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Wow! Your compo and DOF are excellent! An amazing capture!!
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A fractured collection of groups advocating for the legalization of recreational marijuana in California has finally coalesced behind an initiative for the November 2016 ballot.
You've heard the phrase "two lawyers, three opinions"? You could just as easily apply it to backers of legalizing recreational marijuana in California. From growers to dispensary owners, industry groups to environmentalists – several factions have submitted competing initiatives in recent months.
Yet all know that to have any chance at success next year, they would need to unify behind a single measure. That has finally happened.
Backers of the measure to legalize, regulate and tax marijuana will have plenty of financial support, thanks to tech billionaire Sean Parker. But the initiative will likely face strong opposition from law enforcement groups.
Supporters must now gather more than 365,000 valid voter signatures to qualify it for the November 2016 ballot.

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Cheyenne Audubon Society Great Backyard Bird Count February 14-17
Do you like to watch the birds visiting the feeder outside your window?
Birdwatchers are invited to participate in the Cheyenne High Plains Audubon Society Great Backyard Bird Count February 14th through the 17th.The Cheyenne Botanic Gardens is offering the opportunity to get involved at no cost with a walk around Sloan's Lake from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, February 15.
Stop by and stroll with members of the Cheyenne Audubon Society as they search for birds. Binoculars, identification cards and education is provided free of charge.
In 2013, Great Backyard Bird Count participants in 111 countries counted 33,464,616 birds. They documented more than one-third of the world's bird species.
Launched in 1998 by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Audubon Society, the Great Backyard Bird Count was the first online citizen-science project to collect data on wild birds and to display results in near real-time.
Since then, more than 100,000 people of all ages and walks of life have joined the four-day count each February to create an annual snapshot of the distribution and abundance of birds.
Saturday's event is geared toward kids and those interested should meet at the Paul Smith Children's Village prior to the walk around the lake.
For more information,call Mark Gorges at 634-0463.


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Hosted by the Dogwood Initiative environmental activism takes on diverse forms in this stream of films, with communities across the globe standing up to forces often much larger than themselves. The incredible cinematography of many of these films underscores just what is at stake, and the stories of people rallying together to make change are inspiring.
Saturday's program begins with Tribal Canoe Journey, a short but powerful film on the revival of an ancient tradition and the connection between culture and place. Reaching Blue combines stunning underwater cinematography with an exploration of the connection between climate change, the health of our oceans, and the coastal way of life. In Coastal Tar Sands we are able to explore BC's northern coast from a kayak's perspective on a journey through the "deleted" islands in Enbridge's advertising campaign. We continue the theme of tar sand pipelines with Above All Else, a powerful tale of landowners rallying together to stop the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. DamNation is a dramatic assessment of dams, their impact on our watersheds and the potential for a societal shift in thinking about our role in our ecosystems.
On Sunday, hope is fueled by hemp in Bringing it Home, a look at the vast array of sustainable products that come from industrial hemp. In A Dangerous Game we meet communities standing up to corporate greed and environmental destruction in the form of golf. We close with The Malagasy Way, a beautiful music-filled celebration of the ingenuity, pride and resourcefulness of a conservationist lifestyle in Madagascar.
Tribal Canoe Journey
5 min. | 2015 | Carswell Productions
FILMMAKER: Ed Carswell
Saturday, March 21 | 12:15 pm | Theatre 2
This film captures a rare event that happened in 2014 on a warm July evening in the K'omoks Estuary, B.C. As part of the annual Tribal Canoe Journey, massive dug-out canoes arrived in the estuary and were invited ashore by Chief Rob Everson and the K'omoks First Nation. Over the last 150 years, First Nation societies suffered many hardships and some of their traditions were outlawed. The canoe journey tradition was revived in 1986 and now sends a strong message to preserve culture, language, and our coastal waters.
Reaching Blue: Finding Hope Beneath the Surface
22 min. | 2014 | Global Reef Films
FILMMAKERS: Ian Hinkle and Andy Robertson
Saturday, March 21 | 12:20 pm | Theatre 2
An oyster farmer, a writer and an ocean scientist share their thoughts about a coastal way of life under threat, where stories from our past give the inspiration to face the challenges of the future. Twenty-two cinematographers contribute beautiful imagery from deep-sea submarines, advanced ocean research vessels and drone cameras, to expose the changes our coastal waters face. Do we have the wisdom and resilience required to understand ocean change before time runs out?
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Coastal Tarsands: Journey to Deleted Islands
78 min. | 2014
FILMMAKER: Richard Boyce
Saturday, March 21 | 1:00 pm | Theatre 2
Join Richard Boyce on a cinematic kayak journey to B.C.'s north coast where the Enbridge Corporation is determined to bring Alberta tarsands bitumen by a pipeline 1,170 km long across the Rocky and Coast Mountain Ranges to Kitimat. The filmmaker takes us through the maze of islands and narrow passages that were deleted in the $350 million Enbridge advertising campaign video. This is precisely where hundreds of supertankers loaded with millions of barrels of diluted bitumen will have to navigate through treacherous waters to reach Asian markets if the Northern Gateway project proceeds. Coastal Tarsands explores the coast, its natural features, weather, currents, wildlife and the people who live there.
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Above All Else
95 min. | 2014 | Fiege Films
FILMMAKER: John Fiege
Saturday, March 21 | 2:30 pm | Theatre 2
Above All Else is an intimate portrait of a group of landowners and activists in East Texas who take peaceful direct action to stop construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, a multi-billion dollar project slated to carry tar sands oil from Canada to refineries in Texas. What begins as a stand against corporate bullying becomes a rallying cry for climate protesters nationwide. Risking financial ruin, their personal safety and the security of their families, these unforgettable people and their stories become an exploration of the human spirit and a window into how social change happens. As Canadians begin to stand in the way of massive pipeline developments, this film is inspiring, dramatic and very timely.
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BEST NORTH AMERICAN DOCUMENTARY, Global Visions Film Festival
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE, Dallas International Film Festival
88 min. | 2014 | IndieCan
FILMMAKERS: Travis Rummel & Ben Knight
Saturday, March 21 | 4:30 pm | Theatre 2
This powerful film odyssey across the U.S. explores the sea change in attitude from pride in big dams as engineering wonders to the growing awareness that our own future is bound to the life and health of our rivers. Dam removal has gained acceptability. Where obsolete dams come down, rivers bound back to life, giving salmon and other wild fish the right of return to primeval spawning grounds after decades without access. Diverse interests are coming together to find more cost-effective options to meet power, shipping, irrigation and other needs. Restoring rivers helps to preserve tribal customs, recover fish stocks, revitalize waterfronts, improve recreational opportunities and render watersheds more resilient to climate change. DamNation's majestic cinematography and unexpected discoveries move through rivers and landscapes altered by dams, but also through a metamorphosis in values, from conquest of the natural world to knowing ourselves as part of nature.
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AUDIENCE CHOICE, South by Southwest Festival
AUDIENCE AWARD, Mountain Films in Telluride
Bringing it Home
53 min. | 2013 | McNabb/Connolly
FILMMAKERS: Linda Booker & Blaire Johnson
Sunday, March 22 | 12:15 pm | Theatre 2
A father's search to find the healthiest building materials leads him to the completion of the first hemp house in the U.S. Hemp with lime, hempcrete, is a non-toxic, energy efficient, mildew, fire and pest resistant building material. Although it is grown in 31 countries, growing hemp remains off-limits to almost all U.S. farmers. Industrial hemp is a non-psychoactive plant that provides the raw materials for thousands of sustainable products which can improve nutrition, stop deforestation and offer hope in a time of global warming. Bringing it Home tells the story of hemp, past, present and future, and a global industry that includes textiles, building materials, food products, bio-plastics, auto parts and more.
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JURY AWARD, Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival
DIRECTOR'S CHOICE AWARD & BEST ENVIRONMENTAL FILM, Sedona International Film Festival
A Dangerous Game
90 min. | 2014 | Montrose Pictures Ltd.
FILMMAKER: Anthony Baxter
Sunday, March 22 | 1:30 pm | Theatre 2
A Dangerous Game is the sequel to Baxter's award-winning documentary You've Been Trumped! It is about the environmental, cultural, historical and human costs of golf, a game that has been hijacked by the rich and powerful. Documenting the stories of people and communities in Scotland, Croatia and the U.S. who are standing up against developer tycoons like Donald Trump, this film clearly shows how economics, politics, human rights, and the environment intersect. A Dangerous Game showcases hope, dignity, struggle and triumph as people and communities stand up to protect themselves, their communities and the environment.
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Ady Gasy – the Malagasy Way
84 min. | 2014 | Laterit Productions
FILMMAKER: Lova Nantenaina
Sunday, March 22 | 3:30 pm | Theatre 2
"The Chinese make everything and the Malagasy fix everything." The people of Madagascar pride themselves on producing things out of nothing: tires transformed into shoes, oil lamps made out of light bulbs, wheelbarrows fashioned from scrap metal. You see ingenuity not underdevelopment in their practices. A return to a conservationist lifestyle that encourages recycling, fraternity and self-reliance makes perfect sense. Will the world pay attention? Filmmaker Lova Nantenaina venerates the family business, the clever artisan, the resourceful craftspeople and those who possess the ability to create using everyday objects. The Malagasy Way is a poetic, music-filled and proverb-packed lesson in creativity and resistance.
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Opera Evening at Carluccio's
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Enjoy an evening of Opera at Carluccio's, Bridge Street Chester on Monday 24th April at 7pm
£40 per person.
Call 01244-401-938 for further information. Limited availability.
Opera evenings start with a glass of prosecco and some canapés on arrival, followed by an introductory song from the singers. The evening consists of a three course meal with a 20 minute performance from the Opera singers after each course. Price covers entertainment and food on the evening. All drinks to be paid for extra on the night.


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Author: Neil Gaiman
Series: The Sandman, Volume 3
Publisher: Vertigo
Paperback: 160 pages
Summary: (taken from Goodreads)
The third book of the Sandman collection is a series of four short comic book stories. In each of these otherwise unrelated stories, Morpheus serves only as a minor character. Here we meet the mother of Morpheus's son, find out what cats dream about, and discover the true origin behind Shakespeare's A Midsummer's Night Dream. The latter won a World Fantasy Award for best short story, the first time a comic book was given that honor.This volume includes issues 17-20 of the original series and features completely new coloring, approved by the author, of issues 17 and 18.
Overall Rating: 4 out of 5
I don't think that this volume is as strong as the previous two, but the stories Gaiman presents are still intriguing and present a different, strange view of the world. Mostly, I think my disengagement came from the fact that the stories in this volume don't heavily feature Morpheus, and they don't really fit into overarching story of the series. (Yes, the summary says that, but I missed that connection from the other two volumes.) Despite that, this is still an excellent read. If Gaiman can be counted on for anything, it's for presenting a surprising, twisted view of the world that will remain with you for weeks, months, even years to come.
Unlike with a lot of other graphic novels I've read, there has yet to be a story in The Sandman that I don't like. While I enjoy some more than others, there is always something that captures my interest within every story. I think this is mainly because Gaiman unflinchingly delves into the demented and twisted while also showing the beautiful side of things. My favorite story from this collection is "A Midsummer's Night Dream" which manages to be funny, entertaining, and horrifying all at the same time. Shakespeare and his troupe perform the play for the fae themselves, with disastrous results for some members of the party.
What I love about the stories from this volume is that with every one, I was put into a fantastical situation that seemed completely removed from reality, and I would think, "What an interesting idea!" And then, the further I got into the story and the more I thought about it, the more realistic it seemed. Despite the fantastical elements, Gaiman presents such clear, truthful representations of people that by the end of each story, I could imagine it all being based on true events. I love literature that can mess with my head like that and make me see the world from different perspectives. And really, Gaiman is the master at being able to mess with readers' heads.
So far, I'm enjoying The Sandman, and if you are at all a fan of dark fantasy, I think you should check this out if you haven't already.


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American music and movie star Whitney Houston died February 11 in Los Angeles at the age of 48. Although she was known to struggle with drug and alcohol abuse, the cause of her death is still to be determined. Meantime, her body was flown to her home town in New Jersey for burial. And fans have come from near and far to pay respects to her talent.
Outside the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, fans and friends left messages, flowers and other outpourings to say "goodbye" and thank you to the star.
Scribbled notes said her voice had brought goose bumps and that her greatness will always be remembered.
Houston sang as a child at the church, and it's where her private funeral will be held on Saturday.
A few blocks away, Houston's body lay at the Whigham Funeral Home.
Funeral director Carolyn Whigham said she knew Houston even before she was born. She begged the media to respect the family's privacy in this time of grief. "Whitney has shared her entire life with the public. This is her final farewell. Let her family share that time with her. It's never easy and it's not easy when it's someone you know, that you respected and that you admired," she said.
In East Orange, the Whitney Houston School for the Performing Arts, stands as testimony to the admiration for Houston in this part of America.
Gregory Whittle came to the school to pay his respects. He grew up with Houston and knows her entire family. "A lot of times in the basement you could hear her singing. Singing in the back by the pool. I remember when she was on the cover of Seventeen magazine. But I mean.. she was just Nippy, you know what I mean?" he said. "I didn't think she was going to be that big of a star but she had a gift. It was strictly from God."
Henry Hamilton is the school's principal. He also knew Houston well. His office is adorned with photos of her. He was fond of her.
"She was real quiet, small, we called her Nippy but a very adorable youngster. All people have problems, obstacles in their life," Hamilton stated. "There were obstacles there, but before that obstacle was there, she was most successful. During those 48 years, all the records she made, the number one hits, the number of albums she sold, beautiful, on top."
Whitney Houston was a giant in the music industry. She may have died, but her memory will live on in those she touched.. both personally and with her music.


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In January 2013, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a set of rules, known collectively as the omnibus rule, designed to supplement and modify the privacy, security, breach notification, and enforcement rules governing patient health information in HIPAA. Penalties can range from $100 to $1.5 million depending on the violation.
For primary care and other physicians in private practice, compliance will mean:
- Conducting and documenting a risk analysis, which HHS defines as "an accurate and thorough assessment of the potential risks and vulnerabilities to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability" of electronic protected health information (PHI) in your practice;
- Reviewing the practice's policies and procedures for when PHI is lost or stolen or otherwise improperly disclosed, and making sure your staff members are trained in them;
- Ensuring that the electronic PHI your practice holds is encrypted so that it cannot be accessed if it is lost or stolen (see "Encrypting your patients' health information");
- Modifying the practice's electronic health record (EHR) system so that you can flag information a patient does not want shared with an insurance company;
- Having the ability to send patients their health information in an electronic format;
- Reviewing your contracts with any vendors that have access to your practice's PHI;
- Updating your practice's notice of privacy practices.
Additional HIPAA resources:
HHS.gov: Health Information Privacy


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Right chaps dont really want to do this and not sure if im actually going to sell or not yet but as im in desperate need of money my decks and vinyl collection might have to go .
Theres a set of technics 1210's mk2's in good condition never been gigged but one of the covers has a crack on/near one of the hinges.theres around 3-400 vinyl iirc including some white labels,rare picture discs and some albums,also a 20? Vinyl carry case proper dj one.im not sure what price i could put on this lot as some of the vinyl you cant get anywhere,its mainly house and trance but theres also some comercial stuff in there to.
If anybody could put a price on this then please do.
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Jailed Former Vanuatu PM, Efate Rural MP To Be Released On Parole
Pair first of group of politicians jailed in 2015 for bribery, corruption
By Thompson Marango
PORT VILA, Vanuatu (Vanuatu Daily Post, April 20, 2017) – Incarcerated former Vanuatu Prime Minister, Serge Vohor and former Efate Rural Member of Parliament (MP) Steven Kalsakau are set to be released on parole tomorrow (Friday).
The two politicians who were jailed in 2015 with 12 other former MPs over charges of bribery and corruption of officials are the first of the group to gain the favour of the Parole Board.
Vanuatu Correctional Services Director, Johnny Marango, confirmed yesterday afternoon that the duo's application for parole was accepted by the parole board because they will be reaching half of their sentence this coming Friday.
Their release is likely the beginning of the release of all 12 of the former MPs except another former Prime Minister, Moana Carcasses, after the Appeal Court quashed their conviction for conspiracy charges Friday last week.
Mr Marango explains that the two inmates were not released on compassionate grounds but were processed according to the normal parole procedure like all inmates.
"Vohor and Kalsakau will be inducted this coming Friday and issued with their parole licenses which comes with conditions," said the Correctional Services Director.
The two former MPs received the lowest sentence of 3 years for one count each of Corruption & Bribery of Officials contrary to S.73 (2) of the Penal Code Act in October 2015.
Marango informed that the procedure involves completing half of their sentence, good behaviour and involvement in the rehabilitation programs of the Correctional Services.
Meanwhile, he also informed that the Parole Board only sits once a month but there will be an extra ordinary sitting today to deal with the application of another 11 former MPs.
"The other former MPs excluding Moana Carcasses are also eligible for parole after the Court of Appeal quashed their conviction of conspiracy to defeat the course of justice."
The other MPs include Silas Yatan, Paul Telukluk, Tony Nari, John Amos, Arnold Prasad, Tony Wright, Sebastien Harry, Thomas Laken, Marcellino Pipite, Jonas James, and Jean Yves Chabod.
The release of the politicians is received with a mixed reaction from the general public but Marango emphasizes that people should understand that they have met the requirements of the Parole Board.
"There are no special treatments. The board also received applications from other inmates, the two former MPs are part of a group of 12 that will be released.
"It is also against the law not to process a parole application for an inmate who is eligible."
He said the granting of parole comes with conditions that the parolee will have to abide to once outside the Correctional Centre.
"If they breach their conditions, we will inform the parole board leading to a recall order."
Former Prime Minister, Moana who was convicted with a total of 18 charges altogether and serving 4 years imprisonment for each count concurrently will remain in custody for at least another 7 more months before being eligible for parole in October this year.
The Correctional Services Director added that while they are aware that it is up to the Public Prosecutor whether to pursue a retrial for the conspiracy case or not, the inmates concern will be processed for parole because currently they are free of the conspiracy charges.
Daily Post has inquired with the Public Prosecutor in regards to the issue and was informed a decision will be issued in the near future.
Vohor is a prominent and longtime serving politician who managed to hold on to the leadership of the Union of Moderate Party even behind parts.
He was reelected the President of UMP even in his absence and reports are that supporters have welcomed his imminent release.
Vanuatu Daily Post
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Discover Christmas traditions in Thuringia – Part 3
3. Erfurt – The setting for Thuringias largest Christmas market
The state capital of Thuringia is festively decorated in Advent. Influenced by one of the best-preserved medieval city centers in Germany, the city is a superb blend of rich patrician houses and fondly restored half-timbered houses.
Christmas melodies and the aroma of mulled wine and gingerbread is in the air everywhere you go. The Domplatz is the city`s center of attraction, where you might have the feeling to land in a very different world. Right below the cathedral dominates the Ferris wheel, while on the left side you can find the large Christmas tree. Best thing is to take the steps to the cathedral first – to get yourself an overview of the hustle and bustle.
If you planned to have plenty of time for your Christmas stay, then take the chance to visit the medieval streets and alleys with their churches, like the famous Krämerbrücke (merchants bridge), the Fishmarkt or the Church of St. Severus. Our top tip: Combine your visit of one of the most beautiful German Christmas markets with a shopping stroll and a guided tour into the historic Old Town.
Opening times
Sunday to Wednesday 10am to 8pm
Thursday to Saturday 10am to 9pm
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As you can see, I wore them to LA Marathon (to go with the St. Patty's Day "green" theme). It was not my first time wearing them, as I had done a few training runs in them.
I like the tightness, which is very similar to CEP's (the Zensah argyle one I have is not nearly as tight, though I still use it). What I don't really like is that it seems way too long for my calf. I have to fold the top seam down, and then pull it over my knee when I get tired of that. I think this may had adversely affected my calf during LA Marathon, but I will never know for sure.
Overall, I do like these, though I think I will be using them for recovery from now on due the the length issue.


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The BEPS Action 15 backdrop
On June 4, the OECD released public comments received on Action 15 of the OECD/G2o Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project, which concerns the development of a multilateral legal instrument (MLI) for modifying bilateral tax treaties in order to implement treaty-related BEPS recommendations. And on June 7th, the OECD held a public consultation in Paris on the same topic.
Action 15 is one of the most interesting outstanding items in the BEPS project. The multilateral instrument will serve as the umbrella for implementation of BEPS measures related to hybrid mismatch, treaty shopping and, perhaps most importantly, dispute resolution.
However, the OECD request for input that went ahead of the public consultation in fact largely steered clear of the most important political questions, but instead was limited to "technical issues" such as identifying treaty provisions to be replaced, the need for accompanying guidelines and interpretation mechanisms. This is because the MLI's 96-country ad hoc group is still discussing answers to these key issues, including access requirements and the commitment levels for dispute resolution.
So is there any value in studying this consultation process at all? Absolutely, yes.
To my mind, the interesting thing about the Action 15 public consultation is not necessarily the specific technical questions asked (though they are relevant too). We know (and the OECD staffers know) that mandatory, binding arbitration (in the case of disputes) is the key wish for the US and other states as well as business stakeholders; we know that tax NGOs are strongly against it; and we know largely where different stakeholders stand on the provisions from other BEPS actions to be included in the multilateral convention. (Though I admit I was surprised and intrigued that the Tribute Foundation had gone ahead and found a committed international court to use for BEPS arbitration).
For me, what's most interesting is the nature and structure of the consultation itself and what it represents. I have written previously on the actors involved in the BEPS policy processes and consultations and what it means for the political economy of international tax governance. And Action 15 neatly illustrates one of the key points I (and others) have highlighted along the way: The BEPS policy process is highly technicised.
The technicisation of BEPS: Participation barriers
The BEPS discussions demand deep, specific technical expertise in order to take part. And the Action 15 consultation certainly evidences that trend. The written comments and (though perhaps to a slightly lesser extent) the Paris meeting, were characterised by detailed technical, often legal, language and arguments. The kind of expertise needed to engage is possessed by tax experts, but not usually by politicians, not by the wider public, and only rarely by civil society groups. In the Action 15 consultation, for instance, there was just one (the BEPS Monitoring Group) civil society input out of 33 comments (3%), which aligns with other BEPS action points, where it has represented less than 5% of comments:
On the other hand, there is a significant proportion of comments from national and international business associations as well as professional associations. The former list includes the prominent BIAC, ICC, BusinessEurope, the British CBI, German BDI and the US Council for International Business. And the latter includes the UK Chartered Institute of Taxation and ICAEW, the Irish Tax Institute and the Tax Executive Institute.
And there are also important interventions from what I have previously termed "lobby centres" – BEPS- or tax-specific lobby groups coordinated by particular, authoritative professionals. In the Action 15 consultation, this includes the above-mentioned BEPS Monitoring Group, spearheaded by Sol Picciotto (of Lancester University and a Tax Justice Network senior adviser), and also the 'International Alliance for Principled Taxation' (IAPT), fronted by Mary Bennett (of Baker McKenzie and USCIB, previously the OECD and the US Treasury). The latter, of note, participated at the Paris meeting as the representative of both the IAPT and USCIB and has been, throughout the BEPS project, a favoured representative voice for various interest groups.
This technicised structure of engagement and its effects are recurring in the BEPS processes, but is not inherent to international tax reform as such. At the EU level, for instance, consultations on tax matters often attract a far broader range of commenters. That is not a knock on OECD or the BEPS process, but it reflects the divergent policy process choices and structures of two prominent standard-setting forums in international tax.
The political impacts of technicisation
So why does this technicisation matter – if it matters at all? Some would say it doesn't. There is an argument that the technical process is just a self-evident part of the policy formulation phase of a standard policy process model:
Agenda setting -> Policy formulation -> Decision-making -> Implementation
Politicians will always delegate some part of the policy formulation to technical experts, often legal experts, in order to translate political agreements into employable rules and regulations. And you might say that this exercise is merely a technical translation, under strict political oversight as politicians have to approve the translated outcome in the decision-making phase.
My alternative proposition as it relates to BEPS is two-fold: Technical experts in BEPS have significant leeway in defining not just the technical translation but also the political direction of new rules. And, given that leeway, technicisation fundamentally shapes politics by conditioning what can be discussed, the criteria for accepted arguments, and who is listened to.
What is technical is political
On the first point, the line between 'technical' and 'political' in BEPS seems to me a rather blurry divide. (This goes for other global policy reforms as well, but let's stay on course for now.) For instance, the OECD's Action 15 request for input on "mechanisms that could be used to ensure consistent application and interpretation of the provisions of the multilateral instrument" might seem like a purely technical issue, but technical solutions could in fact have far reaching political consequences for MLI compliance and adoption measures.
As Ann Nolan of the Irish Ministry of Finance once said: "BEPS is technical in nature but political in flavour".
Moreover, even if we assume that there is a strict technical/political divide, G20 and national policy-makers have left ample room for technical experts to make politically important decisions by setting out the high-level directions for BEPS actions. BEPS includes some exceptionally tricky, multi-faceted issues, global in scope, which require detailed analyses and discussions to manufacture credible and useful solutions. So naturally policy-makers grant technical experts a large (and possibly larger than in other policy processes) say in the matter.
To take another prominent BEPS Action – number 13 – as example, the road from the G2o Lough Erne declaration's words on country-by-country reporting:
"We will work to create a common template for multinationals to report to tax authorities where they make their profits and pay their taxes across the world"
.. to the BEPS Action Plan's words:
"The rules to be developed will include a requirement that MNE's provide all relevant governments with needed information on their global allocation of the income, economic activity and taxes paid among countries according to a common template"
.. to the final CBCR report:
.. was primarily paved with technical discussions, but had profound political implications. The decisions, for instance, to grant information access only to tax authorities (not to the public), to require home country rather than local filing, and to exclude several data points from the originally proposed CBCR template all favoured certain technical arguments and interests over others (a meaty research topic on its own).
Now, of course there was a feedback mechanism between the technical experts and policy-makers in this policy formulation process. Technical experts are not left to confined quarters, to emerge with white smoke at the consensus achievement, the solution readily accepted by ministers around the world. There are checks and controls by responsible politicians. The point is, again, that technical experts are provided leeway (deliberately or unintended), and that leeway means consensus standards agreed at the technical level will, if not outright dictate political decisions, then at least take a central position, requiring significant political opposition to overturn.
Complexity shapes politics: Crowd pleasing, octopuses and network centrality effects
On the second point – that technicisation shapes the policy process – there are several mechanisms through which this happens. There is a more extensive literature to read on this (I recommend starting here and here), but I want to highlight three: The technical, policy-relevant discussions are conditioned by the types of professionals involved (the crowd pleasing effect), the strength of individuals' career diversity (the octopus effect), and the relations of technical experts (the social network effects).
The crowd pleasing effect is the effect that discussions will naturally sway towards types of topics and arguments favoured by most of the people involved. When everyone in the room is a lawyer, accounting arguments are proportionally less likely to take hold. In BEPS, where private sector tax lawyers are in the clear majority, legal arguments are simply more numerous and more liable to be accepted by the wider technical community. For instance, the distribution of work roles, sector (realm) and formal education of experts involved in BEPS Action 13 illustrates this:
Again, I avoid judgment as to whether this is "good" or "bad" but note that it fundamentally impacts politics. How so? Lawyers have certain perspectives on BEPS reforms. They are (and this is a crude characterisation, I realize, but bear with me) concerned with legal principles, legal certainty, and how to navigate within the legal rules. They are less concerned, at least in the professional capacity, with perspectives of economic efficiency, distributional consequences, geopolitics, growth and development strategies, financial quantification impacts, data availability, and so forth – any of which arguably have just an important stake in the BEPS policy process.
As the figures show, BEPS (Action 13) is not an all-legal affairs. Of course, accounting, economic, transfer pricing and other logics are also important, and arguments made based on these expertises were treated accordingly. The point here is the illustrate the crowd pleasing importance of the total volume of expertise. As noted above, technicisation means only certain (groups) of people can meaningfully engage in the policy discussions. And the result is that we end up with a policy process in which arguments based on certain expertises possessed by the technical experts are comparatively favoured over others.
The octopus effect is the effect that experts with diverse careers (which I call octopuses) are more likely to be listened to. The importance of career diversity is two-fold: it equips professionals with different expertises, which are needed to push central arguments in the reform debates, and it provides opportunities to build and extend key relations to other stakeholders. I'll discuss the latter point below.
While legal arguments may be paramount in certain BEPS discussions, being able to formulate arguments based several expertises, is even more effectful. Technical experts involved in the BEPS reforms that can access, for instance both tax law and transfer pricing arguments from multiple sector perspectives, are well-positioned. The phenomenon of 'revolving doors' plays a central role here, as moving strategically between work roles contributes to diversity of expertise and network-building.
A rough, fictitious illustration, which I have previously used for BEPS Action 13 and country-by-country reporting:
In the consultation process, a top US transfer pricing professional with experience from working in the IRS, the OECD and a private law firm, arguing against expansive country-by-country reporting based on private sector, legal and economic expertise, is more likely to be successful with that claim than a development official, who has worked in an animal shelter, the Environmental Protection Agency, and an NGO, arguing for expansive country-by-country reporting because it is 'fair' for the public to know MNCs' tax payments.
Referring back to the recent Action 15 consultation, the octopus effect was evident at the Paris consultation (video available here). Those who spoke the most, beyond the OECD representatives, included the strongly expertised Mary Bennett (discussed above), Will Morris (the highly respected GE Tax Director and BIAC tax committee Chair), and the famous Philip Baker QC.
Finally, the network centrality effect is the effect that actors central to social networks are more powerful. I shall not attempt a detailed deliberation on the social network theory or social psychology behind, but suffice to draw on their relevance for present purposes. First, experts at the centre of networks are proportionally more exposed to information, exchanges and ideas moving through the network, which affords greater potential to learn new ideas (thus gathering more knowledge), influence communications, and transmit messages. It also allows central actors to broker, mediate and gatekeep between other actors and/or pieces of information. Moreover, network central actors will have more relations to other technical experts, which may reinforce their image as important, authoritative and influential, including due to social confirmation, bandwagon and cheerleader effects.
Will Morris (noted above), for instance, is not just well-knowing, he is an absolutely network central actor in the technical BEPS community. A tax lawyer working for a major US MNC, he holds prominent positions in the BIAC and CBI tax committees, he is a member of the European Tax Policy Forum, is an engaged stakeholder with the UK HMRC, and privately he hosts regular gatherings of international tax professionals for discussion and networking. Few, if any, are as well-connected throughout international tax and transfer pricing networks. And he is clearly looked upon as an important figure. His network centrality is important for being heard at the OECD, and allows Morris to enjoy influence with key decision-makers and technical experts in the BEPS community.
The bigger picture?
The natural upshot of the above analysis might be to ask: Is this a problem? This normative point I have thus far refrained from addressing. A topic for another detailed blog perhaps, but clearly, there are democratic, economic and social implications, at the very least. Who benefits from this structure of technical engagement? Should it be changed and, if so, how? Can it be changed? I leave these questions for your perusal, thought and comment for now, while promising more to come on this topic in the future.


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Anonymous Hirst work auctioned for £200
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- 29 August 2007
An anonymous auction surprised art dealers when it transpired that a bidder who offered £200 for 'lot 15' had actually bought a little-known Damien Hirst painting.
The auction saw art connoisseurs eagerly await the painting, which was being sold alongside 41 others. However, the original painting, which was created by Hirst for his 'Spin' series, fooled everyone but film producer Allan Maloney - who already owns two works from the famous series.
A number of works in the auction were created in the style of the sought after artist, with paintings wrongly guessed to be the Hirst original fetching as much as £5,000. One of which included a sculpture entitled Rats in a Drainpipe by three A-level students from London.
The auction was held at the Flatlake Arts and Literary Festival in County Monaghan. Organiser Kevin Allen commented: "I had devised the idea and had framed Damien's work myself on an oblong mount to put people off the scent. The works of art, which were anonymous and numbered, were brought out for a three-minute quick view, like a horse is at a ring.
"Five of Ireland's most prominent arts dealers were standing at the front. When the bidding started, it was the best theatre I had ever seen."
Mr Maloney agreed to have his purchase auctioned again, where it was promptly snapped up for £95,000.


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There are 2 ways to call a function whose name is set at runtime in PHP. One is
call_user_func() and another is
$funcname = 'array_sum';
// call_user_func()
call_user_func($funcname, [1, 2, 3]); // => 6
// 'funcname'()
$funcname([1, 2, 3]); // => 6
At a glance these 2 methods are completely same but there are some important differences between them. Let's check them one by one.
Can take anonymous functions (which is called "closure" in PHP).
Can take instance methods.
class Groot {
public function talk() {
print 'I am Groot.';
// Instance methods can be passed.
$g = new Groot();
call_user_func([$g, 'talk']); // => I am Groot.
- Can take static methods.
class Terminator {
public static function sayGoodbye() {
print 'Hasta la vista, baby.';
// Static methods can be passed.
call_user_func('Terminator::sayGoodbye'); // => Hasta la vista, baby.
- Can take parameters as reference.
call_user_func()always takes parameters as value and cannot do this.
$funcname = 'array_pop';
$a = [3, 4, 5];
// Parameters can be passed as reference.
// => array(2) {
// [0]=>
// int(3)
// [1]=>
// int(4)
// }
So, for example, if we want to call a static method, we should use
call_user_func(). On the other hand, we can use only
$funcname() in order to pass parameters as reference.
These 2 methods look same but we need to know that they're completely difference 2 things.
(FYI, there's
call_user_func_array() which takes all parameters as an array.)
Additional notes: whereas
call_user_func() takes the parameters only as values,
call_user_func_array() can take parameters as reference.


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The government is under no obligation to offer heterosexual couples civil partnerships, a High Court Judge ruled in a test case that saw an opposite-sex couple lose their fight for equality. Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan, who want to have a civil partnership as neither believes in traditional marriage, were told it was not unlawful to deny them access to the union, currently only available to same-sex couples.
Presiding over a 29 January judicial review claim brought by the couple, Mrs Justice Andrews DBE is reported by the Campaign for Equal Civil Partnerships as stating: "Just as the UK was under no obligation to extend marriage to same-sex couples, it has never been under an obligation to extend civil partnership to heterosexual couples."
She added: "The denial of a further means of formal recognition which is open to same-sex couples does not amount to unlawful state interference with the claimants' right to family life or private life, any more than the denial of marriage to same-sex couples did prior to the enactment of the 2013 Act."
More than 36,000 people have written to the minister for Women and Equalities to ask for civil partnerships to be offered to opposite-sex, as well as same-sex, couples. Steinfeld and Keidan were previously turned away from Chelsea Town Hall registry office in October 2015 when they attempted to have a civil partnership ceremony.
Steinfeld told the campaign: "We made this claim because the UK Government is barring us, and many thousands of opposite-sex couples like us, from the choice of forming a civil partnership, and we want this to change. Personally, we wish to form a civil partnership because that captures the essence of our relationship and values. Civil partnerships are a modern social institution conferring almost identical legal rights and responsibilities as marriage, but without its history and social expectations.
"We don't think there is sufficient justification for stopping us or other opposite-sex couples from forming civil partnerships. Unfortunately, the judge has concluded otherwise. We are seeking permission to appeal her decision on behalf of ourselves and the more than 36,000 people who signed our petition on Change.org calling for civil partnership equality."
The ruling comes as parliament hears the second reading of a private member's bill proposing a change in the Civil Partnership Act to accommodate heterosexual couples on Friday (29 January). Ava Lee, campaign manager of the Equal Civil Partnership campaign, said: "We are disappointed by the judgment from the High Court today, however our campaign for equal civil partnerships will continue.
"Civil partnerships are an institution that already exists, and offer the same legal protections afforded to married couples to those couples who feel that marriage is not for them. Over 36,000 people have written to the Minister for Women and Equalities, asking her to open up civil partnerships.
"We hope that following the judicial review, the government will reconsider its position on civil partnerships and offer the 3 million cohabiting couples in the UK an additional option for celebrating and cementing their relationships, and provide their 1.9 million dependent children with the same level of security offered to the children of married parents."


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A new workplace training video is sure to make more of an impression on Alabama workers than any cheesy sexual harassment film. RUN HIDE FIGHT is a graphic instructional video for what to do in case of a workplace shooting. The Alabama Department of Homeland Security produced the short film—adapted from one originally produced for the Houston Police Department—before the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting but moved up its release date in response to last month's tragedy. In addition to law-enforcement officers, the video is intended to "help train education officials and private employers."


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A woman was rescued from a house fire in Northamptonshire last night.
Three fire appliances were sent to an address in Dahlia Road, Kettering, after the fire broke out at just before 9.30pm yesterday (Sunday).
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IM Boston online magazine startup announced the release of a line of fashion shirts, inspired by Boston. Each shirt comes with an accompanying story, as well as a unique, Boston-inspired design. The magazine features six different designs in a variety of men and women's styles. They were designed by local designers and printed by a local non-profit organization in Boston.
IM Boston was founded with the mission to start a tribute to the people of Boston. Readers are encouraged to discover interesting people around the neighborhood, learn more about the city, and have the chance to build connections with those who are close by and share the same passions. These shirts are another way for readers to connect with the stories they're reading and the people in their community who tell them.
"Walking the streets of Boston, you don't have to look very far to find inspiration. It's around every corner in the city. The statues, the history, the streets and the people," says Oz Ahmad, Co-Founder of IM Boston. "We wanted to capture this inspiration and put them in one place. We wanted to create something that people can wear proudly and become part of the soul of Boston."
IM Boston shirts are made of a high quality tri-blend fabric that are great for casual or a more dressed up look. They come in both men and women's styles and sizes. Each custom designed shirt has a name and a design inspired by Boston as well as their own unique inspirational story printed inside the shirt. IM Boston has created a level of exclusivity for each shirt, as very limited quantities of each shirt style have been printed.
These shirts can be purchased by visiting: https://imboston.com/shop/ IM Boston also encourages everyone in the community to contribute. They encourage people to submit stories or become contributors. To learn more about the magazine, visit: http://imboston.com or visit their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/IMBoston/
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Trey Gowdy: FBIs use of informant in Trump campaign was proper
Rep. Trey Gowdy said Tuesday night that the FBI acted properly in its use of an informant in President Donald Trumps 2016 campaign.
The South Carolina Republicans comments came in stark contrast to Trumps public assertions, lacking any basis in facts, that the FBI planted spies in his campaign as a politically motivated dirty trick.
Speaking on Fox News The Story, the South Carolina Republican said last weeks classified briefing by the Justice Department convinced him even more that federal investigators were doing their job.
I am even more convinced that the FBI did exactly what my fellow citizens would want them to do when they got the information they got, and that it has nothing to do with Donald Trump.
Rep. Trey Gowdy
Gowdy said the classified report showed that the FBI was investigating reports of election-meddling by Russia, and attempts by Russians to infiltrate Trumps campaign.
It looks to me like the FBI was doing what President Trump said: I want you to do, find it out, Gowdy said. President Trump himself in the Comey memos said, If anyone connected with my campaign was working with Russia, I want you to investigate it. Sounds to me like that was exactly what the FBI did.
Gowdy, the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, also said the FBI director and deputy attorney general told lawmakers that Trump was not the target of the investigation.
Chris Wray and Rod Rosenstein have at least made it clear to us Donald Trump was never the target of the investigation, hes not the current target of the investigation. Now, keep in mind, that can all change depending on what a witness says, but as of now, I think Chris Wray and Rod Rosenstein are stunned whenever people think Trump is the target of their investigation, Gowdy said.
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The alleged charges include collusion, obstruction and now conspiracy. Understanding that the lil' djt understands this it's only to be expected that he would attempt to somehow diminish the investigations and the investigators as somehow faulty in their work. That may work for the few supporters that still believe in him. He has insulted our military, our Generals, our FBI and our CIA and about everyone that he considers not in lockstep with his rather juvenile agendas. Like everyone, I am anxious for the investigations to end but I don't want them to end one minute before SC Mueller has completed his work. I predict in the next few months that we'll all learn a lot more about the collusion, obstruction and conspiracies that are making headlines in all of the media right now. You have to be blind and absolutely out of your mind to ignore the snippets that we are getting on these issues. Please. CARRY ON.
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This issue continues to lose traction. Trump keeps whining, but the only people who care are his base, and even they don't care much. Napolitano on Fox News says it's a nothing story. Even Rudy had to admit there's nothing to it. Now Gowdy says it's nothing.
This will go about as far as that Seth Rich story. By the way, how did that "scandal" work out?
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I would agree with Gowdy but for one or two points, James Clapper has given 4 different accounts of what was going on and also stated that he was "proud" that they had a "spy" in the Trump delegation... AND if they would have informed the candidate that they were there snooping around.... minus those two things, there spying.... so, I disagree with ole Tray whom I generally like... oh, and this isn't the first time either, I disagreed when Gowdy was in favor of Mueller, Gowdy since admitted he was wrong, could happen again...
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Any reasonable person with just a clue as to how investigations are done have to admit that the FBI and others have been totally in accordance with long held instructions as to how to perform their duties as investigators. The lil' djt told the justice department what he expected from them. Guess what? He got his wishes exactly as he put them forth to the investigators. Why is he now whining about it?
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When the truth comes out in just a matter of days now, youll finally understand why Comey and company were really let go. The IG report is probably gonna sink Rosenstein. Who then becomes Deputy AG, and will Sessions finally un-recuse himself? The IG report is gonna blow the whole collusion deal to smithereens. Hold on to your hat, this is gonna be bad.......
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The u.i. continues his tirades against the FBI, the CIA and all of the other federally connected investigations that tend to disagree with his often stated positions that are demonstrably false. I continue to believe that this will not end well for the u.i. and that his own exaggerations and otherwise lies will ultimately prove to be historically important dark spots on American overviews within ourselves but more importantly with our allies that the u.i. is doing his best to undermine with about every move he makes. At the end of his presidency I would forecast that our only allies will be Russia, China, North Korea and Iran. WOW!
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There's no rule that says just because you travel all the way to Houston to cover the NRA Annual Meeting, you can't look at non-firearm stuff too, is there? Good, because in addition to meeting with gun makers, photographing booth babes and checking out the new stuff, we also spent a fair amount of time scoping out wares of the blade purveyors who were on hand. And though how it happened is still kind of a mystery, I came home with four more knives than I left with . . .
If you're not familiar with all of them, the big boy is the brand new Cold Steel Code 4 spearpoint which RF was generous enough to present to Nick and me. I fell in love with it's thin frame and smooth-opening mechanism when the Cold Steel rep showed us some of their latest and greatest.
I also couldn't possibly walk past the Kershaw booth without pressing my nose up against the glass. Then I took advantage of some show pricing to add a Scallion assisted flipper to my collection. Eveyone needs good, small EDCers and this one will lighten my beloved SOG Flash I's workload a little.
Finally, as I was leaving the floor on Sunday, ready to pack up and head to the airport, I almost bumped right into the small Ka-Bar booth. And there they were, unloading their already super-affordable Dozier designed folding hunters. Before I knew what happened, I picked up the drop point model (4062) for my son and stuffed the thumb notch version (4065) in my backpack because I have an open slot in my knife drawer.
Full reviews of all four will follow. At some point. I swear. For now, I'm just trying to decide which one to carry today.


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I was sooooo excited yesterday! I got to make a trip to Acme! I went to Jersey for a visit and they are having an AMAZING sale this week so I HAD to go. I did a total of 20 transactions! (thank God that Acme is soooo AWESOME! I miss the store and the great people that work there! it was so nice to shop there yesterday!)
Since I did so many transactions I am going to list how many I got and my spending/savings at the bottom The post would be rediculously long if I typed out each transaction. But the whole time I was rolling a 10 OYNO into each of the transactions it was so great and I had so much fun! I did end up with a TON of hamburger helper because after coupons and the sale they were paying me to take it:) So I was using the overage to get other things we needed. Since we do not eat it we will be donating it all.
62 Hamburger Helper
1 12 pack diet sunkist
1 12 pack sunkist
1 12 pack grape soda
1 12 pack root beer
1 orbit gum
33 cans progresso soup
2 2oz Sierra Mist(missing from picture)
25 betty crocker cake mix
16 betty crocker frosting
11 Scott toilet paper
2 electrosol
7 pillsbury cinnamon rolls
16 pillsbury cresent rolls
2 acme 4 pack fruit cups
1 acme 6 pack applesauce
8 betty crocker muffin mix
15 betty crocker cookie mix
4 Froose 4 pack juice box
8 yoplait splitz yogurts
total spent-24.92
total saved-561.93
4 Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks @ 2.00 each(buy 4 get 2 OYNO cat)(used 2 .50/2q doubled to 1/2)
4 Pepsi @ 4/11
used $3 OYNO cat
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Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Cameo Crossovers #2: JLA #1 - Jan. 1997
This is another one that stands out in my memory. Some time around 1996 or 1997, I had decided to give DC another go, and JLA was the title I chose to start off with. That way, you know, I was getting a bit of all the DC bigwigs. Superman was in there, Batman, The Flash, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Green Lantern and some dude named Martian Manhunter (pretty sure I had almost no idea who J'onn was back then, aside from knowing him to see him). How could I go wrong? So I eagerly grabbed the first issue.
And the second.
And the third.
Then I missed the fourth issue. And the fifth. Got issue seven, then missed a whole slew of issues up until around #14. My plan to successfully collect a DC title was dashed, largely in part to the crappy, no comic-store town I was living in. So I dropped DC again. Until recently.
JLA, along with other titles such as Firestorm, Fantastic Four, The Avengers, Captain America, amongst others, are all on my "Try to get a Complete Run Of" LIST at the moment, and as of right now, I need around 40 more issues of JLA to have the complete set. I just moved (again) recently, and while unpacking, came across my JLA issues. (I still have that same #1 I bought waaaay back in '97.)
Flipping through JLA #1 (January 1997), I stumbled across this entry into Cameo Crossovers:
For those of you who haven't read the comic, this is the issue where Grant Morrison, the writer for this series at its start, kills off Wolverine and Doctor Doom.
Wait? WHAT?
Okay, okay. The actual storyline has it that a group of White Martians, masquerading as superheroes, begin executing super-villains without any regard for the law. Among those disintegrated are Marvel characters Wolverine and Doctor Doom. You can see Wolverine to the left of the picture, smoldering away, and Doctor Doom is to the far right of the pic, looking on in horror as he awaits his turn. Doom actually looks afraid in the pic, but you can't really tell from my cruddy scan of the page. Sorry.
That is a completely half-assed rundown of the story, which continues through the first four issues, if I remember correctly. If you want more info, head on out and grab a copy for yourselves. You won't regret it. Morrison's run is some of the best Justice League of America stuff I've ever read.
That's it for this time.
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Nice! As far as cameos go, is that supposed to be Bishop in the center being zapped? Looks sort of like him.ReplyDelete
It does a bit. I'll have to look at the actual comic. I'm trying to figure out if the guy in between him and Wolverine is somebody, too. The horns look familiar, but I guess there's probably lots of guys out there with horned helmets like that.ReplyDelete
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