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Ben Stein is an economist, FORTUNE columnist, humorist, TV and movie actor,author, lawyer and university teacher.He might be described as either the funniest well-known economist or the most economically insightful humorist.He studied economics at Columbia and law and economics while at Yale Law School, where he graduated as valedictorian of the class of 1970. He has served as a trial lawyer, a poverty lawyer, a university teacher most recently at Pepperdine, a speech writer and economic advisor for Presidents Nixon and Ford, a columnist for The Wall Street Journal, a novelist, screen writer, TV writer, syndicated columnist, writer of nonfiction books about culture and finance and expert witness in complex securities law cases.Stein became extremely well known in 1986 for his iconic role in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, where two words, Anyone, anyone? and Bueller, Bueller? made him a cult figure. He added to that with his long running game show on Comedy Central, Win Ben Steins Money, which won seven Emmy Awards, including one for Ben Stein as Best Game Show Host. He has also won recognition for his economics writing including The Malcolm Forbes Award for Excellence in Financial Reporting for 2008.Within the last ten years he has been a best-selling author of a series of finance and self help books beginning with How To Ruin Your Life, a columnist for The New York Times, a regular commentator for CBS Sunday Morning, Larry King Live on CNN, Fox News, and Yahoo! Finance. He also has been writing a diary for The American Spectator for over twenty years. He has been the spokesman for Clear Eyes for more than fifteen years.He does many different things but what he really likes most is meeting new people and making new friends. He lives in Southern California with his wife of 40 years, Alexandra Denman, many dogs, cats and a fish.
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March 12, 2014
Let's pretend it's not snowing outside today and just focus on the fact Spring is only eight days away. With that said, there is mud in ever rural driveway from here to Fort Kent, evidence that temperatures are indeed rising, finally. That means one thing - it's time to grab your tent, 12-pack of local brews, a lighter and head camping. A little remaining snow on the ground is no reason to stay indoors all weekend long, even if you are a fair-weather outdoorsman. A good down sleeping bag will keep you warm at night and the afternoons will be warming up very shortly. My favorite spot to head come Spring is The Kancamagus Highway in NH. With a handful of affordable, fairly low-key and conveniently located campgrounds along the highway - you'll find an excellent spot to pop a tent without even needing a reservation ahead of time. No excuses - pick a weekend now, pack the car and go!
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March 6, 2014
When you arrive to your local lake at lunch and the rest of the fishermen are leaving - that may be a bad sign for your day's fishing luck. More than likely, it's much more than a bad sign, it means you'll surely get skunked. But as they say, a bad day fishing is better than a good day at work. Sometimes that's the case. As for me I have a manual auger and with 2+ feet of ice today, it's a more brutal, exhausting loss to have the fish avoid your bait.
As for me, I make the most of any situation. Today, I concoct a friendly game of ice bowling with our fishing party. Simple rules apply. Two shots across the ice with a full can of beer into a stack of empties. 1 point per can. First to 100 wins.
As expected, no flags today, but the scenery was beautiful and the temperatures fairly mild - a perfect day to be outdoors!
March 2, 2014
Some afternoons are better spent going slow down an old, no-trafficked country road, turning up the radio and letting the sun simply beat down onto the dash board. In my last post I took a look at a few country barns that inspired me to simplify. Below are some of the more picturesque, rustic barns I've spotted on my journeys. Each Maine country road is a beautiful place and each barn has a face behind it, a family and a story. Whether that's a farm supplying the neighborhood with produce and livestock or if it's an old barn stacked with firewood to keep a family warm this winter - everything has a story if we dare open our eyes.
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Sorry, I forgot he was in there...I only have 2 friends, lol and Munto is the other. It doesn't seem to matter, I'm not here to make friends, but if someone wants to be mine, I'd gladly accept. What would be the benefit/point of deleting anyone?
I'm seeing him right there dude. I agree he's an animal, a weird freaky hairy dirty hippie one.
I don't...kinda miss the guy tho, he's an effin' animal!
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Distance from Calion, AR to Decatur, AR
Driving distance between Calion, AR and Decatur, AR is 331.50 miles (or 533.50 kilometers). If you drove an average car (using about 3.6 gallons of gas per mile), the gas would cost you around $, since you would need about gallons of fuel.
Leaving from Calion, AR you would reach Decatur, AR in about 5 hours 30 mins if you keep an average speed of miles per hour, assuming you don't make any breaks or get stuck in traffic.


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Dear Family Advisor
My mom just died, and I don't know how to be "normal" anymore.
Last updated: Aug 30, 2011
I'm 16. My mother became seriously ill two years ago, and I've been her caregiver. She recently died, and now I don't know what to do. She was my whole life, and now I feel empty -- and like I failed her. If she had someone better to take care of her, she might be here now.
I feel lonely, because no one really understands. My whole body hurts. I smile and laugh and function, but I'm falling apart. Now school is starting and that's a whole other group that I have to fake-smile and say, "I'm fine" to. I don't know how to climb out of this hole. I used to be such a happy-go-lucky person, and I feel like I lost that. Like I lost everything.
I want to tell you how courageous you are for being honest about what you're going through, and for reaching out. That takes guts, and it's your ability to put your sorrow into words that will help you get through this.
What you're feeling is absolutely normal. What's not normal is that you lost your mom, and that you lost her at your young age. At such times, it's as though our hearts and souls, and even our bodies, just can't accept death. It's a shock to our entire system. I too remember feeling lost and as though I had to fake it in front of everyone else. And all the things I'd thought I wanted -- to go to a movie, to have lunch with a friend -- none of that mattered anymore, because I'd lost something so much more important.
That's what grief feels like, and I don't know any way around it -- you have to just walk through it. You're also physically and emotionally exhausted from years of caregiving. It will take time to find a new normal, to figure out who you are and what direction your life will go in.
I do know that, in time, the sadness will start to ease off just a bit, that you'll start to feel connected to friends and your own life again. I hope that knowing this now will help a little. If you've always considered yourself happy and upbeat, that's a good sign. It means that's your natural set point, and -- believe it or not -- it will be easier for you to return to that way of being, because your body and mind know what that feels like and prefer to live that way.
As for feeling guilt that you could have cared for your mom better, you'll be able to see that more realistically, given time. You did not do anything to hasten your mom's passing. You cared for her when she needed you most and did the best you could. You were there to the end -- how brave that is! And even though those memories hurt now, I hope that later some of the sweet, tender, and even funny times will come flooding back.
Meanwhile, it helps to keep moving as much as you can. At school and in friendships and in life in general, you're going to feel like you're just going through the motions for a while. There will be a few minutes, or even hours, when you'll be OK, and then grief will wash over you again. But staying busy will distract you, and that can be a good thing. That break lets the healing begin. You can't and don't want to push what you feel away all the time, because that means you'll just have to deal with it later -- but a break sure helps.
I hope you have one or two good friends you can talk to, someone you can just be yourself with. Also, what comforts you, what can you immerse yourself in for a short while? Music? Renting movies? Working out? Focus on that thing. Do you attend church, or is there a place where you feel surrounded by people who care? What I'm getting at here is that though everybody's different, we all have ways we cope -- healthy ways -- that make crappy days more bearable. Learning how to comfort ourselves in nondestructive ways is important throughout our whole lives.
Grief is natural part of your healing, but if it gets to be too much, make some noise and reach out until somebody really hears you. Try as much as you can not to give into being completely overwhelmed by the sadness. A few minutes of hard grief, a bad couple of days -- these are inevitable; but if you become unable to function, you can't sleep or you sleep all the time, or you feel like there's simply no hope -- get help, and get it fast. There are bereavement groups, counselors, and even medications that can help get you through this.
I know it's hard to believe, but one day most of the deep, hard hurt will subside and you'll feel your mom's love and goodness surrounding you. Just keep reminding yourself that she would want you to embrace life with your whole heart.
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Lincoln, Nebraska in the United States. There, I attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and received my Bachelors of Science degree in Secondary Education and Nebraska State Teaching Certificate. I've had a love for teaching since I was young, and when I got to college, there was no thinking twice about what my major would be. While receiving my degree at UNL, I had the wonderful opportunity to work in two public high schools in Lincoln, Nebraska and also had the chance to travel to Tainan, Taiwan to teach English for the first time with World Passport. From there, I fell in love with English teaching and Taiwan. After my graduation in May 2004, I traveled to Kaohsiung, Taiwan where I taught in a language school, two public schools, and seminars and workshops for Kaohsiung Department of Education administrators and teachers. In June 2005, my wife and I moved back to the US where I worked as an academic counselor at the University of Nebraska Athletic Department, and we had our first child, Sabrina.
In May 2006, my wife accepted a position as a professor at National Taipei University of Technology, and we decided to move back to Taiwan to start our lives and careers. I have been a Happy Kids teacher now for over ten years where I have taught Grade 6, Grade 2, our Middle School Program (and Happy Scientists for seven years). Currently, I also serve as the Principal for the ASLA Program, a position I've help for the past four years. I enjoy helping the ASLA Program grow and move into the 21st century to continue to serve the children of Taipei. This year, along with serving our students as the ASLA Program Principal, I will be teaching Grade 6, Grade 2 Early Bird, and the Middle School Program.
I have been married for almost thirteen years now to my wife Hsin-yi. We have two daughters. Sabrina, our oldest, who is starting sixth grade this year, and our youngest daughter, Athena,who enters first grade this year.
On top of trying to be the best teacher that I can for all of my students, I am also a student. I hold a Masters of Educational Technology from Boise State University in the United States. I believe technology will play a key role in future education as our economy and daily lives rapidly become more dependent on information technology. So, I am always studying and learning about new online tools and strategies for maximizing our students' learning experience at Happy Kids.Though I am very busy, I try to make time for leisure when possible. I enjoy reading, dabbling with computers, watching movies, fishing, playing video games (mostly Civilization IV and NCAA Football for XBOX), and watching football. Oh, and tea. I love tea. Taiwanese oolong tea is my favorite. I am happy drinking tea all day long.
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There are various bacterial infections which must be treated with the help of antibiotics. Cipro is often prescribed in such cases. This antibacterial agent belongs to fluoroquinolone antibiotics and fights a wide range of infections. Any brand or generic Cipro review confirms the fact that the drug is rather effective and provides a good result in case proper dosage and frequency of administration are defined, and shows that Cipro is one of the most frequently prescribed antibiotics. Generic versions of high quality are produced legally, as the patent of its first manufacturer expired in 2004.
The action of Cipro is based on its ability to block DNA gyrase and some types of topoisomerase, which allows stopping cell division. The active agent of the medicine is ciprofloxacin hydrochloride. Cipro is usually prescribed in case of:
- Infectious diarrhea;
- Bone or joint infections;
- Chronic prostatitis caused by bacteria;
- Acute sinusitis;
- Bronchiectasis;
- Low respiratory tract infections;
- Pneumonia;
- Skin infections;
- Anthrax infections;
- Urinary tract infections;
- Gonococcal infections;
- Plague;
- Typhoid fever.
It's important to know that Cipro is effective only if the disease is caused by bacteria. Before choosing antibacterial therapy, you must make sufficient tests to find out whether the organisms causing the infection are sensitive to the medicine.
The amount of ciprofloxacin needed for an effective therapy depends on the kind of disease and condition of the patient. For example, Cipro may be used in pediatric patients in dose from 10 to 15 mg per kilo depending on the disease. The minimum amount of the medicine for adults is 250 mg. The maximum dosage of cipro 750 mg medication is needed if a patient is suffering from such conditions as skin structure infections, bone and joint infections, lower respiratory tract infections or plague. However, the most common dosage is a pill containing ciprofloxacin 500 mg.
Cipro is to be taken each 12 hours with a glass of water. The term of therapy varies from a single dose to 60 days in case of Inhalational anthrax. Dosage and term of therapy may be used in case of renal dysfunction in patients.
The most crucial contraindication for using Cipro is allergy to its active agent or any other components of the medicine, as well as history of allergic reactions to a fluoroquinolone antibacterial drug. Other ciprofloxacin contraindications include:
- Liver problems;
- Severe kidney conditions;
- Tendon problems;
- Central nervous system disorders;
- Cardiovascular system disorders;
- Joint problems or muscle weakness;
- Pregnancy;
- Breastfeeding.
These conditions don't absolutely exclude the intake of Cipro, but make you doctor choose special dosage and additional therapy for you.
When starting to take Cipro, it's necessary to inform your physician if you are currently taking such medicines as diuretics, steroids, theophylline, blood thinners, anti-psychotics, antiarrhythmic, sildenafil, etc. These drugs interact with ciprofloxacin and can either cause serious side effects or make it useless.
Side Effects
Cipro can affect your alertness and coordination by causing dizziness or lightheadedness, that's why it's better to avoid driving a car or other actions alike. During the therapy with ciprofloxacin your skin becomes vulnerable to sunlight, that's why shouldn't tan or stay in the sun for long.
Other possible side effects include:
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- Sneezing;
- Nausea;
- Upset stomach;
- White sores in the mouth;
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Board of Education
Forest Hills School District is governed by a five-member Board of Education that provides governance to the district on policy and financial matters.
The Board's duties include:
- Engaging community members in decision-making about the district and schools
- Hiring and evaluating the district superintendent and treasurer
- Recommending financing/funding options to the community to provide for district needs outlined in along-range plan
- Adopting an annual budget and demonstrating fiscal accountability
- Adopting policies for the governance of the district and its schools
- Considering and voting upon the recommendations of the superintendent in all matters of policy, appointment or dismissal of employees, salary schedules or other personnel regulations, courses of study, selection of textbooks, or other issues pertaining to the operation of schools and student achievement
The Board may only exercise its governing authority when convened together in a public meeting; Board members are not able to take action on district or Board matters individually. Each Board member is elected by district residents to four-year terms during years ending with odd numbers. Two Board members are elected in one election and three are elected in the next, creating staggered terms. Board members may serve unlimited consecutive or non-consecutive terms.
Each January, the Board elects officers and sets meeting dates for the year. In 2016, the Board unanimously re-elected Randy Smith as president and elected Forest Heis, M.D., as vice president. Additional Board appointments included designating Smith as the legislative liaison, chair of the technology committee and member of the communications and policy committee; Hemmelgarn as the student achievement liaison, member of the finance committee and chair of the athletics, curriculum and student services committee; Heis as the tax incentive review council representative, chair of the finance committee and member of the technology committee; Jim Frooman as the chair of the human resources committee and member of the athletics, curriculum and student services committee, Julie Bissinger as the safety committee representative, member of the human resources committee and chair of the communications and policy committee. All Board members will share the duties of working with the Substance Awareness Greater Anderson Coalition. Board officers serve a one year term and may be re-elected. Board committees do not have the ability to take action that requires Board approval and their meetings are open to the public to attend.
To contact the Board of Education, call (513) 231-3600.
Elizabeth Barber; Dee Dee Choice; Forest Heis, M.D.; Randy Smith; Jim Frooman;
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'Scream Queens' Cast Celebrates Together at Fox Comic-Con Party!
Lea Michele, Billie Lourd, and Keke Palmer step out looking glam at the Fox Fanfare Party held during 2016 Comic-Con on Friday night (July 22) at the Andaz Hotel in San Diego, Calif.
The ladies were joined at the event by their Scream Queens co-stars Emma Roberts, Abigail Breslin, Taylor Lautner, and John Stamos.
Also in attendance was Lea's former Glee co-star Darren Criss.
Make sure to see photos of the cast at their panel earlier in the day.
FYI: Lea is wearing a DVF dress and Loeffler Randall shoes. Billie is wearing head-to-toe Gucci. Keke is wearing Messika Paris jewelry.


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Review: 2011 Lincoln MKX AWD
By Kevin Miller
I don't watch much TV, but I read plenty plenty of automotive websites and I travel a lot. Both on those automotive sites and in national news publications such as USAToday, the Lincoln MKX is being heavily advertised. Ford is doing a great job in getting the word out about the MKX and its class-leading MyLincoln Touch system.
After spending a week in a 2011 Lincoln MKX, I came away conflicted. It has some great features, is more fun to drive than many competing five-passenger crossover vehicles, and for the most part is nicely finished.
The MyLincoln touch system (shared with the Ford Edge where it is called the MyFord Touch) is both the coolest feature of the MKX as well as its biggest disappointment. The system features a large touchscreen controller on the center and is the single, integrated tool for controlling almost everything in the MKX. Climate control, seat heating/cooling, telephone, and entertainment is all controlled through the system, with few redundant buttons located elsewhere. Capacitive touch actuators flank the screen on the center stack.
The system features a crisp display and amazing functionality, whether using the touchscreen, steering wheel controls, or voice commands. And while my iPhone doesn't support the onscreen messaging of the SYNC/MyFord Touch system, it is a supported feature on many mobile phones. Also, I was impressed that the system automatically adjusted the vehicle clock to the correct time over the weekend when Daylight Saving Time ended. The system also features SYNC Travel Link, which can provide weather forecast on demand. Just pressing the voice-command button and saying "weather" provided local current and 5-day forecast. That's the kind of technology integration that I love.
Unfortunately, the operation of the system left me wanting more. I found the responsiveness of control on the touchscreen and capacitive-touch actuators to be too slow. I would press a "button" on the touchscreen and it wouldn't "do anything", so I touched it again, only to have it then register both button touches, meaning that I had turned the heated steering wheel on and then off again, or scrolled past my desired radio station. The lack of tactile feedback (combined with the operation lag time) makes these controls a bit difficult to use as designed. The lethargic response to control inputs was the only letdown in an otherwise very nicely-implemented system.
I did experience a handful of hiccups with the MyLincoln Touch system in my pre-production MKX. Among those were occasional radio preset soft-keys on the touchscreen whose programmed station names failed to show up, the occasional failure to recognize my connected iPod, and a Navigation System SD Card Fault. Each of these situations eventually remedied themselves on their own, although the navigation fault caused both guidance and iPod functionality to cease, at one point making me rely on my iPhone's map to find my way to my destination in an unfamiliar part of town.
Beyond the MyLincoln Touch system, my conflict continues. There is a difference between luxury vehicles, and vehicles with luxurious features. The former posses a solidity of structure and an integration of features that can be difficult to articulate, at least in written words. The latter is merely an ordinary vehicle, tarted up with leather, chrome, and a higher price tag. While it pains me to say it, the Lincoln MKX is very close to the second category.
The dash and door tops are nice-looking grained soft plastic which from a distance looks like leather, with French-stitching details around its edges. Below the centerline of the dash and doors, hard, hollow-sounding plastic is used. Also detracting from the feeling of luxury are low-rent-looking parts-bin power window switches and a visible seat-adjustment motor and wiring loom below the driver's seat (plainly visible from the driver's seat when I looked straight down). The electric liftgate relies on a tacked-on-looking third strut to lift the rear hatch, which the competing XC60 and GLK350 don't need to use.
Of course, there are plenty of features that do put the MKX clearly into luxury territory. The steering wheel is power-adjustable for rake and reach, moves out of the way when the vehicle is turned off, and is heated (a feature my always-cold fingers truly appreciate). The attractive, leather-upholstered seats are also heated front and rear, with ventilation up front. The MKX also has a large panoramic sunroof with power-retractable sunshades. Befitting a luxury vehicle, the key fob stays in your pocket for door locking, unlocking, and vehicle starting.
Inside, I really like the textured/patterned aluminum trim on the dash and doors, though the platinum-painted plastic switch bezels aren't a good color match and look out of place situated next to the real aluminum.The steering wheel has a 4-way control with center "enter" button on each side spoke; these controls are used for operating the menus on their respective sides of the instrument cluster. The left side cluster can display trip computer, fuel economy, and vehicle setting information, whereas the right-side control and display toggles through the four functions also available on the MyLincoln Touch screen. These screens flank a large, white-illuminated speedometer.
The interior of the MKX is spacious, with plenty of storage. The glove box is huge, as are the front and rear door pockets, each of which has a built in water bottle holder. There is a very deep, large storage compartment between the front seats, and another at the bottom of the center stack where an iPod or other media device can be connected to 12 v power or USB input. The back seat has a comfortably-high seatbottom cushion, and enough legroom for my 6'4" frame to sit without knees brushing the seatback in front of me, and my two-year-old in her carseat was unable to kick the back of my seat. The cargo area is also large, usefully moreso than the Volvo XC60 and Mercedes-Benz GLK350 with which it competes by virtue of having a larger footprint in the cargo area and an upright D-pillar profile.
The MKX I tested was equipped with Ford's color-changeable interior ambient lighting, which my daughter often requested me to alter. Additionally, interior illumination when the doors are opened is provided by white LEDs. While the LED produces a nice white light, not enough interior illumination is provided to sufficiently illuminate the interior at night, especially in the back seat and the cargo area.
The Lincoln's 3.7 liter, 305 HP V6 provides plenty of thrust, and as revs build so does forward momentum. I was impressed by the linear power delivery and the amount of power available at any speed. It is mated to the vehicle's "intelligent AWD" system through a six-speed automatic transmission that delivers, quick, smooth shifts, whether they are manually or automatically commanded. The suspension lets you know what is going on, though doesn't allow harshness to be transmitted into the cabin. It is not as communicative as the Volvo XC60, but at the same time I liked it.
As in most crossovers, visibility for reversing isn't great (though forward and lateral visibility was otherwise fine, and was aided by a blind-spot sensing system). The MKX I tested was equipped with a rear view camera that displays on the dash-mounted touchscreen display (with fixed reversing grid guidelines) and an ultrasonic parking sensor, which also provides "cross-traffic alert" to warn if a vehicle is approaching as you reverse out of a parking spot. I found that system to be a useful tool, even if it did warn of an approaching vehicle which was only a woman pushing a shopping cart.
Lincoln's current exterior styling trend with "winged" front grill drew mixed opinions from onlookers. I personally find the look distinctive, though the crease down the front of the MKX was quite scuffed at the front bumper by previous journalists' parking misadventures; this would be quite noticeable on a lighter-colored car.
Luxury CUVs with which the MKX competes include the Audi Q5, Volvo XC60, Cadillac SRX, Lexus RX, and Mercedes-Benz GLK350. Among this competitive set, the XC60 is one of my favorites, but the MKX is a great alternative. Both are attractive and nicely equipped, though they are stylistically very different from one another, both inside and out. Where the XC60 carries a very Swedish style, the Lincoln is very much "American Lux."
Because of a serious error with the MyLincoln touch system, my review time with the MKX was split over parts of two weeks, with repair time between, so I have two partial fuel economy ratings to report. The first half of my test covered about 200 miles with a fuel economy on the trip computer of 16.9 MPG; with an even split between city and highway driving. My second stint with the MKX saw me covering 175 miles with a return of 15.8 MPG, with most of the driving on city streets. Advertisements for the MKX claim that it returns best-in-class fuel economy; the window sticker shows a 17/23 MPG (19 combined) rating on regular unleaded fuel.
The 2011 Lincoln MKX AWD starts at $40,995, and was $49,345 as tested. That as tested price includes $850 destination fee, Premium Package (18" polished aluminum wheels, adaptive HID headlamps, ambient interior lighting, illuminated front scuff plates, premium leather seats with tuxedo stripe and piping, heated second-row outboard seating surfaces, rear view camera, rain sensing wipers, heated steering wheel, and power tilt/telescope steering column with memory) and Elite Package (Voice-activated navigation system with single CD/MP3 player, SD card for map and POI storage and integrated SIRIUS Travel Link, BLIS (Blind Spot Information System) with cross-traffic alert, THX II Certified Audio system with HD Radio, Panoramic Vista Roof with dual power sunshades, and 20" chrome-clad wheels.
While a few of the details, such as the non-responsiveness of MyLincoln Touch, so-so fuel economy, and non-premium interior materials, detract from its upscale veneer, the updates given to the 2011 Lincoln MKX keep this competitive vehicle fresh and relevant entrant in the mid-price luxury crossover segment. In a field crowded with five-passenger luxury crossovers, the MKX's distinctive looks, sophisticated control interface, satisfying performing powertrain, and adequate passenger space, make it a worthy contender.


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Original Air Date: January 24, 2017 Jack's guest for this episode is Joe from Topless Travel, a company that hosts vacations for those in the lifestyle and other adventurous adults. Joe calls in from Miami to talk about the variety
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The Swinger LifeStyle Episode 77 – Jilly Beane
Original Air Date: January 10, 2017 Jilly Beane is Jack's guest on this week's radio show. Jilly is a hostess and swinger party promoter, in addition to working part-time in education, that lives her life as a 24/7 male to
The Swinger LifeStyle Episode 76 – WordIsLife
Original Air Date: December 27, 2016 WordIsLife or "Will" for short, is Jack's in-studio guest this week. Will, who we discovered on FetLife, tells Jack all about his erotic literature. Will talks about where he gets his inspiration and ideas,
The Swinger LifeStyle Episode 75 – Dr. Elisabeth Sheff
Original Air Date: December 20, 2016 This week Jack's guest is Dr. Elisabeth Sheff, an academic expert on polyamory in the US. Listen in as she talks to Jack about her own personal experiences, the books she's written, the research
The Swinger LifeStyle Episode 74 – Christoph
Original Air Date: December 13, 2016 Christoph, a dwarf that is active in both the swinger and BDSM communities, is Jack's guest this week. In this episode Christoph talks to Jack about his life and his involvement in alternative lifestyles, among
The Swinger LifeStyle Episode 73 – Sheri Winston
Original Air Date: December 6, 2016 Jack's guest this week is Sheri Winston CNM, RN, BSN, LMT. If all of those credentials aren't enough, Sheri is also a groundbreaking, award-winning author, celebrated 'sexpert' and educator. Check out this informative episode
The Swinger LifeStyle Episode 72 – Johnny Mandolin
Original Air Date: November 22, 2016 This week's guest is John Anello, aka Johnny Mandolin, the president and founder of City World Radio. John tells Jack about his life and how he ended up with his own radio station. The
The Swinger LifeStyle Episode 71 – IOD
Original Air Date: November 15, 2016 Fetish promoter, IOD, is Jack's guests for this episode. Listen in to hear the two of them discuss various elements of the kink scene. IOD talks about his history and experiences in the scene,
Original Air Date: November 08, 2016 This week Jack talks to a single male swinger that's been in the lifestyle for over a decade now. Elder talks about his history in the lifestyle and the many clubs and events he's


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This is a small sample of some of Robert's work as an artist. Except for the "Guitar Portrait", all of these pieces were done in dry medial (pencil, pastel and chalk). Drawing is a personal hobby of Robert's, however a series of blues and gospel portraits are in the works and prints will be available soon.
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Those of you who read my thin-client column or Windows 2000 Magazine Thin-Client UPDATE newsletter may recall that last time I asked how readers were using server-based computing and how they were using the column and newsletter. Response was fantastic, so I'd like to ask the same questions here: What is your interest in application service provision? How do you use this column and the Application Service Provider UPDATE newsletter (if you subscribe to it; if you don't and would like to (it's free), click here)?
I just returned from Windows 2000 Magazine's annual editorial conference where I learned the subscription numbers for the Application Service Provider UPDATE newsletter. Given the way the subscriber base has grown in just 4 months, I'd say that a lot of you are obviously interested in application service providers (ASPs). (As an aside to those who are interested in the other ASPs—Active Server Pages—you're looking in the wrong place. With the April 19 issue of the newsletter, we've changed the name to eliminate some of the confusion.) I hear from many of you, but because I'm not getting tens of thousands of emails (no, I'm not kidding) every fortnight, I know that I'm not hearing from everybody. From those who don't write as often or haven't written yet, I'd like to know what you're getting from this column and/or the newsletter. In the newsletter, what's most useful to you: the columns, the news articles, the Movers and Shakers column that profiles ASPs and ASP-related services, or the New and Improved entries? What kind of information are you looking for?
Beyond that, what drew you to investigate application service provision in the first place? Are you using it now, or just considering it? If you are using an ASP now, what problems were you trying to solve when you switched to this approach? Is it working as you'd hoped? Have you had to change the way you implemented it? Do you care which platform a particular ASP is using to maintain your applications?
In addition, what are the issues for you with remote application access? Are you most interested in the security issues associated with this model? How about ensuring uptime? Any interest in how Web-based applications compare to applications made available in a way that makes them look like the applications you'd normally run on your desktop? Something else?
This column is for you, and the Application Service Provider UPDATE is your newsletter. What do you want them to be? Drop me a line—I'd like to hear from you.


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Security lessons from Pokemon Go – Catch them all!
No comments · Posted by lance in Location, malware
When anything big happens on the Internet, the criminals and snoops are not far behind. This time the event is Pokemon Go and there are all kinds of different threats developing in its wake from malware to tracking to physical danger. I you are not familiar with this game yet just look around next time you step outside, it is everywhere.
Security risk of Uber abusing trust & tracking reporters
No comments · Posted by lance in Location, Podcast, Surveillance, Tracking
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In two separate cases recently Uber has, or has talked about, abusing its information about their customer's movements.
First a Buzzed reporter Johana Bhuiyan was told that she was tracked on the way to a meeting by Josh Mohrer, general manager of Uber New York.
Next Emil Michael, SVP of business for Uber, talked at a private dinner about the possibility of using the information Uber has about hostile reporters to gather dirt on them. (more…)
location · Podcast · security · sousveillance · surveillance · tracking · uber
Law enforcement access to your cell tower location may require a warrant
No comments · Posted by lance in cellular, Location, Tracking
A federal appeals court in Atlanta ruled that there is an expectation of privacy in cell tower location information, and therefor it is protected by the Fourth Amendment. This runs counter to other recent rulings that allow access to the information without a warrant under the Stored Communications Act.
The recent ruling relies on precedent from the 2012 Supreme Court decision in United States vs. Jones which stated that a warrant was required to place a tracking device on a suspects car. Phone records provide the same information, just with a different technical means.
This would not apply to intelligence gathering activities, nor would it prevent access to your location information with a warrant. It is a move to recognize that our personal information, about which we have real privacy interests, is increasingly existing in the networks of third parties. Laws that assume anything sensitive would be on paper and stored in your house or on your person are absurdly outdated.
For now this is only a local precedent. The issue will almost certainly end up in the Supreme Court at some point.
Did you give Google permission to track your every movement?
Google's Location History Browser Is A Minute-By-Minute Map Of Your Life | TechCrunch
TechCrunch has a nice article on the location tracking of Android based devices.
It is an "opt in" thing, but I suspect that most people are robo-approving all the questions they are asked when they are trying to get their new phones or tablets set up for the first time.
In this case, you may have given Google permission to track and maintain high resolution location information on you. That information is used to discover where you live and work, to improve weather, travel, and traffic information.
If you follow this link, you can see a track of your activities for up to the last 30 days. Really cool in a very frightening way.
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No warrant needed for cell location information in the Fifth US Circuit
No comments · Posted by lance in cellular, GeoLocation, legal, Location, Surveillance
ArsTechnica has a nice article on a recent ruling by the US Fifth Circuit court of appeals.
In this 2-1 decision, the court ruled that cellular location information is not covered by the fourth amendment, and does not require a warrant. The logic behind this ruling is that the information is part of business records created and stored by the mobile phone carriers in the ordinary course of their business.
Therefor, the data actually belongs to the phone company, and not to you. The Stored Communications Act says that law enforcement must get a warrant to obtain the contents of communications (the body of emails or the audio of a phone call) but not for meta-data like sender, recipient, or location.
The court suggests that if the public wants privacy of location information that they should demand (I suppose through market forces) that providers delete or anonymize the location information, and that legislation be enacted to require warrants for access to it. Until then, they say we have no expectation of privacy in that information.
The Fifth Circuit covers Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.
This ruling conflicts with a recent New Jersey Supreme Court, which unanimously ruled that law enforcement does not have that right, which ruling only applies in New Jersey.
Montana has a law requiring a warrant to obtain location information, while in California a similar bill was vetoed.
It seems very likely that one or more of these cases will go to the supreme court.
cellular · law enforcement · legal · location · surveillance · tracking
Micosoft's Google and Skyhook enable tracking of mobile devices.
No comments · Posted by lance in Location, Personal Privacy, Stupidity, Surveillance, Tracking, Wi-Fi
CNET's Declan McCullagh reports on Microsoft restricting access to their Wi-Fi geolocation database shortly after this CNET article describing how to track devices using such databases. I have written about these databases before here, here, and here. Specifically Microsoft is preventing users from querying for the location of a single Wi-Fi device by specifying just one MAC addresses. Prior to the change it was possible to track an individual phone or laptop by querying for the location of that device's MAC address.
CNET describes a test where they were able to track a device as it moved around Columbus Ohio. This would indicate that the underlying database is updated in near real time, and that it is collecting on mobile devices as well as on the fixed Wi-Fi base stations it is supposed to catalog for enhanced location services.
Tracking mobile devices can only harm the accuracy of enhanced GPS location services because they move around and could potentially give misleading information. It would be easy to eliminate such devices from the database because the type of device is discoverable from the MAC address they are collecting.
While there is no reason to track mobile devices for enhanced GPS, there are all kinds of less savory reasons to gather and track this kind of information. I note that Microsoft's solution is to prevent access to this individualized tracking information about mobile devices rather than to stop collecting it…..
geolocation · stupidity · surveillance · tracking · wi-fi · wifi
Photo Location risk and some good news.
6 Comments · Posted by lance in GeoLocation, Location, Personal Privacy, Physical Security, Tracking
Last week I did an interview on a San Diego news program about issues with many cameras and smart phones in particular embedding very accurate location information in your pictures. If your camera (smart phone or whatever) has GPS, then the EXIF meta data in the picture will contain your location to within about 20 feet. This can be disabled, but is typically on by default.
While this can be useful when you are trying to sort and organize the pictures on your computer, the risk shows up when you start to share the pictures. By combining date and time information in the pictures I can tell if they are recent. If you are on vacation and posting on the road, an attacker can tell that you are away from home and your home probably unguarded. Pictures of your home and family can provide the exact location of your house as well.
The good news is that major sites for sharing pictures like Facebook and Flickr seem to strip out that information from the photos. It is unclear if that is intentional or just a byproduct of how they are processing and displaying the images. In any case, the data is certainly available to the sites themselves.
I strongly encourage everyone to download an EXIF editor to be able to strip this information from pictures before uploading, and to turn off location tracking in their cameras and mobile phone photo applications to prevent the capture of that information in the first place.
camera · facebook · flickr · location · phone · photo · Privacy · tracking
Amazing power and danger of data retention
1 Comment · Posted by lance in cellular, GeoLocation, International, Location, Personal Privacy, Surveillance, Tracking
This Blog has an interesting article and link to the website of a german newspaper article (translated here).
The story is about a german politician Malte Spitz who sued to obtain the retained cell tower records for his own phone, then provided them to the newspaper. The newspaper has created a nice map and timeline tool to allow you to play Spitz's movements over 6 months. The resolution is impressive and should be a real wake up call about the level of detailed information being gathered on us all.
Of course, if the phone company was capturing GPS or WiFi based location information the data would be much more accurate. While GPS would quickly drain the battery, many modern phones have WiFi enabled all the time, so that information would be readily available without any additional impact on the phone's performance.
cellular · location · Privacy · surveillance · tracking


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Wow. Like seriously… wow. So good. I mean with the… ya. And the…? Wow. And then I cried. Like, they just did such a good… ya. Wow.
As you can see, that wouldn't really have told you much except that I loved it to the point of speechlessness.
Best movie yet by far. The acting was just incredible, compartively. As much as I love Emma Watson as Hermione, she kinda bugged me at times with her overacting in the films previous to this one. But not in DH. She was on point the whole time. The tension between Ron and Hermione is palpable and I loved it! All of the characters did a really great job this time around. You really sense their connection, their loyalty to one another.
If I could choose three words to describe DH it would be dark, intense and sad. I'm happy that I hadn't read the book recently because I was able to go into the movie with few expectations or "I hope they do this scene" etc etc. I was able to just sit back and enjoy it and let it all come back to me as the movie went on.
Some of my favorite parts (MOVIE AND BOOK SPOILERS TO FOLLOW):
- The first (and only scene, I think) with Harry and Ginny… I wanted to shout out, "don't worry! You're gonna get married and have lots of babies!!!" But honestly, I think it was a really good way to set the record of where they stood with each other.
- The scene with Fred and an injured George… "Saintly… see, I'm holy?"…. classic Weasley twins! I think I liked this because, for the first time, you see the deep connection between the brothers. Another classic Weasly moment was the "just trying to diffuse the tension" line at Privet Drive. LOVE!
- Harry and Hermione dancing: some people found this cheesy, but I loved that he did this for her. Just shows how much he cares for her and how close they are.
Friggin' scary, but awesome nonetheless parts:
- The wedding: when Kingsley's Patronous arrives to warn everyone "The Ministry has fallen… Minister for Magic is Dead…. They are coming"… *shivers* So creepy-awesome! The voice gave me chills.
- Godric's Hollow: seriously, the old lady is really bloody creepy. And then in the bedroom? God, I knew it was coming and yet still jumped about 10 feet out of my seat.
The hardest parts to watch:
- Ron and Harry's fight followed by Ron's departure. I wanted to SCREAM for him to take the Horcrux off (but then one of my favorite parts was his return... excellent part of the book and movie).
- Hedwig! Poor, sweet, loyal Hedwig. It was not a long, drawn out scene but Oy! I couldn't stop the tears. I seriously ached.
- Dobby's death. I cried again…. and kept on crying. Good lord they did it well. It just ruined me.
My only complaints:
- I was sad that we didn't get to see Kreacher's turn around.
- I have to wait 8 months until the bittersweet end.
Such a great movie that I absolutely cannot wait to see again!


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Blundell to shave for brave little lady battling cancer
BE BRAVE and shave is a catch-phrase we have all heard, and in two weeks time the Meiklejohn family and Southern Downs Mayor Peter Blundell will be doing just that.
Their aim is to show their support for 10-year-old Caitlyn Meiklejohn and to raise money for Camp Quality.
Caitlyn is currently undergoing chemotherapy treatment for a brain tumour on her pituitary gland.
As a result the brave young girl has lost all her hair.
Instead of being upset, Caitlyn is using it as a chance to raise some money for a charity organisation that has helped her and her family during this difficult time.
Caitlyn did not need to pull out too many persuasive speech tactics to get the Mayor involved.
"I asked him using my cutest smile," Caitlyn said.
"He said 'If you want me to, I will'."
Cr Blundell said it was a no-brainer.
"I've known Caitlyn as long as I have known Neil, which is going on five years," he said.
"She is a great kid full of enthusiasm and positive attitude. It will be an absolute pleasure."
Cr Blundell said he had never shaved his head before.
"I've shaved my beard once or twice," he said. "I'm looking forward to it."
Caitlyn's dad Neil, mum Sharyn and brother Jacob will also face the cut. Jacob said he was a little bit nervous.
"But it will grow back," he said.
"It is a cool way to support Caitlyn."
All those going under the scissors will be in the capable hands of the hairdressers from Clare's Hair Together.
Hairdresser Storm Lahiss said they were happy to support Caitlyn.
"She is a very brave girl," she said.
"We have a Camp Quality donation box in the salon as well."
Others can show their support by donating to the cause via the Shave 4 CJ website.
How to help
- Website: mycampquality.org.au/shave4cj to make a donation
- Head to the Shave 4 CJ at Rose City Shoppingworld on March 2 from 10am-2pm.
- Donate a prize for the raffle by calling Neil Meiklejohn on 0419 674 182.
- Bid for a painting in the silent auction of Caitlyn's abstract canvas artwork on March 2.


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Manage Your Energy as Well as Your Time
The key to getting more done is NOT working longer hours
April 28, 2010
If there is one thing we can all agree on, it's that we all have much more to do than time to do it. The recent recession has accelerated the trend towards greater worker productivity, making many of us feel as though we have to work 10-14 hours a day to address our burgeoning workloads. The problem with this strategy of course, is that time is a finite resource. In order to devote longer hours to work, we must devote fewer hours to something else. All too often, overworked professionals muscle through longer workdays, by skimping on meals, exercise, sleep and personal time, leaving them exhausted, disengaged and in the worst cases physically ill.
The key to getting more done is not allocating more time to work, but understanding your own personal energy, and managing it as a renewable resource. By creating a routine that works with the natural rhythms that influence energy levels throughout the day, you can sustain peak energy levels and greatly increase your capacity to get things gone.
Respect Your Body
Our bodies are the ultimate source of personal energy. When we neglect them by eating poorly or failing to get enough exercise or sleep, we undermine our performance and our ability to manage our emotions and focus on what needs to get done. It is critical to practice healthy behaviors on a consistent basis. Be sure to get 7 to 8 hours of sleep a night. Go to bed early, and improve the quality of your sleep by reducing alcohol and caffeine consumption – and eliminating late-night snacks.
To sustain physical energy throughout the day, eat a healthy breakfast rich in whole grains and lean protein. Avoid foods containing refined sugar, which causes blood sugar levels to spike and then nose-dive leaving you irritable and unable to focus. Don't skip meals or gorge yourself at mealtime. Rather than two or three large meals, eat several smaller meals every three hours to keep blood sugar levels constant. Keep healthy snacks like apples or trail mix at your desk as a bridge to your more substantial meals.
Learn to recognize the signs of waning energy – excessive yawning, restlessness or difficulty concentrating. Don't work on any one project for more than two hours without taking a break. Get up an walk around. Go for a quick walk outside, visit a colleague, or walk up and down the stairs to get your blood flowing and "push reset."
Manage Your Emotions
Getting enough sleep and eating properly throughout the day will help you improve your mood by keeping fight-or-flight emotions at bay and helping you hold your blood sugar level steady. But there are other things that you can do to channel positive emotional energy and keep negative emotions from getting the best of you.
Disperse stress, irritability and anxiety by practicing yoga or deep-breathing exercises. Foster positive emotions by expressing affection or appreciation for others. Positive interactions with others will help you see them as people rather than obstacles or liabilities. When conflicts arise, you'll be less apt to take things personally and better able to negotiate a compromise.
Be sure to keep things in perspective and look for the silver lining. Consider things from another person's point of view. Ask yourself what you can learn or how you grow from failures or stressful situations. Consider how you are likely to view your present circumstances in hindsight.
Maintain Focus
Today's knowledge worker is bombarded with information. In the face of persistent connectivity and instant communication, we feel that we have to multi-task to get things done. But contrary to popular belief, multi-tasking actually undermines productivity and diminishes mental energy. It takes several minutes to transition from one activity to another, making multi-tasking a terribly inefficient use of time.
Instead of multi-tasking, try grouping similar tasks into 90 to 120 minute blocks. If a project requires deep concentration or strategic thinking, turn-off your email and IM or get up and find a quiet place that is free of distractions. A conference room, a reading area or a vacant office away from the telephone and email are all good options.
Focus on activities and projects that will yield the greatest long-term return. At the end of the day make a list of the most important things that you need to accomplish the following day, and attack the list with vigor. Be sure to schedule time for complex or challenging work, to make sure you are making headway.
Be True to Yourself
Understand what it is that you enjoy most about your work, and what it is that you do the best. Look for areas of overlap, and focus on these tasks to help you feel fulfilled. Make sure your actions are consistent with your values, and do what you say you are going to going to do. If your children are the most important thing in your life, make sure to make time to interact with them and participate in their activities. Bridging the gap between your ideal self and your day-to-day activities will help you achieve more energy and a greater sense of well-being on and off the job.


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Hi world, long time no see!
I can only apologize about this series being absent from In The Clouds for so long. This is the first week that I have really been blogging religiously since the National Citizen Service had taken up the last three weeks. But now Beth is well and truly back.
This week has been one of those weeks where I didn't know if I was coming or going half the time. The weather's been absolutely terrible and just makes you want to curl up on the sofa under a big cozy blanket doing nothing. My dad's been rushing backwards and forwards to Yorkshire trying to sort out funeral arrangements for his aunt, on top of the fact that my brother has dislocated his knee (with side effects that include moaning, grumpiness, loss of his sense of humor and just general winging) has meant me being forced to stay indoors most of the week. Now all the days just seem the same to the point where on Thursday I convinced myself it was actually Saturday, meaning it was time to sit down and watch the long awaited return of The X Factor only to find some weird antique programme on in it's place!
Anyway despite everything, some things did manage to put a smile on my face :
-A visit from down under: Even after my great aunt passing away and how upset my Australian uncle was, I was not for the life of me expecting a phone call from him to say that he was just about to board a plane to England that very moment! The next thing we knew we were picked him from the airport having not seen him for three whole years. It made for a interesting weeks that's for sure.
-Getting the girls together: Now that everyone is going their own way, whether that be 6th form or college, it is becoming increasingly difficult to get us all together ie that there was not a single day in the past four weeks that we could all do!
So on Tuesday, after many a text sent backwards and forwards ,we finally got to meet up for my belated birthday meal. A whopping three burgers, a plate full of chips and one blueberry Eton Mess later, we were buried under duvets watching Netflix together. You couldn't have asked for a better day!
-Lols with Tom Cox: At the moment I currently obsessed with a certain Mr Cox's books. Not only does he own two blogs (here and here) and write very funny books, but the subject matter is his seven very charismatic cats! And I'm a sucker for cats and books that are guaranteed to have you laughing out loud in under 2.5 seconds flat.
-Plum & almond tray bake: With the whole blogosphere chatting about The Great British Bake Off (because duh who doesn't love cakes!) I decided to get to work in the kitchen once more and whip up a treat. I found this yummy recipe online and was extremely pleased with the result. I even got a thumbs up from Toby who sat and hoovered up the crumbs I dropped on the floor like a dog!
-Etsy buys: This week I finally gave in to the call of Etsy (and it has been calling me A LOT!) by buying four amazing vintage prints from Kayley's shop, having Instagram stalked her for months...although I probably shouldn't admit to that! I just couldn't resist the purchase and now I finally feel like a proper blogger. Plus an inspiration quote or two in the house never hurts anybody, does it?
-This posts: All week I've been preaching about appreciating things and spending more time doing what you love. This post that I came across on Hannah's blog echos exactly that and more!
So let's catch up. How was your week?


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I purchased my home that came with a rectangular 18x36 pool over a year ago.
Last year I was lucky if I swam in the pool 16 days, because the temperature rarely went over 80 degrees.
I went to my local pool store and Purchased a Hayward H250FDP heater. Installation seems very straightforward on the unit, but I did run into one snag. The inlet and outlets to the heater are set for 2" to 2 1/2" piping, whereas all of my pool piping is 1 1/2 inch. Granted, my first though is that I could just get a reducing union to bring it down to 1 1/2", but when looking over the manual, it says something along the lines of "there should be nothing installed that would restrict the flow of water from the heater to the pool"...
Will I be asking for trouble if I attempt to use the heater with my existing piping?
Dan K


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How have I never bought this one? I'm a big fan of the movie, and even got the chance to take my son to see it on the big screen at the TIFF Lightbox a couple of years ago. I don't recall ever seeing this comic book on the racks but I was a poor undergrad student at the time so I may have passed on it for budgetary reasons. I've been buying everything touched by the great Mike Parobeck but somehow missed this one. I love his work on the Batman: The Animated Series comics so I have got to think that this one will be great, too. Now the trick is to keep my eyes open. Sometimes you can never find what you're actually looking for in those back issue bins. The search begins.
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Add It To My Want List: Batman - Mask of the Phantasm
Labels: Add It To My Want List
3 comments:
- Marc said...
I don't think I ever realized there was a comic book adaptation of the movie. And speaking of "want lists," I think it's criminal that Mask of the Phantasm still has yet to be released on Blu-ray...especially when they've already gone to the trouble of releasing Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker and Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman!
I bought the VHS back in '93 and a digest sized issue came with it. I still have it.
It has a different cover than the one you show.
- Scott M said...
There is a painted cover as well, I think.
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I've added a few new pics to Colouring Pages - including these two:
Both of theses pages are drawings from my portfolio, and originally looked like this:
I've just spent all day basically 'de-colouring' so that they work as black and white pictures to colour in :P
Worth it.
The bottom one is titled 'The Magic of Books', and was my first attempt at using my graphics tablet. It took me longer than I care to admit to complete...
And that's about all for today, cos I'm ridiculously distracted my Word Rescue. Does anyone remember that game?! It. Is. Awesome. And my husband's just found it on his computer. So I'm off to slime gruzzles with a book worm.