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Randall, a totally non-random homeless guy
well my dear ones,
I was going to post something last night,
but I had the impression it was not the time,
although I had no idea why.
I found out why this morning.
I stopped at a gas station
on my way home from a trip
and ran into a random homeless guy,
(actually, I believe
Randall is a totally non-random homeless guy;
I don't see "random" as being a factor
in how God utilizes people).
I gave Randall some money
(my wife always sets aside some money
each week for any homeless people
we happen upon; and sadly these days,
there are more of them all the time),
and he started tearing up;
he told me that,
"I don't know why God's still leaving me alive,"
as he had nearly died three times already.
I said since he was still around,
God must have some plan for him.
I was about to move on
but I could see Randall needed to talk;
out of respect for this war veteran,
I stayed and listened to his story.
He had an accident,
he went broke,
he was reduced to living in the woods
behind a restaurant,
and he picks up cans to earn money.
The thing that irritates him the most:
at the end of each day,
the restaurant throws all their food
that was not sold that day
into a steel dumpster.
Randall takes all this stuff out
and feeds it to the birds,
some raccoons,
and some abandoned cats
(who could obviously never
extract the food on their own).
We prayed together
and I gave him a hug,
while wondering when the last time was
that he had any human contact.
Later on, as I was driving away,
I was thinking about
one of the things Jesus said:
"Look at the birds of the air,
for they neither sow nor reap
nor gather into barns;
yet your heavenly Father feeds them."
I realize that while in this world
we see as "through a glass, darkly,"
yet it hit me that one of the small ways
that God cares for his creatures
is having this homeless man care for them.
Personally, I find that kind of cool,
like that Randall is caring for
"the least of these."
In the world's eyes,
that may be small,
but in God's eyes,
I think Randall is doing big stuff,
for which he will one day hear,
"Well done, good and faithful servant,"
since his trust is the same as that
of the thief on the cross.
Randall may not be rich in worldly wealth,
but I believe he has a mansion
waiting for him in heaven,
and more power to him on that.
Have a great week. =)
grace, peace, and love to you,
"In my Father's house are many mansions:
if it were not so, I would have told you.
I go to prepare a place for you.
"And if I go and prepare a place for you,
I will come again, and receive you unto myself;
that where I am, there ye may be also."
--- Jesus (John's gospel 14:2-3)


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by Nicole Skuce from Burnaby, British Columbia
Dec 6, 14
On Christmas eve, when I was a child, my parents, my sister, and I would dress in our holiday finest and travel to my grandparents' home. There we would be served a dreaded traditional Austrian meal: breaded sole and potato salad. Once we had suffered through dinner, we would gather in the living room for an family tradition.
Every year before we handed out presents my Oma told us a story. The story of the small Austrian village and the snowy midnight Mass that almost had no music. Mice had chewed through the organ bellows. At the last moment a priest composed a simple melody and accompanied himself on guitar. The song he wrote Stille Nacht – was the carol we knew as Silent Night. Every year, after Oma finished her story, my sister and I would sit at her knee and hold her hands while Stille Nacht played and tears streamed down her cheeks. The carol always made her cry.
When I was a teenager, Oma went home to Austria one Christmas. That year on Christmas Eve, my sister and I called her long distance. When she answered, we played Silent Night for her. Me on the piano and my sister on the flute. We played and Oma cried.
As the years passed, holiday responsibilities shifted to the younger generation. Last year, it was my turn. And there I was on Christmas eve carefully slicing and marinating potatoes. Breading and frying sole. When I was done we arranged two plates, I buckled my son into his car seat, and we drove to the hospice were Oma was. No one had expected her to make it to Christmas. She had other plans. And so last Christmas my son sat on my knee and held Oma's hand while we played Silent Night.
Oma died in the new year.
Last Christmas was full of mournful expectation.
This year promises to be full of childish joy. Of traditions new and old. This year I will tell my children about their great-grandmother. My son will help me make cookies while his baby sister watches. He will probably refuse to eat his breaded sole. But he will learn about the church mice in the little village. He will listen to Silent Night with us, and maybe, while he listens he will hold my hand.

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Alfresco Dinner a la Lulu/
A lovely alfresco dinner with a roaring fire, lights over the table on a dimmer from Target. A checked table runner was used on the sides with the wood showing down the middle with simple gerber daisies in ball jars. Also I used a ball jar for the water on the table that had place cards attached. A brown tag with chalkboard paint. The lemons we got from the clients lemon trees as well as the rosemary placed on top of the napkin.
We put a big board out filled with cheeses, meats , olives, chickpeas, mustards, cornichons, baked proscuitto. I think adding herbs (note the rosemary around the grapes) it just takes it up a notch. I love honey and doused some of the St. Angel cheese which is crazy delicious that I got at whole foods.
The Olives we put in a small sauce pan and covered them with olive oil , lemon and clementine strips and some hot chile fakes. Brought to a boil and turned off. Let cool and poured the olives into a bowl with a little of the oil, the chili flakes , and lemon & clementine rind with a sprig of rosemary. The rest of the olive oil we set out with some grilled bread and people used it to dip there bread in.
I love fried sage sprinkled with salt. I could eat it like potato chips and that is what I did here on the corner of the board. In the blue bowl is baked chick peas which are delicious to eat like some nuts. Drain and rinse off the chickpeas. Dry on paper towel. Put on a cookie sheet with a little olive oil cumin, salt and pepper at 400 degrees for 15 minutes. Shake after 7 minutes. Everyones oven is different so cook them until you think they are crispy enough.
The different meats, I had them slice at whole food. Very thin. The tomato crostini were grilled bread with buratta,roasted tomatoes (which I roasted baby tomatoes for 25 minutes at 350 degrees with a little olive oil salt and pepper. Took out and let cool.) sprinkled with torn basil and sprinkled with malt on salt flakes, balsamic demi glaze.
This was a rose party where they tried all different kind of Rose's. The host wanted to put out a little tequila bar for those who may have not wanted Rose. Which I thought was fun and all the guests seemed to sip tequila and enjoy trying all the different roses.


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The Pastoral Care System
In the Senior School, Years 7-12 are divided into Tutor Groups of about sixteen students, each with a Tutor responsible for the pastoral care of his or her Group.
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Campaign Groups send joint letter
With the Secretary of State for Transport Chris Graying due to make a decision on airport expansion in the South East at 12.30pm today, campaign groups concerned about climate change sent a joint letter to The Guardian.
"The government's decision to greenlight aviation expansion is a predictable failure, but not an acceptable one. With the scrapping of vital decarbonisation policies and funding, the UK is already way off-track to meet our climate change commitments. The impacts of any new runway will be devastating to people's lives and to the planet. Locally it will see the demolition of hundreds of homes, result in increased noise pollution, and illegal levels of air pollution – already responsible for almost 10,000 premature deaths in London every year.
"But the biggest tragedy of the government's failure is a global one. Only around 5% of the world's population flies at all, yet the impacts of climate change – droughts, floods and heatwaves – are already hitting poorer communities in the global south, who are the least likely to ever set foot on a plane.
"The push for more runway space is not about demand from business – that has been dropping for over a decade. Nor is it about people taking one or two annual holidays. Growth is being driven by the frequent leisure flyers taking weekend breaks and shopping trips by plane. Half of the UK population don't fly in any given year, yet all of us subsidise the holidays of the rich.
"The UK must not abandon our commitments under the Paris agreement and the Climate Change Act for the convenience of binge flyers. We will not allow our government to ignore the promises they have made to us and to the world."
Craig Bennett CEO, Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland, Nicky Bull Chair, Operation Noah, Amy Cameron Director, 10:10, Sarah Clayton Coordinator, AirportWatch, Peter Deane Biofuelwatch, Bill Hemmings Director, aviation and shipping, European Federation for Transport and Environment, Claire James Campaigns coordinator, Campaign Against Climate Change, Rosalie James Chair, Aircraft Noise 3 Villages (Lightwater, Windlesham & Bagshot), Tim Johnson Director, Aviation Environment Federation, James MacColl Head of campaigns, Campaign for Better Transport, Kara Moses Environment editor, Red Pepper, Leo Murray Director, Fellow Travellers, Danielle Paffard UK divestment campaigner, 350.org, John Sauven Executive director, Greenpeace UK, Kia Trainor Director, CPRE Sussex, Anna Vickerstaff Co-director, UK Youth Climate Coalition, Vivienne Westwood Climate Revolution, Peter Willan Chair, Richmond Heathrow Campaign, Rob Barnstone, Campaign coordinator, Stop Heathrow Expansion and six others


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Posted on November 14, 2014, Friday
SEE Chee How (PKR-Batu Lintang) has expressed his dismay over the implementation of projects
granted under the Prime Minister's Department this year.
granted under the Prime Minister's Department this year.
According to him, only 20 per cent, or RM20.97 million, of the RM102.45 million allocation to implement 1,248 Public Infrastructure Project (PIA) and Basic Infrastructure Project (PIAS) projects for this year were spent as of October.
"Furthermore, out of the 1,248 approved PIA and PIAS projects, which include the building of roads and bridges, and provision of basic amenities to rural communities, 17 of them are still in the BQ stage, meaning the stage of preparing documentation," he said when debating the Supply (2015) Bill, 2014 yesterday.
He noted that from the records, the chief implementation agencies of these projects were the district offices.
"The Chief Minister's Office should have been briefed about this extremely unsatisfactory performance by the district offices statewide," he said, calling on Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Adenan Satem or Local Government and Community Development Minister Dato Sri Wong Soon Koh to enlighten the August House on the mechanisms to ensure that the RM85 million worth of PIA and PIAS projects would be carried out before the year-end.
"We certainly don't want to be accused by the federal government that it has indeed made special grants for largely rural development to Sarawak, but it is due to our own shortcomings and inability to implement such projects approved and grants allocated, that the rural communities remain deprived and suffering from the lack of basic infrastructural development and amenities."
See also expressed concern over the poor performance of the implementation of basic infrastructure projects under the 'Project Mesra Rakyat' (PMR) programme initiated by the Prime Minister.
"Under the PMR programme, each parliamentary constituency is given RM5 million for 2014 to implement basic infrastructure projects.
"The total number for PMR projects approved in all allocated Parliamentary constituencies nationwide for 2014 was 2,031 and the grants approved was RM115.24 million.Out of the 2,031 projects which are recommended by the Members of Parliament and supposedly to be implemented by the district offices, only 14 per cent, or 280 projects, worth RM14.56 million have been completed and 70 projects worth RM4.25 million (3.45 per cent) are in the various stage of implementation," he said.
In pointing out that 1,681 PMR projects amounting to almost 83 per cent of the approved projects with a total value of RM96.74 million had not been implemented, he asked how many of these uncompleted and non-implemented PMR projects were in the state.
Citing Adenan, who in his budget speech on Monday highlighted the cordial relationship with the federal government and his belief that the federal government would continue to support the state with more funding for the development of basic infrastructure facilities and amenities particularly in rural areas, See said the incomplete projects would lead the federal government to say that despite giving the state the funding and grants, it was "our failure to utilise the grants and implement the projects for the good of the rural communities".
"We must put in place a mechanism to ensure that we can achieve such responsibility to be more vigilant in upholding the highest standards of prudent financial and resource management; ensuring transparency, accountability, good governance and integrity," he said.
Read more: http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/11/14/see-calls-for-greater-efficiency-in-management-of-projects/#ixzz3J3c1mvA1


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9 Marks of the Church
Disheartened with this organization's "9 Marks of a Healthy Church," Chris Seay (pastor at Ecclesia Church in Houston) presented his thoughts on what makes for a healthy church at Christianity 21, a conference held in Phoenix a couple weeks back. Colby found resonance with Chris' list, and in this sermon he unpacks them and asks the church to weigh in on how well we are doing with hitting these marks. (Also featured, a Faith Formation Story from Sarah Nichter).


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Lecture 28
European Modernism
To study music, we must learn the rules. To create music we must break them. —Nadia Boulanger
european modernism
In this lecture, we look principally at three composers, two Russians and one Hungarian. The Russian composers are Serge Prokofiev and Dmitri Shostakovich; the Hungarian composer is Bela Bartok. Between the two Russians, we will look in greater depth at Shostakovich and his Symphony No. 5. The Bartok works we'll look at are the Concerto for Orchestra and the Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta.
Topics covered:
- european modernism
- the arts in Soviet Russia
- Serge Prokofiev
- Dmitri Shostakovich and the bourgeois formalism
- Symphony No. 5
- Bela Bartok
- Concerto for Orchestra and the Shostakovich connection
- Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
- understanding the conditions under which artists lived in soviet Russia
- what is bourgeois formalism?
- hearing the folk elements of Bartok's style
- hearing new ways in which to make beautiful music
- how do these musical styles differ from Schoenberg?
- watch lecture 28 (in multiple parts for quicker download)
- review previous chapters, as necessary
- read textbook, Chapter 28 — sections on Prokofiev, Bartok
- As you are reading your textbook, go through the Listening Exercises in textbook sequence, listening to the
examples provided.
- regarding developing listening skills: you should be in the habit of developing your listening skills early in the game - the assignments will get more complex through the semester and you may find yourself unable to keep up. As simple as these early assignments may seem to some of you, they will help to keep you on the right track, and help you develop the skills required for a greater appreciation in listening to music, including the music that you listen to for your own enjoyment. Of course, those objectives are in total sync with the success you hope to have in this class. Remember that your ability to recognize the music on your CDs will be tested and will, of course, impact your grade.
Audio / Video lecture
- click lecture segments below in sequence
- presented in several segments to reduce download time
- total lecture time: approx. one hour 15 minutes (all segments included)
- can be downloaded for portable media players by right clicking each segment link and choosing save option. (note: older Macs and Mac notebooks with single-button mice: control-click)
Lecture 28.1
European Modernism
Lecture 28.3
Bela Bartok and the Concerto for Orchestra


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Sorry to put it out there like that, but the topic of my discussion today is going to have to be about women who can't seem to figure this out. I've run into lots of men in my day. I've dated a few, loved a couple and even married one. I've never been able to understand why it is so easy for a man to stray from the woman he says he loves. It occurred to me that the fault is not entirely that of the man. Though I like to believe that each of us is responsible for our own actions, I have to admit that if there are women out there who are more than willing to offer themselves up as some kind of prize to a man who is teetering on the edge of commitment then they are just as responsible for the behavior as the man who engages in it. And well, those women need to be slapped.
I believe in lifting women up and helping them to achieve their higher potential, but if the woman is so determined to get what she wants that she has no boundaries or respect for what another woman already has, then she doesn't deserve to be lifted up. These women just don't seem to care. They look for any and every excuse to justify their behavior.
"Well, if he could be that easily persuaded, then he didn't love her anyway." No, if he could be that easily persuaded it just means he's a douchebag and that she will eventually need to get rid of him. It isn't your job to be a catalyst. Get your own.
"But he loves me and he's just staying with her because he doesn't know how to let her down." No, he doesn't love you, skank. He's just getting what he can get from you until you either move onto the next one or he finds another one of you to add to his lineup.
"She must not be doing her job as a 'wife, girlfriend, significant other' or he wouldn't be looking for something else." You know, sometimes men just look to be looking. She could be doing everything right even to the point that she's given up on her own dreams to keep his fulfilled (and that's usually the case). It is definitely not your place to determine what she may or may not be doing for him. He doesn't belong to you. You don't know the situation, you only know what he is telling you and I've got news for you, if he's cheating, he's also lying and he doesn't give a damn whether or not he tells you or anyone else the truth.
"She's let herself go, how can you expect him not to think I'm more attractive?" Beg pardon, trick. No. This is certainly not your call. If she has let herself go, it is probably because he has put her through hell and she's given up on trying to make herself look good because he didn't appreciate her when she did. Spend some more time with him and see how you look.
When I was single and out being stupid, I tried to be careful who I spent my time with. Sometimes a man is up front with his status and sometimes he tries to hide it. It used to burn me up to see the same married man out having dinner with his wife in the early evening and then see that same man hugged up with some tramp at the bar later that night. At the time, I didn't know how to approach it. I thought, "It's none of my business." Well, in a way, it should have been my business. I should have said something to them. I knew both of them, not well, but probably well enough to point out that what they were doing was absolutely messed up. It didn't really hit me until I got married that it would have been nice if I'd had the gumption to speak up. If more people publicly frowned on the behavior, then maybe it wouldn't happen so often. Wishful thinking, but you never know.
There might have been something to that whole scarlet letter thing. If all the tramps, skanks, and low-down dirty cheaters had to wear a big red letter on their clothing, wouldn't that be helpful to those of us who are trying to do things the right way? The bottom line is that if he isn't yours, don't look at him, don't touch him, don't think that he's just passing the time with his wife until you pop onto the scene ready to satisfy his every desire. No, he's not been waiting for you. If he was waiting for you, he'd have waited, ho. See, that's how it works. If someone is waiting on you, they wait. They don't just take an eleven-year detour and stop off to have a wife and kids while they await your arrival. Funny how that works.
So today's lesson for all the tricks, tramps, skanks and sluts out there is that we must first look for a wedding ring. Second, we ask the question, "Are you married or living with a steady girlfriend or otherwise engaged?" Third, we make the decision whether or not we want to be part of the problem or part of the solution. Fourth, we think better of ourselves and of other women than to try and settle down with someone who has already been pretending to be settled down with someone else. This is easy. Give it a shot.
Until next time.
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Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Trick, Tramp, Skank or Slut?
Sorry to put it out there like that, but the topic of my discussion today is going to have to be about women who can't seem to figure this out. I've run into lots of men in my day. I've dated a few, loved a couple and even married one. I've never been able to understand why it is so easy for a man to stray from the woman he says he loves. It occurred to me that the fault is not entirely that of the man. Though I like to believe that each of us is responsible for our own actions, I have to admit that if there are women out there who are more than willing to offer themselves up as some kind of prize to a man who is teetering on the edge of commitment then they are just as responsible for the behavior as the man who engages in it. And well, those women need to be slapped.
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Rock The Hood, the fifth annual Northside/Westside block party will take place on July 15th, 2017, from 3pm to 9pm on North 1st between The ZACC and The Kettlehouse. This is an all day celebration of our neighborhood. Neighbors have a chance to meet, greet, dance, mingle,enjoy activities and find out all about the different resources that are available in their neighborhoods year round. Family Activities can include face-painting, a Community Co-op lounge, clay creations with the Clay Studio of Missoula, sidewalk chalk, hula hoops, juggling, storytelling and more. Come out, meet your neighbors, inspire, connect, create, and Rock The Hood!
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ThePirateBay.org, long famous in the Bittorrent community had their servers seized by the Swiss Police according to Slyck.com.
Source: Slyck
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Aarin Fantasy
Check out the wonderful world of *yaoi* at Aarin Fantasy!
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Lililicious Scanlations
Check out the wonderful world of *yuri* scanlations as Lililicious!
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Saturday, May 27, 2006
ARIA the Natural Due
ARIA the Natural Original Soundtrack Due has been released. Many people don't understand the appeal of ARIA but it has all the elements of a good anime not least of which is the music. The soft melodies and guitar riffs will have your ears in heaven or Aqua in no time.
アリア カンパニ
アリア カンパニ
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The Egg Came First!
Scientist have finally made up their minds (or so it seems) as to which came first the Chicken or the Egg.
Source: CNN
Source: CNN
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Thursday, May 25, 2006
Google de-Boggle
In Google's recent summer of code event approxiamately 1800 acceptence letters were emailed to participants followed by a rejection letter 10 minutes later. Google explained it was a mistake and assured all the recipiants that they were indeed rejected.
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Monday, May 22, 2006
Flagasphere Update
New pictures added to AIR gallery at
LaFlaga::[ A q u a ]::Gallery!
LaFlaga::[ A q u a ]::Gallery!
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Sunday, May 21, 2006
To IDE or not to IDE
Ah, the age old question facing all programmer hatchlings; slashdot your way over to their discussion.
And the answer is no.
And the answer is no.
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Saturday, May 20, 2006
Ars Technica Review MacBook
Ars Technica has an indepth review of the new MacBook and looks at how it stacks up against it peers and predecessors.
Ars Techinica: MacBook
Ars Techinica: MacBook
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Thursday, May 18, 2006
'Get Ready!' Windows Vista
Microsoft has released the system specs for Vista "ready" machines which among other things include a D9 capable graphics card.
Microsoft: Vista
Microsoft: Vista
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Manga Moe Moe
Two new mangas are available for your viewing pleasure, the first is the adaptation of the Canvas 2 anime and second it entitled No Bra. I think Canvas 2 needs no explanation if you've seen the anime, it's like that except more uhhuh.... Anyway, No Bra is about childhood friends who rediscover each other and discover the other's bishonen-ness! I've always had a thing for this type of manga, like "special interests"? Check them out ^o^
MangaUpdates: No Bra
MangaUpdates: Canvas 2
MangaUpdates: No Bra
MangaUpdates: Canvas 2
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Wednesday, May 17, 2006
10th Aniversary for Evangelion
Yet another edition of Neon Genesis Evangelion will be released by ADV dubbed the "10th aniversary box set"; how many editions is that now? I want a rerelease of Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou! Just imagine BOAS in a nighty eating ice cream from the container while watching Karekano! *O*
ANN: 10th Aniversary BOX
ANN: 10th Aniversary BOX
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Tuesday, May 16, 2006
WMP 11 Screens
For X/Z who's a total n00b, here are some early leaked screens of Windows Media Player 11 set to be released publically on wensday. *Cough*iTunes*Cough* Ahem...
Source: FlexBeta
Source: FlexBeta
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Monday, May 15, 2006
Mimei Sakamoto on Moe
In an article which is to be published in Shukan Bunshun, Sakamoto-sensei a talented manga artist and self-professed Otaku ordains the true meaning of moe. Ripping on the current trend of Otaku posers, losers, and pedofiles Sakamoto tears a new one to all the fanservicers out there. She goes on to comment on the current state of the industry in terms of product development and marketing along the same evangelical lines of moe madness. This article is a must read for the "true" otaku, although I'm not sure a mid-aged, once depressed, mildly talented woman with a teary-eyed story that wouldn't move a feather is really a great example herself.
Source: Mainichi Daily News
Source: Mainichi Daily News
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Sunday, May 14, 2006
Flagasphere Update
New ARIA gallery added to LaFlaga::[A q u a ]::Gallery section!
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So BOAS got wind of a new "traditional" japanese music band called Rin' and checked out some of their songs. I gotta say they're pretty good; mixing traditional japanese musical motifs with modern feel they achieve a unique sound. Not quite as hardcore as some Enka but definately not as-pop-feelin as Yuna Ito, it's nice easy listening.
Official Site: Rin'
Official Site: Rin'
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Friday, May 12, 2006
New Ningen Wall
A stunning new wallpaper of Enma Ai Jigoku Shoujo has been released from Ningen's. Grab the full size from his website!
Source: Ningen
Source: Ningen
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Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Lohan in the Moon
You know I almost don't want to report that ANN has a rumor that Lindsay Lohan was asked to play Usagi or Serena in the Live-Action movie of Sailor Moon. You know how in the live-action TV drama of Sailor Moon in Japan, Usagi was a cow and Tux. Mask was a lolipedofin? Well this is worse.
Source: ANN
Source: ANN
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Fiction Junction Yuuka Silly-Go-Round
The opening single for .Hack//Roots entitled Silly-Go-Round has been released and includes on and off vocal versions of Silly-Go-Round and Angel Gate.
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Flagasphere Updates
New Chobits wallpaper added to
LaFlaga::[ A q u a ]::Gallery section!
LaFlaga::[ A q u a ]::Gallery section!
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Tuesday, May 09, 2006
Well E3 came sneeking up on us once again with BIG news from Sony & Nintendo. First Sony has announced two price packaged versions of the PS3 for $599 and $499 respectively. The difference between the models ranges from larger hard drive to more features. In the Nintendo Wii camp there have been 27 playable titles announced that will be on the floors; but who cares! Finally, but definately not the last; Final Fantasy XIII has been announced exclusively for the PS3 with a trailer available at all your favorite game websites.
Memento: Coverage of E3
Memento: Coverage of E3
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Sunday, May 07, 2006
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Wednesday, May 03, 2006
La Flaga Flare
Announcing the creation of the La Flaga Flare group! Our portals are now known as
La Flaga::[ A q u a ] & La Flaga::[ T e r r a ]
La Flaga::[ A q u a ] & La Flaga::[ T e r r a ]
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Google Summer of Code 2006
Applications are being accepted as of May 1st for Google's summer of code 2006. This year more than 100 mentor companies are sponsored with names like KDE, GNU, and the BBC in the ranks! Have fun coding away the summer...
Google Summer of Code Website
Google Summer of Code Website
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Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Yuna Ito Precious
The new single from Yuna Ito who played Reira in the live action Nana movie entitled Precious has been released. Please everyone support Yuna Ito and her great voice; we'll forgive her line about Homer for now...
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Monday, May 01, 2006
Shion no Ou
Hikaru no Go. I just had to put that out there; not that I should cause this is a manga about Shougi not in any way related to Go. Anyway if you like Bishoujos, bishonens, and everything in between playing Shougi as if it were life or death then pick up Shion no Ou. Plus Hug Hug HUGS )o(!
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Tsubasa Chronicles S2
For a moment I thought Tsubasa wouldn't be airing this season against it's CLAMP counterpart xxxHolic but out of nowhere comes the second season of Tsubasa Chronicles. Despite the lack of fanfare it too is received in good company.
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Banaras Hindu University in collaboration with The Centre For Consumer Studies, Indian Institute Of Public Administration, New Delhi is organising a Two-Day Seminar on "Legal Protection of Consumers in Global Economy: Recent Approaches and Way Forward".
Chief Patron‐ Dr. Lalji Singh (Padmashri), Hon'ble Vice‐Chancellor, BHU.
Patrons‐ Prof. B. C. Nirmal, Head & Dean, Faculty of Law, BHU & Director, National Seminar
Prof. Suresh Mishra, Chair Professor, (Consumer, affairs) and Coordinator, Center for Consumer studies, IIPA, New Delhi
Faculty of Law, Banaras Hindu University
Sub Themes
The Seminar will focus on following Issues/Sub‐themes:
1. Legal Protection of Consumers: National and International Perspective
2. Globalization, Indian Market and the Consumers
3. E‐commerce and Consumer Protection in Online Medium
4. Intellectual Property Rights and Consumer Protection
5. Legal Protection of Rural Consumers
6. Consumer Protection Legislations and the Problems of their Implementation
7. Food Safety and Standard
8. False and Misleading Advertisements
9. Consumer Protection and the Service Sectors Including Telecom, Banking, Insurance, Electricity, Medical and Educati on etc.
10. Media and the Consumer
11. Consumer Awareness, Education and the Role of NGOs
12. Consumer Protection Act, 1986/Consumer Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2011 fied issues/sub‐themes are only illustra
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Up to March 20, 2014: A nominal fee of Rs.800/‐ is fixed for all delegates (Accompanying Guest‐Rs. 600/‐).
After March 20, 2014: Rs. 1200/‐ for all delegates (Accompanying Guest‐ Rs. 1000/‐).
Payment may be made by cheque or Demand Draft in favour of "NS Law School BHU" payable at Varanasi.
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Research Papers/Articles and Case Studies from academicians, research scholars and students are invited for presentation on in the National Seminar subject to selection by Academic Program Committee.
Communication of acceptance will be sent to selected authors for presentation.
Only participants present in the seminar premises will be issued their certificates.
Co‐authorship is allowed but it is limited to two co‐authors.
Each co‐author is required to register and pay the registration fees individually.
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Text paper should be written in hard as well as soft copy (in MS Word, Font: Times New Roman, 12 Font size, 1.5 line spacing & in 02 copies).
The abstract (in maximum two hundred words) must reach Organizing Secretary, National Seminar On "Legal Protection of Consumers in a Global Economy‐ Recent Approaches and the Way Forward", Faculty of Law, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi‐221005 latest by February 28, 2014.
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Not a lot of players/personalities in the NBA make me want to watch the game...but I like Shaq O'Neal. He's one of the best, most-dominant big men of all time...at least he was a few seasons ago. But, even when not on the top of his game, he's still great.
Well, he's now going to be teaming up with Bron Bron. If nothing else, it should be fun to watch. Both of these two are clowns; I mean that in a good way. Perhaps next season, I'll watch more than one NBA regular season game from start to finish...alright, maybe not, but highlights will be entertaining.
Another sport I don't watch is soccer. But, a few of my friends do- and I'm told the US team beat the No. 1 team in the world, Spain. The loss breaks Spain's 35-game unbeaten streak...and it helps the US team look like it doesn't suck, which it did the last ten days-or-so, I'm told. Congrats, soccer fan.
**This post should have been made by our resident Clevelander (a real NBA fan, mind you), but I did it instead because Tim's feet are still recovering from surgery.


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Spring Season Highlights/
As we look forward to the beginning of our first-ever Summer Season later in June, and the start of our first five-week summer intensive in July, it seems fitting to take a moment to reflect on the past few months. Looking back over the full, busy, sometimes crazy Spring Season we had, there is so much to be thankful for! Please join us in thanking God for all that he's done.
Our Spring Season got off to a running start in January with the creation process for our biggest full-length story ballet project yet: Belteshazzar: A Perilous Tale. Artistic Director Julianna Slager was able to set the ballet, based on the story of the Biblical character Daniel, to a full length score by Benjamin Britten originally created for the ballet Prince of the Pagodas. As it usually is, the process of creating the ballet was a great experience for the entire company, challenging everyone to reach beyond their comfort zones in order to tell this incredible story in a clear, engaging and beautiful manner. Company Artist Laura Schlatter, cast as Daniel, took on her first major lead role since joining Ballet 5:8 in 2013, aptly portraying the character of Daniel with fierce energy and candid emotion. Brette Benedict, Company Artist since 2014, also took on her first major role with Ballet 5:8, portraying the eventually-mad King Nebuchadnezzar with, at times, chilling intensity. Company Artist Lorianne Barclay, in addition to playing serval roles in the work, designed and created the costumes for Belteshazzar. After creating costumes for several of Ballet 5:8's abstract works in the first half of the season, this was Barclay's first foray into costuming a narrative work since taking on the role of Ballet 5:8's resident costume designer in 2014 - and what a wonderful success! Belteshazzar went on stage four times in three different states during the Spring Season. If you didn't get a chance to see Belteshazzar yet, make sure to watch for appearances during the 2015-2016 season.
Outreach with The Story of Job
In April, we had two different opportunities to engage with new audiences in meaningful ways through The Story of Job: When Bad Things Happen to Good People. The ballet went onstage for the first time in Hopkinsville, Kentucky in the gym of local school Heritage Christian Academy. That morning, local dance students were able to attend several master classes taught by Ballet 5:8 Company Artists and greatly enjoyed being able to see those same instructors perform the same night. A week later, Ballet 5:8 set up in another gym, this one in Valparaiso, Indiana, for a performance hosted by a local Christian dance school called Master's Dance Academy. Master's Dance students opened the performance with a showcase showing their accomplishments from the year and then were able to watch Ballet 5:8 Company Artists in Job. The feedback and community impact from these performances was incredible, reminding us of just how worthwhile it is to perform even in the most modest of settings, in school gyms!
Chicago Fun
Also in April, Ballet 5:8 had the opportunity to join other Chicago dance companies in a city-wide event sponsored by audience-advocacy organization Audience Architects. Chicago Dance Month lasted for the entire month of April and included hundreds of dance events and performances in Chicago, many of them free to attend. Ballet 5:8 performed as part of Chicago Dance Month at an event called "Thank Dance It's Friday," which took place outside the Harold Washington Library in downtown Chicago on Friday afternoons. Ballet 5:8 performed Sigao
Ekklesia: Silent Church, alongside the dance group Luna Troop and the professional contemporary dance company Nomi Dance.
Ballet 5:8 School of the Arts
Things have also been busy at Ballet 5:8 School of the Arts this season, where over 100 students have been studying diligently in dance classes and then learning to use their dancing for God's glory. In April, the students in the Conservatory program, one of the most advanced training levels in the school, were accepted as a member group of Regional Dance America MidStates! Starting next year, these students will be able to attend the annual MidStates festival and will have a special opportunity to interact with students and instructors from a host of other Chicago dance schools.
As usual, one of the biggest and most memorable events for Ballet 5:8 School of the Arts this season was the spring production - the thing that students spend all year looking forward to and working toward! On May 2-3, the student cast performed Racham: A True Fairytale for the second time after the ballet's premiere in 2014. The students demonstrated exceptional growth in their technique from a year ago and the performance was gorgeous. Most importantly, the students were able to portray a clear, poignant picture of redemption through the ballet's Prodigal Son-like storyline and share the Gospel of Jesus Christ!


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Bipolar Mania and Psychosis Inside Out 4 – Revisioning Mental Health
Lots to say about revisioning mental health. There is inspiration and impulse to create a collective context through sharing and dialogue. Perhaps this may change things from us residing in our monologues in isolation. I feel we resonate. The words that are sounds within us want to be uttered. These states I feel are "trying" to move us towards worldcentricity and ecocentricity as opposed to egocentricity. Therefore, we must share for the sake of sharing, to witness and make real by collapsing the wave function of abstract unspoken sounds within upon the ears of another. Connect, witness, collect.


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Limited Edition Admiral's Cup Legend 42 Watch by Corum
First unveiled in 1960 and then reiterated in 1983 with a more appealing design, the Admiral's Cup timepiece by Corum has been enjoying a lot of success for decades. Now the luxury watchmaker has launched a new limited edition version of the watch, based on the beautiful 1980s design: with a 12-sided case, 12 nautical pennants from the maritime international code of signals for hour markers, and a very modern metallic blue color.
The new edition is called the Admiral's Cup Legend 42, and it is available in two versions: with steel or rose gold trims. The steel version will be limited to 300 pieces, while the more precious rose gold model will be produced in only 100 examples.
The blue part of the case and bracelet received a special PVD treatment, just like the lugs, dial, and crown guard. The visual contrast is gorgeous. Powering the watch is a an automatic mechanical movement with oscillating weight, bearing the Corum label. You can admire it working through the transparent caseback.


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Alerts for sport changes
Here is a tool for you to stay up on all the changes we have for spring sports. Go to http://www.1aevergreen.com and the Montesano High School page. On the right hand side there is a orange "Subscribe" button. Click this button and follow the directions. You will get an e-mail confirmation that will direct you to signing up for e-alerts.


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Educational site that shows research about prostitution from all around the globe. Their angle at the p4p game is oriented from a human rights perspective. They are committed to make the lives of poor prostitutes more prosperous and they fight trafficking. Good to see such sites around to educate punters and prostitutes alike.
This site is listing the age of consent for sex listed by countries. Not sure how reliable the info is as it appears to be out of date. There is a clear warning about being out of sync with current laws. Do not take this information serious, but use resources provided to double check.
Blog with images of prostitutes such as pick-up women, bar girls from Asia, strippers, upscale escorts and brothelistas. Nice to look at mostly with some a bit rough around the curves. Makes some of you think about planning the next sex vacation to a tropic country with hot women and tropical climate.
Splendid idea to combine maps with resources about sex travel. This fresh website offers a little bit more than others as they add maps for lovers or adult nightlife. Just pick your city or country and zoom in on your favorite location to find hot spots for adult nightlife and reviews. The site is pretty explicit in what they want to deliver: How to travel and fuck the World on a shoestring budget. Essential monger advice is provided and consultancy services offered. Cheers and good luck.
Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia for everything, lists red-light districts from around the world and combines them with short descriptions. Pretty neat to find a RLD at your next travel sex destination. They were used to be neutral, but have changed to negative bias over the years. Even academics engage in worldsex, how else would they know places where to pick up prostitutes?
Great blog with a multitude of RLD and brothel posts. It reviews red light districts and internet sites dealing with global prostitution together with personal brothels visit experiences from all over the globe. Have a look once in a while, it gets updated with new brothel reviews every couple of weeks including images and videos.
A large forum about prostitution in many countries. Good source for sex vacation research. While others claim to be on top of the scoop with their sex travel reports, International Sex Guide really is. A prime bookmark for every serious sex tourist and concerning gentleman. Unfortunately, this site is censored by it's owner as webmaster Jackson is horribly afraid of potential competitors. Go figure. We are nice and let his link stand for your reference.


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And Savinkov remembered that Kaliayev had once said to him, "Everything is beautiful. The stars and clouds and flowers and people and -- death is beautiful, too." (Otto Friedrich, from The End of the World)
The Activity #5 ("The Weather Inside") by Nathan Edmondson (writer), Mitch Gerads (artist/colorist), Joseph Frazzetta (color assistant), and Jeff Powell (letterer). $3.50, 22 pgs, FC, Image.
This is the final issue of The Activity that I am buying, and I'm not going to miss it, although I still wish it had been better. This is a fairly typical issue - one of the things I like about the book is that Edmondson isn't writing about a group that just goes in and blows shit up, as in this issue the team allows themselves to be captured by the Thais in order to ... well, they have a mission, but it's not a "blow-shit-up" kind of mission. We get some background on one of the team members, but as usual with this comic, it's very vague and oblique, and we don't really get to know the character at all. Meanwhile, the larger plot of whether the government is going to shut the program down continues, but it only gets one page, so who knows how long Edmondson will let it play out (someone spells "Colombia" wrong, too, which is one reason why everyone hates Americans). Gerads' art is a bit rougher than the previous issues, and I don't know if it's deliberate because the team is in a Thai interrogation room or because Gerads is rushed a bit.
I like the idea of The Activity, but Edmondson just hasn't found a good balance in the book - the single issue stories are a good idea, but the lack of space seem to make the missions easier than they actually are, Edmondson still hasn't given us too much with regard to the personalities of the team members, and the pace is too glacial. Maybe it will read better in trade, but as single issues, it just doesn't work. Oh well - there's always new comics to check out!
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Fables #116 ("Cubs in Toyland Chapter 3: Clockwork Tiger"/"A Revolution in Oz Chapter 3: At the End of His Rope") by Bill Willingham (writer), Mark Buckingham (penciler, "Tiger"), Shawn McManus (artist/colorist, "Oz"), Steve Leialoha (inker, "Tiger"), Andrew Pepoy (inker, "Tiger"), Dan Green (inker, "Tiger"), Lee Loughridge (colorist), and Todd Klein (letterer). $2.99, 20 pgs, FC, DC/Vertigo.
Issue #116 came out last week, but Diamond didn't ship it to my store for some reason. I blame Rick Santorum!
Anyway, the possible final story arc of this series that I will read continues to move along, much like pretty much every other issue of Fables. We stick with the kids and the efforts to find Therese this time around, while Therese realizes that things in her new kingdom might not be as rosy as she thought. As usual, it's a nice-looking comic, although I always worry when three inkers work on a book. Leialoha, Pepoy, and Green are all good, but I wonder if Buckingham is getting a bit behind. The back-up story is crunched by DC's page count, but it still looks nice.
I haven't quite made up my mind to drop Fables, but I losing enthusiasm for it. As I've mentioned recently, there's absolutely nothing really bad about it, it just doesn't excite me very much. Oh well.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ½ ☆ ☆ ☆
One totally Airwolf panel:
Kirby: Genesis #7 ("New York Throwdown") by Kurt Busiek (writer), Jack Herbert (artist), Alex Ross (artist), Vinicius Andrade (colorist), and Simon Bowland (letterer). $3.99, 22 pgs, FC, Dynamite Entertainment.
It's somewhat humorous that, in the midst of this giant Marvel crossover that, apparently, features almost nothing but fighting, over in Kirby: Genesis, Busiek and Herbert give us an issue that features almost nothing but fighting, and it's really good, even though the characters in the Marvel book are much more familiar. The stakes feel a bit higher in K:G, perhaps because we know that in AvX, nothing will change all that much, but when a character gets stabbed in this one, it feels more dangerous even though we suspect that the character will not die. Busiek structures this exactly like a big ol' superhero fight comic, because it is one - there's the big battles, and then the smaller ones that help "humanize" the big fight - but he also makes sure that Kirby's romance moves on and that the bad guys aren't exactly monolithic in their evil. One thing that is wearisome about far too many of Marvel's recent crossovers is that it's just heroes fighting heroes, and while that means that more fans of characters are invested and we get to hear absolutely stupid conversations about who would defeat whom, it also means that the central tenet of superhero comics - that good powerful people fight against bad powerful people to save non-powered people - isn't being observed. Busiek gives us bad guys, but bad guys that are actually interesting and whose motives shift depending on the circumstances. Busiek has his detractors, but he's been a very good superhero writer for a few decades now, and this is just the latest example of it.
Herbert (and Ross, who doesn't do as much in this comic as he has in some of the others) is still wonderful, giving us scores of characters fighting each other but never making it too busy. It's a frenetic comic, to be sure, but it never feels out of control. While I still don't know every character that Busiek is using, at least he and Herbert make sure that a lot of characters have moments in this issue, which is nice. I imagine Herbert is tired, but the artwork is very nice, so he should just drink some coffee and man up!
If we consider the moral and ethical ramifications of this issue, I wonder if Busiek will stop by and answer some musings for me. David Brothers' decision to drop DC and Marvel comics has made the rounds, and it got me thinking. Brothers has been very vocal about his disdain for Before Watchmen, and in that CA piece, he targets the Avengers movie as well. Both are fine targets, but Brothers' decision - and anyone's decision to boycott something for moral and ethical reasons - always makes me wonder, Where does it end? I would guess that a vast majority of businesses engage in shady practices, and will Brothers boycott those? I will bet that some part in the computer on which he blogs came from a factory where people are working 20 hours a day for a dollar a day and they never get to take bathroom breaks. I know I'm being extreme, and this certainly doesn't mean that we shouldn't call out DC and Marvel for being shitty companies, but where does it end? I applaud Brothers for making a stand, but I don't share his conviction, I guess. I have dropped a lot of DC and Marvel comics for the sole reason that the comics are shitty, but I'm aware that Brothers actually likes some of their comics, so this boycott probably annoys him. I also don't really care if the creators involved take the gigs, because comics creators don't make any fucking money. Brothers has written about his love of Darwyn Cooke and how he feels a bit different about Cooke now that he's doing a BW comic. Well, if Brothers wants another Parker novel (as I do) and doesn't want Cooke to fuck off into the dark bowels of animation, Cooke needs to take gigs like this every once in a while. Again, that doesn't make it right. But it does make it a reality. Part of the reason Alan Moore comes across as holding the moral high ground in this debate is because he's already made his money (I suppose he "renounced" some movie money, most notably for Watchmen, but did he for LoEG or From Hell, because it doesn't seem like he did). If this came out right after he wrote Violator vs. Badrock, I doubt if he would have as many supporters as he does now. Again, that doesn't mean he's wrong, just that it's fairly easy to make moral pronouncements when you don't have to worry about a paycheck. I don't work, so it's easy for me to say that every household should have a stay-at-home parent. What's wrong with you two-parent households where both parents work? Don't you know that you're ruining your children?!?!?!?
My point is, if you're going to boycott things for moral and ethical reasons, shouldn't you support things for the same reasons? This is where Busiek might be able to help me, if he's reading (he does read the blog occasionally, so I hope he stops by). Kirby: Genesis, unlike many (all?) Marvel books, specifically lists Kirby as the creator of the characters in the comic. Busiek seems like a stand-up guy and I know he appreciates the old-school creators. So do Kirby's heirs get any money from this comic? It seems right, doesn't it? And if they do, shouldn't Brothers be buying this comic and talking it up at every opportunity? You might see where this is going - what if Brothers thinks this is a shitty comic? Does his moral and ethical fiber that makes him want to support Kirby and his heirs override his taste? If he's serious about supporting Kirby, doesn't he have an obligation to at least buy this comic and at most blog about it so others buy it too? This is all moot if Dynamite isn't paying Kirby's heirs anything, but this is the conundrum, isn't it? If I say look in a mirror and say Busiek's name five times, will he appear and answer my question (after, of course, gutting me from stem to stern because I invoked him)?
Me like comix. Look at purty pitchers!
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ½ ☆ ☆
One totally Airwolf panel:
The Li'l Depressed Boy #10 ("Worried Shoes") by S. Steven Struble (writer/colorist/letterer) and Sina Grace (artist). $2.99, 24 pgs, FC, Image.
You might recall that I've been a bit disappointed with recent issues of LDB, and I'm still deciding if I want to keep getting it. This is a better issue - LDB gets a job as a movie usher, and although I've never worked at a movie theater, the way the head usher describes the job to the newbies - "you're about to see the most disgusting things man has ever seen" - rings true from what friends of mine in high school talked about. LDB also sees Jazmin on a date (see below), and as he's, you know, depressed, it sends him into a bit of a spiral. But unlike a few issues ago, it feels more real this time, and the fact that Struble introduces a new possible love interest for him also makes this a more enjoyable issue. I still don't know why LDB passed out in the bathroom (he passes out in the bathroom at the movie theater, by the way), but it does get him an introduction to the cute redhead who presumably will be the new object of his affections. After the rather tedious road trip that marked issues #5-8, some of the charm of issues #1-4 is back. I'll be interested to see if it continues.
Like The Activity, I really want to keep buying this book. Unlike The Activity, it has a shot. We shall see, shan't we?
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ½ ☆ ☆ ☆
One totally Airwolf panel:
Next Men #41 ("Jigsaw") by John Byrne (writer/artist), Ronda Pattison (colorist), and Neil Uyetake (letterer). $3.99, 22 pgs, FC, IDW.
So last week, I got issue #42 of this series and realized that I had never picked up issue #41. My retailer helpfully ordered it for me, and so this week I'm going back in time and reading issue #41. The entire comic is about moving around in time, so I feel right at home!
As always with Next Men, Byrne has such a long-term goal in mind that it's difficult to keep track of what's going on issue-to-issue. They're enjoyable, but they add just another brick to the giant edifice of Next Men, so it's hard to perceive the whole. He continues one thread from this book in issue #42, but leaves so many others hanging that, presumably, he'll get back to, including the big image at the end of the book. Bethany is running through a wasteland and getting chased by weird aliens and later Civil War-era soldiers who don't have nice things in mind for her, while the other Bethany and Nathan find a car and some World War II-era soldiers. Jasmine, meanwhile, catches us up on some of the Next Men history, so that's nice. There's a lot going on and Byrne has a lot of balls in the air, but I probably have to wait until he's all done with it before really coming to any conclusions about it. It's mostly a goofy, exciting, quasi-superhero comic. Byrne does those quite well.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆
One totally Airwolf panel:
The Secret History #18 ("The End of Camelot") and #19 ("The Age of Aquarius") by Jean-Pierre Pécau (writer), Igor Kordey (artist), Chris Chuckry (colorist, issue #18), Leonard O'Grady (colorist, issue #19), Edward Gauvin (translator), and Marshall Dillon (letterer). $5.95, 54 pgs each, FC, Archaia.
Archaia has been in a weird place ever since they re-organized a few years ago. They have made a commitment to publishing only graphic novels, but they do make some exceptions - Mouse Guard is the most high-profile one, but The Secret History is another. They recently scrapped plans to release the spin-off to this series as single issues, offering it as a complete whole, but it still hasn't arrived, and it's frustrating only because someone references it in issue #18 of the main series. Meanwhile, The Secret History continues to come out erratically, as this week's two issues at the same time shows. I'm not sure when Pécau and Kordey finished this or if it's being published in Europe so close to the publication date in the States that it gets held up in translation (it's a whole lot to translate, after all). It's frustrating like any comic that is published erratically is frustrating, because it's an interesting book and I can't imagine its schedule is helping it in any way.
The most interesting thing about the entire series is how Pécau has managed to weave almost every conspiracy that ever existed and make it one conspiracy, and how he has managed to take so many disparate historical events and people and link them. So in issue #18, Howard Hughes takes center stage, plotting the assassination of JFK with his mob buddies and Alan Foster Dulles. Meanwhile, Curtis is still trying to kill Kim Philby because Philby killed his (Curtis') wife, but he has to get around Philby's father, St. John Philby (I always get a kick out of the fact that that's pronounced "Sin-Jin"), who's a powerful magus. It all leads to Philby killing Lee Harvey Oswald in a parking lot moments before Kennedy is shot. Oh dear. Meanwhile, issue #19 has Curtis still trying to kill Philby, one of the archons, Reka, using LSD to enter the mythical city of Kor (she stages Woodstock so she can channel all the energy of the LSD users), and the Soviets doing Soviet-ey things. Erlin, meanwhile, finds out that the world is going to end in 2012, thanks to those confounded Mayans. Damn you, Mayans!
It's all very wacky, but Pécau has always made it work, and Kordey continues to pack a lot of good work into the book. I was disappointed that he used actual photographs of Woodstock and manipulated them using a computer, because it's one of the few places the book looks shoddy. He's used actual photographs before (he does in this issue when the bad guys are planning to pin Martin Luther King Jr.'s murder on James Earl Ray), but it's been small-scale and unobtrusive. When he does it for Woodstock, it looks kind of crappy. But it's only for a few pages, so I guess I can deal with it!
Only three issues of the main series remain. I hope they come out in a timely fashion (especially considering the world is going to end in 8 months), because The Secret History is a pretty cool comic. Can I be blamed for wanting it more often????
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ½ ☆ ☆
One totally Airwolf panel:
The Pterodactyl Hunters in the Gilded City by Brendan Leach (writer/artist). $9.95, 39 pgs, BW, Top Shelf.
This book might have usurped Wednesday Comics as the oddest format in which you can present a book. It's gigantic (you'll notice that I couldn't fit the entire cover on my scanner) and the pages are newsprint, because the conceit is that this is a story in a newspaper. No, it's not very long, but it looks way cool. Here's the entire cover, by the way:
I will say that although AvX Vs. has one of the dumbest titles and is one of the dumbest conceits I've heard in years, I was extremely tempted to buy issue #1 just for the "fun facts." "Magneto is the master of magnetic counting" might be my favorite, but they were all awesome. Well played, Marvel. You almost got me to plunk down 4 bucks just because someone remembered that comics can feature lots of fighting but still have a sense of humor.
So what's going on in the world? Well, in one of the union's craziest states, we had a moment of sanity when Governor Jan Brewer vetoed a bill that would allow people to carry guns in public buildings, which passed our legislature even though a bevy of cops and other public servants - you know, the people law-and-order conservatives lionize (not that they don't deserve it) - said it was a horrible, horrible idea. Brewer does this occasionally - vetoes a bill that seems tailor-made for her conservative brain, and it actually makes me respect her a bit more. Of course, she's still a terrible governor, but I don't think she's an evil one, and that's a big difference!
I guess they're holding (held?) hearings on Capitol Hill about SB 1070, our controversial "everyone with a tan is obviously an illegal immigrant!" law. Apparently, it was sparsely attended and allowed smarmy Charles Schumer to claim the moral high ground. I've written this before, that as much as I absolutely hate SB 1070 with a passion, it's almost as annoying that the federal government for years wrote laws about illegal immigration and then did nothing to enforce them. As boneheaded as the Arizona law is, it's in response to the feds sitting around with their dicks in their hands. Of course we screwed it up - we're Arizonans! We want to take guns to swimming pools and senior centers, for crying out loud! But that doesn't mean that snotty New York senators get to talk shit when they've never brought anything to the table, even a general amnesty proposal (because they know that would get them crucified by the public). Politicians are generally weasels, so they really should avoid claiming the moral high ground as much as they can. Man, I hate having to defend Arizona. Why does Charles Schumer make me?!?!?!?
So Mike Sterling pointed out this review of Avengers, which caused its Rotten Tomatoes score to fall from 100% to 96% (not being an aficionado of Rotten Tomatoes, I only have a vague idea of what this means and I have no idea why I should care, but apparently it's very important!!!!!!). The reviewer is a woman, which is really all you need to know about how the comments play out. In other words, it's not just Kelly and Sonia who are targets (they've both told me about the comments they need to delete, and I just have to say that I'm not only ashamed of comics fans sometimes, but of humanity in general), but any woman who dares to express an opinion about anything that guys think is "theirs." You see this misogynistic bullshit spewed at women in sports, from Violet Palmer (the NBA's only female referee, who I understand, through some of the bullshit, isn't that good, but I think a lot of male refs suck and they don't get the hatred spewed at them like she does) to women calling college football games, and it's awful in comics, as well. It's disgusting, and it makes me sad. Kelly and Sonia have both tweeted about this, wondering if it's even worth writing about comics, and I really, really hope they don't stop what they're doing, because I love both their columns and I think they really bring interesting perspectives to this stupid little world of four-color entertainment. I don't always agree with what Kelly says and I'm not always 100% on her side in arguments that she has (she doesn't always agree with me, naturally, because we're thinking human beings), but I like to think that we have enough respect for each other that we can discuss it rationally. Even if I don't agree with her, I have in the back of my mind that she (and Sonia, and a lot of other women on-line) have to deal with such a vile reaction from so many people that I'm on her side. You might not know of some of the shit they (and Brian) have to delete, but it's just sad. I wouldn't blame them one bit if they stopped writing for our blog ... and I know that this blog is one of the more rational places on the comic book Internet. But I really hope they don't, because I would miss them. Anyway, sorry for the rant, and I apologize to Kelly and Sonia for feeling protective of them when they could both probably kick my ass (I know Sonia could, and I suspect Kelly could). It just makes me so angry that so many men are such dicks.
Okay, I'm done ranting, so let's move on. I'm still not bringing back the ten most recent songs on my iPod yet, but I decided to do Top Ten lists for a while, if that's all right with you. Some of these I've blogged about before (on my now-defunct personal blog), including this one: My Top Ten Celebrity Crushes (not current ones, but throughout the years)!
1. Daisy Duke (Catherine Bach), 1979-1980. Duh:
2. Bailey Quarters (Jan Smithers), c. 1980. Way hotter than Loni Anderson.
3. Sarah Purcell, early 1980s. This might be a little weird, considering that Ms. Purcell is not a typical sexy chick, but I loved Real People back when it was on the air (Fred Willard represent!) and, I don't know, I had a crush on Sarah Purcell. What are you gonna do, I was 10.
4. Phoebe Cates, 1982. Again, duh:
5. Jennifer Jason Leigh, 1982-1994. Jennifer Jason Leigh is gorgeous, but her acting abilities are part of my crush on her. Back in the 1980s and early 1990s, she put together quite a résumé: Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Flesh + Blood, The Hitcher, Miami Blues, Backdraft, Rush, Short Cuts, The Hudsucker Proxy, Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle. I think it's a travesty that she hasn't won an Oscar yet.
6. Keanu Reeves, 1989-1999. I still think he's wildly underrated as an actor. Sure, he's clunky a lot, but he's absolutely great in River's Edge and My Own Private Idaho.
7. Sherilyn Fenn, 1990-1993. For a few years, Sherilyn Fenn was the hottest woman on the planet. I remain convinced that she was born in the wrong time - if she had been an actress in the 1930s, 1940s, or 1950s, we'd remember her as an all-time great glamour girl. Instead, she's largely forgotten today. So sad!
8. Emma Thompson, 1991-1994. I still love Ms. Thompson's acting, but in the early Nineties she was a great actress and drop-dead gorgeous. She's amazing in In the Name of the Father, and absolutely stunning in Much Ado About Nothing (granted, everyone was).
9. Michelle Yeoh, 1993-2000. I first saw Michelle Yeoh in Jackie Chan's Supercop, which is a tremendously fun movie and also stars Maggie Cheung, another actress I've had a crush on in the past. This crush reached its apogee when she did Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, of course, and then faded. I still like seeing Yeoh show up in movies, though.
10. Brad Pitt, 1995-2001. I saw Pitt in stuff before 1995, but he didn't do it for me. Seven and 12 Monkeys really made him crush-worthy in my eyes. Fight Club is still one of my favorite movies (all three leads kick ass in it), and then he did Ocean's Eleven. I would love to pull off his wardrobe in either of those latter movies, but I'm nowhere near cool enough. Since 2001, he's still been in good movies, but my crush has cooled. Oh well.
I've had other crushes, of course, but those are my favorite ones. Do you have any? Don't be shy!
Anyway, I hope those who hated my post last week come back and read this one, because it's written in straight-forward English! And I hope those who did like my post last week know that I never know when I'm going to get all weird again, so stay tuned! Have a nice day, everyone!


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