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dirkinson needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 77 designs submitted by 18 freelance designers.
We are one of Germany's leading online discount brokers focussing on mutual funds. We will relaunch our website just before the 4th quarter of this year. At the same time we also want to change our logo.
"Laransa" is the dominant name "Fonds-Broker AG" is like the tagline.
http://www.laransa.de, brand name: Laransa Fonds-Broker AG
Desired Color Scheme:
dark blue (+ possibly again orange)
Desired Style:
As we act in the field of financial services we need a clean, solid, simple and very professional logo. Please check out other financial services websites. Also check out our existing logo under http://www.laransa.de -> we currently use bull and bear the standar
Accepted File Formats:
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The winner of this contest will have to sign a short contract where he passes all rights to our company.
Very much looking forward to receiving your ideas.
Have fun + good luck!
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First-and-10: Want to knock off the SEC? Simple, just win
1. I don't want to get on a soapbox, but ...
Here it is, everyone: a surefire way of ending the SEC's vise grip on the BCS National Championship.
A foolproof, undeniable roadmap for the Big 12, Big Ten, Pac-12 and ACC to take down the big, bad bully.
Win first, and let the SEC feed on itself week after week.
"We all know the (BCS) rules before the season begins and the crazy way it can play out," says Clemson coach Dabo Swinney. "But it can't get more simple than winning."
It's not like we're splitting atoms or asking for veggies at Dreamland. This plan can work; the SEC's streak of seven straight BCS championships can end this fall.
Five times in the SEC's historic run has its champion played for it all with at least one loss. Five times they were given a Mulligan because there weren't two other unbeaten teams from the power conferences.
Now that the SEC is bigger and better than it has ever been; now that it has as many as six legitimate national title contenders, the chances of its champion escaping November without a loss are just about nil.
It didn't happen last year when there were six SEC teams in the final top 10 of the BCS poll, and won't happen again this fall. So that leaves us with this: which two teams from the four power BCS conferences (you're out, AAC) can get through three months of football without losing?
-- Oregon: Better on defense, nine more months for electric QB Marcus Mariota to digest the offense. Only negative: who knows how new coach Mark Helfrich handles snap decisions mid-game? Few were better than former Ducks coach Chip Kelly. Odds: 5:1.
-- Ohio State: Have you seen the schedule? It's at Michigan (which will be a fistfight), and potentially a rematch with Michigan again in the Big Ten Championship Game. Odds: 8:1.
-- Stanford: I'd be a lot more comfortable if Stanford didn't inexplicably play poorly at least once a season under both Jim Harbaugh and David Shaw. Last year, it was the Washington game. This year's potential hiccup: at Washington State. Odds: 10:1.
-- Clemson: The Tigers took the first significant step last bowl season by beating SEC heavyweight LSU. The ACC is manageable, and there are two SEC heavies (Georgia, South Carolina) on the non-con schedule. That can be a good -- and bad -- thing. Odds: 20:1.
-- Michigan: Think about this: if Denard Robinson (and Russ Bellomy) weren't injured last year, Michigan wouldn't have the sleeper pick in the Heisman Trophy race in QB Devin Gardner. But there's a lot of work to do for Michigan between now and when You Know Who rolls into town. Odds: 35:1.
-- Texas: I watched QB David Ash beat Oklahoma State last September and immediately thought Texas will eventually win a championship with him. Two things have to happen: he has to consistently make better decisions and the staff has to let him play. Stop yanking him in and out. That, and the Texas defense better embrace this novel concept: tackling. Odds: 50:1.
2. On the dotted line
Free Johnny Ma ... oh, forget it.
MORE: Exit Poll | Bowl projections | Schedule| Our Week 1 picks
3. Mr. Murray comes to town
In case there were ever a doubt, know this: SEC coaches voted Aaron Murray to the preseason All-SEC team over reigning Heisman Trophy winner -- and Man About Town -- Johnny Manziel for one reason and one reason only:
Johnny Ego likes him some attention.
"(Manziel's offseason) absolutely played a role in my vote," one SEC coach says.
Because it certainly couldn't have been the way Murray plays in big games. He'll likely set nearly every significant career passing record in SEC history (think of those before him: Peyton Manning, Danny Wuerffel, David Greene), but Murray has yet to win a conference championship and has struggled mightily in games against ranked teams.
In his career, Murray is 4-10 vs. ranked teams, including 1-5 vs. teams ranked in the top 10. Against those top 10 teams, Murray had eight touchdowns, eight interceptions and completed 48 percent of his passes -- compared to 87 touchdowns, 24 interceptions and 64 percent vs. everyone else.
Murray's only win vs. a top 10 team was last year against Florida, when the Georgia defense forced six turnovers to set up an ugly win. This is what Murray and Georgia are bringing to Clemson this weekend in a game against another top 10 team.
That, and a completely rebuilt defense going up against one of the game's most explosive quarterbacks and offenses in an electric atmosphere. You don't need a slide rule to figure out that one.
Baylor QB Bryce Petty (AP Photo)
4. Boat-sized shoes to fill
Look, I don't want to jump too far out there and look like an idiot all by myself, but Baylor coach Art Briles really likes new quarterback Bryce Petty.
And since RGIII won the Heisman two years ago with a terrific season, and since Nick Florence followed it up last year with a ridiculous season, what in the world can we expect from Petty?
"Really, Bryce, a reasonable expectation," Briles said, pausing for affect, "first thing that popped into my mind is break every Baylor record there is offensively -- which is what we expect him to do and what he plans to do."
This, of course, flies in the face of what Baylor tailback Lache Seastrunk told Sporting News this spring that he would win the Heisman this fall. How about if we just settle for Baylor's first outright conference championship in more than three decades?
For those who laugh at that proclamation, I give you star UCLA quarterback Brett Hundley, whose Bruins were the last team to face Baylor in 2012.
"They were the best team we played," Hundley said, without hesitation.
Who else wants to be an idiot with me?
MORE: SN All-Americans | Can Tide three-peat? | Best BCS moments
5. The Weekly Five
Urb says you can't wear blue if you're walking through the hallowed halls of Ohio State University. Five other things you can't wear:
1. Terrelle Pryor's gold pants.
2.A ring without an asterisk.
3. Alligator skin boots.
4. Skinny jeans.
5. Orange jumpsuits.
6. Pick a side and dig in
Before we go further, let's all agree on this: you've got to be pretty naive to think Johnny Manziel wasn't paid for those 4,000-plus autographs. The only question: who received the cash?
You don't sign that many autographs for that many brokers out of the goodness of your heart. So the hanging question is this: can the NCAA find evidence that Manziel was paid?
If you're Texas A&M, that's what you're debating as you decide whether or not to declare Manziel ineligible for play (the university does this; not the NCAA). Is there a Lloyd Lake (see: Reggie Bush, USC) out there somewhere who will eventually drop dime on Manziel?
Read what Texas A&M chancellor John Sharp told KBTX-TV in College Station -- "I know he's innocent" -- and understand where the university is headed. The Aggies, barring last-minute revelation of evidence, aren't going to declare Manziel ineligible for play.
Frankly, considering the utter mess that is NCAA compliance/enforcement, why would they? Even if Manziel did accept cash, or if a family member or friend accepted cash on his behalf, why wouldn't any school take a chance with a governing body that just slapped Oregon on the wrist despite its coach paying $25,000 to a street agent for steering players to the school?
Let's see, what's a more disgusting abuse of NCAA bylaws: paying a slimeball street agent 25 large to steer players to a school, or a superstar player making money off his name? (Hello, Mr. O'Bannon!)
Auburn declared Cam Newton ineligible late in the 2010 season, and 24 hours later, Newton's attorneys, working with Auburn, realized the NCAA had no rule for a father selling his son's services to the highest bidder.
Don't think for a moment that Manziel's attorneys, working with Texas A&M, aren't working on a defense that Manziel didn't know he was getting paid for the autographs and that (insert who got the money here) never told Manziel about the transaction.
You see where this is headed, right? Let me explain so everyone is completely on board:
Manziel is playing in Saturday's season opener against Rice.
Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel (AP Photo)
7. One play does not a career make
So I asked Tyler Scott, who had nine sacks last year for Northwestern and who is a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (3.7 GPA in Learning and Organization Change), about the hit heard 'round the world.
I figured smart guy, plays the same position as Jadeveon Clowney, can explain it as well as anyone.
Me: How many guys in college football make the hit Clowney made against Michigan if they're unblocked?
Scott: "Really?"
Me: Yeah, really.
Scott (thinking it's a trick question): "All of them?"
All of them, people. All of them.
This is what I like to call the ESPN-ification of sports. Show a highlight enough times, and it takes on a life of its own.
Show the highlight enough times, and the narrative somehow evolves into a guy who has played two seasons of college football (some good games, some games where he's invisible) taking off a third to steer clear from getting injured. And the argument lasts all summer.
Me, to Scott: Would you sit out a season to protect yourself from injury?
Scott: "Really?"
Really, people, really.
8. This plan will self destruct in 3, 2 ...
I just want to remind everyone in Week 1 that June Jones hired Hal Mumme as his passing game coordinator at SMU.
Jones, the man who, to this day, defiantly says his pass-happy run and shoot offense will work in the NFL. And Mumme, the man so confident in his pass-happy Air Raid offense -- the foundation of all those Mike Leach-inspired offenses -- that he despises punting anywhere on the field.
Yeah, this will be a good fit.
9. Big Red Loyalty
Remember when Nebraska chancellor Harvey Perlman publicly reprimanded Huskers coach Bo Pelini for his sideline behavior, declaring in 2010 that "it's something we'll have to address with Bo."
Maybe Harv, upset because Bo was instilling some good, old-fashioned Youngstown values in his team, can publicly say something about this:
Late last week, Apopka, Fla., QB Zack Darlington, who has committed to Nebraska, sustained a severe concussion in his team's season opener. So what did Mr. Mean Pelini do?
He told Darlington even if he never played another down of football because of the injury, he'll still give Darlington a scholarship. No word yet if Pelini raised his voice when telling Darlington of Nebraska's unwavering loyalty to its commitment.
Stick to fundraising, Harv.
10. Goodbye, old friend
I already miss the BCS.

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David West scored 29 points and Paul George had 21 points, 11 rebounds and five assists, leading the Indiana Pacers past the short-handed Chicago Bulls 111-101 on Monday night, and into a share of the Central Division lead.
The Pacers won their third straight to tie the Bulls for the division lead and extend their home winning streak to 14, matching the team's longest since 2002-03.
Marco Belinelli had a season-high 24 points and Nate Robinson had 19 points, nine assists and five rebounds to lead the Bulls, who lost for only the third time in nine games.
The Bulls played again without starting guards Kirk Hinrich (elbow), Derrick Rose (knee) and center Joakim Noah (foot). The Bulls also survived a scare when Marco Belinelli crashed to the floor clutching his right ankle late in the first quarter. It slowed him down, but he returned later and almost single-handedly brought the Bulls back late.
Carlos Boozer, who missed Saturday's game with a right hamstring injury, started and finished with 10 points and five rebounds.
Those expecting a slugfest between the teams with the top two defensive field goal percentages were surprised.
The Pacers finished with their highest point total in a non-overtime game this season, topped 100 points in four of their last five games and shot 52.7 percent from the field just three days after shooting a season-best 55.7 percent against Miami. They started the game fast, making their first six shots to take a 13-2 lead, and finished the first half nearly as fast, using a 12-4 run to break a 48-48 tie to make it 60-54 at the half.
Indiana shot 66.7 percent from the field in the half.
Chicago had seven players in double figures and continually charged back but never led in the second half.
Robinson opened the second half with a 3-pointer and a 20-foot jumper to close the deficit to 60-59, but a few minutes later, Indiana seized control with two quick scoring flurries.
The first came when Paul George hit a 3-foot jumper from Paul George, Lance Stephenson completed a three-point play and George Hill had a four-point play on three successive series to make it 73-63 with 7:35 left in the third. Then, after Chicago scored four straight points, Indiana answered with six straight to take a 79-67 lead. The Pacers still led 87-76 at the end of the third quarter.
Chicago rallied again in the fourth, using an 8-0 run to close to 90-84, and the Bulls got as close as four three times.
But the Pacers sealed the victory with a 3 from George and two free throws from West to make it 103-94 with 1:05 to play.


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As I believe I replied to you somewhere else, the " 2f" thing in page names is an artifact of the conversion process -- it's a slash ("/") in URLescape notation. There should be no active pages with that in them by the time we're done. And please, spend a little more time MediaWWiking around before you start making structural changes (like redirecting your Usertalk page -- from which you *will* be notified when someone send you a message) to a Talk page, from which you will not. --Baylink 22:56, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
Hi, you seem to be the guy who wrote the Xebian E Images guide at http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Xbox_Install_using_E_Images . If so, could you tell me what the "Using Standard Composite Out" requirement is all about? I have an RGB Scart cable and would really like it to be outputting an RGBs signal not composite; do you know if that's at all possible on Xebian? And would there be any problem using any of your images with it? Thanks. --Pepsi max2k 11:42, 30 January 2008 (UTC)


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Your Taxes: The Gay-Marriage Penalty
In a tax season already marred by delays and potential cuts, gay couples also wrestle with a complex filing process, Jonnelle Marte joins Markets Hub. Photo: AP.
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A few of you are aware that Urban Zone are running a skeetshoot event this year, shoutcasting by SevenofNine and using a new "competition" game engine by Fenix.
The 2013 event never happened so the map that was made for that event has been re-used, it has details by HappyDay and a new trophy model, kindly created by FrankieV
The bots have now been retired, instead real skeet are used, I'll document how this works from a mappers perspective when it's all final -- you will be able to create your own "skeet" style maps quite easily.
Here's a few pictures and a video
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The Alcazar Cabaret was established on 1981.Originally, with about 100 performers and staff, the former Alcazar's theater had a capacity of only 350 seats, the new theater has a capacity of 1,000 seats... Nowadays, "Alcazar" is globally famous with the reputation of the best cabaret show in Thailand. In addition, Alcazar becomes a milestone tourist attraction and a must-to-see show for both Thai and foreigners visiting Pattaya.(Thatcha , 31 years old).Add to Cart Add to Lightbox Download
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ShareOutfest, the nations largest LGBT film festival presents Fusion, People of Color Film Festival on March 14-16, at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. Once again, NoMoreDownLow.TV, was a proud media partner. In this Newsbreak, we highlight all of the fun and excitement from the red carpet to th after parties. We have team coverage from […]Read more
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ShareOutfest, the nations largest LGBT film festival presents Fusion, the people of color film festival from March 14-16, at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. Once again, NoMoreDownLow.TV, is an official media partner. Kicking off this year's festival is Patrik-Ian Polks' critically acclaimed film "Blackbird." The coming of age story about a gay teen discovering his […]Read more
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In my single player world, I landed my airship (pchan3's mod) to kill a few endermen, instead, I got killed by some mobs and lost a bunch of stuff. My spaceship is still out there (and probably my loot too). Is there a tool/mod with which I can process my world to find the location of the airship (and the dropped items) ?
Another tip for the future for vanilla players who still use F3:
When you die, do not respawn. Instead quit to the main menu. Now open up a different world and hit F3. Now quit that different world, and go back to your main world. You'll still be dead, but now you'll be able to see your coordinates. Hit F2 to take a screenshot and you can then respawn and run to the coordinates that you've screenshotted.
Note that the items you've dropped will not despawn until they're in a loaded chunk for five minutes (cumulatively). So, if you're a LONG way away, take some time to gear up properly; you don't need to hurry until you're close enough that those chunks are loaded again.
4One little addition - when you're at death-cam, the despawn-timer is still ticking, so try not to make a pause at that moment; check your coordinates and respawn ASAP. Moreover, timer doesn't reset when the chunk is unloaded, it's just paused. – Olegs Jeremejevs Jan 5 '12 at 13:18
This is a tip for the future. I've noticed, that you are OK with playing non-vanilla, so I recommend you to install the Rei's Minimap. It's an awesome map mod, with all kinds of useful utilities, including the automatic death point logging (don't forget to turn it on) - it will put a cross on the place, where you died the last time.
However, these crosses accumulate pretty fast, so try to remember to delete them from the map, if you don't need them anymore. Otherwise, some day you will run a couple of thousands of blocks just for nothing.
yeah I stopped playing at 1.7 . Just bringing myself up to speed on the new stuff. airship lets me travel faster without feeling guilty about using fly mod :) – Midhat Dec 22 '11 at 16:11
You can use the tool itemfinder. It lists all dropped items in the world, sorted by age and last chunk update.
(Disclaimer: I'm the developer.)
Link no longer works (if the mod has been discontinued I would appreciate if it were noted, if not just update the link) – Politic Revolutionnaire Feb 3 '19 at 2:57
You should be able to look around your world using an map editing tool such as MCEdit to find your airship and items.


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All right, we're kicking things off today with a brand new post in The Rumor Mill (no kidding!) featuring some cool news for James Cameron and genre TV fans. Don't miss it! [Editor's Note – 5/7 – Note that there's a small update to the post for clarification worth reading today.]
Also today, we've got a pair of new Blu-ray reviews from our own Joe Marchese including a look at Kino Lorber's restored White Zombie and Warner's Grand Hotel, both now available. We've also upgraded another of Tim's BD reviews from the original Bits website: 20th Century Fox's Fight Club: 10th Anniversary Edition. Enjoy!
And in announcement news this afternoon, we've got a couple good items to report for you…
First up, Warner Home Video has just set The Fugitive: 20th Anniversary Edition for Blu-ray release on 9/3 (SRP $19.98). Extras will include the all-new featurette The Fugitive: Thrill of the Chase (featuring director Andrew Davis, stars Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones and more), the vintage On the Run with the Fugitive and Derailed: Anatomy of a Train Wreck featurettes, the pilot for the 2000 WB TV series The Fugitive, an introduction by Davis and Harrison Ford, audio commentary by Davis and Tommy Lee Jones, and the film's theatrical trailer.
Also, weren't we just mentioning this? Disney has officially set The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh for Blu-ray/DVD Combo and DVD release on 8/27 (SRP $36.99 and $26.99). Extras will include the all-new Disney Intermission feature (which lets kids pause the movie and play along in "a variety of engaging activities"), the all-new Pooh Play-Along mode (same drill), 5 new Mini Adventures of Winnie the Pooh shorts (including If I Wasn't So Small, Piglet's Drawings, The Expedition, Geniuses and The Honey Song), the original A Day for Eeyore animated short, the vintage The Story Behind the Masterpiece featurette and a Carly Simon music video.
Finally, Sony has set The Call for Blu-ray Combo and DVD release on 6/24. Extras on the Blu-ray will include 3 featurettes (Emergency Procedure: Making the Film, A Set Tour of The Hive and The Lair and Inside the Stunts), audio commentary with director Brad Anderson and stars Halle Berry and Abigail Breslin, deleted scenes, an alternate ending and Michael Eklund's audition tape.
We'll leave you with a look at the newly-unveiled Blu-ray Disc cover art for more great upcoming Shout!/Scream Factory catalog titles, including Swamp Thing, Dark Angel, Q: The Winged Serpent, X-ray/Schizoid and Scanners II: The New Order/Scanners III: The Takeover (street dates TBA). We've also got BD Combo art for Disney's The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. Only Pooh is currently available for pre-order, but we'll update the Amazon cover links as the Scream street dates are announced...
Have a great weekend!
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One of the bigger deductions that farmers qualify for is the Domestic Production Activities Deduction (DPAD). In brief, the farmer is allowed to deduct 9% of their net farm income (in some cases this may be very limited if all of the farm products are sold through a cooperative). This 9% deduction has a limit based upon 50% of W2 wages.
However, the definition of W2 wages is not simply looking at the W2s provided to your employees during the year and taking 50% of that number as the limit. These wages cannot include wages paid to your children under age 18 (if a sole proprietor farmer) and commodity wages. However, wages paid in cash to spouses and children over age 17 are allowed as part of these wages. For many of our farmers who are self-employed and have little cash wages, this DPAD is usually very minimal. If the COOP distributes this deduction through to the farmer, they are allowed to deduct this amount even if they have no wages.
Let's run some examples:
Example 1 - Farmer Fred is a sole proprietor who nets $400,000 on the farm. He is entitled to a DPAD deduction based upon the lower of 9% of the $400,000 or 50% of his qualified W2 wages. He paid his spouse cash wages of $10,000 and had no other wages during the year. His net DPAD deduction is $5,000 ($10,000 * 50%).
Example 2 - Same as # 1, but Fred paid other non-related employees $100,000 of wages during the year. His DPAD deduction is $36,000 (9% of $400,000) since the 50% W2 limit was calculated at $55,000 ($100,000 + $10,000)/2.
Example 3 - Same as #2, except $50,000 of the wages paid to his employees were paid in grain. In this case, his total W2 wages that are qualified are ($50,000 + $10,000)/2 or $30,000. In this case, the overall DPAD deduction allowed is $30,000.
As you can see, this calculation can get very complicated very quickly. If you are generating a large amount of farm income as sole proprietor, it may make sense to pay some wages to your spouse and incur the related payroll taxes. Although it will generate about 12-13% of net payroll taxes (based on the after-tax effect of deducting the employer share), the allowed DPAD deduction may offset some of this extra cost plus you may be building up extra social security benefits for the spouse.
We find that this deduction can be both missed or miscalculated on many farmer returns and with proper planning can help reduce your tax bill. Again, as always, discuss this with your tax advisor.


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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A livestock feed company says it will contest citations and proposed penalties issued for the collapse of an Omaha plant that killed two employees.
The Omaha World-Herald says (http://bit.ly/1oKpmiN ) International Nutrition has notified the Occupational Health and Safety Administration of the company's intentions. The case now will go to an administrative law judge for a hearing and to the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. Their decisions may be appealed to a federal appeals court.
Federal safety investigators say overloaded storage bins on the roof of the Omaha plant caused the building collapse on Jan. 20. OSHA cited International Nutrition for 13 violations of safety and health rules and proposed nearly $121,000 in penalties.


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mikeyconn needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 31 designs submitted by 14 freelance designers.
Uncoded 3 column template required in a similar format to http://www.findukdeals.co.uk - but much more sexy and sleek. Logo needs to be rectangular in shape, bright, colourful and professional.
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We plan to launch ukprices.com asap and need an uncoded 3 column template in a similar format to http://www.findukdeals.co.uk. The middle column needs to be much wider than the left and right column. Looking for a clean, sexy, bright and professional design for both the logo and template - neither needs to be image heavy.
Logo needs to be rectangular in shape to be easily incorporated into the template design.
Ukprices.com will serve as a price comparison site in the UK to further compliment existing price comparison sites which we currently run.
Regular feedback will be given. Any questions, please feel free to ask.
This contest was originally listed in multiple categories:
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EXCLUSIVE: Riding high on the success of its inaugural releases, FilmDistrict has picked up US rights from Nu Image/Millennium Films to Gabriele Muccino's rom-com Playing The Field, starring Gerard Butler and Jessica Biel.
Shooting is underway in Louisiana now for an expected spring 2012 release. Butler plays a broke former footballer and playboy who moves back to Virginia to reconnect with his estranged wife and neglected son. He ends up coaching his son's football team as a host of adoring soccer mums and desperate housewives look on. Uma Thurman, Judy Greer, Dennis Quaid and Catherine Zeta-Jones round out the cast.
Butler and Alan Siegel are producing in association with Kevin Misher, Jonathan Mostow, Heidi Jo Markel and John Thompson from a screenplay by Robbie Fox. Nu Image/Millennium Films' Danny Dimbort, Trevor Short and Avi Lerner serve as executive producers.
"This is as good an independent movie as you can find," CEO Peter Schlessel said. "It was an easy yes and I don't say yes to a lot of things. This movie is the perfect example of how we will continue to evolve from an acquisitions point of view as we scour the market for widely appealing commercial product."
"We are very pleased to have closed this deal with Peter Schlessel and FilmDistrict for Playing The Field and hope it will be the first of many to come," Nu Image/Millennium Films co-chairman Avi Lerner said. "I am confident they will do a great job bringing this picture to market."
FilmDistrict launched last year under the auspices of Graham King and Tim Headington's GK Films in association with longtime Sony executive Schlessel. Bob Berney is head of theatrical distribution and Schlessel's former Sony colleague Adrian Alperovich arrived last October as president of acquisitions and operations shortly after the company launch.
The first two releases – James Wan's horror film Insidious and Sean McNamara's inspirational true-life drama Soul Surfer – opened recently and have prospered, together grossing close to $90m in the US.
"Our first two films were really well received by the public and that's what we're looking for," Schlessel said. "When you have some track record, that helps. The hope is that our partners will trust that if we're distributing something, foreign buyers will give it a harder look."
The company's upcoming 2011 releases include Nicolas Winding Refn's Cannes competition entry Drive starring Ryan Gosling, horror story Don't' Be Afraid Of The Dark produced by Guillermo del Toro and The Rum Diary starring Johnny Depp. Sci-fi release Lockout with Guy Pearce is set to open in 2012.
Muccino previously directed The Pursuit Of Happyness and Seven Pounds both starring Will Smith.


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A bin full of worms may sound like a prop in a hair-raising reality TV show challenge, but to Ed Hubbard it represents the future of the green movement.
Hubbard is a software guru turned earthworm wrangler. He launched Nature's Little Recyclers almost a year and a half ago. NLR is a vermiculture composting company where earthworms turn municipal level waste into organic top soil and fertilizer.
Hubbard is traveling from Chicago to Jacksonville for One Spark 2014. He has entered NLR as a creator project in the festival.
Hubbard developed NLR after coming to the realization that he wanted to do something disruptive that would make a difference and affect a lot of people.
He said that clean air, water and energy are all areas that are already being addressed but soil quality was being neglected.
"This was the fourth important piece," Hubbard said, "and I decided this was a business worth getting into."
Dr. Courtey Hackney, the director of the coastal biology department at the University of North Florida, said there is a huge market in verimculture composting.
"What he's doing is really important as far as plant nutrition," Hackney said. "People have found ways to create the organic part of the soil. It's an old concept that has been resurrected."
So Hubbard purchased earthworms and started feeding them organic materials and in return they excreted "vermicast," a natural fertilizer that forms the basis of most soil.
"If we eat it, they'll eat it and if we wear it and it's cotton, they'll eat it," Hubbard said, "we've even fed them T-shirts, they've eaten right through them."
In particular Hubbard is interested in coffee – it's the most compostable thing he's found that earthworms love to eat. NLR is partnered with different coffee companies for materials.
"Ninety-eight percent of the material that's left over from coffee is all compostable and in most cases it's in a landfill," said Hubbard. "We can take that and turn it into top soil."
The company currently has 1,000 pounds of worms, and Hubbard said he wants to increase to 3 tons as fast as possible– a feat not out of reach considering worms double in quality in as little as three months.
There are a few different ways NLR brings in money. The company sells compost and worms. African Night Crawlers can be sold for as much as $32 a pound. Farmers and people interested in composting buy NLR's worms.
They will also soon start to charge a "tipping fee," this is a similar fee companies may pay to a landfill but it will instead go to NLR for recycling of organic materials.
Hubbard envisions NLR as a highly replicable concept.
"I'm hoping to inspire people and then be able to document, show and supply these new other factories across the country is my hope," Hubbard said. "But my big hope is to finish the proof of concept, build a real factory, show everybody that they can work."
Recently NLR has moved from a 600 square foot work space to a 1,500 square foot work space and Hubbard hopes for NLR to grow even more from the exposure and possible funding he may gain from One Spark.
"Money is important but the biggest thing that we're looking for is technical talent and inspiring people with the idea, that this can be done. I want to change the way people look at green tech."
Urban Grind Coffee Company will be NLR's venue during One Spark. Hubbard said his creator project was selected within 12 hours of the matchmaking process.
"While [vermiculture] is an ancient technology, it's been treated like the red-headed orphan of the green movement," Hubbard said. "I want people to look at green tech the same way they look at tech."
This story was reported by Ignite Media, an independent news bureau created by University of North Florida students.


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Ever come across a scary error in the SQL Server log when running CHECKDB against your databases. The error looks something like this:
1 transactions rolled back in database 'CHECKDB' (32). This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
Are transactions rolled back when CHECKDB runs?
The key to this error is the last two sentences, Crash recovery has not been run on your production database. Since SQL Server 2005 an internal snapshot of the database is used for running integrity checks, this snapshot provides CHECKDB with a transitionally consistent snapshot of your your database. This error relates to the snapshot, crash recovery is run against the database snapshot so it is in a transactional consistent state for CHECKDB to run. Your production database is not affected.
Don't believe me, well I don't blame you, so checkout Paul Randal(Blog|Twitter) post(s) on the very subject.
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Perhaps failing to fully grasp the genius of the Honey Badger, stupid poor person Danica Patrick says she wants to be one. "The honey badger, he doesn't give a cr*p, he takes what he wants," she said in an interview.
Danica made the statement in an interview with Fox Sports, the most Honey Badger-friendly sports news network (Buy Gold). "It was very, very funny," continued Danica. "That's how I'm going to be this year, like a honey badger."
The famously female driver has been criticized in the past for giving too much of a cr*p, complaining about other drivers' behavior on-track rather than, you know, winning races.
This is a big season for the racer, she'll be concentrating her efforts on Stupid Poor Person racing full time, rather than dividing her efforts between that and the suspiciously Euro IndyCar series and its tight jeans.
There was some other stuff about pushing and turning left, but we haven't had enough Vagisil in our coffee this morning to care.
You can credit "cr*p" to the lovely censors at Fox.


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Of course she was not telling that her mother's sewing skill was improving. She mentioned that I was in a good balance of something... avocational. Because I sew what I really love and as much as I love, without feeling intimidated, I'm generally staying cool in my spare time. And she is happy with me like that. My sewing is something that rest of my family wouldn't be involved in almost at all, but I felt it was great for them too if my hobby could make my family happy in an indirect way.
I'll be sitting in front of my sewing machine with a happy soul in 2012 too. Sew with me!
Happy New Year!
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Oxtail stew with dumplings
Slow-cooked oxtail is soft, melting meat and teamed with this rich red wine sauce it's perfect for parties
Nutrition and extra info
- Freezable
- Easily halved
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal812
- fat41g
- saturates17g
- carbs50g
- sugars8g
- fibre4g
- protein53g
- salt2.08g
- 2 tbsp plain flour
- 2 oxtail, jointed and cut into pieces
- 4 tbsp sunflower oil, for frying
Sunflower oil
A variety of oils can be used for baking. Sunflower is the one we use most often at Good Food as…
- 2 onions, chopped
Onions are endlessly versatile and an essential ingredient in countless recipes. Native to Asia…
- 3 carrots, cut into small chunks
The carrot, with its distinctive bright orange colour, is one of the most versatile root…
- 2 celery sticks, cut into small chunks
A collection of long, thick, juicy stalks around a central, tender heart, celery ranges in…
- 2 garlic cloves, chopped
- 2 tbsp tomato purée
- bay leaves and thyme sprigs, tied together
- 1 bottle full-bodied red wine
- 1 beef stock cube
For the dumplings
- 300g self-raising flour
- bunch basil leaves, removed
Most closely associated with Mediterranean cooking but also very prevalent in Asian food, the…
- 75g butter
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- 3 egg whites
- olive oil, for drizzling
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Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Season the flour with salt and pepper, then toss the oxtail in it until evenly coated. Heat the oil in a large flameproof casserole. Working in batches, brown the meat really well on all sides. Remove from the pan, then add the veg and garlic and fry for 3-4 mins until starting to colour. Stir in the tomato purée and herbs. Tip the meat back into the pan, pour over the wine, then crumble in the stock cube. Season, cover the pan and braise in the oven for 3 hrs until the meat is meltingly tender. Can be cooked up to 2 days ahead. If you make it ahead, chill in the fridge and lift any fat off the top before reheating.
To make the dumplings, tip the flour and basil (reserving a few leaves for a garnish) into a food processor with a generous pinch of salt, then blitz until the basil is finely chopped. Add the butter and blitz until it's the texture of breadcrumbs, then gradually add the egg whites until everything comes together. On a floured surface, roll the dumplings into small, walnut-size balls, then cover with a tea towel until ready to cook.
To serve, bring a large pan of salted water to the boil. Simmer dumplings for 15 mins, then remove with a slotted spoon. While the dumplings are cooking, gently reheat the meat in the sauce. Serve a few chunks of meat in a soup bowl with a few dumplings, drizzled with olive oil and scattered with a few basil leaves.
Recipe Tip
OxtailThis is the tail meat from cattle and, when slow-cooked, is one of the tastiest cuts of beef. You may see whole oxtail in the butchers, but for most dishes you will want it jointed into pieces. As the oxtail has a thick and a thin end, the pieces will vary in size – you will need two large pieces per serving. Oxtail should be neatly jointed without any splintery bits of bone attached to the meat.
Recipe Tip
Barney says...Oxtail is tough, so you need to braise it for a good few hours. What you are then left with is the magic of cooking – soft, melting meat with a thick, glistening sauce. I think it goes really well with these basil dumplings.


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Truth-O-Meter's business is business
From the pizza trade to sports management, the Truth-O-Meter was up to all sorts of business last week.
We began with a fact check on the corporate track record of Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain at Godfather's Pizza. We followed with checks on wages in Georgia's agriculture business and economic recovery data.
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The Registrar and Secretary of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, Jane Hern, has today announced that she will be standing down at the end of the year.
After 15 years in the job, Jane has decided that it is time to move on and pursue other interests. She has been pleased to oversee a number of significant reforms and new initiatives in her years leading the organisation.
The College is now embarking on a comprehensive review of its governance, committee and management structures, during which the Officers and Council will consider how best the executive should be led in future.
Jane says: "I have greatly enjoyed my time with the College and the Trust. Working with a profession held in such high regard by the public has been a real pleasure. I wish veterinary surgeons, veterinary nurses and all my colleagues all the very best for the future."
The President, Dr Jerry Davies said: "The Royal College has been very fortunate in having the benefit of Jane's wisdom and guidance for so many years, and we wish her every success in the future."


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SAG nominations
The Screen Actors Guild announced their nominations this morning. There will be no Pitt Porn at the SAGs. Angelina Jolie was not nominated for Best Actress in The Tourist. Michelle Williams was also not nominated for Best Actress for her work in Blue Valentine. Instead, Hilary Swank took the 5th spot for Conviction which, well, Swank has pretty much been ignored by everyone else so far so I guess she has more friends in the Guild...?
On the Actor side, no Ryan Gosling either. Robert Duvall for Get Low instead, joining Colin Firth, James Franco, Jesse Eisenberg, and Jeff Bridges. Unlike the HFPA, the Screen Actors Guild did not tell True Grit to f-ck off. They did however have no time for Mark Wahlberg, even though Christian Bale and Amy Adams were both singled out for The Fighter, and the cast was recognised in the Best Ensemble category which, at the SAGs, is considered Best Picture. Going from that criteria, it would appear, at least in SAG terms, that The King's Speech is the favourite going in with nominations for Firth and Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter.
So far it looks like Firth, Franco, and Eisenberg are locked for Oscar nominations for Best Actor with two spots up for grabs between Bridges, Duvall, Gosling, and maybe Javier Bardem for Biutiful.
As for The Social Network, riding a wave of major wins going into this week, nominations for Ensemble and Eisenberg for Best Actor but no one else, so fangirls of Andrew Garfield are all suicidal. But do you know who did get a nomination instead for Best Supporting Actor?
John Hawkes in Winter's Bone.
Inception and Lost and Friday Night Lights continue to get no respect.
Big ups to Chris Colfer for joining the big boys in the Outstanding Male Actor Comedy Series category. Glee's Kurt is nominated alongside heavyweights Alec Baldwin, Steve Carell, Ed O'Neill, and Ty Burrell.
On the ladies side, four names seem like sure bets for Oscar nominations: Bening, Portman, Kidman, and Jennifer Lawrence. So there's a lot of hair pulling for that final slot between Halle Berry, Julianne Moore, Michelle Williams, and, I guess, Hilary Swank.
By the way:
Jennifer Love Hewitt was not nominated for a SAG. Because, obviously. And Justin Timberlake will be there, but only as part of The Social Network ensemble. Which means, as the film's weakest link, he'll sit in the best seat at their table and, if they win, deliver the acceptance speech on their behalf.
Click here for the complete list of SAG nominations.


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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Amjad Abdul-Salam is one of a growing number of Iraqis who say a separate state for his fellow Sunni Muslims is the only way to stop the country sliding back into sectarian chaos.
Tensions between Iraq's Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims are rising after the United States pulled out the last of its troops on December 18, leaving the country run by a fragile unity government.
Hours after the exit, Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki sparked the worst political crisis in a year by announcing an arrest warrant for the Sunni vice president on charges he led death squads. The premier also tried to get his Sunni deputy fired.
Sunnis are a minority in Iraq but for decades held the reins of power under dictator Saddam Hussein. Many say they have felt marginalized since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam and paved the way for the rise of the Shi'ite majority.
Abdul-Salam, a Sunni economics graduate who runs a stationery shop in Baghdad, sees little hope in the future for his three children.
"Living in an Iraq where Shi'ites are controlling power and most key jobs while we are always looked at as followers of Saddam will not be tolerated," said Abdul-Salam, 38.
"Without autonomy, Iraq will hit rock bottom and civil war and endless political crises will not be averted. This is a message that all politicians should understand."
The crisis triggered by Maliki's move against Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi threatens a power-sharing government that includes the Shi'ite National Alliance, Sunni-backed Iraqiya and Kurdish lawmakers.
Politicians took nine months after an inconclusive election in 2010 to form what was called a "unity" government. Having Sunnis in the deal was seen as vital to heal sectarian wounds.
But on December 22, a few days after the political crisis erupted, bombings in mainly Shi'ite areas rocked Iraq's capital, killing 72 people.
A suicide car bomb at the interior ministry in Baghdad last Monday killed seven people. Police sources said authorities believed insurgents targeted the building in revenge for the arrest warrant for Hashemi.
"Sunni anger will be on the rise in the short-term, especially until the crisis is resolved in an orderly and consensual manner - which doesn't look likely at this point," said Ranj Alaaldin, a senior associate with Certus Intelligence.
"That's primarily because Maliki's actions look designed specifically for the purposes of targeting the Sunni community, (to) deprive them of two important representatives in government and two individuals who happen to be Maliki's biggest rivals in Baghdad."
Hashemi and Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlaq are both members of Iraqiya, a cross-sectarian bloc which rode strong Sunni support to first place in the 2010 parliamentary election.
But it failed to secure a majority and ended up joining an uneasy coalition under Maliki, who has been premier since 2006.
Discontent is widespread in Sunni strongholds like Diyala and Salahuddin provinces, which have demanded more autonomy.
The calls for autonomy risk fuelling further sectarian friction. Maliki has said autonomy could lead to bloodshed, but some senior Sunni leaders have come out in favor of it and parliament speaker Osama al-Nujaifi has described it as a constitutional right.
In September, tensions rose between Shi'ite-majority Kerbala province and Sunni-dominated Anbar when an ambush of Shi'ite pilgrims re-ignited an old feud over a disputed area of desert.
While the tensions have eased, Sunni tribal sheikhs in Anbar have complained they feel alienated by the central government.
"The way Maliki is dealing with his (supposed partners) is opening the window for sectarian strife. Maliki is using media to mobilize his Shi'ite followers against Sunni top leaders ... This is wrong, this is playing with fire while sitting beside a fuel tank," said Sheikh Daham al-Esawi from Anbar province.
Baghdad complains the tribes meddle in local government affairs and security officials say tribal spats have made the area vulnerable to a comeback by affiliates of al Qaeda.
"We want to eliminate sectarianism. So I ask, why do they (politicians) want to bring it back ... All our problems are being caused by political wrangling," said 42-year-old herbal medicine specialist Um Bilal, a Sunni Muslim.
Some Sunnis say they are discriminated against when hunting for work. "When I apply for a job, the main questions they ask me are what my surname is and where I live," said 23-year-old unemployed college graduate Rasha, referring to two methods used to glean an Iraqi's sect without directly asking.
"When my dad used to talk about sectarianism, I always thought he was exaggerating ... (But now) I feel things will become worse and worse and worse. They think we are (Vice President) Hashemi's followers and because of this, we should disappear," she said, declining to give her last name because of fears for her safety.
Additional reporting by Ahmed Rasheed, Aseel Kami and Saad Shalash in Baghdad and Fadhel al-Badrani in Falluja


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{ click on images to advance the story }posted Wednesday, July 18th, 2007 leave a comment or trackback
I love panel 13.
A.D. continues to amaze as Josh pits reportage with art and makes universal fiction with emotional truths. Panel 13 of this chapter is terrifying in its fun house mirror portrayel of the house bending to Katrina's might. This comic's eventual destination point [graphic novel?] will be awarded well by its contemporaries.
My only criticism is with the last panel when the woman screams "I'm gonna die in this bitch!" It felt forced and took me out of the drama. I could almost hear the gangsta drum beats behind her "rap" and wondered if she really blurted that line when she was alone and scared with her cat in the confines of her compromised position? I have faced many awful situations and discovered that my faux bravado diminishes greatly when I think I'm about to perish. Still, if that's how it went down, I'm impressed!
That woman is me, and that is exactly what I was thinking at that moment and for many, many moments during the hurricane. I was terrified, and that was my expression of terror, not false bravado.
And maybe, just maybe, rap music reflecs the very real language of a very real people. Because, frankly, I talked like that before I ever heard a rap record.
Hey, Denise–
Fair enough. I grew up on the origins of hip-hop in the upper west side of Manhattan and I cherish the music. Just ask Josh.
Still, there are some things that happen in real life that don't always translate well in adaptation, especially in semi-autobiographical "fiction," and, for some reason, that very real line of expression [of yours] took me OUT of the drama. I've produced many semi-autobio comix and I find myself editing certain facts so I can get to the meat of the truth better for universal consumption. It's a difficult thing to juggle.
Thanks for weighing in and thanks for sharing your Katrina experience with Josh and Smith Magazine.
the weight and scope of the hurrican coming down on everyone is heavy and terrifying. you convey this so well that it's upsetting to read this and more upsetting being left hanging at the end of each episode. bravo, kudos, i'm on the edge of my seat again in this bitch.
I gots to disagree wholeheartedly w/ Dino above on this one. I think its this exact dialogue, sorta out of left field, maybe a smidged detached, but not reaaallly, drills even deeper into the drama. At home. Talkin like at home, perhaps gonna die in that bitch at home, shellshocked, house rocked. I had a bad wee-plane ride last year, and if i put that into a comic, though terrified up the gazoot, at some point twas outside of myself c and probably said, "I;m gonna die in this motherfucker. Fuck!"
Dean and Denise, Your exchange was fascinating to me, and in a way I can understand both your points. Certainly, as I was writing the scene, I wouldn't have had the Denise character say what she did.
But I have the benefit of having the actual Denise for inspiration! When Denise told me the "I'm gonna die in this bitch" line, I just knew I had to use it. I realize that it may take some readers "out of the story," but at least in this case, I think it is more important to be tell what really happened.
Thanks to both of you for sharing your thoughts, and especially to Denise for letting me portray a uniquely horrifying moment of her real life.
Portraying such diverse points of views can't be easy. You pull it off, Josh. They're all believable, not because they happened, but because your reporting seems to be on point. I can't wait for this to be collected. It'll be a "must read", fer sure, but I also have a few friends (N.O. natives) that'll be touched deeply by this comic.
Previous episodes have set it all up. Now it's time for the horror to happen and I can't help but feel a deep sadness in regards to the victims. This disaster was ignored by some; this comic dares you to ignore your apathy and confront the fact that people DIED.
Powerful stuff, Josh. My gut's in a knot reading this. Heavy!
Mike and Mike,
Thanks for your words of encouragement. You're right about portraying some of this stuff: it's almost a burden. Even though I've spent years advocating that comics "aren't just for kids," it's a tough thing to draw real people's pain and loss. But it's important, and I'm just trying to do it in as respectful a way as possible.
The "And Deli" sign from the Superette showing up on page 9 is brilliant.
I remember finding a giant sign from the Burger King by U.N.O. at least eight blocks away, on top of a car. Weird, but you'd find odd things like that.
Leo, glad you caught that little visual link between parts I and II of chapter 5!
About the "gonna-die-in-this-bitch" sentence. I think it would have been more persuasive if the art were more realistic. There's a mildly abstract quality to the art that tends to suggest a distillation of reality rather than a full-frontal reality to it. I think that I agree with Dean that that line didn't quite work, but it's not the line itself but the marriage between tone and art that kind of made me find that panel a little weak.
It's got to be hard to get that balance just perfect, but I'm just a reader of comix, not an artist, so I really have no right to talk except as far as knowing what works for me.
Jameson, I see your point, and probably a more "realistic" artist would have pulled off that line better. But unfortunately I do have sort of a cartoony style, and one can only work with the tools at hand…
Josh, you're doing an incredible job here. Best work you've ever done. Looking forward to more.
I just saw a peice about this on my local news in Toronto, Canada. I was deeply affected by this storm, having just visited New Orleans a few months before it struck.
I had to say very good work….I worked with some displaced families, from home a lot of phone work, helping to reunite families in different shelters, and connecting survivors with host families across the country. I heard horror stories that gave me nightmares for a long time.
A lot of people function with the out of sight out of mind mentality. Unfortunatey, the general population here believes that everything is ok in New Orleans now, and that they were taken care of by their government, because the media doesn't tell them otherwise.
Thankfully there's outlets like this to educate the uninformed.
I visited the wonderful city of New Orleans in Feb of 2005, and brought back some wonderful memories, which were shattered when I saw the aftermath of Katrina, compounded by the ineptitude of the local, state and federal government agencies. I read stories of unbelievable heroism, incredible sacrifice, searing humanity, humiliating suffering, devastation, tragic loss, and also stories about media bias, racial prejudice, the compounded suffering of the elderly and disabled. I knew that what I was reaching me in suburban Toronto was the tip of the iceberg. I could feel the hand of God calling this so-called great nation to task: we witnessed the true heroes, dangling from helicopters, in police cars, carrying videocameras, holding microphones, resulting in the dispatching of aid from across the continent to help those in need, while FEMA sat on their money-filled hands and thought about acting.
This immersive story draws me in in a way that a two-dimensional camera shot cannot - by winding around the real, emotional lives of the people as they experienced it, not merely displaying the physical events.
This is the greatest goddamned thing I've ever read. Anxiously awaiting the graphic novel.
This is absolutely wonderful. Bless you and bless our New Orleans.
I would definitely have thought "I'm going to die in this bitch."
And I think it's perfect in the strip.
I also think Dean is stubborn in his opinions.
It's very strange to be sitting here in St. Louis, reading this because a friend in New Orleans passed it along, and to see my uncle and Brobson and the dogs showing up. I thought it was just a weird coincidence at the beginning. Then I saw the dogs in the kitchen and I was nearly certain. Then, of course, the names. It's kind of surreal.
But anyway, good job, it's very well done so far. Good to see so many aspects shown from the different people down to the dogs and cats.
This comic was very interesting. I enjoyed it.
Denise: I strongly believe that you are that woman and that you feel terrified by the moment.
Imagine being at that scene and facing that problem. Words cannot express your feelings at that point. Life resumes all your feelings to a minute and you suddenly don't know what is happening next.
The strong personality of denise, do not match her words on this picture, but it shows how desperate someone can be on a crisis like this. She is dying desperately and she is afraid of what will happen next, cause things seem to come to an end.
[...] I showed the audience parts of another section from A.D., where I used the actual incidence of a sign being blown off Abbas' store to bridge a scene—the sign comes careening down the street into Denise's neighborhood, [...]
The people in New Orleans are starting to feel the effects of Hurricane Katrina. The people had no idea what was going to happen next. The History Channel's website would agree with that statement of uncertainty because they said, "The storm itself did a great deal of damage, but its aftermath was catastrophic." They continued to talk about how the storm went on for hours, just raining and raining. Although 34,000 people were saved, many others who did not evacuate before the storm had to protect themselves in the tough times. The storm killed 2,000 people, damaged 90,000 square miles of United States territory, and left those along the Gulf Coast questioning about where to go next.
Abbas and Darnell beginning to realize how bad this storm is and how it is only going to get worse. The annotation from the History Channel's website will help a reader better understand the panel and the comic as a whole because it tells you how bad the storm really was and how it ends horribly. When Darnell says how the hurricane isn't messing around, the link to the website should be put on this panel to show how intense the storm was. Just a thought so people could understand the storm better.


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