Today let's take a look at Pelikan Edelstein Jade. I purchased my bottle of ink from Pen Chalet.
Jade isn't quite green, not quite teal, somewhere in the middle. It's a gorgeous color.
In large swabs there is some pretty shading and just a little bit of sheen.
On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was a little bit of feathering, and a little bit of bleeding in the larger nib sizes.
Jade is a really close match to Diamine Cool Green. Click here to see the Pelikan inks together.
I used a Pelikan 400N on Tomoe River 68gsm. The ink had a slightly dry flow.
Overall, it's a really nice ink. I wish the flow was a little bit wetter. Diamine Cool Green is a really close match for the color.


I see that you are planning an article in Montana Outdoors on "green grazing".
Without having read the piece, I can say that it will perpetuate the myth of "well managed" grazing. For every example of "green grazing out there I can show you 100 examples of where livestock production is destroying and degrading our natural landscape. Why not do everyone a real favor and do a piece on the multiple ways that livestock production harms our wildlife and biodiversity.
I would argue that you can mitigate the negatives from grazing, but you cannot entirely avoid them. Here's a short list, and i could add much more should you ever feel compelled to provide the public with the honest truth about how livestock production is overall negative for wildlife.
Sorry for being so harsh, but I get tired of all the happy talk about "good grazing". As a BLM botanist and biologist and in researching dozens of books on western landscapes, I saw first hand the bogus arguments that "Good grazing" was good for wildlife. It's like saying that city dumps are good for wildlife because ravens and gulls love them. You can always point to some wildlife that benefits from habitat destruction or degradation, but it's the big picture that is important. And the "good grazing' misses the big picture.
1. Dewatering of streams to the detriment of aquatic ecosystems.
2. Conversion of native riparian habitat and sage brush steppe to hay pastures of exotic grasses.
3. Trampling of biological crusts and contribution to soil erosion.
4. Trampling of biocrusts which facilitate cheatgrass invasion.
5. Soil compaction which decreases water infiltration.
6. The trampling of riparian areas and springs reduces it's ability to soak up water and store for late season flows. It also destroys habitat for native mollucks.
7. Water troughs are breeding grounds for mosquitoes that carry west nile virus (and harm sage grouse).
8. Fences block migration and are a major source of mortality for sage grouse.
9. We kill all kill all kinds of predators and other wildlife (like prairie dogs) as pests and "varmints".
10. The eating of riparian vegetation eliminates hiding cover and habitat for many species from songbirds to sage grouse chicks.
11. Forage competition. On many public lands, the vast majority of forage is allotted to domestic livestock. Many wet meadows, etc. are grazed to golf course height to the detriment of native wildlife.
12. Disease transfer such as occurs with domestic sheep and wild bighorns.
13. Weed invasion–grazing of native perennials and trampling and disturbance of soils favors weedy invasions.
14. Even where grasses are meeting "objectives" like 4 inch stubble height that is not enough to hide ground nesting birds. For instance, grouse require at least 10 inches of stubble height which you seldom see where there is significant grazing.
15. Effects on fire regimes. The invasion of cheatgrass, created by livestock disturbance, is a major factor in the burnout of sage brush habitat. Similarly, grazing can enhance conifer establishment in the ponderosa zone, including stand densities, again affecting fire regimes.
16, Cows are a major source of methane and thus GHG emissions contributing to global warming. Worse than all the transportation put together.
17. Most of the dams built-in the West are for water storage to provide for irrigation. These dams change the water characteristics of rivers and block migration (think of salmon). While you might say a few situations where dams have created trout habitat below them as "good", this doesn't account for the numerous losses imposed by dams.
18. Grazing favors invasives and exotics over native plants. Grazing has dramatically altered many native plant communities.
"Green Grazing" is a phrase just like "clean coal." It's an oxymoron and doesn't exist–just a term that someone made up to look good in print.
The modern horse evolved about the same time as grasslands emerged in North America and Eurasia. Grasslands also developed in South America where modern horse, mammoth, and mastodon fossils were found off the rocks of the Argentina coasts. The truth is found in the distinct patterns of the upper and lower molars of the horse. Both the Pleistocene and the Younger Dryas ended with rapid, abrupt periods of global warming interrupted by a second glaciation which temporarily halted the warming and put an end to ice melt. Horses and other mammals walked across Beringia and either through Northern Eurasia along the Arctic grasslands or traveled South to Spain where they became isolated for thousands of years following a geological event that separated the Iberian peninsula from the European mainland. The horse settled in on coastal and then inland grasslands where he was domesticated at different times by different groups of people. After extensive research on the causes of the disappearance of horse in the Americas, scientists now believe that the amount of water from the ice melt that flooded the mainland and raised sea levels flooding the coastal grasslands where horse and other grazing herbivores had survived for millions of years of constant CC from warming periods to glacial periods. By the Spanish returned with the Iberian horses which was around 1500 along the Carolinas' coasts, the grasslands had taken hold again, and when the horses were turned loose or escaped they found themselves once again in their homeland. Having said this, I must confess that the phrase that finds horses trample the grass and their grazing makes them pests of plants makes me wonder what on Earth ecologists believe God made grass for if not to feed His creations. Carolinas wild horses have existed for 100's of years on the coast of the Outer Banks. Genetic testing of these Bankers reveals links to the Iberian horses that may indeed among the last living offspring of the smaller horses that lived in the Alaska region. In the winter horses find water, and break through snow and ice helping wildlife find food and water. In summer they eat the seeds of Cheatgrass, and thus, remove much of the possible fuel for forest fires which have grown larger and more harmful since the BLM began their illegal removals.
So well written! I appreciate the detail and will find it useful in my criticisms. Thank you, George, for sharing your wisdom and educating me.


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Research Paper On Fighting In Hockey
This 10 page report discusses the history of the National Hockey League. The National Hockey League was created 1917 in Montreal following suspension of operations by the National Hockey Association of Canada Limited (NHA). Information relating to the development of the League, its rules and standards, as well as the role it has played in the development of hockey are noted throughout the paper. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Legendary Hockey Coach Herb Brooks' Styles of Leadership
This 3 page paper outlines the aspects of hockey legend, Herb Brooks' leadership ability and style. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Hockey and Canadian Identity
This 5 page paper examines how Canadian culture is tied to ice hockey. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Canadian Hockey and Canada
This 10 page report discusses the changes in the hockey world that have lead to the Americanization of what is essentially Canada's "national pastime." Hockey is quite simply what Canadians do in the winter: play it, watch it, follow it through the newspaper, television, radio. Canada's hockey system desperately requires is national leadership and a re-focusing of its priorities and its vision for the future if it intends to maintain hockey the way it claims it wants to. Increased government funding, stronger youth and development programs, financing from the National Hockey League and an improvement in the leadership abilities of the Canadian Hickey League are essential. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Canada and Hockey's Culture of Violence
This is a 6 page paper discussing the culture of hockey in Canada despite its violent aspects. Canadians are introduced into the world of hockey at a very young age. Young players are drafted into the Canadian National Hockey League during their mid-teens and leave their homes to be billeted across the country in the hopes that they will one day be drafted further into the professional level National Hockey League. Although violence in the game has been studied back three decades, Canadians and players seem to accept violence as a natural part of the game. Violence has been shown to increase depending on the level of play and the "winning at all costs" attitude which has been accepted as the priority. Recent studies have unveiled some violent aspects of the sport which have occurred not only on the ice but also off the ice between the coaches and the players. Despite the level of violence throughout the sport however, Canadians continue to embrace the sport within their own culture which has attained levels of mythical proportions. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Kim Fields Hopes 'Adventures In Christmasing' Inspires People To Come Out Of Their Comfort Zone
Filed Under:Matt Weiss, VH1
(ViacomCBS) – VH1 will air Adventures In Christmasing tonight starting at 9PM ET/PT. Adventures In Christmasing comes from Executive Producer Kim Fields who also stars and co-wrote the movie.
CBS' Matt Weiss spoke with Fields about all the work that went into this movie, her co-stars and what she hopes people take away from the adventure.
MW- Hello Kim! Adventures In Christmasing comes to VH1 tonight at 9PM and you are pulling tripl duty as the star, executive producer and the co-writer. What was the inspiration behind putting this project together?
KF- Well, I co-wrote the story from the genesis of I love how the adventure shows and the survival shows all have that element of people want to be pushed to their limits. Even though they all seem comfortable in those environments, they still pushing themselves. So I thought, well, what if you are not comfortable?
You are being catapulted out of your comfort zone and what does that look like? So you have a lot of adventure. You have a lot of rom com elements to it but you also have some danger. You also have that element of the unknown and the process to get to not fearing the unknown.
MW- How difficult was it to balance all those different roles?
KF- Well, you know, the pre-production process was very important for me because that's where all the decisions had to be made. That's where all of the creative energy had to go, for me as a producer, and as the co-creator of the story. When it came time for me to act, I had to be 100% present in that.
MW- The film also stars Kel Mitchell, Eva Marcille, Jonathan Silverman, how great was it to work with this cast?
KF- Working with this cast was incredible. To be joined by Jonathan Silverman who I've been such a fan of for so long, and his comedy. Eva was wonderful, she brings such a great layer of that that best friend girlfriend vibe. Kel Mitchell plays my brother, and I've got back stories with each of them. It was really fun to be able to interact with them and work with them again on such a special project.
MW- Obviously this project is very near and dear to you, what do you hope people take away from this movie?
KF- I hope that people take away from this, it'll be the same thing that Parker Baldwin my character eventually does, come out of your comfort zone; it's okay. Don't be afraid of the unknown. When you embrace it and you go through that process and you get to the other side of it it's so liberating. It's so inspiring and empowering.
You don't need a big adventure like a helicopter ride and falling into a river and encounters in the wild and things like that to be the catalyst, life sometimes will throw its own catalyst at you to jumpstart that adventure for you. We're in these unprecedented times as they say and so that may be the catalyst that is pushing you into this adventure of life.
Don't be afraid of the dark. Those are the things that I really hope that that are the gifts that this movie can give this holiday season.
MW- Wise words for sure. Thank you so much for the time today Kim and all the best! the time today.
KF- Thank you, take care.
Adventures In Christmasing comes to VH1 on Monday, November 29th at 9 PM ET/PT. Check your local listings for more information.


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The crash occurred just before 3:30 p.m., Friday, in front of Lakeside Inn and Suites in the eastbound lanes of Highway 97.
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Wouldn't it be wonderful, if everything worked out?
Irrespective of the grandiose nature, and concepts that surround life and ontology; wouldn't it just be wonderful if all the things we've dreamed in our heads, within reason, came to fruition. The simple things.
To wake up every morning, and have my first sight be the glow of your face. Where the first words to stretch my voice will always be "Good morning.", because I truly know it will be.
To look on the couch, and watch you read your book – with your toes wrapped in a winter blanket, by a fire that heats the fur on the back of our dog that we'll have. To see your hair fall over your glasses, and watch you, mesmerised, slowly pull the hair back behind your ear. To watch in slowed time, your eyes meet mine, and remember evermore; how lucky we are.
To sit in a house we call our home, with gentle anticipation of loving friends who'll visit us the day after, and remind us why we all stay in touch. Where smile and laughter is not uncommon. Where bellies are full, and hearts are warm.
Where ambitions are always on the horizon, but not to fill some void – only to drive us towards tomorrow, where we can spend another day together.
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A fun way to learn about the basics of horticulture in this RHS approved course. You will learn in a suitable environment, with excellent gardens for use as a learning resource.
The course runs for 30 weeks, on Fridays from 10.00am - 3.30pm, starting Friday 21st September 2018. The course fee is £925 plus an RHS examination fee of approximately £115.
A theory course with a small amount of practical activity to underpin some areas of the syllabus, along with weekly plant identifications.
A keen interest in horticulture with a level of enquiry into plants and gardens. It is suitable for the beginner or some more experienced.
The course runs for 30 weeks, on Fridays from 10.00am - 3.30pm, starting Friday 21st September 2018. The course fee is £925 plus an RHS examination fee of approximately £115. Payment by installments may be available (1 x £207.50 and 9 x £92.50).
The Royal Horticultural Society's Advanced Certificate, the entry requirement for which is a pass on the RHS Level 2 Certificate. Alternatively, some students progress to the Myerscough Certificate in Garden Design.
Most people want to learn and improve their own gardens. The qualification does though open a door to further progression or to employment in the industry. Some have progressed to full-time horticultural courses, some have developed a business, and others have gained employment in garden centres or nurseries.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The New England Revolution fell to Louisville City FC (USL), 3-2, in the Fourth Round of the Lamar Hunt 2018 U.S. Open Cup on Tuesday evening. The match took place at Lynn Stadium on the campus of the University of Louisville. A back-and-forth first half saw the two sides level at the break, but a stunning goal from City's Brian Ownby in the second frame gave the hosts the victory and eliminated New England from the tournament.
New England jumped out to an early lead in the fifth minute when midfielder Mark Segbers finished a loose ball into the back of the net for his first Revolution goal. Louisville City equalized shortly after with a goal from Oscar Jimenez, assisted by Brian Ownby, in the 11th minute. The Revs took the lead once again in the 26th minute as a touch across the face of goal from Femi Hollinger-Janzen was put in by Louisville City defender Patrick McMahon for an own goal. City evened the match at 2-2 in the 37th minute when striker Cameron Lancaster slotted a low shot past Revs goalkeeper Brad Knighton.
In the second half, Brian Ownby gave Louisville City FC its first lead of the night as he gained possession and delivered an impressive strike into the upper-left corner. That 62nd-minute tally proved to be the game winner as the Revolution move to 8-3-3 all-time against USL competition in U.S. Open Cup play.
New England returns to MLS action on Saturday, June 9 when the club takes on the Chicago Fire at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Ill. The match kicks off at 8:30 p.m. ET and will be broadcast locally on NBC Sports Boston, where Brad Feldman and Paul Mariner will be on the call. Fans may also listen on the radio in English on 98.5 The Sports Hub and in Portuguese on 1260 AM Nossa Radio. The club will then remain on the road for a clash with the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday, June 13.
The Revolution lost to Louisville City FC, 3-2, in the Fourth Round of the Lamar Hunt 2018 U.S. Open Cup. New England is now eliminated from the tournament.
New England moves to 20-16-6 all-time in U.S. Open Cup play and 8-3-3 all-time against USL competition in the tournament.
Midfielder Mark Segbers tallied the match's opening goal, his first in a Revolution uniform, in the fifth minute. Louisville City goalkeeper Tim Dobrowolski failed to corral a pass from his teammate and left Segbers an open shot on net.
While on loan with Orange County SC this season, Segbers scored two goals and added three assists in 11 USL appearances, including eight starts.
New England's second goal of the match came on an own goal from Louisville City's Patrick McMahon. Defender/midfielder Brandon Bye delivered a long cross into forward Femi Hollinger-Janzen near the back post, who then flicked a pass across the six-yard box that was deflected into the net by McMahon.
The Revolution have now benefitted from two own goals across all competitions this season. The other came on New England's first goal against Vancouver Whitecaps FC on May 26.
Louisville, Ky. native and University of Louisville alum Andrew Farrell made his return to his alma mater's campus for tonight's match. Farrell made the start at center back and played a full 90-minute shift.
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Q: Appending to array while iterating over file using fgets C newbie here.
I'm trying to append a files content to an array line by line by looping over it using fgets in a while loop.
When trying to access the array however I get a segmentation fault while accessing the array  on value array[1] or array[2]. When reading array[3] it does work. Am I doing something wrong?
Could someone point me into the right direction?
I'll leave my code below.
#include "library.h"
#include <stdio.h>

int main(int argc, char **argv) {
    FILE *file = fopen("words.txt", "r");
    char line[100];
    char *array[] = {};
    int i = 0;

    while(fgets(line, sizeof(line), file) != NULL) {
        i++;
        array[i] = line;
    }
    printf("Line %d = %s\n", i , array[1]); //segmentation fault on array[1] and array[2] not on array[3]
}

A: Your code has two bugs.

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*There is no memory for array

*You keep storing the address of line into array. What you need is to get the content of line into the array.
Try like:
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        }
        array = tmp;
    }
    strcpy(array[i], line);
    ++i;
}

... do something with array ...

free(array);

A: First you must dimension your array. Otherwise it will be dimentionned by its initializer. As your initializer is empty, your array is empty too.
So, it you want to be able to store, say, a hundred lines, you should write:
char *array[100] = {};

(I'm explaining this with a static dimension for the array, because the dynamic allocation approach is a bit more complex)
Then, when you write your line:
array[i] = line;

Do you realize that you're working with pointer?
line represents the address of the buffer where the characters of the line are stored. And you assign this address of the variable line to an array of pointers.
array[1] is the second pointer of your array of pointer. (because array indexation starts with 0 in C)
There is a segmentation because your array contains zero value, so you can't access the 2nd (non existing) value.
In addition, you assign always the same addres (the address of the variable line to every entry of your array.
In fact you've got only one line whose address you duplicate in your array
There are multiple errors that will prevent you from storing all the lines of the files in your array.
I'll edit this post ASAP to provide you with a working example of what you're trying to do.


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Let's play our newest jigsaw puzzle game Masha Play at Bears Backyard. There are four difficulty levels like: quick which has 12 pieces, medium - 48 pieces , hard - 108 pieces and professional - 192 pieces. There is certainly also a timer in the game, so any time you increase the amount of pieces by deciding upon higher difficulty the time gets significantly higher. Enjoy and have fun!!!


This dissertation sheds light on how the relations between public employees' unions and the de Blasio administration shape the design and implementation of local policies in areas of particular concern to public workers. It asks how public sector labor-management relations and public sector employee unions' political influence affect this mayoral administration's efforts at policy innovation and administrative practice. In particular, how, if at all, do public employee unions shape the administration's decisions about the balance between providing public services directly versus contracting them out to nongovernmental organizations? How do these relations affect the direction of institutional reform? This project does not attempt to develop a general model of the political influence of public sector labor unions, but it does identify the potential for and limits to their policy entrepreneurship in an environment that should be unusually supportive. A close examination of three major New York City unions reveals that while these public employees' unions differ greatly from each other and take varying approaches toward influencing policymaking, they are all constrained by their internal dilemmas and interunion fragmentation, which limit their impact on administrative decision-making. At the same time, the Mayor's attitude toward the city's workforce is a significant factor in how much access and power unions have over policy formation.
Eisenberg, Elizabeth C., "Opportunities and Limits for Mayoral–Public Employee Union Collaborations: The Case of the de Blasio Administration in New York City, 2013–2017" (2018). CUNY Academic Works.


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IAWRT 2013 Report on CSW Side Event
Reported By Sheila Dallas-Katzman and Violet Gonda | April 2013
The International Association of Women in Radio and Television (IAWRT) held a parallel event at the 2013 57th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), which took place at the United Nation Headquarters in New York in early March. The theme of this year's CSW was 'Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls'. It is estimated that every second a woman or a girl somewhere in the world experiences some form of gender-based violence.
This CSW, held on 8th March 2013, was the fifth event IAWRT held since its first side event in 2007, titled, Media Partners: Sharing Technology, Information and Communications for Effective Outreach. The 2013 theme for its side event was: Media as Strategic Partners in addressing violence against women and girls – hazards facing female journalists. Despite bad weather, including snow and high winds, over 100 people showed up for the event, an indication of the appeal of this subject.
Every year thousands of women and some men from nook and cranny of the world, converge at the United Nations CSW to discuss ways and means to prevent gender based violence. One of the major motivators to travelling to New York to raise voices and to lobby member states to commit toward the elimination of gender-based violence. According to UN Women, over 6,000 women participated in this year's two week long CSW.
The major goal of this event, sponsored by the USA Chapter and led by a member of the IAWRT board, was to discuss the criticality of the media as a major tool in the protection of women and girls and the prevention of gender-based violence. Another part of the goal was to gather information from the panel discussions and audience input to produce a White Paper encouraging UN Women, CSW, and the broader United Nations, to make media inclusive at all level of the campaign against gender-based violence. In doing this, we hope to highlight and emphasize the seemingly forgotten "Section 'J'" of the Beijing Declaration, "Women and the Media" which provides all the guidelines to ensure media women are given equal treatment not only by the media institutions but also that governments implement the declaration to ensure the protection of female journalist and remove any impediment preventing them from doing their work. Also, to be included in this paper is UN Security Council Resolution/1325 on women's equal rights at all levels of society.
The panelists were carefully selected and included representatives from a range of media: television, radio, print and social media who are veterans in their field and have tried and tested the media in their quest to highlight violence against women and girls, some of them victims of the violence they were reporting and/or still in the heat of the fight for liberation and are facing daily threats to their lives.
IAWRT President, Rachael Nakitare, opened the side event by welcoming everyone and briefing them about IAWRT, the vision and mission.
Just minutes before the discussion, panelist, Abeer Saady, Vice Chair of the Egyptian Journalists Syndicate, received a very disturbing text message which she shared about a female journalist who had been finger raped and raped by new crowding techniques being used against female journalists in Egypt. We learnt that entities in that country are actively training men and boys how to entrap the female journalists in the street. (click here for Saady). She said that although women are the majority in the society, still they are marginalised. It has taken the actions of a few brave victims to speak out about abuses to raise awareness, Saady added. One such survivor agreed to be interviewed on television to talk about abusive virginity testing, although she was castigated for attacking a traditional practice. Some gender activists have also taken to showing television programmes that highlight violence against women such as a TV series called "Fatima", which talks about women raped by rich men and then forced to marry their rapists.
Saady added that radio television drama is an effective way to educate the population, including government about violence and it is now being used in Egypt effectively. Although women are not a minority group in the society still they are marginalised. It has taken the actions of a few brave victims to speak out about abuses to raise awareness.
The panelist from India, Ananya Chakraborti, who is also IAWRT board member, stressed that the medium of film has attracted her own government through her activism and documentary on trafficking in India. (click here for Chakraborti) . She said the use of film is an effective tool to end trafficking of girls, because not only does film draw attention to the practice, it motivates action to save these girls from their captors and prevent others from falling victims. The anti-trafficking campaign in West Bengal India is an example where awareness of trafficking is highlighted through different kinds of media such as songs/music that are used in villages, and the social media such as Facebook played an important role in the recent high profile case of the 12 year girl who was gang raped in India that sparked a national and international outcry about violence against women in the country.
The government responded to her film and has begun to pay close attention to the endemic problem plaguing women and girls in the country.
WBAI/Pacifica Radio's co-host of the popular Rape Forum, Rebecca Myles, emphasized "the gap between media coverage and the lived experience of women and girls and sexual violence." A radio programme such as "The Rape Declaration Forum" not only provides a meeting place on the radio where survivors of rape and other gender-based violence can call in and speak out about what happened to them. But it also gives them the opportunity to raise their voices, and help to educate others while healing begins – valuing survivor's voice. Radio allows survivors to speak to the many without fear of repercussions. It is the platform for women who are afraid to come out and talk and get strength from listening to others who have endured similar abuses. (click here for Myles)
Although the general mantra and practice of mass media is "if it bleeds it leads", Pamela Falk, President of the United Nations Correspondence Association, and reporter for CBS News Radio and Television, underscores that a story doesn't have to bleed to lead. Mass media, need to take on the task of education and prevention of violence against women and girls, by not only reporting violence, but by reporting state's attitudes toward the violence. She shared her own experience of being shot at while reporting in conflict zones, just because she was a woman. (Click here for Falk)
The audience made meaningful contribution using their own experience with media to help in fight to end violence against women and girls.
Moderator Michele Montas, former spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon, a journalist herself, directed the discussion with much ease, which led to the success of IAWRT side event. For her part, she opened by highlighting very profound and thought-provoking story (click her for Montas). Montas lives the violence when her radio station, which was owned by she and her husband were attacked with guns and mortars to silence them. She was exiled in the US along with her husband and returned home only for her husband to be assassinated. Her nightmare is real and therefore, she drove the discussion with much passion.
IAWRT members were invited to FOKUS' breakfast meeting at the CSW and were honoured to be there. For some IAWRT members it was our first meeting with FOKUS. This encounter was very informative as it brought to the fore and gave those unfamiliar with FOKUS a broader perspective of the phenomenal work of our major funder and what FOKUS is doing to prevent and protect women in developing countries working and funding the many organizations they support.
Regional Meeting
The IAWRT 2013 Regional Meeting was held in New York during the CSW. Representatives from the USA, Norwegian, Indian, and Kenyan chapters briefed the gathering on activities of their local IAWRT chapters. The chapter reports were succinct and most encouraging.
The evening ended with IAWRT honouring one of the founding members of the association, Leila Doss, with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Leila has been a member of IAWRT since 1947, after the Second World War, when the original name was International Association of Women in Radio. Leila was born in Egypt in 1921 and started her media career in her home country as the first Egyptian woman broadcaster and later became one of the earliest employees at the newly established United Nations Department of Public Information in New York 1947and worked in various information centers until she was appointed assistant secretary-general for personnel services. She has written and lectured widely on media and international affairs since her retirement in 1982 and continues her membership in IAWRT and serves as one of the Alternate Representative to the UN for IAWRT.
IAWRT welcomed new members and the panelists to the dinner. All Panelists expressed interest in becoming members of IAWRT as well as some audience members.
The IAWRT is a non-governmental organisation in consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) with three appointed members who attend meetings and brings report to the organisation. It also has a prominent seat on the UNDPI/NGO Executive Committee where one of its members holds the coveted seat of 2nd Vice Chair. There are 10 chapters and over 400 members globally. IAWRT's projects focus on strengthening media women's capacity to contribute effectively to the development of society, especially to end violence against women and girls. IAWRT's work has been to highlight civil society initiatives with a view of ensuring visibility and attention by the authorities.
IAWRT members have been actively involved in civic education using their respective media outlets. All the three main projects collaborate with NGOs and civil society, communities in particular in addressing the issues of trafficking, forced disappearances and FGM.
IAWRT CSW Side Events to date
2007 - CSW 57 - Media Partners: Sharing Technology, Information and Communications for Effective Outreach
2010 - CSW 54 - Mapping Women's Empowerment through Targeted Media
2011 - CSW 55 - Technologies: Women Take Charge
2012 - CSW 56 - Demystifying Media at the Grassroots: Rural Women Using Media for Change
2013 - CSW 57 - Media as Strategic Partners in Advancing Prevention of Violence Against Women: Hazards Facing Female Journalists


Pacific Northwest residents, more accustomed to rain than snow, found themselves digging out again as a fresh round of storms moved across the region, with an additional punch early this week to come.
The sun came out Sunday afternoon, however, snow returned in the evening across the Northwest, bringing 1 to 4 fresh inches (2.5 to 10 centimeters). And another storm bringing the prospect of freezing rain and snow was on tap for parts of the Seattle area.
Sunday, snow began to make its way into the lowlands from the afternoon, the National Weather Service said. It was expected to cut in time for the Monday morning commute, but the storm was on its way later. There has been A winter storm watch in effect from Monday morning through Tuesday afternoon. Storms have delivered snow in the very first days of February to Seattle than it gets in a year.
Temperatures were in the teens or single digits. It was 9 degrees in Arlington, Washington, early Sunday. The weather service said which was colder than the Arctic coast or North Slope of Alaska. An expected 2 feet to 4 feet (0.6 meters to 1.2 meters) from Sunday through Wednesday in the Cascades may be welcome to skiers and snowboarders, Will Ahue, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Portland, told The Oregonian. Seattle schools will be closed Monday, in addition to other area schools.
In Northern California, the latest in a succession of storms dusted shores with snow and caused whiteout conditions. The weather service office at Eureka reported gathering snow at sea level. KIEM-TV posted photographs of Clam Beach in Arcata covered in powder. The last time Humboldt County shores saw snow was through the winter of 2002-03.


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San Diego Acts as Role Model and Regional Competitor
Volcano Corp. employee works on vision systems for cardiac surgeons in the company's lab.
There's no doubt the greater San Fernando Valley area is a hub for biotechnology, medical device and related companies. It's home to Amgen, Advanced Bionics, MannKind, Medtronic, Pharmavite, and other established and start-up firms. Yet, the region has never gained a reputation as a biotech and medical device "cluster" on par with San Diego and the Bay Area. And the lion's share of investments and companies in these industries is going to the latter. Many industry experts believe the greater San Fernando Valley area has the potential to boost its standing as a biotech and medical device cluster and attract more companies and capital. But there are still a few hurdles slowing down growth. This special report explores the region's biotech and medical device infrastructure – the foundation for growth. As a point of reference, it looks at what led to San Diego's ascent. And the report explores local educational, financial, technology transfer and real estate infrastructure that support these industries. View: Life sciences industries are located in a cluster in San Diego. San Diego's biotechnology cluster includes more than 400 life sciences companies; numerous world-class research institutions; business incubators; and myriad financial firms, real estate firms and industry advocates that support the local industry. Many are bunched into a few mile stretch from Torrey Pines Mesa to the Sorrento Valley. And the cluster, which trickles into surrounding communities, attracts hundreds of millions of dollars in research and development and venture capital investments annually. "What has made this cluster a success is reaching a critical mass of research institutes, scientists, entrepreneurs and money," said Terri Somers of the life sciences trade group BIOCOM. "We see places around the globe interested in creating what San Diego has." The catalyst The first factor that led to the creation of San Diego's biotech cluster was the existence of world-class life sciences research institutes, many of which are located on Torrey Pines Mesa, said Somers. The defense industry historically operated in the area. In 1978, Dr. Ivor Royston, a UCSD scientist, co-founded one of the area's first biotech companies, Hybritech. The well funded firm developed diagnostic kits and other products. In 1985 it developed a successful prostate cancer test. Eli Lilly purchased Hybritech in the mid 1980s for $400 million, said Somers. After the purchase, Royston and other former scientists from the company reinvested proceeds from the sale into launching several other life science companies in the area. "It's an evolution not a revolution," said Somers, adding plenty of vacant office space, and close proximity to UCSD and other research facilities in Torrey Pines Mesa fostered the geographic clustering of companies. Biotech is also an appealing industry because it's relatively clean, salaries are good, and money boosts the quality of surrounding communities, she added. Former Hybritech managers are widely credited with "seeding" the San Diego biotechnology industry, said Steven Casper of the Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences in an August 2009 study about California biotech clusters. They founded or took senior management positions in at least 12 companies formed between 1986 and 1990, said Casper. And a 2002 study found more than 40 biotech companies in San Diego employed people linked to Hybritech. Investment uptick Wall Street increased investment in life science companies during the 1990s, further fueling growth of the area's cluster, said Somers. San Diego gained a reputation as a biotech hotbed and has been marketed as such. The large number of firms operating in the area led to a lot of innovation. "You can't go to breakfast or to a mall here without running into someone you know," said Somers. "A lot of these people have worked together and collaborations are very common." The City of San Diego also supports the growth of life sciences in the region, said Jason Anderson, VP of business development for the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation. The city does not offer a large incentive package to companies moving to the area, he said. But it helps existing companies obtain permits quicker. San Diego Regional Economic Development Corp invests in marketing the region. And the city helped launch a business incubator. "What the cluster has created is a place where companies want to be," said Anderson. "We consider ourselves a competitor (in terms of attracting new companies) to any region in the country." Anderson attributes the region's success largely to the amount of quality R&D being done by local institutes. UCSD, the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, and Scripps are a few of the facilities. Access to that R&D helps drive innovation, he said. And San Diego is a diversified high tech economy that does not solely rely on biotech. The convergence of multiple technologies also fuels innovation. The National Institutes of Health doled out $1.2 billion in funding to San Diego County life sciences firms and research organizations in 2009 alone, said Somers. Venture capital firms invested $185 million into 15 San Diego deals in the fourth quarter of 2009, according to the PricewaterhouseCoopers MoneyTree report. San Diego vs. L.A. Casper said the Los Angeles region, including the San Fernando Valley area, is well placed geographically – smack in the middle of San Diego and the Bay Area, has anchor companies such as Amgen, an inventor culture, and access to R&D institutes such as UCLA and Caltech. L.A.'s biotech and medical device industries have not developed more robustly because the area has not generated a sufficient marketplace for ideas needed to support activities of entrepreneurs, scientists and investors. The biotechnology industry is highly collaborative and failure prone, said Casper in the 2009 biotech cluster study. "There are a lot of inventors in the area but they're more isolated," he said in a telephone interview. "There are signs of life for sure with former Amgen people starting companies such as Kythera Biopharmaceuticals. And there are bridge groups and angel investors." Another positive is that Amgen employees are a little more transient than years past, which boosts the region's level of available talent and intellectual capital. However, the L.A. region lacks available and inexpensive laboratory space. The labor pool is more likely to move to San Diego or the Bay Area. The region also needs more sources of funding and networks for scientists and other industry professionals. "The ingredients (in L.A.) are far better now than ever," said Casper. "You need a catalyst. The hard part is how to get that critical mass. And you gotta have highly credible people willing to stake a claim on the area."
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Retirement can seem like a difficult goal to reach, so the thought of achieving it early may seem downright impossible.
But getting to retirement quicker doesn't require genius-level investing knowledge or extreme deprivation. With a plan, hard work and discipline, you may be able to get there sooner rather than later.
Consumer adviser Clark Howard recently shared advice from Chris Reining, who decided in his late 20s that he wanted to retire early. By the time he turned 37, he was able to reach this goal.
Howard said he thought setting clear goals was one of the most important things that Reining did. He labeled his investment account "Retire early" so he could see the words every day. In addition, Reining tracked his progress by using a spreadsheet you can get on his website. He wanted to save up 25 times his annual expenses before retiring.
The Forbes Finance Council recommends working hard and being disciplined as the most reliable ways to retire early.
This can be achieved through a high-paying job combined with saving as much of your income as possible. Another path is starting your own business.
Forbes quotes a blogger who retired early and says that streamlining your spending is an important step toward achieving this goal. It's not glamorous or complicated, but it works.
He suggests scaling back on luxuries and investing your savings in a low-cost index fund. When you accumulate 25 to 30 times your annual spending in this type of account, you can quit working for the rest of your life.
This Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017, photo shows a new home for sale in a housing development in Raeford, N.C. On Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017, Freddie Mac reports on the week's average U.S. mortgage rates.
If you're like most people, your home is your biggest expense, so it's also your biggest opportunity to save, according to Money.
Housing costs take up about a third of the average budget, so Money recommends not taking out the biggest mortgage you can get. Live in a more modest-sized home when possible, and in some cases, homeowners can purchase a two-family home, living in one side and renting out the other.
CNBC talked to Scott Alan Turner, who had more than $70,000 in debt at age 25, yet managed to turn things around and retire by age 44.
He put his money to work and although he made some mistakes in the beginning, he evolved into what he calls a boring investor. His savings are automatically funneled into low-cost index funds, which Warren Buffet calls a surefire way to build wealth.


The Village Design Statement 2007 (VDS) describes the various parts of the village with their qualities and character, and outlines some concerns and preferences that villagers have for the future. Finally, it suggests key development opportunities and constraints.
Please read this document in conjunction with the Village Plan 2010, which is supplemental to this VDS.


Software GR Presents: David Nolen: Hello, Om Next!
When: October 27, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
David Nolen will be presenting Om Next!
Om Next unifies the big ideas behind Facebook's Relay, Netflix's Falcor, and Cognitect's Datomic to deliver a radically simplified architecture for building user interfaces. Declarative co-located queries, reified mutations, and deep immutability together eliminate swaths of incidental complexity so that programmers can focus on the part of the problem that actually matters - delivering a great interactive experience to end users.
David Nolen is the lead Clojurescript developer, the author of Om and the popular Clojure core.async and core.logic libraries.


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Moody`s to pay $ 864 million for inflated mortgage ratings
The US Department of Justice and rating agency Moody`s said they reached an agreement in legal dispute. The agency will pay $ 864 million of compensation to the American authorities for incorrect assignment of rating to mortgage-backed securities in anticipation of the mortgage crisis in 2007. Inflated ratings of mortgage-backed securities were one of the main causes of the mortgage crisis, resulted in the global financial crisis in 2008-2009.
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"On the eve of the financial crisis Moody`s has failed to comply with its own credit ratings standards and failed in regard to commitment to the principle of transparency, - noted Deputy Minister of Justice Bill Baer in a statement. - Today's agreement includes not only fines and de facto recognition these facts, but also promise of Moody`s to take new measures that will contribute to reliable performance ratings."
The financial crisis has partly been caused by a practice of overpricing of securities ratings, issued by the world's major banks and mortgage companies and provided with high-risk (subprime) mortgages on US residential real estate. In 2006-2007, many borrowers, mainly low-income US citizens, found themselves unable to afford mortgage payments, which led to an increase in defaults, alienation of housing and falling prices. Securities backed by such mortgages also began to fall in price, although earlier they had been highly rated by leading rating agencies. Collapse of the mortgage market led to a crisis in US financial markets, losses for the major banks and, as a consequence, liquidity crisis in the form of borrowed funds provided by banks. In turn, the liquidity crisis has led to the global financial crisis in 2008-2009.
Already during the crisis, many experts and journalists accused credit rating agencies, financial companies and banks of conflicts of interest. Among other things, rewards of agencies depend on commissions received for assigning ratings. Thus, assignment of low ratings to high-risk securities threatened the agencies with loss of customers - issuing banks. Back in 2009-2010, public criticism made leading rating agencies change their rules and activities in order to tighten control over the rating independence. Yet, investigation concerning the agencies went on. The agreement with Moody`s was a result of one of the largest of such investigations. "Our investigation has revealed, and Moody` s agrees with this, that the agency used less stringent standards than those which the agency itself has publicly stated - said Benjamin C. Mizer, Principal Deputy Assistant. - Investors relied on the agency's credit ratings, which were believed to be objective and independent, so that investors expected Moody`s to follow its own standards." Size of a penalty to be paid to the federal government will amount to $ 437.5 million. The remaining funds will be distributed between 21 states conducted their own investigation and the District of Columbia.
In turn, Moody`s itself stated: "After careful consideration, we decided that the agreement significantly reduces risks and costs of further proceedings, which serves interests of our company and its shareholders. Moody`s continues to hold the opinion about reliability of existing rating systems and methodologies for their determination, and notes that this agreement does not contain any findings of violations of laws and recognition of guilt."
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Civil War North Carolina
Learning that the Confederates were building ironclads at Norfolk, Burnside planned an expedition to destroy the Dismal Swamp Canal locks to prevent transfer of the ships to Albemarle Sound.
He entrusted the operation to Brigadier General Jesse Lee Reno's command, which embarked on transports from Roanoke Island on April 18. By midnight, the convoy reached Elizabeth City and began disembarking troops.
On the morning of April 19, Reno marched north on the road to South Mills. At the crossroads a few miles below South Mills, elements of Colonel Ambrose Wright's command delayed the Federals until dark.
Reno abandoned the expedition and withdrew during the night to the transports at Elizabeth City.
The transports carried Reno's troops to New Berne where they arrived on April 22.
Result(s): Inconclusive (Federals withdrew.)
Location: Camden County
Campaign: Burnside's North Carolina Expedition (January-July 1862) next battle in campaign previous battle in campaign
Principal Commanders: Brigadier General Jesse Lee Reno [US]; Colonel Ambrose Wright [CS]
Forces Engaged: 21st Massachusetts and 51st Pennsylvania [US]; 3rd Georgia [CS]
Estimated Casualties: 150 total
Confederate Ironclad vs Union Ironclad: Hampton Roads 1862
The Ironclad was a revolutionary weapon of war. Although iron was used for protection in the Far East during the 16th century, it was the 19th century and the American Civil War that heralded the first modern armored self-propelled warships.
North Carolina State Battle Map
Confederate Army
The 2nd North Carolina Cavalry
The Second North Carolina Cavalry involvement with the Army of Northern Virginia and the North Carolina Cavalry Brigade, and includes official documents, letters written to and from home, diaries and memoirs to present the soldiers' war experiences Kindle Available
The Heart of Confederate Appalachia: Western North Carolina in the Civil War
Differing ideologies turned into opposing loyalties, and the resulting strife proved as traumatic as anything imposed by outside armies. As the mountains became hiding places for deserters, draft dodgers, fugitive slaves, and escaped prisoners of war, the conflict became a more localized and internalized guerrilla war
Two Great Rebel Armies: An Essay in Confederate Military History
The Army of Northern Virginia was able to compile a large number of impressive victories during the war. The Army of Tennessee was only able to win at Chickamauga, and even that victory proved barren strategically.
55th North Carolina in the Civil War: A History And Roster
The 55th Regiment North Carolina Troops was composed primarily of farmers and tradesmen, the regiment also presented a microcosm of the Tar Heel State with a regionally diverse membership from more than 20 counties
The 4th North Carolina Cavalry in the Civil War: A History and Roster
With the Civil War was entering its second year North Carolina was rallying to supply more troops. The Partisan Ranger Act prompted local leaders to recruit companies of irregular soldiers for service in the Confederate Army. Seven such companies were banded together into a regiment to form the 4th North Carolina Cavalry. Kindle Available
Six Years of Hell
Harpers Ferry During the Civil War
While Harpers Ferry was an important location during the Civil War, in most Civil War books it's a sideshow of something larger. John Brown's raid, Lee's invasions of 1862 & 1863 as well as Early's 1864 raid are all covered in depth
Lee's Tar Heels: The Pettigrew-Kirkland-MacRae Brigade
The most successful of North Carolina's units during the Civil War. The brigade played a central role in Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg and also fought with distinction during the Petersburg campaign and in later battles including the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor Kindle Available
Chancellorsville
The Battle and Its Aftermath
Chancellorsville was a remarkable victory for Robert E. Lee's troops, a fact that had enormous psychological importance for both sides, which had met recently at Fredericksburg and would meet again at Gettysburg in just two months. But the achievement, while stunning, came at an enormous cost: more than 13,000 Confederates became casualties, including Stonewall Jackson
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Year on a Monitor and the Destruction of Fort Sumter
Personal view of the Civil War Navy. The monitor saw action in several significant naval assaults by the Union's Squadron. It took part in the failed Federal attack on Sumter in April 1863. The "Nahant" also participated in the capture of the Confederate Ram "Atlanta," and in the assault on Fort Wagner
Blockaders, Refugees, and Contrabands: Civil War on Florida'S Gulf Coast, 1861-1865
Coastal Florida had a refugee crisis as the war progressed. Escaped slaves ("contrabands") sought out the blockaders. Some joined the U.S. Navy. White men and their families sought to avoid conscription or vengeful neighbors/regulators and eventually sought refuge with the blockaders
War, Technology, and Experience aboard the USS Monitor
The experience of the men aboard the Monitor and their reactions to the thrills and dangers that accompanied the new machine. The invention surrounded men with iron and threatened their heroism, their self-image as warriors, even their lives
Life in Mr. Lincoln's Navy
A tantalizing glimpse into the hardships endured by the naval leadership to build and recruit a fighting force. The seaman endured periods of boredom, punctuated by happy social times and terrifying bouts of battle horror Kindle Available
Glory in the Name: A Novel of the Confederate Navy
From Norfolk to Hampton Roads, from Roanoke Island to the nighttime battle on the river below New Orleans, Glory in the Name tells the story of the Confederate States Navy, and the brave men who carried forward against overwhelming odds
Ironclad Down: USS Merrimack-CSS Virginia from Design to Destruction
A treasure trove of detailed information about one of history s most famous vessels. Describing Stephen Russell Mallory, John Mercer Brooke, John Luke Porter, et al.--who conceived, designed and built one of the world's first ironclads
American Civil War Fortifications
Coastal Brick and Stone Forts
The design, construction and operational history of fortifications, such as Fort Sumter, Fort Morgan and Fort Pulaski. Stone and brick forts stretched from New England to the Florida Keys, and as far as the Mississippi River. A handful of key sites remained in Union hands throughout the war, the remainder had to be won back through bombardment or assault.
The Blue and the Gray
The Complete Miniseries
The Civil War proved a backdrop for this 1982 miniseries. Complete and uncut three disc set. Two families divided by the War Between the States. A Southerner caught when he becomes a war correspondent for the Northern newspaper. He finds himself where history's in the making from the Battle of Bull Run to Abraham Lincoln's assassination
Battle of Stones River
The Fight for Murfreesboro
At dawn on December 31, 1862 the two armies clashed in a deadly struggle along the banks of Stones River.
The Battle of Chickamauga
Special Widescreen Edition
Chickamauga one of the fiercest engagements of the American Civil War. Over a period of two days, more than 100,000 men struggled for control of the south's transportation hub, Chattanooga.
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(Reprints: Judge Dredd stories from 2000 AD Prog 116-154)
After the two long arcs of Volume 2, "Judge Dredd" reverses course again: most of this volume is very short stories, and nothing's longer than four episodes. The tone seems to be dumbed down a bit at first, too, and softened. Instead of the hilariously badass Dredd of "The Cursed Earth" and "The Day the Law Died," we get a gentle-hearted action hero with a tough-but-fair attitude: the star of Lawman of the Future, in other words. Five of the first six stories in here respectively end with Dredd cuddling an adorable moppet and deciding "she's suffered enough because of me," thinking about the cityblock escapee as one of "the sad cases, the ones that should never come before me," concluding that "sometimes even a Judge can be merciful," forgiving Walter and taking him back in, and having Walter declare that Dredd visits a little boy who failed out of the Academy every week and treats him just like a real son. That last one is just wrong.
Still, there's some enormously entertaining stuff in here. John Wagner was firing wildly at this point: some of the episodes this time are funny or thrilling or both, and expand Dredd's world considerably, while others are forgettable at best and risible at worst. (See, for instance, the one that starts with a talking cat getting Dredd's attention while he's on patrol and ends "Two days later a new law was passed--'the Dredd Act'--banning forever the use of animals for experimentation.") Occasionally, he was trying out ideas he'd refine later on: "New Year Is Cancelled" is another instance of Wagner's "we've hidden bombs all over Mega-City, can you find them all in time?" plot that would show up later in "The Big Bang Theory" and "Total War," and its evil megalomaniac child Albert Sherman is a much less funny rough draft of P.J. Maybe.
"Vienna," which opens this volume, is one of the cornerstones of Dredd's own backstory, or alternately one of its stumbling blocks: John Wagner, in an interview a few years ago, mentioned "Dredd's impossible niece" as one of the continuity problems he'd set for himself. Right: not only do Judges not tend to have family lives, but Rico was on Titan for twenty years, and Vienna looks to be about three or four. I vaguely remember that that gets explained eventually, but it's still a head-scratcher.
It's the next episode, "Cityblock 1," that turned out to be an endless wellspring of story material: the idea of 60,000-person apartment buildings named after 20th-century celebrities has turned up in nearly every Dredd story since then. (It's hard to believe that "Judge Dredd" had run for more than two years before Wagner got around to mentioning that, or inventing it.) There's a howler on the first page, when the narration mentions that people could spend their whole lives in their block, "from birth in the cityblock hospital to death in the cityblock crematorium"--when did this feature turn into Logan's Run? But Ron Smith promptly makes up for it with his precisely imagined shot of the block lobby, featuring a cinema showing "Fergee: The True Story." Now that's a quickie exploitation movie!
Smith's really the star of this volume, as far as art goes: he nails the design of both Otto Sump and Johnny Teardrop in "Sob Story," pulls off the sweep of "The Black Atlantic" (the first time Wagner really has some fun with the fascism inherent in Dredd, with its opening "crime blitz" scene of Judges showing up at random citizens' homes to see what laws they happen to be breaking), and totally sells the scope of the spider invasion in "The Black Plague." Either Smith specifically told Wagner that he wanted to spend a month or so drawing a zillion giant spiders, or he was a really, really good sport. Every time I see a story like that where an artist has to draw a single creature hundreds of times in every panel, I think of Carl Barks' story of nearly losing his mind drawing "The Lemming with the Locket."
Smith half-flubs the ending of "Father Earth" by burying its sight gag in another complicated layout that has no empty space to guide the eyes, but give him credit: he had to finish yet another story started by Brian Bolland, probably in a hurry. And he manages to cram a whole lot of plot into every page of this volume's single Pat Mills-written sequence, "The Blood of Satanus," which was perhaps an attempt to remedy the dangerously low people-getting-eaten-by-dinosaurs quotient in the middle of 2000 AD's second hundred issues. (It also features Dredd settling a conflict with his left fist, while yelling "Suck my kid glove, punk!" That's much more a Bill Savage line than a Joe Dredd line.)
We get to see Wagner consciously world-building here, setting up threads he'd play with later on, calling back to earlier throwaways, and inventing the culture of the Judges and Mega-City One. I'm pretty sure we hadn't seen any women judges before this volume--there's an unnamed one in "The Great Muldoon," another unnamed one in one panel of "The Invisible Man," and then the unlucky Harkness in "Death of a Judge," but after they appear it's not a surprise when Judge Anderson (not yet "Cassandra") strolls into the second episode of "Judge Death." "Jack Caldwell's Old-Fashion Umpty Candy" is mentioned in "The Invisible Man," several months before "Uncle Ump's Umpty Candy." (The "particle analyser" gag in the latter is the best joke in this volume; that's actually one of the first Dredd episodes I can imagine being published now.) And "Judge Minty," which inspired the fan film for which this is the impressive trailer, introduced the concept of the Long Walk.
Finally, right near the end of the book, we get its jewel, "Judge Death." It's the first multi-part Dredd story that Brian Bolland drew all of (the second and last was "Judge Death Lives," in fact). And it's got just about everything that this era of Dredd did well: a hilariously over-the-top concept played straight ("life itself was made illegal"), wild comedy in the context of serious adventure, casual but nonstop world-building (the "highly-strung" Psi-Judges!), excellent character design (aside from Death and Anderson, that DJ with the bugging-out-eyes glasses is fantastic; was he modeled on Buggles-era Trevor Horn, or did he prefigure him?), and a concluding twist that calls back to an earlier episode, and not a likely one: "Palais de Boing." Who'd have thought that one was going to turn out to be important later?
A brief word from our sponsor here: if you happen to be at Comic-Con this week, come to my panels! I've got "Page One" (on great first pages of comics, with Jen Van Meter, Greg Rucka and Carla Speed McNeil) Friday from 11 to 12 in room 32AB, "Is the Comic Book Doomed?" (with Mark Waid, Laura Hudson, Vijaya Iyer and Amanda Emmert) Saturday from 1:30 to 2:30 in room 24ABC, and "Watchmen: 25 Years Later" (with Len Wein, "Letter from a Democrat" artist John Higgins and "Lips Lazarus" artist Dave Gibbons) Sunday from 11 to 12 in room 7AB.
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Josiah July 22, 2011 at 2:58 AM
Thanks for doing these reviews. I've been reading through the new U.S. printings of the Complete Case Files, and the story quality is highly uneven. I like your write-ups because they help me see the charm in some of the unfortunate misfires, and that makes me appreciate the really great stories even more.
Have fun in San Diego.
Phil A July 28, 2011 at 4:26 AM
"Every time I see a story like that where an artist has to draw a single creature hundreds of times in every panel, I think of Carl Barks' story of nearly losing his mind drawing "The Lemming with the Locket."
Yeah, there's some truth to this - I think it was actually the stress of drawing so many crowd scenes in "Block Mania" that led to Mike McMahon quitting as a regular artist.
sheridan August 24, 2013 at 4:42 PM
*psst* the female judge in The Great Muldoon /did/ have a name - Judge Sweeney!
I've been re-reading this era lately and there's a female judge in 'Night of the Fog' drawn by Bolland - prog 127. The artists seem undecided to where to put the badge on females until the appearance of Anderson.
The Restricted Files 01


You're running late to the bash, the office bathroom is crowded, and you have maybe 3 minutes to change your look from career-climbing #ladyboss to head-turning #aboutlastnight. Sure, you can change your outfit, slip on heels, and swap your workbag for a cute clutch, but your face is the first thing anyone sees. That means you need to amp up your beat quickly and in a 'gram-worthy way.
While every beauty editor recommends a dark smoky eye to look party-ready, attempting that level of glam usually turns into a muddled, complicated, often-vampire-ish mess that requires concealer and Q-tips and wipes to salvage. No need for that.
Enter your new bestie, bronze eyeshadow. "But I don't wear / know how to apply / have time for eyeshadow," you say. Of course you don't. You don't record YouTube tutorials for a living and your name is not Teni Panosian. That's why you're going to use it as …wait for it… EYELINER! Stay with us here. We've tested this AM-to-PM hack over and over and it works every time, no matter where we're headed or which brand or formulation we use. All you need is a smudge of rust!
If it's your first time trying a metallic or shimmery shade around the eyes and you don't trust your ring finger's accuracy, you can swipe a small stiff-bristled eyeliner brush (like Sephora's $18 PRO Smudge Brush #11 or Morphe's $2 M213 Smudger Brush) just under the lower lash line and immediately above the upper eye lashes.
Step back, admire your newfound sparkle and how much more awake you look, and then go in again with a bit more along the outer edges for additional oomph.
Now go in with a few very thin strokes of dark brown eyeliner immediately along the lower and upper lash lines, curl your lashes, apply two coats of mascara (ideally L'oréal's Voluminous Million Lashes) and you're ready to go, looking like you didn't just spend the last 10 hours staring at screens. Can't bother with a brush? Opt for a bronzy pencil version and you can even get wingy with it.
Super flattering for all ages, skin tones, and eye shapes.
Makes eyes look sparklier even in bad lighting.
Easy to touch-up even in dark bathrooms or on your phone's camera at a red light.
Allows for fool-proof application since you can use your finger to smudge it on (actually looks better a bit messy and slightly rocker-chic with dark eyeliner pencil near the waterline).
Can be worn all year because it's a seasonless look.
Makes any eye color pop with or without mascara.
Can be amped up for extra sexiness layered under brown or black eyeliner.
In a pinch (or for the daytime equivalent) you can even use matte bronzer to achieve the same warmed-up eye-enhancing look.


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Wes Anderson Confirms He's Reuniting With Bob Balaban For 'The Grand Budapest Hotel'
Wes Anderson Confirms He's Reuniting With Bob Balaban For 'The Grand Budapest Hotel'
Cain Rodriguez
With the one-two punch of the animated "Fantastic Mr. Fox" and last year's "Moonrise Kingdom," Wes Anderson has reinvigorated his career and is already hard at work on his next film, "The Grand Budapest Hotel." While little is known about the film, other than it being another period piece, slowly but surely he has revealed the grand ensemble he's assembled which now will include character actor and 'Moonrise' narrator Bob Balaban.
In an interview with EW casually revealed that he's reuniting with some of the 'Moonrise' cast for his Ernst Lubitsch and Billy Wilder-inspired followup, specifically the unsung trio of Balaban,Jason Schwartzman and Harvey Keitel, saying that "all three of them are coming to Germany to work on 'The Grand Budapest Hotel' too." While it was already known that the latter two actors were cast, this is first time we've heard about Balaban joining Anderson's troupe.
Of course the three will be joining fellow 'Moonrise' actors Tilda Swinton, Edward Norton and Anderson-fixture Bill Murray in an ensemble that includes Ralph Fiennes, Jude Law, Saoirse Ronan, Jeff Goldblum, Owen Wilson, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody and Willem Dafoe. Shooting is already underway with no release date set but could it be possible that we get Wes Anderson movies two years in a row?
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SRH University Berlin
Ernst-Reuter-Platz 10, 10587 Berlin Germany
Located at the heart of Germany's capital, the SRH University Berlin is an international management university that offers degree programmes in German and in English language. Its areas of focus are business administration, communications management and business psychology. As part of the International Management Master's degree programme, students can select one of several European cities or partner universities in the US and Mexico and earn a joint degree. The Master's is complemented by the degree programme in entrepreneurship and the executive degrees in healthcare management and business administration (MBA). The University's research cluster analyses the dynamic changes which occur in processes and structures in business and society. What's more, international focus of the university is underscored by students from more than 40 nations. Different cultural points of view complement each other and provide an excellent platform for launching an international career. The Center for Higher Education Development (CHE) University Ranking has placed SRH Berlin in the highest tier for International Quality, and in strong standing for Academic Reputation of our prestigious faculty. With a diverse student body from over 40 countries and partner schools around the world offering opportunities for exchange and dual degrees, SRH Berlin embodies internationality.


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Longtime UL professor, author Raffel dies
Amanda McElfresh
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Longtime professor, author and translator Burton Raffel has passed away. He was 87.
Raffel's career brought him to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, where he taught for more than a decade in the 1990s and early 2000s before retiring. In 2003, he retired and was named a professor emeritus in the university's Department of English.
Raffel was perhaps best known for his translations of the classics "Beowulf" and "Don Quixote." According to his UL website, he also was the author of "Beethoven in Denver and Other Poems," "The Art of Translating Prose" and "Yankee Doric: America Before the Civil War."
His teaching and research areas included comparative literature, modern fiction, prosody, linguistics, science and literature, according to his UL website.
"Burton was passionate about everything and one of the most knowledgeable people that I've ever known," said Richard Cusimano, a close friend of Raffel's and former dean of UL's College of Liberal Arts. "More than just having an interest in literature, he was interested in world affairs and everything going on in the news."
Cusimano said Raffel also was a frequent traveler and went to places around the globe, including a stint teaching English at universities in Indonesia, where he was a Fulbright lecturer.
At UL, Cusimano said Raffel taught undergraduate and graduate courses.
"He was a superb teacher. Students genuinely liked him," Cusimano said. "He made the work very hard, and if anyone complained, it was because of the amount of work he gave them. But even with that, he was well-liked and extremely knowledgeable about literature."
Raffel was fluent in several European languages, and could translate literary works from different eras. Cusimano said he also annotated several Shakespeare works, which became helpful for students and scholars across the country.
"It was just wonderful to have him here," Cusimano said. "Having him on the faculty raised the reputation of the Department of English. He helped us establish a creative writing program. He was probably one of the best-known and most renowned translators in the United States, and it was a feather in the cap of UL to have him at our university."
Funeral arrangements are pending. Martin and Castille Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.


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