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Most of us have found our lives rapidly infiltrated by new electronic devices over the last decade. First came MP3 players, then smartphones, then tablets, and now wearable devices are coming into their own. Computers remain, too, and home appliances like light bulbs and thermostats are now available with wireless connectivity.
While each individual piece of this technological puzzle promises to make life easier the disjointed collection of devices can become confusing in a different way. The solution is a "smart hub" What Is A Smart Home? What Is A Smart Home? We recently launched a Smart Home category at MakeUseOf, but what is a smart home? Read More – a master device that can connect with everything else in your house. It's a great idea, but also in its infancy. What's available now – and what might be available tomorrow?
Basic Smart Hubs
When smart hubs first arrived several years ago they were fairly limited in what they could do. Most were able to connect only to a limited number of devices and allowed control via a mobile app. Timers and alarms could be set, but the dream of having a home that responds to you when you wake or detects when you're home (or not) wasn't yet obtainable.
Some hubs are still stuck in this era, but that might not be so bad if you have basic needs. Office superstore Staples offer its Connect home hub, which works with a wide variety of devices and can be controlled through a simple (albeit rather ugly) smartphone app, which runs on iOS and Android. While its feature set is rudimentary, reviewers have praised the Staples Connect for its easy setup and affordable pricing.
Of course, Staples isn't the only one in this game. Everyone wants to offer a home hub these days. Lowe's Iris is simple and offers both battery and cellular data backups, which means it works if your home loses power and Internet service. Home Depot is promoting the Wink, a bargain hub priced at just $49.99. And smart lighting maker Insteon sells the predictably named Insteon Hub for $129.
These hubs are a good solution for people who want to achieve a specific end, such as rigging a home with smart lighting or setting up an easy home security system. Users interested in expanding their systems in the future, however, may not be happy. While manufacturers might update these systems to be more sophisticated in the future they are, for now, a step behind the cutting edge.
Conditional Smart Hubs
The basic smart hubs really aren't smart at all. They simply serve as a smartphone compatible interface layer between you and your devices. For real "smart" behavior you need a hub that supports conditional behavior.
What is conditional behavior? It's the ability to change how devices work based on specific events (i.e. conditions) that the system itself detects. This marks the difference between a hub that simply turns on your heater automatically at 6PM each night, and one that only turns on your heater when it detects you've walked through the front door.
Nest, which is now owned by Google, is probably the most well-known conditional hub currently available. Originally a smart thermostat, Nest has expanded with a smoke alarm Nest Protect Review and Giveaway Nest Protect Review and Giveaway Read More and now offers compatibility with a variety of other devices. It also works with If This Then That, a service which allows users create conditional "recipes" that spans a huge range of apps and products from Google Drive to Philips Hue bulbs Light Your Home the Smart Way With Philips Hue Light Your Home the Smart Way With Philips Hue If you can afford the initial expenditure, you won't find a better-supported and more user-friendly smart lighting system on the market. Read More . Nest is a thermostat that's also a smart hub, though – and it's quite pricey at $249. It's not a good choice for people in apartments (who often can't change their thermostat) or enthusiasts on a budget.
A most affordable and simpler alternative is SmartThings, a crowd funding success story that's become a big name in home automation (and is now owned by Samsung). The company offers a $99 hub and supports control of numerous devices through its smartphone app. What really makes this option notable, though, is how it was built for conditional events from the very start. The phone app for the hub supports conditional events and users can also connect with services via IFTTT. Owners can expand the system's capabilities through various first-party sensors that quickly and easily connect to the hub. You can buy a door sensor, for example, that uses an accelerometer to determine when you've arrived home.
The newest entry in this field is Logitech's Harmony Home Hub, a $99 device that's a part of the company's larger Harmony home entertainment system Logitech Harmony Ultimate Review and Giveaway Logitech Harmony Ultimate Review and Giveaway Your living room is chaos - admit it. You're forgiven for wondering which remote controls which device. What with the TV, amplifier, TiVO, BluRay player, maybe even the lighting - switching activities becomes a long... Read More . Logitech wants to marry their existing expertise in home theatre (an area where Nest and SmartThings are weak) with home automation – to create to create the ultimate home hub. The Home Hub works with a smartphone app and has IFTTT support, but is weakened by lack of support for ZigBee and Z-Wave, a pair of connection standards. Device support is a bit limited as a result. Reviews indicate Logitech's approach works very well if you have a fancy home theater to pair with it.
Conditional hubs are complex and tend to be expensive. Even IFTTT can be difficult for new users to understand despite its intuitive interface. Owners must buy and place sensors, which means spending more time and money. If you want a smart hub that can be expanded in the future, however, a conditional hub is the way to go.
What Will The Future Bring?
Amazon recently announced Echo – a voice-controlled home assistant – and surprised critics with what it doesn't do as much as with what it does. The small cylindrical device can respond to voice questions, keep track of calendar events and update shopping lists (on Amazon, of course), but it apparently doesn't connect with smart home systems.
Echo could be expanded to do that, however, and it's not the only device with that capability. Microsoft's Xbox One and Sony's PlayStation 4 both have the ability to detect voice commands and could in theory be expanded into the smart hub field with a software update. Media hubs like the Google Nexus Player also hold this potential.
Apple is another key player that many expect will jump into this segment. Its strong position in the smartphone and tablet markets, along with its upcoming Watch and its dated but still available Apple TV, give the company all the connections necessary to dive in. When that might happen is anyone's guess.
Still, it's clear that smart hubs have already moved past the start-up stage. Nest was purchased by Google; SmartThings was purchased by Samsung; and even the simplest hubs are backed by strong companies with interest in other areas. There's a war brewing over control of your home, but don't worry – the fight's victor will bring you greater convenience.
Do you have a home hub? Tell us about your experiences in the comments!
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I recently purchased a "Link" Hub (which I believe to be the Wink hub's little brother) and two LED smart bulbs in a kit from Home Depot for $25 (for that price I couldn't walk away from it). It's very basic, and the app definitely needs work. That said, however, what really bothers me is that it appears that this solution requires not only the internet, but an account on Wink/Link's servers. Basically, your app communicates with the servers at Wink/Link HQ, which then sends the commands to the Wink/Link hub in your home. So, my solution is dependent upon the availability of a server in some data center somewhere, which can have undesirable results (such as the Wink outage of a few days ago).
What I'm really interested in is an app/hub combo that can directly connect to each other through the internet, thereby removing the man in the middle and the dependency that that solution creates.
Is there such a product available now that operates in such a manner?
Yes, ISY "hub" paired with Insteon or other home automation devices. Buyer beware on any electronic device that requires a connection back to it's mother ship at the vendor. Eventually the product will become outdated and the vendor will stop supporting your version forcing you to upgrade even if everything is still working fine. Worse yet, your vendor might lose the product battle, land the mother ship and send it to China for recycling; in other words, shut down the service and leave you with a fancy door stop. The Insteon Hub is another of these devices dependent upon vendor services.
You might have a firewall at home but for every device that is making a connection to a 3rd party on the Internet, you have one more avenue for a vendor or hacker to invade your home. I find it rather disturbing with devices like Nest where the vendor is collecting information about your life from the sanctity of your own home. Forget about Big Brother, his siblings have already found their way into your home on your smart phones and other gadgets.
Get smart (no pun intended) and go with a device that is not dependent upon the vendor for operation. The hubs that require the vendor might make it easier to access your home network but you run the risk of your investment suddenly becoming useless. Features might not work at all if your Internet is offline. Your "app" on a mobile device might not communicate with the "hub" at all if your Internet is offline or if the mobile device doesn't have service. Who knows what access might be available into your devices by the vendor.
Reject "hubs" that require communications relay through the vendor.
Hi dschimka,
I share the same view with you, not much for the security and privacy but rather for the availability of the service. I would want to let the hub to do all the thinking and control the other devices for me, rather than some other server elsewhere. The best scenario is all control commands, automation rules, conditions are processed by the hub. Connection with your phone should be done via WIFI (at home) or by port-forwarding through your router (on the go).
But then, without the cloud, the other good things like IFTTT may not be possible or become very difficult to implement. Please correct me if I am wrong. And this is like a trade-off that these companies does not want to make.
Anyway, please advise some other hubs that does not requires the vendor's server to operate. I would like to choose one for my coming new home.
Btw, SmartThings has announced the next generation will support "offline" operation and only a few functionalities will remain being handled by the cloud. That next generation was delayed until Q3 though.
The main question now is the price... If it's below $200 then the new SmartThings generation would probably become the best of its kind.
"The Insteon Hub is another of these devices dependent upon vendor services."
The nice thing about the insteon hub is that it is just an interface. The actual insteon smart switches, outlets and bulbs all talk to themselves over the power line and the hub communicates with them in the same way. You don't necessarily need a hub to maintain some basic smart home functionality, and it is also not your only option (there's the ISY as you mention, as well as a USB and a serial PLM). So when insteon decides to stop supporting this particular hub, you can simply trash it and buy an ISY or whatever hub replaces this hub. All the switches and thermostats and sensors will still communicate.
I had one of the earlier ethernet PLMs from 5 or 6 years ago and when it died I didn't lose the connections I had made directly between devices, so I was able to continue turning on several lights at one switch, etc, until I decided to invest in another hub.
Great article, Matt. It'd be interesting to hear of a snapshot of market share for the major players, # units shipped or estimates on flame-outs/returned units.
I've been researching RoomieRemote as an alternative to Logitech Harmony Hub for home automation and home theatre automation via macros. roomieremote.com
The iOS version of their app is rated well and seems more capable than the equivalent app for Logitech's hub. The hub automation hub is a combination of two components: the app and various "Blasters". The blasters convert Wi-Fi to IR or commands for IP controllable devices or serial controlled devices. You can connect different triggerable macros that fire based on an alarm, a button press or an app.
Check out http://www.roomieremote.com/device-compatibility/ to see what home automation devices Roomie can interface with. I posted this once before with different wording, but it was pulled for some reason - maybe it didn't sound smart home hubby enough. It seems to function in that capacity unless I'm missing something.
Does anybody out there use Roomie and one of their Blaster Wi-Fi to IR or IP hubs?
I think Roomie is worth a mention - http://www.roomieremote.com or http://www.roomieremote.com/features/
I've been thinking about getting one instead of the Logitech Harmony hub. The iOS version of their app is rated 4.5 stars. It seems to support a huge library of IP, IR and Serial devices if you buy the appropriate hardware or subscribe to the right service. One example, the Roomie Blaster is a Wi-fi to IR adapter. There are other home automation capabilities available too.
Check out http://www.roomieremote.com/device-compatibility/ to see what it interfaces with. I've been told that what isn't on the list, can in many cases be added through a learning function.
Don't for get HomeSeer! They've been around for 15 years and support virtually all technologies (Z-Wave, Insteon, X10, UPB, PLCBUS, etc). Like the Vera boxes mentioned above, they are a bit more expensive and don't have all the media buzz of the newbies but they're rated #1 in home automation on toptenreviews and they have a huge following.
what about vera light and vera 3 ??? they are not that much more expensive and are what could pass for 'prosumer' grade !!! just cause they don't get all the media buzz of some funky shape or color of a 'new' hub...
Alexa... really, I'd get a bit tired of that..
I love the idea put forward. I would like to access this mode from multiple rooms. perhaps interface with my cable/internet to give a robust experience without tires to carriers.
also application for hearing impaired?
but lets make the name programable...
New? How about smart hubs have been available for around 30 years but most people just saw them as too geeky. X10 is the grandaddy of home automation, and has been around since the late 1970s. And is still being made. It can be accessed through 3rd party smart phone apps available from the various phone app sites. And X10 has a large base of different gadgets to control nearly anything. I use it for the lighting in the house, to control my hot water heater, to alert me when someone pulls into my driveway, to turn on the lights automatically when someone enters a dark bathroom, (then off when there is no one in there) To schedule on/off times for my Christmas lights. There is a module that can control nearly anything they don't have a specific module for already through a simple relay. Many modules require zero electrical knowledge to use as they just plug into an outlet. But for people who are not afraid to change a light switch, they have those too, including 3 way, 4 way, full dimmable, florescent, CFL, low voltage, and remote stick anywhere switches. They also have several hubs available. From a simple tabletop, to a clock controller to a full on programmable battery backed up hub that plugs in and can be disconnected from your computer after being programmed. I think X10 pioneered the outside motion sensing floodlight and theirs is fully controllable through timers as well. They also have a full X10 compatible burglar alarm and x10 controllable internet cameras. You can start with a simple one device - and keep adding as you decide you want more. All light switch modules also allow using the original wall switch as well as the remote function. Modules are available either in sets or individually. The icing on the cake - it is actually the least expensive as well as most complete full home automation system available.
One thing they do not have ( yet) is a decent remote controllable thermostat.
There are a lot of third party add ons as well, such as filters, couplers, extenders, cell phone apps and computer programs. I think the source code is open as there are several sites with add on gadgets. There is 3rd party software available for Windows, MAC and Linux - but you have to dig to find it.
There are several web forums dedicated to X10 where users can get info, ask questions and get help from other users.
Up until lately, the X10 website was the worst site on the internet - It looked it was designed by a 13 year old ADHD kid who tried to include every bad design feature he could find into it - but the X10 site was recently acquired by a new owner who has cleaned up the site (Much better now) and is promising newer and better quality gadgets. I have been using their products since the mid 1980s. When the new guys say they plan to add some new gadget or some new functionality - X10 already has it, and has probably had it for years.
Meh, not so much X10. Powerline basedwith limitations with phase and distance, it has had it's share of sporadic communications. Insteon is a form of the X10 protocol and is much improved, and wireless. I'd like to use a hub that offers communication to a large number of home control protocols. In home mesh network that is secure would help as well. I wouldn't say that Insteon, Z-Wave, or ZigBee are all that, but they are more reliable than good 'ol X10.
There was a kickstarter campaign called Notion. I think that is also a pretty good home automation tool. The sensors are quite neat. Hopefully it will be in the market early next year. I really liked this system.


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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California prison officials said Friday they are changing state policy so mentally ill inmates who act out can get counseling instead of being automatically sent to isolation cells or kept in prison longer.
It is the latest in a series of policy shifts after a federal judge ruled a year ago that the state's treatment of mentally ill inmates violates constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment, in part because their illness isn't taken into account when they are disciplined.
U.S. District Judge Lawrence Karlton acted after the release of videos made by correctional officers that showed guards pumping pepper spray into the cells of mentally ill inmates, some of them screaming and delirious.
The tactics were used on inmates who refused to take medication, be handcuffed or leave their cells.
The new policy was filed Friday in federal court in Sacramento.
"This is a very significant reform of the disciplinary process for prisoners with mental illness," said Michael Bien, an attorney representing mentally ill inmates in the long-running lawsuit. "What's the point of punishing someone who's psychotic?"
The change is good for inmates and taxpayers, Bien said, because keeping inmates in disciplinary segregation is expensive and keeps them in prison longer by taking away early release credits at a time when the state is under a federal court order to reduce the inmate population.
Corrections officials declined to comment beyond the court filings.
A scathing report in January by court-appointed monitor Matthew Lopes found that for 7 1/2 years the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has failed to follow a court directive requiring prison employees to evaluate whether inmates' misbehavior was involuntarily prompted by mental illness or was a deliberate choice that merited discipline.
Lopes attributed what he called the "disturbing ... pervasive" failure to a lack of training on prison policies for dealing with mentally ill people.
"He's refusing orders or flailing around, which is the kind of thing that psychotic people do," Bien said of the sort of behavior that has brought disciplinary action in the past. "When you bang on your cell or mouth off at your custody officer, let's talk about that. ... Don't punish him and send him somewhere else."
California is one of the few states to try to move away from punishing inmates for behavior that results from mental illness, he said. Bien credited the department, and particularly Corrections Secretary Jeffrey Beard, for making the policy change without waiting for another court order.
In August, the department agreed to create specialized housing and provide more treatment for mentally ill inmates who are moved into solitary confinement for disciplinary reasons.
The latest ruling "is intended to solve the other half of that problem: Why are they going there in the first place?" Bien said.

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2016-04-22 Sunset
It was a Friday, it was with my iPhone.
It was a Friday, it was with my iPhone.
Lots of work today, and beer with great friends afterward.
Just an abstracty photo of a water glass from lunch.
This is the beginning of a new daily photo journey.
I have been very "meh" about photography lately. I have felt like I have been doing a lot of things other people wanted, and very little that I have wanted to do. And then the few times I tried to do something that I wanted to do, I somehow made that into something that I wasn't super into by not pushing myself and not getting the most out of the shoot. Let's say I was shooting with a model, I would kind of let them lead and not really direct. So I would put all this time and effort into something and when I was done my reaction would be "eh..." This is no one's fault but my own.
So, how to change this. Well I am going to spend more time and effort on shooting what I want. And more importantly, more time just playing with my cameras. This, a 28th attempt at a daily photo blog, is an attempt to maybe force myself into the playing. Momentum is a big thing with me, I got used to NOT having my camera on me all the time. So, now I am trying to get used to always having it with me, again.
On Saturday Oct 10, I felt like driving to the middle of nowhere. So, I sort of did. The map above is the approximate route I took before I turned around. As you will see, I pretty much of lucked out as far as where I ended up as the sun set.
I figured I would give my car a quick shampoo before I left, since I knew I would be taking lots of pictures of my traveling companion. It didn't really make it clean, just less dirty.
The first thing I did was put in "Palm Springs" and "Avoid Freeways", I sort of knew the way to go, but I figured I would follow what the map said, sort of. Of course it took me out the 76 to the 79, but I made the obvious detour up Palomar Mt.
The 76 to the 79, then you turn onto 371, which is nothing special of a road but there is a spot near the end of it that has lots of green trees.
After this you hit the 74 which takes you down to Palm Springs. I love the view from up there, and it is a relatively fun descent to the valley. It was a little too crowded but still fun. And when I got down I found a pretty good Italian deli and had a rad sandwich, which I totally probably should have taken a photo of and didn't.
From here I wasn't sure where to go, so I put in "Las Vegas" and kept the "Avoid Freeways" option clicked. I didn't know if I would actually make it, but the map sent me off into the middle of nowhere so I said "ok".
Because I have a thing for taking pictures of window powered generators, I had to get a couple shots when I was leaving Palm Springs along the 62.
From here the drive was more scenic than fun. Long long straights and then more long straights. I went through cities I barely recognized the name of, and just kept on going. Eventually the 62 gets more secluded and I had to admit being out in the open alone made me pretty happy. Gawking at the landscape, randomly pulling over and parking the car to get some shots (and one time accidentally setting the ISO to some xx,xxx number that made some cool shots useless! I did save one (the shot from IN the car driving down the road).
At one point it looked like I was MAYBE going to make it to Las Vegas, but the road that it wanted me to take wasn't paved! So, I kept going and going. As the sun was getting lower in my rearview mirror, I just kept hoping and hoping I would find a spot that was good to shoot at sunset. As I saw the sun just barely hit the top of the hills I was passing a row of tanker cars sitting alone on the train tracks. I knew I had found my stopping point and got out and photographed until I had no more light.
When I got back into my car, I looked at the drive time to 3 places, Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Home. it was something like 3 hours vs 3 hours vs 3.5 hours, which made me think I did a good job of getting to the middle of nowhere, but also made the decision easy. I'd spent so much damn money on gas my wallet begged me to go home.
My car is COVERED in bugs, and I am a bit tired of driving, but I got some great photos and I smiled a lot.
I've been in a crappy place in my head, and I haven't been shooting. I am trying to catch up on posting and shooting every day. I have been doing a lot processing though. I like that when I am not doing well, I have an excuse to not leave the house!


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Originally posted by neo96
I get the relief ot the manhunt ending, but what I don't get chanting USA,USA.
Given the fact no one knows if they have the right guy, they arrested a suspect,
They have no clue about the motivation behind the bombings.
In fact most people don't know anything, but that sure doesn't stop them chanting USA,USA!
What am I missing?
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Originally posted by marg6043
What can I say anti constitution and pro police state will find no wrong on what happen in the take over of citizens rights in Boston yesterday
The reconstruction of America is in full gear.
Originally posted by marg6043
reply to post by beezzer
I know, like I posted earlier, the reconstruction of America is in full gear, to think that conspiracy theorist like us have been digging into this movement that started back in the late 70s, now is in full gear.
But is ok America open society thanks to our constitution is a danger to us stupid citizens and more so to those changing the face of America in the name of the common good because it interferes with their agendas.
"Today Americans would be outraged if U.N. troops entered Los Angeles to restore order; tomorrow they will be grateful. This is especially true if they were told there was an outside threat from beyond, whether real or promulgated, that threatened our very existence. It is then that all peoples of the world will plead with world leaders to deliver them from this evil. The one thing every man fears is the unknown. When presented with this scenario, individual rights will be willingly relinquished for the guarantee of their well being granted to them by their world government."
They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Ben Franklin, 1755, to the Pennsylvania State Legislature
Originally posted by marg6043
What rights were taken from Boston citizens yesterday?
Originally posted by marg6043
reply to post by muse7
Advising is not what went on in Boston yesterday, for one lonely "criminal", that is the main issue here.
No ever you have seen lock down like the one in Boston anywhere else and criminals has been running from authorities in a daily basis in every state in the nation.
If you can not add two and two then I guess you never will, but that is ok I understand that no everybody see that is something very wrong with Boston yesterday police state enforcement.


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If Palm Beach County Administrator John Sansbury plans to resign at the end of this fiscal year, the county needs to begin seeking a replacement as quickly as possible, two county commissioners say.
Sansbury said earlier this week he intends to leave the job he has held for a decade when his contract expires Sept. 30 or at the end of September 1987, but will not decide between the two dates for several weeks.
Since word of the pending resignation is out, it would be better for the county if it came sooner rather than later, said County Commissioner Ken Adams.
Although critical of a number of Sansbury`s financial dealings involving the county, Adams said Sansbury deserves a great deal of credit for his leadership in county government.
But since Sansbury has made his intentions known, Adams said, it is probably best to go ahead and start searching for a replacement, although Sansbury`s tenure should not end before his contract expires.
``Should we fire him? I hope it will not come to that,`` said Commissioner Dorothy Wilken.``
``If a change is inevitable, it`s best to do it quicker, rather than later,`` Adams said. ``And I think it`s terribly important that we go national with the search.``
Adams said he was optimistic that any list of candidates to replace Sansbury would contain top-quality names.
``We`ve been told good quality people don`t want to work for the county, but that`s just not true,`` he said. ``Take a look at the weather map and it will tell you that people want to work here.``
Adams estimated the commission should take at least 90 days to do a proper search, screening and selection of a new administrator.


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Mike Maillaro: Before I start this week's column, just want to give a huge thanks to my brother and co-writer for indulging me on this one. I was not expecting much from it, but the idea was just so ridiculous I really wanted to talk about it.
Thanks to my brother in law, I am a huge fan of the band KISS. I start every day at work blasting Psycho Circus. IDW has been doing a KISS comic for the last few months, reimagining the band as cosmic avatars fighting against a powerful force called the Destroyer. Might sound a little absurd, but it has a ton of in-jokes for KISS fans, and Chris Rydall (who also wrote this issue) clearly has a great love for KISS.
I actually don't have any real attachment to Mars Attacks. I was born way after the cards came out. I did love the Tim Burton movie, just because it was probably the biggest cast ever to star in a B movie. I also believe it is the only Tim Burton movie not to have Johnny Depp in it…
Mike Weaver: I'm going to get payback for this somewhere down the line…
I'm not really a fan of KISS. I know their bigger hits and a little bit about their history and such, but it's not a band I ever really sought to look further into. KISS has a lot of ties to comics, not just from starring in them, but one of the stories behind the origin of the "devil's horns" rock and roll hand gesture was that it was Gene Simmons attempting to emulate Spider-Man's web-shooting gesture. Even with my casual knowledge, though, I picked up on some of the in-jokes in this issue. It's by no means inaccessible to non-fans of KISS.
I know less about Mars Attacks than I do about KISS. I'm aware of the cards, but I don't recall ever seeing them. I know I watched the movie, but it didn't make a big impression. So basically, picking up this issue, I had only the flimsiest of knowledge of either of the two genres.
This wasn't a serious drawback. What we have here is a comic that knows exactly how dumb of an idea it is and has some fun with it. I give the writer some props for that. Most of the story was pretty good, I liked the deus ex machina acknowledgement in particular, and the joke about losing the lead guitarist and drummer to bad decisions. I think the end was ill-paced, though. We spent a lot more time with KISS rationalizing the one particular Martian seeming like a decent person than any story reason for them to make that rationalization. At the same time, I feel bad asking this story to follow any kind of literary convention.
Maillaro: Also, Gene Simmons' "wings" are based on Black Bolt. I actually first heard the name Black Bolt from Gene Simmons during an interview long before I had ever seen him in a comic.
I am not sure at all where there were going with that ending with the alien and the military guy working with the fledgling band. Almost seemed like the set up for some really bad 80's cartoon or something. They need to get a flying van and go out to solve mysteries or something.
One thing about this comic that I loved was the twist of the Martians becoming the KISS avatars. They ended up having a really cool design to them.
And the end with She crushing the Martian ships between her hands and then flashing a devil sign really said, "We are having a lot of fun with this comic." Chris Rydall is a warped writer, and I really didn't expect this comic to be doing as well as it has been. I didn't know there were that many KISS fans out there!
Weaver: The KISS Army is no joke. Those guys can definitely execute a KISS Tax on their fans every so often, and their general policy of fun over substance is a pretty infectious idea. I know they experimented with more cerebral stuff, but at its heart, KISS is about dudes in make-up playing flaming guitars without any pretense past that. This comic, at its heart, is about space avatars in make-up dealing with a martian invasion without any pretense past that.
Speaking of the art, I thought at first that there was some lazy penciling/inking on the Starman, only to discover that he's intended to more or less have a blank face. I liked the KISS avatar/martian hybrid designs. The art was pretty solid. However, some of the lettering was a bit small for me. I know, I'm getting old, but this is the first comic that I had any consistent issue with reading the words on. I'm going to give the art, including the lettering, a 3/5, with the possibility of them having climbed to 3.5 if not for the overly small letters.
Maillaro: Yeah, the lettering was really tiny, especially when it came to the "translations of Martian speak." I kept having to go panel by panel on my tablet to read it. I like that this column deals with coloring and lettering. Open Mike Night: we cover the entire comic cover to cover.
And that was just a cheap transition for me to cover the last thing I wanted to talk about for this comic. The cover was so damn generic. The covers for the earlier issues of this book were so damn cool with the different versions of the Avatars.
KISS as gangsters:
KISS meets D+D
KISS as girls
Some kind of KISS fighting aliens in a Mars Attack style of art would have really been a nice touch. Instead, we have Martians attacking a generic street on a proto-Kiss poster. LAME!
All in all, I would probably go 3/5 for the writing. This comic felt a little rushed to try and get everything in, but it still was a lot of fun.
I did think the art and presentation were much better than the writing on this issue, and would give it a 4/5. And a lot of that purely is because I thought Martian Kiss was just cool looking.
Weaver: Not every cover can be awesome. This one didn't specifically bother me in any way, when presented in a vacuum, but it does pale in comparison to the other ones. I'm going to give it the benefit of the doubt here. It at least presents us with stuff that sort of happens in the comic, a cover idea that went way out of fashion in the 1990's.
Going back to the writing, I'm going to have to tag that with a 3/5 as well. It's clever at times and has neat references, but the pacing is sort of a mess. Also, despite this being style over substance, I wanted just a little more substance to it. Like some rationale for recruiting the Martian at the end. That's all I want, some rationalization of the absurdity every now and then.
Superior Spider-Man #1
Written by: Dan Slott
Art by: Ryan Stegman
Colored by: Edgar Delgado
Lettered by: VC's Chris Eliopoulos
Published by: Marvel
Cover Price: $3.99
Weaver: Dang it, we're going to have to start disagreeing on something. Maybe Superior Spider-Man?
After the already-infamous Amazing Spider-Man #700, we get our first glimpse of Otto Octavious trying to be a better Spider-Man. I love this cover, by the way. The webs evoked the traditional Ock tentacles. Subtle, but nice. If we were going to judge this book on its cover alone, this would be a winner. But we aren't.
I felt Spider-Ock had a lot of promise. The first few pages were genius as we have Otto confront a new Sinister Six, with his reaction reminding me of Baron Zemo's Thunderbolts fighting the Masters of Evil for the first time. But then…I'm not sure. The Sinister Six was traditionally a group built up through the course of a few issues and pushed Spider-Man to the brink. Otto handles them pretty easily, and maybe that's intended to show his superiority, but to me, this is more about this being a pretty weak Sinister Six. Shocker, Speed Demon, and Boomerang are legit enough, and I like the current Beetle, but Living Brain and Overdrive are diving a little too far into the dumpster. No one here is on a par with, say, the Rhino or the Sandman or Electro. I also see that we're going to get specific mentions of people mentioning how brutal the new Spider-Man is with some frequency, and I get that, but I'd like a little less of it.
I wanted to like you, Spider-Ock, but you're not what I want you to be. And I also want to say that I semi-predicted that ending even before I read Amazing #700.
Maillaro: Yep, just from your intro, I suspect we will be disagreeing on this one. While this wasn't as good as some of Slott's best issues of Amazing Spider-Man, I really thought it did everything it needed to do really well. It laid down the new status quo, it showed Doc in action against a pretty entertaining group of villains, and it really felt like a completely different Spider-Man book that deserved being it's own separate series. I never thought "this is just Amazing Spider-Man 701" it felt like I was reading a completely different series, even though the writer and artist are the same.
I actually think we need to see that brutality, or else this character really is just "the same." The only way this series has any really life to it is if we see this as a different (and inferior) Spider-Man, so that when Peter takes the mantle back, it allows him to be in the best possible light. Sort of reminds me of Knightfall.
Chapter 1: Hero falls
Chapter 2: Darker version of hero emerges. At first people like this, but it quickly wears on everyone and makes them uncomfortable about this new hero.
Chapter 3: Original hero returns, confronts new darker version.
Chapter 4: Original hero reclaims the mantle that is rightfully his, and the reader is refreshed on why it's so damn important for Peter Parker to be Spider-Man.
I like Doc Ock as Spider-Man TEMPORARILY, but no part of me has thought for even a second that this will be a very long term change. This is Knightsquest. This is Empire Strikes Back. This is Matrix Reloaded. This is The Two Towers.
This is Skitch showing an unhealthy obsession with middle parts of trilogies…
Weaver: Where's your Temple of Doom? Oh, right…
I'm okay with that, better than okay, I'm on board with that. But this isn't Carnage or Venom in Spider-Man's body, this is Doctor Octopus, a guy who on a few occasions couldn't seal the deal (mentally) on killing his arch-nemesis despite having more than enough power to do so. The worst that I've seen Ock do to someone one on one is toss Pete out of a helicopter over farmland, hoping he would fall to his death. I like the sections here that imply Spider-Ock is working on all sorts of awful scientific things in his lab, because that's very Dr. Octopus to me. I like the sections where he completely ignores Mary Jane in order to focus on his planning, because that also felt very Otto-ish to me. A shout out to the lettering there, having his thought boxes directly on top of MJ's conversation was great.
I understand this is a villain and he's going to do villainous things, and I want that, but I don't think it's with his character to do this TYPE of villainous thing.
I'm going to disagree on the villains being all that interesting, too. I like some of these guys, but it's a solid B and C list of villains, not a single A list solo threat in there. None of them even developing much. When the Thunderbolts went against the Crimson Cowl Masters of Evil, which I'm going to reference because it's a similar event, the Masters of Evil were their match and had interesting subplots. Here, it's the standard losers with a weather control machine. Yawn.
Maillaro: Indy really wasn't a connected trilogy. Temple of Doom was stand alone, not the "dark middle chapter."
And I will point out I said the new Sinister Six entertaining, not interesting. These guys aren't Magneto or Doom, but they did make me laugh quite a few times. I like that Slott seems to play with the idea that "most villains kind of suck, that is why the heroes always win." We talked about that some last week in regards to Trapster. I think that was necessary to keep the book from getting way too grim dark.
As for Doc being "not that evil" don't forget, this is after his near death experience. Doc tried to burn the whole world up during Ends of the Earth. He was pretty much in "fuck it" mode. Over the years, Doc Ock has become a darker and more violent character. Changing with the times. I will admit that this is not necessarily a trait I like added to the character, but it's not a sudden switch.
Weaver: Still, there's a difference between wanting to take the world out with you and personally killing people one by one when you have a new lease on life. Ock has had numerous plans that involved large scale injury or death, but he never struck me as the sort that could strike one person down, mano a mano.
I agree some silly villainy was a good thematic idea, but I really wish that his first encounter out of the gate was not so weak. Sorry, Otto, you're not going to sell me on being superior while you're smacking down the Living Brain and Overdrive in the Big Wheel.
I dunno. I liked the dialogue in here a lot, especially the opening few pages, which were hilarious. I liked Otto being all mad scientist at Horizon. I liked the MJ scene. There were elements of his plan to take out the Sinister Six that I liked, but also elements I didn't like. However, I dislike the level of violence that Superior Spider-Man is exercising, I dislike the incredibly low threat level for his first battle, and I dislike that last page happening just two weeks after Amazing #700. It almost seems like he felt he had to say that to prevent the negativity. I'm going to give the writing a 2/5. The words were good, but the didn't overcome a lot of things that weren't working for me on the plot side.
Maillaro: I don't think that last page was about getting rid of the negativity as much as making it clear "this Doc Ock Spider-Man doesn't have the free ride people think he has." I suspect we will still see Doc Ock as Spider-Man for quite a while.
I really thought this was a fresh take on the book, but Slott also made is clear "this might just be temporary." But at the same time, I think we are in for a lot of twists and turns. I loved seeing that Doc Ock still has a villain mentality even with Peter's influence (the scenes in Horizon with Max were particularly strong to me), and I also thought you needed to start small villainwise. We always see Spidey beat up jobbers, it helps build up to bigger threats later. If Doc Ock is still fighting schmucks in three or four issues, I would agree, but this was the right group to start this issue. 4/5 for the writing.
One thing we should be able to agree on is that art was far better here than in issue 700. Not saying Ryan Stegman was creating the Mona Lisa here, but it was a solidly drawn comic. My only real gripe about the art is that I would have liked if we got some clearer shots of the new costume. Come to think of it, was he even wearing the new costume? I guess not, I was basing that comment based on the "last issue page" but when I flipped through issue again, it was never really clear. We did see the claws come out a few times…
Weaver: To tell you the truth, I wasn't really looking for the costume. Stegman did a good job with the art, the action scenes were easy to follow and the characters had unique looks. He also did well with the social scenes, the, um, attention getting shot in the Mary Jane conversation had me laughing even though it was telegraphed. While getting a better look at the new costume would have been nice, I'd also rather not force the story to take a break while we get a look at him. Especially since the ending sequence with Spider-Man in the semi-shadowed web was really powerful due to the lighting.
You could use that same sequence to show off the new look, but it's at the expense of the overall storytelling. I'm going to give it a 3.5/5 on art. It's very serviceable art, and I look forward to more of it, but it didn't have any huge defining moments.
Maillaro Unfortunately, like Amazing, because of the intense release schedule of two to three issues a month, the art will be rotating on this book again every few issues. I miss when comics had JUST ONE ARTIST! With maybe a fill in arc every year or so to help keep the artist on track. 3.5/5 for me. It was solid and like you said, it showed off the action really well.
Weaver: Clearly what these hectic release schedules need is to resurrect Jack Kirby. There is something about a book that has a writer and artist who work well together, and I think the current focus on the writer over the pairing hurts that quite a bit. Lee/Kirby, Claremont/Byrne (70's and 80's, anyway), Bendis/Bagley…these teams were really artistic teams where each of them were bringing things to the table and it made the product so much better. The current way of treating the artist as work for hire and imminently replaceable holds the end result down quite a bit. I think that Stegman and the book in general could be better if it was monthly with he and Slott working on it more symbiotically.
Maillaro: Yeah I would rather read 10-12 great issues of Amazing Spider-Man a year than 24 good issues a year. One of the many things Monkeybrain Comics is doing right is by allowing the creators to set their own release schedule that accommodates their schedules. I really don't think there is anyone out there saying "please Marvel, make me pay 8 or even 12 bucks a month to follow one Spider-Man title." That is actually one way that multiple titles is better. If there is a writer or artist I don't like on Spectacular Spider-Man, I can ignore that series far easier than if it's all in one series.
Weaver: Fully agree. Actually, I rarely if ever bought more than one series with the same character. If I wanted a Batman or Spider-Man comic, I'd glance at all the available ones and choose whichever seemed most appealing that month. Plus, we already have these timeline problems where you have characters that were teens in the 60's now being twentysomethings and thirtysomethings, stuffing more story in seems like it would only make these problems worse for the people that get bothered by those things.
Maillaro: So, once again, you liked the both you thought you were going to hate, and only sort of liked the book you thought you were going to like. Someday, you will learn to trust me Old Skywalker…
I actually had a better thought for next week. I had originally suggested Threshold, but to be honest, I am not sure I wanna pay 4 bucks for a book that will price drop. Instead, how about we do some of DC's digital books? Ame-Comi Girls seems like next issue is a huge jumping on point and Arrow is pretty much always stand alone.
Weaver: You're the boss. I have no idea what either of those are about, which is as close to a recipe for success as we can get, seemingly.
Maillaro: Sounds good! See you then!
Tags: Dan Slott, Doctor Octopus, Kiss, Mars Attacks!, Marvel NOW! (All-New Marvel Now!), Ryan Stegman, Spider-Man, Superior Spider-Man


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DANA POINT, Calif. — The Mets are seeking bullpen help in every shape and form possible. The third-place Yankees want starting pitching, and probably a good deal of it. So it was of little surprise that both of those needs helped create a little bit of buzz as this week's gathering of general managers got under way in the posh setting of the St. Regis Hotel, a place fancy enough to let player agents fantasize about big free-agent contracts even if the national economy is a mess.
First came the Mets. In a short interview with reporters in the hotel lobby, the agent for the left- handed closer Brian Fuentes said that the Mets were indeed one of the teams interested in signing the 33-year-old Fuentes. The agent, Rick Thurman, said that one of his partners at the Beverly Hills Sports Council had already been in contact with Mets General Manager Omar Minaya and that both sides were expected to meet in person later on Monday.
"I think he would be great in New York, he really thrives under the pressure," Thurman said of Fuentes, who had a 2.73 earned run average for Colorado this past season, with 30 saves in 34 chances.
Minaya left little doubt about what he would look to do this off-season. "Our problem at the end of the year when we lost Billy was that we weren't able to hold the games," he said, referring to the injury to closer Billy Wagner. "Our offense certainly wasn't the problem."
As is usually the case, just about every team in baseball is in need of bullpen help. Thurman said he planned on speaking with representatives of the Los Angeles Angels, the Cleveland Indians and the Detroit Tigers, among others, about signing Fuentes.Continue reading the main story
Still, Fuentes is likely to be considerably less expensive than the top closer on the market, Francisco Rodríguez, who may be looking for a contract that will pay him as much as $75 million over five years. In 2008, Rodriguez, 26, had a major league-record 62 saves, and a 2.24 E.R.A.
"If you look at his numbers this year, compared to K-Rod's numbers, they are very similar in some areas and better in others," Thurman said of Fuentes while using Rodríguez's nickname. "He's definitely a better value."
So the spinning had begun, with a full winter still ahead.
Meanwhile, Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman met with a small group of reporters in his hotel suite. In a scene unlikely to be duplicated in the new Yankee Stadium, Cashman took off his sandals, sat on the floor with his legs crossed and discussed what he believed was the team's most pressing need: starting pitchers. "I just know we need starting pitching and it's not going to just be one," Cashman said. "We won't be one and done; it will be multiple."
Cashman said that right now he was counting on only Chien-Ming Wang and Joba Chamberlain to be in the team's rotation next season. Wang and Chamberlain are coming off injuries, and Chamberlain will probably have his innings limited next season because he did not pitch all that many in 2008. There is still a chance that Mike Mussina, coming off his first 20-victory season at age 39, will decide to put off retirement and pitch at least one more year in the Bronx. Andy Pettitte, a free agent like Mussina, appears interested in returning.
But even if Pettitte and Mussina come back, the Yankees will need at least one more pitcher. At the top of their list is C. C. Sabathia, the left-hander who pitched the Milwaukee Brewers into the postseason but is now likely to head elsewhere, possibly for a contract in the $150 million range. The Brewers made a formal offer to Sabathia on Saturday but are considered a long shot to sign him because they are a small-market and the Yankees and perhaps others are certain to outbid them.
Cashman also said that Johnny Damon would probably be the team's starting left fielder and leadoff hitter next season. Who will play center is still a question.
"But the priority is starting pitching," Cashman said.
The Yankees have still not decided who will be their third-base coach next season. According to one person with direct knowledge of the matter, it is not likely to be Willie Randolph, who coached for the Yankees for 11 years and was fired as the Mets manager this past season. The person said that Randolph was not at the top of the Yankees' list and that Randolph wanted a job as a bench coach.Continue reading the main story


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Its July 15th. I've been away from Cornerstone for nine days, and I'm still completely homesick. Yes, the wonders of flushing toilets, showers, and paved roads just dont seem to delight me. I came home from the fest and was practically escorted to the nearest shower so I could start chipping away at the multiple layers of dirt, sweat, dust, and even other people's sweat. But I still rebel even now. One of my best friends at the fest gave me a single dreadlock that I simply can't wash. Knowing that there's still some Cornerstone dirt in there keeps me a little more sane.
Through various social medias, the overall question is: "How does one recover after a week at the fest?" For some, its as simple as a shower and a few extra hours of sleep. But for people like me, the ones that are the lifeblood of Cornerstone, its much more difficult. Cornerstone has become a home to many "social rejects" like myself, and it's just not as easy as washing all the dirt from our clothes.
Some Facebook statuses and comments Ive seen are as follow:
Cornerstone relapse….when cleaning your shoes avoid breathing any dust that may come off lest you aquire a severe case of C-stone Homesickness..
Who knew some of the worst smells could bring such joy and memories?
It's like heroine, you get hooked the first time, but after every time after that you only get more addicted; with one exception: it gets better with every time.
I was listening to Flatfoot 56, my favorite of Cornerstone bands, and the faces of all my new friends flew through my mind. Ducky, the punk from Nashville; Justin and Luke, the brothers from Indiana; Youngest… We're all different people, but these along with a few more familiar faces became my family. I laughed with them, I cried with them, I let them laugh at how much of an idiot I am. But through it all, there is still that overall sense of family.
And family isn't something you can just leave behind. So what is the cure for a bad case of Cornerstone homesickness?
Another trip back home next year. Only 345 days left.


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In a lot of earlier blogposts, i have stressed on how, for me, the process is more important than the product. Whenever we set up things for the kids to do, I try to keep the focus on the process…the thinking involved, the experimentation, allowing kids to try things out, ask questions, work at a pace and in a manner that they are comfortable with (and as long as they respect their siblings who are also engaged in the activity).
These past few weeks have been rewarding for me, in that I am seeing how the focus on the process has culminated in my kids taking ownership of their work, enjoying the process and demanding more.
We tend to do a lot of art at home. Every day sees us dabbling with paints or crayons or markers or another medium. I usually set stuff up and let the kids be. While Nish always has been into drawing that tries to represent specific forms (he started out with a car when he was about 2 – a curved line with 4 wheels under it) Sid has been more of a scribbler. He has always steered clear of form, preferring instead to do broad, dark strokes on the paper, and if it is paint then on his body – generally his canvas of choice. He went went through a phase of not doing art at all (or very little of it) after a trainee teacher at his school openly remarked that his art was not the greatest (kaccha puccha – or half baked if you please).
However, i continued to put stuff out for him, not forcing him but asking him to make a card, or color something for me. I rarely praised it with a simple – wow that looks great…instead, i asked him to describe what he was doing, what he was thinking of and it became a great opportunity for a dialogue that involved very creative thinking and verbal expression.
The past month, he has been regularly asking for paper and crayons and likes to spend time drawing and coloring. He finishes and proudly comes up with his work. Sometimes it still looks like scribbles, but sometimes (more often than not) there is little ambiguity about the crux of his art. And he continues to have a narrative with every piece! Today he spent close to an hour making multiple pictures for different people, including a mixed media project with sequins.
Amu, not to be left behind, spent an equally large chunk of time sticking mirrors and small sequins to make bright circles on a paper.
Similarly with music…all that singing and listening to music has now suddenly led to bursts of spontaneous singing by the kids – ranging from old hindi numbers to the carpenters to new hindi movie songs. Amu loves pretending to sing into a mike as does Sid.
It feels nice…satisfying to see that it helps to believe that this approach does work…that you don't need every one to be in boxes doing the same thing at the same time whether they want to or can. Now can some of our preschools recognize this and start thinking about what this means to their classrooms?


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As the urbane and accomplished spy Harry Stroller, Peachy has access to a world he could never have known existeda world of sumptuous living, world-weary men, and available women. But when one of those womenAnnie, a young, beautiful and wary courtesanturns out to be more than she seems, Peachys life is transformed forever.
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April 26, 2013 Grantsburg WI
It is always difficult going home they say. On April 25th when a NARBA alert for a Garganey, a code 4 rarity, went out for a bird found in Crex Meadows just north of my home town I couldn't resist the chase, especially with bad weather coming in
What is a garganey? Well it is a duck, a common European/Asian one that is an extreme migrator from northern latitudes all the way to southern Africa, India, and Australia. The name is somewhat odd. The common English name dates from the 17th century and comes from dialect Italian gargenei, a variant of garganello, which ultimately comes from the Late Latin gargala "tracheal artery".The English usage owes its origins to Conrad Gesner who used the Italian name in the third volume of his Historiae Animaliuum (History of Animals) of 1555.
This is a rare bird in North America and really rare inland, never having ever been spotted in Wisconsin prior but there it was tantalizing me in my hometown no less and in an area my mother just wrote a book about, the history of the Crex Company, which used the wire grass to weave rugs. How this bird ended up in Wisconsin is a mystery.
At 3am the next day with wife Silja in tow, away we went for a sun up duck hunting session, but not with a gun but a camera. These birds look and act like Blue-winged Teals which are really skittish and my concern was the 26th being a Saturday everyone and everyone's mother would be out there and by 9am if it was still around it would have spooked to who knows where. Finding a rare duck in a sea of ponds and marshes which is the Crex would be an all day affair.
Well we arrived at 0745, stopped at the Subway at the corner with the only traffic light in town, which was not there when I graduated from the high school in 1984 and drove up to the north side of town past a corner that went to the old ski jump and north on F.
Immediately Silja began making comments about birder's cars, something I wrote about in my Nude year book. It was a sea of Subarus, Toyotas, and mini-vans. I saw a couple of trumpeter Swans, then spotted two vehicles parked in that position that meant they were on something at the corner of Able and F.
A guy was out with his big tripod camera and I looked where he was, there it was the rarest bird my wife had ever seen, it spooked before I could get a picture and it flew overhead and I got a in-flight blurry picture and it landed across the road.
after a bit it came out of the grass and was the center of attention as more birders showed up, tick tick tick went everyone's life list. The poor Eurasian guy was trying to cuddle up to a female Blue winged teal but she was having none of that, so it might be a lonely spring if he sticks around for the summer. It was a spectacular rare bird and as more cars came and the birding circus was beginning, we drove off to other pursuits, I passed a gray haired woman who looked to be in pure joy of having a life bird to her life list with the biggest smile I have seen birding. It was a good day and great end to a big birding week.
It would not have to be a bird i'd hope to find in the Pribilof Islands later this summer.
It was a big week at Lake Birdbegone (as opposed to Lake Wobegon) I spent the week trying to look locally for birds after coming home from South Florida. On Tuesday I spotted one of the latest Snowy Owl ever in South Dakota, missing the record by six days. He was nearly on the side of the road.
I spent much of the week searching for Smith's Longspurs, which was a successful #641 although no photographs gotten, also found Wilson's snipes and Hudsonian Godwits in My cabin
Lapland Longspurs bathing across the street in a puddle
A ran across a late flock of Ross's Geese
Saw the season's first Wilson's Phalaropes
the odd bird where the female is colored and after laying eggs leaves south to let the male brood the eggs
Ruddy ducks were all about too..
Oh it was a really good week, next week my attention turns to migrating shorebirds……..


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Biblical Time Line From Eden To Christ
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Moses Born
A.Of the house of Levi Exodus 2 1-10 b.And of Kohath, the family of the Amramites. c.Was a Amramite Exodus 6 20 THE QUESTION AT THIS POINT IS, ARE AMRAM AND JOCHEBED THE PHYSICAL PARENTS OF MOSES, OR WAS GOD SAYING THAT THROUGH THEIR RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY LINEAGE, MOSES WAS BORN THIS TIMELINE REFLECTS LINEAGE see TIME CHART G2 MOSES KILLS EGYPTIAN Exodus 2 11-12 Acts 7 23-24 b.Was mighty in words and deeds Acts 7 22
Land Rest
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Welcome to Bible Timeline A great adventure with time. There has been an overwhelming appreciation for the study of timelines in the past few years, most of which mystify even the most avid readers. They are like a maze of mirrors reflecting time and space changed only by the smallest move followed by an unbroken line making it's endless journey. This site is not a study of evolution or its theories, but about an investment God made with time and space. After God designed the universe with its...
Ten Commandments
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Daniel 127
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Matthew 23 39 O come, let us worship and bow down let us kneel before the Lord our maker. For he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Today if ye will hear his voice, Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my...


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The 1.2 demo includes a full feature overview including details on terrain, interior, water and the mesh rendering engine features, Torque Script, GUI System & Editor and the award-winning Torque Networking layer. Also included is a walk through 'Orc Town' highlighting key Torque SDK features including sun lights, baked in shadows, interior spaces, skeletal animations, motion capture, soft shadows, levels of detail, object mounting, projectiles, explosions, light halos, weather, water and foliage replication. What is a great game engine demo without some game action included is a multiplayer FPS demo based on Realm Wars and a Multiplayer Offroad racing demo.
"With scope of the features and functionality of Torque really require this visual walk through to effectively communicate the built-in power of the engine," said Rick Overman, GarageGames Co-founder and Director of Technology. "While helped build the engine and this demo, just watching it makes me want to build another game using Torque."
"The depth of the engine is compelling before you even get into the newly documented source code included with in the license of Torque," comments Tim Gift, Co-Founder of GarageGames, "but the inspiration comes from seeing the amazing things that can be done with this tool in the hands of talented and creative game developers."
Torque Game Engine Demo is available right here and demos of games build with Torque are available at www.garagegames.com. Torque is available for commercial license at $10,000 per title (for companies making more than $500,000 annually) and can be purchased on line for $100 for independent game developers.


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Hibs boss Pat Fenlon today revealed 17-year-old Sam Stanton is on the verge of a first team debut.
The young midfielder has impressed the new Easter Road manager over the course of recent weeks, training alongside Fenlon's squad and playing in a series of closed doors matches in addition to turning out for the club's Under-19 side. Stanton was included in the squads which travelled to Pittodrie and Tannadice last month before claiming a place on the bench for the visit of Inverness Caley and doing so again last weekend for the crucial SPL relegation scrap with Dunfermline.
Although Stanton – no relation to Easter Road legend Pat – wasn't called into action, Fenlon disclosed that he is simply waiting for the ideal opportunity to blood the youngster.
Also among the substitutes at East End Park was 20-year-old Scott Smith, who made his debut in the 5-0 Scottish Communities League Cup hammering of Berwick Rangers before being farmed out on loan to Brechin City.
And as with Stanton, Fenlon insisted that with Smith, who was part of the side which won the SFA Youth Cup and SPL Under-19 League double, he is merely biding his time before giving him his chance.
Fenlon said: "I feel the two of them have done really well in training and Sam has been fantastic in the bounce games we have played - he hasn't looked out of place." However, he conceded Hibs' current predicament, eased ever so slightly with that win at Dunfermline, was making him cautious, although he insisted that even just the experience of being in and around the first team squad on a matchday will prove to be of enormous benefit to the youngsters.
Revealing there are more youngsters close to joining Stanton and Smith in his plans, Fenlon said: "It's about getting them in at the right time. But I think having them on the bench gives them an idea of how things work on matchdays, how different it is from youth level and our bounce games.
"That will help them in their careers long-term."
Meanwhile, St Mirren manager Danny Lennon has claimed that Jim Goodwin is mulling over a pre-contract agreement with Hibs. The Irish midfielder reaches the end of his current deal this summer and has been offered a contract extension by the Saints.
Lennon said that Hibs counterpart Pat Fenlon had notified him of the Easter Road club's intention to make the player an offer but insisted he would do everything he could to keep him at St Mirren.
"Pat phoned me and they've exercised their right," Lennon explained. "Hibs want to speak with Jim Goodwin regarding a pre-contract. Whilst we have been at the table with Jim, got a figure from him and matched it, the goalposts have changed slightly with the interest from Hibs. Jim is only exercising his right to get the best deal for his family. But we'll do everything we can to make sure that Jim remains at this football club because he's been terrific for us."


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Friday, February 14, 2014
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- Phil said...
Hammer, meet nail.
I miss that fucking guy, he had balls.
- February 17, 2014 at 4:31 AM
George knew A LOT of stuff! But, he didn't live long enough, to know this;
In Windows 7 & 8 there is a color inverter in the Magnifier App. Open this up, then set it a side for later.
Then go to the south pole on Google earth. Scroll back until the whole 'island' fits the screen, then turn on the color inverter.
Scroll to the center of the pole & notice dozens of little white UFO flying about?!? Yes, & it's No Theory any more!
- February 22, 2014 at 3:41 PM
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For this repair, you will need a Phillips head screwdriver and a replacement main brush motor.
First, flip bObi's power switch OFF.
Next, remove bObi's front wheel to access one of the screws holding her together. Turn bObi's front wheel towards her bumper and, using a screwdriver for leverage, grip the wheel firmly and pull it up.
Remove the screw located beneath bObi's wheel.
Detach bObi's dustbin and remove the 2 screws on either side of it.
Remove the 2 triangular corner pieces held down by these screws.
Pull the main brush compartment forward to expose the red fastener behind bObi's main brushes. Remove the 2 smaller screws holding the red fastener in place.
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You will find bObi's main brush motor on the bottom of her brush compartment. Remove the 4 screws which secure it.
Remove the black stabilizer attached to the motor's circuit plug end before pulling the whole piece out.
Slide the old brush motor out and place the new one in its stead. Slide the long metal end in first.
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Reinstall all 4 screws securing the brush motor.
Reattach bObi's brush compartment.
Line up the red brush fastener on bObi and replace its 2 smaller screws.
Lay the 2 corner pieces down.
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I purchased a Laptop in Japan with Japanese Windows installed. I then had a company switch the OS to an English version.
However now the keyboard is setup with an American keyboard config. For example I have to press shift 2 to get the @ key. It should be the special @ key on my keyboard like the Japanese config.
I have gone into regional settings and removed the US keyboard setting, but still no change, please help.


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Two Ideas for the G20 to keep the US in the climate-change lifeboat
Posted on 3. May 2017 by Hugh Jorgensen
At the recent G7 energy ministerial in Rome, the Trump administration's listlessness on climate change prevented attendees from being able to sign off on an endorsement of the Paris climate deal. With the G7 leaders summit in Taormina now only one month away, and the G20 leaders summit in Hamburg only two months after that, it seems Donald Trump is yet to be won over by those in his cabinet who believe it would be a mistake for an American President to attend both summits as the first world leader to cut and run from the Paris Agreement.
Posted on 20. April 2017 by Sander Chan and Wanja Amling
On Tuesday 28 March, President Trump unravelled his predecessor's climate policy by signing an executive order that, amongst other things, undoes restrictions on emissions by coal-fired power plants. Obama's climate measures would have resulted in an estimated 26-28 percent reduction of US emissions by 2025. Many now ask about the global consequences of US withdrawal from climate protection; will this be the end of the world's quest for a low-carbon and climate resilient future?
How the G20 can deal with Trump's Chinese currency complaints in Baden-Baden
Posted on 28. February 2017 by Hugh Jorgensen
Last week in an interview with Reuters, U.S. President Trump labelled the Chinese as "grand champions at manipulation of currency", indicating he has not fully backtracked from his campaign promise to designate China as a 'currency manipulator' on 'day one' of his Presidency. The position of Washington on this topic has not exactly been crystal clear, however, with the new U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, Steve Mnuchin, announcing on the same day as Trump's comment that the Treasury was in fact still going through the formal process of analysing Chinese currency practices, and that no judgements would be made prior to the completion of that process. Read the rest of this entry »
The Munich Security Conference – three world orders in the making
Posted on 23. February 2017 by Dirk Messner
Bringing together more than 400 foreign and security policy elites from the transatlantic community and an irritatingly small number of representatives from the non-Western world, the Munich Security Conference somewhat resembled a couple's therapy session and an attempt at self-reassurance. Does the West still exist? Do we still need the West? What is the West about? And, finally, a huge question, which world order is it worth fighting for?


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Trickle-down effect: mere drops in ocean of poverty
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Donald Tsang Yam-kuen's inability to tackle poverty and revamp the welfare system during his seven years as chief executive are the main reasons for the city's widening income gap, according to his critics.
Tsang admitted as much two weeks ago, during his final question and answer session in Legco, when he finally acknowledged that his belief in the benefits of the trickle-down effect might not work in reality.
'I used to believe that different social stratums could enjoy the fruits of economic development as a result of the trickle-down effect. However, there were discrepancies between the theory and reality,' Tsang told lawmakers.
For some social workers, his realisation has come far too late, and is of little use to the disadvantaged.
'I repeatedly told him over the years that the trickle-down effect does not work. It was too late for him to admit the problem,' said Nelson Chow Wing-sun, a social work and social administration professor at the University of Hong Kong.
'His misjudgment is probably the main reason for the widening income inequality.
'Many Hong Kong people cannot earn more pay and a better position solely by relying on their own efforts. Public discontent is rampant... but he did not understand why.'
The gap between rich and poor in Hong Kong, as measured by the Gini coefficient, is now at its widest for the past four decades.
The coefficient - a scale from 0 to 1 on which higher scores indicate greater income inequality - has hit 0.537 based on income data from last year, up from 0.534 five years ago. It was 0.43 in 1971.
Government statistics released earlier this month showed that the median monthly income for the city's poorest 10 per cent, including those who receive social security assistance, dropped from HK$2,250 in 2006 to HK$2,070 last year.
Without a proper retirement protection system, Chow said the poorest 10 per cent was mainly the elderly.
Another problem, Chow added, was that Tsang preferred one-off relief measures rather than boosting recurrent expenditure on welfare.
Despite the handout of HK$200 billion in sweeteners over the past seven years, the Hong Kong Council of Social Service found that the poor population reached more than 1.2 million last year, up 61,500 from 2005, when Tsang took over from Tung Chee-hwa.
The council defined the poor as those who live on up to half the median income of the city's households.
Dr Law Chi-kwong, associate professor of the University of Hong Kong's department of social work and social administration, said while the development of the knowledge-based economy also had played a part in the widening gap, the government could have done more to ease the problem.
'The trickle-down effect in which Tsang used to put his faith is ridiculous. The retirees definitely cannot benefit,' he said. 'The less competitive people, like low-educated, low-skilled or older workers, might also see their pay drop.
'As a leader, it was too late for him to wait until he was leaving to admit his fault. But it would have been more of a pity if he had not admitted his mistake.'
But Law said the minimum wage introduced in May last year had helped narrow the income gap.
Social welfare-sector lawmaker Peter Cheung Kwok-che said: 'It dragged its heels over the legislation of the minimum wage. It was forced to legislate only after the two-year voluntary wage protection movement for employees in the cleaning and guarding services sectors received a lukewarm response from companies.
'The welfare system has basically remained unchanged. Tsang didn't seem care over the past few years. As our chief executive, he should not have overlooked the income disparity problem.'
In June 2007, Tsang's government also disbanded the Commission on Poverty - initiated in January 2005 by Tung.
'Had it continued to run, it might have been able to work on more poverty-alleviation projects,' Cheung said. On the Community Care Fund, launched in October 2010, Cheung, who sits as a steering committee member, said it focused on piecemeal measures.
The fund, with the government injecting HK$5 billion and donors supposedly financing another HK$5 billion, has managed to receive just HK$780 million in donations, government figures show.
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These photos show my Grandfather, John Crook, outside his pub in 11 Boyces Street. The pub is now the Fiddler's Elbow?
Both photographs were taken around 1911 I believe, and one picture clearly shows the bunting and decorations to celebrate the Coronation of King George V and Queen Mary in 1911.
My Grandfather is the gentleman with the apron in one picture and shown wearing a cloth cap and standing next to his daughter Mary in the middle of the other photo. His wife Annie, is the lady standing next to Mary Crook in both photos.
John Crook with his wife and daughter, and some of his customers c1911
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Art Gallery - About Us - Getting here
Bendigo is located approximately 150km north-west of Melbourne. Bendigo Art Gallery is situated in the CBD at 42 View Street. Post Office Gallery is situated within the CBD at 51-67 Pall Mall.
Estimated travelling time from Melbourne to Bendigo is 90 minutes.
In and adjacent to the CBD of Bendigo there are more than 5000 public car parking spaces. The City offers a range of parking options both on and off street.
The best off-street ticket machine car park located within a short walk of Bendigo Art Gallery is the Rosalind Park carpark (just behind The Capital Theatre and Bendigo Art Gallery - enter at the junction of View and Rowan streets).
The two ticketed multi storey car parks located within a short walk of Bendigo Art Gallery are the Edward street multi storey car park and the Hargreaves street multi storey car park. See map below for locations.
There are several short-term on street carparks on View, Rowan and Mackenzie streets, however, these fill up quickly, especially on busy days.
For carpark opening hours and more information about parking in Bendigo visit the City of Greater Bendigo car parking options website.
Estimated travelling time from Melbourne to Bendigo is 90 minutes by train. Walking from Bendigo Train station to the Gallery takes approximately 15 minutes. Post Office Gallery is approximately a 10 minute walk from Bendigo train station. Alternatively, from Bendigo train station you can catch a number 50, 52, 53, 54 or 55 bus to Bendigo Art Gallery and a number 51 or 60 bus to Post Office Gallery.
For Bendigo train time tables, fares, maps and travel information visit www.vline.com.au or phone V/Line on 1800 800 007.
For Bendigo bus timetables visit www.christiansbus.com.au or www.viclink.com.au.
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6/30/2008 - Downtown Asheville's Newest Lounge
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The Rankin Vault plans to open in a week or so and will be downtown Asheville's newest lounge. It's situated on Rankin Avenue behind Table restaurant in the same building.
From what I could see, the space looks cozy and comfortable. And it has some neat history. The building used to house a mortgage company, and the space for the lounge used to be home to a giant vault.
Here's more from the Rankin Vault's blog:
The guys just signed the lease on the space yesterday (7 Rankin Ave - in the same building as Table). They will convert the space from its current form as an art gallery into an upscale cocktail lounge featuring seating (and a flat-screen TV) in the old 11' by 16' vault that was a part of the original owner's mortagage company.
Curious about the vault itself, I started doing some research on the original insurance company: Imperial Life Insurance Company. The building was built in 1925. Interestingly enough, one of the founders was the maternal grandfather of novelist and great patron of North Carolina arts and literature John Ehle. If you haven't read any of Ehle's novels about Western North Carolina, you are missing one of the greats. His novels clearly show he is a man who wrote ahead of his time.
But back to the building. It sits on the corner of College Street and Rankin Avenue, but back in the 1920s, College Street was actually called Government Street.