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Waiting for Mr. Right, Princess Charming at Price Waterhouse, tales of a real tough Congressman. TAKING LEAVE
(FORTUNE Magazine) – Talk about serendipity. We have just spent hours hovering over the congressional debate on ''family leave'' and come away with one genuinely interesting fact: Jim Bunning hit 160 batters during his major league pitching career, vs. 40 for Juan Marichal. To appreciate Bunning's stat, you have to know that terrible-tempered Juan was considered quite scary in his days with the San Francisco Giants. The debate would have been hilarious if only it weren't so boring. Object of the bill, now passed by the House of Representatives: to create some new federal entitlements without adding to the federal deficit. Solution: a new right of private-sector employees to 12 weeks of unpaid leave any time a child comes into the family or some medical emergency arises. The proposal is coming at you with a lot of heavy breathing about the importance of preserving the family. Our very own solon, liberal Republican Bill Green of New York, quoted from the 1988 party platform in an immensely silly effort to prove that Bush was logically required to sign the legislation because the platform says children need parents or something. The bill's proponents represent that it is at once incredibly cheap -- only $5 per employee per year -- and staggeringly important. Both propositions are wobbly. The $5 figure refers only to the cost of providing health insurance for nonworking employees; but, of course, the main costs to companies would be those associated with temporary replacements for the workers on leave. The legislation would be important only to the few employees who (a) work for companies that do not already provide leave and (b) are in a position to go for weeks without pay. And, like all legislation mandating particular benefits, it comes with a hidden cost: the loss of alternative benefits that might have been better tailored to the needs of the company's particular work force. To be sure, the free-lunchers pushing the bill do not acknowledge that employers' resources are finite. When we found Representative Bunning of Kentucky making some of the above points in the May 10 House debate, it suddenly struck us that he might actually be the chap who once pitched for the Tigers, Phillies, and others (and is mainly famous for throwing no-hitters in both major leagues). Looking him up in the Almanac of American Politics, we found that the Congressman was indeed old Jim. It was also the Almanac that supplied those gripping details about hit batsmen. Their political significance eludes us -- or possibly the authors were saying this is about what you would expect from a hard-nosed conservative. (Bunning's American Conservative Union rating: a perfect 100. His ADA rating: 0.) Reading over the congressional arguments for the family leave bill, you could wish he had a ball in his hand again.


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Continued output of the SUVs is key to building Jeep's global presence and responding to customer demand.
'14 Grand Cherokee line to keep rolling.
Two Jeep plants and the facility assembling the SRT Viper will remain open through the summer, Chrysler says today.
The auto maker says most of its North American plants will have brief summer shutdowns. The exceptions are the Jefferson North Assembly Plant in Detroit, which produces the Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango; Toledo (OH) North, home of the Jeep Wrangler; and Conner Ave. Assembly in Detroit, which builds the low-volume Viper supercar.
The Grand Cherokee and Wrangler are keys to long-term international success for the Fiat-Chrysler partnership. The Grand Cherokee is new '14 but both are sold worldwide as CEO Sergio Marchionne boosts Jeep's global presence.
Viper orders are rising each month as production begins to ramp up.
Chrysler also announces all of its engine and transmission plants will remain open throughout the summer except one of its Kokomo, IN, facilities.
Plants that will shut down will be closed for improvements enhancing future production, Chrysler says.
One-week closures affect Chrysler's Toledo (OH) Supplier Park and plants in Belvidere, IL; Toluca, Mexico; and Saltillo, Mexico. Shutting down for two weeks are factories in Sterling Heights, MI; Warren, MI; Windsor, ON, Canada; and Brampton, ON, Canada.

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A new, fourth generation of nuclear reactors—the General Atomics GT-MHR and the South African PBMR—is ready to replace the standard reactors that have been producing power for 40 years. These new high-temperature reactors are almost 50 percent more efficient than conventional nuclear reactors, and supersafe.
To understand why, we'll first review some basics of how a nuclear chain reaction is brought about and how it is controlled, so as to produce the heat that turns a turbine to generate electricity.
Fission is the splitting of the atomic nucleus of heavy elements, such as uranium, producing a quantity of heat (in the form of fast-moving particles), that is thousands of times greater than that obtained from burning an equivalent amount of coal, oil, or natural gas.1 The possibility of uranium fission, suspected by scientists for some years before, was definitively established in 1939. It was recognized right away, that such a great source of energy could serve as a peaceful energy source—or, as a powerful weapon.
When uranium fissions, each nucleus divides into two or more lighter elements (Figure 1). The fission is initiated when the uranium nucleus captures a neutral particle, called a neutron, which has been ejected by another atomic nucleus. The fission process is very fast; after a neutron is freed, it stays that way only for about 1/10,000 of a second. What makes fission so unique as a source of energy is the way it can multiply.
In fissioning, each uranium nucleus gives off two or more neutrons. This means that once the fission process is initiated, it can continue by itself, as the neutrons from each fissioned uranium nucleus trigger new fissions in nearby nuclei. This process is called a nuclear chain reaction.
Figure 1
When a neutron hits a uranium-235 nucleus, the nucleus splits apart, producing two fission fragments of lighter elements, and two or three new neutrons.
The "235" in U-235 refers to the number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus. The 92 elements are listed by the number of protons in their nuclei, from hydrogen, which has 1, to uranium, which has 92. The mass number of the element is the sum of its protons and neutrons, which, in the case of fissionable uranium is 235, and in the case of nonfissionable uranium, 238. Each atom of an element has an equal number of protons (which are positively charged), and electrons (which are negatively charged), but the electrons are so tiny as to be counted as zero weight.
Chain Reactions
The first nuclear chain reaction was achieved during the wartime Manhattan Project, in December 1942. The reactor was called an atomic pile, because it was constructed with piles of graphite bricks (40,000 of them) and pellets of uranium, in what had been an underground squash court at the University of Chicago. (See Figure 2.) This was a controlled chain reaction. Nothing exploded, but heat was produced—about enough to boil a teakettle of water.
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This first U.S. "reactor," produced a nuclear chain reaction on Dec. 2, 1942. A circular pattern of bricks of graphite (the moderator) were stacked up in layers. Alternate layers had holes drilled in them to contain uranium pellets. The control rods consisted of strips of cadmium, which were removed by hand. The shape of the pile was intended to be as close to spherical as possible, in order to capture more neutrons (by minimizing the surface-to-volume ratio).
Once the Manhattan Project scientists had proved that it was possible to create a chain reaction, they tackled the more difficult task of producing a nuclear bomb.
The principle of the bomb is the opposite of that of a power reactor. In the bomb, the object is to compress the nuclear fuel, surround it with explosives in a properly shaped geometry, and force the entire, hyperdense critical mass into fissioning all at once—with 280 fissions per second, in a superfast chain reaction.
In a controlled chain reaction, the configuration of uranium fuel must also achieve a critical mass. This is the amount and arrangement of uranium necessary to assure that the number of neutrons that cause fissions in other nuclei of uranium, will be greater than the number of neutrons that escape, or are captured, without fissioning. The critical mass depends on the amount of uranium, its purity, and its geometrical arrangement. (Impurities—atoms of other elements—can capture neutrons without fissioning.)
In the simplest case, it is a matter of having a large enough mass of fissionable uranium, so that the neutrons produced don't all escape, or get captured by non-fissionable uranium and other elements, but will bump into other fissionable uranium nuclei and cause new fissions. Remember, the neutrons are neutral particles, and can whiz through the empty spaces in atoms, missing the uranium nuclei, and escaping from the mass of uranium. Critical mass involves a surface-to-volume ratio; where this ratio is minimized (as in a spherical arrangement), more fissions are likely to occur. The objective is to give neutrons less surface area from which to escape without fissioning. (In the Manhattan Project, Enrico Fermi experimented at first by bringing two lumps of uranium together, to see when it began heating up. From there, he moved to larger piles of uranium.)
Managing Neutrons
To sustain a chain reaction, each nucleus that undergoes fission must produce at least one neutron that will cause another nucleus to fission. The ratio of the number of neutrons in any one generation that fission, to the number of fissioning neutrons in the preceding generation is called the multiplication factor. The multiplication factor has to be more than 1.
The probability that a neutron will penetrate a nucleus to cause fission is known as the cross section of the element, and, given the sense of humor of Manhattan Project scientists, cross sections are measured in units called barns (one barn is 10-24 square centimeters—that's a trillion-trillionth). It comes from the fact that, relatively speaking, some isotopes (like U-235) are as easy to hit as the side of a barn, compared to more difficult target isotopes.
It is possible to configure the uranium in many different ways, including very small fuel particles, arranged in such a way that the free neutrons will trigger other fissions, at a desired rate. Different reactor designs are possible, in which a controlled nuclear chain reaction is able to produce a steady and continuous amount of power, using a (comparatively) very small amount of fuel (see Note 1).
In the nuclear power reactor, depending on its type, natural uranium, or slightly enriched (3 to 5 percent) uranium is used as the fuel. The uranium ore found in nature is made up mostly of the non-fissionable isotope known as U-238. The isotope of uranium which fissions easily is U-235. But, in a sample of natural uranium ore, there is only 1 atom of the fissionable isotope present for every 140 atoms of the non-fissionable isotope. To make a bomb, the natural uranium must be "enriched" to greatly increase the ratio of fissionable U-235 to U-238.2
When uranium fissions, neutrons are produced very fast—in a ten-thousandth of a second. You might think that fast neutrons are the ones to produce fission first, but it doesn't work that way. It was found that fast neutrons tend to be "captured," without fissioning, by the U-238. It was only the slower neutrons that caused the U-235 to fission.
The problem then becomes, how to slow down enough of the speeding neutrons to cause enough fissions in order to sustain a controllable chain reaction. Part of the solution, arrived at during the Manhattan Project, was to combine the fuel with what is called a moderator, a lighter element of low density, so that neutrons could bounce off it and slow down, without getting captured or escaping.
For even more control of the reaction, lighter elements (like boron or cadmium) were formed into rods, which could be inserted into the reactor core to "control" the reaction rate, by absorbing neutrons. During the Manhattan Project, it was also discovered that certain proportions of fuel, and geometries of arrangement of the fuel, changed the rate of the fission reaction, by making it easier for the neutrons to cause more fissions.
What is required, however, is not only more fissions, but just the right amount to produce a steady reaction at the desired rate. Think of the problem this way: If each fission successfully produced 2 or 3 new successful fissions, the rate of fissions would multiply hundreds of times in a fraction of a second. More gradual rates are needed for a controlled reaction. . . .
The Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR), now under development by the South African company Eskom, is shown here with its main power system and support systems.
As described in the Nuclear Report, the PBMR and its cousin, the General Atomics GT-MHR, are both helium-cooled high-temperature reactors with direct-cycle gas turbines, which eliminate the conventional steam cycle. These reactors encase the nuclear fuel in tiny ceramic spheres (instead of the familiar domed containment buildings of conventional nuclear plants).
The two designs have inherent and passive safety features, which make them meltdown proof: In brief, the reactor's design prevents it from getting hot enough to split open the fuel particles. If there is a coolant failure, the reactor shuts down on its own, without any human intervention necessary.
The major differences in the PBMR and GT-MHR designs are in the type of fuel assembly, and the amount of power produced. The fuel for the GT-MHR is shaped into rods, while the PBMR fuel is fashioned into tennis-ball-sized "pebbles." The PBMR is 112 megawatts electric, while the GT-MHR is 285 MWe.
PBMR fuel consists of tiny particles of uranium oxide, coated with layers of ceramics and silicon carbide, forming an impenetrable barrier, which contains the fuel. The particles are then mixed with graphite and molded into pebbles, about 310,000 of which fill the reactor vessel. An additional 120,000 graphite balls serve as moderator.
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I have a PC with a broken hard disk. I want to boot it from my external USB hard disk. I created a 30 GB ext3 partition on the disk for '/' and 3 GB for swap. I tried installing Ubuntu, Linux mint and PCLinuxOS, but the installation always gets stuck at 'copying files' (I even tried keeping it overnight).
The disk is GPT formatted and has other partitions containing important back ups from my other computer (so I cannot re-format it). My computer (broken) is capable of booting from USB disks. So is there any other way?
I will be using the computer just for downloading stuff and most of the times it will be un-attended. So can I boot from a LiveUSB and save my data and sessions/settings on the USB hard disk? Or is there a better solution?
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The RTP Awards was instituted in 2011 and this year's edition will be the 6th edition and we have billed Africa's biggest Dancehall King, Shatta Wale as the Headline Artist for the 2016 edition. Supported by acts like Okomfo Kwadea, DKB (Ghana's King of Comedy), Lexzy the Comic and OB, who are all comedians. It will be a night of Awards, Music and Comedy.


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How woiuld the Democrats deal with the expected multi-billion dollar budget shortfall facing lawmakers in the next legislative session and address economic woes?
White said he has experience as Houston mayor bringing businesses to the city, but also said, "I do not think the governor of Texas has control over the global economy," suggesting that's a difference between him and Shami.
Shami, who heads a billion-dollar hair-products company and cited his work experience, said, "When I'm the governor, everybody's going to go to work."
As for balancing the budget, Shami promised, "I will balance the budget in the first year… I will cut special interest groups."
Then, he went on, "I would increase revenues. That's how you balance a budget… and you cut waste. I will balance the budget immediately."
And how would he increase revenues? "Jobs, jobs, jobs. … Bring jobs back" from overseas.
White wasn't quite as expansive but also not detailed: "I will fund the priorities" which he said are public education, higher education and job training.
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Jessica Schwartz and John King were united in marriage during a wedding ceremony held Aug. 25, 2012, in Stambaugh Auditorium's Christman Room in Youngstown.
Officiating the couple's afternoon ceremony was Pastor Joel Dickson.
Cocktail hour and reception were held following the ceremony in the Grand Ballroom at Stambaugh Auditorium.
The bride is the daughter of Daniel and Pamela Schwartz of Johnston. Parents of the groom are John and Ellie King of Bristolville.
Karla Vasconcellos was maid of honor. Sisters of the bride Stephanie Schwartz, Kristen Schwartz, Elizabeth Schwartz and Danielle Schwartz served as bridesmaids, along with friends of the bride Shanae Timko and Ashshena Stephens. Vivian Schwartz, cousin of the bride, served as flower girl.
Performing the duties of best man was Craig Giesy. Groomsmen were friends of the groom Ron Swiger, David Whitt, Jim Fridley and Ray Cox, and Aaron Schwartz, brother of the bride. Ben Horvat, cousin of the bride, served as ring bearer.
The new Mrs. King is a 2010 graduate of Penn State University with a bachelor of science degree in agricultural and biological engineering and a minor in environmental engineering. She will graduate in December with her master of science degree in horticulture and crop science.
Mr. King attended Youngstown State University, where he studied business. He is employed as the bookkeeper and office manager at Schwartz Farms in Cortland.
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MIT150 Symposia: Conquering Cancer through the Convergence of Science and Engineering Symposium
As our faculty and students begin to chart the next course in cancer research, we celebrate the unique role they have played in its history and illustrated how and why MIT researchers are converging their disciplines to conquer cancer.
A series of moderated panel discussions — including top biologists, leading clinical experts, technologists, and biomedical engineers — engaged the audience in exploration of three topics:
What were the defining (and teaching) moments in the first three decades of the War on Cancer? How is convergence changing the cancer research paradigm at MIT? What clinical results can we expect to come from the deployment of new approaches to cancer research?
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SUNDERLAND can expect to face bogey side Everton next in the FA Cup if they overcome Bolton in their third round replay next Tuesday (7.45pm).
The Black Cats – or Bolton – were drawn at home in the fourth round to either Everton or Cheltenham, who meet tonight with the League Two side having home advantage.
In-form Everton are overwhelming favourites to make progress.
And should Sunderland beat Bolton next Tuesday, then the Black Cats will have the chance to ease the pain of Martin O'Neill's worst moment as Sunderland manager.
He was devastated at his side's failure to perform against the Toffeemen in last year's FA Cup quarter-final. His side had produced stirring performances to get past Peterborough, Arsenal and Middlesbrough to reach the last eight and cup fever was building on Wearside when David Moyes' men came to the Stadium of Light.
Sunderland had held Everton to a 1-1 draw at Goodison Park courtesy of a Phil Bardsley screamer – with current Sunderland target Tim Cahill scoring the leveller.
And a big home crowd was hoping for a Sunderland win which would earn Wearside fans a trip to a Wembley FA Cup semi-final just four months after the only talk in the city had been about fear of relegation.
On the night though, Everton gave what Moyes regarded as his team's best performance of the season, and Sunderland couldn't live with them.
If the teams meet again, O'Neill will be determined to see a much better display from his men. However, for the moment, he will only be thinking of getting past Bolton next week.
The replay is due to take place on Tuesday, but the club is warning supporters the date could change if the game is selected for live television broadcast.
Tickets for the game went on sale today priced £15 for adults and £5 for under-16s and over-65s. Black Cats Bar seats are £35.
Supporters enrolled in the Home Cup Payment Scheme will have their season cards automatically enabled and do not need to take any further action.
Season card holders have until 5pm this Thursday to buy their seat. Any unsold season card seats will be made available for general sale from 9am on Friday.
FA Cup fourth round draw:
Norwich v Luton
Oldham v Liverpool, Macclesfield v Wigan or Bournemouth
Derby v Blackburn
Hull or Leyton Orient v Barnsley
Middlesbrough v Aldershot
Millwall v Aston Villa
Leeds or Birmingham v Tottenham
Brighton v Swansea or Arsenal
Crystal Palace or Stoke v Manchester City
West Ham or Manchester United v Fulham or Blackpool
Southend or Brentford v Chelsea
Reading v Sheffield United
Huddersfield v Leicester
QPR or West Brom v Sheffield Wednesday or MK Dons
Bolton or SUNDERLAND v Cheltenham or Everton
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District changes take-home calendar
This year, the traditional wall calendar from the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District will be missing from students' take-home packets. The district is issuing a refrigerator magnet calendar instead.
The magnetic calendar includes dates of all holiday and in-service student vacations.
District officials said the change will improve accuracy and reduce costs. Information on the old calendar sometimes became inaccurate because of schedule changes, they said.
For the most timely information on the details of school events and the district, families should refer to the district's information site on the Internet at www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us or call your school.
Lunch application more than just application
The federal government provides revenue to school districts for a variety of purposes. The most familiar program is probably the Free and Reduced Lunch Program. As most people are aware, this federal program is designed to ensure children receive a lunch either through a subsidized payment or the full price of the meal. It is based upon a family's ability to pay as determined by their income. There are other programs to increase opportunities for children of migrant families, programs to provide equitable telecommunication and Internet access for all children, and a variety of other entitlements.
The government typically disburses revenue for these other programs based upon the percentage of students eligible for free and reduced lunches. One difficulty has been in obtaining information from families who qualify but choose not to participate in the Free and Reduced Lunch Program. This resulted in the district losing the opportunity to receive federal support revenue on behalf of those children. An approach to limit this loss was through each program manager seeking to identify eligible children, and the consequence was multiple requests for the same information.
District officials say they believe the problem is in the data collection. The district understands and appreciates each family's personal choices. They further understand the sensitivity of personal financial information that is requested. Finally, they understand the irritation of being asked to provide the same information more than once.
In conjunction with the federal government, the district has received approval to combine its applications into one package. The application looks much like the old Free and Reduced Lunch application but is, in reality, a much more comprehensive form.
Families are asked to examine the form thoroughly. Although your family may choose not to participate in any of the available programs, please remember, withholding the information withholds entitlements to improve their education. If your family meets the guidelines for eligibility, you are asked to completely answer the questions and designate the appropriate programs in the "Release of Information" section.
Federal laws protect the privacy of individuals. The district's goal is to assure this privacy and offer the opportunity to submit forms at the school or sent directly to the Student Nutrition Office at 139 East Park, Soldotna, AK 99669. Further information may be received directly from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday at 262-9367.
Superintendent offers report on the district
Superintendent Donna Peterson issued her annual report on the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District in July. Copies are available free from the district's central office at the Borough Building in Soldotna or via its Web site at www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us by following the links for the superintendent's section.
The report highlights accomplishments by students and staff, outlines the changes and roles of district departments and reviews district programs.
Superintendent, school board get high marks
The school board, meeting in June, reviewed Superintendent Donna Peterson's first year on the job and praised her work.
As required by district policy, this review encompassed the areas of leadership, management, personal qualities, external relations and board relations. Though this was Peterson's first year at the helm of the fourth largest school district in the state, the board praised her accomplishments and actions during a year of unprecedented change. Specifically, board members noted her level of commitment and dedication to student learning and achievement at all grade levels, according to a statement from the district.
On an annual basis, the board solicits input regarding all performance of all employees and is directly responsible for the supervision and evaluation of the superintendent.
The board members also discussed the function of their own group.
The board has adopted the Association of Alaska School Boards Model Board Standards and evaluation as its framework for evaluation. The areas reviewed include vision, structure, accountability, advocacy, conduct and ethics. The goals from the 1999-00 school year were the basis for the evaluation, according to a report from the board.
It said the five goals and accomplishments relating to them are:
Goal 1: Revisit, clarify roles, relationships and expectations for site councils. The board completely reviewed the site council process, used site councils as key communicators in the district and reviewed the report of progress from each school.
Goal 2: Continue developing criteria for the certified diploma certification. The focus this year was on remediation and preparing students for the benchmark and high school qualifying exam. These efforts will continue, and this goal will be expanded next year to include all levels of achievement, especially advanced.
Goal 3: Focus on positive public relations with an emphasis on safe schools. Board members "adopted" schools, a regular newspaper column appeared in the central peninsula, the recognition process was expanded and safe schools training occurred throughout the district.
Goal 4: Adopt the Association of Alaska School Board's Model Board Standards. Meetings and work sessions were analyzed using the framework from these standards. Board members received training in boardsmanship.
Goal 5: Support and facilitate a successful transition of new administrators. Sixteen new-to-position administrators received training and extra support during their first year of service.
Areas noted for improvement by board members included communication and active searching for opportunities to focus on positive achievements by students and staff of the KPBSD.
As always, input from the public is solicited and encouraged regarding the board's performance. Contact any board member with your comments, questions, or feedback.
Internet service offers school funds
The Internet shopping service Schoolpop Inc. offers a convenient way for online shoppers to raise funds for the schools of their choice. Many Kenai Peninsula schools are on the list.
To use the service, go to www.schoolpop.com, select the school you want to support, then use the site's portal to more than 100 online retailers. A portion of all purchases will be rebated to your school.
Challenger center offers fall workshops
The Challenger Center of Alaska in Kenai will offer a series of weekend science workshops for children this fall.
The Power of the Sun: Sept. 23, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., for grades three through six, cost $40. Students will study solar energy and its application to the international space station. The day will include a presentation on solar hydrogen technology fuel cells.
The Science of Crystals: Oct. 7, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., for grades four through eight, cost $25. Student will analyze crystal development under magnification. Emphasis will be on angles and shape development.
Models with Muscle: Oct. 27-28, 4 p.m. Friday to 1 p.m. Saturday, for grades three through six, cost $80. Student will build models resembling our bodies' joints, sockets and digits to understand how complex machines are designed.
Magnets Magnetism: Nov. 10-11, 4 p.m. Friday to 1 p.m. Saturday, for grades three through six, cost $80. Students will study the solar system's planets' and satellites' magnetic fields and their relationship to the Earth. They will build a hanging model of the solar system and graph out the magnetic fields.
Hot Air Balloons: Nov. 18, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., grades four through eight, cost $40. Students will study hot air balloons and what makes them work.
Rockets: Nov. 24, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., grades through six, cost $45. Students will study the history, developments and principals of rocket science by building a model rocket and launching it.
The center also is offering training to school teachers to prepare for "Rendezvous with a Comet," the mission now available to school groups at the center. Teacher training is required six to eight weeks prior to classroom participation in a mission.
The training qualifies teachers to receive one continuing training credit through Kenai Peninsula College. If teachers attended the training last year, they will not be required to take it again. However, they may retake the class for the training credit, which was not offered last year.
Teacher training sessions in Kenai will be Sept. 16 and Oct. 7. Preregistration is required.
To sign up for teachers' or children's courses, or for more information, call 283-2000.
Poll: Most parents confident in safety
Despite national attention to violent incidents in schools, most Americans still feel their children are safe at school, according to a recent poll conducted by Maritz Marketing Research, which calls itself one of the world's largest marketing research firms.
On a scale of one to 10 (with 10 being "extremely safe" and one being "not at all safe"), the average American rated their confidence in the safety of their children's school an 8.3.
How children get to school is usually a big safety concern for most parents. Almost half of respondents (46 percent) said their children take the school bus or other school-provided transportation to school. Following is how other children make the daily trek to school:
You/your spouse/other adult in home drives 5%
Children walk or ride their bike 12%
Children drive themselves 7%
Car pool 6%
Other form of transportation 3%
Unsupervised time before and after school is yet another safety issue that many working families have to resolve. However, only 16 percent of respondents said their children attend some type of before- or after-school latchkey program.
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If you have e-mail and would like to be "in the know" with school news, send an e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com with "subscribe" in the subject line and you will receive a weekly newsletter. This newsletter is put together by parent volunteer, Jackie Ansotegui.
Nikiski Elementary
The Nikiski Elementary PTA would like to welcome back its students, staff members, families and especially the new principal, Mark Norgren. PTA members say they anticipate many positive changes this school year.
The PTA will host a small social for all new and returning parents this morning from 9:15 to 10. All kindergarten parents are especially encouraged to come. Coffee and pastries will be provided. Stop by and meet Mr. Norgren, and while you are there, take the opportunity to make a new friend.
Parents and students are reminded that when riding bicycles to school, they should wear bicycle helmets and walk their bicycles through the parking lot to the rack and trails. Bicycle locks also are recommended.
The PTA thanks all of the school volunteers from last year. Volunteer of the month for April was Katrina Hendershott and for May was Susan Quinn.
Sears Elementary
Where has the summer gone? It's time to head back to school. Everyone at Sears Elementary is looking forward to another great year.
There will be a parent breakfast in the library today and Tuesday starting at 8:30 a.m. This is a great opportunity to get to know other parents, so stop by.
Safety is important. Remember not to block the bus lane and not to park by the portables. Use the parking lot in front of the school, which has marked parking spots. The school thanks you for your co-operation.
The PTA will sell supply packets. The cost will be as follows: Kindergarten $8.25, first grade $7.50 and second grade $7. These packets will contain many basic supplies.
The PTA will continue to collect box tops. Bring in any box tops and put them into the box in the office. Remember, they all add up, so please save.
The back-to-school barbecue will be Sept. 9 from noon to 2 p.m. The cost will be $2 per person.
If you have a question, check the Web site at familyeducation.com/ak/sears_elementary or e-mail the Sears PTA at email@example.com.
To have information published in Schools, send a description of the event or accomplishment to Shana Loshbaugh at P.O. Box 3009, Kenai, AK 99611. Information will be accepted by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com or by fax at 283-3299.
The deadline for submission is Thursday at 5 p.m. for publication in the following Wednesday's paper. For information, contact Shana Loshbaugh at 283-7551.
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Born an Outcast, Talyn Batur has spent the whole of his life fighting against the prejudice of his people. An Andarion without a father is not something anyone wants to be. But when his companion's brother draws him into a plot against the Andarion crown, he finds himself torn between the loyalty to their planetary government that his mother has beaten into him and his own beliefs of justice and right.
Now, he must decide for himself to remain a pawn of their government or to defy everything and everyone he's ever known to stand up to tyranny. It's a gamble that will either save his life or end it. And when old enemies align with new ones, it's more than just his own life at risk. And more than just his homeworld that will end should he fail....


text: Hi, Since my debiandoc-sgml depends on this package and this has been orphaned, I decided to take over and updated package in modern style. As for this bug, http://bugs.debian.org/305736 in message #20: ---------------- Michael Smith <firstname.lastname@example.com> writes: > I guess it doesn't hurt, as long as the filenames of the *.ent > files are consistent between the dbcentx.mod file and the filenames > in /usr/share/xml/entities/xml-iso-entities-8879.1986/ [...] > So I think maybe sgml-data needs to be updated so that > /usr/share/xml/entities/xml-iso-entities-8879.1986/ includes the > filenames like "isoamsa.ent". They can just be made symlinks to, > e.g., "ISOamsa.ent". I agree. I'll redirect this bug to sgml-data. I wonder why I was using the upper cased versions in the first place. ---------------- As I see the content of the catalog/catalog.xml file in xml side, <!-- derived from V0.3, see http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/docbook/xmlcharent/ Note: file names changed to comply with LSB SGML/XML Recommendations, R006 So this seems to have some reason and the above link is dead link. Can anyone elucidate me. There are only 2 bugs on this package and both seems to be the same issue. Osamu


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Lotus Communication Releases Instant Translation Phone
HONG KONG, Nov. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Lotus Communication Limited has released a telephone service called Instant Translation Phone, ITP for short on 29th October, 2012. The service is currently available on IP phone supplied by the Company. However, users can also download VoIP mobile app. INAtalk to use the free beta version of ITP.
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RE: RE: RE: Apache log splitter/compressorby jjhorner (Hermit)
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|Need Help??
I sometimes have issues determining when something should be programmed or scripted. If I need my nightly logs dns checked, should I write the program to do it automagically, or should I just set a cron job to do logresolve every night.
I guess I'm not the only person who has ever had this issue.
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Can Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Shift Markets and Help Put the World on a Healthier and More Sustainable Path? How Big Buyers are Transforming the Green Products Sector
A funder briefing webinar co-sponsored by The Sustainability Funders
and the Health & Environmental Funders Network
December 7, 2011
Recording of Webinar:
Speaker PowerPoint Presentations:
Marcia Deegler, Director of Environmental Purchasing, State of Massachusetts
Beth Eckl, Director, Greening the Supply Chain Initiative, Practice Greenhealth
Alicia Culver, Director, Responsible Purchasing Network
Environmentally Preferable Purchasing in the Healthcare/Hospital Sector
Health Care Without Harm's EPP Tools & Resources
Practice Greenhealth - The Business Case for Membership (pdf)
Greening the Operating Room - Project Overview (pdf)
Practice Greenhealth Announces Release of "Standardized Environmental Questions for Medical Products," Version 1.0 (pdf)
Standardized Environmental Questions for Medical Products, Version 1.0 (pdf)
Kaiser Permanente Medical Sustainability Scorecard (Excel)
Practice Greenhealth's website
Environmentally Preferable Purchasing in Government
Responsible Purchasing Network's Responsible Purchasing Resources for Public Agencies and Institutions
San Francisco's innovative SFApproved List of products that meet environmental and performance criteria
National Association of Counties Online' Green Purchasing Toolkit & press release (pdf)
Buying Green: Cities and Counties Find their Way, Green Technology Magazine, March 2010
San Jose's 3 minute Environmentally Preferable Purchasing video on YouTube
Sustainable Purchasing 101 Webinar (Vimeo online)
State of Massachusetts Environmentally Preferable Products Procurement Program website
State of Massachusetts EPP Form (Word)
Webinar Description:
If Walmart can radically impact the supply chain going down the line, why can't major consumers do the same going up the supply chain? In fact, they can – and they are.
State and local governments spend more than $400 billion on products and services every year; colleges and universities spend more than $300 billion. Institutional purchasers – including federal agencies, state and local governments, colleges and universities, and private companies – represent tremendous purchasing power.
Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP), also known as green or responsible purchasing, is the procurement of goods and services that have a reduced impact on human health and the environment. When large-scale institutions such as federal, state and local governments, universities, corporations and hospital Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs) implement effective procurement policies, they leverage institutional buying power that can increase market demand for more sustainably generated and healthier products, spur market innovation and help ensure these products and services are more widely available and affordable.
The Sustainability Funders and HEFN invite you to join this webinar to hear from experts working with - or within - major institutions to learn how these programs work, what impact they are having, and how more large-scale buyers can be moved to adopt EPP practices. Further, what is, or could be, the role of philanthropy in accelerating a shift toward the demand for "greener" markets?
Alicia Culver, Director, Responsible Purchasing Network
Responsible Purchasing Network promotes and practices responsible purchasing by identifying best practices, developing effective purchasing tools, educating the market, and using collective purchasing power to maximize environmental stewardship, protect human health, and support local and global sustainability. RPN mainly works with local, regional and state government procurement officers.
Marcia Deegler, Director of Environmental Purchasing, State of Massachusetts
The primary goal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Environmental Purchasing Program is to use the Commonwealth's purchasing power to reduce the environmental and public health impact of state government and foster markets for EPPs. The Commonwealth hosts a website with information about the benefits of EPPs, statewide EPP contracts, guides, tools, events and more.
Beth Eckl, Director, Director, Greening the Supply Chain Initiative, Practice Greenhealth
Practice Greenhealth promotes sustainability in health care and engages its 1,100 members, including hospitals, health systems, businesses and hospital Group Purchasing Organizations around sustainability offering tools, resources, webinars, all to engage and share successes. PGH also offers resources on implementing effective Environmentally Preferable Purchasing policies and programs offering product-specific resources on some of the green attributes in medical products.
The webinar will be moderated by Jenny Russell, Merck Family Fund.
On this call, expect to learn (and discuss):
What are the barriers to increasing participation in this work?
What are the policy gaps and opportunities?
What is philanthropy's role in moving this work?
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How To Create A Lot Of Storage With A DIY Wardrobe Wall
If you live in an older house you might not have the luxury of a walk in closet, our house is super old and we literally have to use drawers, totes and pop up clothes closet to store and hang our clothes. It's not fun and it certainly doesn't make the room feel good looking.
What if I told you I found an awesome article that shows you how to build a wardrobe wall for all the storage you could ever need in a bedroom? Best of all, it's cheap, very very cheap.(compared to having a closet build in)
How To Create A Lot Of Storage With A DIY Wardrobe Wall


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The Water Crisis in Toledo May Be Just the Beginning
Being able to turn on your tap to get a drink of water used to be a given, but access to water is more and more often becoming a hit or miss right in the United States. Recently Detroit, Mich., residents found the city government turning off their tap water in an attempt to force them to pay overdue water bills. Now, a water crisis has just ended in Toledo, Ohio, where the city's water has finally been ruled safe to use after a multi-day prohibition.
The ban on drinking water in Toledo and the surrounding area was a result of a major toxic algae bloom, coming from Lake Erie. The bloom is a cyanobacteria, which means that the water is hazardous to drink, even if it is boiled, which is a common method for dealing with unsafe water. "There are a few reasons algae blooms form, but it's primarily caused by runoff from farm fertilizers," reports Time magazine. "In Toledo's case, the phosphorus and nitrogen from these fertilizers runs into the Maumee River, which drains right into the Maumee Bay of Lake Erie, where Toledo is located. This spurs the growth of the blooms. The summer heat has likely also played a role in this particular algae bloom's growth."
The Toledo water crisis ended in just a few days, primarily because wind blew the algae bloom further away from the intake for the drinking water system, according to Time. Technically, then, the bloom could move back into place, making the water undrinkable once again, especially since there is absolutely no regulation on the farm runoff that created it in the first place.
In comparison to the West Virginia water crisis at the beginning of 2014, Toledo's experience was hardly a blip on the radar. In January, hundreds of thousands of residents were left without any water after 5000 gallons of 4-Methylcyclohexane Methanol, or Crude MCHM, was spilled into the water supply, leaving the water unusable for anything but "flushing toilets and fighting fires." For weeks, pregnant women were told to avoid drinking the water even as the levels began to decline, and residents were allowed to slowly integrate tap water back into their lives, though the licorice smell of contamination still lingered.
But while in Toledo things may seem better, authorities note that the problems could return. "There is a systemic challenge that we face out here on the Great Lakes that is actually much bigger than this one crisis," Collin O'Mara of the National Wildlife Federation told NBC News. "Unfortunately, this crisis could just be the tip of the iceberg unless we begin to address it." Whereas the West Virginia water crisis could be cleaned up and dealt with, since the Toledo water crisis is caused by environmental agents, as well as industry farmers, the area will be constantly on the precipice of another incident.
The question becomes, at what point does the state decide that regulation that will anger their local farmers is outweighed by the negative effects that not acting has on the community at large? With nearly 100 people hospitalized, the National Guard called in to bring additional water and distribute it, is this finally enough impetus for the vastly conservative, anti-regulation Ohio legislature to step in and make changes? One local writer says yes, and that the tipping point is the economic impact that not regulating will have on the state.
"In northwest Ohio this weekend, the water crisis shut down the popular Toledo Zoo, as well as restaurants and businesses across town. Meanwhile, the lovely Lake Erie beach at Maumee Bay State Park continues under a public health advisory warning — issued 10 days before the drinking-water ban — which cautions swimmers to stay out of the water because of high levels of algal toxins," writes the Cleveland Plain Dealer's Susan Glaser. "Left uncorrected, this problem could affect popular lakefront attractions from Cedar Point to Put-in-Bay to Geneva-on-the-Lake. Who wants to go swimming or boating or even walking along a lake that is clogged with thick, poisonous algae?"
If the state is as pro-business as it claims, it will look at regulation, knowing that it benefits all businesses, not just the agricultural industry. After all, if the physical well-being of the state isn't enough of a reason for the legislature to act, maybe the economic health of Ohio will be.
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USA international Geoff Cameron wants to see Stoke captain Ryan Shawcross win his place in the England team.
Shawcross has just one cap to his name for the Three Lions, having made his debut in the 4-2 defeat to Sweden in 2012.
The former Manchester United trainee has been overlooked ever since, with Chelsea's Gary Cahill and Everton's Phil Jagielka the frequent centre-back pairing for Roy Hodgson's side. Chris Smalling and Phil Jones make regular appearances for their nation as well, while Joleon Lescott turned out occasionally during his spells with Everton and Manchester City.
Despite a poor World Cup campaign, it is highly likely that Hodgson's squad will remain fairly consistent for the Euro 2016 qualifiers, although John Stones and Calum Chambers have also come into the defensive fold. However, with the ease of the Three Lions' qualifying group, it is a surprise to see Hodgson not call-up a number of unproven stars, and Geoff Cameron believes that his club captain at Stoke should win his second cap.
The 27-year-old has been a mainstay in the Potters starting XI since his move to the Britannia Stadium in 2008, and Cameron told talkSPORT that he has been developed into a perfect man for Hodgson's selection.
"He's shown his quality over the years and he's getting better and better," the USA international said.
"With the certain style of football we're playing now, I think he'll fit into the England team nicely.
"He's gotten better with his feet, he's able to dribble and pass out of the back, which suits the type of football England want to play.
"So, for me, he's got to be given an opportunity, I think the least he deserves is another shot to prove himself.
"He's a very hard-nosed defender, an English type defender you could say, and I think he has a tonne of potential in an England shirt."
If Shawcross intends to make his way back into the England squad, he has until the end of March 2015 to prove himself, with the Three Lions facing Lithuania and Italy starting the weekend of March 27, 2015.


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Ford has released some new details on the 2015 Mustang Performance Pack as the company is looking to steal some attention from the 2015 Mustang and 2015 Camaro.
After officially releasing some performance specifications on the 2015 Ford Mustang, the North American based automaker has decided to talk about the Performance Pack, aimed towards the muscle car. This will become available only on the mid-range EcoBoost and top of the line GT and it will be including some new and interesting features which should help set the model apart from the standard ones.
The 2015 Ford Mustang Performance Pack will be getting a K-brace, which is connecting the strut towers to the bulkhead, the thicker rear sway bar, the retuned suspension springs, bushings, monotube rear dampers or the additional cooling capability. The 3.55:1 final drive ratio will also be added with the Mustang EcoBoost Performance Pack, along with the 19-inch Ebony Black alloy wheels, wrapped in Pirelli tires, covering the larger four-piston caliper brakes. The Mustang GT will be adding the front splitter, the strut tower brace, 3.73:1 final drive ratio, 6-piston brake calipers signed by Brembo, Torsen rear differential and 19-inch alloy wheels. No pricing details have been announced yet.


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For members, hopefuls, and SGs in the Northwest US! (and Western Canada, too!)
Do you have more electronic gizmos strapped to your belt than Batman? Show off your latest toys, share news and tips for staying "connected" in the digital age with other tech-savvy members. "Whoever dies with the most toys wins!"
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The tomatoes' crunch and tang add new dimensions of delight.
Chile relleno is another meatless meal, served in a mild salsa ranchero redolent of tomatoes.
I lived for my packages from home of eggplants and asparagus and tomatoes and broccoli and elephant garlic.
tomatoes are nightshades, a plant family whose other members include tobacco, potatoes, pimentos, peppers, eggplant and paprika.
Return the chicken to the pan with half of the tomatoes and the tarragon.
The tomatoes are filled with a tasty stuffing and then baked.
Then add six tomatoes cut up and strained of all their liquid.
Then put another layer of tomatoes, covering them in the same way with crumbs.
Use up all the tomatoes and crumbs in this way, letting the last layer be of crumbs.
tomatoes should never be left in a tin can after it has been opened.
1753, earlier tomate (c.1600), from Spanish tomate (mid-16c.) from Nahuatl tomatl "a tomato," literally "the swelling fruit," from tomana "to swell." Spelling probably influenced by potato (1565).
A member of the nightshade family, all of which contain poisonous alkaloids. Introduced in Europe from the New World, by 1550 they regularly were consumed in Italy but grown only as ornamental plants in England and not eaten there or in the U.S. at first. An encyclopedia of 1753 describes it as "a fruit eaten either stewed or raw by the Spaniards and Italians and by the Jew families of England." Introduced in U.S. as part of a program by Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson (1789), but not commonly eaten until after c.1830.
Alternative name love apple and alleged aphrodisiac qualities have not been satisfactorily explained; perhaps from Italian name pomodoro, taken as from adorare "to adore," but probably actually from d'or "of gold" (in reference to color) or de Moro "of the Moors." Slang meaning "an attractive girl" is recorded from 1929, on notion of juicy plumpness.


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A prominent Pixar animator emailed me last night with the subject header "This is real" and a link to this must-read-to-believe SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE review of MONSTER HOUSE. I don't know anything about the reviewer, Mick LaSalle, except that I'll never be able to take another word this guy writes seriously. It's one thing to have a subjective view of a film – it's another to be so glaringly ignorant of the art form you're discussing to completely dismiss one hundred years of accomplishments and proclaim something so obviously inferior as a technological advance. Here is the most egregious part of LaSalle's review:
Animated films always had the advantage of being able to go anywhere and show anything, to defy the laws of physics and follow the imagination as far as it could go. But they never had the ability to show the human face. There was never any point to a close-up in an animated film — there was never really anything to see. But with the motion-capture process, real actors give their performances with computer sensors attached to their face and body, and that recorded information becomes the template for the computer animation. If an actor is bug-eyed, the character will look bug-eyed. Moreover, if the actor is thinking or is full of doubt, the technology will be able to render subtle qualities of pensiveness or doubt in the animation.
Imagine what Disney might have done with this in the creation of the Seven Dwarfs. Imagine all the things that will be done with this in the future. "Monster House" looks like the ground floor of something important.
So the only question that remains is, Who's going to break the news to Ollie Johnston, the last of the Nine Old Men, that all those classic Disney features he animated on were a waste of time because he never had the ability to show an emotive human face? Poor guy, if he'd only had motion-capture to help him animate.


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Harveys Bristol Cream Palomino 8 Year Old Jerez Sherry Manzanilla (NV)
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Not overly complex or nuanced, Harvey's is the quintessential "beginner's sherry." It's easily accessible, with a nose of brown sugar, hazelnut, and roasted almond, flavors of honey, butterscotch, morel mushroom, and a surprisingly smooth, long finish.
Sauvignon Blanc is widely grown in California -- at over 15,000 acres, it's now the third most planted variety -- and...
Parentage of the grape: Crljenak to Austria to America. In the 1970s, claims surfaced that the Italian Primitivo is l...
History of the grape: Palomino is split into three types: Palomino Fino, Palomino de Jerez and Palomino Basto. All of...
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This is a Gold Medal Wine Club Gold Series selection. Scott Harveys 2007 Mendocino County Riesling was made in a dry European style from one of the few Riesling vineyards left in the county. This aromatic, Old Vine Riesling comes from a 33-year-old vineyard that produces small yields of flavorful grapes. As a Gold Medal Wine Club Special Selecti... Read More
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Twenty-nine Food Lion stores in Wilmington will be the first to receive full remodels as part of the supermarket chain's new marketing and customer strategy.
They are currently under construction and will be completed in the third quarter of this year, a company spokeswoman said.
Food Lion last week unveiled a new multiyear, chain-wide strategy that includes expanding product variety and focusing on a slogan of "Easy, Fresh and Affordable".
By the end of June, the 1,100-store company will have completed the first step in implementing the strategy through "customer-centric training" for more than 63,000 employees.
Food Lion was founded as Food Town in 1957 and still calls Salisbury its hometown.
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Conor Oberst Tour Dates, Interview, Streams
By: Spacelab Research Staff
Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band are bursting with new tour dates and online streams from the new Conor Oberst album.
The self-titled release was recorded in a villa in Tepoztlán, Mexico, as Conor and his band holed themselves up for two months and focused on recording the new songs.
The album was produced Conor Oberst and engineer Andy LeMaster. It will be released on August 5 on Merge Records (North America) and August 4 on Wichita Records (Europe).
You can also check out streams of two tracks from the upcoming album at the Conor Oberst web site.
He recently took part in an interview with the Huffington Post, in which he decribed his new, more open-sourced approach to writing lyrics, especially politcal ones.
"It's very strange when people get so focused on what a song means, what actual events inspired a song. That gets people really excited for some reason...But that's what's great about music--however people interpret it, whatever they see, is what I want to be there for them. I don't think my ideas or interpretation of a song is necessarily the night one. I want it to be open to everyone, and that's kind of the conclusion I have come to after the years. There was a time when I was more concerned with people understanding what I was talking about, getting my specific notion to be understood. Now I'm happy with it being up for interpretation," he said in the interview.
INTERVIEW: Conor Oberst
STREAM: Conor Oberst


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Or – "Weren't We Just Doing This?"
Here's the problem with New Warriors: Three quarters of a year into the title, and we still haven't had a decent, clear shot of the characters costumes, nor have we been given a reason to connect with their new identities, instead coasting on the name recognition that comes with their old hero selves. With the exception of the Night Thrasher mystery, the basics of it all have been an endless series of scenes with half a dozen or more heroes milling about in darkness, and a big death scene that fell a bit flat due to a complete lack of connection to the character who died. Now, yet again, the team is wondering what's up with their mysterious leader, and yet again, we get a lot of posturing and whining without much substance to back it up…
Previously, on New Warriors: The Scarlet Witch accidentally depowered most of the mutants on Earth, in a plotline that happened three crossovers ago, but seems like something from 1873 or so. Because of this, a couple of dozen students were thrown out of the various X-Men teams, and were used as pathos fodder for about half an hour. Now many of them, including the artists formerly known as Chamber, Jubilee, Beak, Angel II, and some even more minor players have been reassembled by the mysterious Night Thrasher. Given technological abilities to replace their lost mutant powers, they've banded together as the New Warriors, and fight the unregistered fight in a post-Civil War world. After one of their number is killed in battle with the new Zodiac, the rest of the New Warriors bond, finding that they've become a de facto family, even as Night Thrasher (half-brother of the original) questions whether they should have grouped at all…
We start with a flashback, as the Warriors recall their battle with a group of generic super-villains (big guy, hot girl, winged guy, horned guy, Batman analogue, and shapeshifter) where, once again, their supposed leader pulls a no show. Paco Medina's art is well done, but I'm starting to notice the failings in it, as the battle is remarkably static and kind of boring… The Warriors, including new member Sofia Mantega (can we have a code name, PLEASE?) defeat the lamers only by the grace of a last-second save by Night Thrasher. Something that interests me about the series thus far, is that while Paco Medina draws the new Thrasher wearing a variation on the original N. T.'s first helmet, cover artist Nic Klein has been drawing a variation on the SECOND helmet Thrash wore, which is very different…
In any case, back at their headquarters, the heroes formerly known as Chamber and Jubilee argue over whether they should trust the new Night Thrasher for approximately the 723rd time, and she explains how she was his first recruit. Chamber explains that he feels like he owes Night Thrasher something, since he was ready to kill himself when they met. Jubilee swears that she will find out what Night Thrasher is up to, and get him to tell the truth. Elsewhere in the HQ, Donyell Taylor, the new Thrash (whose costume has gotten a rather attractive upgrade, I might add) is working on some sort of electronic gear when the team's tech guy, Kaz, nearly walks in on him. Donyell manages to get his helmet on in time, and Kaz is surprised to find him hiding inside. Kaz tells N.T. that the team is starting to get very suspicious of his motive, and Thrash explains that he's already prepared to offset any mutinous activity, by revealing… something. We don't see what, but he wears that only Kaz can help him, essentially, trick the team into trusting him. Because that'll work, sure.
Across town, Detective Sykes and Givens of the NYPD superpowered division discuss the cultural phenomenon that the New Warriors have started, and discuss each other's backstory for a couple of pages, and I don't really know what the point of it is. Are they supposed to be our point of view characters? Because the gruff older cop/young ethnic noble cop routine is seriously PLAYED, and unless they're going to actually interact with the heroes at some point, we're just burning daylight, here. Back to the Warrior Cave, where Kaz watches Night Thrasher's plan on a monitor before grudgingly offering his support. "And then you'll tell the truth? About EVERYTHING?" he asks, and when Taylor agrees to do so, Kaz agrees to help.
I normally don't like to be glib and snotty about my reviews, but here I just can't bring myself to do much of anything else. There is nothing in this issue, save Thrash's new costume that we haven't seen done before, dozens of times, in dozens of X-books. Even if you dress it up with the Anti-Shield Youth Movement rhetoric, it's basically Rob Liefeld's X-Factor without the big guns and time travel. This book has been treading over the same ground for about six issues now, and even the big reveal of "Who Is Night Thrasher?" didn't give any closure. It's a case of same-old, same-old, and I have the same complaints as when I reviewed issue #5 before the hiatus. I'm this close, honestly, to dropped the title and finding another way to spend $2.99 a month, because New Warriors just isn't going anywhere. Issue #9 earns a disapointed 1.5 out of 5 stars, and a spot on my "Three Months To Wow Me, Or I'm Dropping The Book" List, right next to Thunderbolts…
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You do mean Rob Liefeld's X-Force, not X-factor.
Sorry to nitpick, but X-Force was the first super hero comic I ever bought, and the whole original run has a special place in my collection.
I do agree that New Warriors is taking forever to get anywhere. And besides the ex-X-Men, I have no clue who any of the rest of the team is.
I want to love this book, but the writer (the art is superb, I love me some Paco Medina) is killing any momentum the story might have had with the Night Thrasher reveal a couple of issues ago.
Great review
I just dont understand this book
I dropped it like it was hot a month or two ago because it just wasnt going anywhere
I found myself at issue 5 asking myself "Who the hell are these people?!?!
At least The Order is still good. Too bad marvel is cutting it
I had such high hopes for the Initiative books and it looks like Avengers is the only one I'll keep buying.
Amen to the review. This book had so much potential and now appears to be a one-trick pony….how about sending all of these ex-X-men away and re-forming the "old" New Warriors. I'm over this already. But I'll probably keep reading because I'm an idiot.
I couldn't even get to issue #5 on this series. I thought the writing was very blah. It saddens me b/c I really dug the original NW (Amen to Brother's point of reforming something closer to the spirit of the original). Between this and last year's awful Omega Flight mini, Marvel is butchering some of my favorite off-beat series as a young'in.
You mean there isn't an X-expert at stately Spoilers Manor?
For shame.


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Sweden centre-back Nilla Fischer, recipient of the adidas Silver Boot at UEFA Women's EURO 2013, will move to European champions VfL Wolfsburg on a free transfer on 1 January 2014.
Until that point, the 28-year-old, scorer of three goals in the Blågult's run to the Women's EURO semi-finals on home soil, will continue to play for Linköpings FC, whom she joined from FC Malmö in 2012. "I feel like now is the right time," said Fischer, capped 107 times. "Wolfsburg are one of the best teams."
Wolfsburg coach Ralf Kellermann said: "We are happy to have signed such an experienced defender. Nilla is a top player and she showed that throughout the European Championship."
The Lower Saxony club, winners of the UEFA Women's Champions League, German Cup and Frauen Bundesliga last term, begin the defence of their European title in the round of 32.
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