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- master courses
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- Hungarian brass pieces
- preparation for orchestral excerpts
- breathing exercises
- concert opportunities
- beautiful location
- pleasant combination of learning and leisure time
- meals and accommodation
In 2015 the Liszt Academy of Music organizes the 4th Brass Week in Balatonfüred. This year we focus on the FRENCH HORN with our special guest professor and french horn artist, Michael Höltzel.
The main objective of the Liszt Academy Brass Week is to present the characteristics and specialities of the Hungarian brass education based on Ferenc Liszt's and Zoltán Kodály's legacy. For our professors teaching is a passion and education focuses on understanding the meaning of music and the art of ensemble playing. During the summer master courses, our professors will lay emphasis not only on technique but on preparation for orchestral excerpts as well. They consider the stage experience as an essential part in the education of an artist. Therefore, participants will give several concerts during the Brass Week in the frame of the sparkling seasonal cultural life of Balatonfüred. All participants will be provided with an official Liszt Academy certification.
The Liszt Academy Brass Week teachers aim also to present and show the works of those Hungarian composers who devoted a considerable part of their oeuvre to brass instruments and brass ensembles. Across the analysis and practice of some pieces written by the representatives of the elder generation (Frigyes Hidas, Sándor Balassa, Miklós Kocsár, József Sári, György Ránki, Ferenc Farkas, Endre Székely, Iván Madarász, Máté Victor, András Szőllősy, Gyula Bánkövi, László Dubrovay, Miklós Sugár, Péter Durkó and Miklós Malek), as well as some pieces of the younger composer generation (Gyula Fekete, Balász Horváth and Rezső Ott) we would like to show the richness and variety of the Hungarian brass literature. To enable the understanding of these works we will provide a whole lecture on their music.
Lake Balaton, also called the 'Hungarian sea', is one of the foremost holiday destinations in Hungary, famous for its water, picturesque hills, delicious wines and sparkling cultural life. The Liszt Academy Brass Week takes place in the wonderful town of Balatonfüred situated at the lakeside. The master courses are be held in the building of the local music school, János Ferencsik Music School, a recently renewed 220-year-old noble manor house. The accommodation is in a youth hostel 15 minutes from the school. Besides learning and practicing, you can enjoy the beach, visit high quality wine cellars and taste special local cuisine with a glass of refreshing wine of the hill Badacsony.
Michael Höltzel
Guest Professor
Michael Höltzel was born in Tübingen (Germany) and studied in Stuttgart (horn and viola) and at the Salzburg Mozarteum (horn and conducting).F
or many years he was Principal Horn at the Bamberg Symphony and the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra. As a soloist Michael Höltzel performed with well-known orchestras and conductors, and has made a number of highly acclaimed recordings. For 28 years Höltzel was Professor for horn and chamber music at the Hochschule für Musik in Detmold, where many currently internationally-renowned soloists and prizewinners were among his students, including Radovan Vlatkovic, Bruno Schneider,Daniel Katzen Eric Terwilliger, Esa Tapani, Alessio Allegrini and Paolo Mendes. He also spent several years as visiting professor at the renowned School of Music in Bloomington (USA). He founded various chamber music ensembles which have enjoyed international success, such as the Detmolder Hornisten, Gran Partita Detmold and Detmolder Serenadenensemble. He has been the initiator and organizer of a number of very successful international horn workshops. Together with his wife he is co-founder of the International Horntage (established in 2002). The three volumes of Michael Hoeltzel's Method for French Horn have been published by Schott International. The most advanced volume No. 3, which had been awarded a German Book Prize in 2001, is also available in English. Since 2006 Höltzel is guest professor at the Hochschule für Musik and Theater Rostock and since 2013 also at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold.
Prof. Michael Höltzel
Zoltán Varga
Master Class Leader
Zoltán Varga hornist is an associate professor of the Liszt Academy Woodwinds and Brass Department. He was born in 1961 in Oroszlány. After his High School studies in Győr, he was student of Ferenc Tarjáni at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music. Since 2010 he is horn teacher at the Liszt Academy teaching horn major, methodology and chamber music. Zoltán Varga has been principal horn of the Hungarian Radio Symphonic Orchestra since 1983. For more than two decades, he has been featuring in CD recordings as a member and solo horn of the Hungarian Radio Symphonic Orchestra, and has participated in concerts tours around the world. He is also member of the Anonymus Brass Quintet. His students regularly participate and achieve remarkable successes in national and international competitions. He won Ernő Dohnányi Award in 1997, got the ARTISJUS Award five times and won Ferenc Liszt Award in 2008.
Zoltán Varga at the Brass Week in 2003
Imre Magyari
Dr. habil. associate professor
Imre Magyari, Dr. habil. associate professor of the Liszt Academy Woodwinds and Brass Department, was born in 1954, Budapest. He finished his horn studies as student of Zoltán Lubik in 1978 at the Liszt Academy of Music; on his diploma concert the conductor was János Ferencsik. He has been teaching at his Alma Mater since 1978. Since 1975 as the hornist of the Hungarian State Orchestra, he has played with such musicians, as Abbado, Ceccato, Dohnányi, Doráti, Ferencsik, Gardelli, Kobayashi, Masur, Patane and Solti. Since 1980 he has been member of the Budapest Brass Quintet. He won firs prize in 1976, Pabianice, 1976, Markneukirchen, 1978, Vercelli, 1980, Budapest. Magyari won the Ferenc Liszt Award in 1986. He has several solo concerts in all the countries of Europe, in Japan and int he USA.
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Gusztáv Hőna
artistic director, founder of the Liszt Academy Brass Week
Concert and solo trombone player, professor of the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, former head of the Woodwind and Brass Department and currently is the leader of the Brass Sub-department of the Liszt Academy. He was the first trombone player at the Hungarian Radio Symphony until 2010 and during his career he was the member of several brass ensembles including his own Trombone Quartet. As a leader artist in the Hungarian contemporary music scene he has focused on making recognized and acknowledged the solo and chamber music trombone playing. Several composers have composed and dedicated works to him and his quartet. He contributed in several CD recordings as solo trombone player. Gusztáv Hőna is often invited to have master classes in countries all over the world: Germany, England, France, Italy, Japan and several universities in the United States. He has been also the jury member of several national and international competitions. Professor Hőna is the laureate of numerous national awards and prizes; his creative and artistic achievement in trombone playing and teaching was recognized on international level as well with the International Trombone Association Award in 2010.
Tuition Fee and Application
Price for the Brass Week: 300 € including application fee, accommodation and 3 meals a day.
Application deadline: 17 July 2015
Application fee (to be paid before the 30th of June 2015): 40 €
For further information please contact Ms. Orsolya Freytag at brassweek[at]lisztacademy.hu


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The Cowboys got what some would call an impressive win on Sunday against the Eagles, but then some would say the Cowboys should have won by more with how bad the Eagles truly are. Either way you look at it, the win couldn't have come at a better time; it is beginning to like the Giants are on a downward slide. If the Cowboys could get hot, it could start a hot streak into the post season.
Then again…when have the cowboys been able to string together back to back good games? This team is very Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, but with the next four games against opponents who are not very good, this could be a good time for the Cowboys to "turn the corner" as it has been mentioned. Yes, it takes one win to start a winning streak, but you have to follow up the next game with another win, and against Cleveland, most would say that is a good possibility.
For most fans, winning three of the next four and five of the last seven would be a great accomplishment for this team, and possibly put them in position for a playoff berth. Especially if the Giants continue to struggle and slide back to the Cowboys in the division standings. If you are a realist instead of an optimist, then you know the chances of them winning five of the last seven are slim, but it could happen.
This is a very talented team, and could get hot at the perfect time of the season. We could be sitting back in late December saying this team turned a corner in November. Then again, we could also be saying they need to "Suck for (first round choice here)". If the Cowboys just take it one game at a time, this could be a great start toward a strong finish, and most of Dallas' hardcore fans will be ready to cheer their "boys" to the post season.


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PARIS – French TV companies launched a new digital satellite TV service Monday night with great fanfare, although the service is not yet ready and nobody has a decoder to receive it.
"The sales campaign starts (Tuesday), and we can take subscriptions during the Christmas holiday. The decoders will be shipped in the second half of January," Patrick Le Lay, chairman of commercial broadcaster TF1 and TPS, told Le Figaro on Tuesday.
"At the end of 1997, TPS should have between 150,000 and 200,000 subscribers," he said.
Television par Satellite is the much-hyped joint venture of commercial broadcasters TF1, M6 and Luxembourg's CLT, with cable operator Lyonnaise des Eaux, state-owned France Television and France Telecom. It originally had planned to start services before Christmas.
TPS aims to compete with Canal Plus' digital satellite offering, Canalsatellite, and smaller AB Sat, bringing the number of digital satellite broadcasters to three in France. Canal Plus started its service in April and AB, whose parent company AB Prods. started trading on the Nasdaq stock market last week, will start in the next few days.


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Being hospitalized is stressful both for an older parent and for the family as a whole. Testing and treatments have become complicated, and often the hospitalist physician is unknown to the patient and family.
One of the biggest challenges we face is how to successfully transition a patient from the hospital to home. The goal is to prevent the patient from becoming sick again, soon after arriving home, and being readmitted to the hospital. In fact, this has become such an important problem that Medicare has changed its policy so that hospitals will not be paid for the readmission if it occurs within 30 days of the first admission and if the first admission was for heart failure, heart attack, or pneumonia.
Those who care for a loved one who has been hospitalized can help prevent a readmission.
As you prepare to bring your loved one home, here are some things to ask while your loved one is still in the hospital:
Become educated about your loved one's illness.
The more you educate yourself about the illness, the better you'll be at preventing another hospitalization.
- What is our loved one's diagnosis?
- Is this something new or a flare-up of a chronic problem?
- What is the treatment plan while in the hospital and once at home?
- How should we monitor our loved one (i.e., take blood pressure, check wound, etc.) and how often?
- What should I expect in the coming weeks?
Learn about your loved one's medications.
Review all prescriptions with the medical team. It's helpful to bring in the medication bottles that were used prior to the hospitalization so that the medication names, doses, and dosing schedule can be reviewed. Sometimes patients get confused and take both their new and old medications. This can result in very serious side effects. You should have a new, updated medication list when you and your loved one leave the hospital.
Some things to ask the medical team are:
- What medications and doses have changed or been stopped?
- What are the new medications?
- What are the possible side effects?
- Is any blood work required to monitor the medications?
Ask the medical team to call in the medications before your loved one leaves the hospital. This will assure that the medications are available once you get home and that the cost will be covered by medical insurance. Sometimes a medication is ordered that is not covered, which results in delays in getting the medication. If a medication is not covered, an alternative can usually be found.
Don't delay administering medications once your loved one is home. A missed antibiotic or blood pressure medication (for example) can result in rehospitalization. It's important to have a good understanding of the medications, and of the processes necessary to ensure that medications are taken appropriately.
Know when to get help and whom to call.
- What are the warning signs of our loved one getting sick again?
- Whom do I contact for questions or call if our loved one develops worsening symptoms once he or she is home?
All patients discharged from the hospital should see a doctor within seven days of discharge. Having this appointment has proven to prevent readmissions. You may need to ask for it! Bring all medications and the discharge paperwork to the follow-up appointment with the doctor.


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Mourinho urges Cole to 'fight' for Chelsea recall
Jose Mourinho has challenged Ashley Cole to oust Cesar Azpilicueta from the Chelsea side and prove the left-back deserves a recall.
Cole watched the last two Chelsea games – a 3-0 win over Schalke in the UEFA Champions League last week and the 2-2 draw with West Brom on Saturday - from the bench as an unused substitute after Mourinho opted to give Azpilicueta the nod.
Mourinho feels his decision to play Azpilicueta - a right-back by trade - ahead of Cole has paid off, but told the England international that he will be welcomed back into the starting XI if he shows more "fight".
"I decided for Azpilicueta to play against Schalke and he was fantastic," said the Chelsea manager. "On Saturday, he was very good again.
"Ashley is a top professional, he is a fighter.
"He has to work hard, to fight hard because the place (in the side) is his place.
"Of course, it is not Azpilicueta's best position, and it is not a position where Ashley can think that he is in trouble now.
"No, he has to just work, fight and the position is there waiting for him, no problem."


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A lovely day ahead for Ann's birthday ... I have left her pottering in the garden, with her new SHARP secateurs, whilst I come into Polis to make final arrangements for this evening. We are dining at Finikas tonight and I popped into to see Yiannis to ensure the right table had been booked. As ever, it was. Then it was off to see Maria, who has made a unique present for Ann, which I shall collect when Ann is seated with a gin and tonic at the restaurant. And I must buy a bottle of champagne, hide it when I get home and not forget to put it in the fridge before we go out.
We have been together getting on thirteen years (we met on August 4th) and it struck me the other day that, if you intend to retire to Cyprus (or anywhere else for that matter), it will only work if your relationship is solid. Being together for much of every day (especially if one or both of you have been working full-time until retirement) is quite a shock to the system, and I believe that a fresh start in a new country will only paper over the cracks in a flawed relationship. I see expats all the time, sitting in restaurants and bars, and not saying a word to each other. Either they are using a mobile phone or an iPad, or reading a book, and never a word is passed between them.
À chacun son goût, as the French would say, but not our way at all. I read much about preparing for retirement before we arrived in Cyprus, and it has been more difficult for Ann as I had retired a number of years before we left the UK.
As the Beatles sang:
When I get older losing my hair
Many years from now
Will you still be sending me a valentine
Birthday greetings, bottle of wine?
If I'd been out till quarter to three
Would you lock the door?
Will you still need me, will you still feed me
When I'm sixty-four?
You'll be older too
And if you say the word
I could stay with you
I could be handy, mending a fuse
When your lights have gone
You can knit a sweater by the fireside
Sunday mornings go for a ride
Doing the garden, digging the weeds
Who could ask for more?
Will you still need me, will you still feed me
When I'm sixty-four?
Every summer we can rent a cottage in the Isle of Wight
If it's not too dear
We shall scrimp and save
Grandchildren on your knee
Vera, Chuck & Dave
Send me a postcard, drop me a line
Stating point of view
Indicate precisely what you mean to say
Yours sincerely, wasting away
Give me your answer, fill in a form
Mine for evermore
Will you still need me, will you still feed me
When I'm sixty-four?
My dearest love to my dearest love ... Happy Birthday.


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Why Is It Still Confusing That I'm a Woman and I Like Football?
If I added up the time I spend watching football, researching players, and writing weekly fantasy recaps for my league, it would probably be at least a part-time job.
Sports: Beer and good times, not hate and death threats.
When backup punt returner, Kyle Williams, fumbled in overtime, effectively losing the NFC Championship game for the 49ers, I was livid. I can't remember exactly what I said, but I'm sure "I want that kid off of my team" was in there. Then it hit me that if I was this upset, Williams must be heartbroken. I imagined him waking up at 3 a.m. every night for years just replaying the fumble over and over again in his head. I started to feel bad for him.
Yes, his mistake put the nail in the coffin, but ultimately, the team shouldn't have allowed the game to get to an overtime situation. You can't blame one guy for the loss.
Unless, of course, you're an anonymous jerk on Twitter. In which case, not only can you blame one guy, you can openly root for his death.
Seems a bit extreme, right? Well not to a lot of fans. In the aftermath of that loss, one fan tweeted that he hoped Williams and his family died. Another said "I hope you get AIDS and die." And yet another: "If you died tomorrow, no one would attend your funeral. I hope your parents disown you."
Many of Williams' teammates and supporters immediately spoke out to support him during this time, but ultimately it was a letter from a 7-year-old kid who put the entire situation in perspective. The story goes that the kid was sobbing to his dad, "But… why… did he have to… fumble?"
And his dad asked him, "If you feel this way, how sad do you think Kyle Williams is?"
At which point, the kid stopped crying and asked, "Can I write him a letter to make him feel better?"
Here's the letter.
Unfortunately, the story doesn't have a happy ending. (I mean, the 49ers DID still lose the NFC Championship game.) (Too soon?) Seriously though, it actually gets much worse.
In late April, Washington Capitals forward Joel Ward scored the game-winning goal in overtime to give his team the win in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals, eliminating the Boston Bruins. This infuriated a bunch of Bruins fans who viciously attacked Ward on Twitter. Oh, and in case you weren't aware, Ward is black.
Just a few of the tweets that are so heinous and stomach-churning, I am having a hard time repeating them here:
"Warning to Joel Ward. Your (sic) one of three black guys in Canada. I will find you… and I will kill you."
"We lost… to a hockey playing nigger… What kind of shit is this."
"Of course it's the fucking nigger. White power!"
"That nigger deserves to hang."
I think that's enough.
Joel Ward responded to the hateful tweets saying it "doesn't faze me at all. We won and we are moving on. People are going to say what they want to say."
Unfortunately, he's all too correct about the latter.
Steve Blake after missing the three-pointer and possible game-winning basket.
After missing a crucial 3-point shot that would have given the Lakers a one-point lead in the closing seconds of Game 2 (a playoff game they lost to the Oklahoma City Thunder), guard Steve Blake's Twitter feed was inundated with hateful messages. But not content with just directing the vitriol toward Blake, angry fans also lashed out against Blake's wife, Kristen. And as though venom and racism weren't horrific enough, this time the tweets included death threats.
"Steve Blake is dead meat when he gets back to LA," one fan tweeted. Another said, "I hope your family gets murdered."
I am a huge fan of social media and the way in which it allows us to connect with each other. Through blogging and Twitter, I've met amazing, smart, intelligent people, many of whom are now dear friends in real life. I also really appreciate the power Twitter has to rally people around a cause and disseminate information quickly.
But this anonymous and vicious hate. It is complete and total abuse of the medium and it makes me sick to my stomach.
It's an interesting paradigm for those of us who put ourselves out there -- in whatever medium -- using our real names. It's easy for people to find us, attack us, say hateful things. But a few "mean" names here and there is nothing like what these men are experiencing. Their families, their safety, their lives are being threatened. And there is nothing anyone can do about it because according to Twitter's "Rules," just wishing someone dead is not a violation.
Regarding "Violence and Threats," Twitter says: "You may not publish or post direct, specific threats of violence against others."
I realize this isn't necessarily Twitter's problem to solve, despite the fact that they are providing the medium for people to so easily verbally attack others. And though I do wish they'd do more to address it, it's also not the platform's fault.
These awful people will be hateful no matter what. They will share their hate with their friends and family and anyone else who will listen in whatever way they can. I guess I just miss the good ol' days when it wasn't so easy to share that hate with the world. When 140 characters and 15 seconds of typing didn't garner one national media attention for being a complete jerk. When if one wanted to tell a guy off, he'd have to sit down and write a letter. Something none of these ignorant losers would ever have done.
Yes, it is amazing that we have the power to communicate so quickly and effectively in 2012. It's just too bad so many people have to abuse it. Buy the worst part? That there are people who feel this way at all.


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With Halloween night not being lucky for the Broncos in the Martin Centre, Santa Clara was swept in straight sets by Gonzaga on Thursday night. Set scores were 25-15, 25-20 and 25-21.
Gonzaga is now 9-12 and 5-7 West Coast Conference. The Broncos are 7-13, 2-9 WCC. The Zags swept the Broncos in the season series for the first time since 1990.
Santa Clara hit .124 with 32 kills (21 e, 89 att.). The Broncos collected 30 assists, three service aces, three service errors, 23 digs and seven tream blocks. Gonzaga hit .345 with 45 kills (15 e, 87 att.). The collected 43 assists, five aces, six service errors, 32 digs and 12 team blocks.
Taylor Milton led the Broncos with nine kills and seven digs. Nikki Hess scored seven kills. Alyssa Anderson had assists, three aces and three kills.
Gonzaga's Savannah Blinn led all players with 16 kills and Imani Wimbush set a career-high with 11 blocks.


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After starting the District 113 Board of Education meeting Monday with a moment of silence for student Rohan Malempati, who died Feb. 19 from illness, members approved the purchase of four used school buses, pushing aside a question of the wisdom of leasing instead.
Board President Marjie Sandlow said Rohan, 17, planned to study medicine at the University of Michigan and become a third-generation doctor in his family. He was active in Highland Park High School's Rotary Interact Club and was remembered as caring deeply about the welfare of others, she said.


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Friday, October 19, 2012
As Of Yours...
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Nice, Ruchi, this one makes me think. Rejection of course. It happens a lot but what to do?ReplyDelete
I would hesitate to use the work 'improve' in my poem, you are brave.
I would be more apt to say 'willing to change' which would avoid judgement as to how pure my thought are or are not.
That is the reason I could not write a poem this way, one that tugs at the heart. You did well.
The first para really set the mood of the poem ... loved reading it ... simple and full of emotions !!!ReplyDelete
Nice reflections ~ReplyDelete
It's good to have some self examination, especially if we know for sure we were wrong about something but, not to be bullied into seeing something someone else's way, if it isn't right for us.ReplyDelete
Very nice poem :) Thanks for the visit too Ruchi!
Excellent, deep words.ReplyDelete
Simplicity is a real beauty that comes when you starts to believe in completely. Go for it, Ruchi :)ReplyDelete
You'll get to know yourself more...
My best wishes
I know, I was lacking somewhere
so I too thought
unless I realized
perfection was not real.
I am not perfect. I am real.
I am good for you,
but I am best myself.
Beautiful expression. A wonderfully written poem.ReplyDelete
Once clarity of thoughts come, purity will not be far behind.
Take care
Beautifully written. :)ReplyDelete
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"I had seen you fightingReplyDelete
For simplicity and innocence"...beautiful idea! nice poem!
but why will he/she want to improve?ReplyDelete
hmhm... Is the poem addressed to a kid??ReplyDelete
sounds like a special person this is written for. lovely!ReplyDelete
Happy 2013! G


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Artist Shawn Martinbrough talks about his take on the classic Black Marvel Comics Superhero, Luke Cage in Luke Cage Noir
Last year, after Marvel Comics began publishing Noir versions of their popular characters, Exec Editor Axel Alonso approached me about illustrating Luke Cage Noir. Axel had seen my art instructional book, How To Draw Noir Comics: The Art and Technique of Visual Storytelling and thought I would be a great fit for the project.
Im a native New Yorker and in the early 80s I remember going to my favorite candy store in Co-op City (in the Bronx) each week to buy my regular comics. Luke Cage: Hero for Hire and Power Man and Iron Fist were two of my faves.
For all of you non-comic book heads, Luke Cage was one of the early Black superheroes Marvel Comics started publishing in the 1970s. He had his own book called Luke Cage: Hero for Hire. The origin for Cage was that he was locked up for a crime he didnt commit. While in prison, Cage was experimented on and the unexpected side effect was bulletproof skin. Cage gets released from prison and becomes a detective in Manhattan. Years later, Marvel paired Cage with the character Iron Fist who was a White martial artist with a lethal punch. The two characters became partners and worked the streets of Manhattan. Luke Cage: Hero for Hire became Power Man and Iron Fist. When these comics came out, rap music was just being born. I remember reading these books, eating Now and Laters while listening to the Sugar Hill Gang, Kurtis Blow, Lisa Lisa, Run DMC and LL (I could go on and on) on the radio.
Those were great times.
Fast forward 20-something years later and Im offered a project to draw Luke Cage. Its a trip.
Written by Mike Benson and Adam Glass, their Noir version of Luke Cage was different.
Instead of the 70s, 80s or present day, this story was set in 1920s Harlem.
In this alternate version, Luke Cage is a local legend who is believed to be invincible, returns to the mean streets of Prohibition-era Harlem after a 10-year stretch in Rikers Island. All he wants is to be back in the loving arms of his woman, but certain powerful men have different plans for Cage. Cage learns that coming home is never easy, and to survive he might just have to kill a whole lot of people.
Just the concept of a bulletproof Black man walking around in the 1920s sounded cool as hell to me. Even if it were just a rumor, that possibility would scare the crap out of many people on the island of Manhattan.
When I got the script for the first issue, I began to research the fashions and architecture of Harlem circa the 1920-30s. I drew studies of the hairstyles, the fashions, etc. I took tons of present day photos of areas in Harlem. Theres tons of great architecture there. In designing this version of Cage, I really wanted to give him a sophisticated swagger. Theres nothing more intimidating than a diesel Black man in a suit. Back in those days, even if people were broke, they looked sharp.
Drawing this project was a great way to vibe off of rich history and to create something new for the reader. There are so many Hip-Hop fans and artists who grew up on comics, still own and collect them to this day. Hip hop and comics go together. Rap blew up first, changed the face of music and now everyone is sweating those money-making Hollywood comic book blockbusters.
Now thats whats up or as Luke Cage would say, Sweet Christmas!
Shawn Martinbroughs client list includes Coca Cola/POWERade, Playboy, Vibe, Bad Boy Entertainment, Penguin Books and McGraw-Hill. The bulk of Shawns work has been done for Marvel Comics, Vertigo and DC Comics which includes his critically acclaimed two year collaboration with author Greg Rucka on the flagship Batman title, Detective Comics. His art instruction book How to Draw Noir Comics: The Art and Technique of
Visual Storytelling is published by Random House. Shawns work has been covered by USA Today, Architecture Magazine, The Washington Post, The Washingtonian, National Public Radio, SIRIUS/XM Radio, AOL, Black Entertainment Television, Vibe, The Source,
AintItCoolNews.com and others.
artwork can be viewed at www.shawnmartinbrough.com and www.verge.tv
Shawn will be signing copies of The Luke Cage Noir hardcover collection at the Hue-Man Bookstore in Harlem on Wednesday, March 31st at 6pm. http://www.huemanbookstore.com/NASApp/store/IndexJsp and at Powerhouse books in Brooklyn on Thursday, April 1 from 7-9pm. The book is in stores now.


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Fr. Bob Johnnene OFM founded the Ecumenical Order Franciscans of Mercy in 2003, also founded Mission Saints Sergius & Bacchus in 2002.
Both are all-inclusive, welcoming & affirming Independent Catholic ministry for ALL God's children, especially those who feel unwanted, rejected or alienated for any reason, to let them know God loves them exactly as He created them & that He desires them to fully partake of their Baptismal rights in the Mystical Body of Christ, the Universal Church and experience all the gifts which God bestows upon them. All applicants, regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation or marital status are welcome to pursue a vocation with this Order if they feel called by the Holy Spirit and have discerned a life-long path inside the sibling hood of this spiritual family of companions. All ages 18 are welcome as well as those who aspire to the lay Third Order.
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FRIAR Paul Meyers, OFM
Friar Paul is the semi-retired former pastor of St. Anthony Hermitage in Kennesaw, GA, and has been a Franciscan for 52 years.
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It's taken 2 years to get round to it but Panasonic has updated its top end compact camera and rechristened the device the Lumix DMC-LX5.
This super small, super light and super powerful little snapper now features an all new Summicron F2.0, 24mm, wide angle, Leica lens. On top of the clarity that already existed, it'll now let you zoom up to 3.8x which is equivalent to 90mm in old money.
To back up the improved kit, there's a better CCD image sensor at the helm as well. The 1/1.63-inch unit still works at 10.1-megapixel resolution, but the redesign has increased both the dynamic range - for a broader scale of exposure across the results - as well as deepened the colour saturation too. According to Panasonic it'll prove noiseless at ISO 800.
The LX5 will let you shoot HD movies in a number of different colour modes straight from the touch of a dedicated video button on camera. The files are captured as AVCHD Lite and you can view them direct over the HDMI-out.
Design-wise, the LX5 is a very similar creature to its predecessor, the LX3. The chassis size and shape is the same but there's now the addition of a thickened grip and jog wheel that you can use to scroll through options as well as select with a push.
Finally, Panasonic has added LED technology to the 3-inch LCD screen on the back to ensure that you get good results at lower power while still being able to see clear images in bright sunlight conditions. That said, you may have to wait until 2011 to test that one out. An autumn release for the LX5 will likely be accompanied by cloudier skies.
There's no price as yet but expect it to be nudging the Micro Four Thirds range somewhere, not much more than £400.


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Bellahenna is on liveraise
Hi all! I'll be doing some classes and video tutorials on the new streaming app LiveRaise. Download the app, give BellaHenna a follow, and I look forward to seeing you there!
Next up: Mini Glass Etching Tutorial 8/17/16 at 6pm EST https://www.liveraise.com/event/790
Henna Hacks
Henna Hack #5 - Don't waste your paste. Sick of stubby left over henna cones? Keep an empty cone handy and squeeze your leftovers into it at the end of your session.
Henna Hack #4 - Henna Bellies - Take note of the focal point of your henna belly, while the client is standing up. How the belly is positioned when standing and sitting can differ quite a lot.
If the belly sitting is low, start a little higher and work down--the belly button is not always the center!
Henna Hack #3 - Timing is everything. Knowledge is power. Bartenders know everything.
For maximum cone-filling efficiency, count how long of a squeeze you need to fill your henna cone with paste. Find your magic number and Voila!--you're a cone filling machine!
Henna Hack #2- Make a symbol for testing your henna paste consistency.
Make sure it has the design elements you most often use in it (lines, humps, dots, leaves etc.) , and is something small that you can repeat consistently so you know what you're looking for.
Do your lines/humps bleed together? How about your dots? And leaves? Shading?
Henna Hack #1 - Test your paste for dry time and texture while you roll cones.
This way you don't cone up a bunch of henna and then discover it is too dry or wet, and you replenish your cone stash at the same time!
Henna Hack #0 - Mehndi math. A little bit of basic knowledge in your tool kit will get you out of many a compositional jam. Get familiar with the rule of thirds, and the basic elements of composition and design, and incorporate your new math smarts into your henna art.
More about Henna Hack #4 Henna Belly:
Determining how high up and how far down your design needs to go is helpful for several reasons. 1) it would be a shame to do a perfect mandala henna belly only to have the client stand up and realize you can only see the top third of the design, and 2) working from the bottom up rather than the center (again, not necessarily the navel) out or top to bottom is more difficult and leaves you more vulnerable to smudges. Also, having to much at the bottom of the belly also makes it more likely that your work will smudge when the client stands up)


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The Israeli Oscar Hopeful Footnote Proves Love Can Bloom at a Film Festival
When it sold at Cannes, it led to a marriage between a sales agent and the fllm's star.
Each film festival has its own distinct character: Sundance is for edgy independent fare, Cannes is for artsy prestige cinema, and Toronto is for future Oscar winners (the audience award has predicted Best Picture five years running). But if film festivals all have one thing in common — besides, you know, movies and famous people — it's the pharmaceutical-convention-type way they bring people together and the potential for love connections therein. Everyone knows of the common festival hookup; we saw one red-faced single actor leaving the Ritz Carlton (this year's Toronto Film Festival hot spot) with what looked like just that the other night. But the festival marriage is another story. Which is why we were so thrilled to hear about the one that came out of the Cannes sale of the Israeli dark comedy Footnote, which is now receiving raves at Toronto.
The film is in Hebrew and set in the incredibly insular world of Talmudic scholarship, where a bitter, repeatedly overlooked father and his more populist son, both professors at Jerusalem's Hebrew University, are in competition with each other for the Israeli equivalent of the Nobel Prize. In other words, it's a foreign film about an arcane corner of academia — not exactly a guaranteed Stateside hit. But as EW's Lisa Schwarzbaum wrote in her rave at Cannes, "there is no dramatic subject more titanic, more fraught, more Biblically elemental, more hilariously heartbreaking (or is it heartbreakingly hilarious?) and (in [director Joseph] Cedar's talented hand, more cinematic than the relationship between an elderly father and his grown son." Soon after the first screening in France, Sony Pictures Classics snatched up Footnote.
It was during the frenzied bidding process at Cannes in mid-May that Footnote's sales agent, Maya Amsellem, 39, of Westend Films LLC, met Lior Ashkenazi, 42, who plays the grown son in the film. To play an academic, Ashkenazi had grown an impressive salt-and-pepper beard and gained weight, but by Cannes he was back to his usual trimmer, clean-shaven, and very handsome self. The kind of manly man actor they only seem to grow in Australia, Ashkenazi is known in Israel alternatively as their Cary Grant or their Brad Pitt. So when he called and texted Amsellem a few times when they got back to Tel Aviv after the festival, she blew him off a little. As she told us at an SPC dinner in Toronto that celebrated the company's twentieth year, "I didn't believe him." Finally, she agreed to lunch. Lunch turned into dinner. And after that, she says, "it was nonstop" attention, calling and texting, asking her out again. They fell quickly in love, and had been through enough relationships (Ashkenazi was married to actress Shira Farberm, with whom he has a daughter, and also had a long relationship with playwright and screenwriter Sigal Avin) to realize they had something good. Ten days later, Amsellem recalls, "He said, 'I want you to be my wife.'" The ring came two weeks after that. The wedding will be on December 26. Ashkenazi is back in Israel working on a play. This writer gave Amsellem her heartiest "mazel tov" and then immediately asked if the agent could introduce her to any of Lior's friends.


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How to Boost Platelets Naturally
Platelets are the sticky little soldiers of the blood stream. First to arrive at any cut, scrape or bruise, these lifesaving red blood cells stick together and form a blood clot that stops a razor nick from turning into a hemorrhage. The platelets are created in the bone marrow; any disease, food or drug that impacts bone marrow can impact platelet production. A platelet count less than 150,000 per microliter of blood may require medical intervention to allay serious hemorrhage and detect the underlying issues.
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Step 1
Take a dairy challenge. Milk has been shown to hamper platelet count in those with unknown allergies to dairy, according to a January 2010 article in the "European Journal of Hematology." Withhold all dairy including yogurt, cheese and butter, and then have the platelet count retested.
Step 2
Eat whole, organic and fresh foods. Fruits and vegetables are packed with micronutrients that help the body make fresh cells, including those of the blood like platelets. Avoid canned and processed foods that can have the opposite effect and do not offer as many nutrients.
Step 3
Limit alcohol and tonic intake. Alcohol reduces platelet count at the source by hampering production in the bone marrow. Tonic water contains quinine, a substance that also decreased blood platelet counts.
Step 4
Consider the supplement cabinet carefully. Many homeopathic and herbal remedies are known to decrease or interfere with platelet production. Just because a product is labeled as "all natural" does not mean it cannot harm you. If you are taking any of these types of products, discuss them with your doctor.
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Drink plenty of fresh, room-temperature water. Cold water will slow down the digestive track, which can impact nutrient absorption. Blood cells are composed of water and protein -- drink more to make more.


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Baleia A Vista
Baleia A Vista is situated adjacent to Ponta do Ouro on the beach. This tropical resort is set in an indigenous tropical coastal forest and consists of privately owned logwood houses and a luxury tented camp. Tents are built onto a wooden decks and among them are one superior tent. thirteen single tents and two double tent setups (two single tents on a shared deck - sharing a kitchenette). All tents are set far apart to ensure privacy.
There is a restaurant/bar complex, with DStv and a swimming pool, and the resort also has direct access to the beach. The restaurant is open 7 days a week. The resort is situated approximately 1.5km from town square and the main beach.
All the tents are luxuriously appointed and consist of an open plan living area, separate bathroom and patio. Every tent, be it a single, double or superior tent, has a refrigerator, tea/coffee making facilities and a separate bathroom with a shower, basin and toilet. The superior tent also has a bath, a wardrobe, a desk/dressing table with a chair, a fan and patio furniture. Bedding and towels are supplied. No swimming towels are supplied in the tents - please bring your own. Please note that no braais (barbeques) are allowed at the tents. A boma with a thatched roof, electricity, equipped kitchen, tables, seating and a large braai area is available for braais and cooking. Tents are serviced daily.
Single luxury tents accommodate four people per tent (two 3/4 beds, one bunker bed). A self-catering basket with crockery and cutlery etc. to be used at the boma is supplied at a cost of R100.00.
Double luxury tents are available for larger families or friends who want to stay close to each other. The double luxury tent setup comprises 2 x single 4 sleeper luxury tents on a shared wooden deck with a kitchenette in between. The kitchenette is equipped with a refrigerator, gas burners, kitchen utensils and two self-catering baskets. To use the kitchenette one has to pay R200.00 per day. Gas braai on the deck.
The superior tent (called "the salon") accommodates only two people. Apart from the usual furniture that can be found in all of the tents, the superior tent also have two loungers on the patio, a queen size bed and linen of the very best quality. There is a bath in the bathroom as well as a shower, basin and toilet. A self-catering basket, for which a R100.00 is payable on arrival, is provided.
Conferencing facilities with Wi-Fi are available for rental with the option of incorporating many exciting team-building activities into the package.
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Updated Jiffy Lube Oil Change Prices
Jiffy Lube International (JLI) is an American automotive service company that offers oil changes and other related maintenance services. The company headquarters is in Houston, Texas and is owned by Shell Oil. Jiffy Lube oil change prices have varied throughout the years. JLI currently has more than 2,000 franchised services in the United States and serve more than 20 million customers every year.
How Much Does A Jiffy Lube Oil Change Cost?
If you asked yourself how much does a Jiffy Lube oil change cost, below are the estimated Jiffy Lube oil change prices.
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Jiffy Lube cost are known for being affordable, but aside from that the company is recognized for being 100% franchise owned, run by more than 250 franchise entities. They are one of the companies that sets the standard for oil changes in the industry.
In terms of size, JFI is the biggest franchise service center system in the US, and has been recognized as one of the top franchises in the country. Apart from the low price, the company has developed a reputation for its first class products and services.
JLI Oil Change Service
Jiffy lube oil change services offer more than just a quick change of oil but also inspection, preventive maintenance, and cleaning of vital vehicle parts. Jiffy Lube oil change prices can be affordable if you wait for special sales or use coupons. If your car uses synthetic oil or regular motor oil, they can do a full oil change.
By getting an oil change at JFI, vehicle owners receive a complete check-up of their vehicle. Among the services you receive are up to 5 quarts of oil as well as inspection of vital components including the exterior lights, engine filtration system and cooler reservoir levels.
Other services included with the lube change are check / fill of power steering fluid, transfer case fluid, differential fluid, transmission fluid and battery water. Finally, the service includes cleaning of the exterior windows and vacuuming of the interior flooring.
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JFI also offers several maintenance services including belt and filter replacements, air conditioning, filtration to brake service and repair. You can get an alignment of your brakes, replace the coolant, tune and rotate your tires, and other basic services.
While oil change is the most popular, others are available including emissions, inspection, windshield services, transmission and cooling systems. In addition, vehicle owners can also avail of drivetrain, electrical and fuel system maintenance check-ups. You can find pricing for these on their website. The website should be checked if you are interested in those signature services.
What is great about Jiffy Lubes is that you can get a lot of work taken care of in one place. It can often be more affordable than going to a dealership, especially if you own your car. Often times (but not always) you can get a higher charge at your dealer.
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By the time JL went public eight years later in 1987, there were more than 1,000 franchises. Since then the company continued to grow in the 1990s, a period which saw the number of stores reaching more than 1500. Today it is one of the biggest oil change services in the US and continues to expand operations.
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Casio AT-3 Oriental Keyboard
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The AT-3 Oriental Portable Keyboard by Casio offers 61 piano-style keys and is equipped with over one thousand tones and rhythms. This keyboard however is particularly special as it features 54 Oriental tones and 83 Oriental accompaniment rhythms making it ideal for Asian influenced music performance and composition. It also features scales used in Oriental music so you can adjust the tuning of each note or apply them to auto accompaniments to get that authentic sound of the Orient.
The AT-3 also features a sixteen track song sequencer and an eight track pattern sequencer. Audio from the keyboard, song or pattern sequencer, auto accompaniments or even the instrument and mic inputs can be recorded directly to SD memory card. Saved audio files can be transferred to a computer via USB for long-term storage and with Special Data Manager 6.0, you can convert the musical data stored on the keyboard to WAV for playback on most any computer and CD player.
Built-in Oriental Tones and Rhythms
The AT-3 features 54 Oriental tones including oud, qanun, nay and more. It also includes 83 Oriental accompaniment rhythms which cover everything from traditional to modern music making it an ideal choice for Oriental music performance and composition
Oriental Scale Setting
The tuning of the preset sounds can be easily changed by quarter tone to recreate scales required for Oriental music. These scales can be used for both live performances and composition and can be applied to auto accompaniments
Song Sequencer
The built-in song sequencer provides 16 individual tracks plus one system track which supports up to five songs. Key recording and editing features include punch in/out for spot recording and note-by-note event editing. Editing tools include event insert/delete/copy, quantize, a note range locator and more. The step recording function allows you to input notes by specifying the length and pitch. Upon completion, recordings can be converted to SMF (Standard MIDI File) format and stored to an SD memory card
Pattern Sequencer
Up to eight tracks can be edited to create original accompaniment patterns for intros, fills and more. It also allows you to record over accompaniment parts in a preset rhythm and gives you control over each aspect of the recorded data. The Easy Edit function lets you combine accompaniment parts from multiple built-in rhythms and then mix the volume, effects and other parameters of each part. Editing tools include event insert/delete/copy, quantize and more. The AT-3 can store up to 100 user rhythms and play them back instantly
Audio Recording/Playback
Audio from the keyboard, song sequencer, auto accompaniment or even the instrument and mic inputs can be recorded directly to SD memory card. Likewise, you can load instrumentals from the internal SD card and play along on the keyboard. Saved audio files can be transferred to a computer via USB for long-term storage. With Special Data Manager 6.0 you can even convert the musical data stored on the keyboard to WAV for playback on most any computer and CD player
32-channel Mixer
Adjust the volume, pan, reverb send and other settings for each individual part. You can also adjust the input level via the mic and instrument inputs
61 Piano-Style Keys
800 Built-In Tones & 250 Preset Rhythms
Built-In 16-Track Sequencer
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text: A Republican strategist said something interesting and revealing on Friday, though it largely escaped attention in the howling gusts of punditry over Mitt Romney's birth certificate crack and a potential convention-altering hurricane. The subject was a Ron Brownstein story outlining the demographic hit rates each party requires to win in November. To squeak out a majority, Mitt Romney probably needs to win at least 61 percent of the white vote -- a figure exceeding what George H.W. Bush commanded over Michael Dukakis in 1988. The Republican strategist told Brownstein, "This is the last time anyone will try to do this" -- "this" being a near total reliance on white votes to win a presidential election.


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Friday, January 20, 2012
Instant relief for chapped hands
15 comments:
- Kelli @ RTSM said...
I've always wanted to make my own scrub. I guess I need to pick up a big container of salt when I go grocery shopping next week.
- January 20, 2012 at 9:49 AM
Great tip! I'm constantly using lotions but what I realized is a lot of them have alcohol in them that end up drying your hands even more, thus needing to use more lotion. Taking care of the dead skin itself & moisturizing the "new" skin makes more sense. :-) Thanks for sharing!
- January 20, 2012 at 10:04 AM
- Jemsmom said...
So smart and cheaper than all the store versions of a scrub! I use Gold Bond healing and it is wonderful. I have severely dry skin and it is the best thing I have ever used.
- January 20, 2012 at 10:06 AM
- At The Picket Fence said...
Great tip! I'll be trying this one for sure, thanks for sharing it with us. Heather
- January 20, 2012 at 10:08 AM
- Linda said...
I like your salt scrub idea Richella! I may have to give that a try.
I do use olive oil as a moisturizer sometimes, and have even put a few drops in my bath from time to time.
My body 61 yr. old body feels dry this time of year. When the heater blows inside it just makes me feel so thirsty for moisture!
- January 20, 2012 at 12:47 PM
- Melissa Miller said...
Richella your hands are beautiful. Almost fifty is looking very good on you sweet friend. I use Curel. Love that stuff.
- January 20, 2012 at 1:35 PM
This is the tip I need this week. My hands are so dry that my fingers have actually cracked just from typing. I always have kosher salt on hand, as well as olive oil, so I'm going to try this tomorrow. Thanks!
- January 20, 2012 at 8:18 PM
- Southern Lady said...
What a difference! Thanks for sharing. I hope Preston is better. Did he get to go back to school on time? I've been praying for him. Carla
- January 20, 2012 at 8:22 PM
- Buttercup Bliss said...
What a great idea! I would NEVER have thought to do this :-) I can't wait to try it because my hands get so dry in the winter. The bonus is the wonderful scent of Hawaiian Tropic!
- January 20, 2012 at 9:23 PM
- Shelly @ Life on the Wild Side said...
Wow! That's an amazing transformation. I love this idea, Richella. Thanks!
- January 20, 2012 at 11:10 PM
- New Every Morning said...
You're so smart! I really need to do this! My hands get dry in the winter time and when they are dry, I start to notice the wrinkles. ;) Looks like "Kosher Salt" just got added to my grocery list. Thanks!
- January 21, 2012 at 12:42 AM
Thanks so much for sharing this! A friend gave me some scrubbing salts recently, and I didn't know how to use them! Can't wait to try them now!
- January 24, 2012 at 7:26 AM
- Sarah @ Modern Country Style said...
What a great, great idea. I absolutely LOVE the smell of Hawaiian tropic. I sometimes wear it in the winter just for the smell!!!
This is a great idea!!
- January 24, 2012 at 10:02 AM
- melissa * 320 Sycamore said...
Great idea!! I could use a tropic smell right now while it's gray and dreary outside. I have been hearing a lot about coconut oil lately too as a moisturizer...hmmmm.
- January 26, 2012 at 1:30 PM
- . said...
Thanks for this tip! I have a friend who has horribly dry and cracked hands, I'm going to make a batch of this up for him and give it to him as a gift. :)
- February 1, 2012 at 10:21 AM
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So far, all three of the manuscripts I've completed (I'm counting the current one, Floater, which is in revision status), have been set mostly in San Diego. I lived there for two years in the early 90s, and it's still one of my favorite cities. I enjoy writing about, and researching, the area.
Two books I started before Floater–but never finished–were set in northern Virginia (where I was living at the time). For some reason, I just couldn't get those stories off the ground. I wrote about 100 pages for each and didn't know what to do next.
I'm sure it's a coincidence that the two stories set in VA didn't work out. I'd like to think I could write a book set anywhere in the world. But, I have to admit, when I went back to the drawing board to start on Floater, I was back to San Diego again.
This time, I worked through the GMC, and made sure I had at least some idea of the major scenes and how the book would end. Even though I'm more of a pantser, I need some structure to hang the scenes on. I need the approximate destination, even if I don't know the route. My confidence has grown, and my understanding of what I have to do before I start writing has improved.
My brain is already fizzing with ideas for my next book, and it's set in Virginia again. Maybe.
I'm hoping the third time's a charm.


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42 USC § 1971 – Voting rights us-code.vlex.com... Some of what the law says: b) Intimidation, threats, or coercion No person, whether acting under color of law or otherwise, shall intimidate, threaten, coerce, or attempt to intimidate, threaten, or coerce any other person for the purpose of interfering with the right of such other person to vote or to vote as he may choose, or of causing such other person to vote for, or not to vote for, any candidate for the office of President, Vice President, presidential elector, Member of the Senate, or Member of the House of Representatives, Delegates or Commissioners from the Territories or possessions, at any general, special, or primary election held solely or in part for the purpose of selecting or electing any such candidate. (c) Preventive relief; injunction; rebuttable literacy presumption; liability of United States for costs; State as party defendant Whenever any person has engaged or there are reasonable grounds to believe that any person is about to engage in any act or practice which would deprive any other person of any right or privilege secured by subsection (a) or (b) of this section, the Attorney General may institute for the United States, or in the name of the United States, a civil action or other proper proceeding for preventive relief, including an application for a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order, or other order. The Repuplican Party's rules also prohibit binding delegates to vote according to how a majority of delegates from their state vote.
Section 70I. If there is a roll call vote for president at the national convention of a political party, all delegates and alternate delegates whose selection is subject by party rule to the approval of a presidential candidate shall vote on the first such roll call for that presidential candidate unless released by such candidate.
Originally posted by syrinx high priest
reply to post by type0civ
perjury ?
betraying the will of the people you represent is treason
what a joke of a campaign, I mean you all should be embarrased
Can't wait to see the look on Romney's face when he loses at the convention.
Even better, I can't wait to see the look on Obama's face when he has to go one on one with Ron Paul in a debate.edit on 30-5-2012 by TheCelestialHuman because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by TheCelestialHuman
When I saw this thread earlier ( www.abovetopsecret.com... ) I knew there had to be more to it than what was being revealed. Ron Paul is still in this race, and I am sure he will not go down as easy as the GOP would hope at the convention.
Can't wait to see the look on Romney's face when he loses at the convention.
Even better, I can't wait to see the look on Obama's face when he has to go one on one with Ron Paul in a debate.edit on 30-5-2012 by TheCelestialHuman because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by OutKast Searcher
It's just sad at this point.
Romney is the nominee...deal with it.
Originally posted by buster2010
Originally posted by OutKast Searcher
It's just sad at this point.
Romney is the nominee...deal with it.
Sorry but he hasn't won anything. The delegates are given out at the convention not before.
How many times do people have to be told this? Whatever happened to "Deny ignorance"?
And it seems like you are getting your information from Paul supporters who make up their own rules.
sue CNN for misleading the public, maybe a class action lawsuit? He's the "presumed nominee" until the convention, NOT the actual nominee.
Ron Paul supporters actually think they can defy the will of the majority of the people who voted in the primaries?
Originally posted by Blaine91555
Wow, you have to see this to believe it. Ron Paul supporters actually think they can defy the will of the majority of the people who voted in the primaries? ...and simply force their candidate on them? The people who would be Dictators
Originally posted by GuidedKill
I never believe anything that come from the lame stream media.
I would still throw it in the river.
Originally posted by OrphenFire
As much as I hate to admit, if this were completely reversed, everyone would be in an uproar.
That is, if Ron Paul was winning all of the caucuses in every state like Romney has been, but yet there was this business of delegates voting instead for Romney, Ron Paul supporters would be in a screaming fit.
I am a Ron Paul supporter. I have to admit that if the scenario were reversed, I would have a huge problem with it. But since I support Paul, I am hoping he wins at the Convention. I think he stands a real chance of beating Obama in debates. Romney doesn't. Romney is a tool with lots of money and is a horrible choice for President. If my choices are Romney or Obama, I'm voting for Obama. At that point, a vote for Paul would be wasted.
Think of a scale. One side represents Obama, the other Romney. I can either place a stone on Obama's side, on Romney's side, or throw the stone into the river. Well, I don't want Romney winning, so I'd better add weight to the other side. Throwing my stone into the river isn't going to help... as sad as it is...


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A Michigan State University scientist is the lead author of a paper that outlines MSU's work in manufacturing a protein that's showing promise as an effective agent against serious flu viruses. MSU performed the study in partnership with the Baker Laboratory at the University of Washington and the Wilson Lab at the Scripps Research Institute.
Tim Whitehead is an assistant professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science as well as Biosystems Engineering at MSU. He spoke with WKAR's Melissa Benmark about the research.
TIM WHITEHEAD: What we've done is taken an idea of genes that don't exist in nature and being able to design those genes from first principles.
MELISSA BENMARK: When you say, "from first principles," that means…
WHITEHEAD: That means that we don't rely on hints from nature for the design of these proteins.
BENMARK: So it's not patterned on anything that you're familiar with in nature.
WHITEHEAD: That's right, yeah.
BENMARK: The paper just came out in the publication "Nature Biotechnology," actually you were the cover story, it sounds like. And the material you've been working on is effective against H1N1, you're thinking, which was the outbreak in 2009 and also 1918, which was that really, really big one…as well as H5N1, which is commonly known as the bird flu virus. That sounds like a really big deal, especially coming out with something that's potentially good against the biggest flu pandemic in the history of the United States. How big is this, do you think?
WHITEHEAD: Well, let's just clarify for a second. We've tested the efficacy of these designed proteins against the H1N1 pandemic viruses, and they neutralized them with efficacy. The H5N1, and different subtypes, we suspect they're going to work, because we can show from just simple biochemistry that they work. But we haven't tested them.
But we're pretty excited about the potential of these proteins in general to actually make it as a treatment for, if--God forbid--there was a pandemic in the future related to these subtypes. We think that this protein could be an effective treatment for the general populace.
BENMARK: Did you set out to come up with this as a treatment? Or did you find it in the course of working on something else?
WHITEHEAD: Well, this is the fun thing. We can design these proteins to do pretty amazing things now. So we set out to actually attack where we wanted to attack on the virus, and it incapacitated the virus the way that we set out to do that.
If you asked me at the beginning of this project if it would have worked out, I would have given it pretty low odds. Long shot at the Kentucky Derby odds. But we're really ecstatic that it worked out as well as it did.
BENMARK: If a person was looking through advanced equipment at a flu virus, and saw this protein in the vicinity, what exactly happens? What would you actually see when it was going after the flu virus?
WHITEHEAD: The best that I can explain is that, the flu virus is absolutely a modern marvel of evolution. And there are components on the flu virus that—I don't want to use an anthropological term, but they're pretty smart.
So, what it can do, there's a protein that can hijack its way into a cell. And it goes into a compartment called (an) endosome, which you can think about as a trash heap. But what happens is that, there's a different environment in that endosome, so it can sense that, and trigger a change in the protein, that can actually put the payload of the virus into the healthy portions of the cell. So, what we're doing is, we're just gumming up the works.
We can bind a specific patch on this protein that changes shape to trigger this entry, and by binding it, we're preventing it from actually doing its job. So, if you think about it, it's almost like we're just throwing sand in the gas tank.
BENMARK: So, what kind of a road does a discovery like this go down from here to the ending up at the business end of a needle?
WHITEHEAD: There's a long road ahead. Not only that there's time as well as there's capitol. So, to go from an idea like what we have, to an actual drug, where we can manufacture it en masse, is the work of global pharmaceutical companies and hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars to do that. And many years. So, we're hopeful that these proteins or proteins that look similar to these we've presented in this paper are going to make it, but again, it's going to be a long road.


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10 Ways to Use Up a Whole Loaf of Bread (Especially the Stale Parts)
If one of your 2016 resolutions is to cut back on kitchen waste, there's no better time to start than now. Once you've hit the farmers market, done some cooking, and prepped for the week ahead, be mindful of your bits and bobs: Compost your eggshells, tuck the onion skins in the freezer bag newly christened as your stash of stock ingredients, and for crying out loud, don't toss that staling hunk of bread! Instead...
- Make bread crumbs! And put them on everything, from salad to pasta to roasted vegetables, over a gratin or an egg in any form, or in meatballs or meatloaf (among other things).
- Cut the bread into cubes and bake them into croutons.
- Just how stale is this bread? If it's still got a bit of chew, it's a prime candidate for a wintry panzanella.
- Give your bread a brand-new life in mushy-dreamy bread soup. (Try this version if you're not into mush.)
- Strata will never lead you astray.
- A sultry romesco will put a few slices of stale bread to use and punch up anything that needs punching, from seafood or meat to roasted vegetables.
- Slice your loaf very thinly, then place the slices on a tray in a very low oven to dry out. Ta-da! Crackers! (Something else to put that romesco sauce on.)
- There's always bread pudding—or French toast—if you need something sweet.
- Form moistened stale bread into a sort of dumpling, the Italian canederli.
- Lay a strip of bread over stewed fruit and bake for a cobbler-style dessert.
Share your stale bread wisdom—and storage tips!—in the comments.


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Homeland Recap: Get Off My Lawn

Brody starts to pray. Also, takes to throat punching.

In its second episode, Homeland does some very good second-episode things. Specifically, it expands the universes of its main characters in a way that opens up some interesting avenues for the story. Carrie's world is expanding outward while Brody's is expanding inward. And poor Virgil's world is expanding toward remembering to go grocery shopping before showing up for surveillance duty at Carrie's.
Not likely when Brody keeps behaving according to her narrative about what a secret terrorist would do. After chafing with the press camped out on his lawn, Brody snaps and totally THROAT-PUNCHES a particularly intrusive shutterbug. But after a therapeutic (suspicious?) trip to the local big-box store (for a rug to pray on, as it turns out), Brody wakes up the next day ready and willing to dress up in his Marine uniform and take questions from the press. Carrie totally pounces on this — he's playing the hero card! Just like Saul said he would! Once again, Carrie's nailed it. After all, if the War on Terror has taught us anything, it's that certainty is king.