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Joe Paterno
The Undefeated Years
1968 The Streak Continues
The seeds of Penn State's first perfect season were sewn in the winter of 1966 when Joe Paterno and his staff assembled one of their finest recruiting classes. And after they shouldered their way into the lineup early in the 1967, this group was primed to make a statement in 1968.
But no one expected it to put together a perfect season, not with a road trip to UCLA, and home games with Army, Kansas State, Miami and Syracuse.
In retrospect, the win over UCLA in Los Angeles was the pivotal game in the season, The Bruins were the last team to beat Penn State, which had risen to No. 3 in the polls by the time the teams met.
A defense led by Mike Reid, Denny Onkotz, Jack Ham, Steve Smear, Jim Kates, Neal Smith and John Ebersole stifled the Bruins, 21-6. The key play in the game was a blocked punt by Ham that was scooped up by linebacker Jim Kates and returned 36 yards for a touchdown that gave the Lions a 7-0 lead.
Later Chuck Burkhart connected with fullback Tom Cherry for a 76-yard touchdown, getting a huge downfield block from tight end Ted Kwalick that wiped out two defenders. Charlie Pittman scored on a I 0-yard run to seal the win.Back in State College fans, who had watched the game on television, swarmed onto College Ave. and began rocking cars and buses before marching to the on-campus house of University president Eric Walker. Nearly 3,000 students met the team when it arrived on campus at 5 a.m. Sunday morning.
In every season there is one game that hangs in the balance until good fortune decides who will win. For the 1968 Lions that game came against Army in Beaver Stadium. Paterno's Lions were still ranked No. 3 in the country when the Cadets showed up.
General William Westmoreland, who was the superintendent at West Point at the time, was a guest of Walker at the game. Because of the political climate at the time, Pennsylvania State Police had to escort Walker and Westmoreland to the stadium for the game.
The passing combination of Steve Lindell and Gary Steele gave the Lions fits and after Army scored with less than three minutes left in the game to make it 22-16, Penn State fans were unsettled.
On the ensuing onside kick, fate winked at Penn State. The ball squirted out of a pile at the Penn State 47 and Kwalick scooped it up and returned it 53 yards for a touchdown that allowed the Lions to survive, 28-24.
They closed the season with Syracuse on Dec. 7 in which halfback Bobby Campbell ran for 239 yards against the Orangemen in a 30-12 win that ended a perfect 10-0 season and ran the team's unbeaten streak to 18 games as it headed for an Orange Bowl date with Kansas.
30-0 and No. 2 Again
The Lions showed they were among the best in the country, if not the best. After rallying for a 15-14 decision over Syracuse in dingy Archbold Stadium in the fifth game of the season, they cruised to their second straight 10-0 record.
Then the Lions made a decision that would haunt them. In those days bowl bids were extended right after the final game of the season. Going into that game Penn State was ranked second behind Ohio State. The Buckeyes, prohibitive favorites to beat Michigan, were expected to go to the Rose Bowl, leaving Penn State no chance to settle the battle for No. 1 on the field.
Penn State had its choice of the Orange, Sugar and Cotton Bowls. Because they had enjoyed themselves so much in Miami the year before, and because they had no shot at No. 1, the players voted to return to South Florida to meet Big Eight champion, Missouri.
But the unexpected happened when Michigan upset the Buckeyes, 24-12, on Nov. 22 in Ann Arbor. Two weeks later, President Richard Nixon declared the winner of the Texas-Arkansas game the No. I team in the country, ignoring unbeaten and No. 2-ranked Penn State.
That miffed Joe Paterno so much that when Nixon offered a plaque recognizing the Lions for having the longest winning streak in the country, Paterno declined to accept. In fact, years later he admitted he talked to someone on the White House staff and asked that Nixon be told exactly what he could do with the plaque.
Penn State's decision to return to the Orange Bowl provided critics with plenty of ammunition. They accused Penn State of ducking Texas in the Cotton Bowl, choosing to ignore the situation that was in place when the decision was made.
The Lions could do nothing except beat Missouri and let the chips fall where they might. They shut down the Tigers, 10-3, with an incredible defensive performance that saw them intercept Missouri quarterback Terry McMillan seven times. A new defensive wrinkle designed to disguise Dennis Onkotz's responsibilities thoroughly confused the Tigers.
After the game, someone asked Onkotz how long the Lions could have held Missouri and his reply was classic. "Forever."
State finished second in the polls for the second straight season and that still remains a sore point for Paterno."The 1969 team was one of the great teams in college football," he said many years later. "They beat a great team — Missouri — in the Orange Bowl and Missouri had beaten Michigan. This is probably the only regret I have, that they didn't get the credit they deserved."
That Orange Bowl marked the final appearance for those sophomores who had debuted in 1967 on the very same field.
1973 Road to the Orange Bowl
Prior to the 1973 Sugar Bowl game against Oklahoma, New England Patriots owner BillySullivan had been pursuing Joe Paterno to become their new coach. At one point during the week before the game, Sullivan and Paterno met for a discussion at the Penn State team hotel.
In the days following the game, Paterno mulled over the offer and finally decided he would accept it. The total financial package was reported to be for $1.25 million over six years. For a coach with a wife and five children, it was enormously tempting. But after sleeping on the decision he decided to reverse it.
The news of his possible departure leaked out quickly and the Penn State fans were stunned. They mounted a "Don't Go, Joe," postcard campaign that sent over 500 cards to his office in Recreation Building on campus.
With University President John Oswald by his side, Paterno called a news conference on Jan. 6, 1973, and informed everyone that he was staying at Penn State.
"I've always hoped to be able to work in an atmosphere where the approach by the administration towards athletics was such that I can be more than a coach," he said in his announcement. "That's what Penn State has allowed me to be. The overriding factor in my decision was my realization that I enjoy working with young people and having an influence over their lives. I also feel there is still a challenge here for me..."
The challenge facing Paterno in 1973 was to find a quarterback to replace the record-setting John Hufnagel. The rest of the pieces were in place, led by returning tailback John Cappelletti on offense and defensive tackle Randy Crowder and linebacker Ed O'Neil on defense.
It turned out to be a season that exceeded expectations as the Lions went 12-0 and Cappelletti won the Heisman Trophy.
Tom Shuman had seen some backup duty at quarterback the year before and as the Lions flew to Stanford for their season-opener, it was his team to run. He immediately established himself, completing 11 of 18 passes for 117 yards and a touchdown against the Cardinal.
No one really tested the Lions until the eighth game of the season when they went to Maryland and got caught in a 22-22 stalemate at halftime. But the Lions put up 20 points in the third quarter while the defense shut out the Terps for a 42-22 win.
There was more trouble looming the following Saturday when North Carolina State invaded Beaver Stadium and pushed the Lions to the limit before falling, 35-29. With :54 remaining in the game, Wolfpack quarterback Dave Buckey launched a desperation pass into the wind toward his twin brother, Don. It was an ill wind for the Wolfpack as it pushed the ball down, causing it to fall short of the receiver.
Cappelletti carried the ball for 220 yards and three touchdowns in that game — the second of a three-game stretch in which he gained more than 200 yards.
His timing was perfect. It was late in the season, no clear-cut Heisman candidate had yet emerged and he was the star on an undefeated team.
Once the celebration of the Heisman trophy died down the Lions got back to work preparing for their Orange Bowl date with LSU, They beat the tigers, 16-9, in a game highlighted not by Cappelletti's running but by Chuck Herd's one-handed catch of a Shuman pass near midfield that went for a 72-yard touchdown. Cappelletti, the chosen focus of the LSU defense, was held to 50 yards and a touchdown.
With the win, the Lions put a 12-0 record in the record books. They were the only team in the country with a 120 record. They finished fifth in The Associated Press poll. Notre Dame, which had knocked off Alabama in the Sugar Bowl, was voted No. 1, followed by Ohio State, Oklahoma, Alabama and the Lions.But the Lions were No. 1 in another poll.
"I just held the Paterno poll," Paterno told the media in his postgame Orange Bowl press conference. "I did it in the locker room. Our players voted Penn State number one. It was unanimous. That is official.""That was all that needed to be said," Mark Markovich said. "It meant a lot. It took away the pain."
Paterno later bought the squad "National Championship" rings to validate its standing in his poll.Ten players were drafted, including Cappelletti and O'Neil in the first round.
Road to the Desert
It was the 100th year of Penn State football and the school had celebrated its Century of Excellence with three different black tie dinners across the state of Pennsylvania.The Lions' magical season became reality as each successive autumn week passed.
But there were a couple of close calls. Penn State needed a game-saving pass breakup by defensive back Duffy Cobbs to prevent Maryland from forging a season-spoiling tie. And against Notre Dame, the Lions had to thwart a last-minute charge by the Irish to save a 24-19 win that punched their ticket to Phoenix.
With just more than a minute left in the game, the Irish were on the Penn State 6-yard line with four downs to destroy the Lions' dream. But the defense, led by end Bob White and linebacker Don Graham, sent the Irish reeling backward, leaving them with a fourth-and-goal from the 18. A fourth-down pass netted five yards.All that remained was a date with Pitt, which fell, 24-14.
"The Big Kerbang in the Desert" is what one newspaper columnist called the 1987 Fiesta Bowl showdown between Penn State and Miami. And ever since the pairing had been announced, after some wrangling with NBC to move the game from New Year's Day to Jan. 2, the college football world was anticipating the explosion.
It was a classic matchup. Two unbeaten teams. The No. 1 team vs. the No. 2 team. The guys in the camouflage utilities vs. guys in blazers and ties. Plus, it was obvious early on that these two teams just didn't like each other, which added to the hype.
It started at the Steak Fry early in the week. Both teams attended the event, which is supposed to promote sportsmanship and good feelings. But Miami, led by defensive tackle Jerome Brown, feigned indignation at a lighthearted Penn State skit and walked out of the function en masse. It came to light later that it had been preplanned.
This was going to be war.
Before they left the snow for the sunshine, the Lions had already decided they would concentrate their efforts not on Miami quarterback Vinny Testavercle but on his receivers. The price for every pass they caught would be a headache. Penn State's defensive backs were small but hit with magnum force. Miami only saw the small part."They kept talking about how small our defensive backs were but they had never been hit by them," said Shane Conlan, Penn State's All-American linebacker, who had two interceptions in the game. "After a while, they didn't want to catch the ball."
The Hurricanes were so disrespectful they ran right through the circle of Penn State players who were stretching during pregame warmups.
"They were so cocky it was almost funny," said Ray Isom, a 5-foot-9, I 87-pounder who was perhaps the best hitter in the secondary. "(Michael) Irvin and (Alonzo) Highsmith said some things to me before the game. Irvin came over to me and said, 'Are you Isom?' I said I was and he said, 'We're gonna have a great game.' I told him to keep believing that."
That set the tone for the night. By the kickoff the air was electric, like it gets just before a summer thunderstorm in the hot Arizona desert.
The special defensive package that Penn State had out together not only savaged any Miami receiver who reached for the football. It also was designed to get into Testaverde's head.
"Our nickel package is sort of Polish," said defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, who happened to be Polish. "We went to an extra linebacker when most teams use an extra defensive back."
Conlan's versatility gave them that luxury. He was capable of playing inside or outside, stopping the run or running deep with a receiver, Miami never knew for sure where he was or where he was going.
Twice he intercepted Testavercle, returning the second interception to the Miami 5-yard line, setting up tailback D.J. Dozier's touchdown run that proved to be the game-winner.
But it was Testavercle's fifth interception of the night that settled the score.
With 3:07 remaining, Miami got the ball back for the last time. Early on it looked as if the Lions would stop the 'Canes right away, forcing them into a fourth-and-6 situation on their own 27. Bur Brian Blades got loose in the secondary and Testavercle found him for a 31-yard gain. After that, Testavercle hit five straight passes to move the ball to the Lion 9-yard line and send the tension needle off the chart.
Testavercle hit Irvin for a 5-yard gain on first down, but defensive tackle Tim Johnson sacked Testavercle for a 9 yard loss on the next snap and on third down Testavercle's pass fell incomplete.
That brought it down to this: Fourth down, 4 yards to go, 18 seconds left and the ball on the 13. Testaverde dropped back into the Arizona night one last time, looking for Brett Perriman.
"He ran a curl," Testavercle told the Miami Herald. "But the linebacker dropped straight back into the curl as if he knew where I was going to throw."
And still he threw it, right into the stomach of linebacker Pete Giftopoulos, who caught the ball and knelt just outside the goal line with :09 still on the clock. Penn State had won, 14-10.
The stands emptied of Penn State fans after Giftopoulos' interception but there were still nine seconds left to play. Once the crowd was herded away, the Lions ran out the clock and the real celebration began.
Miami finished the game with 93 offensive plays and had the ball for 33 minutes and 43 seconds. They gained 285 yards in the air and another 160 on the ground and managed to score only 10 points.
Penn State gained only 53 yards on the ground and 109 through the air.
But in the end, the Lions had won the national championship.
Run for the Roses
Penn State had assembled the pieces of one of the greatest offensive teams in the history of college football and now it was fire-hardened and ready to rewrite the record book. Five members of that offense eventually became No. 1 draft choices.
Ki-Jana Carter, who skipped his final year of eligibility, was the first player taken in the 1995 NFL draft, while Kerry Collins and tight end Kyle Brady were fifth and ninth, respectively.
Carter finished second in the Heisman Trophy voting while Collins was fourth.
Guard Jeff Hartings and tackle Andre Johnson would be first-round picks in the 1996 draft.
By the time the 1994 season was over, Penn State led the country in two offensive categories — total offense (520.2 yards per game) and scoring (47.8 points per game). Collins ranked first among quarterbacks in passing efficiency. Carter was second in scoring, fourth in rushing and fifth in all-purpose yards.
It was an offense that could beat you at any game you wanted to play, whether it was running inside with fullbacks Jon Wittman and Brian Milne, outside with Carter, throwing deep to Bobby Engrarn and Freddie Scott or short to Brady over the middle.
It could do it in a hurry. This was a team that had Southern Cal and Ohio State down, 35-0, at the half.
Or it could do it slowly, taking five minutes to go 96 yards in 14 plays to pull out a season-saving win at Illinois.
But it always did it.
In the first of the two games they had circled. The Lions went to Ann Arbor to take on Michigan in the fabled Big House. The loss to the Wolverines the year before still rankled them and they wanted to even the books.
They did it. In the gathering twilight, Collins found Engram slashing across the middle and hit him for a 16-yard touchdown that snapped a 24-24 tie in front of 106,832 fans, the third largest crowd in college football history.That win poll-vaulted the Lions to No. 1.
They stayed there for two weeks.
"What do you have to do to prove you're No. I ?" asked ABC commentator Dick Vermeil after watching the Lions destroy the Buckeyes. " ... They just have so many weapons. Now that the passing game is like it is, they just take turns doing what they want to do."
" ... This is the best offensive team I've seen, in terms of execution and getting it done, since I've been doing college (football) broadcasting and that's since 1988."
The Lions stayed ahead of Nebraska in the polls until the following week when, with reserves on the field, they allowed Indiana to score two meaningless last-minute touchdowns, making the final score 35-29. Indiana completed a pass for a two-point conversation on the final play of the game to set up the final score.
Pollsters across the country only looked at the final numbers and decided that Penn State did not deserve its No. I ranking. The Lions dropped behind the Cornhuskers and stayed there the rest of the year.
The next week, the Lions almost fell deeper into the Top 10 when they gave Illinois a 21-point lead in the first half thanks to a pair of turnovers and a short punt that gave the Illini great field position.
"As soon as the score got to 21-0 the game plan went out the window," said offensive guard Marco Rivera. "After that we just had to take it one play at a time."
It took a long time but finally, with a misty rain falling, the Lions began "The Drive." They needed to go 96 yards, into the wind and rain, against the clock and an Illinois defense that was among the nation's best.
No problem.
"When we got into the huddle (on the 4), Kerry (Collins) just said, 'Let's go. Let's do it.' And then we went," said fullback Brian Milne, who capped the drive with a two-yard plunge. "We were determined to take it all the way down the field."
It was a drive that had to be perfect in every way. There was no room for a dropped pass, a missed assignment or a foolish penalty. It was the kind of drive only an experienced, talented unit could make. It was the final test.
With the win the Lions clinched the Big Ten title and the 3ose Bowl berth that goes with it.But the Lions were still thinking about a national title.
"We have two more games to play, then we'll start thinking about the Rose Bowl," Paterno said.
"It's certainly great," Collins said of the Rose Bowl berth, "but we have bigger things on our mind. We still have a chance at a national championship."
In reality, it proved to be a long shot. Because while the Lions were dispatching Northwestern and Michigan State to finish 11-0, Nebraska was also running the table.
And because the two teams were committed to different bowls as conference champions, the only way Penn State could hope to finish No. 1 was for Miami to beat the Huskers while the Lions took care of Oregon in the Rose Bowl.
Nebraska rallied to score twice in the second half to beat Miami in the Orange Bowl on New Year's Eve, so when the Lions took the field in Pasadena they knew deep down the best they could hope for was No. 2.
Penn State got its first Rose Bowl win with a 38-20 victory over the Oregon Ducks.
They scored on their first play from scrimmage as Carter went 83 yards untouched. It was the first of three touchdowns he would score in the game. But it took a pair of interceptions by Chuck Penzenik, a free safety starting his first game, and a 72-yard kickoff return by backup tailback Ambrose Fletcher to hold off the pesky Ducks.
With the win, Penn State became the first Big Ten team to go undefeated, untied and win the Rose bowl since Ohio State did it in 1968. The Buckeyes got a national title for that season.
But the Lions didn't get a national championship or even a split decision.
It was the third unbeaten team Paterno has coached that had to settle for second place in the voting.


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In the morning Dan went off to clear Argo out of Terreganu. Meanwhile, everyone prepared the boat for a 160 mile passage to Pulau Tioman. When Dan returned we cast off our dock lines and made our way out of the channel, dodging one of the busy dredging barges. We were informed that over the past four years, enough sand has been dredged out of the Terreganu River to fill nearly 50 thousand dump trucks. Unfortunately, out at sea there was no wind for the afternoon. We just motored through the haze that restricted our visibility to 7 miles. The haze has reportedly been caused by farmers in Borneo, burning massive amounts of brush while clearing out new fields from the jungle. The wind finally picked up a bit after dinner. We were able to put up some head sails and motor, close hauled through the night.


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The entries are from very different ends of the spectrum: the brand-new but already record-breaking Mari-Cha IV and the venerable but transatlantic-race-winning Sumurun. Both yachts will be looking to break the 100-year-old transatlantic-race record of Atlantic, skippered by the legendary Charlie BARR. In 1905 the 185-foot (56.4m) Atlantic raced from New York to the Lizard in England in 12 days, four hours, one minute and 19 seconds. That is the oldest race record in sailing.
Last month, the 140-foot (42.7m) carbon-fibre canting-keel Mari-Cha IV, skippered and owned by Robert MILLER, of the Royal Yacht Squadron, Cowes, set the west-to-east transatlantic passage record in six days, 17 hours, 52 minutes and 39 seconds. During this record-breaking crossing, Robert MILLER and his crew also shattered the monohull 24-hour distance record by sailing 525.7 nautical miles.
Miller said about Mari-Cha IV's entry in the Rolex Transatlantic Challenge, "I am delighted to be able to participate with Mari-Cha IV in this exciting and historic race."
Sumurun is skippered by A. Robert TOWBIN, chair of the NYYC's Rolex Transatlantic Challenge Committee. In 1997, his 94-foot (28.7m) Fife design, built in 1914, won the Classic Division in the Atlantic Challenge Cup, this race's predecessor.
Commented Bob TOWBIN, "We are delighted that Mari-Cha IV has decided to join the Rolex Transatlantic Challenge 2005. As she has just set the transatlantic passage record, it will be exciting to see Mari-Cha IV challenged in our race to compete against the newest and fastest super-sailing yachts. This is how it was for Atlantic in 1905."
Also expected to compete are the 257-foot (78.3m) Stad Amsterdam, chartered by the Storm Trysail Club, and several of the new Volvo 70s.
The Rolex Transatlantic Challenge is for monohull yachts 70 feet (21.34m) length on deck or greater. There is no maximum size. The race is sponsored by Rolex and hosted by the New York Yacht Club with the cooperation of England's Royal Yacht Squadron. There will be at least three divisions: Classic, Performance Cruising and Grand Prix. Yachts will race for elapsed time, as well as handicap prizes. The classics will race under the NYYC Cruising Rule; the Performance Cruising and Grand Prix yachts will race under Americap II or IRC. The race is registered with the World Sailing Speed Record Council, part of ISAF, in case the record of Atlantic is broken.
Prior to departure, owners and guests will be entertained at the New York Yacht Club in New York City and aboard the aircraft carrier and museum USS Intrepid in New York Harbor where the entrants will be berthed.
The 2005 race will have two finish lines: The first will be off Lizard light, to mark Atlantic's existing race record. After passing through the Lizard finish gate, yachts will continue racing to the second finish line, located at the Needles Fairway buoy, off the Isle of Wight. This adds about 142 nautical miles to the distance to the Lizard, bringing the total race distance to about 3,142 nm. Atlantic's race record for the latter course is 13 days, 10 hours and 15 minutes.
When the fleet arrives in England, it will be welcomed by the Royal Yacht Squadron (RYS). A highlight of the post-race festivities will be a race around the Isle of Wight, where in 1851, America, a yacht representing the NYYC, raced a fleet of RYS vessels for what was then the 100 Guineas Cup, and became the America's Cup. In honour of its 150th Anniversary, the Round the Island Race was the centerpiece of the now-famous America's Cup Jubilee, hosted by the RYS and NYYC in 2001. The 2005 Round the Island Race, hosted by the RYS, will be reserved for yachts that participated in the Rolex Transatlantic Challenge. Visiting yachts will also take part in England's celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar.
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The Sister
By Eric John Meyer. Directed by Jess Chayes
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In 2016 Dutch Kills proudly took The Sister to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival to delight and challenge our critics and our early bird audiences alike.
Praise for the sister in Edinburgh
3/22 - 4/13 2013 at the 4th Street Theater.
In the spring of 2013 Dutch Kills produced its first full length play. Eric John Meyer's chilling and unflinching examination of domestic life was presented at the 4th street theater with critical success.


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Posco seeks extension of in-principle nod for its SEZ
Posco India has sought extension of in-principle approval for its multi-product Special Economic Zone (SEZ) proposed near Paradeep in coastal Odisha.
The approval for the company's SEZ project expires on October 25 this year.
The steel maker has requested the Odisha government to forward its no objection certificate (NOC)/recommendation to the Board of Approvals under Union commerce ministry as required under Rule-4 of SEZ Rules, 2006.
The South Korean steel major has proposed to develop a multi-product SEZ over an area of 1620.48 hectares (4004.22 acres) in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district.
The proposed SEZ has the potential to be commercially and economically viable. It will attract Rs 53,613 crore of investment, mostly FDI (foreign direct investment).
The project will also bring in more than $47 billion (Rs 2.11 lakh crore) of net foreign exchange in 30 years. Besides, it will lay down new infrastructure and generate fresh employment for 48,000 people which includes 18,000 direct and the balance 30,000 indirect jobs.
The company claimed it had made significant progress in securing the minimum required land for the SEZ. It also expected the Odisha government to transfer the minimum required land for its SEZ within this year.
"The Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Idco) has leased 222.13 hectares (548.80 hectares) of the non-forest government land for the SEZ. The Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) accorded final approval for diversion of 1253 hectares (3096 acres) of forest land in favour of the developer in May 2011. Following this, Idco cleared encroachments from about 607 hectares (1500 acres) of the land by June 2011, which is now in very advanced stage of allotment. Idco is now preparing to remove encroachments from the remaining land, which will also be alloted to us shortly", Posco India's chairman cum managing director Yong Won Yoon wrote to Odisha industries secretary Parag Gupta.
So far Posco India has deposited Rs 29.67 crore to Idco towards land and land clearance activities and disbursed Rs 9.90 crore as rehabilitation & resettlement (R&R) compensation.
The company has also deposited Rs 105.39 crore with the divisional forest officer towards forest clearance compliance.
Yoon stated further in the letter that the environment clearances granted for the Posco's captive port project and steel plant on May 15, 2007 and July 19, 2007 need to be re-validated in five years.
Accordingly, Posco India has requested the MoEF to re-validate the green clearances for both the projects on April 23, 2012 and May 24, 2012 respectively.
The company claimed that the expert appraisal committee- EAC (industry-I) has already recommended re-validation of the environment clearance for the steel plant.
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Bronx Martial Arts Academy
The Allerton side of Bronx Martial Arts Academy.
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Hone avenue side
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Bleachers at Bronx Martial Arts
You can watch the classes from the bleachers
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BJJ, Muay Thai, Karate, it all happens here!
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We have plenty of space to view and monitor classes.
BMAA Student creed and Dojo Kun
The word we live by as martial artists.
Second set up mats
We have a smaller room for warming up or individual evaluations.
Belt progression
It always good to see what is ahead.
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Guiding principles can make a real difference in children. Our juniors have responsiblilties to live up to as martial arts.
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Online programming is offered to those who are unable to physically train at our facility but still want to take advantage of our expertise. We work with lifters across the globe. Canada and England are home to lifters outside of the United States currently on our roster.
Personalized training programs are designed to accomodate the individual needs of our lifters. We employ a variety of training methods backed by science and evidence-based practice/application from years of personal experience.
Prior to working with us, lifters are required to fill out a lengthy online questionnaire covering their physical history along with questions specific to training. Recent video footage of 1RM's in each of the 3 disciplines (may be heavy triple or double unless contest footage is available) is also a prerequisite.
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Providing service adhering to the Principle of Individuality takes time, therefore we cap our roster at 25 which allows each lifter to receive an equal amount of attention.
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I am both photographer and writer, conveying the beauty of gardens and plants through words and pictures that appear in publications all over the world. For 20 years now, I have photographed widely throughout the British Isles, meeting the remarkable people behind lovely English gardens, specialist nurseries and plant collections.
My work is published worldwide, not only in books, quality magazines and newspapers, but also in greetings cards, calendars and advertising materials. However, it is the feature packages of text, high resolution images and captions that is at the heart of my work. I love the challenge of both photographing and writing about gardens and, over the years, have learned to identify countless plants — essential for accurate picture captions.
I photograph digitally, using the Hasselblad H3D11-39 and Nikon D800E, two superb cameras producing high resolution files of 39 and 36 megapixels respectively.
Gardens photography is incredibly absorbing, but I try to strike a work / life balance, and my other interests include playing flute, windsurfing, cooking, catamaran sailing, gardening and running, including the London Marathon. I live on the River Thames to the south-west of London, just 10 miles from London Heathrow Airport, and 25 minutes by train from London Waterloo railway station.


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In another corner of Middlewood, we've had hungry visitors return to my flower garden after a 20 year absence. When we first moved out here we lost some day lilies for two summers, then it stopped. Perhaps our other dogs did a better job of keeping wildlife away than our present combination of Daisy and Duke. From the look of my garden, I'd say it's a whole family of white-tailed deer nibbling in the night.
The only deer I've seen in person, during the day, is tiny and delicate. I call her Bambi, and I no longer care about the flowers. There are enough blooms left for us to enjoy, and the tiny fawn can have her greens. I hope to get a photo of her soon. Stay tuned...
The phlox Bambi forgot to eat.
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Three Years for Blogging
// February 22nd, 2007 // Blog
Egypt blogger jailed for 'insult'
I'm confused; how does insulting Al-Azhar University constitute insulting Islam?
Two comments i liked:
"If he had only criticized al-azhar without Hosni, he would probably be a free man."
"Is the UK any better? You can be labelled a terrorist for heckling the home secretary, arrested if you protest against the government without permission, put under house arrest if the home office don't like the look of you, or simply detained without trial for the rest of your life.
But people seem to be happy with this, because they foolishly believe that such draconion powers will never be misused, and will only apply to "bad people"."
Martin, England, UK
Lots of anti-Islam comments, which is understandable. Although, I am pretty tired of having to explain how not all Muslims practise Islam, and that a government run by Muslims is not the same as an Islamic State… it's not the excuses that i find tiring, but the fact that we have to make them so often.
Can Muslims in the West help to improve matters in Muslim countries, when the inhabitants of said countries cannot? Have we learnt anything from our own governments? Yes, they are less than perfect, but we cannot deny the good either. It is easy to criticize, but how can we change things?
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P.S., apologies to Anonymouse, for stealing her 'questioning' style. She tends to round off her entries with stimulating questions for her audience, and i seem to have done the same on the last two entries! Hopefully, she won't sue me for copyright, hehe.
Actually he never insulted Islam even. Read this well researched post http://desicritics.org/2007/02/23/081646.php
Its really sad to see the state of affairs in there so called Islamic countries. There countries are still in a infant stage of development and are yet to cope up with modern values. its the conflict between the modern values and Islamic values which creates a confusion. I often wonder if Shariah laws are more suited for a religious society rather than a non-religious present day societies. I was up against arm against the author when he mentioned this theory but slowly i seems to have accepted his theory.
From what i understand of the story, he insulted Mohammad, but it was tucked away on the same pages as a great article about Democracy giving way to Socialism and didn't read it all.
Sharique: "I often wonder if Shariah laws are more suited for a religious society rather than a non-religious present day societies."
That is a good question. As with any governing system, it requires cooperation from the majority of citizens, the courts & the rulers, in order for it to work smoothly, and for its benefits to become evident. If the society is not particularly religious, true Sharia cannot be applied, IMO, as it relies on people respecting its rules, having some understanding of why they are in place (i.e., knowledge & love of Islam), and a fear of Allah that would prevent the State having to take a heavy-handed approach to keep order. Perhaps it doesn't require such ideal circumstances, but it would certainly help.
Also, my impression is that Sharia being so complete, cannot easily co-exist with a second system of rule. At present, many Muslim countries are part secular, part Sharia (with some tribal laws thrown in for good measure), which just leads to a big mess.
I'm not sure what you mean by the conflict between 'modern' & 'Islamic' values. Can you give an example to illustrate your point?
Lucy: Did you read his blog, or are you referring to another site?
I meant the coexistence of secular and liberal values with shariah laws, as you also mentioned. Places like Turkey and Pakistan which are trying to amend laws so as to please the world and also on the other hand fear transgressing shariah, thanks to the religious parties.
But tell me one thing, Shariah laws are complete and how can it be that Allah made them only for a religious society? i am still to find an authentic reference.
"But tell me one thing, Shariah laws are complete and how can it be that Allah made them only for a religious society? i am still to find an authentic reference."
When i say complete, i mean that Sharia is all-encompassing; it covers every aspect of a Muslim's life. Thus in order for it to "work", it has to be in place where there are Muslims willing to live by it, and rulers willing to enforce it.
As far as i am aware, Jews & Christians living in the old Islamic State, were allowed to govern their own communities, according to their own sacred laws, i.e., their own Sharia; Islamic Sharia was not imposed upon them. Overall their allegiance was to the Islamic State, but they were somewhat autonomous. I have to verify this though. Also, i don't know what happened with non-kitaabi communities.
That suggests that Sharia was designed for the Muslims. I would say it is like a test for us; are we willing to live by the rules of Allah, or not? There is no compulsion in any aspect of the religion, and so we have to make this choice for ourselves.
However, most Islamic 'values' are universal, which means some aspects of Sharia could be applied in a secular environment. For example, riba [interest]-free transactions. It is an idea that is novel to the West, but it is noble in intent & deed, and would be of great benefit to any society.
Also, social care & services. Is Zakah not a fine example of welfare reform, with the poorest members of the community being supported by the richest?
Another example: the caliph Umar (may Allah be please with him) assigned every blind person in the state, a human guide. This is not found in Qur'an & Sunnah, but is a natural extension of the Islamic ideal that the strong (the State) should defend the weak (its disadvantaged citizens).
I'm sure we could find many more examples of universal practices, without looking very hard, inshallah.
No my point is why can't Shariah make a non-pious society pious? I understand that it all depends on person whether he/she is willing to submit to the will of Allah but what about those who are away from deen. And lets assume a society where a majority of people are away from deen, well nothing to assume…just look around :), so if shariah laws are implemented in this land, can it make the people pious? These are rules of the land no one can refuse saying i am not religious..so is there a provision in Islam which exonerates a non-pious person! no, right?
OK, sorry, i obviously missed your point!
Well, first off, piety can be a relative and elusive term. None of us can really point to anyone and say "he's pious", as only Allah is the Knower of what we hide in our hearts.
Perhaps you mean, non-practising Muslims? I.e., those who believe in Islam, but are currently too weak to live by it?
The majority of Medina's citizens were not Muslims. You had the Jews, the pagan Arabs & of course, the hypocrites. However, under the strong leadership of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), the State was established, though it had its fair share of troubles.
Also, the Muslims that were practicing (the Muhajirun & the Ansar, may Allah be pleased with them both) were well-trained by Rasoolallah, which meant that the Islamic State was very successful under the leadership of the rightly-guided caliphs, even though most of the new citizens of the rapidly expanding State were either new Muslims, or had not converted at all.
So perhaps this means that Sharia can actually be implemented successfully in a majority non-practising society, but it relies on the Islamic leadership being strong, and above all, just.
It is true, that those who do believe in Islam, and want to live life according to Allah's will, even though they are weak (and we are ALL weak, in that sense), will find great support living under Sharia.
However, Sharia is not a magic pill. It will not suddenly make the non-pious, pious, otherwise there would not have been a single hypocrite amongst the Muslims of Medina. Sharia only governs public spaces and interactions; a citizen has the right to do whatever they want in their own home, without being spied on by the State. What a person does in private, is between them and Allah, which is why Sharia cannot compel a believer into piety; this in the hands of the individual, along with the guidance of Allah.
As-salaamu 'alaikum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatu,
Haha, no worries about ripping off my style! I'll make a special exception for you… because you're special! ;) :)
Re:jailed blogger – apparently he *did* insult Islam. I was reading a newspaper article about him, and he allegedly said that when Muslims say that the violent actions of other Muslims aren't part of Islam, they're lying because all this violence really *is* a part of Islam – wana'oothu billaah!
It's great that you post the odd article about general topics, Z…, because otherwise atheists like me (who can't really get seriously involved in heavy theological discussions) wouldn't be able to comment.
Perhaps the idea of two blogs, one for those who are interested in things theological and another for the 'godless' might work very well.
With your special charm you could easily interweave the two together!
Daniel: Thanks for the suggestion, but at this rate, i'll have three blogs going!
I suppose you find it difficult to comment on my blog, just as i find it difficult to comment on yours. I am not well versed in Politics, just as you are not well-versed in Islam (though from your history, you do seem to be very familiar with the concept of religion, from when you were an active Xtian).
I do try to throw in the odd "general" topic, now and then, or at least, generalize my entries on Islam, so that non-Muslims can have an idea of what i'm trying to say.
Take my blog to be an educational experience on life as a Muslim, as well as a place to comment, when you feel you can! I take your blog as a place to educate myself on the ways of the world, especially the dirtier side of politics (actually, i'm still waiting to find the "clean" side).
Take care!
I guess one's own blog is a place where education also takes place, Z. As you read and research for posts you find out more and more just as you do from replying to comments.
Questioning is the name of the game, always questioning. Problem is, there are so few answers. Cheers.


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Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. (ABI) has released a Request for Proposals (RFP) for developers to submit proposals for Phase II of 890 Memorial Drive, known as the Lofts at Reynoldstown Crossing.
This former warehouse was in the process of being renovated by a private developer when the combination of the economic downturn and damage from the 2008 tornado stalled the project. It was acquired in 2011 by Atlanta BeltLine, Inc., and work was completed on 29 condominium units and one commercial space. Twenty-eight of the units were sold as workforce housing in 2012 to families earning under $69,000.
Following the successful development of Phase I, ABI is looking to begin the next phase of construction. There are several goals a developer must meet, including:
- Housing with a minimum of 40% of the units meeting the affordability requirements outlined
- A commitment and feasible approach towards long-term affordability exceeding 50 years with public or community control over the decision to convert affordable workforce units into unrestricted units
- Pedestrian-friendly design of all street and Atlanta BeltLine corridor frontages in keeping with the BeltLine Overlay District
- A project design and use of the site which activates the area through interactive Memorial Drive and/or Chester Avenue frontages
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Tanya Bonakdar Gallery is extremely pleased to present Multiple Pleasures: Functional Objects in Contemporary Art, a broad and dynamic survey exhibition featuring over 150 specially selected
objects and artworks by more than 90 contemporary artists. Each work blurs the boundaries between utility and aesthetics in a complex series of compellingly seductive and thought provoking ways. Emphasizing a trend in contemporary art that has only become more evident over the past several years, the exhibition features artists from the renowned to the emerging, each of whom embraces the soft definitions between architecture, design, and artmaking, creating items for use while staying completely authentic to the core of their art making and studio practice.
The works span a broad range of categories –an executive desk, a working lamp, a functional chair, a wearable sweater, salt and pepper shakers, a chess set, puzzles, swings, garden fountains and bird feeders-- each with a dual life, existing both to serve a practical purpose and an appealing aesthetic one. In a contemporary culture that celebrates the complex interdependence of form, function and material accumulation, these items somehow fulfill needs and desires never before proposed or considered.
From Andrea Zittel's bronze Vertical Accumulators wall hooks to Ed Ruscha's limited edition beach towels, the exhibition covers both the cerebral and lighthearted. Many of the pieces are endowed with a sense of whimsy and capriciousness; though intellectually compelling, they provide a sense of levity and entertainment. And while there is a certain playfulness to each work featured, their exquisite materiality and substance is only compounded by their potential for employment.
Presenting a broad and exacting selection of work by well-known contemporary artists, alongside some of today's most vital newcomers, the exhibition includes a sonic table by Doug Aitken, a bubbling fountain of stacked truck tires by Rob Pruitt, Olafur Eliasson's Starbrick lamps, newly produced outdoor benches by Jason Meadows, Tom Burr and Rirkrit Tiravanija, an oversized chess set by Barbara Kruger, a dining table by Urs Fischer, and dinner and tea sets by Cindy Sherman. Among the smaller items in the exhibition are newly produced mugs by Cary Leibowitz, a shower curtain by Lisa Yuskavage, t-shirts by Olaf Breuning, Kathryn Garcia and many others.


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European champions Toulon kicked off their bid to end a 22-year wait for the Top 14 title with a barely deserved draw at Montpellier on Friday (August 16).
Stade Yves du Manoir was, predictably, packed to the rafters for the opening game of the season and, after a brief delay while the small mystery of the missing match ball was solved, Francois Trinh-Duc kicked off the new season.
Things threatened to go wrong for the big-spending visitors in the third minute when – following a slightly overcooked crossfield kick from Jonny Wilkinson – Montpellier strung together several powerful passages of play before releasing winger Yoan Audrin to score unopposed and with a suitable first-try-of-the-season flourish in the corner.
It took 11 minutes for Toulon to have their first shot at goal – a penalty from just inside the Montpellier half. But Jonny Wilkinson, who this season looks like a leaner, meaner and better-coiffed version of Jon Bon Jovi, dragged his kick wide of the post.
The new scrummaging rules were given a thorough workout in the opening 20 minutes. It's obviously early days, but – despite lots of huffing and puffing from both packs – they don't yet seem to have solved the penalty-count problem. Jonathan Pélissié increased Montpellier's lead to 10-0 following another scrum-related infringement after 23 minutes.
Toulon's bad night at the office continued when Virgile Bruni was handed the dubious honour of the season's first yellow card just a minute later for a dangerous tackle.
This setback briefly galvanised the rouge et noir, and they promptly launched their most incisive attack of the match, allowing Wilkinson to cut the deficit with a simple penalty from inside the Montpellier 22.
It didn't take long for Pélissié to reimpose the host's 10-point lead, following another penalty from a scrum – though this one was more down to a big effort from their tight five, who made the most of their opponents' deficiency in numbers.
Toulon thought they had cut the lead with two minutes of the first half remaining when Matt Giteau found Delon Armitage to score under the posts, but the video referee ruled that Wilkinson's pass to the Australian was – either because or in spite of the rather confusing new rules – forward.
A penalty early in the second half gave Wilkinson another chance to reduce the deficit – and this time he made no mistake.
Montpellier's new signing – Catalan prop monster Nicolas Mas – made his first competitive appearance for his new club at the same time as Maximiliano Bustos finally succumbed to a knee injury picked up in the first half.
And he had a chance to make an immediate impact, as the hosts won a scrum five metres from the Toulon line. But, despite pounding the Toulon line, Montpellier were unable to find that decisive pass. Instead, try-scorer Audrin knocked on.
But then Mas made his mark. He destroyed Andrew Sheridan in the resulting scrum to win a penalty for his new team. Pélissié was unable to convert, but Mas had proved his point and Sheridan was promptly replaced by Xavier Chiocci in the hope that he could handle the heat in Mas's kitchen.
Things were getting for Toulon, whose palms have apparently been so generously greased with silver by president Mourad Boudjellal that they could not hold on to the ball. The hosts, on the other hand, were sharper, better prepared and more ready for the fight.
Trinh-Duc made sure Montpellier's continuing supremacy counted for something by slotting a simple drop goal, as they kept the visitors pinned in their own half.
Not even the arrival of Toulon's long-haired new signing Martin Castrogiavanni and the almost equally hirsute Pierrick Gunther looked likely to change Toulon's fortunes. Montpellier were more than a match for them – and as the visitors grew increasingly desperate, so their passes grew wilder and wilder.
Wilkinson closed the gap again with a third penalty to keep Toulon within seven points and therefore pick up a losing bonus point – but the fact the French commentators were talking this way with 20 minutes to play is probably as telling a fact as any match statistic.
But then Trinh-Duc sent the restart out on the full, giving Toulon undeserved new hope.
Not that they could capitalise, as they promptly conceded their sixth scrum-related penalty. It gave replacement scrum half Benoît Paillaugue a long-range chance to increase Montpellier's lead again. He did not disappoint the fans at Yves du Manoir.
Not even two quick Wilkinson penalties looked likely to alter the fact that Toulon were living on a prayer – until, that is, centre Maxime Mermoz scored an interception try, which Wilkinson duly converted to level the scores.
But the drama was not yet over. WIth two minutes left, Paillaugue had a chance to win the match from 53m. His effort fell well short, and Toulon saw out the remaining few seconds to pick up an generally undeserved draw.
Montpellier – Audrin
Toulon – Mermoz
Montpellier – Pélissié
Toulon – Wilkinson
Montpellier Pélissié (2) / Paillaugue (2)
Toulon Wilkinson (5)
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The only hint that this is a GPS capable device, are the letters inscribed in the plastic at the top. In one corner is a plastic hook for attaching a strap while the stylus is located in the other corner. It can be extended or shortened, which can help you use it when placed in a cradle close to a windscreen. The top can be unscrewed and can be used to insert into the reset switch, which I needed to do on one occasion.
The PDA runs Windows Mobile 5 and sports a processor that operates at 400MHz. There's 64MB of RAM and 128MB of ROM, though only 54.10MB and 95.84MB respectively are actually available for use.
The battery is rated at 1,200mAh and a figure of 4.5 hours is quoted for battery life. This might be possible in certain cases, but not when the screen is left on and the internal GPS unit is active, as it would be on a car journey. In this situation you'll get a low battery message pop up after only an hour or so. I found this worrying, annoying and far too premature, as it will last closer to three hours.
However, the first time I had to rely on the Mio to get me to a destination it turned out that the car I was in had no power sockets, so I had to hope the battery would last, lest I found myself lost in the mists of deepest Uxbridge. Fortunately, it did.
The internal GPS unit is the now ubiquitous SiRF Star III, which should mean great performance, accuracy and staying power. However, in the P550, I had some very mixed results. To save battery I put the device into a Powersave mode, and soon enough the screen turned itself off. However, when I turned it back in to see where I needed to go, the GPS connection took some 15 minutes to recover, which was quite disappointing. This was in good conditions with a clear view to the sky. It took a reset to get the device going again, but in the meantime I was left stressed and nearly stranded. However, later it re-established the link with the satellites much more quickly, so I could put it down to a one off.
I also found at one point that it got confused about which road I was on and which was I once facing, which left me driving for a while following my nose while I waited for it to sort itself out.
While the Mio 168 used CoPilot software, the P550 is bundled with MioMap v3. I first encountered MioMap on the C710 and while it can do a job I found it confusing and frustrating and little has changed here. The style and textures of the buttons looks basic, while the layout is anything but intuitive – working out where various functions are is a hit and miss affair. I'm used to t he logical arrangement of a TomTom and by comparison MioMap is a hair puller.
Spoken directions are clear but only one voice is on offer, a male one and I found it overly loud and intrusive so I turned it off. Movement on the map is jerky and sometimes the lag after you've turned is quite noticeable.
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1 Family of Shluchim and 30 suitcases. It's no joke, but this photo of the Kripor family traveling with some 30 suitcases made waves on social media. But why does a family of six need so many suitcases?
Rabbi Ofer and Yael Kripor along with their four children are the Shluchim to Cuzco, Peru and together they direct Chabad of Cusco Peru. After a stay in Israel they returned to their Shlichus last week and brought with them the items – such as kosher food, wine and Matzah – supply's that need to last them over nine months.
Their center is described as a hotspot for Jewish travelers and locals, and is also popular with Americans travelling abroad.
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Beloved Blue Springs pastor Joey Butler dies at 51
Pastor Joey Butler, the beloved Blue Springs minister whose faith inspired thousands, has died at age 51.
Suffering with renal cell cancer since Christmas 2011, even in his illness he found ways to teach people God's love. His church family often joked that their minister wasn't sick whenever he reentered the hospital. But that God needed him to meet someone there.
The Gateway Church founder was featured in The Star in March, when word spread that the unofficial chaplain for the Blue Springs High School football team was stepping down from his position.
He prepared his family, his friends and his congregation, joking with them even a few days before his death. Cindi Skeen, a church secretary, said the tweets from high school students erupted on Sunday when news spread. But one tweet, she said, described him the best:
"Joey never wrote a book. And he didn't have a mega church. He just made hundreds of disciples who made disciples."
His sermon stories and jokes reached people in their everyday lives. He wrapped spiritual messages using baseball metaphors, his dog, or even the weather. He was endlessly creative finding deeper meaning in the smaller moments of life.
Because he could see God in the chaos of living.
Butler believed that God used him to bless especially those with broken lives. And to the pastor, everyone was broken somewhere.
"Nothing is more inspiring then to see people thrive in adversity," he told The Star. "What's inspiring in something that's easy?"
A Celebration of Life for Butler is scheduled for 7 p.m., Tuesday, at Blue Springs High School's Performing Arts Center, 2000 Ashton Drive. The church asks that guests wear "Joey attire! Casual." Butler's family will be wearing Mississippi State logoed clothes, and especially the color maroon, his favorite color on earth.
Skeen said the church moved the celebration to the larger venue because so many people are coming. "It will be a joyful evening... He was loved."


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|John McCrea
John McCrea at F.A.C.T.S. 2008
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Notable works
John McCrea (born 1966 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a comic book artist best known for his collaborations with writer Garth Ennis.
In 1989, after a few years of drawing television and toy tie-ins, he illustrated Ennis's debut, the political series Troubled Souls, in Crisis, as well as its sequel, the farce For a Few Troubles More. He later illustrated the series Carla Allison in Deadline.
He broke into American comics in 1993, drawing Ennis's run on DC Comics's The Demon, followed by its spin-off, Hitman, from 1996 to 2001, on which McCrea developed a versatile drawing style equally at home with goofy humour, action, and subtle characterisation. Hitman issue 34 won the Eisner Award for best single issue in 1999. His wilder, more exaggerated cartooning found an outlet with Dicks, a mini-series spinning off from For a Few Troubles More into more outrageous dialect, sexual and toilet humour, published by Caliber in 1997, with a sequel, Dicks II, from Avatar in 2002.
Since Hitman finished he has drawn a variety of characters for DC, Marvel, Dark Horse Comics, 2000 AD and others. Recent work includes Herogasm a limited series spun off from Garth Ennis' The Boys.[1][2]
On 9 April 2011 McCrea was one of 62 comics creators who appeared at the IGN stage at the Kapow! convention in London to set two Guinness World Records, the Fastest Production of a Comic Book, and Most Contributors to a Comic Book.[3][4]
In 2012 he started work on the Mars Attacks! 50th anniversary relaunch of the ongoing comic, written by John Layman and published by IDW. He also contributed 15 new cards to the Topps MA! Heritage set and exclusive variants for the set.
While pencilling and inking the MA! comic, he has also found time to pencil and ink issue 49.1 of Deadpool for Marvel, Warpaint (written by Phil Hester) for UK based Strip Magazine and Progenitor (also written by Hester) for David Lloyd's bold new online only publishing adventure Aces Weekly.
He returned to DC briefly in 2013 through their Vertigo imprint for an 8 pager (written by Neil Kleid) for their one shot Ghosts. He returned again, this time to mainline DC Comics, for miniseries Section 8, based on supporting characters of Hitman. Section 8 also marks his reunion with Hitman writer Garth Ennis and the team's return to the series.
- "Fast Forward" (with Hilary Robinson, in 2000 AD #615, 1989)
- Troubled Souls (with Garth Ennis, in Crisis #15-27, 40 & 46, 1989–1990)
- "Wyrmwood" (with Malachy Coney, in Crisis #29, 1989)
- "Her parents" (with Mark Millar, in Crisis #31, 1989)
- Chopper: "Earth, Wind and Fire" (with Garth Ennis, in Judge Dredd Megazine #1.01-1.06, 1990)
- Judge Death: "Masque of the Judge, Death" (with Si Spencer, in Judge Dredd Mega-Special #4, 1991)
- Middenface McNulty: "Wan Man an' His Dug" (with Alan Grant and Tony Luke, in Judge Dredd Megazine #1.15-1.20, 1991-1992)
- Judge Dredd:
- "The Craftsman" (with Garth Ennis, in 2000 AD #817, 1993)
- "Last Respects" (with Gordon Rennie, in 2000 AD #1389, 2004)
- "Placebo" (with Rufus Dog, in 2000 AD #1405, 2004)
- The Demon #40,42-48,50,52-60 (with Garth Ennis, DC Comics, 1993–1995)
- Hitman (with Garth Ennis, 60 issues, DC, specials: Annual #1, issue #1,000,000, 1996–2001)
- Hitman (tpb collects #1-3 + The Demon Annual #2 + Batman Chronicles #4, 1997 ISBN 1-56389-314-2)
- 10,000 Bullets (tpb collects #4-8, 1998 ISBN 1-56389-404-1)
- Local Heroes (tpb collects #9-14 + Annual #1, 1999 ISBN 1-56389-509-9)
- Ace of Killers (tpb collects #15-22, 2000 ISBN 1-56389-614-1)
- Who Dares Wins (tpb collects #23-28, 2001 ISBN 1-56389-718-0)
- uncollected: 29-33, 1,000,0000, 34-60
- Hitman/Lobo: That Stupid Bastich! (one-shot, 1999)
- JLA/Hitman (2-issue mini-series, DC, 2007, ongoing)
- Dicks (with Garth Ennis, 1997–2005)
- Preacher Special; Tall in the Saddle (with Steve Dillon, one-shot, DC/Vertigo 1999)
- Cruel and Unusual (pencils, with authors Jamie Delano/Tom Peyer and inks by Andrew Chiu, Vertigo, 4-issue mini-series, 1999)
- Wonder Woman Annual vol. 2 #154-155 (with Doselle Young, DC, 2000)
- Superman 80-Page Giant: "How To Be A Super-Hero" (with Garth Ennis, DC, 1999)
- Jenny Sparks: The Secret History of the Authority (with Mark Millar, 5-issue mini-series, Wildstorm, 2000, ISBN 1-56389-769-5)
- Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror #7: "In Springfield, No-One Can Hear You Scream" (with Garth Ennis, 2001)
- "Trooper" (with Garth Ennis & Jimmy Palmiotti, in Star Wars Tales #10, 2001, collected in Star Wars Tales, Volume Three, Dark Horse Comics, 2003, ISBN 1-56971-836-9)
- The Monarchy (with Doselle Young, 12 issues, Wildstorm, 2001–2002)
- Superboy #92-100
- Spider-Man's Tangled Web #1-3: "The Coming of the Thousand" (with Garth Ennis, 2001, tpb, 2002 ISBN 0-7851-0803-3)
- Spider-Man: "Get Kraven" (pencils with Ron Zimmerman, and inks by James Hodgkins, 5 issues, Marvel, 2002)
- Hulk Smash! (with Garth Ennis, Marvel, 2 issues, 2001, collected in tpb Incredible Hulk Vol. 7: Dead Like Me, August 2004, ISBN 0-7851-1399-1)
- Sinister Dexter "Vircade" (with Dan Abnett, in 2000 AD #1431, 2005)
- The Atheist (with Phil Hester, Image Comics, 2005)
- The 99 (with Fabian Nicieza, Teshkeel Comics, 2007-ongoing)
- Theseus battling the Minotaur (one-shot, Lerner Publishing Group)
- The Boys: Herogasm (with Garth Ennis, mini-series, Dynamite Entertainment, 2009)
- 1998 Eisner Award for Best Single Issue (for Hitman#34: Of Thee I Sing)
- ^ A Quick Herogasm Check-In with John McCrea, Newsarama, March 18, 2009
- ^ John McCrea Talks Herogasm, Comic Book Resources, March 25, 2009
- ^ "Kapow! '11: Comic History Rewritten On The IGN Stage". IGN. April 14, 2011
- ^ "Guinness World Records at Kapow! Comic Con" Archived 2011-04-15 at the Wayback Machine. Guinness World Records. April 9, 2011
- John McCrea at the Grand Comics Database
- John McCrea at 2000 AD online
- John McCrea on Marvel.com
- John McCrea at Lambiek's Comiclopedia
External links
- Official website
- Old site
- John McCrea at the Comic Book DB
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- John McCrea interview by PJ Holden and Richmond Clments, 2000 AD Review, May 11, 2005
- John McCrea, hitman and madman, Broken Frontier, November 7, 2008


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my m-i-l as well as my mother have been constant support system to me but i could not have done this so well without Rita.. my trainer, my guru, a friend, a calm listener, a guide and a lot more…
she had been chatting with me even at 2am in the night and back at 6 in the morning … checking with me how i am doing…
she had been so encouraging through those 24 hours that giving birth seemed easier than the way elders (read society butterflies) described to me…
i have no words to thank her enough of the help she provided me all through the 5 months…
there is always this someone u find in a new land that changes ur life forever and for me that someone was her. i found love for my little one there- when i broke the news to my hibby i said it very reluctantly as i wasnt sure if i wanted the baby or rather i was ready for it in the first place. Rita helped me cope with the fact that life is abt to change and that change is going to be beautiful but it will all depend on how i enjoy it. she taught me to love my body that was changing day by day in a curvy and beautiful one. as i write this i miss my tummy n i miss my young one's kicks inside me even when i have him right here in my arms.
Rita came as an unheard blessing who made sure i ate right stuff, i exercised right enough… i thought positive and behaved positive as well..
its in her aura, in the vibes of her classroom which acted as a meditation class to a picnic spot to a celebration hall to gossip adda and even at times a therapy room…
she has been a perfect mentor to me… and i cannot thank her enough for what she has done for me and all the other girls.
please visit this website and spread the word to those preggy women u know in ahmedabad and surat. it shall benefit them in tons.
she is also very active on her facebook page-
now this blog needs a makeover… will be back with a new blog and a new look in a while… actually i dont know how long that 'while' will be.. it all depends on how much time i get between changing nappies and taking a nap. 😉 a new life begins
cheeers to motherhood.
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Congrats !!!!!! :D…so happy for you…what's lil one's name ?
Welcome to Motherhood..Life is about to change but at the same time,you should definitely take time out for yourself..I have a lovely 32month old boy Krishna..Loving every moment with him(more like discipling & hearing him say words)..


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Uni backs new vision for tertiary education
Newcastle University says a new vision for the tertiary education sector will drive the nation's productivity and economic growth, and ensure research in the Hunter remains world class.
The peak body, Universities Australia, has released its policy statement titled, 'A Smarter Australia', in a bid to build the nation's competitive advantage in higher education.
Newcastle's vice-chancellor Professor Caroline McMillen says Australia's investment in universities has not kept pace with other developed nations.
She says it is crucial her organisation is involved in setting policy agenda.
"The University of Newcastle is right at the centre of building a stronger region, and through building a stronger region, building a stronger Australia," she said.
"We do this through ensuring our research drives world class innovation in our region, to support our economy, to support jobs, to support the future."


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Summer isn't over yet, and we're already thinking about the New Year!
We are planning a New Year's Eve Gala that will include celebrating and dancing to the music of Phil Williams and Friends, enjoying fabulous food, taking part in a silent auction, live auction and cash bar and, best of all, supporting Starfish Cafe's capital campaign fund! In 2017, we plan on buying the building.
Tickets are $50 per person and include a complimentary midnight champagne toast. Tickets are available from the Starfish Cafe or any committee member beginning Aug.15.
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If you're new to vaping you might be overwhelmed with all the opportunities of flavors to vape. You probably first started out with tobacco flavors, then moved to menthol and finally to fruit. Now you don't know where to go! There's a whole world of e-juice flavors out there for you to explore. Let me guide you through the best ones to try and vape.
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Within an hour of installing Stackify we were able to find and fix an issue".
KANSAS CITY, MO, TechEd Houston Tx May 6 2014, - Stackify , the developer of innovative cloud based application monitoring and troubleshooting tools, announced today that ABPathfinder the developer of special education and therapy management solutions, selected Stackify's solution to provide DevOps insight and proactive application health monitoring to its solution.
ABPathfinder, develops education and therapy management solutions that increase the efficiency and effectiveness of special education and autism therapy programs. Their cloud-based solution helps educators and therapists craft lesson plans, as well as collect, graph and analyze performance data. By reducing paperwork and administrative tasks, ABPathfinder maximizes the time and effort invested in each child. The solution provides health professional with a simple to use, highly available, HIPAA compliant solution that relieve them of any IT concerns and allow them to focus on treatment.
To ensure uptime and reliability, using Stackify, ABPathfinder's support and development teams are monitoring their production cloud servers, and get insight into their application behavior. The solution allows them to proactively identify issues in their application with their SaaS based software before they impact the end user. Using stackify they get all the required tools and data to allow them to monitor, diagnose and resolve application issues fast and effectively.
"We are constantly monitoring a variety of parameters including client performance, individual web page performance, errors, trends, server performance and most importantly customer satisfaction which helps us aggregate all the data end-to-end from the customer's perspective." Said Kelly M. Kerns COO, ABPathfinder
"Within an hour of installing Stackify we were able to find a service that was not only not performing but was causing such server contention, that it was causing issues for people who were not even using that service."
"ABPathfinder provides sophisticated cloud based tools to health professionals to ensure better treatment outcomes and we are excited to be the tool helping them. We are helping major hospitals, clinics and treatment centers around the country improve the life of kids with Autism" said Jim Burroughs , VP of sales and business development of Stackify. " ABPathfinder plays a strategic role in tracking treatment progress and allows for better therapy decisions. We are proud to provide ABPathfinder with the tools to take a proactive approach to their support and diagnose and fix issues before it affect their customers."
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ABPathfinder, LLC develops autism therapy management solutions that increase the efficiency and effectiveness of special education and autism therapy programs. The cloud-based platform helps therapists craft lesson plans, as well as collect, graph and analyze performance data. By reducing paperwork and administrative tasks, ABPathfinder maximizes the time and effort invested in each child. For more information, visit www.abpathfinder.com.
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