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September 17, 2013
Contact: Lawrence Ragonese (609) 292-2994
Lawrence Hajna (609) 984-1795
Bob Considine (609) 984-1795
(13/P92) TRENTON – In order to control a disease that has affected a section of the Pequest Trout Hatchery in Warren County, the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife is euthanizing a small portion of its trout population and taking other steps to protect the overall integrity of the facility.
Furunculosis, a fatal disease affecting cold water species of fish such as trout, was discovered recently in the lowermost portion of the concrete raceway system used to raise trout.
"We are taking all precautions to contain this disease," Division of Fish and Wildlife Director David Chanda said. "This will have minimal impacts on the availability of fish to be distributed throughout the state as part of our fall stocking season.
"We have thoroughly tested other fish in the facility and have ample supplies of two-year-old trout to distribute for the fall trout stocking season. Unfortunately, however, we will not be able to stock any of the super-sized three-year-old trout, and no brown trout will be distributed," Chanda said.
The disease, caused by a bacterium known as Aeromonas salmonicida,was discovered earlier this month in the hatchery's E line, along the lower end of the concrete raceway system used to raise trout for stocking of New Jersey's waterways.
The E1 pool holds about 2,500 brown trout, which are all being euthanized. As a precaution, the hatchery is also euthanizing all trout in the pools/raceway system downstream of the affected pool.
In all, about 25,000 fish will be euthanized, a small portion of the more than 600,000 trout the hatchery raises every year. The fish are being euthanized with an anesthetic drug known as tricaine mesylate or carbon dioxide.
The Division of Fish and Wildlife believes the disease was transferred to the hatchery by ospreys and herons. These birds, feeding on infected fish in the wild, may have spread the bacteria through contact when feeding on fish in the affected pool at the hatchery.
The disease is not transmissible to people but it is never advisable to eat any diseased-looking fish or animal. Signs of furunculosis include darkening of the skin of affected fish as well as large boils and lesions.
The hatchery carries sufficient surplus of trout and anticipates only minimal impacts to its successful fall, winter and spring stocking programs. Approximately 20,000 two-year old brook, brown and rainbow trout will still be distributed in the upcoming fall program, as well as 5,000 rainbows this winter.
These fish reside in a separate area of the hatchery and have tested negative for the disease. The hatchery also has 570,000 unaffected trout to be distributed in the spring of 2014.
However, larger three-year-old trout resided in the impacted section of the hatchery and must be euthanized. They will not be available for stocking.
To avoid future problems, the affected area of the hatchery will be drained and disinfected, Equipment will also be disinfected.
The hatchery already uses an elaborate system to deter birds, including air cannon, electrified fencing, and cables strung out over the pools. But the birds have figured out a way to enter the pool area by swooping in horizontally, thus evading the cables. The hatchery is now investigating using a full covering system.
Located in Oxford, the Pequest Trout Hatchery utilizes state-of-the-art techniques and procedures to produce some 300,000 pounds of trout each year for stocking in nearly 200 ponds, streams and lakes throughout New Jersey. Artesian wells in the Pequest Valley provide a constant flow of cold water necessary for the rearing of trout.
For more information on the Pequest Trout Hatchery, visit: http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/pequest.htm
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Check out the Ministry for Culture and Heritage's audio guide to Te Pōhue in the Video tab.
Remote Te Pōhue, on the Napier–Taupō highway, was once on a Māori track cutting across the tribal boundaries of Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāti Tūwharetoa – two tribes that were in conflict for a period, then made peace. Around 1870 a coach road was cut through the dense forest, and a hotel was built at Te Pōhue for travellers.
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Dark Horse has released their solicits for June 2010
On sale July 7
Limited to 950 numbered pieces
Packaged in its own tin box, with a pin-back button and a character booklet
Welcome to what promises to be a yearlong celebration of Charles Schulz's masterpiece, Peanuts! Peanuts premiered on October 2, 1950, in eight newspapers. As we all know, it grew to become probably the most popular comic strip ever.
In an unprecedented move, United Media is letting us go back to the original look of the characters from 1950, which was considerably different than today's look, and sculpt statues in a special sixtieth anniversary limited-edition series of the five main characters. Sculpted by Yoe! Studio. Snoopy is a rare opportunity to secure a genuine collector's item.
ABE SAPIEN: THE ABYSSAL PLAIN #1 (of 2)
Mike Mignola (W), John Arcudi (W), Peter Snejbjerg (A/Cover), Bjarne Hansen (C), and Dave Johnson (Cover)
On sale June 30
FC, 32 pages
On one of his first B.P.R.D. operations, agent Abe Sapien leads a naval crew to a sunken Soviet U-boat to retrieve an ancient relic. What he uncovers is a paranormal crime scene, with a tanker full of dead men and secrets that should've remained buried in the deep.
Written by Mike Mignola and John Arcudi, and featuring the chilling artwork of Peter Snejbjerg (B.P.R.D.: War on Frogs), The Abyssal Plain explores another early Abe solo adventure, in the spirit of Abe Sapien: The Drowning and Abe Sapien: The Haunted Boy.
• Peter Snejbjerg (Books of Magic, Preacher, Starman) takes on his second B.P.R.D. comic!
• Cover by Dave Johnson (100 Bullets).
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ALIENS VS. PREDATOR: THREE WORLD WAR #5 (of 6)
Randy Stradley (W), Rick Leonardi (P), Mark Pennington (I), Wes Dzioba (C), and Raymond Swanland (Cover)
On sale June 30
FC, 40 pages
Whoever said "War is Hell" didn't know the half of it. The Colonial Marines and their Predator allies look to take the fight to the enemy Predators and the Alien horde they control—but the daunting numbers of the bug swarm may be more than human and hunter can overcome. Their last hope may lie in the synthetic hands of the android David Sereda, who discovers the enemy's bug hatchery and a secret that may stem the deadly Alien tide—if he can survive long enough to tell the tale!
Featuring the creative dream team of original AvP writer Randy Stradley, superstar penciller Rick Leonardi, inker Mark Pennington, colorist Wes Dzioba, and stunning cover artist Raymond Swanland, Aliens vs. Predator: Three World War ties together story threads introduced in the 1989 AvP series and new Aliens and Predator storylines, setting the stage for the most epic AvP brawl ever imagined.
"Highly recommended for all sci-fi fans!" —Hypergeek.com
Kentaro Miura (W/A)
On sale Aug 25
B&w, 240 pages
TPB, 5 1/8" x 7 1/4"
Faced with the Kushan emperor's horrific new form, and the bloody swath of destruction and spawning demons he leaves in his wake with every step, the soldiers in Griffith's new Band of the Hawk must assume their true unholy forms to battle the emperor, revealing their true faces to the citizens of Midland. How will these tormented refugees react when they discover that their would-be rescuers are as monstrous as their enemies? And could this titanic confrontation threaten to unleash even greater horrors upon the human world?
• Like a sledge striking anvil, Berserk hammers the sensibilities of readers worldwide, pounding out a steady stream of epic action, gruesome horror, and dark humor that places Berserk among the most respected—and feared—manga series ever published.
• Over 500,000 copies of Dark Horse Berserk volumes in print!
• Currently Berserk is one of the biggest selling anime tie-ins.
"Captures the primal fear of the dark with forms that are chilling when masked in darkness and horrifying when revealed." —Ain't It Cool News
On sale Aug 18
13" tall
Limited, numbered edition
It is no secret that Dark Horse has been having a longtime love affair with pinup icon Bettie Page. She's been a big part of our lives, and we are happy to share her with you.
If there is anyone for whom Bettie Page was an equally important figure, it might be the late comics and glamour-art great Dave Stevens. Dave's depiction of Bettie spearheaded the revival of interest in Bettie Page.
For this new piece we sculpt one of Dave's best pieces of Bettie art into a statue.
Sculpted by Kent Melton, a longtime friend and collaborator of Dave Stevens.
On sale Aug 18
Buffy Art Mug
Buffy, Willow, and Xander Mug
Buffy and the gang are back. This time they make an appearance on two sure-to-be-coveted eleven-ounce mugs. Both mugs feature classic Season 8 Buffy-comic cover art. You, too, can be a supernatural sleuth, or just drink coffee like one!
BUZZARD #1 (of 3)
Eric Powell (W/A/Cover), Kyle Hotz (A), Richard Corben (Cover), and Dave Stewart (C)
On sale June 9
FC, 40 pages
The mysterious man known as Buzzard is lost, wondering what manner of creature he is, following his brutal showdown with the loathsome Zombie Priest in Eric Powell's celebrated Goon Year.
Buzzard leaves home, wandering into the shadowy spirit realm of the forest. A dark path leads to a village living in fear of a bestial race of savages. More animal than man, these creatures hunt the villagers and drag them from their slumber in the depth of night.
As a bonus, readers will delight in the new Billy the Kid's Old Timey Oddities short stories, which revive 2005 series that paired Eric Powell with artist Kyle Hotz and leads up to the three-issue series launch in September 2010.
• Eric Powell, multiple Eisner Award-winning creator of The Goon, gives one of his most mysterious characters, Buzzard, his own highly anticipated four-issue miniseries.
Dave McKean (W/A)
On sale Aug 25
FC & b&w, 496 pages
TPB, 8 1/2" x 10 3/16"
Dave McKean's Cages is finally back in print!
Best known for his collaborations with Neil Gaiman, McKean defied expectations with his stunning debut as writer and artist in Cages, winner of multiple awards for Best Graphic Album.
Filled with complex characters, intriguing flights of fancy, and all the beautiful visuals you'd expect from the director of MirrorMask, Cages is McKean's magnum opus. It chronicles the intersecting lives of a painter, a writer, and a musician living in the same apartment building, and is a profound rumination on art, God, cats, and the cages we build for ourselves.
Out of print for years, Cages is finally available in an affordable new softcover edition, remastered and newly redesigned, with a brand-new cover by McKean.
• Almost five hundred pages in an affordable softcover!
• Features painstakingly rescanned and remastered art.
• "One of the most important works of comic art in the last decade."
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On sale Aug 18
Limited to 950 numbered pieces
Packaged in a full-color, litho-printed tin box, with a character booklet and a vintage-style pin-back button
One of our best-received Syroco-style statuette series ever has been of the characters from Carl Barks's Uncle Scrooge stories.
We are going forward with a new series, based on specific cover images by Barks, and our second statue is inspired by one of the most famous stories, "Lost in the Andes," which originally appeared in Four Color Comics #223, published in April 1949. This is one of the best-loved stories in the entire Ducks canon.
The Uncle Scrooge series depicts the characters as they were originally presented in the comics. Sculpted by Yoe! Studio.
Timothy Truman (W), Tomás Giorello (P), José Villarrubia (C), and Tomás Giorello (Cover)
On sale June 23
FC, 40 pages
Eluding their torments from Turan, Conan and Olivia seek to hide out on a small island in the Vilayet Sea, but they soon find themselves stalked by an unseen terror in the jungles and threatened by a group of pirates belonging to the Red Brotherhood. A centuries-old curse also haunts the island and threatens the lives of everyone on it! After surviving the massacre at Ilbars Stream and spending the ensuing weeks on the run, Conan still finds himself using his wits and survival knowledge to endure hardship and dangers. Olivia, the lovely former princess of Ophir, was rescued from slavery by Conan last issue—and she may be in a position to return the favor sooner than she'd like!
Tim Truman, Tomás Giorello, and José Villarrubia's adaptation of Robert E. Howard's "Iron Shadows in the Moon" continues in this action-filled second chapter.
• Iron Shadows in the Moon adaptation part 2 (of 4)
"…writer Tim Truman is a perfect choice to adapt the oeuvre of Robert E. Howards into comics form." —Comics Buyer's Guide
Various (W/A)
On sale June 23
b&w, 48 pages
Fandom's favorite fright fiend Uncle Creepy is back with another insanity-inducing issue of his hit new Creepy comics!
From the darkest corners of the human heart, and from the most demented pockets of the human mind, here comes another smorgasbord of screams to get you through the night. This issue features the second chapter of the most vile revisionist take on World War II imaginable, as writer Dan Braun and Craig Haffner team up with artist Dennis Calero on the mind-bending conclusion of "X-Change." Plus, an all-new Loathsome Lore featuring the fantastically freakish art of The Goon's Eric Powell, as well as brand-new work from Michael Wm. Kaluta, Bill Morrison, the amazing Angelo Torres, and more!
"New Creepy is terrifyingly good!" —Cory Doctorow, boingboing.net
On sale Aug 18
7" on base
Numbered, limited edition, certificate of authenticity
Dexter Morgan, Miami Metro Police Department blood-spatter analyst, has a double life. When he's not helping the homicide division solve murders, he spends his time hunting and killing bad guys who slip through the justice system.
In bringing the character, brilliantly portrayed by Michael C. Hall, into a sculpture, we wanted to capture both "sides" of everyone's favorite serial killer. With Dexter in his signature henley-style shirt, in front he is examining a blood-spatter slide, but danger lurks hidden behind his back.
The likeness is spot on, and we couldn't be more excited to make what we feel is the ultimate Dexter collectible.
Sculpted by Gentle Giant Studios.
Dark Horse Deluxe captures the world's most notorious serial killer!
Various (W/A)
On sale Aug 18
b&w, 248 pages
HC, 8 3/8" x 10 7/8"
Eerie Archives Volume 5 collects five issues of the seminal American horror magazine Eerie into one big, beastly hardcover collection. In the 1960s, publisher Jim Warren blew the competition out of the water and blew the minds of his readers with his magazine-sized horror comics Creepy and Eerie. Dark Horse's lovingly reproduced archives showcase the excellent storytelling and exceptional artwork featured in these magazines by amazing creators like Archie Goodwin, Frank Frazetta, Ken Kelly, and Steve Ditko. Don't miss this creepy, crawly keystone for any horror or comics aficionado's library.
• Both the Creepy and Eerie archive series have made numerous appearances on the New York Times Top 10 list of graphic novels.
• Featuring a cover by Frank Frazetta!
• Art by industry favorites Reed Crandall, Steve Ditko, and Ken Kelly!
Paul Norris (A), Jack Lehti (A), Frank Thorne (A), and others
On sale Aug 25
FC, 312 pages
HC, 6 5/8" x 10 3/16"
Flash Gordon's classic era in comic books returns in a new archival collection from Dark Horse! Join the handsome and fearless Flash, his clever and capable companion Dale Arden, and eccentric scientist Dr. Zarkov as they face peril and danger in the wild landscapes of the planet Mongo and go head to head with the villainous despot Ming the Merciless! This archival collection, reprinting seven complete comics originally published from 1947 through 1953, makes a fine addition to any comics library. Ray guns, spaceships, and Silver Age storytelling— it's all here and it's all action!
• Flash Gordon Comic Book Archives Volume 1 collects the earliest issues of Flash's adventures in a handsome, hardcover format.
• The debut of a new title in Dark Horse's acclaimed archival reprint series!
Mark Evanier (W) and Sergio Aragonés (A)
On sale Aug 4
FC, 120 pages
TPB, 6 5/8" x 10"
You probably think Groo the Wanderer is the most destructive force in his world. Not so! Even at his most inept, Groo cannot destroy a village faster than the hogs of Horder. Theirs is an evil species that has existed forever and that spreads death and annihilation to this day. They control your mind, they control your body, and worst of all, they control your money. So what happens when Groo comes nose to nose with them? Find out in this latest Groo adventure!
• Collects the four-issue miniseries.
• The prior Groo miniseries, Hell on Earth, was nominated for the 2009 Best Limited Series Eisner Award!
Larz Bourne (W), Izzy Klein (W), Warren Kremer (A), Dave Tendlar (A), Martin Taras (A), and others
On sale Aug 11
FC, 200 pages
TPB, 6" x 9"
Look out, it's Hot Stuff! Following on the heels of the fabulously successful five-volume Harvey Comics Classics, Dark Horse is proud to present this new series of books, each containing two hundred pages of stunning, full-color reprints from the golden years of Harvey Comics! Hot Stuff, the irascible little devil with a heart of gold, joins his friends Stumbo the Giant and Herman and Katnip in some of the best-loved classic kid comics of all time! Harvey Comics, one of the most successful of the children's comics publishers, created a veritable who's who of comic stars, such as Hot Stuff, Casper, and Richie Rich, plus many more.
• Two hundred pages of stunning full-color reprints for under fifteen dollars!
HELLCYON #3 (of 4)
Lucas Marangon (W/A)
On sale June 9
FC, 32 pages
After a nine-month journey through Hellcyon's wild and mysterious landscapes, the five teenage fugitives have forged strong bonds of friendship and learned to work as a unit to avoid the wrath of St. John's death squad. However, as their journey comes to an end, the kids will make a macabre discovery and find themselves caught between the enemy and Hellcyon's insurgent forces!
Roy Thomas (W), John Buscema (A), and Ernie Chan (A)
On sale Aug 25
FC, 192 pages
TPB, 6 5/8" x 10 3/16"
Conan is king! Join Conan, king of Aquilonia, his queen Zenobia, and their son Conn in this comics adaptation of L. Sprague de Camp, Lin Carter, and Björn Nyberg's stories "The Witch of the Mists," "Black Sphinx of Nebthu," "Red Moon of Zembabwei," "Shadows in the Skull," and "The Ring of Rakhamon"!
• Written by master comics scribe Roy Thomas and illustrated by the unparalleled John Buscema, King Conan collects issues #1 through #5 of the early '80s series originally published by Marvel Comics.
• King Conan is based on a series of five short stories by Robert E. Howard, originally published in Weird Tales.
John Stanley (W/A) and Irving Tripp (A)
On sale Aug 25
FC, 200 pages
TPB, 6" x 9"
There's hilarity on every page as Tubby swoons over brand-new character Fifi (a little girl with a French accent and a missing piggybank), Iggy teaches Annie's doll to fly, Alvin makes a new friend, the fellers misunderstand tea parties, a sandcastle contest determines who gets a kiss from Gloria, and Lulu accidentally makes a farce of Father's Day. These stories and more prove time and again that Little Lulu is the funniest funny book of all!
• The Space Dolly collects Marge's Little Lulu #118 through #123 in all their original full-color glory, making Lulu even more fun than ever!
Otto Binder (W), Frank Thorne (A), and Jack Sparling (A)
On sale Aug 25
FC, 200 pages
HC, 7" x 10"
In a radioactive, nuclear-ravaged future, Samson is born into a tribe of peaceful yet desperate people struggling to survive in the desolate city of N'Yark. Surrounded by hungry, wild creatures—creatively mutated and brought to life by Thorne and subsequent artists—and the more savage, selfish remnants of humanity, life is precarious at best for the tribe until Samson displays amazing powers. Discovering that young Samson is a mutant himself, his mother trains Samson to value life, and on her deathbed Samson vows "to protect the weak from the powerful, the good from the evil!"
• This volume reprints the first seven comic books from the original 1960s Mighty Samson series, with playful and imaginative artwork by Frank Thorne seen in the first five issues!
Yahtzee Croshaw (W)
On sale Aug 18
350 pages
Novel, 4" x 7"
In a world full to bursting with would-be heroes, Jim couldn't be less interested in saving the day. His fireballs fizzle. He's awfully grumpy. Plus, he's been dead for about sixty years. When a renegade necromancer wrenches him from eternal slumber and into a world gone terribly, bizarrely wrong, all Jim wants is to find a way to die properly, once and for all.
On his side, he's got a few shambling corpses, an inept thief, and a powerful death wish. But he's up against tough odds: angry mobs of adventurers, a body falling apart at the seams—and a team of programmers racing a deadline to hammer out the last few bugs in their AI.
• Mogworld is the debut novel from video-game icon Yahtzee Croshaw (Zero Punctuation)!
• Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw's video review site, Zero Punctuation, receives over 2,500,000 unique hits a month, and has been licensed by G4 Television.
• Yahtzee's blog receives about 150,000 hits per day.
"The first legitimate breakout hit from the gaming community in recent memory."
—Boing Boing
Ming Ming (W/A)
On sale Aug 11
b&w, 192 pages
TPB, 5 1/8" x 7 1/4"
Dark Horse is proud to present the second manga series in its Neon Genesis Evangelion line, Neon Genesis Evangelion: Campus Apocalypse!
Shinji Ikari's parents are gone, and he lives with his legal guardian, Ryoji Kaji, while attending the private NERV Academy. But no one ever told Shinji about its secrets . . . or that he'd find his fellow students Kaworu, Rei, and Asuka out on the streets late at night—fighting with sword, spear, and whip against an enemy that looks very human, but who Kaworu insists are beings called the Angels . . .
• Campus Apocalypse is straight from the pages of the stylish shojo magazine Monthly Asuka, home of Code Geass and Trinity Blood!
• Features bonus color pages, your Evangelion fan art and letters, and special reader giveaways!
• Neon Genesis Evangelion is another popular anime related tie-in from Dark Horse!
Kosuke Fujishima (W/A)
On sale Aug 25
b&w, 160 pages
TPB, 5" x 7"
Ever since a cosmic phone call led five literal young goddesses—Belldandy, Urd, Skuld, and, like occasional vowels, Peorth and Lind—to live in college student Keiichi's residence, his personal life has been turned upside down, sideways, and sometimes even into strange dimensions!
Things go spectacularly wrong (as expected) when Urd's and Skuld's rival schemes to help Megumi through a bad memory end up not only making her forget who she is, but making Keiichi and the goddesses forget who they are! Plus your fan art and letters, and more commentary by Kosuke Fujishima on the early days of the Oh My Goddess! series!
• Winner of the 2009 Kodansha Award for Best General Manga.
• Oh My Goddess! is the longest-running manga series in America!
PREDATORS #1 (of 4)
Marc Andreyko (W), David Lapham (W), Guilherme Balbi (P), Gabriel Guzman (P), José Verissimo (I), Mariano Taibo (I), Garry Henderson (C), Michael Atiyeh (C), and Paul Lee (Cover)
On sale June 9
FC, 32 pages
A team of Navy Seals is in the midst of a firefight when it suddenly goes dark. They awake to find themselves in a new and more deadly environment, stalked by a strange enemy. One by one these special-ops officers are killed by an unseen threat, until only one man remains. All alone in a strange world, he must do what he knows best—survive against all odds.
Robert Rodriguez teams with Dark Horse for an action-packed weekly prequel to his forthcoming Predators film!
Just in time for the film release coming July 2010!
PREDATORS #2 (of 4)
Marc Andreyko (W), David Lapham (W), Guilherme Balbi (P), Gabriel Guzman (P), José Verissimo (I), Mariano Taibo (I), Garry Henderson (C), Michael Atiyeh (C), and Paul Lee (Cover)
On sale June 16
FC, 32 pages
The lone Navy Seal finds himself in an uneasy alliance when he discovers another survivor on the planet—but he also learns that here humans are prey, transplanted from Earth to this alien jungle, to be hunted for sport.
Marc Andreyko (Manhunter) makes his Dark Horse debut!
See it in a Dark Horse comic first!
PREDATORS #3 (of 4)
Marc Andreyko (W), David Lapham (W), Guilherme Balbi (P), Gabriel Guzman (P), José Verissimo (I), Mariano Taibo (I), Garry Henderson (C), Michael Atiyeh (C), and Paul Lee (Cover)
On sale June 23
FC, 32 pages
The human alliance strains under the threat of the vicious Predators, an elaborate system of traps, and the impossibility of escape, until the men are locked in their own game of cat and mouse against each other.
David Lapham writes backups featuring Adrien Brody's cold-blooded killer from the film!
PREDATORS #4 (of 4)
Marc Andreyko (W), David Lapham (W), Guilherme Balbi (P), Gabriel Guzman (P), José Verissimo (I), Mariano Taibo (I), Garry Henderson (C), Michael Atiyeh (C), and Paul Lee (Cover)
On sale June 30
FC, 32 pages
Traps are set off and new Predators enter the fray in the blood-drenched conclusion: the set-up for Robert Rodriguez's reboot of the Predator film series!
Next month the story continues in the official movie adaptation written by Paul Tobin (Spider-Man and the Secret Wars), and the film's sequel, written by David Lapham!
On sale Aug 18
Buck Rogers Ray Gun T-shirt
Men's M- XL $21.99
Men's XXL $22.99
Women's S- XL $24.99
Buck Rogers Vintage T-shirt
Men's M- XL $21.99
Men's XXL $22.99
Women's S- XL $24.99
Buck Rogers Logo T-shirt
Men's M- XL $21.99
Men's XXL $22.99
Women's S- XL $24.99
Buck Rogers Wilma T-shirt
Women's S- XL $24.99
Dark Horse is proud to introduce a stunning line of officially licensed Buck Rogers accessories, produced by our friends at Retro-a-go-go for the modern space traveler! We bring you four stylish Buck Rogers T-shirts, in both men's and women's sizes, to be worn by distinguished and brave fashion explorers!
Patton Oswalt (W), Patric Reynolds (A), Dave Stewart (C), Frank Stockton (Cover), and Jo Chen (Cover)
On sale June 2
FC, 40 pages
Acclaimed writer/actor/comedian Patton Oswalt (The Goon, Batman, JLA, Dollhouse, Ratatouille) brings back one of Firefly's most beloved characters in this special spotlight issue!
Always ready with a brilliant aerial maneuver and a terrible one-liner, Wash was pilot of the Firefly-class ship Serenity in Joss Whedon's cult-classic TV series before being killed in the movie. Float Out includes three brand-new stories of Wash in a series of exciting smuggling raids, each providing a hair-raising escape or daring last-minute rescue! Featuring a cameo that will leave Serenity fans reeling, this special one-shot presents new tales of the Serenity universe's past and tantalizing hints about its future!
Acclaimed writer/actor/comedian Patton Oswalt pens Serenity!
Tom Taylor (W), Brain Koschak (P), Dan Parsons (I), Michael Wiggam (C), and Sean McNally (Cover)
On sale Aug 11
FC, 80 pages
TPB, 5 1/4" x 7 1/2"
Darth Vader is on a mission for the Emperor!
When the Rebellion's hit-and-run attacks on Imperial cargo ships become too audacious to be ignored, Darth Vader is sent in to find the Rebel base and destroy it. But the base, hidden in the center of a constantly shifting asteroid field, cannot be attacked directly.
To reach his target, Vader will have to team up with a recently captured smuggler named Zika—and dealing with an unwilling, wisecracking partner may be more of a trial for the Dark Lord than the actual mission!
STAR WARS: INVASION—RESCUES #2 (of 6)
Tom Taylor (W), Colin Wilson (A), Wes Dzioba (C), and Jo Chen (Cover)
On sale June 30
FC, 40 pages
New and vital knowledge sends Finn Galfridian with Jacen and Jaina Solo on a mission to the planet of Artorias. Though Finn does not know if his father, Caled, lives, if there is any chance, he must be warned of new dangers. It's a hot and dangerous ride to Artorias, and the occupying Yuuzhan Vong are ready with a toothsome, ravaging welcome . . .
Meanwhile, Kaye and Nina, board their newly acquired Vong ship, embark on their own mission. It's one they can't refuse: rescuing captives held on a dead planet. There is no telling what peril will meet the rescue party . . .
STAR WARS: LEGACY #49—EXTREMES part 2 (of 3)
John Ostrander (W), Jan Duursema (P), Dan Parsons (I), Brad Anderson (C), and Chris Warner (Cover)
On sale June 30
FC, 40 pages
The Sith Empire's strike against the Hutt temple on Napdu brings a new ally into the war against the Sith, lending strength to Cade Skywalker's vendetta.
On Korriban, Princess Sia Fel, a prisoner of the Sith, learns a shocking secret about the man she loves.
And, emboldened by their success against the Mon Calamari and the Hutts, the Sith plan an attack against Admiral Gar Stazi and the Galactic Alliance.
There's no stopping the galaxy's descent into all-out war. The end is near!
Janet Evanovich (W), Alex Evanovich (W), Joëlle Jones (A), Benjamin Dewey (A), Andy Owens (I), and Dan Jackson (C)
On sale July 20
FC, 112 pages
HC, 6" x 9"
Alex Barnaby and Sam Hooker are back together and fighting crime the only way they know how—by leaving a trail of chaos, panic, and disorder. Alex, an auto mechanic and spotter for racecar driver Sam Hooker, is drawn to trouble like a giant palmetto bug to a day-old taco. Unfortunately, she's also drawn to Hooker in the same fashion. There's no steering clear of trouble or Hooker when Felicia calls for help. Rosa has gone missing, and in order to find her Barnaby and Hooker will have to go deep into the underbelly of Miami and southern Florida, surviving petro voodoo, explosions, gift-wrapped body parts, a deadly swamp chase, and Hooker's mom.
• Janet Evanovich, author of Finger Lickin' Fifteen, continues her New York Times best-selling Barnaby series with her very first graphic novel!
• Written by Janet and Alex Evanovich, and illustrated by Joëlle Jones (Dr. Horrible)!
• Janet Evanovich has been a #1 New York Times bestseller fourteen times, and her novels have sold over 90 million copies.
• Watch for her signing at the Dark Horse booth at the San Diego Comic-Con.
The first graphic novel from author Janet Evanovich!
Stan Sakai (W/A)
On sale June 30
b&w, 24 pages
Kato, the master swordsman from "A Town Called Hell!" returns!
Cheated out of the two hundred gold coins he was promised for staying out of a gang war, Kato has been hunting for Usagi for weeks, believing the "treacherous, long-eared ronin" to have stolen the money from him. However, a gang of cutthroats is after Kato, thinking he already has the fortune. All three meet high in the mountains at Blood Tree Pass.
Stan Sakai (W/A)
On sale Aug 25
b&w, 200 pages
TPB, 6" x 9"
In this volume, Usagi teams with his friend Gen, a rhino bounty hunter, and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to protect an aging sensei from an evil ninja clan. His travels also take him to a remote village under threat from deadly assassins, where only Usagi stands between their merciless blades and a community's destruction.
• This edition of Usagi Yojimbo: Shades of Death features completely remastered artwork and new story notes, highlighting Stan Sakai's exhaustive research into the world of feudal Japan! Features an introduction by acclaimed artist William Stout.
Now back in print!
Stan Sakai (W/A)
On sale Aug 25
b&w, 216 pages
TPB, 6" x 9"
A samurai's sword is more than his weapon—it is his soul. As such, he must prove himself worthy of possessing a daisho, a matched pair of swords.
In his years as a warrior, fighting injustice and honing his spiritual and martial skills, Miyamoto Usagi has more than earned his swords. After braving many a battle and surviving tremendous bloodshed, Usagi continues his warrior pilgrimage. This volume finds him the reluctant participant in a duel for blood money, and, later, enraged at the theft of his swords, Usagi pledges a new oath—to track the leader of a roving band of brigands and retrieve his daisho.
• Usagi Yojimbo: Daisho 2nd edition is newly rescanned from Stan Sakai's original art and features new story notes! Includes an introduction by James Robinson.
Now back in print!
Stan Sakai (W/A)
On sale Aug 25
b&w, 216 pages
TPB, 6" x 9"
While journeying over mountains, into valleys, through towns and farmlands, and along rugged coasts, searching for harmony, Usagi faces a unique cast of characters: a village of seaweed farmers, an innocent noodle peddler, a demon-possessed woman, a relentless clan of bat ninja, an assassins' guild, a mysterious medicine peddler, and Inazuma, a secretive female samurai. More than once Usagi finds himself in great danger—but it's all in a day's work when you walk the thin line on the brink of life and death.
• Usagi Yojimbo: The Brink of Life and Death 2nd edition features completely remastered art and a look inside Stan Sakai's research and influences with new story notes! Includes an introduction by writer Kurt Busiek.
Now back in print!
Hideyuki Kikuchi (W) and Yoshitaka Amano (A)
On sale Aug 4
b&w, 256 pages
Novel, 5 1/8" x 7 1/4"
Vampire Hunter D takes on his greatest challenge yet! The ruthless vampire Noble General Gaskell commands the loyalty of some of the most infamous and deadly vampires in history, and Gaskell has no patience for D's interference, heroic or not! With the odds stacked against him, D must prevail—or perish.
• Dark Horse Books and Digital Manga Publishing are proud to continue presenting the classic novels and stories in the Vampire Hunter D series for the first time to English- speaking fans everywhere!
• Features seven gorgeous black-and-white line illustrations by Yoshitaka Amano as well as a color tip-in illustration.
Arvid Nelson (W), Matt Camp (A), and Dave Stewart (C)
On sale Aug 4
FC, 160 pages
TPB, 7" x 10"
The creator of Rex Mundi presents his vision of a shattered alternate future, as brutal gangs struggle for supremacy in a New York City ravaged by nuclear war and catastrophic flooding. All that remains of the once-mighty city are skeletal, irradiated skyscrapers, inhabited by thugs who abide by their own twisted rules. While crime lords vie for power and the amoral paramilitary forces of JOCOM torment survivors of the devastation, one skilled outcast—the mysterious Zero—uses his strength and wits to stay a step ahead of everyone. Working for anyone while pledging allegiance to none, Zero is a bounty hunter who hunts the dregs of a ruined society, saving some innocents in the process.
• Collects the six-issue miniseries.
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UTC(s): Texas A&M
Publication Date: March, 2013
The 2012 Urban Mobility Report from the Texas A&M Transportation Institute with sponsorship from the Southwest Region University Transportation Center (SWUTC) includes two new ways to describe the effects of traffic congestion problems. Unpredictable travel time is given its own measure in the new report, and the environmental effects are addressed with an estimate of the carbon dioxide emitted in congested conditions. The usual measures of extra travel time and fuel consumed and the costs of those elements are also included in the dataset for 101 urban areas from 1982 to 2011.
Top 10 List for Freeway Planning Time Index
Urban Area
Freeway Planning Time Index
Annual Hours of Delay per Auto Commuter
Annual Congestion Cost per auto Commuter ($)
Washington DC-VA-MD
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana CA
New York-Newark NY-NJ-CT
Bridgeport-Stamford CT-NY
Provo-Orem UT
Austin TX
Portland OR-WA
Boston MA-NH-RI
Denver-Aurora CO
San Juan PR
Congestion and Planning Time Index
The eroding reliability of travel conditions nationwide is illustrated by the PTI, which estimates the amount of time needed for a timely arrival when driving in rush hour traffic. With an estimated 19 successes for every 20 attempts, the PTI should prove invaluable for meeting time critical schedules, such as airline departures, just-in-time shipments, medical appointments, or social commitments. For instance, if the PTI for a particular trip is 3.00, a traveler would allow 60 minutes for a trip that typically takes 20 minutes when traffic is flowing freely.
PTIs on freeways vary widely across the Nation, from 1.31 (about 9 extra minutes for a trip that takes 30 minutes in light traffic) in Pensacola, Florida, to 5.72 (almost 3 hours for that same half‐hour trip) in Washington, D.C.
"We all understand that trips take longer in rush hour, but for really important appointments, we have to allow increasingly more time to ensure an on‐time arrival," says Bill Eisele, a SWUTC researcher and report co‐author. "As bad as traffic jams are, it's even more frustrating that you can't depend on traffic jams being consistent from day‐to‐day. This unreliable travel is costly for commuters and truck drivers moving goods."
Congestion and Air Quality
In addition to PTI, the 2012 UMR also debuts an estimate of the additional carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions attributed to traffic congestion: 56 billion pounds – about 380 pounds per auto commuter. The analysis of CO2 was made possible by a collaborative partnership between SWUTC and the National Center for Freight and Infrastructure Research and Education (CFIRE).
Congestion in the USA
Traffic congestion in U.S. cities has remained relatively stable in recent years—a phenomenon directly attributable to a slow economy. But as the economy strengthens, the trend towards ever increasing congestion is expected to resume, underscoring the link between traffic and the economy, according to the UMR. Rankings of the Nation's most congested cities vary slightly from year to year, and many of this year's (2012 report using 2011 data) top 10 are repeat performers. Washington, D.C. tops the list, followed by Los Angeles, San Francisco‐Oakland, New York‐Newark, and Boston. The remaining five include Houston, Atlanta, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Seattle. The UMR provides a detailed illustration of traffic problems in a total of 498 U.S. urban areas.
National Congestion Totals:
5.5 billion extra hours of travel time
$121 billion in total delay and fuel costs (or $818 per U.S. commuter)
$27 billion in truck freight moving costs (value of delayed shipments is not included in this amount)
Fuel wasted in congested traffic reached a total of 2.9 billion gallons – enough to fill the New Orleans Superdome four times. That's the same as 2010, but short of the 3.2 billion gallons wasted in 2005. The Travel Time Index (the difference in time required for a rush hour commute compared to the same trip in noncongested conditions) remained steady at 1.18, still short of the 1.23 level in 2005.
"The methods and measures developed and used in the Urban Mobility Report have been successfully implemented for policy making and prioritizing congestion‐mitigating projects," says report co‐author and researcher Tim Lomax. "In light of the recent signing of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP‐21) Act, there is greater importance on using such measures to prioritize transportation improvement spending to get the highest investment return for the public."
Highlights from the research illustrate the effects of the Nation's traffic problems:
The amount of delay endured by the average commuter was 38 hours, up from 16 hours in 1982.
"Rush hour" is 6 hours of not rushing anywhere.
Congestion is becoming a bigger problem outside of "rush hour," with about 40 percent of the delay occurring in the mid-day and overnight hours, creating an increasingly serious problem for businesses that rely on efficient production and deliveries.
Researchers say that the most effective way to address traffic congestion varies from one urban area to another, but that in all cases, a multifaceted approach should be used, relying on more efficient traffic management and public transportation in addition to new construction. Travel options such as flexible work hours and telecommuting should also be part of the mix.
The UMR is acknowledged as one of the most authoritative sources of information about traffic congestion in the United States and its possible solutions. The report is widely quoted in the media and in legislative and policy discussions through the U.S. Within the first week of the 2012 report release on February 5th, coverage totaled 264 TV broadcast clips (6,736,726 audience circulation), 1,366 print/online/radio articles (25,200,400 audience circulation) and 800,000 additional Facebook users and Twitter followers.
About This Project
This research is led by Tim Lomax, Ph.D., P.E., Senior Research Engineer and Regents Fellow with co-authors David Schrank, Ph.D., Associate Research Scientist and Bill Eisele, Ph.D., P.E., Senior Research Engineer at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute. The Texas A&M Transportation Institute is an agency of The Texas A&M University System. The report is the third prepared in partnership with INRIX, a leading private‐sector provider of travel time information for both commuters and shippers. A copy of the full report, along with data tables and other supporting materials, can be found at: http://mobility.tamu.edu/ (link is external)


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Here's how it works.
American Express customers first need to sync their credit cards to their Twitter accounts. They can then tweet specific hashtags to buy American Express gift cards and products from Amazon, Urban Zen, and Xbox 360. AmericanExpress will reply via Twitter with a confirmation hashtag, and ask the user to confirm the purchase in a tweet.
Twitter, which has mostly relied on advertising for revenue, could now potentially have a new source of revenue. But neither Twitter nor American Express are willing to discuss the financial terms of the partnership, Shira Ovide of The Wall Street Journal reports.
"We're convinced that commerce is going to be one of the areas (for which) advertisers are going to start using our platform," Twitter's VP of Global Brand Strategy Joel Lunenfeld, told WSJ.
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Snorkelling Port Douglas… Sailaway owner/operator Steve Edmondson's relentless commitment for environmental sustainability and eco tourism caught the attention of journalists at one of Australia's leading travel magazines; Travelling in Australia.Read the Article
Tag Archives: climate action
Protectors of the Reef: GBRMPA
Reef Management
Sailing Great Barrier Reef… The Great Barrier Marine Park Authority's GOAL is to provide for the long-term protection, ecologically sustainable use, understanding and enjoyment of the Great Barrier Reef through the care and development of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
We all need to help
The marine tourism industry, recreational users, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) and other government agencies all have a role to play in keeping the Reef 'GREAT'. The GBRMPA in conjunction with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA – historically referred to as the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service) have developed management tools and processes to provide a range of tourism and other opportunities throughout the Marine Park, and to minimise the impacts of tourism activities on the marine environment so the diversity, integrity and productivity of the Reef is maintained.
Keeping everyone informed
Consultation on tourism management issues are undertaken at all levels including operators, sector associations and through the peak marine tourism body the Association of Marine Park Tourism Operators.
The GBRMPA works closely with community groups, recreational users, Local Marine Advisory Committees (LMACs), and Tourism and Recreation Reef Advisory Committees (TRRAC) on key issues related to tourism and recreation in the Marine Park.
Working with the tourism industry and stakeholders, GBRMPA educates Marine Park visitors by promoting appreciation through interpretation and best practice information.VISIT GBRMPA WEBSITE
Go Green & Save the Turtles
Go Green! Save the Turtles bag artwork created by Low Island caretaker, Jenni Fox and sponsored by Sailaway to increase awareness of environmental best practices and assist funding of other educational materials i.e. information leaflets and interpretive centre on island near lighthouse. These medium sized durable, reusable bags are made of strong beautiful natural calico material and bags printed with "Save the turtles" artwork with Sailaway logo and message, proudly supporting Low Isles and turtle sustainability. Go Green – Go Sailaway!
Available only at the Sailaway Reef & Island Tours Marina base $7.50, plan to pick up one when checking in for boarding passes 30 mins prior to departure and perfect to use on Low Island and back home.
Sailaway to Eco Shamba Tree Farm Port Douglas
ECO SHAMBA Tree Farm Port Douglas was established in August 2009 as an environmental initiative.
The location of suitable, high productive land was searched for. The investment and long term commitment was established on 27 Hectares (68 acres) of land, ex cane paddocks close to Port Douglas, adjacent to World Heritage Rainforest and boarding Crees Creek.More about Eco Shamba Tree Farm
Environmental Responsibility is our business
Great Barrier Reef Tours… Sailaway visits the unspoilt Low Isles where the first coral research was undertaken back in 1928. The lagoon is home to a large number of turtles that have little fear of snorkellers, as they know it's a safe area.
The protection of surrounding waters has changed the resident turtles' behaviour and now close-up, passive encounters occur daily. We gain great satisfaction from witnessing an increasing level of guest appreciation of the value of the reef and encourage this through first-hand encounters and education. We've also invested in a new Lagoon 500 luxury catamaran, which was chosen because it has the highest-quality equipment and meets the desired standard of our environmental values.
Eco Tourism Accredited
Firstly, the Low Isles are really close at just 8.5 nautical miles off the Queensland coast, allowing visitors maximum time there. Second, the Low Isles have a unique history and are a natural iconic landmark. This highly protected and unspoilt environment has recently achieved carbon-neutral status. This is done thanks to investment in a reworked solar-power system, battery banks and use of BioDiesel.
Sailaway employs qualified marine biologists and makes daily records that are sent back to GBRMPA to help with a program called "Eye on the Reef". Our tourism experience has credibility; accurate interpretation from the crew is imperative to guest interaction. This expertise helps us pass on a better level of knowledge to guests who may be experiencing the underwater environment for the first time, and even for those who consider themselves to be knowledgeable already.
As an owner/operator, I'm in a privileged position to be innovative and proactive when it comes to climate change action. Being green and smart is a successful path for the future as before legislation requires it, we can initiate bigger changes in thinking if we are prepared to absorb increased investment and risk. We're proud to be one of the first operators to install waste water treatment onboard, and have switched to recycled Bio Diesel and low emission outboards. It's vitally important to preserve our natural assets for future generations and encourage more environmental ambassadors. The goal is for around 2million visitors to the GBR annually to take up their own climate change action and reduce their individual impacts.
We have plans to continue with carbon offsetting and will do this through the revegetation of an ex-cane paddock and neighbouring World Heritage Rainforest, which we recently purchased. I hope that the continual development of carbon trading and offset schemes will create incentives for more businesses to think and act green.
I believe that allowing renewable forestation and carbon offsetting is the smart way forward as the environment can be a sound investment and benefit the future security of our children.
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I decided I'd let that one go and not delete the comment but a few days later I received a very similar post from a different website (again, I'll withhold the address). This second site didn't contain any overly intrusive advertising other than Google's AdWords. The site was once again nothing but a collection of excerpts to other blogs.
I Googled "wordpress site reposts" trying to find any reporting on this practice. My first item in the search results was for a plug-in called "rePost". Ah, so now I'm starting to understand. Don't get me wrong, I don't blame any author or plug-in, especially rePost. What I began to realize is that with user-friendly publishing tools like WordPress and its plug-in system it is now incredibly easy to set up a website that exists solely for the purpose of leveraging bloggers content to slap blatant affiliate network advertising in front of the viewer.
I've never understood what the logic is in this. These websites must work or they wouldn't exist but who really cares to surf on over to a website that contains no original material and whose only intent is to reap the money skimmed from affiliate advertising networks and dubious subscription services? The money made can't be that great nor can the traffic be that substantial.
This kind of comment spam is another way that spammers are getting around spam tools. These comments also devalue original content by implying through use of the trackback that some kind of positive relationship exists between the blogger with valuable original content and the site containing affiliate advertising or lame subscription services. I've now marked the comments from those sites as spam and removed them from the article. I hope the other authors linked from these spam sites have done the same.
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That happened to you only once? Lucky you! I remembered playing with words and creating an entry about completely new term (where I wondered what could it mean). When I first checked on Google, there where no results. Some hours after posting my entry I found a spam site reposting it and being listed as the first and only result for my term search :/


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|System: Wii U, PS3, Xbox 360
|Dev: Ubisoft
|Pub: Ubisoft
|Release: TBA
|Players: 1-4 + Puppet Master
|Screen Resolution: 480p-1080p
by Angelo M. D'Argenio
The age of trolling has arrived! Gone are our silly notions of family friendly gameplay and mutual respect between players, replaced instead with opportunities to force our friends to make complete fools out of themselves in front of everyone in the room. The Wii U is leading the charge in this army of grief, and no game shows off the Wii U's troll capabilities better than Just Dance 4 from Ubisoft. This game takes the already embarrassing Just Dance formula and kicks it up to the next level by including more player interaction. What Nintendo calls asymmetrical gameplay, I call a golden opportunity to make my friends hate me.
So here's the deal: Just like every other Just Dance game, Just Dance 4 allows any number of people to hold onto a Wiimote and strut their stuff in front of the screen. However, the big difference this time around is the master of ceremonies, i.e. the puppet master, i.e. the jerk who is holding the Wii U gamepad and choosing not to dance. This guy gets to essentially choreograph your entire dance routine. He is given a selection of dance moves every couple bars of music, and selects one by tapping it. Then, everyone else in the room has to perform it at his whim. Similarly, there are points in the song where this "puppet master" gets to choose poses for the dancers to hold for a very long, rather uncomfortable time.
Obviously, someone like me with a GamePad in hand would attempt to craft the most fun dance experience for all involved and… No, I'm just kidding. I trolled the heck out of my dance group.
My first selection criterion was how embarrassingly sexual the dance moves were. If I could get the random E3 attendees to pelvic thrust the air, I jumped all over it. Given a lack of overt sexual embarrassment, I would routinely choose the dance step that was the most physically painful to perform. I would similarly choose poses that would cause people to stand awkwardly on one foot, or any similar pose that would cause an incredible amount of muscle fatigue. I was crafting the dance from hell, and it was too much fun.
And that's not all. If crafting the demon's dance doesn't give you your kicks, the integrated social media aspects certainly will. According to the booth rep, the GamePad player will be able to snap photos of the dancers with the Wii U Game Pad's camera and share these pictures on social media sites like Facebook, or on the Wii U's own connected social sphere, Miiverse. The puppet master can also apparently write messages on the touchpad to send to the television as well. I'm not entirely sure what troll purpose this can serve yet, but I'll figure it out.
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Location – The heart of Grand Teton National Park. Jenny Lake Lodge is the closest property in Grand Teton National Park to the Town of Jackson, Teton Village, and iconic areas like Jenny Lake and String Lake. As well as the closest 4 Diamond property to Yellowstone. At Jenny Lake Lodge you will walk under massive wood timbers in the Lodge then gaze and awe at the majesty of the Grand Teton from the front porch.
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To address students' need for three-dimensional visualization in chemistry at Brown, University President Ruth Simmons authorized $50,000 of Atlantic Philanthropies funding to develop a new piece of educational technology targeted at this goal. This resulted in Professor Matthew Zimmt's Chemistry 35 course this spring being equipped with ChemPad, a Tablet PC application shown above. ChemPad assists students learning to visualize molecules from standard two-dimensional drawings as a digital substitute for physical ball-and-stick modelling kits. Students can build the same structures they would with the modelling kit and see the same 3D features of the molecules. However, students using ChemPad can construct these models much quicker than with a physical model and receive interactive feedback about their 3D intuitions which would otherwise be unavailable without a TA or a professor available. By using the visualization assistance ChemPad offers to solve a 3D thinking task, students develop the skills to reach correct intuitions without assistance.
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Despite the hardest winter in the UK for the last 30 years, and the heavy snow-falls of the last few days in Scotland, there are signs from space that spring is finally on its way.
Data from Envisat's Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) are being used to generate daily maps that show exactly how plants are responding to the coming season, marking a significant improvement for 'phenology'.
Phenology is the study of how the life-cycles of plants are closely tuned to seasonal change.
By recording when certain species appear and disappear, the emergence of buds or when leaves fall from trees, it is possible to monitor the changes in cycles of certain species. These changes can also be used as possible indicators of climate change.
The new maps form part of an ESA-funded service that was developed by Infoterra Ltd in partnership with Southampton University in England, and the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA).
The service uses data from MERIS to generate a series of daily maps showing the intensity of the chlorophyll green pigment in plants.
Animated versions of these maps are published on the 'Nature's Calendar' website, run by the UK's Woodland Trust, providing an easy way to monitor vegetation change across the British Isles. The maps complement the field observations made by the Trust's 40 000 volunteers.
Phenology has gone from an interest of enthusiastic naturalists to a crucial source of evidence for scientists and policy-makers showing how wildlife is responding to the signs of climate change.
With the advent of the systematic imaging of full spectral- and spatial-resolution data from MERIS, it has become possible to monitor vegetation change for complete countries with at a resolution of 300 m every 2–3 days.
Kate Lewthaite from the Woodland Trust said, "Satellite-derived, animated vegetation maps showing the progress of spring 'greening' will be an invaluable source of extra information on the Nature's Calendar website, alongside our existing mapping. This will act as a motivational tool to our recorders, present phenological information in a new way, and help them to understand the principles of the advance of spring."
The maps generated from MERIS data involve distributed computer processing to derive products such as Leaf Area Index (LAI), MERIS Terrestrial Chlorophyll Index (MTCI) and fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fAPAR).
LAI and fAPAR are recognised by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Global Climate Observing System as 'Essential Climate Variables'.
This phenology service is also used for natural resource management and conservation, agriculture, recreation and tourism and for the benefit of human health for warnings on plant allergens.
The project will also supply products to the UK's Forestry Research Centre for Forestry and Climate Change to support research into seasonal 'senescence' – how vegetation changes over time. In the future, this service will benefit from the data of ESA's new Sentinel-3 satellite, now being designed and built as part of the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security initiative.
This activity is sponsored through the ESA Value-Adding Element (VAE) of the Earth Observation Envelope programme. VAE aims at strengthening the capabilities of small, specialised companies in Europe and Canada to provide information services based mainly on Earth observation data.


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Marion has a shortage of family-size homes — that is the word coming from people who pay attention to the housing market in town.
Lori Heerey of Heerey Real Estate said the homes that sell best in town are three-bedroom, two-bathroom homes in the $70,000 to $100,000 range. Those homes seldom stay on the market for long unless they are priced too high.
There are precious few houses with four or more bedrooms in town, though, Heerey said, leaving large families in a lurch.
"It's tough to get a four-bedroom home in a price that family needs it in," Heerey said.
Todd Heitschmidt of Central National Bank said that there are enough two-bedroom houses on the market, but those are too small for anything more than a family of three, and even that is a squeeze.
Heerey doesn't know whether construction of new homes would be a good answer to the shortage of family-size houses.
"If we could answer that question, we could make a lot of money," she said.
The main issue with new construction is price, she said. There isn't much demand for houses costing $130,000 or more, but keeping new construction prices below that usually means sacrificing size or amenities that families might not be willing to give up.
Heitschmidt said one of his reasons for supporting development of duplexes for senior citizens is that it could allow older couples or widows to move out of larger houses, making those available for families with children.
Heerey agreed that a considerable number of family homes are occupied by singles or couples whose children are grown. She said she is in favor of the construction, but she didn't think construction of duplexes would be a cure-all for the shortage.
"It might be a solution," Heerey said. "There are those out there who have no desire to leave their homes."
Another contributing factor, Heerey said, is that there are a few homes that have been empty for years but not put on the market because the owners haven't found time to get them ready.
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Following up on yesterday's post, a couple more thoughts on the legitimacy (or lack thereof) of Wilt Chamberlain's 100 point scoring night.
At least the Knicks made Wilt earn his 100
I ran ten simulated games on Whatifsports between the 1962 Knicks and the 1962 Warriors and the average effective scoring for the Knicks was (-7.9) points and for the Warriors it was (+3.5). The highest effective scoring totals I could achieve for each team was (+6.5) for the Knicks and (+27.0) for the Warriors. On Wilt's Big Night, the Warriors were (+28) and the Knicks were (+9). So its theoretically possible that each team simply had an unusually hot night on that particular night. However, it would have been unlikely without some defensive laxity. In the 10 game simulation run, I produced only one positive scoring night for the Knicks and five for the Warriors. I produced no games where both teams had positive scoring nights.
Something else weighing somewhat in Chamberlain's favor is the breakdown of his scoring. First of all, the Knicks were making Chamberlain earn his hundred from the foul line. On a normal night in the 1962 season, Chamberlain would have shot 26 free throws on 63 field goal attempts. On this night the Knicks made him shoot 32, of which he made 28. Moreover, Chamberlain must have fouled out the Knicks best defensive center, Darrell Imhoff, so he presumably was going against their second stringer, Cleveland Buckner, for most of the game. And while Chamberlain's teammates were clearly force feeding him in the second half (I have no problem with that), the Knicks were just as clearly playing some semblance of defense on Chamberlain, as Chamberlain went 22 for 37 from the field in the second half. Yeah, that's not great defense, but its not dunk after dunk.
Curiously Huge Scoring Night for a Knick named Cleveland Buckner
Here's where I have a problem. It appears the Warriors were giving up points on the offensive end to get more opportunities for Wilt on the offensive end. In my mind, that's "queering the pitch" as the British would say.
Here's my evidence that everything wasn't on the up-and-up. The three backups for the Knicks (Buckner, Dave Budd, and Donnie Butcher) combined to make 25 of 40 shots from the field (62.5%). That's 48% better than the 1961-62 NBA average. If the 29-51 Knicks had that kind of scoring talent on their bench, they shouldn't have been 29-51!! Indeed, on a normal night in 1962, with the same shot mix from the same players, the three should have hit only 40.0%. That's a large increase in average, suggesting lack of contested shots by the Warriors (or possibly by Chamberlain himself) in the second half of the game, possibly for the purpose of getting the ball back faster to get shot attempts for Wilt (I'm assuming the second half is when most of the reserve minutes happened). It's sort of like deliberately letting the computer score in Tecmo Bowl in order to see how many rushing yards you could get for Randall Cunningham.
The box score contains even more evidence of potentially soft defense by Philadelphia. Far fewer than average free throw attempts by the Knick reserves. Why is that evidence of soft defense? On one occasion one of my basketball coaches came in to the locker room at halftime and he simply stared at the score book. When he finally raised his head, he looked directly at me and screamed, "Ty!! Do you know how many fouls you have?!" I was completely dumbfounded at the question and I replied timidly, "I don't know… I think zero". I really didn't understand what he was getting at. He pounced on that answer, "Yeah, that's right… you aint playin no defense!!"
If my ex-coach's somewhat suspect logic is accepted as presumptive evidence of soft defensive effort (I still to this day won't accept it as conclusive proof of lack of effort, but I will accept it as presumptive proof. In other words, once established, then the burden would have shifted to me to rebut — in which case I would have cited my counterpart's lack of inside shooting as explanation for my lack of fouling), then the Warriors "weren't playin no defense" on two of the aforementioned 3 reserve Knicks: C Cleveland Buckner, and F Dave Budd (both inside players — pointing again to Chamberlain as the culprit).
Buckner, a reserve forward-center who didn't even last one more full season in the NBA, and who shot just 43.7% from the field for his career, somehow went 16-for-26 against Wilt Chamberlain, and, since he was a big man with a low field goal percentage, one can assume that most of his shots on Wilt's 100 point night were close-in shots. If that is the case, and if you wanted to argue against the point that the Warriors were "laying down" on defense in the second half, then how would you explain the fact that in 26 field goal attempts, Buckner shot only 1 free throw!! If he were going to the line at his normal rate, he would have shot 10 free throws.
And then there's the case of reserve Dave Budd. Budd was a also a 43% field goal shooter who took about 0.4 free throws for every field goal attempt. Yet on Wilt's night he shot 75% from the field (6-8) and took only one free throw attempt for his 8 field goal attempts. So, combined, you have 34 field goal attempts, 2 free throw attempts, and 22 made field goals from a piss poor team's two reserve front court players, where on a normal night you would have expected 34 field goal attempts to produce 14 makes and 14 trips to the free throw line. So, either these guys both got peculiarly hot at the same time on the same night, or we someone or "ones" was letting them get to the basket in order to get Wilt more shot attempts.
So, all in all, here's is what I'm going to conclude about Wilt's 100 point night:
1. The Warriors force fed Wilt the ball in the second half to get him to 100 (which is fine);
2. The Knicks made him earn the 100 by putting him on the line; but,
3. The Warriors, and possibly Wilt himself, laid down on defense to get more scoring opps for Wilt in the second half, which in my mind taints the result.
Footnote: While I could not find Cleveland Buckner's college statistics, its interesting to find that he is 74 and he has a Facebook page. Which is more proof that Donnie Deutsch was right to predict that some hipper social media site will soon displace Facebook.


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How do you change the trial download into a permanently licensed product after you have installed the evaluation version of an IBM Rational Software Development Platform desktop product, such as Rational Software Architect?
Trial version of Rational software products can be converted to the permanent licensed products by applying/enabling the permanent license key over a evaluation key.
Follow the instructions below to install the activation kit or to enable floating license keys. The product activation kits contain the permanent license key for converting a trial Rational product.
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To import an activation kit and enable the new license key
- Start IBM Installation Manager.
- On the main page, click Manage Licenses.
- On the Install Packages page, select a package and click Import product enablement kit.
- Click Next.
Details for the selected package are displayed, including the current license kind and the version range to which the license applies.
- Browse to the path of the download location for the kit, then select the appropriate Java archive (JAR) file and click Open.
- Click Next. The Summary page displays the target install directory for the activation kit, the product the new license applies to, and version information.
- Click Finish.
To enable floating license keys
- Start IBM Installation Manager.
- On the main page, click Manage Licenses.
- On the Install Packages page, select a version of a package, click Configure license servers, and click Next.
- On the License Servers page, select the Enable Rational Common Licensing check box.
- Configure one or more license server connections.
- Click the Add button.
- In the Add Server window, in the Name field, type the host name of the license server.
- (Optional) In the Port field, type a value for environments where a firewall is used. Do not assign a value to this port unless your administrator instructs you to do so.
- Click OK.
- If your system administrator has given you the host names of additional license servers, repeat the steps to add each server.
For a redundant license server configuration (in which three servers are used), type each host name in this format: hostname1, hostname2, hostname3.
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- Click Next.
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Right on the heels of the Lohan family's brush with foreclosure, a former KISS rocker is the latest celebrity in mortgage trouble.
Ace Frehley (nee Paul), who played guitar for KISS throughout the 70s and rejoined the band on tour in the late 90s, is on the hook for $735,000 worth of missed mortgage payments on his Yorktown, N.Y. home, the The Journal News reports.
The news surfaced after his lender filed a foreclosure claim on Feb. 15.
And the mortgage issue is just the beginning.
Frehley has neglected nearly two years' worth of unpaid property taxes, according to the Journal News. That includes a "2011 lien of $5,131.61 for town and county taxes, as well as $13,425.94 for unpaid 2012 county, school and town taxes."
If Frehley can't come up with the cash, chances are the bank (or the county) will wind up selling the home at auction. And from what little information we have on his case, we're willing to bet that's exactly what Frehley wants.
Frehley reportedly stopped paying on the home two years ago, just a few years after he took over the title on the 3-acre, 2,441 sq. ft. pad back in 2006. Many underwater homeowners -- those who owe more on their homes than they are actually worth -- choose to cut their losses, stop making mortgage payments and simply wait for their mortgage lender to foreclose.
In the meantime, they can start putting their resources into a smaller home or apartment they can afford.
The foreclosure process can take anywhere from under a year to more than two years to complete, so it makes sense we're only hearing of Frehley's foreclosure notice now.