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Brad Goode, Tight Like This (Delmark). During his Chicago days, Goode worked through his influences, notably Dizzy Gillespie and Clifford Brown, into early individuality. He has a Gillespie moment during his muted solo on the exotic 1942 Xavier Cugat song "Nightingale," but it's a rare example of his playing a direct quote. Goode has serious fun exercising his trumpet virtuosity. Creativity and taste balance his technical skill so that his smears, swoops, glissandos, flawless interval leaps and … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2010
Great Solos: Lester Young, "Sometimes I'm Happy"
An Occasional Series The tenor saxophonist recorded this masterpiece in 1943 with pianist Johnny Guarnieri, bassist Slam Stewart and drummer Sid Catlett. He had rejoined Count Basie in high spirits. They were to be dashed the following year when he was drafted into a depressing Army experience, but this is the buoyant pre-war Lester. Prez's final 12 bars made such an impression on Oscar Peterson that he almost never played "Sometimes I'm Happy" without quoting them at the end. Peterson was far … [Read more...]
Compatible Quotes: Lester Young
Well, the way I play, I try not to be a 'repeater pencil', ya dig? Originality's the thing. You can have tone and technique and a lot of other things but without originality you ain't really nowhere. Gotta be original.Lester Young When Lester plays, he almost seems to be singing; one can almost hear the words.Billie Holiday In some ways Lester Young is the most complex rhythmically of any musician. He does some things which are just phenomenal.Lee Konitz Anyone who doesn't … [Read more...]
Thank You For Paul Desmond
It has become a Rifftides tradition to remember Paul Desmond's birthday. The 86th anniversary of his birth coincides with the American celebration of Thanksgiving, as did the 52nd, his last. For the occasion in 1976, Devra Hall cooked a turkey dinner for Desmond and her parents, Jim and Jane. She took the photograph that afternoon. Here's the story of the end of that part of the day, told by Devra in Take Five: The Public and Private Lives of Paul Desmond. "It was a very quiet dinner. Paul was … [Read more...]
Recent Listening: Tarbaby
Orrin Evans, Eric Revis, Nasheet Waits & Guests, Tarbaby: The End of Fear (Posi-tone). Pianist Evans, bassist Revis and drummer Waits comprise a leaderless or cooperative trio who live up to the album's subtitle. They are not afraid to go wacky, nearly unhinged, in two free pieces, "Heads"featuring trumpeter Nicholas Payton at his most liberated and chancyand "Tails," with the avant garde alto saxophonist Oliver Lake sitting in. Payton and Lake rein in their wildness for the … [Read more...]
Brubeck Is Back On The Job
Dave Brubeck's new pacemaker seems to be working. Here's a headline from this morning's Worcester (MA) Telegram-Gazette: Brubeck makes up-tempo return Ticker repaired, pianist keeps beat To read a review of Friday night's concert in Worcester, go here. We have found no explanation of why Chris Smith and Cody Cox were substituting for Michael Moore and Randy Jones, Brubeck's regular bassist and drummer. … [Read more...]
Followup: Reilly's Joyful Thanks
Pianist Jack Reilly's recital at the Johns Hopkins Medicine Center in Baltimore on November 9 paid musical tribute to the memory of the doctor who saved his life. The concert of Reilly's original work was recorded. To see and hear it, click here. Thanks to the folks at Johns Hopkins for providing the printed program. DESCRIPTION: " THE SILENCE of the HEART" 24 MINIATURES FOR PIANO Dedicated to the late Dr. Martin Abeloff BOOK ONE 1) C Major 7) E flat Major 2) … [Read more...]
A Brubeck Birthday Concert
Dave Brubeck's 90th birthday is on December 6. Observances are beginning. This weekend in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra under music director William Schrickel will play a celebratory concert with three pieces by Brubeck. They include one of his first extended orchestral works, Elementals, and the U.S. premiere of an adaptation for solo violin and strings of "Sleep, Holy Infant" from La Fiesta de la Posada. Three others pieces on the program are by George Gershwin, … [Read more...]
Weekend Listening Tip: Stamm And Kirchner
Correspondence from Bill Kirchner, saxophonist, composer, arranger, teacher, author, broadcaster (does this guy sleep?): Recently, I taped my next one-hour show for the "Jazz From The Archives" series. Presented by the Institute of Jazz Studies, the series runs every Sunday on WBGO-FM (88.3). After graduating from North Texas State University and playing with the Stan Kenton and Woody Herman orchestras, trumpeter Marvin Stamm (b. 1939) settled in New York City in 1966. For more than two … [Read more...]
Charlie Haden & Company To The Rescue
It happens now and then: I am tied up on deadline for an article that demands extensive research. The Rifftides staff reports that there is no stash of shelf material, a serious breach of preparedness. They will be reprimanded. In a life misspent in journalism I have been conditioned to find dead air and blank space unacceptable. That translates to discomfort when the blog goes unrefreshed. Fortunately, a solution arrived in the form of a fine video to which a friend alerted me. This is a … [Read more...]
Thinking Of Danny Barker
This is neither the anniversary of Danny Barker's birth (January 13, 1909) nor of his death (March 13, 1994). I need no special occasion to write about Danny. He was born in New Orleans, where I served with him on the board of the original New Orleans JazzFest and was lucky enough to become his friend. No one has ever had a warmer, more genuine companion. Danny Barker with drummer Al Harewood at a New York memorial concert for Louis Armstrong in 1972 Largely because he reverted to banjo after he … [Read more...]
Other Matters: A Tech Support Story
A couple of days ago, I called a company for technical support. A well-spoken young woman answered. She did not put me on hold, dump me into voice-mail hell, pass me along to a robot or connect me with someone in Bangladesh. In about three minutes, she analyzed the problem and provided a solution. At the end, she did not try to sign me up for an extended warranty, sell me more stuff or ask me to complete a survey. I knowyou've called tech support. You find this hard to believe. It's … [Read more...]
Other Places: Stomp Off
I should have long since added Chris Albertson's Stomp Off blog to the Personal Jazz Sites roll under Other Places at the of the middle column. It is hereby added. For your first Albertson fix, I recommend that you take in his latest entry. It has to do with a jam session he recorded in Copenhagen in 1953 that included Art Farmer, Clifford Brown, Gigi Gryce, Jimmy Cleveland and others who were touring with Lionel Hampton's band, as well as several Danish musicians. Albertson (pictured) … [Read more...]
Correspondence, Illustrated: Bob McChesney
Bob McChesney writes: I put up a little video of me demonstrating the first trombone part to "I Love You" live. To hear, and read along with, McChesney playing that line and three harmony parts, go to this Rifftides archive post. … [Read more...]
Other Places: Learning Through Hearing
Jazz as an academic discipline has made huge strides in colleges and universities, even in high schools and middle schools. Students can major in jazz studies in music departments where 40 years ago they would have been suspended for jamming in practice rooms. The University of North Texas, Indiana University, the University of Illinois, Berklee College of Music and the New England Conservatory are among dozens of institutions of higher education turning out hundreds of graduates educated in … [Read more...]
Compatible Quotes: Learning
Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.Oscar Wilde Jazz is like writing. It can be learned but not taught.Paul Desmond … [Read more...]
Great Solos: Jack Jenney, "Stardust"
An Occasional Series Jenney is famous for eight-bars of trombone improvisation on Artie Shaw's 1940 recording of "Stardust." Several months earlier with his own band, he played a full-length solo on this little-known version of Hoagy Carmichael's classic song. … [Read more...]
CD: Chet Baker
Chet Baker, The Sesjun Radio Shows (T2). The trumpeter and singer soars in two CDs compiled from 1970s and '80s concerts on the Dutch radio program Tros Sesjun. Baker's fleetness, lyricism, hard swing and vocal improvisations put this among the best work of his later years. Of the sidemen, pianists Harold Danko and Phil Markowitz, bassist Cameron Brown and drummer John Engels make outstanding contributions. Sound quality is superb. There are five stunning 1985 tracks by Baker with guitarist … [Read more...]
CD: Rufus Reid
Rufus Reid, … [Read more...]
CD: Mike Barone
Mike Barone, Live 2005! Redux (Rhubarb). Barone is one of the most accomplished big band arrangers never to become famous. For this reissue, he remixed to improve the sound, pruned overlong solos and added a track. Why "Grand Central" hit the editing room floor the first time around is a mystery. Ernie Watts and Vince Trombetta share the tenor sax glory in Barone's pungent treatment of the John Coltrane classic. Alto saxophonist Kim Richmond, trumpeter Steve Huffsteter and Barone the trombonist … [Read more...]
DVD: Steinway
Ben Niles, Note By Note: The Making Of Steinway L1037 (docuramafilms). This gem of the documentarian's art follows a 9-foot concert grand for a year, from its beginning as lumber to its arrival at the Steinway showroom in New York. Director Ben Niles and his crew equal the love, knowledge and skill that went into making the instrument. They incorporate conversation and playing by Hank Jones, Kenny Barron, Marcus Roberts, Harry Connick, Jr. and Bill Charlap. Classical pianists Hélène Grimaud, … [Read more...]
Book: Maynard Ferguson
Ralph Jungheim, Maynard! (Buster Ann). Jungheim's book is a collection of 30 transcribed reminiscences about the trumpeter and bandleader. Most of them are by musicians, but Ferguson's valet, bus driver and instrument maker also contribute. Some of the anecdotes are amusing, some interesting, some appalling. The exclamation point after his name in the title applies to Ferguson's spectacular playing and his ego. Even associates who had problems with his music and his insecurities had affection … [Read more...]
New Picks For Listeners, Viewers & Readers
Recommendations in the center column, under Doug's Picks: CDs by a trumpeter, a bassist and an arranger A DVD documenting the birth of a piano A book of stories about a brass phenomenon … [Read more...]
Reilly's Joyful Thanks
Pianist Jack Reilly will be at the Johns Hopkins Medicine Center in Baltimore today to pay musical tribute to the memory of the doctor who saved his life. For details, go here. … [Read more...]
Other Places: When Laughton Met Scott
Rifftides reader Don Frese recommended this item from Bill Crow's "The Band Room" column in Allegro, the newspaper of New York Local 802 of the American Federation of musicians. The late British tenor man and club owner Ronnie Scott once told me that he was standing one day on the platform of a tube station in London, and he suddenly realized that the man standing next to him was Charles Laughton. Ronnie said excitedly to the great actor, "Excuse me, sir, but I just have to say what a great fan … [Read more...]
A Moody Update
The November 4 post below and coverage elsewhere about James Moody's illness generated so much concern that it has created a problem in the Moody household. Here is part of a message from Moody's wife Linda. Would you mind posting that people should leave Moody messages on Facebook? Our computers and two e-mail addresses are about to crash. I have had my computer guy here a couple of times in the last 3 days to keep them from crashing. Moody has had an outpouring of love from every corner of … [Read more...]


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Brandville consists of crème de la crème media professionals that bring an extensive know-how on media strategy, concept creation and branding focusing on African countries.
Dimitris Papazisis, CEO of BigTime said, "We are very excited and at the same time very honored to work with Mr. Bola Akingbade and his company Brandville. There is no doubt that Mr. Akingbade is really a legend in the African corporate world with an incredible track record as a former CMO of MTN Nigeria, a former Marketing Executive in Unilever UK, and a former Marketing Director of Nigerian Breweries. The experience he brings on the table comes to significantly add on the already successful path of BigTime in Africa. The new-formed team of BigTime and Brandville is one of the major milestones of our company but also a major milestone for the mobile marketing industry. Africa is not just a collection of emerging markets/countries; it is much more than this.
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As someone who has to take his daughter to the movies every once in a while, I found it refreshing to see the movie "Rise of the Guardians." It is a family-friendly movie in every sense of the word.
When I interviewed its director, Peter Ramsey, Nov. 29, I knew I had to ask him to comment on having such characters as Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny, who are stand-ins for the real reasons behind those seasons, in the film — besides being two of the central characters in the William Joyce books on which the movie is based.
"We knew we were dealing with these characters, and we knew we embraced these characters" from our own childhood, Ramsey replied. "These are real, and they have a real presence for these people. You can't deny that there's something real emotional and real special about these characters."
He added, "We wanted to make a movie that kids would be able to see and completely enjoy. We didn't want to pander to one group or another. We didn't want to load it down with stuff for adults: 'Yeah, this is corny and syrupy sweet. We're in on the joke.' We wanted to tell a straightforward adventure story for kids that anyone could enjoy."
To that end, Ramsey and crew succeeded. John Mulderig, CNS' associate director for media reviews, gave "Rise of the Guardians" a classification of A-I — general patronage. He called the film "a tenderhearted and touching family movie — one, moreover, that's entirely free of objectionable content." Privately (well, not so privately, if I'm spilling the beans here), he told me it was "as 'A-I' a movie as I've seen this year."
I, for one, found it quite free of those manipulative moments that tug at the heartstrings of grown-ups, and was glad of it. Not so, apparently for movie watchers at previews Ramsey's attended. "I can't tell you how many grown men come up to me afterward: 'I don't know why I felt this way but I cried three times during the movie,'" he told Catholic News Service, adding there have been "at least three with every screening."
Ramsey said some viewers have told him, "It really did make me feel like a kid again." And it can, he notes, "if you are really open to that side of yourself." Well, when you've got the Tooth Fairy, Jack Frost and the Sandman on the same side as Santa and the Easter Bunny doing battle against the Bogeyman, how can you lose?


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Bob Arno always has a trick up his sleeve; sometimes he has several, as several guests discovered at Shalom Park's annual fundraising dinner. Pockets were picked, wristwatches disappeared from wrists and neckties — even underwear — were removed in feats that amazed the audience and stunned those who suddenly (and mysteriously) found themselves relieved of said items.
Arno's special brand of magic provided a light touch to an occasion that has a very serious purpose: raising $450,000 to help offset the $2 million that it cost Shalom Park last year alone to provide quality care for the elderly residents whose incomes are not sufficient to bear the entire load.
"While the economy had a negative impact on the finances of many of our contributors, Shalom Park's needs became greater than ever," explained Marshall Abrahams, chair of the Shalom Park board and a co-chair for the dinner held at the Grand Hyatt Denver. "We continue to provide financial assistance to over 65 percent of our residents … those who cannot make it without our help."
The not-for-profit Shalom Park Caring Continuum opened its doors in August, 1992, to provide 24-hour licensed skilled care in its Beth Israel nursing home. The Aurora campus has expanded to include patio homes and apartments with assistance services tailored to individual needs; hospice and palliative care organizations; a home health agency; and other services such as kosher meals-on-wheels.


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55th Edition of the Carnival of Genealogy
The postings for this carnival can be found on the Creative Gene blog at http://creativegene.blogspot.com/. The subject for the 55th Carnival is "Show and Tell." I was one of those kids who really didn't like Show and Tell. I always had some great stuff and some great ideas but always stressed out that the other kids wouldn't see how cool my stuff was. I needed a lot of affirmation in those days. Who am I kidding I still need a lot of affirmation (hint, hint). So at first I really didn't intend to take advantage of this opportunity to show some of my cool stuff. I finally convinced myself, that I was a big boy now and I could handle it. So with that not too subtle disclaimer, here is my offering.
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We have a lot of old pictures from my dad's family because one of his aunts owned a photo studio in Mangum, Oklahoma. Because my father was the oldest son of the oldest son of the family, he got a lot of attention. The picture I am sharing is a baby picture of Dad when he was less than four months old. We know that because he was born in August, 1911 and the picture is dated '11. We know that it was taken at the Yoder Studio in Mangum, because his aunt, Minnie Yoder Cheek was the photographer. But to our sorrow at some point in it's 80 year journey from the studio to us, the picture was bent leaving a large crack all the way across the front. You can tell from the header picture on the page, someone along the way did not take very good care of the family pictures. I have done a lot of photography, both behind the lens and in the dark room and I did not know of anyway to repair the damage that would not do more damage in the process. So the picture stay safely put away in order to preserve it from further damage. That was until I discovered Adobe Photoshop. I have worked with a number of graphic programs in the past 15 years but none that really let you do much with photographs. But now here was a sophisticated tool that approached giving you the same kind of control over image quality that you have in a good dark room as well as a number of very useful digital tools.
After discovering some of the features I decided to jump right in and see how it would do with a really difficult project. Just how well would I be able repair the damage to Dad's picture digitally. After carefully scanning the picture in to several high resolution tiff files, I started to work. My first few attempts were not too successful, but I was gaining confidence and hopefully some skill with each new attempt. I was excited to see the old picture finally begin to look like new again. While it is not yet perfect, notice the irregularities around the frame, Item #2 is of sufficient quality that I was willing to share and made copies for most of the family.
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I'm not sure how Dad would feel about all of the world seeing him wearing a dress, but I know Aunt Minnie would be proud.


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Eighty percent of mothers 18 to 29 prefer to be home.
New York -- Seventy percent of parents with children five and under say that one parent at home is the best child care arrangement during a child's earliest years, according to a national survey released today by Public Agenda, a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy organization. In Necessary Compromises: How Parents, Employers and Children's Advocates View Child Care Today, more than half (56%) of parents strongly agree that no one can do as good a job of raising children as their own parents, with another 23% agreeing somewhat. Forty-seven percent of the parents surveyed report that in their family one parent stays at home to take care of their children in a typical week.
Parents express a strong sense of responsibility for their children, trusting no one as much as themselves to care for them. They are convinced that very young children need the attention of someone who truly cherishes them. And their desire to make sure that their children absorb the values that they believe in is almost tangible, says Deborah Wadsworth, President, Public Agenda.
The polling in Necessary Compromises is distinctive because it includes the perspectives of over 800 parents with kids ages 5 or under, employers, and children's advocates. Funding for this project was provided by The Danforth Foundation, The Ford Foundation, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.
Children Cared for by People Who Love Them
Eighty-one percent of parents think that young children are more likely to get one-on-one affection and attention they need from a stay-at-home parent than from well-trained, caring people in child care. Many parents (44%) also feel children are more likely to learn basic values such as honesty and responsibility from a stay-at-home parent, although 49% say a well-trained child care provider and parents do an equally good job of transmitting values to children, and 5% say a child care provider is more likely than parents to pass on values. In the study, 80% of young mothers ages 18-29-women who grew up when mothers worked outside the home and nonparental child care became more commonplace-say that they themselves would prefer to stay at home to care for their young children rather than work full-time.
Distrust of Day Care
Parents with children five and under show a wide-ranging discomfort with group day care. Six in ten (63%) disagree that a top-notch day care center can provide care as good as what a child would get from a stay-at-home parent. In addition, 63% express great concern that children could suffer physical or sexual abuse in a typical day care center, even though studies say abuse is very unlikely. Acknowledging that it is unlikely a child would face abuse in day care, a New Jersey parent still commented, You don't want . . . your kid to be that one in a million that gets hurt.
Overall, the study suggests that parents are distrustful of relying upon the kindness of strangers for the care of their kids, with 71% agreeing day care should be an option of last resort. Seventy-eight percent believe it is usually best if they rely on a grandparent or other close relative if they need child care.
Parents say that day care can provide good care. They believe we need high quality day care for families who need it. They even say day care has some benefits, such as teaching children how to get along with other kids. But when it comes to handing their own child over to another adult they do not know, they are gripped by anxiety-Will this person really take good care of my child?, says Ms. Wadsworth.
Low-Income Parents Even More Concerned
Notably, low-income parents (those making no more than $25,000 annually) have more pronounced concern about day care centers than high-income parents (those making more than $75,000 annually). Seventy-two percent of low-income parents express great concern about the possibility of neglect or lack of supervision of children, compared with 51% of high-income parents. Seventy-six percent of low-income parents are more fearful that children may suffer physical or sexual abuse in day care, compared with 49% of high-income parents.
Instead of Judgments, Mostly Sympathy for Parents Who Rely on Child Care
Despite their conviction that parental care is best, the parents surveyed express substantial sympathy for working moms, single parents, parents on welfare, and families where both parents work.
Fifty-seven percent of parents believe that the reason both parents work in two-income families is to make ends meet, 68% agree having one parent stay at home is an unrealistic option for most families these days, and 87% agree that mothers who work outside the home are just as loving and committed to their children as stay-at-home moms. Eighty-two percent of parents say that there is a big shortage of affordable day care centers where parents can feel confident their children can get good care. This study indicates that parents believe child care is an important and necessary alternative that should be improved, not abandoned.
Child Care: Commonalities and Differences between Parents, Employers, and Children's Advocates
The study shows many common concerns and views among parents, employers, and children's advocates, but it also reveals some differences. Regarding proposals parents believe would be very helpful as far as improving the care young children get, at the top of the list of parents of children five and under is tax cuts to help families keep one parent at home (64%). Only 27% of children's advocates agree. Children's advocates express a different priority, 86% saying that a very serious problem concerning child care is a lack of affordable, quality day care centers where parents could feel their children would get good care.
The study also suggests that employers nationwide may have serious reservations about taking more responsibility for improving child care. While 73% of employed parents with young kids say they would likely use a high quality on-site child care center provided by their employer, 62% percent of employers strongly agree that few companies have the expertise or resources to run high-quality day care, and 59% strongly agree that the responsibility and liabilities of on-site child care are too much for their own companies to take on. A large majority of employers (79%) believe that their companies have not lost good employees due to a lack of good child care benefits. Also noteworthy:
Methodology: The research base for this poll includes a nationwide random sample telephone survey of 815 parents of children 5 or under, as well as 444 interviews with parents of children 6 to 17 and 214 interviews of adults who do not have children under 18. The margin of error for the 815 parents of children 5 or under is plus or minus 3 percentage points. Mail surveys of 218 employers and 216 children's advocates were also conducted.
Public Agenda's poll also includes interviews with approximately 200 each of parents in California, Florida, Illinois, Missouri, New Jersey, and Texas. The parents have children under 18. Seven focus groups with parents and nonparents from a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds preceded the national poll and took place in all of these states except Missouri and Texas. Additionally, Public Agenda conducted 13 telephone interviews with experts and practitioners in child care and children's issues.
Public Agenda, located in New York City, is well respected for its influential public opinion polls and its balanced citizen education materials. Founded in 1975 by Cyrus R. Vance, the former U.S. secretary of state, and Daniel Yankelovich, the social scientist and author, its mission is to inform leaders about the public's views and to inform citizens about government policy.
Public Agenda Online (www.publicagenda.org) is a widely acclaimed Web site that contains statistics and results from surveys on child care and 18 other public policy topics. The full-text of Necessary Compromises and a brief video will be available at the site through September 12. Another video on child care is forthcoming from Public Agenda's Public Engagement Division this fall. Media: Charts and photos can be downloaded from the site and videos can be linked to.
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Rihac is an Australian based company specialising in continuous ink supply systems and printing consumables. What's a continuous ink supply system - CISS???? A CISS is used instead of standard inkjet cartridges. Simply explained the CISS is a self contained unit with its own cartridges fed by tubing from a large ink reservoir which sits beside your printer. The system acts like a giant cartridge by feeding ink to the printer when required and can save up to 95% over the cost of using cartridges.
Our base of operations, research, development and service centre located in Melbourne however we also have resellers located all over the world. We have been in the market in excess of 5 years are about to release a fresh new approach to our marketing campaign and would like a new innovative refill ink bottle label for our current product.
Anyone who owns an inkjet printer. Individuals, schools, clubs, small medium and large businesses. Local councils, government agencies and private sectors. You name it, if they use an inkjet printer we can help them save money!!! To start with these are to be used in retail outlets who currently supply our systems but our aim is to get them everywhere.
RIHAC require a re-vamp of their current product packaging! Our Continuous ink supply system have recently had a makeover however our refill inks need a fresh, professional look.
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This must be a round circle which will be added to both the lid and the label.
We have altered our request a little so please ensure to view our comments section in our listing.
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1988 Jeep Wagoneer 4x4 - Tried & TruePosted in Project Vehicles on March 1, 2010
You ever hear that phrase "No matter where you go, there you are"? Well, in this case, it's more like, "No matter where you go, there Mike is." We've traveled all over the western U.S. covering wheeling events and it has gotten to the point that seeing Mike and his '88 Wagoneer is just kind of expected.
He's worked for Jeep building prototypes, at dealerships, and in various and sundry service positions and knows Jeeps. So when the time came for him to build one, instead of popping out the old credit card, he brought some ingenuity, some patience, and an encyclopedic knowledge of drivetrain components to bear. Mike would much rather spend his money on gas to get to the trail than on trick widget-bobs.
He's been running this Jeep on some of the most famous trails around for about nine years now, and more often than not when we see him, he is the trail leader in his much-abused white woody. So when we once again ran into him at Moab, we decided to stick our head under the hood and see just what a well-built, home-grown XJ needs to be successful through so many trips. We expected to see a lot of well-thought-out modifications using OEM components, and we weren't disappointed.
Many of the things that are on this Jeep have come together over the years of running it. Take for example the front short-arm suspension with Off Road General Store (ORGS) adjustable lower arms, Currie Enterprises adjustable upper arms, and Rubicon Express drop brackets. Elevation comes from Rubicon Express 51/2-inch-lift coil springs and Rusty's Offroad 13/4-inch poly spacers. Doestch Tech 121/2-inch-travel DT-3386 shocks attached to ZJ upper shock mount bushings with custom aluminum bumpstop extensions (3-inch top and 4-inch bottom) keep the tires out of the fenders. The front track bar mount was sourced from Rubicon Express but then modified to accept the custom-built track bar from JKS Manufacturing.
Out back is a another grouping of parts providing elevation such as Rubicon Express 51/2-inch-lift springs, Rusty's 11/2-inch-lift shackles and Rancho RS9000 shocks. ORGS bumpstop extensions are welded to the 1/2-inch-thick spring plates that locate the axle under the springs. They work with 41/2-inch-long MJ bumpstops up to keep the rear tires out of the fenders.
The well-used rock rails are homebuilt by Mike out of 2x6x3/16-inch tube and tie back to the Unitbody with four outriggers and about 4 feet of plate steel held on by 12 bolts per side. The belly skid/transmission mount from JKS mimics the stock unit, but adds a tubular skidplate for the transfer case. In the rear, the stock 20-gallon gas tank is protected by a stock Jeep gas tank skidplate and trailer hitch.
A set of 35x12.50-16 Maxxis Creepy Crawlers are wrapped around 16-inch Jeep Moab wheels from a Rubicon Wrangler and modified by OMF Performance to make them true beadlocks. Even with the 11/4-inch wheel spacers, they do rub the inner fender wells and lower control arms at full droop or compression, and during hard turns.
The stock 4.0L Renix-powered inline-six is still providing locomotion but an open style cooling system from a '91-and-up Cherokee replaced the oft-problematic pressurized bottle with a fully-welded, all-metal heavy duty radiator. An aftermarket coolant reservoir, '96 XJ electronic cooling fan (flows more than stock), HO-style heater hoses, a 180-degree thermostat, and a Turbo City high-flow housing complete the cooling improvements. A Gano coolant filter keeps whatever junk that might get into the system out of the radiator's cores. An Endless Air engine-driven air compressor provides compressed air for whatever might come up.
Shifting duties are handled by the stock AW4 automatic transmission but after that things get a little more interesting. The stock NP242 has been swapped out for a custom-built NP242HD out of a Hummer H1. The T-case has been modified with some Jeep NP242 parts to convert the full-time Hummer case to allow 2WD selection. The Hummer case nets a wider chain, 32-spline-output shaft, a six-gear planetary low-range gearset, differential side-gear needle bearings and a transfer case cooler, which isn't currently hooked up.
From there, power goes to the stock front Dana 30 high-pinion housing which has been stuffed with 4.88 gears, a Quick-Lok, and later-model shafts modified for full-circle U-joint retaining clips. Power then flows out to the WJ knuckles with '00-'06 TJ unit bearings. The brakes get a boost in the form of WJ twin-piston Akebono calipers and 12-inch-diameter vented rotors. The WJ knuckles lend themselves well to a high-steer setup obtained by flipping the tie rod to the top of the knuckle, and a WJ tie-rod end bolted to the ZJ pitman arm (which provides 1-inch of drop from stock). The axle gets some beef from JKS in the form of mini-skids for the lower control arm mounts and an Over-Axle track bar bracket welded to the axle.
Out back, a shaved high-pinion Currie 9-inch heavy-duty axle got Torino-style large bearing housing ends, 11/2-inch 35-spline shafts, a Detroit Locker with 4.86 gears, Explorer disc brakes with 48mm twin-piston calipers, and custom 11/4-inch-lift axle spring pads. A WJ master cylinder and dual-diaphragm brake booster with a proportioning valve modified to account for the rear discs round out the braking upgrades.
Body and Interior
Mike left well enough alone when it came to the body, and that theory has served him well. A lot of the modifications he has done are so subtle and contribute to the stock-like appearance, so you could mistakenly underestimate this rig's capabilities. The front Warrior bumper was moved back 11/4 inches for less front overhang and better approach angle. By moving the bumper back, the ends had to be trimmed for tire clearance and the factory tow hook mounts had to be moved back as well. The factory rear bumper was left alone, aside from the occasional rock impact.
The front and rear wheelwells were trimmed for tire clearance and the stock flares were moved up and/or stretched out to cover the opening and maintain a stock appearance. The somewhat uncommon grille isn't your normal XJ fare, but part of the Wagoneer package, which also included the faux wood trim that is still gracing the doors of this Jeep.
In the back of the Jeep and located in the grocery compartment is a recovery/tool/spare parts kit that makes your head swim. Not that there is a kitchen sink and a vise, but there's just enough to cover what he's likely to encounter. One of the big things you learn by wheeling the same vehicle hard for years is what breaks, what tools you need to fix it, and what spare parts you need. Mike not only has the tools and parts, but also has a spill kit to mop up and a tire plug/patch kit in lieu of a spare tire.
In the cab you'll find a Garmin 3006c Marine GPS with a 6.4-inch color screen and a tuned Uniden CB radio. Both units have antennas up on the roof, with a Wilson 1000 feeding the Uniden. Seats and dashboard are factory Jeep parts.
Good, Bad, and What's It For
Many of the modifications Mike has made you won't find in some build manual or text book, and the things that we'd want to change are on his short list of regrets with this build. Frankly, we are amazed that he's been able to wheel this thing for so long without it coming apart. There are stress cracks in the body here and there, but it's still straight. For any of these unit-body Jeeps, a cage is high up on our list once we start wheeling it with any regularity. Also, even with the Cherokees, once lift height gets up over five inches, we try to reach for a long-arm kit. By not doing so, Mike has kept costs down, and kept wheeling this thing, but he tells us that's one of the things he wished he'd done differently.
Why I Featured It
A lot of the XJs you see look like they've raided the Lund, Con-Ferr, or Steel Horse catalogs ,and never see any real wheeling, just dirt roads and fire trails. Mike's Wagoneer is the exact opposite of that. It doesn't scream, "Look at me!" but it goes anywhere Mike points it. And thanks to the money he's saved building it, he has gotten to wheel it like no one's business. We envy him that. -Pete Trasborg
Hard Facts
Vehicle: '88 Jeep Wagoneer
Engine: '88 4.0L inline-six
Transmission: '88 AW4
Transfer Case: Custom NP242HD
Suspension: Short-arm five-link (front), leaf sprung (rear)
Axles: Dana 30 (front), Currie 9-inch (rear)
Wheels: 16x8 OMF-modified Jeep Moabs
Tires: 35x12.50-16 Maxxis Creepy Crawlers
Built For: To spend as much time as possible away from the daily grind.


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It's been a week for celebration at Andrews University. At a special chapel assembly on Thursday, April 12, President Niels-Erik Andreasen announced that the university had received the largest gift from a private donor in its history, a gift which rings in at the grand total of $8.5 million.
The donation was sent via a personal check in a simple, white envelope, unpretentious and certainly not the kind of packaging in which one expects to receive such a generous gift.
The donor is an Adventist couple from the Northwest, whose name is not being released at this time.
"This gift will help you transform the university and get it on the road to a 'New Andrews for a New Century,'" the donor said in conversation with David Faehner, vice president for university advancement. "God has been so good to me, how can I not be generous in return?"
"He's a visionary. Optimistic and positive--he wants action and moves fast," Faehner said about the donor. "He talks about his dreams and then says 'challenge me--what do you need at Andrews?'"
This gift will literally transform the campus in several ways. Per the donor's request, the money has been allotted to several specific campus projects.
Funds will be disbursed as follows:
*Construction of the new entrance on Old US 31
* Two endowed chairs: one for the Marketing Department in the School of Business Administration and the second in the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary's Christian Ministry Department
* Construction of a milking parlor for the Andrews Dairy
* Refurbish the kitchen and dining facilities in the Campus Center
* Support for the educational program of the Aeronautics Department
The largest portion of the gift is designated for the refurbishment of the top floor of the university's Campus Center. Built in 1962, the building is long overdue for an overhaul. The Campus Center is home to the cafeteria--the Terrace Cafe, Student Life, International Student Services, Campus Ministries, and the Student Association Offices, and serves as the general campus meeting place for students. Plans exist for a total refurbishment of the building, but renovations will start with Food Service.
"This generous gift to Andrews University, and in particular to Food Service, opens the way to be able to update and expand our services to students, faculty, staff and guests, as well as provide a pleasant place for customers to socialize and enjoy their meals," commented Bennett Chilson, director of Food Service. "We expect that the renovation of this floor of the Campus Center will move in stages, permitting us to continue to serve the campus as the work progresses. The first major portion of the project will include an expansion of the Terrace Cafe to allow more efficient traffic flow to food stations, such as the traditional hot food lines, grill/short-order station, deli, fresh-made pizza spot, display cooking, salad and dessert bars, and much more."
With the portion of the gift designated to the building of the university's new entrance along Old US 31, plans will move ahead and enable construction to begin this summer. According to the project summary, the new entrance will help the campus "recapture its physical connection and visibility to the local community and provide a focal point for future campus development."
"The new entrance will greatly enhance the 'first impression' experience for visitors, and welcome the community to the 'New Andrews,'" stated Richard Scott, director of Facilities Management.
With a special place in his heart for farm life, the donor has designated funds for a new milking parlor for the Andrews Dairy. Andrews's current herd consists of over 800 cows, 606 of which are milking cows that produce 18.6 million pounds of milk per year. The new parlor will allow for more efficient milking operation; computerized data tracking; increased profitability due to increased milk production, reduction in milking time, reduced equipment maintenance, and improved milk quality. It will also increase cow comfort-level and provide a modern visitors' viewing area.
"Seven years ago this spring, the dairy began working on a plan to renew its facilities, which were built in 1967," explained Thomas Chittick, chair of the Agriculture Department. "Three new drive-thru barns have been built to house the milking herd and two state of the art calf barns were added last winter. The milking parlor, small for today's herd, was all that remained to complete the renewal process."
The gift also provides for two endowed chairs in the School of Business Administration and the Seminary. An endowed professorial chair assists the designated department by supporting the recipient's salary, research opportunities, administrative services, and other special projects as set in the endowment agreement. This funding comes from the annual income generated by the principal gift. Oftentimes, it is a privilege for a faculty member to be honored by holding the named chair.
"The School of Business Administration (SBA) is profoundly grateful for such generosity," stated Charles Tidwell, the SBA's interim dean. "Not only does this reaffirm the high regard that the SBA has as an important center for Adventist business education, but this gift will also enable us to attract and maintain the highly qualified faculty essential for future growth."
"The University is deeply grateful to the donor for their generous support of Andrews University," stated Scott. "Their gift is timely and very meaningful. It's exciting to be able to see our long and arduous planning come to fruition with the construction of these projects."
"This generous donation is an additional confirmation of individuals believing in the vision of Andrews University," stated Lawrence Schalk, vice president for financial administration. "At the donor's wish, and as is my delegated responsibility, I will see that these projects are completed in a timely manner."
"Andrews University is preparing to meet the educational challenges it faces in the 21st century, challenges of educational quality, values, diversity and a world perspective," stated Andrews University President Niels-Erik Andreasen. "As a national doctoral degree-granting university with unique international educational obligations, Andrews must develop its resources and facilities to meet these challenges. The Legacy of Leadership campaign is designed to accomplish that, and this latest major gift will give both the campaign and the university a significant push forward. We are deeply grateful for the support of these special Andrews friends and to God for His blessings."


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Riffing off the standard red carpet question, this CBS News journalist was quite candid about his wardrobe choice — and left the rest to our imagination, but sadly, we get the picture quite easily. We do appreciate the fact that his chosen designer available at any department store, though.


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Utica's Will Smith NFL Bounty Scandal Suspension Overturned
New Orleans Saint and Proctor High grad Will Smith has had his 4-game suspension overturned on appeal and will suit up tomorrow for the teams game with Washington. According to SI.com, the suspension for participating in the Saint's notorious bounty program could still be re-instated.
(NFL Commissioner) Roger Goodell could still reissue the suspensions under a different interpretation
via Will Smith, Jonathan Vilma, Scott Fujita will make their mark on Week 1 | Audibles.
Smith had been suspended for 4 games, DL Anthiny Hargrove for 8, LB Scott Fujita for 3 and LB Jonathan Vilma for the entire season.New Orleans head coach Sean Payton has also been suspended for the entire season.


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Mark Moyar is the Kim T. Anderson Chair of Insurgency and Terrorism at the Marine Corps University. He is the author of the revisionist history Triumph Forsaken: The Vietnam War, 1954-1965, now available in paperback.
The occasion of this post is Professor Moyar's new book, noted below. But before getting to that, let us pause to note our friend Professor Mackubin Thomas Owens's assessment of Professor Moyar and Triumph Forsaken in the Weekly Standard:
A brilliant young scholar with a Cambridge doctorate who is currently teaching at the Marine Corps University in Quantico, Moyar is representative of a small but increasingly influential revisionist school that rejects the fundamental orthodox premise that America's involvement in Vietnam was wrongheaded and unjust…. No review can do full justice to this critically important book. Triumph Forsaken is meticulously documented and bold in its interpretation of the record. Even orthodox historians will be forced to acknowledge the magnitude of Moyar's scholarly achievement. It should, at the least, reopen the debate about America's Vietnam enterprise, reminding us that countries are not destined to win or lose wars. Victory or defeat depends on decisions actually made and strategies actually implemented."
Mac is a Vietnam veteran who teaches at the Naval War College and edits the foreign policy magazine Orbis. In short, he knows whereof he speaks. And it is worth noting that his endorsement of Triumph Forsaken joined that of James Webb and many others that can be viewed here..
Professor Moyar's new book, just published by Yale University Press, is A Question of Command: Counterinsurgency from the Civil War to Iraq. Professor Moyar's new book obviously could not be more timely, and it includes a chapter on Afghanistan, but it stops just short of the current challenge confronting us there. We invited Professor Moyar to draw on his new book in discussing that challenge:
The voluminous theorizing on counterinsurgency during the past eight years has focused almost entirely on identifying the methods and resources required for effective counterinsurgency. In so doing, it has neglected the more important factor–the quality of the leaders using the methods. The impact of this imbalance is evident in recent pronouncements by politicians and pundits about transplanting the strategy and tactics of the Iraq "Surge" to Afghanistan. In actuality, the success of the Surge resulted more from changes in leadership than changes in strategy or tactics, and we must draw lessons for Afghanistan accordingly.
During the bleak years of 2004 to 2006, the United States and its Iraqi allies employed a sound strategy and sound tactics, consistent with tried-and-true counterinsurgency principles. American units cleared insurgent forces from populous areas and then let Iraqi security forces and civil administrators "hold" them, which meant restoring civil administration and keeping the insurgents from returning.
The clear-and-hold approach did not produce lasting victories because the Iraqis failed in the hold phase. After the American forces had swept away the insurgents, the Iraqi governmental personnel who took over the area most often could not prevent the insurgents from coming back, because their officers lacked skill and dedication. De-Baathification had stripped the Iraqi security forces of experienced leaders, and the new Iraqi government chose new commanders based on political and personal connections rather than merit.
The foreign press reported time and again on Iraqi police collapses in 2004 and 2005, but seldom identified the true cause, leaving the impression that the police suffered from general demoralization stemming from the unpopularity of the new Iraqi government and its American benefactors. In reality, the ability of police units to withstand insurgent pressure depended simply on whether they had dedicated and competent leadership, in the form of either Iraqi police chiefs or foreign advisers who compensated for weak chiefs by serving as de facto commanders.
The inspectors general of the U.S. State and Defense Departments reported in mid-2005 that "in instances where good leadership is present (often provided by Coalition military personnel or International Police Liaison Officers), Iraqi Police perform satisfactorily and stand their ground in the face of attacks. The absence of such leaders correlates closely with instances in which Iraqi Police stations have been overrun, often with shocking casualties among ill-prepared and ill-led policemen."
The Awakening of 2006-2007, in which Sunnis turned against the most radical insurgents, produced a dramatic upturn in Iraqi leadership quality. An American policy decision to scale back ambitions for democracy and grant authority based on tribal affiliation allowed talented and experienced Sunni elites to defect from the insurgent side. But it took more than a policy change to alter their behavior. It also required top-flight American leaders, who had to conduct the military operations, basic governance, and personal interaction required to convince fence-sitting sheikhs to switch sides.
The ensuing Surge likewise resulted mainly from leadership improvements. The Americans and Iraqis employed the same clear and hold approach in 2007 as in prior years, and many American units continued to clear while most Iraqis continued their attempts to hold. The new senior American commander, General David Petraeus, increased the overall quality of the leadership committed to population security, by assigning more American forces to the hold mission.
At the same time, the Iraqi leadership improved because of the spread of the Awakening and renewed pressure on the Iraqi government, from Petraeus and others, to sack bad leaders. To identify Iraqi leaders deserving of replacement, Petraeus spent 30 percent of his long workday with Iraqi leaders, and he studied reports from American advisers and intelligence officers. At times, Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker threatened to withhold aid to particular security units in order to influence command selections. Over the course of 2007, the Iraqi government relieved a large number of army commanders, some as high as division commanders, along with seven of nine National Police brigade commanders and more than 2,000 Interior Ministry personnel.
Finding adequate replacements proved most difficult of all. The firings, in combination with ongoing force expansion, created a demand for mid-level officers that could not be met even with the addition of Saddam-era officers via the Awakening. Lieutenant General Martin Dempsey, head of the Multi-National Security Transition Command, remarked in June 2007, "We've been growing young second lieutenants through the military academies for about three years, but it's really difficult to grow majors, lieutenant colonels and brigadier generals. It simply can't be done overnight."
Iraqi performance, therefore, remained spotty throughout the surge. As Brigadier General Terry Wolff, commander of the coalition military training and assistance mission, noted, "the quality and readiness of Iraqi army units varies widely, and the difference usually comes down to leadership…. We've seen that good Iraqi leaders have good units and bad ones don't, and we shouldn't kid ourselves about the fact that the Iraqi army is short of midcareer officers and NCOs."
In Afghanistan, turning back the insurgents will require major changes in leadership just as it did in Iraq. Like the Iraqi government, Hamid Karzai's government lacks the mid-level and junior leaders required for success, so American leaders will have to fill the leadership gap. That means assigning more American forces to the mission of population security and enabling more American officers to provide guidance to Afghan forces, either as advisers or as commanders of American partner units.
For that reason, more than any other, the United States needs to deploy tens of thousands of additional Americans to Afghanistan as General McChrystal has recommended. Because Afghanistan has a much larger rural population than Iraq and has fewer seasoned army and police leaders, counterinsurgency is more difficult in Afghanistan today than it was in Iraq in 2007. But, as General Petraeus said concerning Iraq, difficult does not mean impossible.
NRO has posted John Miller's interview with Professor Moyar about A Question of Command here.


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After a long hiatus where Marvel sent a bunch of boring First Looks and other writers stole all the good ones, RU and WIFE return to try and make sense of this "First Look at MAGNETO #1!"
Magneto #1
RU: There's going to be lots of variant covers.
WIFE: All right then. That will make things make even more sense.
Magneto #1 Cassaday Variant
WIFE: Is he flexing for us? Ooh… you're a big strong man.
RU: That's actually one of the better Cassaday images in a while.
Magneto #1 Regular Cover by Paolo Rivera
RU: Ouch!
WIFE: Do you like my hat? No I do not like your hat. Good-bye. Good-bye.
RU: Jesus has nothing on Magneto!
WIFE: That ain't right, dude.
Magneto #1 Del Mundo Animal Variant
WIFE: See, now they're just getting silly (she says as she licks her ice cream bowl.)
RU: Meh, after the Scottie Young baby variants, it's all fair game.
WIFE: I gotta say though, if Magneto were a mouse, that's pretty accurate.
RU: Yea, that mouse has an attitude. "This is my cheese, bitch!"
Magneto #1 preview page 1
RU: ooohhh, content.
WIFE: Anybody who interrupts coffee is just asking for it.
WIFE: Ohhh, he's snapping. Is he a Jet or a Shark?
RU: I dunno, lets wait and see if he runs through a Puerto Rican neighborhood screaming "Maria!" and only one window opens.
WIFE: That's joke's a little old, don't you think?
RU: Not as old as your face! BOOSH!
Magneto #1 preview page 2
WIFE: Is each page going to be in a different hue?
RU: Like Traffic?
WIFE: You're full of very old references today.
RU: *looks up Traffic* Holy fuck, Traffic is 13 years old. Damn
WIFE: Its 2014, dude.
RU: Dude, it's February, I'm willing to bet it hasn't had its birthday yet.
*WIFE checks* OK, fine
RU: Is it just me, or do the shadows give Magneto boobs?
WIFE: Oh, that's Magneto? I thought he was just some bald guy. I'm used to the movie Magneto, he has hair.
RU: I think the bald thing is new in comics. But really, that shadow is like Liefeld-dian Cap boobs. It's a word!
WIFE: Well, ok then.
Magneto preview page 3
WIFE: Reptile girl? I want to hear more of Reptile Girl, that's the most interesting thing so far.
RU: Who reads newspapers anymore?
WIFE: Crazy people who make mystery collages on their walls.
Magento preview page #4
WIFE: Is that Cliff Claven?
RU: and you mock my "dated" references?
WIFE: Is this going to turn into a Cheers / West Side Story mash-up? That would be awesome!
RU: No, that would suck so hard. The awesomeness of Cheers would be dwarfed by the shitfest that is West Side Story.
Magneto #1 Young Variant
RU: hehe
WIFE: All right, that wins!
RU: I need to remember to call the comic book store for that variant when Magneto #1 comes out on March 5th, 2014.
WIFE: I want to see the picture again. Hehe. Life's tough for Magneto. Oh, poor Magneto, no wonder he turned out to be a bad guy. I'd be pretty cranky too if I couldn't eat cereal.
RU: Ok, in no specific order: He can eat cereal, he's just being a two year old; I'm not even going into the "bad guy" comment because you'd divorce me for wasting your precious life energy on that clusterfuck, and, as the song goes, "it's hard out there for a pimp."
WIFE: That movie made you laugh in very inappropriate places.
RU: Three Six Mafia!
RU: Say what? Three 6 Mafia! It's going down. Y'all know what time it is. We ain't playing with you. In the club, in the street.
WIFE: …I know that song…
RU: Y'all know what time it is? Get ready for it! Step up ready. Yessir! Somebody gonna get they ass kicked. Somebody gonna get their wig split.
WIFE: I'm going to be mad at myself, but what is that from?
RU: Its Mark Henry's theme song. Beat 'em up, beat 'em up, break his neck, break his neck.
WIFE: sigh…
RU: Beat 'em up, beat 'em up, break his neck, break his neck.
RU: That's what I do!
Protecting Mutants by Any Means Necessary – Your First Look at MAGNETO #1!
He was once the deadliest and most feared mutant on the planet…and he will be again! Starting this March, writer Cullen Bunn and artist Gabriel Hernandez Walta weave a new noir/horror thriller featuring Erik Lehnsherr – known the world over as MAGNETO!
"I think Magneto is definitely an anti-hero," says series writer Cullen Bunn in an interview with Marvel.com. "He's fighting for the right thing, but his methods are far too extreme. He's not above breaking the law, stretching the limits of what is moral and putting evil to work for good."
But Magneto is not the man he once was. And the world is a different, more dangerous place for mutants. Once a member of Cyclops' team of renegade X-Men, it's time for him to strike out and defend mutantkind on his own terms. It's time to wage a new kind of war. One that will not only ensure mutant survival, but restore the Master of Magnetism to his former glory! He's not afraid to get his hands bloody to do it…and he'll prove once and for all why you should tremble at the sound of his name.
The one-man-war for mutantkind starts this March in MAGNETO #1!
Written by CULLEN BUNN
Art by GABRIEL HERNANDEZ WALTA
Cover by PAOLO RIVERA
Variant Covers by JOHN CASSADAY (JAN140676)
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p(RU)views featuring WIFE: Nova #4, X-Men #1, Avengers #14, Age Of Ultron #10A.I., New Avengers #8, Avengers #8, X-Men: Battle Of The Atom #1, New Avengers #9, Iron Man #15, Thor: God of Thunder #14, Amazing X-Men #1, Night Of The Living Deadpool #1, X-Men Gold #1, All New X-Men #20


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Are you seeking a company who will value your Java development background and give you a great work/life balance? We are looking for a Rock Star Java developer who will be involved in the redesign of a new end-to-end content management system that will allow client to work smarter and more efficiently. A distributed, service-oriented architecture is utilized on the backend, in order to enable high scalability and interoperability of systems. This will allow new subsystems to be implemented as needed and connected to existing components using standards-based interfaces.
Location: Alexandria, VA
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We pay a referral bonus
Please send your resume to firstname.lastname@example.com
Program in languages necessary (e.g., Java, SQL, JavaScript, HTML, XML, CSS, etc.) to implement the business needs and high-level features.
Operate effectively in high-context environments.
Make valuable contributions to architectural discussions and decisions.
Ensure that all implementation team members have the appropriate domain knowledge to effectively resolve ambiguities that arise during the development process, by either communicating knowledge that they have already obtained or escalating questions outside the scope of their knowledge.
Develop and maintain an understanding of the business as appropriate to the client, to address the business needs and high-level features that constitute the deliverables.
Work with product owner, scrum master, and technical lead to write and review solution-oriented documentation that captures implementation details and describes the business needs that gave rise to them.
Consult with stakeholders as needed to assess user needs and validate solution implementation.
Pro-actively communicate with scrum team about project contingencies and obstacles.
Responsible for scrum-release and pre-QA testing cycles to ensure the highest possible quality of deliverable.
Work closely with stakeholders and front-end vendors to ensure that deliverables effectively address the needs of clients.
Help prepare regular releases that demonstrate completion of milestones associated with user-identifiable progress.
Create internal and external documentation in compliance of the contract.
Demonstrate key features to stakeholders and potential users and document their feedback, including both formal presentations of sprint-based deliverables at the end of each sprint and informal presentations during the development process as needed to solicit feedback from stakeholders.
Report, document, and assist in tracking and documenting bugs, defects, and issues.
Maintain, test, integrate, and support software solutions throughout development and release cycles.
Work effectively with other members of the implementation team as well as stakeholder teams that support implementation and operations.
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Participate in daily scrum meetings.
Java fluency with 5+ years' experience in Java software design and development for web-based, database driven applications running on Linux-based operating systems.
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Diana Frame Harpold, 69 of Statts Mill, WV went home to be with her heavenly father Friday, March 1, 2013 after a long illness.
Diana Frame Harpold, 69 of Statts Mill went home to be with her heavenly father Friday, March 1, 2013 after a long illness.
Diana is now reunited with her parents Walter Frame and Grace Clark Frame who were from Belle.
Diana was a member of the 1961 proud graduating class of DuPont High School. Diana was also married for 49 years to her beloved husband Robert "Bob" Harpold.
Diana moved to the Jackson County area in 1982. She and her husband opened a business called C and H Feed. Diana owned and operated this business and was active part of the community of Jackson County for 28 years.
She was blessed with one son, "her baby" William "Bill" Harpold and his wife Tammy of Gay. She also had four grandsons, Joshua (Katie) of St. Albans, Caden of Gay, Brandon of Gay and Shane of Gay. She also had one brother Gary Frame of Belle, WV and one sister Linda Haakee of Forest City, Iowa.
Diana had a wonderful set of friends that were considered family, the co-owners of C and H Feed Larry and Pam Casto of Statts Mill and their children Adam (Amanda) of Evans and Kelly Casto Freshire (Steven) of Kenna.
The family of Diana would like to give a thank you to Dr. Russell Voltin and Christy Flores for years of outstanding care and constant support.
Thank you to her wonderful caregivers Mrs. Laura Jackson and Mrs. Ashley Casto. And thanks to Johnny Kay for always helping when called upon. You are a true friend!
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 10, 2013 at the Waybright Funeral Home, with her son Chaplin-Pastor Bill Harpold officiating.
Friends may call from noon until the time of the service.


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In theory, the Consumer Electronics Show is supposed to set the stage for what to expect in the coming year of gadgets and personal tech.
Despite what the CES haters might say, the event still accomplishes that to an extent.
But there's also a strange side to CES. While the big companies like Samsung, Sony, and Toshiba take up the bulk of the main show floor, most of the show is just plain weird.
There are thousands of square feet dedicated to accessories, headphones, and a bunch of other junk you'll probably never care to buy. There's even a giant swath of real estate dedicated to iPhone cases. Hundreds and hundreds of iPhone cases.
Then there are the attention grabbers, the gimmicks companies use to say, "Hey, you! Look at our stuff." And we're not just talking about booth babes. It's simply bizarre.


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My little local wine group met at Roger's Friday, with the broad theme of "Rose or White." Nice first day of summer, perfect for sitting outside. This is not supposed to be dinner, but Roger grilled vegetables, tuna, steak, shrimp, and sausages. Fun night:
(non-blind welcoming wine )
2012 Houchart rose- nice lighter Provence, with a sweet edge. Ripe strawberroes, a bit of citrus, good. B
Blind whites/roses
Fred's wine: Bubbly but with restrained petillance. Sweet apple fruit, orange zest, chalky. Pretty sure not Champagne, guess Chenin Blanc (yes), Vouvray (yes),. Huet (yes). Know it's not 2002, guess 2001 (no). 2005 Huet Vouvray Brut Petilliant. B+
Rogers Wine:Fairly dark rose, intenses, a bit heavy for me, but some others like. I guess California, told "I don't think so." But it is, the 2012 Bouchaine Rose of Syrah B-
My wine: Lighter, more elegant, crisp and refreshing, red fruits, mineral, hint of herbs. No one guesses CA (not usually what I bring), I then challenge on grape, saying it's unusual. Dave, least geeky in group, jokingly says "Touriga Nacional" as I hosted a Portugese tasting, he's right! 2012 Arnot-Roberts rose. A-/B+
Dave's wine - light (almost to point of insubstantial), mild red fruits, I get Provence.
2012 Castel del Maures rose(cotes de Provence) B-
Alex's wine: candied strawberry, moderate acids, a bit short but ok. 2012 Anne Pichon Montagne Gris B-
Marc's wine: Finally, a still white. I get white Burg immediately, then stop guessing as I realize (and Marc confirms) it was a joint buy. Full-bodied, moderate acids, chalk, green apple. 2007 Domaine and Selection (Clotilde Davenne) "Blanchots" Chablis Grand Cru. B+/B
As there is still steak on the table and the night has cooled, Roger brings out a red, the 2005 Castelgreve Brunello di Montalcino. This wasn't blind, if it had been I'd have guessed 20 years old, and not that good to start with. Pruney, black cherries, a touch of VA, short. Cooked or just bad? This bottle a C
So Saturday was high school graduation, and Betsy's niece Rebecca was valedictorian. Betsy and Cal (Rebecca's dad) have been coaching Beethoven op. 127 all week in Hamilton NY, but made it back in time for ceremony/speeches. Afterwards a crowd of relatives ate at Pio Pio in Manhattan. Great Peruvian chicken but a dismal wine list. I took a chance on a glass of Dante Robino Torrontes (vintage unknown), and wished I had stuck to seltzer. Chemical and dead flower aromas, a touch of VA, clipped. C/C-
Heat and humdity rolled in Sunday. I went to a graduation party, nice crowd, the house was steaming but there was a light breeze outside in the shade. Mostly seltzer for me, but I tried 2 whites that were thankfully cold and light
Casal Garcia Vinho Verde - hint of spritz, lemony, nothing complicated but perfect to to drink in the heat. B-
2010 La Ferla Inzolia - light, slightly grassy, reminds of a lighter NZ SB, simple but ok in the heat. B-/C+
I had brought a magnum from Rebecca's birthyear, 1995 Ca Roma "Rapet" Barolo. Stood up for a few days, brought over that AM and left in cool spot. Uh oh, slightly depressed cork. And when I toch with Ah So down it goes. But we decant and end up with a perfectly nice mature Barolo. Still a bit of tannin, redder fruits, tar, and a little vanillin. Good acidic balance, not the longest finish,but pleasant.B+/B
Sunday night I grilled salmon, with beans and rice on side, wine was the 2012 Vissoux/Chermette "Cuvee Traditionelle" Beaujolais. Full and ripe for this bottling, pretty raspberry and cherry fruit, earth, tangy acids. Need more. B+
No wine on Meatless Monday as I made a trip into city to bring some cold beverages and clean clothing on a hot night.
Grade disclaimer: I'm a very easy grader, basically A is an excellent wine, B a good wine, C mediocre. Anything below C means I wouldn't drink at a party where it was only choice. Furthermore, I offer no promises of objectivity, accuracy, and certainly not of consistency.


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Align a stack of photos
There are occasions where it is necessary to align a set of otherwise identical pictures:
- Aligning red, green and blue channels to correct chromatic aberration.
- Aligning photos taken over a period of time to create a time-lapse movie.
- Aligning bracketed shots to create a single HDR or contrast blended image.
- Aligning photos taken at different focus distances to merge into a single extended Depth of Field image.
Panorama tools is particularly useful for this process since it allows sub-pixel alignment and has a sophisticated lens correction model for applying distortion - Even photos taken years apart with different cameras can be aligned perfectly.
Most tools for HDR generation such as photomatix have some level of automatic alignment, so this may be sufficient for most purposes. Otherwise the hdrprep perl script automates the process described below:
Aligning with hugin
- Start up a new hugin project for each series and load the images. Set the Field of View, lens parameters and projection type, ie. if your lens is a fisheye, set this for both the input and output projection.
- Create a few hundred control points between each pair of consecutive photos with the g key in the control point tab.
- Fine tune all points and delete any with a correlation less than 90% (ie. enter -0.9 in select by distance and delete).
- Optimise positions and delete any control points with an error greater than 0.2 pixels, reoptimise.
- Adjust the field-of view in the stitching tab to something slightly smaller than the input size so there are no transparent edges.
- Stitch to multiple TIFF format.


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8:00 pm
Kevin Kirk and Onomatopoeia: In Concert This one-hour concert documentary features performances from a January 2009 concert in Boise and interviews with the Idaho musicians who create jazz that is eclectic, high-energy, "practically unboxable." Members and alumni of the Treasure Valley Youth Symphony add a symphonic sound to the Idaho Public Television production.G
9:00 pm
The Cliburn: 50 Years of Gold This program follows the 50-year history of one of the world's most prestigious music competitions - the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth, Texas. The retrospective filmed with dynamic piano performances and stories of competitors, includes historic footage and interviews with Van Cliburn himself.G
10:00 pm
The Artist Toolbox "Tom Skerritt" Join the handsome Emmy Award-winning actor Tom Skerritt in his Seattle home and walk with him and The Artist Toolbox host John Jacobsen to Tom's daily stop at his favorite Seattle coffee house. Skerritt has been a presence in American film and television for over half a century, starting his career with Robert Redford and Robert Altman. Audiences have come to recognize Skerritt as 'that rugged outdoors type' in everything from his lead roles in such iconic films as "MASH," "Top Gun," "Steel Magnolias" and "Alien," as well as TV classics like "Picket Fences" and "Cheers" to the popular series of "Guess?" ads in which he was featured. D
10:30 pm
Sun Studio Sessions "Delta Blues Experience, Part Two" Delta Blues Experience Part 2: In this episode, Delta blues musicians; including Bobby Rush, James "Super Chikan" Johnson and Cedric Burnside perform blues classics and originals while sharing stories about their songs, the stories behind them and the historical importance of blues music. D
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Austin City Limits "Esperanza Spalding" The jazz/soul singer/bassist performs selections from her album Radio Music Society.G


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Barack Obama has had an unusual presidency, winning election twice with a majority of the vote, yet frequently saddled with a job approval rating below 50 percent. In fact, only during his "honeymoon" period in 2009 and around his reelection in 2012 has a majority of the population approved of his performance for more than mere days at a time.
So, midway through his sixth year in office and with fewer and fewer opportunities to realize his goals for the presidency, does Obama stand a chance of getting his numbers back above 50 percent? An upswing would surely help struggling Democratic congressional candidates in elections this fall, not to mention that it could give a boost to Obama's policy initiatives in Congress and might even add a bit of gloss to his presidential legacy. And he has signaled he intends to "go down to the wire fighting," as political adviser David Plouffe recently told Politico.
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History, though, says don't bet on a revival. The norm since World War II is for presidents to score their highest job approval ratings in their first term, then slump dramatically in their second. From Harry Truman immediately after World War II to George W. Bush in the opening years of the 21st century, this has been the trend in the Gallup poll, the long-running chronicler of presidential job approval ratings: In numerical terms, the 11 presidents from Truman to Bush II entered office with an average job approval rating of 65 percent and left with an average of 48 percent.
If Obama wants a model of how to finish strong, it's Bill Clinton. After a choppy first term that saw Democrats lose control of both houses of Congress in 1994, Clinton rebounded strongly to post approval scores well above 50 percent throughout much of his second term. A prosperous economy helped. So, it appeared, did Republican overreach in pushing for his impeachment as an outgrowth of the Monica Lewinsky affair.
Who knows—the economy could take off again, boosting Obama along with it. The Republicans could overreach on some matter of major import. Or a sudden "rally around the president" event, such as (God forbid) a major terrorist attack, could propel the president's approval rating dramatically upward.
This would be an exception to the way a presidency usually plays out. But would it be in the realm of possibility? Quite definitely.
Harry S. Truman (1945-53)
Although history rates him as one of the nation's greater presidents, Truman was not widely known when he assumed the presidency upon the sudden death of Franklin D. Roosevelt in April 1945, and he never fully escaped the impression of being "the little man in the White House." He enjoyed a "honeymoon" period through 1945, which encompassed the end of World War II. But his approval scores began to plummet shortly thereafter, as the nation struggled to switch from a war-time to a peacetime footing and to respond to Soviet advances in Europe. Truman enjoyed an upswing or two in the polls, most notably after his fabled come-from-behind victory in the 1948 presidential election. But he slumped again as a frustrating war in Korea, begun in 1950, dragged on. In late 1951 and early 1952, his presidential approval score bottomed out at 23 percent, the lowest ever recorded by Gallup.
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-61)
Ike enjoyed high approval ratings for much of his presidency, often above 70 percent, due in large part to the respect that he had earned as leader of Allied forces in Europe during World War II—which, combined with a winning smile and an avuncular manner, conveyed a sense of steadiness. It was a quality badly needed at the time. With the Cold War at its height, there was an ongoing fear of nuclear war with the Soviet Union, and efforts to end desegregation in the South began to roil domestic politics significantly. Eisenhower's approval rating slumped a bit in his second term as the nation experienced an economic downturn. But he left the White House in 1961 with his job approval in the vicinity of 60 percent, as the economy improved a tad toward the end of his presidency.
John F. Kennedy (1961-63)
If Eisenhower represented the past, Kennedy represented the future. The combination of his youth, along with his vigor, wit and inspirational rhetoric, made him a popular figure throughout much of his brief presidency. Kennedy's approval rating stayed above 70 percent for almost his first year-and-a-half in office, even with a foreign policy debacle at Cuba's Bay of Pigs in the opening months of his administration. Kennedy's approval numbers declined a bit in the summer of 1962, only to rebound with his deft handling of the Cuban missile crisis that October. Across the course of 1963, however, approval for Kennedy began to decline again without a corrective. By the time of his assassination that November in Dallas, his job approval had fallen below 60 percent for the first time.


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Daniel Anaya, a former New Mexico shoe salesman who's previously been accused of biting off part of his now ex-girlfriend's toe (SHUDDER), is back at it. Santa Fe police say Anaya recently tried to use a cigar cutter to cut off the big toe of the same woman he terrorized with his teeth. DUDE.
The ex already had a restraining order against him because of two previous toe-biting incidents, but that didn't stop Anaya from heading to her home and attacking her. Thankfully, the woman was able to fight him off with a metal fork and escape with all ten digits.
Anaya's been arrested, so you can uncurl your toes now.
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