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It's the unkindest cut of all for the Kennedy clan -- after Maria was betrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger, the philanderer is cashing in big on the Kennedy's home turf.
We did some digging ... and found out the Hyannis Port residents care deeply about what Arnold has done behind Maria's back, because the book stores in town have completely sold out of "Total Recall."
In fact, residents were chomping at the bit to get the book, because most of the sales were pre-orders.
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STANDISH — In a letter sent to the Saginaw-Midland Water Authority on Jan. 27, the City of Standish pledged its support in efforts by the Saginaw-Chippewa Indian Tribe (SCIT) to receive a raw water feed for future planned operations — a hotel and bigger casino as well as residential plans — directly from the utility company.
According to SCIT Public Relations Manager Frank Cloutier, the tribe has been working swiftly with legislators to change bylaws that were written many years ago stating tribal units are not considered government entities, which would hamper the tribe's ability to receive the raw water feed.
"These bylaws were created over 65 years ago," Cloutier said. "At that time tribe's weren't intentionally left out, they were actually just not considered during that time."
Standish City Manager Michael Moran III says the letter of support was drawn up as per a verbal request of the SCIT indicating support from Lansing regarding the application to the Saginaw-Midland Water Authority and the city is always willing to help in anyway possible for the community's sake.
"The potential for economic development is there," Moran said of the project. "We're always willing to provide and help out."
Cloutier says the tribe is currently awaiting acknowledgment from the water authority and hopes to open negotiations upon contact. In the mean time, the public relation manager and the SCIT will continue to work with legislators in creating new bylaws.
The Tribe had requested the letter of support in the past, however, the city had previously focused its efforts in getting the Tribe to utilize city water for its developments.
Cloutier said last week that the due to the delay in garnering Standish City Council support, the SCIT had been focusing more on developments in Isabella County, where there is already utility infrastructure in place on Tribal land. He says if the Saganing Reservation gets approval from the Saginaw-Midland Water Authority, the Tribe would become wholesale customers, similar to the City of Standish,
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September 25, 2013
Every week, Jody Hirsh, the JCC's Judaic Education Director, provides a Judaic message that is featured at the top of the JCC's weekly email newsletter. Below is the Chag Same'ach message for Friday, September 25, 2013.
Shabbat Breishit
Every Shabbat is special… but this Shabbat is especially special. It's Shabbat Breishit – the Shabbat that we begin to re-read the whole cycle of weekly Torah portions with the first chapters of the Book of Genesis (Breishit). The beginning of the Bible, the grandeur of the Creation, the wonder garden ofEden, the innocence of Adam and Eve, the drama of Cain and Able – it's all there. The first love, the first evil, the first farming, the first clothing, the first religion, the first nomadic wandering, the first curiosity, the first anger, and even the first musician – Genesis is a compendium of firsts. For that reason, in the Medieval Jewish Kehilah (Community), this Shabbat really was the beginning of the administrative year. Officers began their roles as officers in the community. The community "secretary" (the central Jewish community administrator in Medieval Jewish communities) began his work.
In the Middle Ages, wealthy Jews would commission a Scribe to create a Machzor. Today, we use the term to mean a prayer book which is dedicated to an individual holiday. We've got machzorim for Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, and all the other holidays. The Hebrew word itself means "cycle," and in the middle ages it referred to a one volume book which contained all the material necessary for rituals and holidays of the whole year. (Okay… it's a HUGE book, and sometimes it was in two volumes instead of one.) The few existing medieval machzorim are beautiful: hand written with beautiful calligraphy and illuminations, gold leaf and illustrations painted in colorful inks and temperas. And… the first Shabbat referred to in the Machzor was… Shabbat Bereishit – this Shabbat.
Shabbat Shalom
A page from the Mahzor of Worms, created in 1272. This two volume mahzor was in use in the community of Worms until the synagogue's destruction on Kristalnacht, November, 1938. It was rescued by the city's archivist, who hid it in a cathedral.
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It all started in 1949 with Saint Louis atop of The Associated Press college basketball poll. More than 1,100 polls and 68 years later, a total of 200 schools have been ranked, 59 at No. 1.
There have been plenty of changes over the years to how teams are ranked, as well as broader changes to hoops itself as the game evolved from an older style to the amazing performances of today's players, showcased through the flashy made-for-TV drama of the NCAA Tournament.
Like the weekly AP Top 25, this all-time Top 100 gives you, the fan, another arrow in your quiver to talk about where your team fits in the pecking order of college hoops.
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Subterranean termites are native to every state except Alaska. A colony may include up to several million individuals, living as deep as 20 feet underground. Feeding on cellulose-based material, such as wood, termites find human dwellings offer the ideal combination of warmth, moisture and food.
The Queen occupies a "royal cell" with the King. She may live up to 30 years, laying many thousands of eggs annually.
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Soldiers with armored heads and strong jaws, protect the colony from enemies, most commonly ants.
Winged Reproductives are the termites you may see when they "swarm", usually in the spring signaling a well-developed colony. After shedding their wings, reproductives pair off, burrow into the soil and begin a new colony.
Workers represent most of the termites in a colony. Blind and sterile, they forage for the colony's food. Most damage is caused by worker termites.
How do termites get in?
Because termites need moisture and have a low tolerance to air and light, they live underground, attacking a home from below. A loose mortar joint, a minute space around a drain pipe, or a settlement crack in the basement is all they need to gain entry.
Aren't new homes and houses with concrete slabs virtually termite-proof?
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If I haven't seen swarming termites, or traces of damage, can my home still be in danger?
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In which things get chaotic.
Bjarn - tymon555
Bjarn gets on his feet and waits.
Modru - heavyfishcannon
Modru recovers and moves to duel with Blaze.
Blaze Ironbreaker - lawmaster
Blaze: 'Alright you dirty traitor, let's fight.'
'Whack!' (Blaze -1 hp)
'Slash!' (Modru -1hp)
Modru: 'Ye still fight well Blaze, but you're not match for me!'
Blaze: 'Ye got one big problem Modru. Yer obsessed with yerself...'
Blaze: '... and that makes ye let yer guard off.'
The last crimson guard rushes in and kills the treacherous irongut.
Cpt. Illustrious - mgb519
Illustrious: 'Huzzah! We can leave these blasted caver-'
Rock Wyrm - Silent-sigfig
Illustrious: 'AAAAARGH!'
The rock wyrm bursts under the captain and starts chomping him voraciously (-2 hp), who tries to stab and shoot the wyrm in retaliation.
Xalen - Bragallot/Falk/npc
Both Xalen, and Bjarn, who had been saving up his action, burst and attack the wyrm.
After dealing some mighty blows, the wyrm pauses for a second.
Then his head cracks apart and falls into a giant pool of lava blood.
Illustrious: 'I don't feel good...'
Blaze: 'Ye don't look good either, lad.'
Xalen: 'Quick, alert Zuleika and leave! I'll secure the artifa-'
Suddenly, the cavern ceiling cracks, and someone falls through.
The Destroyer: 'Well, you are some tenacious maggots. You will not believe how much time I spent finding you- Oh! *looks at Modru's artifact* This suddenly became much more interesting...'
The Destroyer (3hp)- Kill heroes, seize the artifact.
Bjarn (1hp), Illustrious(1hp, crippled), Blaze(1hp) - defeat the Destroyer .
Xalen (3hp)- same as the guys above, also, seize the artifact.
Overwatch and kills:
Elmagnifico: 0
Bragallot/Falk: 2
tymon555: 2
heavyfishcannon: 0 (0 grudge points)
Silent-sigfig: 5
lawmaster: 2 (0 grudge point)
mgb519: 2
Silverdream: 0
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In the last part of the 20th century, I returned to pro wrestling fandom after a long hiatus. While I was enjoying the full height of the Attitude era and the nWo every Monday night, one of the first things I learned was that while the two biggest wrestling promotions were airing pay-per-views every month, not all shows were created equal.
The WWF had it's "Big Five" -- I'm counting King of the Ring in with the origianl foursome of the Royal Rumble, WrestleMania,SummerSlam and Survivor Series -- all of which were pretty much can't miss events. Down south, WCW had Starrcade, and, um, not much else, though sometimes a Great American Bash or a Halloween Havoc would rise up and distinguish itself. I was fortunate enough to work at a restaurant in the late '90s that ordered most of the PPV events and was able to watch most of them for free, but distinguishing which shows were more important than the others came in handy when I had to shell out my own hard earned cash.
Amazingly, the WWE/ECW and TNA are combining to put on even more pay-per-view shows in 2006 than we had at the turn of the century -- a total of 27 by my count. The TNA lineup is less than two years old, with a few events changing months from one year to the next, so it's probably too soon to say which ones will become that promotion's must-see shows. A lot of effort seems to be going toward making Slammiversary the cornerstone of the schedule, but time will tell for the rest.
As for the WWE, the build-up to next month's SummerSlam has me wondering if we aren't down to merely a Big Two. King of the Ring has been reduced to a tournament held on Smackdown, a sad fate if there ever was one. The Royal Rumble is still a fun gimmick, but the pay-per-view as a whole has been suffering from a lack of creativity for several years and always struggles to overcome its status as the set-up man to WrestleMania's closer.
Survivor Series hasn't fallen as far, but the last few editions have paled in comparison to the show's illustrious past. Not much needs to be said about Survivor Series '97, the event that made Montreal a valid association with the word "screwjob." [See Survivor Series screws the fans ] The WWF followed up the most famous (or infamous, depending on your point of view) PPV of all time with a personal favorite of this columnist in 1998. That show featured the Deadly Game tournament and a heel turn by The Rock, arguably the most logical piece of writing done by the Titan creative team in the last decade [See The Rock wins Survivor Series tourney].
The '98 show was excellent despite the absence of traditional Survivor Series elimination matches. Too often in the years since, the people in charge have contrived reasons to go back to the show's traditional gimmick, which sometimes works (like in 2004, when Randy Orton's winning team gained control of Raw for a month) and sometimes doesn't (like last year, when the match served only as an appetizer for the return of The Undertaker). Fortunately, there's still hope for Survivor Series. The WWE is bound to have something up its sleeve for the 20th anniversary show this November and for next year, when the show returns to the scene of the crime, as it were.
In the meantime, WrestleMania is still the granddaddy of them all, and we still have SummerSlam, a.k.a. the Hulk Hogan show. Whatever your feelings about the Immortal One still gracing wrestling rings in 2006, there's no question that Hogan's participation adds a big-time feel to the WWE's end of the summer showcase. Last year's card was correctly promoted as a historic meeting between two ring legends in the Hulkster and Shawn Michaels, a match made even more entertaining by HBK's seeming dismay at having to do the job. [See Hogan-HBK steal SummerSlam]
A few weeks from now Orton will be the lucky victim... I mean, opponent. The Legend Killer seems to be able to do no wrong, as he went directly from his suspension to feuding with the most famous wrestler ever. Even if he takes the 'L' -- which seems likely, since it is Hogan after all -- he has to feel pretty lucky to be in this position. Add in some DX shenanigans and the probability that not one, not two, but three world titles will be on the line thanks to the inclusion of ECW and SummerSlam should be making a pretty good case that it once again deserves to stand with WrestleMania in the Big Two.
Now if we could just do something about those other 25 pay-per-views...
I would be remiss to end this week's column without congratulating Triple H and Stephanie McMahon on the recent birth of their daughter. As an expectant father anxiously awaiting the birth of my first child later this year (though its gender will remain a mystery until it steps through the curtain, so to speak), I officially vow not to make the easy jokes about when we can expect to see the new McMahon on Raw. At least until the tyke gets her own entrance music. Then all bets are off.
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Employ student-athletes at a wage that is greater than the standard rate for jobs in the area. A good "rule of thumb" to remember is that if you do something special for the entire student body, you can also do it for the student-athlete. Always make arrangements for such activities through the head coach or the compliance office. Please, ASK BEFORE YOU ACT. High School Fundraisers/Promotional Activities Stetson Athletics is prohibited from providing any tangible support to high school fund-raising events aimed at raising money for any facet of the high school, including the athletics program. An individual booster can provide funding to support a high school athletics program located in the booster's community provided that he/she acts independently of Stetson. The contributed funds must be channeled through normal fund-raising procedures and the funds cannot be earmarked for a specific student-athlete. 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*The victory was the Galaxy's first win when allowing the first goal. LA is now 1-6-0 in that situation. LA's last come from behind victory in the MLS Regular Season came on July 14, 2012 vs. the Portland Timbers at JELD-WEN Field.
*LA outshot the Crew 23 to eight.
*Robbie Keane is now the LA Galaxy's 2013 MLS Regular Season goal scoring leader with seven goals. Keane was already the leader in goals among current Galaxy players, but bypassed Mike Magee's mark of six with two strikes on Thursday. Keane has scored four of his goals on penalty kick attempts. Keane now has 25 goals in 42 career regular season games with the Galaxy. He is the eighth different player to score 25 or more regular season goals for LA.
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Two weeks ago was the 68th anniversary of the American attack on Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945. On Aug. 9 of that year, the U.S. deployed the first plutonium bomb, a.k.a. Fat Boy, just three days after dropping the first uranium bomb on Hiroshima.
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Outside, elegant gardens feature peace sculptures sent from children around the world. A lovely sense of beauty and quiet pervades the grounds.
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AUSTIN — Steele's boys basketball team went from winning six games two years ago to playing in Friday's Class 5A state semifinals. But the Knights couldn't help but wonder if one statistic in a 60-43 loss to South Grand Prairie cut their Cinderella story a day short.
South Grand Prairie took 34 free throws in the game.
Steele attempted eight.
"I wish you hadn't told me that," Steele coach Lonny Hubbard said when he first heard the stat. "Thirty-four to eight, really. You can say they were more aggressive and drew a lot more contact. And I don't want to take anything away from what a great team they have."
South Grand Prairie played a big role in making itself at home at the free-throw line. Steele guard C.J. Siples said he'd never faced a team as strong and with as much size as the Warriors, who constantly attacked to get to the line.
Much of the foul differential came in the fourth quarter, with Steele behind by as much as 24 and trying to claw back. The Warriors attempted 20 free throws to Steele's four in the period.
SGP (37-3) moves on to play in the 5A title game at 8:30 p.m. today.
Mark Howell led SGP with 20 points, as the Warriors put the game away with a 7-0 run to start the second half and a 10-0 run near the end of the third quarter.
"I think they haven't faced a team that's high-pressure like us and with our length," said SGP guard Ben Emelogu, who scored 14 points and made all four of his free-throw attempts.
Steele (25-13) had used its size to get to the state tournament, behind 6-foot-7 junior Austin Henry and 6-7 senior Cody Wallace. But the Warriors matched Steele with their length.
Henry had 12 points and 12 rebounds on Friday, and Wallace had two points and six boards. Siples, a 6-2 guard who's headed to the Air Force Academy, led Steele with 13 points.
Steele held a brief lead near the end of the first quarter. Henry sank a 3-pointer and Siples had a four-point play, putting Steele ahead 9-8.
SGP scored 16 seconds later and never trailed again.
The Warriors methodically increased their lead in the second half, either by getting to the free-throw line or creating second-chance points. SGP had 12 of its 22 offensive rebounds in the third quarter.
Regardless of the disparity in free throws, SGP had worn the Knights down.
After winning only one playoff game in school history before the season and going 6-27 in 2010-11 with no victories in district play, Steele pulled off a string of upsets over the past three weeks.
The Knights finished third in District 28-5A but went on to beat three district champions in the playoffs, including 28-5A rival Corpus Christi Carroll.
Steele is only the sixth 5A team to reach the state tournament after finishing third in its district or lower. Only one of those teams, Fort Bend Dulles in 2008, was able to advance to the state championship game.
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Pop quiz: What online petition could you create that would get a record number of signers in an extremely short period of time, making it the largest online White House petition in history? Why, that's an easy one. The petition to declare the Westboro Baptist Church a hate group. The petition, started on December 14, had a goal of 25,000 signatures by January 13, but it has already well-surpassed that, with almost 250,000 signatures. Why is this group so unpopular? Let me count the ways!
The anti-gay group is known for picketing the funerals of dead soldiers, holding up signs with disgusting comments such as "God hates f*gs" and "God sent the shooter." After the tragedy in Sandy Hook, the group threatened to picket the funerals of children and teachers. From what I can tell, they never arrived in Newtown, Connecticut, but they got a huge amount of publicity (which they love) from their stunt.
If they are officially labeled a "hate group" as opposed to a church, it would take away their IRS tax exempt status. What exactly is to stop anyone from proclaiming themselves a church if this group can do it? Baffling.
In 2011, the Supreme Court said that the group's picketing was protected under the First Amendment -- but President Obama earlier this year signed legislation saying that group members need to stay at least 300 feet away from funerals.
One of the group's leaders, Margie Phelps, who looks like a barrel of laughs, recently said that "God sent the shooter" Adam Lanza to Sandy Hook Elementary because of Connecticut's pro-gay marriage laws. "Those children are better off dead than in this nation," the loony Phelps told interviewer David Pakman.
Hate groups can be tracked by the FBI and monitored by other hate group watchers. Other groups recognized as hate groups include the Ku Klux Klan and White Aryan Resistance. It's truly ridiculous that Westboro hasn't yet been officially lumped in with these other losers. They need to be, and pronto.
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Hocter resigns as Stamford football coach
A little less than a month after the end of a season that started off with great promise and quickly went into a free fall, Bryan Hocter resigned as Stamford High School's football coach Monday afternoon.
Stamford athletic director Jim Moriarty, who made the announcement Tuesday morning, said Hocter's decision came 30 minutes before a scheduled meeting with Moriarty and the school's two assistant principals. Moriarty would not say whether Hocter was going to be fired.
"He had 11 years on the staff and three years as head coach and because of inconsistencies in the program he decided to resign," Moriarty said.
Hocter said he did not expect to be released, and that his choice had been carefully considered.
"I didn't think I was going to get fired," Hocter said. "They brought up some concerns they had. Halfway through the season I thought it was time to explore other options. I thought long and hard about it. It took a couple of weeks to come to a decision, going backward and forward with it. I just felt I had done all I could do for this program."
The Black Knights, coming off a 7-2 finish in 2011, opened this past year with two straight wins, prompting talk they could be one of the big surprises in the FCIAC. But they dropped their next game, against Ridgefield, and then seven more in a row, never to taste victory again.
Hocter, who replaced Kevin Jones in 2010, finishes with a career mark of 15-14.
"Last year we were 7-2, we were getting new uniforms and I thought we were going to have a bunch of kids who were going to want to play football," Hocter said. "The numbers we had were disappointing. If you can't attract kids coming off that kind of a season, maybe you never will."
Hocter said the Black Knights opened practice with 61 players and ended the year with 42.
Hocter, who is employed at the Stamford Courthouse in family services, said he would like to remain in coaching next year.
"I hope to get another job at another school, as an assistant," he said. "I left Stamford on good terms. Everything I've ever done there, I gave 110 percent and everything I've done I can justify. It has always been what is in the best interest of the kids and the best interest of the school."
Moriarty said having a football coach who did not work in the school building made the job more difficult.
"It takes a special kind of person to be a head coach in a major sport and not be at the high school every day," Moriarty said.
Now the city of Stamford has two openings for a head football coach. Trinity Catholic's Pete Stokes stepped down last week.
Moriarty said he will begin the search for a new coach as quickly as possible and hinted he would likely look for an outsider with new ideas.
"There has been inconsistency in the football program since Jack Hagan left," said Moriarty, referring to the former coach who left the Black Knights 40 years ago, after leading them to consecutive league and state championships. "There was a modicum of success under Kevin Jones. We need someone who is a young guy, a mover and a shaker, to take the program to past glories. We've been a shell of our former selves."
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First I want to write about how I made this. I was inspired by the show "Glee". They sing mash ups of songs, putting 2 completely different songs together and singing back and forth between them. I wanted to put many different color styles together, stripes from fused glass, stripes from Picasso, patterns from African textiles, pastel Easter stripes, table cloth checkerboards, black and white jazzy stripes and color bleeds. Picasso said that every artist really has only one idea and my passion is for patterns next to each other. { What do you think your one great idea is? }
I knit in a marathon way for a month, all day and night with breaks for lifting weights so I don't blow out my wrists.
When I read internet comments on this piece some suggest that this is a waste of time. I have thought that scooting around the internet saying harsh things is not a great use of time but perhaps they enjoy it. Knitting a lot is a very slow and calm use of time , the day goes by in many round moments.
There was a lot of discussion about this big bike rack on blogs and Twitter.{ I really don't understand Twitter-How does it work?} I make art and put it out in public so everyone can see it and hopefully think about it and talk about it for a moment. I like that yarnbombing is something that lots of people have opinions about , I think if every one gets to talk you get a true democracy and lots of energy and creativity. And this is a strength of our age-everyone can talk. When someone comes on a site and says something hateful it can shut every one up. Any thing that shuts us up is not for life .
They have some really good singers and dancers on Glee and they make my hair stand on end. I also love when they have Flash mobs and every one dances. Yarnbombing lets anyone knit and put it out in the world and it also allows for some really extravagant expression. I want great singing and dancing and also everyone dancing and getting to speak.
There was a lot of blogging last week when this got around the internet. I liked that it was mentioned on library and bike rack sites.
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YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A directive by Myanmar's senior Buddhist leaders prohibiting the clergy from organizing their own associations has set up a collision with activist monks, including the popular head of a nationalistic movement who preaches against Muslims.
Wirathu, whose fiery sermons castigate Muslims, said Wednesday that the rules were first drawn up under undemocratic military rule and deny monks their rights.
The director of the government's religious affairs department, Tun Nyunt, said the State Sangha Nayaka Organization, the central body of Buddhist monks, issued its directive on Aug. 24. It reiterates a ban that was established in 1990, when young monks were joining together to oppose the then-military regime. An elected government took office in 2011.
New freedoms have unleashed violence between the Buddhist and Muslim communities and allowed the rise of ultra-nationalistic groups associated with radical monks.
Wirathu told The Associated Press the rules restrict the rights of Buddhist monks.
"Monks don't have rights to freely give sermons nor form their own organizations. Monks are losing their rights," he said. He did not say whether he intended to challenge the directive.
The rise of groups such as those led by Wirathu have been a consequence of the religious and ethnic conflicts, and many believe in turn that their ideology further inflames the problem.
The situation presents a dilemma for the government, which faces calls from human rights groups and Western nations to take decisive measures to curb religious intolerance and violence in which hundreds of people have been killed and more than 100,000 displaced in the past year.
But Wirathu's movement is popular and its anti-Muslim sentiments are shared by many. There is also an admired tradition of activism by Buddhist monks dating back to British colonial times, and they spearheaded some anti-military activities under the junta that yielded power two years ago.
The junta banned monks' organizations in 1990 after Mandalay-based monks boycotted the military and their families by staging a campaign to reject traditional alms from them. The campaign was launched after the authorities suppressed public demonstrations by monks.
Mandalay is the traditional center of Buddhist social and political activism.
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by thefourthman » Wed Apr 27, 2011 4:09 pm
It's a quintessential sequential comic. It is one part of an ongoing serial story. There will be a recap that will mean almost nothing to you.
It is the same as trying to watch an episode of a Soap Opera that has been going on since the beginning of time.
The success of the book has to do with a unique publishing scheme that puts trades out near the publication of the next issue allowing trade waiters to catch up and word of mouth spreading the word... the television show only magnified this.
by Garofani Spruzzo » Wed Apr 27, 2011 4:10 pm
Not exactly, I guess if you have no intention of ever reading the series in its entirely.. This is one of the few books where I would myself go out of my way to avoid spoilers. In fact, besides getting hooked, one of the reasons I plowed through almost 70 issues in a weekend was that with the TV show and all the discussions I was having trouble avoiding them.
by Rockman » Wed Apr 27, 2011 5:00 pmI don't read no black and white comic books.
by Agent Panic » Wed Apr 27, 2011 5:03 pmI love the Walking Dead. It's truly my consistently favorite book to come out.
With that said, I loved this issue. Things were happening and I missed the flat out action, as much as I love character development. I enjoyed how the living actually banded together, got over their fear, and destroyed the zombies. The art was fine and I'm anxious to read what's happening next.
What I didn't like is how Rick had to reconfirm that the dead weren't the biggest threat; the living were. I think that lesson would have been ingrained in his head since the living killed his wife and unborn child and several of his friends. I don't buy his being 'surprised' by that fact when talking to Carl.
Also, I realize that Carl living would be great for the book, but I couldn't care less personally if he dies. Maybe it's the nature of the book, where characters you've come to cherish are killed without warning, but I've grown apathetic towards Carl. Now if it were Michonne or Glen.. then I'd be bummed.
4/5 - Not the greatest book of all time in the series, but definitely a very solid entry in the run.
by guitarsmashley » Wed Apr 27, 2011 5:41 pm
Not giving a fuck makes me butt hurt about a book I haven't read in like 2 years?
by Garofani Spruzzo » Wed Apr 27, 2011 7:19 pm
That was my list of people who probably wouldn't participate for various reasons from last week's thread.
by thefourthman » Wed Apr 27, 2011 11:11 pmThe Walking Dead #84
For six years (I started reading the book in November of 2005 with the publication of the first Omnibus), The Walking Dead has been one of my favorite reads. In fact, for about two years afterward, I acted like Greg and gobbled up every horror comic I could. Some, like Crawl Space: XXXombies were great, others not so much.
It's been a hell of a fun ride too. The book, for me, works best in the monthly publication. I know that I tore through the Omnibus and the issues that I had stockpiled to that date in one sitting and loved it, but then I was introduced to the real power of the serial nature of what a comic is supposed to be. Kirkman has magically ended each issue with a cliff hanger ripe for speculation for sometime usually not shorter than four weeks (and sometimes quite longer). Other books that I loved have suffered from delays… I have yet to read the most recent issue of Bad Dogs, which was one of my favorites when it started two years ago. Walking Dead never lost my interest… I had to know what would happen in the next issue and when it wasn't a true "WHAT THE FUCK" moment like #83's shocking ending, it has had the kind of subtle cliffhanger of this issue. There is no dangling over a cliff with a cheesy be back next week same Zombie Channel, same Zombie Time.
Instead, there is the nagging that Rick is not right. He hasn't been for some time. What was an interesting ensemble piece about survival has expertly shifted to a story of a man spiraling into insanity and it is just as interesting, if not more so from its powerful connect.
No, Kirkman isn't the best dialogue writer in the business. No, he isn't the tightest architect of a plot. He doesn't wow with the faux science of a Fraction or a Hickman. What he is good at is a damn good yarn that makes you forget its own faults, makes you forget your own worries and transports you to a human drama implausible, but real all at the same time.
This issue does all of that as we watch the survivors do the impossible in town and see the fractures open wide in Rick's mental status.
Adlard is one of the best artists working today. Like Sale with Loeb, he takes the average stories Kirkman provides for him and transcends them into a better story, a great story, for that he is perfect.
Story 4
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by thefourthman » Thu Apr 28, 2011 8:22 pmwhat the fuck?
you people suck.
by thefourthman » Thu Apr 28, 2011 8:29 pm
I've been of the camp that Carl was going to take over the book for a while, now I am not so sure.
Also, I don't think Rick has ever said it, so maybe he held onto some hope that it was a wrong feeling to have... I would want to, otherwise it would be hard for me to want to form the type of community that he said he wants. Think about it for a second... if he trains all these people and someone decides they don't like his rules, shit gets real... so it is an interesting dichotomy in his thinking...
However, even taking your view on his stating it, we have to remember that Rick is BATSHIT crazy and it could just be one more rung in the ladder to a full on meltdown.
by thefourthman » Thu Apr 28, 2011 9:58 pmI just wrote a rough draft of a full length feature review for a Graphic Novel being published in July....
by john lewis hawk » Thu Apr 28, 2011 11:10 pm
You suck.
by thefourthman » Thu Apr 28, 2011 11:15 pm
I will happily suck all the clitoroses (what is the plural of clitoros anyhow?) you bring me
by john lewis hawk » Thu Apr 28, 2011 11:24 pm
I ain't bringing you anything. You got to get your own.
by thefourthman » Thu Apr 28, 2011 11:24 pm
then I will continue not sucking.
by john lewis hawk » Thu Apr 28, 2011 11:27 pm
On clitorisios. Everything else, different story.
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After 15 years in the hospice industry, Philip Kittle lost his job.
The first thing he and his wife, Lynette, did was to make a list of hospices in their area and send a resume and cover letter to each one — regardless of whether the company was hiring.
Sound ridiculous to send resumes to companies not hiring?
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I've never been a fan of radio consultant Walter Sabo.
Sabo is the chairman of New York City-based Sabo Media, but he got on the map as a consultant for the RKO Radio chain. It is his work with RKO that drew my ire, and I will admit I am somewhat irrational about it.
Sabo is the man who killed KHJ (930 AM), first through an awful format called Car Radio (traffic reports every 10 minutes 24 hours a day) and then when he decided that the KHJ call letters were too damaged to keep. He dropped them in favor of calling the once-legendary station KRTH (AM).
In San Francisco, he took one of the best Top 40 stations ever, one that just a short time prior to his arrival was the top-rated station in the Bay Area, and replaced music with game shows from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Within six months the station was rated dead last.
He was the architect of the original "Real Radio" format on KLSX (now KAMP, 97.1 FM), in which the likes of Kato Kaelin and Mother Love "accidentally" brought us some of the funniest radio ever heard in town. They just didn't know they were funny.
But throughout the years, various people I respect from different stations have insisted that if I ever met Sabo in person, I would like him. We have a similar outlook on radio's needs, they say.
I will admit that Car Radio could have worked had it been developed correctly. Even today, many people tune into stations like KNX (1070 AM) for the consistent traffic reports. What would be wrong with a few Top 40 hits between finding out why you're stuck on the 405 Freeway?
So I read with interest a recent story in Talkers magazine written by Sabo in which he touts "The Return of the Neat Idea." Dare I say it? I agree totally.
The commentary is directed toward radio, but it could easily apply to businesses or even education. Businesses grow and prosper when they take chances and "embrace new, daring ideas based upon marketplace demand." Businesses fail — Sabo says they implode — "when fear of new ideas sets in."
Radio needs to get out of its comfort zone, he insists.
And he is right. As Sabo explains, "Today, media businesses are excited when they show quarter-to-quarter and year-to-year growth. But this is false growth. Compare any media business with 2007 revenue and business is down. Five years after the depression began, revenue is still down."
The comfort zone is a dead zone, Sabo insists, and the only way out of it is to rethink priorities. To stop focusing on cutting the bottom line, to be creative and to be on the lookout for the next "neat idea."
Not just one or two people, but everyone in an organization should be encouraged to come up with neat ideas. While he doesn't say it explicitly, not all neat ideas will work, but it is better to try to learn from mistakes.
"It will cost a business nothing to fuel rather than discourage creativity (and) it gives permission for the business to have a future," he says. Sabo's hints for fostering this:
1. Establish a culture that asks for creativity at every opportunity.
2. Reward neat ideas with recognition.
3. Let the creators develop their ideas "without the distractions of bureaucracy."
4. Have a purpose. Ask "what's next" that will affect your station — or your industry.
The stations I like follow at least some of these thoughts. The Sound (100.3 FM) is one of the most creative when it comes to special weekend programming and special events.
The same can be said for Go Country 105 (105.1 FM) and K-Mozart (1260 AM), both owned by Saul Levine. His stations try to super-serve the local audience. Where else can you hear about available pets in local shelters than on Go Country?
Read the full column online through Talkers Magazine online at http://tinyurl.com/NeatIdea. Then let's see if any stations take up the idea. The neat idea. And I'll see if I can get used to being nice to Walter Sabo.
Live is always best
When Jhani Kaye left KRTH (101.1 FM) midsummer, Dave Randall soon returned to his rightful place in the overnight shift at the oldies station. Now he's gone again, replaced by a voice tracked (prerecorded) show from assistant programming director Dave Mason.
The reason? Cost-cutting.
Overnight time slots (midnight to 6 a.m.) are unrated, so why bother with a live personality? Easy: Your best product must always be available. Someone tuning in to KRTH at 3 a.m. listening to Randall hears a real show, and if the listener never heard KRTH before, might just tune in later. Prerecorded Mason? Not so much. Might as well sample KOLA (99.9 FM).
At least that's my take. KRTH is too good of a station to have prerecorded shows at any time. Kaye should never have done it either, by the way. Let's make it live!
Richard Wagoner is a San Pedro-based freelance columnist covering radio in Southern California. Send him email at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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