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If you have more than one email accounts (mailboxes) which are important and reside on the same Exchange Server than it is a good choice to make use of the possibility to include them in your main profile in Outlook 2007.This makes it unnecessary to log out of your current mailbox (profile) and log in to a different mailbox.You can see them all in one in the profile you prefer.In the example below email@example.com is the main profile where the account email@example.com should be included.To do so follow the steps below :
Note: This description refers to Outlook 2007.I placed a Note where it differs from Outlook 2003.
1st part :
>Log in to the firstname.lastname@example.com mailbox
>Rightclick your mailbox (usually : mailbox - Account Display Name)
>Choose Permissions (In German Freigabeberechtigungen) - you can go as well over Properties - Permissions (as it is in Outlook 2003)
>Under the permissions tab add the user (profile) where you want to include the mailbox.In this case it must be :
email@example.com (as we want to see the firstname.lastname@example.com box under this profile)
>Select the appropriate permission for the additional mailbox (email@example.com) , if you are the owner and you include the mailboxes in your own profile give owner permission level.
>Confirm with OK
>You need to repeat this steps on every subfolder of email@example.com you want to see under firstname.lastname@example.com
2nd part :
>Log in to the email@example.com mailbox. (This is your main profile under which you want to see firstname.lastname@example.com)
>Go to : Tools - Email Accounts ( In Outlook 2003 you additionally need to go over View or change existing email accounts and click Next )
>Make sure Microsoft Exchange Server is selected and click Change
>The Exchange Server Name and the username should already be filled in as you are in a working profile (i'll assume here your mailbox is working fine and your profile is setup well.If not it could be you have bigger problems than including another mailbox to your profile at this point)
>Click the More Settings button
>Click the Advanced tab and click add.Type in here the mailboxname you just have granted permission for yourself.In this case it must be : email@example.com (as we have granted in part 1 permissions to email@example.com)
>Confirm with OK - Click Next and Finished - Click OK
If you miss the steps in the first part on the specified mailbox, the mailbox still can be included but will not become extendable down to it's subfolders.(In short words the mailbox name appears but it is useless).By clicking the mailbox to expand it you will receive an error message like the one below.
The message says the folder cannot be expanded.This foldergroup cannot be opened.You do not have permission to log in to this account. (or something very similar - this is translated from German)


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Antibiotics are important medications, but should be used correctly and only when necessary. In British Columbia, dentists are the second-most active prescribers of antibiotics, following physicians; antibiotic prescriptions written by dentists account for 11% of the provincial total. The British Columbia Dental Association and Do Bugs Need Drugs (a program of the BC Centre for Disease Control) have been working in partnership to ensure appropriate antibiotic use by dentists. If you have questions about the use of antibiotics in your dental care, please consult the joint handout for information on guidelines and standards.
The Canadian Orthopedic Association (COA), the Canadian Dental Association (CDA), and the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease (AMMI) Canada have released a joint consensus statement on the evidence base for using dental antibiotic prophylaxis to reduce orthopedic prosthetic joint infections.
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Happy to announce that my new book "Morning Cup of Jo-Inspiration Brings Life" is still on track to launch next month! I know I am cutting it close but I could not allow my excitement to rule me this time. I had to follow through with all the due diligence. Currently the book is going through what I hope to be its final leg of editing...Shout out to my editors WMB & TDZ!!!
The wonderful image that you see is the blessing that I received from Andy Monk who hails from the UK. He is obviously a wonderful photographer who is breaking into the world of book cover design. Andy had a thread that offered to create book cover work for free. Under the impression that nothing is free I almost did not send him a email but I remembered the conversation I had with my baby sister she stated that "sometimes when people offer something it is legit" so I took a chance sent the email and the rest is blissful history :-)!
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This scene is set in the same location as Scene 1, under the bridge. Miriamne sits alone, as a Tramp comes and digs himself into a pile of rags to sleep. Two Girls pass by, chattering about how one has been proposed to by a man with whom she had a fight but later reconciled. They comment with disgust on the Tramp, and go out.
Gaunt appears, and asks the Tramp for directions. He believes the Tramp recognizes him and says he's not who the Tramp thinks he is. He then rambles on about evidence that he has with him, relating to a court case he's trying. He suddenly stops, moving out of sight as Esdras appears in the doorway to the apartment. He calls Miriamne to come in, but she says she needs to stay outside for a while...
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Northville-Placid Trail Map
Northville is approximately 45 minutes north of Amsterdam, New York, on NY Route 30, Exit 27 from the New York State Thruway, I-90. Lake Placid is most easily reached via NY Route 73 at Exit 30 of the Adirondack Northway, I-87. It is approximately 2.5 hours north from Albany, NY.
It should be apparent from this map that a wide variety of starting and ending points for doing sections of the trail are possible. The longest stretch between roads is approximately 40 miles through the West Canada Lakes Wilderness Area.
Food may be conveniently mailed ahead to post offices in Piseco, Blue Mountain Lake, and Long Lake for longer trips.


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The Federal Witness Security Program
Criminal Division (redacted version)
Report No. 02-05
January 2002
Office of the Inspector General
|Criminal Division officials have indicated that this report contains information that, if distributed widely, could compromise the law enforcement operations of the U.S. Department of Justice. Therefore, we have redacted the sensitive information in this publicly released version of the report.
The Witness Security Reform Act of 1984 (the Act) provides the Attorney General with the authority to place individuals into the Federal Witness Security Program (Program). The Act establishes the authorities and responsibilities of the Attorney General in administering the Program:
Program Responsibility
The Program provides protection services for relocated and prisoner witnesses. Relocated witnesses protected by the United States Marshals Service (USMS) are relocated to new communities to avoid detection and reprisal. Prisoner witnesses are incarcerated and protected by the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and upon release may be eligible for relocation services. In addition, the Program provides protection services to family members or persons closely associated with the relocated or prisoner witness.
The Office of Enforcement Operations (OEO) within the Criminal Division (CRM) is responsible for admitting all witnesses into the Program. Appendices IV and V illustrate the OEO's procedures for admitting relocated and prisoner witnesses into the Program. The OEO is also responsible for resolving conflicts (e.g., conflicts between witnesses and the BOP), coordinating visits to witnesses, and removing witnesses from the Program. In addition, OEO officials visit prisoner witnesses at the BOP facilities biannually to address any problems or concerns of these witnesses. Further, the OEO is responsible for determining if restitution is to be paid to victims of crimes that are committed by protected witnesses.
The OEO expended $863,579 in fiscal year (FY) 2000 for the Program. These appropriated funds were spent on salaries, travel, supplies, and other indirect costs. These funds did not include expenses for witnesses. The BOP does not budget separately for the Program. The USMS is responsible for administering funds for the protection of witnesses from the Fees and Expenses of Witnesses account. In FY 2000, the USMS budgeted about $27.5 million for the protection of witnesses, which included: (1) subsistence, (2) housing, (3) medical and dental care, (4) travel, (5) documentation, (6) identity changes, (7) one-time relocation, (8) assistance with employment, and (9) other miscellaneous expenses.
Program History
The Program was initially developed to protect relocated witnesses. However, between FY 1998 and FY 2001, the Department admitted significantly more prisoner witnesses than relocated witnesses into the Program as shown in the chart below. According to a former CRM official, this is in part because: (1) federal prosecutors have been able to obtain crucial testimony from criminals who have first-hand knowledge of a criminal organization and many of these individuals are serving time for their crimes; and (2) honest, law-abiding citizens often do not know enough about the crimes committed by criminal organizations to provide the types of detailed testimony necessary to convict members of a criminal organization.
Source: The Office of Enforcement Operations
When the Program first was developed in the early 1970s, United States Attorneys used it as a tool in prosecuting cases related to organized crime. Currently, witnesses admitted into the Program testify mostly in narcotics-related cases. The following chart depicts the type of cases for which the OEO authorized 128 witnesses for FY 1998. 1 The chart shows that 55 witnesses (43 percent) were authorized for narcotics-related cases, whereas only 9 witnesses (7 percent) were authorized for organized crime-related cases.
Source: The Office of Enforcement Operations
Congressional Oversight
The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing in June 1996 on the Program during which Department officials testified about the Program's successes, including the following:
In addition, Department officials testified about one of the shortfalls of the Program, citing the fact that the Department did not have meaningful statistics demonstrating the contributions made by protected witnesses to law enforcement. Department officials told the Judiciary Committee in 1996 that the Department would develop a process to track the results of protected witness testimony.
Our audit encompassed a review of this data collection and tracking system, as well as Program admission and termination criteria. Additionally, we reviewed Program compliance with the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA).


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Technology-Supported Mathematics Teaching, July 2000
This conference is the sixth in a series of conferences on technology-supported mathematics education initiated by the Austrian Center for Didactics of Computer Algebra. Previous symposia were held in Krems (Austria) 1992, Krems 1993, Honolulu (USA) 1995, Särö (Sweden) 1997, and Gösing (Austria) 1999. This conference is co-organized by ACDCA and the Faculty of Education of the University of Maribor, Slovenia and will be held from July 2-5, 2000, in Portoroz, Slovenia.
Using computer algebra systems, dynamical geometry software, or graphing calculators for teaching 12-18 year old students is going to change the teaching methods, the contents of what we teach, what we consider basic skills, what abilities students have to obtain, and, last but not least, the exams. The goal of this conference is thus to bring together experts in mathematics education (both researchers and teachers) in order to enrich and enhance mathematics education by sharing and articulating experiences, interpretations, and perspectives from differing research and teaching viewpoints.
More information can be obtained from the Conference Co-chairs:
|Vlasta Kokol-Voljc
Ptuj, Slovenia
|Bernhard Kutzler
Leonding, Austria
Prof. Jen-Chung Chuan
Department of Mathematics
National Tsing Hua University
Hsinchu, TAIWAN
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Palestinian PM leaves Gaza after four-day visit
GAZA CITY - Palestinian prime minister Rami Hamdallah left the Gaza Strip on Thursday after a four-day visit aimed at reconciliation with rival party Hamas, an AFP journalist said.
Islamists Hamas agreed to hand over power to a unity government last month and Hamdallah's visit, the first since 2015, saw his ministers take control of ministries in Gaza.
The move is part of wider attempts to end a decade-long split between the internationally recognised Palestinian Authority, which is based in the occupied West Bank, and Hamas, which runs Gaza.
The two sides are set to meet for further talks in the Egyptian capital Cairo on Tuesday.
Before leaving on Thursday morning, Hamdallah and a number of his ministers visited the largest hospital in the Gaza Strip, as well as a desalination plant.
He then left with his ministers through the Erez crossing in northern Gaza, which is controlled by Israel, an AFP videographer said.
He is due to return to Ramallah in the West Bank where a meeting of senior members of Fatah, the secular party that dominates the Palestinian Authority, will be held Thursday evening.
Hamas, in a statement, said: "The Gaza Strip and its ministries are under the administration of the national reconciliation government. Hamas will work to support and strengthen its role."
Hamas has ruled the territory since 2007, when it seized it from the Palestinian Authority in a near civil war, and multiple previous reconciliation attempts have failed.
The Islamist movement has fought three wars with Israel since 2008 and is considered a terrorist organisation by the United States and the European Union.
One of the main stumbling blocks to reconciliation is likely to be Hamas's military wing, with senior officials rejecting the idea of disarming.
Two million people live in Gaza, blockaded by Israel and Egypt and suffering from poverty and electricity shortages.


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Google on Jan. 20 married a management shakeup with a fine fourth-quarter earnings report, including $8.44 billion in revenues, earnings per share of $7.81, and net profit of $2.54 billion.
Google's revenue increased 26 percent from the fourth quarter of 2009, while net profit rose 29 percent from $1.97 billion.
The search engine recorded $2.07 billion in TAC (traffic-acquisition costs), or revenue shared with Google's partners. Google's paid clicks were up 11 percent from the prior quarter and 18 percent from the year-ago quarter.
"Q4 marked a terrific end to a stellar year," Google CEO Eric Schmidt said in a statement. "Our strong performance has been driven by a rapidly growing digital economy, continuous product innovation that benefits both users and advertisers, and by the extraordinary momentum of our newer businesses, such as display and mobile."
Further reading
Google's results may offset the uncertainty surrounding the announcement of Schmidt's exit on April 4 as CEO.
Google Co-founder Larry Page is taking over as CEO and will oversee day-to-day operations, including product and technology development. Google Co-founder Sergey Brin is expected to work on special projects and products at Google.
Page and Brin, who Schmidt joked on Twitter no longer required "adult supervision," were effusive in praise for their mentor on the company's Q4 earnings call.
Google's stock, which closed down almost $5, rose $14 in after-hours trading, a signal that investors improved of the move.
Schmidt joined Google in 2001, with Page assuming the mantle of president of products and Brin nabbing the president of technology role.
Schmidt helped the company usher in dozens of Web services, including Gmail, Google News and, perhaps most important, the Android operating system the company cultivated through a 2005 acquisition and launched to open source in 2007.
Google had a properly busy Q4, launching its Chrome Operating System test flight program by dispensing thousands of Cr-48 notebooks to media, analysts and company partners.
Google topped off the quarter, which ended Dec. 31, with an uncharacteristically busy December. On Dec. 6, the company launched both the Samsung Nexus S smartphone and its long-awaited Google eBooks initiative. None of these efforts were likely particularly material for the quarter.
Search Engine Land's Danny Sullivan, who has covered Google since its quiet inception, said Google is probably overdue for a major management reorganization after having the same structure for the last decade.
"In that time, Google has transformed from a scrappy little underdog search engine into a massive advertising and technological powerhouse. The start-up culture seemingly has been largely swallowed by the inevitable bureaucracy that comes with getting bigger. Meanwhile, it has faced challenges in convincing new and key employees that it remains the place to be, versus rivals like Facebook."
All of which is to say, the threats from Facebook and Apple in mobile computing may have facilitated Schmidt's push to the top.


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Craft: Grand Fury Assault Tank
Type: Galactech "Grand Fury" Ground Assault Tank
Scale: Walker
Length: 22.4m
Skill: Ground Vehicle Operation: Grand Fury Tank
Crew: 4+3Gunners
Passengers: 8
Cargo Capacity: 320kg
Cover: Full
Cost: 105,000 new
Altitude Range: Ground level
Maneuverability: 3D
Move: 63; 180kmh
Body Strength: 6D
Shields: 3D, 1D
Passive: 20/0D (about 2,400 km)
Scan: 40/1D (about 4,800 km)
Search: 60/2D (about 7,200 km)
Focus: 3/3D
Repeating Blaster Cannon
Fire Arc: Turret
Scale: Character
Skill: Vehicle Blasters
Fire Control: 2D
Range: 10-100/200/500m
Damage: 6D
Dual Heavy Rail Guns
Fire Arc: Turret
Scale: Walker
Skill: Missile Weapons
Fire Control: 3D
Range: 50-500/2/4km
Damage: 8D
12 * Concussion Missiles
Fire Arc: Turret
Scale: Walker
Skill: Missile Weapons
Fire Control: 3D
Range: 100-500/2.5/5km
Damage: 7D
Dual Flamethrowers
Fire Arc: Turret
Scale: Walker
Skill: Flamethrower
Fire Control: 2D
Range: 3-10/20/50
Damage: 5D+1 (First round, 4D for next 10 rounds unless extinguished)
Note: The repeating blaster is mounted atop the turret on its own smaller turret. The other weapons however must face the same direction
Description: Seeking to attract higher end clientele, Galactech created a new version of the Fury using all modern technology (aside from being a crawler tank). The Grand Fury is larger, far more manueverable due to an innovative quad independent tracks design, features paired heavier bore railguns, more concussion missiles, and a slightly more potent anti-infantry blaster, which is now turreted to defend in all directions. The Grand Fury has a passenger compartment, either to carry troops or replacement crew members.
The Grand Fury also features much heavier composite armor and shielding to permit trading blows with any walker, and with its bigger engine, quad track design, and improved suspension it is very fast for a crawler. Finally for close in combat, underbarrel flamethrowers have been added making it able to defend itself over a wide area, and increasing its intimidating presence in combat. A small backup generator is included, allowing 1d of replacement shields to be brought online.
Impressed by tales of Astromech droids repairing Starfighters in the middle of battle, GalacTech built in a droid brain with autopilot and repair abilities, and internal manipulators with which to conduct repairs (5D in Ground Vehicle Repair and Ground Vehicle Operation). The crews quite like having a vehicle that can talk with them and simplifies maintenance. Without crew guidance the Grand Fury will not attack and will simply maintain formation with friendly units, or if alone will flee toward friendly lines. It is not unknown for a Grand Fury to be nearly destroyed and its crew killed, but the droid brain to repair functionality enough to return to base. After such an ordeal however the vehicle generally never seems the same again, even with a mindwipe.
Grand Furies are frequently seen leading groups of Furies or other inexpensive vehicles, but are far to pricy for most worlds to buy more than a few. Due to their impressive but non walker appearances they are also purchased for ceremonial duties by worlds where walkers bring up painful memories. Due to their role in leading other vehicles in combat, the Grand Fury has a starfighter caliber sensor system, which allows it to effectively coordinate group movements. It also can be used to feed targeting data to friendly units, boosting their fire control (with a successful sensors or tactics check, the Grand Fury can provide +1d fire control to friendlies as situations warrant) provided appropriate software is available (GalacTech provides the needed software free of charge for all GalacTech ground vehicles, starfighters and other products. Software is available for most common vehicles such as AT-ATs and X-Wings for a fee of a few hundred credits per vehicle type).
GalacTech is confident the Grand Fury is the next step in ground vehicle design, but most of the galaxy is unsure about this, noting both the inherent flaws of a Crawler type vehicle as well as the high pricetag and crew requirement.
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The current Chief Executive Officer of global Crispin Porter + Bogusky, Lori Senecal is one of the world's most phenomenal women. Lori got a Bachelor of Commerce Degree in Marketing and Finance from McGill University. After he education, in 2003 Lori co-founded the McCann Ad Agency and went on to become Global Chief Innovation Officer before finally becoming president at McCann New York. In 2009. Lori became president and CEO of Kirshenbaum Bond Senecal (KBS) and partners. In 2012, Lori went on to become chairperson and CEO of the same organization. By the time she was leaving Kirshenbaum Bond Senecal and partners in 2015, Lori Senecal was the Global Executive Chairman. In March 2015. Lori joined the Crispin Porter + Bogusky (CP+B) agency as their global chief executive officer.
In CP+B, Lori will oversee the global expansion of the agency and manage coordination between the agency's ten international offices. Her impressive resume and achievements from her last jobs are the reason why Lori was hired to CP+B. At her previous job at KBS, Lori saw the company grow from a United States based ad agency to a global player with expanded assets in content creation, startups, and technology. Lori run large accounts at KBS like Coca-Cola, BMW, and Nestle. View her Linked In page for further info.
During her tenure at CP+B, Lori has seen the agency improve its business and culture to become a global advertising agency that is creative, flexible and collaborative. Lori's leadership and management style has seen the company offer consistency and helped it grow across continents and disciplines. Under Lori's leadership, CP+B has been named by Advertising Age among the creativity innovators of the year while Lori herself was named agency executive to watch together with three others.
Lori will be exiting her position at CP+B at the end of 2017 in order to pave way for a new generation of managerial leaders. One of her greatest achievements at CP+B has to be scoring the American Airlines account. In October 2015, Lori scored the account, taking it away from TM advertising which had worked with American Airlines for over 25 years. Lori will always be credited with making the agency smarter, nimble and more effective. Visit her website at lorisenecalglobalceo.com.
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Hey! Hmm don't know weather to say happy Valentines day or not? Not sure if I agree with the whole commercial side of it but if you're taking special time out today to spend time with your loved ones hope you have a nice time and recreate the day more often ^ ^.
I'm going spend most of today working in my old charity shop then off to hospital :/. But hopefully Ill squeeze buying a new dress in, my friend is coming over to stay in my dorm & I haven't seen her since i was about 6! but we caught up a few months ago and now we are planning a super night out :)
Any way the other day my student grant came through! yep half a year late but it here. Im going to save as much as posible though for next year & Im going to get to put a deposit on my new house!
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Cover Date March 1962
On-Sale Date 12 December 1961
Cover Price 0.12 US
Pages 32 (23 story pages, 1 pin-up & 1 letters page)
Cover Credits
Pencils: Jack Kirby. Inks: Sol Brodsky. Colours: Stan Goldberg. Script: Unknown, but probably Stan Lee. Letters: Artie Simek
Story Titles
Chapter 1: The Menace of the Miracle Man (5 pages)
Chapter II: "The Monster Lives!" (5 pages)
Chapter III: "The Flame That Died!" (3 pages)
Chapter IV: "In the Shadow of Defeat!" (5 pages)
Chapter V: "The Final Challenge!" (5 pages)
Story Credits
Script: Stan Lee. Pencils: Jack Kirby (w/ Sol Brodsky). Inks: Sol Brodsky. Colours: Stan Goldberg. Letters: Artie Simek.
Superfan Nick Caputo (whose blog can be found here) has claimed that Sol Brodsky made alterations to the Human Torch throughout this issue.
Plot Summary
The Fantastic Four are humiliated by a stage magician called the Miracle Man, who is apparently all-powerful. The Miracle Man declares war on the human race, and begins by stealing a top secret atomic tank from the US government. He is stopped by the Human Torch, who blinds him with a burst of flame, and it is revealed that the Miracle Man was nothing more than a clever hypnotist. After the battle the Torch and the Thing argue, causing the Torch to angrily quit the team.
Flashback 1
Once again the FF have an extended reminiscence about their origin, with no new information to impart.
This issue has a full-page pin-up of the Human Torch flying high over the Earth, with an inset showing his head when it's not on fire. This pin-up was pencilled by Jack Kirby, inked by Sol Brodsky, coloured by Stan Goldberg, and lettered by Artie Simek.
Letters Page
Alan Weiss wants to know who the artist of Fantastic Four is (these being the days before creator credits were the norm). Rick Wood enjoys the character conflicts, but hates the cover of issue #1, and the name Mister Fantastic. An anonymous writer is annoyed that someone as attractive as Sue Storm is always turning invisible. George Paul read the first issue over fifty times, because kids have too much time on their hands. Bill Sarill thinks that Jack Kirby is capable of better, and wants the Thing to be able to change forms at will. And a suspicious fellow named S. Brodsky plugs nearly every other comic that Marvel publishes. (The letters page ends with the editor praising the literacy and intelligence of Marvel's letter-writers, which is a drum that Stan Lee will be banging for a long time to come.)
The Fantastic Four
The team have expanded their operations considerably since Fantastic Four (1961) #2. Not only have they established a headquarters in the Baxter Building, they've also developed a host of vehicles and scientific resources to aid in their crime-fighting efforts, and Sue has made them uniforms. Although the FF are celebrities at this point, the location of their headquarters remains a secret.
Mister Fantastic (aka Dr. Reed Richards)
Reed's paranoid streak is on full display in this story. His concern over the possibility of the Miracle Man turning against humanity is warranted, given the Miracle Man's apparent power level. His concern that Johnny might turn against humanity is perhaps taking things a little too far.
Reed's confidence is shaken when he is defeated by the Miracle Man, but he quickly regains his composure after some stern words from the local police commissioner.
He is the first of the FF to figure out that the Miracle Man is merely a hypnotist, although he doesn't do so in time to provide any help in defeating him. Once the Miracle Man's powers are gone, Reed is confident in handing him over to the police. He restrains the Thing from killing the Miracle Man, though later he uses Ben as a threat if the Miracle Man doesn't release Sue from her hypnotism (he's probably bluffing).
When Sue goes after the Miracle Man on her own, Reed is content to wait for her signal (although he does indicate that the Miracle Man will be in big trouble if he has harmed her). He seems genuinely impressed and pleased by Sue's costume designs. Reed and Sue's relationship is touched on briefly when Ben displays his jealousy of Reed.
When reminiscing about the team's origin, Reed says that "fate has been good to them", as they've been able to use their powers to fight evil and injustice. When the Thing reacts bitterly, Reed reminds Ben that he has previously reverted to his human form, and may be able to do so again for a longer time. (This is the first inkling of a subplot that will run through the title for decades: Reed's attempts to cure Ben.)
Once again, Reed is shown smoking a pipe.
Powers and Skills: Reed is able to stretch his body across a street from one building to another several times, enabling him to entangle the Miracle Man's monster. (Or so it seems, the monster is almost certainly an illusion.)
Surprisingly, Reed is downed by a single brick thrown by the Miracle Man. It seems as though he can be conventionally injured despite his powers. He's also concerned about being hit by bullets from the Miracle Man's machine gun, and transforms into a bouncing rubber ball to avoid them. (In later issues he will be able to repel bullets, but at this point he hasn't shown that yet, and perhaps doesn't know that he can do so.)
Reed is able to shape his body to replace the tire of an antique race car, but the experience is uncomfortable enough that he can't do so for long.
Again, Reed shows that he is super strong when stretching, as he is able to restrain the Thing and pull him off his feet.
Reed designed the roof of the Baxter Building to work like the deck of an aircraft carrier, and the implication is that he designed the majority of the vehicles, gadgets and rooms in their headquarters. He is able to drive an antique race car, and pilot the Fantasticar.
The Invisible Girl (aka Susan "Sue" Storm)
Sue's biggest contribution in this story is the stereotypically feminine task of costume design. Her motivation for doing so is that the team should look like a team. While the costumes are good ones, her decision to give the Thing a helmet is perhaps a touch cruel. Her comment that "this even makes you look glamorous" isn't helping matters.
Sue sits out of the battle between the Human Torch, the Thing and the Miracle Man's monster, but she shows some bravery and initiative by stowing away with the Miracle Man when he makes his escape. Her plan to alert the rest of the team rather than tackle the Miracle Man on her own is a sound one. It's a shame that she's easily captured, and spends the rest of the story as a passive hostage.
Sue's relationship to Reed is briefly touched on, and her recognition that his silence after meeting the Miracle Man could be important shows that she understands him well. Her statement that "only Reed" could have designed the roof of the Baxter Building verges a little on hero worship, however.
Early in the story Sue jokes about nursemaiding the team's male members, but later on she can't stand the bickering between the Thing and the Torch. When Johnny quits the team she begs him to come back, and worries what will become of him.
Powers and Skills: Sue's invisibility comes in handy for stowing away in the back of the Miracle Man's atomic tank, but it doesn't help to mask her scent from the Miracle Man's dog.
Sue is easily hypnotised by the Miracle Man, obeying his commands and remaining in a passive trance until he releases her with a snap of his finger. Nobody else is hypnotised in this story, so with nothing to compare to it's not clear if she's any more susceptible to hypnotism than her teammates.
Sue shows some talent for costume design, and though it's not stated it's possible that she sewed the costumes herself. She is also shown piloting a section of the Fantasticar.
The Human Torch (aka Johnny Storm)
The Torch's rivalry with the Thing comes to a head in this issue. Johnny scoffs at the idea that Sue could ever fall for Ben, which causes the Thing to lash out. Johnny retaliates with his flame, but when the Thing complains that it's unfair Johnny leaves angrily. This is the first time that the two fight, however briefly, and there's a sense of genuine animosity about it.
This culminates at the end of the story, after the Torch has defeated the Miracle Man. The Thing grumbles about the Torch getting all of the credit, and the Torch then quits the team. He says that it's because he's "had all the bossin' around he can take", but it's likely that the Thing is the real cause.
Johnny is the MVP of the team in this story, for certain. Not only does he single-handedly take care of the Miracle Man's monster (even if it is illusory), he also defeats the Miracle Man by blinding him, and does both with no fear or hesitation.
After Johnny's fight with the Thing he goes to sulk with his friends at a soda fountain. These friends are probably not any that have been seen before, as this is the first FF story set in New York.
Johnny shows concern for his sister, questioning why the others allowed her to tackle the Miracle Man alone, and rushing off to save her as soon as he sees her signal flare. Despite this concern, when chasing the Miracle Man to rescue Sue he opts to ride with Reed and Ben in an antique racecar rather than fly ahead "because it's more fun". Tell it to your dead sister, Johnny.
Powers and Skills: Johnny's flame is apparently hot enough to destroy an animated giant monster statue made of wood and plaster. (What actually happens in this scene is unclear, because the story keeps changing its mind about what the Miracle Man's powers are. It doesn't really matter, though, because we've already seen Johnny melt steel in previous issues.)
A blast of chemical foam is enough to extinguish Johnny's flame.
Johnny defeats the Miracle Man by increasing his flame until it becomes a blazing flash that is bright enough to blind him temporarily. It doesn't blind anyone else present, but it's possible that they weren't looking directly at him. In Fantastic Four (1961) #138 Johnny says that this was the first ever use of his nova flame, but that could be chalked up to his faulty memory.
If the pin-up in this issue is to be believed, Johnny can remain in his flaming form at an incredibly high altitude. Again it's said that he flies because his flaming body is lighter than air. He can fly faster than an antique racecar. (A similar racecar in the real world - the 1909 Alco Black Beast - had a top speed of around 100 mph, so presumably Johnny is faster than that.)
The Thing (aka Ben Grimm)
Once again the Thing is in a bad mood, and most of his ill-temper is aimed towards the Human Torch. Ben is ready with a put-down almost every time that Johnny says something, and even attacks him physically when Johnny makes a put-down of his own. His complaints about Johnny taking all of the credit for defeating the Miracle Man are the final straw that causes the Torch to quit the team. (One wonders if Ben's frustrations are exacerbated by his inability to accomplish a single thing in this story. He's even less useful than Sue, which is saying something in the 1960s.)
The Miracle Man's initial mockery of the Fantastic Four sends the Thing into a rage, as does his subsequent defeat and humiliation in the log-chopping contest. He is eager to get his hands on the Miracle Man throughout the story, but when he does so he is instantly restrained by Reed. The Thing shows a consistent disbelief that the Miracle Man can be as powerful as he seems; it turns out that he's right, but it probably had more to do with the Thing's outrage at being defeated than any insight on his part.
He is almost completely covered in a coat, scarf and sunglasses when the team are out in public, and he doesn't want the spotlight on him, though he's quick to take these clothes off when it's time to show off his strength. When Sue presents him with a uniform he dismisses it as kid's stuff, and says that he's "not going to wear that fool outfit". He does wear it for a short while, but as soon as it's time to go into action he takes off the helmet and the top. He's seen wearing the top later, but not the helmet.
The Thing's blackest mood in the story comes after he narrates an origin flashback, which he describes as "that accursed day". He lapses into self-pity, describing himself as an "ugly, gruesome thing". When Reed reminds him that has reverted back to his human form temporarily, he angrily cries that he wants to be Ben Grimm permanently, and also that he wants Sue to look at him the way she looks at Reed. (It's Johnny's mockery of this that causes him to lash out. This is another indication that Ben is in love with Sue, a subplot that will be dropped very shortly.)
Powers and Skills: As usual, the Thing's super-strength and durability are on display. It takes him three double-handed strikes to split a log of approximately three feet diameter, and he punches through a wall (probably made of plaster). His hide is strong enough to withstand machine gun fire, though the bullets leave him staggered. (I told you he doesn't accomplish much in this issue.)
He's also seen flying a section of the Fantasticar, and possibly the Fantasticopter. (It's either him or Reed, but the image is too small to tell.)
The Miracle Man (1st appearance)
The Miracle Man (who is given no other name in this story) works as a stage magician, and this gives him a showmanship that he carries into his career as a villain. He doesn't just embark on a plan to conquer the Earth, he begins by sending a letter to the police telling them that this is his goal. His first villainous act is to (apparently) animate a statue outside a movie theatre, in view of a huge crowd of people and a television audience.
As a magician, the Miracle Man is quick to point out that the Fantastic Four are in his crowd, and he demonstrates a large variety of powers (all illusory of course) to prove his superiority. He's smug through the whole scene, and seems to take particular delight in mocking the Thing.
As mentioned above, the Miracle Man's goal is to conquer the Earth, and he is embarking on it now that he has "demonstrated his powers to the world". His plan involves animating a giant statue to help him steal a new atomic tank from the US military, though what he's going to do with the tank besides hiding it under some wrecked cars is never explained. He may be planning to use it himself during his conquest, or perhaps he plans to sell it to some foreign powers, but whatever the plan is the Miracle Man never says.
The Miracle Man has his hideout in an auto junkyard, and owns a dog.
Background: The Miracle Man's background is pretty much a blank slate. He appears to be middle-aged (perhaps in his mid-40s), and has worked as a stage magician. How and when he developed his skill as a hypnotist is never explained.
Powers and Skills: The Miracle Man is presented as all-powerful, but in actuality he is nothing more than a hypnotist (albeit a very good one). He displays the following powers, all of which are illusory: levitation, growing to giant size, transforming his body into gas, hurling lightning, splitting a large log with one swipe of a finger, shrugging off a punch from the Thing, bringing a monster statue to life, making said monster disappear, causing the ground to open up and swallow the Thing, and turning a giant key into a machine gun. None of these are his actual powers, they are all just illusions. (I'm not sure that Stan and Jack were aware of that through the whole story, though. There are some clues through the story to hint at the true nature of the Miracle Man's power, but the whole business with the statue really does read like it's actually happening. How does the Miracle Man steal the tank if it's not carried off by the monster?)
Despite not being all-powerful, the Miracle Man's hypnotism is strong in its own right. It can affect hundreds of people at a time (at least), over a very large distance. Pretty much everyone in the city seems to be affected by the Miracle Man's illusion of the monster statue coming to life, regardless of whether he's there or not.
Oddly, the Miracle Man's power of illusion works through the television. (Perhaps, if we're feeling generous, we could chalk it up to the lingering effects of a prior hypnosis. It may be that, once the Miracle Man has affected someone with an illusion, they will always be susceptible to his illusions whether he's nearby or not.)
The Miracle Man loses all of his powers after he's blinded, so it's possible that he needs to make eye contact with his victims to hypnotise them.
In addition to the ability to create illusions, the Miracle Man can put his victims into a trance and force them to obey his commands. This seems to require eye contact, and takes longer to enact than his illusion-casting power (which seemingly requires little or no eye contact at all, and takes effect almost instantaneously). Sue Storm offers no resistance to his commands while in this state, and is released when the Miracle Man snaps his fingers.
The Miracle Man can perform as a stage magician (although he may have no actual skills, and simply rely on his powers). He knows how to fire a machine gun, seems familiar with the behaviour of dogs, and can drive an atomic tank with little difficulty.
The Monster From Mars (1st appearance)
The "Monster from Mars" is nothing more than a statue of wood and plaster put on display outside the Bijou Theatre to promote the movie of the same name. (As far as IMDB is concerned, there's never been a movie with this title.) The Miracle Man supposedly animates the statue and sends it on a rampage through New York, until it is destroyed by the Human Torch. Given the nature of the Miracle Man's powers, however, the statue was probably never animated, and the entire rampage was an elaborate hypnotic illusion.
Lt. General Fredericks (1st appearance)
Fredericks isn't named in this story: he's the general with the white moustache who stops his troops from shooting the Human Torch. He's in charge of the ordnance depot that houses the atomic tank. (Fredericks isn't named until X-Men (1963) #23, and his appearance in Fantastic Four (1961) #3 is later attributed to him in Official Marvel Index to the Fantastic Four (1985) #1. He looks almost exactly like General Thunderbolt Ross (the Hulk supporting character), but Ross is stationed mostly in New Mexico. Pretty much any appearance of a white-moustached general operating in the north-eastern USA will be retconned as Fredericks.)
Johnny's Friends (1st appearance)
Johnny has three friends (none of whom are named) who hang out with him at the soda fountain when he is sulking about his fight with the Thing. They keep pestering Johnny to let them join the Fantastic Four (and seem serious about it, despite their lack of powers). They know that Johnny Storm is the Human Torch, and Johnny knows that they know. (This will become relevant when Johnny thinks he has a secret identity during his run in Strange Tales.)
New York Police Commissioner #1 (1st appearance)
The police commissioner is seen reading the Miracle Man's declaration of war on the human race, and authorising the Fantastic Four to bring him in. He later berates Reed for his inability to capture the villain. (I've no doubt that the NY police commissioner will appear frequently, and with little consistency of demeanor and appearance. I'll try to keep track of them as best I can. At the time of publication, the real world commissioner was Michael J. Murphy, who is somewhat balding and described as "stern". He doesn't exactly resemble the one from the comic, but there are enough similarities to entertain the possibility that Kirby was drawing from real life..)
Others: The Miracle Man's female assistant, the crowd at the Miracle Man's show, citizens of Manhattan, police (one named Joe), jewelry store guards, US military, the Miracle Man's dog, a soda jerk
The Baxter Building (1st appearance)
The FF have established their headquarter in the tower of the Baxter Building since last issue. The building isn't named in this issue, and won't be until Fantastic Four (1961) #6. At this point, their headquarter is a secret (though how long they expect it to remain that way with all of the rockets and such is a mystery). The FF own the entire tower of the building.
Their headquarter contains a number of high-tech rooms and laboratories. On the roof is an observatory, and a landing pad for the Fantasticar that functions like the deck of an aircraft carrier. The top floor has a photo analysis room, as well as hangars for the Fantasticar, the Fantasticopter and the Pogo Plane. The floor below that has a giant map room, a conference room, a projection room, and a monitoring room and ready room for their long-range passenger missile. On the floors below that there are laboratories and living quarters. (From the outside, it appears that the FF own five floors in total.) There's also a hidden elevator, and the launch pad for the passenger missile, which is shielded from the rest of the building by an anti-vibration wall. The layout is shown in a cutaway diagram below:
Reed designed the landing pad for the Fantasticar, and presumably designed the rest of their headquarters as well.
Manhattan, New York City (1st appearance, probably)
The city is never named in this story, but next issue will confirm that the Baxter Building is situated in New York City. (Whether it's the first appearance of Manhattan depends on the location of Henry Pym's lab in Tales to Astonish (1959) #27; if it's in the same house from Tales to Astonish #50, then that story took place in New Jersey.)
Bijou Theatre (1st appearance)
This theatre is hosting the world premiere of "The Monster From Mars", complete with a giant statue of the eponymous monster.
In the real world there have been two Bijou Theatres in Manhattan. The first was opened in 1878 and named the Bijou in 1883. It mostly featured plays and operas, until later becoming a silent movie house. It was torn down in 1915.
The second was built in 1917, and also mostly featured plays. It became a CBS radio station in 1951, but was reinstated as the Bijou in 1965 (several years after the release of this issue) until it was demolished in 1982. If Kirby had a specific theatre in mind, it was probably this one, even though it didn't exist at the time he was drawing the comic. For whatever reason, in the Marvel Universe it probably didn't become a radio station in 1951, and stayed in business as the Bijou until at least late 1961, becoming a reputed movie theatre along the way.
FF Costumes (1st appearance)
Obviously I won't be including costumes in the list of Objects for every comic, but the first appearance of the uniforms of the Fantastic Four merits a special mention. They were designed in secret by Sue, as she believes that the FF should look like a team. They're also resistant and able to adapt to their wearer's super-powers: Reed's costume stretches with him, Sue's turns invisible when she does, and Johnny's survives him flaming on. (This is explained by the fabric being composed of "unstable molecules", which are introduced in Fantastic Four (1961) #6 as a catch-all excuse for the way super-hero costumes have always worked.)
Fantasti-Flare (not yet named as such)
Sue, while under the Miracle Man's hypnotic command, fires her flare to summon the rest of the FF into a trap.
Fantasticar (1st appearance)
The Fantasticar, which famously bears a resemblance to a flying bathtub, is large enough to seat all four members of the FF. It is described as air-powered, which is consistent with the four fans that can be seen on the bottom of the craft. It has a pair of headlights on the front for illumination at night. Reed is shown piloting the Fantasticar by manipulating two joysticks on the control panel, but the craft can also be set to automatic (and lands on the roof of the Baxter Building while in this mode). It can also be set to hover in the air, and will stay there even without a pilot.. The Fantasticar has its own hangar in the Baxter Building, which is accessed from the roof by a lift that functions much like the deck of an aircraft carrier.
The Fantasticar is able to split into four smaller craft, each one to be piloted by a member of the FF. Presumably each section has a control panel of its own (and given that it's the Thing who sets the Fantasticar to automatic while Reed is piloting, it's probable that each control panel has access to all of the ship's functions). The separate pieces can hover, but it's not shown whether they can be set to autopilot when not joined together.
Fantasti-copter (1st appearance)
The Fantasti-copter has its own hangar in the Baxter Building, presumably with a similar access lift to that of the Fantasticar. Reed and Ben use the Fantasti-copter when they are on their way to rescue Sue from the Miracle Man. (I wonder, does this make the Fantasti-copter faster than the Fantasticar? One would think that Reed would choose the fastest vehicle available to go to Sue's aid.)
Pogo Plane (1st appearance)
The Pogo Plane is shown in its own hangar in the cutaway diagram of the Baxter Building, but it plays no further part in this story.
Long-Range Passenger Missile (1st appearance)
The FF have a genuine passenger missile in their headquarters in the heart of Manhattan, which raises all sorts of questions (mostly about permits and airspace violations). It can apparently reach any part of the world in minutes. The launch pad and shaft are separated from the rest of the Baxter Building by a thick anti-vibration wall. (Could this be an early appearance by Vibranium? Given the secrecy surrounding Wakanda in its earliest appearances it seems doubtful.) The rocket and Pogo Plane are pictured above, in the diagram of the Baxter Building.
Atomic Tank (1st appearance)
This new weapon was stationed at an army ordnance depot in Manhattan until the Miracle Man stole it. It's presumably not all that complicated to control, as the Miracle Man is able to drive it with no problems. Aside from the twin barrels at the front, the tank has at least one smaller gun at the rear. It can reach a comparable speed to that of an antique racecar (around 100mph as I mentioned in Johnny's entry above; it could be argued that the car would be slower as it's been sitting in a junkyard, but according to Reed the racecars are simply stored there between exhibitions, so it should be in working order). Whatever it is that makes the tank atomic isn't specified. It could be an atomic-powered engine, or it could be that it fires atomic shells, or it could be something else entirely, but it remains a mystery.
The Miracle Man proves time and time again that his powers of hypnosis, along with some genuine resourcefulness, make him more than a match for the Fantastic Four. He's eventually beaten and blinded by Johnny's flare, which removes his powers, but that was pure dumb luck on Johnny's part. One gets the sense, however, that once the true nature of the Miracle Man's powers is exposed the FF would be able to defeat him with little difficulty.
The story takes place over the course of two days, an unspecified period of time after issue #2. Presumably it's been a significant amount of time (months perhaps), as during that period the FF set up their new headquarters.
The flashback to this story in Fantastic Four (1961) #138, as narrated by Johnny Storm, bears a minimal resemblance to the story as published. Most notably, Johnny conflates his battle with the monster with the final confrontation against the Miracle Man, and also says that his blinding flash was the first ever use of his nova flame. It's possible, but what's more likely is that Johnny (and perhaps Gerry Conway) forgot the details of one of his earliest adventures.
The Baxter Building has a considerable amount of retconned history. It briefly served as the headquarters of the All-Winners Squad in the 1950s, according to All-Winners Comics 70th Anniversary Special (2009) #1. In Marvel: The Lost Generation (2000) #11, a vampire named Nocturne destroyed the top seven floors of the building, which were then later rebuilt as the HQ of the FF. The US military liaison for the FF suggested the Baxter Building as their HQ (as shown in Fantastic Four: First Family (2006) #3, and their HQ was designed and built by Reed Richards and Noah Baxter, a former teacher of Reed's and the owner of the Baxter Building (as revealed in Fantastic Four (1998) #38).
This is the first appearance of the Miracle Man, who is a minor footnote of a villain at best. He doesn't reappear for over a decade (in Fantastic Four (1961) #138), then he barely appears after that until he's killed off in the early 1980s by the Scourge of the Underworld (in Thing (1983) #24). He was recently resurrected in Punisher (2009) #5 along with a load of other villains, but one wonders why. There's a sense that even Lee and Kirby knew that this guy wasn't particularly great.
It's the first time that the Miracle Man has met any members of the Fantastic Four. Surprisingly, it isn't the last.
The Baxter Building makes it's debut here, and will serve as the headquarters of the FF and an iconic fixture of Marvel's New York until the mid-1980s when it is launched into space and blown up by Kristoff Vernard (in Fantastic Four (1961) #278). Nostalgia will eventually kick in, as it always does in comics, and 2001 saw the Baxter Building reinstated as the HQ of the team (in Fantastic Four (1998) #38). It's remained that way ever since.
The FF uniforms that are introduced in this story remain largely unchanged until the mid-1980s (and Fantastic Four (1961) #256). Even after the original suits are gotten rid off, their design remains the basis for most of the FF costumes that follow. The Thing's helmet is the only element that isn't carried forward, and even that resurfaces again in Fantastic Four (1961) #375, when the Thing starts using it to cover his face after it is injured by Wolverine.
Four of the FF's vehicles make their debuts here: the Fantasticar, the Pogo Plane, the Fantasticopter and the Intercontinental Passenger Missile. There's no doubt that the Fantasticar is the most iconic of these, as variations of it have served as the primary transportation for the team throughout their history. The "flying bathtub" version seen here was phased out as early as Fantastic Four (1961) #12, and didn't reappear for nearly twenty years (in Fantastic Four (1961) #233), but despite that long hiatus it's the version that most people identify. The Pogo Plane is used far less frequently than the Fantasticar, and the Fantasticopter and Passenger Missile will be seen even less than that.
In the real world, this issue sees the debut of the letters page, named here as the 'Fantastic 4 Fan Page'.
It also sees the introduction of the tagline that will grace most FF covers in the future, or at least something resembling it: "The Greatest Comic Magazine in the World!!". The finalised version - "The World's Greatest Comic Magazine!" - will appear on the cover next issue.
This is the first Marvel super-hero comic to be priced at 12 cents. It's the first price rise, and far from the last.
At one point Johnny says that Sue wouldn't go for the Thing "even if he looked like Rock Hudson". Hudson was a leading Hollywood actor in the 1950s and 60s, most notably in comedies with Doris Day. He was referred to as the "Baron of Beefcake", and was considered one of the most handsome men of his day.
Reed compliments Sue's costume designs by asking if she's ever considered working for Dior. Christian Dior was a French fashion designer, and his firm would have been one of the leaders in the field at the time. That a science nerd like Reed knows about him is a testament to how famous he must have been.
The depiction of the Miracle Man's powers could be a whole entry unto itself, but I'll keep it to the two most egregious examples. The first is that his hypnotism apparently functions through the television: Johnny is watching the movie premiere where the Miracle Man strikes, and sees him bring the monster statue to life. As usually depicted, hypnotism requires eye contact, or at the very least to be in the presence of the hypnotist. Certainly it doesn't extend to the alteration of TV signals. As I've theorised above, it's possible that the Miracle Man maintains a long-term psychic hold over his victims, or perhaps his hypnotism is a blanket field that extends to a great distance. However he does it, it's apparent that his power is stronger than the average hypnotist.
The other bit of nonsense pertaining to the Miracle Man is his animation of the Monster From Mars statue. Obviously it's an illusion, but the story doesn't depict it that way at all. Everything from the monster's rampage to it's theft of the atomic tank to it's battle with Johnny are shown as though really happening. It's not difficult to come up with explanations for these event based on the Miracle Man's hypnotism, but it's unusual that the story didn't spell it out somewhere, as 1960s comics usually do.
I won't make a habit of pointing out minor art errors, but Johnny has two left hands on the cover.
I suppose that depends on how important the costumes, vehicles and other paraphernalia of the FF are to you. The Miracle Man is a throwaway villain, and none of the character beats are anything that haven't been established in previous issues. The most significant thing about this issue is that it's the first one that really looks like a Fantastic Four comic.
The comic gains much of its identity in this issue, taking on many of the superhero tropes that it had formerly eschewed. It's a shame that it happens in such a lackluster story. The Miracle Man is a tedious villain, with ill-defined powers and the most hackneyed motivation possible. Even the Mole Man had a backstory, but the Miracle Man fails to provide even that.
At least the art is good, with Kirby settling on a definite look for all four principle characters. The Thing has become less lumpy, and the Torch looks more humanoid and less like a vaguely man-shaped flame. Together with the introduction of the costumes, headquarters and vehicles, this makes for a massive step forward in the visual identity of the book.
- Kirby pencilled a cover for this issue that went unused. It was later printed in Fantastic Four (1961) #224


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Saturday, February 23, 2013
Pen, Paper, Journal
My circumspection, even in private papers, has always been the result of my mother's stern warning: "Never put in writing anything you don't want someone else to read."
As it happens, that is also the advice of my current employer, an attorney at law. Similar advice has come to me from priests and academics. This same circumspection has afflicted women throughout history. Do you remember the saying: "A lady's name appears only thrice in publications: her birth, her marriage and her death." The same constraints kept me from even the thought of publishing my longer fiction until six years ago.
But here I am a writer, inviting people to read my words, willingly lashing myself to the mast of subjective taste. I want people to read – not my journals or random thoughts or insecurities – but my peculiar interpretation of what I see, hear and feel about this experience of living. Writers will put their best friends in their books, mothers, brothers, husbands. We can't help using the material living casts before us.
We are also dependent on the experience of others to inform our narrow view and that is why, in the last century, women's diaries, private pages, memoirs and autobiographical writing became the focus of academic study. When I edited three volumes of women's autobiographies, I was hopeful of the contribution their publication was making to the knowledge of 20th Century historians.
Where else will you find the eyewitness experience of a young Welsh nurse as she enters the gates of Belsen Concentration Camp? Who can tell you better about a little girl's journey from London on an evacuee train? Who knows better about a young mother's distress at the failure of her newborn to thrive during the Blitz? What cakes made without eggs or butter tasted like?
In this century, there is no dearth of such information. We are the most recorded, exposed and examined society of all time...so far. But I wonder what all this information has to offer our imaginations and our creativity.
If all is known, what is left to discover?
4 comments:
- Beate Boeker said...
Very thought-provoking post, Leigh. The question today is to find the gems in the whole stack of virtual paper, the stuff that touches you and makes you happy.
- Sydell Voeller said...
An engaging, intelligent post, Leigh.
- Sandy Cody said...
I agree, Leigh, that we are the most exposed and examined generation in history. The problem with our comfort in putting our every thought out for the whole world to see is that all too often thoughts are exposed before they've had time to develop beyond the superficial. Yes, eventually these superficial first ideas grow into something deeper and richer, but how many people read beyond their first impression?
Great post - much to consider in these lines.
- Sofie Couch said...
Excellent post and wonderful quote: "...birth, marriage, and death." My-oh-my have we strayed. :)


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As usual I can't help myself and I have more than one English Paper Piecing (EPP) project on the go at once.
However with just these 3 shapes - 'house', square and half square triangle other patterns can also be created:
Of course, you don't have to stick with the plus, other patterns can be created:
I have also created downloadable templates for EPP which are avalable from my Etsy store so that you can create some of your own
These are available with a 1 inch house and a 2 inch house (measured across the bottom)
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Mango season starts, then why not a flaming MANGO? - pauljoseph
Mango season starts, then why not a flaming MANGO? - pauljoseph—pauljoseph
Food52 Review: Warming spices and a boozy kick are perfect complements in pauljoseph's fruity flambéed dessert. The mango is enhanced with numerous international flavors, and is coated in just enough butter to make it rich. If you prep the mango beforehand everything comes together in a snap—perfect for entertaining. - broccolirose —broccolirose
Serves: 2
1 Mango , ripe but not soft
2-3 tbsp. Butter
3 tbsp. Brown sugar
Cinnamon 1 stick
Cloves 3
Rum , to taste
In This Recipe
- Take 1 ripe, mango , cut in about 4 or 5 slices
- Melt a few tbsp. butter over medium heat.
- Add 2 to 3 tablespoons of brown sugar; stir
- Add cinnamon and cloves
- Add mango . Cook until fairly warm and starting to soften, about 1 minute
- Flip and allow to cook an additional 30 seconds.
- Add rum (light or dark; dark has more flavor) to taste, and swirl in pan a bit
- Light a very long match and pass over pan.
- remove from heat and serve over ice cream.
- This recipe is a Community Pick!
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Mangoes
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Summer Shoes!
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Pills to Purge Melancholy (Thomas D'Urfey)
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A selection of Lewd songs and low ballads from the 18th Cetury,published between 1698 and 1720, researched and arranged by Roderick Skeeping and Jeremy Barlow. Performed by Lucy Skeaping and Richard Wistreich (singers) Roderick Skeeping (baroque violin, B
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Reminder: Gates of Heaven- June 29th
Not to be confused with Heaven's Gate—whose six hour version should be shown in the future—Gates of Heaven will be showing at my house this coming Monday. Email me to get the address at firstname.lastname@example.com. I really hope everyone can come because no one should miss out on this. If a lot of people like it then we'll do a Errol Morris series. Robert Ebert said it was one of of the ten best films of ALL TIME.
Werner Herzog, GREAT German director, said that he would eat his shoe if this movie (Gates of Heaven) was completed and shown in theaters. Soon after Gates of Heaven's release, good ol' Herzog consumed his shoe which was shot and made into a movie called Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe.
I'm sure many of you want to see the movie of Werner Herzog eats a shoe so I attached it below.
For you impatient folks, you can jump to 2:00 in and watch him eat it.
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February Half Term 2019
February half term is a really popular time to ski – snow conditions are often at their best, and the days are getting longer. However, it is also one of the two busiest weeks of the ski season (the other being New Year).
February 2019 may seem a long time away, but some of the best hotels are already in high demand...
Tailor-made February half term ski holidays
In 2019, half term (for most schools) falls on the weeks starting Saturday 9/Sunday 10 February 2019 or Saturday 16/Sunday 17 February 2019.
Unlike New Year, the policy adopted by most luxury ski hotels over half term is straightforward - requiring a minimum stay of 7 nights, mostly from Saturday to Saturday, but occasionally from Sunday to Sunday.
Very few of our properties will permit a shorter stay over this period, but there are some exceptions - including hotels in La Thuile, Courmayeur and Engelberg.
We will make every effort to find a hotel that can accommodate your needs - just call us and ask.
Some of our February half term suggestions...
Here is a selection of our half-term ski availability in top family hotels across the Alps.
Guide prices are based on 2 adults and 2 children sharing a family room, including 7 nights accommodation on the board basis stated, flights and private transfers.
If you can't see what you're looking for here, please take a look at our full range of hotels and ski resorts, or call us on +44 (0)20 3397 8450 to discuss your requirements in detail.
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Val Thorens, France
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Is Red Hat Acting Like Microsoft?Submitted by Ty on March 23, 2007 - 2:00pm
Red Hat is catching flak from the open-source community over a series of cease-and-desist letters the company's lawyers have sent to independent consultants that provide training and consulting for the company's Hibernate platform.
Is Red Hat Ready to Be the Next Microsoft?Submitted by Ty on March 19, 2007 - 11:00am
Much like Microsoft's influence over software developers in the 1990s, Red Hat has seemingly rallied all of the major open source application providers to support the company's forthcoming online store--known as the Red Hat Exchange [RHX].
OpenVZ Software Available Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Submitted by Anonymous on March 15, 2007 - 7:00am
The OpenVZ project announced availability of its operating system (OS) server virtualization software for the upcoming Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (RHEL5) kernel.
Red Hat hopes to solidify lead with new LinuxSubmitted by Ty on March 14, 2007 - 1:00pm
Red Hat plans to launch Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 at a San Francisco event Wednesday. It's the first major update to the company's flagship Linux product in more than two years.
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Red Hat announces availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, the Company's most significant collaboration with customers to date; unveils plans to model services and partnerships using same open, collaborative philosophy.
Red Hat Readies RHEL 5 for March 14 LaunchSubmitted by Ty on March 6, 2007 - 1:00pm
The wait is almost over. It may have taken two weeks longer than Red Hat Inc would have liked, but Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, the updated version of the company's commercial Linux platform, will be launched along with a bevy of new products and services on March 14.
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Red Hat announced the launch of the first Red Hat Challenge, a contest for graduate students to formulate a group concept plan in response to a business challenge question. The Red Hat Challenge is an open invitation to create an innovative solution to a Red Hat business problem and provide the Company with original, cutting-edge ideas to shape its future business model.
Why Union Bank scrapped AIX for Red HatSubmitted by Ty on February 23, 2007 - 12:00pm
As Linux establishes itself as a mainstream operating system, and open source tools and applications prove their enterprise readiness, a growing number of organizations are talking publicly about their open source deployments and direction. Recently, Mok Choe, CTO at Union Bank in Monterrey Park, Calif., spoke with Network World Senior Editor Jennifer Mears about the financial institution's decision to scrap proprietary Unix systems for commodity servers running Red Hat Linux.


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Anthemic, beautiful, melodious social melodies to get you through the daily grind.
Curerbell are a 4 piece from Llanelli / Swansea in south Wales. For the past six years Curerbell have played and recorded some of the most basic, yet anthemic songs in the indie arena and continue to gain new fans world wide... Limited edition and self-funded EP This Used To Be A Happy Place was recorded in June 2005 working with producer Tim Hamill and drummer Aled Richards - of former welsh chart toppers Catatonia. Acts Curerbell have supported include; David Devant And His Spirit Wife, Jeff Klein, Fields and Hard-Fi. Curerbell's last demo Waiting For The World was featured on BBC Radio Ones unsigned website, getting praise from Radio 1 DJ Edith Bowman. Luke Steele of The Sleepy Jackson has also expressed his fondness of Curerbells music. Curerbell's sound is fresh, anthemic, melodious, catchy music, just how music should be. Comparisons have been made to the likes of Travis, Coldplay and Ash, which is fine, but the sound and style of Curerbell is distictive and unique. Following in the footsteps of welsh greats such as Manic Street Preachers, Super Furry Animals, and now filling the space that Catatonia left. Curerbell - Giving you the social melodies you need.
You Bring The Balloons - 2001
Waiting For The World - 2002
This Used To Be A Happy Place - 2005
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Man do I love these carrots. In fact, our whole family does. I fill and purchase a huge bag of them nearly every time I grocery shop because we just tear through them.
I feel like all future carrots will be a disappointment to me.
- The freedom to walk to so many things:
Multiple grocery stores, H&M, several coffee shops, two different movie theaters, dozens of restaurants, two different parks, the beach, - pretty much any time of the day.
I realize some of this is based on our home's location, and if we were to have an apartment in downtown Portland, it'd likely be similar.
But here, I can go out at 11pm, by myself, walking, and feel totally safe.
Also, eight months of the year, I can enjoy wonderful weather as I do so. One evening in the very end of November, I walked to the grocery store at 7:30pm, wearing just a lightweight zip up hoodie for warmth.
- The view from our living room:
To be able to see the Persian Gulf from our apartment? Amazing.
- Talabat:
Okay, so we really haven't taken advantage of this amazing service as much as we could have, but I've loved knowing it's available!
Our apartment has proved challenging for delivery drivers to find, so it just rarely feels worth the frustration of trying to give directions over crappy cellphones with a language barrier, but we do have Pizza Express deliver on the regular, and KFC has no trouble finding us either =).
Plus if I'm honest, it's just cool knowing I could have Krispy Kreme bring me donuts right to my front door at 1am if I wanted.
Also, both Sultan Center and Saveco will deliver groceries to our door as well.
- Having the bakala right downstairs:
It's tiny - like, claustrophobic tiny - but it sure is handy.
That's right. I asked David to pick up the one thing we already had, and neglected to ask him to get the ingredients we actually needed. This is just so Classic Kendra I can't even begin to tell you.
- The swimming pool:
Having a pool downstairs has been AWESOME for our family!! We've made use of that thing pretty much any time the weather allows us too. It's been a huge blessing, as it's provided an opportunity for our kids (and us!) to get some exercise and burn some energy, even without having a yard to do so!
We're there so often that our kids have actually learned to swim here in Kuwait. When we came here, they needed puddle jumpers, and even then they'd only jump in if you were there to catch them. Now, just this very morning, we went swimming and the boy dove into the pool before the rest of us even had our shoes off.
- The nightlife:
I love that Kuwait is hopping until 1am every night of the week.
- Our neighbors:
Apartment living is often far from ideal in regards to privacy or quiet, but in our case the upside is it afforded built in playmates right next door. We recently had a "goodbye party" with our neighbors and our friends from the 4th floor in our building, and everyone had such a great time!
- The food:
So many fantastic places to eat around here. From fancy restaurants to the tastiest street vendors in all the of the land. Our favorite is this place...
This is the equivalent to Muchas Gracias....drive up, honk your horn, order chicken swharma burritos, extra garlic, take home and devour...
- The travel opportunities:
Being from the Pacific Northwest, it's challenging (that's a polite way of saying expensive and grueling) to cross either the entire Pacific Ocean or the entire United States. Living in Kuwait has allowed us to easily travel to so many different destinations. We've seen Bahrain, Oman, Sri Lanka, Abu Dhabi, and Dubai. David also traveled to Cambodia. All in 22 months of living here!
And before we land back in PDX, we will have visited France, Amsterdam, and Iceland.
- The expat community:
Kuwait is a melting pot of expats. There are far more expats here than Kuwaitis, and there is (most of the time) a quick camaraderie among everyone as we're all here - away from home - without extended family.
- Being exposed to so much culture:
I love that we are daily exposed to people from all over the globe. Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Egypt, India, South Africa, England, Canada, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Germany...the list goes on.
The kids and I were at a playdate last summer and throughout two hours time we heard families speaking Afrikaans, German, Spanish, Arabic, and Tagalog.
I had a Kuwaiti friend teach me the ins and outs of Shisha the other night at dinner...
I did it the regular way, but also with ice as well, because I am awesome here.
The quote at the top of the blog from David Sedaris talks about living abroad transforming you into a citizen of the world, and while I don't quite feel comfortable claiming such a title, I feel closer than I ever have before =).
I've been paying close attention to all the latest news regarding the Gulf Nations separating from Qatar, which is something that likely wouldn't have caught my eye three years ago.
When I heard about the recent rain slides wreaked havoc in Sri Lanka, my heart sank to see the wreckage in areas we'd actually visited, and I worried about our Sri Lankan friends here in Kuwait who still have family members back there.
I feel like we've been able to instill the truth in our children that different isn't necessarily wrong, and that means more to me than gold.
- The family bond:
David created a little book for our family last week...
...and not only did I fall crazy in love with him all over again, but I got all emotional thinking about what a beautiful experience this whole journey has been for our family of four. Through good, bad, challenging, and delightful; the four of us have made it through, as a team.


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Well versed vase
Inspired by the surface patterns and shapes of traditional blue and white ceramics, the artist Molly Hatch has developed her Well Versed collection in collaboration with Twig New York. The collection is designed to reflect its historic counterparts and serve as witty and conversational tableware for both everyday and special occasions. Inspired by historic counterparts, these vases act as trompe l'oeil representations—drawings that are vases and vases that are drawings.