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Clive Barker's Next Testament #4 - The Sequel to the Bible
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by LOLtron » Mon Sep 30, 2013 6:00 am
Just like the bible, this story is made up too.
What if one day God came back? And instead of being the benevolent, loving, caring God that organized religion makes him out to be nowadays, he was the living embodiment of the angry, vengeful, and merciless God that is portrayed in the old testament of the bible? He's also deviously brilliant and a bit insane by human standards. That is what Clive Barker and Mark Miller's Next Testament (which went through a plethora of name changes before going to print) is asking every issue. The comic seems to be co-written by both parties. Clive Barker is the main reason I started reading this comic; I have always been a huge fan of his writing style. And this comic is a different beast, but still part of the gold mine of Barker's terrifying mind.
In this comic, God has been summoned back to Earth. He is angry at humanity for a plethora of reasons. Oh, and God's skin looks like paint spilled all over him in fluidly coalescing colors. So, to begin with, in this issue, God's divinely righteous judgment is in full effect, and how does a vengeful deity begin to show his power? By making every plane fall out of the sky simultaneously to wreck and kill any and all of the passengers aboard, just for the hell of it. I truly love the way Barker and Miller have decided to portray the deity in this comic. As I stated at the beginning of this review, God… is kind of dick, but in an almost relatable way. God wants to bring back the old ways of living, to thin out the weak and evil and get man to stop being so reliant on technology, which. at the end of the issue, becomes somewhat of a reality.
The main characters of the comic are a couple that are so forgettable I sometimes forget they exist, and, when they pop back up, I'm like, oh right, them again. In fact most of the human characters are completely eclipsed by the character of God. I could probably spend so much of this review just talking about that character, so I urge the readers to check it out themselves and see what I'm talking about. After the events of the plane crash, the couple have somehow miraculously survived and they make it to a town and plan a trip to Rhode Island for some unexplained reason. Meanwhile, God is searching for "The new Rome." The man who summoned him and has become his follower/slave (who also happens to be the father of the male main character) suggests Hollywood, which I thought was a cliché choice, but you know who else did? God. He was thoroughly unhappy with "The new Rome" so he killed everyone in it. I don't want to ruin the end of this issue, because it's really devious and evil in a way. But also if you look at it from a different perspective of how humans actually live today, its quite philosophical and truthful at the roots of its message.
Since issue #1 of Next Testament I've been completely engrossed into the story of this comic as well as all the somewhat philosophical and religious ideals presented in it. It is also a finite series of 11 issues, so right now as of issue #4, I have a lot of lingering questions that I hope get answered by the final issue. The art of the comic, handled by Haemi Jang, whose art, truthfully, I've never seen any of before this, does great and interesting work for this comic. The design of God, as I stated earlier, is truly a glorious spectacle to behold, and never in a million years would I think to portray a deity as such, but it's an awesome design and it works. It perfectly captures his deviously omnipotent personality.
Even so I wish I could say more about it, but honestly, most of the art takes a back seat to the story for me so far, and because of that, I think this comic will end up delivering on every level once it kicks into high gear and we near the apex of the finale. For now though, the first 4 issues have been a really solid start.
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by Psivage » Mon Sep 30, 2013 12:05 pm
I will check it out.
by MistaT » Mon Sep 30, 2013 2:24 pmSounds neat. I too am a fan of Clive Barker, and anything that pokes fun at christianity is ok by me.
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The Kids Are All Right in London
Director Lisa Chodolenko and stars Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo were in London tonight to promote the film at the UK premiere. Love the movie. Love them. Love Julianne. Love Julianne's fuchsia lipstick. I've been obsessed with my fuchsia lipstick since summer and have worn it every single day since and still am not sick of it. But her dress...
It scares me.
At best it's like half of another dress is hanging off her shoulder. At worst it's the sartorial interpretation of a bipolar stalker, and maybe it's my afternoon sleepy imagination running away from me but there's something rather sinister about the whole thing, almost like the one sleeve has an evil personality.
As for Mark Ruffalo, I can't picture myself ever saying anything bad about him. Like, his wife is called Sunrise and that's ok too. See? Heavy, heavy Ruffalo bias over here.
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After two weeks of intense negotiation, Congress rallied bipartisan votes to pass a $152 billion stimulus plan to jolt a sluggish economy.
The plan aims to get rebate checks to more than 130 million American families, to increase investment tax breaks, and to expand refinancing opportunities in the housing market. It passed the Senate by a vote of 81 to 16 on Thursday and, just hours later, by a House vote of 380 to 34.
"This economic-growth package is an example of bipartisan cooperation at a time when the American people most expect it," said President Bush in a statement after the final House vote.
This rare surge of bipartisanship followed close consultation among congressional leaders and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson – and a full-court press from lobbyists and constituents eager to know when their check would be in the mail. (Answer: Taxpayers who file their 2007 tax returns on time can expect checks as early as May.)
At the heart of the deal are hundreds of dollars in "recovery rebate" checks to consumers and tax breaks to businesses. To qualify for rebate checks, individuals have to be legal residents of the United States and earn at least $3,000, including Social Security income and veterans' disability payments. Checks range from $300 to $600 for individuals and $600 to $1,200 for married couples, plus an additional $300 for each child.
Two key compromises paved the way for the agreement: A House deal that expanded eligibility for rebate checks to lower income groups and a Senate deal that added seniors and disabled veterans, while drawing the line on adding anything else.
Negotiations over a stimulus plan began in the House, where Democratic leaders convinced the White House to expand eligibility for rebate checks to some 35 million working families who made too little to pay income taxes – and phase out those with adjusted gross incomes of $75,000 for individuals and $150,000 for married couples.
"For the first time, tens of millions of low-income working people, who have been excluded from past stimulus laws, will benefit from recovery rebates and the child tax credit," said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a statement on Thursday.
The first draft of a stimulus plan, announced on Jan. 24, easily passed the House but appeared to bog down this week in the Senate. Senate Democrats, backed by eight Republicans, tried to add $43 billion in additional spending to the package, including extended unemployment benefits, alternative-energy tax credits, home-heating subsidies for low-income households, public works projects, and more support for nutrition programs.
But they fell one vote short in a high-profile vote on Wednesday. At the request of Senate majority leader Harry Reid, Sens. Hillary Clinton (D) of New York and Barack Obama (D) of Illinois came off their presidential campaigns to return to Washington to vote for the measure. Sen. John McCain (R) of Arizona, the leading GOP contender, was the lone Senate absentee.
The battle for the final Republican vote went on until Senator Reid agreed to allow a GOP amendment to the bill, which added 20 million seniors and 250,000 disabled veterans to the list of those receiving rebates under the House plan. They also voted to close a loophole that critics said could have allowed rebate checks for those working in the US illegally.
"I've been home quite a bit lately and that's what people have been talking about: seniors, veterans, and immigration. That was the glue that kept this deal together," says Sen. Ted Stevens (R) of Alaska, who drafted the GOP amendment.
Democrats and outside groups repeatedly lobbied a handful of Republican senators in a bid to tip the vote toward a larger stimulus bill. The AARP, the largest lobby for people over 50, ran full-page ads on the theme: "Millions of people are watching how their Senators vote on Economic Stimulus – no pressure."
In separate press releases after the larger-stimulus package failed, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee targeted both Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell (R) of Kentucky and Sen. John Sununu (R) of New Hampshire as having cast the "deciding vote" against tax rebates for seniors and veterans. Both senators, up for reelection in 2008, voted for the final version of the bill.
Still, nearly half of the Senate Republican caucus ignored the pressure and opposed the bill.
"They were looking at Alaska's [high] unemployment statistics, and thought I'd have pressure to vote for extending unemployment insurance. But I had problems with the underlying premise of the bill," says Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R) of Alaska, who voted against both versions of a stimulus bill.
"It's just handouts to buy votes," said Sen. Jim DeMint (R) of South Carolina, one of 16 GOP senators who voted against the bill.
Sen. Pete Domenici (R) of New Mexico, who voted with Democrats on an expanded version of a stimulus bill, said that what moved his vote was recent bad economic news. "We clearly face the possibility of a recession," he said on the floor of the Senate on Feb. 6.


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Title: First Test
Author: Tamora Pierce
Series: Protector of the Small #1
Published: 1999
Description: Kel is the first girl in ten years to take advantage of the decree that permits girls to train for the knighthood, and she is about to smash everyone's preconceptions about what girls can and cannot do...
My thoughts: I read Tamora Pierce's 'Immortals' series multiple times in high school, so I was really happy to spot some of her other books at the library the other day. Something I admire in Ms. Pierce's work is that she manages to capture the feelings of a fantasy book and fit the world building, characterisations, and plot you'd expect into an adult novel into a much shorter book aimed at teen readers. 'First Test', the first in the 'Protector of the Small' quartet proves that this is a trait for all Tamora Pierce's books.
The story starts with the king talking to Lord Wyldon, then man who trains the pages & squires to be knights, discussing admitting Kel to the training program. Lord Wyldon is strongly against it even though the law says she must be allowed, and they compromise by putting her on probation for her first year. Kel arrives determined to prove that girls can do just as well and sure that she will be able to convince him in the first year that she should be allowed to stay. 'First Test' covers that first year of training, as she deals with bullies, prejudice, difficult classes and a stubborn horse in her quest to become a knight.
I loved being back in the world of Tortall, in the aftermath of the Immortal Wars. This book starts just a few months after the last one I read finishes, so it's interesting to see familiar characters from a new perspective and see how the kingdom is doing. There are still many creatures which escaped from the Immortal Realms wandering around, and yes, Kel encounters a couple.
This was a fast, enjoyable read for me, and I'm looking forward to the next in the series. I'll give it 7/10.
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Book review: First Test by Tamora Pierce
Author: Ailsa | Filed Under: 7 stars, ailsa, Fantasy, Protector of the Small, Tamora Pierce, YA, Young Adult | at 5:17 PM |
2 comments:
- Blodeuedd on April 23, 2015 at 8:40 PM said...
Oh look she has a cat :D I already like her
- Zen DiPietro on May 3, 2015 at 4:26 PM said...
I haven't heard of this one. Do you think it the material is appropriate for a 9 year old gifted reader? I like to find books with strong heroines for my son, so he sees both male and female protagonists.
I wonder about a book like this. I've raised him not to differentiate between boys and girls and what they can or should be able to do. With that background, do you think this book would forward the idea of equality or introduce the idea of inequality? Hmm.
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Great Performances "Harry Connick, Jr. In Concert On Broadway" The three-time Grammy Award winner is backed by his big band and a 12-piece string section with Connick on both a Steinway grand and an upright honky-tonk piano at New York's Neil Simon Theater. The show was taped July 2010 and features Connick performing a mix of standards, original compositions and New Orleans street music. Songs include "We Are in Love," "The Way You Look Tonight," "St. James Infirmary Blues" and "Bourbon Street Parade."G
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The Artist Toolbox "John Legend" In this episode of The Artist Toolbox, get a taste of the performance chops of six-time Grammy Award-winning recording artist John Legend with host John Jacobsen. More than just good looks and what Legend has called a 'presumptuous' name, Legend's innate musical ear and talent for fusing his early gospel influences with hip-hop, jazz and even classical music, has found him working with top names such as Lauryn Hill, Alicia Keys, Janet Jackson, Talib Kweli, Jay-Z, Britney Spears, Eve, Common, the Black Eyed Peas and longtime producer and friend, Kanye West. So adept at weaving myriad sounds and genres, Legend seems to have created a signature sound, if not genre, of his own. D
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Sun Studio Sessions "Dale Watson" Dale Watson is an Austin, Texas troubadour whose style harkens back to country music's golden days of the 1950s delivered with a modern flair to put his own timely stamp on the genre. On this episode, Dale performs many of his signature tunes, including songs from his latest record "The Sun Sessions.". D
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After making a passable 3D debut Philips has set its sights on something rather more refined.
The 46PFL9705H is the largest screen in the Dutch brand's flagship 9000 TV series after the incredible 58-inch Philips Cinema 21:9 Platinum and is bristling with technology designed to get really stuck into the crosstalk problem that's so far blighted 3D LCD.
The 3D capabilities represent only a small fraction of the 46PFL9705H's features: it's stuffed to bursting point with multimedia tools, including open internet browsing.
It's equipped with a version of Philips' all-conquering processing engine, Perfect Pixel HD that has been optimised for use with the set's locally dimmed direct LED backlight.
Philips' step-down 3D TVs, the PFL8605 series (including the 40PFL8605H), use edge LED lighting and feature a very different design approach. If you're not fussed about 3D, you can drop down one more rung to the (still LED-backlit) PFL7605H series.


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Yes, Apple, You Have To Tell The UK Public That Samsung Didn't Copy You
from the silver-lining:-you're-still-cooler dept
It appears that strategy has failed, as the judges handling the appeal have refused to overturn the original ruling, saying that it was important that Apple clear up confusion that might occur among the public:
"The acknowledgment must come from the horse's mouth," they said. "Nothing short of that will be sure to do the job completely."While I find the ruling amusing, I'm really not sure that it makes sense. I find Apple's attacks on Samsung silly and counterproductive, but forcing it to advertise that Samsung didn't copy Apple may go too far in compelling a company to say things.


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Walter F. McCarthy, Jr., 79, of Mattapoisett, died April 1, 2014, peacefully at home. He was the husband of Patricia A. (Fay) McCarthy with whom he shared 57 years of marriage.
Walter F. McCarthy, Jr., 79, of Mattapoisett, died April 1, 2014, peacefully at home. He was the husband of Patricia A. (Fay) McCarthy with whom he shared 57 years of marriage.
Born in Brockton, the son of the late Walter F. and Miriam P. (Davidson) McCarthy, he lived in Brockton and Buzzards Bay for many years before moving to Mattapoisett in 1993.
Mr. McCarthy was formerly employed as a marketing representative at Bay State Gas for 38 years until his retirement and was a commissioner of the Bay State Alumni.
He served with the Seebees in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. Mr. McCarthy was a member of Florence Eastman American Legion Post 280 and a former member of the Brockton Lions Club for over 30 years. He enjoyed driving automobiles, gardening, volunteering and was an avid Boston sports fan.
Survivors include his wife; 2 sons, Richard McCarthy and his wife Tracy of Buzzards Bay, Brian McCarthy and his wife Kimberly of Hopedale, MA; 3 daughters, Laura Burrill and her husband Curtis of Scarborough, ME, Theresa Barrett of North Easton, MA and Patricia Cifello and her husband Thomas of Buzzards Bay; a sister, Susan Jahnke of Wareham; 14 grandchildren, Richard and David McCarthy, Erin and John McCarthy, Lt. Scott and Curtis Burrill and Kimberly Hjort, Amanda, Daniel, Matthew and Timothy Barrett; Justin, Thomas and Jeffrey Cifello; 4 great-grandchildren, Sean, Kendra and Cadence Burrill and Cassidy Hjort; and several nieces and nephews.
His Funeral Service will be held on Monday at 10 AM in the Saunders-Dwyer Mattapoisett Home for Funerals, 50 County Rd. (Rt. 6), Mattapoisett. Burial will follow in Massachusetts National Cemetery, Bourne. Visiting hours will be on Sunday from 2-5 PM.
In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to the Mattapoisett Police Department, P.O. Box 436, Mattapoisett, MA 02739 or the Mattapoisett Fire Department, P.O. Box 362, Mattapoisett, MA 02739.
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UConn, Weist savor 1st victory
Trailing by three touchdowns at halftime, UConn interim head coach T.J. Weist was ticked off and he made his unhappiness known to his players. What was said? Well, that remains a well-guarded secret, but after Weist challenged his team to step up and respond, a couple of other people did the same thing.
According to Weist, junior linebacker Yawin Smallwood and redshirt freshman quarterback Casey Cochran also got a little vocal and challenged their respective units to man-up and make something happen in the second half.
Man, did they.
Cochran engineered three second-half touchdown drives and Smallwood intercepted a Temple pass and returned it 59 yards for a touchdown with a little more than four minutes to play as the Huskies scored 28 unanswered points and ended a season-long nine-game losing streak with a 28-21 victory over the Owls Saturday night in Philadelphia.
"Yawin grabbed the defense and Casey did a good job at halftime and grabbed the offense," Weist said on his Sunday afternoon post-game conference call. "Casey brought them together in the locker room and challenged them and that was good to see, some of leaders challenging each other and challenging the team at halftime to get back to playing smart, tough, physical football.
"I was proud of that second-half effort, shutting those guys out and really, everything came together for us in all three phases of the game and that's what we needed to do."
After allowing Temple 21 points and 271 yards of total offense in the first half, the UConn defense clamped down and limited the Owls to just 101 yards of total offense in the second half, but most importantly, no points. The defense also made the play of the year when Smallwood read quarterback's P.J. Walker's eyes, stepped in front of his intended receiver, picked off the pass and raced to the end zone to put the Huskies in front.
"That's what makes this win so special," Weist said. "Yawin, a team captain, makes the play that wins the game in the end.
"That's what you've got to have. (If) you want to win games, you've got to make plays, offense or defense, someone's got to make them. Tim Willman, a guy that the players really respect, comes through and his character shows through and he makes a play when you need it. It's the guys that work the hardest, the guys that are the team leaders, those are the guys that come through and that's what we've been missing."
After he and his staff enjoyed some victory cigars after the win, Weist said he was going to spend the rest of Sunday afternoon breaking down the film and handing out game balls.
"Winning solves so many things," Weist said. "Winning makes everybody feel better. There's no comparison to it. This win was so sweet because these players have put in so much work and the staff has put in so much work and so much time and so much effort, to get a victory.
"It may not mean anything to anyone else in the country that a winless team won a game, but this is one of our best victories. It's one of my best victories as a coach just because of how much it means to the players and the program to finally put it together."
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12:15 pm - 06/29/2011
Johnny & Associates' Response to Morimoto's Incident
On June 28th, Johnny & Associates announced their official message on their homepage regarding the incident with the youngest Hey! Say! JUMP member, Morimoto Ryutarou (16).
Although the agency did not report Morimoto's name or the validity of his actions, they posted a formal apology to the fans by stating, "We are deeply sorry for the inconvenience and the worry we have caused."
As a response, the agency added three more dates for Hey! Say! JUMP's entertainment show, 'SUMMARY 2011', with one Osaka Dome performance (September 18th) and two Tokyo Dome performances (24th and 25th). This show was originally scheduled to occur from August 7th to September 11th.
In response to Morimoto's indefinite suspension, his appearance may be omitted from various pre-recorded shows. For example, it has been revealed that his appearance on Hey! Say! JUMP's regular show, "Yan Yan JUMP", has been deleted from the recorded footage.
Johnny & Associates commented on their actions, stating, "We will air the episode after replacing all the cutout scenes with other members of the group."
It is still undecided if his appearances in TV programs such as "HEY! HEY! HEY!" and new CMs such as the ones for Lotte will be omitted, but it is currently under review.
With this, the rest of the members of Hey! Say! JUMP pledged that, "We will do our very best so please do continue to support us from now on."
Source: http://www.tokyohive.com/2011/06/johnny-associates-responds-to-hey-say-jumps-morimoto-ryutarou-incident/
FYI. the Dome concerts were announced to fan club members a day (or 2) prior to the scandal, so it was actually NOT in response to the incident. But I'm happy it's pushing through.


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by Liz Klimas
The Blaze
A letter from the Department of Justice and Department of Education to the University of Montana regarding an investigation of assault could have sweeping implications for college campuses across the country, potentially turning students and professors into "harassers," according an individual rights advocate.
The letter, which states it will "serve as a blueprint for colleges and universities throughout the country to protect students from sexual harassment and assault," says sexual harassment includes any "unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature." This can include physical advances, requests for sexual favors and "other verbal" conduct.
It is this verbal portion that has some concerned.
In a piece for the Wall Street Journal, the president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Greg Lukianoff, said the "implications for professors and students are enormous."
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An unsuccessful request for a date, or even assigning a potentially offensive book like "Lolita," could now be construed as harassment. As attorney and civil libertarian Wendy Kaminer commented on The Atlantic's website this week: "The stated goal of this policy is stemming discrimination, but the inevitable result will be advancing it, in the form of content-based prohibitions on speech."
Lukianoff is also concerned that the "verbal" restrictions won't be contained sexual harassment issues either, noting two cases in recent years where criticism of Islam was categorized as harassment.
"An obsession with political correctness and the expansion of bureaucracy on campus are key factors in the proliferation of such free-speech abuses," Lukianoff wrote. "But the hidden force that pushes schools to overreact to offensive, or merely dissenting, speech is fear of liability and the federal government. A growing 'risk-management' industry—complete with regular conferences, conventions and consultants—has arisen from efforts by university administrators trying to avoid being sued for discrimination or harassment, and to avoid the costly investigations in which the Education Department's Office for Civil Rights specializes."
Lukianoff also pointed out how the letter states that colleges are required to take action to reports of sexual harassment occurring both on- and off-campus, punishing the accused sometimes even "prior to the completion of the Title IX and Title IV investigation/resolution."
Watch Reason TV's report about the new "blueprint" letter, featuring Lukianoff:
In the video, Reason's host asks whether a comment like "you're looking hot today" could be considered harassment. Lukianoff said, according to the new letter, it could.
"…That's the problem. It's so board that it turns every single student and every single faculty member on campus, at least arguably, into harrassers," Lukianoff said.
Since any university accepting any form of federal funding would need to adopt this definition of sexual harassment, Lukianoff said he hopes that this will be the last straw to cause them to push back against the "ridiculous legislation."
According to a 2013 report by FIRE, 95.4 percent of public schools and 90.4 percent of private schools have policies that infringe upon free speech in some manner.
Read more of Lukianoff's position in the Wall Street Journal here.
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The hiring of J. Patrick Yoder as St. Joseph County administrator is official.
The hiring of J. Patrick Yoder as St. Joseph County administrator is official.
The St. Joseph County Commission approved an employment agreement with Yoder, 63, at its regular meeting Tuesday in Centreville.
With no comments offered from the audience and with little discussion by the five-member panel, Yoder's employment agreement was approved unanimously.
The two parties reached a verbal agreement a week ago, when Yoder indicated his interest in returning to the job he held for four years starting with its creation in 1990.
Yoder will begin work April 1. His contract as village manager in Three Oaks expires at the end of March.
According to terms of the agreement, Yoder's employment as the county's highest, non-elected official will start on a nine-month interim basis and his salary will be prorated to equal $85,500 per year.
His employment beyond 2013 will be reviewed by commissioners later this year. If warranted, he would be offered a contract on a yearly basis.
Other terms of the employment agreement include insurance benefits, a car allowance of $400 per month and $2,000 relocation expenses. Yoder also will receive 18 days of vacation, which may be carried over annually.
He will receive payment for unused vacation days upon the termination of his employment, although a per-day rate was not identified in the contract.
Yoder succeeds Judy West-Wing, who retired last month after 20 years as administrator and 30 years as a county employee. Yoder and West-Wing are the only two people to hold the administrator position.
Until Yoder's start-date, finance director Joni Smith and human resources director Elishia Arver will serve as administrator by proxy.


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Barnes & Noble (NYSE:BKS) Chairman Leonard Riggio revealed plans Monday to buy the bookseller's retail assets, including its 700 stores and website, in a move that would separate the traditional book business from its digital Nook arm.
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The announcement, which comes as big-box retailers struggle to keep pace with fast-growing online retailers that have fewer overhead costs, sent shares of Barnes & Noble up more than 9% early Monday to $14.74.
Riggio said in a regulatory filing he plans to submit a proposal that falls in-line with the company's pre-announced effort to evaluate strategic options for its investment in Nook Media, which makes the Nook e-reader.
No price was disclosed, but Riggio said it would be negotiated with the board and the committee overseeing the deal. Barnes & Noble said it has formed a committee of independent directors to look over his proposal.
After founding Barnes & Noble some 40 years ago and pioneering the big bookstore layout, Riggio remains its largest shareholder with a close to 30% stake. A bid for the bookseller would come as it struggles to improve sales amid high operational costs and growing demand for digital books.
At the same time, its Nook business continues to stumble amid strong competition from tablets and rival devices like Amazon's (NASDAQ:AMZN) Kindle. During the key holiday shopping period, Nook sales slumped a disappointing 12.6%, while bookstore sales fell 11%.
In a sign of the intensifying competitive landscape, rival Borders was forced into bankruptcy in 2011, after which it promptly liquidated and shut down a large chunk of its retail stores.
If a deal were to go through, Riggio would need to secure financing and garner approval from the board and shareholders. In securities filings, he said he would likely provide the cash for the deal himself and make arrangements for the debt financing. He has given no timetable.
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Friday, May 15, 2009
Date Night!
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- iva yaneva said...
Ooh, this comes in the perfect moment :) it's my boyfriend's birthday today, but since he's working we decided to celebrate it tomorrow. I am definitely with you :)) thanks for the lovely invite - it is beautiful!
have fun on your date :)
- May 15, 2009 at 2:07 PM
- Spsmiles said...
I LOVE this idea! Gonna have to file it away for future use :)
- May 16, 2009 at 8:05 PM
- christa Baca said...
BTW- had such a great time... We went down for May fest which is kind of a lame Tulsa event... but we had fun. Outdoor concert, perused some art- had an all around good time. Yay! dates!
- May 18, 2009 at 12:08 AM
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Aww, this is fabulous, I'll be linking. We had a date night this weekend. I picked up ice cream and a chocolate torte and we popped open a bottle of champagne and celebrated Saturday!
- May 18, 2009 at 11:49 AM
- Erin at Vale Design said...
Super cute! I am all about blocking type on invitations these days!
- May 18, 2009 at 2:06 PM
love this idea! we've been meaning to get out. i guess we were just waiting for a formal invitation.
- May 19, 2009 at 9:06 AM
- Geek+Nerd said...
I love the date night freebie! So cute, thanks!
- May 23, 2009 at 10:30 AM


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Flying Frenchman, Tariq Abdul-Wahad, returns to San Jose as coach
SAN JOSE -- During his search for a new varsity basketball coach, Lincoln High athletic director Kevin Collins got a voice message from Tariq Abdul-Wahad.
The name didn't ring a bell, which is understandable. Abdul-Wahad is better remembered in these parts as Olivier Saint-Jean, the French-born sensation who single-handedly (and trilingually) propelled San Jose State to its last March Madness appearance, in 1996.
Collins put the name through an Internet search and suddenly made the connection: Abdul-Wahad was a first-round draft pick and played seven seasons in the NBA.
And if that wasn't enough to jar his memory, Abdul-Wahad was the only one of the 12 candidates for the Lincoln High vacancy to include
a letter of recommendation from Doc Rivers, an NBA coach of the year.
It seemed too good to be true. So Collins called the player with an estimated $37.9 million in career earnings to ask, in essence, why the heck would you want to do this?
"I just want to coach,'' Abdul-Wahad told him.
So there he was Wednesday night, lugging an equipment bag through a near-empty gym, barking directions at willowy teenagers and jousting with referees during a 59-46 loss at Evergreen Valley High.
Why the heck would he want to do this? A clue comes during a timeout with 4:49 to play in the third quarter. That's when Abdul-Wahad shouts one last instruction at his players.
"Go use your minds," he says.
'Studentof the game'
Abdul-Wahad, now 38, was always something of the thinking man's hoopster -- part baller, part scholar. Raised in Versailles, France, he took frequent field trips to the Louvre as a kid. (In interviews over the years, he's been known to quote artist Georgia O'Keeffe.)
Abdul-Wahad arrived at San Jose State in 1995 an astonishingly nimble 6-foot-6, 223-pounder. Ron Bergman, the longtime Mercury News sports writer, promptly dubbed him "The Flying Frenchman."
The rest of the Spartans flew along for the ride. The former Olivier Saint-Jean guided SJSU to the most surprising March Madness appearance in Bay Area history, rallying back from a 4-15 start to win the conference tournament. It remains the school's only NCAA tournament appearance since 1980.
"He carried us," recalled former assistant coach Bill McClintock, now 76. "He loved the game and he was a student of the game, and those are the guys who tend to end up in coaching. What he's doing now, he's doing it for the love of the game."
Abdul-Wahad, who changed his name after converting to Islam during his junior year in college, was mostly a role player in the NBA. Known as a defensive specialist, he averaged 7.8 points and 3.3 rebounds per game until retiring in 2003.
Abdul-Wahad moved back to San Jose in 2009, so he could finish his degree in art history. He enrolled in the SJSU master's program, too. But then, he said, "I got busy." For one thing, he and a friend started a small Brazil-based apparel company called 610 Clothing. For another, he had a wife, Khadija, and three kids: Amine, now 15, Hind, 13, and Anas, 10.
When Hind began showing athletic promise about three years ago, Abdul-Wahad did what he could to show her basketball fundamentals. He tutored other girls, too, ranging from sixth- to eighth-graders, and discovered he was a natural-born teacher -- the Edifying Frenchman.
Bitten by the coaching bug, he jumped at a chance to serve as an assistant coach for the women's team at Cal State Monterey Bay. Never mind that this was an unpaid position for a Division II program that required him to commute about an hour-and-a-half each day.
"He was great for us," said Renee Jimenez, the coach at Cal State Monterey Bay. "He's not your typical NBA guy. He's humble. He worked really hard and he really listened."
Abdul-Wahad's breakthrough came with Brittani Jefferson, a 6-footer who Jimenez described as a former "stand-in the-background post player." Abdul-Wahad pushed her, cajoled her, challenged her. By the time he was done, Jefferson was MVP of the California Collegiate Athletic Association tournament.
"It was like she did not understand how big she was until we told her: 'Dude, do you realize how good you are? Do you realize how good you can be?' " Abdul-Wahad recalled, laughing. "But she came out of her shell. She became a beast."
Looking to future
During an interview in the bleachers during Lincoln High's junior varsity game last week, Abdul-Wahad was noncommittal when asked about his coaching aspirations. He said he despises the politicking it can take to move up to the big time.
"A lot of college coaches -- and I'm saying this outright -- are a bunch of frauds. And you need to write this down," Abdul-Wahad said. "I don't need to name names, but there are a lot of coaches out there who work their way up because they know the right networks. But they're not even good people to start with."
Abdul-Wahad, though, mostly had astonishing luck with his own coaches. He loved Stan Morrison at San Jose State and learned from notable names like Rick Adelman and Don Nelson in the NBA.
Abdul-Wahad is rapturous in his praise of Rivers, who won NBA Coach of the Year honors for Orlando when Abdul-Wahad was on the roster. His enthusiasm for Rivers is matched only by his devotion to Jimenez, his head coach at Monterey Bay. "She's better than some of the NBA coaches I had," he said. "You should be doing this story on her."
Abdul-Wahad even has nice things to say about his first college coach, Steve Fisher at Michigan, but that relationship did not end well. Abdul-Wahad felt intellectually stagnant in that program because players were so athletically gifted that coaches rarely bothered teaching fundamentals.
Despite averaging 13 minutes a game as a Michigan freshman, he transferred to San Jose State. He wanted more hands-on instruction.
"People thought I was crazy. 'Why are you leaving Michigan?' '' Abdul-Wahad said. "I said, 'Dude, if I'm not improving, what's the point of being here, even if there are 20,000 people in the stands?' "
He found his basketball oasis with the Spartans, where Morrison and McClintock taught him the footwork and positioning they had learned as players under legendary Cal coach Pete Newell.
During Abdul-Wahad's final season at San Jose State, in 1997, he averaged 23.8 points per game and became the first SJSU player to finish among the top 10 scorers in the country. Their miracle '96 tournament run was a quick one -- the Spartans were ousted in the first round by No. 1 Kentucky -- but his time there remains one of the most memorable eras in Spartans' basketball history.
"Oh, that was brilliant," Abdul-Wahad said. "We were better than we actually knew we were. Had we known we were that good, we probably would have been better."
'He wants to teach'
Izaiah Gonzalez, a junior forward at Lincoln High, said the school's new coach will sometimes stop an entire practice until everybody understands the nuances of a particular drill. "He wants to teach you," he said. "And he knows what to say."
More than that, everybody plays. During the game against Evergreen Valley, Abdul-Wahad is dizzyingly liberal with his substitutions, swapping players in and out so the bench never has time to get warm.
"This is not, honestly, the NBA," Abdul-Wahad explained. "Nobody is making money. There are no jobs on the line. This is just for kids to get better.
"It's about bigger things. High school basketball is about the memories. 'Yeah, I played that game. We won. I made a pass. I made a play.' We try to spread it out and give everybody a chance to participate in what we're doing."
He smiled.
"Honestly," he said, "this is a pretty cool gig."
Hope he's successful as a coach for the Spartans and turns the program to a winner... always liked his game and character. I'll never forget that game against Kentucky in 96'. It may have been a blow out, but for the first half of that game the Spartans were actually hanging with imo the best college team I have ever witnessed. Once Olivier Saint Jean was in foul trouble it was long over. Tito Addison was also a good player on the Spartans too (and ironically coaching the womens team last I heard), but he had no chance of keeping it close without any other NBA talent to help...
Always thought Olivier/Tariq was underrated. Go Tariq Abdul-Wahad!


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Someone got drunk and clever and backfilled yesterdays Open Spaces schedule board with fictional talks [typos mine, I was touch typing]. Another guy is making a panorama photo, I'll add a link when he sends it to me.
Teach Me Ian Bicking.
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Wheels: let's try them square (w/ pic of a trapazoid).
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Play: Rubix cube with a brown belt.
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Open Spaces Board is teh Funny
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- March 29, 2009 at 9:27 PM
The Rubik's cube thing wasn't fictional -- we actually did that ;)
- March 30, 2009 at 3:21 AM
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re: Rubik's cube. Yup, I knew that was real. I believe the steak conversation was real too.
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Pieces of paper for stuff a formula for prosperity?
My method for thinking about economic issues is surely risible in the eyes of professional economists who understand economics infinitely better than I do, but as a simpleton, I'm stuck with my method. That method is to analogize whatever is in question to myself at the individual level. Attempting to stimulate the economy through massive spending after people have lost trillions in wealth therefore strikes me as absurd, just as going on a shopping binge after losing my job would be.
Similarly, applying for and maxing out every credit card I can get my hands on seems like a disastrously profligate idea. But like the US running a trade deficit with China, if all I have to do is swipe these pieces of plastic--don't even have to give away paper!--in return for food to eat, stuff at Home Depot to improve my house, and all kinds of other things to play with, joke is on the fools who are giving up valuable stuff for nothing but the opportunity to hold my credit card for a few seconds! Doubly so when I am unable (or refuse) to pay what they say I owe and declare bankruptcy to get them off my back.
I'm sure there is a trade-deficits-don't-matter answer ready for deployment in response to this, but I never hear it from economists like Roberts or Boudreaux. They might respond that the flip side of a trade deficit is a capital surplus, but that works in the credit card analogy as well--whatever I'm buying (or at least many of the things I buy) are capital goods, obvious cases being the purchase of a car or materials to build a fence on my property. Thus I'm enjoying my own capital surplus while I run up my trade deficit.
So is going into credit card debt as long as banks will keep issuing you credit a good idea? Is running a net trade deficit year after year a similarly good idea? If the answer in the case of the former is "no" but in the latter is "yes", why? Simpletons want to know.
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I remember as a teen thinking that the guy who buys everything on credit and collects no assets, then goes bankrupt when he loses his job, actually comes out ahead as he gets to eat out at restaurants, buy new fashions and all manner of consumer goods, etc. The poor suckers who provide goods and services but don't collect are the real losers.
Of course nowadays it is the credit card companies who write it off as a loss and post lower profits and pay less taxes, effectively passing the default on to the rest of us who will pay more in tax to make it up.
The whole problem with the scam mentality is that it only works when most folks play by the rules and are genuinely productive. Not everyone can just run scams. Somebody has to actually produce the goods and services. Plenty of idiots think that cheap immigrant labor, both skilled and unskilled is the answer because they haven't yet learned the scam mentality. I am skeptical.
- FuturePundit said...
The "trade deficits do not matter" crowd need to reconcile their thinking with several topics:
- If the USD eventually plummets as a result of trade deficits when how are we then going to be able to afford things like oil which we must import?
- If we do not default how do we avoid lower living standards as our interest payments to other countries soar? Some countries like Greece and Ireland are stuck making very high interest payments to foreign creditors.
- The moment when the market decides a country is financially unsound is a disaster for that country. Look at the plunge in living standards of Argentina when Argentina's crisis reached the stage of partial collapse.
Why would we want to risk Iceland's fate or Argentina's fate?
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If you're sick and you know you'll be dead in six months, running up credit card debt and living beyond your means makes sense. Likewise if you're a politician and you'll be out of office in a few years anyway. It's sort of like a reverse mortgage.
Coincidentally, my word verification captcha is "defult".
- sykes.1 said...
The difference between an individual and a government is that the government's creditors cannot force foreclosure and collection. At least not without a war and occupation. At present, China cannot win a war against the US and could not seize our Pacific islands and Alaska. Of course, that might not always be the case.
Boudreaux basicly argues that national trade deficits don't matter (a lot), because trade is never balanced. Trade can only be balanced on a worldwide scale. This argument is sound AFAICT.
Boudreaux also makes a distinction between trade deficits and debts.
Debts often occur because governments either spend more without raising taxes or spend equally, but lower taxes – Bush II and Reagan being two famous examples of the latter. Trade deficits are not similar to debts, because deficits do not create an obligation to pay anything back. Foreigners believe, for wide varying reasons, that they will end up better-off in the long run by sending their goods and services to the US – the result is a net inflow of capital into the US. As Boudreaux says, foreigners (China and its labourers mainly) carry the costs of the trade deficits, Americans do not. After, it's their products and services Americans can consume and enjoy for comparatively low prices.
Furthermore, Boudreaux explains that trade deficits are not the bugaboo many make it out to be. On his website cafehayek.com he gives the example of IKEA. "In addition, Americans who supply the land and labor Ikea employs to build this store can use their proceeds to start their own firms or to invest in existing American businesses. To the extent that they do so, not only are both America's trade deficit and capital stock thereby increased, but whatever decision-making 'power' Ikea gains in the U.S. by opening a store here is offset by the additional decision-making 'power' and prosperity Americans gain because Ikea's operations in the U.S. enabled these Americans to make investments that would otherwise have not been undertaken." If Ikea hadn't come to the US, it wouldn't have sold furniture or created jobs. The Ikea-induced trade deficit wouldn't have existed either, but what's to prefer?
"So is going into credit card debt as long as banks will keep issuing you credit a good idea?"
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As long as the bank (Chinese/Ikea) believes that you (US) will be credit worthy (economy) and make money of you (growth, entrepreneurial strength, innovation), yes. The bank (Chinese/Ikea) will even subsidize (investing in the US) your credit (economy) so you could actually make more money (bigger economy), than they'd even be likely to do so. The credit card example probably gives another intuitive reaction, because we associate hugely indebted credit card holders with spend thrifty losers. I'd be more than willing to extend credit to George Soros, Jim Rogers, Warren Buffet and Apple.
PS Something's wrong with blogger. My post disappeared three times before posting.
- Audacious Epigone said...
Sticking to the analogy, I'm not sure how a deficit is not essentially debt. In the credit card example, I'm not really in debt because I have newly acquired assets that, at least at purchase, negate the value of the (credit-granted) dollars I'm giving up. The trade deficit manifests itself in either real dollars, IOUs (treasuries, bonds, etc), or claim of ownership (equity).
Stock isn't debt, but the assets that stock represents aren't really in the US' possession--it's not like the creditor is getting a stake in my paycheck, but instead a stake in the company that pays me, and at some point in the future he has the ability to do whatever he'd like to with that company--move it somewhere else, merge it, hollow it out, fire me from it, etc.
Re: blogger, it does that sometimes, usually in the evenings. Best to ctrl+a, ctrl+c before you attempt to publish.
A trade deficit implies capital inflow. Foreigners will own an increasing amount of US assets (not necessarily good or bad).
Government debts are caused by too much spending or a lack of saving.
A debt has to be paid back (and costs a lot of money too: interest). A trade difference does not have to be paid back. In fact, foreigners believe their capital investment will lead to profits. The fear that high capital inflows into promising US companies -- which is the biggest inflow -- would implicate a loss of control of US companies doesn't scare me that much. Foreigners want to make money, not political control. What could they even accomplish with owning 80% ownership of Apple? Take the example of outsourcing. They could outsource everything to their own country, but will ruin their investment by doing so (countless knowledge will be lost); if they'd outsource low-end manufacturing, that would have happened under US control also (thus doesn't matter either).
One could argue that trade deficits and spending on credit combined indicate a problem. This is clearly the case in the Anglo-Saxon world and means that while households borrow a lot to spend on consuming, there are no counter-balancing forces to create wealth.
Indeed, many fear that because the US has outsourced a large part of its manufacturing base, debts will sky-rocket. This view is wrong.
1) The US manufacturing has grown since outsourcing began, because of automatization and efficiency, hence higher productivity with a smaller work force. See here: http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g17/ipdisk/ip_sa.txt
2) A succesful economy is likely to outsource/replace/find low-skilled immigrants for its low-end jobs, because living standards rise (You don't need ~90% workers in agriculture or industry to have enough carrots and radios). The US has outgrown its industrial phase and is now in its services centered phase. As Boudreaux and Roberts argue there are also services, like education and others, that are hard to measure in trade terms quantity. Car imports vs. exports are much easier too measure.
The US economy is in trouble, but that's mainly because your government spends too much money it doesn't have, taxes its citizens to make up for it and tries to have the Federal Reserve inflate their debts away. By doing so, they're making the US poorer, because savings are worth less; it also makes the benefits of US economic growth go up into smoke.
As a lawyer for 25 yrs., let me describe a type of case that has never appeared in any bankruptcy court, not once, ever. That is the case in which all of the credit card purchases by the debtor, who is now seeking discharge of his or her debts, were for essentials, such as food, utilties, and the most basic transportation, say monthly bus passes. Since 2005, it is much harder to fully discharge credit card debts, but the cases always involve needless luxuries. I'd like to see someone do it pure.
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by S.F. Jude Terror » Sat Jul 27, 2013 11:06 pmAgree with some here. Death is fine as long as it happens rarely enough for it to be special and resurrection is also fine as long as it happens after a long enough time that the death was consequential. And both should lead to good stories. For instance, Jean Grey.
by ElijahSnowFan » Sat Jul 27, 2013 11:10 pmThanks for the responses everybody -- I appreciate the thought you guys put into these.
I've always tried really hard to view comics as...I don't know. I read war comics when I was a kid, Sgt. Rock and other DC Comics, and I believe Charlton reprints of war comics from the 50s, where planes would get shot down and people would get shot and killed, or blown up in tanks.
I read G.I. Combat, with the Losers and the Haunted Tank, and the Unknown Soldier, where again, there was certainly death. Jonah Hex and Scalphunter and Bat Lash and Gravedigger, stories where deaths were plentiful.
And I think that the Dark Phoenix Saga, and Flash and Supergirl in COIE, are the Gold Standard for mortality in comic books. I would never have brought Barry Allen back. Supergirl isn't really that Supergirl, so I was fine with that. Jean Grey had contacted a cosmic entity, so I wasn't horrified by her return in X-Factor, back in the day.
And I do understand Hawk's point of view -- if Thanos never kills anyone, or Darkseid, what's the point? The bad guys have skills, have powers, are ruthless. They would win too, at some point, right?
But at the same time...I always remember one of my favorite comic books from my youth: Turok, Son of Stone. In it, he and Andar, his brother...those stories were timeless. They fought dinosaurs and lived and survived in the Lost Valley, and I never grew tired of those stories, though I acknowledge that there weren't nearly as many issues of that series as, say, Batman.
In Batman, I always chose to believe that he was just smarter, and the best fighter, and the best detective, and that he would train his pupils to be very nearly his equal.
I asked this question because Forever Evil is coming from DC, and I don't really know what to expect, but I guess I'd be surprised if all the good guys walk away. And we're firmly in an era where, again, death in comics isn't how I would do it, but it has long been established that "event deaths" and "shock value deaths" are how comics are done now.
Sometimes, though...I just wish we were back in the days where Batman was always smarter than the Joker, where Superman always got there in time. Where someone would've saved Ted Kord at the last second.
I know that isn't as fun for some people -- maybe many people. But I never felt bad about it, at all. I know the bad guys "should" win sometimes. Most times, though, I'm still simple enough where I wish those occasions were few and far between.
by holtom2000 » Sun Jul 28, 2013 7:11 amI notice a lot of the 'good' deaths are from a long time ago
now that it's done so often... who cares? It's only worthwhile when it doesn't happen that often.
Now you know these writers get together for their big 'event' and plan out who dies before the story is even crafted
here's another dumb example - wendy and marvin. They were introduced into the Teen Titans... and then, when they started hiring awful writers post Johns, one of them (can't recall who) was killed... for what? Who knows as they had barely been around for me to even care they were killed off.
by MikeinLA » Sun Jul 28, 2013 7:58 am
The problem now a days is comics have stiffer competition for people's time and money, so even with all the added media attention, they have to create stories that "matter" in order to hook the reader. What's an easy way to raise the stakes in your event story? Kill someone off.
Combine that with an attempt to make comic book universes more "real" and "mature" you're going to see more death and destruction to remind people that these books aren't just for kids anymore.
by Amoebas » Sun Jul 28, 2013 8:15 am
It was late, I was tired and I while I ran the deaths I could think of in Avengers, FF, X, Hulk, Cap, Thor, Iron Man, DD, Doc Strange - my mind for some reason never wandered to Spidey . Of course Kraven and Aunt May are obvious choices. I wouldn't put Gwen up there because her death was just to make Pete single again (and she was 'back' within 2 years anyways). I'd put Captain Stacey's death as being 'better' than Gwen's any day. And (now that I'm awake) I'd put Jean DeWolff on the list as well.
Nice call on Forager - "Who would have thought the bug it in him?"
by holtom2000 » Sun Jul 28, 2013 8:16 am
they're not for jaded readers anymore either.
by chap22 » Sun Jul 28, 2013 11:40 am
one of my favorite retcons ever.
I will say this about Fist's death though, it hit me when it happened. I didn't see it coming, it was pretty weird and pathetic, and the post-death reaction was tremendous. that final panel of Cage's one tear and simple exclamation of "Christmas." is one powerful freaking panel.
by chap22 » Sun Jul 28, 2013 11:42 am
i'm right there with you, ESF. right there.
by PDH » Sun Jul 28, 2013 12:31 pmMy main worry would be that I couldn't trust all the other people involved (like my eventual successors) from just undoing it all for no fucking reason. I'd rather not have anyone die at all than have people die only for some idiot resurrect them in the stupidest way they can think of.
Generally speaking, if I can't believe on some level the characters are in at least a little bit of danger then there's no story.
by Garofani Spruzzo » Sun Jul 28, 2013 12:50 pmNostalgia is a helluva thing.
by bkthomson » Sun Jul 28, 2013 1:11 pm
I remember it like it was yesterday.
by Spektre » Mon Jul 29, 2013 12:45 amDeath?
Yes. Sparingly. Permanent.
by outsider » Mon Jul 29, 2013 10:54 am
Minus the inherent crazybones, natch.
by Garofani Spruzzo » Mon Jul 29, 2013 12:39 pmIf I ran your superhero comics, there would be death, all right. Lots and lots of it. So much that the panels would be clogged with the bodies of the dead, and the panel gutters would run red (or sometimes possibly green) with their blood.
by Herald » Mon Jul 29, 2013 12:53 pm
So Spock and other Vulcans would be in your version of the DC or Marvel Universe... Fascinating...
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Astor heir, 89, to parole officials: Regrets? Yes
NEW YORK (AP) — The 89-year-old son convicted of stealing millions of dollars from philanthropist Brooke Astor recently said he has regrets about what happened, a parole hearing document released Thursday shows.
And when Anthony Marshall was asked whether he'd do the things at issue differently if he could, Marshall said, simply, "Quite."
Marshall's brief answers in the Aug. 21 interview, which led to his release last week on medical parole, offer a glimpse into thoughts he didn't express at his 2009 trial or sentencing in a case that opened a well-placed window on New York society.
Interviewed in a hospital bed two months into his one-to-three-year sentence, Marshall was asked whether he had regrets about the events leading to his imprisonment.
"Well, regrets, yeah," he said, "naturally."
Astor married a descendant of one of America's first multimillionaires, and she gave away millions to both big cultural institutions and neighborhood charities. She received the nation's top civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and was a fondly regarded fixture in the city's society set. She was 105 when she died in 2007.
Marshall, a former ambassador and Broadway producer, was convicted in 2009 of exploiting his mother's dementia to loot her $200 million fortune. His trial plunged jurors into a world of Park Avenue apartments and sprawling estates; witnesses included Astor friends Henry Kissinger and Barbara Walters.
Marshall, who didn't testify at his trial or speak at his sentencing, denies the allegations and has fought his conviction. He remained free on bail until June.
State law allows medical parole for inmates with serious and permanent illnesses.
Marshall suffers from Parkinson's disease, his doctors have said. He'd been taken to a hospital after falling down in prison and was interviewed with an oxygen tube to help his breathing, according to the redacted transcript released by the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. The agency generally redacts details that pertain to medical conditions, victims of crime and safety issues.
His lawyers had no immediate comment Thursday on Marshall's current condition.
Marshall told parole commissioners he can't stand up or walk for long, gets dizzy and needs help to fasten a button. While he said he was fuzzy about the date and how long he'd been in prison, he said his memory overall was "fair."
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