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A whole lot of actresses have played Superman's main squeeze in a wide variety of mediums, but none have captured both the spunk and look of Lois Lane like actresses Erica Durance, who breathes life into this comic book icon in the CW's Smallville. Born in Calgary, Canada, this 29 year-old actress first came aboard the hit Superman teen drama in 2004 as a frequent guest star, but became a regular addition to Clark Kent's supporting cast in 2005 during the fifth season.
Other than her work on Smallville, Durance has also appeared in horror films such as 2003's House of the Dead and 2006's sequel to the Butterfly Effect. She also began her career by playing bit parts in shows like Stargate SG-1, the Chris Isaak Show and Andromeda, among others.
You can catch more of Erica Durance as Lois Lane on the upcoming seventh season of Smallville, which promises to be one of the most eventful seasons yet.

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Looking forward
I've been meaning to let you know whats cooking here at 2020 HQ. With a few rumours and misquotes floating around, it's definitely time to set the record straight.
Coming back into the 2020 world at full steam earlier this year, I had two big projects I wanted to finish. Two projects that mid last year, I thought may never see the light of day, that said, I was dubious I would. These being issue 50 of the magazine and our new DVD with Troy Charlesworth 'Thats Whats Up'. While I was meant to be recovering from two surgeries plus chemo and radiotherapy, I put my head down and got them done, both of which I'm more than stoked on the result. Of course, I couldn't have made it all a reality without the hard yards of Phil Townsley, Mike Daly, Will Herrmann, Alex Liiv, Mitch Morison and Troy Charlesworth, along with all the contributors who made those pages and DVD a reality. You know, in some ways, me battling to get those projects done went alongside my treatment. If I could make magazines and a DVD I could make it through treatment and vice versa. Aside two killer productions, the best news is that a year on from finding out I had a stage 4 cancer, it looks like I'm clear for the next few months.
So now, with a few weeks of space to clear my head after getting the nod to live a normal life free from the medical system and the shadow of cancer, I've been able to take stock of where I stand with this little creation that began back in 1998 and make a decision on the future of the magazine. This is partly thanks to my roller coaster on the health front over the last year and partly due to the changing nature of media (here in Australia and around the world) come 2014.
Issue 50 will be the final quarterly mag as you know it. I'm aiming to pull together a more book-like mag creation on an annual basis, stay tuned for the news on a date, though it will be dependent on my staying clear of hospitals and getting my world back together. But that is far from the final step for the 2020 media house.
2020bmxmag.com.au will continue to flow the best in Australian content to it's ever growing reader base. It's monthly reach far beyond what I ever envisaged and I'm stoked to be learning to communicate through online publishing just like I did in print. And just as 2020bmxmagazine took on the overseas magazines and dwarfed them in sales over the last decade, my aim is to take on the overseas websites and drive Australian riders to an Australian site to ensure our scene is represented in a legitimate way and supports both the riders and the industry. Not pointing them to offshore sites full of international mail order ads and highlighting the talent we have locally is paramount.
The web site as you know it will be undergoing a redesign over the Winter/Spring months to facilitate more feature content and will become 100% responsive, meaning great interactivity, whatever the screen size it's viewed on. At present, we sit at around 40% of our traffic being on IOS or Android devices and this number is only going to increase as we all take our content with us on mobile devices.
So yes, the rumours are true, there are some big changes in store for 2020. While part of me is gutted to let the printed pages of 2020 cease to come out on a regular basis, it's opening up doors (not to mention time and space) to new projects be it digital (ala Thats Whats Up) or events. Lets just say there's a few ideas that have been held back too long that I'm itching to get done.
It's been an incredible ride since issue 1 and one that I'm so proud to have been able to take the whole way to the here and now. The people and places that make Australian BMX what it is inspire me everyday and for that reason alone, 2020 will continue to push to motivate the riders of our country and beyond. To everyone (and that is some amazing people to say the least) that has been a part of the mag, contributed, read or just been stoked on it's vibe, the thanks I have for your being part of a little dream I once had are massive.
It's a tough call. The magazine I started became the voice of BMX on these shores. And that in itself is something that I can look back on and know made a tiny difference to what we have now. I hope you'll be along for the ride as we take our next steps.
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As well as the books I bought today, I'll also go through the other books I'll have at my disposal while I'm abroad. The one downside to the Kindle? I can't post pretty pictures of my books. Oh well, stock pictures will have to do. So, let's begin with the 4 I treated myself to today.
The Sea of Tranquility by Katja Millay
Suddenly Royal by Nichole Chase
Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
Harry Potter und der Halbbludprinz by J.K. Rowling
The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith
Angst by Victoria Sawyer
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Horologicon by Mark Forsyth
Struck by Lightning by Chris Colfer
The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
The Beach Café by Lucy Diamond
Clearly I'm not going to make it through all of these but hopefully I'll make a good dent into them. This is not also full extent of books on my to-read list, this is just most of what I have on my Kindle. I'm trying to avoid taking any actual books on holiday with me.
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Next Generation Products: Imperial Tobacco
Imperial Tobacco, like other tobacco companies, has been investing in tobacco and nicotine products that, unlike cigarettes, show potential for volume growth in developed markets.[1]
These products are referred to as Next Generation Products (NGPs) and are often linked to tobacco companies' harm reduction strategies. Imperial Tobacco has also used the terms "new consumer experiences"[2] and "consumer adjacencies"[3] to describe NGPs.
Products that fall into this category are snus, e-cigarettes, and heated tobacco products (HTPs).
On its website, Imperial Tobacco underlined the importance of NGPs to the company's future:[4]
- "While our core business remains the manufacture and sale of high quality cigarette and other tobacco product brands for millions of adult consumers worldwide, NGPs offer us considerable growth opportunities."
In late 2017 Imperial stated that 2018 would see a series of NGP launches in both new and existing markets.[4]
Imperial Tobacco's NGP investments started in 2005 when the company invested in a Swedish smokeless tobacco product called snus.
Although the company continues to have snus interests, the focus of its NGP investments switched to e-cigarettes in late 2012.
- For more information about the company's snus investments, go to Cigarette Companies Investing in Snus.
In December 2012, Imperial Tobacco set up a wholly owned Dutch subsidiary called Fontem Ventures to develop "non-tobacco consumer experiences", notably e-cigarettes.[5][6] In November 2017, the tobacco company also acquired UK-based nicotine liquids maker Nerudia.[7]
Imperial initially sold multiple e-cigarette brands, but from 2016 its NGP strategy has focused on growing the blu brand.[8]
In February 2018, Imperial launched a brand extension named myblu, based on a liquid pod format, in the US, UK, France, Germany and Russia.[9] The company has said that it plans to launch new liquids and another brand extension in the second half of 2018, called blu ACE, an open system e-cigarette.[9]
- For detailed information on Imperial Tobacco's e-cigarettes business, visit the Fontem Ventures page.
Heated Tobacco Products
Unlike its competitors, Imperial Tobacco has shown little appetite to develop and market HTPs.[10][11] Whereas Philip Morris International (PMI) and British American Tobacco have stressed the 'reduced risk' potential of HTPs,[12][13] Imperial Tobacco has publicly challenged the HTP reduced risk claim, asserting that "there's no difference really between those products and traditional tobacco products" and "It's probably better described generically as 'heat and burn' rather than 'heat not burn'".[11]
In 2015 Imperial Tobacco scientists published a study in the Environmental Analytical Chemistry journal that concluded that PMI's IQOS released tobacco-containing side stream emissions, and recommended that HTPs should be covered by smoke-free legislation.[14]
Market analysts and investors have criticised Imperial Tobacco for not venturing into the HTP category.[15]
Perhaps bowing to market pressure, Mark Williamson, Imperial's chairman, announced in February 2018 that the company had "multiple [HTP] formats under development", and that it had trialled them in Europe and Japan.[16][17] In May 2018, the company further reported that it was "progressing optionality in heated tobacco, with second stage consumer trials planned in the next few months".[9]
TobaccoTactics Resources
Relevant link
TCRG Research
- Transnational tobacco company interests in smokeless tobacco in Europe: Analysis of internal industry documents and contemporary industry materials, S. Peeters, A. Gilmore, PLoS Medicine, 2013,10(9):1001506
- ↑ Euromonitor International, Global Tobacco Key Findings Part 2: Vapour Products. August 2016
- ↑ M. Phillips. Quality Growth- New Consumer Experiences. Imperial Brands Investor Day, 8 June 2016
- ↑ O. Tant, Investing for Growth. Imperial Brands presentation. Barclays Global Consumer Staples Conference. Boston, September 2017
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Imperial Brands, Next Generation Products: Overview, Imperial Brands website, 2018, accessed February 2018
- ↑ Imperial Brands, Annual Report and Accounts 2016, Delivering Against Our Strategy.
- ↑ A. Cooper, R. Dyrbus, Sustainable Growth; Growing Cash Returns presentation, Imperial Brands Investor Day 26 February 2013, available from: imperialbrandsplc.com, accessed April 2017
- ↑ Reuters, Imperial Brands buying UK nicotine liquids maker Nerudia, 1 November 2017, accessed February 2018
- ↑ Fontem Ventures, blu website, undated, accessed May 2017
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Imperial Brands, Interim Results for the six months ended 31 March 2018: Delivering our strategy in tobacco and NGP, Imperial Brands website, 9 May 2018, accessed May 2018
- ↑ Tobacco Reporter, Imperial shuns concept of heat-not-burn products, 7 May 2015, accessed February 2018
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 M. Geller, Imperial shuns 'heating products' pushed by Big Tobacco rivals, Reuters, 6 May 2015, accessed February 2018
- ↑ Reuters, FDA's tobacco stance faces test with Philip Morris iQOS device, 22 January 2018, accessed February 2018
- ↑ British American Tobacco, Developing less risky products, undated, accessed February 2018
- ↑ G. O' Connell , P. Wilkinson, K.M. Burseg, et al. Heated tobacco products create side-stream emissions: implications for regulation. J Environ Anal Chem, 2015;2:2380-91
- ↑ T. Boles, Imperial Brands is expected to reassure the market with new next generation products, cityam.com, 5 November 2017, accessed February 2018
- ↑ Imperial Brands, AGM Update, 7 February 2018, accessed February 2018
- ↑ M. Williamson, Presentation at the Annual General Meeting 2018. 7 February 2018. Imperial Brands, Bristol


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Anyone can follow online computer repair instructions to fix a problem. All you need is a computer screwdriver set, soldering iron, and lead. Surprisingly, you may not need to open up the computer with a screwdriver to fix certain problems. For example, you don't need to turn a screw to remove spyware or resolve software/operating system related issues. To put short, you don't have to be an advanced computer user to do online computer repair yourself.
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By. Chris Stritzel
When the Cardinals announced back in October their ambitions for Ballpark Village Phase 2, it was greeted with skepticism and joy from the public. Everyone was talking about it it seemed like. Now, after 4 months, the city amended the development agreement with theCardinals and passed the plan from the Proposed Phase to where the Cardinals can now file for a construction permit whenever they want. But a few days after the Phase 2 was announced, some unannounced renderings were released showing a much larger project than what the Cardinals announced.
This unreleased plan has a 25 Floor Tower at the corner of 8th and Walnut on the Northwest Corner of the Site. The Tower would have included Office Space and a Hotel. The hotel would have been a Live! branded Hotel from Cordish instead of going for one of the other brands out there. The building would have also included more retail space, but now as we get closer to the groundbreaking of Phase 2 I think it is time for The Cordish Companies and the Cardinals to throw this building into the mix.
I have several reasons behind my call for the Cardinals and they all have to do with making Ballpark Village the place to be in Downtown. Below the next image are my reasons.
- A hotel at the Village will help boost the daily visitor/population, to the district and put people on the streets of Downtown. This will help increase visitors to the Downtown Region and in turn strengthen the weak Downtown Economy or it will help the Downtown area recover.
- More Retail Space will help the district over all and will draw retailers downtown again thus making the economy better in the Downtown Region.
- More office space than the already planned 100,000 square feet of space will be big especially if the renderings are true. Fox Sports Midwest Looks like they could be the main tenant for the office space in this building. They have been looking for some new Office Space recently so why not move in here next door to Busch Stadium? It will strengthen the district as a business hub then!
- Another HighRise on the property will make the district more visible from the rest of the City therefore making it more known for people to come down to visit. It will make a impact on the Skyline when viewed from the I44/I55 Interchange, I64's Poplar Street Bridge, the skyline from the south and from the east.
If all of these points are considered, then the Cardinals and the Cordish Companies should announce and build the building along with Phase 2. But I guess time will tell whether or not they announce this or wait until they see how leasing goes in the announced Phase 2. But if the Cardinals were to announce this along with Phase 2, I think the price tag for Phase 2 would reach $350 Million.
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CWMT trainer Aileen Moore was delighted to meet staff at Harrogate College for informative training last week.
The North Yorkshire college, which specialises in vocational courses open to students of all ages and backgrounds, has kindly shown its support for Students Against Depression via an exciting fundraiser.
By making and selling jewellery students and staff have raised a terrific £44 for Students Against Depression.
Their project is a fantastic example of how students like Evi, pictured right, can join the cause to together tackle depression and end stigma in our society.
Evi, an arts student at Harrogate College and a member of the active Beads Deeds Society, is one of numerous students at the college and across the UK working to raise awareness of mental health issues.
Aileen, pictured central, was excited to receive the donation and pleased to report the CWMT training was received by staff 'very well indeed'.


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And I'm back in Holland. I am still a bit busy trying to organise my pictures from Barcelona and the AMAZING XGames, but they will be published asap! For new readers: I bought 3 tickets for 3 Xgames 'shows'. And ofcourse I spent a few days in Barcelona, Spain: soon online! For today I made a selection of my favoriete health trends! Once home – which I am- I'm continuing Insanity Workout! Bring it on Shaun T, I'm feeling strong!
Strong is the new beautiful
Yeah! I recently read a blogpost of a Canadian blogger where she talks about how "strong" changed her life (I can not find! Sorry!). She wrote that she wished that someone once told her that you do not have to have size zero but that 'strong' also leaves you with a good feeling. And I agree. What I noticed after 1 week of Insanity Workout, was that I performed some of the makes you wanna cry exercises better day after day! And the outcome of the fittest was more than welcome! It also gives you a nice feeling keeping up with your missed bus without being out of breath ;-)
Doesn't this pic makes you sick?
Healthy foodies
Bio, smoothies, superfood. I welcome this trend and am happy that there are many, many people blogging about their delicious healthy cuisines ans recipes. I think healthy eating is way more fun with all those surprising, creative recipes. I now start with a smoothies breakfast since a month, for like almost every morning and it feels good!
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Okay dus vandaag ga ik weer starten met insanity workout. Nu twijfel ik, zal ik verder gaan met week 2 of opnieuw beginnen? En ben jij nu al begonnen? Let's share our pain!


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The weather has been a little unpredictable these days. Didn't expect it to be so warm in the afternoon,
but fear not (haha), I bet this outfit will be suitable for a lunch date ;) featuring a khaki cotton blouse,
leather shorts (from Forever 21, refer to the previous post) and the cute fringe bag.
It's so comfortable I can wear this outfit all day!! Hope you like it!!


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There are slight complementary differences in the two approaches, and PIs should feel free to use either or both of the results. Please cite the references above when you use the data products in your publications.
Further documentation for the PyHRS version, about how it works and what the various data products are, is available at https://github.com/saltastro/pyhrs Note also that PyHRS can be run by HRS users themselves using the software distribution available under this link.
Further documentation for MIDAS version, about how it works and what the various data products are, is available at http://www.saao.ac.za/~akniazev/pub/HRS_MIDAS/ See also list of documents below.
Note that neither pipeline currently includes the High Stability (HS) mode. However, HS mode data can be reduced by running tasks available for the PIs as part of the PyHRS software distribution.
Astro Ops is very grateful for all feedback regarding the pipeline products. Please do not hesitate to send suggestions and criticism to salthelp. While the dedicated development work has been completed we anticipate further improvements and tweaks, especially after user feedback.
Accuracy of the pipeline
We have found that the radial velocity accuracy of the automatic pipeline products is <300 m/s for the LR, MR, HR modes using the default calibrations (i.e. nothing extra requested by the PIs, arcs and RV standards not taken in the same night necessarily). More information is available under the MIDAS documentation.
Better accuracy might well be achieved with more involved calibrations and analysis methods.
Which data are reduced
Currently all data from the beginning of 2016-2 are reduced and available for HRS PIs. Most of 2016-1 has also been run, and parts of 2015-2. If not already included in the daily deliveries, pipeline data-sets can be accessed simply by using the "Request data" box on the relevant block item on your program's Web Manager page.
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In summary, if you cannot find the pipeline products of your HRS data after requesting it on the WM, do contact salthelp to inquire about the chances to get them done.
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HRS MIDAS Pipeline by Alexei Kniazev:
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RSS_HRS_LRb.pdf – its extension to the HRS LR blue arm
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Wednesday, 12 May 2010
Hi Diddly-Dee, an actor's life for me!
One of my dear friends is a member of two local theatre groups. Sometimes she acts in the plays and sometimes she provides the scenery and props for the plays. And the other day she suggested to her theatre group that I take the photographs of the plays.
I have found these photo sessions rather exciting, but a little nerve wracking at the same time. I definitely need to raise my confidence issues and become less shy and more vocal whilst photographing real life people. Oh, I think I failed to mention during the Fish and chips post (too busy focusing on lurve) that I was the official photographer at my cousins wedding.
It was an honour to be classed as the official photographer at my cousin's wedding, and I felt slightly important, but I was also pretty scared. It was a huge responsibility. I wanted the weather, scenery and atmosphere to be perfect. Plus I was worried my small voice, and sometimes timid amongst strangers personality, would not be able to cope with the demands of photographing 100 plus wedding guests.
However, I managed it, with a little help from my other cousin whose voice boomed above the wedding chatter, ordering family and friends about and telling them where to stand in the photography line-up. I decided there and then, if ever I wanted to take wedding photography seriously, a very loud assistant would be a great idea.
So you see, recently it's been a photographer's life for me. This acting lark is all very well, and I am looking forward to watching my friend perform and dance in Roxy Krasner and the case of the Dancing German Aviator this weekend, but I much prefer the quieter life behind the camera lens.
And before I leave you with pictures of the theatre group, I would like to inform you that my photographs should be appearing in a local newspaper one Friday very soon!
Scene from Bloody Poetry
Another scene from Bloody Poetry
12 comments:
- Eryl Shields said...
Blimey, well done you!
- 12 May 2010 at 23:12
- Amel said...
AWWWW...SO HAPPY for you, busy photographer! CONGRATS on the tasks you've been getting and also on the photographs on the local paper soon! And you're right about the loud assistant. :-D :-D :-D
- 16 May 2010 at 10:34
- Nick Phillips said...
Well, good for you :)
- 16 May 2010 at 15:34
- Mary Smith said...
Good for you on your gig!! I hope you had fun doing it. Could be the start of a new thing...
- 17 May 2010 at 04:33
- ChicagoWing said...
the pictures look great! I bet you will do just fine in your new role as photographer. Let us know what happens as I think there will be experiences coming out of that.
- 19 May 2010 at 19:07
- Kate said...
This is great! You are one of the best photographers I know - I have total confidence in you. If you make it big, hire ME! I have a really loud voice.
- 24 May 2010 at 06:36
- The World According To Me said...
Thanks Eryl. How are you? I've now produced CDs for theatre rehearsals and people actually want to pay for my work! Okay I won't be buying a mansion yet, but it's a start.
- 24 May 2010 at 14:24
- The World According To Me said...
Thank you Amel. Hope you're good. Yeah LOUD assistants are a good idea for people with quiet voices!
- 24 May 2010 at 14:25
- The World According To Me said...
Thanks Nick. It's nice to feel I am putting what I've learnt to good use!
- 24 May 2010 at 14:25
- The World According To Me said...
Thank you Mary. It's def been fun. I've now conducted a theatre photo shoot, produced the rehearsal photographs for the theatre foyer, had a photograph printed in local newspaper, been the offical photographer for 2 weddings, and now friends are asking for family/model photo sessions!
I know you love your photography and produce excellent pictures. Did you learn your skills at college? I'm wondering whether to learn it as a recognised skill rather than a hobby.
- 24 May 2010 at 14:33
- The World According To Me said...
Thank you ChicagoWing
How are you?
I'll keep you updated! Since this post I have produced the rehearsal photographs for the show, to be displayed in the theatre foyer, and have already sold some of the pictures!
By the way, there's now a pic of me on Life's a beach. I'm the one on the right with a slightly sunburnt face!
- 24 May 2010 at 14:36
- The World According To Me said...
Why thank you Kate! Nice of you to say so. I hope you are well. I'll remember your loud voice, pity you don't live nearer. Or is it so loud I can hear if from over there?!
- 24 May 2010 at 14:38


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ERIC Number: ED160537
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1978-Feb
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Status Composition and Educational Goals: An Attempt at Clarification.
Alexander, Karl L.; And Others
In investigating educational goals, academic performance, academic self-esteem, and educational attainment, researchers should realize the importance of the school environment as well as individual student characteristics. To evaluate the significance of school effects, a project was undertaken to ascertain why students in high status schools were more likely to aspire to go to college than were similar students in schools drawing from lower status populations. Specifically, three perspectives were tested: school climate, characteristics of peer associates, and proportions enrolled in various curricula. Data were drawn from standardized test scores, student records, and a survey of students, teachers, and principals of 20 public, coeducational high schools in 1964 and 1965. A statistical analysis was performed on 39 variables including student body ability composition, sex composition, status composition, and academic value climate; and individual student social background, academic variables, subjective orientation to school, and peer characteristics. Findings indicated that school variability in status composition was significantly relative to most other school differences. The conclusion is that because survey methodology current in school effects literature is not sufficiently refined to produce verifiable results, researchers should not jump to prematurely drawn firm conclusions regarding educational goals. (DB)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, College Attendance, Data Analysis, Educational Environment, Educational Practices, Educational Research, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education, Group Norms, Higher Education, Models, Norms, Peer Influence, Research Methodology, Research Needs, School Organization, School Role, Social Psychology, Socioeconomic Status, Statistical Analysis, Student Characteristics, Surveys, Tables (Data)
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People that read graphic novels...
grow up.
leave them be
they need pictures to tell the story in their tiny brains
It's 'Watchmen' that's inspired this thread.
There's this endless supply of daft fucking films that emerge from 'graphic novels' and their blood boiling hype is proceeded by grown men complaining that the newest incarnation doesn't stay true to the comic. They're everything I hate about film.
yeah i agree
comix r ghey
I'm reading 'Sleepwalkers' and it's amazing.
I think your the one being naive here.
Graphic Novels FTW.
if i only read comic collections
is that okay?
I mean, monsters, superheroes, zombies? Completely ridiculous.
just call them comics
My dad is a proper grown up (53), and him and his friends still read/collect comics and meet up to talk about comics. These are people with grown-up boring senior management jobs, the fleet foxes album, grown-up, boring opinions and some of them have dentures.
most of them
my sister's well into xmen. but i tried reading them and it was just one long yawn.
i was
well observed
People that get compelled enough to go to drowned in sound
and post a comment about people needing to grow up; grow up.
You're only 16
Does he make a habit of calling people babies?
you have a similar style of lashing out, unprovoked
it's - and i seem to be saying this more and more on the boards, or so it seems - rather interesting psychologically
That was hardly lashing out
The capital letters and excessive use of the exclamation mark made it clear I was joking, or so I thought.
i'm not remotely interested in graphic novels, comics or whatever
BUT as far as i'm aware something like Watchmen is highly thought of way outside of tradition comic book nerd circles, right into sort of the literature-fellating cogniscienti. but then again, it wouldn't be miles away from your persona to say "well they're all dicks" about those too. methinks the imperative in your statement is misdirected
those literature fellating people are rubbish when they start talking about comics.
They all like stuff like Maus, yet scoff at THE MARVEL UNIVERSE.
this thread should be:
Anyhow, people who dismiss graphic novels are kinda stupid
(I won't mention manga, because people who love graphic novels tend to hate manga more than people who hate graphic novels)
Do they dismiss art? No. Literature? No. Film? No. Something that kinda combines aspects of all of those, however, is somehow 'juvenile'? Even with graphic novels, they cover so much different stuff. I can understand someone disliking sci-fi graphic novels, or any other kind of subgenre, but saying the whole medium is worthless is as ignorant as saying novels, or art, or movies are.
"people who love graphic novels tend to hate manga more than people who hate graphic novels"
I take issue with this statement, I have not found it to be remotely true in my experience. Among people I have met, there is a large crossover between people who enjoy graphic novels and people who enjoy manga. But I don't know many extremists on either side.
However, I heartily agree with the remainder of your statement, so I will let you off :)
^ this. I agree totally
Also: people that play computer games, people that read books for enjoyment not learning, people that watch entertaining television programmes and films, people that enjoy playing football in the park.
Grow up, the lot of you.
I'd like to take back the 'grow up' bit...
This post sums up better the reason for this thread:
you're only say that
because three people 'agreed' with that post. As PocketMouse points out it's still a stupid point.
People are indeed the same with films adapted from anything.
That is correct. It just annoys me more so when they're adapted from graphic novels... because they're never that great. How many people regard one of these adaptations as the greatest film of all time? Not many. They're never classics, yet the hype surrounding them is always far greater than for any other genre.
Infact, I'm not going back on the 'grow up' thing, fuck it. A 40 year old man shouldn't get excited about the prospect of a new Spiderman film.
but you dont read comics right?
so how would you know whether they are good, great, bad or othwewise?
so you've gone from "people who read graphic novels: grow up" to "people who hype up films which are adaptations of graphic novels (often bad adaptations at that): grow up"
Action-heavy films get made of action-heavy comic books because they're an easy sell. The dialog is usually pretty to-the-point (very script-friendly) and they're as good as storyboarded already. But Ghost World aside, the types of graphic novels that get made into films are unrepresentative of what other amazing stuff is out there in that medium if you look beyond the capes and masks stuff (although Marvelman is still one of the most disturbing and gripping things I've ever read).
These are such obvious points I can't believe I'm typing them, mind.
Just for this, i'm only going to write everything in comic form from now on
even essays. and, when I am older, like 'reports' and stuff, whatever I have to write irl.
Further to this:
You should have heard my film lecturer
ranting about the dissertations he had to mark. He was absolutely furious that some people chose anime/manga work as subjects. "Fucking cartoons!-I wanna knock 'em out!"
We have a disappointing prediliction for comics/graphic novels on my film course, so I can see why he's angry.
People who assign entire artforms to a particular age group based on outmoded assumptions: grow up.
If Scott Pilgrim were a real person
I would kill him.
Watchmen is amazing..
fuck you all!
Ice dancing is fucking rubbish.
Thanks for the advice Mr Thread Starter
it's very kind of you, but I don't think I'll be following it. I don't take directions from guys on forums who dismiss entire artistic mediums just because the hollywood hype machine tried to sell them something.
People that keep replying to the current spate of OMG PROVOCATIVE threads on here: get a new learnwheni'mbeingwoundupometer, yeah? YEAH.
(ps i agree with the thread thanks lol brb)
never mind all this fucking troll shit
when are they going to make a film of Swamp Thing? eh?
Not happy with this one?
I haven't seen it in YEARS
I want a Christopher Nolan-helmed, broadsheet-approved reboot, dammit.
That said, I might order that Wes Craven one come payday...
quite arrogant being that dismissive
it's quite ignorant as well.
also, you're only 21, so maybe you should grow up
quite arrogant being that dismissive
it's quite ignorant as well.
also, you're only 21, so maybe you should grow up
quite arrogant being that dismissive
it's quite ignorant as well.
also, you're only 21, so maybe you should grow up
dis is really annoying at the mo!
Yeah, fuckers!
Go read some Marian Keyes or John Grisham.
Alan Moore
completely disregards film as an artform.
Which is pretty funny seeing as he writes comics for a living.
he's a cunt
i know more words than him! From Hell? I could write something much better than that in a day.
don't think thats entirely true
he just thinks his work has already found their medium... thus rendering a film pointless
Quote from Moore
"I find film in its modern form to be quite bullying,it spoon-feeds us, which has the effect of watering down our collective cultural imagination. It is as if we are freshly hatched birds looking up with our mouths open waiting for Hollywood to feed us more regurgitated worms."
Whilst I'm not disagreeing with the sentiment, its just quite funny statement from someone who writes comics for a living.
3 of my mates
are mad into this kind of thing. it wouldn't bother me but when they all get together they start having heated debates about whether batman is cooler than spiderman or shit like that. which is pretty retarded
our neighbours were on Changing Rooms once
but they redecorated like six months afterwards
I haven't read any of this
but fuck you.
I'm 24 and have no problem reading graphic novels
It does not make a lesser person because I enjoy art work with the words. I read books as well. I think you can do something with graphic novels that you just can't do as well with books. It's the same with anime. All mediums serve their purpose.
Graphic novels have inspired some great movies...
So grow up and think before you go around slating them. Not everyone who reads them is 35, sweaty and lives with his mother.


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Recently Riot has unveiled League of Legends' next new champion Ekko during MSI, Ekko's super natural ability - shattering time - makes him more unique than other champions so far. And Riot has given the detailed information about Ekko's abilities on its official website as well, let's check them out.
Ekko's a powerful skirmishing assassin who thrives in extended fights, using his mobility and crowd control to slow and stun enemies as he whittles down his targets. And if he starts to lose a fight, the brilliant boy from Zaun can rewind time a little and try again.
Passive: Z-Drive Resonance
Ekko's damaging spells and attacks build up Resonance stacks on his enemies. Every third attack against the same target triggers Ekko's passive, dealing bonus damage and slowing his enemy. If he triggers his passive on an enemy champion, Ekko also gains a strong movement speed buff.
Q: Timewinder
Ekko throws a device in a target direction, damaging all enemies along its path. Once it reaches max distance or hits an enemy champion, the device expands, creating a field that slows all enemy and neutral units. After a moment, the device contracts and rushes back to Ekko, dealing extra damage to all enemies in its path.
W: Parallel Convergence
Passive: Ekko's basic attacks deal bonus damage to low health targets.
Active: Ekko opens a time rift, creating an alternate reality copy of him that tosses a device to a target location. After a delay, the device expands into a broad slowing zone. If Ekko enters the sphere, it detonates, granting him a shield while stunning all enemies inside.
E: Phase Dive
Ekko dashes a fixed distance towards a target area. Once his initial dash has ended, Ekko gains greatly increased range on his next basic attack, and blinks to his target to deal damage and apply on-hit and spell effects.
R: Chronobreak
Ekko rewinds time, briefly turning untargetable and invulnerable before reappearing wherever he was a few seconds ago. Once he reappears, Ekko recovers a portion of the health he lost over those few seconds while dealing tons of damage to all nearby enemies.
Are you going to save you golds for this new champion? More details about Ekko you can pay attention to League of Legends' official site, or stay tuned for our recent news.


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With the new Team Builder Draft, a number of things are going to change in League of Legends – and for a major chunk of the community, they will be appreciated. However, not everyone is clear on how the system is going to work.
Jeffery Lin, the Lead Designer of Social Systems for the game has been quite active on ask.fm where he answered a number of questions about the new draft.
Among numerous other things that you can read up on, Lin has revealed that as of now the Team Builder Draft will not come with "a different MMR/rank per role," but he says they will be working on it some time later.
Some of the fans were worried that the way Team Builder Draft works it is going to increase the queue timings even more, but Lin says that it is going to be the opposite for high skill players because they have put in place a new system in matchmaking to help on that.
In order to give you an overview of the new process that is going to be added to League of Legends, this is what the Champ Select flow is going to be like, according to Jeffery Lin:
- Players can invite friends into a Lobby.
- Each player is required to select at least 2 Positions (such as Top/Mid, or Mid/Jungle). On average, Ranked players only play 2.2 positions, so we wanted to start simple with a Pick-2 design, but have some backups like rank-sorting all 5 positions if there are queue time issues. We also have designs to incentivize mastering all positions in the future.
- There's a new position called "Fill."
- We're currently asking Duo Queues to cover at least 3 unique positions, to further improve queue times. Duo Queues will still have a higher chance of getting the exact 2 positions they want, but it is not 100% guaranteed.
- Once you've chosen your positions, we match you into a full team and you enter Champion Select.
- We've made some changes to how drafting works; however, we'll be talking more about this in a future design blog.
- During Champ Select, you can still negotiate with your teammates to lane swap or trade champs if you want a more favorable match-up just like Champ Select today.
- Once drafting is done, your team enters the game.
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Mark Hafeman is an Angeles water color painter who specializes in water color paintings of Los Angeles. He is a member of the National Watercolor Society in Los Angeles. Mark founded TULARIVA—Tuesday Los Angeles River Art for display of water color paintings in galleries in Los Angeles. He has been a professional painter in Los Angeles for many years and has an art studio in Los Angeles and an art studio in Ventura, California. He offers water color painting classes in Los Angeles. He has displayed in many Los Angeles fine art galleries including Descanso, LAAA, San Gabriel. Segil, Saga, and others.
Mark is an award winning third generation water color painter whose mother was a portrait artist. This year he won an Award of Merit from the Buenaventura Gallery. He won a Purchase award from Cheyenne, Wyoming. Mark has won awards from the American Art Awards for several years in multiple categories. He is a member of the California Art Club, Plein Air Artists Colorado and Plein Air Painters of Sante Fe.
His work has shown nationally at the Monroe Symphony Art Auction in Louisiana. It has shown at the International Arts in Harmony show in Minnesota. He currently serves as Treasurer of the Buenaventura Art Association, the oldest art association in California.
This painting is representing trees in the wood
Looking at the Happy Valley makes me feel uplifted. This watercolor shows a peaceful place.
I painted this oak with heart shaped branches at a nearby park near my house in Los Angeles
Painting representing flowers
This painting was sold earlier in the year so the original is not available. I can offer some beautiful prints at reasonable prices.
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Following the vein of my last post, being with family over the holidays can be challenging. Not every member of a family has a history of positive, heart connections with each other. There is an ideal, and then there is reality.
Expectations of the season coupled with old 'stuff' between family members -amped up by stress - can create charged emotions. Knowing ways of dealing with the feelings and situations that may arise during a holiday, family get-together is useful. The intention is to create equanimity. Equanimity is about embracing it all. We open ourselves to 'what is' without resistance.
Practicing equanimity can look like this. We observe others behaviour from a place of curiosity, knowing deep in our hearts that their 'stuff' belongs to them, not us. We are resourceful and whole. They are resourceful and whole. Boundaries are clear. Differences are accepted.
Taking the time to be centered is the key first step - the most caring gift that we can give to ourselves. Pausing. Breathing. Relaxing into the present moment. Feeling our body settle into a chair. Resting. Opening to what is happening internally in the moment. Knowing that taking action can essentially be about remaining silent and simply being with what is happening. Sensing at a body level, noticing our thoughts, opening to the feelings, stopping the story that we may be telling ourselves.
I take the time to learn about myself as well as learn the skills that will help me stay present and open. I am worthy of this. From this place of presence, I respond to others in new ways. I know at my core that all is well. I am okay. 'They' are okay. Life goes on.
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It was the sort of overcast Monday morning that left one longing for the cosiness of comfort food and wishing that the weekend hadn't ended quite so soon. So with the company of friends visiting from Melbourne we sought to postpone the working week by meandering our way to the latest local hot spot, Wah Wah Gee.
Situated at one of the most picturesque spots in Geelong, at the end of Cunningham Pier, Wah Wah Gee sits pretty overlooking the bay. With a view to rival any and a breadcrumb trail of street art and exciting signage the scene is well and truly set for Geelong's new kid on the block to take centre stage.
Enter the foyer and you can tell right away that this place has playfulness and fun pumping through it's veins. With pops of pastel pink and turquoise flanking the walls and murals featuring famous musicians like Lenny Kravitz and Bob Marley this fun, funky restaurant sets the tone for it's playful fusion asian menu. The menu offers a wide variety of sizes and flavours to keep even the pickiest of customers satisfied.
Between three hungry bellies my cohort and I managed to devour several of these tasty dishes. Slow cooked beef short ribs with shiitake mushrooms, Kung Pow cauliflower with chilli, peanuts, spring onions and coriander and an asian coconut soup to die for comprised the spread laid out in front of us. If I could sum it all up in one very eloquent word it would "om-nom-nom".
It's worth mentioning that if you're up for surprises this place will make sure it pleasantly surprises. With the "Feed Me" section of the menu you set the budget and the theme and the staff will arrange a variety of dishes that will tantalise and delight anyone willing to live a little on the edge. I personally love this, sometimes it's nice to relinquish control and leave the tough decisions to someone else (let's face it we all suffer from food-choosing-menu-browsing-anxiety).
Oh and I'd also like to mention just how amazing this team was with accommodating allergies. Dairy free and gluten free are words that could make any kitchen or wait staff member roll their eyes with disgust, but these guys were awesome! I can't speak for any other allergies, but if dairy and gluten are your kryptonite, this place is super allergy friendly!
I've been saying to friends for a while that Geelong's foodie scene is amazing, but possibly missing some good asian food. It's exciting to see that with Wah Wah Gee (and a few other up and coming places) this niche is being catered to. So perhaps next time you're craving some good Asian food, instead of hitching a ride on the next train to Melbourne's China Town you can take a short meander down the Cunningham Pier and visit Wah Wah Gee.
For more information on Wah Wah Gee visit wahwahgee.com.au or visit their Facebook page here.
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It's 1958. Betty Jean, Cindy Lou, Missy and Suzy serenade us with classic 1950s hits such as "Lollipop," "Dream Lover," "Stupid Cupid," and "Lipstick on Your Collar." Their hopes and dreams are as big as their crinoline skirts! At their ten-year reunion, we learn about the highs and lows they have experienced during the past ten years. We are charmed to find that no matter what life throws their way, they will conquer it together! Featuring over 30 classic '50s and '60s hits, The Marvelous Wonderettes will keep you smiling in this must-take musical trip down memory lane!


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Sobering Identity
Tomorrow morning I will celebrate my 60th day of pleasure practice. It has truly been a pleasure. A pleasure unexpected. A pleasure noticed. A pleasure welcomed.
In this moment I am listening to my favourite band, Sigur Ros by a candle lit pleasure corner I created in my brand new space. Faces, colours, dreams, realities, all nourishing, all mine in this little corner of self. Deep inhales are present. Fresh ginger and vanilla tea steeped perfectly. A sense of inner love blossoming.
On this pleasure practice journey it has been important for me to be sober, free of any substances that filter my experience. Now, most of you who know me, since I was young I have not been into drinking or drugs heavily or if any at all. And it is interesting how much of self is wrapped into this identity I have created around that notion for years. And while I have never had an addiction to any alcohol or drugs, I found that any use of these items have hindered my connection to myself and to others, especially in the beginning months of 2016. And that if I am on a journey of pleasure I want to come forward with my true self in every moment possible. So that I can be epically aware of how my body, mind, and heart feel in each moment and maybe even share that with others. But perhaps there is more to this, than just that rewarding observation. Being "sober" or having that identity close to my heart all these years has helped me in the past week figure out some clearer identities that link me closer to who "Tanille" believes who she is and acts as.
I really really really like being sober! I always have liked just being me. And I usually have enough energy to last for days and hours and then more moments. My base level of happiness and energy is rather high. For example, last night I went out dancing to five different talented musicians in different locations all around Victoria. It was extremely pleasurable. My body moved vibrantly and vividly. I left nothing inside of me, I shared it with the sound waves, the moving humans, the bright smiles. At the last bar we went to I had a sobering thought, "I am so fucking happy!" While this is great and all, I looked around the crowded bar of my happiness and I realized that perhaps I was one of the only ones to be this happy and sober. Then crept in this little morsel of loneliness. And this is the rub. I continued to have my sober, happy adventure of course, but my heart felt a little solo and I yearned for others to connect with me in this way. As I was biking home with my friend, sweat, happiness, and droplets of rain, we had a conversation about these thoughts. How people in my life all use different things/substances to get to "Tanille's" level of energy. And all I felt and said is, "I just want the genuine version of themselves, I don't need everyone to be on my level of energy. I will honour them just as they are, just as my hope as they would honour me in where I am."
Still to this day on most occasions, I am everyone's "DD" or "Mama Tanille" providing support at parties for drunkenness and emotions. I like being sober and helpful. There is this sense of connection I find from this role. I really like being responsible for myself and others. I also really like being in control of myself and situations. So, isn't this a little perfect party where I get to be happier in my sober state and still connect with people? Well, yes in some ways, but I think there is a limit to it and maybe an unhealthy response on my end. Maybe in my sober self I still am addicted to the "yay, I am fixing it" feeling. I also still feel a little lonely because I am not participating fully in their experience, and they rarely participate in mine. And then it begs another question, which over the years many of my friends have asked me, "Tanille, why don't you let loose or lose control once in a while?" And not to say that I haven't in the systematic way of substance use, because I have, but it just doesn't feel great. I feel stupid for the most part. I feel unsafe. I feel like it is harder to connect to people. Like there is this glossy film I can't seem to run my hands through. So why would I continue to explore those feelings of unsafe and disconnection?
With this new awareness around my pleasure practice including many facets of why I choose to be sober I am thankful to learn about myself and all my identities that hinder and help me, be me.
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Spend some time watching racing (or, alternately, ogling Lamborghini Countachs or Bugatti Veyron Super Sports), and odds are good you'll notice, among all the spoilers and protuberances and other aerodynamic advancements, some roughly Y-shaped indentations in the cars' slippery skins. They're called NACA ducts, and like the best aerodynamics, they improve performance and make the car look cooler at the same time.
That kid actually doesn't love Ferraris, he just loves NACA ducts. (Ferrari F40 in IMS praking lot; photo courtesy Wikipedia)
Because NACA ducts are close to the surface of a vehicle, the air they consume is being jostled, pushed around, and otherwise disrupted by the vehicle's moving body. Thus, the air they eat tends to be more turbulent—"messier," if you will. This zone of messy air is known as the "boundary layer" in aerodynamic terms. In addition, the design of the NACA duct itself—gentle angle leading into the duct, along with the curvature of the duct itself—disrupts the airflow even further by generating vortices that pull in some of the air above the boundary layer, which is actually going faster than the car. (Science!)
Old-school schematics always make us happy.
Now, "messy air" probably sounds like a bad thing—but it's not. Messy air actually helps to atomize and emulsify the gasoline in a naturally aspirated engine (it doesn't work so well for turbocharged and supercharged engines, since the air doesn't flow directly in), allowing it to burn more efficiently. But what messy air is even better for is cooling—which is why you're likely to see NACA ducts leading into wheel wells and radiators. (Race cars also like to use them to suck cool air in for the driver to breathe, which is why you'll often see them on race car windows.)
Yo dawg, we heard you like NACA ducts.
Of course, there are other ways to catch passing air and reroute it where needed inside a car—and many of them, like scoops, actually provide far better air flow than the NACAs. But the NACA duct's primary advantage is the same reason you're less like to notice it than you are a big hood scoop: it's very low profile. Which means adding one to a design adds very little in the way of drag. Which is good. Drag is a drag. They're also relatively easy to add to a car, which is why both automotive designers and aftermarket modders have an affinity for them.
You can even find a NACA duct inside the new Mercedes-AMG GT S. Admittedly, it doesn't do much but look cool, but hey, that's all a lot of people use them for.
But if you're thinking about carving up your car's bodywork in order to install a NACA duct or two, there are a couple of things you need to know. The design of the duct is important; the edges need to be sharp, and it needs to be appropriately sized for the application (physics forums are great places to ask questions if you don't know what size you should use). But most of all, the duct has to be placed somewhere that always experiences positive pressure. On a car, that basically means "point it into the wind."
It's often awkward for young cars when they realize their NACA ducts may not be the same size or shape as their friends'. But that's okay.
Follow those tips, and you can have your Miata looking like a Ferrari F40 in no time. (Well, except for...everything but the NACA ducts.)
If you really squint...that could kinda look like a Viper RT/10, though.
*Oh, in case you're wondering what NACA is, it's an acronym for "National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics," which was NASA's predecessor. If you don't know what NASA is, though, you're beyond our help.


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Marvin and Tige (1983)
Directed by Wanda Dell / Eric WestonGenres - Drama | Sub-Genres - Psychological Drama | Run Time - 104 min. | Countries - USA | MPAA Rating - PG
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In this weakly limned melodrama, Marvin (John Cassavetes) is a homeless man who stops the 11-year-old Tige (Gibran Brown) from killing himself one night, and after a bumpy start, the two become as close as a father and son. Tige's real father left him long ago, his mother has just died, and Tige is seriously ill himself. Marvin takes this in and then hunts down Tige's father (Billy Dee Williams), who is married and the father of three other children. After some initial reluctance, the father finally accepts Tige into his household, but the boy's life does not necessarily get any better from there. With a plot that is transparently melodramatic and characters barely etched on the surface, the intention to manipulate viewers with "tragic" scenes is uncomfortably apparent.
bonding [relationship], boy, child, cross-cultural-relations, culture [social culture], death, disease, father, friendship, loneliness, middle-age, relationship, runaway [from home], street-smart, suicide, urban-problems


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After what he describes as one of the 'biggest training weeks he's ever done,' Taylor Phinney has linked up with his Trek-Livestrong teammates as they commence a pre-season camp with Lance Armstrong's and Levi Leipheimer's Team RadioShack in Tucson, Arizona.
Phinney spent last week in Los Angeles, California, at a track camp hosted by USA Cycling, in a bid to escape the winter weather surrounding his home of Boulder, Colorado. In the mornings the individual pursuit World Champion rode for an hour on the track before taking to the road in the afternoons for up to four-hour training rides. "I did some strength work too, but being in LA meant I could ride in the sun and enjoy myself outside a bit more," Phinney told Cyclingnews after landing in Arizona.
Phinney will join up with his Trek-Livestrong teammates after a long and largely successful season. The team will spend much of the camp getting to know one another after team director Axel Merckx signed eight new riders to the roster for next season.
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Phinney's season was hampered by a crash at the Cascade Classic in July and the removal of his tonsils in November. After a successful recovery the American now says he has begun to feel like his old self and one year on from his first team camp with Trek-Livestrong is steadily building his form.
"I wasn't able to train like this for the last two months or so and I've just put in one of the biggest training weeks I've ever done so it's really good for the confidence. I feel fine, I feel healthy and I feel fit. It's like I'm having my own little comeback."
One thing that has changed this year is an increase in the amount of media attention coming Phinney's way. He attributes this, in part, to working in association with Armstrong and RadioShack. Proximity to Armstrong aside, Phinney, who has two ex-professionals for parents, has had to deal with the limelight from an early age and believes that with the right staff around him he can continue to thrive in the spotlight.
"Things have gone up a notch with RadioShack coming in and Lance having his own team. It's cool for me to be a part of that. Last year we weren't associated with Astana, but this year we're with RadioShack and I'm really proud of that. There are some good years ahead of us. It's a new beginning."
Phinney went on to praise Armstrong's entourage for their support: "There are a lot of really smart people that surround Lance. I've become associated with them and they're great to have around. Guys like Bart Knaggs who is our team manager, Bill Stapleton, and Mark Higgins who is Lance's personal manager. The media [attention] isn't a big thing for me as it's been around for couple of years. I have fun with it."
The Trek-Livestrong and RadioShack camp runs from Tuesday until Sunday. The full Trek-Livestrong line-up will be presented during the camp.


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