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Gather 'Round, Padawans: Stop Fridging, Start Writing
Posted on June 6, 2016 by Shiri Sondheimer • 7 Comments
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Herein lie spoilers for Civil War II #1. If you haven't read it yet, you haven't heard the news, and you'd rather not, you should stop here…
Still with me? All right, let's go.
Right. So the Cap thing stirred a lot of pots, agitated a lot of rage bees, Brought out some haters and a lot of ugliness both among and between comic fans. Shame, really; it was an opportunity for excellent, honest evaluation of the state of Marvel's writing and the value of the shock surprise. The manner in which such things can be used for good or for ill, as an opportunity to take a story in a new direction or a lazy gimmick. The verdict is still out on Hydra-Cap. In all honesty, I'm over comic Steve and have been for a while; Sam Cap is my Cap and his story is the one in which I've opted to invest my Captain America time, energy, and give-a-heck.
I had no plans to read the main Civil War II storyline books because the big events have, for the last several years, been disappointing. They don't ever have the reverberating impact the media buildup promises. I figured I'd get the important beats from my involved monthly issues and Wiki the rest as needed. I didn't even bother to pick up the FCBD Civil War title and avoided most of the coverage and commentary so I had no idea that James "Rhodey" Rhodes had been gut-punched by Thanos. And while he wasn't actually confirmed dead until last week's Civil War #1, I think we all know that a mortal, no matter how good his armor, isn't going to survive the fist of the Mad Titan.
I had planned to write a Padawans suggesting that the fridging of a prominent African-American character, who hasn't yet had the opportunity to realize his full potential, isn't any more acceptable than fridging a female character, that Rhodey deserved to be more than a catalyst for conflict, more than a corpse for Tony and Carol to fight over, but several people have done so in excellent fashion, including Evan Narcisse over at io9 so after a brief summary, I'm going to take this in a slightly different direction.
The Ulysses storyline is, potentially, great one: an Inhuman who can see the future, who knows when and where horrible things are going to happen, giving the heroes an edge, the ability to prepare ahead, to plan, to be in place when the worst occurs. He has the power to guide them to the battles that need to be fought, that need to be won if humanity is going to survive.
Of course, every time there's a battle of cosmic magnitude, there are going to be casualties. Anytime you need the Avengers, The Ultimates, the Inhumans, and the magic users to defeat an enemy, not everyone is going to walk away unscathed. And that's fine. Part of what makes the great superhero stories truly great are the moments in which the heroes are in actual danger (one of the reasons I've always engaged more with the human heroes, the street-level folks, those who depend on tech and brains rather than invincibility. Captain Marvel being a notable exception because… well, she's Captain Marvel). Those are the moments our heroes are at their most brave and their most human. Those are the moments in which we can see ourselves in them, the moments we know greatness is something we can achieve. The questions of whether or not the heroes take those risks, whether or not they're obligated to put themselves in danger if they know that danger is coming and they know they might not win, whether to not they throw themselves into vicious battles they might not otherwise have even been part of? Of whether or not having the power to see the future means we should change it? The ways in which the various answers to all of the preceding change conventional wisdom, alter morality? That is some damn fine story material right there.
Bendis, dude. I know that you only have some much control, but you didn't need to kill Rhodey to give Carol and Tony a reason to be at one another's throats. People have burned countries over less important things than the answers to those questions. The personalities being what they are, the differing understandings of threat level, of scope… that would have been plenty. Would it have taken more actual writing? Yes. Absolutely. Tracing moral arguments, giving them nuance, keeping them relevant? All difficult. All a ton of work. But better writing. A better story.
Fridging Rhodey was lazy writing. It trivializes both Rhodey's life and Rhodey's death. It trivializes the magnitude of the questions with which Tony and Carol are wrestling.
It turns what could have been a great story into a string of tired tropes and we deserve better.
There's another casualty of this lazy storytelling. One that, in the, rightfully outraged scuffle, is going unremarked upon, which, while perhaps not as significant as James Rhodes' life, is telling in the larger context of Civil War II and in comics in general: last week, in killing James Rhodes, Bendis and Marvel killed one of the only healthy relationships in the history of comics.
The only other one I can think of that even comes close is Green Arrow and Black Canary and DC murdered that one ages ago.
Exaggeration? Consider the competition: Cyclops and Jean. Logan and Jean. Vision and Scarlet Witch. Superman and Lois Lane. Superman and Wonder Woman. Batman and… anyone he's ever dated. Black Widow and Iron Man. Black Widow and Hawkeye. Jessica Jones and Luke Cage (that one has evolved into something I like, which I'm going to cover in next week's Padawans, but its origins? Problematic). Hawkman and Hawkgirl. Daredevil and Electra. Daredevil and Karen Page. Daredevil and Black Widow. Hellcat and either of her husbands. Hal Jordan and Sapphire. Guilt, brainwashing, death, resurrection, jealousy, murder…
I think it's safe to say that the majority of comic book relationships aren't super healthy.
I'm all for dramatic tension, but seriously.
It is a truth universally known that it's far more effort to write the nuances of a good relationship and keep people engaged than it is to write the drama and let cliche fill in the blanks.
Carol and Rhodey? They had something special. An equal, adult, relationship in which both parties cared deeply for one another. Deeply enough to sacrifice a measure of their own happiness to ensure their partner's. Not always with a smile, but willingly and without grudge. Without thought of recompense. Without thought, or implication, of cheating or any other revenge shenanigans.
Two people not only in love but in genuine like and respect. Keeping no secrets "because I wanted to protect you," or otherwise. Engaging in open and frank discussion. Admitting that neither of them is perfect, that their situation isn't perfect, but for each, the other is worth the effort.
Carol and Rhodey's relationship is best summed up by one of my favorite comic pages. Of. All. Time from Kelly Sue DeConnick's run on Captain Marvel:
Rhodey loves Carol for who she is and he understands asking her to be someone else isn't right, isn't fair. Would destroy the essence of the Carol Danvers he adores. He may wish she wouldn't leave, and he's honest about that, and he continues to support her (not but. And). Just as Carol wouldn't ask him to accompany here when she knows Earth, and Tony Stark, need him.
And they're so adorable, even Black Panther can't stand it:
And now? Now, it's gone.
It's gone because Rhodey is gone, yes. It's gone because whoever is in charge of these things at Marvel made a lazy writing decision. Because killing Rhodey was easier than developing a story and certainly easier than continuing to write the lovely, respectful, nuanced relationship of which we've been given tastes over the last several years.
So we're back to where we were before Carol and Rhodey. Back to the Jean and Scotts, the Daredevil and Electras.
Bummer for you, Marvel, because my expectations have now been raised. Now, I know what I want to see and I'm angry to have it pulled out from under me.
GeekDad Mordechai Luchins, who was kind enough to hash this article's direction out with me, reminded me of another unfortunate decision Marvel made that it's now impossible for them to unmake: we didn't actually get to see Carol and Rhodey together very often.
Plot, sure. She went to space and he stayed behind, then she went to run Alpha Flight and he stayed on Earth. But both of them remind one another several times that, beyond the fact they're both experienced pilots, he has the suit and she can fly: there's no reason, especially once she takes over Alpha Flight and is in near Earth orbit, they can't visit one another with some sort of regularity.
So why don't they?
Is it because they're a biracial couple? Not as such. Luke and Jessica have been together for a good long while so clearly, Marvel doesn't have any hesitation about that aspect to the relationship.
The difference between Carol/Rhodey and Jessica/Luke? The former are a high profile, highly visible power couple while the later are street-level heroes, denizens of Hell's Kitchen. Not high ranking military officers. Not in contention to be the next president or the head of Alpha Flight. Not on the world stage.
Has Marvel allowed Jessica and Luke to stay together because no one is looking?
People were looking at Carol and Rhodey. People in both their comic universe and our own were starting to notice that things were changing, that we actually had an example of a solid couple, a pairing of equals. And apparently, someone decided that couldn't stand. Carol and Rhodey could have broken up, I suppose, but I don't think those of us who have been following them would have bought it. They only way to end their relationship with any believability was for one of them to die and it was never going to be Carol. Not because she's white or because she's female, but because of the higher profile nature of the character and the money Marvel is going to make from marketing her movie (and I assure you, I'll be funding their machine in that regard).
James Rhodes died.
And now, we have Carol and Tony Stark (the epitome of white male privilege) fighting not over ideas or ideals, but about who loved Rhodey more.
When Tony confronts Carol in the hospital after the fight with Thanos, Carol tells him she would do the same thing again, that Rhodey would. She's right. They had a chance to nail Thanos and Rhodes, always the consummate soldier, agreed to participate in the mission. I think Rhodey would have been okay with the way he died but he'd find the reason pretty reprehensible. For Tony to make his best friend's death about Tony, to disregard everything Rhodes did and stood for? A device. A lazy device and something no true friend would do. Tony can be devastated. He can grieve. I like that we see him crying over another guy; male emotion is something we don't see enough of and I respect the inclusion of strong emotions in the book. But what Marvel and Bendis do with those emotions? It's just as reprehensible as the reason for Rhodey's death.
So, come on guys. Stop fridging. Start writing.
(Author's note: I chose the featured image to avoid spoilers for those who didn't wish to delve – that's why it doesn't feature Rhodes prominently.)
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7 Responses to Gather 'Round, Padawans: Stop Fridging, Start Writing
Ben McFarland says:
Bendis is not Moore, or Ellis, or Wood.
Thank you for reminding me why I don't really read superhero comics.
Shiri says:
Bendis writes some good stuff. Miles-Spidey is great. This is not.
Fanboy says:
You and Mord didn't even cover the other probable death.
That's an entirely separate issue. If it turns out to actually have happened, I'm all over it, I promise.
Mordechai Luchins says:
Old friend, you know I'm not going to let you call me "Mord" here, just because you think I don't know it's you, yes?
You guys just gotta promise me a good review of issue #2 soon. And #3!
(These things are damned expensive. I read em through you!)
Shiri Sondheimer says:
Doing my pickup at the shop tomorrow


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WASHINGTON, Nov 24 (Reuters) - China on Thursday criticized the United States for putting a dozen Chinese companies on its trade blacklist over national security and foreign policy concerns, citing in some cases their help developing the Chinese military's quantum computing efforts.
The Chinese additions to the blacklist maintained by the U.S. commerce department comes amid growing tensions here between Beijing and Washington over the status of Taiwan and trade issues.
The department also said several entities and individuals from China and Pakistan were added to the Commerce Department's Entity List for contributing to Pakistan's nuclear activities or ballistic missile program.
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China strongly opposes the sanctions on the Chinese companies, and will lodge solemn representations with the United States, Shu Jueting, a spokesperson for the Chinese commerce ministry, said at a news conference on Thursday.
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said in a statement on Wednesday that the new listings will help prevent U.S. technology from supporting the development of Chinese and Russian "military advancement and activities of non-proliferation concern like Pakistan's unsafeguarded nuclear activities or ballistic missile program."
China's embassy in Washington charged that the United States "uses the catch-all concept of national security and abuses state power to suppress and restrict Chinese enterprises in all possible means.
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Suppliers to companies on the entity list will need to apply for a license before they can sell to them, which is likely to be denied.
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The entity list has increasingly been used for national security and foreign policy aims since the Trump administration. Chinese telecom company Huawei was added in 2019, cutting it off from some key suppliers and making it difficult for them to produce mobile handsets.
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It's time to start vegetable seeds, if you haven't done so in August. See the list in "Let's Plant" below for suggestions. Alternatively, you may buy seedlings from many garden centers and nurseries. While choosing transplants will give the garden a faster start, seeds provide a wider variety from which to select the vegetables you want to plant. Whichever way you elect to begin planting, build your garden plots east and west to take advantage of the sunlight as it moves toward winter. Your garden may be raised beds if your land is low or you prefer working at a higher level. Enrich your gardening plots with peat, composted products, or aged animal manures before putting your seeds or seedlings into the garden. Make sure not to sow seeds too deeply -- follow the recommendations on the packet. To sprout successfully, most seeds should be barely covered with soil. Also water them daily if rain does not do it for you.
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Our best wishes to Kat Bushnell on her birthday which was opening night. Local actor/singer Michelle Jasso attended opening night and party.
Laylah Muran Executive Producer with core Wily West artists Philip Goleman and Jason Jeremy
Our playwright Stuart Bousel with Dan Kurtz
Dan Kurtz
Local artist Cody Rishell
Director Rik Lopes
Our best wishes to Quinn Cayabyab our Producing Director who pulled both shows this summer together - from set, and lighting design to managing and scheduling space and crew for two shows! Brava Quinn!
Superheroes opens to thunderous applause and a visit from the fire department!
Opening night crowd for Superheroes!
Dan Wilson as Angry Fairy Boy
Karen Offereins
Jenna May Cass & Dan Wilson
Courtney Barrett
Shelley Lynn Johnson
Karen Offereins & Brian Flegel
Musician Kat Downs with Hubby at opening night party!
Artistic Director Morgan Ludlow and Brian Flegel
Director Chelsey Little at the party!
Genevieve Perdue Smith, Dan Wilson, and playwright Karl Schackne have drinks!
Karen Offereins with fan
Brian Flegel
Laylah Muran Executive Producer
Alex Hinton the Superhero Stage Manager
Jennifer Lynne Roberts playwright with director Alicia Coombes!
An Interview with Stuart Bousel
Playwright Stuart Bousel
Morgan Ludlow, Artistic Director of Wily West, recently had an interview with Stuart Bousel about Stuart's writing and in particular his upcoming world premiere with Wily West, EVERYBODY HERE SAYS HELLO! Here are Stuart's candid answers.
How did you start this play? What or who was the inspiration?
In all honesty, I started this play my senior year of college as a fun writing project on the side while I wrote my very very serious thesis. I was originally challenging myself to write something "mainstream" and in my own bizarre version of reality, that meant writing a gay comedy, I guess. This says a lot about me.
Dan Kurtz, Nick Trengove, Mikka Bonel in EVERYBODY HERE SAYS HELLO! Photo by Jim Norrena.
What is your writing process? Do you take notes and then write a play? Do you outline? Do you just start writing and see where it takes you? What was the process of getting this play finished?
The characters come first. Once I know who I am writing about and how they speak, then the play usually just sort of comes out. In this case I knew I wanted the main characters to be a bunch of guys who played baseball in the park together (I did this a lot with my friends growing up) so I had the added bonus of knowing where the first scene took place and more or less what needed to happen- i.e. a baseball game. The show just kind of took off from there.
What principles of playwriting do you try to follow, or help you the most?
I have no idea what the principals of playwriting are. I'm sure they exist, I probably follow some, but I don't do it consciously. I follow characters and voices and that's pretty much what determines everything.
Is there a writer or other artist that most influenced you as an artist?
I don't know that I can pick one individual because I think of myself as having many influences. I will say I am really heavily influenced by other art forms. Music is super important to me, particularly the music of Tanya Donelly, Kristin Hersh, Melora Creager, the James... and that is often reflected in my work. Film is very important to me too, particularly the films of Hal Hartley and Sally Potter, and is, for instance, why many of my plays are a series of short scenes or vignettes, rather than more traditionally structured (though for the record, most Shakespeare is also short scenes and vignettes, so by traditional I really mean the 20th century American kitchen sink drama most people think of when they think of theater in this country). E.M. Forster sort of gave me a philosophy of life and art that permeates a lot of my work, and Peter S. Beagle wrote my favorite book ever, The Last Unicorn. John Guare has been my favorite playwright since I was 16. His play SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION has probably informed my playwrighting more than any other single dramatic work.
What are your two favorite characters in all theatre and why?
Cinderella in Sondheim and Lapine's INTO THE WOODS. I love the idea of this woman who is actually a pretty intelligent and kind person but also a social pretender desperately seeking validation from a class she actually, in reality, feels entirely unsuited for. I also love how her intense desire to change her life is continuously at battle with both her sense of responsiblity and her own fear of that change, so while she has a lot of volition she also constantly defers to chance and other people to make stuff happen for her. The complexity of the character is just fascinating to me, plus I just relate to her, cause I'm also a guy with a strong value system but all kinds of social pretensions. I also really love Ned Poins in Shakespeare's HENRY IV part 1 and 2 because he's this fuck up noble who doesn't give a crap about anything in the world except getting laid, getting drunk, getting into trouble, and hanging out with his best friend- who he is smart enough to realize isn't really his best friend. There's something profoundly sad about the character that I've always found fascinating, especially as that depth and sadness is conveyed in only a handful of lines, but those lines cut to the quick so deeply its all the more poignant. He's my favorite kind of supporting character: fun, clearly etched, and totally surprising.
You go to see quite a lot of theatre in the Bay Area - how does critical thinking help or hinder your writing?
I don't know that it plays a huge part in it, to be honest. I don't think much about the other theatre I see in the Bay Area when I'm writing something. I do know I try to always write something I haven't seen, because if I have seen someone else write about something in a way where I think they totally nailed it, I rarely feel a need to say something myself about it. Sometimes I do think my work is an answer or comment on someone else's. I think all writers talk to and about other writers through their work, actually.
Any personal aspects of this play that you are willing to share? I notice in a lot of your plays the main character is bi-sexual - what about that topic seems to draw you in as a writer?
I've never actually written a play where the main character is bisexual, though in EDENITES Hugo does have sex with a woman- but that doesn't make him bisexual. He's a gay guy who has been having sex with a woman, which is different. The main character in this play, Bryon, is totally gay- almost painfully, anxiously so. There are a lot of supporting bisexual characters in my plays though, that is true, and sure, it comes from having been bisexual myself, having known many people who are bisexual, but really it's just that attraction fascinates me and I find attraction most fascinating when it's unexpected or unrestricted by conventional ideas of sexuality. I would say that all my plays contain some element of unexpected affinity between people, and frequently that manifests in bisexuality. However, in TROUBLESOME HISTORIE OF JOHANN AND KRANE, for instance, there is a moment when the two main male characters kiss one another, but it's not because they are sexually attracted to one another. It's because they love one another, and sometimes that happens between people who love one another. That's probably a good example of unexpected affinity over bisexuality being a major theme in a lot of my plays.
Dan Kurtz, Nick Trengove in the Wily West premiere of EVERYBODY HERE SAYS HELLO! Directed by Rik Lopes. Photo by Jim Norrena.
Nick Trengove and Mikka Bonel. Photo by Jim Norrena.
When you finish a play do you feel it is complete?
"Finish" is such a strong word. I am inclined to say "no". I don't think a play is complete until it is performed. And often after the first performance, you realize it still needs more work. Not every time, but often.
If you look at your body of work as a whole (so far) what do you think are the themes or genres or stories you write the most toward? What subject/s excites you the most to write about?
Claire Rice once told me she thinks all of my plays are coming of age stories and I think this is 95% true. I definitely like to write about the discovery of things, ideas, people. My characters tend to be highly intelligent, high self-monitors, very articulate, and actively engaged learners throwing themselves headlong into life or learning how to do that. There is a lot of tension in my plays around identity, social interaction, intellectual and personal evolution, sex, social class, self-awareness and self-actualization, fear, and death. So I guess I write about all those things but I don't consider myself an issue based writer, though I can get very conceptual, like in BRAINKILL for instance, which is more about exploring an idea, in that case the tensions between morality and materialism. I'm kind of willfully a-political, so it's rare that my work is about like... economics or feminism or something... though I suppose you could argue that is a political statement in and of itself. Mostly I write as an act of compassion actually, it's me trying to understand some aspect of the human condition that I'm personally struggling with, which goes back to every play being a coming of age story.
What most excites you about seeing this play on stage? What do you hope audiences will take from the play?
I've technically been writing this play for 15 years so honestly, just seeing it alive will be exciting. I hope it is very very fast paced and sincere. I hope audiences like the characters, identify with them, run with the structural conceit, which is a touch experimental, and laugh a lot.
I was thinking July is "independence month" and how we should celebrate independent theatre in July. As the big corporate theaters offer less and less opportunities to local artists - independent thetre is blossoming all over the country. Where do you personally think that is going to go? How do you feel about independent theatre in San Francisco?
I think the future of the theater world is the farmer's market mentality, personally. Like, that's what we should look to as our business model- not the Walmart/corporatized model that frankly is what regional theater has turned into and probably always really was. And is clearly, obviously, in trouble. When I talk to people these days about what kind of theater I do, I often say, "Niche." I see myself as a guy growing vegetables in my back yard, and now and then I take them into the big city in a truck and sell them to you in the plaza. And sure, I might never get famous or whatever, but the people who are into what I do know where to find me and think nobody does what I do better than me, and that's not a bad place to be as an artist.
There's a lot of discussion about the Theatre Bay Area Awards and their rating system - do you think plays should have scores (like sports) to tell audiences which ones are "good?"
No. I think plays should have posting boards where people talk about them and audiences should go see plays that sound like they create interesting conversations, or have conversations around them that would be interesting to participate in, and then the audiences should contribute to those conversations themselves. I think as soon as we start grading art numerically or whatever we're missing the point of art in favor of lazy-ass thinking. I do think there is value in recognizing the art that we think works best, because there is value in knowing what we like and what our standards are, and there is value in recognizing hard work and craftsmanship, but the only awards that really matter are ones given between individuals, just as even the best-written review still only reflects the opinion of that one critic. Which is why I support critics and artists (and audience members) who have top ten lists and such, and why I started my own awards, the Stuey's, a few years ago. If you get one you know I think you're the fucking bomb. Which means very little except exactly that, but to me, knowing I got through to someone or they understood and valued what I'm doing matters far more than getting an A or whatever from some panel of people who don't have to defend that opinion and really have no better credentials to pass judgement on what's good than anybody else. In the end, we all basically like what we like, some of us are just better at explaining why or recognizing how something works. The best of us can look past personal taste and appreciate craft and again, there is value to that- but only so much and I think it's exceedingly rare when THAT is what's being awarded an award. Actually, if an award panel had a "We hated this show but god it's well done" award, I would respect the hell out of that.
Stuart Bousel has previously worked with Wily West as a director (Ruth and the Sea, Universe Rex) and as a writer (Juno En Victoria, A Late Lunch, The Vampire Sorority Babes Vs. The Intergalactic Frat Zombies: A Ballet). He most recently directed The Crucible for Custom Made Theatre Co., where he has also directed Prelude To A Kiss, The Merchant of Venice,
M. Butterfly, and will next be directing the musical Grey Gardens. Other Bay Area directing credits include A Midsummer Night's Dream, Twelfth Night, and The Frogs for Atmostheatre/Theater in the Woods, Hamlet, Love's Labors Lost, Phaedra and Edward II for No Nude Men Productions, and Taming of the Shrew and Measure For Measure at SF Theater Pub, of which he is a founding artistic director. His plays have been performed around the world, and locally he's been three times featured in the Bay One Acts Festival (Housebroken, Speak Roughly, Brainkill), and his play Rat Girl, based on Kristin Hersh's memoir, just headlined this year's DIVAfest. His acting credits include the title role in Macbeth, Carl in The Baltimore Waltz, and three separate productions of The Fantasticks. He was awarded "Best Ringmaster of The San Francisco Theatre Scene" by the SF Weekly last year, and his new works festival, the San Francisco Olympians Festival, was named "Playwrighting Series Most Likely To Win A Gold Medal" by the San Francisco Guardian. You can find out more about his work at www.horrorunspeakable.com, or follow along the blog he edits at www.sftheaterpub.com.
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October and November On Falcon Lake.
I FELL BEHIND ON MY POST BUT OUR LAST MONTH WE MUST OF CAUGHT OVER 1,000K FISH WITH GOOD ONES IN THE MIX. HERE ARE SOME OF THE HONORABLE ONES. COME FISH FALCON WE ARE ON THEM.
Had the pleasure of fishing with Custom Agents out of Houston . We love our Law Enforcement community protecting us. Come fish Falcon Lake and catch some fish . Tons of fish along with some nice ones in the mix . NO FISH NO PAY .
CLIENT WANTED LESS BITES WITH A CHANCE OF CATCHING A BIGGER ONE. 9.01 LB BASS FOLLOWED BY A FOUR POUNDER.


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This page has been devoped on Planet Whiskies because of the special interest regarding the Rampant Scotland Website and the web creator of the site Scottie. He has added a few web links on his website over the last few years with whisky and non whisky website projects I have undertaken.
The Rampant Scotland website has everything about Scotland that you could want to know about. There are of course special pages regarding the Scottish Whisky industry and links to Scottish Whisky websites. You will find all these links if you go to www.rampantscotland.com/food.htm.
Below is information that Scottie created for the computescotland.com and I have been granted permission to publish this article in full. Enjoy!
In the run up to looking at how anyone selects help to build a website or happily goes the DIY route, ComputeScotland takes a look an one site that anyone wanting to keep an eye on their lairs kingdom, will have inevitably stumbled over, that is Scotland archivist,'Scottie' and his comprehensive guide to all thing Scottish at the Rampant Scotland site.
As a subscriber to Scottish Snippets newsletter (among some of the recent offerings have been Blair Castle and Sunsets, Tuscany in Fife , and Mexico in Edinburgh) ComputeScotland asked had he built it himself, or with help and why?
"In 1995, my ISP, Colloquium in Paisley, offered users some free disk space to use as a "home page". I had been responding to questions on various Scottish-related newsgroups (remember them?). I had a small library of reference books but also used the rather poor search engines of the day to find sites which answered some of the questions.
"So it seemed like a good idea to create a directory of Scottish-related web sites. Since I was fed up with search engines in those days that gave a link but no idea of the content at the other end I decided to include a short narrative describing the site (based on what I saw). That began in January 1996. It ran for a couple of years and grew and grew.
"Then in 1998, the New York-based Mining Co (later to become About.com) invited me to become their "Guide to Scottish Culture" using the links as a starting point but also looking for a flow of articles on "Scottish Culture" - which I defined as anything to do with Scotland that interested me!
By September 2001, I had provided more than 1,500 feature pages and 2,000 photos, and - with 400,000 page views a month - About.com's Scottish Culture site was in the top 20% of their Guide sites. I may say that About.com paid us guides a share of advertising income which made it all worth while!
However, About.com dropped my site (and 300 others) in October 2001 when they reorganised and refocused their business. So I set about posting all that content onto my personal links site (copyright remained with me).
"Within a month, over 1,000 pages were set up with over 1,200 photos, complementing the original links directory. There was a brief spell when I sold the site to an entrepreneur, but he made more money out of an employment bureau site, and eventually gave it back to me when he sold the bureau!
"I learned HTML from a book and articles on the Web - and copying bits of coding for things I thought useful (view/source is useful for that). This was long before style sheets so it's still all done by basic HTML and my own templates as I've stayed in a bit of a time warp as you can see from the continued use of icon graphics).
"The lack of style sheets really only becomes a problem when I update my "site map" at the end of each page, but search and replace software works very well, if a bit tedious. I use templates created by myself for the layouts to most of the articles as well as the annual calendar for people to produce on their own printers.
"Apart from a few articles (mainly hotel and restaurant reviews, articles on Scottish place names and - recently - a few articles by a friend) all the content is written by myself - graphics are usually mine as well.
"I use a basic HTML editor which is a glorified notepad with icons to create the more common coding. I've tried other, newer software but stick with this basic system. I do think my site and layout is 'old fashioned' and lacks many of the more glitzy modern techniques.
On the other hand, although the page numbers declined a bit after bringing to an end the regular Snippets Newsletter last March, I still get around a million page views each month. Not bad for a personal Web site!
(Below: Rare picture of the photographer author Scottie, offering a promotional hand against a background of familiar ramparts.
Although I never became a computer programmer, I went on my first computer course in 1964 and spent most of my banking career in IT management. Latterly, I was with TSB Bank Scotland - and pushed for us to be the TSB Group pilot for "Office Automation" with desktop PCs linked to our mainframe computer.
"That was in 1984... I've had a PC since those days (nobody stopped me putting the office PC in the boot of the car for the weekend until I eventually got one of my own).


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Non-heterosexual women who feel a disconnect between who they are attracted to and how they identify themselves may have a higher risk of alcohol abuse, according to a new study led by Amelia E. Talley, an assistant professor in Texas Tech University's Department of Psychological Sciences.
ASA Amicus Brief Supports Suits to Overturn Utah, Oklahoma Gay Marriage Bans
The American Sociological Association (ASA) filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit today supporting the fight to overturn gay marriage bans in Utah and Oklahoma and continuing its now 13-month effort to highlight the overwhelming body of social science research that confirms "children fare just as well" when same-sex or heterosexual parents raise them. The 10th Circuit is scheduled to consider the lawsuits challenging the bans in the next several months.
Study Finds Foreclosures Fueled Racial Segregation in U.S.
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Led by demographer Matthew Hall, researchers estimate racial segregation grew between Latinos and whites by nearly 50 percent and between blacks and whites by about 20 percent as whites abandoned and minorities moved into areas most heavily distressed by foreclosures.
Shift to Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Identities in Early Adulthood Tied to Depressive Symptoms
People whose sexual identities changed toward same-sex attraction in early adulthood reported more symptoms of depression in a nationwide survey than those whose sexual orientations did not change or changed in the opposite direction, according to a new study by a University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) sociologist.
Romantic Opportunities Appear to Influence Women's Sexual Identities, But Not Men's
Romantic opportunities appear to influence women's sexual identities — but not men's, suggests a new study that will be presented at the 110th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA).
"This indicates that women's sexuality may be more flexible and adaptive than men's," said study author Elizabeth Aura McClintock, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Notre Dame.
Veterans Live in More Diverse Neighborhoods Than Their Civilian Counterparts of Same Race
When members of the U.S. military leave the service, they tend to settle in neighborhoods with greater overall diversity than their civilian counterparts of the same race, according to a new study that will be presented at the 110th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA).
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'Firefly: Blue Sun Rising #1:' Comic Book Review
Well, Mal and the Serenity crew did it, pulling off a major upset against Blue Sun, and they even got away with it… well, almost. In their moment of triumph, they suddenly find themselves in a ship with no power and a fatal crash that seems imminent…
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'Klaus: The Life & Times of Santa Claus' - Hardcover Review
Merry Christmas! It's that magical time again, full of candy canes, presents, and…crying snowmen? Great Morrison and Dan Mora's Klaus: The Life & Times of Santa Claus published by BOOM! Studios returns for a third outing. This hardcover book includes two stories: "Klaus and the Crying Snowman" and "Klaus and the Life and Times of Joe Christmas," both vastly different from each other.
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'Die: Volume 3' - Trade Paperback Review
Another day, another adventure stuck in an RPG hellscape for our merry traveling party. Though split, things in Die are getting more and more complex as the group attempts to find a way to exit the world for the second time. Well, most of them are attempting to find a way out at least. With Ash and Izzy fighting for the fate of Angria, the rest of the party is doing kind of the opposite, looking to end Ash's reign on the throne. It's during this that we find the ultimate motivation for the world of Die: what brought these five adventurers (and Sol, who remained inside) back to this world. This series continues to really push the pace, adding more and more complications to the world, its players, and the NPCs that inhabit the game.
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'Barbalien: Red Planet #2' - Comic Book Review
The world of Barbalien from the Black Hammer series is a treacherous one, and I'm not talking about the hostile planet of Mars where Barbalien's warrior alien race is from. I'm talking about Earth, circa the 1980s when being gay was a death sentence to many.
'Firefly #24:' Advance Comic Book Review
With a plan set in motion, the whole crew gears up for some Big Damn Hero-ing while trying not to kill millions while they're at it. If they succeed, they would take down all of the robo-cops wearing Mal's face. If they fail… well, there are so many ways for things to go belly-up, ain't there?
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Quick recap: In trying to figure out Mary/Elaine/Nimue's MO, the gang ends up in a pub filled with some neo-Nazi types. Before the "England for the English" crowd did any permanent damage to our intrepid hero, they're interrupted by yet another story: the titular Green Knight from "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight."
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It's been quite the season for The Mandalorian, and, according to yesterday's massive amount of LucasFilm announcements, this is just the start in the next chapter of Star Wars. While this week's episode, titled "The Believer" and written and directed by Rick Famuyiwa (Dope, Confirmation), doesn't have the internet-destroying reveals present in the last few episodes of the series, it has some of the most intense action sequences featured in the show so far and dives deep down into the dark heart of those who served the Galactic Empire.
'Home Sick Pilots #1:' Comic Book Review
I love punk music. I love the punk attitude, but I am in no way punk. A person would never in their right mind point at me and say, "That dude is punk." I don't even know if punks use the term, "dude." I love stories about punk characters. In Home Sick Pilots, we meet a group of three high school friends who are a punk band. They are called HOME SICK PILOTS! Their nemesis is another punk band called the Nuclear Bastards, with a couple more band members. Yes, our heroes are outnumbered, and, yes, they go to one of Nuclear Bastard's concerts at an empty bowling alley that's packed.
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Adventureman gives a modern perspective to the adventure stories that were popular in the pulp novels of the '20s, the film serials of the '30s, and the radio dramas of the '40s. There are colorful characters, dastardly villains, and a whole world of possibilities. In short, it's the sort of comic that's right up my alley.
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Cost accounting is a valuable tool you use to reduce and eliminate costs in a business. You also use cost accounting to determine a price for your product or service that will allow you to earn a reasonable profit. Familiarize yourself with the most important formulas, terms, and principles you need to know to apply cost accounting. You'll also want to get the scoop on text-taking strategies for cost accounting students.
Cost accounting is a great tool to improve the profitability in any business. It's a critical subject that accounting students need to learn to be successful in their careers. However, some cost accounting concepts are easily misunderstood and therefore difficult to address correctly on exams. These test-taking strategies will help you succeed on a cost accounting exam by clarifying what is truly being asked in each question.
Read the last sentence first. Cost accounting questions often provide lots of data, but not all of that information is needed to answer the question. Test item writers refer to that data as distractors. If you start at the top and read down, you read a lot of unneeded data. Read the last sentence first. That strategy gets you to what the question is truly asking. Then you can read the rest of the question — and pull out only the data you need to answer the question.
Absorption costing vs. variable costing: The only difference between these two costing methods is how they address fixed manufacturing costs. A typical question on this topic lists variable manufacturing costs, or fixed selling and administrative costs. Don't be fooled! Absorption and variable costing treat these other costs in the same way, so ignore them.
Favorable vs. unfavorable variances: Of course, the word favorable means better or preferred. However, in cost accounting, favorable has a different meaning, depending on whether you're talking about a cost or revenue. Less actual costs than budgeted is a favorable variance. However, more actual revenue than planned is a favorable variance. In both cases, your actual profit is more than planned. Unfavorable variances are the reverse: More actual costs and less actual revenue is unfavorable.
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Well, no, watching him play is better, but watching my husband is a close second!
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October was also a visit from my sister and her husband, and attending our high school's homecoming game with them. We lost, thank you for asking. But it was fun to share with our kids, and to reminisce and try to remember the words to our Alma Mater. It was fun to see friends we haven't seen in mumblesomething years, including the first friend I ever made in California. She made such an impression on me, going out of her way to welcome the "new girl". What a joy to still have her in my life!
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An exciting new writing opportunity and hockey?! I see why you loved October. Best of luck to you, Kirsten!


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Q: java sql syntax error with createStatement I have an sql table sysuser looking like this:
id (pk) email password role
I'd like to insert values into the table. I get the data in ArrayList<String>:
cell 0 no value,
cell 1 ID,
cell 2 email,
cell 3 password,
cell 4 role,

Here is the code i've written:
stmt.executeUpdate("INSERT INTO sysuser VALUES ('"+string.get(1)+"', '"+ string.get(2) +"','"+ string.get(3) +"','"+string.get(4)+"'");

where string is the ArrayList<String>.
The code is not working and I can't figure why. It works perfectly with another query. I get the following error:

You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '' at line 1

I read about prepared statments but I did not understand the syntax. I know that it is not safe to insert data directly, yet for this specific query it doesn't matter.

A: You forgot a )
stmt.executeUpdate("INSERT INTO sysuser " +
                    "VALUES ('" + string.get(1) + "','"+
                                  string.get(2) + "','"+
                                  string.get(3) + "','"+
                                  string.get(4) + "')");
                                                    ^------------here

And if you are not filling all columns of your table you should provide a list of columns you are inserting into like this
INSERT INTO sysuser (col_name_1, col_name2, col_name5, col_name7)
VALUES (1, 2, 3, 4)

A: Try to print first the sql this statement produces.
String sql = "INSERT INTO sysuser VALUES ('"+string.get(1)+"', '"+ string.get(2) +"','"+ string.get(3) +"','"+string.get(4)+"'";
System.out.println(sql);
stmt.executeUpdate(sql);

Then run in your favorite SQL tool and check what error it gives.
And post both results here. :)
Later check this link: Preventing_SQL_Injection_in_Java

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Q: How to make radare2 accept hex input I am currently debugging a C program in radare2 called "test", and I was wondering if there is any way for me to send in hex characters as input through radare2. What I mean by this is that when you're running something outside radare2, you could do easily something like this to send hex values as input into an executable:
$ python -c "print('\x42\x97\x53\x8e\x46\x56')" | ./test

But when I opened the file in debug mode in radare2 and tried to input hex values into my program, it didn't treat the characters starting with "\x" as hex characters and instead saw each character as an actual ascii input character. Is it possible for me to replicate the above command inside radare2?

A: ENVIRONMENT:

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*radare2: radare2 4.2.0-git 23519 @ linux-x86-64 git.4.1.1-84-g0c46c3e1e
commit: 0c46c3e1e30bb272a5a05fc367d874af32b41fe4 build: 2020-01-08__09:49:06

*system: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS

SOLUTION:

*

*To recreate the described functionality in radare2 we can utilize two
radare2 commands and add additional escape charters to your input
string.

*

*Command one: doo [args] # Reopen the binary in debug mode with provided arguments.

*Command two: dc # Continue execution

*Additional escape charters in input: "\x54\x65\x73\x74" -> "\\x54\\x65\\x73\\x74"

EXAMPLE:

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*Passing passing hex values to /bin/echo:

user@host:~$ echo -e "\x54\x65\x73\x74"
Test

*

*Trying the same thing in radare2:

user@host:~$ r2 /bin/echo
[0x00001d10]> doo -e "\x54\x65\x73\x74"
Process with PID 13820 started...
= attach 13820 13820
File dbg:///bin/echo  -e "\x54\x65\x73\x74" reopened in read-write mode
13820
[0x7ff1924ee090]> dc
x54x65x73x74
[0x7ff1924ee090]>

*

*Again with radare2 but with additional escape charters ("\x54" -> "\\x54"):

user@host:~$ r2 /bin/echo
[0x00001d10]> doo -e "\\x54\\x65\\x73\\x74"
Process with PID 17265 started...
= attach 17265 17265
File dbg:///bin/echo  -e "\\x54\\x65\\x73\\x74" reopened in read-write mode
17265
[0x7fb080026090]> dc
Test
[0x7fb07fd18e06]>


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