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Welcome to the Saturday evening and The Province's B.C. high school football. We've never done this before, but in honour of WJ Mouat's incredible Grade 11 running back (if you have not heard the news it's the lead story below), welcome to the Maleek Irons' special edition.
W.J. Mouat 52 Mt. Douglas 49
Vancouver College 49 West Vancouver 14
Ballenas 56 Carson Graham 13
Seaquam 20 Hugh Boyd 18
Argyle 36 Eric Hamber 0
Lord Tweedsmuir 21 Centennial 6
Notre Dame 32 New Westminster 6
St. Thomas More 36 Terry Fox 6
Kelowna 44 Rutland 0
Mt. Boucherie 42 Salmon Arm 8
Windsor 28 Nanaimo District 0
John Barsby 52 Handsworth 0
Belmont 21 Holy Cross 15
Robert Bateman 36 Pitt Meadows 29
Rick Hansen 24 Langley 7
Mission 42 Abbotsford 0
Nechako Valley 28 Duchess Park 7
Kalamalka 14 Valleyview 8
Kate Andrews (Alta.) 29 Mt. Baker 7
MT. DOUGLAS 49 at W.J. MOUAT 52
ABBOTSFORD — How good was Maleek Irons on Saturday afternoon?
So good that the Grade 11 running back with Abbotsford's W.J. Mouat Hawks turned in what is almost certainly the greatest single-game rushing performance in the history of B.C. high school football.
Irons carried 47 times for an incredible 491 yards, and scored five touchdowns including the dramatic game-winner from nine yards out as the host, No. 3-ranked Hawks (2-1, 6-1) out-gunned the previously undefeated, No. 1-ranked, defending B.C. Triple A champion Mt. Douglas Rams of Victoria 52-49.
Official records have never been kept, but a number of longtime B.C. prep football insiders agreed after the game that it was very doubtful that anyone had ever put up numbers to match Irons, who went over the 2,000-yard rushing mark in his seventh game of the season.
Incredibly, Irons had just two carries in which he did not gain a yard, and just one, his 47th and final of the contest, where he was held to minus-yardage (minus-one).
Afterwards Irons, with blood seeping out from a wrap around his elbow after suffering a cut earlier in the game and battling a flu, was more happy that his team was able to avenge its loss to the Rams (2-1, 6-1) in last season's Subway Bowl championship final.
"We had to tough it out, it was a big loss for us last year," said Irons. "I feel a weight lifted off my shoulders. I can finally sleep at night. It's going to be a good week."
Strangely enough, in a game where offence ruled, and where at one stage of the second half, the two teams took turns scoring four straight touchdowns of 47 yards or greater, it was good, old-fashioned ball-control offence that wound up carrying the day.
Trailing 49-45 after Mt. Douglas' Marcus Davis scored on a 95-yard punt return, the Hawks slowed the game and went on a ball-control drive that eat over seven minutes of game clock, culminating in Irons' nine-yard scoring run with 2:31 remaining. Mouat's Stephen Baker and Matt Riley then each intercepted Rams' quarterback Ashton MacKinnon to preserve the win.
"It was almost better that we took that amount of time off the clock," relieved Mouat head coach Denis Kelly said after. "We made them tackle us."
The 101 points scored between the two teams eclipsed by one point the 100 points the two teams put up last season during Mouat's regular season win in Victoria, making it one of the highest scoring games in provincial history. And in the last 13 months, the two teams have met three times with a total of 278 points scored.
Mt. Douglas led 28-23 at halftime, but the real fireworks took place over a span of 6:06 between the third and fourth quarters.
Irons' 47-yard run put Mouat ahead 38-35, MacKinnon's 60-yard strike to receiver Brian Dowds put the Rams up 42-38, and Irons' 55-yard run made it 45-42 Mouat, setting the stage for Davis' big punt return score, and later Irons' late dagger.
"Maleek was unbelievable," said Kelly of his Grade 11, who has now rushed for 2,004 yards and 30 touchdowns with three more league games remaining. "He just finds those seams and our line up front really moved (Mt. Douglas) on that last drive."
Added Mt. Douglas head coach Mark Townsend: "Maleek Irons, is he ever the real deal. It was a great game that came down to the last minute and they were able to get a few stops on defence. Collectively as a team we can learn from this. This will keep us grounded and keep us hungry."
Irons scored on a one-yard run with 46 seconds left in the first half, and also added a score on an eight-yard run in the third quarter. Mouat also got a pair of rushing touchdowns from quarterback Mario Narte and a 21-yard field goal from Riley.
The Rams got 113 yards rushing and two scores from bruising back Mason Swift, and another rushing major from Julian Luis. MacKinnon fired a pair of touchdown passes to Brian Dowds, and also rushed for one score.
HUGH BOYD 18 at SEAQUAM 20
NORTH DELTA — Mark Lego, to the rescue.
The Seaquam Seahawks star running back helped engineer a streak of 20 straight points on Saturday, lifting the North Delta school to a come-from-behind 20-18 win over the visiting Hugh Boyd Trojans (0-3, 1-5), who led most of the way.
Kory Nagata's 35-yard scoring run in the second quarter has opened the scoring, and the Trojans went up 12-0 when quarterback Travis Coutts found the end zone on a nine-yard run late in the third quarter.
That's when the Hawks (1-1, 3-3) kicked things into gear.
First, Lego scored on a 72-yard run, then he took a screen pass from quarterback Adam Dobie and turned it into a 61-yard score. Gabe Pamintuan added another score on a five-yard plunge, and that, along with a successful two-point convert, accounted for all of Seaquam's 20 points.
"Hugh Boyd had a great defensive plan for Mark Lego in the first half but we adjusted to it pretty well in the second half," said Seaquam head coach Jerry Mulliss.
Lego then came up big on defence, following a two-yard scoring run by Boyd's Coutts, registering a tackle on the Trojans' two-point convert attempt which would have tied the game.
"Another hugely disappointing loss," said Hugh Boyd coach Bill Haddow. "We played well enough to win, but let them take it from us. It's especially tough seeing we did such a great job containing Lego for most of the game, but let him get away a couple of times for long runs, and that was the difference."
Dobie benefitted from improved protection in the second half and finished 14-of-26 for 217 yards, his top target being Keegan Lensink, who made six catches for 82 yards and scored the team's all-important two-point convert.
Lego finished the day with 17 carries for 126 yards, and also made two catches for 74 yards.
Linebacker Tony Kee led the Seaquam defence with 13 tackles, nine of which came in the second half. Jay Singh returned from injury to make nine tackles, while Lensink had seven tackles and a fumble recovery.
BALLENAS 56 at CARSON GRAHAM 13
NORTH VANCOUVER — Rain or shine, the visiting Ballenas Whalers (3-0, 4-2) felt like whipping up a storm on offence.
After surrendering an opening-drive touchdown to the host Eagles (1-3, 2-5), Ballenas came back to score 42 unanswered first half points as quarterback Liam O'Brien went 12-of-17 for 250 yards and three TDs.
"I was pretty nervous when Carson took the ball and scored on us," admitted Ballenas head coach Jeremy Conn. "We came out flat and were not tackling well. But then our kids responded and looked brilliant at times. It feels awesome as a coach when your players take the game plan and the preparation and are able to execute it on offense while also being able to play good assignment defense."
Dallas Towle who made five catches for 130 yards including a 79-yard scoring catch, and also returned the opening kickoff of the second half 86 yards for a score.
Scott Childs had a stellar game with four catches for 71 yards and two touchdowns.
Tysen Hunt attempted eight rushes for 67 yards, but scored three touchdowns in the process.
On defence, Childs made a pair of interceptions while O'Brien had one pick. Middle linebacker Matt Leonard led the defence with five tackles, a sack, and two fumble recoveries.
ERIC HAMBER 0 at ARGYLE 36
NORTH VANCOUVER — The Argyle Pipers (0-3, 1-4) hadn't scored a point all season, but they put 36 on the board and sent their fans home happy on Saturday with a shutout of the Griffins (0-2, 0-5).
Brian Simmons scored two touchdowns, including one off a punt return, while Trevor Yip and Stuart Bourne also added majors for the Pipers. Joe Britt added a field goal for Argyle, which was playing their first home game since the program folded following the 1980-81 school year. Joe Stuart led the defence with five tackles.
"I was happy to see the clouds parted and the 300 plus fans were able to enjoy the 31-year wait for a win," said senior head coach Dave Heskin. "It was also great that the last coach, Dave Backie, could witness the win."
Added Hamber head coach Bobby Gibson: "The Pipers deserve credit. They played solid, mistake-free football and took advantage of every opportunity."
TERRY FOX 6 at ST. THOMAS MORE 36
BURNABY — Chase Malcolm threw for 302 yards and three touchdowns, including a pair to his favourite target Gio Trasolini, as the No. 2 St. Thomas More Knights (2-1, 4-2) topped the injury-riddled Terry Fox Ravens (2-1, 3-3) at the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex.
Highlighting the night for the pass-catch duo was a 95-yard scoring strike that made the score 14-6 early in the second quarter.
"Offensively, I was very happy with our passing game tonight," said STM head coach Bernie Kully, whose team led 22-6 at half. "It's key to learn how to throw and catch the ball in all weather conditions. And Chase is really growing as the year is progressing. Tonight, he wasn't fazed by the conditions, and just played."
Trasolini finished 152 receiving yards while running back Elliott Nelson continues to turn in efficient games, Friday rushing for 59 yards and two touchdowns.
Knights tacklers put up huge numbers on the night. Dante Vigini led a trio in double-figure tackles with 15, including three sacks, and also had an interception. Nico Repole had 13 including two sacks and two fumble recoveries, and Nelson had 12 tackles.
"Dante Vigini is having a great year." added Kully. "He is all over the field and is creating constant pressure. He lines up at every position on the defensive line and is able to get penetration and disrupt the other team' s offensive flow. Defensively we really wanted to focus on our gap integrity and being aggressive. Our defense is at its' best when they are able to put their collective heads down and attack. For the most part we played well but I believe that we could have played better at times. We gave up more yards on runs then I would have liked to see."
The Ravens, on the other hand, are doing everything they can amidst a wave of injuries that not only knocked highly-productive quarterback Trevor Casey out of the huddle a few weeks back, but also claimed back-up Jake Bye.
On Friday, Brad Lyons and Kyle Miller both spent time under centre and the pair went a combined 0-for-4 with an interception.
The Ravens defence was led by Kyle Degau who finished with nine tackles. Lyons added eight including a sack, while Mike West has six tackles.
Lyons rushed 20 times for 114 yards in the loss.
LORD TWEEDSMUIR 21 at CENTENNIAL 6
COQUITLAM — The Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers (2-1, 4-2) proved their moxy Friday night at Percy Perry Stadium.
Jamel Lyles rushed one score on offence, then added another off a fumble recovery on defence in a 21-6 win by the Panthers over the No. 5-ranked Centennial Centaurs (1-2, 3-3).
"This was an ugly win on an ugly day," said Tweedsmuir head coach Kurt Thornton. "Both teams were down significant players and both teams took penalties that either killed drives or kept their team alive. We won't beat other top teams until we stop taking stupid penalties. Overall though, I am proud of our boys for going into Coquitlam and coming out with a big league win against a top five team."
The victory comes in the wake of last week's 13-0 loss to the Terry Fox Ravens in which the Panthers lost their starting quarterback Connor McKay to injury.
And while one half of Tweedsmuir's ultra-talented Grade 11 pair was unable to go Friday night, the other was. Lyles got it done on both sides of the for the Panthers, carrying 23 times for 154 yards and a TD, then returning a fumble recovery 32 yards for another.
Taylor Anderson scored the other LT major off a 28-yard counter.
Still, it was as much about what the Panthers were able to do defensively.
Besides playing the role of train on offence, LT fullback Austin Iredale was very effective from his outside linebacking spot when it came time to controlling the all-important edge against Centennial's speed.
Back-up quarterback Jesse Trousil managed the game well in terrible conditions, most importantly avoiding any turnovers on the day.
Cody Faulkner led the Panthers in tackles with 10 from his nose tackle spot. Ryan Godard and Iredale each had seven tackles.
NEW WESTMINSTER 6 at NOTRE DAME 32
BURNABY — The Notre Dame Jugglers winless nightmare ended Friday.
The Jugglers (1-2, 1-6) snapped a six-game winless streak to open its season, handing the New Westminster Hyacks (0-3, 3-4) a 32-6 setback at the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex.
"After two weeks of gut-wrenching disappointment, we finally came out on fire," said Jugglers head coach Richard Scott, whose team had opened the conference portion of its campaign with 13-7 and 15-13 losses to Terry Fox and West Vancouver respectively.
Paulo Dube rushed for the team's opening score, before Aldrich Berrios caught a scoring pass from quarterback Danny Spagnuolo for a 14-0 first-quarter lead.
Running back Mike Aranzaso and Spagnuolo later added rushing touchdowns, while Spagnuolo also added a 25-yard field goal.
"The defence was again very effective," continued Scott, who knew he had a handful to contend with in the form of Hyacks' running back Aldrin Asuncion. "We did well against Asuncion, who is a great back."
Asuncion scored New Westminster's only touchdown of the contest, finding his way into the end zone from five yards out in the second quarter. But by that juncture, the Jugglers already led 21-6.
The Hyacks turned the ball over seven times on the night, including four times in the first half leading to all 24 Notre Dame points.
"It was very disappointing," said Lalji. "Our defense played well enough to win but we kept giving them short fields. I thought we prepared well enough, even for the elements. We used a wet ball during all of our offensive sessions. I thought we even moved ball well enough, but ultimately we simply didn't protect it. On three of the fumbles, they didn't even touch the football."
Pavan Mrock rushed for over 100 yards in the loss for New Westminster, while Jordan Chin and Sonu Kainth were outstanding on defense.
KELOWNA — The Kelowna Owls turned a 14-0 halftime lead into a decisive victory with a second half explosion fuelled by their ball-hawking defence to blank the Rutland VooDoos (1-3, 5-2) Friday at the Apple Bowl.
On the evening, the Owls (2-1, 3-4) managed five interceptions, which they returned for 116 yards and a touchdown. But the impact was larger than just one score.
Jackson Lowe turned one of his two interceptions into a 32-yard touchdown that put Kelowna out front 37-0. Brodie Crouch then returned an interception 32 yards to the VooDoos' one, where Dele Oyelese carried it in for the final score of the contest.
Hudsen Andersen's four-yard run had opened the fourth-quarter fireworks for the Owls.
Kelowna quarterback Shawn Gordon, who passed for 196 yards on the day, opened the scoring on a two-yard keeper before going 43 yards to Darrion Bunce and 22 yards to Eli Haynes, building its lead to 23-0 after the third quarter.
Bunce finished the game with six catches for 129 yards.
MT. BOUCHERIE 42 at SALMON ARM 8
SALMON ARM — Good things came in threes for the visiting Bears defence on Friday: Three sacks and three interceptions from the defence each helped add up to a 42-8 win over the host Golds (0-3, 0-7), as Mt. Boucherie (3-0, 4-2) improved to a conference-leading 3-0.
"It was kind of a trap game for us," admitted Boucherie head coach Mike Godwin. "Salmon Arm was blown out by KSS a couple of weeks ago, and Rutland put up a lot of points against them, but Salmon Arm has been improving each week and seem to be getting healthier."
The Bears had more than enough to post a healthy win.
Starting pivot Joseph went 15-of-20 for 187 yards and touchdown passes to Carter Young (eight yards), Peter Briker (15 yards), Young again (10 yards) and Josh Livingston (16 yards).
The rest of the scores came along the ground. Zack Kinnunen from 20 yards and Joe Court from 92 yards accounted for the rest of the major scores. Court had four carries for 109 yards, while Ronnie Deguevara carried 15 times for 104 yards in the first half.
Jordan Dietrich-Scammell, Dakota Spiess (corner) and Cole Geisler all came up with interceptions while Nathan Buonomo, Curtis Urlacher and Max Sutherland all registered sacks.
HANDSWORTH 0 at JOHN BARSBY 52
NANAIMO — Duc Truong is coming on strong for the No. 1-ranked John Barsby Bulldogs.
Truong not only carried 14 times for 148 yards and two touchdowns Friday, he caught two passes for 97 yards and a score from pivot Austin Lyle as the Bulldogs (4-0, 5-1) remained perfect in Western Conference play with a 52-0 win over North Vancouver's Handsworth Royals (1-2, 1-5).
"I was really pleased with our defence, their physicality," remarked Barsby head coach Rob Stevenson after the Dawgs pitched their second straight shutout, and have allowed just seven points over its last 12 quarters of play.
"In fact our whole team showed up to play some football today. The guys really brought it."
John Barsby totaled 483 yards of offence on the day, rushing for 352.
Brandon Parker rushed 15 times for 147 and a score, and also caught a 10-yard TD pass from Lyle. Jacob Odynsky rushed for a 31 yard score on his only carry of the game. And linebacker Kyle Vollet added the other major, returning an interception 103 yards for a score as the Bulldogs led 45-0 at the half.
"We're looking forward to playing South Delta next week," said Stevenson of facing the No. 3-ranked, visiting Sun Devils next Friday. "They're the hot team right now and we have a good rivalry with them."
Nick Pedersen led the Barsby defence with seven tackles.
NANAIMO DISTRICT 0 at WINDSOR 28
NORTH VANCOUVER — Ty Marshall was so effective on Friday that he spent the second half as a sideline spectator.
The Dukes starting quarterback led his team to scores on its first four drives, and that was the extent of the scoring as Windsor (2-2, 4-2) won for the second straight week in league play to hit the .500 mark in the Western Conference, blanking the visiting Islanders (1-2, 2-4).
Rudy Uhl rushed for one score, and Marshall threw touchdowns to Joel Brown (11 yards), Braden Snelling (24 yards) and Uhl (22 yards) as part of a 114yard passing day that included no interceptions. Marshall also rushed for 64 yards.
Windsor maintained its defensive intensity over the second half to complete its first shutout of the campaign as NDSS failed to score for the second straight week.
Jono Kramer, David Yeager and Aden Perri all recovered fumbles, while Devin Perri counted seven tackles, including a sack, in his totals. Pedro Tolotti had five tackles, including a sack.
HOLY CROSS 15 at BELMONT 21
VICTORIA — The Bulldogs have shown the strides they have taken in moving from Tier 2 to senior varsity Double A this season.
With a pair of 100-yard backs leading the way, Belmont (1-2, 2-4) scored all of its points in the first half, then held off the visiting Hoy Cross Crusaders (1-1, 3-2) to claim its first Southern Conference win of the season against a so-called established varsity foe.
"We had to temporarily adjust our offensive philosophy due to the loss of our starting QB (Court Boice) last week and decided our best shot would be to just pound the ball and control the clock," said Belmont defensive coordinator Alexis Sanschagrin. "It probably took Holy Cross by surprise and it took a while for them to adjust."
Jordan Worth and Sam Varao took the ground-and-pound mentality to heart, each breaking the 100-yard mark and combining to score the team's three majors.
Worth carried 14 times for 103 yards and two TDs, while Varao carried 12 times for 109 yards and one score.
"We basically challenged our kids to go on the field this week and out-physical Holy Cross," continued Sanschagrin, "and the coaching staff is really proud of the way the kids responded. We are beginning to understand the type of effort it takes to be successful and results like today will help us believe in ourselves even more."
A strong defensive effort by Belmont resulted in six forced turnovers (three interceptions, three turnovers on downs). R.J. Piche's eight tackles, including a sack, led the group, while Worth and Brady Lockwood each had four tackles, Worth counting a pair of sacks and Lockwood an interception. Tanner Rempel had two tackles and two interceptions.
Holy Cross' points came via a three-yard TD catch by Joseph Lee, a run by Antonio Mendoza and a safety.
PITT MEADOWS 29 at ROBERT BATEMAN 36
ABBOTSFORD — Joe Schuster fired a 15-yard scoring pass to Anthony Gagnon with five minutes remaining gave the Pitt Meadows Marauders a 29-28 lead and the chance to complete a rally from a two-touchdown deficit in the third quarter.
However Robert Bateman linebacker Cole Brien picked off an attempted screen pass on third-and-long and returned it for the winning score, as the host Wolves found a way to beat the visiting Marauders in a turnover-filled Eastern Conference matchup.
In actuality, the drama didn't stop with Brien's pick-six.
On the ensuing kick return, Schuster fielded it, then tossed a throw-back pass to Brandon Stewart on the other side of the field, and Stewart ran it back 50 yards to give the Marauders excellent field position with 90 seconds remaining.
Pitt got as deep as the Bateman eight-yard line, but needed a major to win, has the ball intercepted with 40 seconds remaining.
Robert Bateman went up 10-0 early on a Jay Lee field goal and an 80-yard run off a broken play by Friesen.
Schuster's major off a sneak pulled Pitt to within 10-7, and after Gagnon picked off Friesen and returned it to the 15 yard line, Stewart punched it home for a 14-10 Marauders lead.
Bateman gained momentum when Friesen fired a 10-yard TD pass to tight end Riley Davis, then tacked on the deuce for an 18-14 lead.
In the third quarter, as Pitt marched for the go-ahead score, a fumble was scooped up by the Timberwolves and returned for a score. Lee booted another field goal and the Wolves were on top 28-14.
A sneak for the score by Schuster as the third quarter wound down pulled the Marauders to within 28-21.
"In a game where the lead kept changing hands, our defence got the job done for us," said Bateman coach Rick MacDonald.
RICK HANSEN 24 at LANGLEY 7
LANGLEY — After a slow start it was a Ho-Ho affair for the Rick Hansen Hurricanes.
The Canes (2-0, 6-0) were picked off on their first two drives by the host Saints (1-1, 2-3) in the contest played at McLeod Athletic Park, but in the second half, quarterback Alex Ho and brother Brandon Ho scored decisive majors.
"We started the game flat today," said Rick Hansen head coach Paul Gill. "We were not happy with the way we came out the start the game on both sides of the ball. But full marks to Langley. They played us tough today."
Leading 3-0 at the break on a 30-yard field goal by Vishar Toor, the Canes seized control after Alex Ho hit brother Brandon with a 25-yard scoring pass. Alex Ho then rushed nine yards for a score before Jasnoor Dhaliwal ran for a 20-yard major.
Alex Ho was just 4-of-12 for 76 yards and three interceptions on the day as Rick Hansen played without injured star tailback Reagan Doucette.
Dhaliwal, however, filled in at the feature back spot and carried 12 times for 172 yards and the major.
"I was pleased with the play of the O Line," continued Dhaliwal. "They gave Alex time to throw the ball, and I was pleased with the play of Jasnoor Dhaliwal today. His role with the Hurricanes running game was a major factor. He stepped up his play knowing we were counting on him to have a great performance. Overall we won ugly, and we hope it is awake call for us to come out flying every week."
Zach Toews led the defence with 11 tackles while Shaiheem Charles-Brown added eight, including a sack, from his spot at defensive end. Brandon Ho has seven tackles and forced a fumble.
MISSION 42 at ABBOTSFORD 0
ABBOTSFORD — Kevin Wiens' has put his Achilles injury behind him.
On Friday, the Roadrunners' quarterback lived up to his team's moniker, rushing for four touchdowns as No. 2 Mission (2-0, 4-2) rolled to a 42-0 win against the host, winless Abbotsford Panthers (0-2, 0-5).
Evan Horton opened the scoring with a 13-yard run, and Eric Heckhaussen closed it with a 15-yard run. The in between was all Wiens.
First on a 48-yard run, then from a yard out to make it 21-0 at the half. In the second, he scored from 35 yards, and then added another from one yard. All six converts were kicked by Carpenter.
Wiens finished the day rushing for 150 yards on eight carries, while Horton rushed 10 times for 94 yards.
"From start to finish today, we played a consistent game," said Mission head coach Kevin Watrin. "It was a good second conference win for our squad."
Horton and Carpenter led the defence, each coming away with interceptions.
KALAMALKA 14 at VALLEYVIEW 8
KAMLOOPS — Each team took turns playing a half of shutout defence, but a 14-0 first-half advantage proved just enough for the Kalamalka Lakers (4-0, 5-1) to top the Valleyview Vikings (2-1, 4-1) and remain the conference's only undefeated team in league play.
"Our guys played hard and we told them afterwards they saw a good football team in Kalamalka," said Valleyview head coach Cory Bymoen. "Defensively we tightened up on the pass and brought some pressure. That seemed to help slow them down enough to make a game of it by the end."
The Lakers took their two-touchdown lead at the half as Brendan Squair hit Evan Patommel for TD passes of 15 and five yards. Robby Filice continued his great production for the winners, carrying 17 times for 106 yards, and added 10 tackles on defence.
"All I can say is it wasn't pretty, but a win is a win," said Kal head coach Brad Yamaoka. "It was another hard fought game that either side could have won. I think in the long run we made less mistakes than they did. I give credit to our boys as they faced some adversity and got through it with a win."
Valleyview had the ball deep in Kal territory late, but ran out of time in their bid to steal a win.
Alex Beckett scored the lone touchdown for Valleyview, hauling in a 75-yard strike from starting quarterback Lliam Wishart, whose only completion of the game was the TD strike.
Kaden Degen had started the game at pivot in place of Wishart, who first injured his knee in the Vikes' first-week win at Salmon Arm. On Friday, he re-injured the knee and was once again forced to the sidelines.
Middle linebacker Bryce Taylor and defensive end Mitch Flack each managed 10 tackles for the Vikes.
SOUTH KAMLOOPS 37 at WESTSYDE 0
KAMLOOPS — Jacob Adams scored a pair of touchdowns with Evan Choy, Malcolm Albuquerque and Brandon Adams also finding their way to the end zone as the Titans (2-1, 3-2) blanked the Whundas at Hillside Stadium. Cody Court along the defensive line, and linebacker Matt Blackwell, a pair of Grade 11s, led the defense in tackles. Anthony Arduni added a field goal for the winners.
DUCHESS PARK 7 at NECHAKO VALLEY 28
MT. BAKER 7 at KATE ANDREWS 29
COALDALE, Alta. — The Mt. Baker Wild (0-1, 0-3) may have come out on the short end of an exhibition result Friday in Alberta, but the Okanagan squad did manage to score its first points of the season, as Jeremy Stewart returned a punt for a major.
Philip Heinicke added the point after for the Wild who added the game to their schedule after Okanagan Mission, its scheduled opponent, was forced to fold its team earlier this season.
Mt. Baker had earlier lost 34-0 at Pincher Creek, Alta., and 31-0 at Kalamalka.


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Kelly Osbourne has 'outed' her mother Sharon as a fake tweeter, revealing the rock matriarch and reality TV star dictates her Twitter.com posts to an assistant.
The Papa Don't Preach singer, who tweets regularly, admits she isn't fond of celebrities who don't type out their own posts - but she can understand why her parents ask others to send out messages for them.
In a series of Twitter.com posts on Tuesday (29Nov11), Osbourne writes, "I found out that some celebs pay ppl (people) 2 run there (sic) twitter for them! half of me thinks it ok (sic) 4 ppl like my mom & dad who cant type... but half of me feels like its (sic) wrong because your (sic) not being real to the people that follow you! what do you guys think?"
She adds, "My mom thinks she tweets but its (sic) really her dictating what to write to either me or her assistant so i guess it counts!"
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How to Hack a Wi-Fi Password – All Resources Mentioned – Thanks to the Internet, hacking a wifi password is not any more a sophisticated task. With just a click away, anybody can learn how to hack somebody's wifi password. You just need some patient, dedication and right tools to crack wifi password of your neighbour. So, let's get started.
Does hacking SSID security key and getting access to high security encryption sounds enticing to you? Then you need to get a few things lined up to get an optimized process of hacking a Wi-Fi password protected by WPA2 or any other protocl. All these requirements are quintessential in order to initialize your way through hacking and here we are presenting you with all of those.
WiFi Hacking Tools Requirement
Kali Linux is the most preferred OS for hacking passwords with Wireless technology. Make sure your version of Kali Linux has Wi-Fi tool and Aircrack-ng suite pre-installed, if not download it and install it.
Your laptop's inbuilt Wi-Fi router or your ISP's Wi-Fi router is no good if you are into Hacking, you need an external Wi-Fi adapter, an external adapter that has injection capability. We recommend TP-Link TL-WN722N which serves all our purposes. You can find it on Amazon and Flipkart or any other e-commerce website easily plus in any Computer Store nearby.
For a better coverage you should get a high-end Wireless Adapter and we recommend Alfa-AWUSO36NH with a good antenna for this purpose.
The best adapter in the market is TP-Link TL ANT2424B 2.4GHz with 24dB that has the best range as well.
Method 1:
This method requires 'Wi-Fi' which is a Linux Based tool available on all Linux OS and some other supporting OS. This is primarily used for connecting to Encrypted Networks.
- How to view all the available Access Points?
- Boot into your Kali Linux and go to Applications
- You are inside Kali Linux that will help you in Wireless Attacks that will lead you to 802.11 wireless tools and then Wi-Fi will be available as an option over there. If you can't find it in the GUI then open the terminal and type Wi-Fi.
- There will be a list of Access points visible on the screen.
- Let it load for a few while and then you will be able to see the type of connection i.e. WEP, WPA/WPA 2 besides the BSSID of every access points
- Getting to the hacking part now
Follow the following tips to hack any network. Remember that WEP connections are easier to hack in comparison to WPA2 security protocols.
- Pick up the target you want to hack
- The former part takes around 10 minutes.
- If the attack fails for the first time then try again. You will probably succeed after a number of attempts only.
- How to hack WPA security based Wi-Fi network?
WPA Encryption is safer than WEP Encryption i.e. it's encryption is harder to decode than WEP. But for passwords with small number of characters the encryption can be cracked. We will be using Handshake Capture.
First Way out
Handshake is a file that stores all the information of interaction between client's device and the Wireless Router for the purpose of authentication. The Wi-Fi password in both the encrypted and decrypted form is present in this handshake file.
Second Way out
Wi-Fi Phishing is a tool in which we create a dummy Wireless Network after jamming the target's access point. This is one type of social engineering in which we make the owner of the target Access Point is made to fall in a trap. There's no brute force attack or other encryption de-encryption methods involved in this method. But remember this method yet has to work only on Kali Linux Devices.
There are three Phases to it
- First step is to de-authenticate the target access point. The tool which we have provided to you is used to jam the target access point and it will look for all the available access points in the range of your router. Overall we are trying to imitate the access point of device through the main server by using death packets. This will generate a fake access points in the place of real ones.
- In this phase the victim has to login into the rogue access point that you have generated in phase 1. In this way you can gain access to the credentials inputted by the victim. You just have got all the required credentials.
- Now you need the victim to feel that he has logged in the real access point. You will have to provide the victim with a realistic router configuration page. Put it on the main web server after the confirmation message to be shown.
Method 2: Wi-Fi Password Hacker Software
Some features of Online Wi-Fi Hacker Software
- Free software without any virus, spyware, malware or Trojans. You can stay assured about security of devices.
- Updates automatically
- Wi-Fi password cracker works with all devices running on Windows OS.
- Supports decryption of WPA, WEP and WPA2 encrypted networks.
- The GUI is so convenient that even a novice can use it.
- Protect yourself from WPS attack.
- Hack into all the nearby Wi-Fi networks hassle free and also for free
Wi-Fi Cracker/Hacker Softwares List
1 – Proxy Grabber:
The name holds popularity among the mass that is looking for a convenient and free of charge tool to hack into Wi-Fi networks. The application is available for Android as well, very convenient to use and compatible with Windows OS. Any types of WLAN network can be hacked in a matter of minutes also reach any Wi-Fi router in your vicinity just in minutes.
2 –Hack Wi-Fi
If you are looking for procuring access to all the nearby networks in your area then this is all you need. The application is designed with a mindset to crack even the most secure encryption protocols. Additionally this program will analyze for any type of loops and insecurities.
3 –N-map (Network Mapper)
The application holds a benchmark in getting access to highly secure networks, over the world it is also used for security auditing as well. Thousands of network system administrators use this software to check network inventory, open ports and managing upgrade schedules hassle free. IP Packets is what it works through and it determines available host and their information.
4 –Metasploit Penetration Testing Software
This application is the player of checking vulnerabilities against penetration of hacking framework. By downloading this you gain access to a number of hacking tools for different purposes. Popular among Cyber Security Professionals and Hackers, this is a security framework providing you with complete info about all the possible security threats and assists in finding perfect IDS testing methods, exploitation plans and strategies. This tool can also prove great for learning as well.
5 –John: The Ripper
The tool is popular for dictionary attacks and cracking the passphrases easily. There are numerous text strings sample such as a list of popular word list, hotshot passwords, complex passphrases and most used passwords. The algorithm tests all the password samples one by one while trying to hit the right passphrase. The tool is perfect for performing dictionary attacks on the nearby WLAN networks.
6 –THC Hydra
This application works hand in hand with John: The Ripper and it is used by various development teams all over the world to crack passwords. The application provides unmatched stability over other applications and the application is efficient in performing Login in the moment of Network. The application comes with great ability to check all the passwords very easily on the login page itself easily.
That's all folks! The above mentioned techniques are only meant for Educational, Research and development processes. The author does not promote any type of illegal activities and the author is not responsible in such a case.


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Bauble economy / Does a fictional story written about a cheap thrift-store object make it more valuable?
How much money would you pay for a porcelain figurine of a foppish, mustachioed man holding a dove?
What if I told you this particular figurine has a story behind it -- it's modeled after a real, historical person. And it's a family heirloom, of sorts.
Now what if I told you that the story of the figurine was entirely made up? Would that change your mind about its value?
This all has the ring of a convoluted thought experiment, but it turns out I know exactly how much someone would pay for this figurine along with a printout of the story I invented about it. Last week it sold on eBay (for how much, I'll tell you later) as part of the Significant Objects project, a joint endeavor from journalists/cultural critics Joshua Glenn and Rob Walker, who paired writers with cheap, thrift-store objects and asked them to come up with fictional narratives about the items. Now, they're listing the knick-knacks for sale on eBay with the explicit caveat that the "significance" of each object has been invented by the writer.
It's a kind of real-world laboratory for looking at the way we place value on things.
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Walker and Glenn recruited 100 writers (including some big names, like Nicholson Baker and Luc Sante), and the first stories/objects were auctioned in early July. As of Aug. 10, 34 significant objects had sold on eBay, for a grand total of $675.65. The original cost of those 34 items, which Glenn and Walker purchased at garage sales and secondhand shops, was $40. In other words, a 1,589 percent markup.
"In the beginning," Walker says, "I hoped we might be able to sell some of the objects for more than $20, but I thought, 'I'd be surprised if we get more than $5 for a lot of these things.'"
A month into the project, though, the median selling price has been around $15, Walker says. And so far, the record-setting auction was for a small metal boot, with an accompanying story by science fiction writer Bruce Sterling. Its original price was $3. The eBay auction ended at $88.
So what accounts for the (proportionally) huge increase in the sale price of these objects between the time Walker and Glenn bought them and the time they sold on eBay?
The project's hypothesis, according to Walker, was that there's usually some kind of story behind the things that mean the most to us. "So the question," he said, "was could you just make up a story about an object -- would that add value to it?"
So far, he ventures, "That [hypothesis] has been borne out."
"But that's not the whole story," Walker adds, allowing that any number of factors might influence the bidding on a particular object. The buyer might be drawn in by the fictional account of the item; they might actually like the object itself; or maybe they're a fan of a particular writer, or of the Significant Objects project in general.
They could also be fans of the project's creators: Glenn is the author of "Taking Things Seriously," a book of short essays wherein different writers and artists describe the meaning of an (actual) personal possession that might seem insignificant to others. Walker writes the "Consumed" column for the New York Times Magazine, and his book "Buying In" is subtitled "The Secret Dialogue between What We Buy and Who We Are." Both men, in other words, have a keen interest in the way we assign value to things.
The idea for Significant Objects was born when Walker broke a coffee cup that he'd bought in a diner with his now-wife on a trip to Baltimore. "I started thinking about how little this mug would have meant to someone else, and how much it meant to me," he says.
A key difference between Walker's experience and the idea behind the Significant Objects project, of course, is that the Significant Objects stories do not reflect a direct personal connection to the objects being sold.
The figurine I ended up writing about (Walker e-mailed me photos of three items to choose from) started out as a fun and seemingly low-stakes creative-writing challenge. I invented a story about an eccentric imaginary uncle who'd commissioned a statuette of himself.
But a funny thing happened after the item went up for sale on eBay: I started to get concerned about what it would eventually sell for. If no one bid on the object, did that mean I had failed to add to its significance?
Walker and Glenn are letting the writers keep the money from the objects' sale on eBay, and while I welcome the cash, I don't think I really cared about the money as much as having my foppish figurine sell for a "respectable" price.
But what does that mean? How do you determine a "respectable" price for a piece of thrift-store junk? Did I want it to at least match the average sale price for other writers' significant objects? Or maybe I would be satisfied if my figurine sold for the price of a comparable object on eBay, one that was not involved in Significant Objects (take, for example, the Precious Moments Happily Ever After Figurine, with a "Buy it Now" price of $48. Huh?)
The truth is, I wasn't really sure. I recognized my reaction was irrational. But I still wanted the sale price to go up.
So I e-mailed friends and asked them to bid. I posted the story on my Facebook and Twitter accounts. I tried to find the right tone -- just detached enough to ensure everyone knew I wasn't taking myself too seriously, but literal enough to prompt someone into bidding. In the end, one friend told me she'd placed a bid.
When I checked eBay on day three of the six-day auction for my fop, its price had risen from $1 to $10.50.
I was starting to feel better, which in turn made me feel more foolish for feeling better about the dollar amount next to my fop figurine.
When I explained my reaction to Walker, he wasn't totally surprised. He says he suspects that the writers participating in the Significant Objects project aren't really thinking about their reaction to the monetary value that the eBay market will assign their object/story until the bidding starts.
"Suddenly," Walker says, "you've got this dollar number next to this thing, even though it doesn't really mean anything" given all of the unpredictable factors that can influence the final sales.
I asked Claire Zulkey, another participating writer who contributed a story about a Pez dispenser, if the Significant Objects experience had messed with her head, too.
"I was completely attacking the project from a creative perspective," Zulkey wrote to me in an email. "I didn't have high hopes for it -- it's a Fred Flintstone Pez dispenser, and to be honest, if I saw one lying on the sidewalk I probably wouldn't pick it up."
But, she added, "I felt performance anxiety ... I knew that Rob Walker was keeping an eye on it and mentioning it on Twitter, and I was mentioning it, too (via Twitter and Facebook and my website) and the more I mentioned it and the lack of action I saw the more embarrassed I got in case no one bid on it."
In the end, Zulkey's Pez dispenser sold for $5.50, a $5 increase from what Walker and Glenn paid for it.
"I was quite satisfied with that," she said.
It turns out the Flintstone Pez toy was bought by someone Zulkey knows. "I assumed that he was just being kind," she says. But it turned out his wife has a Pez dispenser collection, and he purchased it for her as an anniversary gift.
"Not to sound corny," Zulkey says, "but that element of it is way sweeter to me than the $5. But I won't lie, I cashed that $5 in PayPal money immediately. Times are tough."
Walker says his wife reminded him about another phenomenon at play in the Significant Objects experiment: It doesn't take a hundred people to drive up the price of something on eBay. It takes two.
There must have been at least two people interested in my Foppish figurine. In the end, it sold for a $17.82. Make that a respectable $17.82.
Still, I couldn't stop wondering who would pay so much for a fop figurine and its 400-word fake history.
It turns out her name is Susan Clements. She's a 58-year-old ex-banker who happens to live not far from me in Oakland. She came to Significant Objects through her interest in Rob Walker's work.
Walker put me in touch with Clements, and I asked her what exactly attracted her to these baubles and bibelots -- these gewgaws with their invented significance.
Why, in other words, did she bid on my fop figurine?
Clements says she fell in love with Significant Objects project as soon as she saw it, and decided she should support it financially. She says she's fascinated by "the whole idea of what it is that makes us gravitate to something or buy something."
So far, she's been the winning bidder on six Significant Objects. She's set a high-bid limit on eBay of between $25 and $35. In some cases she says she's drawn to the object itself (as with the JFK bust, to which she felt a personal connection), and in other cases the story caused her to look at the trifle in a new way.
This, she says, was the case with the Fop Figurine. "I saw that object and I thought, Oh my God. This is just the weirdest thing ever. The story made me go back and look at object with new eyes."
In a way, Clements says, it doesn't really matter that the objects' significance is made up. "If the writing moves me, it kind of melds with the object," she says, "They sort of become one thing."
Clements' explanation of ascribing value to these seemingly arbitrary objects turns out to be textbook support for one of Walker's theories about the whole venture:
"The funny thing is, whatever the real story of that fop figurine is, it's been completely obliterated ... Whoever really designed it, whatever they really had in mind, whatever their real target market was, whatever meanings preceded -- all that has been obliterated in a matter of a few hours. It enters into this new ecosystem, and the meaning comes out the other side, and it's completed by the buyer."
She didn't realize it, but while Clements was completing that the circle of meaning, she was helping to shore up my self-worth by just a little bit -- by $17.82, to be precise.
My imaginary foppish uncle would be proud.
Do you have a person or topic you'd like to see covered in Money Tales? Let us know. E-mail Rob at email@example.com
Rob Baedeker is a writer living in Oakland. He is the co-author, with the Kasper Hauser comedy group, of "SkyMaul," Weddings of the Times," and "Obama's Blackberry."


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It's the most wonderful time of the year! The holiday season is officially underway, and New York City is getting into the spirit with its annual tradition of lighting the massive Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center on Nov. 30. Watch a live stream of the music-filled, star-studded event here!
With less than a month to go until Christmas, it's time to light up New York City! Crowds will gather as at hte famous Rockefeller Center is transformed into a full-on winter wonderland on Nov. 30, and if you can't watch the televised version, we're here to help! CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE TREE LIGHTING ONLINE. NOTE: You will have to sign-in with your cable service provider to access NBC's live streaming service.
Christmas In Rockefeller Center will be hosted by Today show correspondents Matt Lauer, Savannah Guthrie, Ali Roker and Hoda Kotb. The event, which is in its 84th year, will not only feature the lighting of the 94-foot tall, 56-foot wide spruce tree from upstate New York, but there'll also be tons of musical performances you won't want to miss!
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Here's who's set to perform: Tony Bennett, Neil Diamond, Josh Groban, Tori Kelly, Sarah McLachlan, Dolly Parton, Jordan Smith, Penatonix, The Roots, the Radio City Rockettes, and a sure to be EPIC collaboration between country couple Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood! The whole thing goes down from 7:00-9:00 p.m. on NBC!
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Mapping a career trajectory with almost any degree can be difficult. With few exceptions, economic and career conditions, interests and opportunities can change. One of the best ways to prepare for a changing world is a broad education, and that is one reason why studying the humanities and social sciences is more important than ever. By learning how to think, reason, and communicate with people - learning how to continue to learn - students can better navigate the possibilities of life.
Advanced reasoning and communication skills that grow with a career - and with career goals and ambitions - help students cultivate their creativity, collaborate, engage in abstract ideas, master complex communication, and learn to thrive in diverse environments. These skills are relevant to every field, emphasizing the importance of the humanities, the social sciences, the arts - the many disciplines in which UGA and the Franklin College offer A.B. degrees. In many ways, these disciplines are the backbone of the university - because they are the foundation of our society. They support specialties and birth entrepreneurs, providing paths to leadership and service.
The many examples of A.B. alumni who have completed degrees in history, English, classics or sociology and gone on to seemingly unrelated careers are instructive. Because they are not unrelated - they correspond specifically to the crucial tool box, their personal potential, that was unlocked with their A.B. degree. The liberal arts learning enviroment is where students find their path and discover thier passion. To help our students find their way while they realize their potential, we are sharing the careers of some of these alumni, asking a simple question as a reminder: What can't you do with an A.B. degree?
Image: Franklin College alumna and Working Solutions President and Chief Executive Kim Houlne. As Working Solutions founder, she pioneered virtual contact center services across the USA. Women for Hire magazine honored Kim for being one of the "Top 25 Women to Watch." A graduate of the University of Georgia, she holds a Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communication.


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Judge A Book By Its Colors, Not Its Cover
One of my pet peeves in modern comics is coloring that makes the art difficult to read. Part of this is a personal preference. I like brighter books with lighter colors that let the linework of the art shine through. There are colorists who can do dark and gritty well while still making the art legible, but those are far fewer in number than those whose attempts to be "realistic" often come at the cost of being unreadable.
There are also work which dies on the pages, but likely sings on the screen. As an industry, we've become used to seeing things on screens. Many have forgotten that the final product is (mostly) still the page, where the paper will suck up color and make everything look muddier. Some paper stocks can minimize the impact, but it's always there. Everyone needs to be aware of that.
I was thinking of that today when Jamal Igle passed on the latest preview pages from Action Labs Entertainment's upcoming books. Along with the email came small embedded sample pages. Some sang on my screen. Others made me squint my eyes to make out what was going on. It wasn't just the size of the art. While, yes, larger art would be easier to see, I think there's a test to be had here.
If a book is too dark and illegible when it's shrunk down, I think it'll be too dark at full size.
Let's test that theory this week, starting with the books from Action Labs Entertainment:
"Fracture" has a bit of an anime or "Invincible" style to it, but it's very easy to read at small size, whether or not the book, itself, is interesting. If I flipped through the pages at the store, I'd see the artwork very easily and recognize it as something readable. (It's a book about people who sleep in their underwear…)
"Skyward" is a bright-looking book. Even at this small size, I can make out the figure work and the backgrounds. There's a real attempt to differentiate the two without hiding anything in the colors. The coloring shows off the art instead of fighting with it.
Is that an anthropomorphic rabbit with a sword? Awesome!
With "Princeless" #3, things get slightly murkier. It's easy to see the art and some bold colors, but I'm worried that there's not quite enough differentiation between the foreground and background. Are the backgrounds too saturated, maybe? Some of those blue backgrounds don't let the earth-toned foreground characters pop out as much. The orange/red hair of the lead character in the pages is nicely offset by the blue, at least. The lighter tones on the first two pages work better than the darker tones on the latter two.
"Jack Hammer" #1 is where things go south in a hurry. This is a mess. I see six pages with about three panels that won't require effort to read. It's too monochromatic. It's too dark. There's not enough contrast to these pages.
They might work better at full size, but the preview has put me off the book. I opened a couple of the pages up to give it a second chance, but it didn't help. Yellow backgrounds behind red/pink/purple characters in shadowy darkness don't make for an attractive read to me.
Now, to be fair, most of the books I just mentioned have a fairly open style of artwork. It's not so much that they're all cartoony, but that the artist draws with open space for the colorist to come in and do his or her work. There's not too much noodling in the inks to fill in all the blank spaces. Could this test work in a densely-packed comic book? Would a superhero comic with lots of noodling, exaggerated artwork, and no space left blank ever look good shrunk down like this? Let's find out:
"Justice League" #27 is a mixed bag. The splash page is clear enough. The last page works with one big image and two larger panels before that. Everything else drowns itself out. The art is just too small here to be clear. There's too much on the page. A larger page size will be required to determine how readable it is.
Special credit to the lettering layout on the first story page. From this distance, you can see where the letterer is leading your eye around the page with the trail of balloons.
On the other hand, "Batman" #27 is pretty easy to follow. Greg Capullo draws dark and Gothic while keeping plenty of open areas for his colorist to work their magic. These pages are overwhelmed with a neon green light, but it looks nice. That first pair of pages, in particular, look beautiful even at postage stamp size. (Kids: Ask your parents. Before e-mail, you see, you needed to send your letters in an envelope and you paid for it with — ah, nevermind.)
It is not surprising in the least that Phil Noto's pages would look beautiful in color at this size with "Black Widow" #2.. I love the palette used here. The all-black costume with the shocking red hair topping it off pops off a page that's colored with desaturated tones and knocked out line work. You can see it clearly a mile away.
"The Hacktivist" looks like it might be questionable, but I can make out the art very easily here. Things are obviously drawn with some detail on this page, but the coloring is keeping blocks of art separated. The oranges that dominate the pages work well, and while I'm not a fan of that sickly green color on the last page, it sets off those panels from the others in the story for what I assume is a very good reason. That's the sickly green usually reserved for a glow from a computer monitor or the poor lighting in an interrogation room.
And here's where things fall apart for me. This is "Velvet" #3, which looks not so great at this size. These pages are monochromatic and inky. It looks like thin strips of dark color are scattered inside black rectangles. But, at the same time, I've already read this issue. It's beautiful. Betty Breitweiser's colors fit the noir tone of the tale. It's a book that's drawn to be monochromatic, and where the storytelling from Steve Epting is strong enough to handle that. The isolated panels where the oranges and reds come in to the backgrounds stand out appropriately for the moments in the story. Things are realistic and, yes, gritty, without being hidden or overpowered. The layout in the storytelling is strong enough to make up for the lack of cues you might seem from a more colorful coloring job. It helps give the book its signature look, though.
Having gone through this exercise, I'm not entirely sure what to think. The truth is that I can pre-judge a comic by what I see of it, no matter how small or briefly. There are certain styles of coloring I'm more inclined to like than others. There are some that are perfectly valid, but aren't my kind of thing. Then there are the pages where things just don't work for me, at a level that I can explain with some minor technical detail.
Some of the problems, no doubt, also have to do with an artist's style. I tried to separate that out for the point of this column, but art with stronger negative space works better at smaller sizes. I can see from what I just wrote that I've favoring those artists over the ones who draw lots of detail on the page. That all said, you can't find too many blank spaces on pages by Francois Schuiten or Sergio Aragones or Albert Uderzo, and yet it's still easy to read at smaller sizes.
This bears further investigation. Maybe someone with a better coloring vocabulary can run with this, too. If you do, drop me a line. I'd like to hear/see what you think.
After what seems like a quarter of a century of build-up, "Miracleman" #1 saw a reprint through its new owners at Marvel Comics last week. I didn't jump to buy it. I always assumed when the day would come, I would. But, no, I just didn't care enough. I can't possibly justify the $6 price tag on this one that's packed full of material nobody wanted the first time Marvel tried to sell it a couple years back.
As much as I appreciate a good history of comics, all I want to read is The Original Writer's storyline. I understand wanting to make an "event" book out of this, but doubling the cover price with this kind of padding leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
Amazon has the first hardcover edition reprinting the first four issues in May at a $30 cover price. That's still too high for 152 pages, but at some point you have to be willing to pay for the quality of the content and not just the number of pages. As someone who enjoys European reprints, that's a pain I feel far too often. At least I can keep from paying it twice by picking up the individual issues, too.
Do you read this Tumblr entry from Rob Liefeld and not just picture him in some sort of comics-themed CostCo store? Maybe he threw in the 144 count #2 pencils while he was at it? A couple gallon containers of India Ink?
Last week, five years ago in Pipeline:
Still, "Asterix" without Goscinny or Uderzo? Many would argue that the series lost much of its luster after Goscinny's death. While I'm not as harsh on the series as many die-hard fans, there's definitely a spark missing from the last dozen volumes that Goscinny might have provided. They're still better comics than 90% of the books out there, but there's something missing. The plots are a bit weaker. The gags are a bit more obvious. The subtleties are gone.
But it's still "Asterix" and we're all allowed to love it.
Should it carry on after Uderzo? I think it's inevitable that it would. Will it reclaim the old glory? Of course not. Whoever takes the reigns of the series after Uderzo will have one of the scariest jobs in the world. Those books are idolized; I wouldn't want to replace the guy who had drawn it solo for the last fifty-plus years. Talk about performance anxiety!
I read the new "Asterix and the Picts" volume this week. I'll have a full review next week, but let me spoil myself here: I'm very happy with it. It fits right in with the series on all counts.
Ten years and a week ago this week, I listed some of the comics blogs I was reading at the time. Today, the only ones still going are Peter David's and Mark Evanier's. When the blog is part of your professional life, I suppose it's easier to keep it running for a long time than when it's a personal project, subject to the whims of the day job and personal interests.
Ten years ago, to the week,, I took a second look at the Top Ten books I had named from the year before. 2002. CrossGen was just starting to fall over. Keith Giffen's "Suicide Squad" was canceled before it had even made my year-ender list. "Lone Wolf and Cub" had just finished for the first time from Dark Horse.
The books I listed for consideration of 2003's best titles included "The Walking Dead," "Uncle Scrooge," "Sleeper," and "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen."
One last thought from that column:
One thing I know I can say about 2003: Pipeline's Man of the Year would be Robert Kirkman. Coming from a small self-published title (BATTLE POPE) he became a one-man industry in 2003, producing entertaining stories for multiple companies every month. Just look at a list of the titles he wrote over the course of the year: INVINCIBLE, TECH JACKET, HE-MAN (or a spin-off thereof), CAPES, TALES OF THE REALM, THE WALKING DEAD, BRIT, CLOUDFALL. It's an increasingly diverse list of titles that are all enjoyable to read and very entertaining. He's a classic example of a creator with a do-it-yourself attitude: create new books, use new talent, letter it yourself, self-publish, and then use all those skills to publish through Image, CrossGen, Epic, and the like.
And he's still with us, bigger than ever. I can't picture him picking up a "He-Man" comic to write these days, though.
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Coming October 2018. The Fox and the Crow: Art and Stories Inspired by Aesop. To the left is a mock up of the cover. It will probably change a bit as we fiddle around with it.
"The Fox and the Crow" will be a children's book, estimated at 32 pages. The stories inside are adapted by K. Sean Buvala and the book is illustrated by Michelle Buvala. The paperback edition of the book should be released on or about October 1, 2018.
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We've been playing with bits and pieces of artwork from the book as it makes it way through the publishing process.
Here are the new bookmarks for this collection. Folks in our workshops are already getting these. 🙂
The art in this book is art that exists tangibly in the real world, just like in this book, too. By that we mean that the pictures you will see in the book are hand-created with cut paper, watercolor, and acrylic. They exist outside of a computer. Here's a tiny teaser video where Michelle works on the early stages of the lion for "The Lion and the Mouse" fable. Note: this isn't the final version of the lion ;-).
More pieces:
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Part 1 of Fear the Walking Dead: Flight 462 Is Totally Setting Up a Tragic Romance
The flying dead!
As promised, the first installment of the web series Fear the Walking Dead: Flight 462 went online after the Fear the Walking Dead finale Sunday night. It's as you expect: a bunch of skittish passengers on a flight they hope will save them from the impending undead apocalypse (LOL). The other 15 installments will run like this one, in short one-minute bits during the commercial break for The Walking Dead when the show returns for its sixth season on October 11. One lucky survivor will join the cast on the second season of Fear the Walking Dead; our money's on the boy or the girl, but not both, because romance never ends well in the apocalypse.


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How to Be a Supervillain
In the brand-new paperback edition of this rollicking middle-grade adventure, Michael Fry's witty text and hysterical artwork combines superhero action with classic fish-out-of-water humor.Read More
Victor Spoil comes from a long line of famous supervillains and he's fully expected to join their ranks one day. But to his family's utter disappointment, Victor doesn't have a single bad-guy bone in his body. He won't run with scissors, he always finishes his peas, and he can't stand to be messy. Hopeless!
As a last-ditch effort before they give up and let him be a–gasp!–civilian, Victor's exasperated parents send him to apprentice under a disgraced supervillain called The Smear. This matchup starts off as a complete disaster, but Victor and The Smear eventually find that they have a lot to learn from each other. When the stakes get high as Victor is forced to choose between his mentor and his family morals (or lack thereof)…what will the world's nicest bad guy do?


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Prior to joining Harris & Ruble, Ms. Mohan's practice focused on corporate and general business matters, including issues relating to shareholder disputes, contracts, unfair competition, trademark and copyright infringement and employment disputes. Ms. Mohan also advised clients regarding their employment policies and employee handbooks to ensure compliance with California labor laws.
In 2010, Ms. Mohan earned a Masters degree in Public Policy from UCLA's Luskin School of Public Affairs. During her Master's program, she conducted research on issues of international law and policy, including alternative dispute resolution in international conflicts and international labor standards for guest workers. Ms. Mohan also worked with Loyola Law School's Anti-Trafficking Litigation Assistance and Support Team. Ms. Mohan was a recipient of the Michael S. Dukakis Fellowship in Public Policy, Department of Public Policy Fellowship and the Policy Scholar Fellowship. Ms. Mohan was also the Co-President of the UCLA Graduate Students International Affairs Association.
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When you're displaying a UIImage in your view controller it's hardly noticeable how long it actually takes for the engine to "draw" the picture. Lenoard van Driel has tested this and confirms it takes 80ms – or in television terms, 2 frames. That's something worth putting an audio delay in for.
Drawing several images in the same place takes a long time, and certainly takes the smoothness out of your UI. Once drawn however, iOS can display those images much quicker because they're magically cached in memory – something we don't have direct access to before you ask.
The solution is to "pre-draw" or "preload" those images while they're not in vision. Leonard has written a method which does just that:
- (void)preload:(UIImage *)image { CGImageRef ref = image.CGImage; size_t width = CGImageGetWidth(ref); size_t height = CGImageGetHeight(ref); CGColorSpaceRef space = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB(); CGContextRef context = CGBitmapContextCreate(NULL, width, height, 8, width * 4, space, kCGBitmapAlphaInfoMask & kCGImageAlphaPremultipliedFirst); CGColorSpaceRelease(space); CGContextDrawImage(context, CGRectMake(0, 0, width, height), ref); CGContextRelease(context); }
Call this on all your images you'd like to preload, and then access them as normal – resulting in much faster draw times.
Thanks, Lenoard!
- https://gist.github.com/leonardvandriel/3923434
- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9225609/forcing-the-load-of-images-on-ios-to-preload/12989489#comment30056264_12989489


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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. The branch of zoology that deals with the study of primates.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. The branch of zoology relating to the study of primates
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. the branch of zoology that studies primates
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"Troy is certainly heir to the throne of alpha male, so there's going to be that natural organic energy of conflict that happens between the silverbacks and the branch crashers as we say in primatology."
In recent months – ever since he gave up his part-time job at the behavioural primatology lab – Sean has taken up embroidery and begun producing large quantities of preserves.
If this interpretation holds up, it could have a major impact on the field of primatology because it would overturn long-held ideas about how living apes can be used as models of humanity's earliest ancestors.
He observes, "A new generation of researchers, like Jane Goodall in primatology, have used the 'experience-near,' empathic approach to scientific investigation, to elicit new discoveries and insights about the nature of nature that would have been impossible to imagine using the traditional disinterested, value-neutral, scientific method."
Dr. Larry Dossey: Spiritual Living: Why We Need Empathic Science
As a graduate student I studied anthropology thinking I would specialize in primatology and human evolution.
Susan Smalley, Ph.D.: Make Mistakes: Life Has a Way of Righting Itself
Several international research workers in the fields of biology, ecology, geography, primatology and meteorology are interested in the area.
I mean, my father ceased to work at the Kenya museum in 1962 or 1963 and began to focus his interests in primatology, Jane Goodall and things like that.
Anyways, enough primatology methodology talk - back to the monkeys!
Also, zoo and laboratory observations and studies continue to make up a good deal of research in primatology and they are surely a lot less ecologically valid.
Many of the books are still going to move to the dining room because I am not about to just hand over all of my primatology, psychology and evolution books to Baby Field Notes.
"Many primatologists have experienced a profound change in their attitude towards anthropoid apes after making eye contact with one for the first time. The spark across the species barrier is never forgotten." -- Frans De Waal


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Monday, 28 January 2013
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
I've never read any Murakami before so I wasn't even sure if I would like it, his style, the translation - anything! And I knew absolutely nothing about the story except that lots of people I know love it.
I wasn't even sure how to pronounce the title - was it a date 1984/1Q84 (with some kind of reference to Orwell) or was it the letter 'I' - IQ-84 and some kind of Intelligence test?
Now that I'm looking at the cover again closely it's obvious that it's a date. The cover even gives hints that 1Q84 is a fantasy/time slip story - again something I wasn't expecting.
So what did I think of book 1?
I loved it!
I'm intrigued, captivated and full of questions about what's happening.
There is obviously going to be a meeting up of Aomame and Tengo at some point and I'm curious how this will play out.
The secretive cult Sakigake is the obvious link between the 2 sides of the story along with the mysterious young damaged girls with their sinister tales of the Little People.
And what's going on with the 2 moons? What has happened to Aomame's 1984 and why?
I'm loving the mystery & the gradual build up of tension and horror.
I can see I wont have much of a breather bewteen book 1 and 2 after all!
My only grump is that sometimes the language seems somewhat unwieldy or awkward. I'm not sure if it's the translation or the Japanese way of describing things that sometimes pulls me up. The chapter headings often make me laugh with their obtuseness.
I do like that the letter 'q' is pronounced kyu in Japanese which is the same word/sound for the number 9. It gives the title an extra little spark knowing this.
Book 2 here I come!
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I'm glad you're enjoying this book! I had some similar reactions to you, including the urge to call it "I"Q84 instead of 1Q84 (very interesting tidbit about kyu). I also wondered about some of the stilted language. It didn't bother me, but I do wonder if it's a result of the translation, Murakami's own particular style, or a reflection of the Japanese language and some of the formalities that (I've heard) accompany it. In any case, it's an interesting thing to wonder about.ReplyDelete
this one has been on my TBR list for awhile; thanks for reminding me about it!ReplyDelete
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Political Correctness is the monster created by the Left and that monster is stampeding across Great Britain leaving suffering in its wake. 1,400 young white girls systematically abused over 16 years in Rotherham, and the authorities not only knew about it, they sent one of their own to
a re-education camp diversity training for raising the alarm about it. The scale of this scandal is only surpassed by the sex scandals of the Catholic Church. In both cases ideology served to blind the authorities to their own morality if not common sense. Just imagine the outcry if the races of the pedophiles and their victims were reversed – white men gang raping 12 year old Asian kids – the outcry would be tremendous.
The politically correct doctrine is as racist as the Klan's and as sexist as Wahhabi Islam that keeps women covered head to toe in black bags in Saudi Arabian heat. At the heart of political correctness there is the racism of "the white man's burden" whereby whites know better than other ethnic groups, and critically that only whites are morally and intellectually capable of Evil; other ethnic groups are blameless since they are incapable of understanding right and wrong due to their oppression by whites. There is also unrelenting sexism that a Victorian era gentleman would understand. Women are weaker and incapable of making their own decisions and must be controlled – only by the State instead of their husbands, and women are victims of a patriarchal society and incapable of independence. When these two come in conflict, however, racism trumps sexism; the way the female victims were treated by these so-called "enlightened" authorities in Rotherham appear as progressive as the members of the Westboro Baptist Church.
There is a special place in hell for pedophiles, but there is also an even crueler place for those who know about such abuse and remain silent. The sooner these authorities experience that place the better.


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MCM9 gene
minichromosome maintenance 9 homologous recombination repair factor
The information on this page was automatically extracted from online scientific databases.
From NCBI Gene:
The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the mini-chromosome maintenance (MCM) protein family that are essential for the initiation of eukaryotic genome replication. Binding of this protein to chromatin has been shown to be a pre-requisite for recruiting the MCM2-7 helicase to DNA replication origins. This protein also binds, and is a positive regulator of, the chromatin licensing and DNA replication factor 1, CDT1. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2010]
From UniProt:
Component of the MCM8-MCM9 complex, a complex involved in homologous recombination repair following DNA interstrand cross-links and plays a key role during gametogenesis. The MCM8-MCM9 complex probably acts as a hexameric helicase downstream of the Fanconi anemia proteins BRCA2 and RAD51 and is required to process aberrant forks into homologous recombination substrates and to orchestrate homologous recombination with resection, fork stabilization and fork restart.
Cytogenetic Location: 6q22.31, which is the long (q) arm of chromosome 6 at position 22.31
Molecular Location: base pairs 118,813,449 to 118,935,162 on chromosome 6 (Homo sapiens Annotation Release 109, GRCh38.p12) (NCBI)
- C6orf61
- dJ329L24.1
- dJ329L24.3


text: Home » News » ASUS Launch High Definition Eee Box 1501 ASUS Launch High Definition Eee Box 1501 Stuart Davidson November 26, 2009 News At a recent event in London ASUS unveiled the Eee Box 1501 – with the PR literature saying "it gives everyone a reason to stay in on the cold winter nights by challenging what a traditional home entertainment system can bring." The system offers full 1080p high definition content on bigger screens and the 1.5L sized Eee Box 1501 is one of the world's smallest desktop PCs to feature a slot-load optical disc drive and a dedicated graphics chip. Bringing a neat solution to space-saving, it can stand elegantly in an upright 'diamond' form or be mounted on the back of a monitor. With superb green credentials (up to 70% power reductions compared with traditional PCs) it is a substantially economic computing and media option for living rooms large and small The price is scheduled to be around £339 inc vat and you will be able to get it on play.com and amazon.co.uk. For those interested there is an official video available over here Share On


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Geoff Johns Goes The Distance, Named New Permanent "Flash" Writer
DC Comics giveth, DC Comics taketh away.
Geoff Johns, whose "Stars and STRIPES" series will be coming to a close soon, is now on the flip side of that formula: Originally named the writer for six months after Mark Waid leaves "The Flash," Johns has just been made the series' new permanent writer.
"And I couldn't be happier," Johns told CBR News on Sunday. "The six parter is going very well and I'll be sticking with 'The Flash' well after. There will definitely be some threads (and characters) from this story line that carry over into the monthly. I've already begun to lay out the first year and beyond with lots of intrigue, some new supporting cast, new and old villains, a NEW look and persona for Keystone City and dozens of plot twists and turns. My goal is to make 'The Flash' as strong, fast and involving as 'JSA,' [co-written by Johns]. I love the character, love the book and plan on sticking around for a good long while."
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