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Are Some People That Ignert?
I'm going to post one of the images from the original blog post here just to make it easier for me to let the bile rise up and the spew all over the paragraphs to come.
But then it gets worse. Oh, does it ever! Granting database, CD-ROM, and DVD transmission rights (What? There are people who buy CDs these days?) in perpetuity? Over a piece that's probably going to be a fluff piece designed not to be analytical but to be sycophantic? I knew some "book bloggers" were getting a bit too close to authors/publishers for there to be any real critical distance, but this would surely be beyond even their ability to put aside any self-decency in order to grovel, right?
Then there is the clause about the "unbiased rating system" and the scale of 1-5, with 5 being the highest. What in the name of the recently-departed Don Cornelius?!?!? That I have to bust out a multiple interrobang to reveal how I feel about this asinine demand ought to show just how dumb this entire "contract" is. I would never sign such a stupid thing, but to think that there are people out there that think a review has to be on a Gamepro-style 1-5 ranking (and maybe subcategories for how the characters sigh lovely into each other's ears the trite platitudes of treacly love or domineering quasi-BDSM that have graced us since the days of Harlequin or Gor, if not longer) boggles the mind.
With the fourth part, we progress further into the fine art of the dumbass leading the potentially dumberass. I am tempted to say, "It should go without saying that...," only to admit that for some, if that were to occur, that they'd have no clue at all (well, that is if they want to genuflect properly and not write a true review) on how to do this according to publisher/author desires. If I were to describe this purported "contract" in five words for less, it would be "Epitome of incestuous sychophantic suckitude."
The final part speaks for itself. Now if I could, in 400 words or more, be allowed to ream and eviscerate the sub-moron who thought this was a good idea and that even happy-go-lucky book bloggers/reviewers would agree to such dreck, I might be tempted to agree to a one-time anti-contract arrangement, but alas, I have bigger fish to fry (catfish, in this particular case). However, if it is not clear by now, these sorts of missives seem to emerge from the gooey, murky depths of online relationships between book commentators (excluding for the most part those who try to emulate older, more independent reviewing models, although they too have their moments, as I'll readily concede), publishing houses (including this growing plague of self-published/vanity presses, print and e-book alike), and authors forced to do most, if not all, of the actual book publicity. Although I doubt many would sign such a stupidass thing as the "contract" reproduced above, the temerity that some smaller publishing entities have is appalling. Sometimes, I really think more people should go HAM on those engaging in such questionable practices, as it might make things a bit more bearable for the rest of us who want to read commentaries on books that aren't laced with the razors of publicist/author-approved platitudes.


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The irrepressible Auberge des Gallant always has news, even after 42 years in the hospitality biz. This season's major bulletin is the opening of a wing of guest rooms (including an elevator), filling the void left when a fire roared through the property two years ago.
Now back in its groove, Auberge des Gallant is multi-tasking once again. Tucked in a forest and overlooking a pond near Mont Rigaud, the Ste-Marthe site is so picturesque that it handles about 100 weddings a year and scores of anniversary and birthday celebrations. It has fine cuisine, a lively cabane à sucre (now in full swing) and high-tech conference spaces that opened in February and are already popular with businesses in the West Island and Ottawa.
Gallant is a hotbed of romance. A 45-minute drive from downtown Montreal and a 20-minute drive from the West Island, it's a love nest where you can share a fine dinner with your partner, relax with massages and cocoon in all-new accommodations.
"We are gradually transforming from a country inn into a country hotel with all of our new services," said Linda Gallant, who owns the place with her husband, Gerry, the chef who founded the auberge in 1972, and her son Neil, who now handles the kitchen.
"One big addition is the elevator. Life now is easier for the guests who have been returning for decades, more welcoming for our physically challenged guests and simply more convenient for transporting luggage."
I remember visiting Auberge des Gallant when the prevailing décor was country casual, with a Victorian-inspired collection of needlepoint cushions and settees. Today's updated look has chocolate leather sofas grouped around the fireplace and perky apple-green accessories against a steel-grey palette.
"It's more contemporary now," said Gallant. "In French, I say "épurée" — more pure — with fewer accessories and cleaner lines. I find it more soothing.
"We have kept a bit of the past, in the dining room and in one salon. We still have some needlepoint chairs, so our longtime customers would have a familiar touchstone."
The new guest wing — expanded to 42 rooms, instead of the old 24 — is in a different location. It's more secluded, so all the rooms have pretty views of trees and summertime gardens. They're decked out in modern, streamlined décor with walk-in showers and hypo-allergenic cork floors. The first floor has patios and the second level has private balconies.
But back to the direct route to your lover's heart. Auberge des Gallant is a go-to spot west of Montreal for high-quality dining. It has it all: leisurely lunches, Sunday brunches, candlelit dinners and creative maple-based feasts at its own cabane à sucre. It specializes in Quebec ingredients and stylish presentations with such delicacies as foie gras, beets with apples and blue cheese, braised lamb shank, duck magret and grilled venison.
Executive chef Neil Gallant and sommelier Thomas Le Guilly will ramp up the gastronomy with special wine-themed dinners on one Friday of each month. With a price tag of $120 per person for multiple courses with wine pairings, the culinary events will focus on Italy's Piedmont region on March 28 and South Africa on April 25.
I want to give you a hint of the cuisine, but it's all a mystery. Chef Gallant is planning "blind" discovery menus — that is, they will be unveiled only when guests are seated at the table. Other dinners will focus on Bordeaux, Chile, Australia and Champagne.
Auberge des Gallant is pet-friendly, starting with Roscoe, the hotel's black lab-boxer mascot. Since Gerry Gallant has passed his tuque along, he and his best pal act as the hotel's ambassadors, greeting guests and strolling the grounds. At cocktail hour, they're at the bar, Gerry with a cabernet sauvignon and Roscoe with a bowl of water and canine cookies.
The hotel supplies a leash so guests can walk the dog, if you can pry him away from the bar.
Ste-Marthe and Rigaud are a one-hour drive from Montreal via Highway 40 west to Exit 17.
Auberge des Gallant: 1171 chemin St-Henri, Ste-Marthe, 800-641-4241, gallant.qc.ca. Dining room is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, and Sunday brunch. Spa Gallant's nine treatment rooms are open daily, by reservation. Pet-friendly, $35-$50.
Price: One-night package, Sun.-Fri., with breakfast and dinner, $250-$275 for two. On Sat., $325-$350 for two, including dinner and Sunday brunch. Rooms, with breakfast only, start at $150 Sun.-Fri., for two, or $225 Sat., with Sunday brunch. All prices include Wi-Fi, trails for walking/snowshoeing (snowshoes provided). The 25-kilometre Escapade cross-country trail crosses the property. In summer, there is a heated pool. Extras: spa treatments.
Other packages: Sweet Maple, with cabane à sucre dinner and snowshoeing; Girls Fun, with spa discounts; Take Time, with spa life and wildlife observation; Galloping Gourmet, with dinner and wine tours; and snowmobiling.
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A year after the General Assembly passed and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed historic gun legislation inspired by the killings in Newtown, there are strong indications the new law is doing what it was meant to do.
We hasten to add it is not doing what was never intended, from the illegal seizure of guns by the government, as feared by the most ardent misinterpreters of the Second Amendment, to making criminals of those who failed to register their weapons in the allotted time. They did that to themselves and are no different from those who choose to drive without a license.
The law bans the possession and sale of assault weapons, including the type used by Adam Lanza to kill 20 children and six adults in their school in a five-minute massacre. It also bans large-capacity magazines like those used by the killer, while permitting people who already own these magazines and weapons to register and keep them.
In addition, it requires background checks for purchasers of all categories of guns and a permit to buy from gun shows or other private sources, as well as from gun dealers. Convicted felons caught with rifle ammunition face the same penalties as those caught with the weapons.
The bill provides additional funding for mental health treatment and school safety measures. It is, by any standard, a sensible law, meant to promote public safety and punish only those who abuse their Second Amendment rights.
Even though tens of thousands of rifles classified by the state as assault weapons remain unregistered, according to gun industry estimates, Gov. Malloy announced on April 4 that more than 50,000 of the weapons have been registered and accounted for. The governor also reported 38,209 gun owners have filed declarations listing the number and type of large capacity magazines they own, with some individual declarations indicating ownership of hundreds of the now illegal magazines.
The National Rifle Association and other gun interests shed false tears about those likely to have their guns taken from them and, as expected, some did lose their right to bear arms and deservedly so. In the past year, said Gov. Malloy, 1,747 pistol permits were revoked for reasons that included restraining and protective orders filed in court against the owners, various mental health issues and drunk driving convictions.
Were lives saved or serious injuries avoided because these people lost the right to carry weapons? There is no way of knowing but disarming these people was surely the proper course to take. Are Connecticut residents safer in their homes and schools and other public places because these permits were revoked? We know the answer to that question.
A year ago, shortly after the gun law was signed, a report by the Brookings Institution noted that contrary to the gun advocates' hopes, "The Connecticut legislation may be a success. It may limit - not stop, but limit - crime, keep some weapons out of the hands of dangerous offenders, keep schools and other public places safer, provide better preventive mental health care, assist law enforcement in their investigations, and still allow citizens the ability to exercise their Second Amendment rights. This scenario terrifies the most extreme elements of the gun lobby. It threatens not the Constitution but their own existence."
The report, by Brookings Fellow John Hudak, pointed out that the passage of the strict Connecticut law "exemplifies one of the most beautiful attributes of the American Constitution: Federalism. Federalism lets states within bounds to implement laws separate from the national government. It allows for an evaluation of policies and their effectiveness. States do this with law enforcement, budgeting, taxation, health care, tort reform, marriage, drug policy and in a whole host of areas."
We would add that Federalism, enshrined in the Tenth Amendment, the amendment cherished by true conservatives, emphasizes the limited nature of powers delegated to the federal government and reserves those to the states. When, after the Newtown massacre, the Congress failed to act out of fear of the NRA, Connecticut took the matter into its own hands, as the Tenth Amendment encourages, and with a bipartisan effort, passed legislation to keep its people safe.
Now, the earliest returns are in. The Constitution, with all of its amendments, remains intact, guns are out of the hands of some who shouldn't have them and the state may be a safer place. We - all of us - should await further developments, but so far, the law appears to be working.
The Day editorial board meets regularly with political, business and community leaders and convenes weekly to formulate editorial viewpoints. It is composed of President and Publisher Pat Richardson, Editorial Page Editor Paul Choiniere, retired Day editor Lisa McGinley, Managing Editor Tim Cotter and Staff Writer Julia Bergman. However, only the publisher and editorial page editor are responsible for developing the editorial opinions. The board operates independently from the Day newsroom.
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WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. - Westchester County's first women's semi-pro basketball team is being formed in the memory of Shamoya McKenzie, the 13-year-old girls basketball star who was shot and killed in Mount Vernon on New Year's Eve.
Tryouts begin on Wednesday for the Mount Vernon ShamRocks, which are being held at the Boys & Girls Club on South 6th Avenue.
The ShamRocks are being founded by three women who grew up in Mount Vernon, Marsha Blount, the CEO of the Women's American Basketball Association, Patrice Wallace-Moore, a former women's head coach in Mount Vernon and former Mount Vernon resident Mia Williamson, who are "teaming up to spotlight the talented women basketball players within the city."
"In a city known for being home to a number of basketball success stories, Mount Vernon will now be known for establishing the first women's semi-pro basketball team in the county," they said in a statement announcing tryouts. "Mount Vernon Shamrocks, founded by 3 women who grew up in the city, was formed in honor of Shamoya McKenzie, a promising Mount Vernon teen who was killed by gun violence while on her way home from basketball practice at Mount Vernon High School."
At approximately 2:30 p.m. on New Year's Eve, McKenzie was a passenger in the car when she was struck in the head by a stray bullet that was allegedly intended for another man involved in gang activity. McKenzie was transported to a nearby hospital, where she was pronounced dead. A second victim was also struck in the shooting, suffering non-life threatening injuries.
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19 Action News has learned the final cost in tax dollars spent by the Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Department to guard the home of sex predator Ariel Castro.
The Sheriff's Department says it cost $50,310. Deputies stood guard outside of the Seymour Avenue property as the case was investigated, and until the home was torn down.
At times, there was a Cleveland police car and a Sheriff's Department car both at the scene. Later, there was just one car and Cleveland police and the Sheriff's Department alternated protecting the scene.
When Castro was held in the county jail, he was under a 24/7 watch, but the Sheriff's Department says there was no extra cost for that since guards would have been in that jail pod anyway. The only cost of holding Castro in jail would have been what it costs to hold any other inmate.
The $50,310 figure does not include the cost of Cleveland police guarding the scene.
Ariel Castro held three women hostage over the course of more than ten years and recently committed suicide in prison.
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ZOSTAVAX® in Renal Transplant Patients
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01137669
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : June 4, 2010
Last Update Posted : January 9, 2017
- Study Details
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|Condition or disease
|Herpes Zoster
|Biological: Live attenuated herpes zoster vaccine Other: Placebo
|Phase 1
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|34 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Phase I Trial of ZOSTAVAX® Prior to Renal Transplantation
|Study Start Date :
|September 2010
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|February 2015
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|February 2015
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
10 subjects to receive placebo subcutaneously.
Other: Placebo
Placebo for Zoster Vaccine Live (ZOSTAVAX®) is sterile normal saline which will be obtained from the Fisher Repository in single-dose containers. 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection, USP is a sterile, nonpyrogenic, isotonic solution of sodium chloride and water for injection. The placebo will be administered subcutaneously in the deltoid region.
Experimental: ZOSTAVAX®
30 subjects to receive 0.65 mL ZOSTAVAX® subcutaneously.
Biological: Live attenuated herpes zoster vaccine
ZOSTAVAX® (Zoster Vaccine Live) is a live attenuated vaccine provided as a single-dose, sterile, lyophilized, preservative-free frozen formulation. The vaccine will be supplied in 3-mL glass vials. Sterile diluent will be used to reconstitute study vaccine. The reconstituted vial will be gently agitated to mix thoroughly. The entire contents of the reconstituted vaccine vial (approximately 0.65 mL) will be withdrawn into a syringe. The vaccine will be administered immediately subcutaneously in the deltoid region.
- Biopsy proven graft rejection [ Time Frame: During 12 months post- vaccination or post- transplantation ]
- Safety: any occurrence of proven [polymerase chain reaction (PCR) confirmed] vaccine strain varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection at any site not contiguous with the injection site. [ Time Frame: Entire post-immunization period up to 12 months following transplantation. ]
- Safety: incidence of grade 3 or higher vaccine related adverse events (AEs) and vaccine related serious adverse events (SAEs). [ Time Frame: During the 4 weeks post-immunization. ]
- Safety: incidence of vaccine related serious adverse events (SAEs). [ Time Frame: During 12 months post- vaccination or post-transplantation ]
- Safety: increase of panel reactive antibody (PRA) by greater than or equal to 10% (e.g., from 10% to 20%) or newly positive donor specific cross match (DXM) after immunization in the absence of any other attributable cause. [ Time Frame: Prior to vaccination, to following vaccination while on the wait list (for up to 12 months) ]
- Safety: increase of panel reactive antibody (PRA) by greater than or equal to 10% (e.g., from 10% to 20%) or newly positive donor specific cross match (DXM) prior to transplantation in the absence of any other attributable cause. [ Time Frame: Study Day 0, through Study Day 35 post vaccination, or to the time of transplantation in those subjects who are transplanted. The ideal time for transplantation is 6 weeks post vaccination. ]
- Immune response: changes from baseline glycoprotein-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (gpELISA) varicella zoster virus (VZV) antibody titer. [ Time Frame: Approximately 5 weeks post immunization, 6 months and 12 months post-vaccination or 6 months and 12 months post-transplantation.If transplantation occurs >12 weeks post-vaccination, a repeat pre-transplant baseline is optional. ]
- Immune response: changes from baseline number of VZV specific T cells by flow cytometry measuring intracellular interleukin-2 (IL-2), interferon (IFN)-gamma, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha after stimulation with VZV antigens. [ Time Frame: Approximately 5 weeks post-immunization, 6 months and 12 months post-immunization or post-transplantation. If transplantation occurs >12 weeks post-vaccination, a repeat pre-transplant baseline is optional. ]
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 99 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
-Subjects must be willing and able to provide informed consent prior to study procedures. -Age 18 years or older at the time of vaccination. -Chronic kidney disease (CKD) activated on the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) deceased donor waitlist or anticipating living donor renal transplant no sooner than 4 weeks following vaccination. -Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) seropositive by local laboratory or Center for Disease Control (CDC) serologic testing -Negative pregnancy test (women of childbearing age potential) performed at enrollment- or within 48 hours prior. The use of contraception for women of childbearing potential will be per renal transplant team's standard of care
Exclusion Criteria:
-Any pharmacologic immunosuppression at the time of enrollment, within one year prior to enrollment, or between enrollment and transplant (e.g., for underlying autoimmune disease or previous failed allograft). This includes prednisone at >/= 0.3 mg/kg/day or steroid equivalent for > 10 days, any use of anti-metabolites (azathioprine, mycophenolic acid, cytoxan), leflunomide, TNF-alpha inhibitors, calcineurin inhibitors, mTOR inhibitors, IL-6 or IL-6 receptor inhibitors. -Any transplant other than solitary kidney (e.g., no kidney/pancreas, kidney/liver transplants). Second kidney transplants are permitted. -Anticipated use of any post-transplant experimental immunosuppressive agent -Prior ZOSTAVAX® or Varivax® vaccination -Shingles or any other herpes zoster within 12 months of planned vaccination -Receipt of any killed vaccines within 2 weeks prior and 4 weeks following study vaccination or receipt of any live vaccines within 4 weeks prior and 6 weeks following study vaccination -Intercurrent illness at time of planned vaccination -Inability to vaccinate in either arm (e.g. due to A-V fistula or graft) -Known Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, or chronic hepatitis B determined from review of laboratory data obtained from pre-transplant evaluation by renal transplant team. Note positive IgG hepatitis B surface antibody alone (negative HBcAb and negative IgM) is indicative of vaccine induced immunity and is not grounds for exclusion -History of anaphylactic/anaphylactoid reaction to gelatin, neomycin, or any other components of the vaccine -Asthma requiring systemic or inhaled steroid treatment within 12 months prior to enrollment -Allergy to ganciclovir, valgancyclovir, acyclovir, or famciclovir -Panel Reactive Antibody (PRA) >/= 20 percent or donor-specific sensitization (by solid phase assay or flow cytometry) or treatment with intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) for desensitization prior to transplant -History of primary or acquired immunodeficiency states. -Routine use of anti-viral prophylaxis for Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) at the time of vaccination or within 3 months prior -Any other condition that in the opinion of the investigator might interfere with the subject's safety or ability to participate in the study -Abnormal screening laboratory data resulting in a disqualification of transplant candidacy. Abnormalities due to underlying disease (e.g., renal failure, anemia, hyperlipidemia, cardiovascular disease, diabetes) are not exclusionary except as denoted above for HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, autoimmune disease. -The subject is currently participating in a study that involves an experimental agent (vaccine, drug, biologic, device, blood product, or medication) or has received an experimental agent within 1 month prior to enrollment in this study, or expects to receive another experimental agent during participation in this study. -The subject has a diagnosis of schizophrenia, bi-polar disease, or other severe (disabling) psychiatric diagnosis identified at the pre-transplant evaluation. -The subject has been hospitalized within the past 5 years prior to enrollment for psychiatric illness, history of suicide attempt or confinement for danger to self or others identified at the pre-transplant evaluation. -Dual listing at more than one transplant center. -Unwilling to be temporarily inactivated on UNOS wait list for 4 weeks post vaccination.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01137669
|United States, Iowa
|University of Iowa - Vaccine Research and Education Unit
|Iowa City, Iowa, United States, 52242-2600
|United States, Maryland
|University of Maryland Baltimore - School of Medicine - Medicine
|Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21201-1509
|United States, Tennessee
|Vanderbilt University - Medicine - Infectious Diseases
|Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37232-2035
|Responsible Party:
|National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01137669 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|June 4, 2010 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|January 9, 2017
|Last Verified:
|October 2015
Keywords provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID):
immunocompromised,parent protocol,shingles,varicella-zoster virus,ZOSTAVAX®
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Herpes Zoster
Herpesviridae Infections
DNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs


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by LOLtron » Thu May 23, 2013 9:32 am
Not only is it RU's pick this week, but RU is late putting this up. That bodes well
Yea, this is late, but 3 in a row is way better than I expected to do.
Meet the ultimate slacker superhero for the 21st Century! Jasper Jenkins is a super-head AND a super-hero! He's relatable AND reliable and he's embarking on the adventure of a lifetime! The sensational debut of the new feel-good hero of the decade! You can't afford to miss it!
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Post your review in the forum thread or in the comments section here on the front page.
Review as often or as little as you like. Once you've posted 5 reviews, you will be awarded 1 pick. You can post 5 reviews, right? That's a totally achievable goal and with day and date digital releases becoming the standard, it shouldn't matter if your shop ordered enough copies of this weeks comic or not.
When multiple Review Groupers have posted 5 (or more) qualifying reviews, they will be awarded their pick in the order that they qualified. What constitutes a qualifying review? Any review posted (with a score on a scale from 0-10, that's right 0!) within 1 calendar month of the thread going live. Reviews are to be at least 5 sentences long. It shows that a) you have at least read this week's pick and b) you have some unique insight into the comic.
Reviews posted while waiting in line for your pick will be applied to your next pick.
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by Garofani Spruzzo » Thu May 23, 2013 4:32 pm#1
Hmm. As comics have changed over the years, so have the readers and how they view themselves in relation to the superheroes. It's made clear in the first line of the book, when his "roomie" calls him Jasper Jenkins, that the main character of Bounce is Casey's attempt to update the Peter Parker everyman character to suit the aging, more cynical comic book fanbase of today. In this case, power and responsibility are replaced by the need to escape mundane reality, and the radioactive spider is now a bong. You can even see a little nod to early Ditko in the way he's posed in some panels, I think.
PUFFFF Now he's a superhero. In a sort of a gimp suit. Who bounces. (Is it me, or is he like a Speedball/Penance mash-up? I don't know much about those characters, but that's the impression I got.)
The actual superhero-y content is pretty dumb, really ("Bounce" meet "Crunch"), but there's probably more to it than what Casey shows here. (He references some early 20th C pseudo-psych bullshit leading me to think the transformation from human to superhuman in Casey's world is meant as some sort of drug-induced "self-actualization".) The end of the issue, rather than the usual cliffhanger, would seem to indicate a bit of an info dump may be coming next.
I'll just be blunt, despite dropping names like Aldous Huxley or Maslow into the mix, this did not go deep or weird enough for me. Despite the visual cues from classic Ditko, the art didn't sell the action sequences enough. Granted, it's hard to portray a hero who, um...bounces off stuff, to be anything but silly--like the LoSH's Bouncing Boy, there for comic relief.
Reminded me a lot of the now-cancelled Dial H. I might try issue #2 to see if Casey can surprise me.
by GHERU » Tue May 28, 2013 2:33 pmwill read tonight
by GHERU » Wed May 29, 2013 7:16 pmBounce
I liked it. Bounce #1 was a fun intro issue that gave enough information to make me curious and left enough alone to make me want to see whats up. Its kinda like a cross between Speedball/Major Bummer/Powers. Dude bounces and is a complete spaz, add that to the "real world" aspect of Powers, Bounce is an interesting take on responsibility and powers. The art wasn't the best, it was sometimes difficult to tell who was who unless you remembered what they were wearing.
All in all, 8 out of 10 - I'll be picking up #2
by PhoenixEquinox » Thu May 30, 2013 12:01 amThe Bounce #1
I was excited to read this book. But I'm not really sure why. I've been pretty neutral on Casey's work before and I've only seen Messina's work in Ultimate Comics Wolverine and it was alright. Also I'm neither a stoner nor a slacker, so the main character doesn't really connect to me. I guess I'm just looking for a new superhero to follow and the last time I started reading a young adult Image superhero it turned out to be Invincible and argueably the best book they're publishing, so I suppose hope was what fueled my excitement. Now I'll get this out of the way early; The Bounce is not Invincible,
Now that's not necessarily a bad thing. I did like this issue. I thought Jasper was a good character as in he felt real to me like I know someone just like him and if they had superpowers they would probably just use them to thwart boredom. I also liked his brother Jeremiah, as if again I knew someone like that too. (Actually they kinda remind me of my cousins.) my big issue with Casey in this issue was the pacing. The beginning was energetic and fun, but when we hit The Darling's part it felt more like work than fun. And after that it picked up again only to end in very strange, triply places. The crazy random last page though was enough to keep me interested though.
On the art side, Messina was solid. Overall, the the book looked great. Even the grippy parts at the end were well done. Not really much else to say...except for the suit. The Bounce's costume is really weird it does in fact as another Outhouser put it resemble a gimp suit which normally when it comes to other full-body suits (I.e. Spider-Man) isn't the first thing that comes to mind. But can't really do anything about it now , so just gotta live uncomfortably with it.
The Bounce may not have been Invincible, but if it had it probably wouldn't have been as interesting. (Although The Darling stuff better e leading somewhere and better get better real fast.) definitely worth a read and the next issue.
7/10 (Now what's this Sex book everyone's talking about?)
by Garofani Spruzzo » Thu May 30, 2013 8:11 amI bought Sex #3 yesterday but I haven't had a chance to read it.
It's Casey's other new Image series, again with superhero and fetish-y themes. I have to say, I realized last night I must re-read 1-3 all together. This latest issue got good reviews, though.
I would take either book over the flimsy new pick, The Wake. Plus I think in Sex at least you get some wild Casey editorializing in the back of the book.
by GHERU » Thu May 30, 2013 8:13 amSex is an odd book
Not sure what he's going for, but its intrigued me enough for now
by Garofani Spruzzo » Thu May 30, 2013 8:20 am
When I saw #3 getting solid reviews, it made me hope things come together a bit more.
I may read it later tonight.
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An extra year at junior college and a torn ACL seven months before his Texas Southern debut were just two of the many obstacles standing between Omar Strong and Division I basketball.
The challenges that Strong faced before college didn't end there. But whenever a metaphorical roadblock stood in the Douglass grad's way, his thoughts would inevitably turn back to Baltimore and his now 2-year-old son.
"It's just like I know what I came up from," Strong said. "I want him to have everything I didn't and much more. If I'm [struggling to get] through something, I just think about my son and get through it."
Omar Strong Jr. was on Omar Strong Sr.'s mind throughout the 2011-12 season. The 5-foot-9, 176-pound point guard's first DI season was a long time coming, but absolutely worth the wait. Strong was Texas Southern's leading scorer at 13.3 points per game, shooting 38.9 percent from 3-point range. The former Mighty Ducks star also averaged 2.4 rebounds, 1.6 assists and one steal during his junior season, earning second-team All-Southwestern Athletic Conference honors.
All this despite playing on a recently surgically repaired knee.
"I [was] mainly one-dimensional," said Strong, referring to his scoring ability. "I couldn't really move how I wanted to. I still had as good [a season] as I did. … If you're good, you're good. If you're not, you're not."
Those who followed Strong's high school career at Douglass probably won't be surprised by the point guard's college success. A two-time Baltimore Sun All-Metro selection, Strong averaged 22 points, four assists and three steals during the 2007-08 season, leading the Ducks to the Baltimore City title and the Class 2A North regional final.
The only thing preventing Strong from a mid-major basketball scholarship was his academics.
"I had a lot of people around me to help out," he said. "People kept me focused. You can make it if you keep sticking with it. I was sticking with it. Then I found out I was having a son. That's enough motivation for anybody right there."
Strong starred his first year at Cecil College in North East, redshirted his second to focus on academics and fared well again in his third campaign. He was recruited by Arkansas-Little Rock, Coastal Carolina, Coppin State, Mercer, Morgan State, UNC-Charlotte and UNC-Wilmington before pledging to the Tigers. "I think I'll have a better experience if I go away," Strong told The Sun in 2010.
Although leaving his home state and young son behind has been difficult, Strong is confident that the long-term benefits derived from his time at Texas Southern will make up for the distance. The Tigers didn't rush him back from his torn ACL – which he suffered during the NJCAA region championship game in April 2011. Doctors might not have expected Strong to get back on the floor with the Tigers to start the season, but playing in November was always his goal.
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Getting to the NCAA tournament is his No. 1 priority as a senior. Strong also looks forward to earning his degree in physical education, playing basketball professionally and providing for his son. More than four years after graduating from Douglass, Strong's goals appear well within reach.
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Fascinating Forbidden City
Legends in the magnificent palace of 10,000 years of monarchs.
No other country can compete with China's population and historical continuity. These two factors explain the difference and richness of China. In 1,000 BC the Chinese were working bronze; in the 4th century BC they were smelting and shaping iron; in the 2nd century BC they were writing on paper; in the 6th century AD they were drinking tea from porcelain. In the 7th century, 700 years be fore the Europeans, they invented printing. In the 10th century they made gunpowder and firearms. Their textile industry was so highly developed that in the 3rd century BC they were exporting silk via Anatolia to Rome. It was not the China of today that fascinated us but its past, especially, the Forbidden City in Beijing, the country's oldest and best preserved imperial residence.
Building of the palaces of the Forbidden City began in 1406 under the orders of Emperor Yong Li and with the expertise of more than a million craftsmen and laborers was completed in 14 years. Golden roofs curling against a background of blue sky, wooden buildings, pavilions supported on low columns and long wide marble steps create a celestial atmosphere. The color of the time and wind-worn walls is seen differently by everyone describing it. To Pierre Loti it was the color of dried blood.
In the east of the Hidden City we crossed the arching Broken Rainbow Bridge upon which sits a stone monkey. On this bridge myth meets reality.
According to an ancient eunuch in charge of the harem the monkey was covered with a yellow cloth each time the emperor passed so he would not be excited by its nakedness.
Another gave a different reason: The emperor was in such a rage that he kicked his son to death in front of the stone. He was so filled with regret that his attendants covered the stone to stop him plunging into grief each time he passed. Out of sight, out of mind.
Yet another story was passed from tongue to tongue concerning the stone monkey of the Forbidden City. Everyday the emperor's favorite concubine would cross the Broken Rainbow Bridge on her way to the Baths of Good Morals accompanied, like the moon and the stars, by many attendants and the head eunuch. They would wait outside the baths while Sianfey bathed. One day a dark figure appeared behind the frosted glass and kept reappearing each time she bathed. When she moved t wards the window the figure would disappear. The frightened concubine did not wish to tell the emperor in case she was forbidden to return to the baths.
One day the shadow appeared very clearly with outstretched arms and the terrified concubine threw a jade pot at the figure. The glass broke but the small dark figure had disappeared taking the jade pot with it. Afraid of the emperor's anger, the attendants were ordered to find the missing object as soon as possible. It was in the paw of the stone monkey on the bridge held so tightly that they could not remove it. To prevent the emperor seeing the cup the monkey was covered each time he passed over the bridge.
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The emperors were fascinated by the stories of the eunuchs. They believed that every object and living thing in the Forbidden City had a soul. Every corner of the palace is connected to a legend.
A brick on the steps of the Terrace of Repose is said to cover a footprint of the statue of Emperor Vu which supposedly stopped a raging fire by a hand signal at the time of Emperor Xian Lung.
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As a result of these countless stories everyone in the Forbidden City including the emperor was afraid to venture out at night. At dusk the blood curdling order to lock and bolt all doors would ring through the city followed by deathly silence.
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Clumsy Monsters!
I'm not happy about this and I go up front - and all these idiot neighbors are wandering around like zombies - one is waving a badminton racket, one is riding a bike, and the two that came to the door are just being noisy.
Someone explains to me that it's one of those national "do XYZ on your street" days and apparently the task on this day was to just really make your neighbors mad.
Well in the excitement of randomly walking into someone else's house and somehow living through it, the loud neighbor had let Splotchy out. In my dream Splotchy was a fluffy white kitten with bright electric blue fur around his eyes and ears. I really liked Dream Splotchy.
I caught him on the porch, but it scared me enough to actually wake me up this morning.
So even when you're dreaming, you have to beware of things that go bump in the night! Like this adorable guy, for example. :)
And the inside...
Isn't that hilarious? I love him and his underbite, and I'm actually not afraid of him at all! I also love having something to stamp on the inside of the card, because mine almost always go blank because of a lack of companion greeting.
Today I'm the guest designer for Hambo Stamps, which is where this sweet monster comes from. Thanks to sweet Libby and Monica at Hambo for this fun stampy adventure!
Now when I saw this little fella I decided he was so cute he needed a spotlight. It was actually really simple to do. I just punched an oval of white cardstock to stand him on. Then I laid some vellum on top of him and used a ruler to draw the triangle so that it touched each side of the oval and met in a point at the top of the card.
I cut that out, and then adhered the oval to it at the point where both edges were touching, and then I trimmed off the extra below the oval. Doing this hides your adhesive too, because I could just put the adhesive behind the oval. Fun, eh?
The rest of the supplies are Basic Grey DSP, Bermuda Bay Cardstock, a Martha Stewart spiderweb border punch, SU Label punch, BG000, BG45, BG49, YR00 and YR04 Copics and Dazzling Diamonds glitter.
Beware of clumsy monsters! Don't say I didn't warn you!
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What a fun card! I love Hambo stuff! Cool idea for the spotlight, too.ReplyDelete
Oh, he's adorable -- and I love the spotlight idea. Genius.ReplyDelete
He is so adorable! I would get a card like that...maybe soon!ReplyDelete
too cute. Love the spotlight idea.ReplyDelete
I love the spotlight effect. Cute card!ReplyDelete
Fun card Lydia! I like the use of the spotlight, and how you did the inside of the card too! Thanks for "guesting" for us! :)ReplyDelete
I love your sweet card Lydia!! And how you did the spotlight with vellum - GENIUS!!!! Totally going to steal, er, BORROW that idea! :-) And electric blue Splotchy sounds adorable too! Thanks so much for guesting for us Lydia, you are amazing!! :-) :-) :-)ReplyDelete
So cute Lydia! Love the spotlight! And I love me some monsters.ReplyDelete
Love that spotlight!!! Cute card!!! :DReplyDelete
I like the spotlight idea too! Very cool! I like the little bit of the monster inside the card too.ReplyDelete
Who doesn't love a spotlight!!! What a wow factor - love it!ReplyDelete
WHAT AN AWESOME CARD! The spotlight is genius! I love that you only showed "a little tail" on the inside!ReplyDelete
So adorable! Love your spotlight and the inside is very clever! Super cool ideas you have and I'm going to keep looking around your blog for more fun ideas!!ReplyDelete
Lydia, you are so funny! I enjoyed your story almost as much as your card! Great tip for the spotlight, makes your little monster so much more "glamorous".ReplyDelete
Just the most adorable lil monster ever! And that dream. Wow. What type of spicy food did you ingest the night before, missy? Lol.ReplyDelete
You have an award waiting for you on my blog...go see!
The spotlight is such a cool idea.ReplyDelete
What a wonderful card! I love the whole idea - and the disappearing monster on the inside! Thanks so much for guesting for us at Hambo!ReplyDelete
I love that spotlight! What a great idea! Thanks for explaining how to do it. Great card!ReplyDelete
Super cute! Thanks for showing me how :)ReplyDelete
- Mary HansenJanuary 29, 2011 at 4:52 PM
Love this card, Lydia, so stinkin' cute!ReplyDelete
- Mary HansenJanuary 29, 2011 at 4:54 PM
That card is too stinkin' cute, Lydia! Love the inside, too.ReplyDelete
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Get Ready To Rumble — Special Training Ops Forthcoming In Annapolis
18 August 2009
Eastport Yacht Club (EYC), the Organizing Authority for the 2009 Melges 24 World Championship taking place October 23-31, is on the homestretch where preparations are concerned, as are the sailors. Sails are being tested, rigs tuned and crew lists finalized, and teams are looking to measure their progress and perform reality speed checks via the Tacktick to make sure they are peaking just in time for the big event.
Local sailing in Annapolis is very active during the late summer and fall months, posing several special valuable opportunities to further preparations.
Teams can find information regarding all forthcoming Annapolis events on the 2009 Melges 24 World Championship Official Event Website, then select 'Local Racing Calendar'. Here is just a preview of which events are likely to be the most popular:
CBYRA | Annapolis Race Week : September 5-7
Don't miss Race Week on the Chesapeake Bay. This event is guaranteed to be stockpiled with great racing, high caliber management, camaraderie and plenty of parties to compliment, making this event a 'must do'. Online Registration is now open and available.
Melges 24 Sail22 Tuning Regatta : October 8-11
Special thanks to Sail22 for setting up this comprehensive training opportunity. Held at the Annapolis Sailing School, the venue of the Worlds, the racing will be specifically optimized for crew work practice. On the water, you can count on the racing to take place exactly where the Worlds will be held. Gavin O'Hare (former US Naval Academy Sailing Coach and team racing guru) will serve as PRO. It is understood that the International Melges 24's biggest contenders are expected to attend.
Eastport Yacht Club One Design Regatta : October 17-18
This annual event has been scheduled to serve as the final warm-up to World Championship activities. It will be run under the direction of the Worlds PRO Jeff Borland to allow the competitors to become acquainted with Jeff and his team as they run this two day event.
The EYC race committee team will consist of about 40 volunteers, 25% of which are USSailing certified race officers, that bring excellent skills to all facets of the race course. Borland has experience with big, highly competitive fleets and run numerous high profile events including the J-22 Worlds and J-24 East Coast Championship. He has also headed up the Santa Maria Cup for women match racers for seven years and most recently PRO for the 2008 Melges 24 North Americans. Borland is quite familiar with the boat and will be sure to challenge the fleet to bring on their "A" game. Jeff, along with EYC Commodore Sharon Hadsell serving as deputy PRO, and his entire Worlds Race Committee team will be in place to give the fleet a preview of the racing set to come!
2009 Melges 24 Pre-Worlds Regatta : October 24-25
Also run by Worlds PRO Jeff Borland, Pre-Worlds will officially kick things off for the 2009 Melges 24 World Championship.
All competitors are reminded that accommodations can be made with the Annapolis Sailing School to keep boats rigged between any of these regattas and the Worlds.
If you have not registered for the 2009 Melges 24 World Championship yet please do so as soon as possible. Register Online (crew lists do not need to be confirmed to register.) Bookmark the Official Event Website. View the List Of Current Entries.
Coral Reef Sailing Apparel & Gill - Official Apparel Sponsor
The official apparel sponsor for the 2009 Melges 24 World Championship is Coral Reef Sailing Apparel (CRSA) and Gill. CRSA is continuing their strong commitment to the Melges 24 class by providing apparel for the World Championship. Items can be purchased online now, or on-site at the event. Gill is a brand leader in foul weather apparel specific to the sailing enthusiast.
Latis Yachting Solutions - Official Transportation Partner
The official transportation partner for the 2009 Melges 24 World Championship is Latis Yachting Solutions. Latis is an all-in-one provider of land-based and on-water transportation. With their fleet of heavy-duty trucks and purpose-built trailers, they can accommodate nearly any vessel that can be transported over the road. The Melges 24 is one of their specialties!
Atlantic Yacht Rigging - Official Rigging Partner
The official rigging partner for the 2009 Melges 24 World Championship is Atlantic Yacht Rigging. AYRS is a full service company that can help with any of your rigging or repair needs any time of the year. From wire swaging projects to fiberglass repair and everything in between, they will be onsite providing the best service to the entire fleet.
Other supporting sponsors include t2p.tv, Boatyard Bar and Grill, Sam's Waterfront Cafe, Pusser's Caribbean Grille at the Annapolis Marriott Waterfront, Team Barbarians, Cindy Cady Photography,North Sails One Design, SailFastPhoto, National Sailing Hall of Fame, PantherVision, Chesapeake Bay Roasting Co., SheSails, Inc., Boatinglaw.com, Annapolis Roads and Kathryn M. Weber, CPA. This event is also supported by the International Melges 24 Class Association (IMCA), the U.S. Melges 24 Class Association (USMCA) and the Annapolis Melges 24 Fleet #22.
The Melges 24 Class and Eastport Yacht Club are extremely proud to be partnered with these outstanding companies and sincerely thank them for their generous support of the 2009 Worlds.
Sponsorship opportunities still exist and tax deductible donations are also being accepted; please contact 2009 World Championship Regatta Chair Liz Filter if you would like to make a gift.


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Alibi Flashback: Marty Chavez vs. Gary Johnson
Or, "Nasty vs. Flaky"
We've talked to Gov. Susana Martinez' spokesperson plenty and read all his canned, emailed responses to questions. But we've never had a heart-to-heart with the guv. Still holding out hope, though. In this 1998 piece, former News Editor Dennis Domrzalski compares candidates for New Mexico's top job: Martin Chavez and incumbent Gary Johnson. Domrzalski describes Johnson as a little rough around the edges, lacking in slickness.
In contrast, today's news editor, Marisa Demarco, interviewed Johnson who'll be on the ballot for president in all 50 states as the Libertarian candidate. Looks like he learned something over the years.
by Dennis Domrzalski
One would be a dog, the other an eagle. One believes fiercely in government, the other distrusts it. One wants to send kids to kindergarten all day, the other wants to cut the state income tax.
Although Martin Chavez and Gov. Gary Johnson at times have sounded like each other during this year's gubernatorial campaign, the differences between the two are as stark as the ones between the animals they see themselves as.
Chavez would be a charming, eager-to-serve Golden Labrador, while Johnson sees himself as an eagle. Chavez, sounding much like a Republican, has said repeatedly during the campaign that government can't solve every problem, that the private sector creates jobs and that environmental extremists have hurt economic development efforts in Mora in Northern New Mexico. He believes in making prison inmates serve 85 percent of their sentences instead of being eligible for gobs of good-time as they currently are.
Johnson, sounding like a Democrat, has made a big deal about his support for education, saying he's helped increase education funding in the state by $300 million in the past few years. He rides a bicycle and picks up trash from the sides of highways, exercises regularly and says that "what's good for Mora is good for the rest of the state."
But those brief sentences and short sound bites are where the similarities between the two men who want to be governor end.
They oppose each other on the issues of tax reduction, school vouchers and charter schools, hate crimes, economic development, gambling and the role of government in peoples' lives. And although both men are intense, enthusiastic and even stubborn campaigners, their styles differ greatly. During a recent, televised debate between the two, Chavez seemed like Mr. Nasty, constantly criticizing and attacking his opponent. Johnson could have been dubbed Mr. Flaky. He participates in debates like 12-year-olds play soccer—acting spacy in the first half and snapping out of it only after the opposition scores points.
Although style does matter in this era of TV and sound bites, it is the style combined with the substance that makes the two candidates so different.
As he did four years ago, Johnson, 45, is billing himself as a non-politician who has the interests of real people and not political insiders in mind. He will never be accused of being slick or polished. At times he fumbles for words, seems inarticulate and uninformed on some subjects. But what he lacks in polish, Johnson, a North Dakota native who moved to New Mexico at age 13, makes up in pure enthusiasm and an almost boyish honesty. During a recent taping this year of the Dyson & Company weekly talk show on KOB-TV, Channel 4, Johnson, in a very unpolitician-like way, spread his arms and pretended to flap them like a wounded duck. It is Johnson's unpretentiousness that endears him to some people. The talk about Johnson is that what is before you is what you get. No ulterior motives. No slickster.
It is Johnson's politics that has confounded both Democrats and Republicans. In four years he has repeatedly challenged the state legislature and the state Supreme Court in power struggles with the different branches of government. Political insiders often remark disdainfully that Johnson is more of a Libertarian than a Republican or a Democrat.
Johnson has complied a record during his four years in office. He signed controversial gambling compacts with the state's gaming tribes, brought managed care to the Medicaid program, built private prisons, cut the number of state employees and pushed through a welfare reform program.
Chavez has criticized Johnson for signing the compacts. He says that Indian gambling has hurt business in Albuquerque and elsewhere in the state.
But Johnson doesn't apologize for the compacts. He says he legitimized something that had been going on for years.
"Well, this is our 14th year now of gambling in New Mexico," Johnson said recently. "I think it's important to point out what I have done. When I ran for office four years ago I said that I was going to negotiate and sign compacts with the Indians and I was elected. Maybe no one was listening to what I was saying four years ago. All of the games that are being played today, roulette, cards, all of those games were being played before my election. So what I said four years ago and what I say today is 'I don't think Indian gambling is going to go away. Let's regulate it. Let's share in the revenues.' On the plus side, you have arguably the poorest areas of the state, the pueblos and the tribes, that now have a purse for the first time.
"None of the money from Indian gambling goes into individual pockets, that isn't true in that they do hold jobs within the casinos, but the profits go into tribal programs, into health care, community centers, scholarships, so you are seeing that that is the plus side."
Johnson supported a bill in the past legislative session that cut the state's top income tax rate from 8.6 to 8.2 percent. He wants to cut that rate down to 3.5 percent over three years. It's that tax cut that Johnson says is the key to economic development and pulling the state up from its rank as the poorest state in the nation. How will a tax cut create jobs?
"Very quickly, Intel," Johnson said. "They bring thousands and thousands of jobs to New Mexico. Why is their corporation not headquartered in New Mexico? Well in a heartbeat, it is the income tax, the 8.2 percent rate. You know, we've got America On Line that comes here and sets up. But their highest paying jobs are not in New Mexico. They leave those somewhere else. They leave their corporate headquarters somewhere else because of the income tax."
To illustrate his point, Johnson said that Hughes Helicopter was recently looking to locate a manufacturing plant just over the border in Texas. When someone came to him and asked what New Mexico should do to get those jobs into this state, Johnson said he responded:
"With an 8.2 percent income tax rate, why is a $100,000 job going to come to New Mexico when in Texas they pay no income tax on that?"
New Mexico's tax would equate to a $8,200 tax bill on a $100,000 salary, Johnson said. If given the choice, a company would prefer to see its employees put that $8,200 toward a new car or a new house or for their childrens' education.
Johnson differs from Chavez on other issues. He believes that New Mexicans should be allowed to carry concealed weapons so long as they have taken firearms safety courses. He opposes hate crimes laws, saying that the idea borders on government regulation of thought. Johnson favors school vouchers and more charter schools. He says that bringing competition into education will mean better teachers and better schools. Johnson also favors opening up the state's electric industry to competition.
Chavez, 46, is a politician. And he doesn't apologize for it. During a debate, Chavez, a New Mexican native and former Albuquerque mayor, chided Johnson for calling himself a non-politician. Chavez said Johnson insulted New Mexicans by saying that.
Chavez is slick. He is rarely at a loss for words and seems always to have an answer and a program for every problem. As Albuquerque mayor from December 1993 to December 1997, Chavez set a whirlwind pace that was a 180-degree turn from his predecessor, Louis Saavedra.
Holding what seemed to be a news conference a week, Chavez, as mayor, took solid, middle-class positions when it came to crime. He formed an anti-graffiti unit at City Hall that has all but eliminated graffiti in the city. He challenged gangs and had the police department saturate the Barelas and Old Town neighborhoods in an attempt to fight gang activity. He backed a curfew law that was declared unconstitutional, gave cops a whopping 15 percent pay raise, tried to prevent the opening of an all-nude club Downtown and tried to hire more cops.
On the water front, Chavez was a middle-of-the-road conservationist. He supported a voluntary water conservation program in the city with the aim of reducing per-capita water consumption by 30 percent. Chavez's critics wanted a mandatory water conservation program.
And Chavez angered conservationists when he pushed for and built the Montaño Bridge in the North Valley. It was during the bridge battle and during a controversy over overcrowding at the City/County Jail that Chavez's "don't get in my way" style of governing became evident.
When the Village of Los Ranchos de Albuquerque continued to fight Montaño in court, Chavez threatened to counter sue and make the village pay the City of Albuquerque's legal fees in the case. Bridge opponents and Chavez's critics proclaimed Chavez guilty of using bullying tactics.
In the jail crisis, a federal court judge capped the jail population and ordered the city to release prisoners who couldn't fit in the jail. But Chavez junked the release plan and instead chose to build a new, $4 million temporary jail on the West Side. Trouble is, Chavez didn't consult any of the Bernalillo County Commissioners on the matter. The commissioners were angry, since the county and the city jointly operate and maintain the jail.
Although he implemented a water conservation program for the city, Chavez backed the idea of extending Paseo del Norte through the Petroglyph National Monument.
Much like Johnson stands by his decision to sign the gambling compacts, Chavez defends his support of Paseo and of Montaño.
"I'm proud of what I did. Had that bridge been proposed in the South Valley it would have been built 30 years ago," Chavez said. "That was never an environmental issue. That was just the issue of an affluent neighborhood that didn't want a bridge in their back yard. I never faulted them for not wanting a bridge in their back yard. I wouldn't want one in my back yard. But at some point the collective good has to prevail over the individual needs.
"On Paseo, the long answer, I think as mayor, it's not what happens this year or next year, although you have to pay attention to those things, what is your community going to be like 50 years from now, 100 years from now? You need a long-term perspective. Assuming we do everything right in the city of Albuquerque, that we all took the bus to work this morning, we bicycle, we carpool, whatever it may be ... if we did everything right we will still continue to grow and there is only one place we are going to grow, we are going to grow out to the Rio Puerco. You can't have a city that size with only one east-west arterial. You have to have at least two.
"As a state senator I appropriated the majority of the state's money to create that national monument. I got the money because I believed in that monument. Everybody agreed. They all agreed on the road. There was no disagreement. Some put it in writing, some didn't. But I walked with them and talked with them and we worked together on this thing. Had there been even an inkling that there was a disagreement, that would have gone into the legislation."
Chavez is stressing education in his gubernatorial campaign. He wants full-day kindergarten, student/teacher ratios of one teacher for every 15 students in grades 1-2, and higher teacher pay. He says the one-time cost of his kindergarten proposal is $60, with recurring costs totaling $40 every year. Chavez says that education, and not a tax cut, is the key to promoting economic development.
"What's happening now is that kids aren't learning to read and write properly, so around the fifth or sixth grade, it starts to disconnect and they're not keeping up with all of the subjects. And I think it's one of the biggest reasons why we have such a high dropout rate," Chavez said.
"The problem is not that rich people pay too much in taxes. It's the quality of the workforce. It's all about work force development and the problem they're having is with fundamentals. People don't read. People don't write ... and it's a huge problem in New Mexico today. So yes, education is intimately associated with the creation of wealth."
Chavez does not support school vouchers, private prisons, gambling or the right to carry concealed weapons. He believes that vouchers will destroy the public school system. Like Johnson, Chavez supports the deregulation of the state's electric industry. As mayor, he asked the state's Public Utility Commission to approve a pilot electric competition program in Albuquerque.
Chavez said he believes that government is about "the solving of problems collectively instead of individually.
"If you leave air quality up to the individual in the free market, air wouldn't get clean until you had totally destroyed the environment," Chavez said. "It wouldn't get clean until there was a profit in it."


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Ask the Critic: Where to Eat in Downtown Brooklyn, Best NYC Pizza
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Editor's note: Here to answer your questions is contributing writer, former managing and SENY editor, and frequent author of our NYC restaurant reviews Carey Jones. We'll take a few of your questions each week and give you the New York restaurant advice you're looking for. Email [email protected] with the subject line Ask the Critic to submit your question!
Where do you eat in Downtown Brooklyn? What's the best pizza in New York? We chat about these questions on Ask the Critic this week.
Best NYC Pizza
Okay: none of these top-10 lists or long articles. Best pizza in New York. Right now. Go.
Okay: clearly you don't want parameters on this, but I'm giving you two answers.
Best pizza in New York that's easily accessible in Manhattan, has great wine and appetizers, and isn't necessarily "New York" style—Motorino. The East Village pizzeria turns out gorgeous Neapolitan pies with a beautifully puffy, charred crust and toppings that walk a precise line between inventive and classic. I love the soppressata, I love the clam, I love the Brussels sprouts and pancetta even more. And unlike many pizza places, Motorino is, in its way, a proper restaurant. Salads and meatballs and charred octopus to start. A wine list and service to make a true meal. Killer tiramisu.
But if we're talking about the experience and the pizza, a pie that does justice to the tradition of New York pizza: Totonno's in Coney Island, hands-down. It's simply as good as coal-oven pizza can get, dates to 1924, and unlike many other classic joints that have lost their luster, Totonno's (despite recent renovations and rebuildings) has a patina that can't be imitated. After a fire and the floods following Hurricane Sandy, it's back in business and, based on a few recent visits, is as good as ever. Get the garlic-soaked white pie, and perhaps a tomato-sauced sausage and mushroom, and you'll learn some things about New York pizza you didn't know before. Feel free to stand up and grab a beer from the cooler; they'll charge you later. Order an extra pie. Take the leftovers with you. They reheat mighty well.
Downtown Brooklyn
I'm moving away from the craziness of Manhattan to the no-man's-land area of Downtown Brooklyn (on the very western border of Fort Greene). Aside from Shake Shack, what restaurants are within close walking distance that I need to try? More importantly, where can I get a good cup of a coffee and a great bagel?
Shake Sha—damn, you beat me to it.
Within Downtown Brooklyn itself, Fulton Mall and environs, you've got mostly Blimpies and Wendy's. With all the super-highrises going in at the foot of the Manhattan Bridge (in the non-neighborhood I refuse to call RAMBO), you've got to think that developers are salivating. How is there not already a Whole Foods and a cupcake shop?
Regardless, within a 5-10 minute walk, you've got options. Consider Ganso on Bond and Livingston, for spicy miso ramen and lacy-edged gyoza. Or for a less conventional dining experience, Govinda Kitchen in the lower level of the downtown Hare Krishna Temple Cafeteria, for good, cheap vegetarian Indian meals.
And by the time you're there, it's hardly farther to Bond Street. Bedouin Tent is a great choice for meze, pita, and a beautiful outdoor garden; walk a little fuather for the reliable, neighborhoody cafe-restaurant-bar Building on Bond, whether you want a beer and a sandwich, or a coffee to-go (boom, answered the coffee question). Or neighborhood favorite Italian restaurant Rucola.
Shake Shack has you for the cheap burger; for something a little more dressed up, maybe Two 8 Two on Atlantic. And don't forget about Brooklyn Fare—yes, it's a double-Michelin-starred restaurant, but it's also an excellent grocery store with great prepared food.
Good bagel, have to admit, you've stumped me. Bergen Bagel is excellent (on Bergen/Flatbush, with a few other locations) but that's a bit of a wander. Denizens of Downtown Brooklyn and thereabouts, any recommendations?
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Johnson City, Tenn. -- East Tennessee State had four players score in double figures, but it was not enough to overcome the Wofford attack, as the Lady Terriers downed the Lady Bucs, 74-63 in SoCon action from the Memorial Center Saturday afternoon.
Wofford (5-5, 1-1 SoCon) led 33-30 after an exciting first half that included four lead changes and three ties. The Lady Bucs (1-10, 1-1) held their last lead with 7:14 left in the first stanza following an Erin Thurman jumper. After a Nancy Dubuisson layup at 3:55 remaining put Wofford ahead 28-26, the Lady Terriers would not relinquish the lead again.
Junior forward Megan Jackson scored on a jumper on the Lady Bucs' first possession of the second half to bring ETSU to within one point. That was as close as the Lady Bucs would get as Wofford eventually stretched their lead out to 12 points. ETSU threatened down the stretch, cutting the lead to as little as six with 2:33 remaining in the game. But the Lady Terrier lead grew to double-digits again, stifling ETSU's momentum.
Wofford shot 44 percent from the field for the game as ETSU shot just 32 percent. The Lady Bucs defense played well, forcing the Lady Terriers into 24 turnovers while ETSU committed 17.
Thurman led the Lady Bucs with 13 points. Senior guard Chris Forman contributed 11 points and Jackson added 10. Freshman Jessica Lonon notched the first double-double of her career with 10 points and 11 rebounds.
Wofford was led by senior center Lucy Hines, who notched a career-high 26 points. The senior guard tandem of Jenny Nett (12) and Stacy Parris (15) also scored in double-digits for the Lady Terriers.
This was the Lady Bucs first game of the year at home after playing their first ten games on the road. It brought us together by playing on the road, Coach Kemp said following the game. But it was great being at home.
The Lady Bucs now return to the road to face Chattanooga, Jan. 2 at 5:00 p.m. in the first half of a women's and men's doubleheader between ETSU and Chattanooga. The men's game will immediately follow the women's matchup. The two games will be televised live on Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast.