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MONTREAL – After weeks of intense scrutiny of Montreal's most powerful political party and the central city administration, the Charbonneau Commission has come knocking at the doors of the official opposition and the borough councils.
During his third day on the stand before the public inquiry, engineering firm boss Michel Lalonde focused heavily on the individual districts on Montreal Island where his firm, Génius Conseil (formerly Groupe Séguin), was most active in the mid-2000s.
Lalonde described handing illegal cash donations to officials in Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles, Ahuntsic-Cartierville, St-Léonard, Montreal East and Montreal North in exchange for their "co-operation" when it came time to award public-works contracts.
If he had refused the requests for funding, Lalonde told Justice France Charbonneau, the work his company needed to survive would have dried up.
While the kickbacks were sometimes given to borough officials in exchange for specific favours (former R.D.P.-P.A.T. engineering director Laurent Gravel is alleged to have accepted several payments of $2,000 to ensure that selection committees favoured Lalonde's company, for instance), the money apparently flowed most freely when Montreal was on the verge of a municipal election.
In the months before the 2005 race, for instance, Lalonde said former R.D.P.-P.A.T. mayor Cosmo Maciocia asked him for $60,000 to support his re-election campaign. Lalonde claimed he handed it over, as did several other engineering firms. Four years later, right before the 2009 election, Lalonde said he met with the new mayoral candidate in the borough, Joe Magri, and agreed to provide him with $15,000 cash, passed through local construction boss Nicolo Milioto.
That same year, Génuis Conseil also allegedly donated $2,000 to help finance the campaign of Union Montreal's Michel Bissonnette in St-Léonard, and another $2,000 for borough mayor Gilles Deguire in Montreal North.
At one point, Lalonde testified, Ahuntsic borough manager Eric Lachapelle even asked him for season tickets to the Canadiens — a request worth more than $12,000 that Lalonde said he granted.
"That was the way it worked," he said. "If you didn't participate, you didn't win contracts."
The examples of dirty financing came fast and furious, one after the other, for almost the entire afternoon — and they were not limited to the party of former Montreal mayor Gérald Tremblay. The official opposition was also singled out, with Lalonde alleging that Vision Montreal organizer Michel Petit asked him for $25,000 to help get former Ville Marie borough mayor Benoit Labonté re-elected in 2009.
Again, the witness said, he complied.
Earlier in the day, Lalonde added yet another big name to the list of people he says were involved in a broader system of collusion operating within the central city administration. The name was Robert Abdallah, and Lalonde alleged that the former city manager was well compensated for his role in tweaking a Sherbrooke St. sewage contract in 2005.
Last October, ex-construction boss Lino Zambito told the Charbonneau Commission that he had been forced to use a particular type of piping for that project — piping that was only available through one supplier — and that the "order" had come from Abdallah, who acted as Montreal's general manager from 2003 until 2006.
Lalonde's company was monitoring the work on the city's behalf.
On Monday, Lalonde partially corroborated Zambito's version of events, testifying that he received a call from the pipe supplier, Tremca, shortly after Zambito won the contract. The company representative told him that if the city used Tremca pipes, "everything would go well," Lalonde said.
"It was a message," he explained. "For me, it was pretty clear."
Because Tremca's product was $300,000 more expensive, however, Lalonde said he met with Abdallah to see what he thought. Abdallah is alleged to have agreed that the more expensive pipes were ideal. A few days later, at a meeting, Lalonde testified that a representative from Tremca told him the extra $300,000 was "worth it" because "we have to take care of Mr. Abdallah."
Abdallah has vehemently denied he took any money in exchange for ensuring the pipes under Sherbrooke came from Tremca and not another supplier.
"I find it inconceivable (that) such lies and double-hearsays are being permitted," a furious Abdallah told The Gazette in October. "It's all completely false."
The Sherbrooke St. debacle wasn't the only story Lalonde corroborated on Monday. He also confirmed that he handed a cheque for $10,000 to Union Montreal political staffer Martin Dumont at a fundraising breakfast nearly a decade ago. The event was held in support of the "yes" campaign during the city's 2004 demerger referendum, and then-Montreal mayor Gérald Tremblay was in attendance, Lalonde said. During his own time on the stand, Dumont maintained that he was given similar cheques from a number of engineering firms at the breakfast.
The amount of $10,000 was "suggested" to him by Union Montreal financing head Bernard Trépanier, Lalonde said. Asked if he would ever have given that much without that suggestion, Lalonde laughed.
"No," he replied.
Lalonde also testified Monday that the corruption he witnessed between 2004 and 2009 extended to the laboratories that conducted materials testing for the city.
He is expected to re-take the stand on Tuesday to tell the commissioners about his experiences dealing with the provincial Transport Department.
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Yesterday, Hawkeye No. 11 hit the print (and digital) shelves, the latest issue of a superhero comic devoted to the bow-wielding Avenger that nobody really cared about–at least until writer Matt Fraction and artist David Aja got their hands on him last year. What initially seemed like a short-term passion project for Fraction (Casanova, Invincible Iron Man) and his former Immortal Iron Fist collaborator Aja has become a smart, stylish high-water mark for mainstream comics, a critical darling whose collected trade paperback debut somehow managed to knock the first Walking Dead Compendium out of the No. 1 slot on the New York Times bestseller list for graphic novels.
Oh, and its latest issue contains almost no words and is told entirely from the perspective of a dog who loves pizza and solves crime.
When we first met Lucky, aka Pizza Dog, in the first issue of the comic, he was lying critically wounded on a vet's table after a car-dog collision while Clint Barton (aka Hawkeye) stood over him and said "Fix. This. Dog." After pulling through the ordeal, the canine–who first took a liking to the street-level Avenger after being fed a slice of delicious pizza–become a fan-favorite character, though for obvious reasons, he's always been more of a sidekick than a hero.
But thanks to the latest and possibly best issue of Hawkeye yet from Fraction and Aja, Pizza Dog not only gets a chance to shine but to solve a murder. But the story, titled "Pizza Is My Business," doesn't just follow the dog on his adventures; it actually simulates his experience of the world through the visual narrative, which contains almost no words and portrays the dog's thoughts and interactions through an interconnected web of pictograms. And since much of the way dogs interact with the world has to do with their sense of smell, most of that visual "dialogue" has to do with olfactory responses.
"I had to go through and figure out what each character smelled like," Fraction told Wired. Clint, for example, smells like coffee, while Kate Bishop–a fellow bow-wielding hero–smells like flowers, cocktails, and pizza. Walking past the other doors in their apartment building reveals a broader cast of characters who identities must be deduced from simplistic visual icons: the bearded man who reads books and burns incense, the mother of two small children in diapers–and the man whose body is lying on the roof next to a barbeque grill. Who killed him? It's up to both Pizza Dog–and the reader–to decipher the clues.
There's a dense wealth of visual information ready to be unpacked in the issue, an intricately designed marvel (no pun intended) constructed with an attention to detail and semiotics that bears more resemblance to Chris Ware than Jack Kirby. Since the issue involves a reunion between Pizza Dog and his previous Polish-speaking owners, Fraction actually consulted with a Polish speaker to learn what commands they might use while speaking to a pet. "Would it be "boy," like my dog responds to?" Fraction told Wired. "Or 'drive,' or 'park'? It became this three-day long conversation about tenses. All this work that literally went into four characters."
The conceit is a high-concept, high-wire act for a comic to carry off, but Fraction and Aja stick the landing with a poise and grace that deserves full marks even from the metaphorical East German judges–not to mention the Eisner Award committee. It manages to be both a functional murder mystery loaded with noir sensibilities–from the bloody paw prints that blot across the cover to a rooftop gun scuffle with neighborhood thugs–and a book that is as entertaining as it is experimental and worth reading a time or ten.
Part of what makes Hawkeye so special, and so able to operate in a distinct way from other Marvel Comics titles, both visually and narratively, is that it operates in the spaces in between the many interconnected titles of the Marvel Universe. Or as the introduction to most issues of Hawkeye explains, "This is what he does when he's not being an Avenger. That's all you need to know."
That's good news if you aren't a regular superhero comic book reader. Or hell, even if you are. Granted, it's only June, but I'm ready to call it right now: This is the best comic of 2013. If you buy one comic book about a one-eyed canine superhero sidekick this year – or really, any superhero comic at all – make it this one.


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Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005
Chapter 3 Weight Management
The prevalence of obesity in the United States has doubled in the past two decades. Nearly one-third of adults are obese, that is, they have a body mass index (BMI ) of 30 or greater. One of the fastest growing segments of the population is that with a BMI ≥ 30 with accompanying comorbidities. Over the last two decades, the prevalence of overweight among children and adolescents has increased substantially; it is estimated that as many as 16 percent of children and adolescents are overweight, representing a doubling of the rate among children and tripling of the rate among adolescents. A high prevalence of overweight and obesity is of great public health concern because excess body fat leads to a higher risk for premature death, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, cardiovascular disease, stroke, gall bladder disease, respiratory dysfunction, gout, osteoarthritis, and certain kinds of cancers.
Ideally, the goal for adults is to achieve and maintain a body weight that optimizes their health. However, for obese adults, even modest weight loss (e.g., 10 pounds) has health benefits, and the prevention of further weight gain is very important. For overweight children and adolescents, the goal is to slow the rate of weight gain while achieving normal growth and development. Maintaining a healthy weight throughout childhood may reduce the risk of becoming an overweight or obese adult. Eating fewer calories while increasing physical activity are the keys to controlling body weight. While overweight and obesity are currently significant public health issues, not all Americans need to lose weight. People at a healthy weight should strive to maintain their weight, and underweight individuals may need to increase their weight.
Overweight and obesity in the United States among adults and children has increased significantly over the last two decades. Those following typical American eating and activity patterns are likely to be consuming diets in excess of their energy requirements. However, caloric intake is only one side of the energy balance equation. Caloric expenditure needs to be in balance with caloric intake to maintain body weight and must exceed caloric intake to achieve weight loss (see tables 3 and 4). To reverse the trend toward obesity, most Americans need to eat fewer calories, be more active, and make wiser food choices.
Prevention of weight gain is critical because while the behaviors required are the same, the extent of the behaviors required to lose weight makes weight loss more challenging than prevention of weight gain. Since many adults gain weight slowly over time, even small decreases in calorie intake can help avoid weight gain, especially if accompanied by increased physical activity. For example, for most adults a reduction of 50 to 100 calories per day may prevent gradual weight gain, whereas a reduction of 500 calories or more per day is a common initial goal in weight-loss programs. Similarly, up to 60 minutes of moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity per day may be needed to prevent weight gain, but as much as 60 to 90 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity per day is recommended to sustain weight loss for previously overweight people. It is advisable for men over age 40, women over age 50, and those with a history of chronic diseases such as heart disease or diabetes to consult with a healthcare provider before starting a vigorous exercise program. However, many people can safely increase their physical activity without consulting a healthcare provider.7
Monitoring body fat regularly can be a useful strategy for assessing the need to adjust caloric intake and energy expenditure. Two surrogate measures used to approximate body fat are BMI (adults and children) and waist circumference (adults).8 BMI is defined as weight in kilograms divided by height, in meters, squared. For adults, weight status is based on the absolute BMI level (fig. 2). For children and adolescents, weight status is determined by the comparison of the individual's BMI with age- and gender-specific percentile values (see fig. 3 for a sample boys' growth curve). Additional growth curves can be found at http://www.cdc.gov/growthcharts. BMI is more accurate at approximating body fat than is measuring body weight alone. However, BMI has some limitations. BMI overestimates body fat in people who are very muscular and underestimates body fat in people who have lost muscle mass. The relationship between BMI and body fat varies somewhat with age, gender, and ethnicity. In addition, for adults, BMI is a better predictor of a population's disease risk than an individual's risk of chronic disease.8 For children gaining excess weight, small decreases in energy intake reduce the rate at which they gain weight (body fat), thus improving their BMI percentile over time. As another surrogate measure, waist circumference can approximate abdominal fat but should be measured very carefully. Fat located in the abdominal region is associated with a greater health risk than peripheral fat.8
Some proposed calorie-lowering strategies include eating foods that are low in calories for a given measure of food (e.g., many kinds of vegetables and fruits and some soups). However, when making changes to improve nutrient intake, one needs to make substitutions to avoid excessive calorie intake. The healthiest way to reduce calorie intake is to reduce one's intake of added sugars, fats, and alcohol, which all provide calories but few or no essential nutrients (for more information, see chs. 6, 7, and 9).
Special attention should be given to portion sizes, which have increased significantly over the past two decades (http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/portion/index.htm). Though there are no empirical studies to show a causal relationship between increased portion sizes and obesity, there are studies showing that controlling portion sizes helps limit calorie intake, particularly when eating calorie-dense foods (foods that are high in calories for a given measure of food). Therefore, it is essential that the public understand how portion sizes compare to a recommended amount of food (i.e., serving) from each food group at a specific caloric level. The understanding of serving size and portion size is important in following either the DASH Eating Plan or the USDA Food Guide (see app. A). When using packaged foods with nutrient labels, people should pay attention to the units for serving sizes and how they compare to the serving sizes in the USDA Food Guide and the DASH Eating Plan.
Lifestyle change in diet and physical activity is the best first choice for weight loss. A reduction in 500 calories or more per day is commonly needed. When it comes to body weight control, it is calories that countnot the proportions of fat, carbohydrates, and protein in the diet. However, when individuals are losing weight, they should follow a diet that is within the Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Ranges (AMDR) for fat, carbohydrates, and protein, which are 20 to 35 percent of total calories, 45 to 65 percent of total calories, and 10 to 35 percent of total calories, respectively. Diets that provide very low or very high amounts of protein, carbohydrates, or fat are likely to provide low amounts of some nutrients and are not advisable for long-term use. Although these kinds of weight- loss diets have been shown to result in weight reduction, the maintenance of a reduced weight ultimately will depend on a change in lifestyle. Successful and sustainable weight loss and weight maintenance strategies require attention to both sides of the energy balance equation (i.e., caloric intake and energy expenditure).
TABLE 4. Calories/Hour Expended in Common Physical Activities
Some examples of physical activities commonly engaged in and the average amount of calories a 154-pound individual will expend by engaging in each activity for 1 hour. The expenditure value encompasses both resting metabolic rate calories and activity expenditure. Some of the activities can constitute either moderate- or vigorous-intensity physical activity depending on the rate at which they are carried out (for walking and bicycling).
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hour will be higher for persons who weigh more than 154 lbs (70 kg) and lower
for persons who weigh less.
FIGURE 2. Adult BMI Chart
Locate the height of interest in the left-most column and read across the row for that height to the weight of interest. Follow the column of the weight up to the top row that lists the BMI. BMI of 18.5-24.9 is the healthy weight range, BMI of 25-29.9 is the overweight range, and BMI of 30 and above is in the obese range.
Source: Evidence Report of Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults, 1998. NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI).
FIGURE 3. Example of Boys' BMI Growth Curve (2 to 20 years): Boys' Body Mass Index-For-Age Percentiles
Calculate the BMI for an individual child using the following:
Published May 30, 2000 (modified 10/16/00).
7 For more information on recommendations to consult a healthcare provider, see Physical Activity and Public HealthA Recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American College of Sports Medicine, JAMA 273:402-407, 1995. http://wonder.cdc.gov/wonder/prevguid/p0000391/P0000391.asp.
8 NIH Publication Number 00-4084, The Practical Guide: Identification, Evaluation and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, October 2000. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/prctgd_c.pdf
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Oct 19, 2012
CDC sees a few signs of US flu activity
The United States had a few glimmers of influenza activity last week, but most markers remained low, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today. Outpatient visits for flu-like illness stayed well below the national baseline, but deaths from pneumonia and flu rose to the epidemic threshold of 6.3%. The percentage of respiratory specimens that were positive for flu rose slightly last week from 2.6% to 3.9%, which the CDC said was somewhat elevated for this time of year. One pediatric flu death was reported and was linked to an undetermined influenza A subtype. Iowa was the only state that reported local geographic spread of flu, while 32 states and the District of Columbia reported sporadic activity. No new cases of swine-origin variant H3N2 (H3N2v) or other novel flu types were reported. Of 129 positive flu tests last week, 61 were influenza A and 68 were influenza B. Of the influenza A viruses, 43% were H3N2, 7% were 2009 H1N1, and 51% were not subtyped. In a separate update, the CDC said that of the 135 million doses of flu vaccine expected to be produced this season, 114.6 million have been distributed.
Oct 19 CDC influenza update
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Prophylactic oseltamivir may help control nursing home flu outbreaks
A study from Australia suggests that the prophylactic use of oseltamivir (Tamiflu), along with treatment, may reduce the size and duration of influenza outbreaks in nursing homes. Researchers conducted a cluster-randomized trial in which 16 aged-care facilities (ACFs) were assigned to use treatment only (T) or treatment and prophylaxis (T&P) in response to confirmed flu cases and epidemiologically linked influenza-like illnesses, according to their Oct 17 report in PLoS One. In the T facilities, only ill patients received oseltamivir (75 mg twice daily for 5 days); in T&P facilities, oseltamivir was used in sick patients and in those living or working in the same wing or floor of the facility as a confirmed flu case; prophylaxis was 75 mg once a day for 10 days. The study covered the 2006 through 2008 Australian flu seasons. The flu attack rate was found to be significantly lower in residents of T&P facilities (91 of 397, 23%) than in T facility residents (93 of 255, 36%) (P=.002). In addition, flu outbreaks were significantly shorter in the T&P facilities: 11 days versus 24 days (P=.04). The flu attack rate also was lower in staff members in T&P facilities, but not significantly so. "Our trial lacked power but these results provide some support for a policy of 'treatment and prophylaxis' with oseltamivir in controlling influenza outbreaks in ACFs," the report says.
Oct 17 PLoS One report
Novavax reports good preliminary phase 1 findings for H5N1 vaccine
Novavax, a pharmaceutical company in Rockville, Md., announced this week that in preliminary results of two phase 1 clinical trials, its H5N1 avian influenza vaccine candidate was found to be safe and effective. The company conducted the trials under its contract with the US Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA). The goal was to test the virus-like particle (VLP) H5N1 vaccine at different dose levels with and without 1 of 2 undisclosed adjuvants. The two trials involved 666 healthy adults who received an intramuscular vaccine or placebo at day 0 and day 21. In findings after the first 42 days, adjuvanted vaccines provoked strong immune responses (seroconverion and seroprotection rates of 86% to 100%) based on hemagglutination inhibition assay (HAI) at all doses tested. The unadjuvanted vaccine at the 45-microgram dose yielded more than 82% seroconversion and seroprotection in both trials. No serious adverse events were observed. The patients who received the adjuvanted vaccines showed signs of protection against a different H5N1 strain. Gregory Glenn, MD, Novavax's senior vice president and chief medical officer, said the results give the company enough data to advance to later-stage testing.
Oct 17 Novavax press release
European panel: Cause of Pandemrix-narcolepsy link remains unclear
Data from Finnish researchers exploring a potential cause for the association between vaccination with Pandemrix during the 2009 flu pandemic and narcolepsy are insufficient to draw any conclusions, according to a press release today from the European Medicines Agency (EMA). The agency's Committee on Human Medicinal Products (CHMP) evaluated preliminary results from the Finnish National Institute of Health and Welfare, which had looked into differences in immunologic responses to different pandemic flu vaccines as a possible cause of the increased incidence of narcolepsy noted after vaccination with GlaxoSmithKlein's (GSK's) Pandemrix in some European countries. CHMP determined that with current evidence, the cause of Pandemrix-associated narcolepsy remains unknown. The CHMP encourages further studies on the cause and expects GSK to take into account the Finnish findings in its continuing research, says the release. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) released a technical report in September confirming the narcolepsy-Pandemrix link. Pandemrix was not used in the United States.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Three former Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) employees have filed complaints with the U.S. securities regulators claiming the bank failed to recognize up to $12 billion of unrealized losses during the financial crisis, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
Complaints to regulators including the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said that Deutsche misvalued a large position in derivatives structures known as leveraged super senior trades, the newspaper reported, citing people familiar with the submissions.
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Wear Test: Knit Picks Shine Sport
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Those of you who read my blog while I was nesting in the last weeks of my pregnancy this summer heard a lot of gushing about Knit Picks Shine:
"It's so soft!"
"So easy to work with!"
"Produces such nice stitch definition."
"Amazingly enough, for a cotton yarn, it doesn't suck!"
The latter, in my opinion, was the highest praise. I always be a woolaholic. I know I'm in good company, right?
So how did Shine stand up to six glorious months of baby wear? Not too bad, all things considered (which means, "Not too bad given it's so cheap.")
Here is a striped baby tank top. Proportionally speaking, it seems wider now than it did when I made it. Granted, I have a skinny kid so everything looks wide on her. It's possible that it shrunk up a little – I can't say for certain. This tank hasn't seen as much wear as the next sweater so it's still in pretty good shape.
Yarn: Knit Picks Shine Sport
Pattern: Baby Tank from Debbie Bliss' Baby Knits Book
Needles: US 4
Now this argyle sweater has seen a lot of wear. And machine washing and drying, as the label professes is possible. Yes, I threw it in the washer in spite of the delicate shell buttons. They haven't broken yet… The sweater looks great from a distance. Even in this photo you can't see the problem.
A fine halo :Yarn: Knit Picks Shine
Pattern: Argyle Cardigan in Debbie Bliss' Special Knits
Needles: US 4
I imagine that's the 50% modal giving off the fuzz but what do I know? It just doesn't look quite as crisp as it did six months ago. Is this a bit picky? Perhaps, but if I spend hours knitting it, I don't want the sweater to go all Holy on me in six months. This won't keep me from buying more Shine because you all know I'm cheap; however, I won't gush as much about it in the future. I promise!
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Mini Reviews of a few Vt. and NY XC ski places (Feb 2015)
Feb 2015
I took a little vacation and went to several XC ski centers. Everybody
has the same amount of snow (2.5-3'
on the ground).
Lapland Lake, NY- Immaculate trails, new owners which seem to get the
whole "XC perfection" idea.
Trails run around 10' wide.Lodge, rentals, and small restaurant.
Strafford, Central Vt.- Fairly new place, been around 4-5 years. Based
on several farms, normally run by a
father and son. Some very challenging "dark blue" outer trails. Has some
faults (levelness, compacting, COLD
port-a-poti). Quite small warming lodge.
Craftsbury,Northern Vt.- Probably the best the East coast has to offer.
If you stay on site, meals are
included and quite good (rather on the granola-eee healthy side!). If
you don't stay on site there is
nothing else for miles and miles! I was impressed by the equipment barn
which has baby and momma
PistenBullys. But 2 PistenBullys are not enough- the really big one was
around the corner (too big to fit
in the barn with its 20' wide front scrubber and 4 track setters on
back).Do I need to say the grooming was
Trapp Family Lodge, Northern Vt.- Very nice family place (I didn't stay
at the lodge). It is a right of
passage to climb and climb up to "The Hut" and have lunch (soup, chili),
and record your name and comments
in the log book. Way fun trip down. Excellent grooming.
Viking Nordic (Central Vt)- Small area run by an extremely knowledgeable
and pleasant fellow. Most trails
(that I was on) are about 6' wide, the harder sections are wider if the
terrain allows. Nice lodge with some
hot foods and warming hut. Grooming is well done.
Saratoga Springs State Park, NY- I stopped here to break up my drive
home. What I had read said it was
groomed. I saw no evidence of that and had a hard time telling where the
official trails shown on the map
might be. Much foot and snowshoe traffic- but mostly in 3 separate
places! Trails were around edge of big
open windy area. They have a very nice warming with with a nice circular
fireplace in the center. Even with
nobody there, there was a nice fire going and heated restrooms/changing
areas. Too bad the snow and tracks
were hard and awful.
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Have you ever wondered how some businesses know how to increase the value of every transaction effortlessly, while others don't? What would happen if every transaction your business makes increases by another twenty-five, fifty, or more? Consistently closing higher-value leads with higher-value transactions has the propensity to be life-changing.
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U.S. Reps. Steve King and Tom Latham represent adjoining congressional districts in Iowa, and are devout Republicans. Yet in philosophy and style, they couldn't be further apart on how they approach fiscal matters and fight for their positions.
Chalk it up to different motivations.
King, uncompromising and feisty, has comfortably won six consecutive terms in his vastly rural, socially conservative district in northwestern Iowa. He wants to get rid of President Barack Obama's health care law so badly that he's willing to keep the government shut down for a few weeks if that's what it takes.
"There's no reason not to take a stand," King says.
Latham is an understated, business-like friend of party leadership who has withstood a series of tough Democratic challenges in a district that includes Iowa's largest metropolitan area. He says he could settle for simply changing the health care law he opposes but argues that a lengthy shutdown isn't the way to do that.
"My overwhelming concern is on the debt," Latham says. "That's more of an issue."
The crusader and the pragmatist symbolize the GOP's national quarrel about the party's best way forward after losing consecutive presidential elections: hold fast to principle at all cost or demonstrate effectiveness by working with the opposition.
While they often have voted in lockstep to repeal health care or eliminate its money, the two parted ways on the final House vote before the government shutdown Tuesday.
Latham backed the House GOP leadership in a scaled-back challenge to the health care law last Monday evening. King sided with a dozen Republicans who include the health law's fiercest opponents in voting against the measure. It would have allowed a one-year delay in the requirement that all individuals obtain health insurance, but the proposal did not go far enough toward undermining the law for King.
King has little incentive to work across the aisle. Most of his constituents are very conservative and reward him each at election time for sticking firm to his principles of limited government.
Latham's district is more politically balanced, a battleground for Democrats after years of redistricting to make it more competitive in elections.
Their personal backgrounds also shed light on how they're on opposite sides.
King, 64, is a former small business owner; his family ran an excavation company. He came up through the state Senate as a hard-line conservative before carrying those values to Congress, where he has championed causes the far right covets.
In 2004, he helped George W. Bush become the first Republican presidential nominee to carry Iowa in 20 years, running up vote totals in his district by airing radio ads aimed at protecting the federal ban on gay marriage. It's become a King signature issue.
Recently, the blunt-spoken King told a group of business owners from Iowa, where there is a workforce shortage, that he was opposed to letting people stay in the United States if they were in the country illegally. He was the first to sponsor legislation in 2010 calling for the full repeal of the health care law.
King's motto for just about every issue could be the way he describes his position in the latest Capitol Hill impasses: "All we have to do is insist, and we win."
Reflecting the views of a vocal core of House Republicans and U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, King calls the shutdown a short-term hardship compared to what he describes as allowing a deeply flawed health law to take hold.
"Even if there is a political price to pay ... we'll recover," King says. "But we'll never recover from 'Obamacare.'"
Among those who agree with him is Peggy Staley of Charter Oak, in the GOP heart of King's district. She says Republicans "should pull out all the stops." She describes King as "having guts" and adds: "It's a principled stance and we need about 500 more of them."
Living just three counties southeast of King, Latham has honed a serious, albeit wry demeanor during a political journey that began 20 years ago.
The former family seed-company executive known to frequent local agribusiness events first won election to the House in the GOP wave of 1994. Since then, he has sided regularly with GOP leadership, but with a pragmatic tone.
Latham, 65, is a reliable Republican vote, but has crossed party lines and is routinely rated by outside groups as less conservative than King. For instance, in 2007 and 2008, he voted in with majority Democrats to override Bush's veto of measures expanding Medicare and health insurance for low-income children. King voted to uphold the vetoes.
Latham opposes the health law. But rather than try to overturn a measure that's the law of the land, he sees opportunity to make major revisions.
"The American people are going to speak up and there may be an opportunity to do away with the health care bill or reform it to the point where it may actually work," Latham said.
"Some would argue to let it go into place then people would be outraged by the next election," he added. "But it's going to be very difficult to change it."
Still, Latham says he's more focused on the on the national debt, specifically the Oct. 17 expiration of the federal government's borrowing power.
It's a stance that echoes House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, a close friend.
Latham's approach makes sense to Chris McClendon, a suburban Des Moines Republican and small business owner.
"He's more pragmatic," McClendon said. "'Obamacare' is going to be there whether we like it or not. Maybe it's better to finesse it, change it and make it better district."
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The internet is no longer a new thing, and with the explosion in internet traffic and most recently, social networking media — the pace at which data about everything circulates amongst everyone is faster than ever before. The internet is a powerful medium for exchanging information, and as Carol MacKnight writes for EDUCAUSE, is a perfect tool for education and encouraging learning and critical thinking:
Online communication offers the potential for collaboration as well as increased participation in the learning process, reflection, peer tutoring, monitoring of student learning as it is taking place, and extension of the classroom learning.
Online forums, internet blogs (such as this), and social networking sites provide the venue for discussing ideas, debating arguments, and promoting advocacies. It does not come without a price though: the more information at the disposal of users, the more it demands from the users of that information. MacKnight is quick to point out (bold emphasis mine):
However, online communication puts emphasis on students' comprehension and knowledge of the elements of an argument and thus on how to interact with ideas and each other in a meaningful way. We cannot assume that all students will come with sufficient critical thinking skills to advance an online discussion, nor can we assume that faculty have sufficient skills and practice in monitoring discussions or skills in creating productive communities of online learners. Both may need support and training.
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2013 Kneupper Award
The Charles Kneupper Award is given annually to recognize the essay published in that year's volume of Rhetoric Society Quarterly that the editorial board and the editor consider the most significant contribution to scholarship in rhetoric. The award is named in honor of Charles Kneupper (1949–1989) to honor his many contributions to the scholarly mission of RSA. Three members of the 20012–15 Editorial Board served as the award committee: Vanessa Beasely, John Duffy (chair), and Ned O'Gorman.
The committee members were pleased to note that there were multiple essays published in RSQ during 2012 that made significant contributions to the study of rhetoric. Nevertheless, two essays rose to the top during our deliberations. Rhetoric Society Quarterly is pleased to announce that the Kneupper Award for the best article in the 2012 volume of the journal is awarded to:
Sabrina Marsh, "'The Odds and Ends of Things': Dorthy Day's 1930s Catholic Worker Columns and the Prudent Translation of Catholic Social Teachings," 42 (4): 330-352.
Lisa Zimmerelli, "'The Stereoscopic View of Truth': The Feminist Theological Rhetoric of Frances Willard's Woman in the Pulpit." 42 (4): 353-374
Both recipients will be recognized at the upcoming RSA institute in Lawrence, and the award will be formally conferred at the 2014 RSA conference in San Antonio.
These two essays, while ostensibly concerned with different texts and subjects, had much in common.
First, both examined a given case —in Marsh, the rhetoric of Dorothy Day's Catholic Worker columns, and in Zimmerelli, the feminist discourse of Frances Willard—in ways that advance understanding of that case as well as rhetorical theory and history more broadly defined. Both essays extend, for example, our understanding of the relationship between gender and rhetorical agency, questions that often begin with the recovery of historically neglected rhetors and then extend into larger, more conceptual discussions.
Second, and related, both essays demonstrated the benefit of incorporating these new insights about rhetoric into necessarily interdisciplinary conversations about the role of rhetoric within social movements, theology, and politics. Zimmerelli's essay illustrates how Willard's rhetoric engaged biblical and scientific discourses to advance a radical vision of an alternative world order. Marsh, in turn, demonstrates how Day's rhetoric spoke across divisions of class, ideology, tradition, and faith to posit a new conception of the common good.
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Winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Erotica in 2003 and 2004, Cleis' Best Lesbian Erotica series is the gold standard for erotic lesbian fiction, and this year's collection is no exception.
Best Lesbian Erotica 2009 journeys into the world of hot woman-on-woman action with edgy, unusual stories that push lesbian lust and desire to new heights. Edited by best-selling author Tristan Taormino and selected and introduced by the noted author, playwright, and poet Joan Larkin, this latest edition of America's most popular lesbian erotica series is smart, sensual, inventive, and breathtaking.
From threesomes to gender-bending to shedding one's wholesome image to indulge in more visceral pursuits, the women in these stories reveal all their pleasures in memorable tales that are both sexy and lyrical.
Tristan Taormino is an authority in the field of erotica and sexuality. Along with working as a feminist author, columnist, activist, and educator, she has been featured as Out magazines 100 Gay Success Stories of the Year and The Advocate's Best and Brightest Gay & Lesbian People Under 30. In addition to all of this, Taormino recently appeared in the E! Special "The Real 50 Shades of Grey."
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I picked this book up a while back. It was $1.99 and came with Whispersynch. How could I resist? I love good erotica. Especially lesbian erotica. BUT I don't like BDSM. Sorry. I think it may have a lot to do with being in pain all the time. I don't feel the slightest bit of turn-on due to pain. In fact, pain begets pain within my body. So, no. Not for me. And that was the majority of this book. As for the lesbian aspect? It felt more like 50 Shades of Grey with strap-ons. If you liked that, you'll love this. All that pain without the long story to deal with.
Miriam Scott is the reason I gave more than one star. Her voice narrated this whole collection of stories. Very sexy yet sweet voice. A voice that changed with the characters. I think I could listen to Ms. Scott read the dictionary or phone book. Wait, do people know those are real paper books of heft? Well, this old lady remembers those LA/Orange County door stops and the writer's best friend.
I don't like anthologies as a general rule. I like stories with depth. I like getting to know the characters and the world. Stories don't do that for me. So that was another point against this book. BUT in the case of erotica it is best not to have to wait a long time for the good parts. And I didn't feel the need to read it straight through to find out how it ends. We all know how it ends! ;-) Unfortunately, not all these stories ended in a way I was happy with. To each their own, I guess.


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Reality TV star Brandi Glanville wants Denise Richards to play her in a TV series about her former husband's new life with singer LeAnn Rimes because she's convinced the Bond girl can understand what she has to deal with as the ex-wife.
Cibrian and Rimes are reportedly pitching a reality-based scripted comedy based on their life together to network executives, and the "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star tells In Touch magazine she has one special casting request.
She explains, "I'd want Denise Richards to play me. She's been through similar situations … and she's hot!"
Richards became the ex-wife to Charlie Sheen after a bitter divorce and custody battle, but the former lovers are now friends and co-parents to their two daughters. Richards even stepped in to help her ex-husband look after his twins by another ex-wife, Brooke Mueller, when she underwent treatment for substance abuse.
And Glanville insists she won't be doing anything to scupper a potential TV deal for her ex-husband and her one-time love rival, whose affair with Cibrian, broke up her marriage.
She adds, "I have gotten to be on 'Real Housewives' because of my entire situation, and now so many doors have opened for me. I am really happy where I am and wish everyone the best with everything."


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The U.S. women's basketball team won a sixth consecutive Olympic gold medal Saturday, trouncing Spain 101-72 in Rio.
The squad is one gold away from tying the U.S. men's basketball team's seven consecutive golds between 1936 and 1968.
Diana Taurasi and Lindsay Whalen led the way for the defending champions, each racking up 17 points Saturday. Taurasi was 6/10 from the field, sinking five of seven three point attempts.
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"When you think of USA, you think of basketball," Taurasi said in an interview after the final whistle. "We bleed basketball."
Despite the loss, Spain's silver is the country's first medal in women's basketball. Alba Torres led all shooters with 18 points in over 35 minutes of play.
Taurasi and the Americans played nearly flawless basketball in Rio, and were never challenged. Only one of those decided by single digits.
Closure to their journey Saturday had Taurasi and coach Geno Auriemma both fighting back tears.
Auriemma put his five former UConn Huskie players on the court at the same time for the first time in the Olympics and that group started the 16-3 run that blew the game open.
It's been quite a run for this edition of the U.S. women's basketball dynasty. This group of 12 has combined for 29 Olympic gold medals — the most ever for any team.
The two teams met in the preliminary pool and the Americans won by 40 points. The U.S. did have a healthy Sue Bird for that game. She missed the semifinal win over France because of a sprained right knee capsule but practiced on Friday and played nearly 17 minutes in the final, scoring three points.
The Americans won their first seven games by an average of nearly 40 points and were scoring 102.3 points a contest. The U.S. is on a 49-game Olympic winning streak since the bronze medal game in 1992.
This game marked the end of Tamika Catchings' Olympic career. She is retiring at the end of the WNBA season. Taurasi and Bird have hinted that this will be their final Olympics although both could still return in four years in Tokyo. The trio joined Lisa Leslie and Teresa Edwards as the only Olympians to win four gold medals.
Even if the three players don't wear the red, white and blue again, the future remains bright for the U.S. Elena Delle Donne, Brittney Griner and Stewart all won their first Olympic golds. Maya Moore, Tina Charles and Angel McCoughtry should be back in 2020 as well, providing a solid nucleus for USA Basketball to build on.
Earlier Saturday, Serbia capped off its first Olympics in women's basketball with a bronze medal by beating France 70-63, its players counting down the final minute before running to midcourt to celebrate.


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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Web surfers may get more than just the music, videos and news updates they were looking for when they log onto trendy next-generation sites such as Last.fm, YouTube and Digg, according to new research by a University of Illinois business professor.
Whether they know it or not, they also could be getting swayed -- toward musical genres that stretch their tastes or to video and news clips they might have overlooked without an endorsement by the masses, says business administration professor Mu Xia.
Xia says the seemingly impersonal voting, tagging, ratings and even music catalogs offered on so-called Web 2.0 sites can influence users, not unlike more traditional written commentaries posted on blogs and in chat rooms.
"This is a new way to communicate," he said. "It basically opens up a new horizon for letting people know what other people think. Before I could only read what one person wrote. Now I know what everyone else thinks."
Xia calls it "ballot box communications," an offshoot of Web technology that provides a tally of what users are thinking even though they never communicate directly.
On popular Web sites such as YouTube and Digg, the new technology highlights videos and news stories based on rankings or mouse clicks, steering users to the most popular clips and sound bites.
"You could say it's human nature. If I know a lot of people have chosen a particular video, I also want to experience that," said Xia, lead researcher for the study that will appear in Communications of the ACM, a publication of the Association for Computing Machinery.
The influence also extends to music-sharing services, according to the study, which analyzed searches, browsing and other commands on a popular music-sharing site from 2001 through 2006. For example, the study showed demand for country music increased as other users began including more in their online inventories, while supplies of jazz and other genres dwindled as demand dipped.
Xia says the findings signal that users are swayed by the tastes of other users, whose online offerings create a sense of curiosity.
"If people see there's a lot of it out there, they sense it must be popular and it makes them more apt to check it out. They want to see what all of the fuss is about," he said.
Based on the case study, Xia says researchers should dig deeper into those evolving online communities to better gauge how they influence users and society.
"You could frame it as a new kind of communication that's not as rich as other forms. But at the same time maybe it encourages people to participate more because it takes less effort, so the limited information exchange actually becomes an advantage," Xia said. "We may not have time to post comments to 10 Web sites every day, but we can go to that many Web sites and share our opinions by clicking on things."
The study, "Voice of the Crowd: Ballot Box Communications in Online Communities," was co-written by Wenjing Duan of George Washington University School of Business and Yun Huang and Andrew B. Whinston of the Center for Research in Electronic Commerce at the University of Texas.
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There will be temporary relief on the roads this holiday weekend. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is suspending road construction from noon Friday until 6:00 a.m. Tuesday.
"That will be very nice because I have lots of work tomorrow, so I'll be all over the cities," said Stacy Mielke.
While drivers won't see crews along the side of the highway, the DOT says drivers may still see narrow lanes, lane shifts and rough pavement in work zones.
Last Memorial Day weekend, 8 people were killed in traffic crashes in Wisconsin. Extra law enforcement will be on patrol throughout the weekend.
Lindsay Schmidt with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation said there will still be barrels present near the Zoo Interchange, as work there will continue for years to come.
"We've got two mega-projects we call them," she said. "The Zoo Interchange and I-94 north-south are both huge projects, the biggest in the state."
Construction work around the Zoo is in preparation for the rebuild of the full interchange. The full project is scheduled to begin in 2015.
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Walnut diet slows tumor growth in mice
(Medical Xpress) -- Mice genetically programmed to develop prostate cancer had smaller, slower growing tumors if they consumed a diet containing walnuts, UC Davis researchers report in the current issue of the British Journal of Nutrition.
UC Davis researchers, with colleagues at the USDA Western Regional Research Center in Albany, Calif., assessed tumor size in mice fed different diets for 9, 18 and 24 weeks. They found that the mice that consumed the human equivalent of 2.4 ounces of whole walnuts daily, gained weight at the same rate as mice fed a soybean oil diet formulated to match the nutrients, fat levels and fatty acid profiles of the walnut diet. At 18 weeks, however, the tumor weight of the walnut-fed group was approximately half that of the mice consuming the soybean oil diet. Overall, the rate of tumor growth was 28 percent lower in the walnut-fed mice.
A low-fat diet is frequently recommended for reducing a man's risk for developing or slowing growth of existing prostate cancer, but the UC Davis study suggests that excluding walnuts, which are high in fat but rich in omega-3 polyunsaturated fats, antioxidants and other plant chemicals, may mean foregoing a protective effect of walnuts on tumor growth.
"If additional research determines that walnuts have the same effect in men as they do in mice, adhering to a diet that excludes walnuts to lower fat would mean that prostate cancer patients could miss out on the beneficial effects of walnuts," said lead author Paul Davis, a research nutritionist in the Department of Nutrition at UC Davis and researcher with the UC Davis Cancer Center.
Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in American men. One in six men will be diagnosed with the cancer, most commonly in later life. But relatively few one in 36 will die from the disease because most tumors do not spread beyond the local site, according to the National Cancer Institute.
"These characteristics of prostate cancer make adding walnuts to a diet attractive as part of prostate cancer prevention," Davis said.
Davis added that some studies have hinted that walnuts may prevent the actual formation of tumors. "But more immediately, our findings suggest that eating a diet containing walnuts may slow prostate tumor growth so that the tumor remains inside the prostate capsule. If proven applicable in humans, men with prostate cancer could die of other causes hopefully old age."
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So here is the deal: 16 English lads travel out to Berlin for a weekend of mirth and hilarity. 5 of whom are addicted to European Football Weekends and as such decide to travel a day early in the hope of catching a game on the Friday evening. EFW member Christian Mrosk says his club FC Hansa Rostock are at home to FC Kaiserslautern in an all important 'top v bottom' encounter and before you can say 'nice floodlights' we - Fordy, Greeno, Nick, Big Deaks and I - were sitting on the train from Berlin to Rostock to meet Christian for a pre-match beer. Happy days no!?.
The train journey 2 and a bit hours into the north of Germany was wonderfully scenic. We'd procured ourselves 'Lander' train tickets which meant the five of us only paid around £10 each. German trains - or mobile pubs as we like to call them - are a wonderful beast. They're cheap, efficient and on this occasion contained a crate of 20 cold beers to enjoy en route.
All was peace and love until the train pulled into Neustrelitz. Here a large group of German police officers dressed in green stormtrooper outfits and ridiculously over sized helmets along with - for the want of a better phrase - a mob of Rostock lads joined the train. Our new friends Bernd and Martina (whom we'd met three minutes earlier) assured us everything was hunky dory and so it proved. Onto Rostock everybody, hey ho, let's go.
We arrived in very good time for the match and so headed through the City on a tram up to the Brauhaus Trotzenburg next to the zoo. With it being hotter than Greece, more cold beers were called for. We were in the correct place for doing just this as the pub brewed many of its own beers which were rather splendid. We met up with Christian who turned out (as usual) to be a top chap and he joined us as we made our way to the big match live.
En route to the ground, we saw a group of BFC Dynamo fans heading into the woods dressed in their own club colours. Christian told us that this was probably to met up with some FC Hansa fans for a 'bit of a chat'. All a bit unsavoury, rather like the mackerel rolls that were on offer at the stadium. No thanks Maureen.
Greeno, Danny, Fordy, Christian, Big Deaks and Nick.
With FA Cup Final type hysteria in the stands the game kicked off. Then the goals starting coming and happily kept coming. Mario started things off by 'Fillinger' his boots - or in this instance his head - twice with the opening two goals for Hansa. Nothing funny in the fact that AmeDICK replied with a quickie for the away side or that they also had another player called DICK who picked up a yellow card later in proceedings.
In the second half Hansa scored two more headed goals and another standard one with the boot. So that was four headed goals in a row for them which we decided was a world record. In between the goals, Greeno was relentless in his pursuit to get us all drunk and made countless trips to the bar. With this being Germany, of course you're allowed to drink in your seat. In fact they encourage you to do so.
The travelling fans sang their hearts out and waved their flags for 90 minutes despite being on the end of an absolute thumping. That's the difference in Germany. Pretty much everyone in the stands gives it their all for 90 minutes and treats every game as if it's their last. And with a sausage to roll ratio of 2.7 in our favour - really, what's not to like!?
With a spring very much in our step we headed back to Rostock station feeling rather pleased with ourselves. An EFW logo was planted on the train station signage for good measure and fears of overbeering proved unfounded as we purchased another crate of 20 for the journey home to Berlin. A train journey late into the night with happy, singing German fans wanting to befriend you isn't a bad way to spend an evening. Also, you know it's been a good night out when you wake up the next morning still wearing your newly acquired 'HANSA FOREVER' scarf which someone gave you on said train. Good old Germany. It ticks every box, every time. Prost!


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After years of retreat and opportunism and consequent loss of support and influence, the French Communist Party (PCF) is showing signs of life. Aligned with smaller parties in the Left Front (Front de Gauche, FG), the PCF has rallied around the presidential candidacy of Jean Melenchon for the forthcoming first round of French elections. The latest polls show Melenchon with over 14% of the prospective voters, ahead of all other candidates excepting Hollande (PS) and Sarkozy (UMP).
This once dynamic party succumbed to the allure of reformism, anti-Sovietism, and compromise with its embrace of the so-called "Euro-Communist" stance in the seventies. With over half a million members immediately after World War II, and garnering more votes than any other party at that time, the PCF was poised to become the dominant force in French politics, if not the first CP to launch a Western European country onto the road to socialism. Continue reading


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November 3rd, 2017
A real weird year for it, but heck, what an honor!
My latest Wondermark collection, Friends You Can Ride On, has been nominated for an Eisner Award this year in the category Best Humorous Publication.
(This is my second nomination in this category.)
If you're a comics professional (artist, writer, inker, colorist, letterer); a webcomic creator; a publisher or editor; or you own or manage a comic shop, you are eligible to vote for the winner!
So, this week only, you can download a PDF of the nominated book for free with discount code EISNER.
Read it, enjoy it, and if you're so eligible and so inclined, please consider casting a vote at eisnervote.com.
The voting period is very short this year – voting closes at midnight Pacific time, June 18.
So if you are eligible to vote, please don't delay!
BIG NEWS: I have extended the FREE SHIPPING SALE for the new Wondermark book by one additional day!
So you now have about 48 hours left to get your copy (if you haven't already).
Some additional details about this book and this promotion:
• The book contains roughly Wondermark comics #567 through #1007, with a few additions from outside that range. In other words, it's all the comics published from mid-November 2009 through mid-March 2014. And let me tell you, they all still hit like they are new. (Allegedly.)
• US and Canada orders are shipped by me personally, and I'm getting batches out about once a week. If you need a copy via faster means than "when I get to it", you can also choose Expedited Shipping at checkout for a slight upcharge, and that'll put you at the top of the queue AND I'll use a faster shipping service..
• All other orders will be shipped from the warehouse in China. I will transmit all those orders in one batch at the end of the sale, and you will get a tracking number once your package ships! Transit time is estimated to be about 3-5 weeks to Europe and Australia, and 1-2 weeks to locations in Asia.
• There's a clever spot gloss effect on the cover that isn't visible in photos. It really has to be seen in person.
• I'm very glad to put this book into your hands, and I'm thrilled that folks seem to be liking it so far! If you've already read your copy, you can feel free to add your comments to Goodreads. (If you are a Goodreads Librarian, perhaps you can also assist me with updating the main book photo?)
• I've been talking about this book a lot lately because I'm real proud of it, folks. I don't think I'll be able to assemble another collection for quite some time. So this is a good one to get!
The free shipping sale goes through May 28 and then…ENDS FOREVER
Today's comic is a newly-colored version of a Classic Wondermark – one of the many comics appearing in color in my newest book!
Wondermark turned SEVENTEEN years old this past April, and the date passed without me noticing.
I've been extremely busy during this lockdown, juggling both full-time work and sharing childcare duties, so the days tend to blur together.
But I wanted to do SOMETHING a bit special to mark the occasion.
I've worked out a special deal with the warehouse in China that is storing copies of my latest book, FRIENDS YOU CAN RIDE ON.
They are moving to a new warehouse soon, and they want me to clear my inventory off their shelves as quickly as possible.
So, before they palletize my remaining books and ship them to the US, we have worked out a limited-time deal for economy shipping to the following countries:
UK • Ireland • Australia • New Zealand • Austria • Belgium • China / Taiwan / HK • Croatia • Cyprus • Czech Republic • Denmark • Estonia • Finland • France • Germany • Greece • Hungary • Indonesia • Latvia • Lithuania • Luxembourg • Malta • Malaysia • Netherlands • Poland • Portugal • Slovakia • Slovenia • Sweden • Thailand
Orders to these places, of just this book alone (or multiple copies of it), will ship FOR FREE through May 27 only.
$30 USD gets you the book sent to anyplace listed above, via some kind of intercontinental train or something.
(USA and Canada orders will ship from me personally, but for the same limited time, I'll honor the free shipping deal for those shipments too.)
The book also ships to other countries besides those listed above, but I can only offer free shipping to these places. Regular shipping prices apply elsewhere.
A small operation like mine offering free shipping to Europe or Australia – or even to Canada – is basically unheard of, and will not be repeated anytime soon, so please take advantage of this deal while you can!
After May 27, the warehouse packs up the remaining books in their possession, and they're headed onto a boat.
(Note that the VERY BEST DEAL OF ALL on this book was had by the original Kickstarter backers. The book is more expensive now than it was in the Kickstarter, because it got much, much bigger in the making. This is basically the NEXT-BEST deal ever offered on this title.)
You can also download a PDF version for $6 – in fact, all my books are available as PDFs now.


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The 3rd Floor houses the Membership, Development, Grant Writing, Marketing, Public Relations, New Media and Graphic Design departments. Sounds huge, but it's essentially just me, Lindsay, Shannon, Emily, Claudia and our wonderfully overworked/underpaid interns. As you can imagine, there is an amazing amount of work to be done by all of us and therefore time management, the ability to multi-task and an überly fast-paced work environment are key to pushing projects out the door. Enter one of the greatest rock bands of all time, Guns 'N Roses (pictured to the right).
In 2009, The 3rd Floor played Appetite for Destruction by Guns 'N Roses in its entirety every Friday at 4:00 PM. You're probably asking yourself how this relates to producing world-class contemporary art, but bear with me for a moment, there are several reasons for our weekly ritual. First and foremost, the motivational nature of the songs on this particular record are extremely conducive to work output. The pace is perfect; the highs & lows and peaks & valleys are perfectly in their right places. It's also almost exactly 1 hour long and like an olympic long distance runner it consistently brought us rocking into 5:00 PM, a reliable and energetic close to each week in 2009. Some of our best ideas and execution came between the opening guitar lick of Welcome to the Jungle and the final breakdown in Rocket Queen.
So, having said all of this, we all feel we're due for a change in 2010. This is where you can help us. Much like we did with choosing the name for the MF softball team last Spring, we're going to leave it up to our blog readers, MF Twitter Posse and MF Facebook Mob to crowdsource our 2010 "Friday at 4:00 PM" listening ritual.
Here's the deal. Through this Friday, we'll take any and all album suggestions in the comments below, or via Twitter & Facebook. The 3rd Floor will then meet to select a cross-section of 5 potential albums, which we'll post here on the MF Blog next week as a reader poll. The album with the most votes by 12/31/2009 will be the winner and the person who submitted the winning record will receive their choice of three awesome MF prizes.
So have fun suggesting albums and be creative with your recommendations. We're looking forward to hearing your submissions.
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