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The ABC of Discipline Priesting
4/20/2010 gear, shields, stats, theorycraft 33 comments
There is a little-known secret among disc priests.
We all know the two basic principles of the discipline spec. First, that our greatest value is our ability to mitigate, whether it be from our shields, our crit-bubbles, or our passive quasi-aura. Second, our direct heals are pathetically small. This is why bad raid leaders everywhere continue to fire disc priests from their raids when we register near the ret pallies and shadow priests on any healing meter that doesn't count absorbs.
But I'm not here to tell you that there's a secret way to combat this. Bad raid leaders are bad. Apparently they missed the patch notes from 3.0.2, which came out, like, a YEAR AND A HALF AGO. Sheesh.
No, I'm here to teach you a secret way to maximize your output. Yes, I know you're already doing great, and I know that when you factor in absorbs (hooray World of Logs!) that you end up at or near the top of the meter. I'm here to challenge you to pump out more healing (and shielding) that you thought you could in a given fight.
Always. Be. Casting. This is the ABC of discipline priesting. And it seems to be a well-guarded secret!
This is a mindset you learn as a damage-dealing class. Any time you're not casting, you're leaving dps on the table, so to speak. Shadow priests learn to spam Devouring Plague and Shadow Word: Death when they're running so they don't waste precious seconds getting from orange to green. But healing classes have been trained the opposite way. We might shield pre-emptively, but we also stand idly when there doesn't appear to be anything more to do.
Think about it. Every global you don't cast a spell is a potential loss of 10 to 30 thousand points of healing/mitigation, maybe more. How many globals do you spend moving without casting? Or waiting, just regenerating mana, subconsciously living in the BC-era world of dodging the five-second rule? If you idle for just six globals a minute, you're looking at a 10% reduction in your output. You might as well be healing in your Ulduar gear. Or be healing through a minor Mortal Strike debuff.
"But wait," you say, "I only pause when there's nothing to heal!" Well, dear friends, disc priests are the best in the business at healing people who are already at full health. We spam bubbles. Bubbles are instant. They're our most valuable function in a raid, our most powerful spell.
And after all the bubbles have been spammed—and I do mean all—we spam direct heals. Because with our high crit rates, even direct heals turn into more shields. And when you're on the move, if Weakened Soul is on every raid member…what then? Of course PoM is on CD (isn't it?), so you suck it up and toss out your only remaining instant, our weakest heal: Renew. Renew is terribad for disc, just awful. But it's better than doing nothing.
Have I managed to rile you up yet?
Ok, fine, I'll back off Renew. But that's as far as I'll go.
I have to confess, this post was 100% inspired by something Matron wrote over on PlusHeal a couple of weeks ago. For reference, he's the GM of an 11/12 hard-mode guild, so scoff at your own risk. It was part of a discussion on how disc priests should gem. Remember that he is speaking about a 25-man progression context, in which disc is a raid
healer shielder, not healing the tanks. Tank healing in 25s is best left to our bacon-loving friends, at least until Cata. Ok, here we go:
The #1 way to increase throughput is to cast more spells, not gem SP.
The popular advice to "gem INT if you have mana problems" and "gem SP if you don't have mana problems" is the worst advice given on these boards. If someone is casting fewer spells than they should of course they're not going to have mana problems, and what individuals take away from the discussion is a feeling that because they don't have mana problems they should gem throughput. That's absolutely incorrect.
You can go OOM on most every encounter in ICC, even with the best gear and using all your mana cooldowns, by simply spamming PWS, which will provide the most HPS for your raid as disc.
The challenge of any role is to cast more of your best spells/abilities. To do this you must support yourself with int/regen.
Rather than saying "if you don't have mana problems gem SP," instead we should be advising people that "if you don't have mana problems you need to cast more spells until you do have mana problems"... pushing people towards a state of OOMness will increase their throughput much faster than advising them to socket an extra 100-150 SP.
The INT that people socket won't even make much of a difference in terms of regen; again gems are only going to provide 150-200 stat points. However, advising people to socket SP if they don't have mana problems tells people that their current level of casting is acceptable/optimal, when in reality 99% of priests aren't casting using every gcd.
He clarified a few posts later:
Again, gemming INT or SP won't make that much of a difference either way. We're talking at most a 5-10% difference in mana pool or shield size. What makes the most difference is how many spells people cast, which I believe is a playstyle/practice better supported by focusing on regen/INT...
My feeling is that it is easy enough to go OOM by simple pro-active shield spammage, disc's bread & butter; you don't have to get fancy to go OOM…
Basically there are a ton of reasons/encounters for constant PWS spam. If you're not taking these opportunities and you're losing out on the meters, but you "don't have mana problems", gemming for SP is not going to close the gap with other healers. You're playing incorrectly, not gemming incorrectly. In reality gems matter very little for us.
I am as guilty as the next guy for giving gemming advice like that. However, my own gearing strategy has its bedrock on hybrid trinkets and an overpowered regen meta (sorry Dawn!). But as Matron said, the issue he's poking at here is not so much gem choice as playstyle choice.
Try it out next time you raid. Challenge yourself to waste fewer globals. Fight the urge to wait for anything. When there's no one to shield, Flash your neighbors to put up more Divine Aegis. Use Penance every cooldown, assuming you can risk not having it available for emergencies for a few seconds.
Treat yourself like a dps class who has to do everything he can to squeeze out another drop of damage. You might just discover a whole new level of play.


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Welcome to the Food and farming module for children aged 5-8 years. This module supports primary school children learning about where their food comes from and how it is farmed.
This module is comprised of a comprehensive Teachers' Guide and three Key Facts:
Key Fact 1 - All food comes from plants or animals;
Key Fact 2 - Food has to be farmed, caught or grown at home;
Key Fact 3 - Food is changed from farm to fork.
The Key Facts are supported by lots of great resources including lesson ideas for the busy teacher, pre-prepared worksheets for children, interactive activities, PowerPoint presentations and colour photographs.
Interactive activities
This module is supported by three exciting interactive activties around food and farming. These are:
This module also features exciting videos which show crops and animals being farmed and recipes being made, these are supported by easy-to-follow recipes and teacher guidance:
Last reviewed: 14/06/2011
Next review date: 01/11/2013

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Today I did something new. I put in a gravestone for my grandmother.
My paternal grandmother could be a bit of a battleaxe at times, but she was only like that because she knew she was better than other people (she once told me this in all seriousness) and, if I am honest, I am not sure I am in any position to dispute that. Certainly I do not pretend to be knowledgeable enough to judge.
It is perhaps a wonderful and sensible approach to life, after all, is that not the whole point of CBT? Without doubt she had a profound effect on us all, particularly in the stoicism line and we do mourn her passing, although it was her time. The girls, in particular, loved to see her, delighting in playing with the osteoarthritic lumps on her fingers in the innocent way that only children can and which we all secretly rather enjoy - We were frightened of Grandmama as children, but my girls never were, despite her looking far scarier than she ever had in her youth. It saddens me that the youngest will probably not remember her.
Anyway, Grandmama died just before Christmas and the weather was bleak. The snow was so very thick that it seemed as though the interment would not be able to go ahead, but it seemed important to get her underground before Christmas, so we went down to the undertakers with a 4X4 and were quite insistent.
It was not easy - the hearse was automatic and would not get along the Dartmoor lanes in the snow - some hills are too much for any engine when the ground is a rink of Olympic properties. I had to get out and push the hearse up 3 hills on the way (we would have towed it, but for the towing eye needing to be screwed in and being housed under my grandmother) and we finally gave up about 20 yards shy of the church.
Some villagers made the journey on foot and they sang 'all things bright and beautiful' whilst we ferried folk who could not make it by car around in the 4X4 and started only 30 minutes late. No funeral, just my 3 cousins and my sister singing Brother James's Air and some words from the rector and in she went.
Apart from the Rector calling my grandmother "Kathleen" (her name being Katharine), which she would have absolutely hated, it all went well (and that made my father laugh out loud, which rather settled the whole matter down anyway).
We stood there for a bit, so I called out 'Well I'm freezing, what say we all go back into the church for a sing-song?' and so we did.
A few carols in the cold and back to warmth we went.
It was all very pleasant, if that is an appropriate word, but her brother could not make the trip (he is well into his nineties, after all) and several people have said that they felt that the missed out on 'closure'.
I detest the term, but I know what they mean.
So we are going to have a blessing of the stone on the 20th, which meant, of course, that it had to go into the ground.
I went to the farm my Grandmother grew up on and found a hunk of granite, which I dug out from what used to be a hedge and brought it back to Exeter to have it turned into her gravestone.
Here is the stone, along with a mock-up of how I first envisioned it looking:
I am very pleased to be doing this sort of thing, it is immensely satisfying to be able to do something so definite and useful. Not that gravestones are intrinsically useful, but you know what I mean.
As it turns out, I have also left a space for my Aunt on the bottom of the panel. I can confirm that discussing with an octogenarian the preferred wording of her grave marker is a little bit surreal, but we had to make sure we left the right amount of room.
Anyway, it was carved out and now it is in the churchyard, after much heaving of rock today.
The photograph cannot really convey just how massive it is. Not large, as such, just clearly heavy. Serious, even. 1/2 tone of granite (and ballast) is not light. It is, for example, not on jot lighter than half a ton of anything else you care to mention. Nor is digging a hole on Dartmoor normally that easy a task (although it was not too bad, as it happened), but the job is done and I am very satisfied by it all.
Hers is 2nd from the right, front row - next to the wooden cross in the foreground. It will settle in, but I am happy with it. Not only does it look vernacular, but, much more importantly, it is from the farm she grew up on and I would prefer that, even if it was rubbish.
As an aside, it looks a lot less like a television in real life.
Sorry for rambling, have fun and, should she be alive, go visit your grandmother.
Saturday, 12 November 2011
On setting a gravestone for my Grandmother
Today I did something new. I put in a gravestone for my grandmother.
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Friday, 9 September 2011
some naked Welsh men.
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Thursday, 16 June 2011
I am getting abuse about my tie.
Here is the tie in question. I have the same but in red and blue with me. Change or keep?
A quick poll - click on your choice:
Should I change my tie?
@Naturalgrump says it is foul, @thomassays suggests that it is yellow and black, not blue, and supplies this song:
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Cuba, sí
Tomorrow night, I have to hop on a plane and head to a country with very minimal internet access. I know. It's tough. There I'll have to look at amazing scenery, prance around a beach in a bikini, eat endless amounts of free food and drink as much free booze as a I can handle. It's a tough, tough life.
So I'll be internetless for a week, which means no email, no answering comments and no Twitter. Try not to miss me too much.
But! I got a number of internet thingies done before I leave, so if you need your Bossy Pally fix (my ego knows no bounderies ;D), be sure to check my Holy Pally 101 post at TopRosters (which, in the end, took the appearance more characteristic of a guide rather than a real 101). Leave as much love or criticism as you wish, but be patient since I won't get around to answering until next week.
And if you'd rather hear my suave (and by suave I mean squeaky and offkey) voice, the first real episode of the Double O podcast is ready for your listening pleasure. We had a lot of fun recording it. We use an article from Kotaku as a starting point to talk about our experiences as being women and being gamers. Men are welcome too, of course.
The editing process for that one ended up being a nightmare. My editing software kept crashing, and when I finally managed to reach the end of the podcast (after no less than 6 hours), it wouldn't let me export the file to a more…useful…format. As I was tittering on the verge of a nervous breakdown, Fimlys came to my rescue by suggesting I play the file on my computer and use Audacity to record it.
It was one of the moments where the light shines on you and you hear naked baby angels singing.
"Audacity record sounds from computer" was what I typed in Google. Had to jump through a few hoops (Windows Vista apparently does not approve of recording sounds from your computer), but in the end, I finally had a podcast.
Last week we got some feedback about awkward silences, so I was very aggressive with cutting them out. I….also….tend to….talk with…a lot…of….pauses. So I cut in there in hopes to make myself sound less verbally challenges. The end result isn't perfect as some pauses probably should have been left in, but, hey! there are NO MORE awkward silences!Explore posts in the same categories: Paperwork
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6 Comments on "Cuba, sí"
April 18, 2011 at 11:45 am
Quick thanks for the Holy Paladin 101 article. Well written and very helpful.
Thanks for the information.
Enjoy the vacation!
April 19, 2011 at 7:42 pm
Have fun in cuba and watch your belongings. A friend of mine is there right now and had there hotel room safe riped off the wall, contents of safe included, money, cell phones, drivers licence and PASSPORTS. They have been working on getting some temporary documentation so they can get out of the country. So scan your ID and email it to yourself or have a photo copy of it at home. They had done this and it is the only thing that is saveing them right now.


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The weather conditions in Northern Ireland on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day are to due to be unusually mild, according to the Met Office.
Temperatures are expected to be as high as 12°C with both rain and wind forecast.
The minimum temperatures for both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in Northern Ireland are 8°C and 4°C respectively.
The most recent White Christmas in the Northern Ireland was in 2010.
The Met Office described the weather outlook for the Province over Christmas as: "Mainly dry and cloudy on Saturday, perhaps some brightness in the east at times.
"Mild on Sunday and Monday with the chance of some rain at times."


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The following guidelines have been established to ensure the safety of our students when blogging:
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- Posts WILL NOT include personal details about students such as surnames, addresses, email address, specific plans, date of birth and other personal information.
- Students will only be identified by their first name.
- All comments submitted have to be approved by Miss Scarrott before they are included on the blog.
- All students must have parental permission to:
- – comment or post on the class blog/other blogs.
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- Parents are asked to proofread comments that students write on blogs at home.
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- Only post things that you would want everyone (in school, at home, in other countries) to know. Ask yourself: Is this something I want everyone to see?
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- Think before you post. Ask yourself: What could be the consequences of this post?
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- Consider your audience. Ask yourself: Do I have a good reason/purpose to do this?
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- Treat other people the way you want to be treated. Ask yourself: Would I want someone to say this to me?
- Use appropriate language and proper grammar and spelling. Ask yourself: Would I want this post to be graded for proper grammar and spelling?
- Only post information that you can verify is true (no gossiping). Ask yourself: Is this inappropriate, immature or bullying?
- Anytime you use media from another source, be sure to properly cite the creator of the original work. Ask yourself: Who is the original creator of this work?
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He had bought a large map representing the sea, Without the least vestige of land: And the crew were much pleased when they found it to be A map they could all understand.from The Hunting of the Snark
by Lewis Carroll
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- (adj) lacking imaginativeness or originality; "prosaic language can't convey the experience"
- (adj) commonplace; unromantic; "the masses were too preoccupied by prosaic day-to-day concerns"
Prosaic (प्रोज़ेइक / प्रोज़ैइक) meaning in Hindi (English to Hindi Dictionary)
- नीरस, फीका, बेरस, मामूली, शुष्क, साधारण
Prosaic Origin
- late 16th century (as a noun denoting a prose writer): from late Latin prosaicus, from Latin prosa 'straightforward (discourse)' (see prose). Current senses of the adjective date from the mid 18th century.
Prosaic in a sentence (word usage in recent newspaper)
- While England's batting is so strong, the same cannot be said for their bowling which can have a prosaic look to it.
- Think of words that add emphasise to your sentence, instead of going for the prosaic and easy words.
- Tired of his prosaic job, Mumbai-based writer Shatrujeet Nath took a similar plunge midway through his journalistic career.
- His methods might seem prosaic and a throwback to another era, but he brought stability to the Caribbean side through the course of the year.
- The reality was somewhat more prosaic.
Mnemonic trick to remember the meaning of prosaic
- Prosaic – Prozac is a tablet given to depressed people. Depressed people are dull and unimaginative
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Boys Mature Sexually Earlier Than Ever BeforeFor males, 'being 18 today is like being 22 in 1800,' researcher says.
TUESDAY, Aug. 23 (HealthDay News) — Researchers say boys are becoming physically mature earlier than ever before — noting that males have been reaching sexual maturity about 2.5 months earlier every decade since at least the mid-1700s.
"The reason for earlier maturity for boys, as with girls, is probably because nutrition and disease environments are getting more favorable for it," demographer Joshua Goldstein, director of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock, Germany explained in an institute news release.
The new study concluded that the span of time in which people are sexually mature (but not yet considered adults) is expanding. The authors noted that the cause of this early physical maturity is purely biological and has nothing to do with technological advancements or social activities.
In the study, the researchers examined mortality data from five countries. They explained that when male hormone production during puberty reaches its highest level, the likelihood of boys dying also increases, because the release of the hormone testosterone spurs them to take more risks. This phenomenon, called the "accident hump," also occurs among male apes.
The investigators concluded that sexual maturity for boys is occurring earlier than it used to, along with this so-called accident hump.
The study authors noted that the accident hump hits its maximum in the late phase of puberty, when boys' voices change and they reach reproductive capability. Although this high-risk "reckless" phase starts earlier, it may not be more dangerous nowadays since parents tend to supervise their children more closely at younger ages.
In addition, the researchers pointed out, the gap between sexual maturity and social maturity, or adulthood, is increasing.
"The biological and social phases in the lives of young people are drifting apart ever stronger," said Goldstein. "While adolescents become adults earlier in a biological sense, they reach adulthood later regarding their social and economic roles."


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Veterinarian Reviewed on June 14, 2012 by Paulina Nelega, RH
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Thyme (Thymus vulgaris)
Thyme herb (Thymus vulgaris) is a perennial plant with a fibrous root. The Thyme herb can grow to be between 4 and 8 inches in hight. It has narrow and greenish-grey leaves with numerous hard and branched stems. The Thyme herb is widely cultivated in Spain and in European countries found near the Mediterranean.
Thyme is primarily used in cooking; adding a special flavor to dishes and it is an herb that preserves its natural flavors even after drying is done.
History and Origin
Thyme is a Greek word which basically means "to fumigate". It was used as incense due to its odor. The Greek word "thumus" which means courage, may have also influenced the name of the Thyme herb; it also means to inspire courage owing to the invigorating effects of the herb during ancient times. Wild Thyme was meant to signify Republicanism in France and bits of Thyme were often included in invitations to meetings of Republican parties.
Ancient Uses
During ancient times, it was the Egyptians that used the Thyme herb for embalming purposes. The Ancient Greeks were the first to use the Thyme to run baths and as the main sweet smelling ingredient in their handmade incense.
In Europe, Thyme herbs were used to purify rooms and houses. It was also an important gift for knights and warriors as it symbolized both courage and good luck.
Modern Uses
In modern times, the Thyme herb was found to contain thymol which gives Thyme its strong, aromatic flavor and odor. Thymol is also considered to be an antiseptic and is a main ingredient in the commercial production of Listerine. It is also an ingredient in hand sanitizers and disinfectants.
Thyme can also be used to medicate a wound before a bandage is applied to it. The Thyme herb is also effective in the treatment of fungal infections of toenails by killing the fungus on contact.
Thyme herbal tea is used to treat cough, colds and other diseases of the upper respiratory system. It is very good in the treatment of oral sores, gum problems and as an oral antiseptic.
Thyme and its extracts are widely used as an ingredient in perfumes and embalming procedures. It is an effective insect repellant that can be placed in linens and in articles of clothing when stored for a long time.
Thyme herb may be used as a tea, as a tincture, a salve, in syrup form and even for steam inhalation to liquefy mucus in the lower respiratory tract. Thyme herb preparations can also be gargled and the decoction of leaves on boiled water can be used on wounds after it has cooled.
Side Effects
There are no known side effects of the Thyme herb. It is well tolerated by adults and children. It is however contraindicated in very young children as well as in pregnant and nursing mothers.
For external uses or for mouthwash use, there is no need to consult a medical personnel regarding the use. Tinctures and Thyme herb syrups however needs dosage formulation that may be dependent on the patients age and weight. It is therefore important to consult your doctor regarding the use of these Thyme Herb preparations.
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Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Remember the Ultraverse?
I was 11.
I've got an inherent fondness for the Ultraverse that really isn't reflected in the body of actual work I own from its brief history. In total, I think I've got maybe two issues of Prototpye, an issue of Prime and an issue of Mantra in addition to both of the bookends to the Break-Thru crossover, the Ultraverse Origins primer/secret files one-shot (with a Joe Quesada cover), and the Ultraforce/Avengers two-issue mini that basically ended Ultaverse v1.
However, I can name just about every character from the Ultraverse, distinctly recall what they looked like and give you a pretty decent overview of the big events. I used to love drawing Prototype and the Night Man, and the one and only time I tried to enter Wizard's Homemade Heroes custom action figure building contest, I got three quarters of the way through turning an old Thundercats toy into a bootleg Solitaire. Solitaire!
So what was the inherent appeal that with less than 10 actual physical comics in my possession I dug the Ultraverse so much?
Well, in retrospect, I attribute a big chunk of it to the fact that the Ultraverse had no high concept, it was just some very talented creators trying to do good super hero comics. Look, I dig ambitious themes and whatnot as much as the next guy, but I also want to hurl every time I hear about a new team book that is going to be "different than the rest because these guys are pro-active!" Dude, every new team book is pro-active for the first five issues and then becomes like very other team because writing about characters going out and actively looking for villains is tough.
But that's a tangent and a rant.
My point is, sometimes it's nice to just see comic book folks just trying to do good work with the basics as opposed to overdosing on pretense. At a time when you had multiple super hero universes that were supposed to be set in the "real world," or where all the characters were multicultural, or where there had to be a mystic tie-in to everything, it was refreshing to see a non-Marvel/DC set of super heroes who were just that: a set of super heroes. I look at something like CrossGen and appreciate the goals, but wonder if they didn't also get a bit too cute for their own good; the Ultraverse never felt like that.
Not only did the Ultraverse not shun the general idea of just doing super hero comics, in some cases it outright borrowed from the classic tropes but put neat twists on them that set what they were doing apart. There was definitely an element of the original Captain Marvel in Prime, but Kevin Green's teenage inexperience and often warped idealism led down some interesting paths that the Big Red Cheese never really explored. Likewise, Prototype was a fresh take on Iron Man where the armored hero was a hotshot kid who didn't realize he was getting played by the corporate types as opposed to the boss wearing the suit. Hardcase was Wonder Man but as the most successful hero in the world. Sludge owed something to Swamp Thing/Man-Thing, Freex was part X-Men or Doom Patrol, etc., but none of these characters were strict carbon copies.
And I can't really think of anything else quite like the original iteration of Mantra.
It was also cool that the Ultraverse branched out beyond Super Hero 101 with stuff like Sludge, or a detective book like Firearm, or a straight up horror comic like Rune.
The roster of talented creators who worked there didn't hurt either. Steve Gerber, Gerard Jones and Steve Englehart were among the founding fathers of the imprint. James Robinson had a significant role. Up-and-coming artists like Terry Dodson, Darick Robertson and Paul Pelletier were honing their craft. And as the movement gained steam, legendary creators like George Perez and Barry Windsor-Smith signed on to be a part of it.
Break-Thru was actually the beginning of my love affair with the art of George Perez, as I had never seen his work before and was, of course, blown away. What with it being 1993 and the height of Image and all, I had truly never seen anything quite like George Perez before.
I have to also give the Ultraverse a lot of credit for being extremely new reader-friendly. I started with Break-Thru, which featured every single character in the fledgling universe (which was still a couple dozen) and by the end of issue one, I totally felt like I had at least a decent grasp on who each of them were and why I should care. A nice job was done taking snapshots of every corner of the world being created and bringing the different players on stage just long enough to let you know their deal without derailing the story. The very next month, there was some sort of "Origins Month" deal which included the one-shot I mentioned. In fact, they may have done too good a job being new reader-friendly, because I felt so immediately acquainted with the characters that I didn't feel any particular urgency to go out and get the individual titles as I was getting enough out of the samplers and was content to wait it out for the next line-wide event.
But of course this was the mid-90's, and longevity was not a gift many companies outside the big boys were gifted with.
By 1994, Marvel had purchased the Ultraverse, and by 1995 or so, it was no more, as there was only so much cash to go around in a rapidly bursting industry and keeping the X-Men and Spider-Man afloat had to be a higher priority than making sure Prime and Ultraforce stayed in circulation.
So the Ultraverse had a brief but potent impact on comics and on me as a reader. I do regret a little that I never made more of an effort to get into those books full-on, but on the other hand, it probably saved me from a good chunk of disappointment as well. Maybe next convention it's time for me to conduct an overdue expedition to fill-in the gaps in my Prototype collection between and around the two issues I actually own once and for all.
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- TJ Dietsch said...
I got introduced to Ultraverse when Norm Breyfogle came to my comic shop when I was about 10 or so and I needed to buy something for him to sign which lead to the purchase of a couple of Prime comics. I have a few other random issues here and there, but mostly remember the Ultraforce cartoon which was on USA and the one issue of the series that introduced Marvel characters like Black Knight, Juggernaut and the Phoenix Force into the Ultraverse.
- April 8, 2009 at 11:21 AM
- Ben Morse said...
Norm Breyfogle is a guy whose work I'm not that familiar with, but I know some people wear by him and he had a lot to do with the Ultraverse. I probably should have mentioned him.
- April 8, 2009 at 12:43 PM
- KP said...
I loved Norm's Batman as a kid, but I don't think the Flint shops really stocked the Ultraverse books heavily, or I was too busy reading Batman to notice. Like TJ, I think I bought one Phoenix Force issue with the Ben Reilly Spider-Man and saw the cartoon a few times.
But a few years ago, I bought like the first four issues of Firearm on the cheap, and that book is as good as Robinson's Wildstorm stuff from the same period. It's like a proto-Starman in some ways. Highly recommended.
- April 8, 2009 at 1:00 PM
- Ben Morse said...
From what buzz I have heard, Firearm was the highest quality book of the line.
I've heard Prime praised for its concept, Mantra debated as to whether it was brilliant or just cheesecake, and even a small sect of Sludge devotees, but Firearm is definitely the book that gets the critical love.
Having just finished Windsor-Smith's Waeapon X, I do have something of an itch to check out Rune. I did read the Rune/Silver Surfer one-shot back in the day where he stole the Infinity Gems, but I don't think I actually bought it.
- April 8, 2009 at 1:40 PM
- TJ Dietsch said...
I remember being really impressed by the one issue of Sludge that I had (#2). Holy jeez, Gerber wrote that book. Hey, if Valiant comics are getting collected again now, why not Ultraverse?
(Probably because they wouldn't make much money)
- April 8, 2009 at 5:04 PM
- Jesse T. said...
I collected Prime for the first six issues or so; I still have the trade, even! Bendis definitely ripped some Ultimate Spidey beats from that book.
Kiel, do you have the Firearm issue that came with the live-action short film? I think Rickey almost bought me a copy once, but didn't. He hate me.
- April 9, 2009 at 11:12 AM
- Ben Morse said...
That live action movie definitely takes the cake for one of the most unique "variants" of all time I'd have to say. It was some pretty ahead-of-its-time marketing, regardless of quality.
And anybody ever see the Night Man TV show?
- April 9, 2009 at 1:21 PM
- Justin said...
If by "Remember the Ultraverse?" you mean "Did you have a pitch for a Prime revamp all ready to go for Marvel's Epic Comics experiment a few years back?" then yes. Yes I do.
- April 9, 2009 at 1:46 PM
- KP said...
Ha! Just noticing all the comments on this thread. Jesse, I have the issue but not the tape as I bought it second hand at a used bookstore in Flint. I hear it's pretty sick. Shouldn't it be on YouTube by now?
- April 14, 2009 at 1:41 AM
I love the article, bro, and thumbs up for mentioning the Ultraverse after all this time long after Marvel's editorial idiocy ran it into the ground. The question is though why hasn't Marvel stated why they haven't brought them back yet? While it is hinted that there are problems between the creators, why not just settle them and be done with it? If anything, why not just sell the franchise off to another company that can make good use of the characters, such as Image or Wildstorm?
I mean if DC brought back the Milestone characters, why can't the Ultraverse characters be brought back?
Although I respect Marvel in several ways, I have never forgiven them for what they did to the Ultraverse till this day.
- August 16, 2009 at 10:41 PM
- www.sillones.nom.es said...
This won't succeed in reality, that is exactly what I think.
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A Halloween Treat: "Wanted Undead or Alive" Authors Janice Gable Bashman and Jonathan Maberry Descend to the Child Finder Trilogy Blog
MIKE ANGLEY: No trick, just some treats this Halloween! I'm delighted to take a departure from my norm (fiction authors) and host Janice Gable Bashman and Jonathan Maberry today. They have co-authored a non-fiction book, WANTED UNDEAD OR ALIVE, an ideal topic for today. Let me introduce them first, then jump into the interview.
Janice Gable Bashman has written for THE BIG THRILL, NOVEL & SHORT STORY WRITER'S MARKET, THE WRITER, WILD RIVER REVIEW, and many others. She can be reached at www.janicegablebashman.com.
Jonathan Maberry is a NY Times bestseller, multiple Bram Stoker Award-winner and a writer for Marvel Comics. He has written a number of award-winning nonfiction books and novels on the paranormal and supernatural, including THE CRYPTOPEDIA, VAMPIRE UNIVERSE, THEY BITE, ZOMBIE CSU and PATIENT ZERO. He can be reached at www.jonathanmaberry.com.
MIKE ANGLEY: Tell us about your book.
JANICE GABLE BASHMAN: WANTED UNDEAD OR ALIVE deals with the struggle of good vs evil in film, comics, pop culture, world myth, literature, and the real world. Everything from vampire slayers to paranormal investigators to FBI serial-killer profilers. It includes interviews with folks like Stan Lee, Mike Mignola, Jason Aaron, Fred Van Lente, Peter Straub, Charlaine Harris and many more; and the book is fully illustrated by top horror, comics & fantasy artists.
JONATHAN MABERRY: Our book starts with good vs evil as a concept and then we chase it through philosophy, religion, politics, literature, art, film, comics, pop-culture and the real world. It's such a complex topic, one that's fundamental to all of our human experience, from evolution to the formation of tribes and society. We take a look at it historically, mythologically, in terms of storytelling from cave paintings to literature, we track it through pop culture and into our modern real world.
The book has a real sense of humor, too. We have fun with the topic as well as bringing a lot of information to the reader.
Plus the book is illustrated with forty black and white pieces and eight killer color plates. Artists like Chad Savage, Jacob Parmentier, Don Maitz, Francis Tsai, David Leri, Scott Grimando, Jason Beam, Alan F. Beck, Billy Tackett and more.
MIKE ANGLEY: Why did you decide to tackle the battle of good versus evil?
BASHMAN: The concept of good vs evil surrounds us. There's just no avoiding it, and it's been around for as long as man has walked the earth. Yet the definition of what's good and what's evil varies depending on who you're asking—it's not a black and white issue, so there are a whole slew of things to cover on the topic. In WANTED UNDEAD OR ALIVE, we tackle the whole good and evil idea in a fun and exciting way—through its presence in movies, books, comics, pop culture, and real life.
MABERRY: I've done four previous books on the supernatural but they mostly focused on the predators (VAMPIRE UNIVERSE, THE CRYPTOPEDIA, ZOMBIE CSU and THEY BITE—all available from Citadel Press). I wanted to wrap that series with a book based entirely on the good guys. Now that we know what's out there in the dark, who are we gonna call?
Also, times have become tough lately. Wars, racial tension everywhere, religious tension everywhere, the economy in the toilet…it's nice to shift focus from those things that frighten us and take a look at what is going to save our butts. And, yeah, the book doesn't deal entirely with real world problems (after all, most of us aren't like to have to fend off a vampire or werewolf!) but it's reassuring to know that at no time in our vast and complex human experience has mankind ever said: "Screw it, the Big Bad is too big and too bad." We always fight back, we always rise. That, more than anything, is the heart of this book.
MIKE ANGLEY: You delve into fiction, movies, and comics, and interview so many great people in the book. Sounds like a ton of research, yet the book's a fun read. How do turn all that material into something so exciting?
BASHMAN: What's not fun about talking about good and evil? Darth Vader vs Luke Skywalker. Buffy the Vampire Slayer vs vampires. Batman vs The Joker. Dracula vs Van Helsing. FBI profilers vs serial killers. Ghosts vs ghost hunters. It's the ultimate showdown between opposing forces. We take a look at this concept from all angles and put it together in a manner that's easy to read with lots of interviews, sidebars, and interesting facts. There's something for everyone in WANTED UNDEAD OR ALIVE.
MABERRY: I'm a research junkie. I started out as a magazine writer and did a lot of that for a lot of years. I also wrote college textbooks that I wanted my students to not only read but ENJOY reading. That's the challenge of writing for the mass market –you have to develop a set of instincts for what people want to know. At the same time you have to be able to craft what you write so that you can impart useful information in a digestible fashion, even with the notoriously short attention-span of the modern reader.
That said, having a Big Picture sensibility in the writing helps us to present the info in a way that is neither offense nor off-putting. Sometimes that means using a bit of snarky humor, and sometimes it's taking off the disguise and allowing the reader to glimpse our own inner geeks. Once they know that we're part of their crowd, the book becomes more of an act of sharing cool stuff with our peers than authors writing to a demographic. Much more fun.
MIKE ANGLEY: Vampires have been the subject of fiction and fantasy for many years, but what do you make of the current interest in them with such moves as the Twilight series?
BASHMAN: The enduring appeal of Vampires is one that seems to have no end. People are fascinated by beings that can live forever. The Twilight series moves that whole vampire idea into one that appeals to a generation of readers who want their vampires attractive and appealing. None of this bite your neck stuff and you become a nasty being. The idea of falling in love with a vampire, of being in love forever until the end of time, is one that many women (and men) find attractive. But what the interest in vampires really allows us do is to examine good vs evil in a way that is easily tolerated.
MABERRY: Vampires will always be popular, and there will always be new spins on them. Currently it's the tween crowd with TWILIGHT and the urban fantasy crowd with Laurell K. Hamilton, L.A. Banks and that crowd. A few years ago it was Anne Rice, Stephen King and Chelsea Quinn Yarbrough. Before that it was Hammer Films, and so on. Vampires are changeable characters who represent our desires to transcend the limitations and natural crudities of human physical existence. They are, to the modern pop culture era, what the gods of Olympus were to the Greeks: admirable, larger than life characters that we can idealize, lust after, want to be, and be entertained by.
There has been a lot of unfair criticism about the TWILIGHT books and movies. I don't play into that. Those movies and books have done immeasurable good for the vampire as a pop culture commodity. And a lot of people are getting massive career boosts as a result, even though they are some of the loudest critics.
A Big Picture way to look at it is, if the readers get tired of sparkly pretty-boy vampires, then they'll go looking for nastier horror-based vampires. That's already happening—hence books like THE STRAIN by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan, and Justin Cronin's THE PASSAGE. The so-called backlash is really just the process of people seeing one thing, deciding that it's not for them, and seeking out something that's a better fit. The contempt so many people throw at TWILIGHT is more than just snobbish, it's ill-informed and short-sighted.
MIKE ANGLEY: How do you manage the writing process when there are two people writing one book?
BASHMAN: We each came into this project with our own strengths and that made it easy to decide who should tackle what part of the book. The most difficult aspect was finding one voice that worked for both writers so that the book read like one person wrote it. We accomplished this fairly easily, with some trial and error, since we had worked together on a number of articles in the past.
MABERRY: We also divided the book according to personal interest and existing knowledge base. I tackled stuff that played to my strengths –vampires, comics, pulp fiction, etc. Janice played to her strengths. She's writing a book on thrillers, so she tackled serial killers, etc.
I agree that finding a single voice was a challenge. We're different kinds of people and different kinds of writers, but now, even I have a hard time remembering who wrote what. Janice even picked up my smartass sense of humor—which means that I may have caused her some permanent damage. On the other hand, she's an enormously disciplined writer, so I hope I picked up some good writing habits through osmosis.
MIKE ANGLEY: What's the hardest part about writing a book with someone else? The easiest?
BASHMAN: I can honestly say that I didn't find any aspect of writing the book with Jonathan difficult. It's important have an open line of communication with your writing partner and a willingness to view things from your partner's perspective. Otherwise, you run into the potential to butt heads on some matters. We both came into this project with the attitude that we're writing a book together and we're going to do what needs to be done to write the best possible book we can. When both partners have the same goal in mind and both share an excitement for the subject matter, it makes it pretty easy to co-author a book.
MABERRY: I agree…this was a fun, easy, fast and very rewarding process. It helps that we're friends and have a lot of mutual respect. That goes a long damn way in making the book fun to write and (I hope) fun to read.
MIKE ANGLEY: What's next for you guys?
BASHMAN: I'm finishing up a proposal for my next non-fiction book; it's still under wraps so I can't share the details at this time. I can say that dozens of key players are already on board for the project and it's sure to be a fun one. I continue to write for various publications, and I'll also be shopping a young adult novel shortly.
MABERRY: This has been my most productive year to date. Between novels, nonfiction books, short stories and comics (for Marvel), I've had something new coming out every month, and often multiple things coming out in a single week.
Next up is ROT & RUIN, my first young adult novel. It's set fourteen years after the zombie apocalypse and kicks off a new series that will be released in hardcover by Simon & Schuster. Then I have my third Joe Ledger thriller, THE KING OF PLAGUES, hitting stores in March from St. Martins Griffin. I also have three mini-series from Marvel in the pipeline. MARVEL UNIVERSE VS THE PUNISHER is already running, and it's a post-apocalyptic existentialist adventure. Very strange, even for me. Next up is BLACK PANTHER: KLAWS OF THE PANTHER, kicking off in October; and then in January we launch CAPTAIN AMERICA: HAIL HYDRA, a five-issue Marvel Event that follows Cap from World War II to present day. And my graphic novel, DOOMWAR, debuts in hardcover in October.
I'm currently writing DEAD OF NIGHT, a standalone zombie novel to be release by Griffin in June.
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Sandwell Valley Crematorium,
Newton Road,
Sandwell, in the heart of England's 'Black Country', is the 3rd most populous (309,000) district of the West Midlands, the 29th largest district in England and borders the City of Birmingham to the east and is circled on the other sides by Wolverhampton, Dudley and Walsall.
The Black Country has no clearly defined borders but Sandwell and its towns are in the heart of this famous industrial area. Partly due to large coal seams found in the region, it is considered to be associated with the very birth of the 'industrial revolution' with foundries, mills, factories and other industrial services associated with coal. A 14-mile stretch of road from Wolverhampton (immediately north-east of Sandwell), through Sandwell's towns and on to Birmingham was described as "one continuous town" as early as 1785.
Although Sandwell MBC was only created in 1974, the area has ancient roots and is named after Sandwell Benedictine Priory founded in the 12th century. Sandwell was formed from six towns: Oldbury, Rowley Regis, Smethwick, Tipton, Wednesbury and West Bromwich, many of which date back to medieval and Anglo Saxon times.
Today, with a population of 137,000, the largest of these towns is West Bromwich, first mentioned as 'Bromwic' in the Domesday Book of 1086. Although the location of both another Benedictine Priory in Medieval times and later, a coaching stop, West Bromwich is renowned as an industrial area linked with coal mining and the manufacture of nails, springs and guns. It suffered a major outbreak of cholera in the first half of the 19th century and was the target for air raids during WW2.
Sandwell MBC's cemeteries and crematoria services reflects the history of the area in that they manage 9 cemeteries and 2 crematoria across the area. The sites, in alphabetical order, are listed below with the earliest recorded burials indicated:
- Fallings Heath Cemetery (aka Wednesbury Cemetery), Wednesbury, WS10 0SX: records from 1938
- Heath Lane Cemetery, West Bromwich, B71 3HR: records from 1858
- Holly Lane, Smethwick, records from 1868
- Oldbury Cemetery, Smethwick, B66 1QT: records from 1858
- Rowley Regis Cemetery, Rowley Regis, B65 0AG: records from 1921
- Rowley Regis Crematorium, Rowley Regis, B65 0AG: records from 1962
- Sandwell Valley Crematorium, Newton Road, West Bromwich, B71 3SX: records from 1962
- Tipton Cemetery, Tipton, DY4 7NP: records from 1873
(Note: some records were lost during the war. If your relations were buried between April 18th 1899 and July 18th 1908 or August 24th 1911 and August 20th 1915 there is an index record that they were buried in Tipton Cemetery but it is not possible to establish their address, date of death, age or the grave were they were actually buried or who they were buried with).
- Thimblemill Cemetery, Smethwick, B67 6LS: records from 2008
- Uplands Cemetery, Smethwick, B67 6EF: records from 1890
- Wednesbury Cemetery (aka Wood Green Cemetery), Wednesbury, WS10 9QS: records from 1888
- Wood Green Cemetery, Wednesbury, WS10 9QS: records from 1868
Records for all sites are currently available with the exception of three cemeteries in Smethwick, Holly Lane, Thimblemill, and Uplands which will be added soon.
Information recorded comprises the following:
Scans of original registers (until the early 2000's when replaced by computerised records, dates vary by site) -
Thimblemill Cemetery has only computerised records.
Computerised register records (from the 2000's, dates vary by site)
Grave details indicating all those buried within each grave
Maps indicating the section of a cemetery where graves are located
Maps indicating scattering locations of ashes in the crematorium
In the locations above there are approximately 300,000 burials and over 130,000 cremations and the total number of items across all records is approximately 1 million.
Other information
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council: www.sandwell.gov.uk
Wikipedia page on Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council: Wiki: Sandwell
West Bromwich: Wiki: West Bromwich
The Birmingham and Midlands Society for Heraldry and Genealogy: www.bmsgh.org
West Midland Group of Family History Societies: wmgfhs.wordpress.com
History of the Black Country: blackcountryhistory.org


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The computer does not recognize the USB connection from a digital camera
- See the website of each computer manufacturer to check whether your computer is a compatible model for Windows 10 upgrading and support. When you upgrade a non-compatible model for Windows 10 upgrading, the computer may not work normally. So it is recommended to use a computer equipped with the same OS as the one you are using.
- If the USB device is not recognized or you want to revert to the previous OS after upgrading the computer to Windows 10, check the support site of each computer manufacturer.
When a Sony camera is connected to the computer USB port and powered on, the USB MODE or Mass Storage connection message should always appear on the camera screen. If USB MODE or Mass Storage does not appear, the camera is not being recognised by the computer.
NOTE: This answer is designed to assist when connecting a digital camera to a computer. Follow this procedure if "Error: Connect a device or media to the computer" is displayed on the import screen and the camera is not recognized when attempting to import images with PlayMemories Home.
Follow the steps below to troubleshoot why the computer does not recognise the USB connection from a Sony digital camera.
- Some computer operating systems may require you to be logged on as an Administrator or with administrator rights.
- If the computer you are using is connected to a network, it may be necessary to temporarily disable the network connection or connect the camera to another computer that is not on a network.
- Unplug the USB cable from both the computer and camera.
- Turn the camera off and then back on again.
- Make sure the USB ports on both camera and computer are not dusty or dirty.
- Make sure the recording media is properly inserted in the camera.
NOTE: When trying to retrieve images from a camera with internal memory, this step is not necessary.
- With the camera on, connected the supplied USB cable to the camera. Make sure that the connection is tight and secure.
- Connection through a USB hub is not supported.
- Some cameras have an attached USB jack that will directly connect to a USB port instead of a USB cable.
- If using a USB cable, make sure you are using the cable that was supplied with the camera. Other, non-Sony cables may charge the camera but do not always allow images to be imported.
- The supplied cable will have the words "Sony Corp." printed on it.
- Plug the other end of the supplied USB cable into the computer.
- If Connecting... is displayed, this indicates that the connection is not ready yet. Wait until a connection is established.
- The connection is ready if a USB MODE or Mass Storage connection message is displayed. This indicates that the camera is recognised by the computer.
- If a USB MODE or Mass Storage connection message is displayed on the camera screen, the camera is recognized by the computer. No further troubleshooting is needed.
If the Connecting... message does not go away, or a USB MODE or Mass Storage connection message is not displayed, try changing the cable connection to a different USB port on the computer.
If the issue occurs even after changing the cable connection to a different USB port on the computer, follow these additional troubleshooting steps:
- Disconnect any other USB devices (except for the mouse and keyboard) from the computer.
- Make sure that one or both drives have their own letters assigned to them and do not share the same letter with any other drive on the computer or network location.
NOTE: You may need to consult your computer manufacturer for help finding this information.
- If available, make sure the LUN Setting on the camera is set to Multi.
NOTE: For model-specific information about how to set the LUN Setting, consult the instruction manual of your camera.
- Turn off the camera for 30 seconds.
- After 30 seconds, turn the camera on again.
- If the camera has a USB connection or Transfer mode setting in the menu, try setting it to Normal, Mass Storage, or PTP.
NOTE: For model-specific information about USB connection or Transfer mode settings, consult the instruction manual of your camera.
- If the issue is not resolved, restart the computer.
- If the issue is still not resolved, try uninstalling and reinstalling the USB driver.
- If the issue is still not resolved, reset the camera back to original factory settings .
- If the issue is still not resolved and you have access to another computer, connect the camera to that computer using the same steps outlined above and see if the camera is recognized.
- If the camera is recognized on another computer, then the USB ports on the first computer may not be configured properly or software may be installed that is interfering with the connection. Contact your computer manufacturer for details on additional troubleshooting for the USB ports.
- If the camera is not recognized with another computer, there may be a problem with the USB cable.
The troubleshooting steps listed above should resolve your issue. If you have completed all of the steps, replaced the USB cable and the issue is not resolved, the camera may require service.


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If you've ever wanted to see a guy get spanked by his girlfriend's father, today's your lucky day: a video of an angry dad giving his underage daughter's adult boyfriend a choice between a "severe ass kicking" or a "brutal spanking" has surfaced on the internet.
"This is the same thing that Chelsea got," the dad says matter-of-factly before pulling down his victim's pants and spanking him in the front yard. "Consider yourself lucky," he adds. "You could have had rape charges plus an ass kicking." The person who uploaded it to YouTube wrote "That's what you get for "puttin it" to an underage girl," and said in the comments that "the person being spanked is about 27 and my little sister was 16. The person giving the spanking is my step-dad."
We don't know the whole story, but judging by the dad's rather light-headed and jovial tone it seems like the sex was consensual; if his daughter was upset or injured, he probably wouldn't have let her boyfriend choose his punishment. Does he have a right to (quite literally) take matters into his own hands?
The video reminds us of the father who beat a man to death for molesting his 5-year-old daughter, but wasn't charged because the jury decided that he used authorized deadly force to protect his child. He "has gone through enough," one woman told the AP. "He was protecting his family. Any parent would do that."
But should fathers be able to "protect" their daughters however they choose to do so? Where do you draw the line? Probably somewhere between murder and public spankings.
Dad spanks his underage daughter's adult boyfriend for having sex with her [Reddit]


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1 cup chocolate chips
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
9 cups Crispix or Chex cereal (any flavor)
1-1/2 cups powdered sugar
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The two filmmakers from the popular Netflix documentary series "Making a Murderer" revealed on "The Late Show" with Stephen Colbert whether or not they believe Steven Avery killed Teresa Halbach.
Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos worked for 10 years on the documentary series that has gripped the nation in recent weeks, but their answer to the one question binge-watchers are left with at the end of the 10-episode series might not be what many would think.
"There are things that he could be guilty, but is he guilty beyond a reasonable doubt? Nothing I've seen, and I've seen a lot of stuff, nothing I've seen has convinced me of that," Demos said.
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Appearing on "The Late Show" Tuesday, Ricciardi and Demos said it's not a question of being guilty or not guilty, but rather a question of being proven guilty or not guilty.
"The state did not meet its burden either in Steven Avery's case or Brendan Dassey's case," Ricciardi said. "So I would say, in my opinion, not guilty."
The two filmmakers noted, however, that the film is not supposed to be a question of "whodunnit," as Colbert says.
"It's more a how-dunnit," Demos said. "What we were documenting was the process and that's what justice is, it's a process. So, can we rely on these verdicts at the end?"
"Making a Murderer" depicts the story of Steven Avery, a Wisconsin man who was wrongfully convicted of sexual assault and imprisoned for 18 years before DNA evidence exonerated him in 2003. Avery went on to sue Manitowoc County, the former district attorney and county sheriff for $36 million.
Soon after county officials were deposed in the lawsuit, Avery was accused of murder in the killing of Halbach, a 25-year-old photographer.
He was ultimately convicted of murder and of illegally possessing a firearm, but was found not guilty of mutilating a corpse.
The series was filmed over 10 years by Ricciardi and Demos, two Columbia University film school graduates, and has drawn powerful reactions from viewers.
"We feel like there are no winners here," Ricciardi said during the interview Tuesday. "What we hope to achieve by sharing this story with as many people as we can is really to try and engage Americans and for people to feel a sense of responsibility and to try and understand their own agency here."
As for what the pair plans to do next, Ricciardi said she would "love to follow Florence and the Machine."
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One of my favorite Christmas books of all time. I love how it really creates a magic and the promise that if you believe you will always here the bells from Santa's sleigh.
Mystical, eternal truths for everyone in this little gem. Read his other books. You will be amazed.
My father has read this to us every Christmas Eve since 1985. He even convinced us children he had been to the North Pole. As children I remember the description of hot chocolate thick as melted chocolate bars. I recommend this book to anyone old and young, baby gift or Christmas present.
When I was little Mrs. Landry, an elderly woman from the small town I grew up in, would visit our school every year before Christmas to read this book to us. Whenever I read this book I hear Mrs. Landry's voice saying the words. She's long since passed away, but the magic of this story, and the memories I have of listening to it, have never gone away. The story shares the true meaning of Christmas and the illustrations are gorgeous. I still get excited at the end when he unwraps the sleigh bell, and still secretly want one of my own.
This is a good book. I like this book because it is about Christmas.
this book is a really fun book. it is mostly like the movie but shorter
i have to say that is is a pretty good book
Loved Liam Neeson's storytelling. He did a great job. This is such a great Christmas book!
First, my disclosure: I didn't read this book for the first time as a child.
The story is a straightforward tale about a boy who is right at that age between believing in Santa Claus and not believing. On Christmas Eve he is whisked away to the North Pole on the Polar Express and meets Santa who gives him a gift. The gift is a reminder about the joy of Christmas for all those who truly believe.
The artwork is exceptional for the tone of the story, which is to say it evokes a Norman Rockwell feeling of longing for the classic childhood. The gift of the bell seems to represent the boy's faltering belief in Santa Clause. Sometimes it's strong; sometimes it's weak. By the end, only those who truly believe in the spirit of Christmas can hear the bell.
I appreciate the childlike atmosphere of Christmas and how simple and good the world feels every December. I don't agree with the book's notion of aging being some sort of an automatic loss of the Christmas spirit. An experienced understanding of Christmas can be the truest of all. If anything, the bell should ring louder for the adults.
The Polar Express will no doubt endure as one of the best stories to read to your child each Christmas even though its message seems outdated.
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The Accounting Historians Journal Vol. 13, No. 1 Spring 1986 Timothy S. Doupnik UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA THE EVOLUTION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT INDEXATION IN BRAZIL Abstract: Accounting for inflation is one of the more controversial topics in finan-cial reporting. This paper traces the evolution of the system of inflation account-ing used in one of the most highly inflationary economies in the world—Brazil. The history of inflation accounting in Brazil (known as monetary correction) is divided into three time periods: pre-1964, 1964 to 1976, and 1976 to the present. The events pertinent to the system of monetary correction in each of these periods are first discussed and then evaluated. It is shown that the system of monetary correction has been subject to massive political pressures since its inception, but gradual improvements have taken place over the years. INTRODUCTION Few countries have mandated procedures for the adjustment of historical cost financial statements for the effects of changing prices, and in those that have, inflation-adjusted data are typically required only as supplements to historical cost data1,2. Brazil has experimented with inflation accounting since 1951. Inflation-adjusted financial statements have served as the primary state-ments in annual reports, and inflation-adjusted income has served as the basis for corporate taxation, since 1964. The objective of this paper is to trace the evolution of inflation accounting in Brazil. This study divides the evolution of inflation accounting in Brazil (known as "monetary correction") into three time periods: prior to 1964, 1964 to 1976, and since 1976. Prior to 1964, inflation ad-justments were made informally, but since 1964 all companies have been required to prepare inflation-adjusted financial statements annually, with a major revision in the system in 1976. The evolution of the system of monetary correction will be traced through each of these time periods, and the events of each period evaluated from conceptual and practical viewpoints. Acknowledgment: The author wishes to thank Professor Eliseu Martins of the Uni-versity of São Paulo for his help in this study and the Arthur Andersen & Co. Foundation for providing financial assistance,


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The front yard concrete stairs at the place we're looking to buy are in need of eventual repair. Some of the steps are different sizes creating a trip hazard. In addition, some of them have large cracks.
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I often hear people say that C++ programmers should expose their library's/product's public API as a C API.
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I often hear people say that C++ programmers should expose their library's/product's public API as a C API.
What does that mean and what are the advantages of that?
It does mean that the part of your library that is exposed as an interface only uses the C "part" of the language, so you're not exporting classes or similar, only functions, PODs and structs containing PODs. Plus, you have to disable the C++ name mangling, usually achieved by marking functions as
extern "C". A typical example would be:
extern "C" void foo(int bar);
The big advantage of exposing your libraries in this fashion is that pretty much every programming language out there has a mechanism to directly interface with a C library, but only very few can also interface directly with a C++ library. So in that sense, you go for the lowest common denominator to make it easy for other people to use your library.
However keep in mind that this is really only a useful strategy if you are producing a library for other people to consume. If you are building a piece of C++-only software and the libraries only need to interface with each other, you are (IMHO) better off exposing proper C++ APIs so you can make use of the full power of the language.
extern "C" stuff, that I didn't get?
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.hpp, but this extension means "C++ header file", so it should be
.h, which is used for both C and C++.
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In addition to Timo's answer - there is no standarised C++ ABI for some platforms (for example Windows - some like Linux of Mac OS X widely adopted) so it is not only matter of missing feature but impossibility of implementing such feature.
For example IIRC MSVC have different ABI in each version and it might change depending whether it is debug or release build - and it is not published so 3rd party compilers are usually not compatible (I read some information that some version of icc is compatible with MSVC 2005 but it might be information disclosed under NDA - not necessary available to creators of say Python) and use their own ABI. So in practice language environment would limit not only the compiler version but also flags.
Finally C++ have much more compile-time features. For example generics usually don't exists in the dynamically typed languages etc.


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We are happy to announce that after a few changes, and some wonderful additions, the Diane Da Costa's American Beauty Tour is launching on March 16 in Atlanta, Georgia. It's time to come out and truly see what texture is all about. This one-of-a-kind event will feature my techniques and top stylists executing makeovers on winners to completely transform "everyday women" into textured Divas, right before your eyes.
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Q: I want to grow my hair out. It's very short, and when it grows out, I want to have a textured curly look without the chemicals. What products do you suggest for beginners? My hair is very, very coarse.
Diane: The first routine to incorporate into your hair care regime is to cleanse and condition your with nourishing and hydrating product that soften your very course texture. You can grow out your short hair with twists, coils and/or extension braids until you have enough hair to style into a longer curl pattern. Use moisturizing products like, Jane Carter Nourish & Shine to add moisture and shine to your curly coif. However, if your curl pattern is very tight and you want more manageability and length as your hair grows longer, you might consider a softener that contains no-lye (sodium or calcium hydroxide), like, PhytoSpecific Beauty Relaxer, a non-chemical, non-irritating, odorless relaxing process.
Q: I have natural hair right now. My hair is very kinky, and I was wondering how can i mold it into a curly/puffy look without using chemicals. I'm going for the Kelis puffy hair look.M
Diane: The best way to achieve texture on tightly coiled hair is by setting your hair with a natural set, such as a flat-twist or two-strand twist-out. You can find more styles in my book, "Textured Tresses." After cleansing and conditioning with hydrating products like Kerastase Oleo-Curl Vita Lait, apply a setting foam, such as Jane Carter Wrap & Roll. Then twist with Nourish & Shine for more hold.
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Diane: Pure Henna is a natural powder used to color hair and comes in a red-orange color. Other natural plant dyes are mixed with henna powder to create many different colors. Henna is considered a rinse and will wash out of the hair over a period of time when you shampoo. Henna does not lift and cannot create lighter hues on dark hair, whether black, dark brown or brown. If the hair is lighter – light brown, dark blondes etc. – then you will see lighter results. Natural pure henna does not have metals or lead, and does not "coat the hair." Natural Henna leaves the hair thick, strong and silky! Only pre-made boxes of "henna colors" have toxic metals that can damage and dry out the hair. Combining hair bleach, permanent hair color, and permanent wave solution can be a disastrous combination with compound (metallic salt) henna dyes. These can result in green or purple shades and can dry out and break the hair shaft. Therefore, it is important to only use pure natural henna with pre-existing chemical processes. You may also try semi-permanent hair colors, without ammonia or peroxide, that will create an even tone and blend the old color with your new growth.
Q: I'm concerned about the kinky/curly parts of my hair. I was combing my hair today and I noticed that some parts of my individual strands were thinner than others. It's thin enough to notice with my naked eye. I was starting to get a little freaked. But I was running late so I said a quick prayer and ran out the door. Is that normal? should I be worried? What can I do to fix that?
Diane: It's hard to say since I don't have many facts. However, I venture to say you might have dry, brittle hair from a lack of conditioning with a hydrating conditioner. Instead you might be using a protein-based conditioner that is inappropriate for curly textured hair. Also, if you have split ends, you are overdue for a trim and this may have caused your breakage from combing through your tresses with a thin- tooth comb. Textured hair should only be combed with a wide-tooth comb. Again, take the time to condition and trim your hair, and use products that moisturize the hair with nourishing and hydrating ingredients.
Q: I'm protein-sensitive so I try to stay away from them. But I think my hair needs some protein (It just feels all mushy). Any suggestions for mild protein treatments?
Diane:Actually, naturally curly hair does not require a lot of protein at all. You should be conditioning your hair with botanical and essential oils and with hydrating and nourishing conditions like PhytoSpecific Nourishing Conditioners. Protein actually repairs brittle and over-processed hair. Then you must follow up with a leave-in conditioner to soften the hair. Protein will harden soft, cottony hair, and eventually the hair shaft will begin to break.
Q: I have 4b hair and want to do a wet set. What products smooth the hair and give good results when used for setting? How long do roller set curls last on a 4b coil, and do you use rollers or flexible perm rods for denser coils? Also, can cottony hair types do wet sets or do they have to do dry sets post flat-ironing?
Diane:Type 4b curl or cottony tight coils will not retain wet sets with rollers effectively. If you want to achieve a curly look with a wet set, then you can create soft curls with small, medium or large hard rollers. depending on your length. However, you probably will have to use a flat iron to smooth the roller marks out of the curl. A better method would be to create a soft curl with the coil-out and twist-out set, or wrap flat, dry under a dryer and curl with a flat iron or curling iron. My book, "Textured Tresses," has step-by-step instructions to help you learn these sets. All sets should last about 5-10 days, unless you have contact with any water or workout activities that produce perspiration. Some letting lotions and foams that work well are Jane Carters Solution Wrap & Roll, Design Essentials Setting Foam and Mizani Styling Products.
Q: I'm transitioning, and I'm finding it hard to keep both textures happy at the moment. I understand why some of us get frustrated and do the "Big Chop" only a few months in, but I'm not ready for that yet. My new growth is really moisture thirsty, but the relaxed ends aren't. Ideally, I'd like to wash/wet my hair everyday, but when I comb my hair while it's wet, I'm getting too much breakage from the relaxed part. How can I minimize this damage? I'd like to hang onto the relaxed part until I'm ready to part with it. I can see it's thinning already. My hair is thick and coarse. I also have to use a hairdryer with a diffuser because my hair just won't air dry at all.
Diane: While you want to hold on to your relaxed hair, it is really not benefiting your style or length if it is breaking. Transitioning can be tricky! However, you should not try to wear the wash and wear look quite yet, unless you are prepared to part with the relaxed hair. Wetting the hair every day with water can dry out the hair more than anything else. Try misting the hair with a leave-in conditioner like, Jane Carter Solutions Revitalizing Leave-In Conditioner Two textures have to be treated differently at the same time. The natural texture must have conditioning treatments designed for natural hair. That means using botanical hydrating and moisturizing conditioners. Then use protein moisturizing conditioners for the relaxed hair that is breaking and shedding. This can be a quite a bit of work. You might find it much easier to finally let go. However, if you're really not ready, you should create curly sets with rods, flat-twists or two-strand twists.Then create the twist out. These styles don't require wetting the hair everyday, and last at least 7-10 days. There are also curly hair extensions that can help you transition easily as you wear a fabulous curly style and grow out your healthy hair.


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project52 is a year-long documentary in 52 one-minute segments. Featuring the dancers and collaborators at Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, project52 creates intimate vignettes of the lives of performers and artists. The documentary focuses on human stories and the intersection of life and dance. project52 Concept and Production by Caleb Custer Artistic Direction by Benoit-Swan Pouffer Music by Stefano Zazzera