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CBS: Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, R-Mich., will officially launch a bid for the Republican presidential nomination on Saturday, an adviser for McCotter has confirmed…The five-term Michigan congressman will file the necessary paperwork on Friday and formally announce his entrance into the race in Livonia, Michigan, on Saturday evening.
The little-known politician has for months hinted at a possible candidacy: In addition to several trips to early-primary states and an appearance at the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans this month, McCotter recently secured a place in Iowa's crucial Ames Straw Poll, which will take place in August. (The representative reportedly paid $18,000 for the prime spot.)
…Despite the Republican congressman's relative lack of name recognition, his strong conservative credentials could earn him support in Iowa … According to the adviser, McCotter was inspired to enter the race after perceiving the discourse as "lacking in the current field."
"He has something to say and has some ideas and some policies to put out there that nobody else is discussing right now," the adviser said. "His presence in the race is going to force these issues and force this discussion that the country has to have right now."
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Remember back in September when Borderlands 2 players were experiencing a reset in their Badass ranks? Well, Gearbox finally released a chunky 360 patch to fix that and many, many other issues. Your Badass tokens will be reissued to be spent as you choose.
A notable addition that comes with this patch is the ability to reset challenges (not tokens) once you hit level 65. Tokens earned from those challenges will still be retained, but you can get extras for a higher badass rank. The specifics:
Players can now reset all challenge progress for a character once they've completed 85% of all non-DLC, non-area-specific challenge levels. This will keep the player's current challenge bonuses and rank, but reset all challenge progress to 0 and allow challenges to be re-completed for additional ranks and bonuses. This option will appear as a tooltip at the bottom of the "challenges" screen within the status menu if the player has met the criteria.
G4 is also reporting that the patch landed them 10 shiny Golden Keys. This could be a gift in return for the glitch's hassles, or it could just be a coincidence. Let us know what you're experiencing.


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Run parallel to the North Sea, this looks a simple stage on a benign day but could cause unexpected problems if the wind gets up. If it is blowing, the sprinters and overall contenders will be doubly determined to stay at the front of the peloton. This will bring out the elbows as they all battle for the same places on the road.
After the stage the riders will be flown 1,000km to Turin for a rest day. Most of them would have undoubtedly appreciated taking a day off further into a race that gets steadily tougher all the way to its spectacularly hard finish.
Procycling's favourite to win:
With Mark Cavendish at the concurrent Tour of California, André Greipel will be HTC-Columbia's man for the sprinter's crown. Lampre's Alessandro Petacchi is likely to be his main rival, with Garmin's Tyler Farrar a dark horse, but it will be hard to derail the relentless Columbia train at full steam.
Pozzato says:
"This should be one for the sprinters but there's also always a risk of echelons in Holland. Of the general classification riders, I think Pellizotti will be the best equipped if the wind does blow. He's a good bike-handler and very alert. Evans and Basso might have more problems."
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Suspect pleads not guilty in package-bomb deaths
LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man accused of killing his in-laws with a package bomb that exploded in their rural home was at his mother-in-law's bedside before she died from the blast, a pastor said.
Richard Parker pleaded not guilty Tuesday to two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of premeditated first-degree murder and unlawful possession of a prohibited weapon. Authorities said the package bomb exploded in his in-laws home in Lebanon, which is about 30 east miles east of Nashville. The Feb. 10 blast killed 74-year-old Jon Setzer, a retired lawyer, and his 72-year-old wife, Marion, died later at a Nashville hospital.
Parker lived in a home directly behind the Setzers.
Before his arrest, Parker sat for hours at Marion Setzer's bedside along with her other children, said Kevin Ulmet, senior pastor of the Nashville First Church of the Nazarene.
"There was no difference in his demeanor than any of the other children that we could discern at the time," Ulmet said.
At the arraignment hearing, Parker, 49, wore an orange jail jumpsuit and showed little emotion. He told Wilson County Circuit Court Judge John Wootten that he did not have the money to make his $1 million bail.
After the hearing, prosecutor Brian Fuller said the explosion was still under investigation. He declined to give a motive or reveal the nature of the explosive device.
Parker's pastor said there was never any sign of trouble between the son-in-law and the Setzers.
Richard and his wife, Laura, were longtime members of the church, Ulmet said. The Setzers had been members for years before moving to Lebanon, but they still had close ties to the Nashville congregation, he said.
Parker's arrest stunned the congregation, Ulmet said.
"Everyone who knows him would describe him as gentle, thoughtful, sensitive, warm sincere," Ulmet said. "Those are words I've heard from everyone."
He said people in the congregation had all thought of Parker as a protective father who wanted his four boys to grow up safe.
Parker has been in trouble before. In 1990, he burned down a home that he was supposed to be renovating. In that case, his father-in-law, who concentrated his practice around estates and trusts, helped represent him. Setzer's former law partner said the father-in-law helped because he didn't believe the arson charge was justified.
Parker served four years of probation and was ordered to pay $40,000 restitution.
The couple whose home was burned, Danny and Rosemary Martin, said Parker got behind on renovations and he burned their house after they confronted him about the problems and gave him a deadline to finish the job. They believed Parker got in over his head financially and thought that burning down their house would solve his problems.
His minister said the church was setting up a fund to help Laura Parker and her children because Richard Parker was the sole breadwinner in the home.
Richard Parker is due back in court in April.
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We need developers who are:
- in writing their code, so that it will be simple
- in reading and understanding code, so that they won't tolerate a mess
- in transforming code, so that they can take a mess and make it better
I think that the "stupid" one is the most important of them all. Please don't try to be smart when you read code.
Corollary: also the code should be as stupid as possible, because otherwise it will be undistinguishable from magic and magic requires smart people to understand (but we need to transform in our stupid nemesis when we try to understand code).
Say "NO" to magic in your code.
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EAST SIDE=We play in the rain, we play in the snow, we play when its cold, we play when it is hot....How many 1000 rated golfers in KS right now? How many in MO right now?
East side has the highest finisher in the GBO...
Micheal J Fox called, he said stop living in the past!!!
Quote from: mperry on May 02, 2013, 11:38:13 PMEast side has the highest finisher in the GBO...Actually it was the West side. Tank was the highest KC finisher in the Open field.
I was talking about overall score


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|Black brant
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B. b. nigricans
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|Branta bernicla nigricans
(Lawrence, 1846)
The black brant or Pacific brent goose (Branta bernicla nigricans) is a subspecies of the brant goose that breeds in Alaska and winters in Baja California. There are an estimated 115,000 black brant in the world and about 14,000 are taken each year by hunters. Fox predation of eggs is thought to be significant and, in 2006, the U.S. began a 5-year fox removal program. The population has been as high as 200,000 in 1981, and as low as 100,000 in 1987.[1]
Further reading[edit]
- Millington, Richard (1997). Separation of Black Brant, Dark-bellied Brent Goose and Pale-bellied Brent Goose Birding World 10(1):11–15; an identification paper
- Syroechkovski, E. E., C. Zöckler and E.Lappo (1998). Status of Brent Goose in northwest Yakutia British Birds 93(2):94–97; this paper presented claims that Black Brant and Dark-bellied Brent Goose were interbreeding extensively in the Russian Arctic
- Sangster, George (2000). Taxonomic status of bernicla and nigricans Brent Goose British Birds 91(12):565–572; a critical re-evaluation of the claims made in the above paper by Syroechkovski et al.
- Bloomfield, Andrew and James McCallum (2001). Changing fortunes of the Black Brant Birding World 14(2):66–68; discusses the history of Black Brants in Europe, and the history of hybridisation between Black Brant and Dark-bellied Brent Goose
- Martin, John (2002). From the Rarities Committee's files: Unusual Brent Geese in Norfolk and Hampshire British Birds 95(3):129–136; this article discusses two Brent Geese, seen in Norfolk and Hampshire in 1998/99, which showed some but not all characters of Black Brant; photographs of both accompany the article
- Wynn, Russell (2002). Brants – the hybrid problem Birdwatch 118:16–18; an examination of possible hybrid Black Brant × Dark-bellied Brent Goose, based on wintering birds in Hampshire
- Lee, Derek E.; Black, Jeffrey M.; Moore, Jeffrey E.; Sedinger, Jim S. (2007). "Age-specific stopover ecology of black brant at humboldt bay, california". The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 119 (1): 9–22. doi:10.1676/05-153.1. ISSN 1559-4491.
- Black Brant Geese, an indicator of wildlife sustainability in the Georgia Basin Environment Canada. Retrieved October 10, 2006
External links[edit]
- Data related to Branta bernicla nigricans at Wikispecies
- Media related to Category: Branta bernicla at Wikimedia Commons
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Net sales at Precor increased in fourth quarter 2010 and for the year, according to financials released earlier this month by Amer Sports, which owns Precor, Woodinville, WA.
For fourth quarter 2010, Precor, which makes up Amer Sports' fitness segment, had a 1 percent increase in net sales with EUR 59.6 million ($80.5 million) compared to EUR 58.9 million ($79.6 million) in the same period 2009. Seventy percent of the fitness sales came from the Americas, but sales in the Americas decreased by 2 percent in the quarter to EUR 41.6 million ($56.2 million).
For the year, Precor had EUR 204.8 million ($276.7 million) in sales, a 6 percent increase from 2009 when sales were EUR 194.1 million ($262.2 million).
"We're looking at improving demand to some extent," Heikki Takala, Amer Sports Oyg president and CEO said about commercial fitness sales during a conference call with analysts earlier this month. "But we did not, for example, in quarter four have any major initiatives or innovation of product news. And, as such, it's more like business as usual. And once the innovation pipeline hits later on next year, of course, we expect that to continue positively. But, I would say that overall what it brought for us was continuous underlying organic improvement, especially on the profitability side. And that's where our focus is on [the fitness segment]."
Precor plans to launch a new line of equipment at the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association show next month.
In 2010, commercial business represented 89 percent of Precor's net sales while consumer sales were 11 percent. Commercial business was up by 2 percent while consumer business fell by 10 percent. Commercial business started to show some early signs of recovery during 2010, according to Amer Sports. During the second half of the year, it was up in all regions. Sales of premium consumer equipment for home use continued to be sluggish.
Amer Sports has made a concentrated effort in research and development, it said when releasing its financials. It now has eight R&D centers globally serving different business areas and collaborating across units. The company invested EUR 57.4 million ($77.6 million) in R&D in 2010, accounting for 8.8 percent of all operating expenses. R&D in the fitness division accounted for 23 percent of the R&D expenditure.
Overall, Amer Sports had 21 percent increase in net sales during fourth quarter 2010 compared to the same period last year. Net sales were EUR 583.4 million ($788.17 million) in fourth quarter 2010 compared to EUR 482.8 million ($652.3 million) in 2009.
All business units are being developed with clear portfolio roles, the company says. Each unit has specific growth and profitability targets with a clearly-assigned role in creating scale and synergy for the company. Most group synergies lie within the Ball Sports, Winter Sports Equipment, Apparel and Footwear businesses which are the focus of the Group's integration and synergistic development efforts.
The company's annual meeting will be March 10 at its headquarters in Helsinki, Finland.
(Editor's Note: Amer Sports reports its financials in euros. The conversions to U.S. dollars were based on the exchange rate as of Feb. 15, 2011.)


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Gathered from right here around our pond, Stinging Nettle is one of the most nutrient dense plants available.
High in iron, vitamin C, fiber, and a host of other goodies, make it one of the best things you can put into your body.
You may add it to a stir fry of other mixed greens and add it to a frittata.
You may roll the leaves up, stingers on the inside, and just pop it in your mouth.
Or you may dry it for herbal tea.
I dried all of mine in my dehydrator, with a total of about 3 quarts worth.
To make a tea, take 1 cup of dried nettle to 4 cups of boiling water.
Let steep overnight to get every bit of goodness from the nettle.
After straining a glass and adding some ice, I sweetened with just a bit of Elderflower syrup.
It has a nice, grassy taste which paired perfectly with the flowery Elderflower syrup.
I am always experimenting in the kitchen, and the foraging class I am taking has given me a
new -found appreciation for what is likely right under my nose!
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Resources for People with Autism Spectrum Disorders Autism Speaks Launches Visual Supports Toolkit Autism Speaks recently launched its "Visual Supports and Autism Spectrum Disorder" toolkit. The toolkit is designed for parents, caregivers and professionals who want to support a person of any age to communicate better by using pictures and other visual supports. The toolkit may be particularly helpful for individuals who are non‐verbal or have difficulty understanding instructions and social cues. It includes step‐by‐step instructions on how to use visual supports, so it is not necessary to be familiar with visual supports to use the toolkit. Spanish translation of the toolkit is expected in the near future. For more information or to download the toolkit, visit this website: www.autismspeaks.org/science/resources‐programs/autism‐treatment‐network.
Finding Apps for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Special Needs Many parents and professionals use apps for the iPad and other devices to help people with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and special needs develop skills. There are apps for a variety of skills, including communication and motor skills. Below is a list of websites that may be helpful for finding useful apps for specific needs: iPad Apps for Autism is a Google blog that contains a spreadsheet of apps for people with ASD, along with reviews, links and prices. The spreadsheet is maintained by a parent, an adult with autism and a speech‐language pathologist. View the blog and get the spreadsheet at www.squidalicious.com/. iAutism.info was started by parents in Spain and lists apps for Apple and Android devices by skill area. The website is available in both English and Spanish, and the list includes information about whether apps are provided in multiple languages. a4cwsn.com, which stands for "Apps for Children with Special Needs," provides video demonstrations and reviews for 500 apps. The videos are made by a father of a son with autism and a daughter with epilepsy. SNApps4Kids.com lists apps for children with special needs, categorized by skill or topic. Some of the apps listed are professionally reviewed and the site is maintained by a volunteer group of parents, therapists, doctors and teachers. PLEASE NOTE: End Date for focus facts Hard Copies In an effort reduce costs and be more environment‐friendly, March 2012 will be the last month that the Center for Learning and Leadership will mail hard copies of focus facts ‐‐except for readers who indicated their need to receive a hard copy by returning the card that was included in the April 2011 issue. If you receive a hard copy and need to continue receiving it, or if you need to provide us with your e‐mail address, please e‐mail Melissa‐firstname.lastname@example.com. Early Identification Module Available for Autism Spectrum Disorders
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iPad owners in the UK eagerly anticipating the launch of an iPlayer app will only have to wait until Thursday.
Geoff Marshall, a BBC Online engineer tweeting under the handle @geofftech, has revealed that an iPlayer app for the iPad will be released on Thursday 10 February.
"iPlayer App for iPad is being released this Thursday - 10th Feb. 3G connection is browse only. Browse and Playback requires Wi-Fi," Marshall tweeted.
Marshall describers himself on his website as working "for the BBC as an Interactive Operations Engineer, keeping services such as the iPlayer running". Marshall did state, though, that he wasn't actually the developer of the app.
"I'm not the developer! I'm merely the support-tech dude that has get it going again when it's breaks!" he tweeted.
It will be UK only at launch, Marshall said. He also threw doubt on whether the app would be compatible with the iPhone. "It would appear to be iPad only," he tweeted in response to the question: "With recent news about iPlayer for the iPad, how about for the iPhones and iPod touches?"
Rumours that the BBC was to release an iPlayer iOS app at some stage in February circulated last month amid speculation that they would be a farewell present to future media and technology director Erik Huggers.
Huggers is leaving the BBC for Intel and will take up his new role some time at the end of February.
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LinuxWorld Reshuffles Its Trade Show & Conference Deck
Preview 2006
With LinuxWorld San Francisco 2006 just around the corner, curiosity is hovering in the air over IDG's plans for future Linux and open source events. What's the bottom line on this subject from IDG's VP of LinuxWorld, Melinda Kendall?
IDG will now start holding both LinuxWorld and another open source event--the Open Source Business Conference (OSBC)--on the West Coast only, Kendall confirmed during an interview with LinuxPlanet. Meanwhile, LinuxWorld Open Solutions Summit--slated for New York City in February--will be a "brand new" event, not meant to replace any of IDG's previous East Coast offerings, according to the VP.
"[LinuxWorld] is the umbrella event for the entire Linux and open source community," Kendall said, as part of an effort to help position the three current offerings. As such, LinuxWorld will continue to be geared to both technical folks and business users. In contrast, OSBC constitutes more of a "networking forum" for vendors, focusing on "how [they can] make money from Linux and open source," she told LinuxPlanet.
The new LinuxWorld Open Solutions Summit, on the other hand, will be a "conference," as opposed to a "trade show," according to Kendall. "This will be an 'open source' event with LinuxWorld branding," she noted.
The upcoming open source conference will use a case study approach in targeting business decision-makers within five vertical markets prevalent in the New York City area: finance, retail, media, government, and "life sciences," or pharmaceutical.
But at the same time, IDG is discontinuing the East Coast edition of the LinuxWorld show--held in New York for several years until moving to Boston in 2005--as well as the East Coast iteration of OSBC, which used to take place in Boston. Also, IDG's LinuxWorld Business Summit--a conference and trade show presented in NY in 2005--will not happen again, Kendall said.
According to the IDG VP, the decision to drop the East Coast LinuxWorld was driven by exhibitors, who told IDG they'd prefer to funnel their energies into a single umbrella event each year.
Indeed, IBM and Hewlett-Packard--both absent from LinuxWorld Boston 2006--have both taken out big booths for this year's San Francisco extravaganza.
Microsoft won't be at hand on the floor next month, however. Microsoft didn't buy a booth for the Boston show, either, although Bill Hilf, Microsoft's general manager of platform strategy, who delivered a keynote there. In the past, however, Microsoft has in fact purchased space on the LinuxWorld floor. IDG continues to be in touch with Hilf, who is "keeping tabs on LinuxWorld in relations to Microsoft's markets," Kendall said.
At the upcoming show in San Francisco, set for August 14 to 17, IDG will mark the 15th anniversary of the Linux kernel with a panel presentation on "the first 20 years of Linux," addressing "the first 15 years, plus predictions about the next five," LinuxPlanet was told.
Moderated by Larry Augustin of VA Software, the panel will also include John (Maddog) Hall, author Eric Raymond, Chris DiBona from Google, and Dirk Haehnel of Intel.
"I'm expecting a lively session, because these are very opinionated men. They'll give us a lot of good anecdotes from the past, and help us to see where Linux is going in the future," Kendall maintained.
The five panelists from the "first 20 years" presentation will also serve as judges for this year's iteration of the traditional "Golden Penguin" quiz fest.
"We asked them all to be contestants. But [one of them] replied, 'No, we're so much better than the competition that it wouldn't be a fair fight'," quipped Kendall, who first joined IDG just prior to LinuxWorld San Francisco 2005.
On the whole, IDG will tool this year's San Franciso event to emerging trends in the Linux community, particularly those that stirred up a lot of interest at the Boston show. Consequently, attendees can anticipate considerable content around both mobile development and HPC (high performance computing)/virtualization.
Dell--another company that contributed a keynoter in Boston--plans to present a 'virtualization showcase' on the San Francisco expo floor. "Dell has been in and out of LinuxWorld for years, anyway. They saw what Intel did with its grid showcase in Boston. They said, 'We'd like to do something like that, too,'" she elaborated.
Among some of the keynotes in San Francisco next month, XenSource CEO Peter Levine will speak on virtualization, and Richard Wirt, general manager of Intel's Software and Solutions Group, will tackle grid computing. Guru Vasudeva, AMP and enterprise chief architect at Nationwide Insurance, will give the CIO Keynote. Greg Besio, a corporate VP at Motorola, will hone in on mobile Linux.
On the mobile side, too, Palm will host a "developer day" during the San Francisco show, aimed at Linux developers who are looking at taking their applications mobile.
Also with the interests of the technical crowd at heart, Larry Lessig, a professor at Stanford University Law School, will present the opening day keynote.
"For three years in a row now, Larry has scored a 'perfect five' on attendee scorecards," Kendall pointed out.
The LinuxWorld San Francisco umbrella will encompass an assortment of other one-day conferences, too, such as "health" and "financial" days, a "Best of Brainshare" day from Novell; CIO Day, and a brand spanking new Channel Day.
But why is IDG holding two vertically oriented conferences in San Francisco, with the Open Source Summit now slated for February 14 and 15 in New York City?
"That's a good question," Kendall responded. "You can consider this sort of an 'early preview' of what we'll be doing in New York."
The conference in New York, however, will revolve largely around case studies, she said. These case studies will focus on technology tracks such as security, network management, and HPC/virtualization.
Unlike the old Linux Business Expo in New York, the new Open Solutions conference will not include vendor exhibits.
And speaking of vendors, why is IDG planning its next OSBC conference in San Francisco for May 2007, when LinuxWorld San Francisco is taking place this August?
"The people who attend OSBC will be some of the same people who are manning the booths at LinuxWorld. So we can't [ask them] to be at two events at the same time," Kendall told LinuxPlanet.


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Phyllis Jean Cox, 83, North Manchester, died at 12:34 a.m. Monday, April 29, at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne. She was born in Wabash, on April 10, 1930 to Meredith M. and Lillian Carol (Miller) Wood. They are deceased.
On June 18, 1955 she married Charles J. "Joe" Cox. He died April 18, 1995. Phyllis was a homemaker and worked at General Tire at Wabash for over 30 years. Surviving are a son, William M. (Diana K. Shepherd) Cox, North Manchester; two granddaughters, Angela K. Cox and Linzy N. Cox, both of Warsaw; one brother, Danny (Nancy) Cox, Georgia; two sisters, Rita (David) Mueller, Dyer, and Patty (Jeff) Hopper, Denver; her step mother, Mary Fawley, Wabash.
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Wednesday September 11th: A Day To Remember
The White House has issued a proclamation designating Wednesday, Sept.11, 2012, as Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance.
President Obama calls for the flag of the United States to be displayed at half-staff on Wednesday, and he has invited Governors of the United States to join in the observance.
At the President's request, Gov. Dennis Daugaard asks that all flags in the state be flown at half-staff on Wednesday, Sept. 11, from 8 a.m. until sunset in honor of those who lost their lives in terrorist attacks on the United States on Sept. 11, 2001.


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Possession of any type of drug, controlled substance or prescription pill with the intent to deliver it to someone else is a felony under Michigan law. The penalties vary depending on the schedule of the drug and how much of the drug the Defendant had. Possession of marijuana with intent to deliver is a felony. The penalties vary depending on the total weight of the marijuana or how many marijuana plants Defendant possessed. The maximum prison sentences range from four to 15 years.
What the Prosecutor Must Prove
- Defendant knowingly possessed marijuana
- Defendant created, manufactured, or had the intent to deliver the marijuana to someone else; and
- Defendant was not in lawful possession of the marijuana or was acting outside the scope of his lawful duties as a licensee, applicant, or caregiver.
Penalties for Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Deliver
- Less than 20 marijuana plants or five kilograms—up to four years in prison and/or fines up to $20,000
- 20-199 marijuana plants or five to 45 kilograms—up to seven years in prison and/or fines up to $500,000
- 200 marijuana plants or more or more than 45 kilograms—up to 15 years in prison and fines up to $1,000,000
Federal Government
Often in cases involving 100 marijuana plants or more than five pounds, the federal government will step in and take over. Federal sentencing for possession with intent to deliver is much harsher than the state level. For example, under federal law if you possess 120 or more marijuana plants, you face a mandatory four years in prison whereas at the state for the same offense, more than likely you would be facing county time depending on what your sentencing guidelines are.
Proving the Intent Element
If the prosecutor can't prove you were creating or manufacturing the marijuana, then they must prove that you possessed it with the intent to deliver it to another person. Prosecutors often have to rely on circumstantial evidence to meet this burden. The focus is on the weight and the packaging among other factors. The prosecutor will need an expert to testify as to the habits of drug dealers and how much marijuana a normal user would usually possess. If the marijuana is packaged in multiple bags as opposed to just one, that can be circumstantial evidence of the intent to sell or deliver the marijuana. Also, evidence of drug scales can also be circumstantial evidence as drug dealers use them to distribute different amounts—something a casual user wouldn't need. Defendant may need to present an expert to counter the prosecution's expert. These cases can come down to a "battle of the experts." It is not uncommon for police to take a simple possession case and escalate it into a felony simply based upon the amount of drugs the person was caught with.
Deferred sentencing under MCL 333.7411 can only be given for marijuana use or marijuana possession. Anything above general drug use or drug possession, including maintaining a drug house, possession of drug paraphernalia, or possession with intent to deliver, is not eligible for 7411.
- Lack of Knowledge—Defendant must be aware that the marijuana was in his possession in order to be found guilty.
- Lack of Intent—Defendant must have created or manufactured the marijuana, or intended to deliver the marijuana to someone else. Defendant is not guilty if he merely possessed it for himself.
- Mere Presence—Simply because Defendant was at the scene where drug dealing or drug possession occurred, is not enough to convict him of the crime.
- Fourth Amendment Violations-— There may be various constitutional issues that could lead to a suppression of the evidence or dismissal of the charges including: search and seizure violations, lack of probable cause or lack of consent for the police to search, lack of probable cause for a search warrant, chain of evidence custody defects, improper lab testing.
Michigan treats any drug offense seriously, but especially charges involving drug dealing. That is why it is important to have an experienced Michigan drug and marijuana possession attorney thoroughly review all police and lab reports for any deficiencies or legal errors that could be used to get the charges reduced or dismissed.
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If you have been charged with creating, manufacturing, or possession of marijuana with the intent to deliver, call Austin Legal Services, PLC today at (517) 614-1983 to speak to our Michigan marijuana and drug possession attorney.
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Boy Scouting is a boy-led, boy-run program, but the boys must be trained to be leaders. Adult role models in Scouting provide an ideal learning experience for all youth. Every adult volunteer has something valuable to offer. On a typical weekend campout, Scouts might work with an adult volunteer who teaches the Fishing merit badge and with a Scout mom to learn orienteering, go on a 5-mile hike with another adult leader, and end the day learning how to clean and cook fresh fish from someone else.
The advantages of Scouting are not limited to boys. Adults also develop leadership and physical skills with every training experience.
Volunteers learn, too. Volunteers spend a significant amount of time to ensure the success of Scouting in their communities. The average Scout volunteer gives 20 hours of service each month, and 96 percent of volunteers say they would recommend volunteering for the BSA to other adults. In fact, volunteers believe their time invested with the Boy Scouts of America helps them be:
We need you to provide the direction, coaching, and training that empowers today's youth with the skills they will need to lead tomorrow.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, long accused by Republicans of pursuing a socialist agenda on healthcare and other policies, tried to cast his Republican rival Mitt Romney as an extremist on Medicare and women's health issues in their debate on Tuesday.
Obama went after Romney in response a question from the audience about what distinguished the former Massachusetts governor's positions from those of another Republican, former President George W. Bush.
"George Bush didn't propose turning Medicare into a voucher," Obama said. "George Bush never suggested that we eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood.
"In some ways," Obama added, Romney had "gone to a more extreme place when it comes to social policy."
It was one of the few moments in the debate that put the spotlight on health issues. And it gave Obama the chance to claim that his opponent's health policies were outside the mainstream, at a time when Reuters/Ipsos polling data indicate that Romney has begun to erase the president's lead when it comes to which candidate has a better plan for healthcare.
Obama's "voucher" comment referred to a Romney plan to convert the popular Medicare insurance program for the elderly and disabled into a system that would give future beneficiaries a fixed payment to help them buy coverage from private insurers or traditional Medicare.
The approach is broadly unpopular among voters including senior citizens, who oppose the idea of a "premium support" system by 2-to-1 ratios in opinion polls.
The president sought to paint Romney's Medicare plan as an idea that would have been beyond the pale for Bush, a staunch conservative who angered seniors by proposing the partial privatization of Social Security but who also expanded Medicare - and grew the federal deficit - by adding a new drug benefit program.
Obama also sought to hit Romney on women's health issues by targeting the Republican's pledge to eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood, the women's health network targeted by anti-abortion activists because abortions are among the health services it provides.
Planned Parenthood says that only a small fraction of its budget funds abortions and that no federal money is involved.
Obama cast Romney's position as a liability for women who rely on Planned Parenthood for health services, including cancer screening and contraceptives.
Romney shot back with attacks on Obama's healthcare reform, which the Republicans dub "Obamacare" and deride as a government takeover of the $2.8 trillion U.S. health system.
Romney said Obama's healthcare program was holding small businesses back from creating jobs by adding to their healthcare costs and would drive those costs higher in coming years.
He also said that Obama had made no proposal to revamp Medicare, which will face financial problems in future years as healthcare costs rise and the baby boom generation retires.
Democrats say Obama's policies have extended the life of Medicare's hospital trust fund, which helps pay for hospital benefits, and that his healthcare law seeks efficiencies to improve care and control program costs.
Healthcare spending, a benchmark for costs, is forecast to rise 7.4 percent in 2014 as Obama's reforms add millions of uninsured people to the healthcare rolls, according to government forecasters.
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Using 2 Monitors in a Windows 8 Environment
Jan 10, 2013 5:00 AM PT
With screen real estate, as with the dirt version, more is generally better.
Like earlier incarnations of the OS, Windows 8 has external monitor functionality that lets you spread out. However, there are Windows 8-specific features -- like the snapping of apps that lets you use apps side-by-side to do two tasks at once; and communications like Skype video calls -- that especially benefit from having more screens.
You may find it convenient to have an email box always open on one desk-based monitor, with another displaying apps. That way you're not repeatedly minimizing proper work to see who's pinging -- just glance over.
I use a dedicated Dell Inspiron Mini laptop with a 10.1-inch screen for television services like Slingbox and Hulu. Piping directly into a television's HDMI port, the laptop acts as a remote control.
Following is a guide to using multiple monitors in Windows 8.
Step 1
Identify the available ports on the PC and monitor or TV. Look for HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) ports, and use them if available.
HDMI technology carries audio and video in the same cable, and it is smart enough to know when the cable is connected and when it isn't. Most recent laptops, monitors and televisions feature HDMI.
Older alternatives are VGA and DVI technologies. You can buy a DVI to HDMI adapter. Desktop PCs sometimes have a combination of serial ports -- DVI and HDMI -- as do some monitors and TVs. In that case, just match the cables.
Tip: Avoid docking stations that use USB. There can be graphics-rendering issues, because you're adding a layer of complexity that can limit the ability of the video card and monitor to work responsively together. You can get them to work, but it can be a lot of trouble.
Step 2
Plug the HDMI or other cable into the PC and secondary television or monitor. Then turn the devices on.
Windows 8 will automatically detect the second screen.
Step 3
Point to the upper-right or bottom-right corner of the first screen and select the Devices charm. Then click the Second Screen link.
Select Duplicate to replicate the same image on both screens; Extend to spread out; or Second Screen Only to blank the primary screen and use only the secondary screen.
Tip: Duplicate works well for multimedia when you want to source video with a laptop and stream the results on a television. Extend works well in a desk environment when you want to spread out across screen real-estate.
Step 4
Press the Windows keyboard button in conjunction with Page Up to toggle screens when in the Extend screen mode.
The Windows button plus Page Up moves the current app to the left monitor. The Windows button plus Page Down moves the current app to the right monitor.
Tip: The Start page appears on one screen only. If you want to use an app obtained from the Windows Store, first open it, and then flip it to the screen you want it on using the Windows keyboard button along with the Page Up or Down procedure.
Classic desktop-based apps -- those that used to be called "programs" -- don't have this anomaly. They can appear on both screens.
Step 5
Tweak the screen resolution if prompted when running apps. Windows 8 should automatically figure out the correct resolution for both screens. However, sometimes you may get error messages telling you resolution isn't correct when you run certain apps -- particularly with televisions.
Place the mouse in the bottom-right corner and choose Search. Enter the term Control Panel and click on the result.
Select Adjust Screen resolution from within the Appearance and Personalization subhead.
You'll see the two screens represented graphically as icons in a likely more familiar Windows 7 or earlier type interface. Make resolution drop-down changes, choose Apply, and try the app again.
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Some years ago I was forcefully introduced to the concept of statistical quality control, where the overall quality of a batch of items could be determined from an examination of a small sample. This came to mind as I've been immersed in watching demos of the new "Big Data" techniques for analyzing data.
My rude introduction to the topic came about many years ago in a different industry from IT. I was summoned to appear at a large manufacturer in York, England, to look at a delivery my company had made of glass divider panels for railway carriages. The goods inward store manager bluntly informed me that they were rejecting a delivery of 500 panels because they did not meet quality control standards.
"OK", I said, "show me some of the faults". However, it turned out that I was taking a simplistic view of the quality control process. I assumed that they unpacked them all, examined each one as they were about to fit it, and rejected any that were damaged or out of specification. What they actually did is look up the total quantity on a chart, which tells them how many to test. In my case it was 32. So they choose 32 at random and examined these. If more than one fails the test, they reject the whole batch because, statistically, there will be more than the acceptable number of defect items in the batch.
This struck me as odd because I knew that most of the batch would be perfect, some would be perhaps a little less than perfect (glass does, of course, get scratched easily), and only a few would be too bad to use. Our usual approach would be to simply replace any they found to be faulty as and when they came to fit them.
However, as the quality control manager patiently explained, this approach might work when you are installing windows in a house but isn't practical in most cases in manufacturing. If you get a delivery of 100,000 nuts and bolts, you can't examine them all - you just need to know that the number of faulty ones is below your preset acceptance level (perhaps 1%), and you simply throw away any faulty ones because it's not worth the hassle of getting replacements.
Of course, you won't find that exactly one in every 100 is faulty and the other 99 are perfect. You might find a whole box of faulty ones in the batch, or that half of the batch are faulty and by chance you just happened to have tested the good ones. It's all down to averages and random selection of the samples. What worried me as I watched the demos of data analysis with Hadoop-based methods was the assumption that, statistically, you could mistakenly rely on numbers that are really only averages or trends.
For example, one demo used the AdventureWorks sample data to calculate the number of bicycles sold in each zip code area and then mapped this to a dataset obtained from Windows DataMarket containing the average ages of people in each zip code area. The result was that in one specific area people aged 50 to 60 were most likely to buy a bicycle. So the next advertising campaign for AdventureWorks in that area should be aimed at the older generation of consumers.
I did some back-of-an-envelope calculations for our street and I reckon that the average age is somewhere around the 45 to 55 mark. Yet the only people I see riding a bicycle are the couple across the road who are in their 30s, a lady probably in her late 20s that lives at the other end of the street, and lots of young children. I rather doubt that an advert showing two gray-haired pensioners enjoying the freedom of the outdoors by cycling through beautiful countryside on their new pannier-equipped sit-up-and-beg bicycles would actually increase sales around here. Though perhaps one showing grandparents giving their grandkids flashy new racing bikes for Christmas would work?
Maybe "Big Data", Hadoop, and HDInsight do give us new ways to analyze the vast tracts of data that we're all collecting these days. But what's worrying is that, without applying some deep knowledge of statistical analysis techniques, will we actually get valid answers?


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The Bersa is an Argentine gun manufacturer that was established in the mid-1950s. The first pistol that was produced by them was called "Luan" and it was a modified version of the Ballester handgun. It was produced only in few pieces, with no big commercial success; but it has become a rare and collectable model nowadays. Bersa introduced semi-automatic named "Modelo 60", followed later on by the "Model 62", both based on a Beretta design, which were selling very well. In 1984, the Bersa introduced the first two new pistols model 223 and Model 383 and two years later, followed by other models 85 and 86, both based on the design of Walther PP and PPK.
The first full-size combat pistol, Model 90, was developed in 1989. Big commercial success was a introduction of the new production line called "Thunder" in 1994. However, the Thunder Series includes in reality, two completely different styles of mechanisms and designs, inspired by the appearance of Walther pistols. The Thunder models chambered in less powerful calibers (22, .32, .380 ACP) were based on a blowback system, designed in a compact size. The Thunder line chambered in more powerful caliber, such as 9x9 Parabellum, is based on short-recoil and locked breech modified Browning design. The Thunder 22, 32 and 380 models are similar to the Walther PP and PPK. And Models Thunder 9 and 40 are based on Walther P88 design.
Bersa pistols are known worldwide for their reliability, quality and lifetime warranty provided on all products, which only demonstrates trust and commitment of the firm to the quality of its weapons.
The Bersa Thunder Pro Series represent semi-automatics that provide unstoppable power and was built to perform under the toughest circumstances, dating from 1993. The Thunder PRO is double-action, blowback-operated pistol, with a higher magazine capacity (13 or 17 rounds). It is available in 9 mm, .40 S&W, and .45 ACP calibers. The total length of the pistol is 7.56" and the barrel length is 4.25". It contains several ambidextrous features such as safety lever; slide stop levers are located on both sides of the grip, and the magazine catch. It contains several safety devices such as manual safety lever and decocker, firing pin safety, hammer automatically remains in half cock notch and isolate the hammer from the firing pin, and a loaded chamber indicator.
The Thunder PRO contains the improved Browning Petter barrel locking system, giving an excellent reliability and power. The gun is available with or without the Picatinny rail for an easy accessory mounting, and in matte blue, two tones with nickel-plated slide and an anodized frame for superficial hardening and corrosion resistance. After an intensive testing made by the professionals of the best law enforcement agencies throughout the South American continent to become official sidearm. The Thunder PRO became an excellent gun, often used by shooting competitors within IPSC and IDPA.
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@prisca I'm glad it inspired you.
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Did Yankees Security Guards Eject Fans for Heckling in Toronto?
The New York Yankees may have found a new way to affirm their status as baseball's Evil Empire. According to a Blue Jays fan, guards employed by the Yankees had two Jays fans removed from Friday night's Yankees-Blue Jays game at Rogers Centre in Toronto after the fans heckled members of the Yankees' bullpen.
Blue Jays' fan and blogger Justin Jackson, 30, was one of the fans nearby. He said the Toronto crowd was doing what it normally does to visitors, especially the hated Yankees, when things became weird. After some verbal goading of the Yankees' bullpen by the Toronto crowd, Jackson said two men wearing Yankees jackets and ID badges walked into the section, jotted down a description of fans, left and returned with Toronto police who "violently" removed two of the men doing the jeering.
"It was disturbing to see representatives of another organization be the on-point security for that situation," Jackson said. "(We were yelling) You know, the usual 'Yankees Suck!' type of stuff…I didn't notice anything untoward that would cause them to be removed from the game that way."
A Yankees spokesman confirmed the team travels with security guards. One of the guards, Mark Kafalas, alleged the Jays fans were also throwing peanuts. He denied ejecting anyone.
"Heckling is heckling; it's baseball," Kafalas said. "But when people start throwing things, it becomes dangerous."
Jackson blogged about the incident and filed a formal complaint with the Blue Jays organization. While there is an obvious difference of opinion as to what happened on Friday, it is common for teams to travel with security, but unusual for them to hold any jurisdiction on the road. The Yankees have a right to protect their players and alert the home team's officials, but if the fans were tossed just for verbal heckling, it could create a much larger fan issue in MLB.


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Just enjoy the house parties until you turn 21. You'll never look baback but you'll have a blast.
Unless you are (or get to be) friends with the bouncers you can pretty much forget about it at any of the bigger establishments e.g. Kilroys, Nicks, Bluebird, BigRed Liquors. Some of the smaller places may take the risk to get the business but there was a big crackdown on fakes after the Lauren disappearance. There's plenty of house parties and access to alcohol in Bloomington without a fake. You'll have plenty of time for the bars when you turn 21.
DO NOT try to use a fake ID at a liquor store, especially Big Red. Vice cops have been known to card and question people just for sitting in a car in the parking lot.
I have a friend from CA who was asked to name several freeway exits in his hometown to verify that his ID was real and that he was actually from where it said he was.
Some bars are easier than others, but you just never know. In a college town with thousands of underage drinkers, the bars are under a lot of scrutiny to follow the law. Their liquor licenses are on the line if they're caught being lenient.
I have a friend from CA who was asked to name several freeway exits in his hometown to verify that his ID was real and that he was actually from where it said he was.
What are normal questions to ask? I'm 22, but I'm always worried that they'll ask something I don't know. Like in movies and stuff, they'll ask what your sign is... I can never remember.
Most common questions I get are: Are you a donor? How many syllables in your last/first name? What's your sign? Your address? Birthday?
Private Online Private Your If Not You Do Is Content Really Address takes me a second, I really need to live in the same place for more than a year or two (I don't want to get a new license now if I'm moving out of state next year.)
Will they mind if I count out syllables? Or if I answer wrong the first time?
And what about difficult last names? Mine only has two syllables, but I get people assuming it's one all the time.
Someone asked me the mascot from my high school once. It was my actual ID, so I knew, but the sheer surprise threw me off. Granted, I am from Indiana, it isn't as though I am from CA. Still, they can ask you anything they want.
If you are completely convinced that you have to use a fake ID to go to liquor stores, I will say that you should travel to the west side of Bloomington. Further away from campus = fewer students, fewer underage people = less cop surveillance. Still though, fake IDs are really just not the way to go in a place like Bloomington where there are PLENTY of house parties.
Alum '09. 2 Questions I used to get the most were:
What airport do you fly into when you go home?
What year did you graduate high school?
Seriously if people asked me about my hometown exits I would have no fucking clue, I don't remember that crap at all. Though I actually live in Bloomington so it's not really an issue for me. I've definitely notice the closer I go to campus (and the bigger the store in general) the weirder the questions get. Freaks me out when they catch me off guard, despite the fact that I'm almost 24. Hasn't actually screwed me up yet though.
I'm not sure, but maybe just think of things that should be obvious to anyone from your hometown. Another friend of mine was asked which US president was born in his town - seems like it's just obvious trivia anyone from there would know.
You're not the first person to have this idea. Businesses are VERY aware and incentivize employees to catch fakes. I have been told that it costs employees $500 if they get caught selling to a minor so you'd better be damn sure. I've known people to get away with it by getting a passport and drivers license, but it never seemed worth it to me.
If Private Online Really Do You Not Private Is Your Content Just make a friend whos 21 or older if you can't be bothered to go leech alcohol from house parties like a normal underclassman.
Your Private You If Really Online Is Private Do Content Not This is true. The state fines the employee (not the store) $500 for infractions of IDs, so it is definitely worth their while to make sure they aren't selling to minors and they card everyone under 40.
I used to card at Kilroy's and I can honestly say don't get a fake if you're trying to get into the main bars (Kilroy's, Dunnkirk, Sports, Nick's, etc.). We were trained very well and I had very little doubt if it was ever fake or not. To be honest, if you try to get in, it's better to try and find someone who looks like you and use their real ID (and focus on finding someone who's around the same height and with the same eye color). You'll also need two forms of ID at everywhere in Bloomington.
If you don't take this advice and get a fake ID don't get an Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ohio, California, Florida, or Texas fake. These are the most common and easiest to spot IMO. Honestly, the easiest way to catch a fake is not by the design on the ID but by the picture on it. Most of them are poorly photoshopped, and even if they're perfectly photoshopped there is normally something wrong with other parts of the ID.
If you ever see middle aged guys acting casually near the front of the line, they are most likely excise and will arrest you or at least give you a ticket if you're caught with a fake or someone else's ID.
TL;DR: Don't get a fake. If you must get in find someone who looks like you (similar height and eye color are most important).
Don't. Just don't. Indiana Excise cops are like Bloomington's own NSA.
A lot of bars - and EVERY establishment during Little 5 - ask for 2 forms of ID. If you're gonna buy a faker, you're gonna have to get 2.
Not true. Your second doesn't have to have a birthday on it. If you get a fake with your name and picture, you can use your actual student ID
Or any sort of credit/debit card, at least when I was there. Second form was anything that had your name on it to confirm that you hadn't just borrowed your cousin's ID (or whatever).
Bad Idea.... I know people who work at big red. They get like a 75$ bonus for each fake ID they catch, and they're all making min wage so that 75$ is a huge bonus for them to be on guard.
As someone who got caught using a fake ID, don't get one. It was more convenient than just having a friend who was over 21 get me alcohol, but not convenient enough to be worth the $500 dollars that PDP 2 cost me. If for some reason you feel like ignoring this advice, don't try to go to a bar unless you feel like being the person who gets laughed at for getting their ID rejected. However you can pretty much use a fake to buy alcohol at the Walmart on 2nd with no problem whatsoever as long as you have 2 forms.
Ami's the sushi place doesn't card you.
Nice try Excise Cop
whatever man, don't believe me. My freshman year my whole floor ordered a private room. They didn't have it ready when we arrived and compt us 5 bottles of wine for the 10 minute wait. A bunch of us ordered saki after that also.
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This is Reddit. Not where we come to get our moral compass adjusted.
Are you referring to me being downvoted? I realize its not technically a bar, but if OP wants to get fucked up he could go there.
Your being downvoted is evidence, but I wasn't singling you out. Just pointing out a flaw in the general masses of Video Wjax Video tv Video Wjax tv 7Pxqzwz.
Hey guys, cowboy up and reply if you disagree instead of just hitting the down arrow before climbing back upon your pedestal. We ALL have done out fair share of underaged drinking.
Sorry for not wanting to help people get arrested, I guess.
You White Knight, you. This community owes you a thanks. And an apple pie.
So I'm turning 21 on Friday what constitutes a 2nd form? I lost my student ID which is the only other one with my picture on it. Does an insurance or debit card count? Or is a picture required
At Big Red I usually just hand them my credit card and ID, since I'm using the card to pay.
I've never been asked for a second form anywhere else, but I'd imagine that if I was, the card would be enough.
If I understand correctly, the idea is just to make you have something else, so you can't just borrow someone's ID.
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Batman, American comic strip superhero created for DC Comics by writer Bill Finger and artist Bob Kane. Batman debuted in May 1939 in Detective Comics no. 27 and has since appeared in numerous comic books, comic strips, and graphic novels; on television in a camp live-action series and a critically acclaimed animated program; in electronic games; and in brooding, atmospheric films.
The Caped Crusader in the Golden Age
The origin of Batman, which was not revealed to readers until the character's seventh comic book appearance, is now a familiar tale. As prosperous physician Thomas Wayne, his wife, Martha, and their young son, Bruce, exited a Gotham City movie house after a nighttime showing of The Mark of Zorro, they were robbed by a thief brandishing a pistol. Dr. Wayne attempted to protect his wife, but the panicky gunman murdered the adult Waynes as their horrified son watched. The grief-stricken boy dedicated his existence to avenging his parents' murders by "spending the rest of my life warring on all criminals." After years of training his mind and body to perfection—Bruce, having inherited his father's millions—mulled over a crime-fighting disguise that would terrorize lawbreakers. A bat flapping through an open window was deemed an omen, and the original tale's end caption heralded, "And thus is born this weird avenger of the dark...this avenger of evil. The Batman."
Batman was an immediate sensation. In his earliest adventures (he was alternately called "Bat-Man" until the hyphen was dropped for consistency), Batman was quite brutal: he tossed a thug off a rooftop and executed a vampire by shooting him with a silver bullet. As Batman's acclaim swelled, the character's publisher recoiled, fearful that the sinister elements in the comic book would be emulated by its young audience. DC eliminated Batman's use of firearms and extreme force: never again would Batman take a life.
Just under a year after the hero's debut, DC softened him even more by introducing a young sidekick. Dick Grayson, a circus aerialist, observed the mob-ordered murder of his parents and became the ward of a sympathetic Wayne, who trained the lad to become Robin, the Boy Wonder. Exuberant and wisecracking, Robin had a profound influence on the brooding Batman. The former "weird avenger" stepped smoothly into the role of father figure.
The success of Batman's appearances in Detective Comics led to an eponymous spin-off title that debuted in the spring of 1940. Ghost artists such as Jerry Robinson and Sheldon Moldoff illustrated the additional material, but, due to the terms of his contract with DC, Kane would receive the credit for such work. Finger, who was responsible for some of the most-recognizable elements of the Batman mythos, would not be acknowledged as a cocreator of the character for more than 75 years. Batman no. 1 introduced two villains who would become integral components of the character's history: the sneering clown prince of crime, the Joker, and the sultry princess of plunder, the Catwoman (although she was called "the Cat" during her initial appearance). Batman and Robin were soon challenged by a growing contingent of odd antagonists: the Scarecrow, Penguin, and Riddler were just some of the rogues who repeatedly took on the "Dynamic Duo."
Batman and Robin's synchronized acrobatics and deductive mastery dazzled readers, as did their arsenal: they each sported utility belts containing the tools of their trade, including Batarangs (bat-winged boomerangs), Batropes (for climbing and swinging), and an assortment of other devices. For transportation, the Dynamic Duo used a variety of bat-themed vehicles warehoused in the secret Batcave beneath the heroes' grand home, Wayne Manor. By 1942 Gotham City Police Commissioner James Gordon—in a reversal from the early days of the comic, when he had ordered his officers to fire upon Batman—was summoning the hero into action by illuminating the nighttime skies of Gotham City with the Bat-Signal.
The Dynamic Duo's burgeoning popularity could not be contained in two magazines alone. They soon appeared in DC's World's Best (later World's Finest) Comics and in 1943 swung into their own newspaper strip. In addition to their comics appearances, they segued into movie theatres in two serials, Batman (1943) and The New Adventures of Batman and Robin (1949), and guest-starred on several episodes of the radio program The Adventures of Superman in the mid-1940s.
Superhero comics declined in popularity after World War II, and Batman was one of three DC Comics characters to maintain his own series, the others being Superman and Wonder Woman. Despite Batman's resiliency (and the emergence of artist Dick Sprang, whose interpretation of the Joker remains one of the classic renditions of the character), the 1950s were unkind to the cowled crime fighter and his sidekick. The challenge came not from a costumed nemesis, however, as the biggest threat facing Batman—indeed, all comics—was psychiatrist Frederic Wertham. In his polemic against the industry, Seduction of the Innocent (1954), Wertham charged that comics morally corrupt their impressionable young readers, impeaching Batman and Robin in particular for supposedly flaunting a gay lifestyle. Wertham wrote, "They live in sumptuous quarters, with beautiful flowers in large vases, and have a butler. It is like a wish dream of two homosexuals living together." DC Comics responded by building a "Batman Family" around the Caped Crusader, introducing Batwoman, Ace the Bat-Hound, Batgirl, and even the magical imp Bat-Mite. Batman's ghoulish adversaries were either neutered or discarded from the series. For years DC produced a kinder, gentler Batman, and readers responded by sending Batman and Detective Comics to the brink of cancellation.
Batman in the Silver Age
Editor Julius Schwartz, who had resuscitated other DC superheroes, was tasked with revitalizing the ailing franchise in 1964. He commissioned artist Carmine Infantino, whose distinctive work on the Flash had helped usher in the Silver Age, to update the appearance of the hero. Infantino's "New Look" added a yellow oval to Batman's chest insignia, and his sharp, stylish penciling marked such a break with the past that Infantino was not forced to share credit with Kane. With the exception of Robin, Schwartz and writer John Broome evicted the codependent Batman Family. Detective mysteries became the norm, and Batman's rogues' gallery reappeared.
On January 12, 1966, ABC premiered a live-action Batman television series starring Adam West and Burt Ward. Batman bubbled with flashy costumes and sets (at a time when colour television was relatively new), Pop art sound-effect graphics, and a rotating roster of scenery-chewing villains. Cesar Romero (as the Joker), Burgess Meredith (the Penguin), Frank Gorshin (the Riddler), Vincent Price (Egghead), Milton Berle (Louie the Lilac), Joan Collins (the Siren), and Eartha Kitt (Catwoman, a role that was shared with Julie Newmar) were among the celebrities who made appearances as Batman's foes. The show was an immediate hit, spawning an unprecedented wave of Bat-merchandise. The Batman newspaper strip resumed, and a theatrical movie was churned out for the summer of 1966. Late in the series, Yvonne Craig joined the cast as Batgirl. The entire superhero genre benefited from the show's success, but declining ratings led to its cancellation after just three seasons.
The modern era
The increased comic book sales DC enjoyed as a result of the television show quickly deflated once it left the air. This slump was overcome through the efforts of writers such as Denny O'Neil, Steve Englehart, and Len Wein and dynamic artists including Neal Adams, Dick Giordano, and Marshall Rogers. Gone were the camp trappings of comics' Silver Age and the television show, as these comics creators produced gothic, atmospheric masterpieces that rehabilitated the character. In the 1980s Batman explored still grimmer themes, a trend that reached its apex with Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (1986), a four-issue miniseries by writer and artist Frank Miller that has come to be regarded as one of the first American graphic novels. Set in the near future, The Dark Knight portrayed an aging Bruce Wayne crawling out of retirement to restore order to a chaotic Gotham City. Miller's gritty take on Batman established a template for other writers and artists to follow.
Director Tim Burton brought Batman (1989) to the silver screen, and Michael Keaton, a quirky actor slight of build and best known for comedy roles, was chosen to play the title character. Although the casting decision surprised many, the film was a massive success, spawning a wave of Bat-merchandise the likes of which had not been seen since 1966. In 1992 Burton and Keaton were back in theatres with Batman Returns, and the noirish Batman: The Animated Series (1992–95) debuted on television that fall. While subsequent films in the Batman franchise suffered declining quality and a rotating cast of lead actors, Batman: The Animated Series set a new standard for storytelling in the Batman universe. The series—which was marked by the mature tone of its plotlines, its distinctive colour palette and Art Deco visuals, and the outstanding calibre of its voice actors—reimagined villains such as Mr. Freeze and the Riddler, and it introduced fan-favourite character Harley Quinn as the Joker's sidekick. The show earned four Emmy Awards and exerted a profound influence on later depictions of Gotham City and its inhabitants.
During this period, writer Jeph Loeb and artist Tim Sale collaborated on a number of popular comic sagas set during Batman's early career, including Batman: The Long Halloween (1996–97), and Frank Miller wrote and drew The Dark Knight Strikes Again (2001), a sequel to his Batman: The Dark Night Returns. Starting in 2006, Grant Morrison and Paul Dini (the writer responsible for many of the most-memorable episodes of The Animated Series) reinvigorated the various Batman comic books with a series of high-concept story lines. One of Morrison's most-enduring contributions to the Batman franchise was the creation of Damian Wayne, the son of Bruce Wayne and Talia al Ghul. The spoiled but gifted Damian assumed the mantle of Robin and acted as an antiheroic foil to both Batman and the previous Robins. Damian's heroic death was one of the key moments in Morrison's seven-year run on various Batman titles, but the character was eventually resurrected. When DC rebooted its entire comics line in 2016, Damian joined Superboy in the series Super Sons.
Director Christopher Nolan successfully relaunched the Batman film franchise with Batman Begins in 2005. With Christian Bale in the lead role and drawing on Frank Miller's Batman: Year One (1987), Batman Begins retold the saga of Batman's origin, showing his training and his early days as a costumed crime fighter. The 2008 sequel, The Dark Knight, was an even bigger commercial and critical success. The standout performance in the film was the late Heath Ledger's extraordinary portrayal of the Joker, for which he won a posthumous Academy Award as best supporting actor. Nolan concluded his trilogy of Batman movies with The Dark Knight Rises (2012). Ben Affleck donned the cowl in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), a joyless portrayal of DC's two most-recognizable heroes. In spite of harsh reviews from both critics and many fans, the film earned more than $800 million globally. The LEGO Batman Movie (2017), a spirited comedic romp told with computer-generated LEGO bricks, was much more warmly received. Affleck reprised his role as the Caped Crusader in Justice League (2017), the DC Extended Universe's disappointing response to Marvel's hugely successful Avengers franchise.
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