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Go outside. Look around you. Is it freezing and dreary? If the answer is yes, you may live in a place called America, where the weather seems to be generally terrible almost everywhere at the moment. No one is safe — not our homes, not our children, not even our Jaguars.
NBC DFW has the scoop on all of the vehicular destruction caused by giant sheets of falling ice in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. They interview one man whose Jaguar S-Type's roof and windshields were completely trashed by ice that fell off a roof. He reports that he thinks the car is totaled, but luckily no one was injured.
The wintry mayhem was not limited merely to European imports. Of course not — ice does not discriminate. The TV station also reports that a nearby Corvette and a Pontiac sedan were also badly damaged thanks to the effects of the ice storm. Click on over to NBC DFW to see the video.
Ice! It hates you and your cars.
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THIS PIE IS AMAZING. I like this more than regular pumpkin pie. My whole family and some of my friends tried it, and they all said it was totally bangin'. Even my put-a-pound-of-butter-in-everything grandma loved it. How can a egg free, dairy free, soy free, gluten free, sugar free pumpkin pie win over a crowd? Magic and a pinch of love. Okay, okay, and some good recipes to work from.
The whole foods/gluten free/vegan/allergy blogosphere is bursting at the seams right now with pumpkin recipes. 'Tis the season, after all. Ali from Whole Foods Nutrition just posted a recipe for Gluten Free Vegan Pumpkin Cheesecake, Nancy from The Sensitive Pantry shared her Spiced Pumpkin Cider Smoothie recipe , Gluten Free Goddess Karina posted a Pumpkin Pie Bread recipe that makes me drool at the thought of it, Naomi at Straight Into Bed CakeFree and Dried posted a recipe for Stuffed Tiny Pumpkins a while back that looks lovely, Susan from FatFree Vegan Kitchen posted a recipe for Fat Free Pumpkin Raisin Biscuits that I want to make GF, and Stephanie at Gluten Free by Nature offered up some delectable-looking dairy-free Pumpkin Ice Cream that I want to try making without eggs. And that's just the beginning! Whew. My reader has been full of pumpkin. And I, like all of you, REALLY wanted something pumpkiny/squashy last weekend.
I wanted pumpkin pie.
Actually, no, I wanted butternut pie. I love butternuts in pie instead of pumpkin, because they are sweeter and just darn tasty. My family was in town, we were having Sunday afternoon dinner, and I wanted those homegrown butternuts in my pantry to be served in pie form. But given my decision to return to the ACD plan, I knew I had some obstacles when embarking on this pie mission. On top of all my other allergy restrictions, I could only use stevia to sweeten, and I needed a lower carb crust. Hmn.
Not easily intimidated, I jumped in headlong, and set to work researching in my big collection of cookbooks. I found inspiration in two standbys: the pie filling is adapted from Myra Kornfield's The Voluptous Vegan, and the crust is adapted from Jeanne Marie Martin's Complete Candida Yeast Guidebook. Kornfield's book is great, whether you are vegan or not - her recipes are innovative and always delectable. I've had this cookbook for years, and have always loved everything from it (her chocolate cake is incredible). I love this filling recipe because it is soy free, unlike many vegan pumpkin pie recipes. It is creamy and dense, with a great mouth feel, and took to my little tweaks very very well! Best yet, it is incredibly easy to make - if you can use a blender, you can make this pie. The most complicated part is finding agar agar powder instead of flakes (according to Myra's recipe notes, the recipe will absolutely not work with flakes). I used a combination of mesquite flour, allspice, and cardamom to season it, since I am still avoiding all those tasty traditional pumpkin pie spices due to some allergies. But I included Myra's original spice combination below as well. The crust is made of high protein flour and ground nuts and seeds, and also worked well with my little tweaks. Martin's Candida guidebook has a ton of great recipe suggestions (as well as great Candida treatment recommendations), and I've tried many of them over the last year or so. This crust is especially awesome, and totally ACD approved: it bakes up crunchy, has a great flavor, and actually holds together better than a lot of gluten-containing crusts I've seen! Last but not least, the cashew cream is born of my own mind, and is rich, thick, quite addictive, and absolutely perfect for dolloping on a big slice.
If you have nut and seed allergies, give this crust a try, substituting coconut oil or shortening for the ghee if you don't tolerate it. Otherwise, try going totally crustless, baking the filling in a greased pie pan for a tasty pumpkin custard! I'm going to give that a try it this weekend, and think it will be just as delicious. The pie will last for 4-5 days in the fridge, and slices can be frozen and thawed. Trust me, I tried both, and those slices of leftover pie were just as good as the fresh ones.
Pumpkin Pie with Crunchy Crust (gluten-free, sugar-free, vegan, ACD)
pie filling adapted from Myra Kornfield's Voluptuous Vegan
yields 1 9" pie
- 3 cup pumpkin or squash puree (from a 2 1/2-3 lb squash, or canned) - I used Butternut squash
- 1 cup SoDelicious Coconut Milk beverage, coconut milk, or other non-dairy milk
- 4 teaspoons melted coconut oil (or other light oil)
- 1/2-3/4 teaspoon stevia extract powder or 30-40 drops tsp plain, vanilla, or English toffee flavor stevia liquid
- 2 tablespoons arrowroot starch or arrowroot flour
- 1 teaspoon agar agar powder (NOT agar agar flakes. If you are not vegan, you can sub 1 teaspoon unflavored plain gelatin powder)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla powder OR 1 teaspoon GF vanilla extract or flavoring
- 2 tablespoons mesquite flour, 1/4 teaspoon allspice, 1/4 teaspoon cardamom OR 1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, 3/4 teaspoon ginger, 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 2-3 tablespoons agave nectar, yacon syrup, vegetable glycerin, coconut nectar, or brown rice syrup
- 1 recipe for Crunchy Crust (recipe below), or other 9" pie crust
Heat oven to 400º F.
Prepare Crunchy Crust or another pie crust recipe, and put in prepared 9" pie pan.
Make puree by placing cooked squash/pumpkin in a food processor/blender, and pureeing until totally smooth.
Add milk, oil, stevia, arrowroot, agar agar powder, salt, vanilla, liquid sweetener (if using) and spices to blender, and blend again until totally smooth and well incorporated. Pour pumpkin mixture into prepared crust and bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool completely before serving.
Gluten Free Crunchy Pie Crust
crust adapted from Jeanne Marie Martin's Complete Candida Yeast Guidebook
yield 1 9" crust
- 1/2 cup raw sunflower seeds
- 1/2 cup raw cashews (or almonds or hazelnuts or other nut/seed)
- 1/2 cup arrowroot flour or arrowroot starch
- 1/2 cup teff flour or amaranth flour
- 1 tablespoon mesquite flour or 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoons salt
- 3 tablespoons melted coconut oil (or other oil)
- 2 tablespoons cold water
Heat oven to 400* F and oil a 9" pie pan.
Grind nuts and seeds in a blender/food processer until finely ground (a few chunks are okay). Mix together ground nuts/seeds, arrowroot, teff, mesquite/cinnamon, and salt in a large bowl until well mixed. Add coconut oil, and toss to evenly coat mixture with oil. Add water bit by bit, until a coarse, dry dough forms. If it seems really dry and won't stick together, add a little more cold water.
Pat into prepared pie tin into a crust about 1/4" thick, and then place in the oven for about 7-8 minutes.
Remove crust from the oven, and let cool slightly in pan on wire rack before filling with pumpkin mixture.
Dairy-free Cashew Whipped Cream (vegan, gluten free, ACD)
yield about 3/4 c
- 3/4 cup raw cashews
- 3/4 cup SoDelicious Coconut Milk beverage, or other non-dairy milk
- 1/4 teaspoon agar powder
- pinch salt
- pinch stevia powder
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1/16 teaspoon vanilla powder or 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
Sprinkle agar agar powder over 1/2 c of non-dairy milk in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, whisking until powder is totally dissolved, about 5 minutes. Add to blender with cashews, additional 1/4 c milk, vanilla, and salt. Add water as needed to get things flowing! Once smooth, add stevia powder to taste.
Chill in refrigerator for about 2 hours, mixture will firm up.
I updated the quantities of stevia due to comments from a reader and recent experiments in my kitchen. I think that these quantities make a better tasting pie! xoxo


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This offer is good on Xbox One S bundles that already come with free games such as the Halo, Madden, and FIFA bundles, so you're actually getting multiple freebies. Xbox One S bundles start at $300.
Some notes about this deal: it's not good on preorder games or secondhand consoles. Get all the specifics about the deal here on the Xbox Wire.
This deal comes right before the release of Microsoft's Forza Horizon 3, which comes out on September 27. You can read GameSpot's review here (spoilers: we liked it a lot).
The Xbox One was the best-selling consoles in the US for July and August, according to NPD data.
The new Xbox One S debuted in August; the system is 40 percent smaller than the original model and features an internal power supply. It also features HDR support for some games and comes with a new Xbox One controller that has Bluetooth support and textured grips. You can read GameSpot's Xbox One S review here.
GameSpot's Forza Horizon 3 review scored the game a 9/10.
Anvil's Legacy landed on September 8, which was the same day that Halo 5's Forge tools came to Windows 10 PCs. The expansion added new maps, weapons, and more; a file browser was also introduced.
Given that Halo 5's playerbase is still reportedly very strong, it makes sense that 343 would want to keep the ball rolling with more content.
Anvil's Legacy was Halo 5's ninth free expansion. Halo 5's other expansions included The Battle of Shadow and Light (November), Cartographer's Gift (December), Infinity's Armor (January), Hammer Storm (February), Ghosts of Meridian (April), Memories of Reach (May), Hog Wild (May), and Warzone Firefight (June).
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Luckey, 24, added that he contributed $10,000 to the anti-Hillary Clinton group, Nimble America.
"I thought the organization had fresh ideas on how to communicate with young voters through the use of several billboards," he explained. "I am a libertarian who has publicly supported Ron Paul and Gary Johnson in the past, and I plan on voting for Gary in this election as well."
He said he is "committed to the principles of fair play and equal treatment." Luckey also said he did not write Reddit posts under the name "NimbleRichMan" nor did he subsequently deleted the account. Editors from The Daily Beast, which broke the news on Thursday, have challenged some of these claims.
"Reports that I am a founder or employee of Nimble America are false. I don't have any plans to donate beyond what I have already given to Nimble America," he added. "Still, my actions were my own and do not represent Oculus. I'm sorry for the impact my actions are having on the community."
You can read Luckey's full statement below.
In the wake of the report on Thursday, multiple developers said they would not bring their games to Oculus Rift.
It's the weekend again...here's a recap of the week's big stories and some you might have missed.
With Battlefield 1's release coming up relatively soon, EA this week announced every map and mode that will be playable at launch on October 21. EA also confirmed that EA/Origin Access members can start playing the game's Play First Trial, for 10 hours, beginning October 13. However, it won't have all the maps and modes, at least not right away.
PlayStation Plus got more expensive this week, as the yearly rate went up to $60 from $50. If you locked in for a new year before September 22, you won't be asked to pay more until a year from now.
The rumors were right. Grand Theft Auto V is getting biker DLC, Rockstar revealed this week. The new update is called Bikers and allows players to form biker gangs of up to eight players. There will be different roles in the club (prospects and presidents are both mentioned), which can partake in "a massive slate of new competitive and co-op gameplay." Details of those activities weren't shared, but Rockstar talks in its announcement about ascending the ranks of your gang and building a lucrative business.
Pokemon Go might be getting a battle mode. The CEO of The Pokemon Company said this week that developer Niantic plans to add new features, like a multiplayer mode, over time. It didn't want to put out all the new features at launch so as not to overwhelm new players, the executive said.
The name Battle.net will soon be no more. Blizzard announced this week that it has begun the process of phasing out the name because it doesn't make sense anymore. Learn more here.
Bungie's multiplayer game Destiny expanded again this week with the launch of Rise of Iron, its latest DLC offering. The $30 expansion added new quests, weapons, items, and more. It also brought a new raid, Wrath of the Machine, which players quickly beat, of course.
An official virtual reality version of Alien Isolation could happen, according to a Sega boss. Can you even imagine how scary that would be? Get all the details here at MCV.
Roadhouse Interactive, a Canadian studio that was working on metal band Iron Maiden's mobile game, has reportedly closed its doors. An estimated 100 people are believed to be out of work. Get more information on the story at Pocket Gamer.
The 38 Studios case continues. Rhode Island news site NBC 10 WJAR reports that the RI Commerce Corp. has reached a $2.5 million settlement with defendants Curt Schilling and others at the defunct Kingdoms of Amalur studio.
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How well is HealthCare.gov really working?
Today, the world's most public beta test continues at HealthCare.gov, as Americans across the country log on to see if the technical issues that have plagued the rollout of the Affordable Care Act are still preventing them from shopping for and enrolling in health insurance plans. After more than a month of intense effort under fierce political scrutiny and intense media coverage, the Obama administration successfully crossed a finish line of its own making: HealthCare.gov is working more smoothly.
In a call with reporters Sunday morning, Jeffrey Zients, a former budget official and entrepreneur charged with cleaning up the mess, took something of a victory lap. He declared a " night and day" difference between the website that re-launched on Oct. 1 and the HealthCare.gov that's online today. "While we still have work to do, we've made significant progress with HealthCare.gov working for the vast majority of consumers," he said. Zients claimed the administration had made dramatic progress on response time, error rates, system stability and capacity in an operational progress report on the site's inner workings, also released Sunday. He also acknowledged that "some weeks" in October, the marketplace was down 60 percent of the time, but said that over the last week of November, HealthCare.gov enjoyed 95 percent uptime, an achievement enabled by nearly 400 bug fixes to the software behind it and a series of improvements to the infrastructure that underpins it. (Although 95 percent uptime is a huge improvement on the performance of Healthcare.gov, it still lags the standards of major e-commerce websites under high demand during the height of the holiday retail season, when 100 percent uptime is the aspiration and 98-99 percent is a reasonable expectation.)
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It will be tempting for the Obama administration to declare "Mission Accomplished." After all, many observers (including yours truly) were skeptical that the website was salvageable by applying a " tech surge" in such a compressed time frame. Just adding a lot more programmers, the thinking went, wouldn't work, as even talented engineers who aren't familiar with the code or system of a given troubled project can add more time to the total needed for a fix, as opposed to expediting it.
Were we wrong? It's now fair to say that the response that followed an Oct. 15 meeting in the White House has been a qualified success, with more streamlined project management and a data-driven approach to tracking issues and fixing them. And the progress report is remarkably clear-eyed for a government document: It both highlights significant problems with the site and identifies the root causes of its failure. These root causes included "hundreds of software bugs, inadequate hardware and infrastructure, and a general lack of system monitoring and incident response capabilities," according to the report, along with "weaknesses in how the project was being managed, with slow decision making and diffuse or unclear accountability." What's also remarkable is how quickly the administration found its footing. It brought in highly skilled private-sector technologists to assess and troubleshoot the issues, made QSSI the primary contractor for the project and consolidated management and decision-making under Zients—all of which clearly made a difference.
That said, the White House would be foolish to relax even for one evening. There's still so much that needs to be fixed—and the progress that has been made may not hold up in the face of increased demand during the work week to come. There's still enough ambiguity around the performance of the back end of the site that it's not hard to imagine more major bugs coming to light, with all of the attendant consequences for the successful implementation of Obama's signature domestic initiative and the millions of Americans who could be left frustrated and uninsured in the new year. Now is no time for complacency.


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SF Analytical Laboratories has been approved for ISO 17025 accreditation by the ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board/ACLASS. ISO 17025 is the single most important standard for calibration and testing laboratories around the world. Laboratories that are accredited to this international standard have demonstrated that they are technically competent and able to produce precise and accurate test and/or calibration data. Labs meeting the ISO 17025 standard also operate in accordance with ISO 9001 within their scope of accreditation.
"For 113 years, SF Analytical Laboratories has prided itself on results with integrity," said Dave Kliber, president of SF Analytical Laboratories. "We are pleased to now be able to demonstrate what that means in the context of international standards for calibration and testing labs with this approval from ACLASS," Kliber continued. "Congratulations to our team for their efforts and hard work in achieving this important goal and meeting such rigorous standards."
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Position: Rapper
Birthday: April 24, 1995
Blood Type: A
Height: a bit over 180CM
Star Sign: Taurus
My favourite colour: Black
Idol: Chris Brown
Educational Background : School of Performing Arts Seoul
Experience: Truth game(진실게임), All my love (몽땅내사랑)(2011)
01. Kwangmin is the younger twin
02. Kwangmin has a slightly deeper voice than Youngmin
03. The twins have a younger brother named Hyunmin
04. Kwangmin and Youngmin can't do gag, their gags are not funny at all
05. Kwangmin is a 1st year student in Seoul School of Performing Arts along with members Youngmin and Minwoo
06. "Kwangmin has a longer jawline…" -Hyunseong
07. He used to train under JYP Entertainment along with his brother, Youngmin
08. Kwangmin asks Minwoo for help when he forgets the dance moves
09. Kwangmin is bad at knowing the atmosphere
10. Kwangmin is very good at sharing things
11. Kwangmin is the shyer twin
12. Kwangmin is known as the prankster
13. The twins are known as SS501 Kim Hyun Joong's look-a-like
14. Kwangmin wanted to go blonde too but the company said no
15. The twins shared backpack when going to recording
16. Kwangmin sit in a mermaid style since he was young and still does now
17. Kwangmin has been in over 300 CFs along with his brother, Youngmin
18. The twins name "YoungKwang" means "honor"
19. Due to Kwangmin's shyness, he gets less camera time compared to Youngmin
20. The twins are scared of firecrackers
21. Kwangmin once shared a room with Youngmin and Jeongmin at the dorm but they complain for it to be too quiet
22. Kwangmin had his MC debut on June 18th, 2011 on MBC Show! Music Core alongside member Youngmin, T-ara's Jiyeon, miss A's Suzy and BEAST's Doojoon and Yoseob in place for SHINee's Onew and Minho
23. Kwangmin wants to be the type of boyfriend who cares for his lover silently
24. Kwangmin wants to walk around the park and then present his girlfriend with a ring like a typical style of dating.
25. Kwangmin said in an interview that he been very busy recently and he haven't talk or meet his family at all. Suddenly, Youngmin yelled out "BUT IM YOUR FAMILY!"
26. When the twins were little, they did everything together
27. When they were little, Kwangmin would always be there when Youngmin had a CF or any other
28. Kwangmin is a fan of Dynamic Duo
29. The twins' father dreamed of being a singer himself
30. Kwangmin is too hyper or active
31. The twins sleep at the same time and in the same position
32. Kwangmin is clumsier than Youngmin
33. Kwangmin was one of the characters acting in KBS "All My Love" along with members Youngmin and Minwoo
34. Kwangmin appeared in SISTAR's debut MV "Push Push" along with members Donghyun and Youngmin.
35. Kwangmin would like Jungmin to be his boyfriend if he was a girl
36. Kwangmin likes soccer
37. Kwangmin likes ddeokbokki
38. Kwangmin likes a movie called "Harmony"
39. The twins have a younger brother who is younger by 2 years
40. Kwangmin likes Pororo
41. Kwangmin likes Korea's famous rapper, Dynamic Duo sunbaenim, because they're cool!
42. Kwangmin's dream used to be a Novelist, but then changed to a singer/rapper
43. Youngmin and Kwangmin don't fight as much. If they do, they would just talk back to each other nicely or crack some jokes and they'll be fine
44. Once, Kwangmin had to replaced Youngmin's photoshoot because Youngmin fell from a swing and cried
45. Kwangmin spends his free time to chat with the other members and the topic they discuss is mostly about music.
46. If Kwangmin has a chance to act, he wants the kind of role like helping the main lead in a drama to do things.
47. Kwangmin and Hyunseong are the ones that has to wake Youngmin up
48. Kwangmin wants to write his own rap lyrics like Dynamic Duo
49. "Kwangmin is like the hyung, but at the end of the day, Youngmin steps up as the real hyung when he has to." -Donghyun
50. According to Donghyun, even back then the twins had different hair colours
51. 2PM's Taecyeon once pulled the twins together on stage of KBS Music Bank when 2PM won an award – 2PM's Taecyeon is the closest with the twins
52. "I've cut my hair shorter and practiced making masculine facial expressions every day" -Kwangmin
53. Kwangmin loves Pikachu
54. While promoting their debut song, "Boyfriend", Kwangmin fractured his thumb and had to perform wearing a cast for over 3 weeks
55. The twins like to eat grapes (cr: Shereen_Aki @ Weibo via boyfriend-champion)
56. According to fans, the twins owns an iPad – and even stuck their names onto it so they wouldnt get mixed up (cr: Shereen_Aki @ Weibo via boyfriend-champion)
57. When asked about what the twins' different personality of one being more quiet and the other being more lively, Kwangmin admits that he is the quiet one in which the interviewer was shocked of.
58. When asked what role he would like to play in a movie, Kwangmin answered "I want to challenge the role of a criminal, and also the role of a crazy kid who gets himself involved in many situations."
59. Kwangmin's ideal girl are 'girls who are a bit silly, but as bright as sunshine. I like her to be kind-hearted, and have the ability to understand others.'
60. The twins share the same bunk bed with Youngmin on the top bunk and Kwangmin on the lower bunk.
61. "I want to read many books. I am interested in writing lyrics, especially rap. If I read more books, I'll be able to write better lyrics." -Kwangmin (57-61, cr: boyfriend-champion)
62. Kwangmin proudly pointed himself as a member he would want to date if he was a girl. [Allkpop Interview]
63. While filming for their music video for "I'll Be There", Kwangmin said that his pants ripped once.
64. When the twins are alone, the can't even say a single word to each other. [W Academy]
65. According to Youngmin, Kwangmin doesn't speak much when it's only the two of them together [W Academy]
66. Kwangmin's bed is filled with Pikachu dolls [W Academy]
67. Kwangmin sleeps on the top bunk [W Academy]
68. Kwangmin's comment on his personality, "I'm nice, I get excited quickly, I have a lot of symphaty, I'm off the wall, I don't think, I'm innocent, I'm annoying to others….because the leader said so" [W Academy]


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WildC.A.T.s original team, art by Jim Lee
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Wildcats, sometimes rendered WildCats or WildC.A.T.s, is a fictional superhero team created by the American comic book artist Jim Lee and writer Brandon Choi.
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Publication history
The team first appeared in 1992 in the first issue of their eponymous comic book WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams, published by Image Comics. It was Image founding partner Jim Lee's first work published by the newly launched company, and his first creator owned project. The Wildcats were the starting point for Lee's menagerie of interconnected superhero creations which became the foundation of the Wildstorm Universe. The Wildcats comics, launched at the apex of a speculator-fuelled comics sales boom, was wildly popular at its inception, with wholesale sales to comic book stores above one million copies for early issues. This first series ran for 50 issues, and in addition to Lee featured work by such prominent comics creators as Travis Charest, Chris Claremont, James Robinson and Alan Moore. This popularity saw the property expand into other media, with an animated adaptation of the comic debuting on CBS in 1994 and a toyline from Playmates Toys.
In 1998, ownership of the Wildcats concepts and characters were sold to DC Comics, a subsidiary of Time Warner, as part of DC's acquisition of Lee's company Wildstorm Productions. A new incarnation of the team was soon launched, under the simplified title Wildcats, focusing on the former members of the now-disbanded team and emphasizing a grittier tone during its 28-issue run. The third series, Wildcats Version 3.0, revolved around the HALO Corporation, its CEO Jack Marlowe (an amalgamation of original team members Spartan & Void), Grifter and a gallery of new characters subverting corporation politics to their cause of creating a better world. This incarnation lasted 24 issues and was followed by a nine-issue limited series titled Wildcats: Nemesis, which returned to a more superheroic style reminiscent of the first series. In late 2006, a fourth ongoing series was launched as a part of the Worldstorm publishing initiative. The series saw the return of Jim Lee as regular penciller for the first time since its first volume while Grant Morrison took over writing duties. Only one issue was ever published, with future issues placed on hold. In mid-2008 a fifth volume of Wildcats was launched, tying into the World's End crossover event.
WildC.A.T.s volume 1
Launched as an original Image comic book title by popular X-Men penciler Jim Lee and his friend, writer Brandon Choi, the comic book's premise revolved around the centuries long war between aliens called Kherubim and Daemonites. Kherubims, a nearly immortal, human-looking alien race with exceptional powers and skills, traveled to Earth and by breeding with humans populated the planet with "Half-Breeds". Daemonites, besides having a fearsome appearance, also possessed various superhuman abilities including body possession and mental control over human beings. The initial arc brought Voodoo over to the team as the readers' point of view character as Helspont, a Daemonite warlord had taken control over Vice President of the United States Dan Quayle. Rob Liefeld's Youngblood co-starred in the closing chapters of the arc.
WildC.A.T.s' story continued in a three-part mini-series, penciled by Jae Lee, that introduced the Daemonite Lord Hightower. Jim Lee and Marc Silvestri proceeded to publish a 'Killer Instinct' crossover detailing Warblade's connection to Marc Silvestri's Cyberforce.
Jim Lee devoted his time to coming up with the new concepts of Gen13, Deathblow and Stormwatch. Before he left the book he did the four-issue Gathering of Eagles storyline written by his Uncanny X-Men writer, Chris Claremont. It featured a new villain in Tapestry and added the characters of Mister Majestic, Savant and Soldier, and featured Claremont's creator owned character Huntsman.
Almost all of the characters were spun off into their own mini-series, with Zealot featured in a 3 part Ron Marz written story, Spartan having his Kurt Busiek written mini-series, Warblade sharing another with Cyberforce's Ripclaw, Grifter co-starred in a mini with Stormwatch's Backlash that led to the latter's ongoing title, as well as another with Youngblood's Badrock, Billy Tucci's Shi and even Dark Horse's the Mask.
James Robinson wrote a handful of issues, and also participated in the Wildcats' first Annual as well as a Team One Stormwatch/WildC.A.T.s mini-series detailing the past of the Wildstorm universe. The title also participated in the WildC.A.T.s-oriented "Wildstorm Rising" crossover that saw the heroes try to gain control of the Daemonite battleship, which turned out to be the Kheran Ship instead, with WildC.A.T.s eventually leaving for Khera. Following a Grifter oneshot, the crossover gave birth to a short-lived Steven Seagle written Grifter series that centered on his super spy/superhero adventures while linking to an obscure Team One character Regiment at one point.
Alan Moore attempted to give the series depth and cohesion by following up on the initial premise of the Daemonite and Kherubim war. After Grifter resigned, the C.A.T.s had the opportunity to venture to Khera where they found what appeared to be paradise. The Kherubims had won the Daemonite-Kherubim war and were living in prosperity. Appearances were deceiving, however, and it was apparent the planet was run by power-hungry politicians who had ruthlessly subjugated the Daemonites as second-class citizens. Voodoo, with her Daemonite blood, experienced this firsthand. Maul's race was also treated unjustly and though Emp, Warblade and Zealot were seduced by promises of power and recognition, Spartan discovered the truth about Khera's corrupt leaders. It took the death of one of Maul's race for the WildC.A.T.s to leave and head back for Earth. Disillusioned by the outcome of the war offworld and their selfishness, the team fell apart. Voodoo left and Emp fell into depression. The original team returned to Earth in pieces and despite having new members, they were defeated by the cunning traitor, Tao, who had manipulated them at each turn. Alan Moore also participated in Fire From Heaven, a huge continuity-heavy crossover that resolved plotlines regarding Team One, Team 7 and Kaizen Gamorra.
Alan Moore spun Voodoo off in a four-issue mini-series that had almost no connection to WildC.A.T.s mythos instead dealing with voodoo magic. Alan Moore also wrote a time-traveling WildC.A.T.s/Spawn crossover mini-series.
At the time, Grifter had another turn at an ongoing series, this time written by Steven Grant with a much more gritty take on the character while Zealot was featured in a Backlash spinoff, Wildcore.
A two part arc was set in place before the book's co-creator Brandon Choi returned, setting up the short lasting Savant Garde spin-off. Choi initiated a storyline with an organization called Puritans as the main villains. The Puritans' goal was to eradicate the Kherubim and Daemonites on Earth. The 'C.A.T.s included Grifter, Condition Red and new members Mythos (a Kherubim Lord), Olympia (a Coda-trained Daemonite) and Sister Eve (the daughter of Emp's brother, Lord Entropy). The team traveled in time, and had various adventures through different time periods.
Wildcats volume 2
After the first series cancellation, WildStorm, now an imprint of DC Comics, resurrected the Wildcats under a whole different premise - Wildcats dealt with the lives of the original members after the team's breakup following a botched mission during which team member Zealot apparently died. Scott Lobdell provided the writing for the initial seven issues as well as a Mosaic oneshot detailing the change in Lord Emp, with Travis Charest penciling most of them. New villains like Kenyan and CC Rendozo were featured as antagonists, but it was all dropped very quickly, with Charest leaving the monthly comic format to work on a French Metabarons graphic novel called Dreamshifters and Lobdell exiting a couple of issues later.
As Joe Casey and Sean Phillips took over Wildcats, they quickly dealt away with Kenyan while Void and Emp ended up having Spartan absorb their assets and powers, thus the book began a long spell featuring him aided by Ladytron and Grifter with Maul and Voodoo guest-starring and as well as new characters Noir, Agents Wax and Mohr of the National Park Service. Warblade was featured very briefly, last time in the Wildcats 2000 annual that brought back the dead version Condition Red, killing Olympia. Casey and Phillips signaled the new Wildstorm - critically acclaimed but low on readers' radar. The heroes fought Samuel "Slaughterhouse" Smith (a superhuman serial killer whose grandfather had appeared in Team One: WildC.A.T.s) after which eventually Zealot returned. Casey also wrote the Ladytron oneshot, a farsic rendition of her past, as well as a Mister Majestic ongoing series which ran for nine issues.
Wild Times: Wildcats and Wild Times: Grifter were published as oneshots, as a part of the crossover series Wild Times that spotlighted the characters in Elseworlds-like alternate reality scenarios that blended genres. Wildcats also participated in the WildC.A.T.s/Aliens crossover written by Stormwatch's Warren Ellis that served as a coda to that series and a prequel to his Authority run, having very little to do with the Wildcats themselves.
Wildcats volume 3
The third series, Wildcats Version 3.0, was a part of the mature readers' Eye of the Storm imprint, dealing with Spartan's (now Jack Marlowe) agenda to better the world by proliferating advanced technology and power sources throughout the world via the HALO Corporation. Grifter was his troubleshooter and Agent Wax was one of his first associates. The stories added a motley group to this proactive organisation including the power broker C.C. Rendozzo and her organization, Agent Orange, and Grifter's unlikely pupil Edwin Dolby, one of HALO's accountants. The series ended with a thunderous finale where Zealot destroyed the Coda chapter she created on Earth. The whole series was written by Joe Casey and most of it was illustrated by Dustin Nguyen.
Concurrent with Wildcats Version 3.0, Wildstorm also published a critically acclaimed noir-superhero series Sleeper starring Alan Moore's Wildcats villain Tao, several Wildcats and other related characters. Spartan played a role in the Coup D'État crossover centering on The Authority taking over as rulers of the Wildstorm Universe's United States.
After guest-starring in Superman books, in 2004 DC published a Mr. Majestic mini-series to test waters for an ongoing series that ran for seventeen issues.
Wildcats starred in a limited series by Robbie Morrison and Talent Caldwell entitled Wildcats: Nemesis, focusing on Zealot, Majestic and the Coda continuity, while heavily spotlighting the new Wildstorm universe anti-hero character of Charis, Lady Nemesis.
At the same time, Wildstorm published the Captain Atom: Armageddon maxi-series, heavily featuring the Wildcats as they tried to help DC character Captain Atom return to his universe and stop him from accidentally destroying their reality. Nikola, a female medic became the new Void with Captain Atom sharing a part of the power that eventually remade the Wildstorm universe altogether.
Wildcats volume 4
In 2006, as part of the "Worldstorm" line-wide event, the title was restarted, written by Grant Morrison and drawn by Jim Lee. The team consisted of Spartan, Mr. Majestic, Zealot, Grifter, Voodoo, Savant, and Ladytron. Warblade is on a secret mission, and Maul has retired to his civilian identity. Kaizen Gamorra returned as villain, aided by the WildCats' first enemy, Helspont. However, the title was permanently put on hold after only one issue.
Wildcats volume 5
In July 2008 Wildstorm debuted a new ongoing WildCats series[1] written by Christos Gage[2] and pencilled by Neil Googe[3] following on from the imprint's Number of the Beast mini-series.[4] Adam Beechen took over writing duties from Gage in late 2009,[5] with he, and artist Tim Seeley, starting with issue #19[6] until the book's cancellation in December 2010 with #30.
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Original team
The original WildC.A.T.s (Covert Action Team) consisted of:
- Spartan: Originally intended to be a highly sophisticated cyborg who could "die" and easily be downloaded to another body, Spartan's character has been revised several times. It was discovered that he was designed after the Hadrian-series of cyborgs from the Kherubim's homeworld and there were plenty of similar androids like him.[7] Spartan had "human emotions" towards Voodoo. Spartan's history grew even more complicated when Alan Moore explained that he was an incarnation of a long-dead hero, John Colt a.k.a. the Kherubim lord Yohn Kohl.[volume & issue needed] Later still,[volume & issue needed] he absorbed the powers of Void, making him one of the most powerful beings in the Wildstorm Universe. He later turned away from the role of superhero,[volume & issue needed] trying to improve the world as Jack Marlowe, CEO of the Halo Corporation by introducing highly advanced alien technology into human society.
- Zealot (Lady Zannah): A Kherubim and a Coda warrior. Zealot is the former Majestrix of the Coda and helped develop their virtues and practices. She has lived for thousands of years and has had many relationships with both humans and aliens alike. After failing to follow her own rules under the Coda, she left their clan and they have hunted her since. She was part of Team One under the name of Lucy Blaze. Zealot has a close friendship with Grifter though she is equally devoted to her sister Savant, who is secretly her real daughter. Winter from Stormwatch is, possibly, Zealot's son. Zealot left the Wildcats and for a limited amount of time she joined Dept. PSI and co-led WildCORE with Backlash; a half Kherubim and former member Team 7. In later years Zealot turned upon her former allies in the Coda, claiming that by becoming mere assassins they have betrayed their purpose.[volume & issue needed] Since then she has almost wiped out the Coda single-handed.[volume & issue needed]
- Voodoo (Priscilla Kitaen): A telepathic Human-Kherubim hybrid with Daemonite ancestry, Voodoo has the ability to see Daemonites who have possessed humans and separate them from the bodies the Daemonites possessed. Voodoo was an exotic dancer before being rescued by the WildC.A.Ts from the Daemonites. She was later trained by Zealot in combat and developed an attraction towards Spartan. Her Daemonite ancestry was not revealed until she lapsed into a coma after being shot. Void entered her mind through a computer, and it was revealed that one of her ancestors, a Kherubim, was possessed by a Daemonite.[volume & issue needed] Disappointed by her life as a superhero, she left the Wildcats and studied Voodoo magic.[volume & issue needed] After she left the Wildcats, Voodoo was attacked by a serial killer named Samuel Smith, a fight which cost her both her legs. An elderly Daemonite appeared to her and taught her to use her hidden powers of regeneration and time manipulation. She managed to regrow her legs and started a relationship with her former teammate Maul.[volume & issue needed]
- Grifter (Cole Cash): A former government operative and member of Team 7. He is the only male ever trained by the Coda. Grifter represented the loner of the group though he seemed devoted to his partner Zealot. He was the only member of the original team not to use any active post-human powers (even though he had them due to being gen-active following Team 7's disbanding). His disagreements with Jacob Marlowe and the arrival of a second group of WildC.A.T.s[volume & issue needed] led to his resignation and ill-fated solo comic book series. He returned to the Wildcats after the death of his brother, Max, only to leave the team again after Zealot's apparent death.[volume & issue needed] Emp managed to convince him to rejoin the team to battle the threat of Kenyan.[volume & issue needed] After Kenyan's death, Cole started working for Jack Marlowe. This job cost him the use of his legs, landing him in a wheelchair for a long time, even forcing him to use Ladytron's robotic body as a remote-controlled stand-in[volume & issue needed]. Later, Grifter's latent powers healed his broken legs.[volume & issue needed]
- Maul (Jeremy Stone): A Human-Titanthrope hybrid capable of increasing his size and mass at the cost of his reasoning capability. Maul experiences powerful rage and is actually a Nobel-prize-winning scientist named Dr. Jeremy Stone. In the second series, by which time Voodoo has become his roommate of three months, he was shown to have become more devoted to science and reluctant to use his superhuman abilities. He discovered he could increase his intelligence by decreasing his body mass, but this proved to be physically depleting.[8]
- Warblade (Reno Bryce): A Human-Shaper hybrid capable of transforming parts of his body into any solid weapon. Warblade is an accomplished martial artist. Although a virtual killing machine, Reno also has the soul of an artist, having his sculpted work displayed in major art galleries. During Moore's run, a Kheran lord trained him in the use of his powers.[volume & issue needed] In the second series, he killed the mercenary Pike for killing his girlfriend and retired as a superhero.[volume & issue needed] He still keeps in touch with Grifter.
- Void (Adrianna Tereshkova): She has the ability to see the future and teleport herself and others to anywhere on Earth due to her absorption of an Orb of Power. Over time, Void grew more and more distant from humanity and the part of her spirit that was Adrianna moved on to the afterlife.[volume & issue needed] The Void entity existed without any host for a short time, before the actions of the traitor Noir endangered its existence and Spartan temporarily became its new host[volume & issue needed] before it bonded with paramedic Nikola Hanssen.[volume & issue needed]
- Lord Emp (Jacob Marlowe): A multi-millionaire who owns the media/technology conglomerate the Halo Corporation. Although he was once a Kherubim warlord, Emp does not remember his past and has no control over the powers he once wielded. It was the woman named Void who took him from his life as a homeless man and made him into the wealthy financier of the WildC.A.Ts.[volume & issue needed] It was revealed[volume & issue needed] he has assumed other rich personas in the past, including that of industrialist Saul Baxter during most of the 20th century. In the second series, Emp had taken a more alien appearance in preparation for his 'Ascension', a process which ultimately cost him his physical body but freed his spirit.[volume & issue needed] Gone from the physical plane of existence, he left all his possessions to Spartan.
Savant's team
A second team was introduced later in the series. They were formed after the original team, rumored to be dead, had left for Khera, the Kherubim homeworld. This unlikely group broke from the WildC.A.T.s usual anti-Daemonite agenda and conducted a proactive war on criminals. This alienated them from many other characters in the Wildstorm universe.
- Mister Majestic (Lord Majestros): Another Kherubim warlord who is one of four that had been stuck on Earth. Mr. Majestic is a Superman homage, with similar powers and physical characteristics, though he also is a genius inventor and a highly skilled martial artist (focused mostly on swordplay). He recently crossed over into the Superman comics, replacing the Man of Steel for a brief time[volume & issue needed], though he later returned and recently met Captain Atom[volume & issue needed]. Following his return from the DC Universe, Majestic starred in his second ongoing solo-series.
- Savant (Kenesha): The daughter of Lord Majestros and Zealot (a fact which was until recently[volume & issue needed] only known to Zealot). Savant thinks she is Zealot's sister. She is an adventurer possessing many artifacts of mystic power and advanced technologies, including boots that can teleport the person who wears it and a piece of Void's Orb. Savant has shown superhuman strength, virtual immortality and has genius-level intellect, but can also be irresponsible and brash. She was the leading character of the short-lived Savant Garde series.
- Condition Red (Max Cash, also known as Max Profitt): The younger brother of Grifter with excellent fighting and marksmanship abilities. Max was gunned down by a Coda Assassin in issue #49 of the first series and died in the final issue. He was resurrected as a zombie for one annual in the second series.
- T.A.O.: An artificially produced human being with peculiar thinking abilities that enables him to be inhumanly persuasive and incredibly intuitive. He was eventually revealed to have been manipulating the team to self-destruction, the revelation of which caused him to seemingly be killed by Majestic.[volume & issue needed] Eventually it was revealed that he had foreseen this and had a shapeshifted prisoner take the hit.[volume & issue needed] He later re-appeared[volume & issue needed], having founded a worldwide criminal organization that aimed to destabilize human global governments, public institutions and age-old secret societies that controlled many aspects of the Wildstorm Universe. T.A.O.'s story after he left the WildC.A.T.S. were told in the series Point Blank and Sleeper.
- Ladytron (Maxine Manchester): A cyborg punk with homicidal tendencies. She was captured by the Wildcats and through T.A.O.'s reprogramming convinced to join the team. She admired the cybernetic mercenary Overtkill and was romantically interested in Max Cash, though her interest was not returned. When T.A.O. was revealed as a traitor, he disabled her robotic body and Ladytron was taken to the Church of Gort. She became a nun for this new age cult devoted to robotics, but had a falling out with its members because she still contained organic bodyparts[volume & issue needed]. She ended up with the Wildcats again, but was wounded again, this time by the serial killer Samuel Smith. The damage was so extensive that Ladytron was shut down.[volume & issue needed] A short stint as Noir's reprogrammed pawn later, Ladytron's mind was downloaded into the Halo mainframe and her body was used by the wheelchair-bound Grifter as a remote-controlled stand-in.[volume & issue needed]
Time travel team
The team consisted of Grifter, Max Profitt (Max Cash), Void and Spartan (an old Spartan unit, with no knowledge about Khera or the "previous life" as John Colt), as well as these new members[volume & issue needed]:
- Mythos: A powerful mystic and Kherubim lord. He has superhuman physical attributes, such as an incredible speed.
- Olympia: A Daemonite mercenary who has Coda training. Unlike many of her race, she was peaceful and even adopted a teenager named Kai as her apprentice. When Max Cash was killed, she killed his assassin in revenge. She was killed by a resurrected Max Cash during the Devil's Night crossover
- Sister Eve: Lord Entropy's daughter, who was a nun before joining the WildC.A.T.s. She has inherited her father's "chaos power", which allows her to affect an object's molecular structure.
3.0 cast
Besides Grifter and Jack Marlowe, the main characters were:
- Grifter II (Edwin Dolby): Jack Marlowe's main accountant and right-hand man in the Halo Corporation. When Grifter's legs were seriously injured in a mission, he started training Dolby to be the second Grifter after learning of Dolby's natural aptitude for markmanship. Dolby, however, refused to kill. Despite this, Dolby was sent on a mission and during this mission he panicked and accidentally killed a man. He suffered a mental breakdown and quit Halo, but Marlowe was able to convince him to return by reinforcing his belief in the success of Halo's mission.
- Agent Wax: Jack Marlowe's mole at the National Park Service, a government agency tasked with monitoring superhuman activity. Wax is gifted with strong hypnotic powers, but his superiors never knew this. He quit the Service after the death of his partner, but he returned later. Because he had left, he was forced to take a desk job and was bullied by his boss, Agent Downs. He enacted revenge by using his powers to force Downs' wife into having sex with him on multiple occasions. Downs learned of Wax's manipulations and forced Wax to a confrontation. Wax made Downs kill himself with his hypnotic powers. He then used his powers to impersonate Downs. Marlowe found out about Downs' death, but decided to give Wax a second chance.
- C. C. Rendozzo: An information broker who knows about Jack Marlowe's alien origin. In return for her silence on his alien heritage, he agreed to rescue her son, who had been kidnapped by his government agent father. Despite spending most of her time behind a desk, Rendozzo is quite skilled with firearms and joined Grifter in an attempt to rescue Zealot, even taking a number of her henchmen along with her.
- Agent Orange: Another mole of Jack Marlowe, this time at the FBI. Agent Orange is an enhanced human, who can be mentally programmed for certain tasks. Agent Orange's blood is composed of dioxin and he has shown superhuman strength, durability and endurance. Never speaking or showing any emotion, Agent Orange is quite similar in appearance and behaviour to The Terminator.
- The Beef Boys: Two remarkably, possibly superhumanly, strong men dressed in S&M fetish gear. Apart from running a BDSM club, they are also mercenaries who work for Grifter from time to time. The taller of the two, Glenn, never speaks, while the other, Cedric, is quite eloquent. Glenn was killed by the Coda.
"World's End"
With the "World's End" crossover, original Wildcats Spartan, Zealot, Voodoo, Grifter, Maul and Warblade were brought together again to help save what was left of the human race. Their membership also included Ladytron as well as new members:
- Nemesis: A Coda warrior and former lover of Majestic.
- Backlash (real name Jodi Slayton, formerly known as Jet): The daughter of the original Backlash. She possesses superhuman speed and reflexes.
Nemesis subsequently went missing following the teams battle with Majestic, while Savant rejoined the team.
Creative teams
Volume 1
- 0–9: Jim Lee (Plot, Art), Brandon Choi (Script), Brett Booth (Art #0)
- 10–13: Chris Claremont (Writer), Jim Lee (Artist)
- 14: Erik Larsen (Writer, Artist)
- 15–20: James Robinson (Writer), Travis Charest, Jim Lee (Artists)
- 21–34: Alan Moore (Writer), and various artists (Jim Lee, Mat Broome, Travis Charest and others)
- 35–36: Barbara Kesel (Writer), Pascual Ferry, Rich Johnson and Carlos D'Anda (Artists)
- 37–50: Brandon Choi, John Peterson (co-plotters), Mat Broome, Ed Benes and others (Artists)
Volume 2
- 1–7: Scott Lobdell, Joe Casey (co-plotters), Travis Charest and others (art)
- 8–28: Joe Casey (writer), Sean Phillips, Steve Dillon (art)
Volume 3.0
- 1–24: Joe Casey (writer), Dustin Nguyen and others (art)
Volume 4
- 1: Grant Morrison (plot), Jim Lee (art).
Volume 5
- 1–12: Christos Gage (writer), Neil Googe, Pete Woods (art).
- 13–18: Christos Gage (writer), Shawn Moll (art).
- 19–30: Adam Beechen (writer), Tim Seeley (art).
Collected editions
Trade paperback collections:
- WildC.A.T.S Covert Action Teams: Compendium (ISBN 1563895870) - Collects vol. 1 # 1-4
- WildC.A.T.S/Cyberforce: Killer Instinct (ISBN 1401203221) - Collects vol. 1 #5-7 and Cyberforce V2 #1-3 (ISBN 1401203221)[9]
- A Gathering of Eagles - Collects vol. 1 # 10-13 (ISBN 978-1-56389-585-2)
- James Robinson's Complete WildC.A.T.S (ISBN 1401222048) - Collects vol. 1 # 15-20, Annual #1 & Team One/WildC.A.T.S. (January 2009)
- Alan Moore's Complete WildC.A.T.S - Collects vol. 1 # 21-34, and #50
- WildC.A.T.s: Homecoming - Collects vol. 1 # 21-27 (ISBN 156389582X) (first printing, 1998; second printing 1999)
- WildC.A.T.s: Gang War - Collects vol. 1 # 28-34 (ISBN 1-58240-037-7) (first printing, November 1998; second printing, May 1999)
- Wildcats: Street Smart - Collects vol. 2 # 1-6
- Wildcats: Vicious Circles - Collects vol. 2 # 8-13
- Wildcats: Serial Boxes - Collects vol. 2 # 14-19
- Wildcats: Battery Park - Collects vol. 2 # 20-28
- Wildcats 3.0 Year One - Collects vol. 3 # 1-12
- Wildcats Version 3.0: Brand Building - Collects vol. 3 # 1-6
- Wildcats Version 3.0: Full Disclosure - Collects vol. 3 # 7-12
- Wildcats 3.0 Year Two - Collects vol. 3 # 13-24
- Wildcats: Nemesis - Collects Wildcats: Nemesis # 1-9
- Wildcats: World's End - Collects vol. 5 # 1-6, ISBN 1-4012-2363-X
- Wildcats: Family Secrets - Collects vol. 5 # 7-12, ISBN 1-4012-2668-X
Vol. 1 issue #14 is collected in Savage Dragon Vol. 4: Possessed as it was done by Erik Larsen as part of Image X Month, issue 20 is also collected in the Wildstorm Rising trade paperback, while JLA/WildC.A.T.s is collected in the JLA: Ultramarine Corps trade.
Both WildC.A.T.S Covert Action Teams: Compendium and A Gathering of Eagles are out of print. New printings of the trade paperbacks WildC.A.T.s: Homecoming and WildC.A.T.s: Gang War were published in 1999 after the late 1998 acquisition of WildStorm Productions by DC Comics; as of 2009, both volumes have now sold out and are currently out of print. In August 2007 Alan Moore's Complete WildC.A.T.S TPB was released, containing the contents of both Gang War and Homecoming TPBs, as well as the short story from WildC.A.T.S #50.
In other media
TV series
A WildC.A.T.s TV series was created in 1994. It had only thirteen episodes and a more family-friendly storyline. As a result there were numerous changes from the source material, such as Voodoo being an adolescent rather than an ex-stripper and Lord Emp being an ordinary human. The group was composed of all the original 'C.A.T.s. The major villain was Helspont, but the Troika and the Coda were featured. A parody of the series, MadD.O.G.s, was seen during Alan Moore's run in the comics. The series was produced by Nelvana Limited and WildStorm Productions (Funimation recently released the series' entire run on DVD).
A toyline from Playmates Toys was also released in 1994. The basic series included figures of Grifter, Helspont, Maul, Spartan, Warblade and Zealot, along with a generic Daemonite figure.[10] In 1995, new versions of Helspont, Maul, Spartan, Warblade and Zealot were released, along with figures of Pike, Void and Voodoo, and a WildC.A.T.S. Bullet Bike accessory. In addition, Playmates also produced "giant" versions of Grifter, Maul and Spartan, plus figures for other characters in the Image Universe, such as Black Razor, Mr. Majestic and Slag.[11]
- ↑ WildCats: World's End #1 at DC Comics
- ↑ Christos Gage on Wildcats: World End, Newsarama, April 24, 2008
- ↑ Wild at Heart: Neil Googe on Wildcats: World End, Newsarama, May 12, 2008
- ↑ NYCC '08: LIVING IN THE RUINS: WS Editor Ben Abernathy on 'Worlds End', Newsarama, April 19, 2008
- ↑ Adler, Matt (October 27, 2009). "WildStorm-Berries: Adam Beechen Talks WildCats". Broken Frontier. Retrieved October 28, 2009.
- ↑ Arrant, Chris (November 25, 2009). "New WILDCATS Team Keeps Fighting at World's End". Newsarama. Retrieved November 29, 2009.
- ↑ WildC.A.T.S Vol.1 #22 (July 1995)
- ↑ Wildcats (vol. 2) #2 (May 19990
- ↑ WildC.A.T.S/Cyberforce: Killer Instinct trade trade details
- ↑ http://www.figurerealm.com/checklist.php?action=checklist&seriesid=361&figures=wildcats
- ↑ http://www.figurerealm.com/checklist.php?action=checklist&seriesid=361&figures=wildcats
External links
- WildC.A.T.s at the Comic Book DB
- FALL PREVIEW: WILDCATS Take an exclusive look at writer Grant Morrison's original pitch to resurrect Wildstorm's flagship title!
- 'CATS AND CATACOMBS Jim Lee delves into his past and his initial thoughts for the new Wildcats series


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Control the ball along the maze using the axis Controllers to steer it around the course avoiding the strategically placed drop holes.
Points are scored the further you get but getting over 1 or 2 is a real achievement at first.
Fun for all ages, a game of skill touch practice and patience.
Brand: Global Gizmos Material: Wood and 2x Steel Balls Ages: 5 + Features: Precision fingertip control Size: 27 x 25 x 6 Cm Uses: Fun for all the family
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So, I can model growth and decay if I start with assuming that the growth rate is constant:
and then I have
$p'(t)-\alpha p(t)=0$
A general linear differential equation, however, would have the form
$p'(t)-g(t) p(t)=h(t)$
So the growth rate is g(t). What is h(t)?
And what type of thing is this form of equation used to model?
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Shortly before Halloween, Amy and I ran a "Monster Pet" workshop. We had two hours and the entire workshop to help visitors through the process of brainstorming, designing, planning, and construction using both hand and machine sewing techniques.
We began by brainstorming what makes a monster a monster. What kind of words would you use to describe your monster? Where does your monster live? What makes a creature scary, or cute, or funny? What are some real animals that look weird, and what makes them so strange? What other Halloween creatures can you think of?
After coming up with a great list of attributes, we asked each maker to choose a few and start sketching different ways to fit them all onto their monster. I recommended doing some scribbles with closed eyes and then picking a shape or two that they were inspired by and could turn into a creature.
After designing, we made patterns out of cardstock, carefully cut our fabric, discussed which steps needed to be done in which order, and learned about special ways to sew the different pieces. All three kid-makers used combinations of hand and machine sewing techniques to complete beautifully-crafted, funny, squishy Monster Pets!
(We were so busy having fun that we only got a few photos, and they ended up being very blurry. Or maybe that's just a little monster magic playing tricks on our eyes….)


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The History of Bookbinding..
Jason Mortimer
The book in the codex form, or the book as we know it today, has been around for nearly 2000 years. But the books we read today look nothing like those early books bound by the Copts and early Christians. This exhibit offers examples of bindings from throughout the ages, beginning with some of the oldest books in the collection, from the 15th century. Each page shows a different era of binding and how the styles have changed through the centuries. Some mention of structure is here and there, but the focus is on the style and the materials used.
Dating a bookbinding can be difficult. Unlike the printing, a binding can be changed, altered, removed and rebound at any point in time. Some of the books in this exhibit do not have their original bindings or have been repaired; these changes have been noted when known. Other bindings may look like an earlier style, but be more modern than they look. Whatever the case, these books will show how the bindings of books have changed over time and offer an appreciation and celebration of the book as physical object.
Historic Bookbinding, Traditional Bookbinding and Contemporary Book Binding.


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please am also interessted with temp aplication , can u send me the code for the application , as you know i cant download from speedy
another thing , i am trying to make my arduino read the device if its on or off , and to read it and then send the data to my phone throughout bluetooth .if its on the text tv is grean , if its off the text " tv" is red , so a user for example will not turn off a device witch is already off . do u think its a good idea ??
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Following the U.S. Supreme Court's somewhat surprising ruling to uphold the Affordable Care Act, discussion now centers on a political verdict this November. Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney says he will recommend repeal on his first day in office.
If Romney has Republican majorities in the U.S. House and Senate, he may get his wish. The GOP majority in the House is voting today for the 31st time to repeal the act, which is a non-starter in the Democratically controlled Senate.
The venom over ObamaCare voiced in talk show commentary, letters to the editor and Republican speeches seems oddly out of touch with the history of the Act's most controversial provision — the individual health insurance mandate.
The idea emerged from the Heritage Foundation in 1989, which linked the mandate to its conservative political philosophy of individual responsibility. Early supporters included Utah Senator Orrin Hatch and then-Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. The 2006 Massachusetts universal health care law includes an individual health insurance mandate.
San Francisco Chronicle writer Debbie Saunders commented, "Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, the party's all-but-certain nominee, is the only Republican in the country who imposed a health care plan with an individual mandate on his state. Romney used to call the provision 'the ultimate conservative idea,' as it told citizens that they'd get government help only if they couldn't afford to take care of themselves. Team Obama is so smitten with Romney's past that White House aides often credit Romney with coming up with the template for ObamaCare."
So how did an idea with such strong conservative appeal turn into anathema among conservatives? Ezra Klein, writing in The New Yorker, attributed it to politics. Republicans hated to see Obama score a major political victory.
However, a deeper analysis suggests many Republicans — and a fair number of Democrats — grew worried that achieving universal access without significant health care cost controls would push the price of health care up, not down. The Los Angeles Times reported in 2009 that the individual health care mandate without cost controls would "add up to higher costs for taxpayers and consumers."
The cost of health care is a concern shared widely over the political spectrum. It is likely to become the next battleground, regardless of whether the Affordable Care Act remains in place or not.


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and how it differs from your weekly cleaning routineThe city is full of advertisements of cleaning companies and cleaning specialists. Your friends are using the services those professional cleaners offer and they are pretty satisfied. Your colleagues are talking you about the incredible work of a small cleaning team that transformed their houses in hours. But still, you may be sceptical.
What are those people doing that you aren't? Do they have a secret? Do they use different detergents or different techniques? And isn't every cleaning just a matter of time?If you are still asking those questions, I would have to tell you that you are a little bit late for the show. Yeah, the professional experts are just cleaning and there is nothing magical in their powers except for the fact that they are doing it better, much, much better. In other words, if you need long weekend for cleaning the living room and the kitchen at your place, because you need to buy detergents and cleaning tools and do all the work, then a team of experienced and well-trained professionals will manage to clean the same two rooms in exactly two hours. And trust me – they will look amazing! But what about the end of tenancy carpet cleaning and how exactly are they nailing this one? Keep on reading and you will know all about it!
They VacuumYeah, this sounds super simple and yeah, I know that you can vacuum your carpet pretty well, but this particular step is essential for the good carpet cleaning and especially for the end of tenancy one which needs to be superb. So by vacuuming they will remove all the dust, grime, and hair and will be able to go on.
They AnalyzeNow they can really see the condition of your carpet, so they make a proper and strategically well-developed plan. They now see whether there are many stains and spots or whether the overall condition of the carpet is fairly good. This step is more than important because they have only an hour or two for the entire end of tenancy carpet cleaning, which means that the sole lack of good plan can fail them. And the professionals are never about failing.
Clean with Technique, Knowledge, and ProfessionalismSo far you must still believe that the professional cleaners are no that better than you. And you may have some right. The truth is, however, that the previous steps were the preparation and only after it comes the real work. Now they can shine and they can make your house shine and especially your carpet. They are removing all the spots with the specialized strong, environmental-friendly, and super efficient detergents. And then they are using the special electronic machinery to clean deeply the entire carpeted floor. So they are refreshing the carpet as a whole and making it look like a brand new. So next time just choose the professionals and their service.
This post was originally published at SYK End of Tenancy Cleaning London


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A Step-By-Step Guide to Data Management
A Step-By-Step Guide to Data Management
In 1999 the US Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-110 was amended to require Federal awarding agencies to ensure that all data produced under an award will be made available to the public through the procedures established under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The federal government strengthened its position on research data management in January 2011 when the National Science Foundation (NSF) instituted a requirement that all proposals submitted to that agency must include a supplementary document of no more than two pages labeled "Data Management Plan" (DMP). The DMP should describe how the proposal will conform to NSF policy on the dissemination and sharing of research results. Specifically, the plan should address five points: expected data, the period of data retention, data formats and dissemination, roles and responsibilities and data storage and preservation of access. Other funders and even some journal publishers are instituting similar requirements.
Here's a step-by-step guide to thinking about and preparing a DMP. It is based primarily on the DataONE Data Life Cycle and represents a highly condensed version of the DataONE Best Practices Primer.
Fortunately, there are online resources that can help you develop a DMP. Here are three especially useful ones:
- DMPTool (https://dmp.cdlib.org/). DMPTool contains sample DMPs from a number of institutions and for a number of federal funding agencies, as well as guidance on writing new DMPs.
- DataONE (http://www.dataone.org/). DataONE is a resource for environmental science. However, it is an excellent source of information on scientific data management in general. See especially the Best Practices Primer.
- Databib (http://databib.org/). Databib is a collaborative, annotated bibliography of primary research data repositories developed with support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Specific guidelines on which of the repositories accept submissions and how to go about submitting data can be found within the bibliography itself, under "Guidelines for Bibliographers".
In addition to these resources, you should also explore your institutional resources. Some institutions have data management plan templates, suggested institutional data centers, budget suggestions, and useful tools for planning your project. Contact your office of sponsored research, your library, or your office of information technology.
Tools: DMPTool, DataOne Best Practices
You should plan for data management as your research proposal is being developed. Revisit your data management plan frequently during the project and make changes as necessary. Questions to consider include:
- Based on the hypotheses and sampling plan, how much data will your project generate?
- How will the samples be collected and analyzed?
- What instruments will be used?
- How will data be organized within a file?
- What file formats will be used? Does your community have standard formats (file formats, units, parameter names)? Consider whether a relational database or other data organization strategy might be most appropriate for your research.
- Who is in charge of managing the data? How will version control be handled? How will data be backed up, and how often?
- What types of personnel will be required to carry out your data management plan? What types of hardware, software, or other computational resources will be needed? What other expenses might be necessary, such as data center donation or payment? The budget prepared for your research project should include estimated costs for data management.
- How long do you intend to use or keep the data?
- How do you intend to provide access to the data? Develop a plan for sharing data with the project team, with other collaborators, and with the broader science community. Under what conditions will data be released to each of these groups? What are the target dates for release to these groups? How will the data be released?
- What are your plans for long-term preservation of the data?
Tools: DataONE Best Practices
It is important to collect data in such a way as to ensure its usability later. Careful consideration of methods and documentation before collection occurs is important.
- Consider creating a template for use during data collection. This will ensure that any relevant contextual data are collected, especially if there are multiple data collectors.
- Describe the contents of your data files. Define each parameter, including its format, the units used, and codes for missing values.
- Provide examples of formats for common parameters. Data descriptions should accompany the data files as a "readme.txt" file, a metadata file using an accepted metadata standard, or both.
- Perform basic quality assurance and quality control on your data during data collection, entry, and analysis.
- Describe any conditions during collection that might affect the quality of the data.
- Identify values that are estimated, double-check data that are entered by hand (preferably entered by more than one person), and use quality level flags to indicate potential problems.
- Check the format of the data to be sure it is consistent across the data set.
- Perform statistical and graphical summaries (e.g. max/min, average, range) to check for questionable or impossible values and to identify outliers.
- Communicate data quality using either coding within the data set that indicates quality, or in the metadata or data documentation.
- Identify missing values.
- Check data using similar data sets to identify potential problems.
Additional problems with the data may also be identified during analysis and interpretation of the data prior to manuscript preparation.
Tools: DataONE Best Practices, Tulane University Library Metadata Schema List, Science Data Literacy Project (Syracuse University),DDC Disciplinary Metadata
Comprehensive data documentation is the key to future understanding of data. Without a thorough description of the context of the data file, the context in which the data were collected, the measurements that were made, and the quality of the data, it is unlikely that the data can be easily discovered, understood, or effectively used. Data descriptions should include the following elements:
- A data dictionary
- A defined data model
- A description of the research project
- Descriptive file names
- Standard terminology to enable discovery
- Formats for spatial location, space, and time
- A description of the contents of data files
- A description of the overall organization of your dataset
- The spatial extent and resolution of your dataset
- The temporal extent and resolution of your dataset
- Units of measurement for each observation
- Steps used in data processing
- Taxonomic information
- A data organization strategy
- Consistent data typing
- Citation and document provenance for your dataset
- Capabilities for tagging and annotation of your data by the community
- Identifier for dataset used
- Appropriate field delimiters
- Consistent codes
Examples of these and other elements can be found under "Describe" in the DataONE Best Practices Primer.
Using an appropriate metadata standard is a crucial part of data description. Comprehensive metadata enables others to discover, understand, and use your data. Metadata should be generated in a metadata format commonly used by the discipline or community that is most relevant to your research. There are discipline-specific metadata editing tools (e.g. for the environmental sciences, see the list at https://www.dataone.org/software-tools/tags/metadata_editor) to help researchers generate comprehensive descriptions of their data. Researchers in scientific communities that don't have established metadata standards can find generic best practices for metadata at the NCSU Libraries or the Wikipedia "Metadata Standards" page.
Tools: Databib, DataONE Best Practices, OpenDOAR Directory of Open Access Repositories
Use Databib or the OpenDOAR Directory of Open Access Repositories to identify a data repository that is most appropriate for the data you will generate and for the community that will make use of the data. Talk with colleagues, librarians, and research sponsors about the best repository for your discipline and your type of data. Check with the repository about requirements for submission, including required data documentation, metadata standards, and any possible restrictions on use (e.g. intellectual property rights).
Many universities also have institutional repositories (IRs) for publishing locally produced research. Check with your institution's librarians, or consult the OpenDOAR Directory of Open Access Repositories.
Tools: DataONE Best Practices
As files are created, implement a data preservation plan that ensures that data can be recovered in the event of file loss (e.g. storing data routinely in different locations).
There are a number of options for preserving your data. You can work with a data center or archiving service that is familiar with your area of research. They can provide guidance as to how to prepare formal metadata, how to preserve the data, what file formats to use, and how to provide additional services to future users of your data. Data centers can provide tools that support data discovery, access, and dissemination of data in response to users' needs.
There are also community-based and commercial digital preservation networks and services. Among them are:
- Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)
- Amazon Glacier
- Chronopolis
- DuraCloud
- The MetaArchive Cooperative
- UC3Merritt (University of California Curation Center)
Georgia State University Library
ASERL/SURA Model Language for Research Data Management Policies
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Politics & Government
Little-known bill heaven sent for laid-off textile workers
NORLINA, N.C. — A few blocks from the restored antebellum homes that draw tourists to rural Warren County, wooden shacks sink into the sandy soil, their tin roofs bowing low, walls askew. Clothes hang on lines outside, limp under a stifling, late-summer sun.
Young people and factories have long been known to leave Warren County. Not much new comes in. So when the last local textile plant announced last month that it would bring back its third shift, word spread quickly.
The textile mill had 38 jobs available, paying $8.50 an hour and up.
Fewer than 20,000 people live in Warren County. The unemployment rate hovers above 11 percent. Not everyone here has a high school education, or a car, or a telephone.
Company owners say complex forces converged to allow the Glen Raven textile firm to hire right now.
Glen Raven president and chief executive officer Allen Gant calls the new third shift in Norlina the result of a combination of small things, including good inventory decisions on the part of the company and a growing retail market in boat cushions, convertible car tops and upscale patio furniture.
Among the reasons, Gant acknowledges, is a little-known but massive piece of legislation that Congress passed in late July after more than three years of dickering.
The Miscellaneous Tariffs Bill, as it's known, contains hundreds of provisions to erase or reduce the tariffs that companies spend on raw materials imported from foreign countries.
Glen Raven's plant in Norlina spins bales of brightly colored, European-made, acrylic fluff into spools of yarn. The yarn is shipped to Anderson, S.C., where it's woven into fade-resistant outdoor fabric under the brand Sunbrella.
With the legislation passed this summer, Glen Raven alone could save several million dollars over three years in the cost of its specially dyed imported acrylic fiber. The legislation's provisions were written specifically for Glen Raven by Rep. Howard Coble and Sen. Richard Burr, both North Carolina Republicans.
One morning last week in Norlina, workers inside the Glen Raven plant moved among humming machinery, switching out spools of fiber with names such as Pacific blue, celadon and buttercup.
There are just about 100 working here now, after a layoff in March 2009 that wiped out a shift. Employees were called into the office, and those with more years had the opportunity — and the curse — to bump out less senior workers.
"Sometimes, someone would make the best decision for themselves, and their brother would lose their job," recalled Todd Wemyss, the plant manager.
It's the same story across the country. From 2005 to 2009, the U.S. textile industry lost 163,000 jobs, according to the National Council of Textile Organizations. About one in five came from North Carolina.
At the Warren County unemployment office last week, counselor Warren Bridges ticked through the factories that have shuttered in the past decade: three textile mills, a crate maker, a tobacco processor and an air filter company.
Week after week, the unemployed sit in the chair in his cubicle and tell their stories. Many quit school in the 1960s to work in the mills, where it seemed that work would always exist. Now, those same mill jobs require basic computer literacy.
He remembers how the county responded a few weeks ago to the Glen Raven hiring news.
"Oh Lord, it was — hooo!"
Busy, he said. Things got busy.
North Carolina isn't known for wielding congressional heft around Capitol Hill, but the state has found its niche in the Miscellaneous Tariffs Bill.
In a House Ways and Means Committee spreadsheet released in July, one of every seven tariff suspension requests comes from North Carolina — more than 120 in all.
The breaks come primarily on textile imports and chemicals — many of those on dyes that are used in the textile industry as well. Others benefit the state's pesticide and herbicide manufacturing sector, whose parent firms are largely foreign-based.
The undisputed king in the House of Representatives was Coble, submitting 49 bills — 43 of them successfully. His tariff suspensions benefitted a host of companies, along with the National Council of Textile Organizations. Most of the firms make textiles, and most are from North Carolina.
"I've been a lead dog on this," Coble said in an interview. "When you realize how many additional jobs are created, it does make sense. Anything you can do to create job capacity is a good thing."
The first day applications were accepted in Warren County in early August, job-seekers arrived at a staffing agency at 6 a.m. to be the first in line.
The queue snaked up a sidewalk and around the corner. People waited up to five hours for an interview. Someone fetched water so no one would faint in the heat.
Standing in line was Thelma Carter, 55, who was among those whom the plant laid off in 2009.
"It was so many people," Carter recalled last week, sitting in her living room. "Some people got tired of waiting. They left. I wasn't going nowhere."
Frances Sondgeroth, who runs the Industrial Staffing job agency, interviewed 345 people — 54 just on that first day — one after another, inside her tiny office, before the company stopped accepting applications.
Job-seekers, some in tears, told her about having their lights cut off, about trying to support their families.
Some thanked her for the chance just to interview, just to have a few moments of hope.
In total, 400 people put in for the 38 open positions.
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the U.S. Treasury will lose about $300 million through 2015 because of the suspended duties.
Lawmakers and company leaders, however, say this is money the treasury shouldn't have had in the first place.
Tariffs exist to protect domestic suppliers from foreign imports. Before the International Trade Commission signs off on each request, it must certify that no American company makes the same product.
Wemyss, the Norlina plant manager, said the last American supplier for the fiber his plant needs closed years ago. Now, he said, Glen Raven is unfairly penalized for importing its raw material.
The National Association of Manufacturers said the costs add up. It told Congress in July that the Miscellaneous Tariffs Bill would increase U.S. production by $4.6 billion and support almost 90,000 jobs.
The bundle of tariff suspensions was renamed the Manufacturing Enhancement Act by Democratic leaders and passed the House in late July by 378-43.
Some Republicans opposed it after their leadership claimed the tariff suspensions amounted to earmarks, which the party had pledged not to support this year. In North Carolina, only GOP Rep. Virginia Foxx voted no.
"It was extremely painful," said Jim Chesnutt, president and chief executive officer of National Spinning Co. in Washington, N.C., which also benefitted from tariff suspensions. "We had to overcome the politics."
In Warren County, Thelma Carter's single-wide mobile home is just a seven-minute drive from Glen Raven.
Going back to Glen Raven would be so convenient, she said. And days after standing in that long, hot job line, the mill called.
She was given an apron, some earplugs and a seam ripper. She was told she'd return to her old task, on her old shift, working with a clutch of women she's known for years.
"Thank you, Jesus!" Carter laughed, clapping her hands in prayer. "I'm ready."
She starts work Tuesday, the day after Labor Day, at 8 a.m.
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Follow the latest politics news at McClatchy's Planet Washington


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Month by Month: April
BE RESOURCEFUL. April has always been one of "those" months for me . . . one I don't actually look forward to with its unpredictable weather and potentially dreary days. As spring struggles to make itself known, make this April work for you. Rainy days? Take pictures of puddle jumping! Short on a supply? Improvise!
This month's layout from my book was actually my son's idea. Rather than cooperating while I tried to take some backyard pictures, he decided to run away. It became a fabulous game, and I ended up with lots of laughter and a heap of blurry action photos. Once upon a time, I might have disregarded the photos as unusable and moved on, failing to capture the fun afternoon and my sons' delight. Instead, I chose to use even blurry photos and document this joy. Don't let imperfection stop you, either!
Photo Tag by Amanda Probst. Supplies Cardstock: Prism Papers; Letter stickers: American Crafts; Chipboard letters: We R Memory Keepers; Paint: Making Memories; Gaffer tape: 7gypsies; Brads: Paper Studio; Label strips: Dymo; Pen: Precision Pen, American Crafts; Font: Rockwell.
Here are three more ideas to consider this April:
1. Recycle. Hopefully you're already doing your part with household recycling. Beyond putting things by the curb, though, have you recycled things to use on your layouts? That cover sheet on paper sets can easily be a background on its own. The rub-on wooden sticks can be embellishments. Package backing can make excellent chipboard for die cuts and mini album covers. Shopping bags and tags can be excellent decoration. The list goes on . . .
2. Use that rain. Whether you have a green thumb or not, take advantage of the rain this month to plant something . . . a tree, a garden, a garden gnome. :) Take pictures while you're at it!
3. Tell your story. Have something you'd love to scrapbook but no pictures at hand? Be resourceful and forego the photos. Yup, brave it out and let your words be the star.
Now, are you ready for this month's challenge? For April, I challenge you to scrapbook blurry photos! Join in and you'll have the opportunity to win a copy of my book, Month by Month Scrapbooking! Find out more at my Month by Month Scrapbooking group.
Also, here are five sketches from the layout above to help jump-start your creativity:
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Generous tippers are leaving a trail of thousands of dollars in gracious gratuity across the country, including Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
The mysterious tip droppers dubbed "TipsforJesus" post photos of receipts on Instagram, boasting tips of up to five figures, and claim they are simply "doing the Lord's work one tip at a time," the account reads.
"TipsforJesus" has left more than $50,000 in gratuity to servers from Los Angeles' Hungry Cat to Chicago's Paris Club and the Boundary Tavern & Grille.
A lucky waiter got a $1,500 tip on a $468 bill at Harris' Steakhouse in San Francisco.
One server at the Paris Club received a $5,000 tip in one of the photos and another Chicago server was given a $3,000 tip at Wicker Park's Boundary Tavern & Grille.
The recipient of the big tip at The Boundary in Chicago said a group of four men came in and sat down a booth, racking up a total bill of $373.36, she told the Chicago Sun-Times.
The server said she was stunned by the $3,000 tip and noted the group only asked that she keep the name of the man signing the bill anonymous.
The group's tipping mission has taken them to bars in South Bend, Hollywood venues and, most recently, an Arizona tavern.