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CET Action Auction Items
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Spotted Leopard Framed Print
Item Category: Art
Noted not only for his artistic ability but for his skill at portraying wildlife realistically, John Ruthven has won acclaim around the world. Now you can own a Ruthven work when you are the high bidder on this framed print of a spotted leopard. The print is signed and numbered 2085 of 3500 and the overall size of the double-matted work is 23 x 32 inches.
Donor: Hal Bernstein
Donor Value: $400
Spotting Scope & Periscope
Item Category: Kids Items
Get not one, but TWO Discover Kids scopes! The child in your life will love viewing trees, birds and other animals with this compact spotting scope, and enjoy seeing around and above obstacles with the outdoor adventure detective periscope with compass. One set to each of the three highest bidders.
Donor: Friend of CET
Donor Value: $35
Spring Gift Basket
Item Category: Home Goods or Services
This basket includes a copy of Cincinnati & Soup - Festivals and Frolics, with classic Cincinnati festival recipes signed by the author Cheri Brinkman. Along with the cookbook comes a framed image of the book cover art and leaf-shaped ceramic serving piece in pale blue with gold accents.
Donor: Cincinnati & Soup
Donor Value: $85
Spring or Fall Planting Season Gift Card
Item Category: Garden Items
Natorp's Nursery Outlet on Snider road in Mason is Cincinnati's ultimate destination for gardeners! Shop the region's largest nursery and seek the help of their award winning landscape designers. This certificate may be used until October 12, 2014.
Donor: Natorp's Nursery Outlet
Donor Value: $100
Spring Silk Floral Arrangement
Item Category: Home Goods or Services
If your flowering shrubs aren't blooming yet, this lovely silk floral display will tied you over. Featured in a white wicker basket, it contains white flowers, peach mini-double roses, teal blossoms and green accents.
Donor: Creations Unlimited by Nancy Lockstead
Donor Value: $50
St. Ursula Academy Spirit Wear
Item Category: Clothing
St. Ursula Academy students or graduates can display their loyalty for their alma mater with a collection of useful items bearing the school name and logo. Included are a tote bag, t-shirt, notebook, pen, phone case, coffee mug and lunch bag.
Donor: St. Ursula Academy
Donor Value: $50
Stagecrafters Season Tickets for 2
Item Category: Live Theater
Enjoy the 63rd season of community theatre with Stagecrafters Inc. Having won many awards over the years from the Ohio Community Theatre Association, the 2014-2015 season will surely be no exception. Your certificate will give you season tickets for the three productions of the season, running through August, 2015, and held at the Sharonville Fine Arts Center. You must select your seats by August, 2014. Multiples available.
Donor: Stagecrafters, Inc
Donor Value: $70
Stained Glass Overlay Gift Certificate
Item Category: Art
Stained Glass Overlay is one of the world's best know providers of custom designer glass with over a quarter century experience. Every piece of their work is customized to ensure that your design complements not only the space in which it will live but also the specific fixture into which it will be installed. The certificate has no expiration date. Multiples available.
Donor: Stained Glass Overlay
Donor Value: $250
Stained Glass Sunshine
Item Category: Art
No matter the season, stained class sunshine will brighten your day. The semi-circular panel includes clear, beveled, multi-color, and purple toned stained glass and is ready to hang. It measures 30" wide x 15" high.
Donor: Norwood Custom Glass LLC
Donor Value: $350
Standard Room Overnight and Breakfast
Item Category: Hotels & BBs
Relax and feel refreshed after your one-night stay at the Hampton Inn & Suites in West Chester. Unwind by the pool or schedule some time for a work-out in the fully equipped fitness room. Certificate is for a standard room and includes breakfast; it expires December 30, 2014.
Donor: Hampton Inn & Suites - West Chester
Donor Value: $145
Star Party
Item Category: Sports
Plan a bowling party for 8 at Star Lanes on the Levee in Newport. Shoe rental is included, and your group will be served mac and cheese bites and chips and salsa to sustain them while they bowl. Certificate expires October 3, 2014 and is valid Monday through Thursday. Reservations are required.
Donor: Star Lanes on the Levee
Donor Value: $115
Star Trek 25th Anniversary Plate
Item Category: Art
Trekkie or not, you can find inspiration in the motto, "To Boldly Go Where No Man Has Gone Before". This anniversary plate features your favorite Star Trek characters in dramatic color. The legend never grows old, and you will want to display this plate for a long time to come.
Donor: Friend of CET
Donor Value: $50
Starbucks Gift Bag of Goodies
Item Category: Food
Indulge your love of coffee with this mellow and soft 16-ounce blonde roast veranda blend, with delicate nuances of soft cocoa and lightly toasted nuts. Enjoy it at home or in the ceramic travel mug, set off to perfection by vanilla almond biscotti and creamy peanut pretzel chocolate bites.
Donor: Starbucks - Madeira Crossing
Donor Value: $30
Starbucks Gift Card
Item Category: Restaurants
Get your caffeine fix and treat your taste buds with this $25 gift card good at any Starbucks location in the U.S. The card has no expiration date but you know you need it now.
Donor: Huhtamaki
Donor Value: $25
State of Ohio Flag
Item Category: Collectibles/Memorabilia
Honor your Ohio citizenship by flying the Ohio flag on your house or place of business. The flag measures 36 x 60" and comes with a certificate of presentation and directions for display and storage.
Donor: State Representative Denise Driehaus
Donor Value: $35
Sterling Silver & Turquoise Bracelet
Item Category: Jewelry
This beautiful one-of-a-kind piece of jewelry was created by Navajo artist Aaron Anderson using the Tufa casting method. Aaron carves the design into the stone using hand chisel tools and the molten silver is then poured in to the heated stone. When the silver is cooled the grinder cleans and smoothes the design but the texture that is distinctive to tufa cast work is left as that is the beauty of this form of casting. It is finished when it is set with a polished turquois stone. The piece is signed by the artist and includes the tufa stone that it was created from and a certificate of authenticity. This unique item was donated by Exotic Art and Antiques, Lebanon, Ohio.
Donor: Exotic Art & Antiques
Donor Value: $600
Sterling Silver Cuff Bracelet
Item Category: Jewelry
A fashionable cuff bracelet would be a beautiful addition to any woman's wardrobe – especially this one donated by Monmouth Jewelers. Monmouth Jewelers, located in Newport, Kentucky, has been providing a full array of jewelry services, including jewelry appraisals and repairs, since 1915. This silver toned bracelet measures 1 ¼ inches wide and is 6 ½ inches end to end. It is embellished with a silver and antique gold toned floral pattern and has semi-precious stones mounted within the floral pattern.
Donor: Monmouth Jewelers
Donor Value: $525
Sterling, Peridot & Cubic Zirconia
Item Category: Jewelry
You will look and feel like a million bucks when you wear this lovely pair of peridot and zirconia set in stirling silver. The peridot is beautifully faceted to reflect the light and the cubic zierconia adds a touch of style. Peridot is the birthstone of August so keep this in mind as you contemplate a gift.
Donor: Jewel King Jewelers
Donor Value: $229
Stratus Helicopter Discovery Flight
Item Category: Adventure - Local
Do you dream about flying, or wish that you could soar with the birds? This Discovery Flight is your opportunity to explore your flight dreams as you learn to pilot a helicopter. The certificate entitles you to FAA mandatory training and ground school training about flight controls. Then you will be on your way to "hands on" flying of the Robinson R44 helicopter for 30 minutes of straight and level flight, turns, climbs, descents, landing in a remote area, and hovering. You will receive a Pilot Logbook of your flight time as a record of your experience.
Flights are based at Lunken Airport, and the certificate expires February 11, 2014.
Donor: Stratus Helicopters
Donor Value: $299
Studio Tour & Broadcast
Item Category: Unique Experience
Call three friends who also enjoy talk radio and set up a time to visit with Marc Amazon at the WLW Radio Studios in Montgomery. You will tour the studio, sit down with Marc and share a pizza, then hang around for an hour of the broadcast of the Marc Amazon Show. This fun experience will be on a mutually agreeable date and time before March 30, 2015.


text: Mobility, performance, easy control access and adequate storage are the absolute necessities for your runner's mentality and psyche's fuel. These are five of the most highly recommended music players that enrich your run by doing all that you might need. Augment these with a sports armband if required to enhance your adrenaline experience.

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Locals should learn to spot scammers
Your phone rings and you get the good news: You have won Publisher's Clearing House sweepstakes! It is good news ... if it's true.
Or, the mail is delivered and you get the bad news: You are wanted by the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation)! It is bad news ... if it's true.
Unfortunately, local law enforcement agencies are receiving complaints of scams locally that target residents 50 years old and older by mail, Internet and phone.
"One of these scams is a letter from the FBI telling the person they need to pay a $400 or $500 fine to keep the FBI from coming and arresting them," said Police Chief Steve Cropper. "Then, they get a follow-up phone call after the letter comes."
Cropper warns recipients of these calls and letters, "The FBI is not going to send you a letter saying 'pay a fine, or we are going to arrest you.' If the FBI has a warrant for you, they are going to come knock on your door."
Webster Parish Chief Deputy Bobby Igo, Jr., agrees.
"Sometimes, a message will pop up on your (computer) screen on the Internet, supposedly from the FBI," Igo said. "The message will say, 'we've been watching you for a while and you've been involved in sex trafficking' ... or that type stuff. The FBI doesn't work that way. In fact, no agency works that way."
The sweepstakes scam is possibly the most popular scam crime.
"Some are getting a call saying they've won a sweepstakes or Powerball or Publisher's Clearing House," Cropper said. "Sometimes they just say 'you've won a million or two million dollars.'"
The scam artists then tell the "winner" to go to their local bank, withdraw $400 or $500 as a processing fee, put the funds on a money card and give the "caller" the card number.
"They claim they will deliver the winnings by UPS (United Parcel Service) or by an armed security company," Cropper said.
"It's an overseas scam," he continued. "We have gotten some phone numbers and tracked them. They show they are coming out of Florida or Las Vegas, but it's a hub out of Kingston, Jamaica, and there's not much we can do about it locally."
Igo said it doesn't matter if you believe your money is going to an address in the United States.
"With Western Union – or any of those places you send money through – you are given a routing number," Igo said. "Anyone who has that routing number can call Western Union and have the money rerouted to an overseas address. Then, all of a sudden, it's gone. And there probably never was a U.S. address."
Yet another scam deals with hauling animals – such as cattle – by truck.
"They are sending people these letters that say 'we will pay you so much to haul these animals to a feed lot' or maybe an auction barn," Igo said. "They want you to send them some money and they will supposedly get your insurance for you, so you can haul these animals."
Igo ascribes to the "preventive medicine" theory and recommends staying away from "too good to be true" projects in the first place.
"If it's not a local business, don't do business with them in the first place," he said. "You know home-town folks. I'm not saying don't go to Shreveport or Bossier or something, but if you don't know that person and can't talk to them face-to-face, if you can't look that person in the eye – stay away from the situation completely. If you go outside the city, parish or state, our ability to get your money back is limited."
Knowing who first contacted whom is key to spotting a scam.
"If you get a letter or a call where they want you to send them money first, it's a scam," Igo said. "If you're not looking for something, and you haven't contacted them in reference to something like a trip, or hauling cattle, or anything – but they've contacted you, a red flag should go up right there."
Cropper encourages scam victims – or anyone approached by possible scammers – to jot down the phone number of the person calling and ask for the caller's name.
"You're probably going to get a bogus name," he said. "But ask anyway, and ask what exactly they are calling about."
To report these calls and letters, Cropper said to call the Federal Trade Commission at 1-877-382-4357.


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SECTION 5 Ferry Case Studies Eight ferry operators were carefully selected for case studies to represent the wide breadth of the ferry business. The selected operators include small Midwestern vehicle and passenger fer- ries, passenger-only ferries in New York Harbor, and ferries in the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Pacific Northwest. Initial Survey of Ferry Operators The case studies were guided by the initial findings from a survey of more than 40 ferry operators, which led into focusing on narrower topics for further development in the research program. The survey was conducted through telephone interviews from May through July 2009. The telephone interviews covered the same topics as the literature review: � Ferry planning � Ferry operations � Ferry funding � Ferry disaster response, safety, security, and risk � Ferry environmental assessment, planning, and mitigation � Ferry marketing The survey sample included representatives of the full range of ferry operators, from very small operators to those operators that carry more than a million passengers, from seasonal operators to year-round operators, and from privately owned and operated systems to publicly operated systems at the federal, state/provincial, and local levels. The sample also included operators from various geographic regions. The survey was designed to allow for multiple respondents from the same operator to answer questions, which occurred during interviews with larger operators. A $100 incentive was offered to encourage participation so that the desired number of interviews would be completed. Forty-three interviews were completed. The survey respondents answered anonymously dur- ing the reporting process. Characteristics of the respondents include the following: � Of the fifteen publicly owned ferries surveyed, one is a federal agency, seven are state or provincial governments, and seven are local operators. � Twenty of the ferry operators surveyed are privately owned and operated, while seven are pub- licly owned but operated by private companies under contract. � Fourteen ferries are seasonal, while sixteen operate year-round. � The number of passengers carried annually ranged from less than 500 to 2 million. 18


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Special Edition Of Rob Jeter Show Debuts Tonight
March 17, 2014
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The show debuts Monday at 5 p.m.
The show was taped at the Milwaukee Panthers' Pairings Party Sunday and includes interviews with Jeter and a handful of players.
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|Me, talking about the DC reboot.
The powerful women of DC Comics star in the new The Women of Legend Trading Card series from Cryptozoic Entertainment. The 63-card base set features all-new original artwork from top comic and sketch card artists. Collectors will find exclusive artwork from fan-favorite artists, including Katie Cook, that was commissioned exclusively for this set. Chase sets include the 9-card Katie Cook sticker set and the 9-card Legendary Ladies foil set. Totally fabricated costume cards are randomly inserted, as are sketch cards of some of the most popular female comic characters. Then, store your collection in the official binder with 1 exclusive card. 5 cards per pack, 24 packs per box.
So, these things are also coming out next week! From DC "women what are women" Comics, no less! And there seem to be Original Universe pictures in there.
I'm gonna get a pack. Maybe two.
Citing too much editorial interference, J. H. Williams III and W. Haden Blackman announced their exit from Batwoman.
I'm screaming. Not literally, of course. But my heart…my heart hurts. I'm aching. Because Batwoman was all I had left. My 100% true enjoyment non-digital DC book.
And because editorial can't bring themselves to let a good thing take shape on its own, it's going to be gone soon.
Let's not kid ourselves; while Batman and Batwoman are the most quality of DC's New 52 Bat-titles, Batwoman isn't the highest seller. After the creator switch, unless DC brings in someone truly amazing to work on the title, numbers will drop.
And Kate's story may come to an end.
The Joker, Lex Luthor, Black Manta, Bane, Black Adam, Ra's Al Ghul, General Zod, Clayface, Sinestro, Catwoman, Cheetah and many more of the worst villains in the DC Universe star in this action-packed collection of stories from ACTION COMICS ANNUAL #10, BATMAN #244, 614, BATMAN VILLAINS SECRET FILES #1, BLACK ADAM #6, GREEN LANTERN CORPS #14, SOLO #1, SUPERMAN: LEX 2000, WONDER WOMAN #214, COUNTDOWN TO INFINITE CRISIS #1 and the backup stories from COUNTDOWN #2, 6-11, 14-16, 19, 27, 29, 33-34 and 36-37!
Literally everything in this book is from the old DCU.
What does that tell you about the villains in the New 52, DC?
The word of the week is 'sacrifice', ladies and gentlemen. It's more trendy than you think, in superhero comics. But sacrifice can come in many flavors, and not all of them are obvious the first time around.
As always, we're kicking ladies' week off with…
What has two arms, two legs, one head, and no day off this week? This guy! So, uh, good news and bad news. Good news, I got my hands on the latest issue of Saga. Bad news, I don't actually have anything to review this week. So, in the time-honored…
So there's this guy, Batman. Been around for almost 80 years. Kinda broody, parent issues out the wazoo. Maybe you've heard of him. Actually, I'd be surprised if you hadn't heard of him, at this point.
Batman, for those of you who might be having delusions otherwise, is DC's biggest character. He's been the subject of eight animated television shows over the years, over a dozen live-action and animated movies, and in the New 52, his 'family' has more ongoing books than any other section, and none of them have been cancelled yet. Batman Incorporated ended, but it was always meant to do that. The Batman section of the New 52 has 12 ongoing books. That leaves 40 ongoing books for the rest of the DC Universe. Not to mention how, in the digital-first comics, we've got Li'l Gotham, Batman Beyond Unlimited, Legends of the Dark Knight, Batman '66, and Batman: Arkham Unhinged.
As further proof to Batman's near-total domination of DC, allow me to present the crossover events so far since the reboot started: Night of the Owls, The Culling, Rise of the Third Army, Rotworld, Death of the Family, H'El on Earth, Throne of Atlantis, Wrath of the First Lantern, Batman: Zero Year, Trinity War. That's one Batman crossover event a year, guys. Not to mention that Zero Year crosses over with non-Batman titles, like Flash and Green Lantern Corps. Why? Who cares! Batman! DC, please. And with the reality of a Batman/Superman movie in the not so distant future looming over us, it's only bound to get worse.
So I implore you, DC. Take a look around your vast kingdom. Toy with some of your other properties, for once.
"But Batman sells!" You protest. "Kids love Batman! Adults love Batman! Everyone knows Batman!" No. Let me put it this way.
If you have hamburgers once a week throughout your childhood, you'll have fond memories of hamburgers. You'll also like hamburgers a lot, provided you only had them every once in awhile. And then, when you hit adulthood, suddenly, hamburgers are everywhere. There are a million variations on the same hamburger, and in order to feel like you're getting the best hamburger experience, you decide to try them all. Eventually, it becomes too much. You're drowning in hamburgers. And the worst part? Most of them are terrible, with wilted lettuce and moldy bread. Every now and then, you find an excellent hamburger, cooked exactly how you like it, with the freshest ingredients. However, when buying that burger, the server informs you that you'll need to buy a whole bunch of other hamburgers, many of them rotten, in order to properly enjoy the burger you wanted. DC, you are the server. Batman is the hamburger.
I'm getting a little tired of hamburgers. Let's get a salad, or some tomato soup, or hell, some tacos. You've got a big universe, DC. Capitalize on it.
I don't think I ever posted this. I keep a list on Gaia of the DC reboot titles I've tried out, editing it every time something changes.
(as of August 2013)
- The Flash
- Batwoman
- Batgirl
- Nightwing
- Batman and Robin
- Catwoman
- Birds of Prey
Animal Man Justice League International
- Justice League
- Justice League Dark
Hawk and Dove
- Resurrection Man
- Wonder Woman
- Red Hood and the Outlaws
- Superboy
- Supergirl
Static Shock
- Green Lantern Corps
- Green Lantern: New Guardians
- Red Lanterns
- Green Lantern
Teen Titans Blue Beetle Legion of Superheroes Legion Lost Deathstroke Suicide Squad
- Batman
- Swamp Thing
DC Universe Presents Demon Knights
(second wave, crossover titles, and minis)
- World's Finest
The Ravagers
- Earth-2
Batman Incorporated The Shade Legion: Secret Origins The Ray Huntress My Greatest Adventure Dial H
(third wave)
Sword of Sorcery
(fourth wave)
Threshold Vibe
(fifth wave)
The Movement
(sixth wave)
- Harley Quinn
- Justice League 3000
(January 2012 commentary)
Let me break this down for you, because I've sort of done this in code. Regular text means I'm buying them. Italics mean I've stopped buying the comic, choosing to read and review it in-store, and using the money I'd allotted for those particular comics on something else, if not saving it. Bold means that I've stopped reading them entirely. As you can see, I started out with 28 books, having read the first and second issues of many a series. As of the second week of month five of the reboot, I'm down to exactly half that. JLI has another issue to impress me before I relegate it to in-store, as does LoSH. Blue Beetle may be cut this month, because the last issue ranged from unsatisfactory to downright awful. Not to mention that any of the in-store books run the risk of me dropping them entirely at any point. And with Static being cancelled, that's another title gone, one I've never considered dropping. There is a very good chance that by month six, I will only be buying eleven titles from the new 52. Granted, I am also buying two of the minis DC has put out, Legion Secret Origins and The Shade, both of which are fantastic books. My Greatest Adventure, another mini, is always worth a glance-through, even if you're only reading the Tanga storyline, like I am. Of the reported 'second wave' of new 52 titles, I plan on checking out Earth-2, World's Finest, and The Ravagers. It is highly doubtful that I'll be buying World's Finest, as pre-Crisis Power Girl and Huntress never interested me.
Looking at this list another way, I see I'm only buying three books where the main, or title, character is a woman, out of the eight I started with. I'm still buying both books that feature non-heterosexual characters. I was only reading five books that heavily featured non-white characters to begin with. I've downgraded Green Lantern Corps and may do the same to Justice League International and Blue Beetle. Static Shock is being cancelled. That leaves Teen Titans, which is actually the most diverse team in the DCnU. Think about that for a second. Teen Titans, which features three white heterosexuals, three women (two of whom are POC), a gay man (who is also Hispanic), and a street (you have no idea how weird it was to type that sentence) is more diverse than the Justice League International, which features no non-heterosexual characters, three POC (Hispanic, Asian, and African respectively, in a nine-person team), four women, and six white heterosexuals. The rest of these books mostly feature white males, with the exception of the Legion and Lantern books, which mainly feature aliens.
I'm aware that there are other books not focusing exclusively on white males but, to be perfectly honest, I don't know a thing about Batwing or Voodoo, and I've never cared that much about Mister Terrific. That makes Voodoo literally the only book with a woman as the title character I didn't read, and I'm still down to only three. Three decent to good books focused on a woman. Yay, diversity.
But enough of my whining. I know there are already a million New 52 threads floating around, which makes mine sort of redundant, still. I'd like to hear some opinions on things other than Batman. How are you enjoying, or hating, the New 52? What's your favorite book? Your least favorite? Which character do you miss the most, out of the ones that have either been retconned out of existence, or are simply not being used at the moment?
*New edit to reflect buying list as of May 9th*
Gosh this is sad. I'm only reading Legion Lost until the Culling event is over, then I'm forgetting it exists again. Oh, and a new category has been added.
Strikethrough books are ones that have been cancelled.
I have no idea how I'm still buying all of the books Scott Lobdell is pissing out. I mean, RHatO has the virtue of having Kenneth Rocafort on art, but Superboy? Teen Titans? I have no excuse.
**edited to reflect my buying choices as of 08/15**
Congratulations to Supergirl, whose utter refusal to just give up and suck caused her book to claw its way back onto my buy list. Two of Lobdell's books, Superboy and RHatO, were downgraded to in-store only status a month or two back, and I couldn't be happier. As of this moment, I'm only buying eleven New 52 books, and the Shade mini, which is an issue from over. If you haven't been reading it, by the way, start! Really one of the most satisfying things to come out of DC in ages.
**edited to reflect my buying choices as of 10/17**
Dropped three more books! Superboy and Red Hood and the Outlaws have finally annoyed me to the point of no return, and Earth-2 just…was not in any way living up to its potential or my expectations.
**edited to reflect buying choices as of 11/28**
Okay, I've been broken. Bold, italicized titles are ones I've dropped, but am buying again because they're part of the Death of the Family event currently going on in the Bat-books. So far, I've only had to buy a couple of issues of Catwoman and Batgirl along with my usual Batman book, but next month through January I'm going to have to get Nightwing and Red Hood and the Outlaws again as well, while also picking up Detective Comics. Sigh whimper sob.
Still, I'm holding steady at 12 regularly purchased titles. And, with the exception of Teen Titans (which I buy purely out of habit and a sense of Titans-related masochism), I'm actually…enjoying what I'm reading. Okay, Legion of Superheroes can be a little slow out of the gate at times, and Suicide Squad has some of the cheesiest dialogue known to man, but everything else? Yes. This is good.
Scott Snyder has been really hitting it out of the park with Batman and Swamp Thing, and Jeff Lemire's Animal Man is the best the character has been in years. I cannot praise the creative teams on Batwoman, Wonder Woman, and Supergirl enough, and I'm crossing my fingers that Cliff Chiang gets a shot at drawing another book soon. Any other book. I am addicted to his art, and it's hard to get by on just one book a month. And hey, maybe I'm a little biased, but this is the first time since the end of Geoff Johns' initial run on Wally's series that I've been excited for a monthly Flash book. Way to go, Manapul and company.
**edited to reflect buying choices as of 1/16/13**
Blue Beetle ends next week. I've broken up with Legion and Teen Titans. My pull list is dying. My remaining titles are now highlighted in blue, the color of hope. I hope, I hope these books stay good.
**edited to reflect buying choices as of 3/10/13**
Hah. Haaa hahaha. I'm losing titles left and right. Dropped Swamp Thing after Scott Snyder left the title. Dropped Batman and Batman and Robin because without Damian, there is literally no point to either of them.
**edited to reflect buying choices as of 5/1/13**
I don't think Digger's coming back to the Suicide Squad any time soon…but there's a new writer starting next issue, so I'm not giving up entirely. A new Gail Simone-penned book comes out today, called The Movement. I'm going to take a look at it. Verdict: Ehh. I'll give it another issue to wow me.
**edited to reflect recent line-up changes as of 5/12/13**
Batman Inc has been cancelled as of issue #13, Threshold will be ending with issue #8.
**edited to reflect recent line-up changes as of 5/23/13**
The cancellations just keep on coming! Legion of Superheroes, Dial H, and Demon Knights (which I literally just started reading this month) have all been given the axe. Fun fun fun.
**edited to reflect buying choices as of 6/5/13**
Apparently, I just couldn't wait three issues before writing off The Movement. Not impressed, sorry. Honestly, Wonder Woman, Batwoman, and The Flash are the only titles I'm getting over 80% enjoyment of on a month to month basis. With the recent marital shake-up in Animal Man, that title keeps finding itself dropping further and further down my must-read list.
**edited to reflect line-up changes as of 10/15/13**
Vibe has been cancelled, with the last issue dropping in December.
**edited to reflect buying choices as of 11/18/13**
Dropping Supergirl this month. The last two arcs were horrible. But who knows, she's clawed her way back onto my pull list before, she could do it again. Also decided to give the new Harley Quinn series a try.
Animal Man is ending in March. Cut my life into pieces. Also, giving Justice League 3000 two months to not suck, but it isn't impressing me so far.
**edited to reflect buying choices as of 1/16/14**
**edited to reflect buying choices as of 1/21/14**
Suicide Squad is cancelled. In other news, Nightwing is also cancelled, but I haven't touched it since Court of Owls.
**edited 2/17/14**
The Movement has been cancelled. I'm not reading it, but I figured I should update the list all the same.
It's like staring into the eye of my own madness, really.
Remember the Captain Cold bottle cap, circa 1978 from Argentina? Apparently, there are more. Aside from Len, Pepsi (or alternatively, Pindy) made 35 other bottle caps featuring various DC heroes and villains. From the Flash side of things, we've got Flash, Captain Cold (Captain Frio), Gorilla Grodd (Titano), and Abra Kadabra (…Mefisto?).
The publisher has announced that it will be releasing non 3D covers for Villains Month due to shortages.
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"But who's Vibe."
"Okay, and they gave some lesser known people their own books because it seemed like a good idea, and sometimes it worked really well, like with Vibe and Animal Man. Also, they simplified all the various histories so that they fit within a five year frame."
"But what about the Justice Society."
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"Then Damian is…five?"
"No, Damian is ten, but he was conceived while Bruce was Batman. Not like it matters now, he's dead."
"And Jason Todd never died?"
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Wairarapa might be the rank underdogs in the last of their Hawke Cup qualifying round cricket matches against zone two front-runners Manawatu at Fitzherbert Park, Palmerston North, this weekend but they aren't about to accept defeat as a matter of course.
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Jarvis will take Herbert's place at the top of the batting line-up. He is probably better known as a bowler but a neck problem is restricting his effectiveness in that department.
Selector Curtis admits having Jarvis open the innings against a Manawatu attack spearheaded by former Black Cap Michael Mason is a huge ask but he is confident he will give it his best shot.
"Sean is keen to have another crack and if enthusiasm counts for anything he will do okay," Curtis said.
The full Wairarapa squad is: Sean Jarvis, Tim Lucas, Joe Hull, Henry Cameron (captain), Harry Clinton-Baker, Sam Curtis, Alex Treseder, Ben Foster, Josh Mann, Jarred Watt, Quintin McKenna, Stefan Hook-Sporry.
Meanwhile, Red Star, Lansdowne and Greytown are all poised to complete outright wins when matches in the Bidwell Cup two-day competition continue tomorrow.
Of the three Red Star look to have the easiest row to hoe. Their game with Wairarapa College should be all over within the first 30 minutes or so as they have just 28 runs to score in their second innings to pick up the maximum points. Barring bad weather that will be a formality, surely!
Lansdowne raced to 323 in their first innings against Marist Old Boys and with Marist Old Boys making just 47 in their first innings.
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I particularly love this kitchen for the way it imbues color into a very white space. What do you think?
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I agree with you except for the lights above the counter. They just look completely in the way of everything! They must get bonked 10 times a day as the owner is working or simply pulling things off of the shelves. It's nice to see a kitchen that isn't "just so" and overdone.
Does anyone have experience with white floor boards? I love the look in the abstract, but does it end up being miserable to clean?
I love that yellow tile! Yellow kitchens always seem so cheerful.
I love this but would tone back the white just a tad.
I'd warm up the floor with wood stained flooring instead of painting them white like they did here.
I also agree, the hanging lights in front of the shelves are in the way. I'd have fixed lighting under the cabinets and maybe put a pair of suspended globes in the ceiling proper itself for generalized lighting.
Otherwise, it's a nice, and hard working kitchen with bold swathes of color and I love yellow, as well as red and am glad to see they used glossy yellow tiles instead of the over used subway tiles in white.
~*resist the urge to lip sync into those light fixtures*~
i love the yellow tiles and pictures of their children.
I love this kitchen because it looks loved and lived in (even if almost all white). I like that it isn't all fitted. But I think they wasted a lot of space on the giant dumpling photo...Meringues? Formed cream? Can't tell...don't like it.
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4/19/1996 - Minimum Wage Increase Would Effect Millions of Women
Of the 3.66 million workers in the U.S. who are paid the minimum wage of $4.25 an hour, 63 percent are women. The debate to raise the minimum wage 90 cents over a two year period is currently dividing Congress by party lines. Republicans have generally opposed an increase, fearful that it will contribute to a loss of jobs, but have recently expressed a willingness to compromise with the Democrats, who have been hoping to pass an increase this year. A poll conducted by The New York Times and CBS News shows that 84 percent of Americans support an increase in the minimum wage. Since the last time the minimum wage was raised, in 1991, its buying value has dropped by 50 cents.
4/19/1996 - AIDS Rates Increased For Women in 1995
In 1995, the number of women diagnosed with AIDS increased to its highest percentage yet: 19 percent of all adult and adolescent cases. Nationwide, the AIDS rate has declined. Last year the number of people diagnosed with the disease dropped seven percent. There have been over half a million AIDS cases reported since 1981.
4/19/1996 - Traditional Religious Group Opposed to Female Bishop
On April 13, a group of 60 members from the Concerned Parishioners of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington gathered outside of the National Cathedral to protest the local appearances of Jane Holmes Dixon, one of six female assistant Episcopal bishops in the U.S. The protesters oppose the Church's liberal policy towards ordaining women, and gay men and lesbians. The group claims the Church is more concerned with political theology than adhering to a traditional belief of the Holy Scriptures.
4/18/1996 - Adult Men Responsible for Teen Pregnancies
According to a study in Thursday's (4-18) American Journal of Public Health, adult men are responsible for two thirds of the babies born to teenage mothers in California in 1993. The men averaged four to six years older than the girls they impregnated. The study by Mike Males of UC Irvine concurs with findings from a 1995 study by the Alan Guttmacher Institute which combined birth certificates with the results of an overlooked 1998 federal survey of 10,000 women. School-age male peers fathered only 34.5 percent of the babies born to California girls aged 10 to 19 in 1993. About 27 percent of the births to 10 to 14 year-old girls were fathered by men aged 20 to 24. Males commented that the men at fault are not in schools or targeted for programs to combat teen pregnancy but said that California is airing public service announcements to target such men and has started an effort to prosecute more men for statutory rape.
4/18/1996 - American Legion Found Guilty of Discrimination Against Lesbians and Gay Men
A ruling by the San Francisco Human Rights Commission has found the American Legion's California division guilty of discriminating against gay men and lesbians. The city commission concluded that the division of the largest veterans' organization in the United States distributed homophobic literature opposing gays in the military, lied to a gay veteran's group, and deliberately prevented gay veterans from expressing their point of view. A city law in San Francisco prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, but state law supersedes the ordinance in this case, inhibiting the commission to order the Legion to make changes
4/18/1996 - Woman Wins Sexual Harassment Case Against City, Mayor
Concord City Manager Rita Hardin won her sexual harassment suit against Concord and its former mayor, Byron Campbell. A federal court jury in San Francisco heard the seven-week retrial and awarded Hardin $1.3 million, concluding that Campbell had sexually harassed Hardin and forced her to resign in retaliation for her pursuing an investigation into his behavior. The jury also ruled against the city of Concord, who Hardin said tolerated Campbell's alleged behavior and made her work conditions unbearable when she spoke out against it.
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In an amended federal complaint filed Wednesday (4-17) with the U.S. District Court in Peoria, Ill., attorneys for the women suing Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing claim that male management and union workers at the plant organized and promoted sex parties several times since 1994, circulating throughout the plant pictures of male employees involved in sex acts with women they had hired.
The company, who is being sued by the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission for the sexual harassment of some 500 women employees, has warned employees that they could lose their jobs if the allegations cause a decrease in sale. The company is providing free buses, a day of full pay and a free lunch for employees who attend a rally outside the Chicago EEOC planned for Monday (4-22) to deny the allegations. Lawyers for the women in the original suit filed in December 1994 say that women have been threatened for suing. A Mitsubishi attorney has asked the court for personal documents on the women, including gynecological records, information on abortions, divorce records, credit card records, and the names and addresses of people with whom they have lived, with the plan to make the documents available to 13 of Mitsubishi's top executives.
4/18/1996 - Lawyers Organize to Defeat Anti-Affirmative Action Initiative
A group of 15 lawyers' groups called the Join Bar Coalition planned a news conference for Thursday to announce its efforts to defeat the anti-affirmative action measure on the California November ballot, the self-titled "California Civil Rights Initiative." California Secretary of State Bill Jones announced Tuesday that the Initiative, filed on February 21, had collected 770,484 valid signatures, just 12,000 more than the required number. Responding to claims by Initiative chair and UC regent Ward Connerly, president of the National Lawyers Guild Cynthia Anderson-Baker said, "The measure (CCRI) is not going to bring anyone together...It is programs like affirmative action that have helped bring diversity to groups like bar associations."
4/17/1996 - California Supreme Court Grants Custodial Parents More Freedom to Relocate
On Monday (4-15), the California Supreme Court ruled that a parent with child custody can relocate despite objections from the other parent and without having to prove that the move is essential for a new job. Michael Maroko, lawyer for mother Wendy Burgess, said, "Women are now free at last to relocate with their children as long as the move does not prejudice the rights or the welfare of the children."
Burgess' ex-husband had objected to her desire to move 40 miles for a career-advancing position. Burgess had to go to court to prove the move was necessary, and a Court of Appeal had overturned a decision of a trial court that had ruled in her favor. In light of the Monday decision, a parent with primary custody will only have to prove that relocation is in good faith, and an objecting parent will have to prove that the relocation will severely injure the child. Dorothy Jonas, a Feminist Majority board member, played a key role in bringing this case to trial
4/17/1996 - Mitsubishi Threatens Employees with Job Loss In Wake of Sexual Harassment Charges
After the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a huge sexual harassment case against Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing of America, top officials at the company's Normal, Illinois plant called a meeting of employees to warn them that they could lose their jobs if sales drop as a result of the allegations. Officials also said phones would be installed at the plant so that employees could call Congress and the President for free to tell them the charges are false. Also planned is an employee march on the Chicago offices of the EEOC who the plant says "affects their job security."
Mistubishi denies the claims of the 30 women who filed a suit against the company in December 1994 as well as the EEOC's claim at least 300 women were subjected to sexual harassment and intimidation at the 4,000-person plant. One man, who admitted he himself sexually harassed women at the plant, reported seeing numerous photos handed out at the plant of naked men and women having sex at a party. Patricia Benassi, attorney for the women in the original suit, said women at the plant are being threatened for suing and that the wall of a men's locker room reportedly has a warning that a man will "go hunting" for women if he loses his job.
4/17/1996 - Women's Age, Genes Affect Ovarian Cancer
Research appearing in the Wednesday (4-17) Journal of the National Cancer Institute links the gene BRCA1 with ovarian cancer in ten to 20 percent of the cases involving women under 50. The gene, also linked to breast cancer in young women, tells the body how to build a protein that blocks cancer, unless the gene mutates. A patient's age at the onset of ovarian cancer is a key factor in determining whether she inherited the faulty gene, the report states. According to Johnathan Lancaster, researcher at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, women who have the gene mutation have a 90 percent chance of developing breast or ovarian cancer. The findings, which Lancaster said need more study, could change the way doctors treat and counsel women with ovarian cancer.
4/17/1996 - Cardinals Push for Override of Abortion Ban Veto
Eight Roman Catholic cardinals have written a three-page letter to President Clinton condemning his decision to veto a bill banning an abortion procedure used to save the life, health, or future fertility of a woman. The cardinals pledged to make their concern a public issue on the same day House Republicans postponed a vote to override the veto. The override would likely pass easily in the House but is short of the needed two-thirds in the Senate. There was no indication of when the measure, sent to the Judiciary Committee, would be voted on
4/17/1996 - Texas Suspends Minority Scholarships
University officials in Texas, worried about the legality of affirmative action programs after recent blows, have suspended a statewide scholarship program for minority students. A recent decision by a federal court forbids affirmative action programs for people of color in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Higher education officials feel the ruling might have implications far beyond the three-state region. The University of Texas has filed an appeal.
The scholarship program now being dismantled was created to combat federal criticism of the low rates of minority enrollment. Its $1.5 million benefit about 1,300 minority students in Texas
4/16/1996 - Women in Few Front Page Stories
According to a survey sponsored by Women, Men and Media, women are only involved in 15 percent of front-page news stories. The figure decreased from last year's 19 percent. The survey looked at twenty newspapers in February for references to and photos of women and for bylines by women on front pages, opinion pages, and the first pages of business and local sections. Of the small number of women covered, over half were either victims or perpetrators of crimes or misconduct. Women in power received little coverage overall, and women made up less than one percent of references in front-page political stories.
As in 1995, women were in 33 percent of the photos, and women's bylines increased slightly to 35 percent. Stories about the economy included very little coverage of Laura Tyson, President Clinton's top economic advisor, New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman, or other leading female economists and analysts. Women, Men and the Media, co-chaired by Betty Friedan and Nancy Woodhul,l is financed primarily by the Arlington-based Freedom Forum.
4/16/1996 - Suit Against UC Regents, Gov. Wilson Proceeds
On Monday (4-15), San Francisco Superior Court Judge William Cahill allowed a lawsuit to proceed against California Gov. Pete Wilson and University of California regents. The defendants allegedly violated the state's meeting law when they voted last July to dismantle affirmative action in the UC system. Lawyers for the UC Santa Barbara Daily Nexus claim that Wilson secretly gathered "yes" votes over the telephone prior to the vote at the July 20 meeting, which leads groups such as the ACLU to charge that the meeting's decision should be nullified. A state law, the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act, requires public officials, including UC regents, to conduct most meetings in public.
Judge Cahill rejected Wilson's claim that the lawsuit was not filed in time, noting that the 30-day time period cannot hold if the government conceals its action from the public.
4/16/1996 - Soy Protein Diet Could Prevent Breast Cancer
On Tuesday (4-16), British scientists announced that a bioactive substance found in soy protein could block estrogen from causing breast cancer. Isoflavonoids may work like the popular breast cancer drug Tomoxifen, indicating that women eating a diet high in soy proteins could reduce their risk of breast cancer. Announcing the findings in remarks for a meeting of the Biochemical Society at Liverpool University, Dr. Helen Wiseman of the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics at King's College in London said studies were being done to enhance the anti-cancer properties of soy proteins.
4/16/1996 - Male Police Officer Guilty of Sexual Assault, Kidnapping
A jury convicted a San Francisco police officer Monday (4-15) of forced copulation and kidnapping by use of police authority but acquitted him of aggravated kidnapping for the purpose of rape. Francis Hogue faces up to 11 years in state prison and will be sentenced May 6. On March 18, 1994, the employee of a South of Market massage spa said, Hogue took drove the woman to a secluded spot and told her she would not be arrested for an earlier misdemeanor warrant if she had sex with him. She said Hogue then forced himself on her. Hogue's lawyer said he will appeal the decision in a trial that weighed heavily on DNA analysis.
4/15/1996 - Thousands Join NOW "Fight the Right" March
Uniting to "Fight the Right," an estimated 45,000 marchers flocked to San Francisco Sunday (4-14). Organized by the National Organization for Women (NOW), the march was at once a show of support for affirmative action, reproductive freedom, and gay and lesbian rights, and a protest against racism, violence against women, and the war on poor women. Among the speakers were Feminist Majority president Eleanor Smeal, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, and author Gloria Steinem.
Activists came from around the country and joined members of over 500 organizations to the march NOW organizers held in California to draw attention to the anti-affirmative action initiative on the state's November ballot. Steinem said the measure makes it clear that supporters of affirmative action and women's rights need to "get out the vote." NOW president Patricia Ireland cited the 1994 Republican gains in Congress as proof that supporters of the march's causes need to "unify and stand together." NOW estimated that 40,000 people came and went throughout the day.
Another popular speaker at the pre-march rally was Paul Rockwell, founder of "Angry White Guys for Affirmative Action" who said, "There are two kinds of preferences in America. Favoritism for white men of power and socially patriotic preferences for the good of all Americans."
4/15/1996 - May 2nd Trial Set for Woman Seeking Asylum
On May 2, the Board of Immigration Appeals will hear the asylum request of Fauziya Kasinga who has spent the last two years in jail awaiting asylum from Togo where she escaped female genital mutilation. The decision of the court, the highest administrative tribunal in the U.S. immigration system, will likely set a precedent that could influence future decisions toward women seeking asylum. While persecution on the basis of race, religion, nationality, political opinions or membership in a social group is considered reason for asylum by law, gender is not included in the statute.
Last August, Kasinga's case was dismissed by a judge who said her story, argued by a law student, was not credible. The student convinced her professor, Karen Musalo of American University's Washington College of Law to appeal the case pro bono. In addition to bringing attention to the issue of female genital mutilation, the case has also brought to light patterns of abuse in jails and specifically toward I.N.S. detainees.
4/15/1996 - FDA Approves Ultrasound for Breast Cancer Screening
On Friday (4-12) the Food and Drug Administration approved an application by Advanced Technology Laboratories to use its ultrasound equipment to help determine if lumps in women's breasts are cancerous. The screening could reduce the number of biopsies - over 700,000 annually - by almost 40 percent. ATL's high-definition machines allow doctors to distinguish between benign and cancerous lumps. Long used to view developing fetuses, the procedure could spare hundreds of thousands of women the cost and ordeal of having a biopsy.
4/15/1996 - Women's Brains Last Longer
According to Ruben C. Gur, professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, men lose brain tissue as they get older at a rate almost three times that of women. The loss of tissue could reduce their memory, concentration and reasoning power even in the 18 to 45 age range. The most dramatic loss of tissue occurs in the frontal lobes which control attention, abstract reasoning, mental flexibility and inhibition of impulses as well as in the temporal lobe, which governs memory. Men's brains also maintain a consistent rate of metabolism while that of women slow with age.
4/14/1996 - Enforcement of Megan's Law Resumed in New Jersey
New Jersey Attorney General Deborah Poritz wrote a letter to the state's 21 prosecutors Friday (4-12) directing them to resume enforcement of Megan's Law. By the end of the month, prosecutors will begin notifying communities of the whereabouts of sex offenders. The law, adopted in 1994 after 7-year-old Megan Kanka was raped and murdered by a twice-convicted sex offender living in her neighborhood, was challenged last month by sex offender Alexander Artway. The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the challenge but made no final decision about the constitutionality of the law
4/14/1996 - Lead Detective In Rape Case Charged With Sex Offenses
Former Detective George W. Irvine of Ventura Police Department, may seriously jeopardize the prosecution of accused rapist Peter A Stocks. Surrounded by controversy regarding his own misconduct, the former California detective who lead the Stocks investigation may not be able to testify in the Stocks rape trial.
The 47-year-old officer resigned last fall after being accused of sexually molesting two teenage girls over a nine year period. One of the victims was 12 years of age at the time of the first molestation. The case against serial rapist Stocks, who has confessed to the crime, would be severely weakened without Irvine's testimony.
4/14/1996 - New Hope For At-Risk Pregnant Women
Researchers at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, uncovered new hope for mothers-to-be with high blood pressure. By taking calcium supplements, women can reduce the risk of developing preeclampsia. The common disorder effects seven percent of fetuses in the latter half of the pregnancy, causing fetal fluid retention, dangerous seizures, and in possibly death of the fetus. The discovery reportedly will lower health care costs by $4 billion annually.
4/14/1996 - Kidnapped Woman Frees Herself After One Month
On March 1, Eula Chiles from Tulsa Oklahoma, was abducted by ex-boyfriend Velzo Harrison and handcuffed to a bed in his apartment. After using a pair of scissors to free her feet and hands, Chiles escaped on April 8. Harrison is now in jail after keeping her imprisoned for the last month and routinely beating her with an electrical cord. Last fall, Harrison was charged with assault and battery with a deadly weapon.


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2011 Vans Warped Tour Line-up…Hopeless — By HopelessMelissa on December 15, 2010
The Wonder Years and The Dangerous Summer are just a few of the recently added bands to the 2011 Vans Warped Tour line-up. Get stoked for summer : )
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The City of Wautoma Mayor, John Nixon, would like to know your concerns with city government and the issues facing the city. Do you have concerns about the sewer/water, streets, millpond, buildings, parking lots, parks, splash pad, WWII Memorial, etc. The questions and concerns for the mayor can be sent anonymously to: Wautoma City Issues c/o Waushara Argus, P.O. Box 838, Wautoma, WI 54982.
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AJ TIP – Pet Eagles
Category: Pets
Have you been wanting another high flying pet to explore Jamaa's sky-scapes? Hatch yourself a new pet eagle from the Diamond Store.
Eagle parents share parental duties including time on the nest until the eggs hatch. One of the parents is almost always with the nest. The eggs need to be protected from squirrels, other birds, and the weather. Once the eggs hatch, parents will move around the nest with talons in tight balls to keep from giving their eaglets an accidental poke!
The eaglets grow very fast. They gain about a pound a week! Within three weeks they are one foot tall and their beaks and feet are nearly adult sized. They start flying soon after.


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Add liqueur to this jam for flavor that's reminiscent of an old-fashioned cordial. If you prefer, substitute 2 tablespoons black currant syrup plus 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice for the liqueur. Keep this refrigerated for up to one month.
Cooking Light MAY 2009
1. Combine all ingredients in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer until reduced to 2 cups (about 1 hour and 10 minutes), stirring occasionally. Cool completely; cover and chill 8 hours.
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Kate asks Betty to be her maid of honor, which carries with it the dubious privilege of planning her bachelorette party. And you know I love Betty, but I like Vera to plan my lesbian sex parties.
Bomb Girls recap: Bee with an Itch
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Our Dateability Index ranks current lesbian/bi characters on a scale of 1 to 5 Emily Fitches. How date-able is your favorite? (Not based on hormones! Based on science!)
The three closest match-ups in round one of AfterEllen's March Madness: Best Lesbian/Bi Character Ever competition. Voting is open until tomorrow night at midnight!
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Category: baby name Dexter
Yesterday we did a rundown on the divide between the girls' names that are stylish to the point where it feels like they must be popular and those that are actually, statistically widely used. It's especially hard to distinguish when it comes to the names we see appearing so often in berry posts and blogs.
So here we do a similar analysis for the boys, with some similarly surprising results, especially when it comes to those berry faves,…names such as Theo. It's easy to be fooled if you live in a place where there are more Atticuses than Aidens in your neighborhood playground.
Once again, the numbers in parentheses represent how many babies were given that name in the most recent U.S. Count.
Abner (162) is stylish, while Abraham (1,899) is popular
Ace (395) is cool; Chase (6,397) is hot
There's something undeniably cool and, well, jazzy, about many of the distinctive names of jazz musicians. Take the ultimate example, the personification of cool –Miles Davis– who imparted an eternally silky, seductive veneer to his name, as did Quincy Jones.
The inimitable Ella Fitzgerald gave her name a jazzy edge long before Ella was anywhere near the top of the pop lists. Names like Ray and Roy, Cecil and Percy and Dexter all take on an appealing funkiness and rise to another level when looked at in the context of jazz.
And then there are the great unique specimens—Bix, Django, Eubie, Thelonius—all exceptionally cool baby names–that might appeal to the intrepid jazz aficionado.
The surnames of jazz immortals can be considered as well, just as they have by a few celebs—model Helena Christensen's Mingus, and Woody Allen's Bechet, for example. The middle name of Wynton Marsalis's son Jasper is Armstrong; Cynthia Nixon's boy Max has Ellington as a middle.
BLOSSOM Dearie
CARMEN McRae
It's Labor Day weekend, and so time once more to turn our attention to the original, pre-barbecue significance of the holiday and celebrate some hard-working occupational names.
We're focusing on the more uncommon, fresher sounding examples, and those with less obvious meanings, so no Archer, Shepherd or Baker. The er-ending trade names have continued their popularity run, with some individual examples rising (Ryder, Sawyer, Tucker) and others falling (Cooper, Carter, Hunter, Tanner).
Here are some examples of occupational surname names that still seem fresh enough to consider, together with the sometimes surprising trades they originally represented—even if it was so long ago that many don't have much meaning in today's world:
The er-ending brigade:
Banner– flag bearer
Barker –stripper of bark from trees for tanning
Baxter– a baker, usually female
Beamer — trumpet player
Booker — scribe
Bouvier—French for herdsman
Boyer — bow maker, cattle herder
Brenner — charcoal burner
Brewster — brewer of beer
Bridger — builder of bridges
Carver — sculptor
With Labor Day upon us, it seems like the perfect moment to focus on the original pre-barbecue meaning of the holiday and celebrate hard-working occupational names. So we're looking back to wtoe we wrote on the subject in our book Beyond Ava & Aiden, but here focusing on the less used, fresher sounding examples, and those with less obvious meanings, so no Archer, Shepherd or Baker.
Have you noticed how many of the boys' names climbing up the ladder end in the letters 'er'? They sound really new and cool, but in reality a large proportion of them actually originated in medieval England as occupational surnames, when Timothy the Tanner morphed into Timothy Tanner—as if in our day Pete the Programmer became Pete Programmer. And even if a large proportion of these are trades that no longer exist in this Digital Age, and some of their meanings have been lost to time, part of their appeal as a group lies in their throwback reference to basic concepts of honest labor, adding some historical heft to their appeal, and giving them more weight than other fashionable two-syllable names. They offer the parents of boy babies a comfortable middle ground between the sharper-edged single syllable names (Holt, Colt), and the more ornate longer names (Gregory, Jeremy) of the recent past. Here are some of the most usable ones, together with their original, sometimes arcane, meanings.
The er-ending names
- Banner– flag bearer
- Barker –stripper of bark from trees for tanning
- Baxter– a baker, usually female
- Beamer — trumpet player
- Booker — scribe
- Boyer — bow maker, cattle herder
- Brenner — charcoal burner
- Brewster — brewer of beer
- Bridger — builder of bridges
- Carter — cart maker or driver, transporter of goods
- Carver — sculptor
- Chandler — candle maker
- Chaucer — maker of breeches, boots or leg armor
- Collier — charcoal seller, coal miner
- Conner — inspector
- Cooper — wooden barrel maker
- Coster — fruit grower or seller
- Currier — leather finisher
- Cutler — knife maker
- Decker — roofer
- Dexter — dyer
- Draper — woolen cloth maker or seller
- Duffer — peddler
- Farrier– iron worker
- Fletcher — arrow maker
- Forester — gamekeeper, forest warden
- Foster — sheep shearer
- Fowler — hunter of wild birds
- Glover — maker or seller of gloves
- Granger — granary worker
- Harper — harp maker or player
- Hollister — female brothel keeper!!
- Hooper — one who makes or fits hoops for barrels
- Hopper — dancer, acrobat
- Hunter — huntsman
- Jagger — a Yorkshire name meaning peddler or carrier
- Keeler — boatman or barge builder
- Kiefer — barrel maker or overseer of a wine cellar
- Lander — launderer
- Lardner — servant in charge of the larder
- Lorimer — a spur maker
- Mercer — merchant, especially in luxury fabrics
- Miller — grinder of corn
- Nayler — maker of nails
- Parker — gamekeeper in a medieval private park
- Porter — gate keeper, carrier of goods
- Potter — maker or seller of earthenware pottery
- Quiller — scribe
- Ranger — game warden
- Rider/Ryder — cavalryman, horseman, messenger
- Sadler– saddle maker
- Salter — worker in or seller of salter
- Sayer –several meanings: assayer of metal, food taster, woodcutter (as in Sawyer)
- Slater — roofer
- Sumner — court summoner
- Thatcher — roofer
- Tolliver — metal worker (Anglicization of the italian Taliaferro)
- Turner — turner of wood on a lathe
- Webster — weaver, originally female
- Wheeler– wheel maker
Other occupational names
- Baird– minstrel or poet
- Beaman– beekeeper
- Chaplin– clergyman
- Farrar– blacksmith, metalworker
- Fisk– fisherman
- Reeve– bailiff, chief magistrate
- Smith– metal worker, blacksmith
- Steele– a steel worker
- Todd– a fox hunter
- Travis– gate keeper, toll collector
- Ward– watchman, guard
- Wright– carpenter, joiner
The nameberry contributor known to us as "Auburn" ruminates here on that most powerful and mysterious initial: X.
We all know this naming business is tricky, especially if your aim is to find unusual monikers which still have history — and if you're browsing Nameberry then it probably is. You think you've found one, you get excited … and then you meet five Violets in a day and realize that perhaps #141 is too popular for you after all.
The letter Y has lost some of its magic after various incriminations recently, involving either the addition of Y's to perfectly Y-free names (looking at you, Addysyn), or the apparent abhorrence of Y's by others (Ashleigh). What about its generally ignored neighbor, though? Every time I see an X name it catches my eye. I think "Wow, X? Crazy!" X is daring and attention-grabbing; it's a shortcut to awesome in the baby naming world.
The Jolie-Pitts clearly realized the power of this not-so-humble letter when they used it to round off their three sons' names: Maddox, Pax and Knox. In the same vein, Max is hot at the moment, but it is X in front that is still that Holy Grail of naming: rare.
According to the site http://yournotme.com, which searches the records to find people in Britain aged over 18 with a certain name, the top 10 X names include 7 Chinese names (Xiao, Xin, Xuan, Xiu, Xue, Xiang and Xing, for the record). The others are Xavier (795 of them), Xenia (330), and Xanthe (309). In contrast, the top A name, Andrew, can boast 508,320 bearers across the British Isles.
X names are few and far between in the popularity rankings as well, with just two charting in both the US and the UK top 1000s :
Xavier – #68 in the US, #234 in the UK
Xander – #244, #354.
Due to the large Hispanic population of North America, Ximena and Xiomara also chart at #311 and #909 respectively. Ximena is the feminine version of Ximeno, a Spanish name alternatively claimed to be a version of Simon or from the Basque for son, seme . Xiomara is the Spanish version of Guiomar, a name for either gender that belonged to a male character of Arthurian legend who was banished for his affair with Morgan le Fey.
The UK has its own pretty, feminine X name, Xanthe, which currently stands at #778. It should be noted that that means it was only given to 44 babies, though, due to the relatively small size of Britain. Xanthe is a lovely Greek choice meaning 'fair hair' and can also appear in the variation Xanthia.
Strangely enough, the US can also claim many a little Xzaviers, which comes in at #586. In my opinion it's preferable to use unusual letters in moderation, readers. Just one in a sea of A's, E's, and R's looks so much more striking than Xyzvyq, which gives the impression you were leaning on the keyboard.


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The Quay Ocean City Condo Rental Photos and Description
Condo, 3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, (Sleeps 10-12)
Welcome to the QUAY (pronounced Key in O.C.) our 1500+ Square ft. home away from home in OCEAN CITY. For many years our unit #307 has been the most sought after because of it's unique location in the building. You can walk down 1 flight of steps to use Indoor Heated pool, Game Room, WiFi room, Store or better yet outside to the Heated Pool or the Ocean all without the use of the elevators on a busy day. We have an Ocean View and Sunrise only second to a Cruise Ship. This Spectacular View can be had from all our bedrooms, kitchen, dining area, sitting area and living room. Imagine having coffee in the morning from our balcony or our dining room table.
We have free WIFI in the room don't pay for it
Please note all quoted Fees for full weeks in season Include LODGING TAXES, ADMINISTRATION AND QUAY REGISTRATION Fees. Parking for 1 car. A second permit can be purchased on a first come basis at check in.
Our unit has Ceramic tile in all the high traffic areas like incoming hallway, kitchen, dining,bathrooms and sitting areas. For your comfort the rest of the areas like Bedrooms and Living room are carpeted. Our kitchen has been totally remodeled with new birch cabinets Granite counter tops and all new stainless steel appliances. The kitchen is fully stocked with dishes, utensils pot pans and a blender. Our dining area has a table that can seat 8 people and a Granite Bar on the side with room for 4 people. Our living room features new furniture a new 55' High Def. TV and a DVD player. Our Spacious Master bedroom has a King size bed, oversize closet, it's own bathroom, a 26' TV and DVD Player. Our spacious middle bedroom has 2 Pyramid Bunk Beds (Each with a full size bed on the bottom and a single on top) sleeping 6. It has a 32' T V a DVD Player, an XBOX and lots of closet space. Our Spacious end bedroom has a Queen size bed a 32' T V with a DVD player and lots of closet space.
The QUAY maintains a 24 HR Security STAFF
NO HIGH SCHOOL OR COLLEGE STUDENT Groups MUST be accompanied by adults 25 or older(Couples or FAMILIES ONLY)
NO PETS (QUAY rules do not allow pets)
Keywords: Condominium
- Suitability:
- Minimum Age Limit for Renters
- pets not allowed
- wheelchair accessible
- children welcome
- non smoking only
About Ed Miller
I am 74 years old and my Beautiful Wife of 54 Years and I have 5 children and 8 Grandchildren. We have been in the Carry Out Restaurant business for 34 years. I have retired and finally my Wife is finally retired from the business so we can spend more time in O.C.
Ed Miller purchased this condo in 2003
Why Ed Miller chose The Quay Ocean City
What can I say look at the Sunrise Pictures. Also the size and the location of the unit. The building and grounds are well maintained. Also a friendly and helpful staff on duty 24 hours a day
What makes this condo unique
Short walk to O C bus stop where you can ride all day for $2. Also a short walk to Great Dining and Dancing.Short walk to new public library across the street. Short drive to Delaware TAX FREE Outlets. Short ride by car or bus to Ocean City Convention Center. Short ride by car or bus to Boardwalk.Short drive to Ocean Downs to play Slot Machines