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An Amarillo police officer received minor injuries when he was assaulted late Tuesday as he responded to an animal cruelty call.
Officers were sent to a house in the 4600 block of Bonham Street at about 10 p.m. after a 911 call alerted them to a man who was slamming a cat into the ground, said Amarillo Police Department Sgt. Eric Smith. When they arrived on the scene, they found the cat in the front yard with a broken back.
Neighbor Juanita Wineinger said the man was fighting another man, then attacked his wife and came across the street to try to fight with Wineinger and her neighbors before officers arrived.
Mike Hancock was one of the officers who responded to the call, and when he got there, he was attacked by the suspect, Smith said.
During the struggle, the man slammed Hancock's head into a fence.
Paramedics were sent to the scene, but Hancock's injuries were not serious enough for him to be transported to the hospital, Smith said.
The 30-year-old man was arrested on assault against a public servant and animal cruelty charges, Smith said.
Two young girls injured in hit-and-run
Amarillo police are searching for the driver of a car who hit two young girls and fled the scene Tuesday night.
The injured 10-year-olds were crossing 15th Avenue near Hayes Street just after 7 p.m. with another young girl when they were hitby a brown four-door car east-bound on 15th Avenue, said officer John Call. The third girl was not injured.
Witnesses said the car was driving at a high rate of speed, Call said.
Paramedics took the two girls to Northwest Texas Hospital with injuries that did not appear life-threatening, said Amarillo Medical Services supervisor Jerry Brock.
No better description of the suspect vehicle was available late Tuesday.
Anyone with information on the identity of the driver should call the Amarillo Police Department at 378-9452.
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The future of motoring looks bleak. Mankind has been declared too stupid to drive, and whether or not that is true, Old Betsy is on the way out. Get ready for RoboCar!
Cars operated by artificial intelligence are in the works and revving up to take over our highways! We must be protected from ourselves! According to Edward Tenner: "even without lethal fanaticism, the human-made world is more dangerous than ever." So why bother to make us "safe?" Pursuit of safety is like placing an artificial (robotically constructed) beaver damn over Niagra Falls. Assistive technology is just another thing to disconnect people from the ability to survive on their own.
No sir. I don't like it one bit.
According to Dr. Sebastian Thrun, of Stanford University in California, in 25 years the technology will be here for completely robotic vehicles to safely whisk us away to our designations. Granted, a whole lotta drivers do not know how to drive. And Thrun's invention would do wonders for getting the late night drunks off the road.
However… something about this sticks in my craw. There's something… dare I say it?.. evil a brewing.
If our safety was actually of any concern, why is it we don't have an advanced electric rail system like, for example, Japan? Nope, I feel the freedom of the open road being stripped away.
Which brings me to two of the dangers of RoboCar. Who will program the little beast? What if RoboCar, like HAL, gets a mind of his own?
Look closer. Robotic cars "Stanley" and "Junior" are the result of the labors of Dr. Thrun and a team of Stanford mad-scientists who recently won a $2 million prize from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) of the US Government for winning a contest to build the best robotically controlled car. Look at who funded the thing and be warned. What evil, pray tell, lurks in this contest?
Known and very popular cialis coupon which gives all the chance to receive a discount for a preparation which has to be available and exactly cialis coupons has been found in the distant room of this big house about which wood-grouses in the houses tell.
Ok, let's get this straight here. I like science and technology… unless it's being used to kill people. But anyone who's grown up in the modern technological world of television and movies can tell you that robots are evil! They always turn on their masters. We must be prepared! Jeepers didn't Dr. Thrun and his cohorts see The Car? Ok well, that was back in 1977 so maybe not. But surely they've seen RoboCop and RoboCop 2! They must remember ED 209. Talk about your maniacal killer robot gone haywire!
In brief, The Car stars a murderous black vehicle with no driver which terrorizes a small town. Was it controlled by a robot, Satan or… Dead-Eye Dick? What's the difference? If God had meant for us to be ruled by robots he would have made them a long time ago… like in the sixties along with the Moog Synthesizer.
And wait a minute… who is laying out all this moola for RoboCars? The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency of who? The United States government? Great, more taxpayer money wasted on things to torment us. And, what the hell do smiling RoboCars shuttling middle class families to work and school have to do with defense? Something's fishy here. Can we be sure Scooter 209 will unlock the doors? Take us where we want to go? Let us listen to Howard Stern on the way to work… or force us to listen to Rush Limbaugh? Will it keep its mouth shut about our grumblings or fink on us to the constables? Will it run amok and mow down the town Christmas parade? Robots tend to do these things you know.
Will everything we say be recorded and then used against us in a Military Tribunal of "law?" I can see it now. Casually relaxing in the back of your Dick 209 you accidentally let slip an anti-Republican remark like: "I was reading The Bill of Rights the other day and…" WHAM! The doors lock, the windows won't open, Dick 209 diverts from its pre-programmed course to Roscoe's House of Chicken 'n Waffles and speeds you off to your nearest re-Flanderization center. Okily dokily. Everybody smile.
It's pure evil I tell you.
Of course, being machines there's no way they will actually function that well. A flat tire ain't nothing compared to a fried circuit or computer glitch in your shiny new RoboCar, (soon to be available in Tranquility Puce or Victory Vermillion – formerly known as "blood red"). They'll be slamming into light posts, fast food joints and school playgrounds right and left.
If that isn't bad enough, I just do not like the idea of handing over control of my life, my car and my driving to Miles from Sleeper! Hey if I want to flip the Dive Master Special on its lid that's my business! And crazy as it may sound, I like my cars to go where I point them!
Damned cars are getting too high fallutin' anyway. Every time the manufacturers add something new to make them cushier, like electric windows, cruise control and airbags, inch by inch we get turned into a society of irresponsible… and stupid… wimps.
As cars become safer, drivers become more reckless. It kind of evens out. If drivers don't have to drive, exactly what will they be doing in the backseat of their cars? The mind boggles… Actually, don't tell me. I don't want to know. What if Bill 209 gets distracted and wants to watch?
It ain't for me! Keep these diabolical RoboCars away. I want the responsibility… and freedom… to drive correctly, safely and to wrench on my cars myself. If I want to do a burn out on my front lawn, I don't want Condi 209 grabbing the wheel!
Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy ride.
Elizabeth Gyllensvard contributed to and edited this story.
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By user12607856 on Oct 24, 2008
You may remember from a previous post, that if I clicked on a hyperlink in Thunderbird, then Firefox would be intrusive and start up on my current desktop.
The "workaround" was to set "browser.tabs.loadDivertedInBackground" to True via "about:config" in Firefox.
Bug 175904 on Ubuntu's Launchpad has been tracking this problem, and on Monday, an interesting workaround appeared from Jeremy Nickurak
I wrote up a script that I call on opening URL's instead of calling firefox directly. It checks to see if there's a firefox window on the current desktop. If there is one, it'll focus it, and open the URL in a new tab there. If there isn't one, it'll just open a new window right where you are.
Hopefully this'll be useful to somebody.
It requires wmctrl to be installed. (sudo apt-get install wmctrl)
The script is attached to the bug. I thought I'd give it a try.
Well there is no equivalent of
sudo apt-get install wmctrl
on my OpenSolaris box at the moment, so I downloaded the
for wmctrl, unpacked it and tried to build it with:
$ gzip -dc wmctrl-1.07.tar.gz | tar -xvf - $ cd wmctrl-1.07 $ ./configure --prefix=/usr $ make $ pfexec make install
Unfortunately it bitched about not having some of the X11 header files, so I had to do:
$ pfexec pkg install SUNWxwinc
before I was able to successfully build and install it.
Now I needed to get Thunderbird to recognize the new firefox-tab script. I put a copy of it in my own personal bin directory and gave it execute permission:
$ cd ~/bin $ mv ~/Desktop/firefox-tab . $ chmod +x firefox-tab
As I previously had set "browser.tabs.loadDivertedInBackground" to True via "about:config" in Firefox, then I had to revert that. I restarted Firefox for good measure.
Then I needed to terminate Thunderbird and
add three lines to the prefs.js file in my current Thunderbird profile
user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.ftp", "~/bin/firefox-tab"); user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.http", "~/bin/firefox-tab"); user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.https", "~/bin/firefox-tab");
I then restarted Thunderbird and clicked on a hyperlink. Even though I had Firefox running on a different workspace with several tabs in it, it started up a new Firefox window on my current workspace (where Thunderbird was running). Hmm.
It's definitely running
~/bin/firefox-tab. It's just not
doing the right thing. If anybody has any ideas why this isn't working,
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The Splatters, a new puzzle game from indie outfit SpikySnail, has been confirmed for XBLA this Spring.
The game itself is a colourful physics-based action puzzler, in which the main aim is to sploosh blobs of viscous liquid all over the place in the messiest manner possible. There's even a video clip sharing system, allowing you to show off your best moves.
"We've built a game that we believe will keep Xbox gamers having fun for a long time as the unique physics gameplay brings something fresh each and every time you play," reckons SpikySnail co-founder Sagi Koren.
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Here is what you need to know going into this week's post: I sat down with a list of DC's current and upcoming superhero-universe comics, and rearranged it into a big chart. Now I have to make that little factoid exciting. Join me, won't you?
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The watchword of any shared universe is "consistency." Superman's adventures in Superman and Action Comics may be produced by two different creative teams, and they may even take place in different timeframes, but they be must at least coexist peacefully both with each other and with the rest of DC's superhero line. That's part and parcel of corporately-controlled superhero comics, regardless of any tension with a professional's creative freedom.
Following today's creative-team reshuffling that sees Steve Pugh return to DC Comics' Animal Man, artist Travel Foreman stopped by the Comic Book Resources forums to explain why he's leaving the well-received series for Birds of Prey.
"The change on Animal Man boils down to the reason I was on the book to begin with, which was that I needed to take on a job after my mother died (to deal with the financial end of someone being sick for a while and then passing) and Animal Man was the only thing DC was going to let me do. Which in any other time frame would have been perfect," Foreman wrote. "But really the context of me dealing with the death of my mom and drawing the kind of content in Animal Man just burned me out sooner than I thought."
Foreman, who before Animal Man was best known for his work on Com.x's Cla$$war and Marvel's Immortal Iron Fist, launched the series in September with writer Jeff Lemire as part of DC's New 52. But with the solicitations for March's Issue 7 came the news that Pugh would fill in as artist — well ahead of today's announcement. Pugh continues his fill-in with Issue 8 before becoming the regular artist the following month.
"I had hoped to stay on the book until at least the spring so that the artist I wanted to replace me was free from his commitments," Foreman continued, "but I would have ultimately just dragged the book down if I did, because it was becoming harder and harder to concentrate on the work. Steve was bending over backwards on his fill-ins to keep the book on schedule so you have to keep that in consideration. Really, he won't skip a beat once he's doing the book full time."
On his blog, Lemire wished his collaborator well, writing that, "The success of Animal Man is due in no small part to Travel's artistic vision and I was lucky to have worked with him."
(via The Beat)
DC Comics announced they're reshuffling the deck a bit on the New 52, with Birds of Prey artist Jesus Saiz is moving to Resurrection Man and Resurrection Man artist Ferndando Dagnino moving to Suicide Squad. Both are effective with issue #9 of each series, which also happen to contain a crossover between the two titles.
"I'm going to miss Birds of Prey immensely, although it's also true that I was dying to work on the Dark line of books," Saiz told DC's The Source. "There's some very interesting stuff happening in these books, and I've always considered horror / creating dark settings are some of my stronger areas as an artist, and I really haven't had many chances to flex those muscles working in this genre during my career. So…I think I'm really going to enjoy working on Resurrection Man! Crrrrazy fun!"
"Call me insensitive but I must admit I've really enjoyed killing Mitch twice or thrice per issue," said Dagnino. "Nevertheless, it all falls into place knowing that he will be in Jesus' hands now. This run on Resurrection Man has REALLY been loads of fun but now I must confess I am even more excited to take over the responsibility of dealing with such a thrilling cast of characters as the Suicide Squad. Harley…I'm coming!"
No word yet on who will be drawing Birds of Prey after Saiz, but I wouldn't be surprised if we find out later today. The cover above, for Resurrection Man #9, is by Rafael Albuquerque.
Update: DC Comics has announced that Animal Man artist Travel Foreman is moving to Birds of Prey, and 1990s Animal Man artist Steve Pugh will return to draw the character in his current series.
"A big reason I love the Animal Man character so much is because of the work Steve did on the character back in the 90's with Jamie Delano," Animal Man writer Jeff Lemire posted on his blog. "In fact, I don't think it would be a stretch to say that I have been heavily influenced by a lot of the concepts Steve an Jamie created and represented them in my tenure on the book. So, to have Steve join colorist Lovern Kindzierski. letterer Jared K. Fletcher and I is a a dream come true for me. Steve is an incredibly talented illustrator as well as an extremely professional and reliable guy and with everything we have planned on Animal Man coming up, I know the Baker Family is in good hands!"
In a clever bit of product placement and cross-promotion, DC Comics is offering "Evolve or Die" T-shirts featuring Travel Foreman's cover for Animal Man #1 just ahead of the shirt's debut in the seventh issue of the series. It certainly makes sense within the context of the relaunched title, which opened with a Believer interview in which Buddy Baker was asked how it felt "to have your face plastered on kids' dorm rooms and T-shirts all over the country."
The shirts will be available in direct market stores, and at GraffitiDesigns.com, at the end of the month (prices range from $18.95 to $24.95, depending on size). There's no word yet as to when we should expect that "World's Best Grandpa" design.
Animal Man #7, by Jeff Lemire and Steve Pugh, arrives March 7.
Welcome to Food or Comics?, where every week we talk about what comics we'd buy at our local comic shop based on certain spending limits — $15 and $30 — as well as what we'd get if we had extra money or a gift card to spend on a "Splurge" item.
Check out Diamond's release list or ComicList, and tell us what you're getting in our comments field.
Chris Mautner
If I had $15: I'd be all over Fatale #1, as I'll grab anything Brubaker and Phillips do together. I'd go out on a limb and say that's one of the best and consistently stellar collaborations in comics going on right now. I'd probably get the latest issue of The Boys as well, because that's what I do.
If I had $30: Well, I haven't read the first volume yet, but everyone says that the transgender manga series Wandering Son is stellar so I'd at least give it a look through, and perhaps nab volume one as my splurge for the week.
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Welcome to another edition of What Are You Reading?, your weekly look into our reading piles. Today we're joined by special guest Jacquelene Cohen, director of publicity and promotions for Fantagraphics Books.
To see what Jacq and the Robot 6 crew have been reading lately, read on …
Welcome to Food or Comics?, where every week we talk about what comics we'd buy at our local comic shop based on certain spending limits — $15 and $30 — as well as what we'd get if we had extra money or a gift card to spend on a "Splurge" item.
Check out Diamond's release list or ComicList, and tell us what you're getting in our comments field.
Graeme McMillan
It's a slow week, this week; if I had $15, I'd use it to catch up on some recent enjoyments like Action Comics #3 (DC, $3.99) and OMAC #3 (DC, $2.99), two of my favorite titles from the New 52 relaunch–OMAC in particular has been a really weird and wonderful joy–as well as the final issue of Marvel's great and sadly underrated Mystic revival (#4, $2.99). I'd also see if the parody-tastic Shame Itself #1 (Marvel, $3.99) lives up to its potential, because "Wyatt Cenac + Colleen Coover" sounds pretty promising to these ears.
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To see what Kevin and the Robot 6 crew have been reading lately, click below …
As week three of DC's big relaunch begins, here are some more highlights of news, announcements and coverage of the New 52 thus far:
• So how is the relaunch doing overall? DC Comics put out a release this morning noting several fun facts about sales and the relaunch thus far, while Kiel Phegley at Comic Book Resources spoke with DC's John Rood and Bob Wayne for context.
Also of note is Diamond Comic Distributor's list of the top 100 comics in August. As DC noted in their release, Justice League #1 was not only the top seller in the direct market for the month, but is the top-selling book of the year so far. That's not surprising. DC also noted it's the highest first printing they've had since the 2006 Justice League relaunch. John Jackson Miller, meanwhile, looks at the top books of this century this far, pointing out that the new Justice League will likely land in the top 30 of that list.
We already knew that Justice League's print run was over 200,000, but today DC announced that Action Comics' second printing will push it over 200,000 copies as well. And speaking of second printings, DC confirmed that all of last week's titles AND this week's titles — yes, the ones that aren't in stores until Wednesday — have sold out at the distributor level, and they'll be going back to press on them all.
It was the strangest thing — when I woke up this morning I was younger, single, and most of my clothes had high collars and funky seams….
Okay, let's cut that out right now. Don't worry, I'm still middle-aged and married, with the same beat-up wardrobe. However, I have read all but one of this week's New-52 books, and now I get to share them with you. (The local comics shop got shorted on Batwing #1, which is too bad, because as one of the few sort-of new concepts being offered, I was especially looking forward to it. Next week for sure!) Generally I thought most had at least some potential, and I was mostly impressed with the efforts the various creative teams made. Of course, that doesn't mean I liked everything, but I did like more than I thought I would.
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It's finally here: The first full week of DC's New 52 brought 13 brand-new titles – only the tip of the iceberg as September progresses. If the quality of this week's books is any indication of the rest of the New 52, there will be some very difficult cuts to make at the end of the month.
From now through the end of September, I'll provide brief overviews of each book with the pull-list status at the end. With no further ado, it's time to jump into Week 2 of the New 52! Prepare for a number of Bat-family books, the new JLI, Sgt. Rock for the modern age and more!
Warning: Spoilers ahead!
Animal Man
Written by Jeff Lemire with art by Travel Foreman
This book sets the benchmark for this week as to what a New 52 #1 should be. Jeff Lemire brings new life to Buddy Baker in an incredible story that both takes advantage of the character's rich history and introduces new elements in the spirit of DC's relaunch. Not only does Lemire give readers a welcome reintroduction to Animal Man with a stunning cliffhanger that will leave them wanting more, Travel Foreman's interior pencils are gorgeous, only adding to the unique feel that Lemire gives this title. It's a great first issue, and I can't wait to read more. If I could read only one New 52 issue this week, this would be it.
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I'm very excited to read Casanova: Avaritia ($4.99), the first new Casanova storyline in what seems like a dog's age. There's something about this series that seems to bring out Fraction's best, perhaps it's the mere fact he's working with Fabio Moon and (this time around) Gabriel Ba allows him to rise to the occasion. That and The Boys #58 ($3.99) will probably round out my initial purchases.
This week Chris Mautner suggested we share our softer sides and each talk about three comics that broke down our tough-guy exteriors and made us openly weep as we turned the pages. It's a risky venture, to be sure; to some members of our audience, this will destroy the "manly man" image we've worked so hard to build up on the blog, but for others, it will show there's more to who we are than just bad jokes and Shelf Porn.
So here they are — six comics that made us cry. After reading our selections, be sure to grab a tissue and tell us what comics made you cry as well.
1. "We're brothers, Tom"
I always thought Tom Strong was the weakest of Alan Moore's ABC line (in fact I said so rather openly in issue #231 of The Comics Journal). Oh sure, there were lots of colorful dialogue and zany plots, but I felt the series was sorely lacking in gravitas. The characters seemed too thinly sketched to me and I couldn't find myself forming enough of an emotional commitment to them to care about what happened to them. It kept hinting that there was a lot more going on under the surface, but that's all it would do, hint.
That was until the final issue, no. 36, where, during the "end of the world as we know it" created by Promethea, Tom is confronted by the ghost of his arch-enemy Paul Saveen, who reveals that he is, in fact, Tom's half-brother. What follows is one of the most tender scenes I've ever read in a superhero book ("Jesus Paul" Tom says, breaking down "We tried to kill each other.") When, two pages later, Tom introduces Saveen to a passerby with a simple "This is my brother. This is my brother Paul" well, I just lose it. –Chris Mautner


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So this is more of a rant than anything. Wondering if anyone else experiences these things, too.
The setup: My husband and I get home from work around 6pm. My baby THANKFULLY goes down for bed (and stays asleep) till we wake her at 7:30am. Her routine is 7pm) Solid food, 7:30pm) Bathtime (not that she needs it every night, but she loves it!), then 8pm) Bottle then bed. Which gives us around an hour with our baby. Whether or not she's unfussy and unsleepy completely depends on the daycare. Something to note, she's not a hard baby. She's quite easy to handle, except for the naps. She fights those.
The rant: Ok, now that I've set things up, let me get to my rant.
1) We only have about an hour with our baby M-F! And of course, if daycare doesn't stick to the right times/routine, then we get a fussy and tired baby for that hour. It happens more often than we like.
2) Daycare doesn't seem to stick to our routine. Not sure if they just don't know what they're doing (the morning lady can always feed her, the afternoon lady not so much), or if they're just too busy with the other babies.ĀThe daycare I'm using also can't seem to keep a consistant staff. I LOVE the morning lady, she's been working in childcare for more than 10 years. She knows what the heck she's doing. It's the afternoon slot that can't ever seem to be filled. When they thought they had one, she ended up getting pregnant and couldn't handle it anymore, so they fired her. Now they're filling in with whatever other staff they have available. Which is another reason why my baby's schedule won't stick.ĀEither way, it's annoying as hell!
3) They use WAY to many wipes when they change her diaper, and I swear they're sharing our diapers with the other children, so we're buying more diapers/wipes than we feel we need to.
4) She only stays sick if she's in daycare. We went on a week long vacation for Thanksgiving, and my baby got rid of her stuffy/runny nose. A day after we put her back in daycare, she's all nasty again. I've seen several kids in there with constant runny noses. How hard is it to wipe that crap off? I garauntee you that it's getting all over the toys that they play with.
My husband feels like he's divorced from daycare in the sense that he's paying them child support and only gets to see our baby for a few hours every day. He wants to quit his job or have me quit mine so we don't have to deal with it anymore. Honestly, though, that'll hurt us financially, and we wouldn't be able to handle it. Even with the lack of a daycare bill. Which isn't cheap!ĀI've searched the other daycares in the area, and this is a named company (which I won't name) and has the best rates. We would be (more) broke if we took her to a different daycare :(
UGH. Ok, I'm done, thank you for listening. Does anyone else have these issues with daycare? How the heck am I supposed to handle it?Ā


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Comments about 'Letter: Misplaced priorities: NFL referee lockout should not be more important than world events'
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Now you know America's real religion.
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"The Games" is how the wealthy control the lowly masses.
- 6:42 a.m. Sept. 27, 2012
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So we can hear a few one liners and someone from foxnews writing on a chalkboard?
Here's the thing that you folks need to realize. THE INTERNET has changed things. One can easily go onto a candidates website and read what the candidate is about. So why do we need to waste our time listening to all the negative ads, campaigning, and one line zingers that one would get from the news?
If you're relying on the "news" to inform you on the campaign, then you're going to end up being far less informed than someone who has watched football.
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the letter writer is right we could not possible take a few minutes to focus on a sports news story and still pay attention to the election and other world events after all we can only do one thing at a time, right?
- 8:56 a.m. Sept. 27, 2012
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Maybe the NFL Zebra labour struggles reflect some trend or event in society at large. I can't think of an analogy right now, but there might be one.
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Seemed ironically symbolic of GW Bush's winning back in 2000 to me...
Just goes to prove to me that skilled UNION labor may cost more in the short run, but in the long run it's worth every penny of it!
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Sorry the letter writer doesn't know how to get real news from teh
Frankly I liked the NFL as front line news... it brought my blood pressure down from election season.
- 12:23 p.m. Sept. 27, 2012
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Enjoying the NFL and musing over their tempest in a tea pot does not preclude interest in other issues of the day. Fretting about the difficulties confronting our society needs a respite and the NFL is a trivial diversion. Lighten up.
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When you stop to think about the highly sophisticated level of political discourse that happens on the DN pages everyday you can see why the letter writer would be concerned. How in the world could we take time away from such enlightening discourse to spend a few minutes with what is happening in the NFL? wow, I almost got that out with a straight face.
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The Super Bowl is a world championship just like World Cup soccer so it is appropriate to put it on high priority in news stories. More paper are sold with football information every day than anything ever written about Liberia or Mongolia in a hundred years.
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The Grand Prix Rhonda Mazza is a Cyclocross Series composed of five independently promoted CX races. These great independent races kick off the OBRA Cyclocross season and run from the start of September to the beginning of October. Riders from any state are welcome to race the GPRM. Series overall awards and prizes will be handed out at the GPRM series end party, in early October. Come experience some amazing cyclocross courses, competitive racing and exciting new race venues.
Men Beginners
Category C, Clydesdale*
Masters Category C 35+
Masters B 35+, Masters 50+, Masters 60+, Jrs 12+
Kiddie Kross A & B
Category A Men & Women, Masters Category A 35+
Women: Category B, Category C, Beginners
Masters 35+ A, B, & 45+, Jrs 10+
Category B and Men & Women Single Speed
Promoter and/or officials reserves the right to change your category.
(* Clydesdale=200+ lbs.)
Follow the "register" links to upcoming races to register. Individual races range in price from $10-$27 per race.
The best four out of five placings in the series will count in the final tally (dropping the one race with the fewest points). Riders must race in at least 4 races for the overall series. Series prizes will be awarded at the series end party. There will be no BAR points for the series, only the individual races.
Points will be rewarded to the top 30 placings according to this schedule. Series scoring follows this criteria and team scoring follows this criteria. Reminder: only your top 5 results count and a minimum of 4 race results needed to have a series overall final ranking. Point totals and point standings will be handled by Athletepath and we'll link to them each week in the updates.
A short podium ceremony will follow each finish at the races. A GPRM leaders jersey provided by Castelli will be awarded to the leader of select categories during a short podium ceremony after their race. The points leader of each category is required to wear their leader's jersey while they maintain their lead.
To ensure a high level of quality racing, fields will be limited to 75 racers per category
Points for the series will be tracked at Athletepath. They will continue to be updated after each race. We are not doing a points percentage transfer when upgraded.
Three ways to register and purchase the series pass (All require an OBRA waiver):
1. Online Pre-registration for the SERIES PASS: Athletepath Online Registration ($110)
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2. Day of first race (David Douglas #1): Register at the event, but arrive early enough to get in line.
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OBRA membership required for all riders. Single race memberships are available for $5.00. Season OBRA memberships are available for $20.00. Junior season memberships are $10.
A combined prize list well over $4,500 across the series. Every series race provides their own prize list at each individual race (cash and/or merchandise). West End Bikes will be providing a $2,500 Cash/Gift Certificate purse for all categories(Cash - A's / G.C. and product -all other categories). Equal payout.
Yes, we have GPRM shirts for sale at events!
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Re: Citi Platinum Select to Dividends World Elite
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I can't believe this card comes with priority pass, concierge & the ability to earn cashback (and all of the other benefits) for no annual fee... this is amazing.
Sorry to break the news, citi cards no longer offers " Priority Pass" they recently switched to "Lounge First Airport Lounge Access Program" I learned the hard way when I tried to use my Priority Pass Select Card for lounge access during my flight lay-over and it was not recognized in the system!
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The Standard of Perfection
John Calvin also writes regarding today's passage: "Christ assures us, that this will be a mark of our adoption, if we are kind to the unfaithful and evil." Just as God's love for His enemies does not mean He loves ...Read More
The Standard of Truth
Biblical authority does not mean that there are not other authorities for the Christian. The concept of sola Scriptura simply means that the Bible is the final and unquestionable authority for the church and the individual in all matters of ...Read More
Standing Firm Against Adultery
Matthew Henry comments, "Let him that is married take delight in his wife, and let him be very fond of her, not only because she is the wife that he himself has chosen and he ought to be pleased with ...Read More
Standing Firm in the Lord
Reformed theology has always taught that God works through means, using secondary agents to keep us in the narrow way of Christ. We are familiar with His use of the preached Word of God and the sacraments to accomplish such ...Read More
Starting at the Beginning
Reflect on these questions: What does obedience involve? How is God glorified in your behavior?Read More
Stature in Christ
John Calvin also notes that the absence of titles in Romans 16 reveals that many Roman Christians were not a part of the upper class. God invites those whom the world would regard as the unlikeliest of people into His ...Read More
Stealing from God
It is tempting to give God only the leftovers after we have spent our income on ourselves. Yet this should not be the attitude of the Lord's people, for what we own is His, and He has said that a ...Read More
A Still Greater Love
As good as marriage is, there is always the danger of idolizing it. It is all too common to expect this relationship to meet all our needs. As such, it is all too easy to neglect as a family our ...Read More
The Sting of Death
God's judgment is not an end in itself. Instead, when He brings death and destruction, the goal is life for His people. In the condemnation of the wicked, the Lord is glorified for His justice and righteousness, and that leads ...Read More
Stop Stealing
Our primary motivation to give to the Lord's work should not be to get something in return. Nor does God promise a specific one-to-one correlation between our tithing and the blessings He will give. Nevertheless, our Creator graciously pledges to ...Read More


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Moviefone's New Release Pick of the Week
What's It About? Ben Affleck brings us the true story (and probable Best Picture winner at this weekend's Academy Awards) of a group of Americans who attempt to escape Iran during the Hostage Crisis.
See It Because: This movie is both nail-biting and feel-good, as 1970s political issues still bear a strong resonance in today's volatile landscape. Through some brilliantly suspenseful filmmaking, Affleck's message in "Argo" is clear: when you work together, there isn't anything you can't overcome.
(Watch an Exclusive clip from the "Argo" DVD at the top of this post.)
Moviefone's Blu-ray Pick of the Week
"Top Gun 3D"
What's It About? Tom Cruise plays a game of volleyball, other stuff.
See It Because: The 3D upgrade is one of the best conversions for the home video market, enhancing the bombastic classic's aerial sights and sounds; this is the closest you'll get to recreating 1986 from the comfort of your couch.
New on DVD and Blu-ray:
"Anna Karenina"
What's It About? Based on the famous Leo Tolstoy novel, the film follows aristocrat Anna Karenina, who soon finds herself in the middle of an affair with the affluent Count Vronsky. This story has been told countless times, however, director Joe Wright (reuniting with his period-piece muse, Keira Knightley) manages to breathe new life into the tale, with jaw-dropping visuals as well as a plot that takes place almost exclusively on one stage.
See It or Skip It: See it.
"Atlas Shrugged: Part II"
What's It About? However you feel about Ayn Rand's social and economic philosophies, this second part of a planned trilogy is just as cheesy and "B movie" quality as the first. So much for the idea of being destined for greatness.
See It or Skip It: Skip it.
"Fun Size"
What's It About? The creator of "The O.C." and "Gossip Girl" makes his directorial debut — with a Nickelodeon-produced Halloween movie that tries to emulate an '80s classic like "Adventures in Babysitting" but misses the mark with lame jokes.
See It or Skip It: Skip it.
What's It About? Another found footage movie drops without much fanfare; this one is about a haunted tree. Seriously.
See It or Skip It: Skip it.
"The Package"
What's It About? If you find yourself itching for more "Expendables" action, but specifically featuring the cast of the first installment, you'll love this direct-to-DVD feature starring "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and Dolph Lundgren.
See It or Skip It: See it, if it's your thing.
What's It About? There's some expected cheese with this Ethan Hawke-starring horror movie about a demon that lives inside the Super 8 reels of filmed murders, but "Sinister" has some of the most atmospheric, underrated, and genuinely-terrifying scary moments in recent cinema.
See It or Skip It: See it.
"Special Forces"
What's It About? Diane Krueger ("Inglorious Basterds") and Djimon Hounsou star in a French-language thriller about a journalist abducted by the Taliban and the Special Forces unit that swoops in to rescue her. The French prove they can make a military action movie with as much superficial gloss as any American filmmaker.
See It or Skip It: See it, if you're an action movie completest.
"Sushi Girl"
What's It About? Mark Hamill, Tony Todd, Danny Trejo, Michael Biehn, and loads of character actors star in a Tarantino-esque grindhouse caper about a group of criminals who reunite for a sushi dinner — then start to get violent over missing loot.
See It or Skip It: See it, if you like stylized B-movies that aim for cult status.
What's It About? This documentary looks at the football coach of an inner-city Memphis high school that fought to turn the team's fortunes around. It's as inspirational as any fictional underdog movie.
See It or Skip It: See it, but it's no "Hoop Dreams."
New to Blu-ray
"Best in Show"
"The Insider" (1999)
"Les Miserables" (1958)
"Monsters, Inc 3D" (Ultimate Collector's Edition)
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I was of the opinion that setprecision doesnt change the value in variable itself. Also, when you attach setprecision to cout, it sticks with it only once. However, when I run code to verify, it doesnt work.
Consider the following code snippet:
int main()
double x = 9.87654321;
cout << setprecision(3) << fixed << x <<endl; //Returns 9.877 as it should
cout << x << endl; //Returns truncated value 9.877 again though it shouldnt.
return 0;
Interesting part is, if we replace
cout << x << endl; by a line setting precision to say 7, then it DOES display the correct value. Can anyone please explain this phenomenon?


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Traffic Stop In Arnold Leads To Major Drug BustA man is now facing charges after a routine traffic stop in Westmoreland County on Wednesday afternoon ended with a major drug bust.
Police Identify Man Allegedly Using Sob Stories To Rob PeoplePolice have identified a man allegedly using sob stories to rob people in New Kensington.
Arnold Police Officer Joins In With Local Kids For Some SleddingKids in Arnold, Westmoreland County made the most of the snow this weekend -- and an Arnold police officer joined them.
Widow Testifies In Deadly Arnold BrawlErik Reed, 18, headed to court Wednesday to find out if he would be going to trial on charges that he shot and killed Donald Williams, 51, during an Arnold street fight in December.
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As a historian of science, technology and medicine, I am particularly interested in how knowledge is generated and applied, especially through interactions with non-humans. Forming part of my larger interest in the structures and projects of Australian medical research, my doctoral thesis investigated medical and scientific studies of venomous animals in colonial Australasia. I was delighted when this research was awarded the University of Sydney's 2014 Rita and John Cornforth Medal for PhD Achievement. I am currently writing my first monograph on this topic, Venomous Encounters: Snakes, Vivisection and Scientific Medicine in Colonial Australia, for publication by Manchester University Press in 2016. In 2013 I joined the Department of History as a Research Associate for the ARC Linkage project, 'Archaeology and History of Quarantine'. Through this collaborative project I am investigating interactions between people, diseases, technologies and shifting conceptions of citizenship in both civilian and military populations. Having been awarded a Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) for commencement in 2016, I am exploring a new direction in aviation safety and crash investigations, including its role in shaping the historical geography of 'airspace' in twentieth-century Australia. For more information see this article in University News.
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- Animals and technologies as historical actors
- Military medicine and defence science
- Aviation safety
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Stories from the sandstone: archaeology and history of quarantine. Drawn from the inscriptions and structures at Sydney's former Quarantine Station, my research explores the intersections between disease, defence and citizenship. In particular, I am interested in the ways in which sites and artefacts, from hospitals and bunkers to aircraft and troopships, become diseased places and actors.
Curios and curiosity: James Bray and the Sunset of amateur science in colonial Sydney. Having been awarded the 2016 Merewether Scholarship by the State Library of New South Wales, this project will extend the themes detailed in my doctoral thesis to explore the place of snakes, venoms and vivisection in popularising natural history in late-Victorian Sydney.
Black box re-order: technology, air safety and Australian airspace, 1938–68. Commencing in mid-2016, my DECRA project will focus on Australian systems of aviation safety in civil and military settings over three critical decades. Ending with the final major airliner crash in Australia, this work will explore both human-technology interactions and the ways in which safety systems created a novel twentieth-century environment: airspace.
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Book Reviews Editor, Historical Records of Australian Science
Vice President, NSW Branch, Australian and New Zealand Society of the History of Medicine
Convenor, Aviation Cultures Mk II: Technology, Culture, Heritage, University of Sydney, Australia, 10–11 December 2015
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2016 Merewether Scholarship, State Library of New South Wales for the projectCurios and curiosity: James Bray and the sunset of amateur science in colonial Sydney. I will use this scholarship to explore the place of snakes, venoms and vivisection in popularising natural history in late-Victorian Sydney.
2016 Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) for the project Black box re-order: technology, air safety and Australian airspace, 1938–68. This three-year project involves collaboration with the Airways Museum in Melbourne and substantial archival research into Australian civil aviation and the Royal Australian Air Force.
In the media
Dr Peter Hobbins Going Viral Interview with femail.com.au - link here.
Medicine of Yesterday: How We Used To Treat The Cold And Flu, interview with The Huffington Post - available here.
ABC Radio Brisbane, 'Ever wondered how the first settlers to Australia and New Zealand worked out what animals were likely to kill them?'. Available on Soundcloud here.
ABC 730, 5 June 2013, 'Stories set in stone reveal gems from the past'. Available on the ABC website here.
Mitchell Bingemann, 'Explaining our sky-high reputation for safety', The Australian, 5 February 2016, p. 29.
Book Reviews
Hobbins, Peter, 'Bacteriology in British India' (book review), Health & History 16, no. 1 (2014): 122–4.
Hobbins, Peter, 'A Medical Emergency: Major-General 'Ginger' Burston and the Army Medical Service in World War II' (book review), Historical Records of Australian Science 24, no. 1 (2014): 113–14.
Hobbins, Peter, 'Life's Logic: 150 Years of Physiology at the University of Melbourne' (book review), Historical Records of Australian Science 24, no. 1 (May 2013): 160–1.
Hobbins, Peter, 'Enigma, gift, commodity, curse – Review of The Bleeding Disease: Hemophilia and the Unintended Consequences of Medical Progress' (book review), Metascience 22, no. 2 (2013), 399–403.
Hobbins, Peter, 'Discovery of Australia's Fishes: a History of Australian Ichthyology to 1930' (book review), Historical Records of Australian Science 23 , no. 2 (November 2012): 229–31.
Hobbins, Peter, 'Camouflage Australia' (book review), Historical Records of Australian Science 23, no. 1 (May 2012): 78–80.
Hobbins, Peter, 'Cane Toads: an Unnatural History and Cane Toads: the Conquest' (film review), Historical Records of Australian Science 23, no. 1 (May 2012): 86–7.
Hobbins, Peter, 'War Wounds: Medicine and the Trauma of Conflict and More Than Bombs and Bandages: Australian Army Nurses at Work in World War I'(book review), Historical Records of Australian Science 22, no. 2 (November 2011): 304–5.
Hobbins, Peter, 'Snake-Bitten: Eric Worrell and the Australian Reptile Park' (book review), Historical Records of Australian Science 22, no. 1 (June 2011): 182–4.
Hobbins, Peter, 'Shattered Anzacs: Living With the Scars of War' (book review), Health and History 11, no. 2 (2009): 149–51.
Hobbins, Peter, 'War and Medicine' (book review), Health and History 11, no. 1 (2009): 183–4.
Selected grants
- Black Box Re-order: aviation safety and Australian airspace, 1938–68; Hobbins P; Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA).
Selected publications & creative works
From quarantine to Q Station: honouring the past, securing the future (Arbon Publishing, 2016)


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Kushner's winning high fantasy with its sophisticated swordplay marks a welcome return to the romantic Riverside world she introduced in Swordspoint (1987). Coming-of-age gets complicated for winsome Lady Katherine Samantha Campion Talbert after she's shipped off to her uncle, the Mad Duke of Tremontaine (aka David Alexander "Alec" Tielman Campion), who reigns over a decadent world of erotic and political intrigue. At first Kate's frightened of becoming a swashbuckler, but after training with the duke's favorite lover, the dashing Richard St. Vier, and becoming friends with Marcus, Alec's devoted young assistant, she finds she's more than up for the task. Her skills are tested in her effort to avenge the rape of her best friend, Lady Artemesia Fitz-Levy, by one of her uncle's foes, Anthony Deverin (aka Lord Ferris, Crescent Chancellor of the Council of Lords). Kate's discovery that "Fear is enemy to the sword" and love is the key to triumph leads to surprising consequences. (Aug.)
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The most recent Riverside story follows Swordspoint (2003) in chronology and features many of its characters. Alec, Duke Tremontaine, aka the Mad Duke of Riverside, has sent for his impoverished young niece, Katherine. She and her family hope he'll make a good marriage for her, but the Mad Duke has decided to train her as a sword fighter. She is furious, and besides a swordmaster to train her, her uncle also springs what becomes her fall into society, without warning or training, on her. She learns the sword perforce out of self-defense and also, bit by bit, the city, the nobility, politics, and her uncle. When Katherine is trained and entered into society with her weapon, she wades hip-deep into plots against her uncle and becomes the champion of a lady in distress, too. Plot and style hereare in the swashbuckling tradition of Dumas, but the characters are very real beneath their facades, people who bleed when they are cut, even when manners require that they make nothing of it. Frieda Murray
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I am acutely aware that some will grill me for saying this, but Ellen Kushner's The Privilege of the Sword is, in my humble opinion (which doesn't count for much, as some will surely point out!), fantasy chick lit. I'm all for strong and genuine female protagonists, yet this is one of the "girliest" novels I've ever read. Needless to say, this book didn't do it for me. I'm not implying that male readers won't enjoy it (many already have, with more to come, I'm sure), but, personally, I found it completely impossible to connect with the characters and the paper-thin plot underlying this tale.
On the upside, Kushner's prose is excellent. The author writes her narrative economically and skillfully. The Privilege of the Sword is as well-written as it gets. Still, as good as the prose is, it cannot possibly make a boring and predictable story any better.
There is no worldbuilding to speak of. This novel reads more like an alternate history book than a fantasy tale. Unfortunately, it lacks that breadth of details that an author like Guy Gavriel Kay brings to the table.
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It's not the first sequel. When The Fall of the Kings came out, a few years back, I devoured that too. And I was delighted to find old familiar names, and see how the City had changed, and I learned fascinating things about its history, and gnawed my knuckles in sheer envy over the complicated silver chocolate services... but I wasn't quite satisfied, because it had skipped a generation ahead, and it didn't really tell me what I most wanted to know, which was "what became of Richard and Alec?"
This one does.
This is a jewel of a book. At first I thought of it as a tray of pastries, each more cunning and delicious than the last -- creamy eclairs, jam tarts, marzipan fruits with their hint of cyanide bitterness under the sweet -- with all of the gowns and matchmaking and Riverside debauchery and multi-era historical details, with all of the froth of the best Georgette Heyer novels, concentrated and multiplied -- and then, as I read further on, it was as if I found another platter of savory morsels hiding behind it, because Ellen Kushner doesn't stop at the glorious surface froth. She's spent a great deal of time considering how the sordid, dreary, and messy complications we're used to in modern life would play out in the setting and the culture she's developed. It gives everything depth, and richness, and a startling reality.
If you've ever wondered what became of any of the characters from Swordspoint, you'll find it out in this book. Well, I didn't notice Nimble Willie the pickpocket, I suppose, but otherwise, they're all there. And you learn what drove Alec to live as he did, and... oh, there is SO MUCH in this book.
Also, if you are like me, you will be utterly slain by the recurrence of this line: "'Hello,' he said. 'I've brought us some fish.'"
Read it. Buy it. Buy it for all your friends, but make them read Swordspoint first.
Absolutely worth the wait.
He also quietly makes political trouble for those intent schemes that would line their own pockets at the expense of the less powerful and the less well-connected. Aside from his own affinity for the dispossessed, it doesn't hurt at all that the principal plotter against the general good is his old enemy, Anthony Deverin, Lord Ferris. Into this political and social minefield, Tremontaine brings his niece, Katherine. With the stick of a revived lawsuit challenging his sister's marriage settlement and the carrot of permanently settling the lawsuit, he forces his sister Janine to send her daughter to him--with an absolute ban on family contact for six months.
Katherine arrives with happy dreams of fine dresses and a Season in town. She quickly learns that she will have only boy's clothes, and fencing lessons. Her uncle is having her trained to be his bodyguard.
As Katherine slowly learns her way around the duke's household, the city, and a sword, she also acquires a few friends, most notably Marcus, the duke's young assistant, and Lady Artemisia Fitz-Levi, a sweet but somewhat silly young lady of her own age, who nevertheless receives and accepts a proposal of marriage from the most eligible bachelor available--the widowed Lord Ferris.
Katherine's not happy to discover she'll be going to no respectable balls, wearing no dresses, and being received by practically nobody, but she does learn to enjoy swordplay and, with Marcus, trailing and investigating one of the Duke's visitors, whom she recognizes from her one very brief attempt to visit Artemisia. Unfortunately, the next place she meets Artemisia is at the Rogues' Ball. Katherine has come with the Duke; Artemisia with her fiancé, Lord Ferris. Lord Ferris, concerned that the flighty Artemisia might call off the betrothal that he's counting on for reasons of his own, has taken advantage of this evening away from Artemisia's family, friends, and chaperones to make sure she has no choice. Artemisia begs for Katherine's help, and Katherine's personal desire to avenge and protect her friend gets tangled up with the Duke's personal and political enmity for Ferris. Everyone's keeping secrets from everyone, and things start to spiral out of control.
Like Swordspoint, this is a really fine fantasy novel with not a hint of magic to be found in it anywhere.
Katherine is a very nice young noblewoman from the country. When her uncle, the Mad Duke, offers to raise her family out of impending poverty in exchange for Katherine coming to live with him in the city and training as a swordswoman, she doesn't even think about it twice. To save her family (and perhaps make a good marriage in town), Katherine jumps at the chance. Trouble is, her uncle really does appear to be "mad" and, in lieu of joining him in his bouts of debauchery and midnight carousing, Katherine is left to fend for herself. After her initial horror at wearing men's clothes, she surprises herself by taking to the art of sword fighting quite quickly. The duke's faithful servant Marcus takes her under his wing as well. The two of them quickly become friends and partners in their secret quest to find out just what the devil the duke and his secret, highborn visitors are up to.
Its rich, heady atmosphere and fast pace are the story's strong points. And the Mad Duke Tremontaine is priceless. I never did grow very close to Katherine, though. And her developing relationship with Marcus seemed forced, as though they got together for lack of having anyone better around. I didn't buy that they really cared that much for each other. I did buy that they both cared about the duke, and with good reason. I wanted more on his character and the machinations of his Hamlet-style, mad north-north-west mind. The story felt like it wanted to go in so many different directions, and explore so many characters at once, but didn't have the necessary space nor sanity to do so, that it was hard to care about the characters you wanted to. I enjoyed it for the most part. I just wish it had stayed in one place long enough for me to really fall in love.
It is Kushner's willingness and ability to screw with your expectations that make the novel enjoyable. From the vulgar core beneath Lord Ferris' refined and gentlemanly exterior to the nobility of the loose-living Duke Tremontaine to the inexorable resolve of the flighty Artemisia Fitz-Levi, none of Kushner's characters is all light or all darkness. When I finished the book, I was sorry that it had ended.
There are numerous characters who made previous appearances in Kushner's other Riverside novels, but foreknowledge of their dealings is not necessary to enjoy the book. That said, many of the asides and minor details of the book are much more likely to delight those who have read Swordspoint and The Fall of the Kings than Kushner neophytes like me.


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Hi Tech Expressions was an American video game publisher and developer headquartered in Lower Manhattan, New York City. The company was established in 1988. During the course of its existence, the company published primarily juvenile-oriented games for young boys and girls. While it published a few adolescent-oriented games including The Hunt for Red October and War in Middle Earth (derived from the classic book The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien), it could not shake its reputation for publishing games marketed towards children. The company shut down in 1997. It developed two games during its operation.
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- The Hunt for Red October
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- Mickey's Ultimate Challenge
- Barbie Super Model
- Beethoven: The Ultimate Canine Caper!
- Bobby's World
- Harley's Humongous Adventure
- The Hunt for Red October
- Tom and Jerry
- We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
- Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
Both games, while officially licensed by Capcom, are not related to their NES counterparts.
- Ninja Gaiden
- Street Fighter II
- Tom and Jerry
- Tom & Jerry Cat-astrophe
- Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers: Adventures in Nimnul's Castle
- Bugs Bunny: The Hare-Brained Adventure
- Daffy Duck PI: Case of the Missing Letters
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- Score:
- Rated 4.51 / 5 stars
- Plays & Downloads:
- 1,014 Plays | 52 Downloads
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- Genres:
- Other - Fusion
- None
Author Comments
Rated 4 / 5 stars
I have to agree with the previous. Your melodic work is beginning to be diminished by your percussion. So congrats on progressing with your synths, basses, build-ups etc. Now get to work on the foundations! :)
ok :D
Rated 5 / 5 stars
Gives a nice, dark feeling :D that's pretty good. My only complaint is that you use very default/basic drums. almost on all of your songs. i know it's difficult to create unique ones but what about some new pack or something? just saying, it was really good overall!
I just like them THAT much :D