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Weekend Reading: Bill Finger, Pixar, Toth and Calvin & Hobbes
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Yeah, yeah, Avengers-mania is dying down and we're back to counting the days until San Diego, right? Well, I am. In the meantime, let's read:
Want some story-writing advice from the gang at Pixar? Of course you do.
There's no doubt that without writer Bill Finger, Batman wouldn't be Batman. Booksteve's Library has read and enjoyed Bill, The Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman by Marc Tyler Nobleman. "Bob Kane was rather a self-serving individual who rarely did anything himself when he could get someone else to do it for him." One of those someones was the writer Bill Finger.
Longbox Graveyard blogger Paul O'Connor has a companion gig: a regular column at Stash My Comics called The Dollar Box. Start here.
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Weekend Reading: Avengers, Beau, Gareb And The Ultraverse
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials, Movies, DC Comics, Marvel Comics,
Everyone is still talking about Joss Whedon's The Avengers.
Emmy-winning writer/producer/director Ken Levine got a kick out of The Avengers, but it's not his favorite comic book movie.
The Avengers is now the third highest-grossing US movie of all time.
And they're even screening it on the International Space Station
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Comic Book Jobs: DC Comics' Publicity
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials, DC Comics,
If you're still looking for a ticket to Comic Con International in San Diego this year, you might try getting a job at DC Comics. They're looking for a Publicity Manager for their New York office.
You'll be doing all the famous press-based work: networking with members of the press, working your contacts to create PR opportunities, stay on top of whatever editorial is doing, and provide daily content for DC's news blogs. There are lots of requirements, including a minimum of 5 years pr experience, excellent communication skills, established press relationships, experience in publishing or related fields, and the ability to keep a secret. Knowledge of comics and/or DC characters is a plus.
And what about the convention in San Diego? This: "Ability to travel (domestically) approximately 25%." So no doubt there's a hotel room and a convention badge in your future with this job.
Good luck, job seekers!
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Oliver Nome Could Use a Hand
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials, DC Comics,
The life of a freelancer is never easy, but when you're young and ailing and in financial difficulty, it can suddenly be just awful.
Artist Oliver Nome, a highly regarded comics artist, is having a medical crisis and could use a helping hand. Blog @ Newsarama's Graeme McMillan has the details and if you can spare it, I can't think of a better cause.
[Artwork: by Oliver Nome, from his DeviantArt page]
The New 52: Out And About
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials, DC Comics,
According to news reports, Dan DiDio at DC has announced that one of their major characters will soon come out as gay. Apollo and Midnighter could not be reached for comment.
[Artwork: Apollo and Midnighter from The Authority, © DC Comics]
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Quote Of The Day: Dan DiDio on Before Watchmen
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials, DC Comics,
"I hope he looks at them with an open mind and a chance to understand this is a love letter to what he created, and more importantly that the strength of his work is allowing other people to grow and tell other stories which will hopefully inspire other creators along the way. In the way he was inspired by the creators when he was younger, we're hoping these ideas and these books are inspiring new people, so that we continue to grow the comics business as a whole."
- Dan DiDio on Alan Moore and Before Watchmen
Be sure to check out our other notable quotes!
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New This Fall: DC Comics' Arrow
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials, DC Comics,
As you all know by now, Green Arrow has finally gotten his own series. Only they've had to shorten it to just Arrow for reasons known only to Television Network Naming Executives.
Maybe that's the secret to getting comic books on television though. Dropping the first part of their name must make them more dynamic and appealing.
Green Arrow sounds sort of old-fashioned and comic booky. But Arrow is hip and full of power and urgency.
With that in mind, I'd like to propose my own list of 10 classic DC characters that could easily be on TV with new dynamic - and shortened - names:
10. Twins
9. Miracle
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Joe Shuster Superman Original Art Auction!
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Collecting, Editorials, DC Comics, Marvel Comics,
If you've ever dreamed about owning an original piece of Superman artwork by co-creator and artist Joe Shuster, now's your chance.
Longtime original art dealer Larry Shell is offering a rare piece of American comics history this week in a fast-paced auction.
It's a full color Joe Shuster recreation to the cover of Action Comics #16 (the original issue went on sale in 1938). According to Shell, this recreation was drawn in 1983 and "is one of only a very few cover recreations that Shuster did and is 100% his work." It was originally owned by Wendy and Richard Pini (Elfquest).
The original measures a large 15" x 20" in size and is rendered in lead and colored pencils, which gives the image the soft quality of pastels.
You can see a photo of Joe Shuster with the original piece here.
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Kamandi #14 by Jack Kirby
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials, Reviews, DC Comics,
I used to rank Jack Kirby's Fourth World series as my favorite of all his post-1970s comic book work, with Mister Miracle as my favorite title. Over the years, that shifted.
My favorite Fourth World title became Jimmy Olsen because of two things: (1) it's such a whacked out, imaginative take on the Olsen universe and (2) it's the first time anyone thought about Olsen as a character instead of the victimized afterthought he was for years in the Mort Weisinger comics.
But since then, my favorite has shifted once more. It's Kamandi, The Last Boy On Earth. What began with the basic elements of Planet Of The Apes turned into an epic of post-apocalyptic Earth. Animals are in charge, humans are slaves or playthings, and only Kamandi stands as the last hope for mankind.
It's been a long time since I read individual issues. I picked up a bunch on sale for $1 each during Free Comic Book Day, and Kamandi #14 was one of them, the earliest in the pack.
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Weekend Reading: Avengers, Alan Moore, Before Watchmen, and Don McGregor
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials, Interviews, Movies, Reviews, DC Comics, Marvel Comics,
I once met Alan Moore, had dinner with him in fact. A dinner that included Stephen Bissette and John Totleben.
I must stress that they did not have dinner with me at my invitation - I was at the table as a guest of Gary Groth and Kim Thompson from Fantagraphics. Also in attendance was Dave Olbrich. The creative trio - currently on DC's Swamp Thing - was on their way to NY and had stopped in at the Fantagraphics offices to meet with Gary and Kim and head for Chinese food. And I got to tag along.
I spent a couple of hours listening to Moore and his companions regale the group with story after story. At no point did I ever think of Alan Moore as crazy. In fact, I thought he was one of the smartest guys I'd ever met. He was also not like anyone I'd met either before or since. He was different, alright. But crazy? No. Weird? Hardly.
Which brings me to this:
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One of the lead Congressional investigators into sudden acceleration in Toyotas today accused another Congressman of manipulating evidence by misquoting and mischaracterizing documents subpoenaed from a former Toyota attorney turned whistleblower.
Rep. Darrell Issa, R.-Calif., today took the rare step of handing a letter to Rep. Edolphus Towns, D-N.Y., on the floor of the House of Representatives, accusing Towns of making "erroneous, misleading, and manipulated" assertions in describing the evidence obtained from the attorney.
Towns is the chairman and Issa the ranking minority member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, which held a hearing last week investigating the Toyota sudden acceleration issue. Top Toyota executives Akio Toyoda and Yoshimi Inaba testified at the hearing.
As reported on the Blotter, Towns sent a strongly worded letter after the hearing to Inaba, head of Toyota's North America operations, alleging that Toyota had deliberately withheld key evidence during civil litigation over vehicle safety. In his letter, Towns cited a congressional review of documents obtained under subpoena from Dimitrios Biller, a former top Toyota lawyer now engaged in a legal dispute with his former employer.
Issa now claims the Chairman "frequently misquotes and mischaracterizes the underlying material" and was not basing his letter to Inaba on a "fair reading of the evidence." In "one extreme case," Issa accused the Chairman of actually misrepresenting a key document by inserting the phrase "sudden unintended acceleration" into a quotation from a Biller memo dealing with a court case involving Toyota. According to Issa, the alteration changed the meaning of the memo, which he said did not deal with a sudden acceleration case.
'If We Have to Go to the Mattresses, We Will'
In his letter to Inaba, Towns apparently added five words to a passage he quoted from the Biller memo. According to Issa, the memo includes a sentence that begins, "This issue had been the subject of a number of meetings." The Towns version says, "This issue [sudden unintended acceleration] (emphasis added) had been the subject of a number of meetings." In addition to brackets, the words "sudden unintended acceleration" are underlined. Issa notes that in another memo, Biller himself asserts that the court case he is discussing "is NOT related to unintended acceleration."
However, an examination of court documents shows that the plaintiff in the case in question, Greenberg v. Toyota, did allege problems with sudden acceleration. One of the allegations in the complaint states that "Owners of the affected Toyota and Lexus model vehicles have also reported a dangerous failure of the drive-by-wire throttle, wherein the throttle system 'sticks' open and dangerous, unanticipated acceleration occurs. Accidents and near collisions have been reported as a result of this throttle failure."
In a statement, Rep. Issa said that the "misleading content" in Chairman Towns' letter to Inaba "shed a negative light on what has otherwise been a successful bipartisan effort."
"If any documents raise legitimate questions about Toyota's interaction with federal regulators, I will not hesitate to join with the Chairman and bring it to the public's attention," said Issa. "However, such actions must be based on fact and not conjecture, manipulated quotations and mischaracterizations."
A spokesperson for Rep. Towns declined to comment on Issa's claims.
In an article published in Politico last June, Issa and Towns discussed their working relationship as ranking member and chair, respectively, of the Oversight Committee.
"It's been a great relationship," said Towns at the time. "I'm encouraged, because we've been able to to do some creative things together."
Issa said the relationship was "always getting better." However, he also made a prediction that seems to have come true.
"If we have to go to the mattresses, we will," said Issa. "That day will come."

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text: David Sellens III has made the most out of the opportunities that have come his way as both an athlete and student at USC. The former Yreka Miner standout in both football and track and field recently found out he had officially made the USC track and field team in the discus and the hammer throw as a true freshman. Sellens earned a state berth in the shot put this past May for the Miners after winning a North State title in the event. Originally, Sellens went to USC to play football for the Trojans as a preferred walk-on on the offensive line but decided during fall camp that it was not the right fit for him and left the team. "It's been a really nice development for me," Sellens said about having the chance to compete in track and field at USC. "I feel honored to have this opportunity." After all, he said, while known for its football program, the Trojans have a great reputation in track and field as well. He pointed out that USC has had numerous All-American and Olympic athletes, including Olympic gold medalists, and is proud to be part of a tradition like that. While Sellens trained with the team for most of the fall and even had his biography recently put on the USC track and field website, Sellens did not get the official word he was on the squad until Dec. 18, he said. Sellens said it was certainly a relief to know he made the team. "I was pretty happy," he said. But, he added, while it appeared there was a very good chance he would make the team he was pretty nervous and anxious until he learned the good news. David is currently home in Yreka visiting his family and plans to returns to Los Angles and the USC campus in a few weeks. While he earned a state berth in the shot put in high school, Sellens said that at this time he will not compete in the event in college and will focus on discus and the hammer throw. Depending on how well he throws and what his marks are will determine how much he competes this year and if he will be on the traveling team, Sellens said. If he redshirts, he said he will still be able to compete at home events or ones in the L.A. area. Sellens admitted it was a difficult time for him after he left the football team but said things are a lot better now, and he feels he has found his niche at college. He was friends with a student that was on both the football and track teams, who one day brought him to meet the USC throwing coach, eventually getting an invitation to try out. Sellens said that trying out for the squad "is very competitive" and added he was proud that the coaches saw enough from him to earn a spot. He has developed a close bond with his fellow throwers and has enjoyed going to school in sunny southern California, he said. Sellens said that the USC throwing coach, Dan Lange, has mentored and coach a many All-Americans and Olympians and said he has learned so much from him. It also has helped that two All-Americans in the hammer throw, one man and a woman, are still on the team, and it has been very positive to train with and learn from athletes of this caliber. Sellens said that he has not competed in the hammer throw before but added very few folks in high school do this very challenging event. The hammer throw "involves two swings from a stationary position, then three or four rotations of the body in a circular motion using a complicated heel-toe movement of the foot," according to a overview of the event on Wikipedia. "The ball moves in a circular path, gradually increasing in velocity with each turn with the high point of the ball toward the sector and the low point at the back of the circle. The thrower releases the ball from the front of the circle." One person that Sellens said gave him a lot of needed encouragement after he left the USC football team was Richard Culp, the father of Miners football and track and field head coach Orlyn Culp, who had been a huge Trojans sports fan for years. He told Sellens it was a great opportunity to go to a school like USC and to keep striving to work hard and to make the most out of his situation. Richard Culp was planning to attend USC to play baseball when the Korean War broke out, and he went to serve his country, Orlyn Culp said. While he never did play for the Trojans, Orlyn said that his father always had a deep love for USC and was excited to hear one of his son's players was competing in sports at USC and was pleased he had a chance to compete for a spot on the track team, Sellens said that through Orlyn, who he has a close bond with, Robert would relay positive messages about him being at USC, and Sellens said it meant a lot to him. "He was an huge encouragement to me," Sellens said. Sadly, Robert, who had been ill for awhile, passed away on Dec. 17. Sellens said it was important for him to pay his respects and was at Robert's funeral in Chico. Sellens expects to finish his first semester of college with a 3.0 average and is attending USC on a Ford Family Scholarship. He said as a kid, he struggled in school, but thanks to the help and encouragement from his teachers, coaches and others throughout the years, he became a good student. Thinking back to when he was a kid struggling in school to going to USC, he said he is humbled and amazed at how far he has come. Sellens is currently majoring in sociology but said he could still change majors. He added he knows he wants to have a job where he can help others, such as teaching or counseling, the way he was helped and said he would like to work with high school kids in some way with his job. ""I want to be of service to others," he said. Sellens will compete in the outdoor season for the Trojans, which begins in March. His biography can be found at www.usctrojans.com/sports/c-track/mtt/david_sellens_870477.html.


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Whisk together the yeast and 1/4 cup of the water in a small bowl and let sit for 5 minutes to proof. Place 1 3/4 cups of the flour in a large bowl with the salt. Add the yeast mixture, the remaining water, and oil and stir until combined. Transfer the dough to a floured surface and knead until smooth. Grease a large bowl with the remaining 1 teaspoon of oil, add the dough, and turn to coat. Cover and place in a warm place until doubled in volume, about 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
Preheat the grill to high. Once the dough has risen, divide it in half. Divide each half into 2 balls. Roll each ball into an 8-inch circle. Brush with oil and grill on both sides until golden brown. Spread a few tablespoons of the Cilantro Pesto over each pizza, top with a few slices of buffalo mozzarella, and then top with 4 shrimp and cilantro leaves. Place the pizza on the grill until the cheese melts. Serve hot.
Combine all ingredients in a food processor and process until smooth. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.;
Preheat the grill to medium-high.
Brush each shrimp with oil and season with salt and pepper. Grill for 1 to 2 minutes per side or until just cooked through (shrimp will be opaque and turn pink).


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Two registered sex offenders were charged Wednesday with failing to alert local authorities to a change of address as required by law.
Alamance County Sheriff�s Office authorities were told Tuesday that David Brian Whitlow, 47, of 1648 Whites Kennel Road, Lot 13, Burlington, was not in compliance with the law. On Wednesday, he was placed in the Alamance County Jail under $40,000 bond.
His first court date is Thursday.
Also on Wednesday, county investigators arrested Antonio Antwain King, 26, of 333 Edgewood Church Road, Lot 15, Mebane for failing to file his change of address.
King was placed in Alamance County jail under a $30,000 secured bond. His first court date is Thursday.


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Don't let a little rain stand in the way of making a fashion statement. ShedRain, an American umbrella designer based in Portland, Ore., offers a variety of fashionable prints and colors. Some umbrellas even use 3M Scotchlite reflective material, a welcome safety feature. The brand is sold at some of the finest retailers including Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, Bloomingdale's and Macy's. In addition, ShedRain also makes private label brands for Brookstone, Eddie Bauer, Banana Republic, L.L.Bean, Timberland and Gap. Find ShedRain at Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, Bloomingdales and Macy's and at ShedRain.com.
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Looking for the Arvada Police Jobs main page? Visit Arvada Police Jobs.
Academy Training
Candidates who are offered employment and are not certified as a Peace Officer in the State of Colorado will attend a police academy at the expense of the department in the position of Police Recruit. The academy runs 22 weeks and recruits are not required to live at the academy.
Recruits who fail any component of the academy training or the Colorado P.O.S.T. Board Certification Examinations will be dismissed from employment.
The Arvada Police Department is a member agency of the Jefferson County/Lakewood Police Regional Training Academy.
Mini Skills Program
Graduating candidates will return to Arvada Police Department for a two-week classroom orientation. The training will include skills necessary to assist candidates in transitioning from the academy setting to job specific duties at the Arvada Police Department.
Field Training Program
Certified candidates and graduating Police Recruits will then participate in the department's Field Training Officer (FTO) Program.
The FTO program is 17 weeks and involves candidates taking an active role in patrol duties while working a variety of shifts. Candidates will be assigned to separate training officers throughout the program, culminating in a two-week observation by a plain clothes officer.
The program includes daily evaluation of the new officer's performance.


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Katy Perry + John Mayer Might Want You to Think He Put a Ring On It for Valentine's Day
Katy Perry and John Mayer had a romantic Valentine's Day date, and possibly in an effort to make us all care, Perry was rocking a ring. On that finger.
Mayer and Perry rented out the Vista Theatre in East Hollywood on Feb. 14, and TMZ reports that the pair stayed there alone for over two hours.
The theater's only showing was for 'A Good Day to Die Hard,' but Perry was spotted leaving with a DVD in her hand. Given her addiction to attention, Mayer probably had to sit through 'Part of Me 3D.'
More notable than their actual date was what Perry wore: a ruby heart ring on the all-important finger (see pics here). Reps for neither star would confirm or deny any engagement talk.
The pair are pretty serious though, with rumors of an inevitably annoying "look at me!" spawn in the making and Mayer even admitting that it doesn't feel like he's in a celebrity relationship with the whipped cream-shooting songstress.
Still, Perry had a pretty sweet Valentine's Day, tweeting after their date:
Get it? Because she's like, quirky and stuff!


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NoelColeman necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 62 diseños de 18 diseñadores freelance.
Enteractive Generation
We are a start-up company that has a vision: to be a money engine for social causes. We are a software company.
We are dedicated to using our success to leave the world a better place. We have established a trust fund that will put a percentage of all our earnings into. Our employees choose charity organizations that fall into one of 4 categories of causes - poverty, hunger, epidemic disease or racism - and those organizations are given money quarterly. We also allow our employees to donate some of their work time to local charities that fall into these categories so it isn't just money but our lives we give. Our mission is to create amazing products and encourage this generation to "Enteractivity" with our world. Let's leave it better than we found it.
Our target audience will primarily be the younger generations. (13-35 years old) Software solutions ranging from social media to other internet software. Our target audience is going to be technically savvy, ambitious and connected.
What we need is a logo that is energetic and fun while promoting a social conscience. Something that conveys this generation "Entering into activity." it needs to be delivered in either Photoshop or Indesign formats as well as jpg and PDF formats. It needs to be a high enough resolution to be used on everything from business cards, stationary and websites to larger printouts such as posters. Ideally it should look good in black and white as well.
I have loaded an image we put together that was a first shot at something useful. It isn't what we ultimately want, but the design element we liked about it is that the "E" and the "G" looked somewhat like an infinity symbol and thus promoted our focus on thinking about long-term. But feel free to move completely away from this or to use it and just make it better. This is only to be used as a starting point.
Please let me know if you have any other questions.
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Study: New Hormone Could Help Fight Obesity, Diabetes
Researchers have isolated a protein in mice muscle cells that trigger the same health benefits as exercise.
Irisin, a hormone used by the researchers at the Harvard University Medical School, was injected into sedentary mice that were obese and prediabetic. The protein was shown to activate genes that convert white fat into "good" brown fat, which burns more calories than exercise alone.
And while irisin doesn't build muscle and can't replace exercise, it acts as a chemical messenger and may eventually be used to develop new treatments for diabetes, obesity and possibly cancer, said senior study author Bruce Spiegelman, a cell biologist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston and a professor of cell biology at the medical school.
In results published online Jan. 11 in the journal Nature, irisin was also found to improve glucose tolerance in mice that received a high-fat diet. After 10 days of treatment with the protein, the mice had better-controlled blood sugar and insulin levels, preventing the onset of diabetes and helping them to lose excess weight.
Scientists are quick to point out that research involving animals often fails to produce similar results in humans, but researchers say it's possible that within the next couple of years, an irisin-based drug could be ready for human trials.
"It's exciting to find a natural substance connected to exercise that has such clear therapeutic potential," said study first author Dr. Pontus Bostrom, a postdoctoral fellow in the Spiegelman lab.


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Opinion: Analogizing ObamaCare
Best of the Web Today columnist James Taranto on why the media is comparing ObamaCare to President Bush's handling of Hurricane Katrina. Photo credit: Getty Images.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... I ... the ... welcome to Opinion Journal I'm Mary Kissel the bomb A supporters ... are starting to compare the Obamacare rollout to President Bush is ... Hurricane Katrina is that an accurate comparison ... of the best of the Web Today columnist James Taranto here ... first the net put up ... a quote from the New York Times's for Michael shear in these last couple of days and I quote ... from Obama won the presidency by exploiting the political environment that devour George W Bush's second term ... played by sinking credibility failed legislative battles fractured world relations and revolt inside his own party ... present Obama has now threatened by a similar toxic mix ... the disastrous rollout of its health care law not only threatens the rest of his agenda that also raises questions about his competence in the same way that the Bush administration's ... botched response to Hurricane Katrina undermined any semblance of the public and efficiency ... chains ... are nice too intense comparable to what the offense ... really mean Katrina was a natural disaster and died Obamacare is what type ... former SEC return on time I use to call a man caused disaster ... site ... but ... the comparison is a fascinating one then of course it's particularly interesting this being made in New York Times which is the country's most important ... liberal newspaper ... and I it's ... you know we've seen Obama kind of standing there and ... looking confused and ... the the the way in which that time that passes you read this phrase is telling I play ... Obama is in play and he's not fret ... in all this of these passive constructions ... meaning ... a bomb is not really leading an in your times is recognizing at ... least on the news ... there was also an interesting quote from slates Matthew Yglesias you ... who basically compared the death count of Hurricane Katrina more than ... eighteen hundred people ... the number of people who he says ... died because of Healthcare dot Gov is is less than one ... I is that accurate well I'd ... what ... the what what what would happen of course is after the Times did this the most diehard liberal journalists guys like Matt Yglesias ... Joan Walsh of salon to a lesser extent Ezra Klein of the Washington post ... op rushed out to say oh no this is a terrible comparison we have remained loyal to Obama so the claim is ... the Obamacare death toll is zero ... well okay ... but that's like saying the Hurricane Katrina death toll was zero before it made landfall five Obamacare's landfall he's generate first that's when the cancelled insurance policy start taking effect annoys the desert on a washing posted this did a piece like this ... are saying death toll is zero well into thousandnine when they were when the Senate was negotiated over Obamacare and Senator Joe Lieberman ... who had the deciding vote as did every other Democrat and Senate was holding out because he didn't like one provision that was in the birth of the bill that ... Klein said ... OT so Lieberman in order to settle an old political score he's willing to let hundreds of thousands of people die daggy again to Obamacare majority of these people turn to hundreds of thousands people died because not having insurance ... so now apparently turns out according to a delay Susan Walsh and climbed all these other left wing hacks it turns out ... medical insurance is a matter of life and after all apparently so ... why did we ... have this big guy to do about cited quote unquote universal care and it's a good sign ... it's a good question if you wanna know which comparison is more appropriate ... the region's is column on WS J dot com thus the Web Today columnist James Taranto thank you very much thank you


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Between four and six months, you will undoubtedly notice a change in the flavor, odor and quality of the drinking water and ice you serve from your refrigerator. For some, it may just be a little bit of a chlorine ting in the back of your throat. For others, it may be a sulfurish odor or slight discoloration.
While the symptoms may vary, the cause is nearly always the same – a refrigerator water filter that has lived past its lifespan. Anyone that has gone just a bit too long between water filter changes knows exactly what we are talking about. Read More


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Nichelle Nichols to be Special Guest at SF Convention on NMT Campus
by Kathleen Hedges
SOCORRO, N.M., July 25, 2008 – New Mexico Tech's first science fiction convention, set for Sept. 12 – 14, is pleased to have Nichelle Nichols as its guest of honor.
Right: Nichelle Nichols as Lt. Uhura on the original Star Trek.
Nichelle Nichols, known for creating the role of Lt. Uhura on the original Star Trek series, has been credited by both Whoopi Goldberg and Dr. Mae Jemison (the first African-American female astronaut) for inspiring them in beginning their careers.
Nichols has written her autobiography, Beyond Uhura, published by the Putnam Publishing group, and her first science fiction novel, Saturn's Child, featuring an intergalactic heroine, Saturna, published by Putnam-Berkeley. The sequel, Saturna's Quest was published by Planet X Publishing in Feb. 2002.
Left: Nichelle Nichols today.
Nichols will sign her book on Saturday, Sept. 13, from 3 to 5 p.m. in the atrium of Fidel Center, at New Mexico Tech. Also signing will be New Mexico writers Jane Lindskold, S. M. Stirling, Walter Jon Williams, and David Lee Summers.
The deadline to register for the convention, "Digging into Other Worlds" is August 29. After Aug. 29, the late-registration fee is $85 for everyone. Registration is at www.nmt.edu/~ink. Before Aug. 29, fees, which include all activities and the Saturday evening dinner, are:
- $75 for the general public
- $30 for New Mexico Tech faculty and staff
- Events free to all full-time New Mexico Tech students (registration required; dinner extra)
- $50 for New Mexico Tech alumni
- $10 for high school students (must show ID at registration table) $20 extra for the Saturday dinner.
For more information on the science fiction convention, please see .
Nichelle Nichols began her professional singing and dancing career in her home town, Chicago, at the tender age of 14. As a teenager, she was discovered by the great Duke Ellington who hired her to choreograph and perform a ballet for one of his musical suites, and subsequently to finish the tour as his band singer. Nichelle was performed in the U.S., Canada, and Europe, including guest artist with Lionel Hampton's band.
Nichols was cast by Gene Roddenberry to create Lt. Uhura in his legendary TV series, Star Trek. Subsequently, she co-starred in six blockbuster Star Trek motion pictures. She is in constant demand to appear before the millions of "Trekkers" who keep the dream alive around the world. Among her other TV and film credits, she co-starts with Cuba Gooding Jr., and James Coburn in the Disney motion picture, "Snow Dogs;" co-starred in a feature TV film, "Captain Zoom in Outer Space," with Ron Perlman and Daniel Riordan; co-starred with Maxwell Caufield and Lavar Burton in the Sandy Howard film, "The Supernaturals;" and danced and sang with Sammy Davis Jr., in "Porgy & Bess."
She was twice nominated for the coveted Sarah Siddons Award for best actress for her performances in the theatre productions of Jenet's "The Blacks" and the Oscar Brown Jr. musical "Kicks and Company." She starred in the touring Broadway hits, "Horowitz and Mrs. Washington," and "Nunsense II." In her one-woman show, "Reflections," a dramatic musical theatre piece, she 'becomes' twelve legendary female entertainers, utilizing her beautiful three octave vocal range, captivating acting abilities, and comic relief to a vibrant original music score. With rave reviews at the Westwood Playhouse in Los Angeles and Bayview Playhouse in Toronto, she plans for a CD album and a video recording of "Reflections."
On January 9, 1992, Nichols was awarded her much deserved star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. A few weeks before, she became the first African-American to place her handprints and signature in the cement walk at the famous Mann's (Grauman's) Chinese Theatre. Along with the other command crew members on the Starship Enterprise, Nichols was installed in a special exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, an unprecedented accolade for the entertainment industry.
Nichols was chosen to perform as guest solo artist with the Erie Pennsylvania Philharmonic Orchestra of the California State University-Northridge, where she previously was commencement speaker for their School of Arts. Her latest CD album, "Nichelle…Our of this World," released under the GNP Crescendo label, contains an eclectic selection of jazz, ballads and show tunes, as well as an original composition, "Gene," in honor of Gene Roddenberry.
Nichols' public service activities have been equally outstanding. Under contract to NASA, she took on the daunting task to successfully recruit the first women and minority astronauts for the Space Shuttle Program, for which she received NASA's distinguished Public Service Award for her pioneering efforts. She continues as a member of the Board of Governors of the National Space Society, and as a member of the Advisory Board of the International Space Camp.
In 2004, Nichols was selected as one of the International Human Rights Consortium's Fete d'Excellence Laureates.


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Is this a forum to discuss WAI issues? Is there some limit to how many times an issue may be raised? What I see regularly are new memebers to this forum. For them and I, this is the first time this issue has been raised. Rather than questioning why an issue is repeated, perhaps it would be more productive and a bit less intimidating to simply share the information many of the members appear to have on given topics. If a topic has been exhaustivly examined in the past, it should be fairly easy for the more experienced members to list the relevant points thus minimizing the need for multiple emails on "old" topics. If we want to improve accessibility, should we question or belittle those asking questions? Kurt Mattes Application Development Analyst-Lead Developer (302) 282-1414 email@example.com -----Original Message----- From: Christian Wolfgang Hujer [mailto:email@example.com] Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 6:02 AM To: David Woolley; firstname.lastname@example.com; email@example.com Subject: Re: Abbreviations and Acronyms: [techs] Latest HTML Techniques Draft -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Am Freitag, 12. Dezember 2003 07:39 schrieb David Woolley: > > ¥ 1970; english. acronym Ç word composed with Initials or syllabs or > > > > WWW > > > > is wrong :) WWW is Acronym, not abbr... > > No, because WWW is not a word, as it is not pronounceable in English. This has been discussed last year and the year before and the year before... It is *not* a requirement for an acronym to be pronouncable as word, at least not for the languages German and English. That's a common misunderstanding. Even I thought so... Also, an acronym always is an abbreviation, while an abbreviation is not always an acronym. I think you all might find this thread quite interesting: http://hades.mn.aptest.com/cgi-bin/voyager-issues/XHTML-1.0?id=618;expression=acronym;user=guest I did more research on the abbreviation vs. acronym topic. And I finally agree with Steven Pemberton. An acronym must be a word, yes. But that word needn't necessarily be pronouncable. It's enough that we treat it as if it were a word. That's what differs Radar, Laser, XML, SCSI, DSSSL and WWW from e.g.. > This is a fairly common repeat topic on these lists. Quite unnecessary, this has all been discussed before and I thought the discussion was closed long before, without a reason to reopen it ;-) My point: - - since acronyms aren't neccessarily pronouncable, it's required to differ between acronyms and abbreviations for speech browsers; a separate, e.g. class based scheme is required anyway, since for e.g. you'd might want to make an exception from the rule to speak the title and want to spell out the element content instead. So you'd need at least three classes to be implemented in an aural stylesheet: * spell out element content * read title * read element content - - the semantic value of marking up an abbreviation that is an acronym different from those abbreviation that aren't is very very little, for me it even has no value at all; I'd rather wish for a <person/> element than for a differentiation between those abbreviations that are acronyms and those that aren't. - - Also, for transformations with XSLT <acronym/> gives no extra value. Expanding e.g. and <acronym>Laser</acronym> using a database works all the same. So differing between those two kinds of abbreviations that are acronyms and that aren't isn't that important at all, I think. So I vote for dropping <acronym/> (XHTML 2.0 probably does so). I think the WAI HTML Techniques Draft should state that it's important to markup abbreviations at all, but it's not so important to markup those special abbreviations that are acronyms as such. Also I suggest that abbreviations are always marked up, not just the first time, maybe the title can be given only the first time. Bye - -- ITCQIS GmbH Christian Wolfgang Hujer Geschäftsführender Gesellschafter (Shareholding CEO) E-Mail: email@example.com WWW: http://www.itcqis.com/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/2aAzzu6h7O/MKZkRAmoiAJ9dLEQD1KXbFbCiea21VPOTI76fHQCgj5iM C3ZurRDSLy58X58FUkYGEMI= =Af3K -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ********************************************************************** This transmission may contain information that is privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the information contained herein (including any reliance thereon) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you received this transmission in error, please immediately contact the sender and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you **********************************************************************Received on Friday, 12 December 2003 06:37:00 UTC
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drvette Posts: 99Please put your Make, Model, year, AT or MT and 2wd/4wd when asking questions.
Your mech may be correct, many sensors, solenoids in the trans, , electrical wire connector problems, faulty ECM/PCM etc can all cause shifting issues.
also, [in 87-95 the TV Cable adjustment or TV may have debris]
However, it IS possible that the DRAC is sending erratic signals to your ECM/PCM .
GM issued a TSB for bad DRAC units, TSB Bulletin No.: 448301
Since I have NO idea what year you have, here's a generic usage of a DRAC
For several years, GM used a Digital Ratio Adapter Controller (DRAC), otherwise known as a speed buffer.
The buffer could fail in such a way that the signal to the instrument cluster was fine,
yet the signal into the computer was either erratic or nonexistent.
This would cause either no upshift or erratic shifting complaints.
And since the instrument cluster was providing a good vehicle speed signal, the buffer was often overlooked as being the cause of the problem.
Rusty Wrench
plex4r Posts: 2Suburban 2001 LT,
5.3 Ltr engine
164,000 miles
My Suburban has a major oil leak but I cannot see where it is leaking from. With the car in park, if I idle for about 5 minutes it starts to leak like a faucet turned on just above a drip.
Probably related to this issue is the fact that the car has been loosing a large amount of coolant over the last few years. I usually only drive the car 2000 miles a year. Over a two week period I could have to put in 1/2 gallon of water, but sometimes it would be 2 months before I would need this much. It seems like in summer it would burn less. I did not see a leak anywhere or out of the weep hole. The coolant has likely been leaking into the engine oil, because the color quickly because a rust like color even soon after I change the oil. Also there would be some amount of gunk that would drain with the oil.
I have looked all around under the hood but it cannot be seen from there. Underneath the vehicle the oil is dripping closer to the middle of the vehicle, coming from right above the transmission pan. It is not transmission fluid and I have had several people verify the color matches the oil color on the dipstick, and not the transmission fluid color. It is coming from above the transmission and dripping right across the transmission cable and around that side of the transmission pan, but I cannot see above there.
Before I take it to a mechanic I would like to have a rough idea of what both of these problems could be: First the coolant leak, and secondly the oil leak. The first problem probably caused the second, and I'm sure I did not help matters by continuing to drive it for so long while the coolant leak was happening.
Can someone please reply with what the cause of these issues may be and any rough estimate on what it would cost to fix it?0
trevelline Posts: 1Hello everyone
I'm on here to try and find some info on the new suburbans. I know the 2007 through 2010 suburbans are notorious to having many problems with the engine and electrical components along with oil consumption and door locks etc... I want to know if the newer suburbans 2010 and newer have any of these problems? So if you have anything please reply.
Thank you!0
ron152 Posts: 6I have a 2007 Suburban and my main problem has been with the brakes. The front calipers were too tight for the brake pads to slide so they wouldn't fully release when you take your foot off the brake pedal. This causes premature brake and rotor replacement due to the brakes constantly dragging and over heating. The rear brakes only wear on the inside where it's difficult to see while the outer pads remain like new. I think it's outrageous to have to replace the front brakes AND rotors at 16,000 miles and the rear brakes AND rotors at 30,000 miles, but that's just me. It should be more like front pads at 35,000 miles, front rotors at 100,000 miles and rear pads at 100,000 miles, rear rotors at 200,000 miles. I've been around a long time and have owned a lot of GM cars and trucks. My experience tells me that GM doesn't give a damn about fixing problems until maybe the next generation or until they discontinue that model altogether for lack of sales. Corvair? Monza? Chevette?
My brother-in-law has a 2008 Avalanche and he replaces the front brakes AND rotors two or three times a year. I got 16,000 miles out of the original front brakes and rotors. I then ground out the space a few thousands of an inch on the calipers to give the pads a little more room to slide. I now have 47,000 miles on it and the brakes and rotors are still good. And my gas mileage increased by about two miles per gallon. I tried to tell GM about their design problem, but they just look at me like I'm nuts. Why should they fix the problem while the dealers can make tons of money repairing brakes?0
ilovemygirls Posts: 1THANK YOU dbat124! I had the EXACT same problem right down to it breaking off in my hand. The only difference being, instead adding wire & putting it back where it was, I crimped a ring on the end, put a wire brush on my drill, took the paint off a spot in the engine compartment & put a self tapping screw right into the metal grounding it out right there. Who knows how much time, money & aggrivation you saved me. It got progressively worse until it suddenly got really bad, I read your post & had it fixed & done in 20 minutes. THANK YOU!!!!!!!0
chsuburbanownr Posts: 1My 99 Suburban started acting like I was on 'ice' this morning, had the pit-man arm replaced earlier this year. Most un-safe feeling even at low speeds, most notice-able if there is a bump in the road surface. Was searching to find what could be wrong and came across your posting. Plan on taking in to the dealer in the morning!0
This vehicle at just over 50K developed a terrible clunk up front, generally well after a slight turn. Almost like what you get with a limited slip rear end jerks that has the wrong oil in it on a turn, only much more positive a jerk. Can be repeated intermittently or rapidly more rapid than the axle rpm. Sounds almost like a big hammer hitting something, all at under 25 mph. Have not dared to go faster. Showed up suddenly after sitting in garage, about a block down the street. Can go a few blocks, no problem, but comes back unexpectedly. No indicator light change.
When first shown up it appeared like I just drove over a big and solid something and it dragged underneath the engine a few feet. Nothing there.
30 miles before this it was on a 2000 mile Interstate trip (daughter driving). Nothing noticed then.
I suspect a very bad hub bearing, due to where it comes from, but could be from the front differential. Or a U-joint, but I have never experienced a bad U joint this bad a jerk. Will go to shop shortly, if I can get that far.
Goes into each setting of FWD in and out no trouble.
Is there a limited slip type differential? Inspection underneath shows nothing unusual0
OG again: On the question, well not a good one, since when not engaged for 4 x4 operation, the limteid slip, if there, would not be involved.
Instead, I also now wonder if the jerks come due to the 4H tying to engage, with that shifting piston acting up. Also, wold the switches be in the picture?0
I wonder if in fact you still ARE in 4WD---sure sounds like it.0
rbethea Posts: 1Hello! I have a 2006 Suburban and all of a sudden it appears to get stuck at 25-30 MPH and just constantly revs. It sounds like I am just flooring it. However, it does not accelerate. Then if I continue pressing the accelerator, it will eventually jump and speed up again. What could the issue be?0
flyb412 Posts: 4It could be the fuel filter. I'd change that first, cheaper than going into the injector pump.0
bigbuddy29 Posts: 1i have a 2000 suburban the 4 wheel drive service light is on.0
Hello fellow motorheads,
I'm looking for a checklist for rehabbing a 97 Burb 2WD that's been sitting in a barn for 2.5 years. When the vehicle was put up everything was running normally but nothing was done to store it properly. What I'm looking for is a checklist that I can go through to make sure that I don't damage anything when getting it back running.
If any of the more capable techs here would respond I would really appreciate it. If you do respond could you include the priority of the steps. I am on a budget and I'm not sure I will be able to do everything on the first day. I will probably do most of the work to save on labor.
Based on your estimate of 2.5 years of storage, I would do the following:
1. Drain fuel tank---either you'll have to suck the old fuel out with a pump or drop the tank. Add fresh fuel
2. Change fuel filter and buy a spare one
3. Replace the battery, clean the cable ends.
4. Remove the spark plugs and squirt a teaspoon of light oil (ATF, Marvel Mystery Oil, etc) into each hole and let it sit for a little while. Replace plugs.
5. If you can, use a socket wrench to turn the engine by hand to make sure it is free. If so, go to #6
6. Check oil and coolant levels
7. Crank 'er up. Have a fire extinguisher at hand if you can.
8. Once it starts, let the engine idle, and check for fuel, oil, coolant leaks. CHECK THE BRAKE PEDAL for firmness. CHECK YOUR OIL PRESSURE warning light.
Phase II
Once running, take the car out for a short drive. Check the tires to see if they have sidewall cracks or if they are heavily flat-spotted (you'll feel that as you drive). Minor little cracks might be okay. Flat-spotting may improve as you drive.
After returning to the storage area, drain the oil and filter.
Phase III
After you are sure the truck can run reliably and start reliably, you have the option of draining the coolant and flushing the brake system, based on your own observations and judgment.
If the thumping and flat-spotting has not gone away with regard to tires, you'll have to replace them.
If the coolant hoses seems old and squishy to the touch, or if the drive belts are glazed or cracked, replace them.0
Thanks for the great reply Shiftright - I will be tackling this soon.
Okay, work safely with gasoline! Sometimes rodents can chew up electrical or fuel lines.0
Need help from experts.. my suburban has been doing some weird stuff..and couple mechanics cant figure out.. its not throwing any misfire codes..what happens doesnt happen all the time but will happen at 30mph or 70mph.. it will start to buck is the best way to describe it it will jerk and my gauges all go wackey tach will bounce around gas gauge will bounce around and even abs light will come on..let off gas and settles down..now last week hooked up boat which i knew would put more stress on truck and yes it happened but even more then before drove 65it miles and it happened 3 times on highway and each time had to baby it down to 30mph to get it to stop.. but no codes to check.. so leads me to believe electrical.. please help give me some ideas to look at..been told possibly speed sensor in rear diff?0
march222 Posts: 4I need some advice, 2007 Suburban 98,000 miles. I have been religious with servicing. Noticed a tap tap on start up and initial acceleration. I had the oil changed it got louder I took it back and the mechanic listened to the engine and thought it could be a rocker problem. They want 2k plus to repair!!
I have put some Sea foam into the oil after some research it has become quiet again.
Any thoughts on keeping or selling? The dealer offered me 19.5k and net 52k on a new LTZ.
Should I lease or buy?
Thanks Mark0
Well nothing in a can is going to fix a serious engine problem like bad rocker arms, so maybe you just freed up a sticky lifter.
Nothing in a can is going to replace worn metal in other words, but a detergent action could help a stuck lifter.
I'd say, on a guess, that your mechanic misdiagnosed your problem. He couldn't possibly know about bad rocker arms without disassembly and measuring.0
nobody has any ideas on what the problem might be or suggestions on what to maybe check out!!!!0
hawkedchic Posts: 1We have an 04 and are having the same problem.0


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First of all I have to say that I feel really honored that I have been asked to write something about Lagaan. So, thank you, theBollywoodFan, for having faith in me.I have seen Lagaan several times. Lagaan was my first "Bollywood" movie. I did not know anything about Bollywood at that time, and more or less stumbled over the movie on TV. I love music, dancing, and travelling to foreign countries. So, seeing a movie with singing, dancing, and foreign landscapes and cultures did not scare me away, as others claim they do. On the contrary, more than half way through I was so blown away that I sat completely engaged and tensed while watching something as weird as...cricket!
Again, I have seen Lagaan several times, and am in love with this movie. I wanted to know more. So I bought "The Spirit of Lagaan" by Satyajit Bhatkal (who in real life is a good friend of Aamir and was a lawyer who had nothing to do with movies) and read it in one night! I was amazed to find out bit by bit how everything and everyone came together. But I wanted more. So I bought "Balham to Bollywood" by Chris England and was rewarded with some strange looks by my fellow travellers in the tram on my way to work because I laughed so much.
Then the Anniversary Box Set came out, and finally I got a chance to get a hold on "Chale Chalo – The Lunacy of film-making," again by Satyajit Bhatkal. At that time it seemed to me that I had spent decades searching the Net for that very special "Making of". So there it was -- a 3-DVD box with lots of goodies. (And no. I was not one of the lucky girls who found an invitation for a dinner with Aamir in it *sniff *) But "Chale Chalo" came without subtitles! My Hindi (learned through Bollywood movies and "Teach yourself" sets) had developed quite well, but I was a bit dissapointed. Then there was a rumour that there were 4-DVD boxes as well, with the Hindi and English versions of "Chale Chalo". So the hunt was on again. I bought another box and hoped that it would be a 4-DVD box set – big mistake – just another 3-DVD box set! In true Aamirian spirit, however, I did not give up and finally got my 4-DVD set. Jiiiiiihaaaaaaa! And the best thing was that the English and Hindi versions were not the same, so I had a ball watching both of them in tandem and finding the differences. ;-)
I write all of the above to make clear that my take on Lagaan was not written after a first encounter with the movie. It is the result of everything I have seen and read about the film. I hope you enjoy it and have fun.
So here we go....
...19th century somewhere in India. Living is hard when you do not only have to feed your own people and your own sovereigns but also some white blokes who think that they are the kings of the world. No rain – no harvest. It is as simple as this. Life gets worse when the villagers are forced to pay double the tax they paid last year. One remark (and a bit more) leads to a bet which leads to...you know what happens next.
Aamir Khan (producer, main actor, he who has faith in Director Ashutosh Gowariker) compared Lagaan to an Asterix comic on several occasions, saying Champaner is like a small village in Gaul fighting the mighty Roman Empire. But reducing Lagaan just to the "Villagers against the British Raj"- is not fair to the author of Lagaan, Ashutosh Gowariker. There is much more Lagaan has to offer. So the "fight" in Lagaan is the fight for equality of all people, for justice and for life. The Team of Champaner contains Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, an Untouchable, and is supported by a British Lady and of course the lovely Gauri. Let's get this right. We are talking about the 1890s here. Teaming up and standing together as one regardless of religion, class, and caste is a model *today*! Compare Lagaan XI to the India of today (or think global) and you will be very sad about all the missed opportunities.
Lagaan is pure multiculti, a little like an Indian mixture of "Utopia" and "The seven Samurai", without losing its very own identity. The success of the team – ergo the village – shows the audience that despite all the differences of the people (gender, background, religion, etc.) a strong community is of prime importance to survive and have success. Do you listen, modern-day India?
As Ashutosh Gowariker said, at the time of the birth of Lagaan, there were several don'ts:
- Don't do a movie about ancient rural India,
- Don't dress your actors in Dhotis and let them talk in a dialect,
- Don't make a movie about sport and especially NOT about cricket.
So Ashutosh took his script and started a tour to almost every actor and every production house in India, trying to sell the script. Without success, but with some really strange recommendations, e.g. Bhuvan should stab Captain Russel at the end with a stump. Eventually, after a second narration, Aamir agreed to act in the movie. But he did not want Ashutosh to tell anybody because he did not want a producer who only said yes because the star of the movie is Aamir Khan. He wanted a producer who believed in the script, the concept, the movie. This belief Aamir and Ashutosh demanded from all those who would be involved with the production of Lagaan. So Ashutosh made his tour again but did not find a producer. After another narration, which included Aamir's father, uncle, Reena (now his ex-wife), and a financier named Jamu Sughand, Aamir agreed to produce the movie – but only on the creative side. Aamir roped in Reena as well who did the whole financial and contracts part. But excuse the tangent here.
The story is very compact and there are no distracting sideplots. Something that one seldom expects of a movie that's almost four hours long. More importantly, I am still wondering how Ashutosh got me excited about something exotic like...cricket!
The very good balanced combination of earnestness and pathos, humor and irony, cheesy emotion and sentimentality, grand moments and small occasions captured me without boring me for a moment. I've seen the movie around 20 times, and this still holds true. That's a remarkable trait.
(theBollywoodFan's comment: Agree completely! Look, Gowariker is notorious for long movies by now, but I don't think anyone cared much for the length of Lagaan -- if it's done well, it's welcome!)
The danger of a movie with an ensemble cast is that the author loses track and that the editing nearly kills the movie. This did not happen here. Every team member (and a lot of other characters) has his own history, identity and his own erscheinungbild (German for semblance) and is introduced – more or less detailed – to the audience. This happens without the movie getting boring. The lovely description of the characters, the way the story unfolds, slowly but surely, takes the audience to the Höhepunkt (climax) – from the first moment, when the coin rotates, to the teambuilding and the very last bat, everything makes sense and fits like a tailored shoe. It's just the introduction of Kachra, the untouchable, which was a bit intolerable. I didn't think it was necessary to support every third word said by Bhuvan with heavy drumbeats. The words alone were meaningful enough.
I thought Lagaan was extremely well cast. There wasn't anyone who was not able to deliver the part, or who acted implausible. Aamir Khan as rural, sensitive farmer with a strong sense of justice and a very big bullhead, the lovely Gracy Singh as the faithful village belle who is in love with Bhuvan, Amin Gazi as the witty kid who plays an important part in the team, Rajesh Vivek als the manic weirdo, Amin Hajee as the mute drummer with the powerful arms and the brightest smile, Raghuveer Yadav as the funny chicken farmer Bhura who has a constant quarral with neighbour Goli and his kids – this list can go on and on, can it not?
Individually looked at, each role might not be very big. They don't have to be, because the complexity emerges from the community of actors. What I'm trying to say is we can find a lot in each and every one of these characters. We just have to look again, and again, and again. We can see how Gauri coyly casts down her eyes while talking to Bhuvan on the hill about her future marriage and how she raises her eyes in secret admiration for Bhuvan's strength when she comes to his home at night. We can see how Captain Russell flares his nostrils when he thinks he's outclassed someone. And we can see the curled up big eylashes of Bhuvan. Yes, really. They came up with the idea to provide Bhuvan with bigger eyes and make him so look even more trustful. I could comment on each and every character of Lagaan like this but this post is already too long.
Instead, let me go to the set and the set decoration.
The village of Champaner was designed so lovely and authentic that you just love to see the villagers act in it. Deeper looks into the daily life would have been appreciated but I guess that would have made the movie more than 5 hours long (not that I would have filed a complaint!).
The village was built by regular people who lived in that area and not by set builders from Mumbai. They used techniques which were really used to build houses in that area, and they used natural materials. One anecdote from "Chale Chalo" says that the whole ground of the village had to be covered with a special mixture of soil and cow-dung because the regular ground reflected so much light that the camerawork (Anil Mehta) faced serious challenges.
Not only was the village authentic (there were even heated discussions about who would live in which house, who would neighbour whom, and how big those houses should be), even the equipment like Ismayel's pottery wheel and Arjan's smithy belonged to people who built the village. The patterns for the antique cricket bats Aamir found in a small shop in London. Every character in the movie has his own, individually designed house. But there are not only 11 houses. They built more than 30 houses, the beautiful temple on the hilltop and of course fields and fences for the cattle.
|Creating Champaner
You can clearly see that the village is not empty but full of life. It is not crowded only when the camera is filming one specific house. In almost all scenes filmed in Champaner, there are wide angle shots and in truly every corner, there is activity. All those wide angle shots are a feast for the eyes. All the colours harmonize with "rural India" and are in earthy shades. Even flashy colours, which are almost only used in the dresses of the women, mainly contain shades of yellow, orange, red and brown (rarely green). Very impressive are the mass-scenes for which they convinced 10,000 people from all over Kutch (most of them had never seen a movie before) to come to the sets before sunrise. All those people had to be dressed and fed – in the middle of nowhere. One can imagine the effort that went into this.
Never before had dryness looked so beautiful. Anil Mehta caught amazingly beautiful pictures with his camera. The panning shots over the village (especially during the rain song) are simply brilliant and undermine again the importance of building a real village instead of façades. The change from wide angle shots of the entire village, the landscape and the mass-scenes to the close-ups of the expressive faces of the actors are great. And even the unability of some actors to play cricket was covered up very well. Or did you notice that Akhilendra Mishra as blacksmith Arjan was not able to hit the ball even properly even once? Or did you know that not only Paul Blacksmith as Captain Russell had problems with the language? There are very funny scenes in "Chale Chalo" in which even Aamir was not able to deliver his lines in the first take, nor in the second or third or tenth! "Perfectionist" Aamir said that he had so much to do as a producer that he learned his lines the night before the shooting.
I'd like to finish with a discussion on the songs. All the songs of Lagaan are a feast for the eyes just as well – for one or the other reason.
In "Ghanan Ghanan" it is the amazing background action (even if it is a little condescending to call it that). Many villagers were still played by those people who created Champaner. They were not actors but farmers and craftsmen. Some were local actors from the amateur theatre in Bhuj. Even from amongst the pros from Mumbai there were people who had never danced or lip-synched a song. Still, the choreographer had planned a lot of wideangle shots with activities in all corners of the village. And if you look really close, you will find a villager or two who stumbles over his own feet, waves the arms out of synch, or simply looks really frustrated. Nonetheless, especially those scenes are immensly charming and give the audience the feeling that it's not professional, paid dancers who act on a stage in a studio, but that they're a bunch of normal villagers who simply celebrate the (pending) arrival of the rain.
"Mitwa" always brings tears and a smile to my face. Tears because of Goli who is so afraid and who passes his food to his children so they have enough to eat, and a smile not only because of the lovely interaction of Bhuvan with the kids, but because of the party atmosphere at the end of the song when the old and the new members of Lagaan XI celebrate themselves and life in general.
The beautiful choreography (Saroj Khan) of "Radha Kaise Na Jale" is a visual treat. And of course, there is also an anecdote to this song as well. Everybody was really proud of Gracy Singh. Because of the really heavy silver earrings she had to wear during the entire movie, her earlobes were inflamed and at that time she had to undergo a fair amount of pain with every move she made. She did it all beautifully, though, as you well know.
What I love about "O Rey Chori" is that it is simply so very beautiful! Just Bhuvan and Gauri in love in the wonderful landscape of Kutch, on a hill surrounded by wasteland, on a haystack, on an ox-cart – no dancing around trees or freezing actresses in a sari on a Swiss glacier.
"Chale Chalo" has a well trained, half-naked, sweaty Aamir... ahem.... so do I have to say more? Nooo. *Whistles*
(theBollywoodFan's comments: Wow, did I just let someone say *that* on this blog? :D)
My favourite song is "O Paalanhaare". The despair of the villagers expresses itself in an intercessional prayer at the humble but beautiful temple. It's very impressive to see how demoralised the villagers were and how much power they take from this prayer. And now a note on the temple. Built in a traditional way which means they did not use concrete or any other adhesive between the stones. So in the scene where Lakha is chased, hides in the temple and the villagers are banging against the door, there was a genuine concern that the walls would not hold and that the temple would collapse. Neither happened.
So there you go. In summary, Lagaan is one of the very best movies, across global cinema, that I have ever seen. Happy Birthday Lagaan! And happy anniversary and thank you to everybody who was involved in making this very special movie.


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Author: Jennifer Chiaverini
Series: #9 in the Elm Creek Quilts series
Narrator: Christina Moore
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Elm Creek Quilts, the thriving artists' retreat at Elm Creek Manor, is a place that stakes its sterling reputation on the palpable creative energy and collective goodwill of its teachers and students. But when two of its founding members decide to leave the fold, the Elm Creek Quilters face untold changes not only in their personal lives but also in their business. As the news spreads, a single question emerges: Who can possibly take their place?
An Elm Creek Quilter must not only possess mastery of quilting technique but teaching experience, a sense of humor, and that intangible quality that allows an individual to blend harmoniously into a group. With high hopes, Elm Creek Quilts posts an open call for applicants.
I'll be the first to admit that learning to quilt is on my bucket list. I can already cross-stitch, crochet (to an extent – meaning that I am really good at making scarves) and other stuff like that, and while I have tried quilting in the past, I haven't had the time to dedicate to it (as much as I would have loved). But i remember when I first came across the Elm Creek Quilts series – one of my good friends from college took up quilting (and is still doing it to this day) and for Christmas that first year (or maybe it was her birthday), I bought her the first two books in the series. And while I was at it, I bought myself the first book – and there is has languished in the TBR pile since. Then at the library one day, I saw the audiobook for one of the later books in the series (maybe book 5 or 6) and I grabbed it, thinking what the heck…I was soon hooked.
This entry into the series was slightly different from the rest, as it was told in a series of short-stories/flashbacks. The general theme was that the four people who featured predominantly through-out were being considered as staff as the quilting school. Through these flashbacks you see how they started quilting, what was their inspiration, and methods to their creativity in their own designs. However, the other characters that I have come to enjoy in the other books (Sylvia and the other quilters) also made an appearance.
For me, I think the narration by Christina Moore makes a good book all the better. I enjoy all the voices that she uses for the characters and having listened to 3 or 4 books now, she has been able to keep them consistent over the different installments. My only comment would be, that aside from this one, there are very few males who appear in the series, so i don't necessarily have a good judge of her range with masculine voices – but what I did hear in this one, I am impressed and hope to hear more. I'm looking forward to finishing this series up next year (hopefully) and looking for more in the future. Overall 3.5 stars.


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6. Remember a gaming day and keep it holy (release new online content on a consistent basis)
If you're going to have a system which can download content, pick a day every week to release new content. Music and movie fans know that every Tuesday they can hit the store and buy new content. Pick one day a week like Microsoft (Wednesday) and Nintendo have (Monday) and stick with it. No random day of the month crap, pick one day and stick with it. Companies will need to plan ahead to make they have a full pipeline of content lined up though. Gamers are more likely to accept the occasional weak release as opposed to a week without any content.
7. You shall not covet your neighbors titles, make sure you have at least three solid first party launch titles
Launch lineups are notoriously weak, you know you're going to get a few games from Activision, a shovelware version of Madden that's been hastily ported to the system, and maybe a few Ubisoft titles. Game development for a new console is tricky as developers are coding towards a moving standard but every console launch should have at least three quality first party titles to help get gamers through that slow period at the start of the launch. The closest thing we got with this generation was the Xbox 360 with Kameo, Project Gotham Racing 3, and Perfect Dark: Zero but you really need at least three quality titles to keep people interested (put down the torches Wii owners, I'm not discounting Zelda but it was the only first party title Nintendo released with the Wii). [UPDATE: I forgot about Excite Truck, I don't include Wii Sports as it was a pack-in for the system in the US.]
8. You shall not commit gaming adultery, backwards compatibility should be an all or nothing deal
Look you either support backwards compatibility or you don't. Don't just support the top games or support the games in a crappy low resolution mode. You either support it or you don't. Gamers shouldn't have to check an online list to see if their games are playable on the next generation system and then pray that they will be. In the immortal words of my father "Take a dump or get off the pot", either you support all the games or you don't. Having a half-baked approach to this just confuses frustrates people as they have to wonder if a game is going to be workable on the new platform.
9. Thou should have good tech support and a solid replacement policy in place for defective units
Nothing is worse than purchasing a new high tech gadget only to have it break down after a few days or weeks of use. Factor in having to deal with customer service and it just leaves a really big sour taste in your mouth. All products (especially cutting edge electronics) are going to have a certain defect rate and we're not asking for a 100% defective free launch. Just don't make getting a replacement for your defective unit a hassle as you want the consumer to continue using your console and to purchase more games and peripherals for it. A working console is a profitable console so don't make it hard for consumers to get a replacement console if theirs goes bad.
10. Future launches will launch with one and only one SKU
Two SKUs for a console launch are something that's been tried and should now be officially buried. Sure you can say that people still bought the lower end SKU's for the 360 and PS3 at launch but given how scarce units were at launch I don't think everyone who bought a lower end unit would have made the same decision if a higher end sku would have been available. Not only does this cause customer confusion but it means that you add variability into the console configuration and isn't that the main benefit of consoles?
Hopefully these guidelines will help eliminate some of the ugliness that we saw with the current next generation launch. I'm sure there will be other problems but hopefully there won't be the violence, camping, and massive eBay profits from the next major console release cycle.
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