group of camelephants at the Galactic Circus from trampling everyone. Even though the new kid has stolen their thunder, the Legionnaires take the time to introduce themselves, and Light Lass is immediately smitten…
And don't you just love Ayla's pseudo-beehive hairdo? It's futuriffic! Brainiac 5 points out that the mention of the robberies on Zoon threw him, and being a genius, he wonders if the superhuman strength and agility that Lone Wolf exhibited is at all related to the superhuman strength and agility that the thief exhibited. A wise lad, that Brainy… A team of Legionnaires heads for Zoon, and find Lone Wolf flying in a cruiser of his own. A mysterious blue beam lances out from the planet at his ship, but Wolf recognizes it as a portal to another dimension. He quickly uses his reflexes to yank his ship out of the way, but the Legionnaires don't have a pilot with his speed. When he sees that the Legionnaires are in peril, Lone Wolf does the noblest thing he can think of: he RAMS their ship to knock it out of the vortex.
Lone Wolf reveals that he's really Karth Arn, an android created by Dr. Mar Londo as a servant. They find and interview Londo's son Brin about Lone Wolf, and Brin tells them that Lone Wolf must be the thief! But wait, you say… Isn't Brin Londo Timber Wolf's name? It's like a weird alternate universe where Peter did something to keep Lois from falling in love with him, forcing the timeline into a different configuration where we have a chalkboard in the living room! Lone Wolf quickly arrives, claiming that Brin is the one who created the dimensional beam that nearly killed them all, but Ultra Boy takes Wolf into custody.
Karth Arn admits to stealing the jewels, and to wiping Brin's memory to make him think that HE, not Karth was the android (which Brin's new superpowers made believable.) You have to love plotting in the 1960's, folks, especially the part where the android has no fingerprints and the special ray that can suck spaceships into another dimension. With the truth revealed, Brin realizes that maybe teams aren't so bad after all.
The Legion of this time was full of romances (as virtually any grouping of late-teen to early-twenties kids would be, superpowers or no) and Ayla's crush on Brin persisted. Lone Wolf gave up his name (even going so far as to give his monogrammed jacket to Lenny Kosnowski) and instead started calling himself Timber Wolf. He even joined the Legion Academy, training to become a full-fledged Legionnaire himself. Some time later, when Tarik the Mute framed Colossal Boy, got him expelled from the Legion, and forced him to train the first incarnation of the Legion of Super-Villains, Superboy had the brilliant idea to use Academy trainees to infiltrate the LSV. Timber Wolf and Chemical King were falsely thrown out of the academy, and posed as criminals to gain entrance.
They successfully make their way in, but Colossal Boy recognizes them, and they're thrown in prison (though it takes approximately eight men to overcome Timber Wolf.) Colossal Boy, being blackmailed by a threat to his parents, is finally overcome by his heroic instincts, and the Villainous Legion is overthrown. Legion leader Ultra Boy is so happy with the results that he not only reinstates C.B., he goes a step further, and rewards Chemical King and Timber Wolf as well.
Once a member, Timber Wolf continued his romance with Light Lass (the former Lightning Lass, twin sister of Lightning Lad.) As with any young romance, they find roadblocks here and there: She's gregarious, he's solitary. Her powers are targeted, his are up-close and personal. He's been irradiated with alien Zuunium, she was shot with electricity by Winathian lightning beasts. He's an only child, she's a twin with a murderous psycho big brother…
This fight ends with Lightning Lad and Light Lass overpowering big brother and returning him to prison (though not before a lightning attack leeches all the red out of his hair, leaving Lightning Lord with his trademark shock of white hair.) Soon afterwards, Dave Cockrum took over the Legion, and being Dave, redesigned pretty much the Legion's entire world, giving some members their first new costumes ever, and streamlining T-Wolf's uniform. More importantly, he changed his features to a more feral, animal face to reflect his Timber Wolf name, including pointy hair similar to a character Cockrum would draw later… a character called Logan.
Apparently, between appearances, Timber Wolf was thought to have been killed, but he returned with a new face and a more animal attitude. When the Legion welcomes him back into the fold, bad things begin to happen, and Timber Wolf finds himself compelled to do things against his will. Things like kill Earth's president… The team finds that during the six months he was missing, T-Wolf has been brainwashed by Tyr, a mysterious overlord from another dimension. It is he who has been controlling Brin, but when Saturn Girl gets involved to try and save him, Tyr uses his cyborg gun arm to try and shoot her. The shot bounces high and strikes Timber Wolf instead, leaving him seemingly dead again. Tyr menacingly approaches Saturn Girl, ready to kill her, but he's counted Brin Londo out a little too Zoon. See what I did there?
Back in the Legion fold, Brin rekindles his romance with Light Lass, and returns to duty. When Princess Projectra is injured in combat, a strange and desperate plan is designed to save her life: a special machine is designed to transfer her pain to another Legionnaire, hoping that she'll be able to heal. Karate Kid heroically tries to take on all the pain himself, but even his great discipline fails in the face of such wilting agony. With the Kid out of action, his good friend Timber Wolf steps in to help…
Brin's animal side comes out, and he very nearly loses control of himself. (The Princess is later saved when Duo Damsel uses the machine, then separates, splitting the near-fatal pain between her two bodies.) Timber Wolf is one of the most physically powerful Legionnaires, perhaps not as strong as Mon-El or Superboy, but considered to be on a par with Ultra Boy (who can only use his classic Kryptonian abilities one at a time) and is the most agile of the team members. Known primarily for his physical skills, Timber Wolf is not without wits, as he shows when the space pirate Black Mace overpowers him and tries to use his Legion cruiser to escape from an interplanetary prison.
Note that Black Mace is wearing his flight ring… Brin sets off the defensive systems of the Legion cruiser, and while Black Mace is distracted, attacks as only a man whose body is filled with Zuunium can.
A better show of his abilities, you may never see. He overpowers Black Mace, and returns him to prison. The wits shown here aren't always in evidence, and as the series progresses, it actually seems that Timber Wolf becomes less sophisticated and resourceful. He relies more and more on his purely physical powers, and less on his prowess, and his tendency to revert to animal emotion gets him in trouble.
His relationship with Light Lass also changes as his mind does, becoming more protective, possibly even a bit possessive of her. When a problem arises with her incarcerated brother Mekt, (aka Lightning Lord) Timber Wolf accompanies her. The Legionnaires find their welcome a bit less than warm (the warden screams that he wanted MAJOR heroes, not two losers) and eventually imprisons Timber Wolf for a minor infraction. When Light Lass is kidnapped, Timber Wolf finds his patience for hardcase by-the-book police officers is even more limited than Arm-Fall-Off Boy's combat repertoire…
It's easy to underestimate him comparatively to Mon-El, Superboy, or Ultra Boy, but Timber Wolf's superspeed and strength make him extremely formidable and his unpredictable nature often makes him more dangerous than the most powerful Legionnaires. His romance with Light Lass weathers a great many storms, and it is she who finally convinces him to take a step back towards his humanity (though I'm certain that the sudden popularity of a certain Canadian mutant on the other side of the spinner rack may have had some input into this decision from an editorial viewpoint…)
Ayla's words here are eerily prophetic, actually, as not long afterwards, Chameleon Boy talks Shrinking Violet and Timber Wolf into an absolutely bone-headed mission infiltrating Khundian space. The mission goes bad, and Colossal Boy and Saturn Girl come looking for them at the behest of Light Lass, but all five Legionnaires are shot down. In a terribly funny bit, both Saturn Girl and Timber Wolf's costumes are destroyed between issues, and a terribly fun explanation for another new costume ensues.
I like the silly spikey belt (a terribly useful accessory, I'm sure, for a man who leaps and dodges a lot) but the steel Timber Wolf symbol really sells it for me. Sadly, Saturn Girl's pink bikini costume is gone for good with this issue, but even though she's not PHYSICALLY naked, Timber Wolf still gets to see more of her than he probably should, considering that she's married to his girlfriend's twin brother, and all, when he asks why she felt the need to come and rescue them.
Uh oh… I think Imra is having some trouble separating her OWN emotions from the ones she telepathically got from Ayla. The planet upon which they've crashed is freezing, so she and Brin huddle together for warmth (and the miniscule ice crystals debilitate their flight rings) and things ALMOST go too far. Thankfully, Dawnstar is on the case, and her tracking powers make quick work of finding her lost teammates, but her timing couldn't be more condemning for Timber Wolf and Saturn Milf…
There's no time to talk about it, though, as immediately afterwards, the Legion is attacked by the servants of Darkness, and finds themselves faced with Darkseid himself. The brutality of the conflict serves to make Light Lass even more emotionally distraught, and afterwards, she asks Timber Wolf to think about their relationship, asking him to make a fateful decision: a life with her, or his life with the Legion. After an afternoon watching the holo-histories of the Legion, (helping to kick off his friendship with Blok) Timber Wolf remembers what brought him here, and tries to explain to Ayla how unfair her ultimatum is…
The sad irony of the once-Lone Wolf forced to be a loner again is not lost on him, and Brin tries to lose himself in his work. He gets yet-another new uniform, just in time for the war with the new incarnation of the Legion of Super-Villains, (this one much more dangerous, causing the death of his old friend Karate Kid) but T-Wolf still can't get Ayla off his mind. His obsession, his change in personality and intellect, even his casual abuse of Blok start to combine into a realization that something is very wrong with Brin. When Light Lass regains her electrical powers, she returns to her Lightning Lass guise and Legion service, but cannot forgive him for choosing the team over her.
It comes as a lucky break for Brin when Karate Kid's last will and testament contains a passage specifically for him. KK had one last request, a specific wish that he felt only Timber Wolf could successfully finish, even with friends like Mon-El, Wildfire, and company. Wolf travels to Lythyl, the world where Karate Kid's father became the villainous Black Dragon, leaving a note behind so Blok wouldn't worry. For all the abuse he heaps on "Pebble-brain," moments like this prove that he really does value the friendship of the silicon Legionnaire.
The legends say that Lythyl's soil is so hard and barren that no plant can ever grow there, and thus the hearts of the criminals, thugs, and killers bred there remain equally stony. Karate Kid has requested that Timber Wolf strike a symbolic blow for himself and his long-lost father by planting a seed. His faith in T-Wolf is proven out, as most of the other Legionnaires would lack either the power or the sheer tenacity to pull off this mission. Not our Brin, who rips open the rocks of Lythyl with his bare hands to fulfill the request.
The degradation of Brin's mind continued, unnoticed by most of his teammates. As the Magic Wars rage across the galaxy, the Legion is too busy to worry about his mental state, but it becomes obvious that Brin is slowly re-enacting Flowers for Algernon. When the team switches to their strange and short lived "pockets" uniforms, it seems as though his mind has reverted to almost childlike levels…
The Legion's volume three is cancelled soon after, and when volume four commences, five years have passed. While Chameleon Boy, Cosmic Boy and others return to prominence, no sign of Timber Wolf is seen. But when Cos and Cham arrive on Rimbor to recruit Jo Nah, the once and future Ultra Boy, they find that one member of his gang has a strange attraction for them…
The creature, known as Furball, is something of a mascot for Jo's smuggling ring, acting as muscle, but operating on a mostly feral intellect. Fiercely protective of Kono, a young Sklarian, Furball joins the Legion by attrition, accompanying her and Jo when the team regroups. As the details of the team's breakup become known, we find that the Black Dawn crisis that temporarily cost Wildfire his life had other casualties, including Timber Wolf. Brin took a burst of some strange radiation, which combined with the Zuunium already in his system to mutate his body further. Furball, the team discovers to their horror, IS Timber Wolf. Even later in the series, when the effects are reversed, rather than leaving Brin healed the combined poisons overwhelm his system. Science and sorcery are useless to help him, and the Legion grudgingly accepts Brin's mortality. Enter Aria…
"I never told anyone about the pain… Wouldn't have been a man if I had…" Suddenly, some of the strange changes make perfect sense. Aria's reference to the "step between man and God" are a reference to the incredible power housed in her form, (and I can't for the life of me remember who gave them to her) but she doesn't have great control. When she tries to change the timestream to remove the Zuunium, she accidentally transports Brin to the 20th century, changing the nature of his powers and creating a new, more animalistic Timber Wolf form. His intellect is mostly returned, but his feral urges are stronger than ever before…
Ironically, though Brin's Cockrum-drawn form predated Wolverine, it is in this incarnation that he most resembles Wolverine (or, more honestly, Wolverine's third-rate knockoff, Sabretooth.) After a mini-series where he never quite caught on, Brin is returned to the 30th century. Legion history resets for the first time soon after, and Timber Wolf goes out as a Legionnaire (though he doesn't really distinguish himself during the enormous clusterschmozz that is Zero Hour.) Strangely, though the Legion reboot takes place in 1994, no sign of Timber Wolf is seen until 2001, after the cancellation of Legion V.4 and Legionnaires. In the new continuity, Ultra Boy and Phantom Girl (Apparition is a terrible name) have not only married, but reproduced. They are separated due to events beyond anyone's control, and PG winds up relying on a new friend, a member of the Lone Wolves gang (rivals of Ultra Boy's Green Dragon posse.)
Helping her survive on the mean streets of Rimbor, Brin even accompanies her back to Earth when interstellar travel becomes possible again (the Stargate system was destroyed at the end of Legion V.4) thanks to new Legionnaire Shikari. Brin is, as always, well versed in the way of hand-to-hand combat…
…but he shows a new side of him when it comes to the Ultra/Phantom offspring, named 'Cub' in a show of extreme cutesiness. Unfortunately, absentee father Ultra Boy both recognizes him as a rival gangbanger, AND isn't entirely thrilled with how close he is to U-Boy's wife and son.
Once again, timing is everything, as the Legion's history gets completely reset AGAIN shortly after, and the new reality's Legion has many major changes to either of the two realities. One thing that hasn't changed, though? Brin Londo is still very much the same: sardonic, super-strong, and more likely to beg forgiveness than to ever ask permission.
Initially, as in his first incarnation, Brin is a loner, and even goes so far as to clearly state that he doesn't even WANT to join the Legion. Later events have him working covertly for Brainiac 5, and when the menace that is Lemnos comes to a head, Londo comes out of hiding, and joins the Legion proper as Timber Wolf. Currently involved in a relationship with Princess Projectra (who married Karate Kid, the man he often called his best friend in the original continuity.) As for the original Brin, readers of my JLA reviews may recall that he is among the seven Legionnaires sent back in time on their suicide mission, and was involved in the awesome spectacle of RACING DINOSAURS against TALKING GORILLAS. That, my friends, is pure comics.
Timber Wolf may not have gotten the headlines in his Legion days, always overpowered by Daxamites and Kryptonians, outfought by mere humans, at the mercy of his animal natures and emotions. Timber Wolf chose the life of heroism over the woman who meant more to him than life itself, and while you'd often hear him complain, you get the feeling that he wouldn't have changed that decision regardless of the consequences. Timber Wolf's entire life seemed to come down to split-second decisions, running on instinct rather than intellect, but even in the shadows, he was never completely eclipsed. The original Dave Cockrum design is one of the best superhero designs in Legion history, perhaps in the entire DC Universe, and it's good to have him back, even if it's temporary…
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Surprisingly enough, Logan's hairdo was only made that way because it matched his helmet design. As no-one had actually seen under te maks before, they originally planend for him to be a moody, straight-haired, blonde, blue-eyed teen farmer.
Hero History! Awesome, just let me grab a drink and some snacks :)
I love these things! Hero History! Yay!
BTW, I have to ask if anyone has seen Bruce Timm's Legion and what they think of it?
Up until now, I didn't know too much about Timber Wolf. I was watching that cheesy cartoon on the CW and decided to look him up on line. I was thoroughly surprised to find out that this guy predates Logan by a good 9 to 10 years. Maybe it is like the caption says, that Logan should be paying him homage and some bucks.
He'd be an even better character if the cheesy, kiddie-like feel of the cartoon and the comic were somewhat phased out.
Actually, the Daredevil foe the Owl had the haircut before Timber Wolf did, and even wore claws.
Hya, Matt.
You wrote: "…The original Dave Cockrum design is one of the best superhero designs in Legion history, perhaps in the entire DC Universe, and it's good to have him back, even if it's temporary.", and that's so true! In fact, I'm sure that Timber Wolf's second, more feral design is one of the top 50, if not top 30 8or maybe even better) in all of comics, not just the Legion Myth or the DCU.
Though here's hoping that, with the "52", we'll get an ongoing series about the lightning Saga Legion, or preferably, the Bronce Age Earth-One Legion. If the current "Earth-1" is even a version of its old counterpart, that is…
This is a great history lesson for someone who has recently fell in love with the Legion (especially Timber Wolf.) Reading the part where Light Lass talks him into getting surgery for his face explains the hell out of why he went from originally looking so ordinary to AWESOME (i.e. the Dave Cockrum version) to looking like a meat-head. The only thing mentioned in this bio that I have to say something negative about is that Sabretooth also came before Wolverine by about 4 or 5 years. Otherwise, excellent job.
What, no mention of T-Wolf's drug addiction in Action Comics #378?
I totally agree that the Cockrum TW costume is one of the all-time best. It's certainly my all-time favorite. It makes me sad that we only got to see it in the Lightning Saga, since all of the Legion outfits got updated in the "Superman and the Legion" storyline currently going on in Action Comics.
The Cockrum Costume is awesome…..I always thought he made a better match for Phantom Girl then Light Lass (she is Violets match..:-)..but thats something else….TimberWolf in any incarnation is intriguing…….and now with 52 worlds…perhaps all versions of him will exist. Stay tuned….
Sabretooth most assuredly did not precede Wolverine! What in the world gave you that idea? Wolverine first appeared in "Hulk" #181 in 1974 or '75 and Sabretooth first appeared in "Iron Fist" in 1977.
By the way, Mr. Peterson, isn't it actually true that the Karate Kid costume you love so well, and of course it is terrific, is a Mike Grell design rather than a Dave Cockrum? It stands to reason that if it were designed by Cockrum it would have first appeared in an issue that he drew rather than a Grell issue.
Sabretooth appeared in "Iron Fist" in 1967, not 77. Look it up.
Sorry, Crimson Tiger. Iron Fist didn't even exist until 1974. And Sabretooth appeared in 77. Easy to look up.
Totally awesome! I am a hardcore Timber Wolf/Phantom Girl shipper because they're SO AWESOME together and Ultra Boy is a **. Great job! I knew a lot about his past, but this really clears up any doubts I had. Fantastic work!
Hellstone, you're right. I'm a jackass.
On a different note, however, Timber Wolf and Shadow Lass would be a great couple. Anyone else think so?
I wouldn't say jackass, Crimson Tiger, just a bit too cocky. :-)
Seriously, no sweat, I've done the same thing several times. Sometimes you're just so sure of something that you can't even conceive the possiblilty of being wrong.
Hellstone, your absolutely right. Thanks for being cool about it.
I suppose I'm setting myself up for a flame-fest, but I personally love the cartoon version of TW. The version from the Giffen era used to annoy the living hell out of me– they played up his maladjusted buffoon side too much for me. He was like Marvel's Beast without the compensation of a decent intellect.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it. :p
I once have this original DC Comics way back then, but it was destroyed by termites! I'm overwhelmed that I found this site, it's like turning back the time. It's GREAT!!!
Anyone know what issue T.W. had the reconstructive facial surgery?
Thank you, Mr. Peterson
I personally love the cartoon version of Timberwolf (And yes I know his name should be two words, I just think it looks cooler as one word :P) But then I've never read any of the comics so I'm probably Biased *Is trying to find somewhere were i can find the comics*
I think the cartoon version is extremely cute (Despite being hairy) and has a brilliant back-story, better then any of the three back-stories that the comics have (Correct me if I'm wrong, I'm working with very limited information here)
Let me elaborate, in the cartoon Bren Londo grew up on Zoon (I thought it was called "Zoom" before reading this XD) Which is a Planet that has a heavily toxic atmosphere (Breathing the air causes mutations) so all life has to wear protective suits in order to save their Bodies, sanity and lives.
I'm not sure what age he was (none of their ages are actually specified at any time in the cartoon meaning your guess is as good as mine) when his father, Dr. Mar Londo, took him and moved to to the Jungle planet Rawl so that he could conduct inhumane experiments on the local wildlife, his experiments with DNA left the animals severely mutated and powerful.
However Dr. Mar Londo felt that his experiments were never human enough. Conciquently his attention turned to Bren, but surely he wouldn't conduct experiments on his own son!!!" Wrong. Bren was (Probably forcefully) strapped down and Mutated into a large, werewolf like creature.
However befor the process could be compleeted Bren escaped into the Jungle…
Enter the Legion and the cartoon pics up the story from there ^^
I myself cannot help finding the romance between TW and Light Lass exceptionally creepy, because in the cartoon Ayla doesn't appear untill the second season and when she does she's like… 6 years old (I won't go into this here… it's complex)
Course i thing TW goes perfectly with Phantom Girl, Ultra Boy isn't even a factor as he doesn't appear… wait… *Thinks hard* Yea he does… but it's only once and it's only briefly…
Yeah, I'm not a TW/Light Lass shipper… I like Timber Wolf/Phantom Girl :)
Like I said, In the Cartoon the Idea is just plain CREEPY
You should watch episode "Lightning Storm" To see why
Elastic, you're thinking of "Chained Lightning." (S2) That's the one where Ayla appears. The titles are similar enough so it's easy to get them confused. I think that might be the best-done of the S2 episodes. YMMV.
"Lightning Storm," was S1, and Ayla didn't appear in it.
yes that's the one >< Thanks *Hit's self repeatedly* Stupid… Stupid… stupid… @_@
*Cough* yes… anyway… Ayla is extreemly cute in that episode ^^
And we're off-Topic we should be talking about Timber Wolf XP
Who else thinks his cartoon design is exceptionally cool?
Hero Histories rock! thanx for takin the time!
Outside of the issue where Timber Wolf "returns from the dead", he has never really been shown as all that great a fighter nor all that powerful. In issue #213, Black Mace pretty much kicked his ass! Brin got ONE good shot in, shown in your article. I just think that he deserved better use!


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Donna L. Schuurman, a national grief expert, will lead a discussion this month on how children and teens grieve and how we can help them.
The Shore Grief Center and A Little Hope Foundation are sponsoring the free program, which is 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Feb. 25, at the A.E. Finley Foundation, 1151 Newton Rd., Raleigh.
Schuurman is the senior director of advocacy and training and executive director emeritus with The Dougy Center for Grieving Children & Families, based in Portland, Ore. Schuurman will share how children and teens grieve and how we can help them through bereavement after a death has occurred.
Space is limited; pre-registration is required. You can pre-register through EventBrite.
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"I had intended for a very long time to celebrate my birthday naked," Richard says. He is forced by popular demand and perhaps by the crack in his, er, alliance to put on some clothes in time for the Tribal Council that evening.
Richard's days may be numbered. Susan seems ready to bolt the bloc, Kelly looks up for grabs, and now that the island's females have caught a fish, they've turned on him. Only Sean's alphabet-voting method which was very humane, sure, until it drew Richard's gang to Jenna like sharks to blood saved Richard's blurry butt this time.
"When my wife asks me who I was here with," said the politically incorrect Rudy, "I'll say a queer that ran around bare-ass half the time."
And then it got sexy. Colleen and Kelly lunging across the web of ropes, Colleen and Jenna plotting an alliance of their own over BBQ, Bud and smiles. Colleen perched in a tree, her tattoo showing. Women giggling. Women fishing. Women rubbing stuff on each other's backs. And that tantalizing shot of Colleen and Jenna, swinging in the hammocks? Those editors know what they're doing.
"I even thought about lesbianism, actually," said Rudy.
We all did, Rudy. We all did.
And so the saga continues. Will Richard finally outlive his welcome, now that the ladies can bring home sustenance (one fish)? Will Sean change his Swiss voting ways, now that he's been a Tool of Richard? Will Colleen and Jenna, frolicking playfully in the surf one day, give CBS the 18-34 male demographic boost of its life by looking into each others' eyes and...
Oh, that's right. Jenna's gone.
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The Grammy nominated singer was applauded for her full length Gucci chain link dress on The Grammy Awards red carpet. Vision courtesy: FOX8/ABC
WOMEN are using luxury products to send strong signals to their female counterparts to steer well clear of their man — and it works, new research has found.
High-end fashion labels including Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs, Christian Dior , Prada and Chanel are among the handbag weapons used by women to tell their female rivals to back off and not hit on their man.
Research from the Journal of Consumer Research in America found women use luxury products to "boost self-esteem, express one's identity and signal status."
The report compiled by Yajin Wang and Vladis Griskevicius from the University of Minnesota found females are fierce competitors when it comes to strutting their stuff and signalling they are in a strong, well-functioning relationship.
"Some women use pricey possessions to signal to other women that their romantic partner is especially devoted to them,'' the report said.
"In turn flaunting designer handbags and shoes helps women deter romantic rivals from poaching their relationship partner."
Testing conducted in the study found that women saw a man as being most devoted to their lady when the woman wore luxury products purchased by them and it put a sudden stop to other women pursuing the taken man.
Social analyst David Chalke said the fending off of women through the use of luxury products was "classic display behaviour."
"You can see this type of behaviour in African tribes, those who have more neck rings have higher status,'' he said.
"It's a display of status, power, prestige, taste and wealth and some of these things are generally nice things to have.
"We all display things, by wearing an item or having a watch it says what sort of person I am."
The report found people seek out luxury items as a direct way to signal their importance to each other and men spend up, because it will pay off — the women will flock to you.
"The tendency to purchase and exhibit expensive goods is known as conspicuous consumption whereby luxury goods and luxury brands are often used to communicate a person's wealth or level of prestige,'' the research found.
"Luxury goods are known to serve an important function in relationships for men by helping to attract romantic partners.
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Bruce Lunde sailed to national and international renown in the waterfront business through a series of career building blocks. With a degree in architecture, he worked throughout the Midwest successfully managing architectural and engineering assignments. He then learned project- and construction-management skills through employment at WE Energies (then Wisconsin Electric Power Company), modifying existing power facilities.
In 1994, he joined a firm that designs, constructs and operates marinas. Ten years later, his expertise led him to a firm specializing in landscape architecture and civil engineering. He was elevated to principal and expanded his work repertoire to include parks, recreation and municipal facilities. Today, he is a respected speaker and author on trends in the marina industry, and he holds specific expertise on issues surrounding the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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'Don't ask' opponents get a boost
Regardless of the top brass's skepticism, "this report is going to be perhaps the most effective lobbying tool that repeal advocates will have over the next two weeks in the Senate," said Aubrey Sarvis, executive director of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, a group pushing to end the ban. "We recognize that there will be some initial resistance from some of the chiefs, but at the end of the day, they have all said that if Congress acts, they will salute and implement this change."
Military leaders have emphasized that they will obey the law, regardless if Congress changes it. But conflicts between personal beliefs and professional obligation have led to awkward moments for military leaders.
Gates, who has long said that he supports Obama's desire to change the policy, shed more light on his personal opinion Tuesday.
"We spend a lot of time in the military talking about integrity and honor and values," he said in response to reporters' questions. "One of the things that is most important to me is personal integrity, and a policy or a law that in effect requires people to lie gives me a problem."
Legislation pending in the Senate states that the Defense Department would not have to end "don't ask, don't tell" until it certifies to the White House that the military is ready to do so. It's unclear whether that would take months or even years; Gates and other military and defense officials dodged questions Tuesday about how long the department would need.
"The president would be watching very closely to ensure that we don't dawdle or slow roll this," Gates said. At the same time, he said his "greatest fear" is that federal courts might intervene and overturn the law immediately, forcing the Pentagon to adapt overnight.
The 362-page report - based largely on survey responses from 115,000 members of the military - concludes that "the risk of repeal of don't ask, don't tell to overall military effectiveness is low."
While ending the ban would probably bring about "limited and isolated disruption" to unit cohesion and retention, "we do not believe this disruption will be widespread or long-lasting," it stated. The survey found that 69 percent of respondents said they had served with someone in their unit who they believed to be gay or lesbian. Of those who did, 92 percent stated that their unit's ability to work together was very good, good, or neither good nor poor, the report said.
Combat units reported similar responses, with 89 percent of Army combat units and 84 percent of Marine combat units saying they had good or neutral experiences working with gays and lesbians.
At the same time, the survey found that 30 percent of respondents overall - and between 40 and 60 percent of the Marine Corps - either expressed concern or predicted a negative reaction if Congress were to repeal the law.
Those concerns are "driven by misperceptions and stereotypes about what it would mean if gay service members were allowed to be 'open' about their sexual orientation," Johnson and Ham concluded in the report. Such concerns are "exaggerated, and not consistent with the reported experiences of many service members," they said.
About 28 percent of the 400,000 active-duty and reserve troops who received copies of the survey responded, the report said. The survey had a margin of error of plus or minus 1 percentage point.
The Washington Post first reported last month on many of the report's details.
Even if the bill clears the Senate this month, it must be reconsidered by the House, which passed a similar version in May. Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (Calif.), the ranking Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, said Tuesday that he also wants his panel to hear from top military leaders. Scheduling conflicts are likely to prohibit the committee from holding hearings, said a spokeswoman for the panel's chairman, Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.).
Opponents of lifting the ban said lawmakers should not vote before the end of the year. "This entire exercise has been done to lend support to the president's political exercises," said Elaine Donnelly, executive director of the Center for Military Readiness. Her group is preparing a report card on the report that will score its factual accuracy, whether it fairly included the viewpoints of concerned troops and how Johnson and Ham reached their conclusions. Lawmakers should take as long as necessary to review it, she said.
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The anti-fluoride propaganda train has hit Columbia in short order and made a whole mess of things, hasn't it?
The anti-fluoride propaganda train has hit Columbia in short order and made a whole mess of things, hasn�t it?
In it�s wake we see CPWS pulling fluoride from drinking water and only one board member giving reasons why and those reasons may seem sensible but logically they are not on a solid foundation. In the debate online at The Daily Herald website and in the paper there have been several myths about fluoridation; I want to address six of these and fight the fluoriphobia.
Claim 1: Other nations have taken fluoride out of their water due to health concerns, why don�t we? This is intentionally misleading. In Europe fluoride is added to salt or milk and in several areas water is naturally fluoridated. Many countries in Europe do not fluoridate water because of the fluoridation of other such sources. Israel is removing fluoride not for health reasons but because only 2 percent of the population drinks it and much of Israel is naturally fluoridated. In China and India they over fluoridated the water and ceased the practice
Claim 2: Removing fluoride from drinking water shows no rise in tooth decay ergo fluoridating water is not effective. This is based on cherry-picked data. In areas where water fluoridation has ended tooth decay has dropped slightly however in areas where water is still fluoridated tooth decay has dropped at a significantly higher rate. Tooth decay is the No. 1 chronic childhood disease in America. Tooth decay has been proven to lead to other health issues, including heart problems.
Claim 3: Fluoride is derived from fluorine which is toxic, ergo fluoride is toxic. When you add sodium to fluoride you get the same fluoride we have in toothpaste, and it�s a commonly occurring mineral. Sodium fluoride can be toxic, but then again over ingesting any chemical or mineral such as iron can have bad results and by over ingesting.
Just a short while ago some groups tried to ban vaccines because they contained trace elements of formaldehyde, however the amount of formaldehyde in the average vaccination is much less than an infant�s body naturally produces.
Also there is the belief that fluoride causes cancer and fluorosis. When fluoride had been added to drinking water agencies in the US and Canada found that there was no increase or statistical difference in the amount of people suffering fluorosis in places where fluoridation occurred naturally and where it was not available at all. The study in 1992 that states fluoride is linked to cancer has never been proven, was based on faulty research and is not accepted by the medical community at large. Simply because one study says something is simply an opinion and must be peer-reviewed to see if others can duplicate the study�s findings.
Claim 5: The FDA has never approved fluoride. This is misleading as the FDA has approved fluoride to be added to bottled water. The FDA can only exercise it�s jurisdiction on items that are sold to the public as consumer goods they have no authority to approve fluoride in drinking water.
Claim 6: Adding fluoride is not cost-effective. This is short-sighted. In Colorado the state discovered citizens saved $61 per year in unneeded dental expenses. In Texas the state saved $24 per year in Medicaid expenditures on children. Nationally citizens save $38 in dental expenses for every $1 spent on fluoridation, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
My sources are taken from The Pew Charitable Trusts, a non-profit group dedicated to bringing fact-based evidence to public debate on a wide variety of topics. These are just six claims, however, for more information you can visit www.ilikemyteeth.org there you can see several myths about fluoridation and evidence countering those claims fully sourced and laid out.
I would urge Mr. Mike Greene and the board to reverse their decision and continue adding fluoride to the water for the sake of those who cannot �afford to take good care of their teeth� as the more fortunate citizens of this city.
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Central London, United Kingdom, 2012/04/02 - AVOLUTION to present the companys latest release of its flagship product, ABACUS®, at the Gartner Enterprise Architecture Summit 2012 in London (14-15th May) - Avolution.eu.
Building on the companys achievements to date in which over 1,000 customers in more than 75 countries are now using ABACUS, the new 4.0 release will further strengthen the products application in its key solution areas: IT Strategic Planning; IT Portfolio Management (ITPM); IT Service Management (ITSM); Business Process Management (BPM); Business Intelligence (BI); Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC); and Enterprise Architecture (EA).
ABACUS enables a complete enterprise model to be created across people, processes and technology, and for sophisticated analysis techniques to be performed that can define optimal investment paths and guide IT strategy. The forthcoming 4.0 release will introduce a broad range of new features, including Catalogue management for round-tripping (import / export) with MS Excel spreadsheets and MS SharePoint lists, which automates and speeds the data collection process and integrates Enterprise Architecture with other core IT management practices.
ABACUS 4.0 is available as a beta release now to ABACUS Beta Program members and will shortly be available for open download with a 30-day Trial license from the Avolution website.
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Avolution (avolution.eu) provides the ABACUS® solution which is unique to the enterprise modelling space in that it can create multiple solution alternatives (architectures) and then run various simulations (Discrete Event, Monte Carlo etc) against each alternative for metrics such as Performance, Cost and Availability. In so doing it can recommend the optimal path for investment, with predictive and quantitative certainty.
Build any number of solution alternatives and views, all according to a completely flexible meta-model, importing from MS Visio, MS Excel and many other formats.
Analyse your architecture(s) for metrics such as; Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), Performance, Availability, Agility and many more.
View the architecture(s) and the results of any evaluation using advanced techniques such as; 3D, heat maps, timelines, lifecycles, capability spaces and trade-off diagrams.
About Gartner Enterprise Architecture Summit 2012
A unique confluence of disruptive trends from the nexus of cloud, social, big data and mobile technologies provide an unprecedented opportunity for enterprise architecture (EA) practitioners to deliver business value from EA differently than ever before. The Summit can help organisations navigate the nexus of change to deliver business value, growth and transformation, but also master their core EA competencies that are essential for EA success. Gartner analysts will also discuss the future of EA and how to leverage leading edge EA practices in the enterprise. For further information about the Enterprise Architecture Summit 2012 taking place on 14-15 May, in London, please visit gartner.com/eu/ea. You can also follow the event on Twitter at twitter.com/Gartner_inc using #GartnerEA.
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