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Alpine Rules
USSA Alpine and Masters Rules
The Alpine Competition Guides have been updated for 2016-17.
2018 Alpine Competition Guide - posted 28 September 2017
2018 Alpine Precisions - posted 16 November 2017
2018 Alpine Masters Competition Guide - posted 29 September 2017
Other Rules and Regulations
2017-18 Alpine Equipment Guide - These are the new equipment rules for the 2017-18 season, approved at the 2017 USSA Congress. Posted 18 May 2017.
2017-18 Course Setting Guide - This is the new course setting matrix for the 2017-18 season, approved at the 2017 USSA Congress. Posted 18 May 2017.
Alpine FIS Competition Suit Regulations - This is an update on the new FIS competition suit regulations. Posted 16 November 2017.
Ski Helmet Regulations - This is an excerpt from the 2016 Alpine Competition Guide regarding ski helmet regulations. Posted 22 October 2015.
Gate Panel Regulations - This is an excerpt from the Competition Guide regarding gate panel regulations.
FIS Alpine Rules
FIS alpine rules, includeing the ICR and precisions, can be found at the FIS website
FIS alpine masters rules can be found at the FIS website
Alpine Membership Rules
Following is a summary of the membership requirements for participation in USSA alpine races this season. Each participant at all levels must have an appropriate current season membership; submission of a signed Waiver and Release of Liability is not sufficient by itself.
FIS Events
All participants in FIS competitions must have a current FIS license. For USA athletes, those competitors must be at least 16 years old by Dec. 31 of the current season, must have a valid USSA "Competitor" membership U16 or older, and be registered with FIS through USSA. Athletes who appear on the FIS list are properly registered. Short Term Memberships are not eligible for FIS participation.
USSA Scored Events
All participants in USSA scored events must have a valid USSA "Competitor" membership or a Short Term Membership. Note: for the convenience of organizers, all membership types appear on the USSA points lists, however, "Competitor U14" and under members do not show any points (999), and are not eligible for USSA points. Short Term Memberships are also not eligible for USSA points.
Collegiate/Scholastic Events
All participants in USSA Collegiate/Scholastic events are subject to the same membership requirements as any other USSA Scored or Non-Scored event.
Junior Championships and all Junior Championship Qualifying Events
All participants must have a valid USSA "Competitor" membership for the appropriate age group. Short Term Memberships will not allow a competitor in the events.
Non-Scored Events
Participation requires a valid USSA "Competitor" membership or a Short Term Membership.
Masters Events
All participants must have a valid USSA "Masters" membership or a Short Term Masters Membership. "Competitor" and "Coach" members ages 18 and older may register for a free add-on Masters membership and participant in Masters events. To participate in the Masters Regional or Masters Championships, athletes must be at least 18 years old and hold a Masters membership - a Short Term Membership is not eligible for these championship events. Masters competitions are not scored to the USSA points list.
USSA Member Club Introductory Event
USSA member clubs conducting introductory events which include non-members must contact USSA, the Park City office, in advance of their events regarding non-member participation. Short Term Memberships may be used for these events.
If there are questions regarding these requirements, please contact the USSA regional or divisional office serving your location or the alpine domestic department in Park City.
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According to Moto Revue, MV Agusta is set to debut an 800cc-powered model later this year, which is an interesting tidbit for anyone who has been following MV Agusta lately. Set to debut the MV Agusta Rivale at EICMA this November, the newest model from the historic Italian is said to be a hypermotard-esque machine that is loosely based off the MV Agusta Brutale 675.
Following the logical genesis of the Brutale 675 using the MV Agusta F3's 675cc three-cylinder motor, most assumed that the MV Agusta Rivale would feature only chassis changes, and retain the same supersport-inspired motor. However, the news from Moto Revue puts that idea into doubt, and likely tips the Rivale to being an 800cc rival to bikes like the spied Ducati Hypermotard 848 and Husqvarna Nuda 900.

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Tony Iommi to Detail Lymphoma Battle in Paperback Release of 'Iron Man' Memoir
One year ago Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath released his memoir, 'Iron Man: My Journey Through Heaven and Hell With Black Sabbath.' The hard cover book came just before his lymphoma diagnosis, leaving the full story untold. That will change this fall when Iommi releases the paperback version.
On Nov. 8 in the U.K. and Dec. 11 in the U.S., Iommi will open up about a battle that threatened his life, as well as the planned Black Sabbath reunion tour and album. "It's got new chapters bringing everything up to date, including my battle with lymphoma," he said in a simple statement about the release.
'Iron Man' made the New York Times Best Seller list upon it's release last November. It came just days before the band announced they'd be reuniting, plans that were later compromised by Iommi's diagnosis and drummer Bill Ward's contract dispute. Still it looks like fans will get new music from the metal rockers in 2013, April 2013 to be precise.
Iommi has stayed active during treatment, helping the band to write the 15 songs he says are ready for recording. Last week, he revealed Black Sabbath is six tracks into the new album. Producer Rick Rubin gave the April 2013 timetable via Twitter.


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Ann Frank is a fashion, culture, and design historian based in New York. She has worked in the art, fashion, and design industries for over 20 years and began her career working in auction houses at Doyle Galleries and Christie's in New York City. Through her experience as an appraiser of fine furniture, decorations, couture, and fine jewelry, Ms. Frank frequently served as a liaison for private collectors and connoisseurs. In addition, Ms. Frank has been teaching for over a decade and is currently a Part-Time Assistant Professor at Parsons School of Fashion where she teaches fashion history from antiquity through the present. Ms. Frank has been a guest speaker at Pratt, and lectured at the New York School of Interior Design where she taught American and European Design History. She is often called upon as an expert in fashion media for her expertise.
Ann Frank is currently working with LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy) and Parsons The New School for Design in a collaboration with the Chinese American Planning Council (CPC), the largest Asian social service organization in the country, called "Fundamentals in Luxury Retail". This unique program aims to educate and train Chinese Americans in New York, including individuals who are unemployed or underemployed, as well as those who have recently immigrated to the United States. Partially funded by the Robin Hood Foundation, the program aims to nurture these individuals to have careers in the fashion industry.
Ann Frank received her undergraduate degree from New York University and earned her Master of Arts in the History of Decorative Arts and Design from Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. She was born and raised in Manhattan where the city's vast cultural influences captivated her at a young age. She enjoys visiting Paris, a city with rich history and homage to the past that inspired her areas of specialty, French fashion and decorative arts.
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Around 30 dogs discovered dead in freezer during animal welfare investigation
Wisconsin deputies executing a search warrant late last month rescued more than three dozen dogs as part of an animal welfare investigation in the town of Wilson.
The bodies of more than 30 dead dogs were found in two large chest freezers, officials said in a Friday press conference.
The dogs that were rescued are said to be improving but "just don't know how to be dogs," according to Leah Helms, the executive director of the Sheboygan County Humane Society.
"When they arrived, we had to carry many of them. They didn't know how to walk on a leash. Now they are walking, playing in yards, and chewing on rawhide bones," Helms said. "They have to learn to be pets again and that will be a long process."
The investigation is ongoing, but officials said charges could be filed next week.
The dogs are not available for adoption due to the ongoing investigation.


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I worked part-time as a college professor when my first child, now 8, was a baby. But then due to my husband's job as a military officer, I decided to quit and stay home with her and our subsequent kids.
And yes, even though it ended up leading to a pretty amazing career as a blogger, writer, and entrepreneur, I was still always with them all the time, cramming in work at naptime and bedtime when I could.
Of course, hindsight is always 20/20, and there are lots of things I'd probably do over, but the big one, which isn't generally the popular opinion, is that I'd work more than I did.
Maybe it's because my kids have been off school for going on almost three weeks and my sitter just returned a few days ago, but it's pretty clear that I am a way better parent when I am not around them all the time.
I look back at all the craziness of being with them 24-7 and I can't even remember the coolest moments because they are all jumbled together. Thank goodness for pictures, though I honestly didn't even take much of those.
Because we were always together and my husband traveled so much, I spent a lot of my time wanting a break, a little peace and quiet, some respite from what was an extremely challenging and lonely existence for me.
For much of their babydom, I was struggling to keep everything together, and between my own hobby turned work plus keeping the house clean, it was so hectic, so much so that I honestly don't have as many memories of their first years as I would have hoped.
Now that I have a regular work schedule, with older kids in school and my youngest with a sitter for part of the day, I get time to myself -- to work, to run, to breathe -- and so when I get home with them, in the afternoons and evenings, heck even the mornings before school, my attention is solely on them.
And those times they have with me now, which would be less total time together before when I wasn't working, is quality time. Memorable time.
I realize that not everyone can work when they have babies, and that for lots of people, the grass is always greener; maybe if I had worked more, I would be pining to be with them. But I can say that in not being with my kids every minute of the day, it's made me much more appreciative for the time we do have together. And it's allowed me to be a better parent, which is what they need and deserve. Too bad I didn't know this when my kids were babies.
Do you wish you had worked more or less when your kids were babies?
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Greenies object to Government not giving bankers more money
October 20, 2010
Speaking as a professional greenie, the anguish from my fellow greenies over the undercapitalisation of the Green Investment Bank is puzzling. The argument appears to be that the enormous amounts of capital required to build our new low-carbon infrastructure cannot be sourced from traditional sources of investment – the figures given by Ernst and Young indicate a £450bn requirement with only £80bn of funding available from utility companies, project finance and infrastructure funds.
A Green Investment Bank would be able to create financial products for particular areas of infrastructure development; for example, you could buy an 'Offshore Wind Bond' and receive a rate of return depending on the success of offshore wind development projects. These would be funded by capital from the GIB. This would make it relatively easier for these products to access capital, making the financing of these projects much quicker and cheaper. Ordinary people would be able to do things like invest in Green ISAs, knowing that their money would be used for projects that would help us move towards a low-carbon economy.
Sounds like a good idea, doesn't it? There's a bit of a problem, and it's because you're creating what will be in essence a State-backed bank that will be issuing bonds with what will be in all likelihood a rate of interest exceeding that of gilts, £370bn of them, to be precise. Interest rates on gilts have been relatively low because there's been significant demand from institutional investors for safe state-backed finance products. Add £370bn into the market and all of a sudden interest rates on gilts will go up as demand drops as a consequence of the increased supply of Government-backed debt. This is, you know, the very thing the cuts are intended to stop.
That's not even looking at the fact that infrastructure projects have a relatively long lead-time, meaning that unless the bank is severely restricted in the bonds it is able to issue in the short term, it'll suddenly acquire massive amounts of liabilities that it will have to service at cost higher than that of gilts. These costs will be passed onto project developers, raising their cost of capital. Indeed, the only people likely to make money out of this idea would be – yes – the bankers, and people providing financial advice, like, say, Ernst & Young.
The way to secure investment in infrastructure projects is to provide grants for nascent technologies and long-term revenue support for technologies on the cusp of commercial profitability – and to provide a stable policy environment with respect to their development. With this in mind, the fact that the RO system remains untouched following the Spending Review and that £200 million of new grants for manufacturing infrastructure and technology demonstrations has been announced, it would seem the sector is in a pretty good place. Institutional investors want to make money, and they will invest more in project finance if there's a clear rate of return. Breaking them out of the habit up relying on Government-backed debt to do this is not helped by a GIB.


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While I do most of my writing on laptop computers, my phone and now my new Android tablet (more about that in some other post), I recently got an urge to pound out some words via an older machine, an old manual typewriter. This desire was sparked by seeing an old typewriter in a thrift store near my home, but that machine was a bit too big and too new for my purposes. I began my quest for the old with a more modern query, I asked on Twitter for suggestions as to where I might find an old typewriter
Jolene (@mujozen) from Eugene, Oregon is someone I know only through Twitter. and she suggested I check out the Goodwill store. When I reported back that the Seattle Goodwill only had electric typewriters, she replied that she had an old Royal typewriter that I could have, but I'd need to find some way of getting the typewriter from Eugene. Again, I asked on Twitter, this time looking for someone who might be headed from Eugene to the Seattle area. This time my friend Madi (@familyride) replies that her friend Elisabeth (@epsnider) is visiting family in Eugene and could maybe help out. Elisabeth, who I don't know at all, immediately replies that sure, she'd be happy to pick up the typewriter but she'll be camping down in Oregon for a while so would it be OK if I wait a bit for the typewriter. Of course this is OK. People I barely know or don't know at all are getting me a typewriter.
And this is the point of this little story. There are great people in the world. Jolene, Madi and Elisabeth all went out of their way to extend some kindness towards me. Jolene told me she may tap me at some point in the future for some bike repair or advice and Madi says her kindness was "nothing". Elisabeth at least lets me buy her and her kids something at a Seattle coffee shop. Kindness is never nothing. I owe all these three women more than I can repay, but I'll try. Jolene said she'd only pass her typewriter on to "a real writer." I'll do what I can to earn her trust.
Last week was the great typewriter hand off. I rode my bike from Issaquah to Seattle. Christine's pal the heron was keeping watch at the Bellevue Slough.
I noticed some new art in the I-90 bike tunnel.
I checked out the parking squid's new location by the Seattle waterfront.
I walked my bike across the Ballard Locks.
Elisabeth and I met up at Firehouse Coffee in Ballard. I think she was as excited as I was.
I got my first look at the machine I'd come to think of as "The Royal Baby."
Elisabeth and her kids waved goodbye as I loaded the typewriter onto my bike.
On the way home I stopped off for a visit with my friend Chris Cameron at Rosebud Custom Bicycle Builds. Chris is quite possibly the most meticulous mechanic in Seattle and he loves what he does, so we always have plenty to chat about. He sees the typewriter on the back of my bike and asks about it.
"Can you still get ribbons?"
"Amazon," I replied.
"Of course. But why a typewriter?"
"Great American novel. Something to be said to pounding words straight to paper."
"I get it. What's the novel?"
I gave him my jacket blurb, "He's a hyper-intelligent, telepathic raccoon. She's a homeless bike mechanic. Together they fight crime."
"Oh man, you gotta write that."
"I know," I replied, "Hence, the typewriter."
"One more thing..." Chris said.
"Yeah?" I said.
"Put me in the book."
"I'll see what I can do.'
Chris also gave me one of his very nifty Rosebud bike shirts. The image on it shows Eddy Merckx working on his bike.
It was a beautiful day for riding.
In August in the Pacific Northwest, bike fuel grows right alongside the trail.
As if the day hadn't already given me enough, I found a roll of electrical tape on the roadside.
There are a lot of great people out in the world and a lot of great places to ride. Get out there and enjoy it.
Right now, I've got some typing to do.
By the way, the typewriter works great, except for the backspace key. I think that's OK, it's like the machine is telling me to push onward.
Keep 'em rolling,
Kent "Mountain Turtle" Peterson
Issaquah, WA USA
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
The Kindness of Bike People -- A Typewriter Tale
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I'm not sure where I first heard this story. And I really can't confirm the main characters. Though I remember Charles Spurgeon as the protagonist — without any Googleable proof, unfortunately.
The apocryphal story goes like this:
Spurgeon was at a conference with many people of different denominations. One of those people was a man quite taken with the holiness movement.
In fact, he professed to actually having achieved holiness. And he kept referring to this throughout the many days of the conference.
Finally, at breakfast on the last morning, Spurgeon took a full pitcher of milk and poured it over the holiness fellow's head. The man screamed at Spurgeon, "You idiot, why would you do this to me!"
To which Spurgeon replied, "I was simply testing your theology, good sir."
My memory of this story prompted by Mark Galli's review of a book I doubt I will ever read.
Apocryphal — of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated


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Draw Furries
Digital Manga Workshop
What's New
Announcing the Little Pony Drawing Book!
October 31st, 2015
Our newest how-to draw book is available now, and its all about ponies!
Little Pony Drawing Book: How to Draw and Create Magical Friends is 128 color pages packed full of cute ponies, unicorns, pegasi, other forest friends, with lots of demos to take you step-by-step through the drawing process of building up characters using basic shapes. Plus tips for proportions, poses, motion/action, facial expressions, manes, tails, fashion, and more.
So, if you're ready to jump into the creative saddle to dream up and draw some of these cartoon cuties, you can order signed copies through our online shop.
We also have a couple of coloring books: Little Pony Coloring Book and Little Pony Fashion Coloring book.
Check out a bonus pony drawing video tutorial below!
Furries Furever Book Trailer!
November 15th, 2014
Furries Furever is available now in bookstores! Signed copies can be purchased through our online shop!
New Book - Furries Furever!
July 20th, 2014
Authors Jared Hodges and Lindsay Cibos are back for their 3rd book to teach you how to draw furries! This anthropomorphic drawing book is packed with 25 step-by-step demonstrations to teach you how to draw the awesome furries of your imagination ranging from slinky scalies to modern day sphinx. Discover different coloring techniques, learn how to create realistic fur and scales and develop the skills to go about creating your own fursona!
Loaded with a variety of drawing styles and techniques from contributing artists Katie Hofgard (Wolf-nymph), Analon, Kristen Plescow (Centradragon), RUdragon, Tyson Tan, Kathryn Layno (denimcatfish), and Jennifer Lynn Goodpaster Vallet (CookieHana), you'll easily learn how to create furries from start to finish!
Furries Furever arrives in bookstores August 13th! Signed copies are available through our online shop!
P.S. You can watch a step-by-step video of how Lindsay created the Furries Furever cover here!
Tutorials for ImagineFX
September 20th, 2013
New art in Lindsay's portfolio: illustration and comic tutorials for the May and June 2013 issues of ImagineFX's Fantasy and Sci-Fi Digital Art magazine, and The 2013 Digital Artist's Survival Guide.
Artist's Magazine
March 15th, 2013
The March 2013 issue of The Artist's Magazine features a selection of Lindsay's animal sketches and thoughts on sketching and keeping a sketchbook.
November 2nd, 2012
Updated Lindsay's art portfolio with an illustration she did to help promote the efforts of wild cat conservation group, Panthera, published in the November/December 2012 issue of Bare Essentials magazine (see pg 68 for Panthera illustration).
New Book - Draw More Furries!
October 15th, 2012
Arriving in bookstores November 23rd! The follow-up book to Draw Furries, DMF is packed with more fantastic furries and scalies to draw!
This book shows readers how to create anthropomorphic characters (animals with humanlike characteristics) that effectively convey various personalities, combining elements of people with those of furry (or feathered or scaled) animals, reptiles and mythical creatures.
Signed copies are available through our online shop!
Snow Leopards and Meerkats
September 18th, 2012
Updated Lindsay's art portfolio with an illustration she did for the Snow Leopard Trust, published in the September/October 2012 of Bare Essentials magazine.
Also check Lindsay's spot illo portfolio for a cute meerkat foursome, created for a graphic designer's logo.
Vital Ground
July 7th, 2012
Updated Lindsay's art portfolio with an illustration she did for the Vital Ground Foundation, published in the July/August 2012 issue of Bare Essentials magazine.
The Vital Ground Foundation helps preserve the threatened grizzly bear, other animals, plants, and natural communities through the conservation of habitat and wildlife linkage areas.
Lindsay also recently wrote to step-by-step drawing tutorials: How to Draw an Arctic Fox, and How to Draw a Polar Bear.
Sketchbook Confidential
May 28th, 2012
Lindsay Cibos and Jared Hodges are in a new book called Sketchbook Confidential 2, published by North Light Books.
It's a really interesting art reference book that takes a peek into the sketchbooks of 38 different illustrators, fine artists, and painters. Each artist is showcased with several pages of WIP sketches, and their thoughts on sketching. Give it a flip through next time you're at the bookstore.
Check out Lindsay's blog for more sample pages from the book!
Create a Comic for Conservation
May 1st, 2012
"My Arctic Animal" Competition: Create a Comic for Conservation – Help the Polar Bears Through Creativity
Lindsay Cibos has teamed up with Wildlife Warriors, an organization for wildlife conservation and awareness, to host a comic competition for kids and teens to inspire creativity and help promote polar bear research and preservation of the species.
Open to contestants internationally within three age categories – eight and under, nine to thirteen, fourteen to eighteen, entrants are invited to submit a one-page comic inspired by Arctic wildlife! The winner will receive a character cameo in a Last of the Polar Bears side-story, an original illustration by Lindsay, The Last of the Polar Bears Pre-Dawn book, and a Polar Bears International bear adoption kit!
Click here for more competition details!
You can also read the "Creating a Comic" tutorial by Lindsay in the May/June 2012 issue of Bare Essentials (pgs 37-41).
Last of the Polar Bears storyboards
April 21st, 2012
The storyboards for all of The Last of the Polar Bears are finished! Check out that giant stack of paper!
Tails and Tales
August 1st, 2011
The Fraggle Rock: Tails and Tales graphic novel is now in bookstores! The anthology includes a comic and back cover illustration drawn and colored by Lindsay Cibos. Hardcover, 128 full color pages. For readers of all ages.
Also check out the interview Lindsay did with Muppets' fansite Tough Pigs here!
Down in Fraggle Rock
January 4th, 2011
Happy New Year, everyone!
Lindsay's portfolio has been updated with new illustration and comic samples, including a cover illustration for the Fraggle Rock comic series.
Keep an eye out at your local comic book shop for the upcoming Fraggle Rock Vol.2 Issue 3, due out in March -- Lindsay contributed a cover illustration (Cover B) and a short comic for the issue! The comic and cover will also be available in a hardcover collected trade later this year.
You can read about the coloring process of making the Fraggles cover here.
The Riverdale Gang's all here
November 18th, 2011
Check it out - the Archie characters Veronica, Betty, Archie and Jughead, as penciled by Lindsay, inked by Jared! The pencils can be viewed in Lindsay's Portfolio under Characters, while the inks are in Jared's Portfolio under Black and White Illustrations.
You can also read about the 'making of' process on Lindsay's blog, here.
New York Comic Con
September 7th, 2010
Lindsay will be attending New York Comic Con next month (October 8 - 10, 2010 in New York City). You'll be able to find her in the artist alley with the usual array of books, stickers, bookmarks and other goodies. If you're attending NYCC, be sure to stop by the table and say hello!
New webcomic by Jared and Lindsay
July 15th, 2010
I've started posting pages of The Last of the Polar Bears online as a webcomic. I'll be posting pages, as well as write about the process of making comics, as time allows. You can read The Last of the Polar Bears comic here: www.lastpolarbears.com.
P.S. If you know anyone who might also enjoy the comic, please pass along the link to them! Thanks and enjoy! :)
Rochester Teen Book Festival
May 1st, 2010
Jared and I will be speaking at the 5th Annual Greater Rochester Teen Book Festival on Saturday, May 15, 2010 9:00am-5:00pm. Click here to go to their website for more details. If you're planning on being in Rochester, NY on that day, please come by and see us! Admission to the event is free, and they have a great lineup of authors. We'll be doing several talks about creating graphic novels during the day, as well as a book signing.
The Last of the Polar Bears
February 23rd, 2010
The Last of the Polar Bears is our next graphic novel project. We've spent the last six months writing and developing the groundwork for it. Now, as the story moves towards production, we're ready to unveil the characters and a glimpse of their story. Check out Lindsay's portfolio for new Last of the Polar Bear illustrations, comic pages, and character sheets.
New Book - Draw Furries!
December 11th, 2009
I'm proud to announce Draw Furries - How to Create Anthropomorphic and Fantasy Animals, a new how-to draw book written and illustrated by me and Jared Hodges!
Draw Furries - How to Create Anthropomorphic and Fantasy Animals is now available in bookstores! It's 128 full-color pages packed full of tips about drawing anthropomorphic characters and animals! Step-by-step anatomy, poses, and species-specific details (wings, tails, eyes, fur, feathers, claws, etc.!) for feline, canine, equine, rodent and avian characters, plus coloring and backgrounds! A couple of sample pages from the book can be viewed in our tutorial section.
If you'd like to get the book signed by Jared and me, we have copies available in our web shop.
(P.S. The Draw Furries book contest giveaway is officially over. Thanks to everyone who entered. The winner is... Britny L. Congratulations, Britny! Enjoy the book!)
Domo: The Manga is out!
October 31st, 2009
That's right, Peach! Domo's here!! The Domo book is now available in bookstores (or pick it up through Amazon here)! It's a full color, all-ages graphic novel published by Tokyopop involving that lovable brown monster guy with the big mouth! Two chapters in the book were done by Jared and Lindsay (lineart and lettering = Lindsay, colors = Jared). Check out our comics section for sample pages.
Art Blogging
August 11th, 2009
Jared and Lindsay now both have blogs documenting their artistic processes. Check them out for art tips, insight, and step-by-step postings for their work. Jared's blog can be found here, and Lindsay's is here.
Comics, comics everywhere!
June 13th, 2009
Lots of updates in the Comics section:
Last Dance, a short gothic romance story about love, loss, and learning to let go, was a finalist in Kodansha's 2nd Morning Magazine International Manga Contest (M.I.M.C.). It's now online for your reading pleasure!
Lindsay worked as penciler on the issues 92, 96, and 97 and 98 of Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Preview pages of some of Lindsay's Sabrina pencils can be seen in her sequential art portfolio. You can get the issues by asking your local comic store to stock them, or by ordering back issues from Archie's website here.
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Thursday, February 17, 2011
Too long. Too much. So what?
Before we start fretting over the salary flexibility in the 2015 season, we'll wait until later this afternoon to see how much of the rumoured five-year, $65 million contract is guaranteed. And to see whether Alex Anthopoulos has worked some magic that gives him far more control over this situation.
Ultimately, we're happy to know that Bautista is coming back, and that he'll be the face of the franchise for the next few years. (Yes, he will.) And we're doubly happy about the notion that his preferred position is suddenly third as opposed to right field. We're also filling our head with mammoth shots into the upper tank just to bring the sunshine back into our cold heart.
Still, we can't help but think of the elation throughout Blue Jay Land a few weeks ago when they off-loaded a big money deal that wasn't paying sufficient dividends.
More later, as more is known...
Update - From the presser
Deal is as reported: Five years and $65 million. Breaks down as $8 million, then $14 million over next four years. Frankly, I probably would have liked to flip that.
Uggla's deal was a barometer.
The deal is based on what they think of Bautista as a person.
Sweet jiminy jillickers...we love The New Manager. John Farrell has a "why am I here" look. Then takes a question and sounds like a frickin' awesome sage cowboy genius business executive.
And then, the press conference is over, with Jay Stenhouse's clever mention that single game tickets go on sale tomorrow. BUY BUY BUY!
A final blogged reaction for today
I don't hate this signing. I worry about the last three years on the deal, but that's just my nature. I'm a worrier. In the short term, I'm really happy to have a guy who may well be a premium offensive talent with some positional flexibility on the roster. The bilingualism is an asset as well on a team that has begun to bring more young Latin talent into the fold. Having your clubhouse leader be a guy who can address the entire clubhouse is a good thing.
We'll try not to poop all over this, even if we don't like the fifth season. The money seems as though it might be fair, and not so much of an albatross that the Jays will be unable to eat it if JoBau regresses.
8 comments:
- Robert said...
Too long. Too much, SO what? Two words...Vernon Wells...
- February 17, 2011 at 3:20 PM
- Torgen said...
The only thing Vernon Wells was stopping the Jays from doing was being the Marlins.
- February 17, 2011 at 3:31 PM
- Gil Fisher said...
Couldn't we have had Beltre for 5/$65m?
Wouldn't we better off with Beltre and a boatload of deadline prospects than Jose?
I agree, this isn't far off what I thought was stomachable/reasonable, so maybe i shouldn't be fussed. But high level, somethings amiss.
- February 17, 2011 at 3:44 PM
- Gil Fisher said...
It's funny that Uggla was a barometer. Nobody's had more consistent stats than Uggla over the past four years.
I get that they probably mean his level of production was seen as a probable level for Jobau.
I think this is all very interesting. But in the end, the deal wasn't - it was very straightforward. Almost anticlimatic.
Moving on - when do Grapefruit League games start? Do they still call it the Grapefruit League?
- February 17, 2011 at 5:41 PM
- William Tasker - Caribou, ME said...
A fair take re your post. It's probably one year too much. But I think Bautista is going to keep getting better as a hitter and I love the walks. He'll earn the pay.
- February 17, 2011 at 6:23 PM
I'm sorry, we couldn't afford Alex Rios, but now we get Bautista?
Fangraphs says hmmmmm.
I'm hoping this means he play third base every day, at least until his knees give out.
- February 17, 2011 at 8:03 PM
- Peter DeMarco said...
I personally would prefer Bautista over Uggla and Beltre, so this must be a good deal right?
As for the other contracts (Wells and Rios), I don't think it was about whether the team could afford those contracts, it was more about whether they were good contracts and worth the money, which it seemed pretty obvious that they weren't.
Bautista may end up not being worth the money either, but at this point it's worth the gamble to sign him.
- February 18, 2011 at 7:06 AM
Is it me or could John Farrell do a spot on imitation of Arnold Schwarzenegger? He looks just like him...if he can do the accent that would be a riot.
- February 18, 2011 at 9:00 AM


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|2012-10-13, 02:14
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Nah. I don't think the author will make his titled character as bitchy as other authors portrayed. Even if Juubei's mother dies, it will probably because of someone else's order (Konoe may be), and someone will trick Nobuna and Juubei into thinking Nobuna was the one who ordered the kill of the Hatano. Just like what Senchiyo did in vol 8 regarding Kanbei's sister. And Nobuna will cry, again. A Spiderman won't lose in in a Spiderman movie, just like the Empire got their "win" in Empire Strikes Back.
Nobuna being a tsundere in front of her retainers when everyone knew she likes Yoshiharu and vice versa was a waste of papers. Yoshiharu lying to Juubei made me cringe, and how he asserted that Nobuna is important to the world like a God (vol7) made me want to burn my books (one volume can buy me food enough for a full day). Some of Nobuna's political intention/decisions made me wonder why the hell I started this book in the first place.
Perhaps Kazumasu and Himiko who can read people mind can help her. Being a Akechi Juubei Mitsuhide is suffering.
I'm so going to drop a colony, or send a seismic wave if Juubei doesn't make it at the end of the novel. I still can know the ending based on 2ch.
Trust me, I'm an engineer. :P
And so, let's talk good things about Nobuna. When Harima (nickname given by Nobuna to Kanbei) introduce her Automata, Nobuna gave the idea of putting wheels to replace the legs for the automata to make it run faster. Kanbei said she did think about that, but because of Japan mountainous and confined regions, wheels were not appropriate. Nobuna advocated the importance of bipedal robots v8p29
I'm thanking Nobuna for making me remember VOTOMS. Oh, and also, Metal Gear Solid 3 everyone?
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I have to agree. in the first volume, i was bored with all the tsundere antic (when the translation comes out. Thank you translator) of the monkey and nobuna. which i partly skip and skip until the interesting part . even i like how the anime tell the story compared to the LN. the LN started to be boring, like a cheap attempt to imitate Eiji Yoshikawa's Taiko (i know that feeling..) until the important event which surprised me of the author ingenuity.
for example, remember of the Monkey's attempt to dry the sacred pond? Nobuna want to prove that no Dragon God or any god exist which demand a sacrifice. Nobuna make the monkey dry the pond solely using it's brawn. At first this remind me of Ximen Bao from the Warring States Period (China). Truthfully i prefer Ximen Bao's method compared to the Monkey's and Nobuna's method in using their brawn. Not creative enough, eh? Yoshiharu this is why you are a monkey
maybe the ending will goes like this: The monkey betray Nobuna and replaced Mori Motonari as the Daimyou of Western Japan, and then Nobuna in BSOD loss her will to unite japan. Akechi questioned the motives of monkey's action.... and she realized that the monkey want to be equal to nobuna in intention to win her over (political marriage). and akechi due to tit and tat were trapped in to Honnouji affair in order to return the monkey to his sense.... is what that i want to say. but i prefer the bloody affair of Tomino kill them all in this LN. I trust the author that he will not disappoint us. he/she did kill Matsunaga Hisahide, Senchiyo, Abeno Seimei.
so, please author! you don't need to make Juubei as Yandere, Yangire or Axgirl. but please don't skip or delete the Honnouji event.
Did not that Scopedog... i mean Automata become usable in vol.9 LN? i read them in 4ch.
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^Huh? I thought you were looking forward to Juubei NTRing Nobuna?
Just for fun
Spoiler for Kill Them All Tomino is so in the past. :
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Spoiler for Perhaps my opinion might ... you know depress or annoy anyone. Righteous people tend to be hated. So... Reader discretion is greatly advised:
For your spoiler tag quotation (I am too lazy to write it down here)
And that is..... so Zeta. i prefer the Ideon, please. By the way your idea is so Dunbine.
And the modern Tomino is what makes Zeta the movie is soo... Boring. Four not being Lalah Sune, Cammile not being mind raped, Rozamia not being head shot, Fa being.... Fa.
I miss the glorious day of L Gaim, Dunbine, Zeta, Victory, Ideon .... if only i was fortunate enough to watch Zambot 3.... really... where is the fun of military fighting another alien? is not this just like human hunting for animal??
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I, for one, really enjoy the romance between Yoshiharu and Nobuna, and am really looking forward to the possible happy end for them. In fact, even though she's extremely useful and vital at times, Mitsuhide's constant need to interfere in their relationship on the pretense that she's "dense" doesn't work at all, and is actually the only reason she's transitioned into one of my least favorite characters. If that wasn't one of her main roles to play, she'd likely be one of my favorites.
|2012-10-13, 09:29
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You're using the wrong word. It's more like "Hallucinating" then "Dense". Thank You Carl Jung and his pals.
And since no one is actually helping Juubei, I hated them all. In fact, if we look from other perspective, Yoshiharu and Nobuna can be the "dense" for not telling her the truth.
Her words in the cave won me over. She admitted to him that "She can't see things clearly when she engrossed in something", "She's easily cheated by people and can't read the atmosphere that she'll be piling failures from now on", and she asked him to guide her in case she's turning into a bad girl. But Yoshiharu thought Juubei was making fun of him with the "72 Ways of Making Fun of People" v4p171-172
And of course, the most powerful words were her question to the Heaven, and "Yoshiharu....Mou Yume no Sekai he Modori takunai desu ka? Sore tomo.....mada, yume no sekai de ganbarimasuka?". IMO, parts of Juubei is still dreaming in that cave for Yoshiharu, and other parts stuck at Kiyomizu Temple for Nobuna, and no one actually knew why.
Juubei even refused Nobuna's reward (Sakamoto Castle), saying the credit should go to Yoshiharu for his valor during the Retreat of Kanegasaki. She's not a someone that craze for glory like the audio drama portrayed. v4p281
One of the things that Nobuna said that makes her my least favorite is that She doesn't care what other people would say, She will give the entire Nation to Juubei, and she's okay to be a wife to someone without a fame like Yoshiharu. v8p94
Even after Juubei refused to be her successor in vol 4, and vol 7 and would follow her to the end. The fall of Nobuna means the crumble of Juubei's dreams v7196-197. Nobuna should have marry him earlier if she doesn't care about what people are going to say. She's prolonging her, Yoshiharu, and Juubei's sufferings.
Nobuna is more like a damsel in distress, waiting her shining prince to save her. This made her role is just to be there, and her fate is hanging on Yoshiharu and Juubei.
The saddest part in Yoshikawa-sensei novel was when Nobunaga said this in his death, "Ahh, Mitsuhide. Will you not be following me in few days "
I don't want Juubei to be turned into a lame antagonist like Konoe in the anime original end, after all she did for Nobuna. I still place some hope that "Pick all the fruits" actually means Kinkan (Kumquat).
Also, having a prior knowledge about theories of Mitsuhide's treachery make me want to support her more.
Perhaps Mikage should introduce Toshimitsu Saitou as Mitsuhide's love interest in her own Side Story, and secluded her from the main story?
2ch said in the short story, Yoshiharu did consider Juubei's feelings, but it still in "Proof, or it didn't happen" for me. Hoping someone can purchase the short stories, and shade some light here.
@rantaid. Why does it feel like we're old fags not suitable for this kind of romance story XD
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well.. i am under the impression that Juubei is some kind of ... contradicting herself. Did not the monkey said that Juubei is too serious to her own good? In cave scene she was kind of bold, yep Bold action. perhaps because no one is seeing her or she does not know that anyone might have over heard or peek her.... she become kind of brutally honest. But when she is conscious of other presence... she denied it outright. and instead under the impression that "Can't help it! It is because Saru-senpai is such pervert! i have to sacrifice myself..." Wait... Is that the correct word?
Hmm... seems to me that it is like the trait of ... stalker.
Oh well... let me think about it for a while about my impression of Juubei. i do like her because it will be fun the day she break down... (you know just like what happened to Katsura Kotonoha in School Days...just that. but i never cared about other else. You know, like how if she netorared or being netorared.
We can not blame Yoshiharu, if i was placed in his shoes.... please do continue on your own. you know what everyone will do if they are placed in his shoes. and as i say earlier, Juubei is too serious for her own good. she is trying too hard for herself.... but i like that side of her....
Spoiler for again, viewer discretion is advised. My opinion might anger you.:
For one, we need to give Nobuna some slack. she is for one a Daimyo. A person responsible for the well being of her country. she can not just casually for a stupid emotion to give up her responsibility, this is what they says as Noblesse Oblige. She is not just some spoiled modern girl who are free to fall in love (which will be booooring) and just say 'good bye' to her responsibility as a leader.
And for one , Nobuna with all difficulty surrounding her, could think in cool headed and calm composure. .... okay except when she thought that her capable ministers both died but let us put it in different matter. being a leader is hard. that is the first matter. and for one i am thankful that the author greatly emphasized the importance of Politic and Economy (Monetary) in this LN and Anime (well LN mostly).
And I believe Nobuna while she intended to do a delaying tactic, she for once want to focus herself in unification, ending the chaotic era of Sengoku Jidai and establishing a stable and strong governance before saying good bye and leave for good for herself. she placed Akechi Mitsuhide might also driven for her appreciation of her skill. did not Nobuna herself remarked numerous time of Akechi's talent? though of course the part that Akechi fallen to the Monkey is kind of unpredictable to her. and her retainer.... are all hopeless.. the genius like Niwa Nagahide of course will support her lord, but it will be unfair. the like of Takenaka Shigeharu will you know.... it is closer to "Yoshiharu sama is mine!" (I do read Eiji Yoshikawa's Taiko. he reminded Hashiba before dying that he is worried for Hashiba's lack of ambition. he asked Hashiba to carve a name for himself, preparing for the continuation and the future. And... in episode 5 of the anime and the LN which i tried to guess and read.... "Yoshiharu-san is a dummy, a dummy i can not leave alone. I want to protect you and let you shine." see the similarity?) this make me realized why other simply playing ignorance of these three relationship.
And then... General Hashiba cunningly used Samposhi as the infant successor, placing him as Regent. Such is the Art of War.
But really, perhaps Nobunaga at that time got an epiphany of the future of the Oda clan?
How can you love something if you are afraid of breaking them and rip them part to part? and also, it is much more fun to imagine the worst thing possible might happen to them. that is why we call them entertainment.
as Nobunaga said in Eiji Yoshikawa's Taiko "Chew it good then spit the rest." Take the whole story, rip apart and chew them bit by bit, swallow the good things and spit out the waste
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Something tell me Nobuna is mad, instead of jealous of something about Juubei. I don't know? May be because she really thought that she is prettier then Juubei. (subjective, and I don't mind Nobuna fans agreeing this). Is it because Juubei is more able to lead the country then her?
May be it is her forehead after all, just like Yoshikawa's Nobunaga can only be mad looking at the Kumquat head.
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|2012-10-13, 12:22
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well.. the prospect of Nobuna being mad is for one...."I am going to be a Harem King", sure is not a good way to break up with girl. Of course she gone mad.....
Though i admit i understand that Being a Harem King is a Man's Romance.
Girl does not like to admit anyone is more beautiful than her. and Nobuna for one in making Mickey Mouse of herself is due to her being insecure of her own beauty. and I believe in Asakura Yoshikage in LN who remarked that Juubei is really beautiful if not for her kind of wide forehead. Well... frankly i don't mind it at all, because what make me attracted to her first is her beautiful eyes... and then.... her personality.
With the Saito clan of Mino engulfed in their internal conflict, Akechi was forced to be wanderer and retainer without master. he roamed to many warlord but end up refused until he met Nobunaga who really accepted his talent.But then....
Meanwhile, in the LN, Dosan Saitou did not die, so her wandering and learning is not because she lost her lord but because she was ordered to deepen her knowledge.
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^I can't go all night, so this will be my last post. Yoshiharu regarded Nobuna as the sun, and when Juubei was going to protect him from the hunters in the cave, Yoshiharu thinks that Juubei was beautiful like a moon, and her will is as strong as Nobuna. v4p176
Her purple eyes and hair almost made her the Wakamurasaki, but because she's the Moon, she's the Oborozuki?
If she pulls the Moon card from the Tarot.
Nobuna being the Sun, meaning the best in everything, makes me even sadder if Nobuna's the only one to gain happiness, leaving Juubei behind.
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Your word's intrigued me to quote from my favorite manga Ravages of Time, "However the sun can be eclipsed and the moon can wane."
The bright sun illuminate everything, right?
I am not familiar with Genji no Monogatari.. i only read partial story back then but reading in wiki's explanation why do i feel like reading Dream of Red Chamber?
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In the end, Oborozukiyo became a nun. Probably a suitable end for Juubei, as Genji could not take them all.
Also, at the end of the anime, Juubei was standing beside Ieyasu, twice. 2ch even speculated the BD cover will pair Juubei with Ieyasu, raising the Tenkai flag
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@ rantaid
Nice comparison on Kuroda, as well as the info on Mitsuhide. I'm familiar with the history part but not so much on the fiction/novel part unless they were turned in Taiga dramas. But since you mention it, some of dramas do picture Mitsuhide that way and I guess it based from that novel than. Similar to how Zhou Yu usually got depict as a man jealous of Zhuge Liang bue to Romance of Three Kingdom.
Historically though, both Kuroda and Hanbei are direct retainer of Nobunaga. They're are 寄騎 or 与力 for Hideyoshi from Nobunaga both of whom are under Nobunaga's employment instead fo Hideyoshi (basically Hideyoshi doesn't have to give them salaries).
But since both's career were long tied (and in Hanbei's case his entire oda career) to Hideyoshi, many confused them both as Hideyoshi's direct retainers.
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Really? because from what i read ... Takenaka Shigeharu captured the Inabayama castle with 18 men. his feats let his reputation soared and destroyed Saito Tatsuoki's reputation (making him as coward).
his impressive feat of the capture of Inabayama made both Nobunaga and General Hashiba admired him deeply, offering him to flock to Oda clan. but Takenaka Shigeharu refused because he merely want to teach a lesson of governance to Saito Tatsuoki. he later returned the castle to Tatsuoki.
Then during the assault of Oda clan to Mino, under the pretext of Saitou Dousan's testament... general Hashiba tried to recruit him for Oda, the latter refused. after several visit Takenake Shigeharu finally accepted in the condition of serving General Hashiba, not Oda Nobunaga. (I don't know whether Eiji Yoshikawa tried to imitate Liu Bei's three visit or not)... and it was not only based on Taiko, there are several tale which i read also recount similar thing.
for Kuroda Yoshitaka, it was more or less a fact that he served Oda (first) not Hashiba. due to the betrayal of Araki Murashige..... you know the continuation of the story.
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Well technically, no. However I am dead right now, arriving home at 11 pm for some days, and it's been hectic due to certain things not in my hand.
I believe the status quo shall be maintained till mid december, unless I get divine inspiration and will to translate it with the scarce time I have. I can't even play LoL
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Garrett leads Fairfield Warde boys basketball over Trumbull, 61-54
After losing a lead late in its opener at Greenwich, then blowing a 12-point advantage against Trumbull High on Monday, the Fairfield Warde boys basketball team easily could have packed it in.
Instead, the Mustangs' offense -- and Max Garrett in particular -- finished off their first win.
Warde outscored Trumbull 14-6 in the final 3:18, as the Mustangs picked up a 61-54 win on Monday at Trumbull High.
"I think it was a good win," Garrett said. "We bounced back from that Greenwich game. We learned from that, we didn't sulk ... and we were in a similar situation and we closed it out."
Garrett led all scorers with 27 points, going 15-for-15 at the foul line as the Mustangs improved to 1-1.
Trumbull was just 3-for-13 from the line the first half and finished 9-for-19 for the game. Sophomore Rashard Rodriguez led the Eagles with 17 points and freshman Matt Turner scored 16 points with four 3-pointers.
After watching a five-point lead evaporate in the last 2:10 in an opening-night loss to Greenwich, the Mustangs watched a 33-21 third-quarter lead disappear on Monday. Turner's four 3-pointers all came in the second half.
"We know (Turner) is going to be a special player," Trumbull coach Buddy Bray said. "He played very well for a freshman. He hit some big shots that got us back into the game."
An 8-0 fourth-quarter run -- capped by Ryan McCabe's two free throws -- gave Trumbull a 48-47 lead with 3:18 left.
But Mike Pehota's drive to the basket helped Warde re-gain the lead. After a Warde stop, Garrett's fall-away jumper helped the Mustangs build their advantage to 51-48.
"(Pehota) had a great drive to the basket," Warde coach Ryan Swaller said. "From that point on, I felt like we knew we had to control it."
"We used a lot of energy trying to get back into the game," Bray said.
Garrett scored eight of Warde's final 12 points.
"It's just leadership," Swaller said. "He's the only guy that's gotten varsity minutes the last few years, and he wants the ball ... that's what I expect from him."
Warde outscored Trumbull 18-9 in the second quarter, using a 7-0 run to close the half with a 30-21 halftime advantage. Garrett's 3-pointer to start the half lifted that edge to 33-21.
"The kid Garrett really hurt us," Bray said. "He played well."
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Max Garrett 5 15-15 27 Terrance Walden 3 2-5 9 Mark Byrne 1 0-2 2 Nick Cotto 3 2-6 8 Brian Kerrigan 1 2-4 4 Michael Pehota 3 0-0 6 Hunter Smaldone 2 0-0 5. Totals 18 21-32 61.
Matt Turner 4 4-4 16 Jake Levison 5 1-2 12 Rashard Rodriguez 5 2-3 17 Kevin Mott 0 0-0 0 Luke Waldek 2 0-4 4 Ryan McCabe 1 2-2 5 John Watts 0 0-4 0 Billy Stickle 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 9-19 54.
3-pointers: T--Turner 4, Rodriguez 3, McCabe, Levison; FW--Garrett 2, Walden, Smaldone.


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Once parents understand their rights, responsibilities, and opportunities in relation to their children's education, and once they know how to formulate and ask the right questions—and feel comfortable doing so—they are ready to better support and advocate for their own children. They also are more likely to feel at ease volunteering in their child's classroom or helping out occasionally by working on a specific schoolwide project (e.g., assisting with a fundraiser, participating in a cleanup day).
For some parents, this degree of involvement will feel sufficient. But some will want to do more. They may want to become school leaders, the ones who conceive and organize the special projects (e.g., a cultural celebration, a workshop on how to help with homework), who recruit additional volunteers, and who advocate for other students and families, not just their own. Or they may want to get involved in education decision-making, participating in school governance, becoming a member of the school site council, or sitting on a district or state education committee or board. For these parents, more preparation can lead to greater effectiveness in their education-related endeavors. The same holds true for educators who want to partner more actively with parents and be involved in joint decision-making. Part II of this guide addresses how PIRCs help prepare well-informed parents and educators for action and partnership.


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Florida Teen Posts Footage On Facebook Of Her Brutal School Bus Attack On 16-Year-Old Girl! (Girl Who Filmed Fight Also Arrested)
"An honor roll student in Pasco County, Florida was viciously attacked on the school bus by a fellow student who then posted a video of the sickening incident on Facebook and bragged about it. Chase Cristia, 16, says she was attacked on Friday afternoon after sticking up for a friend earlier that day. During the brief but brutal beating an unnamed 17-year old girl approached Chase at the back of the bus, grabbed her and then repeatedly punched her in the back of the head and neck at least 10 times. The girl who hit Chase faces simple battery, while the other girl is charged with recording the beating. 'I don't want these girls to have their lives ruined, but these kids need to know there are consequences – that this is unacceptable behavior,' Tracy Chase told FOX13. 'They're not going to bully her. They're not going to bully us. I'm not going to be scared to tell this story.' The family are currently filing for a restraining order against the girls. Chase plans to return to school later this week, while the other girls are currently suspended. The alleged attacker was also taken into custody on Wednesday under the Baker Act after making threats to harm herself. On Wednesday morning she had sent Chase an apology message via Facebook. 'I'm sorry. I am so sorry, Chase,' it stated."
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Analyst are Confident that New Mercedes Cars will Beat Rivals in 2014
A new report from Forbes indicated that analysts from known institutions such as Commerzbank, Macquarie Equities Research and Bernstein Research believe that Mercedes-Benz will outshine its rivals this 2014. Daniel Schwarz of Commerzbank said that the revolutionary design of new Mercedes cars will continue to shift the market in the three-pointed star brand's favor this year. He forecasted the new Mercedes C-Class will surely pose a tougher competition to the 3-series of BMW in its third year of production. On the other hand, Macquiarie praised the rapid momentum build-up of Mercedes. The research firm stated that the new Mercedes cars under the C-Class will be a key profit margin and… Continue Reading »


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The Boilerplate: Since these pilot presentations may go through numerous rewrites and casting changes prior to premiere, this by no means should be considered an official review. Rather a preview of what one can expect come Fall.
The Plot: TERRA NOVA follows an ordinary family on an incredible journey back in time to prehistoric Earth as a small part of a daring experiment to save the human race. In the year 2149, the world is dying. The planet is overdeveloped and overcrowded, with the majority of plant and animal life extinct. The future of mankind is in doubt, and its only hope for survival is in the distant past. When scientists unexpectedly discovered a fracture in time that made it possible to construct a portal into primeval history, the bold notion was born to resettle humanity in the past – a second chance to rebuild civilization and get it right this time.
The First Impression: Much to the chagrin of many industry observers who have spent the better part of the past year taking cheap shots at Fox for failing to unveil TERRA NOVA last season, fans will be pleased to discover that it was more than worth the wait. No really, forget everything you may have heard about the show via Twitter, because it not just lives up to the hype, it's unlike anything you've ever seen on television before. Suffice it to say, courtesy of some truly awe-inspiring visuals from both the dystopian future and the prehistoric past, every one of the Pilots reported 10 million dollar price tag is oozing off of the screen. What's more, thanks to a stellar cast, beautiful score and the inclusion of a couple of surprisingly stellar plot twists that both SMALLVILLE and LOST fans alike will find intriguing, there is no doubt in our mind that when Fox finally does launch this much-anticipated new series, audiences of all ages will be clamoring to find out what happens next. After-all, it should probably go without saying that Dinosaurs are least of the Colonist's problems.
The Concern: Despite the fact that we're already primed to proclaim TERRA NOVA our most anticipated new series of the Fall, it's not perfect. Which is to say, when our inner-ten year old wasn't busy marvelling at the Dinosaurs reminiscent of Jurassic Park, we were shaking our head at some of the clunky dialogue and predictability of the plot, particularly where the eldest two Shannon children are involved. Also of concern, is as a result of the what are being touted as groundbreaking industry visual effects, it remains to be seen if Fox can actually deliver on their 22 13 episode first season commitment. That said…
The Verdict: Will most definitely have us rooting for this epically ambitious series.
TERRA NOVA launches on Monday September 26th at 8PM on FOX (CityTV in Canada)
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R. J. Larson is the author of numerous devotionals featured in publications such as Women's Devotional Bible and Seasons of a Woman's Heart. She lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with her husband and their two sons. Prophet marks her debut in the fantasy genre.
Ela Roeh of Parne doesn't understand why her beloved Creator, the Infinite, wants her to become His prophet. She's undignified, bad tempered, and only seventeen--not to mention that no prophet of Parne has ever been a girl. Worst of all, as the elders often warn, if she agrees to become the Infinite's prophet, Ela knows she will die young.
Istgard has turned their back on me. See the evil they do.
Yet after experiencing His presence, she can't imagine living without Him. Determined to follow the Infinite's voice, Ela accepts the sacred vinewood branch and is sent to bring the Infinite's word to a nation torn apart by war. Here she meets Kien, a young Traceland ambassador determined to bring his own justice for his oppressed people. As they form an unlikely partnership, Ela must surrender to her destiny . . . and determine how to balance the leading of her heart with the leading of the Infinite.
Will you accept the branch and speak my will? Will you be my prophet?
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Jay-Z Presents First Annual Made In America Festival
(Welcome to The Set List. Here you'll find the latest concert recaps for many of your favorite, or maybe not so favorite, artists. Our bloggers will do their best to provide you with every detail of the show, from which songs were on the set list to what the artist was wearing to which out-of-control fan made a scene. Hey, it'll be like you were there. And if you like what you read, we'll even let you know where you can catch the artist on tour. Feel free to drop us a comment and let us know about your concert experience. Oh, and rock on.)
By Ashley Coleman
From Sept. 1–2 GRAMMY-winning hip-hop pioneer Jay-Z shut down the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia for the first annual Made In America music festival. The lineup featured a mashup of artists spanning rock, pop, dance/electronica, and hip-hop, and the crowd was a reflection of that diversity. I was one of thousands of festivalgoers who braved the extreme heat and rain to see artists such as Gary Clark Jr., Mayback Music Group (featuring Rick Ross, Wale and Meek Mill), Janelle Monáe, and Pearl Jam, among others, take the stage for one of music's biggest Labor Day events yet.
I arrived just in time to see Texas-based singer/guitarist Gary Clark Jr., who opened Saturday's festivities. Then I was on to Maybach Music Group's set. Before bringing Philadelphia-based rapper Mill to the stage, rapper Wale told the crowd, "When in Rome do as the Romans do, and when in Philly bring out Meek!" Mill performed a slew of hits from his recent Dreamchasers 2 mixtape. Fittingly, the self-proclaimed "Boss" Ross came out to close Maybach Music Group's set by bringing out his label's newcomer Stalley.
On the Liberty stage, Monáe did not disappoint as she appeared backed by two hooded dancers, kicking off her set with "Dance Or Die." Though the stage was set in black-and-white, Monáe's performance was full of energy and color. Next up were the Dirty Projectors, featuring the sweet harmonies of Amber Coffman and David Longstreth. Their simplistic style gave the audience a chance to soak in the lyrics to songs including "Offspring Are Blank" and "Cannibal Resource."
As I rushed back to the main stage (and jumped over a picnic or two), I made it to see Swedish indie pop trio Miike Snow. I was dazzled by smoke and lights at the start of their performance, which kicked off just a little after sunset. Their thumping drums and simple melodies made it easy to sing along to tracks such as "Bavarian #1 (Say You Will)" and "Pretender." The electronic filters added to Miike Snow's sound made the crowd roar in excitement, making them a great precursor to the high-energy set from GRAMMY winner Skrillex.
Saturday's headliner was the man behind the festival, Jay-Z. His highly anticipated performance began with the interlude from The Black Album, followed by a real-life public service announcement from President Barack Obama delivered on screen. Jay-Z then put on a performance featuring hit after hit, from 1997's In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 to 2009's The Blueprint 3.
"We've made some beautiful music here in Philadelphia," Jay-Z said before bringing out Young Chris, Freeway and Memphis Bleek to join him for a few songs, including "What We Do."
Members of G.O.O.D. Music also made an appearance, including Kanye West, Big Sean, Common, Pusha T, and 2 Chainz. Ending the set with "N****s In Paris," West and Jay-Z kept the party going, which would carry on into the following day.
Not even the light rain that held on for the majority of Sunday could deter music fans. They braved the wet and humid conditions for performances by Odd Future, Santigold and the legendary Run D.M.C. Clad in his Adidas sneakers and sweat pants, Run D.M.C.'s Rev Run gave everything he had to perform hits including "Walk This Way" and "King Of Rock." Performing under a banner that read "Jam Master Jay Forever," Run D.M.C. brought out Jam Master Jay's two sons, T.J. Mizell and Jam Master J'Son for a brief DJ set.
Philadelphia native Jill Scott captivated the afternoon crowd with her playful stage presence. Her powerful voice continued to draw a larger crowd as her set progressed and she even brought out fellow Philadelphian Eve.
During Pearl Jam's epic headlining performance, Jay-Z made an unexpected second appearance for an encore of "99 Problems."
Other artists who made a memorable impression on me included Passion Pit, Rita Ora and the Hives. Lucky for me (and other festivalgoers as well), I'll get to relive my Made In America experience with the upcoming Made In America documentary, directed by Ron Howard and Brian Grazer.
(Ashley Coleman started out as a GRAMMY U member in 2006 and is currently the Membership Coordinator for The Recording Academy Philadelphia Chapter. You can keep up with her at www.writelaughdream.com.)


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SAINT LEO, Fla. – A four-goal burst in the fourth quarter powered Saint Leo University to a 9-4 win over the MIT men's lacrosse team on Wednesday afternoon. Sophomore Ben Hessels (Laytonsville, Md.) registered two goals for the Engineers in their spring training trip finale.
The Lions scored 20 seconds after the opening faceoff and then capitalized on a two-player advantage with 3:52 left in the frame. MIT got on the board courtesy of solo effort by Hessels just over two minutes later. The second quarter was a defensive battle as the hosts generated the lone marker which gave them a 3-1 edge at the intermission.
Both squads exchanged goals throughout the third quarter led off by an unassisted tally from Hessels. Saint Leo quickly doubled its margin but freshman Jake Slonaker (West Windsor, N.J.) connected on a feed from junior Gabe Blanchet (Hadley, Mass.), narrowing the gap to 4-3 at the 10:43 mark. Following nine minutes of scoreless play, the Lions found of the back of net. The Engineers replied with a strike by sophomore Elliot Sykora (Wilmette, Ill.) with seven seconds on the clock.
Saint Leo increased its advantage to 6-4 early in the final frame and then rattled off three goals during the last seven minutes of the game to clinch the victory. MIT produced five shots in the quarter but the Lions' netminder came away with three saves.
Senior Bryan Beller (Dix Hills, N.Y.) posted five groundballs and two caused turnovers while freshman Quantum Wei (Springfield, Va.) recorded three groundballs and one caused turnover. Blanchet added three groundballs, followed by two from Slonaker and sophomore Joel Santisteban (Lawrence, N.Y.). In net, junior Christopher Rullan (Wexford, Pa.) collected 16 saves.
In its return to Cambridge, MIT (2-3) will host Gordon College on Saturday, March 31.


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N.A. Juniors Game Night: 12/17
Team Canada Update
TSN is reporting Lightning prospect Dana Tyrell is skating at right wing on Canada's top line with super-prospect John Tavares at center and Buffalo 2008 first rounder Tyler Ennis of Medicine Hat (WHL) at left wing. Canada's head coach Pat Quinn said, "The guys that skate with him (Tavares) have to have a few ingredients: Quickness, speed through the middle, and the ability to hunt that puck down." That certainly describes Tyrell, one of the fastest players in the WHL and a tireless worker along the boards. He has also proven to have the ability to chip in a few goals around the net. This is a great opportunity for Tyrell should he be able to stick on that line.
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D Mark Barberio, MCT: 0-1-1, +1, 0 PIM, 2 SOG
Season totals: 30 GP, 8-17-25, +12, 20 PIM
Cape Breton took both games of a home-and-home with Atlantic Division leader Moncton. The Screaming Eagles are now five points back of the Wildcats, though they've played four more games than Moncton. Barberio did not participate in the shootout.
Kelowna Rockets 3 @ Edmonton Oil Kings 0
G Torrie Jung, EDM: Loss, 21 saves on 24 shots
Season totals: 20 GP, 8-8-1-3, 2.79 GAA, .903 sv%, 2 shutouts
Jung is 0-2 against his former team this year, averaging 3.5 goals against in those match-ups.
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A large tree fell across the 7600 block of Germantown Avenue this afternoon, tying up traffic in both directions.
No one was injured, but the tree fell squarely on the Avenue's trolley lines. PECO, SEPTA and Philadelphia Police and the Fire Department were at the scene.
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|Nov 25, 2013
A step closer to composite-based electronics
|(Nanowerk News) Composite materials are of increasing interest to physicists. Typically, they are made of electrically conducting elements - such as spherical metallic or elongated carbon particles - embedded in an insulating glass or a polymer matrix. Their controllable electrical resistivity, combined with their light and flexible properties, makes them suited for applications in flexible electronics. Now, a theoretical model, confirmed experimentally, elucidates how electrical resistivity varies with the concentration of the particles in these composite materials. These findings, by Isaac Balberg and colleagues from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, have been published in EPJB ("The percolation staircase model and its manifestation in composite materials").
|To understand the dependence of resistivity on the concentration of the electrically conducting particles, the authors apply percolation theory. It provides a map for the number and size of clusters of adjacent particles as the concentration of particles increases. In this study, the authors note that the resistances involved in the electrical conduction can have a given discrete series of values unlike a single one or a continuous distribution found in many previous works.
|Balberg and colleagues made the theoretical prediction - and proved experimentally using granular metal and carbon-black composites - that the dependence of the electrical resistance on the conducting particle concentration is manifested by a staircase. This was particularly obvious in nanometric scale systems, in which there is a well-defined discrete series of distances between a particle and its neighbours. Each stair exhibits a universal behaviour - independent of the details of the system - predicted by percolation theory. The electrical resistivity associated with subsequent stairs decreases as the concentration of the conducting particles increases.
|This work was also able to shed light on many previously unexplained data related to characteristics of various types of composites, such as those containing carbon nanotubes or graphene.
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Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle stood in front of a dozen news cameras this afternoon at police headquarters to apologize for the behavior of an officer who stopped a family outside a hospital emergency room.
Kunkle said Officer Robert Powell has been placed on paid administrative leave in connection with an incident last week in which he stopped a family rushing to visit a dying mother, detaining them for 13 minutes to write a traffic ticket.
"His behavior in my opinion, did not exhibit the common sense, discretion, the compassion that we expect our officers to exhibit," the chief told a packed audience of media outlets that included Inside Edition.
During the traffic stop, caught on the officer's in-car camera, Powell berated the driver, 26-year-old NFL running back Ryan Moats, and threatened him with arrest for running a traffic light.
"I can screw you over," said Powell, 25. "I'd rather not do that."
At one point during today's news conference, Kunkle seemed to restrain himself from being even more candid with his views on the incident.
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"When we in the command staff reviewed the tapes," he said, "we were embarrassed, disappointed — it's hard to find the right words and still be professional in my role as a police chief."
The chief also praised Moats and his family for how they handled the officer's behavior.
"They exercised extraordinary patience, restraint, dealing with the behavior of our officer," Kunkle said. "At no time did Mr. Moats identify himself as an NFL football player or expect any kind of special consideration. He handled himself very, very well."
Moats rolled through a red light as he and his wife were en route to Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano. A Dallas police squad car pulled their SUV over near the hospital's emergency entrance.
Moats and his wife implored the officer to let them hurry on to the bedside of her ill mother.
"You really want to go through this right now?" Moats pleaded. "My mother-in-law is dying. Right now!"
His wife, Tamishia Moats, said Powell "was pointing a gun at me as soon as I got out of the car. It was the weirdest feeling because I've never had a gun pointed at me before under those circumstances."
Powell then spent long minutes writing Moats a ticket and threatening him with arrest.
Powell could not be reached for comment.
Kunkle, asked about Powell's reaction to the investigation, said the officer told a member of the command staff that he was just doing his job.
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Dallas police Officer Robert Powell
"My understanding is that Officer Powell, even when he saw the videotape, believed he had not acted inappropriately," Kunkle said.
"I've read some of the comments in some of the publications, and the majority of the comments reflect my position — that at the point the officer was told that they were responding to a dying family member, that should have been his concern: to allow those people to get access to that family member."
The scene, captured by the officer's dashboard video camera, prompted apologies and the promise of an investigation even before Kunkle met the media.
"There were some things that were said that were disturbing, to say the least," said Lt. Andy Harvey, a police spokesman.
Harvey said Powell told his commanders that he drew his gun but did not point it at Moats or his wife.
The lieutenant said it's not unusual for officers to draw a gun in traffic stops if they feel threatened.
Moats' mother-in-law, Jonetta Collinsworth, was struggling at 45 with breast cancer that had spread throughout her body. Family members rushed to her bedside from as far away as California.
On March 17, the Moatses had gone to their Frisco home to get some rest. Around midnight, they received word that they needed to hurry back to the hospital if they wanted to see Collinsworth before she died.
The couple, along with Collinsworth's father and an aunt, jumped into the SUV and headed back toward the hospital. They exited the Dallas North Tollway, just down the street from the hospital.
Moats turned on his hazard lights. He stopped at a red light, where, he said, the only nearby motorist signaled for him to go ahead. He went through.
Powell, watching traffic from a hidden spot, flipped on his lights and sirens. In less than a minute, he caught up to the SUV and followed for about 20 more seconds as Moats found a parking spot outside the emergency room.
Tamishia, 27, was the first out. Powell drew his gun and yelled at her to get back in.
"Get in there!" he yelled. "Let me see your hands!"
"My mom is dying," she explained to him.
Powell was undeterred.
"I saw in his eyes that he really did not care," Tamishia Moats said. "Honestly, I don't think I cared that he had a gun pointed at me. My train of thought is that I'm going to see my mom in the hospital before she dies."
Tamishia Moats and her great-aunt ignored the officer and headed into the hospital.
"It was almost like a movie," she said, "It felt like we had robbed a bank or something."
Ryan Moats, who stayed behind with the father of the dying woman, said Powell also pointed his gun at him. He said he put his hands on the car because he was afraid that he might get shot.
"I put my hands on the car so he couldn't say I reached for something," Ryan said. "He didn't ask me to put my hands on the car. I just did it to try to protect myself. I was pleading with him."
He tried to explain the situation to the officer.
"I waited until no traffic was coming," Moats told Powell, explaining his passage through the red light. "I got seconds before she's gone, man."
Powell demanded his license and proof of insurance. Moats produced his license but said he didn't know where the insurance paperwork was.
"Just give me a ticket or whatever," he said, beginning to sound exasperated and a little argumentative.
"Shut your mouth," Powell told him. "You can cooperate and settle down, or I can just take you to jail for running a red light."
There was more back and forth.
"If you're going to give me a ticket, give me a ticket."
"Your attitude says that you need one."
"All I'm asking you is just to hurry up."
Powell began a lecture.
"If you want to keep this going, I'll just put you in handcuffs," the officer said, "and I'll take you to jail for running a red light."
Powell made several more points, including that the SUV was illegally parked. Moats replied "Yes sir" to each.
"Understand what I can do," Powell concluded. "I can tow your truck. I can charge you with fleeing. I can make your night very difficult."
"I understand," Moats responded. "I hope you'll be a great person and not do that."
Hospital security guards arrived and told Powell that the Moatses' relative really was upstairs dying.
Powell spent several minutes inside his squad car, in part to check Moats for outstanding warrants. He found none.
Another hospital staffer came out and spoke with a Plano police officer who had arrived.
"Hey, that's the nurse," the Plano officer told Powell. "She said that the mom's dying right now, and she's wanting to know if they can get him up there before she dies."
"All right," Powell replied. "I'm almost done."
As Moats signed the ticket, Powell continued his lecture.
"Attitude's everything," he said. "All you had to do is stop, tell me what was going on. More than likely, I would have let you go."
It had been about 13 minutes.
Moats and Collinsworth's father went into the hospital, where they found Collinsworth had died, with her daughter at her side.
The Moatses, who are black, said Wednesday that they can't help but think that race might have played a part in how Powell, who is white, treated them.
"I think he should lose his job," said Ryan Moats, a Dallas native who attended Bishop Lynch High School and now plays for the Houston Texans.
Powell was hired in January 2006. Assistant Chief Floyd Simpson said Powell told police officials that he believed that he was doing his job. He has been re-assigned to dispatch pending an investigation.
"When people are in distress, we should come to the rescue," said Simpson. "We shouldn't further their distress."
Collinsworth was buried Saturday in Louisiana.
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