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by Joe Bodewes, DVM Drs. Foster & Smith, Inc. Veterinary Services Department
Cryptococcosis is caused by a fungus, Cryptococcus neoformans, which is widespread in the environment and can infect cats, dogs, and people. While this fungus is widespread, it infects a relatively small number of animals. It is primarily a problem in animals that have a deficient or suppressed immune system. This fungus is well known in human medicine as the disease that infects up to 20% of AIDS patients. The organism is relatively easy to diagnose and treatment can be performed successfully if instituted early.
Where is it found?
Cryptococcus is widespread throughout all of North America. The fungus has been isolated from several different locations including soil, fruits, and even the skin of healthy people. While it can be found almost anywhere, the primary source of exposure to people and animals is in bird excreta. Even more specifically it appears to be very closely associated with pigeon feces. The high body temperature of pigeons prevents them from becoming infected, but the fungus can pass through their GI tract and become concentrated in their feces. The high level of creatinine in pigeon feces also creates an environment that is desirable for cryptococcus and if the fungus is protected from drying or sunlight it may live for up to two years.
How do pets or people become infected?
Pets and people contract the Cryptococcus infection primarily by inhaling the fungal particles. After the particles are inhaled, they can take up residence in the nasal cavities or lungs. Some studies have shown that in a population of healthy dogs up to 14% of them had Cryptococcus present in their nasal cavities. In a similar study of healthy cats, up to 7% contained the organism in their nasal passages.
After Cryptococcus reaches the lungs or nasal cavity, it can do one of several things. In most healthy animals, the fungus remains isolated and never creates any symptoms of problems. In animals with a suppressed immune system, e.g., from excessive steroid use, the disease can progress and create granulomas, pneumonia, or systemic disease and symptoms. In addition, cats that have immunosuppressing diseases such as feline leukemia or FIV are also more likely to develop severe disease.
What symptoms are present?
Cryptococcosis affects cats of all ages and breeds. Some studies have shown that Siamese cats may be slightly more susceptible to the disease than other breeds. A group of 100 cats with cryptococcus were examined for the incidence of different symptoms. 50% of the cats had sneezing and nasal discharge, 40% had skin lesions, 35% had a nasal mass, 10% had eye problems, and 10% had central nervous system problems. Most infected cats did not have a fever but many chronically infected cats were lethargic, did not eat, and suffered from weight loss.
How is it diagnosed?
Diagnosis can be successfully achieved by several different methods. One of the fastest and easiest ways to get a diagnosis is to examine the discharge from the nose or skin lesions. Cryptococcus is usually present in high numbers in the discharge and can be identified under the microscope. A blood test is also available to identify the fungus. The latex agglutination test is the most widely used and accurate of the blood tests and can be performed by a veterinarian. Identification of the organism through cultures or biopsies can also be used.
How is it treated?
Treatment of cats usually involves the use of oral itraconazole, fluconazole, or ketoconazole. These drugs have some potential side effects and must be used for several months or longer to be effective. Intravenous treatments of the drug Amphotericin B can also be used but may be more toxic to some animals.
Because of the high incidence of an underlying immunosuppressing disease with cryptococcal infections, a complete work-up of all infected animals should be performed. The underlying condition should be treated to ensure the success of treating the cryptococcal infection.
How can you prevent it?
There are currently no vaccinations available to prevent cryptococcus. Cryptococcus is primarily only contracted from the environment, so the best prevention is to keep pets away from areas that are contaminated with the fungus, especially areas with pigeon feces. Transmission from infected animals to other animals or people is extremely rare and not considered a risk.
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Crawford ++ Dyspnea or orthopnea.Characteristic apical systolic murmur.Color-flow Doppler echocardiographic evidence of systolic regurgitation into the left atrium. ++ The mitral apparatus consists of the left ventricular walls that support the papillary muscles, the chordae tendineae, mitral leaflets, annulus, and adjacent left atrial walls. Because defects in any of these components can lead to systolic regurgitation, the list of diseases that can cause mitral regurgitation includes many types of heart disease. Anything that causes left ventricular dilatation may disrupt the alignment of the papillary muscles, impairing their function and dilating the annulus, resulting in mitral regurgitation. Myocardial infarction involving the papillary muscles or the left ventricular walls that support them can impair the function of the mitral apparatus. Mitral chordae can rupture, especially in patients with hypertension or mitral valve prolapse. 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Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Lampshades can have slipcovers too
It all started one evening when I saw this lovely lampshade. I immediately went, pulled my sewing machine out, grabbed my white fabric and began to sew!
Of course, I knew it wouldn't be exactly like this, but I loved how it just looked all crumpled. Plus, Mammaw had a lamp similar to this. So I guess that had me too!
I had bought a simple barrel shade before Christmas to replace one of my floral ones. I wanted white, but they didn't have them so I had to settle for a taupe color. Not my taste, but I knew I could make a slipcover for it. I've done most all of my shades since they are so darn expensive when you go replacing all of them!
Here it is in a simple slipcover with a little ruffle on the top and bottom.
But I wanted to make the other one and thought, now what do I do with this one? I can't stand to waste!
So I put it on this shade and added the lace and rose. The lace can come off when I'm not in the mood for it and can go back to the previous one with ease. I had made the rosette for the crumpled shade but thought it was just too much.
Now, for the other one...
Here she is! I really like it and see how I added the lace to it too? I have a friend on facebook to thank for that. Her home is so beautiful! She has lace, but it is done absolutely the right way...so I thought, what the heck...just do it!
Then I wanted to make something else. Do you all do that once you start a project? If I start painting, I can paint and paint and paint. Same way with my sewing....
I just ripped strips of fabric, made into ruffles and added them to the slipcover. I have to say that this one is my favorite! I think I could have these little ruffles everywhere!
Mama bought me this little candle lamp for my birthday and the shade was ho-hum. She said when I opened it that she knew I could slipcover it. She knows that with any present that I get, is a true present when I can do a little sumpin'-sumpin' to it.
So I made yet another slipcover....can you see a pattern here with me and slipcovers?
So that's a "few" of my little slipcovers for our lampshades.
Remember..before you go out and shop for that special lampshade....take a look at yours and think slipcovers! Fabric is so much cheaper and you can find exactly what you are looking for. Saves so much money and you can even use a hot glue gun if you can't sew a lick!
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The Internet has altered how people engage with each other in myriad ways, including offering opportunities for people to act distrustfully. This fascinating set of essays explores the question of trust in computing from technical, socio-philosophical, and design perspectives. Why has the identity of the human user been taken for granted in the design of the Internet? What difficulties ensue when it is understood that security systems can never be perfect? What role does trust have in society in general? How is trust to be understood when trying to describe activities as part of a user requirement program? What questions of trust arise in a time when data analytics are meant to offer new insights into user behavior and when users are confronted with different sorts of digital entities? These questions and their answers are of paramount interest to computer scientists, sociologists, philosophers, and designers confronting the problem of trust.
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Just an ordinary Friday night in Nottingham. Russell (Tom Cullen) stops by a club on his way home from an evening with friends, and wakes up the next morning with Glen (Chris New) in his bed. These two sweet guys, a study in contrasts — Russell is somewhat unsure of himself; Glen is dedicated to his unusual artform, and his unusual perspective on the world — spend the weekend talking and getting drunk and high and having sex and getting to know each other… and it's all meant to be terribly romantic how they fall in love over the course of a few days. But something doesn't feel quite right to me. Writer-director Andrew Haigh has a delicate, sensitive touch, and this is appealing as a simple peek into modern romance… or what passes for it. Sex with an attractive stranger might create an instant connection, and a powerful one, but is it love? Is it anything that can endure? Haigh appears to want us to believe that it is and that it can, but there's a sense of wishful thinking — or even desperation — that I suspect is not intended here. It's refreshing to see a story about the lives and loves of gay men that is so frank while also so unpolitical, but it does feel like it's treading familiar ground. It's Before Sunrise with much of the mystery and the wisdom missing… it's really only the fact that the couple is gay that distinguishes it from many similar films we've seen before. That will be enough for some. But not quite enough for me to love it unreservedly.
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Automotive industry | Toyota Motor Corporation Toyota Industries Corporation |
Production | 1994–present |
Car classification | mini SUV 1994-2005 crossover SUV 2005- present |
Automobile layout | Front-engine design, Front-wheel drive / Four-wheel drive |
The Toyota RAV4 (pronounced "rav-four") is a Compact SUV Crossover SUV built and marketed by the Toyota Motor Corporation. The car was introduced in Japan and Europe in 1994 and sales began in North America in 1996 to cater to consumers wanting a vehicle that had most of the benefits of SUVs, such as increased cargo room, higher visibility, and the option of full-time Four-wheel drive, along with the maneuverability and Fuel economy in automobiles of a smaller car. The early success of the RAV4 paved the way for other compact SUVs such as the Honda CR-V, Mitsubishi Outlander, the Ford Escape/Mazda Tribute, and the Subaru Forester. Its name stands for "Recreational Active Vehicle with 4-wheel drive," although not all RAV4s have four wheel drive, which is optional in some countries.[1] In most countries, the RAV4 is the only compact SUV from Toyota. In other markets, it is the crossover counterpart of the FJ Cruiser.
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First generation (1996–2000)
Also called | Toyota RAV4 EV |
Production | 1996–2000 (Gas-powered RAV4) 1997-2003 (EV) |
Assembly | Toyota, Aichi, Japan Tahara, Aichi, Japan |
Car body style | 2-door SUV 4-door SUV 2-door Convertible |
Internal combustion engine | 2.0 L Straight-4 |
Transmission (mechanics) | 5-speed Manual transmission 4-speed Automatic transmission |
Wheelbase | 4-Door: 2410 mm (94.9 in) 2-Door: 2200 mm (86.6 in) |
Length | 1998-2000 4-Door: 4160 mm (163.8 in) 1998-99 2-Door: 3750 mm (147.6 in) 1994-97 2-Door: 3740 mm (147.2 in) 1994-97 4-Door: 4150 mm (147.6 in) |
Width | 1695 mm (66.7 in) |
Height | 1994-97 2-Door FWD: 1646 mm (64.8 in) 4-Door FWD: 1650 mm (65.0 in) 1994-97 2-Door 4WD: 1655 mm (65.2 in) 4-Door AWD & 1998-2000 2-Door: 1661 mm (65.4 in) |
Fuel capacity | 58 L (15.3 US gal) |
Related | Toyota Corolla Toyota Tercel Toyota Celica Toyota Paseo Geo Prizm/Chevrolet Prizm |
The RAV4 was originally based on the Corolla platform, and was offered in both two and four-door versions. In the United States, a 2.0 L Straight-4 producing 120 hp (89 kW) was offered. Both Front wheel drive and Four-wheel drive were available, and the RAV4 could be had with either a five-speed manual or four-speed Automatic transmission. In 1998, the RAV4 was slightly restyled on the front and rear fascias, and a soft-top two-door was made available exclusively in the US market. Horsepower was increased slightly to 127. In 1999, the two-door hardtop was dropped from the American lineup, leaving the 4-door and soft-top models.
One interesting version, the RAV4 EV, was an all-electric 'zero-emission' model offered for sale in small quantities in California. These models came with a 60,000-mile (97,000 km) battery warranty, and the vehicles still command high prices on the used-car market. One sold in 2006 on EBay for over United States dollar50,000.
A significant criticism of the gasoline-powered first generation RAV4s, often called '4.1s', was that they were underpowered, and had relatively poor fuel economy via their 3SFE Internal combustion engine that were designed for earlier Camrys and 1987-1989 Toyota Celica GT, 1990-1993 S-R and Z-R, as well as 1994-1999 SS-I. Later generations of RAV4s, the so-called '4.2s' and '4.3s', have addressed this concern.
Second generation (2001–2005)
Production | 2001–2005 |
Assembly | Tahara, Aichi, Japan Obu, Aichi, Japan |
Car body style | 4-door SUV 2-door SUV (Not for North America |
Internal combustion engine | 2.0 L I4 2.0 L Diesel I4 2.4 L I4 |
Transmission (mechanics) | 5-speed manual 4-speed automatic |
Wheelbase | 2490 mm (98.0 in) |
Length | 2004-05: 4230 mm (166.6 in) 2001-03: 4193 mm (165.1 in) |
Width | 1735 mm (68.3 in) |
Height | 2004-05: 1680 mm (66.1 in) 2001-03: 1650 mm (64.9 in) |
Fuel capacity | 56 L (14.7 US gal) |
Related | Toyota Corolla Toyota Celica Toyota Matrix Toyota Voltz Chevrolet Prizm Pontiac Vibe |
The second generation RAV4 went on sale in the middle of 2000, and came in base Edge and upmarket Cruiser models (model designations may vary according to market), in both 3- and 5-door configurations. The main differentiation between the two models was in appearance. Edge models came with unpainted grey bumpers and side cladding, mirrors, and door handles, and featured steel rims. Cruiser models gained body-coloured (painted) bumpers and moldings, mirrors, and door handles, alloy wheels, and ABS brakes. All models came equipped with a brand-new 2.0 litre 4-cylinder engine featuring VVT (variable valve timing), resulting in improved power and torque, as well as fuel consumption. Permanent all-wheel-drive was a feature. Options were ABS brakes (on the Edge), and air conditioning (on all models).
The second generation RAV4 was originally offered in a number of trim levels: NV was 2-wheel drive, while NRG, GX, and VX were permanent 4-wheel drive with differing levels of equipment.[2] It continued on the Corolla platform. Although the RAV4 was available as a two-door in Europe, Asia and Australia, the American model was now only available in a four-door configuration. A 2.0 L Straight-4 engine producing 148 hp (110 kW) and a D4-D diesel engine were available. Some RAV4s came with Anti-lock braking system, Electronic stability control, Air conditioning, a height-adjustable driver's seat, Cruise control, a six-speaker CD Car stereo and Power window, Mirror and seats. A sport package added a mesh grille, hood scoop, color-keyed door handles, a roof rack, silver sport pedals, heated mirrors, gray-painted bumpers and fender flares, and sport fabric seats. Other options included alloy wheels, heated seats, a sunroof and keyless entry. 16-inch wheels were standard; larger tires were available on all wheel drive models.
In late 2003, the RAV4 was given a styling update, improved equipment, and, in certain markets, a new engine. The RAV4's 2.0 litre engine was upgraded with a new 2.4 litre VVT engine, producing 9% more power (120 kW) and 17% more torque. Fuel economy improved by over 2%. The base Edge was renamed CV, and gained standard air conditioning (previously an option). The CV also received painted bumpers, which came in either silver or body-coloured shades, depending on the body colour. In addition, the model range was given a subtle facelift, largely comprising of a new front bumper with circular fog lights.
In 2005, a new "CV Sport" model was added to the range, which included a non-functional bonnet (hood) scoop, giving the RAV4 a more aggressive appearance. The CV Sport model was short-lived, lasting only a year, and was introduced primarily to stimulate sales until the new model arrived in early 2006.
The second generation RAV4 enjoyed enormous success in Australia, where it became the best-selling SUV in the country in 2001, overtaking it's rival, the Honda CR-V, for the first time.
Notably, the second-generation RAV4 had the highest proportion of female drivers among all makes and models in the United States with the possible exception of the Volkswagen New Beetle, according to 2003-04 registration and survey data.[3]
Third generation (2006–present)
Also called | Toyota Vanguard (for LWB model) |
Production | 2006–present |
Assembly | Tahara, Aichi, Japan Obu, Aichi, Japan Woodstock, Ontario, Canada (from 2008) |
Car body style | 4-door SUV |
Internal combustion engine | 2.0 L Straight-4 2.2 L Diesel Straight-4 2.4 L I4 2.5 L Straight-4 3.5 L V6 |
Transmission (mechanics) | 6-speed manual 5-speed manual 4-speed automatic 5-speed automatic |
Wheelbase | SWB: 2560 mm (100.8 in) LWB: 2660 mm (104.7 in) |
Length | 2006-08 LWB: 4600 mm (181.1 in) SWB: 4395 mm (173 in) 2009- LWB: 181.9 in (4620 mm) |
Width | SWB: 1815 mm (71.5 in) LWB: 1815 mm (71.5 in) LWB Sport: 73.0 in (1854 mm) |
Height | LWB: 1685 mm (66.3 in) LWB Sport & 2006-08 Limited: 68.7 in (1745 mm) LWB Australia: 1695 mm (66.7 in) SWB: 1720 mm (67.7 in) 2009- Limited LWB: 69.1 in (1755 mm) |
Fuel capacity | 60 L (15.9 US gal) |
The Toyota RAV4 was completely redesigned for the 2006 model year, on an all-new platform. The 2-door was dropped, leaving Toyota without a mini SUV until the 2009 Toyota Urban Cruiser, which is sold only in Europe. It still has the 2AZ-FE 2.4 L four-cylinder engine, which now produces 166 hp (124 kW) @ 6,000 rpm, up five from the previous year, and 165 lb·ft @ 4,000 rpm.[4] The North American RAV4 is also fitted with the 2GR-FE 3.5 L V6 engine as an option. This engine was later introduced into the Australian market RAV4 in 2007. The new RAV4 topped Toyota SUV sales in the United States for the first time. It is also the first generation of RAV4 to be offered in regular (for Asian and European markets, dropping the spare wheel from the rear) and extended (for North American and Australian markets) versions.
The extended-length RAV4 is larger by 21% in interior volume from the last generation and now has an available third-row seat for two small children (North America only). The RAV4 can still be had in either front-wheel-drive or four-wheel-drive in the United States; however, most countries, including Canada, only sell the four-wheel-drive version.
JDM models are X, G, and Sport. The X and G can be ordered with either front-drive or 4WD. The Sport model with over fender is 4WD only.
In Australia, the RAV4 is sold in 4-cylinder base CV, Cruiser, and Cruiser L trim levels, and CV6, SX6, and ZR6 6-cylinder variants. The extended-length RAV4 is sold in Japan as the Toyota Vanguard.
Currently, the RAV4 is produced in two locations in Japan: Toyota's Tahara, Aichi assembly plant, and under contract by Toyota Industries in its Nagakusa, Obu, Aichi plant. Since May 2008, all North American models are built at Toyota's Woodstock, Ontario, Canada assembly plant.
In Malaysia, only the 2.0 automatic variant is available, in a single trim level. This model uses the 1AZ-FE Straight 4, in-line 16-valve engine with DOHC and VVT-i. The output for this the 2.0 L RAV4 in Malaysia is at 112 kW (150 hp) at 6,000 rpm with a torque of 194 Nm (143 lb·ft) at 4,000 rpm.
Facelift of 2009
The 2009 year model was freshened in some markets with several changes the most noticeable being a new 4 cylinder engine. Some of the exterior changes include redesigned headlamps, tail-lamps, front grille and bumper, and foglight trim. The Limited model gets a different front grille and bumper cover. The Sport model features a bigger spoiler and red badging along with an option on the V6 engine to have the rear door without the spare. New features/options include turn signal mirrors, backup camera (with monitor built into rear view mirror), satellite navigation, smart keyless entry, a push start button, a multifunction meter display, etc. With the option of run-flat tires, there is no spare tire mounted on the rear. Much of the interior remains the same.
In North America, the 2009 RAV4 comes with an all-new 2.5-liter four-cylinder AR series engine (elsewhere, the 2.4 litre engine remains), which is a low-friction design optimized for performance and fuel efficiency. It produces 179 horsepower (133 kW) at 6,000 rpm, along with 172 lb·ft. of torque at 4,000 RPM (versus 166 horsepower (124 kW) and 165 lb·ft. of peak torque of the previous 2.4-liter engine). The 2.5-liter engine employs Dual independent Variable Valve Timing with intelligence (VVT-i), which controls timing on both the intake and exhaust camshafts (compared to the intake-only previous 2.4-liter engine). The 269 horsepower (201 kW) 3.5-liter V6 engine continues. [5]
The 2009 D-4D will be upgraded to 150 horsepower (110 kW) and 340 Nm. The 2009 2.0 will get valvematic and produce 152 horsepower (113 kW) and 196 Nm.
US Annual Sales
US Calendar Year | Sales |
2000[6] | 53,777 |
2001 | 86,368 |
2002[7] | 86,601 |
2003 | 73,204 |
2004[8] | 70,314 |
2005 | 70,518 |
2006 | 152,047 |
2007 | 172,752 |
2008 | 137,020 |
- ↑ Charman, Andrew (2006). Total 4x4. Parragon. p. 53. ISBN 1405473401.
- ↑ http://www.wisebuyers.co.uk/motoring/car-specifications/Toyota/RAV+4+(2000-06)/
- ↑ "Guy Cars vs. Gal's Cars". MSN. http://editorial.autos.msn.com/article.aspx?cp-documentid=435226.
- ↑ "2006 Toyota RAV4 Review and Specs". JB car pages. http://www.jbcarpages.com/toyota/rav4/2006/. Retrieved on 2008-10-26.
- ↑ "2009 Toyota RAV4 Review". Automoblog.net. http://www.automoblog.net/2008/11/26/2009-toyota-rav4-review/. Retrieved on 2009-01-05.
- ↑ http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2002/01/03/034042.html
- ↑ http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2004/01/05/175869.html
- ↑ http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2006/01/04/205039.html
External links
- Official US Toyota RAV4 Site
- Official UK Toyota RAV4 Site
- Toyota RAV4 Product History
- JB car pages: Toyota RAV4
- Toyota Truck & SUV Club
- RAV4 World
- UK RAV4 Owners Forum
- Toyota RAV4 Information
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If soundings of opinion are to be believed, most Manchester United supporters are deeply unhappy about what has happened to their club this week, but they were doing last night what they have always done, walking down what used to be Warwick Road to see their team play.
Seekers after riots and confrontation were disappointed. There was a woman brandishing a banner. "The message is simple, the message is clear," it read. "Don't Sell My MU." The message was also extensively photographed and filmed, but those with a fundamental objection to their club changing hands for the price of 50 Dwight Yorkes were not otherwise much in evidence.
Even for the visit of Charlton Athletic, whose last visit to Old Trafford was when United were in the old Second Division, the ground was, of course, full to rafters that are soon going to be raised to accommodate an extra 12,000. Nobody has gone so far as to suggest a fans' boycott.
Were there more stewards around in case of trouble? Was the music that little bit louder to drown out any dissident chanting? When play did get under way and United failed to score for the first 15 minutes, there did come, from the old scoreboard end, one chant of abuse directed at Martin Edwards and another that used to be reserved for Alan Shearer, "There's only one greedy bastard" - evidence that the disenfranchised had not left their grievances at home after all.
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Any feeling of disillusionment may find its voice next week. Supporters' and shareholders' organisations are militantly opposed to the change of ownership and a rally is planned in the city on Tuesday.
The last word, perhaps, should go to the other supporters in red replica shirts last night. The Charlton followers, despite an excellent start to the season which continued when they took the lead in the first half, know that they are ultimately fighting a losing battle against clubs with far more financial muscle. "He could buy us if he liked," they sang.
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With one powerful swing of her right leg, Sarah Wehan helped put the Aliso Niguel girls soccer team on the doorstep of another appearance in the CIF-SS Division1 championship match.
Wehan scored the winner in the second half as the Wolverines edged Villa Park, 1-0, in a quarterfinal Thursday at Aliso Niguel High.
The Wolverines (12-3-6) will be on the road Tuesday to play top-seeded Capistrano Valley in the semifinals.
"For us to get back to the semifinals after being the champion last year is huge for the girls," Wolverines coach Randy Dodge said. "We're showing tremendous heart and we believe."
It was a strong defensive start for both teams in the first half. The Spartans' backline of senior Aryanna St. Pierre, junior Jenna Reeves, and sophomore Emily Colon contained the attack of the Wolverines.
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Via infosthetics this morning I discovered what looks like a very promising new news aggregator/search site called Silobreaker.
These guys are basically mining a very hefty set of news outlets (supposedly over 10,000 (!!!) from around the globe) to build relational models between events, people, etc., and give context to any particular news item (hence the name, I guess). In other words, "semantic web" type stuff. Of particular interest is their use of various visualization tools, front and center, to organize all this information. There is a "hotspot" map showing the locations of popular stories, a network graph indicating relationships between people and places mentioned in any particular news item, and a bunch of trend graphs measuring various interesting metrics.
Obviously, what I find most compelling about the site is that it presents a perfect application of information visualization in a context (ie. reading the news) that is relevant to almost everyone who surfs the web. In this case, the particular types of visualizations being used really seem critical to exploration of the site's content, rather than functioning as a side-bar novelty item. And, from my admittedly quick investigation, they appear to work well as exploratory tools -- I'm curious to see how users respond to them. From the design perspective, I think they are, for the most part, simple, effective, and informative; very reminscent of the graphics on Many Eyes. The filtering interface for the network graph could be more user friendly, and I can't find a "help" button anywhere that explains how to read a network graph (which I would argue is pretty important, especially given their potential complexity and that their layout can change depending on filtering options), but it offers a nice overview of relationships with more info to "drill down" in to via mouse-over. One element I particularly like (maybe because I'm writing about it in my thesis right now!) is the use of icons to identify the categories of nodes in the graph. With a quick glance you can easily digest the relationships between people, organizations, cities, etc.. It would be really nice, although I don't know if it is "semantically" possible, if there was way to similarly identify categories in the connections between nodes, to suggest the nature of the relationship without having to drill down and try to extract that from the detailed data.
Visualizations aside, what I find promising about this site from a more "high-concept" perspective is what they describe on their "About" page: the notion of presenting specific news stories within a larger contextual web. News media bias and the "echo-chamber effect" have been hot issues the last few years, and the sort of approach Silobreaker is attempting is, at least on the surface, a great way to deal with it. Particularly when using the visualizations, what you get from a story that you read on Silobreaker is potentially more than just the perpective of the media outlet that contributed the article. This is something that strikes me as tremendously important; as we become more deluged with information, we run the risk of walling ourselves in to "silos" without a clear understanding of the big picture (for a related take on this issue also involving visualization, see Ethan Zuckerman's Global Attention Profiles project at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School from a few years back).
This is definitely a visualization site to keep an eye on. Are any readers already using Silobreaker? What do you think about it? Will it prove useful and compelling, or will it go the way of CNET's similar attempt at incorporating a semantic network graph in to their news reporting?
PS. Please excuse my lack of posts lately on account of my being deep in the thesis writing process!
7 comments:
- Darius Kazemi said...
How did you come up with the Dave Rejeski-based web in the pic? I know him... we worked on a serious game together back in 2003 for the Woodrow Wilson Center.
- February 12, 2008 at 12:48 PM
- mike_d said...
Hi Darius,
I just grabbed that screenshot from a graph of some article about nanotechnology yesterday. You can reproduce it by searching on "nanotechnology" and including some "People" in the graph. He comes up in the following context:
"According to Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN) Director David Rejeski, 'The information obtained under the stewardship program could help government officials ... "
Different Dave Rejeski?
-Mike - February 12, 2008 at 1:47 PM
- Darius Kazemi said...
No, same Dave: http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=about.profile&person_id=5814
- February 12, 2008 at 3:11 PM
- Visual Think Map said...
great post. graphs are similiar to Laurent Baleydier's Kartoo search engine. Visit his site
thanks - September 10, 2008 at 3:16 PM
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Ready meals and breakfast cereals often contain far more fat and salt than claimed on their packaging, according to new research that may make shoppers think twice about eating convenience food.
Laboratory tests found manufacturers of processed food often misled consumers, with some products having up to 91 per cent more fat than was stated on the label.
Unrealistically small portion sizes encouraged people to underestimate the calories they were consuming, while some "healthy" supermarket products had more salt or sugar than economy ranges.
An investigation by Channel 4's Dispatches programme, which goes out tomorrow night, looks at Britain's 70bn-a-year food industry.
According to figures it obtained from the Government, the British have the worst diet in Europe and each year around 70,000 people die prematurely.
Dispatches established that there is no legal stipulation on the accuracy of labels stating levels of fat, sugar and salt.
Instead, guidelines allow manufacturers a margin of error of up to 30 per cent on fat or salt content.
However, laboratory analysis showed some products substantially exceeded even these margins. Six samples of a Waitrose chocolate pudding contained an average of 45 per cent more fat than was stated on the label, with one sample exceeding the amount quoted on the label by 64 per cent.
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A fifth of 43 products exceeded the margin for error on fat content.
Alan Richards, president of the Association of Public Analysts, called for the Government to reduce the margin for error to 10 per cent, saying: "The consumer is entitled to believe what's written on the labels, and I think supermarkets have a responsibility to ensure these labels are as accurate as possible."
Mr Richards, the head of scientific services for Durham County Council, added that there was also now a "crisis" in public health analysis with only 39 professionals keeping a check on commercial food.
Dispatches found that own-brand ready meals in supermarkets with names such as "Healthy Living" or "Be Good to Yourself" were sometimes less healthy than cheaper, economy versions. In addition, some branded products promoted as healthy had more salt or sugar than junk food.
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SHARMINI PERIES, EXEC. PRODUCER, STRATEGIC PLANNING, TRNN: This is The Real News Network. I'm Sharmini Peries, coming to you from Baltimore.
Since Venezuela exports petroleum and petroleum byproducts and imports most of what it needs, the exchange rate is crucial for economic stability. Food scarcity and inflation has been cited among the reasons why there is ongoing protests in Venezuela.
Hoping to quell some of this protest, last week the Bank of Venezuela introduced another exchange system, Sicad II, hoping to take control of inflation and scarcity of essential goods.
To discuss all this and more is our guest, Mark Weisbrot, who recently returned from Venezuela. Mark Weisbrot is an economist and codirector of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C.
Welcome, Mark.
MARK WEISBROT, ECONOMIST AND CEPR CODIRECTOR: Thanks, Sharmini.
PERIES: Mark, what do you take of the recent protests that are going on in Venezuela?
WEISBROT: Well, I think the protests from the beginning have been very politically driven. I know that, you know, most of the press reports say they're driven by inflation and shortages and other issues, but these issues have really been the same since December, and in December, of course, the government party won by a large margin in national, nationwide municipal elections. So nothing really changed between December and February, when these protests started.
But I think what really changed was, you know, the hard-right of the opposition decided they didn't want to wait until next year's parliamentary elections to get rid of the government. So that's been the call from the beginning of these protests, to get out in the streets and get rid of the government.
PERIES: Will the new exchange rate system that was just introduced last week by the Bank of Venezuela make a difference?
WEISBROT: Yes, I think it will. I mean, it already has made some difference. It's brought down the black market dollar, at least since its peak. You know, the dollar is sold--there are dollars bought and sold on the black market that peaked at, you know, around 88, actually, per--88 of the domestic currency, bolívares fuertes, per dollar. And that is--it's about 70 now. And so--and it bounces around some.
But then, of course, the government has introduced a new exchange rate, which is kind of a market-determined exchange rate, and anybody can get dollars there legally. Some people will still go to the black market because they don't want a record of their transaction. Either they're avoiding taxes or it's illegal or whatever reason. But they now can get--people can now get dollars on this legal market from private banks and brokers for the first time in four years.
PERIES: Why is this exchange rate system different from the others? And who benefits from this system?
WEISBROT: Well, there are still two other systems in play. One is a--they're both controlled rates, subsidized rates that are much lower. It's 6.3 per dollar in one of the exchange rates, and that is, you know, for priorities--food and medicine, things like that, and also for, you know, some other goods that the government determines to be strategic. And then there's another rate, which is called Sicad I, or Sicad. It's the first Sicad system. And that's around 11 or 12 per dollar. And that again is also limited.
But this one--Sicad II, it's called--is open to everyone. And I think the advantage of this is it undercuts the black market. It gives people a legal place to get dollars. And, you know, the black market is a unregulated kind of speculative place. And so it contributes to inflation, for example, when there are shortages of dollars for whatever reason and/or there's just--speculation drives it up. So this will be a more normally functioning market, and I think it should contribute to reducing some of the scarcities, and also bringing down inflation.
PERIES: Mark, why is there this multi-tiered system of foreign exchange and currency controls in Venezuela?
WEISBROT: Well, that's been government policy. I mean, I think, you know, it's evolved over the years. They'd had this fixed exchange rate with periodic devaluations. And so they've, instead of just devaluing altogether and having a unified exchange rate, they chose to use this system in order to subsidize certain goods. Basically, I think that's the main reason.
PERIES: And subsidize what goods and how?
WEISBROT: Well, it's mostly, like I said, food and medicine, but other goods that the government considers to be strategic.
So this is the first, I think, step in recent years towards a more market-determined exchange rate. And I think it is--for that reason I think it's better because, you know, historically systems of fixed exchange rates with periodic devaluations tend to invite speculation and they tend to be unstable compared to, say, just a managed floating exchange rate, which is what most of the countries in South America have.
PERIES: Right. So some economists and some of the opposition is complaining that this will actually have adverse effects on the poor and people who are struggling to, you know, buy necessary goods and food on a day-to-day basis. Is that so?
WEISBROT: I don't think so, because I think that you already had a lot of prices that are being determined, the ones that are not controlled being determined by the black market rate. And so I don't see that this will increase inflation.
Also, I guess, today--I'm just seeing the news today about the government has introduced a system of ration cards which is voluntary, but it allows people to get a certain amount of goods, you know, at subsidized rates, which they're already getting through other programs as well.
PERIES: Such as?
WEISBROT: This is mostly for food and essential goods.
PERIES: And what are the other subsidized programs that the poor has access to?
WEISBROT: Well, there's a state--you know, there's a distribution--the Mercal system of food as well. So the problem is that there have been scarcities. And a lot of these scarcities are due to people--for instance, the government estimates that 30 to 40 percent of the foods that they have are actually lost--imported foods--lost across the Colombian border. People take them and sell them. And so this system of the cards that they're having is to regulate that, to make sure that people can only buy a certain amount [incompr.] buy large quantities and take them across the border.
PERIES: Right. Do you expect that this will quell some of the protests that are taking place?
WEISBROT: Well, I don't think--as I said, I don't think the protests are that related to the economic conditions, because, you know, if you look at it again, you know, you can see that protests are confined to about 18 out of 335 municipalities, the richest areas. When I was in Caracas [incompr.] could see where the protests are. They're the richest areas. And the people most affected by the shortages have been--or even the inflation, for that matter, have been the working class and poor people, and they're very decidedly not part of these protests. And, in fact, the majority, if you look at any of the opinion polls, the vast majority of the country is against the protests. So it's a minority faction. And most of the protests are very, very small.
There's been some large peaceful marches, but the protests are--most of the protests are not peaceful. They're--you know, they take place at night, they involve, you know, violence, throwing rocks and firebombs at police who try to clear the barricades or National Guard. You know, most people don't know this, but half of the people killed in the fatalities that you hear every day were actually killed by the actions of protesters, not by security forces.
So these protests are really--they're people who are against the government, and they're going to be against the government no matter what happens to the economy.
But I think the sense that it is related to the scarcities is that, you know, when these people decided to launch this campaign to get rid of the government through violent protest, they were, of course, taking into account, they were hoping that the poor and working-class people would join them at some point because of the scarcities and the inflation. But that just hasn't happened at all.
PERIES: Yet last week Assistant Secretary of State Roberta Jacobson, I believe, said that U.S. had not ruled out the possibility of imposing sanctions on Venezuela, and she's making all of this based on the protests that are going on. And if this actually happens, will these type of sanctions make the situation--at least the economic situation--in Venezuela worse?
WEISBROT: Well, not the sanctions they've been talking about. The sanctions they've been talking about are pretty targeted just towards some individuals that they would select in the government or associated with the government. I don't think they're talking about any kind of economic sanctions that would affect the economy. So I don't think that would make much difference even if they did it, although it is--you know, it's--where they really have their role is the United States gives support to the opposition and to the idea of overthrowing a government by taking this kind of aggressive posture. And that does have an impact. I mean, that's what gives them a lot of encouragement. You know, you can see that from--like, in April, for example, when they had the presidential elections and John Kerry refused to recognize the results of the election. And he was the only government in the world other than Spain that took that position. And then he was forced to back off. And they had violent protests then, too, trying to overturn the results of the election in April. And as soon as the U.S. government recognized, implicitly recognized the results of the election, that was the end of those protests. So I think, again, you know, because the U.S. has--government has so much influence, especially on the international media, and by extension the Venezuelan media, it really does give support to this strategy of regime change and not waiting--not working through the electoral process.
PERIES: Is it a bit premature for the U.S. to be talking about sanctions on Venezuela while the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States leaders just recently, you know, gave a great deal of, you know, verbal support to Venezuelan government and the presidency of Nicolás Maduro?
WEISBROT: Well, yeah, there's no doubt that the United States is completely isolated in this hemisphere on Venezuela, just as the Bush administration was, and probably even more. You know, last month they went to--Washington went to the Organization of American States and tried to get the OAS to intervene in some way in Venezuela by a vote of 29 to three, with just the U.S. having the right-wing government of--Canada and Panama governments. They actually--the OAS turned it around, turned the resolution around completely and expressed their solidarity with the government of Venezuela. So it was a huge diplomatic defeat, and it shows how completely isolated they are.
I mean, these governments see it completely differently. You know, if you look at the statements not only from the OAS resolution but from UNASUR (the Union of South American Nations), MERCOSUR (the trading bloc in Southern America), you know, they all see it as really an attempt to overthrow a democratically elected government, that is, the buildup to a coup. And that is how these governments all see it. And the--you know, they don't see it like the Brazilian protests last year, where people went to the streets 'cause they had grievances against the government. They had specific grievances on the Chilean student protests from 2011 to 2013. You know, those were all organized around demands. In that case it was greater access to education. This is just we want to get rid of the government that was elected, and we haven't been able to win an election for 15 years. They've lost 18 elections, the opposition has, and that's what this is really organized around.
PERIES: In spite of what the opposition is saying or how the media is covering Venezuela, there are some real issues on the ground in terms of affordability and availability of food that is affecting ordinary people. And until government actually begins to address those issues specifically, they may not be able to quell some of the, I know, sometimes radical protests that are going on, organized by a minority of the opposition, even.
WEISBROT: Yeah, well, I definitely think that they do have to do something about the economy. I'm not trying to minimize those problems. I do think--you know, the inflation has stabilized in the last few months. It's actually come down some. And I think the new exchange rate system will help. But they do have to take care of the shortages. And I think they will. But, again, I don't think it's the driving force in these protests. Otherwise, you would see the people who are really most hurt by the shortages supporting the protests, and they really don't.
PERIES: Alright. Mark, thank you very much for joining us today, and we'll keep an eye on what's going on in Venezuela and keep up with our reports.
WEISBROT: Okay. Thank you.
PERIES: Thank you for joining us on The Real News Network.


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A Brave Refrain - Poem by James Whitcomb Riley
When snow is here, and the trees look weird,
And the knuckled twigs are gloved with frost;
When the breath congeals in the drover's beard,
And the old pathway to the barn is lost;
When the rooster's crow is sad to hear,
And the stamp of the stabled horse is vain,
And the tone of the cow-bell grieves the ear--
O then is the time for a brave refrain!
When the gears hang stiff on the harness-peg,
And the tallow gleams in frozen streaks;
And the old hen stands on a lonesome leg,
And the pump sounds hoarse and the handle squeaks;
When the woodpile lies in a shrouded heap,
And the frost is scratched from the window-pane
And anxious eyes from the inside peep--
O then is the time for a brave refrain!
When the ax-helve warms at the chimney-jamb,
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And the house-cat curls in a slumber calm,
And the eight-day clock ticks loud and slow;
When the harsh broom-handle jabs the ceil
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O then is the time for a brave refrain!
When the skillet seethes, and a blubbering hot
Tilts the lid of the coffee-pot,
And the scent of the buckwheat cake grows plain--
O then is the time for a brave refrain!
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How the Law Commission is turning divorce into easySplit, and making a mockery of the principle of marriage
Getting divorced is a painful and difficult thing. You probably hadn't worked that out for yourself, so a quango stuffed with eminent lawyers and judges has taken it upon itself to tell you so.
Since divorce is awful and miserable, the quango in question, grandly called the Law Commission, thinks we ought to do something about it. Wouldn't it be nice if we could get rid of all that 'acrimony and wasted costs'?
This is a favourite song of the great and good of the legal profession, the state-funded charities and the counselling groups, the liberal academics and the think tanks which get reported by the BBC. The tune hasn't changed in 50 years.
And whenever a government has listened and done something about it, the result has been a disaster.
It was the Law Commission – set up by Harold Wilson in the 1960s – which drew up the 1969 Divorce Reform Act. This was widely regarded as a long-delayed and absolutely necessary piece of legislation. It got rid of all that uncaring need to prove fault, with resulting embarrassing court cases, when a couple divorce.
The new law brought in two and five-year waiting periods for divorce by separation, and the quickie, which can take only six months, when someone accepts their behaviour was at fault.
So in one well-designed swoop, our finest legal planners freed unhappy married couples from their bonds, took the pain out of divorce, cut excessive legal costs, rationalised the process of separation, and empowered future generations of women.
Well, they would have done, if only people had behaved the way they were supposed to.
What we got was more lawyers, more costs, and, above all more divorce. In 1968 there were just under 46,000 divorces. That more than doubled by 1972, trebled by 1979, and peaked in 1993 at over 165,000.
Given the very well documented damage caused by divorce to adults and children, I would not be confident in saying the 1969 Act did very much to free people from misery and pain.
Instead the 1969 Act gave us broken families in the millions, complete with child custody struggles and endless battles over who gets the house.
It paved the way for millions more to cohabit rather than marry – what is the point of marriage when divorce is so common? As a result we have ever-growing numbers of single parent families left behind when those cohabitations end, which happens, by the way, rather more than three times faster than even modern marriages break up.
Perhaps it might have been better if the law had encouraged all those people trapped in unhappy marriages to stick with it, rather than get divorced, which didn't seem to make them any happier after all.
The Law Commission, consistent if nothing else, has continued to try to put things right, always in the name of getting rid of that acrimony and those costs. It should change its name to easySplit.
It designed John Major's 1996 Family Law Act, which took the remaining idea of fault, so Victorian and barbarian, out of divorce. It also tried to force couples to go through the newly-fashionable process of mediation, in the name of getting rid of that acrimony and those costs.
Guess how well it worked? After a few test runs, which showed that divorcing couples were still stubbornly acrimonious, Tony Blair killed it off in 2001.
One thing you can say for the Law Commission, it doesn't go away. It has called for a cohabitation law to do for cohabiting couples all that enlightened divorce law has done for the married.
Now it wants sweeping new legislation to tidy up the question of who gets the money when a married couple breaks up, because, according to Commissioner Professor Elizabeth Cooke, 'most people agree the current law is inadequate'.
You don't say.
So look forward to formal legislation on prenups, keeping hold of your premarital money, and rules on how much each partner can expect to get after they divorce.
The one thing you can guarantee there will not be is the much-touted arithmetical formula to decide who gets what. This is because even if it works in Canada it won't work here, and because the judges will never wear it.
All this touches on a larger question. As put by Professor Cooke, the Commission is 'looking at the boundaries of the sharing principle' and considering 'how far the law should be incentivising independence'.
Funny how we have been told for years by all the best-trained people that money and the law cannot possibly encourage people to marry or stay married. But now all of a sudden it can 'incentivise independence'.
What this scheme means is a further radical reform of marriage itself. Marriage is no longer considered a useful platform for bringing up children. If you break the marriage contract the law takes no notice. Now the anachronistic idea that a marriage is for life and the husband and wife share everything is to go.
Will there be much left?
This scheme will land on David Cameron's desk some time next year. We already know this is a Prime Minister who regards marriage chiefly as a useful vehicle for gathering votes.
Tax support for married couples? Yes, but only in the election campaign.
Roll on a party conference and there's not much to say, the Prime Minister asks his aides for some popular, cost-free ideas. Alcohol-free zones in pubs? No, unworkable. Compulsory cross-country running for all school pupils? No, too Eton. Same-sex marriage? Brilliant, let's say we are doing it because we are Conservative, that'll put the Nasty Party to bed.
If Mr Cameron has a scrap of sense left, he will thank the Law Commission generously for its expensively-prepared proposals, before dropping them into the round file.
The day after the victory parade for Team GB which included Derek Derenalagi who was declared dead in Afghanistan after losing both his legs in an IED incident, we have another opportunity to marvel at human achievement.
The sixth anniversary of L/Bdr Ben Parkinson's accident is a time for looking at real human success: real determination and will power. From being told he would not walk or talk again, Ben walked on his C Legs to carry the Olympic torch and is relentless in his work to get better, from physiotherapy and speech therapy to sky diving and adventure sports with his beloved Pilgrim Bandits charity.
It's all a far cry from a pampered, distorted view of the world which some people hold, where criminals are admired and worshipped and seemingly permitted to break the law. And what's more, some of these criminals are funding the very people who are responsible for the attacks on our servicemen and women.
The Hawley Arms in Camden, the hang out of the late Amy Winehouse, is where evidence of this topsy turvey world presents itself for all to see. Alongside parking attendants who turn a blind eye at ticketing illegally parked cars as long as they're friends with the bouncer, music festival casualties rub cheek by jowl with middle class girls who have ditched their smart clothing and opted for car boot sale chic in order to catch the eye of edgy musicians.
Shuffling around like some failed extra from Last of the Summer Wine was one such musician, former bandmate of Pete Doherty and fellow heroin addict who goes by the name of Wolfman. One presumes that come a full moon he doesn't run out into the wilderness. These girls who will have friends, fathers, brothers - boyfriends even - in the Armed Forces and so inevitably will be or have already served in Afghanistan are declaring themselves "starstruck" by an ex-lag heroin addict who does a jolly good impression of a soap dodger.
Heroin addiction helps fund the Taliban. It helps fund people who kill and maim our troops: people like Ben Parkinson and Derek Derenalagi.
There are roughly three levels of Taliban fighter, all linked in some way to the trade in opium. The top level are the fanatics; the organisers, those utterly absorbed in the cause of militant Islam. The second are supporters, mid ranking men who could one day be persuaded to follow a different path. Who may see the benefits of a country not at war. The third are the ten dollars a day fighters. They need the money for their families and are paid far more by the Taliban to pick up an AK-47 than they are farming wheat. The weapons get hidden in hay bales and amongst farming tools when the Western patrols come round but need for money and a fear of the Taliban drives them from being on side with British troops, informing on the whereabouts of IEDs and opposition fighters, costing time and lives.
So where is the glamour in supporting these people? Why do people allow themselves to forget the deadly links when faced with a lyrical lag who has no intention of giving up an illegal habit and only thinking about his own need and not the consequences of his actions? He may be able to afford it and cast off concerns of the crime associated with drug use but many addicts can't. Certainly the self confessed methadone addict who approached me outside Camden station, wearing no shoes and declaring she was 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo', begging for cash and to be taken seriously, cannot say the same.
Role models come in all shapes and sizes but when they are supporting terrorism, surely it's time to stop glamourising everyone with a record deal and money in the bank?


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COMICS INTRO, Bb, IN DREAMS, STAR WARS, ACID BATH CASE, NEUTRO.
STAR WARS ART The art on this page is from a ten page story Fortune, Fate, and the Natural History of the Sarlacc, written by Mark Schultz. The story appears in the comic Star Wars Tales no. 6, published by Dark Horse Comics in December 2000, and reprinted in the Star Wars Tales vol. 2 book. In a fit of madness I decided to render all the artwork in acrylic, rather than do computer colouring, the normal practice for these comics. Along the way I got to paint Jabba the Hutt, Boba Fett, Stormtroopers, Dewbacks and Jawas. I also got to design a new character that Mark Schultz had dreamed up, Grubbat Fhilch, as well as a couple of new creatures found on the planet Tatooine, a bony vulture and a giant three-headed spider! The main subject however, was the life cycle of the Sarlacc as it grew from spore to parasitic larva, then metamorphosed into an adult creature.
The dewbacks were very enjoyable to do, especially as I found great reference in the creature designs wonderfully drawn by Terryl Whitlatch, shown on the official Star Wars site. Original art for this story will be available from the Denis Kitchen Art Agency. OTHER COMICS: AIRFORCE AMAZONS, IN DREAMS, ACID BATH CASE, NEUTRO.
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