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In researching technological mediation (which many of you know has been my most intense intellectual jones over the past few years), I started looking internally a year and a half or so ago. Internally meaning cognitively, thinking that quite a lot of the process I'm trying to figure out is going on inside our heads. I first read about mirror neurons when David Byrne and Daniel Levitin were in Seed Magazine's "The Seed Salon," and I immediately knew I'd stumbled across something I couldn't ignore.
So, while I was in San Diego doing construction and selling cured meats at farmer's markets (see my previous post), two of my bike friends back in Austin, Sandy Carson and Taj Mihelich, went up to Superdrome Velodrome in Frisco, Texas for some real wall-riding action… on their fixed-gears.
Apparently, the Superdrome is one of the steeper tracks in the country. Below are a few pictures. Check out Taj's blog for the full story.
I just returned to Austin from San Diego, where I was head-deep in the world of five-gallon buckets, toolbelts, aluminum ladders, and drooling paint cans. Yes, construction. You see, my friend Josh Beagle and his partners Ray and Albert are starting a meat-curing business, and I spent the last several days helping them build out their new warehouse facility.
From my boy paWL (via Alaska, both of the legendary Hangar 18 crew), a positively put, election-related video. To be more specific, watching President-Elect Obama's acceptance speech inspired Paul and friends to create something in response. They felt compelled to capture the spirit of that night in a way that would begin to explain the import of this election and how personal it was to so many people. At the same time, it asks everyone to look forward, keep the momentum established in the Obama campaign and THINK BIG about …
When Daniel Pinchbeck invited me to write something for Reality Sandwich, I sifted thorugh the piles of pieces I was already working on (some of which have been developed on this site) and put this together. It's sort of an amalgamated excerpt from my book-in-progress. Here's a polemical taste:


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This is a photo of S "on the phone."
She's really getting into the whole pretend play thing lately, and a big part of that is being on the phone. Anything vaguely phone shaped will do; she'll hold it up to her ear and chat away to them.
Quite often, she'll take my mobile to play phones, which is super cute, but I can never get a photo of it (because I take my photos with my phone).
S's vocabulary these days consists of "duck*," "uh-oh," "oh dear," and "whoopsie!" (think perhaps that says something about the words she hears most commonly at home) and this is what she says in between babbliny on the phone.
Last night, after bath time we had a little play in the bedroom before bed. S took my phone and started chatting away.
And then she did something she's never done before.
She said "okay!!" and hung up! She's never done either before.
I fully appreciate that for anyone who is not S's mother this is really not a big deal. But for me, it's really rather awesome.
* I said DUCK!! We go to see the ducks a lot, she has a book with a duck in it that she loves to read, rubber ducks in the bath, we pass some duck figurines on our way to town…duck. DUCK.

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March Madness is here!!! We'll recap the highlights from the first half of the first day of the 2017 NCAA Basketball Tournament. We'll also discuss what's happening in NFL Free Agency after the frenzy of the opening week, NBA stretch-run stories, and a whole lot more. As usual, Birthdays, While You Were On The Grind, and Hot Topics on deck.
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Hello! I'm curently building my first pc and have made some research. i am planing to throw a GV-N760OC-4GD videocard into an Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 but it only suports PCIe 2.0. I've heard that it should not make a big difference but does that only work with the newest motherboards or videocards?
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Commercial airlines are subject to a lot of criticism. The security lines, horrible parking and delayed flights are all easy and plentiful targets for parody. But one of the most classic jabs at commercial airlines is the terrible swill they offer as "food". This food really can be quite bad. Most flights don't even offer food service. At one time you might have had the option to bring whatever you liked from home. But those days are long gone. Recent restrictions on security prevent you from bringing liquids onto the plane. Any hot food you brought would be cold and grimy by the time you got through the hours of lines.
So the option you're stuck with is whatever food they decide to give you on the flight. And sadly, most flights don't even offer that much anymore. Those meals and snacks everyone complained about are now only provided on the longest of flights, so you just have to go hungry. On shorter flights you'll have to pay to get even a small snack.
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Although it's been nearly 500 years since Martin Luther fanned the flames of Protestant revolt against the medieval Catholic Church, his ideologies still continue to spark intense debate. The new play Martin Luther on Trial imagines a provocative courtroom drama where the German professor of theology must take the stand in defense of his religious and political controversies. Aided by his beloved wife Katrina, Luther is up against a wicked prosecutor -- who happens to be the Devil himself -- and a witness lineup that consists of Adolf Hitler, Sigmund Freud, Martin Luther King Jr. and Pope Francis. Catch the verdict when Martin Luther On Trial brings its witty and incisive examination to the Pantages Theatre in Minneapolis.
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Apple could be doing away with Audience's earSmart noise-suppression technology for the iPhone 5, the Mountain View-based outfit has revealed.
In a blog post about its Q3 business outlook, Audience admitted that it was 'unlikely' the popular voice-processor would return for the sixth-generation kit, expected to be officially announced next Wednesday.
Audience has been supplying Apple with its tech since 2008 and is in league with a number of Android OEMs, too, including Samsung, whose best-selling Galaxy line of smartphones also use earSmart chips.
Apple is either likely to have developed its own noise-cancelling solution or found one better elsewhere. We won't know for sure which until the iPhone 5 is released and taken apart for a closer look.
Peter Santos, president and chief executive officer, said: "While we are disappointed by this development, we are confident in the diversification of our business and see sustainable growth in 2012 and beyond. As such we are raising guidance for the third quarter of 2012.
"Looking ahead, we believe our expansion into adjacent markets such as Smart TVs, automotive, and notebooks, will continue to bring growth in 2013 and beyond."
Apple is hotly tipped to unveil the iPhone 5 on September 12th, with a release date mooted on September 21st.
Among the improvements it's rumoured to bring are a taller, slimmer design, a larger, four-inch display, a beefier processor and 4G LTE support.
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NetherRealm Studios released an exciting new story trailer for Mortal Combat X, introducing a new generation of characters as they join forces to fight against the power hungry clone Mileena and her Outworld rebel army.
Taking place 25 years after the events of the Mortal Kombat reboot released in 2011, the new generation of characters will discover that Outworld is not the only threat they face.
The trailer showcases the brand new fighters to the franchise including Cassie Cage (daughter of Johnny Cage), Jacqueline Briggs (daughter of Jax), Takashi Takeda (son of Kenshi) and Kung Jin (descendant of Kung Lao).
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In reflecting back over 47 years at Canyon Creek Day School, it might be correct to say that
Canyon Creek Day School is a philosophy; a way of thinking. It is world class teachers firmly dedicated to the enhancement of self-esteem, the acceptance of individuality, the promotion of sharing and caring, and the generation of excitement in learning.
I am now seeing our grown-up prior students registering their children, and I know we have made a difference in the lives of so many.


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This notice announces a meeting of the National Coal Council (NCC). The Federal Advisory Committee Start Printed Page 52475Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the Federal Register.
Friday, November 6, 2009; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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Purpose of Meeting: To provide a review by the Committee of the final draft of the current study underway by the Council on carbon capture and storage technologies for use on coal-based electricity generation plants.
Agenda: Review of the previously described draft report.
Public Participation: The meeting is open to the public. If you would like to file a written statement with the Committee, you may do so either before or after the meeting. If you would like to make oral statements regarding any potential items on the agenda, you should contact Michael J. Ducker, 202-586-7810 or email@example.com (e-mail). You must make your request for an oral statement at least 5 business days before the meeting. Reasonable provision will be made to include the scheduled oral statements on the agenda. The Chairperson of the Committee will conduct the meeting to facilitate the orderly conduct of business. Public comment will follow the 10-minute rule.
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Oceane presents these amazing Unisex messy face paints at the Instruments in 10 styles. Unique, handmade and for several occasions, like photoshoots or catwalks. After the event you can buy them at my store, or in a fatpack after the event in my Main store or at the Second Life Marketplace.
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LUDWING VAN BEETHOVEN was a great german musician . His lifetime was between 1770
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We started a blog regarding the evolution of Zen, from a technical (and also functional as @Conor-Murphy is supposed to participate! ) perspective. The frequency should be around once per month. If you're interested in having a look, that's the link to our first blog post regarding the architecture we changed last year :
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The Cornwall Zoning Board of Adjustment (CZBA) will hold a public hearing on Thursday May 21, 2015 beginning at 7:00 PM at the Cornwall Town Hall for the agenda outlined below:
The CZBA will hear an application for a conditional use permit by the Applicant Anja Wrede for the property owned by Dirt Capital Partners, LLC concerning the property located at 2170 VT Route 125 in Cornwall, Vermont. Anja Wrede is seeking a conditional use permit from sections 355 and 407 of the Cornwall Zoning Regulations – Home Based Businesses – as it pertains to the LDR district in which their property lies. As is required by the Cornwall Zoning Regulations, a public hearing is necessary. All interested parties are welcome to attend the hearing in person or by some other duly authorized representative. The Anja Wrede/Dirt Capital Partners LLC application is available for public view at the Town Clerk's office.
Respectfully Submitted, Barney Hodges III, CZBA Chair
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(Vnexpress) - FLC Group will start selling 90 beach villas and 323 condotels of FLC Quynhon in Ho Chi Minh City on 10/4.
At this event, industry experts will offer consultation on the opportunity to invest in resort properties in general and at FLC in particular. According to the developer, this is a double profit-making opportunity at FLC Quynhon for all clients.
Within FLC Quynhon Beach & Golf Resort, 2 products to be launched are 90 beach villas and 323 condotel units. The 18-hole golf links and other facilities are currently 75% completed. The project will be opened in July.
The developer said that FLC Quynhon's properties possessed many advantages. Beside a prime location, the great tourism potentials of Quy Nhon city, all beach villas and condotels are designed in beautiful Dutch style and surrounded with comprehensive 5-star amenities.
FLC Quynhon is a beautifully designed project located on the region's prime location.
In addition, FLC Quynhon's products can also help owners to generate double profit thanks to many promotional policies from the developer. FLC commits to a remarkable 10% per year profit (for the first 10 years), a discount of 3% when purchasing beach villas, financial support up to 70% within 12 months, competitive investment cost… Besides, the project's coming opening means that owners' initial investments will soon generate profit.
FLC Quynhon is developed by a very reputable corporation with confirmed construction speed and quality. Recently, FLC Group was ranking among the top 2 most reputable real estate developers in Vietnam. As the result, clients can be confident about their choice.
FLC Quynhon is the first 5-star resort complex in Quy Nhon (Binh Dinh), embracing Eo Gio – where it said that you can enjoy the most beautiful sunrise in Vietnam.
The complex includes resort villas, 5-star hotel, 1,500-seat international convention center, and Asia's most beautiful golf links designed by the legendary Nicklaus which has started operating this year.
The difference of FLC Quynhon is its unique architecture, contemporary Dutch style which blends seamlessly with surrounding natural landscapes with verdant greens covering the roofs of all constructions.
Beach villas and condotels are designed specifically to all have sea-facing views. Over 300 condotel units have 1-4 bedrooms with 49-133m2 in area. 90 beach villas have floor areas of 380-735 m2, from 2 to 5 bedrooms, all with private swimming pools.
Owning resort properties at FLC Quynhon, clients can enjoy an entire host of modern amenities such as beach club, kids' playground, spa, restaurants and bars. Tourists can also explore the most beautiful coral reefs in Vietnam and discover Quy Nhon's attractions.
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Tug of war, water bomb fights, weaving friendship bracelets, creating a piece of art, eating drippy snow cones, rock climbing and kayaking - the possibilities for fun at summer camps are endless.
Tug of war, water bomb fights, weaving friendship bracelets, creating a piece of art, eating drippy snow cones, rock climbing and kayaking - the possibilities for fun at summer camps are endless.
So is the potential for a child to gain confidence, make friends, learn skills, practice teamwork and meet role models.
But with more and more people forced to rein in expenses, will camp make the cut?
"People are careful today about where they spend their money," said Sari VanOtegham, president of the American Camp Association Northern California. "However, parents understand that camp provides something special. And the camp industry is working hard to ensure that all children, regardless of their financial circumstances, can enjoy this quality, life-changing experience."
YMCA of San Joaquin County is helping make day camp - and even summer sports sessions - a possibility for families suffering a job loss related to the economy.
The scholarship idea came to YMCA executive director Russ Hayward while he was watching a segment called "Making a Difference" on "NBC Nightly News" with Brain Williams.
The piece shares ways neighbors and organizations are reaching out to people hit hard by the economic downturn.
"There was a bit about how the YMCA in Eugene, Ore., was offering adult memberships free for three months to unemployed adults," Hayward said. "I thought, 'Gee what can we offer?' And what struck me is that it would be so easy to add eight to 10 kids to each day-camp session for kids who have a parent that had lost a job due to cutbacks."
Eligible participants will be able to choose one week of summer day camp or a seven-week summer session of soccer or basketball. Parents will be asked to provide information verifying a job loss due to the economic downturn.
Thanks to a grant from the Cortopassi Foundation and the efforts of retired Lodi Unified teacher Sue Rearic, 50 students from Clairmont Elementary will get to go to Micke Grove Zoo's summer camp free of charge.
"Last year, with the grant and with Sue Rearic's help, we were able to give one week free to a number of kids," said Arlene Galindo, education coordinator at Micke Grove. "This year, we're able to do two weeks for 50 kids at Clairmont. These are kids who wouldn't be able to afford camp otherwise, and it's a really great thing for them."
The Zoo-Fari camps officially begin June 15, but the Clairmont participants will be accommodated the first two weeks of June.
For families who aren't suffering the impact of job losses but still are watching their expenses, there are ways to save on camp costs.
Camp can be made more affordable by registering early in some circumstances, considering half-day sessions, asking relatives to help pay the fee as a birthday gift, shopping all camp options to find the cheapest alternative or considering a membership in the organization hosting the camp.
At The Haggin Museum, for instance, members get a discount on kids' summer art workshops.
Most of all, camp operators say, parents should consider the bigger benefits.
"We know what a good time kids have at camp. We know what it does for their self-esteem, how good it socially for kids to be with other kids and most importantly to be with older kids, who they can look up to as good role models," Hayward said. "When you add up all the benefits, that's our incentive to help make this possible for kids."
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Our Adaptive Step Ladder provides a comfortable standing platform that offers heel-to-toe foot support at the top recommended step. The ladder can be equipped with a workstation with handrail to provide extra stability and eliminate feelings of vertigo while standing at the top of the ladder. The workstation lets you focus on your tasks and helps you work faster without worrying about losing your balance.
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Grateful for Parents in Cambodian society - my opinion
Expressing grateful to parents is one of many meant culture in Cambodia. Parents are counted to be very grateful who gave our birth and took care of us, fed us, protected us, supported us till we left their responsibility.
While we have our own family, they are still part of our lives, taking care of our children, giving advises…etc. So, through the huge sacrificed things they had done, we are children must pay them gratefulness.
What ways Cambodian children can pay gratefulness to their parents?
We have noticed that there are a few ways that Children in Cambodia express gratefulness to their parents especially when they are old.
- Giving some money to parents or buying some good foods for them to eat: A lot of children and families do it. They gave some money they had to their parents regularly or some children do it during big festivals such as Khmer New Year, Pjum Benh… or even while they go to visit hometown (Children who live apart from parents).
- Having parents a bath: Having parent a bath is one thing that children think it is a way to show parents gratefulness. It is mostly seen during the third day of Khmer New Year celebration.
- Shaving hairs while parents pass away: Shaving hairs during parents' funeral is one thing to show or pay back parents gratefulness.
These are some ways of Cambodian culture about how to express or show back parents gratefulness.
My son was in year 2
In my opinion, these above are good for paying back our parents gratefulness, but it must be more ways to do it as we are children. We can pay our parents' gratefulness through our lives.
- Live our lives in good deeds: Never made hard time for parents and family such as associating to bad friends who will lead us down for the future.
- Listen to and obey our parents
- Help all possible works of our parents
- Love our parents and family wholeheartedly
- Respect parents
- Try all the best to study
So, our lives is a lot better than just activities we can do for expressing our parents' gratefulness. Live our lives right is a big blessing and peace to our parents and family. Thanks


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Devon Culm grassland restoration
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Project descriptionThe Culm grasslands of Devon continue to be the focus of restoration effort. The Butterfly Conservation 'Reconnecting the Culm' project ended in 2009, but work on this habitat is ongoing and the Devon Wildlife Trust continuing to carry out grassland restoration (including hay spreading, scrub clearance and reinstatement of grazing) under their Working Wetlands Project. (As at Apr 2012).


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Veteran educator brings more than 23 years experience
CARY, NC (June 27, 2017) – Cardinal Charter Academy has hired a new principal to lead the school next year. Rebecca Draper, who earned her doctorate in educational leadership, started at the school on 6/26/17. Draper previously served as assistant principal at Grimsley High School and has served in leadership positions at a variety of schools in North Carolina and Tennessee since 2001. Prior to that she had extensive classroom experience holding teaching positions since 1994.
She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in English and education from Middle Tennessee State University and her Master of Science in educational leadership and technology from St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia, PA where she graduated magna cum laude. She earned her doctor of education, also magna cum laude, in educational leadership and policy analysis from East Tennessee State University.
"We are very excited to have Dr. Draper join our team," said Joel County, regional director of North Carolina region. "Her expertise and strong leadership are certain to propel our students, faculty and staff to their highest capabilities. Her passion for students is inspiring to all of us."
Cardinal Charter Academy is part of the Charter Schools USA Inc. (CSUSA) family of schools. The school is governed by Triangle Charter Education Association, which consists of local community leaders: Allen Taylor, Judy DuPre, Elaine Shamel, Lee Teague, Ted Sherburne and Barb Villano.
CSUSA, the first education management company to receive corporation system-wide accreditation through AdvancED is one of the nation's leading charter school management companies. CSUSA currently manages 84 schools in eight states serving more than 75,000 students in kindergarten through 12th grade. CSUSA innovative educational advantages include advanced technology, meaningful parental involvement, student uniforms, consistent and fairly-enforced discipline policies, highly qualified and motivated staff, community focus, integrated character education and high academic growth and performance.


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What is really happening in the subprime auto loan market? This is a panel of experts that include representatives from all three major credit bureaus. This one-of-a-kind panel will be tackling some existing myths that have been in the marketplace using data they have on hand to "set the record straight" around the current state of subprime lending and look at what could be ahead for 2017.
This opening session will set the tone for the conference on a macro level. An economic update will concentrate on the "big picture" view of the economy and the impact on consumer spending and other factors that influence the auto finance marketplace. An overview of the auto finance market and trends in financing, including shifts in loan performance and delinquencies and Fintech will also be presented.
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You are assessing the economic outlook and positioning your business to meet the competitive challenges in the marketplace. Suddenly, your company is thrown into a crisis. Perhaps it's a disaster at one of your facilities or violence against your workforce. Maybe it's a customer data breach or a tarnishing of your brand. How and when you react is critical to managing your way through the crisis. Are you prepared?
Jim Satterfield, President, COO and co-founder of Firestorm®, is a recognized expert in crisis management, threat assessment, disaster preparedness and business continuity planning with experience as President, CEO and COO of various public and private companies. He will give an informative presentation and then lead a panel of industry insiders that will explore the dos and don'ts of crisis management in this eye-opening session.
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Hear from several experts with their unique perspectives on satisfaction. The session opens with an outside expert from the spirits industry on how they engage its wholesale network, followed by the future of the dealership, to the current dealership buy-sell dynamics. What are the critical factors that dealers consider vital in satisfaction with their financing partners? This group of experts and industry players will share insights on today's retail and service environment.
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Jim Houston | Senior Director, Auto Finance, JD Power
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Glenn Mercer | Industry Consultant, GM Automotive, LLC
Trends and innovation expert Jim Carroll will help us rethink the future of technology, how we use it, and what companies need to do to successfully leverage the opportunities that tech provides in an age of change and disruption. Carroll's presentation will be followed by a respected panel of auto finance CIOs who will shed light on how they are meeting these challenges today.
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Anil Goyal | SVP, Automotive Valuation and Analytics, Black Book
Pleasing financial customers is getting hard. Not long ago, people just expected competitive prices and good service. Today, they increasingly want services that are instant, simple, transparent, cheap, easy to use, social - and yes, even fun. They customer relationship is being transformed by converging shifts in technology, demographics, culture and lifestyle. This session looks through the consumer's eyes at the disruption underway in how people choose, use, and view financial services (and everything else), and at what lenders must do to win in today's marketplace.
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Gefen's GTV-COMPSVID-2-HDMIS GefenTV Composite to HDMI Scaler takes either Composite Video or S-Video as input and converts it to digital HDMI video, then scales it up to a maximum output of 1080p resolution (or 1920x1200 when used with a computer monitor).
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Another Bookmark
Here is one more bookmark I tatted before I joined the 25 motif challenge. I just love the colors and the pattern. The thread is Altin Basak 50 and the pattern is by Sherry Pence. I liked the way she used the self closing mock ring for the onion ring, very clever!
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by Lenny Pierce, Research Analyst
Last Thursday afternoon, the Seaport's District Hall hosted DisruptCRE, a "first-of-its-kind commercial real estate/technology event designed to connect disruptive ideas with capital and commercial real estate professionals." The event consisted of four panels that focused on the major players in the modern disruption of commercial real estate, new theories regarding workspace utilization, crowdfunding as it applies to real estate projects, and the energy use and sustainability of modern buildings. A thematic through-line of the afternoon was the idea that there currently exists a major gap between the current MO of commercial real estate and the emerging technologies that could change it for the better.
The first panel, Meet the Disruptors: Innovators Driving Change, featured notable thought leaders in the modern disruption of commercial real estate, including CBRE's own Elie Finegold. Duke Long, who has been disrupting real estate long before it was cool to be disruptive, moderated the panel. These "disruptors" stressed how technology has the power to facilitate networking between real estate professionals and how the mobility it affords these professionals will only work to streamline their operations.
The energy efficiency of buildings was discussed in a panel titled The Science of Building Systems. Panelists identified data-driven operation cost tracking and increasing pre-fabricated building materials as major forces that could make the construction and operation of buildings far more efficient going forward. The panelists also discussed some avenues for utilizing the heat generated from data centers—a resource that is routinely wasted. Buildings across the world have started to pump in heat from neighboring data centers in an effort to minimize their heating bills. In 2011, Microsoft even proposed applying this concept to heating homes in a paper titled The Data Furnace: Heating Up With Cloud Computing.
Participants on the Inside the Box: ReThinking Space panel discussed the increasing density of workspaces—a trend that will only gain momentum since at present only 40% of space in the typical office is actually used for working. These guests also spoke to the decreasing value of privacy in the modern office, noting that the collaboration afforded by an open work environment is more useful than any exclusivity individual employees might lose. Naturally, any business will have the periodic need for privacy, meaning that a workspace completely devoid of closed quarters is unlikely. That, along with the constant struggle against corporate inertia, will likely mean a happy medium will be landed on that allows for both dynamics.
The Crowdfunding: A Tectonic Shift in Real Estate Investing panelists discussed the latest emerging avenue for investing in real estate—crowdfunding. Panelists Benjie Moll and Bonnie Burgett, founders of "democratized" real estate investment platforms (Arx Urban Capital and Sourced Capital, respectively), discussed the challenges to crowdfunding real estate projects, including the lack of face-to-face interaction with actual real estate professionals. Ultimately. they felt that minor anxiety-inducing kinks like this are outweighed by the inherent value of an investment space so perfectly catered to young entrepreneurs—a group that has traditionally had difficulty securing funding through traditional methods. An institutional investor might be wary of an innovative real estate project managed by a 26-year-old, but a similarly "green" 26-year-old investor may not be. Could the best way to combat skepticism be to stop talking to skeptics?
The event closed with a series of 20 super-condensed business pitches from tech startups in the commercial real estate industry. Very much in keeping with the theme of efficiency, each pitch had to stay under 45 seconds, forcing the representatives to boil their business models to 4-5 sentences.
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But I don't WANT my picture taken in the bluebonnets
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Picture of the Week: The Unbearable Joy of Kites
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Emma at the Zilker Kite Festival today
Some HDR and B&W goodness. Or badness, depending on your point of view.
Nothing fancy here. Just a little boost to the saturation and some judicious cropping.
Picture of the Week: Reading in my Sleep
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She likes to take books to bed to "read." Well, tonight she fell asleep while "reading" her book, "Hand, Hand, Fingers, ZZZzzzzzzzzzz"
Emma's First Existential Crisis
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In the car today, she asks, "Why are we real?"
I suggested that Descartes would say that we're real because we think.
"What would day-cart say?"
"I think, because I am," I replied.
"Why do we, why do we, why do we, why do we fink?" she asked.
"Because we have a brain. Inside our head," I said.
"Why do we have a brain inside our head?"
Hrm. I liked her existential question better.
A bit later she informs me she doesn't have a brain in her head, because she's dressed as Eeyore.
Picture of the Week: I can hardly, Santa, wait!
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Emma's Twelve Word Novel
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In celebration of November, National Novel Month, my favorite public radio show, On the Media, is having a contest wherein listeners submit a 12 word novel. Here's Emma's submission:
A novel in twelve words, by Emma, four years old.
Adapted by her daddy from her 31 word opus, "In the Shadow of the Moonlight"
In the moonlight, a tiny, tiny, little bird hatched.
It was me!
Emma's Creation Myth
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In the shadow of the moonlight, a little egg dropped onto the ground, and it cracked open and a little, tiny tiny bird came out, a little tiny bird…and it was me!
Christmas Time is Comin', Christmas Time is Comin'
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Shiver me timbers!
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It's ye olde international talk like a pirate day.
(Pirate getup courtesy Erica Sadun's Pirate app for the iPhone.)


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A homeless man has been charged with murder in the stabbing death of a security guard, police say.
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Lee was a security guard at an office building in the 5300 block of West Alabama when he noticed Richie digging through a dumpster about 6:15 a.m. March 21. During the altercation, Lee was stabbed several times, but later went home.
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So, we have a new, purportedly progressive government in Canada.
In my own contacts with the Liberals and NDP during the Conservative mandate, I found their Public Safety critics, well, critical of Tory policies. As an example, they found the 2013 cuts to inmate pay and allowances regressive and counter to effective corrections.
This would appear to bode well for policy in the Trudeau era.
Well, not necessarily.
While the Liberals were in power I found them almost as regressive as the Conservatives. They didn't actually weaken the legislation as the Conservatives have but they showed little or no appetite for legislative or policy improvements. They displayed a public poster of little sympathy for offender rights.
There is little evidence that this worm has turned.
I note that neither the Liberals nor NDP had anything to say on criminal justice during the campaign, except that the NDP pledged to add 500 police officers.
I did not recently fall off the cabbage truck so I know that political parties are hesitant to be perceived as acting contrary to engrained public attitudes, nay biases. I appreciate that subtle changes are the preferred route.
That said, I believe that so much damage has been done to effective rehabilitation and reintegration in Canada that the new Government will have to brave public approbation to make necessary repairs.
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Thanks to Terry Bye who tells me the push 'n' pull train picture at Havant in last week's column was taken on May 3, 1953.
It was a Stephenson Locomotive Society tour of Hampshire branch lines.
Members had come to Portsmouth on a circuitous route from Victoria and then crossed to Gosport where they picked up the train pictured.
It then set off to Bishop's Waltham via Fareham and Botley, then returned to Havant via Cosham where they picked up a train for home.


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My Irrational Fears in Writing
What if I get lost in the Charles de Gaulle airport? Wait, what if I get lost in the JFK airport?
What if I have completely forgotten all the French that I ever knew?
What if I destroy my EdTPA project? Because then I won't officially graduate from Cedarville. I won't even be a legitimate teacher. Naturally, I'll also be irrationally frustrated with myself.
What if I've completely forgotten how to teach English? I might get into the classroom and completely choke. What's a participle? I don't understand what you're saying: what is this characterization and plot development that you speak of?
What if I'm a wimp when it comes to the heat? I might end up complaining more than my colleagues care to tolerate. I mean, Niamey is hotter than Freeland, MI, but I'm not even going to be there for the hot season.
What if I'm completely awkward and ignorant when I try to interact with my students and the various backgrounds and experiences that they bring to my classroom?
What if I get lonely and overwhelmed and frustrated and all I want to do is hide in my apartment? What if this "adventure" that I thought God was calling me to ends up shutting me down instead of opening me up?
What if I really did mis-hear God? Maybe I put words in His mouth, pushing my own agenda of traveling and adventuring and attempting to be brave. Maybe.
But what if I actually trusted God? He has been so faithful to me directly, to my friends and family, and repeatedly through Scripture. If I truly trusted Him the way that I say I do, the way that I so want to, then would I really be sitting here iterating the misfortunes that might, maybe, possibly occur in the next four months? I do want to trust Him. I've recently been reading through Isaiah, and God has overwhelmed me with His promises, His faithfulness, and His redemption. This verse in particular has comforted and quieted me in my more rebellious, fear-filled moments:
Isaiah 42:16 (ESV)
16 And I will lead the blind
in a way that they do not know,
in paths that they have not known
I will guide them.
I will turn the darkness before them into light,
the rough places into level ground.
These are the things I do,
and I do not forsake them.
Yes, I'm the blind one in this situation. And God knows that, yet He still chooses to use me. Even though I possess a potential to fail. Miserably. God still wants to use me as a tool to make His name great. Because He is a God who uses the weak to shame the strong.
When I get overwhelmed with my ridiculous "What ifs…?", I have found three main ways to find peace.
- Dwelling in God's promises, like Isaiah 42:16.
- Listening to truth that God gives me via my close friends and family.
- Praying for other people.
So these last few days (yes, days) before I board a plane for Niamey, I have been praying more for my future students, colleagues, roommate, and friends at Sahel. Besides humbling me, my fear has done at least one beneficial thing: it reminds me to pray.
Also: I leave in three days.
Disclaimers: Mme. Grandouiller, I'm sure that I'll remember more French than I think. And to my future colleagues, I'm certain that you are more patient and gracious than my fears are telling me. To my education professors at Cedarville, you have adequately prepared me for the EdTPA. To Mrs. Messer, I assure you that I do still remember how to teach English.


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MONMOUTH -- Western Oregon University senior football players Scotland Foss, Bryce Peila and Gavin Drake have been selected to play in the annual USA Freedom Bowl in Virginia Beach, Va.
The all-star contest, which will be played Monday at 10 a.m., is focused on highlighting the accomplishments and talents of small college football players from around the country.
Peila and Foss each earned first-team Great Northwest Athletic Conference all-league honors as Peila was named to the first-team squad for the third consecutive season after leading the team with 74 tackles and five interceptions. Foss earned his second consecutive first-team selection after ranking second on the squad with 67 tackles, including three sacks. Drake heads to the USA Freedom Bowl after earning second-team all-league honors after registering 20 tackles and 3.5 sacks during the 2012 season.
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The value of local news….
A decade of NPS history just repeated itself in Drake's Estero, and unless Interior Secretary Zinke takes decisive action to root out the entire toxic NPS management culture, we can look forward to a further decade of cover-ups, ethics scandals, sexual harassment and an agency that considers itself above the law and accountable to no one, least of all our local community. Asked to editorialize on the RR Times reporting on NPS and Drakes Estero, I recalled the circumstance when we wrote the "About" page for the then-new website. Tess Elliot, editor of the local Point Reyes Light, wrote a 2009 article for the Nation entitled 'Scientific Integrity Lost on America's Parks' documenting why the Interior Secretary needed to clean up the NPS mess surrounding new National Park Service Director, Jon Jarvis, then poised for Senate approval. The article detailed how Jarvis, in his role as head of NPS Pacific West region had lied to local government and "demonstrated contempt for "truth, transparency and scientific integrity".
Years later, here the community is again, with a new Secretary of the Interior, awaiting the appointment and Senate approval of a new NPS chief. Last time, the NPS old boy's club PR machine and beltway politicking overcame objections to Jarvis, an already flawed candidate. Who will Zinke turn to for his sources of information this time? Many people responded to Elliot's 'Nation' article, including our RRT editor who wrote about the role of the local press. "We provide an absolutely critical journalistic function, especially when reporting on local stories that have direct relationship to national issues. Reporting on the concerns of local citizenry, local papers have the luxury of continuing to report on an issue. As editor, I get immediate feedback about the real concerns of my readers–at the post office, at the grocery store and when I deliver papers (admittedly a less glamorous aspect of the rural editor's job). Continued local concern enables us to cover issues in great detail and over time in a manner simply not possible in the major daily press."
While NPS scandals were hot topics last year, the ever-shrinking news cycle hides the true arc of the story. Local papers create an important record by covering stories like Drakes Estero over its entire history, from the first revelations to the last oyster harvested in December of 2014 and the subsequent NPS behavior, not only for their own communities but to define a history founded in reality rather than soundbites. The first revelation: NPS was deliberately misleading the community, distorting science and rewriting history to support an entirely ideologically-based attack designed to cast a well-respected local family, the Lunnys, as environmental criminals and remove their historic Drake's Bay Oyster Company (DBOC). Over a decade, I have documented the NPS lies, both sins of commission and omission. In many ways, what happened is a microcosm of reasons the Federal government and its agencies have eroded so much of the public trust.
It is axiomatic to a functioning democracy that citizens must be able to trust that government employees, from Washington on down, will speak the truth and follow the law, policy and procedures that govern their jobs. That didn't happen for the citizens of West Marin. In February of 2006, Don Neubacher, then Superintendent for Point Reyes National Seashore, told the local Press that Congress prevented him from renewing the lease for Drakes Bay Oyster Company. Not true, just the first of more than a decade of lies, documented first with the Point Reyes Light, where I was a columnist, later with the Russian River Times. You may recall Neubacher's sudden resignation from NPS following last year's congressional hearings on hostile workplaces and sexual harassment. Retired NPS director Jon Jarvis, disgraced in his own NPS ethics scandal, was also a key player in the smearing of the Lunny family.
NPS vs. the oyster farm and the community.
In 2006-2007, one of the first revelations was that Point Reyes National Seashore scientists had knowingly misrepresented a US Geographic Service scientist, claiming that his research showed the oyster farm to be the major cause of sediment in the Estero. I wrote a column for the Point Reyes Light entitled "They are Either FOIA or against YA," essentially accusing the NPS of deliberate lies. Before doing so, I called Dr. Brian Scrag, now retired, of the Poynter Center for the Ethics and American Institutions at Indiana University, an expert on ethics in institutions and research. The Institute was founded with a grant from famed newspaper man Nelson Poynter, who endowed the Institute to study the causes for declining public trust in government and societal structures.
I asked Dr. Schrag, in light of NPS' failure to comply with FOIA and Data Quality Act, if it was reasonable, based on my reporting experiences so far, to expect Department of the Interior and Congressional oversight committees to force the Department of the Interior and the NPS to follow their own rules, regulations and scientific procedures. Asked for a quote for my 2007 article, he stated: "Some have charged that under the current administration government scientific research has become politicized. What is worrisome, if that happens, is that the normal checks and balances of scientific research can be compromised." The claims of NPS' scientists lying about research in Drakes Estero were confirmed by DOI Inspector Devaney's October 2008 Semi-Annual Report to Congress, where the section on the National Park Service was entitled, "NPS Scientist Misrepresents Research." Under Jarvis, the NPS promoted that scientist to a senior position overseeing marine research.
A most damaging lie was the claim first made to a May 2007 meeting of the Marin County Board of Supervisors by Don Neubacher, former Point Reyes Seashore superintendent and key player in the Yosemite scandal, that DBOC was causing a massive loss of hundreds of seal pups. This was patently untrue, and attempts to erase this lie show the Jarvis administration obsession with wiping out all memory of the oyster farm. A secret camera program, designed to 'prove' seal harm from DBOC, showed the exact opposite and was hidden from the DOI IG, the National Academy of Sciences and the Marine Mammal Commission. After being caught with the secret photos, NPS claimed that an independent scientists' retained by NPS to review of the previously concealed photographic evidence concluded oyster boats caused seal disturbances. But in 2015, Newsweek reporter Michael Ames revealed that the scientists' report was altered to show that disturbances had been caused by the oyster boats
It is worth quoting a few lines directly from Ames report: "In 2012, with the end of the farm's lease approaching, the DOI ordered the USGS to complete a definitive study of the seal photographs. Stewart, a respected 37-year veteran in the field, was called in as an independent authority to determine whether the photos were sufficient for scientific research and whether, after years of internal recrimination at DOI and the Park Service over the issue, DBOC boats had disturbed the creatures. On May 3, 2012, Stewart filed his reports, determining there were no disturbances attributable to the oyster farm's boats. (There was one case, however, where a curious kayaker caused several seals to flush into the water.) But when the USGS published its final report that November, Stewart discovered that his findings had been altered and that the study reached conclusions his research directly contradicted. "It's clear that what I provided to them and what they produced were different conclusions and different values," says Stewart. "In science, you shouldn't do that." Lacking any respect for the law and ethics, NPS included the false data in documents provided to Department of Justice lawyers, who quoted it in their arguments against DBOC in the federal court case. The Jarvis/NPS pattern of withholding information, altering reports and editing history to cover lies and falsehoods is pervasive.
The Russian River Times thought that the oyster-farm story was over until a whistleblower contacted the paper revealing serious environmental, safety and payroll violations in the 2016/17 $4 million dollar Estero Restoration project. A FOIA request confirmed that the NPS had withheld information on toxic waste from permitting agencies and flagrantly violated regulations on handling toxic material. The FOIA material revealed that Jarvis had received a Nov 29, 2017 DOI OIG memorandum that showed, among other significant issues, that NPS had classified the waste to be removed in the Estero as toxic, containing heavy metals. It also stated that the whistleblower had followed the correct protocols in his complaint regarding salary and safety, both upheld subsequently by the Department of Labor, and OSHA. The DOI memo returned the investigation to NPS control, giving it 90 days to complete its investigation and respond to the IG. The deadline was the end of February, yet as of mid-April, a DOI IG investigator in contact with the whistleblower claimed that NPS had yet to respond. If the Department of the Interior can't get a straight story from NPS, what chance does the victim of an NPS smear campaign to get a response from NPS?
This NPS behavior was very much evident in Drakes Estero. In 2007, after a meeting between Senator Feinstein, local officials, Mary Bomar, (then NPS director), Kevin Lunny and others, the NPS was forced to withdraw a report on Drakes Estero because of scientific error. This meeting lead to a 2009, National Academy of Science report on NPS scientific studies which stated "NPS selectively presented, over-interpreted, or misrepresented the available (as of 2007) scientific information on potential impacts of the oyster mariculture operation" and essentially denied all Jarvis' (then NPS regional director) claims of significant harm from DBOC. Jarvis initially said that 'mistakes had been made' and also claimed that the NAS report would be used to improve management.' Instead he made statements to the Press that essentially reinstated all of the claims. DBOC's Kevin Lunny wrote two letters to Jarvis, asking that he define the unidentified 'mistakes' in the first report, and after Jarvis reinstatement of the falsehoods, a second Dec 31, 2009 letter pointing out the falsehoods in Jarvis actions and demanding an explanation. The Russian River Times has obtained Lunny's permission to publish both letters.
Jarvis and NPS have, to date, ignored the OIG's 29 Nov 2016 IG memorandum, ironically addressed to Jarvis shortly before his resignation from NPS. A pattern emerges, as if from a hidden NPS playbook designed to attack and destroy, rather than correct and resolve. The Park Service never responded and never retracted their claims that Lunny was an environmental criminal who caused the death of seal pups and threatened the Estero itself. Reading the letters, one can imagine how they felt under this onslaught, especially when Lunny recalls Neubacher and the NPS' lawyer's comments to him that "the Park Service pays for our attorneys." In an recent RRT article I referred to the Jarvis'/NPS' strategy of 'Defer, Delay, Deny, Misdirect and Bury' at last year's Congressional hearings, which commented on multiple appearances by senior NPS officials with little or no evidence of change.
What happened in Drakes Estero prevails throughout NPS, given the long list of scandals breaking into the national news from Yosemite to Yellowstone, Canaveral to the Grand Canyon and elsewhere. It will continue unless DOI imposes a complete housecleaning of the NPS inbred, closed culture. It speaks volumes about the NPS' 'good old boy' network, as commented upon in the Southern Utah/St. George Independent, that John Reynolds, father of the current acting NPS chief Mike Reynolds, was the official who gave Jarvis his first park superintendent job. New DOI chief Zinke should understand that the problems of sexual harassment, bogus science and a hostile workplace are not isolated problems but result directly from a culture that holds itself unique, unaccountable and above the law.
Consider the complaint of sexual harassment in the Grand Canyon, one of the subjects of last year's congressional hearings, first reported to the DOI IG in 2004, as documented in former NPS Special Investigator Paul Berkowitz latest book on the NPS which also cites a 2003 statement by then DOI IG Earl Devaney: "Mr. Chairman, and members of the Committee, I have served in the Federal Government for a little over 32 years, and I have never seen an organization more unwilling to accept constructive criticism or embrace new ideas than the National Park Service. Their culture is to fight fiercely to protect the status quo and reject any idea that is not their own." Secretary Zinke, the Russian River Times wishes you every success in restoring the nationwide damage NPS management has done to what famed conservationist and writer Wallace Stegner called "America's Best Idea"
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As I mentioned in a previous blog, no good deed goes unpunished. However for some reason my stubborn self is still out there trying to be nice. Now I've created an episode that has lasted 4 days with no end in sight. It all started like this.
Both kids (ages 12 and 14) had been asking me to make pizza in the toaster oven I bought. I've looked everywhere for yeast to make my pizza bread but I haven't been successful. It's been on my mind and my grocery list for a few weeks now. Then 4 days ago hubby and I were out shopping. He decided he wanted real pizza because he had never had that before so we went to Pizza Hut.
Hubby ordered hot wings, which by the way are nothing like American hot wings - they were not in BBQ sauce and were pretty good. Then he decided I should order the pizza because I knew more about pizza. So I picked a cheesy bites chicken sausage pizza. Once we ordered I told him the kids had been asking about pizza and we should pack some for them. So we had the waiter pack up half the pizza.
When we arrived home I gave the pizza to chachi and told her it was for the kids. Hubby and I then retired upstairs to relax and unwind and take care of nightly tasks. A few moments later hubby decided he needed something from the kitchen and went back downstairs. He came back and said that his uncle had gotten pissed about the pizza and said we shouldn't serve them used food and how that showed what we thought of them. They sent the pizza back. But not without taking a slice first.
Hubby came upstairs and told me what they said and he was pissed. He told me we weren't going to do anything else for them. They had just gotten pissed about the Blackberry hubby's brother gave them a couple weeks ago because it wasn't what he wanted. He refused to use the phone but hid it so no one else could either. (Yes his brother was pissed.) Whatever he said got hubbys' parents pissed off too.
Then the next day I noticed neither of the kids would speak to me. I thought maybe it was because they were busy and didn't pay too much attention. The second day I noticed when the niece saw me she held her hand low by her side and waved slightly. That struck me as really odd. Then I started noticing that when we were in the room they would leave or not enter at all. I said something to hubby and he just said let them be that way if they wanna be like that.
However I feel the tension this is causing makes me not want to be here. I'm not used to childish stupidity like this. Even kids in America don't act like this. Now my niece doesn't even want to feed the birds with me. And this morning when I went down for my shower I said good morning to his aunts (another aunt is visiting with her kids) and neither one of them would speak back to me. They spoke to each other and laughed about me saying good morning. Then chachi left and the other aunt went back to reading her paper.
At this point I'm done. I want to say some really ugly words right now lol. I'm trying to be good though. I'm just tired of the tension over a nice gesture. The nicest thing I can say is uncle is just too smart for his own good!


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|"Manhunter" #3
One of the things that has attracted fans to DC Comics' superhero universe- affectionately called the DCU- is the plethora of second tier heroes; heroes whose exploits are never as widely read as Superman or Batman and who never seem to be able to carry their own series for whatever reason. The "Manhunter" character has been a staple in the DCU for some time, but come August, this won't be the Manhunter you know. As part of CBR's spotlight on fresh new DC superhero series, CBR News spoke with "Manhunter" writer Marc Andreyko and the scribe provided some background for the all-new, all-different series.
"'Manhunter' is the story of federal prosecutor Kate Spencer — a famous lawyer who specializes in metahuman crime — and her frustration at a system that constantly puts super-powered murderers in Arkham or Iron Heights, instead of using the death penalty to rid the world of these madmen," explains the "Torso" co-writer. "After the events of 'Identity Crisis' and the results of her most current case, Kate decides to take matters into her own hands (with the help of a costume consisting of confiscated supervillain tech from an evidence locker.)"
Manhunter has generally been a male character in the past and the announcement of a brand new female incarnation of the cult favorite character confused some. Andreyko says the character's new look and origin originated with the "man" at DC Comics. "Dan DiDio had mentioned to me that DC was looking to start a new 'Manhunter' book with a female protagonist. After thinking about it for a few days, I called him back and pitched him my take on that loose concept. So, I guess it was a little of both. And working with Dan, and then Joan Hilty, is a chance I will never pass up. They get the creative process and inspire/challenge me to fire on all cylinders."
|"Manhunter" #2
Readers will also find that Kate Spencer will bear some similarities to some popular female protagonists from the big and small screens. "Well, Kate was inspired by a combination of Katherine Hepburn in the1930-40's, Helen Mirren in 'Prime Suspect' and a little Lara Flynn Boyle from 'The Practice.' As far as revealing anything about the supporting cast, well, you'll have to wait and see…."
One of the predominant themes in the series is a discussion of "real" justice, something not seen in most superhero comic books and Andreyko says the issues is one close to his heart. "It's important to me to explore the concepts of justice, punishment and retribution because we all feel the need for these things whether it is on the terrorists who felled the WTC, the bully from grade school, or someone like Jeffrey Dahmer or Manson.
"Why hasn't this issue been explored in more comics? Well, it's not a black and white issue. It is incredibly complex and, even within my own opinions, I find myself torn between being pro-capital punishment in theory, but against it in its actual… Ahem…. execution. So, exploring the moral ambiguities and nuances of justice, along with the hypocrisies and inconsistencies, is a challenging and, I think, exciting journey."
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|"Manhunter" #1, Page 14
Female protagonists are generally hard sells for comic fans, unless there's an instant visual sex appeal or a long-standing history, but "Manhunter" is a series in which Andreyko hopes to buck the trend. Kate's costume is practical, not sexual; realistic not titillating and there's a good reason for that. "Not having Manhunter in some chain-mail, T&A costume was something that was agreed upon during the conception of the series. I wanted to write a complex female lead and was wholly supported, and advised/guided, by both Dan DiDio and Joan Hilty.
"That, and being a gay man, I tend not to ogle women in thongs and push-up spandex costumes [laughs]."
In the first issue, fans will see a visual candy shop for fanboy eyes: Kate selects her weapons from a storage locker full of… options… and this room, with all its toys, will play a large role in the series. "There won't be a checklist of where all the pieces of her costume came from or anything, but the suit and accessories will change," reveals Andreyko. "And sometimes a familiar weapon or two will show up. Possibly to be followed by the original owner seeking the return of their property."
|"Manhunter" #1, Page 16
As readers will see in issue #1, Andreyko is laying the seeds for Kate's exciting future and the writer says he has developed some extensive plans for the series. "The long term plan is to explore Manhunter's sense of justice and how it ripple-effects throughout the DCU. After the events of 'Identity Crisis' the status quo changes significantly and, with amazing serendipity, the core concepts of Manhunter dovetail into 'Identity Crisis' aftermath quite nicely."
Joining Andreyko on "Manhunter" is artist Jesus Saiz, last seen with writers Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray on "21 Down," and Andreyko says Saiz was brought on the series, "By the grace of god and my editor. I've been extremely fortunate in my comics career to work with great artists – Scott Morse, P. Craig Russell, Jill Thompson, Jay Geldhof, Richard Corben — so, Jesus continues my lucky streak.
"The synergy is amazing. Jesus takes my plots/scripts and brings them to such vivid life that i am staggered every time I get the art. In addition to the nuance and acting and storytelling, Jesus is also fast! Clone him immediately!"
"Manhunter" is meant to represent a new feel for the DCU and like many creators at DC today, Andreyko says that VP Dan DiDio is instrumental in the project being so fun and liberating. "Dan's contribution is invaluable. Not only from the original 'how about a female Manhunter' concept, but his rock solid support of both myself as a creator and of the developing concept of the book. Dan is a rarity in comics – a smart editor with great creative instincts who inspires you to push yourself. I'm lucky to be working with both him and the entirely underrated editorial stylings of Joan Hilty."
|"Manhunter" #1, Page 17
If your comic book budget is tight or you're not sure if this series is for you, Andreyko has a few words of advice. "I would recommend 'Manhunter' because I would be buying this book even if I had nothing to do with it. The concepts are fascinating, the surprises are many, and, yes, the legacy of the Manhunter name will be explored….eventually.
"Law and the legal system will play a large part in the series, particularly in the second arc – which is titled 'the trial of the ***********'
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Why not southeast LRT and BRT?
by jeremybarretto
On Monday November 8 Calgary City Council will likely decide whether to allocate Green Trip funding to a new C-Train line to the southeast (SE LRT). I contend that at portion of the SE LRT should be built and an improved southeast Bus Rapid Transit (SE BRT) should take passengers the rest of the way. Here is a map of the SE LRT from the Calgary Transit LRT Network Plan:
City administration has proposed three options to City Council (which are described in greater detail by Jason Markusoff):
- Stub SE LRT and trains – from 10th Avenue S.E. to Riverbend and purchase some Light Rail Vehicles to service new inter-city passengers from regional municipalities and permit four-car LRT service;
- Longer-stub SE LRT – from 10 Avenue S.E. to Douglas Glen;
- BRT and trains – 50 new C-Train cars, southeast LRT planning work and a comprehensive network of BRT lines.
The Transportation department's recommendation of Option 3 "BRT and trains" follows a troubling trend by City departments: choose the most extreme option when funds are limited. The Police Chief threatened to cut 120 positions if his budget was reduced and the Library CEO initially mused about closing on Sundays. City departments should rely on comprehensive and prioritized long-term plans, rather than last-minute drastic options, to secure sustainable funding.
The City's re-think on the SE LRT has predictably triggered passionate responses from proponents of both LRT and BRT. It has pitched southeast Calgarians against those living in other areas. Why is LRT vs. BRT framed as an either or? A close look at the trains proposed for the SE LRT reveals they could be more easily integrated with an enhanced SE BRT service.
The SE LRT will use used will be low-floor vehicles. These trains are now widely used world-wide since they are more accessible and do not require high platforms like Calgary's high-floor LRT system. The images below of low-floor LRTs are from Edmonton's (awesome and more recently updated) LRT Network Plan. Low-floor LRTs require less platform infrastructure and could be more easily connected with a BRT system.
Calgary's BRT routes are little more than limited stop express buses. Real BRT systems like those in Ottawa and Curitiba Brazil have dedicated roadways and LRT-like stations. Low-floor LRT infrastructure looks strikingly similar to that used for BRT systems.
I contend that at least the "Stub SE LRT" should be built to Riverbend. A real BRT system should be put in place from where the SE LRT ends all the way to the new southeast hospital. Unlike the current Route 302, the new "SE BRT" should have dedicated roads and enhanced stations. Wherever possible, the SE BRT should use the same route and stations as the future low-floor SE LRT. As funding becomes available, more rail can be built.
The York University busway in Toronto is a good example of how dedicated BRT can be effective while waiting for subway construction. Toronto is also example of how when rail infrastructure is indefinitely delayed it is often denied.
Indefinitely delaying the SE LRT construction is not an option for three reasons:
- All candidates supported the SE LRT during the recent election;
- The SE LRT was one of Mayor Nenshi's top four priorities after the election;
- The SE LRT has long been part of the Calgary Transportation Plan and LRT Network Plan.
I urge City Council to get going on the SE LRT and improve SE BRT to finally bring mass transit to southeast Calgarians.


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Even though same-sex marriage is now legal in Washington and throughout the nation, there may be reasons why same-sex couples may prefer to enter into a domestic partnership. In fact, individuals under a number of circumstances may choose to register as domestic partners, even if they are not same-sex partners. What are the statutory requirements for doing so?
Per Washington Code section 26.60.030, there are a number of requirements that must be met in order for two individuals to enter into a state registered domestic partnership. First of all, each individual must live together. Second, each individual must be at least 18-years-old and at least one individual must be age 62 or above. Third, neither individual can be married or in a domestic partnership with someone else.
In addition, both individuals entering into the domestic partnership must be able to consent to doing so. Finally, there are certain degrees of relationships that must be met. The two individuals cannot be related closer to each other than second cousins, and cannot be brothers or sisters, parents or grandparents and child or grandchild or uncles, aunts, nephews or nieces.
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Looks like Marvel's got another big news hit coming today. First, they released stills from Age of Ultron, and now comic book news on The Stephen Colbert Show at 11:30 tonight.
More Marvel news is expected to drop on The Stephen Colbert Show tonight at 11:30 ET.
While not a Disney product, Screen Rant's Rob Keves points out that the show's host isn't just a fan, but a presidential candidate in the Marvel Universe, so big news on screen makes sense.
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"Marvel Announcing Another Classic Character Change-up Tonight on 'Colbert'" notes the action will book specific, not film or television related. Meaning Chris Hemsworth will still be Thoring it up at Avengers: Age of Ultron.
(Multiple movie deals are good for job security.)
Marvel Entertainment's Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada'll appear tonight to rev up anticipation of "an all-new comic book title and all-new era for one of Marvel's most classic Super Heroes."
So far, comic fans will have a new Captain America and Thor starting this fall. Does that mean there'll be a new Iron Man or Hulk?
And again, comics realization 'Iron Man 3′ TV Spot: See Pepper Potts Suit Up! http://t.co/fxzREMgjzv pic.twitter.com/tTbhvF5CKE— Gatot Prasetyo (@prasetyo_gatot) March 26, 2013
But Ryan Penagos posted about some funky business going between Marvel and Colbert in "Stephen Colbert: Agent of Hydra?" at the end of April. Some fans noticed a fishy phrase swimming on TV.
Turns out Colbert received Captain America's shield in 2007 from Quesada, who later transitioned from Marvel Editor-in-Chief to his current position. Of course, the TV host couldn't receive the gift until Cap died, so there's that.
But on April 21, the bastion of truthiness was seen with the words "Hail Hydra" floating with patriotic words like "star-spangled," "honorable," and "self-evident." Any true Cap fan knows how serious those words really are and what they mean. Steve Rogers was encased in ice for 60 years for trying to prevent those words from hitting a global scale, after all!
Does this mean Comedy Central's wordsmith's gone to the dark side?
Marvel's wondering!
Marvel will announce a new title on Colbert plus Yondu character poster
Read more at http://t.co/pzP7mCwwhC pic.twitter.com/K5h6RhTwyR— JoBlo.com (@joblocom) July 16, 2014
And if they're wondering, what news will be released tonight? Maybe a superhero'll end up following Colbert on the questionable front. It's not like spies and sleeper agents are a new thing for the MCU. (Hello, Black Widow.)
The latest surprise comes on the heels of yesterday's bombshell announcement about Thor, God of Thunder. Axel Alonso, the current EIC, stepped up yesterday to talk about the female Thor that'll be taking over from the classic one on ABC's The View.
Marvel's going all out in courting fans and good press while the Avengers comic universe seems to be rotating fast before San Diego Comic-Con. Core characters are flipping, and that's big news.
Maybe Pepper'll take over the Iron Man moniker after she rocked the chance in Iron Man 3 last year and female fans flocked to the idea. Alonso did tell TIME's Eilana Dockerton female fans are high on the list of keeping the genre alive.
So what's going on?
To quote Julie Chen about Big Brother, "expect the unexpected" tonight. Tune in and see just what's gonna be changing in the Marvel world. (It's a big bad world out there.)
Source: Screen Rant, Marvel