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As the Avengers Movie rakes in billions of dollars breaking Box Office records set by Avatar worldwide, it seems a good time to review the dichotomy created in America by the dueling concepts of creativity and the need to acquire wealth.
The Avengers is a Marvel Comics, Marvel Entertainment product. And the word Product may be the most descriptive phrase applicable here. Unless you've been living on the moon, you already know that The Avengers were created in 1963 by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. But the tale of the Avengers existence is more complex and reflective of the struggle between artistry and capital than that simple fact.Marvel Comics began life as Timely Comics in the 1940s, evolving into Atlas in the 1950s before settling on the name Marvel in 1963. Their owner/publisher, Martin Goodman, had staked out his claim in the publishing world first with Pulp Magazines in the 1930s, then Comics in the forties with a sideline in Girly Magazines by the 1960s. Goodman had lived a hardscrabble life riding the rails during the Great Depression before chancing into the world of second rate, exploitative genre publishing. Stan Lee was a distant cousin by marriage to Goodman who went to work for Timely in 1941 at the age of seventeen and never left, rapidly moving up the ranks to Chief Editor and Writer. Jack Kirby was part of the seminal Golden Age of Comics creative team of Simon and Kirby. And therein lies the origin of the Avengers. Joe Simon, the senior partner in the team, created Captain America one fine day in 1940 bringing the sketch to Goodman. Work For Hire Until recent years all Comic Book Writes and Artists were employed as Work For Hire employees. That is, everything they created was owned by the company by this agreement. They were wage earners like you and I and everything they created was owned by their employer. It was and is a horribly exploitative arrangement that America Law has upheld time and again in the courts and will never overturn unless the unlikely event occurs of some form of Socialism suddenly taking root in what is essentially a highly Conservative country that legally, culturally and economically favors the Capital Class over the Working Class. We should note that writers and artists, with the exception of Stephen King and a few other Literary Lottery Winners, belong to the latter class of people, not the former. But Joe Simon had a head for business, though a shaky grasp of the details. He knew how the comics operated. Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster had sold Superman outright to what would become DC Comics in 1938, which was standard for the business in those days. In fact, E.C. Segar did not own Popeye, King Features did. Even Charles Shulz did not own Charlie Brown and Snoopy, they were and are also property of King Features Syndicate. But Siegel and Shuster had a sweet deal with DC, earning the equivalent in 2012 dollars of over a million dollars a year in royalties throughout the early 1940s before losing their stake in Supes due to an ill advised lawsuit in an attempt to regain ownership of the mild mannered reporter with the blue underwear. Bob Kane, creator of Batman, smartly retained a percentage of ownership of Bruce Wayne's alter ego. The True, Secret Origin Of Captain America Knowing he'd come up with a character with great commercial potential, Simon aimed to cut himself in on a piece of the action. On a handshake deal before turning Captain America over to Goodman, Simon was promised 25% of the character's merchandising. Jack Kirby, working from Simon's design sketch, breathed life into the character, drawing and co-writing the first ten issues of the comic with Simon. As Simon's partner, he was cut in for part of the profits. The Super Patriot, famously clad in the flag, was impossible for young boys to resist in 1941 and became an overnight hit selling millions of issues and rivaling Superman and Batman in short order.
| When Simon was surreptitiously informed by Goodman's bookkeeper a few months later that Goodman was allegedly cooking the books to cheat them of their 25%, rather than confronting their publisher, Simon and Kirby chose to jump ship to DC Comics where they became the second highest paid team in Comics next to Siegel and Shuster. Stan Lee took over the writing of Captain America. And although he became the most prolific Comics Writer of his era, during the next twenty years of his career Lee did not create one character of significance. During this same time Joe Simon and Jack Kirby created some major properties for DC including the Newsboy Legion and Boy Commandos, which sold millions during the early 1940s but disappeared without a trace once the Kid Gangs Comics genre died off. They next invented the Romance Comic before falling on hard times and splitting up in the late 1950s. During these years neither Simon nor Kirby created another costumed hero that caught the public's imagination.
Fast forward twenty years. Timely Comics had devolved into a second rate shop ready to close its doors when Jack Kirby returned to work for them in 1959. For the next two years Lee and Kirby churned out mostly forgettable monster epics in Goodman's small surviving line of comics. Meanwhile DC Comics had begun reviving their nearly moribund hero line. As the rebirth of DC's hero line took place, Editor-Writer Julius Schwartz came up with the idea to revive DC's old Justice Society of America, the first Superhero team from the 1940s which was created by Sheldon Mayer and Gardner Fox, updating it to become the Justice League of America teaming Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Green Lantern and Martian Manhunter. The legend goes that one day while golfing with DC's publisher Jack Liebowitz, Goodman was told of the JLA's success. He immediately ordered Stan Lee to put out a team hero comic book. That book became the Fantastic Four. Though the FF would evolve into one of the most unique comics of all time, it began life as a hodgepodge of derivative ideas Lee and Kirby had either used before or deftly lifted from other writers and artists. Lee revived Timely's Human Torch, reinvented from an android into a hip teenager, swiped Quality Comics' Plastic Man morphing him into Mister Fantastic and added the lump rock monster Thing and the Invisible Girl. The entire story came terribly close to being a cop of Simon and Kirby's Challengers of the Unknown which Kirby had taken to DC only a few years earlier. Who created the Fantastic Four – Stan Lee or Jack Kirby? Both. To what degree. Who knows. The truth is, you could as easily credit Martin Goodman because it was his IDEA to create a team book. As I once read, in Hollywood when somebody says, "Let's do a movie or TV Show about a team of guys fighting villains, the guy who voiced that simple idea, if he happens to be a producer, usually gets billing as the Creator of the show. The discussion of how the creative lines were drawn between Lee and Kirby are so murky as to be impossible to penetrate. But let's consider this. Lee had never created a superhero worth talking about in twenty years in the comic business. And the fact is, Kirby hadn't either. What, sacrilege you say? Captain America was Joe Simon's baby and even he was so derivative of Archie Comics' The Shield, they had to make changes to Caps' costume and shield after the first issue to avoid being sued. All of Simon and Kirby's other attempts at costumed heroes were either refurbishments of other people's work. The Sandman and Manhunter, or quickly forgotten, the Newsboy Legion's Guardian, Stuntman, Fighting America, (another Cap knockoff). You get the picture. Lee and Kirby were dynamite together, but except for a brief run at DC years later for Kirby, mediocre apart. So we shall lay to rest that Lee vs. Kirby argument by simply saying: Lee and Kirby, equal parts. Jack the dynamic original visualization, Stan the innovative dialog and humanizing of the characters in ways DC had never dreamed of. Now, back to our origin story. Martin Goodman, if nothing else, was always a shrewd businessman with an ability to capitalize on a trend. As the FF began to sell, Goodman told Lee to create more Super-Hero Comics.
How The Incredible Hulk Got His Green Mojo
Frankenstein's Monster with a Nuclear Age twist. When Doctor Bruce Banner is belted by Gamma Rays while trying to save an errant teenager who's wandered onto the testing grounds, he becomes a Jekyll and Hyde green monster. Brilliant! The book failed after seven issues but you couldn't keep ole' Greenskin down. After his comic was revived and became a hit, Hollywood turned him into a silly Fugitive style TV series in the seventies starring Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno as the respectively green and non-green Hulk. Two movies of middling success followed in the 2000s. But who can forget that memorable theme song from the sixties cartoon.
Tales Of Asgard – The Mighty Thor
To get the credits straight, although conceptualized by Lee and Kirby, the first script for Thor and many others, were written by Stan's brother, Larry Lieber. Jack Kirby had also toyed around with the idea of the Norse God Thor for some years, using him in an old Sandman strip at DC in the 1940s. Let's face it. Since Superman first donned his blue tights, there hasn't been much that wasn't a knock off of somebody or something else that had come before. Jack was very much into mythology as he showed later with the New Gods and the Eternals, so his input in rapidly moving Thor beyond a simple soap opera/Cold Warrior as Stan and Larry first wrote him into the cosmic god we all know and love, has to be credited in great part to Jack. The 2011 movie was directed with equal parts mirth and grim severity by the critically acclaimed Shakespearean Kenneth Branagh, but the result was mixed at best, though a hit at the Box Office. .
The Tin Man Gets A Heart – Iron Man
Jack Kirby's hand in creating Iron Man was limited to drawing the cover of the first comic. As to the design of the armor that he drew, who knows, Stan, Jack, maybe even Don Heck who drew the first comic and origin story. Larry Leiber again pitched in with the script with a story by Stan. But Iron Man's invention was certainly innovative. Like most of DC's heroes, Tony Stark was a multi-millionaire, but with a twist. Stark had a piece of shrapnel lodged near his heart who needed his armor chest plate to stay alive. Wild man, really wild. The comic was nearly cancelled in the early seventies and was always Marvel's stepchild, receiving second tier artists and writers for much of its run. But the character was definitely intriguing. A modern knight, literally in shining armor. The Wizard of Oz' Tin Man updated. Basically it was just cool to see bullets bounce off him. Hollywood's reformed bad boy Robert Downey Jr. easily made the role of playboy Tony Stark his own in two movies, effortlessly blending his own public persona into Stark's.
Ant-Man, The Wasp, Hawkeye And A Cast of Lots
Virtually every Marvel Hero has passed through the Avengers at some point in their career or the other, but Scientist Henry Pym, a.k.a. Ant-Man, Giant-Man, Goliath and Yellow Jacket and his girlfriend/wife Jan Pym, the Wasp, were significantly on board for those first adventures back in 1963. Other notables include the onetime Iron man villain Hawkeye, Thor's nemesis Hercules, former X-Men villains Quicksilver and his sister the Scarlet Witch, the android Vision, the first African-American superhero the Black Panther and others too numerous to mention. The Real Origin Of The Avengers So whose idea was this anyway? Martin Goodman's. Once Stan and Jack had created their pantheon of heroes, Goodman told Stan, "Now put them together in a book." Or words to that effect. Thus was born the Justice League of Marvel, err, something like that anyway. There is a tendency to vilify Martin Goodman because he didn't share any of the money he made from Stan and Jack's creations with Stan and Jack beyond their regular wages, but let's look at the facts. Goodman kept the doors open at Marvel in the late fifties and early sixties when he could have just as well closed up shop and stuck to his girly magazines, which were I'm sure more profitable. But the guy must have liked something about the comics beyond just the nickels and dimes or he wouldn't have persevered. He even tried to start another comics line, Atlas, in 1975 after he'd sold Marvel, a venture in which he lost a ton of money.g to give a couple of over the hill has beens and never was types like Stan Lee and Jack Kirby one more chance to make comics for nickels and dimes. And you never know, the magic just might happen again.
Even The Sistine Chapel Was A Work For Hire
So Goodman didn't share the profits. What is this already, a communist country? Yeah, it would have been nice if he had, but that's not how the business worked. DC didn't give anything away either and as we said before, even Charlie Brown didn't belong to Charles Shulz once it was published. Should Martin Goodman have shared the money? Yeah. But here's a good question. Simon and Kirby were in business as publishers for a while in the 1950s. Did they share any of their owner's profits with their stable of artists and writers? Is that a deafening silence I hear out there? In the late fifties Jack was drawing a syndicated comic strip, Sky Masters. He got into a nasty fight with Jack Schiff over royalties. Schiff, an editor at DC, had been involved in helping get Masters into syndication and felt he was entitled to a share in the profits. Jack fought him every step of way, refusing to hand over 5% of the strip, leading to a court battle which Schiff won and led to Kirby losing lucrative work at DC because of the acrimony. The strip ultimately failed, but within that episode, Jack showed himself to be as proprietary as Martin Goodman when he was in the driver's seat. And here's another fact. Outside of Stan Lee, by the late 1960s and through the 1970s, Jack Kirby was likely the highest paid person working in comics. From statements by Mike Thibodeaux in his book and a rough estimate of Kirby's page rate as has been hinted at here and there, Jack was probably making between $50,000 and $60,000 dollars a year, the equivalent in 2012 dollars of $250,000. Not bad. Certainly he worked hard for that money and had to buy his own insurance out of it, an issue Jack raised many times in later years. But health insurance was dirt cheap in those days compared to what it is now. At most Jack would have been paying two, maybe three thousand a year for insurance back then. No pension plan? Well, he had enough left over to invest in his own, which I'm sure he did. And Stan made a helluva lot more. Both of those guys made a lot more money than I ever will in my lifetime or my Dad, who worked like a dog all his life or my kids or grandkids are likely to. I don't begrudge them that. They earned it. They gave us an incredible gift. But let's put this stuff in perspective shall we? Should they both have made millions? Yeah. And Stan probably did. Jack made a good living, but should have earned more. But Stan was the promoter, the guy who ceaselessly hawked Marvel for 40 years, helping sell it to Hollywood and make it a household name. He was a master at it. Sorry kids, but there is more to this than just great artwork. Though it's hard to admit, we need salesman and business people to create something like Marvel as well as the guys who invent the heroes. If not for Stan's relentless salesmanship, there might not be an Avengers movie. And again, it was Goodman who paid the printers, engravers, distributors, drummed up advertising and put up the capital to fund Marvel when it wasn't worth a dime to anyone else. A good analogy, as we said at the top of this blurb, even the Sistine Chapel was a Work For Hire. It was commissioned by the Pope and when it was done, it was property of the Roman Catholic Church, not Michelangelo's. It was then and it continues to be a major draw for both True Believers (now there's a term Avengers' fans from the sixties will remember) and tourists, no doubt funding the Vatican in ad infinitum. By the reasoning of most of today's fanboys, Jack Kirby and Stan Lee should own all of Marvel's creations. Well, it would be nice, but that's not the way it works. Kirby's family recently sued Marvel in an attempt to gain control of the characters. The suit was thrown out before it ever came to trial, summary judgment. It was inevitable. Jack knew he was doing Work For Hire. He signed such agreements over and over again with both Marvel and DC. He stated during his lifetime that he understood that, but wanted only to be recognized for the work he had done, which he now is. Work For Hire is a Lousy Concept It does cheat creative people. It should be struck down. But it never will. We live in a nation whose motto is "In God We Trust", but in reality should be "In Capital We Trust". Because ultimately, the ones with the bank accounts win in the end. I'm not advocating overreaching socialism. But some middle ground would be nice. I also recognize that if the capital bearing class doesn't look to profit, they won't be as likely to invest, i.e. Goodman keeping the doors open at Marvel in 1959 so Jack had a place to come and work after he'd pissed everyone off at DC. The Epic Aftermath (To Coin A Stan Lee-esque Bombastic Title) These days the comics are almost dead. They serve only as a springboard for bloated, lame, CGI, 3D Hollywood epics such as the new Avengers movie. And the elite few who work in the comics do share in the royalties if they create something new, which is unlikely because the comics haven't produced much of significance since the halcyon days of Lee and Kirby. And you know what? I wish chiseling old Martin Goodman was still in business. Because if he was, he'd likely be willing to give a couple of over the hill has beens and never was types like Stan Lee and Jack Kirby one more chance to make comics for nickels and dimes. And you never know, the magic just might happen again.


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The D.C. Council is scheduled to take up an emergency measure Tuesday that would suspend enforcement of the District's new red top meter parking system for people with disabilities.
The new program requires that everyone, including people with disabilities, pay for meter parking. The District is installing meters with red tops that are reserved for vehicles displaying disability placards or plates. People parking at those meters can pay to park for double the time normally allowed in that area.
The District initially put out 400 of the red tops in the central business area and on streets near federal buildings in Southwest Washington.
People with disabilities objected. Their issue wasn't so much the payments as the limited supply of parking. Instead of being able to park anywhere for double the time normally allowed at meters, they were restricted to the red top locations.
They pointed out that a person traveling to a doctor's appointment or physical therapy might need more than two hours of street parking. The city's Department of Transportation announced two weeks ago that it would speed up the placement of red tops so that by April 17, parkers would find 1,500 of them across the city.
But D.C. Council Member Muriel Bowser is still concerned, as reported last week by Mike DeBonis. The measure she is sponsoring would prohibit the city from ticketing any parked vehicle that displays a valid disability permit as long as the vehicle abides by all posted "No Parking" signs, and so long as the person with the disability is in the vehicle when parking or pulling out of the space.
DDOT said that the new parking policy was designed to combat fraud. The old system allowing free parking and double time anywhere was being abused by cheaters. That denied revenue to the city and parking to people with disabilities.
But now, according to Bowser's Disabled Citizen Parking Fairness Emergency Act of 2012, "there is no guarantee that a red-top meter will be available or convenient for disabled drivers. The perverse result is that some disabled drivers will pay today for the same inaccessible parking space that, as of two weeks ago, was free of charge. Also, many disabled residents have expressed confusion with regard to the new rules. The red-top program, albeit well-intentioned, is inadequately tailored to provide accessible parking without overburdening those who need it."
AAA Mid-Atlantic issued a statement calling on the city to rethink the policy and to involve disabled people in that process.
"It comes down to this: Disabled parking is already insufficient in the city, parking enforcement is draconian, and the critics are rightly concerned that the new parking rules were implemented without a lot of public input," said John B. Townsend II, AAA Mid-Atlantic's manager of public and government affairs.
"This is a crucial first step for ensuring transparency and for building public buy-in from all stakeholders, including disabled parkers and disabled elderly drivers living on fixed incomes, now upset about having to pay to park. But instead of nipping it in the bud, it would be wiser to allow the system to work, and then to reshape it by expanding it throughout the city, including along neighborhood streets."
I do think that parkers with disabilities have good reasons to be concerned about the new program, but I have this concern about the emergency measure: Won't this cause even more confusion? The red top meters will still be in place. How are people going to get the word about which rules to follow and which to ignore?


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The Brides' Project has been in operation since 2004, and has two very important purposes: to provide every bride with the things she needs for a beautiful wedding within her budget, and to support cancer charities by donating all our profits. Here's a great article written by Marco Oved and photographed by Steve Russell of the Toronto Star in Jul/14 that tells the story nicely. Read All About It!!
The Brides' Project accepts donated wedding dresses from brides, salons and designers and has two very important purposes: to provide brides with dress and accessory options that are within her budget, and to support cancer charities by donating all our profits. To date, we have raised over $930,000, and hope to continue this great tradition!
We have seen huge strides made in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer over the last few decades. We want to be a part of improving the lives of men, women and children by fighting the disease and helping to fund groups who support the victims and their families. While lofty, we want to be a part of finding a cure, and believe this is highly achievable.
We treat all our clients, donors and staff with dignity, respect, kindness, encouragement and compassion.
This project was founded by Helen Sweet in 2004. As Helen says, "This project is dedicated to the many survivors, and sadly to the ones I've lost to cancer. My first run-in with cancer was finding out on Christmas eve 1976 that my best friend Lisa had lost her leg to bone cancer. And subsequently her life at the tender age of 9. I also fondly remember my cousin Jean, and so many other family members and friends I've lost this way. At the same time, I celebrate with others who have survived, and hope to hear of many more survivors than losses in the years to come." Her own experience in planning a budget-conscious wedding, and struggling with the typical excesses led to the idea that perhaps two great things can happen … a financially/environmentally and socially conscious way to buy and return a dress… and a way to make a lasting contribution to the community. And thus, the Brides' Project was born!
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The Brides' Project is volunteer-run. We have a team of about 20 volunteers who are the heart and soul of what we do… and share our values and goals. They're also really fun!
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We are a social enterprise. Social enterprises are social mission driven organizations which apply market-based strategies to achieve a social purpose. The movement includes both non-profits that use business models to pursue their mission and for-profits whose primary purposes are social. Their aim – to accomplish targets that are social and or environmental as well as financial – is often referred to as the triple bottom line. Many commercial businesses would consider themselves to have social objectives, but social enterprises are distinctive because their social or environmental purpose remains central to their operation".
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Charles Schwab said today it is acquiring OptionsXpress Holdings for about $1 billion in stock, its largest acquisition since the purchase of U.S. Trust for $2.7 billion in 2000.
Founded in 2001, OptionsXpress specializes in retail online trading of stock options and futures.
Schwab says it is acquiring the Chicago company for its technology, educational services and customer base.
"In general, options traders here and at OptionsXpress tend to be wealthier; they invest in other things besides options," says Schwab spokesman Greg Gable. Schwab hopes OptionsXpress customers will choose to do more of their other business with Schwab.
Schwab customers already trade options; they did about 27,000 options transactions per day in the fourth quarter compared to 18,000 per day for OptionsXpress customers.
But OptionsXpress "adds new capabilities we don't have. They are very well recognized for their technology and educational capabilities," Gable says. "In this area, clients value education quite a bit."
The two companies will maintain their separate platforms although eventually, "we want to make it possible for clients of either firm to access their Schwab account through either platform," Gable said. He could not provide a timetable for when that might happen.
The deal highlights how options trading — once considered a daredevil strategy for hyperactive speculators — is coming into the mainstream.
Gable says there has been "steady growth" in the number of "mass affluent investors who use options to manage risk in their portfolios and to provide income over time."
Tom Day, a retired Silicon Valley executive turned day trader, uses an options strategy known as a covered call to augment his income. "It works like a de-facto dividend," he says, although it still poses some risk. "It's when you get into esoteric options like butterflies and condors that have a high margin requirement that you are really jumping off the deep end."
When it comes to commissions, Day says Schwab is cheaper for low-volume, infrequent option traders like himself and that OptionsXpress is cheaper for frequent, higher-volume traders.
Schwab rival TD Ameritrade announced in January 2009 that it would acquire online options broker Thinkorswim Group in a cash-and-stock deal initially valued at $606 million. The deal closed in June 2009.
OptionsXpress is now the largest independent brokerage firm specializing in retail trading of futures and options. The firm also lets clients trade foreign currencies — another sector coming into the mainstream — and more traditional securities such as stocks and bonds. Schwab does not offer currency trading.
At the end of February, OptionsXpress had 385,200 client accounts and $8.1 billion in client assets. Schwab had about 8 million accounts and $1.6 trillion in client assets.
Richard Repetto, analyst with Sandler O'Neill + Partners, says the deal "appears to make sense" for Schwab. "Options and derivatives are definitely making up more and more of the retail investor's activity."
OptionsXpress stockholders will receive 1.02 shares of Schwab stock for each share of OptionsXpress stock. Based on Schwab's Friday closing price, the transaction values each OptionsXpress share at $17.91, resulting in a total value of roughly $1 billion.
Repetto points out that $1 billion "is only 5 percent of Schwab's market value."
The deal is expected to close during the third quarter, subject to OptionsXpress stockholder approval and regulatory approvals.


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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
DC Comics to Relaunch ENTIRE UNIVERSE
"In the time I've worked at DC Comics, I've witnessed any number of industry defining moments. But today, I bring you what is perhaps the biggest news to date.
Many of you have heard rumors that DC Comics has been working on a big publishing initiative for later this year. This is indeed an historic time for us as, come this September, we are relaunching the entire DC Universe line of comic books with all new first issues. 52 of them to be exact.
In addition, the new #1s will introduce readers to a more modern, diverse DC Universe, with some character variations in appearance, origin and age. All stories will be grounded in each character's legend - but will relate to real world situations, interactions, tragedy and triumph.
This epic event will kick off on Wednesday, August 31st with the debut of a brand new JUSTICE LEAGUE #1, which pairs Geoff Johns and Jim Lee, together for the first time. (Yes, this is the same week as FLASHPOINT #5.)
We think our current fans will be excited by this evolution, and that it will make jumping into the story extremely accessible to first-time readers - giving them a chance to discover DC's characters and stories.
We are positioning ourselves to tell the most innovative stories with our characters to allow fans to see them from a new angle. We have taken great care in maintaining continuity where most important, but fans will see a new approach to our storytelling.
Some of the characters will have new origins, while others will undergo minor changes. Our characters are always being updated; however, this is the first time all of our characters will be presented in a new way all at once.
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Sooooo...can you say Heroes Reborn? We remember how well that one went. I'm actually baffled over this one. Granted I read no DC titles anymore beyond American Vampire, so perhaps the things that drove me away became apparent to those creating the comics? Will the constant cycle of super events finally come to an end? After a bomb drop like this, what happens next is anyone's guess.
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I thought at one point DC was to have a series that told stories from the various 52 Parallel Earth's. It would have been like Elseworld's. Now the Flashpoint story threatens the events of the 52 Earth's and the time line has shifted? So this new jump start, what Earth is it on or is it multiple Earth's we will see? Good thin I cut back on my DC comic books. I don't know if I want to go through another mid-80's style of relaunch.ReplyDelete
"JIM LEE DESIGNED COSTUMES"??????ReplyDelete
yeah, because the new WW duds went over **SO** well!
(ok, I liked it better withOUT the jacket!)
I told my dealer that I don't want Flashpoint in my pull for the first two issues, but now it seems readers MUST read it to understand the "relaunch"?
They do realize that this is also a great JUMPING OFF POINT for readers? @_@


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Panel members included: Pamela Paul, The New York Times Book Review's features editor and children's book editor; Diane Roback, Publisher's Weekly's children's book editor; Tasha Robinson, book editor for The Onion's A.V. Club; and teacher and librarian Ted Schelvan.


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Eire is interested in increasing its purchases from Israel, it was announced here today by Dr. Joseph Fisch, Israeli trade commissioner to the United Kingdom and Eire, on his return from his first official visit to Dublin. Last year Eire bought half a million pounds' worth of goods in Palestine.
Dr. Fisch said he met the Irish Minister of Agriculture, James M. Dillon, and high officials of his Ministry, as well as of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. He also met representatives of the Federation of Irish Manufacturers and of the Canners Association, discussing with them the possibilities of Eire's supplying Israel with food, especially canned kosher meat. The Irish press welcomed the arrival of the first Israeli official in Eire.


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Deadline set by Jats ends, fear grips Haryana
Centre rushes 3,300 paramilitary personnel to ensure peace and guard Munak canal
Chandigarh: Haryana was again on the edge yesterday after the 72-hour deadline set by Jats for resuming their agitation over quota ended last night.
Calm before the storm? Members of Jat community during a peaceful daylong protest in Rohtak on Monday. Pic/PTI
Various Jat organisations on Monday had threatened to resume their quota agitation, which rocked the state last month and claimed 30 lives, if the Manohar Lal Khattar government failed to meet their demand.
Amidst simmering tension over threat of Jats resuming their agitation for quota, the Centre yesterday despatched 3,000 paramilitary personnel to Haryana to ensure peace and deployed another 300 personnel to guard Munak canal, which supplies water to Delhi.
Around 80 companies (about 800 personnel) of paramilitary forces were deployed in sensitive areas like Rohtak and Jhajjar districts, which were the worst affected during the first phase of the agitation last month.
"All arrangements have been made for Haryana and forces have been sent," a senior Home Ministry official said yesterday.
Additional paramilitary forces were deployed in all sensitive places, some spots on highways and for Munak canal, the official added.
Amid looming threat of a renewed stir by Jats, the Haryana government yesterday said a bill to give reservation to the community will be passed during the ongoing Budget session which ends on March 31. Haryana Finance Minister Abhimanya said it is taking time to draft the bill as the government wants to make it sure that the new law does not get entangled in a legal quagmire.
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Virender Singh, a close aide of former Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda, who was booked for sedition and criminal conspiracy on charges of inciting violence during the Jat stir, was arrested yesterday. Singh was Hooda political advisor during his 10-year tenure as the CM. "He will be produced before court and we'll be seeking his custodial interrogation," Rohtak SP Shashank Anand said.


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With SYMA's network of subsidiaries and partners spanning more than 60 countries, the new alliance creates an invaluable resource to deliver global programs to global clients, especially those based in the US and Europe.
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EWI Worldwide, a global, live communications company, announced a strategic alliance with SYMA Holding AG, a Swiss-based provider for exhibitions, events and environments worldwide. The partnership will extend the reach of EWI Worldwide's global operations, opening doors for clients' live communications programs to important emerging markets in the Middle East, Africa, Australia, South America, Eastern Europe, and Asia. Additionally, the relationship gives SYMA a wider base of strategic, design and program management capabilities.
"With SYMA's network of subsidiaries and partners spanning more than 60 countries, the new alliance creates an invaluable resource to deliver global programs to global clients, especially those based in the US and Europe," said Dominic Silvio, founder and chief executive officer of EWI Worldwide. "Drawing on these capabilities, EWI Worldwide will be able to handle client programs in a cohesive, culture-conscious, and economic way anywhere from Tokyo, to Moscow, to Rio de Janeiro."
The move comes at the time when EWI Worldwide is rapidly gaining market share in international programs. Its European division, EWI Worldwide GmbH, now has facilities in Hamburg and Dusseldorf, Germany, making the company well equipped to handle complex programs throughout EMEA. The company's Asian subsidiary, Exhibit Works of Shanghai, Ltd., has spent the last several years developing the international side of its traditional exhibition business throughout Asia Pacific for clients such as Dana, Abbott Nutrition and Novartis. In addition, EWI Worldwide has been gaining ground in the pavilion business, carrying out five pavilion projects at the upcoming World EXPO, which opens in Shanghai this May, as well as a 45,000 square foot Coca-Cola pavilion for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. The company's position in the Asian market will be further strengthened with the resources of SYMA's five offices in China, as well as a facility in New Delhi.
"One team, one goal, one plan. This vision is already turning into successful results," said Werner Stucki, chief executive officer of SYMA Holding AG. "Before we went into this alliance, both companies considered each other's culture and ethics of doing business because if that does not fit, the cooperation will not develop. We are both family-owned, private and independent companies. Our biggest assets are our employees and our commitment to following long-term goals."
Synergies between EWI and SYMA run on multiple levels. Both companies are committed to a "value-added" business model, which contributes to seamless execution of client programs. The clients will also enjoy considerable savings thanks to SYMA's proprietary modular system, a cost-efficient and environmentally friendly tool designed for companies that engage multiple geographical markets.
Additionally, the alliance will benefit clients with retail and event programs. In response to evolving demand, EWI Worldwide developed Interior Works and Studio Creative divisions, and SYMA mirrors these capabilities with designated resources for retail design and construction, museums, environments and events. With hundreds of local experts on the ground, each concept will be translated into a market appropriate solution, connecting brands with their customers, and bringing stories to life.
"The stage is set," adds Silvio. "Our clients are already gaining global value from what I consider more than just a business alliance, but a friendship with mutual respect and true collaboration. Together, we bring something very unique to the industry."
About EWI Worldwide
EWI Worldwide is a global, live communications company that creates community between brands and customers. EWI Worldwide consists of three specialized service groups, each offering its own unique capabilities and resources: Exhibit Works, Interior Works and Studio Creative. EWI Worldwide has offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Shanghai and Winston-Salem and resource partners worldwide.
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In over 60 countries SYMA maintains a strong, global network with subsidiaries, partners and licensed agents. SYMA group employs over 900 employees in Europe and Asia alone. SYMA Group sees itself simultaneously as a system provider with technically perfect, high quality constructions, and as a full service company for complete exhibit solutions, all from one source.


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Singer Deal Bets Extend Bond Sale Waiting Game: Argentina CreditCamila Russo
Even with borrowing costs at three-year lows, Argentine companies and provinces are holding off on issuing dollar-denominated bonds, anticipating a settlement with the nation's holdout creditors will reduce yields even further.
An agreement to resolve claims from Argentina's default in 2001 is poised to unleash as much as $2 billion in sales this year, according to Federico Tomasevich, the president of Puente Hnos. Sociedad de Bolsa SA, the country's largest underwriter of provincial debt. That would be the most in the second half of a year since 2010, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
"Argentine corporate and sub-sovereign issuers are waiting for a favorable solution to the holdouts case, which the market is pricing will come soon, to get better financing conditions," Tomasevich said by phone.
While yields on corporate bonds have tumbled almost 2 percentage points to 8.1 percent since state-controlled YPF SA issued $1 billion of debt securities on April 1, there haven't been any bond sales since. Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has until the end of the month to reach a settlement with billionaire hedge fund manager Paul Singer to avert a default on its restructured bonds. A U.S. court blocked payments on the debt June 30, saying they would violate a ruling favoring the holdouts who sued for full repayment.
Waiting Game
At least 10 companies and provinces are ready to sell bonds for an average of $100 million to $200 million each after a settlement is reached, Tomasevich said. His Buenos Aires-based firm has mandates for three of those offerings, he said.
YPF, the state-run energy producer, sold 10-year dollar notes when the average yield for Argentine companies was 9.91 percent, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s CEMBI index.
The provinces of Buenos Aires and Mendoza both delayed plans to sell bonds abroad earlier this year after borrowing costs rose on speculation Argentina would opt to default on creditors who accepted new bonds in 2005 and 2010 at losses of 70 percent, rather than pay holders who refused to offer the nation relief.
Buenos Aires is ready to issue $500 million of debt once the issue is resolved, Eduardo Levy Yeyati, director of Elypsis, which consults the regional government, said in an interview.
"They're waiting for a window to be able to go out and sell that day," Yeyati said. "Everything is ready."
Court Mediator
Argentine officials met twice with the court-appointed mediator Daniel Pollack in New York last week. The government said it's seeking conditions that are fair to all bondholders, including those who own the restructured bonds.
The nation is also asking for a suspension of the court ruling that ordered Argentina to pay holders of its defaulted bonds when it pays restructured debt.
U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Griesa blocked payment to holders of Argentine dollar bonds due 2033, urging the nation and holdouts including Singer's Elliott Management Corp. and Aurelius Capital Management LP to negotiate.
The so-called Discount bonds dropped 1.06 cent to 89.47 cents on the dollar at 2:49 p.m. New York time.
While representatives of NML Capital Ltd., the Elliott unit involved in litigation against Argentina, also met with mediator Pollack in Manhattan last week, there have been no direct talks between the two sides.
Argentine companies need the economy to strengthen before they step up bond sales, according to Marcelo Delmar, the head of Latin America Debt Capital Markets at BNP Paribas SA.
No Flood
"There's a cue of transactions there, but I don't think there will be a flood," he said by telephone from New York. "As confidence returns and the economy grows, as companies need financing, then people start preparing transactions. That takes time. It doesn't happen overnight."
Argentina's economy contracted for the first time in almost two years in the first quarter, shrinking 0.2 percent, while inflation quickened after a devaluation of the peso.
Companies and provinces have largely relied on local financing since the government seized YPF from Repsol SA in 2012, which caused borrowing costs to rise.
Since the nationalization, McDonald's Corp. operator Arcos Dorados SA and YPF were the only companies that issued bonds. Dairy producer Mastellone Hermanos SA last month completed a debt swap for $200 million of debt.
Argentina paid Repsol $5 billion in government bonds this year and reached an agreement with the Paris Club of creditors to settle $9.7 billion of debt. The country hasn't issued bonds in overseas markets since its $95 billion default and has turned to central bank reserves and state agencies for funding.
A resolution of the decade-long litigation will help restore market access for Argentina, Tomasevich said.
"With foreign capital, Argentina will stop depending on central bank reserves and the country risk will drop," he said. "This will be a big step and prices show the market sees this happening very soon."
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What the Bolland Acquisition Means for Grabovski
This past Sunday at the 2013 NHL draft the Maple Leafs made a trade for Centre Dave Bolland, who is fresh off his second Stanley Cup championship. The trade addressed a key need for the Maple Leafs, a centre with size and physicality who has proven to be a clutch performer. Bolland may have only had 6 points in the playoffs but 3 of those came in the last 3 games of the Stanley Cup Final. Perhaps the acquisition has no greater effect than on current Maple Leafs centre Mikhail Grabovski.
Under Coach Randy Carlyle, Grabovski saw some hard defensive minutes and not a whole lot of quality offensive situations. With Dave Bolland slotted in for the third line defensive role this frees up Grabovski to regain his spot as a top 2 centre with the club.
As the Bozak situation continues to develop it is becoming more clear that the two sides remain far apart and barring any huge turnaround does not look like they will get a deal done before he hits free agency July 5th. If Bozak does leave the team Toronto has a hole in the top 2 centres that Grabovski previously filled.
Barring the Leafs making a play for a top two centre such as Vinny Lecavalier, it appears as though Carlyle and Nonis will head into next season with Grabovski slotted in as a top 2 centre. With Kadri pushing boundaries for more responsibilities next season it seems like the top 4 centre positions will look like:
Toronto has Joe Colborne waiting in the wings and could see some time on the wing or filling in at centre for the big club if there is an injury.
During the 2013 NHL playoffs it seemed as though Grabovski had won over the confidence of Carlyle as he saw an increased role. Grabovski ranked 3rd amongst Leafs forwards in the playoffs averaging 19:06 of ice per game. Despite getting just 2 assists and being a -10 Grabovski used his speed and playmaking abilities to create offensive opportunities and wear down the Bruins defenseman.
Anyone who watched the Maple Leafs last season were well aware of Gravoski's reduced offensive role with the club. He averaged 15:16 per game and had just 16 points in 48 games. Grabovski has proven himself as a reliable faceoff man and was 2nd on the Leafs with a 50.6 % success rate.
The question remains are the Maple Leafs confident enough in Grabovski to rely on him as a top two centre for a full 82 schedule, or will they pursue other options. If Toronto does move to pursue a centre it will make Grabovski and his $5.5 M cap hit expandable.
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Since there have been quite a few virus epidemies recently (and maling lists are a good place for spreding them), I would like to propose following alternatives:
1. Dissallow atachments alltogether on debian lists (send them to /dev/null) 2. Allow only certein mime types in mutipart messages3. Scan the emails for virii and if positive discard them (will probably eat up to many resources.)
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Short poem about bread and stones for your child?
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Poetry filter: Google can't help me as the poem plays on the Luke 11:11 "If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone?". Driving me mad not being able to find it, a a short 5-6 line poem, from an old UK anthology, Voices, which says broadly that in the future, we will all be equal and share, but still I will give stones to other children and keep bread for my own child. Not a translation and a modern non-rhyming poem.
Was Voices the complete title, and do you have any other information about it (editor, year, etc.)? If the book could be found at Google Books, you might get a snippet view that would help.
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I found the poem by chance in another anthology.posted by taz at 1:08 AM on February 24, 2014Nationality
by Dame Mary Gilmore
I have grown past hate and bitterness,
I see the world as one;
But though I can no longer hate,
My son is still my son.
All men at God's round table sit,
and all men must be fed;
But this loaf in my hand,
This loaf is my son's bread.
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Did L. Frank Baum anticipate the Internet in 1920?
I've been reading some of the Oz books to my little girl. These are great magical fairy tales and are available in the public domain and easy to find online. Glinda of Oz is the last of 14 that L. Frank Baum wrote himself, and was published posthumously. (His publisher later put out another 26 Oz books by other authors.)
Early on in Glinda we encounter this passage which made me do a double-take:
"[Dorothy] ran over to a big table on which was lying open Glinda's Great Book of Records.
This Book is one of the greatest treasures in Oz, and the Sorceress prizes it more highly than any of her magical possessions. That is the reason it is firmly attached to the big marble table by means of golden chains, and whenever Glinda leaves home she locks the Great Book together with five jeweled padlocks, and carries the keys safely hidden in her bosom.
I do not suppose there is any magical thing in any fairyland to compare with the Record Book, on the pages of which are constantly being printed a record of every event that happens in any part of the world, at exactly the moment it happens. And the records are always truthful, although sometimes they do not give as many details as one could wish. But then, lots of things happen, and so the records have to be brief or even Glinda's Great Book could not hold them all.
Glinda looked at the records several times each day, and Dorothy, whenever she visited the Sorceress, loved to look in the Book and see what was happening everywhere. Not much was recorded about the Land of Oz, which is usually peaceful and uneventful, but today Dorothy found something which interested her. Indeed, the printed letters were appearing on the page even while she looked.
'This is funny!' she exclaimed. 'Did you know, Ozma, that there were people in your Land of Oz called Skeezers?'"
An endless stream of entertaining and abbreviated text updates, compulsively checked many times a day, in anticipation of a serendipitous discovery? Does that not remind you of the web? The letters appearing on the page in real time even call to mind the old 2400 baud modem of my youth.
Recovering myself, it seems the Great Book of Records really is, as it sounds, more of an auto-magical newspaper or census. More telex than Web 2.0.
But soon after we learn that Glinda is also an apparatus of the State, a benevolent enforcer through her limited monopoly on magic. The Book of Records, it turns out, is a tool of total surveillance as much as discovery. Which, in a way, anticipates another side of the Internet as well.


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- Snowdoun (1.6km)
- Hamilton Hall (1.6km)
- Taynore (1.7km)
- Temple Heights (1.9km)
- Wisteria Place (2km)
- Columbus City Hall (2km)
- Beckrone (2km)
- Camelia Place (2km)
- Themerlaine (2km)
- Lowndes County Courthouse (2.1km)
- Franklin Square (2.2km)
- Magnolia Hill (2.2km)
- Whitehall (2.3km)
- Leighcrest (2.3km)
- school;
- building(s) where instruction in one or more branches of knowledge takes place.
- Coleman School (0.9km)
- Mississippi University for Women (0.9km)
- Stokes-Beard Elementary School (1.3km)
- Barrow Memorial Elementary School (1.4km)
- Mitchell Memorial School (1.7km)
- Hunt High School (1.8km)
- Union Academy (2km)
- Franklin Academy (2.1km)
- Warden-Carden School (2.3km)
- Local Feature;
- A Nearby feature worthy of being marked on a map..
- Church of God of Prophecy (0km)
- Mid-City Shopping Center (0.8km)
- Sanders Chapel (1.3km)
- Faith Temple Church of God in Christ (1.5km)
- First Church of the Nazarene (1.7km)
- Victory Tabernacle (2km)
- tower;
- a high conspicuous structure, typically much higher than its diameter.
- WMBC-AM (Columbus) (0.9km)
- WJWF-FM (Columbus) (0.9km)
- WMUW-FM (Columbus) (1.4km)
- WLNK-FM (Columbus) (2.1km)
Accommodation around Church of God of Prophecy
- park;
- an area, often of forested land, maintained as a place of beauty, or for recreation.
- Propst Park (1.7km)
- Saunders Field (2.1km)
- post office;
- a public building in which mail is received, sorted and distributed.
- Columbus Post Office (0.4km)
- populated place;
- a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work.
- Columbus (2km)
- reservoir(s);
- an artificial pond or lake.
- Norris Lake (2.3km)
- dam;
- a barrier constructed across a stream to impound water.
- Columbus Sewage Lagoon Dam (2.1km)
- cemetery;
- a burial place or ground.
- Sandfield Cemetery (1km)
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Although the Twin Cities area's home sale market is still sluggish, the inventory dropped to its lowest level in seven years and is down 22.5 percent from October 2010.
The latest market statistics from the Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors (MAAR) for October are in line with recent market trends: prices and new listings are down, but pending and closed sales are up.
The overall median sales price dropped 9.4 percent from a year ago to $155,000. Lender-mediated deals continue to be a drag on the market. In October, lender-mediated sales accounted for 43.5 percent of all pending sales, a slight uptick from September.
But that increase appears to be partly related to the seasonal decline in "traditional" home sales. Fall and winter typically are the weakest times for home sales. For pending sales in October, MAAR reports 1,976 traditional homes, 1,081 foreclosures and 434 short sales. In September, pending sales statistics showed 2,164 traditional homes, 1,046 foreclosures and 426 short sales.
Those monthly numbers show an 8.7 percent drop in pending sales for traditional homes from September to October. At the same time, pending sales for lender-mediated homes increased 2.9 percent.
In the current environment of uncertainty and declining prices, many would-be home sellers are staying on the sidelines.
"We believe that many consumers are playing a waiting game for their home values to improve before considering selling again," said Cari Linn, president-elect of MAAR, in a statement. MAAR analyzes home sale statistics for the 13-county metro area.
Meanwhile, pending sales were up 34.6 percent in October compared to the same month in 2010.
But the chasm between the "traditional" home market and distressed properties remains wide. For October, the median sale price for a traditional home stood at $190,000, down 11.5 percent from a year ago.
At the other end of the spectrum, the median prices for lender-owned foreclosures dropped to $100,500, a drop of 11.8 percent compared to the price in October 2010. The median price for short sales – where a lender agrees to allow a sale for less than the mortgage balance – dropped to $127,000, a decline of 18.1 percent compared to a year ago.
New listings for lender-owned properties declined 14.2 percent in October, while new listings for short sales fell 27.9 percent.
Herb Tousley, director of the Shenehon Center for Real Estate at the University of St. Thomas, pointed to a small gain in prices for traditional homes on a month-to-month basis. The median price for traditional homes was $187,900 in September, but rose to $190,000 in October. St. Thomas launched its own real estate index earlier this year.
"I was happy to see that uptick. That was good news," Tousley said. "That's a small step in the right direction."
The St. Paul-based Minnesota Home Ownership Center has a different perspective on the housing market. The nonprofit provides foreclosure prevention counseling services for homeowners who are trying to hang onto their homes.
Executive Director Julie Gugin said that the group has seen a slight decline in the number of homeowners seeking counseling services this year. Gugin expects that by the end of the year, the Minnesota Home Ownership Center will have worked with 11,000 to 12,000 consumers. During 2010, the total was close to 13,000, she said.
"Our numbers will be down a little bit this year …that's an interesting sign, but it's also a sign that we're still in a lot of trouble," Gugin said. "The economy is still clearly playing a part in the foreclosure crisis."
Gugin said that the home market remains challenging.
"I do think that one of the uncertainties in the marketplace right now is declining home values," she said.


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Let's make something beautiful together
I was wandering through instagram when one turn then another brought me out at the home of the Jersey Ice Cream Company. Here's the thing. They do not actually make ice cream but their creations are just as delicious.
"Every space holds its own unique opportunities. Old houses are filled with secrets, little clues that lie hidden for years. The only thing better than rescuing them from layers of wallpaper, paint, and carpet is weaving those stories together with fresh ideas, creating spaces that feel new but instantly familiar. Though empty white boxes lack similar stories, they carry with them a certain sense of freedom. When a history doesn't already exist, it's ours to create."


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Lisbellaw crash: Tattymacall Road closed after collision
The Tattymacall Road in Lisbellaw, Co Fermanagh, has been closed to traffic at Weavers Lane following a serious single vehicle road traffic collision.
Diversions are in place and motorists should seek an alternative route for their journey.
There are no further details at this time.
Meanwhile police have named an elderly man killed in a Co Fermanagh road crash on Saturday as Patrick James McGeough.
The death of the 79-year-old, from the Monaghan area in the Irish Republic, brings Northern Ireland's road fatalities to some 44 so far this year.
The accident happened on the A3 Cavan Road, near Newtownbutler.
A number of serious road accidents have happened across Northern Ireland in recent days.
A man in his 40s was killed and two others were injured in a smash on the Clooney Road in Londonderry during the early hours of Sunday morning.
Last Thursday, 23-year-old Michael Cusick from the Belfast area was killed in a single-vehicle crash near Crumlin in Co Antrim.
The figure of 44 deaths on the roads so far in 2016 is less than figures for the same period during the previous two years.
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text: Thomas Bushnell BSG writes: > Policy does specify that packages belong in the correct sections, > actually. Where is that? I did not see anything like that in section 2.4 when I looked before, and I do not see anything like it in 5.6.5. > > The suggestion that wrongly putting a package in contrib is the kind > > of error that one can live with seems like little more than a way to > > push it into contrib without addressing the question of whether or not > > it actually belongs there. > > Um, I actually have no opinion right now about whether ndiswrapper > belongs in main or contrib. I haven't got enough facts to > understand. I'm trying to understand the question, and one oddity is > that some people seem to think it's *extremely important* in a way > which is out of kilter with the issues as I understand them. This > suggests to me that I must be missing something, so I'd like to know > why it's *extremely important*. > > In other words, if it is "pushed into contrib", what bad things > happen? If the answer is "none", then why the level of anger I've > seen in this thread? One reason to argue so loudly is if one thinks that this is a specific case of the general question of how hard-line or strict Debian should be about defining main, and that it may be cited as precedent for future decisions. An alternative hypothesis is that since this was argued a year ago, ndiswrapper-in-main advocates think it is a waste of time and want to convey their arguments so that everyone remembers and does not want to argue again in another year. Michael Poole


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Differentiating Variables from Functions
Date: 02/03/2004 at 19:11:55 From: Kathy Subject: Function Notation What letters are used to note/name a function? We've been learning about variables and finally thought that we had them figured out. Now we start learning about functions today and they too use letters to show a function. The kids are asking how in the world they are supposed to know when a letter stands for a function and when the letter is a variable? This is one of those things where I just always did it that way and can't explain why. I thought all functions were noted with an f as in f(x), or "f of x", or "for function f, what is the value of y every time you enter x". I haven't had any calculus and wasn't aware that a function could be written g(x) or b(x). The kids really want to know how they can differentiate variables and function notations.
Date: 02/03/2004 at 23:43:51 From: Doctor Peterson Subject: Re: Function Notation Hi, Kathy. Any letter can be used for a function, though we tend to use f and g when we are talking about generic functions or temporary ones, just out of habit, as we tend to use x as a variable when there's no reason to give it another name. Functions that have special names usually are NOT called f, to avoid confusion! For example, Greek letters are used for the phi function in number theory and the gamma function in analysis. It can, I suppose, be tricky to distinguish a function from a variable if you were to see an equation with no context, like r(t) = 2s(t) + t(t+1) (I just made that up to make it hard!) I know, because of what I meant when I wrote that, that r and s are functions and t is a variable; but they could all be variables and it would still make sense. (It wouldn't make sense if t were a function.) You should also be aware that we can use a variable as a function: if we've defined y in terms of x, we can write "y(x)" to mean the value of y for a particular x, while still just writing y when we don't need to emphasize that relationship. So what makes the difference between a function and a variable? Definitions! When we write anything in algebra, we have to first define our variables and functions. We tell the reader what things mean before we use them. Ultimately, that's all that stands between comprehension and chaos. And that's why I constantly emphasize the need to clearly state the definitions of variables at the start of a student's work on an algebra problem. You'll see the same thing in legal papers: when you want to use general terms (like "plaintiff" or "Company") with specific meanings, you have to say what you mean by them before you start writing. Pretty simple, isn't it? Communication 101. If you have any further questions, feel free to write back. - Doctor Peterson, The Math Forum http://mathforum.org/dr.math/
Date: 02/04/2004 at 08:51:19 From: Kathy Subject: Thank you (Function Notation) Oh my goodness! Now I understand :-) Thank you so much for taking the time to answer thoroughly. Being the teacher in the class, I felt really silly writing to you, but I've always told my students that the only truly stupid questions are the ones you want/need answers to and do not ask! I appreciate your efforts on my behalf as I help my young students answer their 'burning' questions.
Date: 02/04/2004 at 09:09:21 From: Doctor Peterson Subject: Re: Thank you (Function Notation) Hi, Kathy. I like this kind of question more than anything else: the ones nobody stops to think about, or dares to ask, because they seem too simple! It's a great way to stretch my mind. I'm glad my rambling, until I realized how simple the answer was, didn't confuse you. - Doctor Peterson, The Math Forum http://mathforum.org/dr.math/
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Ruben U. Lucero passed away at home on Oct. 6, 2011. He was born at his family home in Pagosa Springs on Dec. 5, 1923, to Alberto and Sofia Lucero. He had two sisters and grew up running the hills and fishing the river of Trujillo, Colo.
On Jan. 30, 1946, he married Norma D. Lucero. They had four children: David, Becky, Albert and Leroy, who blessed him with 13 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Ruben was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, primo and friend.
He is preceded in death by his father, mother and sister, Adelia. Ruben is survived by his wife, Norma Lucero. Children and their spouses: David and Margie Lucero, Becky and Bruce Smith, Albert and Theresa Lucero, and Leroy Lucero. Sister and her spouse: Aurelia and Joe Lucero; 13 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren, numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
Services were held for Ruben Monday, Oct. 10, 2011, at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church. His family is grateful to all the family members and friends that provided a tremendous amount of encouragement, love and support during this time.


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Esa Khattak and his partner Rachel Getty are back in a sophomore mystery called The Language of Secrets, in which Esa is called in to investigate the death of an undercover agent killed while investigating an extremist terror cell. The cell is still planning an attack in Toronto, so it's vital that Esa should investigate the murder without letting the cell discover that the dead man, Mohsin (a university friend of Esa's), was an agent of law enforcement.
I don't read a lot of mysteries, so I feel unqualified to speak to the success of the book as a mystery. As a piece of fiction, though, I found it immensely satisfying. Esa gets brought onto the case almost as political cover: They need a Muslim officer who can appear to be investigating the case without investigating it so much that the sting on the terrorist cell gets derailed. The lead detective handling the terror case believes that Esa was promoted unfairly for "diversity" purposes, and he is condescending and rude to Esa at every turn while undermining the legitimacy of the murder investigation that Esa and Rachel are working on. That his distrust of Esa turns out to have real, terrifying consequences for the case is predictable but also the kind of thing I don't see played out that often in — particularly — mystery books.
At first I was surprised that Khan chose to go with a "Muslim terrorist cell" plot for her second book. The previous book dealt with the genocide in Bosnia, with Esa's religious background giving a context and particularity to his investigations. This story felt, at first, altogether more like one that I'd encounter on a television show. But one of Khan's strengths as a writer is that she uses the structure of a familiar story while fleshing out a range of experiences and faiths for her Muslim characters. Members of the cell have different motives and levels of involvement, while people like Esa and his sister, or Mohsin's widow, or Mohsin's father, practice a peaceful version of Islam that is, of course, far more common and normal than the violent extremism we see in the cell leader, Hassan.
An element of the book that I found very unsatisfying was the character of Esa's sister Rukshana. There will be spoilers in this paragraph only. We find out early on — through Ciprian Coale — that Rukshana is engaged to the apparent leader of this extremist terror cell. When Esa goes to speak with her about it, Rukshana is hotly defensive of her relationship, which has arisen within the last year, and she refuses to listen to Esa's words of caution. Okay, fine, people in love never listen to anyone who naysays them. The book never tells us what Ruksh sees in Hassan, or where she met him, or what the course of their relationship has been; and at the end of the book, after Hassan nearly kills Ruksh, we see her anger with Esa for not telling her that Hassan was part of a terror cell. But we don't see any moment where she's like "oh my God the person I said I loved was a violent terrorist." It felt weird and off — she felt like a plot device, not a character in her own right.


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Winter in America: Work for Peace
To stump Trump educate yourself at Jumel Terrace Books
Power to the People
Oct. 1966 Black Panther Party Platform and Program: What We Want, What We Believe. "We want education for our people that exposes the true nature of this decadent American society. We want education that teaches us our true history and our role in the present-day society.We believe in an educational system that will give our […]


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Conformity is desirable in society Is conformity socially desirable? The unconscious action of changing the way you act or think to match those that are perceived as "normal" by society or the majority Culture & Religion Asch Experiment Breaching Experiment Bystander Effect Cognitive Dissonance Is human behaviour solely determined by society? Society's Effect on Human Behaviour Social Pressures peer pressure
social norms
roles Prejudice & Discrimination assumptions
sexual orientation
class religious/cultural ideals formed by authority
conform with group to prevent going against culture/religion Knowledge Issues A B C What happens to individuals that do not conform? Ways of Knowing Perception Reason Emotion Areas of Knowledge Ethics/Morals Social Science may cause conformity
fear of how others perceive them as individuals
when in majority, affects the way we see others determine whether society is right or wrong
society determines how we think and reason fear of isolation from society/majority
feeling of security from conforming conformity may not be ethically/morally just to an individual
judging between the socially accepted norm and your personal morals studying behaviour of human interaction
society's effect on us and how we act and think Going Against the Norm Walking on the wrong side of the road Facing the back of the elevator Picking your nose in public Getting on subway before people exit Being obnoxiously LOUD Pros Cons allows sense of security and belonging
following group discourages immoral behaviour in society
fear of isolation keeps society organized
provides jobs for security increases fear of anti-conformists
loses sense of individuality
prevents chances of new ideas being share or created
tensions between two conflicting parties Our Perspective social conformity is needed to maintain stability and peace
reduces amount of crimes
followers have sense of security and belonging
individuals are part of society and have ability to determine social norms
conformity is not forced on individuals, it's a choice Counter Argument experiments show that people conform even when they know it is not right
criminals are examples of anti-conformists but also are product of society
loss of individuality and creative thinking
greater knowledge from thinking outside the box (paradigm shift)
since childhood, brought up to follow social norms (conditioned) Conformity prevents society from advancing Rebuttal conformity is basically a set of suggestions on how to live as a person
some "creative" thinking may harm society more than benefiting it
social norms do encourage new ideas
idea of right and wrong differs between people, conforming centralizes these ideas
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Ask.com, formerly known as Ask Jeeves has officially dropped the Jeeves character from their branding. This decision has been taken to compete with big guns, Yahoo, Google & MSN. With this new name they can focus on their Ask Search Technology, simpler design and search tools. This new branding will give the more convincing look and also highlight the achievements and advancements of Ask Search Technology. It is comprised of personalized search technology, user experience and content serving via Smart Answers.
This step would bring the revolutionary changes in the outlook of the prospects about the company with this new image which is focused to enhance the user experience. It will also provide relevant information with answers to their questions in a fast and comfortable environment. This has brought a new life in the Ask.Com. Steve Berkowitz, CEO of Ask.com said, "The new Ask.com is the culmination of years of innovation, combining the most advanced core search technology with one-of-a-kind tools that make search better," and "People deserve a search engine that gives them the tools to get what they need faster, not just a bunch of links on a page.
There are exciting new offerings like the customizable toolbox which offers more then twenty vertical search tools comprised of images, maps, dictionary, weather, local and desktop search. Their new tabbed pages are at par with Yahoo and Google's tabbed page. Such pages help to make searching easy with giving a specific direction from the beginning. The new Toolbox offering is Bloglines comprised of subscription service and blog seach. Now the Bloglines can be seen on the homepage.


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Allozyne, Inc. Announces Positive Proof of Concept Data For Az17, a Bispecific Th17 Antagonist for Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases
Published: Nov 16, 2010
In the past few years, the discovery of Th17 cells has led to a new understanding of their role in autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. AZ17 is a product of ALLOZYNE's E. coli based CAESAR platform and is composed of two single chain variable antibody fragments (scFvs), each targeting a separate cytokine involved in the differentiation of Th17 cells. Unlike most other bispecific molecules that are constructed using genetic fusion, the two scFvs that compose AZ17 are conjugated covalently using a synthetic linker. This simultaneous inhibition of two independent Th17 cytokines represents a novel approach to treating Th17 associated diseases such as multiple sclerosis, Crohn's and psoriasis.
About ALLOZYNE:
Headquartered in Seattle, ALLOZYNE was established in late 2005, to commercialize proprietary biociphering technology that it licensed, on an exclusive basis, from the California Institute of Technology. The biociphering platforms, CAESAR and VIGENÈRE, are able to site specifically modify any protein sequence through the substitution or addition of non-canonical amino acids, in E. coli, yeast or mammalian systems. These amino acids possess unique chemical functions and create the opportunity to site specifically modify proteins through various conjugations that will lead to an enhanced efficacy, safety and tolerability profile. In essence, these unique amino acids unlock an advanced class of chemical reactions that are superior to conventional methods available for protein modification. ALLOZYNE has raised $36M and is supported by a top tier venture investor syndicate including MPM, Arch, OVP and Amgen Ventures. The funding has been used to rapidly progress the platforms to practice and build a significant clinical stage pipeline with distinct product opportunities that reflect the breadth of the platform and maintain the company's focus on CNS and autoimmune diseases. ALLOZYNE's lead program, AZ01, is a PEGylated interferon ß for the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS). Currently in Phase I trials, AZ01 offers potential advantages over existing therapies through enhanced dosing convenience and superior tolerability to existing agents. MS is a chronic disease characterized by demyelination of nerve fibers, which leads to severe nerve damage. Symptoms include fatigue as well as cognitive and visual impairment. In 2009, worldwide revenue for drugs to treat MS approached $9 billion USD with over 70% of sales coming from the interferon ß class of products. Stay connected with ALLOZYNE via Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn. Detailed information can be found at www.ALLOZYNE.com.
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