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Review Group #372 - East of West #1
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by GLX » Wed Mar 27, 2013 2:17 pm
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East of West #1
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by Punchy » Mon Apr 01, 2013 8:56 amEast Of West #1
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Artwork by Nick Dragotta and Frank Martin
Image Comics
It always surprises me how many sci-fi westerns there are, most genre mash-ups are fun for a little while before quickly running out of steam, but there's something about Cowboys in space or in the future which just works. From Firefly to Cowboy Bebop to that one Muse Video, sci-fi westerns are always cool. And the same rule of cool applies to the new Image ongoing from Jonathan Hickman and his FF collaborator, Nick Dragotta.
Set in the year 2064, East Of West is an intriguing blend of (of course) science fiction and the western, but also the apocalypse. Hickman quickly sketches out a brief history of why the world is different from ours, in that the US Civil War never really ended, and that America is now split into 7 separate nations. It's an intriguing set up, and Hickman makes sure to leave plenty of mystery about what happened, especially with regards to the meteor crash that caused the end of open war, and the nature of 'The Message'.
Into this already heady mix, Hickman throws in only the bloody 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Although really, there are only 3, as Famine, War and Pestilence have been reborn as little (hilariously sadistic) children, without their brother, Death.
Where is Death? Well, he's a pale white bad-ass, stalking across the plains like Clint Eastwood, an even more satanic High Plains Drifter or Saint Of Killers. His scenes in this issue are the highlights for me, he's already very interesting and the violence is very well used.
The artwork from Nick Dragotta is exceptional, some of the best work I've seen from him, very detailed and expressive. I also think a lot of praise should go to colourist Frank Martin, especially when drawing Death and his two companions, who are either all-white or all-black, they really stand out.
This was a strong issue, but there are some drawbacks, especially if you're someone who's read one too many Jonathan Hickman comics and are tired of his tropes. There's the usual 'profound' phrases and epigrams that at this stage are almost beyond self-parody. I also find that once again Hickman is too focused on what's to come next in the story, setting things up and seeding future revelations, which means the story never really lives in the moment. I know this makes sense in a serial medium where the writer wants to make sure he hooks you for #2, but there's only so much cryptic talk a person can take.
Luckily, the sense of humour Hickman found for Manhattan Projects is still present here, albeit with a bit of a darker, more cynical edge. The 3 Horsemen are very strong in this aspect.
This is an intriguing debut issue, and whilst I do grow tired of Hickman's pontificating, I am interested in these particular mysteries and want to see where he takes his own personal apocalypse. If you're a fan of Hickman's Marvel work, take a chance on this creator-owned book. At the very least, Dragotta draws an awesome Cowboy on Robot Horse. Future Cowboys are always cool.
by GLX » Mon Apr 01, 2013 3:54 pmAnd with that, Punchy scores next week's pick.
by GLX » Tue Apr 02, 2013 4:21 pmLast bump before tomorrow.
by GLX » Fri Apr 05, 2013 10:05 pmGot my copy today and got a kick out of it. Review coming before Monday.
by GLX » Sat Apr 06, 2013 3:58 pmWhat a banging first issue. Jonathan Hickman introduces readers to very different version of what we know as the United States of America. If that weren't enough, he throws in the four horsemen of the Apocalypse into the mix. While I'm not entirely invested in the three roaming for their lost comrade, the lone horseman is quite compelling. His story arc is filled with mystery and just plain badassery. Joining Hickman is Nick Dragotta and Frank Martin, who mark for a choice art team whose combined efforts not only make the world of East of West more compelling, but also bring out some of their best work through their collaboration. It's no wonder that this series is gaining so much hype.
8 out of 10
by Garofani Spruzzo » Sat Apr 06, 2013 4:55 pmI think 8 of 10 is about right for the debut issue, this didn't immediately grab me like Manhattan Projects did. By the time 5 or 6 issues are out, though, who knows? #1 is pretty dense, but didn't all quite come together yet for me.
The artwork is very competent, the colors felt a little off sometimes. But then I think comics with bleached out characters look a bit awkward in print too.
The alt-history Native Americans are a whole other interesting thing, I hope we see how Hickman has envisioned that culture in a science-fiction setting. I'm also curious as to the actual balance of technology here, because issues like that are so central to Manhattan Projects. In East Of West there are robot horses but 19-20th C handguns, or giant technologically futuristic towers with what looked like pretty mundane security provisions. It didn't quite add up for me.
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the carolina watchman 0 xvh.-thied seeies 3alis3ury n c october 7 1886 no 0 rictor grain deills kellers patent .■r sa i e to the farmers of row , l j for cash or well secueed time itotes xhis i rill stands a1 the very • h nd is unsurpassed by any rin america it sows wheat clover seed and bearded ts to"other with fertilizers i admirably the quantity per acre ran be changed in an instant by a ■miil motion of the hand ' r l ud what people who have '' iy about it \\ \ ernon rowan co n c sept 15th l^g i u -• 1 the victor kellers paten lor si vcral years and i consider • machine one can set it in an : to sow any quantity of wheat or re from one peck to four bush ! . ] led its as well as it dues ■■' i m fert izers to pel - in i know it to bo strictly a no 1 ; aii'l combines great strength with o 1 qualities w a lu ki-v salisbury n c sept 15th 18s6 last spring i borrowed mr white fralcj's victor kellers patent grain drill and put in my oats with it it sowed bcimk'd mid non-bearded oats to perfection i believe it to be tlie best grain drill i : ner t>aw it sews wheat or oats and clover iced mid fertilizer all o c and j have it one for this t';ili"s bccdiny of the agent john a boyden richard ii cowan salisbury x ('. si t 17th 168g ihivc used the victor kellers patent i drill for the past t-n years au 1 con . far the best drill made i have uu.t ivd the bechford & huffman drill but t,t(.mtl prefer the vic-tor because it is mucii the most convenient and 1 believe victor ill last as ion as two deck & huffman drills the victor sows ill kimlti of grain satisfactorily frank bkuathed jhq a boyden piedmont wagons yes piedmont wag33s made up at hickory yen know why they can't be beat they stand when they ought torighl square at the fhdht ! it wa3 a hard fight but thay have won it ! just read what people say about them and it yon want a wagon come quickly and buy one cither tor cash or on tim sai.lslifuy x < '. sept 1st i8s >. two years ajjo 1 bought n very li:;ht o-hor*e piedmont wagon of the agent lm a boyden have used it marly all he time since have tried it severely in ti'iul i n lc saw loj;s in<l other heavy loads ' ; have not had to pay one cent for re v i look upon the piedmont wagon »• the host thimble skein wajron made in •; 11 ' united states the timber used in " l1 is most excellent and thoroughly e!l smonc 1 turner p tnom v.so salisbury x ('. aug 27th 18si two years apo i bought of john *• boyden a one-horse piedmont wagon jch has done much service and no part broken or jttven away and conse pntlj i lias cost nothing for repair john i 11 m.y salisbury x c sept 3d isfr'c eighteen months ago 1 boughl of john 14 boydtn r 2 inch thimble skein pied n | wii^.n and have n<t <\ it pretty much the time and it has proved to be a first ** wml'od nothing about it has given '} r ! therefore it has required no re ] sej)t 8th 1886 tgo i bought of the agent i 2j inch thimble skein wagon thiir lightest one-horse 1 have kept it in almost constant riug the time have hauled on it • loads of wood and that without ag or repair l r webb a lady ; poet ye never saw her like in all i'our dreaming of fair women came not such exqi3itc image with unearthly touch of that ft subtle charm unspeakable which grace for lack of better name we call tune ye the golden instoring ne'er so much their smoothes i c i lence on t i rutch which fain would sing the gentle swell an fall of her immaculate bo am and her eyes — all well ! there might h i in ed n day through the d w — limpid dusk of eden . twin morning stars of love of such soft rays — no in our heav'ns her heart god know eth why he has made beauty passionless not i t i.ia key bell from heilig's mills messrs editors we have had no rain lor three weeks you may know it is dry with us when 1 add that there has been no grinding done at the water mills for some time there is but little oats in the ground up to thi.s time and what is sown has a bad si and m l barger had a narrow escape from death a few days ago i • was engaged in hauling logs when the wagon turned over and the log came near catching him as it fell a bosi has cut his first barn of to bacco lie says the worms have dam aged it badly this year liev w l drown was installed at organ church on last sunday by rev mr i'ashaw of wilmington the sunday school closed at the liod sheool house last sunday obediah eller is si.de with billious fever farmer for tii watchman messrs editors in answer to in quires from swecetgum grub we would say that we have gotten pretty well over the airthquake skare but not out of the tobacco worm yet they have kept us too busy to write for newspapers it has been all that the growers of the weed could do in this vicinity to prevent them from eating it entirely up and despite of all our efforts they have got the largest share the tobacco crop will fall short of last ' year in quantity quality color and body in our humble judgment the | idose observer will notice that there is an unusual number of worms of every description this year the orchards and woods are webbed up with cati pillars \\ e would like for some of . t he old observing i lrm ts or any one ■else to give us the cause v us i he excessive wet spring condusive our besi wisln s to 1 he < reneral agent but think he oughl to have remembered us with som ■cake our little frien i jeb ; will .• n leave woodle if for the l':;r:n \ of mr james burkheud on r j | sherrill ford road near salem church where he expects to engage in mer chandising jeb is a good fallow i nd the peopie of woodle if are loth to prat with him and he will carry \\ i h the best wishes of i he p ■pie of i uity ( i.oii k kocker rowan and her democracy is this an off year two years ago the people of these united states went to the polls and james i blaine of the state of maine went to the wall then the people as a nation rested from their labors this restful interval will continue as to the nation for two years to come but are the people of rowan entitled to n rest vvs think not for it is easy to attest and equally easy to demon rat <■that the election of november prox touches our people more nearly and is of more vital importance to them than the one of two years ago we can live under a republican gen eral government if we are put to it this we have found upon trial we can not live under a republican home government and this we have found upon trial to the latter testify the bitter years during which government by them meant little more than the wreck of affairs bitter years of which an impeached and disfranchised governor an exhaus ted and debauched judiciary a depleted and rifled treasury millions upon mil lions of fraudulent dishonest and now dishonored bonds were issued to burden i the people legislative halls tilled with a streaming press of negroes public insti tutions with dosed doors school houses deserted desolate and decaying coun ties struggling under the incubus of disproportionate debts the kirk war the eighty cents on the hundred tax of l800 the 81.1 17,100.44 squandered and stolen the littlefield-rfwepson steal and the thousand and one spectre shapes of dishonesty debauchery igno rance incompetence and disgrace crowded into them are unforgotten tes timonials \ ears which are a blot of dishonor and a horrible nightmare be fore our eyes yes we have tried this drossy amal gam of negroes and mot t and lveough whites save the mark and found that all that was not scorca a ashes we dr.uik to the lees their acrid cup which was little more than a solution of negrogen stupidity and apostate ras cality and our teeth am still on edge no fear of our joining their party i for when we are prepared to do that we j will rent pews in the african churches take desks for our children in fheir schools and thus make a square hon 1 jest consistent confession all round ! i there h only a fear that wo will stay away from the polls in apprecia ble numbers thus jeopardizing through carelessness the result of a vital elec tion because we think it an off year but is it an off year we will look it over carefully and see w hat branch of the government lies nearesi to the people how many of our people have come directly in con tad and been affected v an executive act proceeding from either our presi dent or governor hardly i dozen w ho is there among us able to bring one single enactment of congress or thu legislature home to himself very few but who is there that the judiciary does not touch and who is not therefore concerned that our judges be men of purity conscience and learning in the laws men to whom you can safely trust your homes your liberty your fair names and your lives democrats ol rowan the people of our state are railed upon to select for themselves nine judges this fall will the demo crats do this as is their right due and duty or will they waive their privileges and permit others who are irresponsi ble prejudiced and ignorant to do it for them chosen by some one they will be and we all must abide the choice however it falls and if we place or suffer a radical judge in a position where if he chooses and such judges have in times past chosen to do this very thing he may draw a party line again.st our property and our reputations we must submit with what grace we can we must say whether we will have our supreme court bench constituted as now of three grand old men whose names are synonyms for probity and earning or such an other exhaustible affair as they gave us before « it is left to you to say whether you will have a continuance of purity capacity and fidelity among the judges who come among yon four times a year or whether you will try an assort ment of their men with a cjreasy sara watts or two among them choose the writer of these lines is able to stand it if you are for his interests are identical with your own he is a can didate for self respect alone and for no office or shadow of an office under he sun and never will be then too your county officers your representative jrour senator and your congressman should come in for a share of your notice f you tad to n ic them on election day after that day those elected will suffer you to pass unnoticed in turn for they will not be or your color - in p litii - at le;ist they will be brunettes with political proclivities varying all the way from brindle spotted to solid ebony and warranted fast colors in me 1 em tcrats this is n ■■an off year for if you sho;il;l allow the election to go by default you will find too late that you i ive done gre iter damage to yourselves than you could possibly have done two year ago are you willing for this sweeping disas trous change are you quite prepared for it could you stand it it it were to come if so decline to take notice of the coming election and pull corn all day long such ap apathetic course as that will insure the parties defeat and then we will tough it out to gether apathy and lethargy in our own ranks are the only means of achieving a victory to which the republicans can look are you k"i i -, r to allow them to win by such means hardly by you of rowan 1 mean those who own her soil support her govern ment maintain her schools disburse her moneys hold the reins of govern ment are responsible for credit and honor who control all she has and is and who aretheref ire rowan ex committee - -»«»» - addres3 of tnc democratic state com mittee democratic state executive com raleigh x <'., sept 22 l886 another campaign is upon us and it afiain becomes the duty of this commit tee to address a few words of counsel to those who are to carry the banners and fight the battles of democracy in this slate we lyive now so long been accustomed to the blessings of good government un der democratic rule in north carolina thai we may he in danger of forgetting the horrors from which we emerged when our party by a grand uprising u our people obtained control of the legislative branch of the state government lifteen ■veurs ago to those who are old enough in remember the reckless extravagance the unblushing corruption the defiant w le snesd of the negro and carpet-bug way which all but ended in war and bloodshed it seems like a iiideous dream and in the enjoyment of the peaceful present and in the anticipation of a still brighter future they might prefer to pul away the memory of it all forever but as history is ever repeating itself i is well to be reminded of the pa-t and that the people who did these things once will if opportunity is offered do the like again lndoubtedly the democratic party is still the party of virtue and intelligence in this slate and so long as the ignordnl blacks continue to stand together in a solid phalanx on one side the intelligent white men of north carolina are com pelled by every consideration of prudence and in sheer self-defence to stand togeth eronthe oilier they hum see to it that they who pay the taxes shall have the controlling voice in directing how these taxes are expended no fair minded man anywhere can find fault with them for this wo do not contend that we have made no mistakes in the decade and a half during which we have had control of legislation in the state but we do in sist that our mistakes have been few and j comparatively unimportant and that re ' 3iilt3 on the whole have been such as to command the approval of all fair-minded men our state in spite ot the poverty from which she has not yet recovered has become respected abroad wkileal home peace contentment and compara tive prosperity and happiness i everywhere prevail we found the pub lic treasury empty and our credit i rapt we found that the irresponsible strong rs and our late slaves who with ;: few corrupt or ambitious native whites had assumed control of our qnances had in three years ruu up in the name of the state an immense fraudulent debi to pay the interest on which they levied enormous taxes from an impoveris people while they were utterly regard less of the accumulating interest of < ur honest debt we at once declared the fraudulent debt 1 6,000,000 of bonds is sued withoul consideration to those « property was to be made to pay i - a binding neither in law nor in con science and wiped ou1 the whole of it then in view of the fact that the ho debt had grown too large for the pe to pay i all we proceeded i viake terms with the state's creditors and effect a settlement which was mutually satisfac tory by ilii art of 1879 our unsecured debt ■! of 12,627,045 bearing 6 per cent interest will have been reduced to 3 5s0,oll bearing 4 percent and the ■of 2,795,000 for which the state's stock in the north carolina railroad company was liable to be sold by de rce in tli federal court has nearly all been ex tended for forty years and the state's control ofourmost valuable railroad pro perty secured to her indefinitely the dividends annually paid on her shares are more than sufficient to meet the in j c-ton this extended debt and so fair has the credit of n^orth caaolina grown un der the care f her loyal democratic sons j thai her 1 per cent bonds are worth par j in the markets of the world and her 6 per cents are bringing a premium of more than 25 cents on the dollar what other southern state can boast as much we found that during the three years of republican rule thejt had handled and | wasted upwards of a million dollars be longing to the educational i'und and had paid less than forty thousand for teach ing the children of the state we have j now fully established a system of public j schools nearly equal to the best in full operation school houses in every hamlet open for several months in each year and the school sessions yearly increasing in length with graded schools and nor mal schools in which our teachers better prepared for their duties at our i principal centres of population — every dollar of our half a million raised for school purposes legitimately applied we found our unfinished railroads not ' withstanding the millions of bonds issued professedly to build them making no progress their ties rotting and their iron rusting these roads are now some of them finished and the others rapidly ap proaching completion while new and branches have been begun and fin ished since the new era dawned in l871 our mileage of roads has nearly doubled and the public debt not increased we have built two new asylums for the in j sane of large dimensions and the peni tentiary of suffi ieiit size and strength to i safelj keep all the convici s likely sentenced to it is nearing compli and all this without an increase of our taxes and to pay as we go has our motto no new bonds have been is sued nor any deficit made for these great works soon they will be oil-hand and our state taxes may be still further re duced or if the people prefer ii the ex cess maybe applied in the still better education of our childri n it ha - been and continues to be tin poli y of the democratic party to use the labor of the convicts to the penitentiary in work on railroad and draining th swamp lands belonging to the state for the purpose of bringing them into mark et and to avoid employing it u competi tion with the honest labor of the country there seems to be a growing dispositii n to have convict labor employed in part on the public highways so far as it can u done consistently with the requirements of the constitution that our penal insti tions must be made as nearly self up porting is possible the administration of the executive de partment of the state government since the inauguration of a democratic govern or in 1877 has been all t ha could reason ably '><■expected vance jarvis s able wise and progressive so far as progress is consistent with true conserva tism have done or omitted little for party friends to criticise or political enemies to complain of they have exe cuted the laws faithfully and fairly and with justice to all classes and colors as much may be said of the adminis tration of justice and expounding the laws by our democratic judges their delicate duties have been faithfully exe cuted and their great and increasing labor.-i conscientiously performed we have heard of no suggi tion of uuftiitliful ]!■• ; s and of no uspii ion i f coi ruption with respect toanj of them we therefore coufldt ntly comim u i the judicial i . pre i ntcd by our late convention smith a he and jlerrimon for the supreme \ court and connor ( lark boykin mont ■ry grav >, avery and james ii jlerrimon the last the only one who has ! not heretofore served as judge and bis high character and ability ar universally j ii support of the law-lo ing i \ oters of the state and all such are uv | ed to go to the polls and give iheru deserv j . d endor ■n < lit i i submitted with all • ■■tin 1 n ■■that j prc jident ' leveland ha r . .• rned his promise mad on his nominal ion : i his inuguratiou to conduct 1 1 aicnl of the l t nited states on bu.si priii iple -. ! !■■has ni v r forgotten i lie office is a public trust ; i j use his own maxim and that one who is entrusted with t 1 '- conduct of a great j governmi ; '. should employ at least that ' mea u re of watchfulness pruden my and fail hfulness in the <'■; ■his duties that i expected of one has the direction and control of the af fairs of an ordinary person or cor tion whether it suited political friend or foe he has executed the laws a : he found j them in the statute hook in a manner to command the applause of the la wabi of all i i i s his courage industry faith fulness ai i apacitv for labi r ! a ■e i i i i prais ■. millions i if m mi v ' . ■ilre.i>lv !"■' n raved by reforms institute i i ui di r his admimstr ition :: i he dcpai ;- j it washington have '».■■! and nro ii inj purified of mu.:h rottenness and forrnption which had accnmulate'i ui refu rcanadm : nistration byhisra gni tionof t!ie snath as an integral part of the country with pqual right by selecting members of his cabint't anil appointing for ei^rn ministers from southern states he has put an en'd toscctionalism we hope forever tlie bloodj srirt can never be raised as a r:i!!y;iil r banner again some conceding thnt the present con ire»5 of which only the iow«t lii>:~eis democratic h:is under democratic influence rlon mucli for the benefit of the country — for example passing laws whereby over 50 iiij'i 0 ■land granted to railroad companies n condition and unearned by them were declared forfeited nud thereby saved for a ttial settlers cirtain bills tor the protecti n oi labor c — yet complain that the democrats have not abolished the inter nal revenue system and reduced thetariffto i r venue basis with only inc.iedntal pro teutii i to our industries to them we rej y that the only hope to do these things is in the democratic party and not in that party wliicii u rcsponsable for the system and in tugurated these high protective tariff and that our congressmen from this state at least have done their duty in trying to a bolish the oncand ameliorate the thtr and it becomes us to pec that good democrats ire a<!ain sent toconpress with renewed in it rue tions to exert all their influence toward the attainment of these desired ends in our address two years ago we assured the public that the so-called liberal party xisted but in name even the name is now i thing of the past that device to divide md weaken our party having failed our idrersarifs are trying another plan to dis tract and ruin us not daring to oppose us in many sections with republican candidat es or th 5a called liberals they find inour ranks professed democrats ambition self ish men « ho for some reason c uld not se nrc nomination from democratic conven tions and these they persuade to run asi rlependent democrats well they know tint if such men are successful they must of necessity cease to belong to the party whose rules they have ignored and whose organization they have attempted to de stroy nn 1 would ultimately join those to whom they we their o'ection an open enemy in much to l>e preferred to a faithless friend and true democrats will see that such independents are repudiated and ig nominiously routed in 1884 we carried our state ticket by about 20,000 majority and a legislature over two-thirds democratic was returned w hi'e we sent democratic congressmen from eight out of our nine districts this was done by organization and hard work let us now sec to it that onr organization is preserved and let us again go to work it is now less than six weeks to the day of election and to make signal victory at a points certain much remains to be dune every good citizen owes it to patriotism to rote and to vote intelligently and rightly heshoul i inform himself aud his neighbors on the public issues beforehand and vhen the day of election comes he should give it or at least a par of it to his country it he fails in this and bad men are elected or bad laws in ide he has no right to complain lie has nei lected to do his duty so with organized work we will a r in - : t eeil let the township committee set that every democrat and every one who an be persua led t vote the democratic ticket is properly registered and has the opportu nity to gel t . the p i is md vote let these committees report frequently and re to the county committees and let the coun tv committees report to this committee then on election day let every democrat do his duly and the stale will be safe in democratic hands for two years longer and we wi!i b assured of good conservative ovcnimcii for that period at least ii ii battle chairman 15 c beckwith secretary state papers pleas c education and democracy under democratic administrations the disbursements for teaching the white and black children of north carolina for nine year excepting about 5 per cent for expenses have been 83,998,871.63 the university normal school for whites and the state normal school at fayetteville for col ored people were established in i s "";. and later eight normal schools con veniently located in different parts of the st;it four for each race were ad ded to the two already in existence later still the university normalschool was discontinued and eonr others loca ted in different sections of the state and costing the same amount money were substituted therefor these normal schools are intended to teach the teacher how to teach most effectively and that they are of great value has been shown in tiie improve ment of the public school system and the betti r primary instruction thai now prevails throughout the state l'wo thousand seven hundred and twenty one teachers were last year reached and bi nefitted by these normal schools arid three thousand four hundred and eighty five more were reached by the institutes established likewise by the democrats held in nearly every county of the mate and paid for with about 4.oc0 from the school fund this liberal and progressive action more over has secured to the state for six years past twelve peabody scholarships good each for two years at the nash ville normal college and worth each a considerable stun th ■aggregate a niount exp niled annually by th ■n ocrats for te ieh r training is al s'j'j : 00 the v hole educ tional si - tem has been raised to a high degree of efficiency graded schools have established in all the leading tow . . the people generally have be i ar to greater interest in public e i ontrasi with the state of things der the ra/lical regime succeeding the war n 18gs is69 ls70 th syearsof republican misrule the money report ed as expended oa scho i was 33 981.80 in 1809 the value of school erty was nothing repubbenn su-i perintendent ashley left a plan a very handsome btft utterly useless plan f r building fchool houses and thnt was all nothing was really expended for schools br the radicals during their carnival of crime the school money was used for the purpose of paying i •: lontj-termed and frequent rep can legis i es most < xi r i . l in - per diem and : . s in j s 7"i m l 515.97 were paid for school houses in 18s2-'83-*84 and so a total of 293 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Last week, we asked you to submit your questions on the new health care law for the Obama campaign to answer, and you had plenty of them.
It's not surprising -- not only is the health care law complex, multifaceted, and still unfolding, it's also a central focus in this presidential election. President Obama, obviously, is fighting to keep it in place, while Mitt Romney has pledged to repeal it and allow the states to develop their own health care reform plans.
The Obama campaign reached out to CafeMom recently and offered to answer your questions on the new health care law. After the jump, we have your questions, followed by answers from Obama for America Deputy Campaign Manager Stephanie Cutter.
Why are health care costs so different for women now, and how is that going to change?
Right now, insurance companies can charge women up to 50 percent more than men, for the very same coverage. Here's why: first, women are more likely to see a doctor when they're sick; and second, even if a plan doesn't cover maternity care, insurance companies fear they might have to pay for complications from a pregnancy.
But by 2014, thanks to health care reform (otherwise known as "Obamacare"), this shameful practice will finally be banned for good. Insurance companies will have to charge women and men the same price, and being a woman will no longer be considered a pre-existing condition!
What counts as a preventive service covered without co-pay? Is it just for women?
To help make sure families can afford the preventive care they need to stay healthy, Obamacare requires most private health insurance plans to cover recommended preventive services for women, men, and children without charging you a co-pay or deductible. Lots of services are covered, including: cancer screenings like mammograms and colonoscopies; flu shots and childhood immunizations; screenings for high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and diabetes; and, soon, special services for women like birth control pills. You can see the full list here.
How long can my developmentally disabled son stay on my insurance policy, if he isn't able to go to college? I want to be able to change jobs, but I can't risk losing my insurance. Is there some kind of back-up plan I can use if I need it?
Before Obamacare, in most states children would be kicked off their family health insurance plan when they turned 18, or 23 if they were a full-time student. But thanks to Obamacare, all insurance plans are required to cover young people until their 26th birthday -- regardless of whether or not they are a student or live at home. And in just two years you, your son, and all Americans will be able to get affordable insurance coverage even if you don't have a job that offers health insurance.
You also no longer have to worry about your son being denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition. Today, thanks to Obamacare, children under 19 can't be turned away by insurance companies because of a pre-existing condition, and adults with pre-existing conditions are able to get coverage through the Pre-existing Condition Insurance Program. Even better, starting in 2014, no insurance company will be able to turn anyone down or charge anyone more because of a pre-existing condition.
Isn't the ACA just about helping the uninsured? Does it help the rest of us?
The vast majority of Americans get health insurance through their job -- and Obamacare doesn't change that. But it does make our coverage stronger by putting in place new rules that keep insurance companies from taking advantage of their consumers.
A few examples:
· Lifetime caps, which used to mean your insurance could "run out" just when you needed it most, have been abolished, benefiting 105 million Americans.
· Fifty-four million people have seen their coverage for preventive services (with no out-of-pocket costs) expanded because of Obamacare.
· Insurance companies can't deny coverage to the up to 17 million kids with pre-existing conditions, and in 2014, no one will be denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition.
· 2.5 million young people who would otherwise be uninsured have been able to stay on their family health insurance plan until they turn 26.
The health care law is helping all Americans, not just those who are uninsured. If you have more questions, you can learn about the specific benefits for your family here.
Is it affordable for single moms?
Yes! Making sure health insurance is affordable for working families was one of President Obama's top priorities. Right away the law took steps to hold down premiums for families like yours, by making sure insurance companies can't just hike up your premium without a reason and aren't spending too much on administrative costs. And in just two years, there will be even more affordable options for you to get health care coverage.
I've heard the law means long lines and withholding care for the elderly and very sick.
There's a lot of misinformation out there about what Obamacare does. The truth is that the health care law invests in thousands of new primary care providers, so that everyone has access to timely care. And it absolutely does not ration care or prevent our seniors from getting the treatment they need. In fact, it improves Medicare for our seniors by closing the prescription drug doughnut hole and providing coverage for seniors' preventive care at no extra cost. Independent fact-checkers have said over and over again that the law will not limit care for the elderly or the sick.
I have a seasonal job and do not qualify for that company's benefits, and I also am self-employed, but do not make enough at this time to purchase my own health insurance -- will there be an option of sorts for someone like myself?
Absolutely. Starting in 2014, the Affordable Care Act will finally make coverage affordable for people like you, who don't get insurance coverage at work. Here's how it works: you'll be able to shop for coverage in new Affordable Insurance Exchanges, where plans have to compete based on price and quality, kind of like an Expedia or Orbitz for health insurance. You'll also be eligible for tax credits that cover a big portion of the cost of your coverage -- tax credits that, for a typical middle class family, will cut health insurance premiums by 60 percent or more. Of course the vast majority of Americans will continue to get coverage through their jobs -- but there will be new options for people like you.
I was diagnosed with cancer when I didn't have health insurance. I heard that I can still get health insurance coverage, even though I have a pre-existing condition. Is that true? Or is it not in effect already?
No one got a worse deal in the old health insurance system than the 129 million Americans with pre-existing conditions -- from cancer to arthritis to heart disease. Insurance companies used to be able to charge you more or deny you coverage altogether, but Obamacare puts those days behind us. Today, if you've been without health insurance for six months and have a pre-existing health condition, you can enroll in the new Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP). You can watch a video about how PCIP helped one woman with breast cancer, or learn more about enrolling in the program at PCIP.gov. And starting in 2014, no insurance company will be able to deny coverage or charge you more because of your health.
Why is there a fine if you don't buy health insurance? And does paying the fine mean you're insured?
Today, the majority of American families who have insurance are paying a "hidden tax" of about $1,000 a year to cover the cost of care for people who are uninsured. In two years, nearly every family in America will have access to affordable health insurance, thanks to new tax credits for middle class families. The law simply asks individuals to take responsibility for the cost of their health care: if people who are able to afford coverage choose not to purchase it, they'll pay a fine to offset the costs that they are shifting to the rest of us. If you already have insurance, like most Americans, it won't impact you at all. And if you can't afford insurance, even after the tax credits, you'll be exempt from the "individual responsibility" provision.
Do you really not have to pay a co-pay for checkups? For your children's checkups?
That's right -- most insurance plans have to cover regular pediatrician's visits and, starting soon, woman's wellness visit with no co-pay! It's just one of the many ways the health care law helps save money for hard-working families. Two things to keep in mind: First, you may still need to a pay a co-pay for other doctor's visits (like when your son has an ear infection). Second, the rules are phasing in -- they apply to most insurance plans today, and if they don't apply to you yet, that should change soon. You can visit our website to learn more about this and other specific benefits for your family here.
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— From NBC's Chuck Todd
This appears to be a very polite but substantive debate so far. The health care discussion should make the wonk wing of the Democratic Party very happy. The most striking thing about this confrontation so far is the improvement in Obama as a debater. There was a time that the gap between Clinton and Obama at these debates was vast. Tonight, there's hardly a difference; Obama's benefitting big time from the no-time limit rule. Clinton, btw, is doing well herself; both are making a very professional and, frankly, nice impressions to what is likely to be one of the largest debate audiences to date.
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Tough to pick a winner so farThursday Jan 31, 2008 8:57 PM
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WORCESTER, Mass. – Trailing by 15 points with four minutes left to play, MIT came within two points twice during the final 23 seconds but could not overcome the deficit as host WPI held on for a 51-49 NEWMAC women's basketball victory on Saturday afternoon. Sophomore Sabrina Drammis (Hilton Head Island, S.C.) produced a game-high 19 points and 13 rebounds for the Engineers whose ledger now stands at 6-9 on the year and 3-7 in league play.
Sophomore Durva Bhandare (North Brunswick, N.J.) posted eight points and three assists while freshman Liana Ilutzi (East Hanover, N.J.) registered seven points and a game-high four assists for MIT. Sophomore Maya Ramachandran (Fremont, Calif.) totaled eight boards, three assists, three steals, and two blocks as senior Rachel Hunt (Arlington Heights, Ill.) chipped in six points. Junior Michelle Battipaglia (Katonah, N.Y.) bolstered the defense with five boards while classmate Osheiza Otori (Metairie, La.) tacked on five points.
Both sides struggled to convert on the offensive end throughout most of the first half, but WPI slowly built a 14-4 lead at the 7:39 mark. A free throw by Ilutzi almost three minutes later sparked a 9-2 spurt that brought MIT within three courtesy of a Battipaglia layup. WPI replied with a three-pointer and a layup inside the final minute to enter the intermission with a 21-13 advantage.
The Engineers opened the second stanza with buckets from Hunt and Bhandare; however, WPI rattled off 10 unanswered points to gain some breathing room. A basket by Hunt on MIT's ensuing possession fueled a 13-3 run that trimmed its deficit to 34-30 midway through the frame. Drammis accounted for six points while Otori recorded a three-point play and added two free throws during the run. WPI responded with a 15-4 run of its own which pushed its margin to 49-34 with 4:06 to go.
Exactly 10 seconds later, Drammis knocked down a jumper that ignited a string of 13 straight points while her three-pointer narrowed the gap to two (49-47) with 23 seconds remaining. The Cardinal and Gray quickly fouled but WPI converted both shots at the charity stripe. On its next trip down the court, a Drammis shot was off the mark; however, Ramachandran hauled in the rebound as Bhandare eventually drained a layup with four ticks on the clock. After an MIT timeout, the hosts inbounded the ball and did not relinquish it as they held on for the win.
MIT quickly returns to action as it will host NEWMAC rival Emerson College on Sunday, Jan. 19.


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What's the Japanese word for "tasteful?" Never mind — won't be needing it tonight. Not for a visit to Tokyo's Robot Restaurant.
For decades Japan has been absorbing western pop cultural influences, transforming them, and sending them back out into the world in weird and wonderful new forms. Somehow along the way a nation known for the most delicate, subtle and nuanced cultural expression has also managed to challenge Las Vegas on the frontiers of excess. It's unlikely that even Sin City has anything like the Robot Cabaret show.
My Japanese-Canadian friend Miki and I head into a neon-lined lane in kabuki-cho, a sub-district of Shinjuku, Tokyo's liveliest nightlife and entertainment area. Kabuki-cho is probably the closest thing to a Tokyo red light district, although to a strolling tourist it looks not unlike the rest of bright-lit Shinjuku. Even among the bright, noisy pachinko parlours the Robot Restaurant is hard to miss. By early evening the lobby is a wash of multi-coloured lights. Giant fembots circle about — three-metre high mannequins on wheels, piloted by drivers who sit in their laps and look rather like Star Wars bounty hunter Boba Fett. The lineup for the 7 p.m. show is being entertained by a rocking band similarly attired in robot/storm trooper gear.
The lobby is lined with photos testifying to the growing reputation of the Robot Restaurant. Hollywood directors Tim Burton and JJ Abrams are among the luminaries seen posing with some of the show's robot stars. Anthony Bourdain featured the Robot Restaurant on his CNN series Parts Unknown. It wasn't for the food (although your ticket, roughly $50, does get you a bento box lunch along with the show).
First stop is the lounge, featuring decor that could trigger an epileptic seizure. It appears to have been designed by Donald Trump while high on peyote. The chairs are golden snail shells, the ceiling is all lights and mirrors, and the colour of the carpet is best described as "every." The walls are massive segmented video screens featuring female warriors in sexy Roman centurion get-ups riding into battle, firing cannons, and such. It's like an Akira Kurosawa film done by Victoria's Secret.
Then it's downstairs for the big show. The small arena holds just over 130, lined up at small cantilevered rows of tables on either side of a runway stage. An emcee appears and warns front-row patrons to beware of accidental robot collisions. Then the lights go down and it begins.
What's the Robot Cabaret show about? 80 minutes, roughly. But then, fun doesn't need a plot. There's a series of set pieces, each followed by a break of about eight minutes for a set change. Some segments feature a rudimentary story but that doesn't make it opera. And opera fans don't get big glow sticks to wave around while watching aliens zipping through banks of lasers in single-wheel motorbikes, or showgirls riding dinosaurs, or nine-foot tall dancing robots. But perhaps I need to see a few more operas.
The show begins with drummers, two cohorts of women wearing white or red wigs, bikini tops, and diaphanous skirts, pounding taiko drums on moving platforms bathed in an elaborate light display. While they may not have been selected purely on the basis of musical ability these young women can legitimately tell their parents that they have embarked on professional musical careers.
There will be many more rotating drums and many, many more bikinis. Spangly ones. There will also be a kung-fu panda, a mermaid riding a giant alien-eating shark, a woman in a spider costume riding a giant spider that shoots an alien-catching web (you've probably seen similar things on nature documentaries), a neon tank, and of course, several giant robots. They don't really show up until later but they're impressive, each of them different, all close to three metres high and apparently remotely controlled (the Robot Cabaret will not reveal the secret of their operation). During a break the lights come up so people can have their photos taken with the big metal stars.
Then it's back to more 25th-century cancan girls in spangly bikinis, some on trapezes, some riding that tank and other neon battle wagons. The rolling fembots are also on display, driven by young women who appear to be having the time of their lives. Imagine if Hugh Hefner had a thing for robots and you'll get some idea.
Clearly it's not for everybody. "Wasn't what I expected," mutters Tiffany, a San Francisco tourist attending with her husband.
But if the show appears to be aimed squarely at sci-fi boys who obsess over scantily-clad anime superwomen, most of the women in the audience seem to be enjoying it just fine. Being so close to the action gives the feel of being immersed in a 3-D action extravaganza and this audience appeared to be completely caught up in the enthusiastic spirit of it. Afterwards, Miki's only major complaint was all the short breaks between acts. Perhaps so much zany excess delivered with such wholesome enthusiasm is just too difficult to examine under a gender-politics microscope. It's wacky rather than lurid. And at about $50 a ticket your biggest question afterwards may be how such an elaborate spectacle can turn a profit.
Three shows a night help, I suppose. "Thank you very much for coming to Robot Restaurant tonight," reads a message on the huge wall-length video screens. "We have the next show coming up. Please leave your seat now!!"
Subtle as a brick, right to the end. That's Robot Restaurant.


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Does the U.S. Have Room for Al Jazeera America?
Al Jazeera Media is making a strong push into the American market with its purchase of Current TV. John Owen, journalism professor at the City University of London, tells the WSJ's Deborah Kan why it could be difficult for the Qatar-owned news network to break into the U.S. market. Photo: Getty Images.
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On the IBM developerWorks website today there's a new tutorial showing how to create a REST web service with the help of the Agavi framework.
These days, every Web application worth its salt has a REST API. Flickr has one; so do Google, Bit.ly, and NetFlix, as well as many other popular applications. As an architectural pattern, REST is popular. [...] This article will walk you through the process of building a simple REST API with Agavi. If you already have an Agavi-based application, this article will explain how to leverage existing framework conventions and expose your application innards to third-party developers. If you're creating a new REST-based application, this article will demonstrate how using Agavi can make the process simpler and more efficient.
He starts with an introduction to the REST protocol for making web service requests, covering the basics of verbs and how you can map URLs. From there he steps you through the creation of a sample application with customized routing and modules to handle GET and POST requests for the example book information his service is based on. He also adds in a method that will let you swap out the XML output for JSON.


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Central African rep. Crisis
-- Sadly there is nothing new about the atrocities being inflicted against civilians in the Central African Republic. What is new is the scale of the violence and widespread and arbitrary targeting of people solely because of their religion.
Christian militia loyal to former President Francois Bozize began an offensive last week against the capital, Bangui. The militia attacked mosques, daubing walls with the slogan "Tuer les musulmans" (Kill the Muslims) in what Amnesty International describes as "a shocking escalation of anti-Muslim rhetoric within the Christian community."
In turn, largely Muslim militia known as the Seleka have killed Christians in their homes and attacked hospitals and churches. Tens of thousands of Christians have taken refuge in churches and Roman Catholic missions around the country. Some are taking shelter in hangars at the Bangui airport. One missionary in Bangui told a Roman Catholic charity: "We have never seen anything as bad as this before. We're at the mercy of God, please pray for us."
French troops are trying to disarm rival groups of vigilantes before a Rwanda-style genocide can take hold. But the Central African Republic is the size of France, and there are fewer than 2,000 of these troops currently deployed -- along with some 2,500 African peacekeepers. The French intervention has reduced the violence in Bangui, but the long-term danger is that sectarian brutality will perpetuate communal hatred.
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NSA Tapping UN Isn't A Huge Surprise -- But Ability To Crack Video Conferencing Encryption Raises Questions
from the yay! dept
There's also the issue, as noted in the article, that President Obama has insisted that the spying on people was only done to prevent terrorism -- and spying on EU diplomats seems unlikely to have anything to do with terrorism prevention. But, again, spying between government officials is kind of expected, and not quite a huge deal, even if it may present a diplomatic problem for the US.
Much more interesting to me, however, is the snippet claiming that the NSA had figured out how to hack into the UN's video conferencing software, allowing them to record internal video conferences. In fact, after this was cracked just a year ago, a document was sent around, "celebrating" this:
Furthermore, NSA technicians working for the Blarney program have managed to decrypt the UN's internal video teleconferencing (VTC) system. The combination of this new access to the UN and the cracked encryption code have led to "a dramatic improvement in VTC data quality and (the) ability to decrypt the VTC traffic," the NSA agents noted with great satisfaction: "This traffic is getting us internal UN VTCs (yay!)." Within just under three weeks, the number of decrypted communications increased from 12 to 458.Yay! We can spy on more things! Yay! Either way, I'm curious if anyone knows who provides the UN's video conferencing technology, because that's now a much more interesting issue. The suggestion being made that the NSA "cracked" the encryption that was being used could have much wider implications if true -- so it would be nice to know what kind of encryption, and what sort of system is being used. Either way, I'm guessing that many in the UN will be seeking out alternative communication methods shortly.