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In one congressional office, there could be a dog standing on a table at any given time. Veterinarian-turned-politician Rep. Ted Yoho's extracurricular from his day job is consulting for his colleagues on their pets.
"When I came up here, there was a freshman that came in with me," said the representative from Florida's 3rd District. "He was telling me, 'Hey, my wife had to take my cat to the vet and they did a sex change operation on it. What do they do that for?'"


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With the rising importance given to climate changes, countries are becoming more aware of the steps they must take to reduce the negative effects. One of the most significant changes that can help reduce pollution all over the world is the use of electric cars. Electric cars might bring about a positive change in the atmosphere as they don't let out carbon nor do they consume combustible gases. This makes it a win-win situation from both the sides. Considering this, many companies decided to go easy on the taxes for such cars in order to promote their use. When a country decided to discontinue such tax benefits, it adversely affected the Tesla sales.
While other countries are busy promoting the use of electric cars through monetary perks, the Hong Kong government has decided against it. According to an announcement on the 1st of April this year, this government discontinued tax breaks that were given to Tesla for its electric cars. It seems that the tax break might have really served its purpose as it's in absence, the Tesla sales have drastically gone down. This incident is a clear example of how effective government incentive programs can be. An announcement about the reduction in sales was made on Monday.
Decline in Tesla sales
Wall Street Journal analyzed the official data from the Transportation Department of Hong Kong. After this analysis, it was observed that less Tesla models were sold in the second quarter of the year. Based on numbers, there was no sale of a single Tesla S model sedan or Model X sport-utility vehicle in April. Even in the month of May, there was a sale of only five electric cars. Such numbers are almost as good as a zero.
The collapse in Tesla sales comes as a tremendous shock for the automaker. Just before the annulment of the tax break, there was registration of 3,700 electric cars in the first quarter. Within two months of such impressive progress, the numbers of registration have gone tumbling down. Due to the success in the first quarter, its global sales crossed 25,000 in the first quarter itself. This would make this period the best sales quarter ever. But the reduction in the second quarter resulted in the company's loss of this position. This incident might force Tesla to change its sale strategy as the company was planning to target mainland China next. Tesla decided to carry out long-term analysis before it invests or sets up a plant in any region.

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yesterday was a night out with my movie buds which means making the trek from my home on the west side of cleveland over to the east side (where the monday night cheapie theaters are located). generally, the trip to the other side of town via public transport takes about forty minutes, but I give myself a good hour, as I seem to have a propensity to get to the bus stop a minute too late. by giving myself lots of extra time I don't get stressed or worry about being late - always nice to have a little buffer. some might think this is a hassle - how much easier it would be to just jump in a car and go. jumping in a car may be easy and if I wanted to I could get a car to replace the car that died last year (unlike many of my fellow bus and train riders who are riding not out of choice but necessity).
but over this last year of being voluntarily car free, I've grown to love my choice and I don't want to take the easier 'route.' being car-free has made me feel so much more connected to my community. using public transportation instead of private transportation increases my chances of having a conversation with some interesting person, of stumbling on some 'everyday' miracle, or it just gives me some extra time to read a book or to gaze out the bus or train window taking in the sights while moving about the city. I have found that choosing public transportation can be, well - if you let it, be very centering and has helped me act on my beliefs about community.
when we first moved to cleveland I got a job working in medical education in the city's big public hospital. although I loved my job, I only stayed for seven years, it took that amount of time before the 'politics' of the hospital and my department got to me. during the last year I worked there, the atmosphere of the place became increasingly difficult and it seemed as though the mission to service, education and health was becoming secondary for so many of the 'higher ups' - what mattered more and more was 'the bottom line.' I was instructed that I needed to concentrate less on education and community-building and instead pursue activities that would contribute monies toward the 'bottom line.' let's say that did not sit well. around me my fellow workers were getting increasing frustrated, disenchanted, and morale was low. for myself, I thought 'time to make a change!' which I did - I have always taken the view that change is good especially when we are able to initiate the change ourselves and work on creating a better situation. okay, I digress, there is a point, while I was in that job, one of my titles included the word "community" - which of course did sit well very well with me. I felt that since I worked in a 'public hospital' and was an appointed 'community guru' (self or other appointed who is to know) I would work and try to enhance the sense of community in any way I could. it might seem silly, but one of the first things I did was order a few 'how to build community' posters for the clinic from the syracuse cultural workers catalog. these posters, by the way, were wonderful catalysts for initiating conversation among the clients in the waiting rooms. nurses, doctors and other clinic staff were often asked where the poster came from. over the years this poster has become a kind of 'talisman' for me, while I'm sitting in a bus or on a train or walking about my neighborhood or city, I often think about the 'laundry list' of community building advice offered on this poster -- powerful 'mouse medicine' for a building a healthy community.
anyhow, back to yesterday's journey (my tangents and digressions connect, I promise, I promise), instead of giving myself one hour to travel to meet my buds, since it was such a beautiful day and I had spent most of the day inside stitching, I gave myself two hours to head to the east side. I figured I would spend the extra hour wandering around lee road (the cedar lee theater is located on lee which is one of cleveland heights art and retail districts). the movie started at 7:15 and I left my house at 5:15. and yes, my propensities toward arriving a minute too late were in order - as I was walking out of the convenience store on the corner where I popped in to get change for my pass (a great deal, by the way, only 3.50 to ride the city's buses and trains all day! right now this is just a bit more than the cost of a gallon of gas - which would take me 25-35 miles depending on the car but not cover other hidden costs!), I saw a bus drive by - but no worries, I had no more than 15 and possibly only 5 or 10 minutes before another bus would come by. when I got to the rapid station surprisingly my timing was perfect, I was on the platform just a minute before a train came. when I got to the university circle rapid station I found I had a lot more than an hour before I had to be at the theater, I decided instead of jumping on a bus to lee road, I would walk. I'm not sure, but I expect it's only 2 1/5 or 3 miles from the rapid to the theater and on such a beautiful evening, it would be a lovely.
as I walked up the hill the first thing I encountered was a rabbit, sitting peacefully just five feet or so from the sidewalk. me being me, the first thing I thought of was drat, no camera! but then I realized I did have my cell phone which has a camera in it. so I stepped off the sidewalk bent down and snapped a picture of the rabbit. I felt terrible, the sound startled the rabbit and she jumped up and hopped a little way off. but when she did there was one of those little everyday miracles I'm so fond of - the rabbit was a mama rabbit and she was sitting on a litter of baby rabbits! I didn't want to 'contaminate' the area and make the mother rabbit abandon her babies, so after a quick glimpse of the sweet little fur balls, I turned back to the sidewalk. I proceeded to walk up the hill wondering why in the world a mother rabbit would choose that spot right along a noisy road just a few feet from a busy intersection. most curious. after meeting the rabbit, I soon found myself walking by a house under construction. I've driven by this house dozens of times, in a bus or in a car, but it was only yesterday while I was on foot that I noticed that this house being built is a straw-bale house.
I thought can my walk get any better - first baby bunnies and next a straw-bale house? no sooner than this thought entered my mind, I looked to my right at this wonderful old house with a great wide porch - two elderly black guys were sitting on the porch enjoying the fine evening. I saw them and smiled, they waved and shouted a friendly hello. I replied that it was a beautiful day. they nodded, said a few words and waved again and I proceed with my walk. how nice to be on ground level - it's at this level where one really feels part of the community - where one can see rabbits and baby bunnies, people helping the planet by building straw-bale houses, and where I delight in the fact that I live in a city of established neighborhoods with old houses with front porches where people like to sit and wave and say hi to passers-by.
today there's a campaign going on to not buy gas for the entire day of may 15th. somehow this act is supposed to send a message to the oil companies? while the intentions are noble, my basic reaction to this idea of not buying gas for a day is: geez, how bogus. if people really want to send a message to the oil companies we don't need to not buy gas for a day -- we need to change our habits - we need to not drive our cars for a day, a week, a month. we need to be part of our communities. we need to embrace sustainable practices and habits. we need to not always take the easy route and join the action at ground level - we need to walk, ride a bike, take a bus, take the train! let me tell you when you do, it's a gas!
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iSVU is a resource developed by the Society for Vascular Ultrasound to provide immediate access to the SVU Professional Guidelines. This app contains many reference tables that are very helpful in the day-to-day interpretation of vascular ultrasound studies.
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Here we go with another series of pantyhose shots taken at only one pantyhose location.
This time it's all about nude pantyhose in combination with jeans and skirts.
This is the scene: a home party with some nice girls – all of them wearing pantyhose!
One girl has already taken off her shoes to show us her pretty toes, another one is still wearing red pumps.
Another girl enters the scene – she definitely wears pantyhose under her skirt.
You think she will show her perfect nyloned feet?
Of course she does :)
What about the girl with the red pumps? She hasn't removed them yet? ...
No, wait – I can see her doing some heel popping! Wow!
"Now it's definitely time to show your nude pantyhose feet!"
She did - before she waved goodbye :)
Have a nice weekend and see you soon on the 'Quality Candid Pantyhose'-Blog!
September 17, 2010
Quality pantyhose candid show #3
Here we go with another series of pantyhose shots taken at only one pantyhose location.


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This article is a bit of a departure from the typical reef aquarium topics I cover. Photography is a big part of Tidal Gardens, and sometimes we like to take the camera underwater. To do that, we need an underwater camera rig. A rig consists of the camera itself, an underwater housing, and accessories such … [Read More]
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The internet has given us access to an almost limitless amount of information, but as consumers we need the tools to filter that information into something that's useful for us. This is what has driven the rise in popularity of comparison websites, which now dominate not only search engine results pages but also the ad breaks on TV, which are rarely free from meerkats, opera singers, Skeletor, James Corden and other things that drive us to distraction.
Comparison websites have been around almost as long as eCommerce has existed, with the first going online in 1995. It was called BargainFinder and was followed by others like Jango, Junglee and NexTag, which started in 1999 and is one of the oldest comparison sites still in use.
The popularity of comparison sites – and the number of them in existence – has exploded in recent years, making it possible to get a price comparison for almost any kind of transaction you might be planning to take, whether it's booking a hotel, buying car insurance or simply working out which supermarket you need to go to in order to get the cheapest chicken.
Price wars at the supermarkets
The weekly food shop is something that we all have to do, and the price of it has been rising sharply in the last 12 months because of increasing food prices. In April 2017 it was revealed that the cost of an average household shopping bill had gone up by £21.31 since the start of the year, while spending on food being sold in promotions had fallen to an 11-year low as supermarkets look to tempt us with lower regular prices rather than one-off eye-catching deals.
Sainsbury's kickstarted this move last year when it announced that it would phase out 'buy one get one free' deals. Food commercial director Paul Mills-Hicks said: "Customer shopping habits have changed significantly in recent years, with people shopping more frequently, often seeking to buy what they need at that moment. Our customers have told us that multi-buy promotions don't meet their shopping needs today, are often confusing and create challenges at home in terms of storage and waste."
This change in buying habits shows that consumers are getting smarter and thinking more about where they can get the most shopping done for their money. Some of this comes from increased awareness and media coverage about wastage and the kinds of tricks that supermarkets use to part us from our cash, but the rise of supermarket comparison websites at this time is clearly another factor.
Compare the supermarket
We're increasingly savvy shoppers and are also turning to the internet to do our big shop more frequently, with Mintel predicting UK online grocery spend for 2017 to be £11.1 billion, up from £9.6 billion last year. Some of that may be down to the prices, but the appeal of supermarket shopping in your pyjamas is clear, especially when it comes to peak times, while the arrival of Amazon into the market and Tesco's new same-day delivery option are only likely to increase the popularity of the online option.
Another advantage of staying at home is the ability to be more strategic about your shopping, taking your time to do the research needed to make sure you are getting the best value. This is where supermarket comparison sites like mySupermarket come into the picture. mySupermarket has been around since 2006 and offers comparisons of Tesco, Asda, Waitrose, Ocado, Aldi, Morrisons, Iceland, M&S and Sainsbury's.
It even goes further than that for some products, offering prices from Superdrug, Boots, Amazon, Poundland and Poundstretcher and its headline promise is that you can compare and save 30% on your shopping on its website or app. Its ubiquity is such that an online search for 'cheapest chicken' (or almost any other staple grocery product) brings up mySupermarket before any actual supermarket website.
The problem with this situation for the supermarkets themselves is clear. They rely on their customers being loyal and buying everything they need from that one place; that is the whole purpose of a supermarket and a driving force behind recent ad campaigns. It's in their interest for customers to use their websites to do their shopping as that's where they can do as much upselling as possible and of course not be tempted away by a cheaper basket of products.
So the challenge in terms of search rankings is clear. Not only are the supermarkets competing against each other in key grocery search terms, they are also competing against the comparison sites. This doesn't necessarily mean simply outspending them on advertising, it also means being smarter about how the money is spent, using a reactive approach to trigger the right spend at the right time from the right audience.
Comparison in the supermarkets
Another factor to take into consideration with the rise of supermarket comparison sites is that people aren't just using them in the comfort of their own homes. mySupermarket and its competitors have apps and mobile sites that allow consumers to perform online comparisons whilst doing their offline shopping. This is a kind of 'showrooming' and means that you can be in Sainsbury's intending to buy some camembert and can check to see if it's going to be cheaper at Tesco.
This could be enough to make you decide to abandon your whole shop at Sainsbury's, so it puts a lot of power literally in the palms of consumers' hands. Not all customers would make this effort, but enough are doing so to make the retailers think of ways to fight back. Data works both ways and supermarkets have been gathering our data for years through Nectar points and Clubcards and they could be close to using that data to determine how much we pay for our shopping.
A few years ago, B&Q trialled electronic price tags that changed depending on data gathered from customers' mobile phones, advertising this as a way of rewarding loyal customers. While that didn't catch on, electronic tags are becoming more common in France and Scandinavia. The days of 'surge pricing' in our supermarkets are still a possible rather than probable future, but the retail giants will be looking at all options to claw back some of the power from us.
For now though, supermarket comparison sites are making it easier for consumers to avoid falling for the usual tricks and tactics of the retailers. The supermarkets themselves will be monitoring the impact this is having on them and you can bet they will react if it is clearly having a negative effect. For now, the only obvious sign may be an escalation of the war for paid grocery search rankings, so supermarkets need to do what they can to gain an edge.
What do you think of supermarket comparison sites, and what can stores do to counter their influence? Let us know on social media @mporiumgroup.


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Health Insurance Coverage is required for all students taking at least 9 credits. A student must provide proof of coverage once a year.
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Courses may be dropped without academic penalty during the first five weeks of a regular semester and during the first week of a summer semester. After that, a student who fails to complete a course will receive a failing grade or, with the prior permission of the Dean, an incomplete.
Courses may be added during the first week of classes. After the first week, a student must receive the permission of the Dean to add any course.
A course in which an incomplete is obtained during a regular or summer semester must be completed by the end of the next regular semester in which it is given or the student will receive a failing grade.
Leaves of Absence/Withdrawals
Requests for a one semester leave of absence are only granted for substantial medical reasons or other extraordinary personal circumstances. The student is to submit the written request and appropriate documentation to the Registrar's office.
Students who do not return after a one semester leave of absence are withdrawn unless the student petitions and receives an additional semester leave of absence.
If a student cannot complete a semester for any other reason, the student should withdraw from classes by filing a notice of withdrawal with the Registrar's office. After the first 5 weeks of classes during the Fall or Spring semester, or after the first week of classes during a Summer session, the student must petition to withdraw in order to avoid academic penalties. The student may then submit a petition to the Admissions Committee requesting to be allowed to return when he or she is ready to return.
If the student requesting a leave of absence is a first-semester student, and therefore has not received any grades, he or she may petition to return the following semester. However, the student will need to reapply if the student is out of school more than one semester.
Treatment of Title IV Aid When A Student Withdraws
The law specifies how MSL must determine the amount of Title IV program assistance that you earn if you withdraw from MSL. The Title IV programs that are covered by this law are: Direct Loans, Direct PLUS Loans
Though your aid is posted to your account at the start of each period, you earn the funds as you complete the period. If you withdraw during your payment period or period of enrollment (your school can define these for you and tell you which one applies), the amount of Title IV program assistance that you have earned up to that point is determined by a specific formula. If you received (or your school or parent received on your behalf) less assistance than the amount that you earned, you may be able to receive those additional funds. If you received more assistance than you earned, the excess funds must be returned by the school and/or you.
The amount of assistance that you have earned is determined on a pro rata basis. For example, if you completed 30% of your payment period or period of enrollment, you earn 30% of the assistance you were originally scheduled to receive. Once you have completed more than 60% of the payment period or period of enrollment, you earn all the assistance that you were scheduled to receive for that period.
If you did not receive all of the funds that you earned, you may be due a post-withdrawal disbursement. If your post-withdrawal disbursement includes loan funds, MSL must get your permission before it can disburse them. You may choose to decline some or all of the loan funds so that you don't incur additional debt. MSL needs your permission to use the post-withdrawal disbursement for all other school charges. If you do not give your permission (some schools ask for this when you enroll), you will be offered the funds. However, it may be
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There are some Title IV funds that you were scheduled to receive that cannot be disbursed to you once you withdraw because of other eligibility requirements. For example, if you are a first-time, first-year undergraduate student and you have not completed the first 30 days of your program before you withdraw, you will not receive any Direct Loan funds that you would have received had you remained enrolled past the 30th day.
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MSL must return this amount even if it didn't keep this amount of your Title IV program funds.
If MSL is not required to return all of the excess funds, you must return the remaining amount.
Any loan funds that you must return, you repay in accordance with the terms of the Direct Loan or Graduate Plus Loan promissory note. That is, you make scheduled payments to the holder of the loan over a period of time.
The requirements for Title IV program funds when you withdraw are separate from any refund policy that MSL may have. Therefore, you may still owe funds to MSL to cover unpaid institutional charges. MSL may also charge you for any Title IV program funds that it was required to return. If you don't already know MSL's refund policy, you should ask your at the Financial Aid office for a copy. The Financial Aid office can also provide you with the requirements and procedures for officially withdrawing from MSL.
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How to Stop an Itch From Scabies
Scabies is a skin infestation caused a tiny mite called Sarcoptes scabiei. The six-legged mite is highly contagious and spreads from person to person through prolonged, direct contact skin contact with and infected individual. The female mite burrows under skin to lay eggs, causing tiny bumps to appear on the skin. The burrowing may cause severe itching, especially at night, according to the Merck Manuals Online Medical Library Home Edition 2. Prescription scabicide medications and home remedies may help relieve the itching associated with the scabies infestation.
If you are experiencing serious medical symptoms, seek emergency treatment immediately.
Visit a physician for proper diagnosis and medication. Treating a scabies infestation requires the use of scabicide medications. The mites will continue to cause itching without treatment. Common medications used include permethrin and lindane.
Apply the medicated cream to the entire body, below the neck, at bedtime. Leave the medication on overnight or at least eight to 14 hours, according to the American Academy of Dermatology 5. Wash off the medication the next morning. Children using the product need also include the neck and head during the application.
Spread the medication for a second time after a week. The second application helps kill any remaining eggs that may hatch after the initial application.
Apply the nonchemical medication crotamiton to the skin two to five times a day for a baby with a scabies infestation, according to MayoClinic.com 1. The other prescription medications are not safe for infants.
Take an over-the-counter antihistamine such as diphenhydramine to help relieve the itching. Even after treatment, the itching may persist for several weeks, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 4. Follow package instructions or the instructions from a physician for appropriate dosing information.
Apply corticosteroid cream to the areas of skin that itch. Some creams are available over-the-counter, or a physician may prescribe the medication. Drape damp washcloths over the affected area after applying the cream to help the skin absorb the cream, according to MayoClinic.com 1.
Wash bed linens, clothing and towels in hot water to kill the mites and prevent a re-infestation or spread to other people. Dry the items in a hot dryer. Dry clean articles that cannot go into the washer.
Call a physician if the condition persists even after treating the scabies infestation. A prescription pill called ivermectin may help eradicate the mites for individuals with a weakened immune system or for individuals who do not respond to the initial treatment.


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Keeping Pests at Bay in Marlton, NJ
If you're looking for a Pest Control Company in Marlton, NJ give us a call today at 856-753-1401 for a FREE estimate.
Pest control is the science of keeping insects at bay. In a world where they outnumber us a million to one, keeping the bugs out of our personal habitat is an ongoing war.
Insects can carry diseases and bacteria from place to place, so for the best health and comfort, keeping them out of our homes is ideal.
A few ants can be combated easily enough, and a marauding raccoon can be live-trapped and removed, but a serious infestation requires more serious measures.
Common pests of Marlton, New Jersey include mice, rats, raccoons and insects. Infestations of cockroaches, termites or wasps are not only disgusting but can be unhealthy.
With the recent return of bedbugs to our homes, hiring a professional is the only way to eliminate them.
Bedbugs are so persistent and hide so well that home remedies will not get them all. A professional can come in with a carbon dioxide system that will kill all the insects in your home, leaving your family safe and able to sleep soundly at night again.
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I'm getting a little (ok a lot) behind on blogging my sewing projects, so I'll try to catch up some! Here's a gorgeous wool coat I made my daughter at the beginning of fall.
The pattern is called the Houndstooth Coat 11/2013 #136 by BurdaStyle. I sewed it in size 116 from this vibrant red melton wool which I picked up from NYFashionCenterFabrics. Their melton is high quality, thick, and gorgeous.
Coat back details.
For the lining I used a juicy cranberry pink satin from Hobby Lobby. The color contrast looks great with the red melton!
I'm pretty much in love with this coat and red is such a classic color on little girls ❤


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Over the summer, we challenged parents across the country to visit as many playgrounds as they could -- and to document them on our Map of Play. Sixty-five moms and dads rose to the Challenge with gusto (and earned some cool prizes along the way)! See the impressive results below.
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Cahill 1909
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Cahill-Keyes 1975
Why Cahill? What about Buckminster Fuller?
Evolution of the Dymaxion Map:
An Illustrated Tour and Critique
Part 9.4
by Gene Keyes
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9) Critique: Seven Design Flaws of Fuller's Map as Compared to Cahill's
Part 9.4
Poor scalability
As Korea and Norway illustrate, the larger a Dymaxion map, the worse it looks, provided it has a complete 5º or 1º graticule; otherwise it gets away with artistic license. By contrast, a Cahill map and graticule is good at any scale from smallest to largest, whole continents and all.
The underlying premise and precept of my critique of Fuller, and advocacy of Cahill, is that there be a single general-purpose world map which can be used at the very smallest to the very largest scales, while bearing good fidelity to a globe at any size. This is why I stress the importance of a regular 5º or 1º graticule. The more irregular a world map's graticule, the worse and worse it looks as the scale is magnified.
This is the fate of Fuller's map. With its perfunctory 15º graticule concealing the weakness of its underlying chassis, its king-size versions do not accurately match an atlas map, or equivalent globe at the same scale. As shown in Part 6, the World Game's first "Big Map" of 1/2,000,000 was not a Dymaxion map, but a patchwork of other projection-sheets which could not and did not match edge to edge; gaps were simply papered over. The subsequent "Earth Voyage" map, also at 1/2,000,000, has the old diluted 15º graticule, and is not a world map for close-up examination, but only a very simplified set decoration in colors redolent of grade-one geography books.
To repeat: I'm not scoffing at either "Big Map" version; they do portray the whole-earth, sky-ocean vision of Bucky in a remarkable expanse. But they do not enable a continuum in the same layout of the whole earth as seen at the largest possible scales and details with the finest possible graticule of one degree, accentuated by five degrees.
As shown earlier, the Grip-Kitrick half-degree resolution is just as misleading as the watered-down 15º versions because they do not relate to the real distribution of five-degree geocells on a globe.
So when I say Fuller lacks scalabillity, I mean that its hodge-podge graticule does not stand up to scrutiny, the more so the larger its scale. The Dymaxion has a semblance of authenticity in its large editions, but only a semblance, due to its lack of an authentic graticule of high resolution.
And if we take "scalability" in another sense of the term, I have already described in Part 8 the difficulty of ascertaining scales in various Dymaxion maps — until you twig to the unstated irrational 7,048.89 kilometer length of each triangle edge. That figure is a nuisance to work with, compared to the original-metric edge length of 10,000 km in octants a la Cahill. Fuller's anti-metric globe-math is almost as retrograde as Roman numerals. (Just as geodesic dome strut lengths require elaborate tables of many different irregular figures: OK for architects and engineers; not so good for teaching about a globe.)
Likewise, his 20 vertex points are a finicky multi-digit set of degree-minute-second readings, divorced from any meridian or parallel. Cahill's six vertex points [as put on whole-number longitudes by both me, and Waterman] are simplicity itself: two poles, and four meridians on the equator, 90º apart. (first meridian, 20º W and 160º E; second meridian, 110º W, and 70º E; each pair being 180º ). Fuller's points are a different story, seen in the following charts. (Indeed, his very icosahedron is subject to some wobble as to just what its fixed orientation finally is, as we saw in the difference between the Raleigh or Honeywell versions, and the more accurate Grip-Kitrick, as well possibly others indicated in Fig. 9.4.2.)
Fig. 9.4.1 below: Fuller's "Vertexial control points", which I included on p. 171 of my 1973 M.A. thesis, as copied from an undated, unsourced, mimeographed list I saw at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale [either the SIU map library, or Fuller's then office in Carbondale, the World Resources Inventory]. In this one, nos. 1 and 2 (Fuller's numbering) happen to be those two "weak points" of the map which I cited in Part 9.3.
Fig. 9.4.2 below: A different list is online at Robert W. Gray's website, but I am also copying it all here for purposes of comparison. Besides this one, Gray alludes to three other varying lists.
|Source: http://www.rwgrayprojects.com/rbfnotes/maps/graymap4.html
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[Gene Keyes again.] Next I make some remarks on the educational implications of the Dymaxion map's anti-metric character.
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In the first trial involving the mass killing of Iraqi Kurds with chemical weapons, a Dutch court on Friday sentenced a supplier of the weapon ingredients to 15 years in jail.
The judges convicted Frans van Anraat, 63, a Dutch businessman, of complicity in war crimes because they said he had known that the materials he sold to Iraq during the rule of former president Saddam Hussein could be used to make lethal poison gas.
The court acquitted him of complicity in genocide, because it said it could not be proved that he knew that the chemicals would be used for genocide. The raw materials were sent to Iraq before they were used in the mass attack against Kurdish villagers, the court said.
Van Anraat received the maximum sentence for complicity in war crimes. But the judges' decision said that "the crimes are of such a grave nature that even the maximum sentence cannot do them justice."
A group of Kurds, some of whom had joined the lawsuit as relatives of victims, applauded in court when the sentence was handed down, and several dozen others played music and danced outside the courthouse in The Hague afterward, witnesses said.
Lawyers involved in the monthlong trial said it was the first time a court had ruled that the attack by Saddam's troops on the town of Halabja in 1988 was genocide. The attack, which was part of a broader campaign against Iraqi Kurds, killed more than 5,000 people in a single day, while blinding and maiming many others.
The massacre also forms part of the charges brought against Saddam, who is now on trial in Baghdad in connection with a different large-scale killing.
Van Anraat's case is also the first in which a supplier of potentially harmful ingredients had been charged with genocide and convicted in connection with war crimes under a new mix of national and international law. In the past, the delivery of goods like the chemicals that van Anraat sold to Iraq despite export bans would probably have been dealt with as an economic crime, said Heikelina Verrijn-Stuart, a Dutch specialist in international law.
"This sends an important signal to suppliers and traders," she said.
"It says that they, too, can be prosecuted and held accountable for war crimes," she added.
The indictment of van Anraat said he had used a Panamanian company based in Switzerland to try to cover up his dealings with Iraq.
The indictment said the chemicals could be used as ingredients in mustard and nerve gases, which eventually were used against the Kurdish population in Iraq and during Iraq's war against Iran in the 1980s.
Prosecutors said van Anraat, acting as a middleman, had used schemes to ship the chemicals from Japanese producers via countries including Italy, Luxembourg, Switzerland and Singapore. He sent them under labels like "flame retardants."
During the trial, he admitted to selling the goods, but maintained that he thought they would be used in the textile industry. Several witnesses, including a Japanese business associate of van Anraat, testified that he knew of the materials' potentially lethal use.


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Some people might hate getting "junk mail", but I always look forward to my fresh batch of craft supplies! I can use the paper for paper maché, either in strips or after it has been through the shredder, and use the windows from the envelopes, shiny advertisements, etc. for collages or embellishments. My most favorite junk mail gifts though, are the great tools that come disguised as credit cards. There are many uses for them just as they are; smoothing clay, spreading glue or paint, scraping or using as a spatula when clay sticks, smoothing repairs of fresh clay onto dry, and slicing clay rolls, but they can also be cut and shaped in a variety of ways as well! (As an added bonus, the sticky junk that holds them to the envelopes can also be used to lightly tack small objects in place on a stick to hold the object for painting).
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Turning the cards into clay texturing/sculpting tools with specialty scissors gives you lots of options. The tool can be used for creating rough textures or smooth - if you are going for the smooth look, dip the tool in water before using, scrape across the clay a little bit at a time, and wiping off excess clay as necessary.
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International milk prices fell for the first time in more than two months in an auction early on Wednesday as a recent recovery in the dairy industry unexpectedly reversed course.
The Global Dairy Index fell 0.5 percent, with an average selling price of $3,656 per tonne.
The fall is the first fortnightly slide since Oct. 4, ending a rally that has seen prices rise some 20 percent.
"The index dropped 0.5 percent largely due to whole milk powder prices softening," Susan Kilsby, dairy analyst at AgriHQ, said in a research note.
"Fonterra increased the volume of whole milk powder on offer ... there was not quite enough demand to soak up the additional product offered."
A total of 22,321 tons was sold, a decrease of 0.7 percent from the previous auction, Fonterra said.
The fall was a blow for dairy farmers who have been squeezed after prices for dairy ingredients like milk and butter fell sharply for more than two years by a global oversupply.
Dairy analysts had expected a continued recovery in prices as a global supply surplus is eroded amid stronger international demand.
The auction results can affect the New Zealand dollar as the dairy sector generates more than 7 percent of the country's gross domestic product.
The kiwi was trading around $0.6912, or down 0.23 percent, after the auction.


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For this week's Team Ambiguity post, I'm going to look at what I think is one of the most interesting things I have encountered in the last several weeks: the idea that mere exposure, under controlled circumstances, to images of organic foods, can make people behave more judgmentally and less compassionately immediately afterward. This article by Diane Mapes in Health on Today discusses a study conducted by the Psych Department of Loyola under the leadership of assistant professor Kendall Eskine. For the study, 60 undergrads were divided into three groups, one of which was exposed to clearly marked images of organic food, one images of unhealthy comfort food and the last (the control group) images of food that were neither particularly unhealthy nor organic. The groups were then asked to make moral judgments on depictions of various moral breaches, which they rated from one to seven. After that, they were asked to volunteer for a bogus study, delineating the amount of time they would be available. The results were that people who had been looking at the organic apples and spinach were more likely to condemn and less willing to help. The nicest people? Brownie viewers. The results, apparently, are due to a phenomenon called "moral licensing."
I will admit that I can't help but view this result with a certain amount of snickering satisfaction. Having lived for years in a place where people acted with regard to iced cookies like they were Fred Phelps at Richard Simmons' funeral, I enjoy a certain amount of Schadenfreude when the moral perfection of Whole Foods shoppers comes into question. I say this, though, as a woman who both purchases a weekly farm box from a local organic farm and is growing her own organic produce. It has often been my observation that the privileged position of being able to buy one's own health food at a store can sometimes produce snobbery and total lack of sympathy for those whose disposable income and priorities do not find them spending $8 a pound for grass-fed beef. But the fact that just looking at pictures of organic food would produce a similar result? That's kind of astounding.
The framework for a Team Ambiguity post is that we (Team Ambiguity) take a deeper look, past shallow assumptions, easy answers and side-taking. In each discourse we consider, there is a body in the living room and all the conversation is about the weather or the wine. Our job is to examine the body, identify it and try to say why it is there. I will throw some ideas out, but the rest is up to you. The magic happens in comments, so you're going to want to make sure and hit "Subscribe by email." Here is my take so far:
The Left Leg: This isn't about organic food. Let's just start from that point, so the conversation can get really interesting right away. Kenneth Eskine, interestingly, already knows this. Organic food is something that we associate with a kind of correctness that we either accede to or rebel against. For some of us, perhaps, pesticides and factory farms are wonderful advances of human technology, but, mostly, we see them as necessary or unnecessary evils. We give in, we stand up or we compromise. Perhaps, we don't care. But the association remains. So what was this Loyola team really testing? Perhaps, in organic food, they found a perfect symbol to access the real question of moral licensing itself. Do our associations with what we think is right automatically predispose us to act like asses? Would we get the same result with exposure of the right demographics to pictures of babies worn in slings or nursing, people praying or meditating, people doing yoga, or eight ounces of fresh water?
The Right Leg: There's right and then there's right. I keep coming back to the thought that there is a profound difference between buying a bundle of organic spinach at Whole Foods and growing your own spinach and an even greater difference between those and teaching people in a desert wasteland to grow their own spinach using permaculture. I can't make out how and if any of this factors into flashcards of organic food and moral ratings, but, when I reflect on the most obnoxious organic foodies I know, what stands out for me is that they are consumers, never farmers. And I'd say this holds true across the line. The religious folk who stand around throwing words of stone are never the same ones in the ghettos not just saving souls but lives. We can't afford judgement when we are placed in the fray. If we have energy to condemn, it is symptom of inaction and apathy, not moral elevation.
The Left Arm: Are we what we see? If we are immediately and objectively influenced by the vision of an apple with an organic sticker, if this sight makes us subtly and temporarily a different human being, what does that say about the rest of our media selections? I find I cannot regularly read anybody without having them show up in my writing. Does Gregory House in some way inform who I am as a human being? And does this mean I have to stop watching True Blood?
The Right Arm: Is sin the best avenue for virtue? The fact that the comfort food viewers were the least judgmental and most helpful has gone largely unremarked in the articles I have read on this subject. But what does that mean? In the presence of those items which we enjoy but which make us feel less than something less than righteous, it seems we become the kindest. Would Christmas be half as much fun if we served beet salads and sprouted quinoa? Apparently not. And doesn't this hold true in life in general? Humility is often the catalyst for giving. Exhibit A: Alcoholics Anonymous. Only a sinner can give of themselves in this particular way and only if they never forget what an utter and complete waste of space they once were. The never-forgetting is essential to the impetus to be there for the next sufferer who drags themselves pitifully in the door. To forget is to become indifferent. It's the wrongness, not the rightness that breeds love.
The Body: Be very, very wary of your moral associations. How then do we proceed? Whether we are reacting to the inherent virtue of organics or merely the inherent virtue of apples, we need to stop and check ourselves. There is nothing wrong with organic food. In fact, in terms of certain kinds of organic food–locally grown, personally grown, using bio-intensive methods–I would argue that this is the direction we should be looking as a species if we want to preserve our planet and feed the hungry. But what do we think it means about us? Exercise is also good, but it isn't charity. It doesn't buy us any freedom from moral obligation. Mediation and mindfulness practices are ultimately selfish if we aren't using them to make the world a better place.
I think we associate the consumption or personal practice of notions we have labeled as "good" with doing good. You can't purchase morality at the store. At best, you can excuse yourself at times from participation in the worst of a destructive system. You can support a farmer, a businessman. This does not make you a good person. It makes you the owner of a bar of chocolate labeled "fair trade." The work of being a good person is done with others, in the practice of compassion and the gifts of our time and talent to the people and causes that we love. It demands presence, not to oneself, but to others. And you can do it with an apple as well as with a brownie. As long as you remember that the apple is not some sort of moral coupon that buys you out of loving others.
Now I want to know: What do you think? Faith in Ambiguity is open to all view points, especially dissenting ones and those that think they don't matter. The rules of discourse dictate respect at all times. Chime in and share widely.
More Information:
Reason.com by Baylen Linekin: Do Organic Consumers Shop Exclusively at the Jerk Store?
Martin Cizmar at Chubster: An Idiot Walks into a Farmer's Market
Do Good Deeds Make Bad People? by Clot, Grolleau, Ibanez


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Claver, Surigao del Norte--With a booming mining industry in her once-sleepy town, Mayor-elect Rosemarie Mira-Gokiangkee recently vowed to uplift the lives of her constituents in Claver, Surigao del Norte.
This was the assurance given by the first-ever elected lady mayor of Claver last Friday morning during the oath-taking ceremony conducted for all elected and reelected municipal officials.
She took her oath of office as Municipal Mayor before Executive Judge Victor Canoy of the Regional Trial Court Branch 29, Surigao City .
"With vast mineral resources, presence of multimillion mining companies and the opening of the largest mine refinery in the country, the town of Claver will surely experience a surge in economic activity which will eventually hasten development and progress in the area. In achieving this, we will lay out a responsive economic agenda and master development plan for the municipality and the same will become the centerpiece of my administration," Gokiangkee revealed.
Popularly known as "Nene" to the townsfolk of Claver, the lady chief executive won handily over her opponent during the just-concluded May 2010 elections. She was considered by the masses as the only hope who can bring true progress and development to the town.
With hundreds of people who attended the ceremony, "Mayor Nene" said there must be "Kausaban, Kalambuan ug Kahiusahan" (Change, Progress and Unity) to address the primary requisites in improving the lives of Clavernons.
She also gave assurance that once the mine refinery will be opened soon, Clavernons will be given the first priority during the hiring of workers.
Meanwhile, members of the Sangguniang Bayan of the said town who were sworn in are: Vice-Mayor Ferdinand Sajulga, SB Jan Karol Broniola, SB Alvin Mercado Galgao, SB Diosdado Acido, SB Nilson Ocon, SB Narlito Jamesula, SB Jaypee james Nasayao and SB Cyril Abonita. SB Expedita Larase was not able to grace the said occasion. (Roel Catoto)


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In a prize catch, the wife of Burdwan blast prime accused and the chief of the women's wing of the banned JMB militant group was arrested today in Bangladesh along with three others.
Fatema Begum, who confessed to training at least 25 women militants in India, is said to be the wife of Sajid, Burdwan blast prime accused, said Masudur Rahman, deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP).
She was the women's wing chief of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh, Rahman said.
Sajid is the prime accused in the October 2 blast at Burdwan in West Bengal that left two people dead.
"She was held along with three of her associates from Dhaka's Sadarghat along with explosives, bomb-making materials and jihadi books," Rahman was quoted as saying by The Daily Star.
In response to a query, police spokesman Monirul Islam said India's National Investigation Agency (NIA) provided significant intelligence on Begum.
The four-member team of officials of the NIA that visited Dhaka last week to probe the Burdwan blast plot had provided some names and up to 15 mobile phone numbers to their counterparts here to help them in cracking the case.
During initial interrogation, Begum is said to have confessed she trained at least 25 women, including five Bangladeshis, in Shimulia area of Kolkata, Islam said.
Begum was a training coordinator of JMB and she was with Sajid, the political chief of the militant group, during Burdwan blast, Islam added.
"Three women trained those interested to join JMB, Fatema was their coordinator. They sought members from the poor and middle income group. They convinced the poor people to join JMB by offering them rehabilitation," Islam said.
Begum confessed they were storing explosives aiming to launch attacks in line with the directives of their chiefs elsewhere in Bangladesh and India, Islam said.
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With the news that Stanford rapist Brock Turner is being released for "good behavior" after just 3 months of a pathetic 6-month sentence, I've been reflecting on one of the best decisions I have ever made as the mother of two young daughters who are growing up quickly. Investing in Krav Maga.
Most of us know a woman who has been assaulted, raped or worse, killed. Sadly, I do. And the Internet is rife with staggering statistics about violence against women and girls worldwide. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) this year, "Recent global prevalence figures indicate that about 1 in 3 (35%) of women worldwide have experienced either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence in their lifetime."
Just think about that. Scary, isn't it? And yet, not surprising.
Early on, when I began dating my husband, he shared with me that his (future) children would have to take a martial art. It would be mandatory and they could quit when they turned 18 or could defend themselves against him – whichever came first. Five years ago, when Margaret turned 7, we unsuccessfully tried to find a Tracy Kempo studio like the one he'd trained at back home in New England. He wanted a martial art that would focus on real-world scenarios and results. He wanted our girls to be able to defend themselves against any predator – from a date (increasingly common), a random person jumping out of a bush (less common) to a co-worker. Knowing absolutely nothing about martial arts, I suggested Krav Maga – a self-defense system used by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) that a few of my friends had learned growing up in LA at a Jewish private school affiliated with our temple. My husband looked into it and liked what he saw. We enrolled Margaret in a children's program. Four belts and almost 5 years later, Margaret can fight. More importantly, she can defend herself. And she gets better each year.
My husband had been trying to get me to take Krav Maga since Margaret started in 2011 but to no avail. I wanted to take – but had a zillion excuses as to why I couldn't. Excuse #1: I am a dancer, and after working and sometimes traveling on business, I felt guilty enough taking my Sunday lyrical class. With work, how could I justify leaving my girls a few nights a week for Krav Maga classes too? It just was not tenable in my mind.
Until December of 2014.
That night I stood in a video store for an obscure movie that we couldn't find on Netflix et al. I was waiting in line to check out the DVD and my eyes went immediately to the crime scene flashing across the television that loomed over the counter. Video footage of a young, petite Asian woman getting mugged as she checked her mailbox in the lobby of her apartment complex in Garden Grove, CA looped over and over again as the news anchor provided sympathetic "oooohhhhhs" as if watching an Olympic ice skater "eat it" after attempting a herky. The guy came up behind her and grabbed her purse. The woman tried desperately to get her purse back but the assailant easily beat her down to the ground. You could tell she was indignant and fired up, but no matter how much adrenaline she had pumping through her teeny, tiny body, she had one main thing going against her: She did not know how to fight. God bless her feisty spirit but she had no chance but to get crushed. And as I watched that horrifying scene play out over and over again before me, I did not see an Asian lady getting attacked and lying defenseless on the ground; I saw me.
The reality was that I was not prepared to defend myself (or more importantly, defend my girls) against an assailant. So it got me thinking: What kind of a role model was I to Margaret and Filumena if I kept telling them how important it was to learn Krav Maga to defend oneself if I wasn't willing to invest that time in learning KM myself? So I grabbed my huevos and embraced KM. I have been taking ever since. It is empowering. It is painful. It is hard. It is ugly. And I love it.
My youngest daughter is 6 and will start next year when she turns 7. It recently occurred to me that my girls will grow up unlike me and many females, who are not comfortable touching others in a way that might be construed as inappropriate behavior for "nice young ladies." Instead, they are growing up more like boys, who regularly get rough with one another, however playful. Case in point, I had once snuck up on Margaret from the back only to find her elbow in my ribs. Her training at the Krav Maga of Orange County had her already prepared for the next move: a hammerfist into the side of my head. My point is, protecting themselves against any physical threat will be second-nature to them when they're young adults. And while some people will roll their eyes and think I am crazy for worrying about these things (I actually had a former female boss look at me with disgust that I put my kid in Krav Maga despite her two girls being similarly aged), with 1 in 3 women violated in some way, I am providing my girls with anti-violence insurance – in case they are not part of the lucky 65%.
The Brock Turner case is alarming because the victim was unconscious. No amount of Krav training will help a person in that condition. So my husband and I have begun to discuss with her the dangers of getting so drunk at parties that she can't protect herself. We've also discussed the danger of not keeping her eye on her drink at all times – be it jungle juice when she's older or a coke now – and unknowingly letting a predator slip a roofy in it while she's in the bathroom or has gotten up to socialize with friends. She already knows that once it's placed on the table and she's walked away, she's done with it and can get another one. And she's NEVER to let someone buy her a drink.
But do I pity the poor soul who may try to assault one of my beautiful daughters. They may look sweet and spice and everything nice, but make no mistake: The disgusting, despicable Brock-turner-esq attacker won't see it coming. If only I could be a fly on THAT wall…


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This past week saw the debut of C2E2 the Chicago comics and entertainment expo at McCormick place convention center in down town Chicago and the great space was the show. Now here is the after action report from this local artist's perspective. Just let me start off by saying that as a exhibiting artist I had a great show. I talked to lots of great people, promoted my properties, met with publishers, and was busy all day every day doing sketches and selling art. I was always busy and had barely a few spare moments, not to mention the busy nightlife jam-packed with fun networking events. C2E2 rocked for me.
Here is a run down of some of my impressions about the event.
1st. The Convention center space was huge, clean, bright and very spacious no one was crammed not the dealers, the publishers, or the artists. Many people got the impression that there was low attendance which was not the case 28,000 people attended the event. The fact that Reed (the people putting on the show) planned from the beginning for enough room for the convention to grow was what threw people off. Also the event was not crammed full of fringe related vendors. There were no non-directly comic book related celebrities, reality TV stars, and strange or bizarre adult related entertainment booths. So with none of those distractions clogging the aisles with slack jawed gawkers, there was more room to get around the show floor.
2nd. it was easy to get to and from the convention center via the L trains red line (which was only 3 short blocks from the site). Also on set up and break down days I took my car which was just as painless as taking the train. I hit no traffic and found parking in and around the convention very easy to find. I had heard some people say the convention center was hard to get too or that there was no mass transit which is flat out wrong! The main bus lines stopped in front of the convention center, the red line train was 3 blocks away, and all major roads lead to the event. I realize not everyone comes or lives in the city but you can get maps and info online, from your hotel, or in any major bookstore. If anyone had trouble getting around in the downtown they really need to get out more.
3rd.The wealth of events after hours was just great, every night there were at least 3 open parties as well as a host of family friendly events. Plus lots and lots of happenings at the hotel bars and local restaurants. For example on Friday night I went and got food at Reggie's (a great rock club and bar which is only two blocks from the convention center and for the really lazy they had a shuttle to and from the convention center). At Reggie's I listened to the bands Kirby krackle, and the Fuglees then I went to the Double Door via the red line and blue line L trains, where I attended the nerd city comic party event, which was great.
Some of the vendors grumbled about slow sales but what do they expect when the Internet has better deals. The retailers who did well either had great discounts or hard rocking events. A good example of this is Challengers comics they hosted after con events at their store which they promoted at the show and had exclusive items and creator's such as Mark Waid at their shop every day of the show. Another example is Chicago comics which had exclusive Alex Ross art at their booth. These shops made it so you had to go to them and get something you couldn't get anywhere else
Think about it, now when there is cheap or free content on your phone and the ipad as well as the ability to order cheap discounts from the Internet. The only reason to pick something up at the show is a impulse buy or it must be exclusive to the event and sold only at that show.
If you wanted more of a family friendly event or not one for clubs there also was the Neil Gaimon event that evening plus many many more all three and numerous tourist sites to take in such as navy pier (which had a shuttle outside the convention). Plus the shopping on Michigan ave is not to be missed with places such as Macy's, the Lego and apple stores. If you wanted something to eat the restaurants were a plenty in and around the convention center here is a short list. Reggie's, all of china town, Mc Donald's, White castle, Ray's chicken, Loe Malnati's pizza, all of Michigan ave and numerous restaurants in the hotels attached to the convention center. Plus tons and tons of places deliver you are not isolated in a dead zone out by the airport.
Yes there were some flubs at the show but these are all first year flubs or just to ahead of the time thinking. One example is some people complained that they wished there were better-displayed booth numbers for the artist alley and a better more detailed show map. Both points I agree with, but I also wish to point out that the c2e2 app for my phone was a major help it had a great map and enabled me to pin point locations of my favorite artists, publishers and locations on the show floor as well as had a list of all the after show events. The app really was a lifesaver.
Another flub I feel was not really the show organizers fault really and that was getting the city of Chicago behind this show. Most of the attendees were real comic fans who love comics and are regulars at their local shops as well as listen to many of the fine comic book podcasts. Those were the places that really promoted the show and got the word out. I had numerous people come by my table and get something because they heard about me from a podcast.
The city of Chicago which could use the tourism dollars just treated the convention poorly and has no idea how much comic geeks like to enjoy all the area has to offer. For example all the restaurants around the convention center had signs saying welcome kitchen and bath show(another convention going on the same time as c2e2). Even though many attendees wanted to go to places like china town, hot Doug's, kumas corner, the Webber grill, Wrigley field, Harry careys, The whistler or the violet hour. Their was just no geek love from the ìsquaresî or so called hipsters of the city of Chicago (who all seemed to be occupied with going to record stores even though we all down load music in the year 2010) but the people tuned into the Chicago comics scene were in full force hosting great parties or events and making c2e2 a great time.
In a year or two once the city gets wise and embraces the show (ie exploits the event). when every goon who buys a superman logo t-shirt at a hot topic will be in attendance and every restaurant has some comic book tie in theme, people will complain about how the convention space is too packed and you have trouble getting around on the show floor or the poser's who will try and tell you that star dog is better than hot Doug's as they wait in line for a panel.
C2e2 was a great downtown show and will only get bigger and better, so I'll see you their next year in your superman t-shirt.


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|Occurred : 9/23/2013 20:00 (Entered as : 09/23/13 8:00)
Reported: 9/23/2013 5:28:13 PM 17:28
Posted: 9/30/2013
Location: Hilliard, OH
Shape: Fireball
Duration:3 minutes
|Low flying silent fireball. Thought it was a plane on fire.
Orange fireball seemed to appear out of nowhere. We are below a flight path so we thought it was a plane that was on fire. It was very bright orange with what looked like flames engulfing the rear of the object. It was flying very low and there was NO sound whatsoever, which is strange because I have heard sounds from planes flying a lot higher than it was.
It flew in a straight line until it disappeared into the horizon.
((NUFORC Note: We do not know whether the witness implies a morning, or evening, sighting. We suspect the latter, but we cannot be certain. PD))
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