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CAMBRIDGE, MASS. - Due to last weekend's snow storm and scheduling difficulties, the ECAC has declared MIT and Johnson & Wales University Co-Champions of the 2004 New England Division III Men's Soccer Tournament. This is the first-ever post-season title in the history of the program. The Engineers finish the season with an overall record of 14-3-1, marking the fourth year in a row they have totaled at least 10 wins.
Last week, the NEWMAC announced the Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams, with MIT collecting five honors. Tri-captains Dan Griffith, Walter Song, and Jose Ramon Torradas were named to the First Team for the second year in a row, adding to their Second-Team selections in 2002. Seniors Robert Pilawa and Morgan Mills closed their careers with their first All-Conference accolades, as Pilawa was tabbed for the First Team while Mills was chosen for the Second Team.


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Research expeditions throughout Eastern Europe locate and interview the last generation of survivors in the regions native to their families for centuries. These are precious, historically fleeting, opportunities to tape in-depth interviews with survivors, in their native local Yiddish, preserving the language, folklore, and oral history. The average cost of a 10-day expedition is US $20,000, including transportation, lodging, digital videography, administration, and honoraria to survivors who are interviewed. The digitally preserved treasures of the last Yiddish in its native Eastern European homeland will form part of the Vilnius Yiddish Institute archives. Moreover, addresses of all survivors discovered are passed to the Survivor Mitzvah Project in California which then provides further financial support to enable these "Yiddish mohicans" to live out their last years with the greatest possible dignity.
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KnowledgeBase 00066: Save/Restore Screen Data
When using a QMConsole session on Windows or the AccuTerm terminal emulator on all platforms, QM provides a way to save a rectangular area of the screen image that can subsequently be restored. This makes it very easy to construct menus or pop-up boxes without destroying previously displayed data.
Saving Screen Data
The function to save a rectangular area of the screen image is
var = SAVE.SCREEN(col, line, width, height)where col and line identify the top left corner of the region to be saved and width and height specify the size of the region.
Note that when using AccuTerm, the data is not sent over the network but is stored internally by AccuTerm. The QMBasic variable holds a reference to this data, not the actual data. This results in best performance when saving large areas of text.
Restoring Data
The statement to restore previously stored data is
RESTORE.SCREEN var, restore.statewhere restore.state is a Boolean value that determines whether the cursor position, pagination mode and current display attributes are to be restored from the saved data.
Discarding Data
Saved screen data can be restored any number of times. The saved screen region will persist until the associated variable is overwritten or discarded (e.g. on program termination). The data saved within the terminal emulator will be automatically discarded at this time.
AccuTerm Terminal Types
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As the suffering of ordinary Syrians and the slow destruction of Aleppo, Damascus and other communities rich in religious expression and historic and cultural value continues, why can the United States and the world community not do more to end Syria's civil war? George Lopez, a professor at the University of Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, says the United States and United Nations have few good options for a speedy resolution to the crisis.
The Obama administration has been criticized for resisting the equipping of the Syrian opposition with what they need to neutralize the Syrian army's advantages in aircraft and heavy weapons. Some argue that this policy will only delay the inevitable fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime and will prolong a grinding struggle that is taking thousands of lives. Lopez points out, however, that "once you arm the Syrians on the ground, you unleash forces that you can't control." He adds that the administration is not worried just about the possible flow of sophisticated weapons to Al Qaeda elements working alongside the native opposition groups, but also about a redline drawn months ago by the regime: that it would resort to chemical weapons if outsiders intervened to arm the resistance. That outcome could escalate the civilian toll far beyond its current measure.
Lopez does not expect much to change on the ground in Syria until after the elections in the United States on Nov. 6. Right now, he says, the Obama administration faces a complex situation—will Turkey, a NATO member, draw that alliance into the struggle? Will the Kurdish minority see the chaos as an opportunity to strike for statehood?—and few easy choices. And whatever moves it does make are subject to acute scrutiny during the election season.
Lopez thinks that means the status quo of stalemate and suffering will continue. His says the United States may be ready to undertake several meaningful initiatives to end the crisis once bipartisan resolve can rematerialize in Washington. Lopez thinks humanitarian aid could be delivered and sanctions stepped up against the al-Assad regime, and perhaps a liberated zone could be established to deliver aid and extract refugees safely. He expects that the Obama administration will make further efforts to coordinate these multilateral moves through the United Nations but that a Russian veto on the Security Council is almost a certainty.
That prospect, he suspects, may be behind the intelligence sharing with Turkey that led to the forced landing of a Syrian passenger jet and the discovery of Russian radar equipment on Oct. 10. While technically not illegal, since Russia has repeatedly squashed tough sanctions against Assad, a U.S. spokesperson called Russia's attempt to re-equip the regime "morally bankrupt." A clear demonstration of Russian involvement with the Assad regime and its unwillingness to allow the United Nations to use its authority to intervene could allow the United States and its European allies to work around the United Nations. They could begin their own efforts on behalf of the Syrian opposition, according to Lopez. He cites the Clinton administration's decision to commit U.S. air power to the intervention in Kosovo when it was clear that Russian intransigence was crippling a U.N. response.
"They will eventually just go around the Security Council," he said. "They will want to go back one more time and get a visible 'no' from the Russians, so [the United States] can say, 'Just as in Kosovo, you gave us no choice.'" Lopez said U.S. diplomats will also press the opposition to come up with a viable, comprehensive plan for a post-Assad Syria that will include protection of minority religious and ethnic rights. Meanwhile the fighting and dying will continue. "Sometimes civil wars just have to play themselves out," Lopez said.


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Côte d'Ivoire trials could begin by end of year, minister saysOct 25, 2012
Rule of Law reform also top priority in DRC
New York—Prosecution of those charged in connection with massive post-election violence in Côte d'Ivoire could start by the end of this year, Minister of Justice Loma Matto Cissé said today, adding that wide-ranging legal reforms are under way.
"We have set up a special agency comprising public prosecutors, investigating judges, and police—this agency is charged with investigating crimes committed after the [2010] elections so those who ordered and carried out these crimes will be judged under the law," she told a panel at the International Peace Institute focused on the rule of law in Côte d'Ivoire and the Democratic Republic of the Congo ."The judges will have total independence. If they maintain their current momentum, the first trials will take place before the end of the year."
Violence in the 2010-2011 post-election crisis left an estimated 3,000 people dead and 500,000 displaced.
"The moral wounds… are so deep it would be foolish to think we could achieve reconciliation without giving victims of grave human rights abuses some assurance justice would be done," she told a panel on "Strengthening Rule of Law in Crisis-Affected Contexts."
As a result of Côte d'Ivoire's recent crisis, "the system was so disrupted that it lost the confidence of investors," Minister Matto Cissé said. "The justice system was paralyzed. We had a justice system in total chaos and had to confront a system of generalized insecurity." With international support, the West African country is rehabilitating courthouses, prisons, and juvenile centers while tackling corruption and drafting commercial laws aimed at attracting international trade partners and investors, she said.
Jordan Ryan, director of UNDP's Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery, cited political will in the new Ivorian government to launch a new era defined by rule of law, despite "enormous challenges" and a continuing threat of violence.
UNDP and the Department of Peacekeping Operations (DPKO) now constitute UN Global Focal Points for crisis-affected countries dealing with justice, police, and corrections, following a recent decision by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. "This system is building on work already underway in Chad, Guinea-Bissua, Haiti, Liberia, Libya, South Sudan, and Timor Leste, in addition to our joint programmes in Cote d'Ivoire and the Democratic Republic of Congo," Ryan said.
"It aims to strengthen national ownership and empower actors on the ground, including civil society, to make sure Rule of Law works to protect the vulnerable and assure people that justice is fair and justice is accessible," he added.
Dmitry Titov, Assistant Secretary-General, Department of Peacekeeping Operation, urged Cote d'Ivoire to focus on hiring and intensively training politically neutral police and prison guards and to ensure all criminals are brought to justice, regardless of political affiliation.
"If there is a future crisis in Cote d'Ivoire, it will be over land," Titov said. "Land is a formidable challenge, and the sooner donors rally around this issue and help resolve it the better."
Prof. Nyabirungu Mwene Songa, Chef de Cabinet in the Ministry of Justice, Democratic Republic of Congo, listed numerous legal reforms undertaken in the central African country, following years of conflict.
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Reality setting in for top NHL Draft prospectsby Adam Kimelman
PHILADELPHIA -- The date circled on the calendar a year ago, the one that for months and months looked so far away, finally is within sight.
The first round of the 2014 NHL Draft on Friday (7 p.m. ET; NBCSN, TSN, RDS) is less than 48 hours away, and the reality of the moment has begun to set in for some of the top prospects.
"I think it's definitely starting to sink in now that I'm here with all the guys now," Kingston Frontenacs center Samuel Bennett told NHL.com. "You definitely can feel the buzz of the draft in the city. It's definitely coming close."
Bennett was one of six top prospects to tour Philadelphia on Wednesday, along with Barrie Colts defenseman Aaron Ekblad, Kootenay Ice center Sam Reinhart, Prince Albert Raiders center Leon Draisaitl, Oshawa Generals left wing Michael Dal Colle and Sarnia Sting defenseman Anthony DeAngelo.
Their first stop of the day was the Philadelphia Art Museum for pictures with the famed Rocky statue. The prospects even recreated part of Rocky's famed run up the art museum's steps from the film "Rocky II."
"Everyone says this is the most important thing to see in Philadelphia," Reinhart told NHL.com.
From there it was a trip to Love Park for photos, and then cheesesteaks for lunch at Geno's Steaks. The prospects were inducted into a Philadelphia culinary tradition, learning to order their sandwiches "wiz wit" -- local slang for cheese whiz -- or "wit out."
All six players ate well and signed the restaurant's guest book. Reinhart even took a turn at the grill, cooking meat for a few sandwiches.
After a stop at the Betsy Ross House for a tour and a bit of an American history lesson, the players went to Citizens Bank Park for some hitting with Phillies broadcaster Matt Stairs, a former major leaguer and proud native of St. John, New Brunswick.
"It was a lot harder than I thought it would be off the tee," Ekblad said. "I got a couple, some good consistency up the middle for a bit."
It was a fun day for the prospects, as well as something to delay the nerves they're all feeling in anticipation of Friday.
"For me and for everyone else ... I can talk for the group, it's the most exciting time of the year; of our life so far," Draisaitl said. "It's been a good time. ... I think everyone has a little bit of butterflies right now. It's something normal. We're kids and we're really excited for this."
Ekblad said he wouldn't be nervous until he was in his seat Friday night waiting to hear his name called. Dal Colle, however, said he started feeling it on his flight Wednesday morning from Toronto.
"Lots of butterflies," he told NHL.com. "Don't really know what's going to happen. Still all up in the air. It's more anticipation for sure, not knowing [what could happen]."
DeAngelo, who grew up just across the Delaware River in Sewell, N.J., told NHL.com he's felt the anticipation in the area build by the day. He said he'll have as many as 200 friends and family members at Wells Fargo Center on Friday.
"I've been home since March thinking about it but it hasn't been too much where I worry about it," he said. "This week especially, with everybody starting to call and text, meetings, this week I've been thinking about it a whole lot.
"In the past, the beginning of the year you've got the draft in June, that kind of thing. Now that it's here, it's two days away and I'm going to have a shot to get drafted into the NHL, that's pretty cool."


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Pistorius Feared Intruder, Court Told
Oscar Pistorius believed there was a burglar in his bathroom early Thursday when he fired four shots through the closed door, killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, his lawyer told a court during a bail hearing. Devon Maylie reports. Photo: Getty.
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President Obama's State of the Union Address Mentions Trade Agreements, AIDS-Free Generation
February 13, 2013
"President Barack Obama outlined an ambitious agenda in his State of the Union address Tuesday that included raising the minimum wage, increasing spending on infrastructure, attacking climate change and passing gun-control legislation," the Wall Street Journal reports (2/13). "Obama used his State of the Union address Tuesday night to urge the United States to pass two key trade agreements, including the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership [TPP] and a new deal with the European Union that human rights [activists] say will impede access to medicines and degrade labor standards," the Huffington Post's "Politics" blog writes, noting "public health officials said they have been troubled by the [TPP], as the Obama administration has sought provisions that would increase the cost of drugs at home and abroad" (Carter, 2/12).
"In the midst of the foreign policy portion of the speech, the president spoke of addressing global poverty and other talking points often heard in the humanitarian community," U.S. News adds. "In many places, people live on little more than a dollar a day. So the United States will join with our allies to eradicate such extreme poverty in the next two decades: by connecting more people to the global economy and empowering women; by giving our young and brightest minds new opportunities to serve and helping communities to feed, power, and educate themselves; by saving the world's children from preventable deaths; and by realizing the promise of an AIDS-free generation," Obama said, according to the news service (Pitterson, 2/13). The Kaiser Family Foundation's Policy Tracker includes additional information on the State of the Union address (2/13).
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I've been playing a hunter for a while, and so far things have been going pretty well, except for that fact that I am currently running around Angmar, and it seems to be going out of its way to inform me that I don't have the best build (and yes, I know Angmar has a lot of group content, but I'm a flippin' hunter and should be able to solo the solo quests without dying or fleeing all the time). I've been researching build recommendations and suggestions, but I've yet to find one that feels right.
Currently, I have a level 49 Bree-Land hunter (Dunedain Ranger theme; I'm a compulsive roleplayer), equipped with the best bow (longbow, not crossbow) and sword/dagger pair that I can find (no Legendaries, because I'm not starting on Volume II till I finish Volume I). I know that Agility is the hunter's primary stat, and that (by extension) the trait Determination is a must. I love Precision Stance for the focus generation and crit rates, though if I couldn't have that I'd go for Endurance (though I really do love Precision). I tend to prefer class traits from the Bowman and Huntsman lines. I don't use buffs very often (aside from item buffs like weapon oils or the occasional bow chant), but I suppose I could learn to do so.
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Cellular and Molecular Mechanics with a focus on Developmental Biology
The 2012 GEM4 Summer School program consists of lectures in the mornings by experts in cellular and molecular mechanics and developmental biology, and hands-on labs in the afternoons on various experimental techniques in biology and engineering.
The objectives of the GEM4 Summer School are to educate researchers and graduate students about the fundamentals of cell and molecular biomechanics, and to provide an intense learning experience, and to facilitate interactions among engineers, biologists and clinicians. The goals are to help train a new generation of researchers with in-depth knowledge of mechanics and biology and to help engineers and biologists apply biomechanical approaches in biomolecular, cellular, tissue-level, animal model studies.
Muhammad Zaman, Boston University
Muhammad Zaman is the principal investigator of the Laboratory for Molecular & Cellular Dynamics at Boston University and a Faculty Fellow of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future. He holds a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Chicago and was a Hermann and Margaret Sokol Foundation Fellow post-doctoral fellow in cancer research at MIT. He has been a recipient of FEBS outstanding Young Investigator Award and was most recently awarded Regents Teaching Award, the highest teaching award across the entire University of Texas System of Institutions. Prof. Zaman joined BU from UT Austin in Fall 2009.
Dr. Zaman's research focuses on understanding the systems biology of tumor invasion and metastasis. The second main thrust of his research focuses on developing computational and experimental tools to improve the quality of life, education and the practice of medicine in the developing world. He is working closely with institutions of higher learning in curriculum development and implementation. In addition, he partners with various nonprofits around the globe, in particular with the developing countries, to develop cheap, robust and easy to use solutions to develop improved diagnostics in remote areas.
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Ontologies and the Semantic Web
Elin K. Jacob is associate professor, School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University-Bloomington and can be reached by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com
For those interested in the continuing evolution of the Web and particularly for those actively engaged in development of the Semantic Web ontologies are sexy. But even though ontologies are currently a very popular topic, there appears to be some confusion as to just what they are and the role that they will play on the Semantic Web. Ontologies have been variously construed as classification schemes, taxonomies, hierarchies, thesauri, controlled vocabularies, terminologies and even dictionaries. While they may display characteristics reminiscent of each of these systems, to equate ontologies with any one type of representational structure is to diminish both their function and their potential in the evolution of the Semantic Web.
Ontology (with an upper-case "O") is the branch of philosophy that studies the nature of existence and the structure of reality. However, the definition provided by John Sowa (http://users.bestweb.net/~sowa/ontology/index.htm) is more appropriate for understanding the function of ontologies on the Semantic Web. Ontology, Sowa explains, investigates the categories of things that exist or may exist in a particular domain and produces a catalog that details the types of things and the relations between those types that are relevant for that domain. This catalog of types is an ontology (with a lower-case "o").
The term ontology is frequently used to refer to the semantic understanding the conceptual framework of knowledge shared by individuals who participate in a given domain. A semantic ontology may exist as an informal conceptual structure with concept types and their relations named and defined, if at all, in natural language. Or it may be constructed as a formal semantic account of the domain with concept types and their relations systematically defined in a logical language and generally ordered by genus-species or type-subtype relationships. Within the environment of the Web, however, an ontology is not simply a conceptual framework but a concrete, syntactic structure that models the semantics of a domain the conceptual framework in a machine-understandable language.
The most frequently quoted definition of an ontology is from Tom Gruber. In Ontologies as a specification mechanism (www-ksl.stanford.edu/kst/what-is-an-ontology.html), Gruber described an ontology as an explicit specification of a conceptualization. This definition is short and sweet but patently incomplete because it has been taken out of context. Gruber was careful to constrain his use of conceptualization by defining it as an abstract, simplified view of the world that we wish to represent for some purpose a partial view of the world consisting only of those objects, concepts and other entities that are assumed to exist in some area of interest and the relationships that hold among them. Following Gruber's lead, an ontology can be defined as a partial, simplified conceptualization of the world as it is assumed to exist by a community of users a conceptualization created for an explicit purpose and defined in a formal, machine-processable language.
Why Do We Need Ontologies?
Because the Web is currently structured to support humans, domain terms and HTML metadata tags that are patently transparent to human users are meaningless to computer systems, to applications and to agents. XML is gaining increasing acceptance and is rapidly replacing HTML as the language of the Web. But XML schemas deal primarily with the physical structure of Web documents; and XML tag names lack the explicit semantic modeling that would support computer interpretation. If the Semantic Web is to realize the goal of enabling systems and agents to understand the content of a Web resource and to integrate that understanding with the content of other resources, the system or agent must be able to interpret the semantics of each resource, not only to accurately represent the content of those resources but also to draw inferences and even discover new knowledge. In the environment of the Semantic Web, then, an ontology is a partial conceptualization of a given knowledge domain, shared by a community of users, that has been defined in a formal, machine-processable language for the explicit purpose of sharing semantic information across automated systems.
An ontology offers a concise and systematic means for defining the semantics of Web resources. The ontology specifies relevant domain concepts, properties of those concepts including, where appropriate, value ranges or explicit sets of values and possible relationships among concepts and properties. Because an ontology defines relevant concepts the types of things and their properties and the semantic relationships that obtain between those concepts, it provides support for processing of resources based on meaningful interpretation of the content rather than the physical structure of a resource or syntactic features such as sequential ordering or the nesting of elements.
An Example of an Ontology
Ontologies are not new to the Web. Any metadata schema is, in effect, an ontology specifying the set of physical and/or conceptual characteristics of resources that have been deemed relevant for a particular community of users. Thus, for example, the set of elements and element refinements defined in the Dublin Core [DC] is itself an ontology. The most current version of the DC element set (http://dublincore.org/usage/terms/dc/current elements/) consists of 16 attributes (element types) and 30 qualifiers (element refinements or subtypes) that are defined and maintained by the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative Usage Board. DC is intended to support consistency in the description and semantic interpretation of networked resources. To this end, declaration of the vocabulary of DC (the set of elements and element refinements) in the machine-processable language of RDF/RDFS (see below) is projected to be available in early 2003.
DC is a relatively simple representational structure applicable to a wide range of non-domain-specific resources. Nonetheless, it is an ontology, albeit a very general one, because it imposes a formally defined conceptual model that facilitates the automated processing necessary to support the sharing of knowledge across systems and thus the emergence of the Semantic Web. While an ontology typically defines a vocabulary of domain concepts in an is-a hierarchy that supports inheritance of defining features, properties and constraints, DC illustrates that hierarchical structure is not a defining feature of ontologies. The 16 elements currently defined by DC are independent of each other: none of the elements is required by the conceptual model and any one may be repeated as frequently as warranted for any given resource.
The Role of RDF/RDFS
Although hierarchy is not a defining characteristic of ontologies, it is an important component in the representational model prescribed by the Resource Description Framework (RDF) Model and Syntax Specification (www.w3.org/TR/REC-rdf-syntax/) and the RDF Vocabulary Description Language schema (RDFS) (www.w3.org/TR/rdf-schema). RDF and RDFS have been developed by the W3C and together comprise a general-purpose knowledge representation tool that provides a neutral method for describing a resource or defining an ontology or metadata schema. RDF/RDFS doesnt make assumptions about content; it doesnt incorporate semantics from any particular domain; and it doesn't depend on a set of predetermined values. However, it does support reuse of elements from any ontology or metadata schema that can be identified by a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI).
RDF defines a model and a set of elements for describing resources in terms of named properties and values. More importantly, however, it provides a syntax that allows any resource description community to create a domain-specific representational schema with its associated semantics. It also supports incorporation of elements from multiple metadata schemas. This model and syntax can be used for encoding information in a machine-understandable format, for exchanging data between applications and for processing semantic information. RDFS complements and extends RDF by defining a declarative, machine-processable language a metaontology or core vocabulary of elements that can be used to formally describe an ontology or metadata schema as a set of classes (resource types) and their properties; to specify the semantics of these classes and properties; to establish relationships between classes, between properties and between classes and properties; and to specify constraints on properties. Together, RDF and RDFS provide a syntactic model and semantic structure for defining machine-processable ontologies and metadata schemas and for supporting interoperability of representational structures across heterogeneous resource communities.
In order to understand more clearly both the nature and the function of ontologies, it is helpful to look more closely at the schema structure of RDFS. While an XML schema places specific constraints on the structure of an XML document, an RDFS schema provides the semantic information necessary for a computer system or agent to understand the statements expressed in the language of classes, properties and values established by the schema. One of the more important mechanisms that RDFS relies on to support semantic inference and build a web of knowledge is the relationship structure that typifies the hierarchy and is so characteristic of traditional classification schemes. The creation of generic relationships through the nesting structure of genus-species (or type-subtype) capitalizes on the power of hierarchical inheritance whereby a subclass or subproperty inherits the definition, properties and constraints of its parent.
An RDFS ontology differs from taxonomies and traditional classification structures, however, in that the top two levels of the hierarchy the superordinate class resource and its subordinate classes class and property are not determined by the knowledge domain of the ontology but are prescribed by the RDFS schema. Every element in the ontology is either a type of class or a type of property. Furthermore, the relationships between classes or properties are potentially polyhierarchical: thus, for example, a particular class may be a subclass of one, two, three or more superordinate classes.
A taxonomy or traditional classification scheme systematically organizes the knowledge of a domain by identifying the essential or defining characteristics of domain entities and creating a hierarchical ordering of mutually exclusive classes to which the entities themselves are then assigned. In contrast, an RDFS ontology does not create classes into which domain resources are slotted. Rather, the ontology defines a set of elements (or slots) to which values may be assigned, as appropriate, in order to represent the physical and conceptual features of a resource. And, unlike a classification scheme, the ontology may also incorporate a set of inference rules that allows the system or agent to make inferences about the represented knowledge, to identify connections across resources or to discover new knowledge.
In an RDFS ontology, relationships between classes and properties are created by specifying the domain of a property, thereby constraining the class or set of classes to which a given property may be applied. In this respect, the structure of an RDFS schema is reminiscent of a faceted representational language or thesaurus. However, unlike a thesaurus, which authorizes a controlled vocabulary of terms (values) that can be assigned to represent the content of a resource, the structure of an RDFS ontology consists of a system of elements or slots whose possible range of values may or may not be established by the ontology. RDFS does provide for establishment of a controlled vocabulary (or vocabularies) within the structure of the ontology: specifying the range of a property stipulates that any value of that property must be an instance of a particular class of resources (e.g., the class Literal). An RDFS ontology is further distinguished from a traditional thesaurus in that it does not incorporate a lead-in vocabulary. And, while it is possible to map natural language synonyms to the appropriate classes or properties in the ontology, this must be accomplished through a domain lexicon that is external to the ontology itself.
The argument that an ontology constitutes a controlled vocabulary is only valid if the standard concept of a controlled vocabulary is redefined. A controlled vocabulary is generally understood to consist of a set of terms (values) that have been authorized to represent the content of a resource. In contrast, an ontology consists of a catalog of types and properties a catalog of controlled and well-defined element slots that are meaningless when applied to a resource unless they are paired with an appropriate value. And, although an ontology defines a catalog of types, it is not a dictionary. A dictionary is a list of terms and associated definitions arranged in a meaningful order; but, because that order is generally alphabetical, it does not establish the meaningful relationships among terms (elements) that are characteristic of an ontology.
An ontology is not a taxonomy, a classification scheme or a dictionary. It is, in fact, a unique representational system that integrates within a single structure the characteristics of more traditional approaches such as nested hierarchies, faceted thesauri and controlled vocabularies. An ontology provides the semantic basis for metadata schemes and facilitates communication among systems and agents by enforcing a standardized conceptual model for a community of users. In so doing, ontologies provide the meaningful conceptual foundation without which the goal of the Semantic Web would be impossible.
Future Directions
Much still must be done to extend the capabilities and effectiveness of current ontological models. While there is ongoing work to refine the RDF/RDFS model and schema, other efforts such as the DAML+OIL Web Ontology Language (www.w3.org/TR/daml+oil-reference) and the Web Ontology Language [OWL] (www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-owl-ref-20021112/) seek to build on the foundation established by RDF and RDFS.
It is simply not true that there is nothing new under the sun. This is aptly underscored not only by the history of the Web itself but also by ongoing efforts to realize the potential of the Semantic Web. Limiting responses to these new challenges by adhering to traditional representational structures will ultimately undermine efforts to address the unique needs of these new environments. As recent developments with ontologies illustrate, the knowledge accrued across generations of practical experience must not be discarded; but there must be the conscious effort to step outside the box to rethink traditional approaches to representation in light of the changing requirements occasioned by the constantly evolving environment of the Web.
Recommended Reading
Guarino, N. (1998). Formal ontology and information systems. In N. Guarino (Ed.), Formal ontology in information systems: Proceedings of FOIS '98 (pp. 3-15). Amsterdam: IOS Press. Available at www.ladseb.pd.cnr.it/infor/ontology/PUBL15.html
Guarino, N., & Giaretta, P. (1995). Ontologies and knowledge bases: Towards a terminological clarification. In N. Mars (Ed.), Towards very large knowledge bases: Knowledge building and knowledge sharing (pp. 25-32). Amsterdam: IOS Press. Available at www.ladseb.pd.cnr.it/infor/Ontology/Papers/KBKS95.pdf
Holsapple, C.W., & Joshi, K.D. (2002). A collaborative approach to ontology design. Communications of the ACM, 45(2), 42-47.
Kim, H. (2002). Predicting how ontologies for the Semantic Web will evolve. Communications of the ACM, 45(2), 48-54.
Noy, N. F., & McGuinness, D. L. (2001). Ontology development 101: a guide to creating your first ontology. Technical Report KSL-01-05 and Stanford Medical Informatics Technical Report SMI-2001-0880. Stanford Knowledge Systems Laboratory. Available at www.ksl.stanford.edu/people/dlm/papers/ontology-tutorial-noy-mcguinness-abstract.html
Uschold, M., & Grüninger, M. (1996). Ontologies: principles, methods and applications. Knowledge Engineering Review, 11(2), 93-155. Available at http://citeseer.nj.nec.com/uschold96ontologie.html
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That may come as a surprise to many of you who assume the greatest risk a journalist faces is infection from a paper cut. Well, there is that, but it's not nearly as big a concern as it used to be when we used typewriters and actually handled paper.
Of bigger import are carpal tunnel syndrome from hours of typing, eyestrain from staring blankly at a blank computer screen trying to create something worthwhile to fill in the space (a considerable dilemma today, as you can plainly see), and overeating on the frequent field trips we take to get information (with which we fill up blank screens).
We endure the usual travel perils—skinned knuckles from changing flat tires, sunburn from interviewing folks on the beach (I mean in the field), fishhook punctures (oh wait, that's another kind of trip), sleep deprivation, airsickness and the occasional bout of Montezuma's revenge.
But new dangers have recently come to my attention. Last year 118 journalists worldwide were jailed, according to USA Today. That represents a 46 percent increase from 2000. Figures for 2002 could be even higher.
My first reaction to that astounding revelation was: Only 118?
Seems like I know at least that many who should have been incarcerated for one sort of misdeed or another. Perhaps authorities overlook public stupidity, over-indulgence in favorite vices or general orneriness. Obviously, some of us got lucky.
Just as obvious, at least 118 were not so fortunate. And it behooves all of us to be careful about where we go to get our stories. China, for example, tops the list of countries for the number of journalists jailed. The Chinese saw fit to put 35 of my fellow scribes in the slammer. Nepal nailed 17; Turkey detained 13; Burma busted12 and Eritrea restrained 11.
At one time I thought it would be interesting to visit China and do a series of articles on how they fail to live up to their WTO obligations, possibly even stir up an international incident. I'm rethinking that proposition. I've never been inside a Chinese prison but it's not high on my list of things to see before I turn 54. Same with Nepal, Turkey and Burma jails. And I couldn't find Eritrea with a gun to my head.
I might not want to visit the Mexican State of Chihuahua either, considering some of the issues we've covered concerning a water treaty.
The EU might take exception to some of the things we've written about their stupid complaints regarding our farm legislation and their apparent inability to recognize their own gravy train. So, I guess I'll put my trip to Paris on hold. Spain, alas, will have to wait. Caramba! Scotland might be a possibility but I could get in trouble poaching salmon from some of their pristine lochs. The wish to fish is a powerful urge.
For the time being, it's probably best to stay close. I don't think I've angered anyone in Lubbock lately and I maintain a fairly good relationship with folks in Central and South Texas. The last time I visited Oklahoma they said to come back. New Mexico has always struck me as a friendly state and I welcome the opportunity to visit as often as I can. They also have some good trout water up north, and I'll be happy to buy a fishing license.
I've learned to slow down through small Southwestern towns that apparently use speeding tickets as a prime source of revenue. I rarely pick fights in border town bars. And I'd never pull the "do not remove" tag off a hotel pillow. I'm learning to be safe on the road.
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All of a sudden style matters at contests—at least at this one. All season (one of the most contest-heavy seasons ever), through Grand Prix's, World Cups, and Dew Tour, we've counted up rotations as twirling, double-cork combos have added up to reveal the podium order and yet this weekend, it seems style is what matters. Why the change? What does it mean? Well, that's up for debate. But today in the pipe—as Iouri Podladtchikov stomped a few of Shaun White's hammer trick, the backside double McTwist along with huge Cab ten doubles and Louie Vito stomped Cab ten doubles, double crippler, and a giant, last hit twelve, the crowd seemed more than a little surprised at the final outcome. That's how it goes, though, right? Apparently.
The big winner was Kazuhiro Kokubo. When you watch him, you see finesse, flow, power. His run: Front nine, McTwist, front ten, Cab ten, front ten double. All of it real clean and stylish. A pleasure to watch.
When the massive crowd started booing as Louie Vito's score posted to the board, it took away a bit of the magic of the moment. But hopped up on Amp energy drink and hot Tweets, the crowd was quickly distracted. Scotty Lago and the Mitrani bros held it down for the Frends crew—they have fun and it shows, they were cruising around and hyping up the crowd. Luke went for the Double-chuk but didnt quite nail it and Lago went bigger than anyone. Scotty took home an extra three grand in pizza roll dollars for the Highest Air award. TTR Superhero Peetu Piiroinen took home a check for 50 grand for his BGOS tour title and also a little extra jing for his trick of the day, a monstrous Cab ten double.
For the ladies, Kelly Clark took home her fourth USO pipe title with a few stomped, lofty runs and she even tried to put down the front ten. Didn't quite stick that, but whatevs, she has done it and will dial-it in the future. Kelly is gnar, period; she also snapped the highest air of the day for the ladies. Behind her, Kaitlyn Farrington snagged second with back-to-back sevens and an alley-oop five. Young Ellery Hollingsworth got third. She also nabbed that pepperoni pizza loot with a hefty Michalchuk on the first hit. Extra three grand for that one—a banger.
Nobody seemed to notice the absence of Olympic heroes Torah Bright or the Flying Tomato. Actually, there was one mention of Shaun—when a call from Danny Davis and Kevin Pearce was patched in over the PA system and Davis said Shaun should "quit being a pussy" and come ride the pipe. Aside from that friendly jab, the crowd seemed totally entertained by I-pod, Vito, Kaitlyn, Kelly, Peetu and Kazu who were in the zone and putting on one hell of a show.
So, is the contest season over? Pretty much, sorta, almost, we think.
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Men's Results
Kokubo Kazuhiro
Vito Louie
Podladtchikov Iouri
Malin Markus
Korpi Janne
Lago Scotty
Holvik Tore
Haller Christian
Pietropoli Manuel
Baker Ross
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Piiroinen Peetu
Watts Ben
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Women's Results
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|Kaitlyn Farrington
|Ellery Hollingsworth
|Hannah Teter
|Rana Okada
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If this skit is anything like the "Time Crash" one featuring Peter Davison, and the one which aired before David Tennant's first series as the Doctor, then it may actually be loosely in the show's continuity. More importantly, it'll help tide us over until Easter.
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When you visit Melbourne, it is easy to see why the Victorian capital was voted the most liveable city in the world, time and time again. You can spend your break attending the latest world-class exhibits, shows and performances or strolling through the city's various precincts to unearth authentic cuisine from pretty much anywhere on the planet.
For a relaxing day by the beach or night out to remember, head to the bayside suburb of St Kilda. If you're a football or cricket fan, don't forget to tour the MCG or buy tickets to a game. If you like horse racing and dressing up to the nines, make sure you book your getaway to coincide with the Melbourne Cup.
Holiday rentals in Melbourne abound, from modern penthouses towering over Southbank to large family homes only a short tram ride from the CBD.
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Look up what's playing at Her Majesty or Princess Theatre, which regularly host international caliber musicals and other performances. The same goes for the Arts Centre and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, one of the oldest and longest standing orchestras in the country.
Meanwhile, the National Gallery of Victoria is home to the most comprehensive permanent collection in the Southern Hemisphere and features rotating international exhibits, as well.
To learn more about Anzac troops, visit the stately Anzac Memorial and the adjacent museum. To discover the area's Aboriginal heritage, wander through the Royal Botanic Gardens.
No matter the type of cuisine you enjoy, you will be able to find Melbourne restaurants serving authentic dishes. The CBD has almost endless eateries serving Asian dishes, from Hong Kong street food to award-winning Thai cuisine to sushi.
Melbourne, home to a large Greek and Italian community, boasts numerous restaurants serving these cultures' dishes. Stroll along Lygon Street for your share of Italian options and don't omit gelato from your order. Greek restaurants are more spread out, but there are quite a few of them in the CBD.
Of course, Melbourne's renowned coffee scene is not to be neglected. Get your morning - or afternoon - fix at one of the many third wave cafes across the city, tucked away down laneways or nestled at street corners in the suburbs.
Hop aboard a tram and spend the day in St Kilda, Melbourne's closest beachside suburb. The beach is bordered by calm waters, making it a great choice for families who don't want to venture too far from the city centre.
Beyond the beach, Acland Street features historic bakeries and a series of restaurants and small boutiques. Grab a frozen yoghurt or some tacos and go eat by the water.
Take the kids to Luna Park, which harbours the oldest roller coaster in Australia. More of a scenic ride than a scary one, you will be able to take in views of the beach and coastline as you circle the park in your cart.
After dark, St Kilda is a hub for nightlife, with an array of clubs and bars open until the wee hours.
If you are an Aussie-rules football fan or cricket enthusiast, you will be able to indulge in your passion as you visit Melbourne - unless, of course, you've come to the Victorian capital specifically for the sports and everything else is just to kill time!
Catch a football or cricket game at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, often referred to by locals as the MCG. Tours of the MCG are also offered, so you can delve deeper into Melbourne and Victoria's sporting legacy.
Melbourne's Albert Park plays host to the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix. Year-round, you can visit the park and see the setting of the track. If you happen to visit during the Grand Prix, take advantage of various packages or walk around the grounds for a number of activities for the whole family.
Melburnians take horse racing seriously; so much so that the yearly Melbourne Cup Day is a public holiday. Dress up in your finest attire and head to Flemington Racecourse to bet on your favourite horse. Throughout the year, you can purchase tickets to various races.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. - Junior forward Misty Copas led the East Tennessee State Lady Bucs with 14 points, but it was not enough to hold off the Lady Gamecock charge as South Carolina defeated ETSU, 117-71, on Tuesday evening from the Frank McGuire Arena in Columbia, S.C.
South Carolina led the Lady Bucs 65-34 at halftime. ETSU shot 42.9 percent from the floor while South Carolina shot a phenomenal 70.3 percent in the first stanza. Copas led the Lady Bucs in scoring in the first half with 10 points on 5-6 shooting while the Lady Gamecocks were led by Shaunzinski Gortman who tallied 16 points.
The second half started much as the first ended. The Lady Gamecocks began the second half on a 15-3 run on the way to outscoring ETSU 52-37 in the second stanza. The 117 points given up to the Lady Gamecocks are the most ever by an ETSU team. The previous high was 114, given up to Furman in 1990 and Duke in 1992.
For the game, ETSU shot 42 percent from the field while South Carolina shot 65 percent. From three-point range, the Lady Bucs shot 35 percent (6-17) and the Lady Gamecocks shot 57 percent (12-21). The Lady Gamecocks forced the Lady Bucs into 24 turnovers, scoring 39 points off of the miscues.
The Lady Bucs had three players score in double figures the guard tandem of senior Chris Forman and junior Erin Thurman scored 13 points each to join Copas. Thurman scored all of her points in the second half on 4-7 shooting and 3-5 from long distance. South Carolina was led by Gortman who ended up with 27 points.
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LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Legislative leaders in Lansing are debating whether to introduce divisive right-to-work legislation that would limit unions' ability to collect fees from nonunion workers.
The Michigan Chamber of Commerce on Monday announced its support for such legislation.
Michigan lawmakers are returning Tuesday for the first of three sessions this week. And backers of right-to-work legislation announced a new lobbying effort.
The majority of Michigan voters had no interest last month in approving a ballot proposal that would have enshrined collective bargaining rights in the Michigan Constitution and ban right-to-work laws limiting unions' ability to collect fees from nonunion workers.
That provided an invitation for some Republican leaders to come forward with right-to-work legislation. But the idea has raised opposition in a state with long and strong ties to labor unions.


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Concluding everything, this is a really good book, and I recommend it to anyone aged 8-11, because some things are too sad for younger children, and it might get boring for children over 11 years old. ASTALAVISTA!!


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by Greg » Sat Aug 15, 2009 1:14 amShort adventures and stuff of a new character of mine I grew to really love. Maybe one day I'll draw a sketch of him. These are his strange adventures...
by Greg » Sat Aug 15, 2009 1:14 amTableau and the Red Sunflower
Page One
Panel One: We open up with a wide panel to a young black man in his early 20s, bonded on a wooden log, his hands tied behind his back. His name is Jeremy Tableau. He is good looking and is wearing a white jacket and suit, black tie. His clothes is ruffed, his shirt half way unbuttoned and tie loose, sweat pouring down his face. The tone of the area is very dark and moody, the place reflecting an underground dungeon of sorts.
Caption: Oh, the things I get myself into…
Jeless (off-panel): Jeremy Tableau…
Panel Two: Now a wide panel of a beautiful woman in a red dress. This is Jeless, our antagonist. Her hair is raven black and long, placed softly over her shoulders, her lips full and red to match her ruby colored dress. She has a devilishly attractive smile on her face as she's holding onto a red sunflower-shaped crystal about two feet long in her hands. Behind her are two large men, pecs and biceps wide and threatening in contrast to their evil looking leers at our hero.
Jeless: Your reputation certainly precedes you. I have to say it's an honor to have someone like you… breaking into my very own home.
Panel Three: A close-up on Jeremy's face, head slightly tiled down, his eyes staring towards us.
Caption: The broad with the ruby-colored lips that match her blood colored dress is Jeless. Under different circumstances, I'd be hot for her…
Caption: The antique in her hands is the Red Sunflower. It's a very special… magic antique. It's said that one pedal could give a man… or woman… immortality… well, invulnerable at least for a decade - including a halt of the disease called age.
Panel Four: Back to Jeless, a close-up with a smile on her face.
Caption: And she's a succubus. Which explains why I shouldn't get hot for her.
Page Two
Panel One/Two: Both these panels will be side-by-side with their dialogue balloons going back and forth with each other in their respected panels. In the first panel is Jeless, her arms crossed, antique still in hand. Her calm composure still in play. We also see a small fly, a termite, flying around the panel. In the second panel is Jeremy who's calm and collected, a slight smirk on his face, though sweat is still falling.
Jeless: I'm pretty sure a boy… man… of your nature surely knows what I'm capable of. So the fact that you'd risk your neck to steal this from me… Well, I must ask: Why risk it?
Jeremy: Firstly, major thanks for the good props. Hearing my rep cause your panties to flutter sure gets me flattered. And second: I was sent to steal it.
Jeless: Really now? And may I kindly ask for who? I have many enemies.
Jeremy: And I must kindly say sorry, it's kindly very confidential.
Caption: Lebeur, is that you?!
Jeless: You know my reputation and power. While you may slightly resemble your deliciously mouth watering father, I let no other man defy me. You are not your father and I treat you no different than a common thug.
Jeless 2: So once again: who sent you?
Panel Three: A shot back to Jeremy, smiling.
Jeremy: I'm pretty sure you wouldn't be able to handle me, you gilf.
Jeless (off-panel): A wild tongue…
Panel Four: We're now looking at Jeremy's tied hands, the termite now eating through the ropes. A small panel.
Caption: Yes, Lebeur, I knew you'd come through.
Panel Five: Back to Jeless, licking her revealing sharp teeth. I think this should be a small panel just focusing on her lips.
Jeless: I like that.
Page Three
Panel One: Another side panel of the two, this time Jeless has planted a huge and passionate kiss onto Jeremy, her arms wrapped around his head.
Caption: Damn.
Panel Two: Same shot, only now Jeless is looking at him, her arms around his neck.
Jeless: Boys, go to business with him. But not too much. Leave him in one piece. I plan to **** the answers out of him.
Caption: Hot damn.
Jeremy: I aim to please.
Panel Three: Small panel of the rope around Jeremy's hands now completely bitten through.
Caption: Good. She's gone and the ropes are eaten through.
Panel Four: Jeless' henchmen, teeth sharp and face completely ugly and monstrous as they're walking towards us.
Jeremy (off-panel): I'll handle these two, Lebeur…
Panel Five: A two-shot of Jeremy and Lebuer. Show a metamorphosis of the termite transforming into a cheetah. Jeremy has his tie handing down from his right hand.
Jeremy: … You sniff out Jeless and get the crystal.
Page Four
Panel One: A wide panel shot of the two monsters attacking towards our heroes. The tie in Jeremy's hand has turned into a bat as he's swung it into one of the monster's nose, busting it open as a huge gush of blood is splashing out. The other monster has his arms folded from missing a speeding Lebuer who's aimed for the door.
Panel Two: A panel of Lebeur leaping at Jeless, crystal still in her hand.
Panel Three: Back to Jeremy as he's used his tie to decapitate the other monster as the previous one is knocked out on the floor.
Panel Four: A shot now of Jeremy fixing up his tie back around his neck as the two monsters are defeated and on the ground.
Panel Five: Wide-panel behind Jeless as she's standing on her balcony watching Jeremy from a distance being flown away by Lebeur who's now a pterodactyl in a clear beautiful night. The moon is huge and full with the stars shining bright. From the back of Jeless, we could see that's she been attacked brutally by Lebeur, bruises and blood covering her.
Jeless: Hmm…
Caption: "Here you go…"
Page Five
Panels One/Two: Side-by-side, balloons going back and forth respectively to the characters. Panel One is of Jeremy's client, Lord Jonesy, who's holding up the Red Sunflower and looking at it with a smile of amazement. He's sitting down in a huge, luxurious chair inside of a beautifully grand luxurious house filled with expensive décor and portraits among other riches. Panel Two is of Jeremy sitting down on the chair opposite to Lord Jonesy, Lebeur now a crow on his shoulder.
Jeremy: The Red Sunflower.
Lord Jonesy: The Red Sunflower.
Jeremy: It was a bitch to get it.
Jonesy: Oh, I've no doubt about it. The Red Sunflower. Legend has it that you heat up one crystal pedal for a whole decade of immortality.
Jeremy: Which I never understood. Why not eat the whole damn flower?
Jonesy: That's just greedy, my dear boy. But a common question. You see, more than one pedal a decade leads to the brink of insanity with a risk of meeting Sir Charon in his ferryboat. As to my end of the bargain…
Jeremy: Yeah, and no pussyfooting either.
Jonesy: A promise is a promise…
Panel Three: Wide panel shot behind Jeremy and Lebeur as a double door is opened up to them by Jonesy as he's pointing them inside, a room filled with beautiful women, some half naked, some completely, all awaiting. Jonesy has a smile on his face.
Jonesy: One night with my twelve daughters.
Panel Four: Wide-shot resembling the very first panel of the story, Jeremy having a sly smile on his face.
Caption: Oh, the things I get myself into…
by dairydead » Sat Aug 15, 2009 1:19 amI might just sketch you a picture of Tableau. I'll probably have some time to do it soon.
by Greg » Sat Aug 15, 2009 1:20 am
Whoa! Thanks, dude!
by dairydead » Sat Aug 15, 2009 1:32 am
so, just to be clear, he has a wooden leg, and wears a suit? Anything else specific?
by Greg » Sat Aug 15, 2009 1:34 am
Heh, no wooden leg, he's just tied to a log. And he wears a suit, usually.
by dairydead » Sat Aug 15, 2009 1:35 am
lol i read that wrong. I thought it said wooden leg. Oh well, anything else i should know? Hairstyle? Anything that is really noticable?
by Greg » Sat Aug 15, 2009 1:40 am
Um... nada much. Just good looking black dude in his early 20s, usually wears nice suits, sometimes a hat along with it. Hair is usually low cut Caesar or bald, but you can do what you want with the hair.
by Greg » Tue Sep 22, 2009 9:48 pmTableau and the Yeti
Page One
Panel One: We open up in this story with a wide panel shot of our young hero, Jeremy Tableau, covered in heavy and thick winter clothes, hood over his head. He's walking through a windy area filled with snow, snow nearly covering the whole area. He's freezing cold as he has a back pack on his back.
Caption 1: The Himalayas
Caption 2 (Jeremy): Usually I'd be complaining about how I get myself into these types of messes or how ****ing cold my black ass is right now. But right now there's only one thing on my mind…
Caption 3 (Jeremy): Sarah. The sweetest femme fatale you'll ever meet.
Panel Two: Jeremy has now fallen on his knees, his gloved hands to the snow on the ground. He looks tired.
Panel Three: A shot behind Jeremy as he's now looked up and sees before him a large and extremely frightening saber-toothed prowling towards him, it's mouth growling, revealing sharp teeth ready to feed.
Caption: …****.
Panel Four: This is a flashback scene in an underground lair filled with candles and strange artifacts, jars filled with body parts and animals, charms, etc. Go all out. It's very dark and gloomy. The wooden door is kicked open by Jeremy dressed in a suit with Sarah, a young and beautiful blond woman unconscious in his arms. Flying into the room is a black raven, Lebeur, Jeremy's shape shifting pet. At the near end of the panel at the bottom is an old man, preferably of Asian descent who's dressed in rags and with gray hair that's nearly all but gone. This is Meeh, the healer.
Jeremy: Master Meeh!
Page Two:
Panel One: Jeremy has placed Sarah on top of a table, his face filled with worry. Meeh is standing by looking at Sarah.
Jeremy: You have to help her! I don't know what's wrong!
Meeh: What happened to her?
Jeremy: I DON'T ****ING KNOW!
Meeh: Please, Tableau… you must calm yourself!
Jeremy: I'm sorry, it's just that…
Panel Two: A close-up on Sarah lying unconsciously on the table, Jeremy's hand moving a strand of her blond hair away from her face.
Jeremy (off-panel): I dunno… We were just eating and all of a sudden she got this weird seizure-like attack. Except it wasn't normal… I felt it.
Panel Three: Back to Jeremy as he's looking at Meeh.
Jeremy: It was a magical attack. And I can't seem to shake the spell off. You're the best healer in this region. You have to help me. She's my best friend.
Panel Four: Back to the snowy Himalayas as we see a small panel of Jeremy's gloved hands picking up a handful of snow.
Panel Five: Now a shot of the saber-toothed prowling closer to Jeremy. Jeremy has the block of snow in his hand.
Jeremy: Ròch.
Panel Six-Seven: Small close-ups of the snow turning into a hard rock. Panels Six, Seven, and Eight should all be very small and aligned next to each other. They should not take a lot of space on this page, but make it clear enough to see what's going on.
Jeremy (off-panel): Boule.
Panel Eight: Small close-up of the rock lighting up in flames.
Page Three
Panel One: Now a shot of the saber tooth leaping towards Jeremy to attack while Jeremy has flung the flaming rock at the saber tooth.
Panel Two: The saber tooth has fallen into the snowy ground but still looks like he's in a mode of attack, blood leaking from his head.
Jeremy (off-panel): Don't want none, won't get…
SFX ( Not from the saber-toothed): GRRRRRRR
Panel Three: A shot of Jeremy's eyes wide. He's standing in a position to throw more flaming rocks at the saber-toothed as there's one in each hand. But what has him stopped in his tracks is the enormous Yeti standing behind him.
Caption: …****.
Panel Four: A two-shot back earlier to Jeremy and Meeh looking at each other, Jeremy looking confused but bewildered.
Jeremy: A Yeti's hide? You can't be serious.
Meeh: Yes, the hide skin of a Yeti. The charm needed to awaken her is found in a Yeti's fur. You cannot use a false fur from your pet. It won't work. Yeti's fur are extremely hard to find and I haven't had access to them for over 50 years. Who ever has cursed her wants her dead to go to such lengths.
Jeremy: Aren't they located in the Himalayas? How am I suppose to get the hide skin of a Yeti?
Panel Five: Close-up of Meeh.
Meeh: You've a rich and powerful family. You mean to tell me you wouldn't have the proper resources to get the fur of a Yeti?
Panel Six: A shot of Jeremy talking to Lebeur who's standing on his forearm. Meeh is in the background looking through cabinets.
Jeremy: Lebeur, watch over Sarah. I'm not too sure I trust this guy.
Page Four
Panel One: A wide-panel now of the saber tooth leaping towards Jeremy and the Yeti as Jeremy himself has dropped out of the way. The Yeti has furiously grabbed the attacking saber tooth by the top and lower jaws as they're growling at each other.
Panel Two: Now a shot of the Yeti snapping the jaws apart, killing the saber-tooth.
Panel Three: A shot now behind the Yeti's head looking towards Jeremy who's looking back at him amazed.
Panel Four: We're now at the Yeti's cave as there's a bon-fire and atop of the fire is a stick with the saber-toothed grilled over it. Around the bon-fire is the Yeti and it's three children, all very small and cute compared to the larger one. Jeremy, still wrapped in his coat, is sitting against the wall of the cave as one of the baby Yetis is giving Jeremy a piece of meat.
Caption: The Yeti took me in and introduced me to it's family…
Panel Five: Now an intense shot looking up at Jeremy with a large rock dripping with blood in his hands as it's raised above his head, about to drive it down onto something. His face filled with hurt rage.
Caption: I killed it after they all fell asleep.
Page Five
Panel One: A shot of Meeh holding the hide skin and fur of the Yeti in his hands, his face filled with sinister glee. Behind him you see Jeremy angrily looking at him with Sarah in his arms, though she's still seated on the table.
Caption: He used me. The bastard used me.
Meeh: Yes… the fur of Yeti. Do you know how much power this holds… how much money I could make off of this?
Jeremy: Money? I don't give a shit about money, we had a deal. And you used me.
Meeh: Yes we did. And yes I did. Yes, I sent that magical attack. I knew you'd come running for my help. Only I held the power to awaken your friend. Now that I have the fur of the Yeti, I'll be rich. Powerful, yes.
Caption: A Yeti that meant no harm… who saved and trusted me.
Panel Two: A close up shot of Jeremy pissed off.
Jeremy: Wake her up right now.
Panel Three: A small panel of Meeh's old and frail fingers making a snap.
Panel Four: A shot of Jeremy and Sarah as she's woken up and is looking up at Jeremy confused while he's looking back at her.
Sarah: Jeremy… what happened?
Jeremy: Powerful, Meeh? We'll see about that. Lebeur…
Panel Five: Now a shot of Jeremy leaving the lair with Sarah and Lebeur as a crow on his shoulder. The Yeti's fur is in his hands as they leave while Meeh is one the floor, now a corpse and devoured, blood all over the floor.
by dairydead » Tue Sep 22, 2009 10:35 pmi got that picture about done, it kinda sucks though. Just gotta scan it.
by Greg » Tue Sep 22, 2009 10:42 pm
Awesome. No worries.
I've actually done some pictures of the character, one my friend designed himself. But since I rebooted my computer, stupid scanner won't work.
by shannonh » Tue Oct 06, 2009 7:29 pmI couldn't wait on this other guy any longer. lol
seriously though, I was doing some warm up sketches and for some reason this popped on to the page...no biggy.
by Greg » Tue Oct 06, 2009 10:21 pmAww man! That's so awesome! Thanks!
by Greg » Tue Oct 06, 2009 11:33 pmI'm so saving that!
Here's designs I did along with my friend, Andy. He did the one in the middle, the full body design. I did the one on the side and the faces.
I did a few others in my sketch book which is locked in my mom's bedroom right now.
These were done a while ago, but damn scanner was screwed.
by shannonh » Wed Oct 07, 2009 9:00 pmKeep it up and good luck.
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Clinton Turns Down Request to Testify on Benghazi Next Week
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has turned down an invitation to testify before the House Foreign Affairs Committee next Thursday on the Benghazi attack.
A committee update this evening indicated that Michael Courts, acting director of International Affairs and Trade for the Government Accountability Office, will be testifying followed by a RAND Corp. analyst.
The committee indicated further witnesses could be added, but the State Department confirmed that Clinton won't be one of them.
"She was asked to appear at House Foreign Affairs next week, and we have written back to the chairman to say that she'll be on travel next week," said department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland. She did not answer a question about whether Clinton would be willing to fly back from Australia to address either the Foreign Affairs panel or the Senate and House closed-door intelligence committee hearings getting to the root of the Benghazi scandal.
"The Committee plans to hold the second segment of this hearing the week of November 26, 2012 and will request Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testify before the Committee at that time," the Foreign Affairs Committee said in an advisory.
Committee Chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) wrote Clinton on Tuesday to demand that the State Department respond to the panel's requests for information on Benghazi.
"It is disappointing that we have yet to receive any response from your Department and that we are receiving more information from the press than from the Administration," Ros-Lehtinen wrote.
On Sept. 12 and Sept. 14, the chairwoman requested State Department witnesses for both an open hearing and closed-door members' briefing. On Sept. 25, committee members requested information on intelligence leading up to the attack and the role former Guantanamo detainees may have played. On Oct. 15, fresh requests were sent from Ros-Lehtinen directly to Clinton. No responses have been received.
"While I understand that investigations by the FBI and the State Department's own Accountability Review Board are ongoing, it is imperative that this Committee, having direct oversight responsibility, be kept informed every step of the way of developments in the matter," Ros-Lehtinen wrote. "Accordingly, I respectfully request access, in accordance with standard procedures for classification information, to all cables regarding embassy security in Benghazi before, during, and after the September 11th attack and all memoranda establishing security protocols, including agreements with other agencies."
"Moreover, I continue to have concerns more broadly about embassy post security in frontline countries and I request an expeditious response to the questions raised in my October 15th letter," the chairwoman added. "Finally, please be prepared to present State Department officials to testify on these issues when Congress reconvenes later this month."