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"This past year, 2011, I was asked this question a lot, and here we are into the first quarter of 2012, and it's happening again (or still, if you rather). Most frequently, it comes up in regard to my work in the comics industry. Last year was not banner for the ladies, and this one isn't off to a strong start, either, in fact. Wasn't good for women within the industry itself, nor within the pages of the stories being told. Those who've had the unmitigated temerity to actually comment upon this state of affairs publicly have ended up paying a surprisingly heavy price. The gender of the speaker has been largely irrelevant, though to be sure, it's the women who've stepped up have taken the harder hits. But all who've pointed out the absence of women both on the page and behind it have been ridiculed, insulted, and, absurdly enough, even threatened with violence. Conversely, those attempting to defend their mistreatment of women within the industry have revealed a staggering lack of understanding, empathy, and self-awareness, while seeming to rejoice in an arrogance that is near heart-stopping in its naked sexism and condescension.
To say there are those who don't get it is an understatement; it would be like describing the Japanese tsunami as 'minor flooding.'"
– Greg Rucka, in an essay addressing the frequently asked question,
"How Do You Write Such Strong Female Characters?"
It's a great piece and well worth reading all the way through.
I remember that last year, as part of ComicsAlliance's series following the less-than-stellar depiction of women in the New 52, they interviewed him and some other creators and he made a similar "I don't write good female characters, I write good characters and some of them happen to be female" comment. Unfortunately I think a lot of people misconstrued that to mean he doesn't believe there's a problem with sexism in DC/Marvel superhero books. I think this piece makes it clear that no, he absolutely believes there's a problem with sexism, but that the solution is the same as with any other kind of ignorance — you educate yourself on the subject you're writing about.
I miss Rucka at DC.
The comic companies put out books that people want to buy featuring characters people want to read about. If they do not do this they go out of business. I know this concept seems ingenious in its simplicity on the surface, and yet I am forced to ask why Greg Rucka and so many other creators and bloggers aim their rage at the companies over this issue when it is clearly the readers' fault for not buying female books/characters.
Oh please. Just another example of pointing out the few cases and ignoring the multiple times women ARE on the page. Are in the creative field. Are putting out work. And – are happy about it! Get over yourselves.
This quote applies only if you are looking just at the "superhero mainstream" — elsewhere it WAS a banner year for female creators.
Mentioning 'the multiple times women ARE on the page' IS 'pointing out the few cases'.
and thus, these comments prove out what Rucka said
The only thing I saw that seemed like a step back for women was the issue of the oversexualization of Starfire on Teen Titans. You could counterbalance that though with the success of Womanthology and it's praise of female creators/artists. Long overdue.
It was a banner year for women in fact. They had their own comic book special projects celebrating women creators (which without any sense of irony fought sexism by being sexist and excluding men in the name of tolerance), the issue was front and centre over and over throughout the year, and contrary to the misinformation spread around about DC not including female creators in September 2011, facts proved that female creatorss and characters have been very invovled in the new 52.
I don't blame the readers. Readers want a good story and don't care who does it. Noboday that saw the Avengers movie inquired into the gender ratio in the FX department at the studio that made the film. They just wanted a cracking good movie.
I don't blame the companies either. It is in their interest to put out the best product possible and to be inclusive. Am I to believe the same companies that routinely employ men from various diverse backgrounds (with Marvel EIC Quesada himself being from a minority background) and whos efastest growing audience is female are hostile to incuding women? Not plausible. More likely is that there are only so many positions available and the overwhelming number of candidates tend to be men. Not to mention that in this economy it's pretty hard for young talent to get any jobs anywhere since the boomers and their successors are clinging to the jobs they have for dear life. This is not the best time to break into most industries.
If anything I blame the women creators for not being as good as the men. Name me a single current or past top 10 book that is/was written or drawn by a woman. Which gender put out Dark Knight Returns, Watchmen, Maus, 100 Bullets, Sandman, Preacher, etc? No woman has produced what is considered a seminal run on any major mainstream title that I can think of. Sorry to speak the cold hard truth but the evidence is that the average woman in this industry is not as good as the average man, and there are no superstar women creators at all. Gail Simone has had possibly the most success of any female writer with Birds of Prey and Secret Six, and neither of those books exactly set the sales charts on fire. I love Amanda Conner's artwork but again she hasn't illustrated anything that's been a commercial hit.
I see no evidence of any concerted effort to keep women down. Quite the opposite, it is in the companies' interests to have a talent pool that reflects its audience. The simple fact is that for every women who wants to be in the comics industry, there are probably 10-15 guys who want that too. It's like engineering for men or nursing for women. There's little evidence that either gender is being kept out of the industry, boys and girls happen to have different interests in these cases. You can't legislate cultural preferences and choices away unless they're criminal.
Guess you missed Catwoman. Pure T&A and overt sexual content purely to be salacious and perhaps sell books.
And no, it was not "empowering" – it was sensationalism for the sake of sales
>>>No woman has produced what is considered a seminal run on any major mainstream title that I can think of.
Ramona Fradon? Sara Pichelli? Louise Simonson? Gail Simone? Anne Nocenti? Jill Thompson? Pia Guerra?
Go **** yourself.
Heidi you just proved my point. What have these women done that was successful or noteworthy. Go educate yourself. And learn how to debate without the juvenile potty mouth.
Nocenti produced the 2nd best run in Daredevil history. Is that noteworthy?
Heidi you just proved my point. What have these women done that was successful or noteworthy. Go educate yourself. And learn how to debate without the juvenile potty mouth.
LOL. Is this comment serious?
Louise Simonson alone probably contributed more to the X-men universe in a single year of the 80's than any writer in the last 20 years except for Chris Claremont himself. She co-created Apocalypse, who appears in tons of X-men cartoons and videogames. She co-created Power Pack. She wrote one of Superman's books for years, including being one of the collaborators on the Death of Superman. She co-created Steel and he got a movie…a crappy movie, granted, but most comics writers can't say they had a character translated to a major motion picture.
It was you who needed the education, brohan, and I just started giving you one.
Heidi you just proved my point. What have these women done that was successful or noteworthy. Go educate yourself. And learn how to debate without the juvenile potty mouth.
Speaking of juvenile, were you born to Mr. and Mrs. 14? And they gave you the middle name "underscore," spelled" _"…?
And speaking of educating yourself, Simonson and Nocenti were covered above. Jill Thompson drew large chunks of Sandman (in addition to writing and drawing Sandman spin-offs, in addition to all the great work she's done elsewhere), and Pia Guerra co-created and drew Y: The Last Man…or do those not count as successful or noteworthy, because you've never heard of them…? (And how have you managed to never hear of Sandman or Y: The Last Man…? I'm pretty sure CBR has mentioned them in the past).
Pichelli has drawn Ultimate Comics Spider-Man, and was the first artist to draw Miles Morales (which she will do again in the upcoming Spider-Men event series). SURELY you've heard of that, right?
And you do realize one of the four people who made The Dark Knight Returns was, in fact, a woman, right?
Jeff: Persepolis and One! Hundred! Demons! are classics, too (just not superhero classics). And I think Karen Berger's involvement in and facilitation of many of the comics you mentioned really strikes a blow to your argument.
That said, you make a good point of aspiring professionals being mostly male. I assume this is a reflection of the demographics of superhero comic fans.
You crossed the line, pal. I don't tolerate that. Never make something like that again–THAT'S AN ORDER.
Stand down, soldier. THAT'S AN ORDER. Next time, prove yourself the better person and don't respond to comments like that. Cold shoulder'em.
Very good examples indeed. The fact that so many of you keep repeating the same ones over and over does back up the math in my argument though. You have but a handful of examples, and none that are in the league of Moore, Claremont, Miller, Stan Lee, Jim Lee, Millar, etc. I have never heard anyone say they can't wait to get the next Nocenti book. I was curious to see what the best examples would be and if that's all you have then my point stands. Who of those people has had a book crack the top 50 other than Pichelli (and let's face it, that book is not in the top 10 for the art – the words Bendis and Morales are responsible for that)?
And the 14 in ny handle refers to my lucky number. If you're so desperate to flame someone that that's your best shot you're really in need of some education. Pathetic
Oh, come on, Jeff, your point (such that it is) doesn't stand — it changes. Your original comment was:
"No woman has produced what is considered a seminal run on any major mainstream title that I can think of. Sorry to speak the cold hard truth but the evidence is that the average woman in this industry is not as good as the average man, and there are no superstar women creators at all."
Heidi rattled off a handful of names, to which you responded, "What have these women done that was successful or noteworthy?" The subsequent commenters merely answered your question by elaborating on those creators whose contributions you were apparently ignorant of. For you to now assert that, "The fact that so many of you keep repeating the same ones over and over does back up the math in my argument though" makes you either disingenuous or incredibly obtuse.
You demand, "Name me a single current or past top 10 book that is/was written or drawn by a woman," and when presented with (for example) Sara Pichelli, you pivot to "Who of those people has had a book crack the top 50 other than Pichelli (and let's face it, that book is not in the top 10 for the art – the words Bendis and Morales are responsible for that)?"
I'd dare say that The Sandman, Daredevil, X-Factor and Adventure Comics were all Top 50 titles when Thompson, Nocenti, Simonson and Fradon worked on them. And of course Ultimate Comics Spider-Man has already been established (although not, apparently, to your satisfaction).
Clearly there's no arguing with you, so it's probably best that you be considered a troll and treated accordingly.
I will grant that women have made a mark in running the comic book industry. Karen Berger and Jeanette Khan being prime examples. That job description is a little different than actually being a creative force on a comic book though. Creative/artistic types in most fields throughout time have been overwhelmingly male: musicians, poets, authors, sculptors, painters, hell even chefs. And this in situations where the audiences for these works have been much more gender balanced than the audience for comics and so you would expect there would be more aspiring female artists, yet that is not the case. As with comics anybody's short list of the greatest fim score composers would probably not have a single woman on it. Nobody goes into fits about why most of the fim score composers are male.
The only relevant argument for this industry, as with any other industry, is whether or not women have an equal opportunity to participate. I have seen no evidence that women are being denied the opportunity. However equality of opportunity does not guarantee equality of results. For whatever reason women do not gravitate towards comic book creatordom the way they do to teaching, nursing, law, social work, etc. Whereas men do. And just because many more men than women are interested in comics than women does not mean it was not a banner year for women.
Look, you challenged everyone here to name top female creators and top 10 books by female creators. Everyone made you look stupid by giving you a laundry list of both and now you're rambling about unrelated stuff no one was talking about in a desperate attempt to save face.
You should have just not come back, but I fully expect you to wait until this post is buried and then come back to make one last post so you can convince yourself you got the last word.
Thank god Jeff is here to explain this in the dumbest possible way, this was almost a meaningful discussion!
Jeff, it's attitudes like yours that are the problem. Why do you say many more men than women are interested in comics? I have had conversations with many women about the fact they don't read comics precisely because of the way they portray women, overly sexualised for straight male readers.
Can't you see that the fact that the fact that female writers, while being just as talented as male writers based on the evidence given by other posters, aren't as well known is a result of sexism?
I love the Joss Whedon quote on this subject (and it's well worth looking up his full Equality Now award acceptence speech): he is repeatedly asked 'Why do you write these strong female characters?' His answer is 'because you people KEEP ASKING THAT QUESTION'.
Of course there's no problem with sexism in the comics industry. You know how I know? Because women are vastly outnumbered by men in the industry (clearly women are inferior), women who do quality work on classic titles can't sell as many books as men (clearly women are inferior), and women are being portrayed as ojects for men AS A BUSINESS DECISION (what are you women too dumb to understand BUSINESS? geez). See NO SEXISM. QED.
So women pick up a comic, see sexism in it, and swear off reading comics. I find that hard to believe
More likely, women just have little interest in seeing Hulk punch Bad Guy #5 in the mouth every month
Jeff, I am just going to ask you:
I think Jeff is a troll…in fact maybe he's the same troll who always pops up in these arguments and gets everyone all hot and bothered and then calls women obscenities and then gets banned or something.
If he's not that guy he's another like him.
So let's all stand down?
THAT'S more like it. Follow her lead, nothin' more to see here, people, keep 'er movin'….
Well, not exactly. He raises some valid points as well. But, I've come to never expect a meaningful, well-rounded discussion on the Internet
@Demon Dogs!
Actually, they never get as far as picking up the comic. Seeing the front covers as they walk past the local comic shop is usually enough, as well as the leers and patronisation they often get from staff/customers.
I hear you.
But I think the subject matter in the comics (as well as the girls-in-spandex aspect) has something to do with low female readership
I would be curious to know how many girls read Betty and Veronica – and do they just quit comics when they outgrow Archie
@Demon Dogs!
I'm not about to claim knowledge about comics (I got here from Skepchick.com) but the main reason I don't read them is in fact because of scantily clad, ridiculous portrayals of women. I actually did read Betty and Veronica when I was a kid, (I didn't actually like it much, I didn't get why they were so into Archie) and I've read Watchmen, as well as Persepolis and some other stuff, and I'd like to get into comics further, but I don't want to read anything with a shit ton of over-sexualized women in it. I get enough of that from music videos, commercials, magazines…. -.-
Actually, I'd love some suggestions of where to start, if you don't mind me derailing the convo a bit


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Names deleted in the VC registry but not in the pamphlet Rolls of Recipients[edit]
I have deleted the words 'the medal was never formally reinstated to Pvt Frederick Corbett, his name was restored to the Roll of Recipients. It is correct, therefore, that the award of VC should always be appended to his name'. The 'Roll of Recipients' refers to the 1953 War Office list of recipients which lists Pte Frederick Corbett and the seven other recipients. This roll is in an ad hoc publication of the War Office in which Part 1 lists all recipients prior to the First World War in alphabetical order. At the end of the list is an endnote stating 'the undermentioned whose names are included in the preceding list, forfeited the Victoria Cross under authority of the Royal Warrant quoted in each case'. The War Office list is not the 'registry' specified in the VC warrant. The names were not restored to the 1953 War Office list since all eight names were included in the previous alphabetical list issued by the War Office in 1920 with the identical endnote. Since special warrants on the dates specified in the 1920 and 1953 War Office lists were issued for the eight forfeited awards and the names were erased from the 'registry' specified in the VC warrant the proper procedure has been carried out. The only change other than grammatical errors in the 1920 revised warrant was to include the requirement for both exclusions and restorations to be gazetted. There has been no gazette notices indicating any award has been restored and no 'official' support for the writer's opinion that the post nominal 'VC should always be appended to his name'. Anthony Staunton (talk) 15:10, 23 March 2015 (UTC)
References and comments relating to the subject of Forfeited VCs.[edit]
While there is ongoing dispute on this issue I will includes appropriate references here for adding to the article when things are calmer. The 1953 War Office list is online at the TNA and the London Gazette is also online.
Alphabetical list of recipients of the Victoria Cross from the institution of the decoration in 1856 to the 1st August 1914. The War Office (MS3), December 1920.
List of the recipients of the Victoria Cross, The War Office (MS3), January 1953 see TNA database CAB 106/320 The end note is on page 7 of the pamphlet and image 11 of the online version at TNA.
The 1920 list is a separate publication while pre 1914 VC awards are included in Part 1 of the 1953 War Office list. Both lists have the same endnote stating 'the under mentioned whose names are included in the preceding list, forfeited the Victoria Cross under authority of the Royal Warrant quoted in each case'. Many references seem to confuse these ad hoc War Office lists with the 'registry' specified in the VC warrant. The lists like nearly every work on the VC includes all gazetted awards and most, and particularly the War Office pamphlets, indicate the eight forfeited awards.
M J Crook, The Evolution of the Victoria Cross, Midas, 1975, Chapter 7 - Misconduct, pp. 58-67.
'The King feels so strongly that, no matter the crime committed by anyone on whom the VC has been conferred, the decoration should not be forfeited. Even were a VC to be sentenced to be hanged for murder, he should be allowed to wear the VC on the scaffold.' Lord Stamfordham, Private Secretary to King George V, 26 July 1920 quoted in Crook at p. 64.
Added to the 1920 warrant was 'notice thereof of expulsion or restoration in every case shall be published in the London Gazette'. This was signed 22 May 1920 and published in the London Gazette published on 18 June 1920. This was six weeks before the King's comments on 26 July 1920. So if the medals had been restored a notice would have been published in the London Gazette as required by the VC warrant. While both the 1920 and 1953 War Office lists were published after the VC warrant was amended requiring restorations to be gazetted and also after the King's views were expressed by his private secretary both War Office pamphlets noted the eight awards cancelled and neither contained a note that any of the awards had been restored.
It was Kevin Brazier in the Complete Victoria Cross published in 2010 that stated that 'There is a widespread belief that the forfeited VCs were reinstated but in fact none were ever removed from the VC Register'. As noted earlier many authors seem to confuse the ad hoc War Office lists with the 'registry' specified in the VC warrant. Anthony Staunton (talk) 11:26, 25 March 2015 (UTC)\
- I've added some citations to this article, and listed his other medals as well. There is some confusion over whether a medal that was sold should be returned to the original recipient, and the War Office opinion on that was, in this case, no, since the medal was sold while the recipient was out of military service. auntieruth (talk) 16:38, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
- The War Office sought the return of some but not all the forfeited VCs. Sotheby's on 14 December 1908 announced that it would auction the VC awarded to Ravenhill, the last of the eight whose awards were cancelled. The War Office sought a legal opinion which found no provision for the forfeiture of the decoration and the War Office took no action to recover the Ravenhill's VC. See Crook p. 64. Anthony Staunton (talk) 09:26, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
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Using Peltex Stabilizer
It's no secret that I'm a big fan of Peltex stabilizer which is a super-heavyweight stabilizer, and I love to use it in lots of different ways …
As a base structure to help hold the shape of my art bags
As a base structure for three dimensional art
And also for fabric embellishments.
I used to use Timtex many years ago until they stopped manufacturing it. Timtex was the first heavyweight stabilizer on the market and when it went away I switched over to Peltex stabilizer because this was the only equivalent on the market at that time.
Timtex was resurrected by C & T Publishing back in 2008 and you can
read the story about it's resurrection here (Update: this article is no longer available). I did buy some Timtex when it came back on the market and in a moment of madness I bought a whole bolt of it, but I never really fell in love with it again and I still have most of the full bolt taking up precious storage space (sigh).
However let's have a look at both Timtex and Peltex and how they stack up against each other ..
Timtex is thinner than Peltex by about a half and feels like flexible cardstock. It comes in only one type which is sew-in.
There is a product called Fast2fuse which is supposedly the fusible type of Timtex. I purchased the "heavyweight" variety, however it's really nothing like Timtex and I found it to be too soft with not enough support for how I like to use this type of stabilizer. In fact it's quite thin and mushy compared to both Peltex and Timtex.
Timtex appears to be manufactured by fusing layers of different types of stabilizers together, with a thin covering on the top and bottom and a rigid core in the center. However after inspecting the bolt that I purchased, both the thin top and bottom layers are separating in places from the rigid core which results in small lumps and bumps in places. This might not be problem if you are using it for general purpose projects, but could prove to be a problem if using it for quality products. (One of the reasons I don't like it)
Peltex has a consistent thickness and is manufactured using one thick layer, so there can be no separation of layers like I discovered with Timtex.
It comes in three different flavors – 70, 71 and 72 – which are all similar in thickness but with the following differences:
- Peltex 70 is a sew-in heavyweight stabilizer and although thick and firm, it's also quite soft and more flexible than the fusible types.
- Peltex 71 is fused on one side so it's a little stiffer than Peltex 70. This type is about equal in stiffness to Timtex.
- Peltex 72 is fused on both sides and it's the stiffest of all. This type is stiffer than Timtex.
Why I love Peltex
Although Peltex and Timtex are both similar in type and are a rigid type of stabilizer that can be sewed through quite easily, I love using Peltex because it's thick and has a spongy feel to it and my stitching always seems to look better compared to when using Timtex.
Peltex is very flexible and you can easily cut, shape, and sew it. It's easy to work with because it doesn't matter how much you scrunch or distort it while you're sewing it, it always bounces back into shape and looks fabulous after ironing it or using a shot of steam.
It can be made more rigid by fusing additional layers of light, medium or heavy-weight stabilizers to it but it still retains easy sewability.
Things to look out for when using Peltex
Although Peltex is my favorite thick stabilizer, there are a few things to look out for when using it, but once you know how to work with it, it's a dream to use.
It does not have a grain which means that you can cut it in any direction, however I've found that it does in fact have what I call a "rolling grain". When used for curved or rounded applications it seems to roll much better when rolled in the direction that's it's wound on the bolt …
… as opposed to rolling it from one side to the other which causes quite noticeable ridges.
Peltex is also quite thick, which means that you have to pay special attention when using it as a stabilizer for bags and purses because the extra thickness can easily distort the lining causing it to bunch up and pucker. I've found that if you trim 1/8″ off each side and the bottom of the lining pieces, and then ease in the lining pieces when sewing them in, they fit just perfectly.
If you haven't used Peltex before, I hope you'll give it a try. Happy Sewing!
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Linda, It makes a great base to bead on and you can also get interesting dimension in your work by using it as one of your stitching layers.
I've used both Peltex and Timtex as the batting layer for small quilts that I mount on a stretched canvas. It's much easier to satin stitch the edge of a quilt with one of these than one that has a more traditional batting. Even if Timtex is less stiff, it will do the job for this purpose. Of course, you'll need to make a lot of small quilts to use up 10 yards!
I agree with the other comments. You can use it for so much including home decor. Some people I know have made cuffs with it, fabric and beads. I have 75 yards of it, 5 ft. wide. I got it a few years ago and I have used it and used it. You can make fiber scrapbooks with it and so much stuff.
Fabric Postcards – backing for wall quilt (small ones) – inside guts for boxes (you make the entire shape and then hand stitch the edges… find a nice art teacher for art in elementary school…eeekkkk 10 yards. I have not tried Peltex in either size. I have Decorbond that I use for bolstering up the sides of my tote bags without having them stand at attention. Good luck with that.
I'm with you! I ONLY use Peltex 72
Suggestion to use up the other stuff — The bottom of tote bags — light weight, keeps things on the bottom from getting lost in wrinkles. you can cover it, make the bottom a pocket during instruction, or just cut it to fit perfectly and just place it there — but I would probably, minimally stick it to the bottom. Good luck,
Hi Linda:'
I use it as a base for embellisher pieces. It felts even tightly woven cottons well. Right now I am working on a piece that is completely felted with the embellisher– it's lovely, bright colours, and next I am beading it. The beading needle passes through quite easily– to my surprise. Its stiffness helps the beads to line up smoothly.
Judy Weiss
Thanks Judy, that's a great idea! I'm always looking for good base materials for machine needle felting.
I bought yards of it a few years ago and made bowls with it, these can be as embellished as you want them to be.
Years ago I purchased 2 rolls of what was like TimTex on Ebay. The thing is these rolls are 4 ft. wide and contain at least 25 yards of thick "TimTex." I am still using one roll, the other roll is in the attic, all wrapped up in plastic like when I purchased it.
It is great stuff and the size has been convenient for some projects.
never used Peltex, thanks for sharing, I can see an enormous range of applications. I wonder if I can get it in the UK whilst am visiting, hope so, cos am sure I wont be able to get it in Spain.
Diana, I think it's called Vilene in the UK. Do a check online before you go.
Linda, What a great blog post! Thanks for clearing up some of my confusion over these products.
Thank you very much!
Great informative post Linda! I saw Peltex on the shelf at Walmart Saturday and I had seen it listed on some patterns that I was interested in purchasing, but didn't know if it was a local product. When I felt it the thought was Ohhh! I'm making a guy tote for my man for Christmas and wanted to stabilize the bottom. I put "Ways to use Peltex" in the search engine and found your article. I'm looking forward to reading more of your writings, learning from you, and seeing what you have to offer in patterns. While I'm here I'll sign up to get your post. Thank you for sharing this information. Blessings to you!
Hi Jennifer, I'm glad you found your way here and I hope you find some inspiration with my tutorials and articles. Enjoy 🙂
Oh yes!!!! Mery Christmas to me this month!! The Inked Cloth eBook! Am I excited NOW and I can't wait to get my hands on this book. I took some great garden photo's this month which you can see on my gardening blog and have been looking for a resource to learn to print on fabric. I went the long way to print on my hubby's manly tote. I traced his logo with a tracing wheel and colored it in with a permanent marker. Sounds tacky but looks awesome because I used chocolate duck cloth and black marker so it looks like suede. Thank you!!
I'm sure you'll enjoy printing on fabric using your own lovely photos – it makes everything so personal.


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I was looking through my cupboard and noticed how I've only "logged" it twice. I've had this tea so many times it's nearly impossible to count. From all the chai teas I have tried so far, this one is my go-to kick start as fall becomes more and more chilly. It has a nice amount of spice without being overpowering, and it comes out consistently good (which is more than what I can say about Teavana's Masala Chai, which I think is now cancelled). I'm glad they came out with this one though. As far as I can tell, the spices are nicely balanced and it's not overpowered by cinnamon, so if you're looking for a cinnamon predominant chai go for the Maharajah Chai Oolong (that one will knock your socks off!!). I tried this tea with a splash of vanilla almond milk earlier this week and it was wonderful :)
Thanks so much to my friend that bought me this tea for my birthday. This black tea was very pleasant to drink. It has a smooth flavor and a tiny bitter aftertaste that I actually found added nice complexity to the drink. I'm not sure if I could taste the cardamom, but I also wouldn't say my palate is very highly developed. In any case, it blended well with the tea and made a wonderful yet uplifting blend.
This tea is great- the description does not do it justice. I smelled the sample at the store before I got a cup of it and it had a smooth black tea smell, and yet it had invigorating chai spices in it! Besides cinnamon, I believe the sample also said ginger and cardamom, so it's actually quite tasty. The orange blends in well too and is quite complementary to the other spices. I look forward to my next cup of it :)
The color of this tea is just gorgeous. I'm never expecting it but as soon as it shoots out of my teamaker into my clear cup it's this vibrant hot pink that's very clear. The flavor is lightly sweet with strawberries and that hint of apple. The finish is topped off with that popcorn/caramel taste. All the flavors are subtle and intertwined…just wonderful!
The caramel and vanilla flavors in this tea are more of an undertone. The black pepper and clove dominate the taste for me, and there is a pleasant hint of cinnamon. I had to add a splash of milk and 2tsp of rock sugar to an 8oz cup, but this tea has some pizzaz to it! Although I was expecting a more smooth chai given its name, its robust flavor is a pleasant surprise. This will definitely keep me awake as study!
This tea was delicious. It stole my attention from my academic work, so I'm afraid it's not conducive to studying in the same way as a chai tea. But it was great with some sugar – it really brought out the slight honey flavor. It's a great value for the taste too! It may not be picked by monkeys, but it's mmm mmm good!
I'm on my second infusion of this tea, which is more astringent than the first. The flavor is also less smooth, and overall less preferable to me. I'm going to try and brew it without my yixing pot to see if that's affecting the flavor.
I read somewhere that tea pickers would throw things at the monkeys who were sitting in the trees, and the monkeys would pick the tea leaves and throw them at the people in return. Since those leaves were at the top of the trees, I suppose it was a very creative way of getting the leaves picked! It's a good thing the monkeys didn't throw something else in return… :)
I recruited this fruity tea to help wake me up for a 7am weekend shift (the horror!). This time I mixed it with Weight To Go Pu-erh from Teavana and the sour lemon flavor I oh so much hated in the Raspberry Riot was subdued. Mixing these two is simply delicious and really improves the mate's flavor. I decided to up my rating of this tea for this reason :)


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The Outsiders (professional wrestling)
|The Outsiders
|Kevin Nash
Scott Hall
|The Outsiders
New World Order
The Band
The Wolfpac (with Sean Waltman)
Kevin Nash and Scott Hall
Hall and Nash
|7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) (Nash)[1]
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) (Hall)
|635 lb (288 kg)
350 lb (160 kg) (Nash)
285 lb (129 kg) (Hall)
|May 27, 1996 episode of Nitro
|Years active
|1996-1999, 2002, 2004-2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015
The Outsiders are a professional wrestling tag team consisting of Kevin Nash and Scott Hall. They first formed in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1996, and later teamed in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), and Pro Wrestling ZERO1-MAX.
Hall and Nash were occasionally joined by Sean Waltman, forming a trio most frequently known as The Wolfpac. The three men were all real life friends and part of the backstage wrestling group known as "The Kliq".
World Championship Wrestling[edit]
The Outsiders were formed in 1996 when Hall and Nash returned to WCW after leaving the World Wrestling Federation. In the storyline, Hall, better known to fans at the time as Razor Ramon, led an invasion, appearing on WCW programming and insinuating that he was doing so under orders from his WWF employers and warning that he would soon be joined by others. He was joined by former WWF World Heavyweight Champion Nash, then best known as Diesel, a week later. A lawsuit from the WWF caused Eric Bischoff to point blank ask The Outsiders if they worked for the WWF, which both emphatically denied. Their angle was the precursor to the heel turn of Hulk Hogan and the formation of the New World Order (nWo), a major wrestling storyline that dominated WCW programming for several years afterwards.
The Outsiders captured the WCW World Tag Team Championship six times, first winning them from Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) at Halloween Havoc in October 1996. They dropped the title to The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner) at the 1997 Souled Out event, only to have WCW President Eric Bischoff reverse the decision on the next night's edition of WCW Monday Nitro. A near repeat of these events occurred the next month when Hall and Nash lost to the team of Lex Luger and The Giant at SuperBrawl VII, with Bischoff again abusing his power and quickly returning the titles to The Outsiders. The Outsiders became the cornerstones of the nWo and were popular with the fans despite being heels and feuding with babyfaces such as the Steiners and Lex Luger and the Giant. During promos, Hall would occasionally refer to the Outsiders as "The People's Choice" in recognition of their popularity.
In October 1997, fellow nWo and ex-Kliq member Syxx began substituting for a legitimately injured Nash, teaming with Hall to defend the titles on numerous occasions. The Outsiders and Syxx claimed they were doing this under "Wolfpac Rules", also referring to themselves as the Wolfpac. Hall and Syxx eventually lost the title to the Steiner Brothers on October 13, 1997. The Outsiders and Steiners traded the title back and forth at both televised and non-televised events until Scott Steiner turned on his brother, joining the nWo and giving the title to Hall and Nash.
In May 1998 at Slamboree, the Outsiders were scheduled to defend the tag team titles against Sting and The Giant during a storyline in which the nWo was splitting in two warring factions. Hall turned on Nash during this match, costing them the titles as well as dissolving the team, having chosen to join nWo Hollywood as opposed to the splinter faction Nash formed under the Wolfpac name. Hall's personal problems began to affect him and while Nash was his enemy, he still showed obvious care and concern for his estranged friend. The split team faced each other once later in the year where Nash repeatedly powerbombed the inebriated Hall into unconsciousness before leaving the ring to take a countout loss. They reunited in early 1999, and stayed a team even after the nWo once again fell apart. After an aimless couple of months (Nash lost a retirement match), of just wandering around being pests to the other talent, they won the WCW World Tag Team Championship one last time in December 1999. It did not last, however, as Hall legitimately no-showed an event, the title was stripped from them, and the team was dissolved.
World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment[edit]
In 2002, with the World Wrestling Federation owning WCW and its trademarks, The Outsiders and Hogan reformed as the nWo in a WWF ring. The reunion was short lived as Hogan turned face at WrestleMania X8, Nash got injured, and Hall and X-Pac (the former Syxx, who rejoined the group shortly after Hogan's face turn) were both released from WWE just months after their arrival.
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling[edit]
In late 2004 and early 2005, Hall and Nash teamed again, this time in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as part of a trio with fellow nWo 2000 alum Jeff Jarrett, but they were not allowed to use the name New World Order or The Outsiders, as its copyright is now owned by the WWE. In October 2004, vignettes began airing, where Nash and Hall appeared to be on different sides in the upcoming NWA World Heavyweight Championship match between Jeff Jarrett and Jeff Hardy at Victory Road.[2][3] Hall and Nash debuted on November 7 at Victory Road interfering in the ladder match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship and in the end revealed they were on the same side by both attacking Hardy with guitars. After the match, Nash cut a promo on how they were better than the entire TNA locker room and challenged anyone to oppose them. A.J. Styles accepted, but was beaten down by the new stable. Randy Savage then made his debut in TNA, entering the Impact Zone to face off with the villains.[4]
On TNA Impact! the following week, Nash proclaimed the trio of himself, Hall, and Jarrett to be called The Kings of Wrestling.[5] Hall, Nash and Jarrett began wearing goofy Elvis-style jumpsuits and sunglasses, and wreaked havoc on multiple episodes of Impact! before being challenged and defeated by Savage, Styles and Hardy in a six-man tag team match at Turning Point.[6] After the six man tag match, Savage was next in line for a title shot (having pinned the champ, Jarrett, in the match), but in light of him leaving the company, Director of Authority Dusty Rhodes appointed a three way match at Final Resolution to achieve a number one contender to the NWA Title. The first two competitors announced were Diamond Dallas Page and Monty Brown. The third was Kevin Nash, Jarrett's ally in the KoW.
The group hit a period of friction, as Nash openly competed for the title shot at Final Resolution (losing when Page dumped him over the top rope),[7] before earning a shot at Jarrett's NWA title at Against All Odds. After the pay-per-view, where Nash was unsuccessful in his attempt at the title, the KoW parted ways.[8]
Hall resurfaced on the Impact! show prior to Genesis in 2007, teasing as Sting's partner for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship tag team match. At Turning Point, Hall and Nash were supposed to have their first tag team match together in a TNA ring since 2004, also teaming with Samoa Joe to take on the Angle Alliance but Hall was replaced in the match by Eric Young, who eventually won the match with his team. Hall told TNA Management he did not show at the event because of health problems.
On the January 4, 2010, live, three hour, Monday night edition of Impact! Hall and Sean Waltman returned to TNA and quickly reformed their alliance with Kevin Nash.[9] This incarnation would soon be officially known as The Band. Nash and Hall were advertised to make their return as a tag team on January 17 at Genesis, but at the event Hall was replaced by Waltman, who, teaming up with Nash went on to lose a tag team match against Beer Money, Inc. (Robert Roode and James Storm).[10] The reunion didn't last long, as on the February 4 edition of Impact! Hall and Waltman turned on Nash.[11] However, this betrayal was a ruse, as at Destination X, Nash turned on his new partner Eric Young and re-joined Hall and Syxx-Pac, who, with their victory, now had contracts with the company. Upon winning these new contracts the trio began using an instrumental version of the nWo Wolfpac theme, as well as occasionally calling themselves the Wolfpac once again, though their official name remained the Band.[12]
At Lockdown Nash and Hall made their return to tag team action in a steel cage match, where they were defeated by Team 3D.[13] On May 4, at the tapings of the May 13 edition of Impact!, after TNA World Tag Team Champion Matt Morgan had been attacked by Samoa Joe, Nash cashed in his "Feast or Fired" contract, teaming with Hall, and pinned him to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship.[14] The Band's newest member, Eric Young, was also given a share of the Championship and the three defended the titles under the Freebird rule.[15][16] At the June 14 tapings of Impact! The Band was stripped of the Tag Team Championship due to Hall's legal problems.[17]
Other appearances[edit]
Hall and Nash main evented Dream Stage Entertainment's May 8, 2004 Hustle 3 pay-per-view, losing to the team of Shinya Hashimoto and Naoya Ogawa.
On August 10, 2008 Nash and Hall teamed up again as The Outsiders at Bloodymania II to defeat The Thomaselli Brothers (Brandon and Vito Thomaselli). Nash also positioned himself as a member of the Juggalo World Order, which Hall was already a part of.
On the March 21, 2009, The Outsiders teamed for Great Lakes Championship Wrestling against The New Age Outlaws in what was the first nWo vs DX match. Kevin Nash, walked out on Scott Hall, and the two were set to face off later in June.
WWE nWo reunions (2014–present)[edit]
Starting in 2014, Hall and Nash would take part in several nWo reunion segments together in WWE.
The August 11, 2014 episode of Raw, aired on Hulk Hogan's 61st birthday, featured Scott Hall and Kevin Nash as guests. The two shared a moment with Hogan, revealing an nWo shirt hidden under his "Hulkamania" shirt. They were interrupted by Brock Lesnar, who told Hogan, "Party's over, grandpa." Lesnar backed out of the ring when confronted by John Cena, his opponent at SummerSlam.
On the January 19, 2015 episode of Raw, Hall, Nash, and X-Pac came out as the nWo for Hall's survey segment. They were interrupted by The Ascension, who made reference to them as the Wolfpac in an antagonistic promo before getting beaten down by the nWo, the APA, and the New Age Outlaws. On March 29 at WrestleMania 31, the Outsiders returned with Hogan to assist their long-time rival Sting in his WrestleMania debut match against Triple H. The nWo helped to fight off X-Pac and the Outlaws, who had interfered on behalf of Triple H as D-Generation X. Shawn Michaels later joined Triple H's side, turning the match in his favor. Triple H would go on to win the match.
In wrestling[edit]
- Finishing double-team moves
Championships and accomplishments[edit]
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Tag Team of the Year (1997)
- Ranked #40 of the 100 best tag teams of the PWI Years in 2003
- Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
- World Championship Wrestling
- WCW World Heavyweight Championship (2 times) – Kevin Nash
- WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (2 times) – Scott Hall
- WCW World Television Championship (1 time)[18] – Scott Hall
- WCW World Tag Team Championship (6 times) – with Syxx (1)2
1 During their TNA World Tag Team Championship reign, Eric Young was brought in as the third member of the team and the titles were defended under the Freebird Rule.
2 During their fifth reign as WCW World Tag Team Champions, Nash suffered a legitimate injury, and the nWo invoked "Wolfpac Rules" and named Syxx as Hall's replacement partner.
See also[edit]
- Diamond Exchange
- The Insiders (professional wrestling)
- The Kliq
- New World Order (professional wrestling)
- ^ "Kevin Nash's WWE Alumni profile". WWE. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
- ^ Droste, Ryan (2004-10-22). "TNA Impact! Results - 10/22/04 - (Styles, Hardy and Killings headline)". WrestleView. Retrieved 2010-03-30.
- ^ Droste, Ryan (2004-10-31). "TNA Impact! Results - 10/29/04 - (Six Man X-Division Gauntlet Match)". WrestleView. Retrieved 2010-03-30.
- ^ Martin, Adam (2004-11-07). "TNA Victory Road PPV Results - 11/7/04 - from Orlando, Florida". WrestleView. Retrieved 2010-03-30.
- ^ Droste, Ryan (2004-11-12). "Impact! Results - 11/12/04 (DDP debuts + Hardy and Styles team up)". WrestleView. Retrieved 2010-03-30.
- ^ Martin, Adam (2004-12-05). "TNA Turning Point PPV Results - 12/5/04 - from Orlando, Florida". WrestleView. Retrieved 2010-03-30.
- ^ Martin, Adam (2005-01-16). "Final Resolution PPV Results - 1/16/05 - from Orlando, Florida". WrestleView. Retrieved 2010-03-30.
- ^ Martin, Adam (2005-02-13). "Against All Odds PPV Results - 2/13/05 - from Orlando, Florida". WrestleView. Retrieved 2010-03-30.
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- ^ Caldwell, James (2010-01-17). "CALDWELL'S TNA GENESIS PPV REPORT 1/17: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of A.J. Styles vs. Kurt Angle, Hulk Hogan's TNA PPV debut". PWTorch. Retrieved 2010-02-04.
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Sheriff Bill Franklin said 24-year-old Randy Memetrius Martin is
charged with murder for Saturday's slaying of Qauntavis Wilkes, a
sophomore at Stanhope Elmore High School.
Franklin says Wilkes died of a gunshot wound to the chest at
Martin's mobile home Saturday evening at about 6:30 p.m.
Investigators said an argument over missing property led to the
fatal shooting.
It was the second homicide in Elmore Co. this month.


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If I'm viewing a WordPress page that contains missing images / css files / javascript files, I think it's the case that each of those missing files will cause WordPress to be loaded again.
This seems to be a waste of server resources (loading the core, all plugins, theme etc) and can cause problems with certain plugins (since there are multiple requests for every 'real' request).
I'd much prefer to see a default 404 page (at least for the file extensions I've already mentioned) that doesn't require WordPress to be loaded completely. I think there should be a distinction between a page not being found and a file not being found.


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Also "Jubilee". The 50th year at the end of the seventh seven year shemita cycle.
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Is the Yovel every 49 or 50 years?
When is Yovel? Is it in the 49th year of the shmita cycle, or the 50th? And if it is in the 50th, when is the next shmita, in the 56th or 57th year? What is the practice in modern day Israel?


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The idea of Silvan sparked in 2008 in the midst of the economic meltdown. It was then that the founders realised that despite the financial downturn, one thing would never change – the need to feel secure.
Silvan's founders started the company with a view to make people's lives safer and more secure. They kick-started their operations in Bangalore with a simple yet effective solution – Internet Protocol (IP) cameras with built-in intelligence to detect events automatically. As the business started to take its own shape, Silvan expanded its scope by entering into the sphere of home automation based on contemporary technologies such as cloud services and the Internet of Things.
Ubiquitous access to the home automation system from the smart phone was first on the list of priorities for Silvan's founders. They were keen on creating a generation of new-age automation where smart phones could be used to control all the appliances and devices in a house. The focus was also on being a 'complete solutions company' rather than being just a 'product company'. Silvan's objective is simple – to cater to an evolving Indian lifestyle, which demands a fresh approach, wherein a modern and traditional way of life can co-exist.
Silvan's solutions for home automation has been welcomed by several big players in the field of housing – Sobha, Brigade, Nambiar Builders, Total Environment, Tata Housing, and Lodha to name a few.
Spurred on by the magnitude of success the company has achieved in home automation in the Indian market, Silvan is now looking to expand into other geographies. It is also working on new products that would increase its footprint amongst the consumers.
- M GIRIDHAR KRISHNAChairman & Managing Director
An expert in programming paradigms and technologies, and managing multi-location product development teams, he handles everything related to engineering and operations.
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Avinash drives business development, new market identification, sales and marketing, product roadmap, branding and public relations, customer relationships and customer projects execution.
- G MOHANVice President, Product Management
An experienced professional in software engineering and business development, he leads the new product development initiatives at Silvan, and is responsible for setting the strategic direction of the company.
- Ajay GuptaVice President, Systems
With three US patents in audio processing, image quality enhancement, and media drivers, and 21 years of experience in embedded systems design, he is the brains behind Silvan's indigenous Smart Home System.
- KANNAN VChief Financial Officer
As a cost accountant, he has around 25 years of experience in the field of finance. Fund-raising has always been his core strength, which he brings to Silvan.
Silvan is committed to providing the highest quality of products and services. Our goal is to earn our customers' trust by delivering highly reliable products, services and solutions in a timely manner. We also believe in consistency and adequate support. Our internal systems undergo constant checks and reviews in order to ensure we continue to not just match but also exceed our customers' expectations.
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State police say Joseph Cunningham of Apopka was arrested
Friday. He's been charged with three counts of third-degree rape,
one count of fourth-degree rape and two counts of unlawful sexual
Police say Cunningham communicated on the Internet with the
victim, who's from Milford. He drove to Delaware from North
Carolina to meet her, then drove her to a secluded area near her
home, where they engaged in sexual activity. Police say there was
additional inappropriate contact at the girl's home.
Police used Cunningham's cell phone to track him to a
convenience store in Dover, where he was arrested without incident
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Definition of meat market in English:
meat market
A meeting place such as a bar or club for people seeking casual sexual partners.
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- While the venue is known as a meat market more so than a rock venue, it proved to be a most suitable room with unobstructed views of the stage from almost all angles from the floor and balcony.
- It comes across as a meat market, but that's not why I am there, so I quickly learn to deal.
- Getting as much mileage out of it as possible, the Candy Remix is probably going to be overplayed in every meat market with laser lights and expensive drinks across the continent.
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I'm currently working on a project with sencha. In this project i have a rotating 'wheeloffortune' wheel that spins to a certain part of the wheel to get your bonus.
I did this before with some javascript where i created intervals to switch the css class of the div but that didn't work well.
I now want to do it with css3 animation for which i have the following css:
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Titus and Otto are my top choices for the brothers of Gable, Thor, Hawk, and Wyn. Ajax and Cas would be my third and fourth choices. The first name should be a one- or two-syllable choice that packs a punch like your sons' names. Hmm...
Ajax Micajah Phillip and Otto Christopher Fox
Otto Benjamin Masi and Cas Remington Matthew
Titus Henry Felix and Ajax Malachi Thomas
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Yes, my darling daughter, hang your clothes on a hickory limb, but don't go near the water.
My aunt Opal would recite that verse and laugh as if it were the funniest joke she'd ever heard. I couldn't see anything funny about it. I loved to swim and thought it tragic anyone would go out to swim but never even get wet.
It's been morbidly fascinating to watch.
First, full disclosure: I'm a registered Democrat and I skew to the socialist side. I have my gray areas, but I'm mostly shading toward the line in left field.
A bonus chance to going fishing with Dad popped up last week, and I grabbed it.
Both brother Bob and I were pleasantly surprised to hear the old man was thinking of picking up his rod and reel again. A couple years ago, a bad case of gout flared up in his hands, making it almost too painful to put on his own clothes much less reel in a Bluegill.
But the gout eventually subsided and Dad let it be known he'd like nothing better than to get out on Bob's new Lund fishing boat on Father's Day.
Have I mentioned the boat?
ELY– The Annual Ely Volunteer Fire Department Firefighter's Breakfast is Monday, July 4. Proceeds from this yearly event support the department's operational expenses.
Tickets can be purchased from any Ely firefighter or local merchants. Adult tickets are $7 in advance, $7.50 at the door, $3 for children 12 and under, and children 5 and under eat free.
All-you-can-eat pancakes, eggs, sausage, bacon, milk, coffee and water will be served. Serving, rain or shine, from 6:30 a.m. to noon at the Ely Fire Department, 1300 Main St. in Ely.
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IOWA CITY– The West High Women of Troy improved to 19-5 overall and 15-1 in the Mississippi Valley Conference's Valley Division following their softball doubleheader sweep Tuesday, June 21, over the Cedar Falls Tigers. West High took both games, 12-2, in five innings each.
Jessie Harder kicked off the scoring in the bottom of the third inning of game one with a two-run double, followed by Skylar Ryan with a two-run single and Darby Donovan knocking an RBI double.
The Tigers answered with a home run off Harder in the top of the fourth, which was good for two runs.
North Liberty Leader
EPWORTH– The Clear Creek Amana (CCA) Clippers gained a little ground Thursday, June 16, as they improved their record slightly to 7-12 with a split in Epworth. The Clippers fell 6-5 in the first half of a varsity doubleheader with the Western Dubuque Bobcats but rallied back to a 4-1 win in the nightcap.
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TIFFIN– Cappy's Boys fell to 6-11 after a pair of losses to Williamsburg Monday, June 13, on the Clear Creek Amana (CCA) Clippers' diamond in Tiffin. The Raiders swept the Clippers 9-4 and 4-3.
North Liberty Leader
IOWA CITY– West High's Regan Steigleder was awarded the Mississippi Valley Conference (MVC)'s Valley Division Athlete of the Year honor. The conference released its 2016 All-Division Soccer Selections Monday, June 13, with the West High junior at the top of the list.
Steigleder scored 21 goals, made three assists and amassed 45 points and a pair of penalty kicks during the regular season.
OXFORD– The Mount Vernon Mustangs handed the Clear Creek Amana (CCA) Clippers a pair of losses Wednesday, June 15, as they swept the Creek Girls in a varsity doubleheader in Oxford. The Mustangs took the opener, 6-4, and survived a seventh-inning Clipper rally to win the nightcap, 6-3.
IOWA CITY– They call him "Spud."
Monday, June 13, Spud, AKA Spencer Wiskus, a graduated West High senior, was the hero of the night as his two-run homer broke an 8-8 tie with Cedar Rapids Prairie and won the nine-inning nightcap of a varsity doubleheader.


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I need some help.
I have not been able to view the 'Code / Preview' tabs on top left of the content box since few weeks ago. The same occured either I was creating new / editing existing post. I am still able to post/edit my post, however so, the 'preview' feature is very useful especially for less IT literate person like me to manage by content etc.
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- Delhi Dynamos sign goalkeeper Poirei, midfielder Milan
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) Delhi Dynamos on Monday announced the signing of goalkeeper Soram Poirei and central midfielder Milan Singh for the forthcoming edition of the Hero Indian Super League (ISL) football tournament.
- ISL: Delhi Dynamos sign Manipur's Milan, Soram
Delhi Dynamos FC have added two Manipur players, Milan Singh and Soram Porei, to their squad ahead of the third season of the Indian Super League. The move, as the franchise admitted, was taken to reach out to the strong North East presence into country's capital.
- Berlusconi ready to sell AC Milan to Chinese investor
Italy's billionaire former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said he was ready to sell AC Milan to a Chinese investor as long as 400 million euros are invested in the struggling Serie A giants over two years.
- Montella named as new AC Milan manager
AC Milan have appointed former Fiorentina and Sampdoria boss Vincenzo Montella as their new manager on a two-year contract, the Serie A club said on their website on Tuesday. The 42-year-old will begin work with the Italian side from July 1.
- Will Chinese money solve Milan's problems?
With their team languishing at sixth in the Serie A table, many AC Milan supporters may look at the bid by a Chinese consortium to take over the historic club as a perfect tonic to revive the team's fortunes which have been falling at an alarming rate for some years now.
- Arindom's Milan trip to catch the Champion's League finale
Composer Arindom Chatterjee is a busy man now! No, he is not worked up with his recordings or music composing, he is busy holidaying at Milan. Arindom gives us a sneek-peak into his holiday diary by uploading pictures on his social media account. He apparently headed to Milan to watch the Champions League final. Watch this space for more updates!
- Football: Brocchi at risk as Milan miss out on Europe
Milan, May 22, 2016 (AFP) -AC Milan coach Cristian Brocchi admits his job is on the line after an Italian Cup final defeat by Juventus ended the Serie A giants' hopes of European football next season.
- Visually impaired Milan scores 94%, tops in school
JAIPUR: Even the 40% visual impairment which doesn't allow one to study for an hour continuously couldn't stop Milan Pratap Singh Shekhawat of Warren Academy in Jaipur to score 94% marks in Class XII CBSE results announced on Saturday. He was visually not fit to see the blackboard of his classroom. He studied with the help of his classmates who used to explain what was taught on the board. Milan has bagged first rank in his school. This has come as a surprise for his bath mates. His 'piliary muscle' got broken in childhood, leaving his lens without any support. He missed 100% marks in biology by 2 marks. In physics and chemistry, he scored 94 and 95 marks. Besides, he also scored 100 marks in physical education, although doctors had advised him not to do any physical exercise due to possibility of retinal detachment. He recalled that most of his subjects had objects, diagrams and illustrations which required very minute observation. "CBSE doesn't allow any gadgets in the classroom. This made the situation worse. I was totally relying on my friends and teachers who had to repeat everything for me after the class. I always had pendency of work but my teachers always cooperated," said elated Milan. Doctors have prescribed him lenses number-18 which means that he cannot focus on any object for long as it leads to pain in eyes and head.
- Inter Milan launches academy programme in Beijing
Serie A giants Inter Milan launched their academy programme in Beijing on Saturday with the football club's vice president Javier Zanetti attending the ceremony.
- Football: 'Ibra' could return to AC Milan - agent
Milan, May 5, 2016 (AFP) -Paris Saint-Germain's Zlatan Ibrahimovic could consider a return to AC Milan in Serie A, according to the Sweden striker's agent in a report on Thursday.
- 'Ibra' could return to AC Milan: Agent
Paris Saint-Germain's Zlatan Ibrahimovic could consider a return to AC Milan in Serie A, according to the Sweden striker's agent in a report on Thursday.
- Krishan Vraj to make Bolly debut in Milan Luthria film?
Supermodel Krishan Vraj, who recently got married to Srabanti, is taking his first steps into an acting career.
- Krishan Vraj to make Bolly debut in Milan Luthria film?
Supermodel Krishan Vraj, who recently got married to Srabanti, is taking his first steps into an acting career.
- Real braced for tough Atletico sequel in Milan finale
As soon as the final whistle confirmed Real Madrid's berth in the Champions League final against local rivals Atletico with a 1-0 aggregate victory over Manchester City on Wednesday, memories of 2014's all-Spanish final came flooding back.
- Manipur duo Milan Singh and Soram Poirei join Delhi Dynamos
New Delhi, Jul 18 () Delhi Dynamos have made a couple of strategic signings that will not only fortify their defence but will also reach out to the sizeable North Eastern football fans living in the Capital.


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SQUAMISH, British Columbia (BRAIN) — Kona Bicycles will roll out its online sales program in select U.S. states later this year.
FLOWER MOUND, Texas (BRAIN) — Longtime Texas retailer Chad Plumlee has opened his third store, called Giant Lakeside. The new location will serve the market around the Dallas-Fort Worth area, including the communities of Flower Mound, Grapevine, and Coppell.
The apparel department can be a profit center - it just needs the right mix of product, merchandising and placement to do its job.
BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — According to the Bicycle Product Suppliers Association June report, supplier shipments over the first six months of this year fell 6 percent to 1.2 million units from 1.3 million last year. Sales fell to $551.5 million from $581.3 million over the first half of 2015.
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (BRAIN) — Connex has reduced the U.S. wholesale and suggested retail prices of its chains by about 10 percent due to the continued weakness of the euro against the U.S. dollar, the company announced this weel. The company also announced a new minimum advertised price policy in the U.S.
OLNEY, Ill. (BRAIN) — SKS USA will now act as the exclusive North American brand manager and distributor of SQlab saddles.
SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland (BRAIN) — Garmin stocks hit a 52-week high on Wednesday after earnings and revenue far exceeded analyst expectations for the first half. The company also raised its guidance for the second half.
SAN MATEO, Calif. (BRAIN) — GoPro announced a second quarter sales decline of 47 percent this week, along with a loss of nearly $92 million, after reporting a profit last year in the same period.
HELSINKI (BRAIN) — Amer Sports' cycling segment grew 20 percent in the second quarter this year thanks to the addition of Enve sales, which joined Mavic in the segment.
SANTEE, Calif. (BRAIN) — Ciclista America, the U.S. distributor for Sidi shoes, is introducing the Italian bike helmet line, Suomy, to the U.S. market this fall.
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. (BRAIN) — Following last year's "Breaking Away" reunion at the Interbike Awards Gala, this year's Interbike awards ceremony will include an appearance by at least four of the top-billed cast members of the 1985 cycling film "American Flyers."
EDEWECHT, Germany (BRAIN) — The German distributor Sport Import is investing in the two-year-old carbon wheel company Knight Composites, and will distribute the brand throughout continental Europe.


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Glendale Gambit For Mr. Caruso
Mall Developer Wants To Grow, but Neighbors Aren't Looking to Sell
Will the city of Glendale, Calif., raise the issue of eminent domain to expand a booming local mall?
Developer Rick Caruso's Caruso Affiliated Inc. wants to add as much as 150,000 square feet to the Americana at Brand mall by building on two acres adjacent to the shopping center. The trouble is, the owners of a small warehouse and the GoldenKey hotel there don't want to sell.
Now the City Council is involved, instructing all interested parties to submit redevelopment plans for the parcel by Jan. 27 so that it can decide the parcel's fate as early as Feb. 8.
The land is in an area designated in 1972 as a "redevelopment project area," which allows the city to consider any plans to redevelop the site, according to Philip Lanzafame, Glendale's chief assistant director of community development.
Whether Glendale will use eminent domain to seize the property at market rates has yet to be determined. "That's not where we are in the process," Mr. Lanzafame said. "That's way down the line."
Mr. Caruso already has made a pitch to get the city to side with him, arguing that expanding the Americana won't require city financing and would deliver an estimated $800,000 in additional city taxes annually. The Americana now includes 475,000 square feet of shops such as Tiffany TIF 1.85 % & Co. and J. Crew Group Inc., 238 rental apartments and 100 condominiums. Caruso estimates the mall will post sales of $1,100 a square foot this year.
Mr. Caruso says he has offered $6 million to the GoldenKey's local owner, who hasn't accepted. Submitting his redevelopment plans to the city "is part of the process," Mr. Caruso said. "I'm confident that we're going to get through it."
Eminent-domain actions have long been opposed by property-rights advocates. But in its most recent decision on the subject, the U.S. Supreme Court in 2005 upheld the rights of local governments to seize property for commercial uses. In that case, Kelo v. City of New London, Conn., the justices found it was constitutional for a city economic-development corporation to seize private homes and businesses to build condominiums and shops adjacent to a Pfizer Inc. research campus.
Return of the Flip?
Commercial-real-estate values in the Washington area have risen to the point that investors who bought a few years ago can sell for a quick profit.
Late last month, for example, a venture of Angelo, Gordon & Co. and MRP Realty sold an Arlington, Va., office building to Chicago-based investment firm Heitman for $112 million, according to the property's brokers at Jones Lang LaSalle. In 2009, the venture bought the 212,000-square-foot property, named the Hartford Building, for $71.5 million.
Investors regularly turned quick profits in so-called flips in 2006 and 2007, occasionally reselling a property even before closing on its purchase. The practice went into hibernation with the economic downturn, as values fell nationwide. But the situation may be ripe for a change in Washington, where job growth has outpaced growth in the rest of the country, and investors have been bullish on the market's future, particularly in the past year.
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It seems like the plugin can't handle private posts. For testing purposes and to adapt my style.css I created a couple of private posts and added them to a article serie.
- The serie is shown correctly when editing the post
- The serie is shown correctly when listing posts
- I can filter the posts with the serie
- When I list the series the serie shows 0 posts (even though there are 4)
- Displaying a post the plugin shows "Part X of 0 in serie ..."
- The box containing all posts within the serie is empty
- The Series Meta is not showing
I tested the same setup on another WP instance, as soon as I set a post where the plugin worked before to private, it half vanishes from the serie.


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Let me first clarify my requirements :- I am making an application which will take any image and identify it (e.g. if I upload a picture of an apple then it should return me the text "apple"). I will use this text to search some products (this search functionality is already done).
I have seen Google Image search in which if you upload an image Google returns related images with a corresponding text (which identifies the image) in the search box.
I have searched for Image APIs - Google & Yahoo APIs are Depreciated :( Bing supports text to image search (Please correct me if I am wrong) TinEye api has Image to Image search but no corresponding text (Please correct me if I am missing something)
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- Studio: Lions Gate Films
- Release Date: Dec 30, 1998
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In this magnificent, profoundly tragic film, Nolte and Coburn each turn in career-best performances as a father and son who embody the ancient, seemingly ineradicable male pathology of violence, retribution, and the slow death of the soul.
Nolte and Coburn are magnificent in this film, which is like an expiation or amends for abusive men. It is revealing to watch them in their scenes together--to see how they're able to use physical presence to sketch the history of a relationship.
Affliction turns the sound on with sudden, crystalline clarity, and echoes with the haunting power of a suppressed truth that has finally been released.
Schrader and Nolte are both at the height of their expressive powers in a film that, in its concentration and sobriety, leaves a lasting impression.
Searing, intense and unrelenting, Affliction moves to the deepest centers of experience and desire and brings its characters to unflinching life.
Affliction -- a beautiful bummer, a magnificent feel-bad movie -- is American filmmaking of a most rewarding order.
Succeeds in finding something larger than one man's misery. It turns dark truthfulness into the cinematic sentiment most worth celebrating this season.
Affliction could be their (Nolte, Coburn) finest couple of hours on film; they do seem to be father and son, rather than actors playing these roles.
Ranks with the year's scant handful of must-see movies, for the scant handful of moviegoers who revere powerful stories, disturbing, unforgettable characters, plots with the serious sweep of literature, and kickass acting above all else.
This is anything but pleasant stuff, but it's a must-see for anyone interested in men and women, fathers and sons, and the kind of murder mystery in which the real casualty is the human soul.
Never has an actor embodied the passing down of violence and bitterness from father to son more powerfully.
As chilly a spectacle as you're likely to see. It's like watching a comeback in an empty stadium.
We marvel at the almost perfect realization of a character whom we're not necessarily meant to like.
Affliction is a harsh experience, but the harshness isn't a matter of punishing the audience or of the director, Schrader, showing off his toughness: That unvarnished harshness is the very essence of the material.
Affliction is for anyone willing to take the journey into the heart and soul of a troubled man on the edge.
Violence may provide entertainment value in more crass or commercially minded projects, but in the unflinching world of Affliction, it leads only to the ruination of your soul. [5 February 1999, Friday, p.D]
Affliction is a work of realist art rich in quotidian detail, a Grimm fairy tale about a community under siege, and a lament for a good man gone bad for nothing.
Schrader has never been one to coddle an audience, and this is as uncompromising a vision as he has given us.
Nolte, reinforced by the bleak discretion of Schrader's direction and a wonderful supporting cast, makes the most of the opportunity.
Nolte gives one of his most fully realized performances, Coburn makes an amazingly powerful comeback, and Schrader's filmmaking has never been more expressive or assured.
Schrader seems to understand these characters implicitly, and the result is probably the best film he has directed.
A compelling, at times bone-chilling study of the male character in crisis.
A tormented and tormenting man uses violence to break the historic chain of violence, then bequeaths to his loved ones the most precious gift he can give -- his total silence and perpetual absence.
Nolte and Coburn are so powerful that they distort what, we are told, is the story's theme. [Feb. 1, 1999]
But the actor (Nolte) finds truth in Wade's emotional clumsiness, in the despair of a man who hasn't the tools or the cool to survive. There are too many of these men in life, and not enough films that tell their sad tales.
James Coburn plays father in what may be the best performance of his career. [30 December 1998, Life, p.3D]
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If you bought salt-preserved lemons to make yesterday's lamb tagine, here is a completely different way of cooking them, this time very quickly, with fennel. Slivers of lemon are mixed with already stewed fennel, capers and green olives to make a fresh and tangy accompaniment to fillets of cod.
Keeping the Moroccan mood, the fish is briefly marinated in saffron, then grilled until it sets firm but before it dries out.
It is served, restaurant-style, over the vegetables and looks very pretty and spring-like. I served mine with a swirl of olive oil and no accompanying carbs, leaving just the