WINDHOEK, 21 AUG (NAMPA) - The trial of six people facing charges of defrauding the Motor- Vehicle Accident Fund (MVA) of more than N.dollars 3,5 million between 2001 and 2005, resumed in the High Court here on Wednesday.
The accused persons include key suspect and prominent Ondangwa-based defence lawyer Arumugam Thambapilai; Timoteus Amutenya Sakeus; Linda Shipalanga; Martin Eriki; Festus Shidume; and George Hatutale.
The trial resumed before Acting High Court Judge AK Simpson here on Wednesday morning, with prominent Windhoek-based defence lawyer, Advocate Louis Botes calling his client and key suspect Thambapilai to the accused stand to give evidence before court in connection with all the activities of motor-vehicle accident issues and related claims that were lodged at his Ondangwa-based law firm (Tambapilai Associates) between February 2001 and September 2005.
The 67-year-old Tambapilai also extensively testified about the Motor-Vehicle Accident Fund Act and other related regulations which deal with motor vehicle accidents and claims.
He further told the court of his responsibilities of 'special power of attorney' as the authorised legal practitioner in the North at the time entrusted to act on behalf of people involved or injured in road accidents (clients) in MVA Fund claims matters.
"With the 'special power of attorney', I was duly authorised as a legal practitioner to investigate the circumstances of the accidents and to establish that the accident or accidents really took place in the North and not in other parts of the country. I also had to make sure that the clients or claimants had all the necessary supporting medical documentation when the claims were being prepared at my law firm office in Ondangwa before these claims are finally submitted to the MVA Fund head office in Windhoek for processing," Thambapilai explained.
The accused lawyer (Thambapilai) will continue giving his evidence in the trial for the rest of this week after which he will be cross-examined and re-examined by the prosecution representative, State Advocate Ed Marondedze.
According to a summary of substantial facts contained in the charge-sheet, the charges against the group emanate from seven claims that were submitted to the MVA Fund.
Of these, four claims amounting to N.dollars 3,5 million were allegedly paid out by the Fund.
Thambapilai is charged with 16 counts, made up of six charges of fraud, seven counts of forgery and uttering, two counts of theft and a charge of attempting to defeat or obstruct the course of justice.
In a plea explanation provided to Acting Judge Simpson in 2011, Thambapilai, who is the main suspect in the matter, denied having been aware of any misrepresentations that might have been made to the MVA Fund in claims which his law firm prepared on instruction by clients.
He also denied that he at any stage had any intention to defraud the MVA Fund, or anyone else.
In one charge, Thambapilai and Sakeus, one of his co-accused who allegedly lost his right hand due to a snake-bite in 1971, are accused of having put in a claim with the MVA Fund stating that his hand was lost as a result of a road accident on 21 December 1999.
A fraudulent claim of N.dollars 200 000 is alleged to have been lodged with the MVA Fund based on this.
This claim was accepted by the fund and processed, but not paid out in the end, it is alleged.
Shipalanga is charged with a count of fraud, alternatively theft, while Eriki is charged with a count of fraud, alternatively attempted theft and four counts of forgery and uttering.
Shindume is charged with a count of fraud, alternatively theft, a count of theft by conversion, and two counts of forgery and uttering.
Hatutale is charged with a count of fraud, alternatively theft, and two counts of forgery and uttering.
These five accused persons, like Thambapilai, have also pleaded not guilty to the charges levelled against them.
The fraud was allegedly committed from February 2001 to September 2005.
All accused persons are free on bail, with the key suspect, Thambapilai, free on bail of N.dollars 50 000.
Meanwhile, similar charges were withdrawn against Namibian Police officer Onesmus Sheehama, Silas Kandenge, businessman Iyambo Iyambo and married couple Shetunyenga and Elizabeth Ambata Shivute during the trial in 2011, as there was no prima facie evidence to link them to the alleged fraud case.
Windhoek-based defence lawyers comprising Advocate Botes and attorneys Bradley Basson and Jorge Neves are representing the group, acting on the instructions of the Justice Ministry's Directorate of Legal Aid.


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Lil Tjay Arrested for Alleged Gun Possession on the Way to Ice Spice Video Filming
Lil Tjay has been arrested for alleged gun possession.
On Monday (Jan. 16), Lil Tjay was arrested in New York City on a firearm charge while he was reportedly on his way to a music video shoot with Ice Spice. XXL has confirmed with the New York Police Department that a SUV occupied by Lil Tjay, born Tione Merritt, and four other individuals was pulled over during a traffic stop in the Bronx at 3:50 p.m. EST. During a search of the vehicle, four firearms were recovered. All five men have been taken into custody and await to be officially charged.
TikTok user hijoshotit captured video of Tjay being taken into custody. In the clip, Tjay is in handcuffs and being hauled away by police officers while being questioned by the person filming the scene. According to the video, Tjay was actually on the set of the Ice Spice video. It appears Tjay and Ice Spice were shooting the video for their new collab "Gangsta Boo," which leaked online last week.
XXL has reached out to Lil Tjay's team for comment.
Lil Tjay is back outside after spending several months on the road to recovery in 2022, after being shot several times during an attempted robbery last June in New Jersey. Tjay recently returned to the stage, performing minutes away from the New Jersey location where the shooting took place. Photos from the performance show several bullet wounds on the rapper's chest and arm.
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Raw: My Journey into the Wu-Tang
By Lamont "U-God" Hawkins
Read by Lamont "U-God" Hawkins
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A PERFECT COMPANION READ TO THE SHOWTIME DOCUMENTARY, WU-TANG CLAN: OF MICS AND MEN The explosive, never-before-told story behind the historic rise of the Wu-Tang Clan, as told by one of its founding members, Lamont "U-God" Hawkins. "It's time to write down not only my legacy, but the story of nine dirt-bomb street thugs who took our everyday life—scrappin' and hustlin' and tryin' to survive in the urban jungle of New York City—and turned that into something bigger than we could possibly imagine, something that took us out of the projects for good, which was the only thing we all wanted in the first place." —Lamont "U-God" Hawkins The Wu-Tang Clan are considered hip-hop royalty. Remarkably, none of the founding members have told their story—until now. Here, for the first time, the quiet one speaks. Lamont "U-God" Hawkins was born in Brownsville, New York, in 1970. Raised by a single mother and forced to reckon with the hostile conditions of project life, U-God learned from an early age how to survive. And surviving in New York City in the 1970s and 1980s was no easy task—especially as a young black boy living in some of the city's most ignored and destitute districts. But, along the way, he met and befriended those who would eventually form the Clan's core: RZA, GZA, Method Man, Raekwon, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Inspectah Deck, Ghostface Killah, and Masta Killa. Brought up by the streets, and bonding over their love of hip-hop, they sought to pursue the impossible: music as their ticket out of the ghetto. U-God's unforgettable first-person account of his journey, from the streets of Brooklyn to some of the biggest stages around the world, is not only thoroughly affecting, unfiltered, and explosive but also captures, in vivid detail, the making of one of the greatest acts in American music history. *This program includes the song "Fire" (featuring Method Man & Jackpot Scotty Wotty) (DJ Green Lantern Remix) from U-God's Bring Back God II mixtape, under non-exclusive license from Babygrande Records, Inc.*
A PERFECT COMPANION READ TO THE SHOWTIME DOCUMENTARY, WU-TANG CLAN: OF MICS AND MEN
The explosive, never-before-told story behind the historic rise of the Wu-Tang Clan, as told by one of its founding members, Lamont "U-God" Hawkins.
"It's time to write down not only my legacy, but the story of nine dirt-bomb street thugs who took our everyday life—scrappin' and hustlin' and tryin' to survive in the urban jungle of New York City—and turned that into something bigger than we could possibly imagine, something that took us out of the projects for good, which was the only thing we all wanted in the first place." —Lamont "U-God" Hawkins
The Wu-Tang Clan are considered hip-hop royalty. Remarkably, none of the founding members have told their story—until now. Here, for the first time, the quiet one speaks. Lamont "U-God" Hawkins was born in Brownsville, New York, in 1970. Raised by a single mother and forced to reckon with the hostile conditions of project life, U-God learned from an early age how to survive. And surviving in New York City in the 1970s and 1980s was no easy task—especially as a young black boy living in some of the city's most ignored and destitute districts. But, along the way, he met and befriended those who would eventually form the Clan's core: RZA, GZA, Method Man, Raekwon, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Inspectah Deck, Ghostface Killah, and Masta Killa. Brought up by the streets, and bonding over their love of hip-hop, they sought to pursue the impossible: music as their ticket out of the ghetto.
U-God's unforgettable first-person account of his journey, from the streets of Brooklyn to some of the biggest stages around the world, is not only thoroughly affecting, unfiltered, and explosive but also captures, in vivid detail, the making of one of the greatest acts in American music history.
*This program includes the song "Fire" (featuring Method Man & Jackpot Scotty Wotty) (DJ Green Lantern Remix) from U-God's Bring Back God II mixtape, under non-exclusive license from Babygrande Records, Inc.*
Author Bio: Lamont "U-God" Hawkins
Lamont Jody Hawkins (born October 11, 1970), better known as U-God (short for Universal God), is an American rapper and member of the hip hop collective, Wu-Tang Clan, which Rolling Stone called "the best rap group ever." He has been with the group since its inception. He lives in New York. Raw: My Journey into the Wu-Tang Clan is his first book.
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In 1991, Diatek Corporation of San Diego put a new infrared thermometer - Model 7000 - on the market. Early electronic thermometers had been used by some hospitals and doctors' offices for several years before that time, but this Diatek model was a pioneering effort to modify space-based infrared sensors for a medical infrared thermometer. The underlying technology was developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., for missions including the Infrared Astronomical Satellite, or IRAS. IRAS measured the temperature of stars and planets by reading the infrared radiation emitted from them, while the thermometer almost instantly determined body temperature by measuring the energy emitted from the eardrum - quite an advancement in medical technology. Diatek was part of the JPL Technology Affiliates Program, or TAP, in the late 1980s and received help from JPL personnel in adapting infrared sensor technology to this new product.


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Nashville, TN – Multi-platinum superstar Carrie Underwood will open NBC's Super Bowl LII on February 4 with a video filmed last year for her anthemic song, "The Champion," released globally today. Underwood, who has been the face and voice of NBC's Sunday Night Football show open for the last five seasons, co-wrote "The Champion" last year with fellow songwriters Brett James, Chris DeStefano, and Christopher Bridges PKA Ludacris, who Underwood asked to collaborate on the event song produced by Jim Jonsin. NBC Sports will also incorporate "The Champion" into its coverage of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games.
Ludacris says, "It was a pleasure to collaborate with Carrie for this inspirational song."
The lyric video and playlist for "The Champion" are available now.
Carrie Underwood emerged from the promise of her 2005 American Idol win to become a true multi-format, multi-media superstar, spanning achievements in music, television, and film. A seven-time GRAMMY® Award winner, she has amassed over 100 major honors, sold 64 million records worldwide, and recorded 26 #1 singles, 13 of which she co-wrote, with a catalog of songs that have been streamed more than 2.6 billion times worldwide. The first female artist to be twice named the Academy of Country Music's Entertainer of the Year, Underwood was recognized by Pollstar as the top female country touring artist for each of her headlining tours in 2008, 2010, 2012, and for 2016's "The Storyteller Tour - Stories in the Round." Carrie also topped Billboard's Top 25 Tours of 2016 as the leading female country artist and was the leading female artist on Country Aircheck's top country radio performers list for her success in both 2015 and 2016. All five studio albums, Some Hearts, Carnival Ride, Play On, Blown Away, and Storyteller – are certified Platinum or multi-Platinum, and each an American Music Awards winner as Favorite Country Album – and tallied an incredible 40 weeks at #1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart. The RIAA's highest certified country album artist to debut this century, Underwood also holds the distinction of the highest album certification of any country artist to emerge since 2000 with the 8x Multi-Platinum success of her 2005 debut, Some Hearts. She is the all-time Top Country Artist (male or female) on RIAA's Digital Single Ranking, also placing her among the Top 5 females in the history of RIAA's Digital Single Program across all genres. In December of 2014, she released her Platinum-certified Greatest Hits: Decade #1, which produced two new #1 hits co-written by Underwood, including the RIAA-Platinum, GRAMMY-winning "Something in the Water." The Grand Ole Opry member demonstrated her creative diversity in 2013 starring as Maria von Trapp in NBC's three-hour holiday blockbuster, the Emmy®-winning The Sound of Music Live!, whose airings attracted 44 million viewers. Her latest chart-topping platinum fifth studio album, Storyteller, produced four #1 hits. Last November Underwood co-hosted the CMA Awards for the tenth consecutive year, and she's currently in her fifth season as the voice of primetime television's #1 program, Sunday Night Football.
With an unrivaled match of lyrical acumen, wit, and imagery, Bridges has solidified himself as one of music's premier entertainers. Although he's best known for his infectious tunes, Bridges has shown that he's equally adept at writing powerful songs with serious subject matter, including runaways, with the song "Runaway Love." Bridges' versatility and artistic complexity also enabled him to make a seamless transition to acting.
Most recently, Bridges starred in the highly anticipated The Fate of the Furious, which broke records at the box office, becoming the highest grossing film opening worldwide. His other feature film credits include Universal Pictures' Fast 7, Fast & Furious 6, Fast Five, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Garry Marshall's ensemble comedy New Year's Eve; and Ivan Reitman's romantic comedy, No Strings Attached, opposite Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman. His acclaimed performances in film, (Crash, Hustle & Flow), and television, ( Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), have Hollywood and critics alike buzzing about his increasingly impressive screen resume.
A consummate businessman, Bridges is enjoying success outside of entertainment. His latest venture includes opening his long anticipated new restaurant "Chicken-n-Beer" at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport. In addition, he is dipping his hands in tech space by partnering up with apps such as "Roadie" an on-the-way delivery service.
Currently, Bridges is both the host and executive producer of MTV's revived Fear Factor, and is currently working on an album for release at the end of the year. Bridge's philanthropic efforts rival his entertainment accomplishments; he started The Ludacris Foundation in 2001 which focuses on helping youth help themselves. TLF has devoted more than 15,000 hours of service to youth across the nation.


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Adams Announces Plan to Create Mayor's Office of Ethnic and Community Media
By Ariel Pacheco Posted on May 6, 2021
Mayoral candidate and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams said if elected he will give more city advertising to local community and ethnic media. Photo by Ariama C. Long
Mayoral Candidate Eric Adams held a town hall today promising that if elected he will create the Mayor's Office of Ethnic and Community Media, along with providing paid advertising campaigns to local ethnic media if elected.
The plan's main focus would be to communicate announcements to communities through the outlets they regularly receive their information from in the language and form they are accustomed to. The hope is that messages from city agencies will reach local ethnic communities more effectively.
"I truly appreciate the critical role these outlets play in empowering our communities, and I am committed to expanding the resources they need to continue bringing vital information to New Yorkers," said Adams.
The plan would expand Executive Order 47 signed by Mayor Bill De Blasio in 2019. The order mandated that all city agencies spend at least 50 percent of their annual print and digital publication advertising in local community media outlets.
The expansion of the plan will ensure the inclusion of New York City's ethnic TV and radio outlets with no more than five staff members already within the scope of the executive order.
A Community and Ethnic Media Marketing Executive Director position will be created and tasked with upholding a unified message of the City's services, distribution of paid advertisements, campaigns to community media.
Adams guaranteed the fair distribution of information and announcements to community outlets, not just to mainstream media outlets which had been an issue in the past. Adams also wants to build a "real-time dashboard system" to view how city agencies are communicating and distributing funding with local ethnic media.
The expansion of Executive Order 47 would be a welcome change in many ethnic communities around the city. The lack of effective communication from city agencies to local media outlets has often served as a barrier to basic information for many whose first language isn't English.
"I want to ensure that we're going to use the full power of city government to get the message out and inform people," said Adams.
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The Reboot Legion
It was practically unavoidable.
The Five Years Later era broke the mold, adopting a deconstructionist approach to the Legion that, while exciting, would leave the franchise in a difficult place. An older, wounded and traumatized Legion, nearly unrecognizable from the characters they used to be, was far off the original premise and had lost its iconic properties. To refresh the Legion DC introduced the SW6 Legion, a batch of clones (or as it would later be revealed, temporal echoes) who were literally the teenage Legion circa the late Adventure Comics era (during Ferro Lad's all-too brief stint) and spun them off into their own book, Legionnaires. But this Legion had to share the primary Legion's dark universe, which meant it didn't have access to every possible character or trope, and also created an off-putting continuity element worthy of an X-book. When Zero Hour was set to tweak certain parts of DC history, it became clear it's what could save the Legion from the impasse it had reached.
Or at least, the change was concurrent with Zero Hour. In the books themselves, the Legions chose to sacrifice their existence to fix a history gone awry through the machinations of the Time Trapper and Glorith, in particular to prevent the older Cosmic Boy from becoming the Time Trapper. Both Legion of Super-Heroes and Legionnaires continued with the same numbering - after the obligatory #0 origin issues cover-dated October of 1994, of course - from LSH (vol.4) #62 and Legionnaires #19. The rebooted Legion was very much in the mold of Batch SW6, and in fact, several characters kept the look, personality and code names presented by their SW6 selves. Other characters got bigger overhauls, including Sun Boy, whose spot would be taken up by a female version of the hero called Inferno (she got a 4-issue mini-series in '97). And there were new faces as well, like Flash descendent XS, Kinetix, Gates, Monstress, the giant snake Sensor and others. This Legion definitely had more diversity in terms of gender, race, and species. These series would run until March 2000, ending with LSH (vol.4) #125 and Legionnaires #81 respectively. But the story wouldn't end there.
The Legion would be split in two and the focus on the space-tossed Legionnaires would continue in a new series, Legion Lost (vol.1), written by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning (collectively known as DnA) who had taken over the two core books at the end of the runs. The Legionnaires would rejoin the rest after #12 (April 2001) and the combined group would continue their adventures in The Legion from December 2002 to issue #38 in October 2004, most of which was written by DnA. The months between Legion Lost (v1) and The Legion would be taken up by a 6-issue mini-series called Legion Worlds, which caught us up on what the Legionnaires NOT lost had been up to.
This was a fruitful era for the Legion. Not only did it spawn several mini-series, like Legion: Science Police, Legends of the Legion, and the aforementioned Inferno, but it was also the high mark for the Legion interacting with the rest of the DC universe. In the 20th century, L.E.G.I.O.N. and then R.E.B.E.L.S. was providing an exciting antecedent to the 30th century heroes. By virtue of a family connection, XS was running around with Impulse. Various members of the Legion were trapped in the past and participated in the Final Night event. Mordru fought the JSA. The Legion appeared in various Annuals and "+" Specials, teaming up with other DC stars. And new recruits included the so-called clone Superboy (Kon-El) and a member of the Marvel Family.
But by the end of the 2004, the Reboot Legion had apparently been played out, and the Legion was rebooted again, or if you like, THREEbooted.
This banner will look at this era, as it rose and fell across a decade, from 1994 to 2004.
Labels: 2000s, Nineties, Reboot
The Legion Five Years Later
It was the late Eighties.
Watchmen and Dark Knight Returns had changed the landscape of comics and super-heroes. Things needed to be grim and gritty. There couldn't be simply the light of Good and the dark of Evil. There needed to be shades of gray. Heroes could kill. Villains could have sympathetic back stories. And costumes needed to have pockets, pouches, and jackets.
The shiny paradise of the future as seen in prior Legion of Super-Heroes stories seemed outdated, antiquated, anachronistic. And DC knew it.
So in September 1989, a new Legion of Super-Heroes #1 was published. The stories in this book took place 5 years after the last published Legion book, the tumultuous "Magic Wars" which ended the Baxter series. As a result, this is called the 5YL Legion, the 5 Year Later book.
I went into the book with some trepidation. Sure I was a surly, more mature, self-proclaimed brilliant college student reading Vertigo and independent books. I was all about shades of gray then and a Legion book like that seemed fresh and innovative. That said, the power of the Legion was its optimism, its feelings of family, its bright take on the future. Could there be a dark Legion book?
Could there be a book where the Legion was disbanded. That the Dominators controlled Earth. That Vi and Rokk fought each other in an interplanetary war? That Blok was doomed to die? That Wildfire was powering the sun? That Dawnstar had her wings ripped off and was a bounty hunter? That Mon-El and Superboy and Supergirl never existed but a new character could be a satisfactory mash-up?
It didn't help that 4 issues into the series, DC decided to completely blow up the timeline, shaking things up even more.
Add to that a murkier, inkier Keith Giffen art and a strict 9 panel page layout, a stark difference from the fine-lined beauty of Grell, early Giffen, Lightle, and LaRocque.
This was a bold Legion experiment.
Now this book has plenty of detractors and haters. It's darker tone was shunned by many seasoned Legion fans.
But I LOVED it!
Giffen showed throughout this series that the idea of the Legion was bigger than the team itself. That the Legion, as a concept, represented the good times, the bright future, the optimism. And that theme made this book feel different, more powerful, more important.
I will be reviewing these issues on this site and hope that I can convey the power and glory of this series.
Labels: 5YL, Eighties, Keith Giffen, Nineties
The Legion of SUBSTITUTE Heroes
Believe it or not, there has been a Legion of Substitute Heroes almost as long as there has been a Legion of SUPER Heroes. And believe it or not, the Substitutes, or "Subs," have existed in every LSH incarnation and continuity!
The Subs made their debut in Adventure Comics #306, only six issues after the Legion got top-billing in that book...only five years after the Legion made their debut. The Subs were created by Edmond Hamilton and John Forte, and as created, represented "guts" or "heart" over "experience" or "skill." Polar Boy, for example, was ecstatic about the possibility of joining the Legion, but couldn't control his freeze powers and made all the Legionnaires grab thermal blankets as soon as he walked into the hall.
The original Subs were Polar Boy, Night Girl, Stone Boy, Fire Lad, and Chlorophyll Kid. It was never a question of abilities with the characters, because, let's face it, we're looking at Iceman, She-Hulk, Blok, Human Torch, and Poison Ivy here! No, the powers weren't the issue; it was always a question of skill and confidence. It's a terrible thing to hear the word, "REJECTED!" Yet, the Subs saved Earth in their very first adventure!
For most of the Sixties and Seventies the Subs were around in Legion stories, but not in the forefront; they would show up, sort of like The Legion of Super-Pets, but not on any regular basis. Dream Girl and Star Boy joined while they were out of the Legion, and Color Kid (created by E. Nelson Bridwell) joined as their first non-founding member. Sometime in the Seventies Night Girl finally started dating her crush, Cosmic Boy, and they were a couple for the rest of their careers. Eventually other rejected Legion applicants like Infectious Lass and Porcupine Pete joined the group. Both of these characters were created by Cary Bates and Dave Cockrum.
However, the Subs were treated as jokes by Keith Giffen in DC Comics Presents #59 and Legion of Substitute Heroes Special #1. These stories are entertaining, but they don't do anything to help take these characters seriously.
Eventually Polar Boy disbanded the group and joined the Legion. Sometime later, Night Girl and Cosmic Boy formed a new Substitute Legion in the pages of Legion of Super-Heroes Annual #3 (1987). This group consisted of them, Duo Damsel, Bouncing Boy, Karate Kid II, and Comet Queen. Like the originals, they were organized to help support the main Legion, but unlike the original Subs, this group only got together in emergencies.
When the Legion returned in "The Lightning Saga" and in the pages of Action Comics, the Subs returned as well. They had their big moment in Action Comics #862, helping to defeat the so-called Justice League.
In the Five Year Later continuity, Night Girl and Cosmic Boy married and had a son, Pol. Several Subs joined the resistance movement to free Earth from the Dominators' control. After they succeeded in freeing Earth, they continued to protect lives in the UP militia.
The portrayal of the Subs veers wildly between comedy, pathos, and true heroism. But even when they are portrayed as goofballs, they always have heart.
Long Live the Legion (of Substitute Heroes)!
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Labels: Essays, Substitutes
Legion Mini-Series and Specials!
Of the few non-reprint DC Specials was #28, which featured "Earth Shattering Disasters" starring Batman, Aquaman, and the Legion of Super-Heroes. Unfortunately, not all in one extraordinary story, but, gosh, how cool would *that* have been? No, this was three stand-alone stories featuring those three stars battling mad-made disasters. In the era of films such as Earthquake and The Towering Inferno, disasters were big. I mean, really huge.
A few years later, in 1981, one of the first mini-series DC ever published was a 3-issue melodrama called Secrets of the Legion of Super-Heroes. Following in the path of The Phantom Zone and The World of Krypton, all must have done okay, because DC continued to produce mini-series for years. And the Legion has been the stars of various mini-series and specials ever since.
In the Eighties there were Legionnaires Three and Cosmic Boy. In the Nineties there was Timber Wolf, Legion Lost, and Legion Worlds. More recently there has been Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds and Legion: Secret Origins. And those are just the mini-series. If you factor in the Legion appearances in DC Holiday books, the late great Secret Origins book, Secret Files, an appearance in Adventure Comics 80-page Giant, and the aforementioned DC Special story, there is definitely a wealth of Legion material out there! And of course, one of the few non-reprint Limited Collectors' Edition featured the wedding of Saturn Girl and Lightning Lad!
We here at Legion of Super-Bloggers intend to cover all of these series and stories. We have embraced the idea of the mini-series and one-shots as being "special," however, so we will review them, out of chronological order, whenever the mood strikes us! Perhaps we'll stumble across one of them at a comic con. Or maybe we'll come across one in our collection while looking for something else. Coming up this week, the Substitute Blogger will review Cosmic Boy, from 1985. After that...we will have to see what the future holds. We promise it will be....special.
Long Live the Legion!
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Labels: Mini-Series, Specials
Legion of Super-Heroes (v5) aka "The Threeboot"
The Legion of Super-Heroes once again returned to their own self-titled series in 2005 with Volume 5 of Legion of Super-Heroes. The series was launched under the creative team of writer Mark Waid and artist Barry Kitson, who together had previously struck gold at DC with their acclaimed run on The Flash. They were tasked with redefining the Legion of Super-Heroes for the 21st Century (31st Century within their book). Mark Waid was no stranger to the Legion, having been the long time editor of the post-Crisis series. Despite a name change to the series with issue #16 to Supergirl and the Legion of Super-heroes, Waid & Kitson remained the main creative team on the book, save for a few fill-in artist issues, through the first 19 issues of the series. With issue #20, the series took on a new format, featuring two new stories an issue. One was by Waid & Kitson, and the other was by writer Tony Bedard and artist Adam DeKraker (who had been the primary fill-in artist for Kitson earlier on in the run). With issue #23 the series would be back to the mostly one story per issue format with Waid and Kitson again at the helm until the conclusion of their great run with issue #30. With issue #31 Tony Bedard took over as the sole writer of the series where he was joined by artist Dennis Calero in telling "The Quest for Cosmic Boy" story which concluded in issue #36 of Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes.
It was now late 2007 (cover date 2008) and issue #37 hit the stands in December with another creative team change. The title of the series was also changed back to the original name it was launched under, The Legion of Super-Heroes. The new creative team featured legendary Legion writer Jim Shooter, who had written tales of the heroes from the 30th Century in the pages of Adventure Comics back in the late 1960's through the late 70's. He was joined by the young up-and-coming artist Francis Manapul, who after half a decade working on various Image Comics' titles, made his DC debut on this series. They continued on the series until its conclusion with issue #50, save for a few issues that featured a fill-in artist (#47 pencils by Rick Leonardi, #50 Ramon Bachs). It would be revealed during The Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds mini-series that the Legion depicted in this Legion of the Super-Heroes series (volume 5) were actually the Legion of Earth Prime, which is the Earth in the DC Multiverse that represents our own world. This is the same Multiverse that was destroyed in Crisis on Infinite Earths, which returned due to the events of Infinite Crisis, as revealed by the weekly series "52" that began in 2006. The other two Legion teams that took part in the Legion of Three Worlds mini-series were the original Pre-Crisis Legion, which made its return to the DCU in "The Lightning Saga" that ran through the pages of Justice League of America and JSA, and the Zero Hour Legion team from Earth-247.
Volume 5 of Legion of Super-Heroes is available in the following collected editions:
Teenage Revolution (HC/TPB)
Collects Legion of Super-Heroes Volume 6 Issues #1-6 & Teen Titans/Legion Special #1
Cover by Barry Kitson
Death of a Dream (HC/TPB)
Collects Legion of Super-Heroes Volume 6 Issues #7-13
Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes
Strange Visitor from Another Century (HC/TPB)
Collects Legion of Super-Heroes Volume 6 Issues #14-15 and Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes Issues #16-19
Adult Education (HC/TPB)
Collects Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes #20-25
The Dominator War (HC/TPB)
The Quest for Cosmic Boy (HC/TPB)
Enemy Rising (HC/TPB)
Collects Legion of Super-Heroes Volume 6 Issues #37-44
Cover by Francis Manapul & John Livesay
Enemy Manifest (HC/TPB)
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Labels: Adam DeKraker, Barry Kitson, Francis Manapul, Jim Shooter, Mark Waid, Threeboot, Tony Bedard
Adventure Comics (v2) #1 (#504)
Adventure Comics (v2) #1
Long Live the Legion Part One
Written by Geoff Johns
Pencils & Inks by Clayton Henry
Colors by Brian Reber
Letters by Sal Cipriano
Standard & Variant Covers both by Francis Manapul
Cover Date October 2009
On Sale August 12th, 2009
Following the #0 introduction issue that reprinted the classic tale of the Legion of Super-Heroes first appearance from Adventure Comics #247, Volume Two of Adventure Comics launched with a new issue #1, which also carried a gray translucent 504 on the cover, continuing the numbering from Adventure Comics volume one (which had ended in 1983). The variant cover utilized more of the classic Silver Age DC panel design depicting multiple separate panels or "windows" into the story contents inside; this cover also featured the 504 numbering much more prominently. Issue #1 had two stories, the main story, a 22 page adventure starring the recently resurrected Superboy (Conner Kent) and the back-up feature, which ran 8 pages, and starred the Legion of Super-Heroes.
The first page gives a brief history of the Legion, emphasizing that Earth-One Clark Kent, Superman in the current DCU of the time, did in fact spend his younger years patrolling Smallville as Superboy and occasionally teamed up with the Legion of Super-Heroes. This was would be re-established and further elaborated on in Superman: Secret Origin #2, which would hit shelves two months later in October 2009. The third panel of this first page summarizes how the Legion was formed when Cosmic Boy, Lightning Lad (Boy), and Saturn Girl came together and saved the life of R.J. Brande. The next panel then revisits the tale of the Legion's first appearance in Adventure #247, which once again validated that the classic tale reprinted in Adventure Comics #0 was in the current Legion History continuity for Earth-One (the main DCU Earth). Pages two and three consist of a double page splash which starred Superboy (Clark Kent), Brainiac 5, Timber Wolf, Lightning Lass, Phantom Girl, Polar Boy, Sun Boy, Duplicate Damsel, Cosmic Boy, Wildfire, Dawnstar, Invisible Kid (not shown), Bouncing Boy, Lightning Lad, Ultra-Boy, Shrinking Violet, Night Girl, Saturn Girl, Chameleon Girl, Shadow Lass, & Colossal Boy.
Page four features the story title and credits, and we learn that the narrator on how the Legion formed is Starman (Thom Kallor) in present day, explaining the Legion history to three pigeons. This is our first hint that Starman is a currently a little off in the head. As he continues, he states that he is part of the Legion Espionage Squad and played a hand in resurrecting Conner Kent in the Legion of Three Worlds mini-series. While lost in his discussion with the pigeons, Starman crashes into a bowling alley where he terrifies the locals, before completely destroying the bowling alley and flying off to meet up with Tellus in a swamp. Tellus notes that Starman's brain is suffering from a degenerative disease, and he attempts to use his telepathic abilities to stabilize Thom's condition. It is too much for Tellus to handle, but he does restore temporary sanity to Starman. Thom cries out for Dream Girl, and shouts a warning that war is coming in the 31st Century and to be wary of the Black Witch. Starman pleads with Tellus to help him before his mind is completely gone, and the future of the 31st Century with it.
The final page serves as a teaser for six new story threads that will be picked up and continued in future issues of the run. First we see Element Lad as a chemistry teacher in the 21st Century. The next panel shows Superboy (Conner Kent) busting through a wall to save a hostage Dream Girl. The third panel depicts Morgan Edge making a deal with Despero. Fourth we see Brainiac 5 telling Blok that his wounds have healed, but there is a complication. The fifth panel shows a desperate X5 running on the Cosmic Treadmill, saying she has to get back and warn someone as she is getting sucked into the speed force. And finally the last panel teases that a Legionnaire will be joining the ranks of the Green Lantern Corps.
This story was collected/reprinted in the DC Comics Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes 100-Page Spectacular #2 prestige format book that hit stands December 28, 2011.
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Labels: Adult LSH, Adventure Comics, Clayton Henry, Geoff Johns
Read Legion Comics In Public Day 8/28/14
August 28 is Jack Kirby's birthday. He would be 97 years old. We were never lucky enough to get any Jack Kirby work on The Legion of Super-Heroes...how cool would that have been? The closest we ever got was him illustrating Legion Reserve member Jimmy Olsen, along with Superman, of course, in the pages of Jimmy Olsen (#s 133-148).
Oh, and his greatest DC creation ever rocked the Legion world in The Great Darkness Saga.
So there is that.
If you have never read this awesome story, here's the gist of it: Darkseid wakes from a millenium-long slumber and gathers his strength to take over the entire universe. If you think Darkseid is a major problem in current continuity, just imagine a Darkseid without any Highfather or New Gods to keep him in check...and then imagine he has an army of super-powered slaves at his command. Sound exciting? Oh, yeah.
Read Comics In Public Day was started in 2010 to help honor Jack Kirby's birthday. This is supposed to be the one day when all comic book fans could take what is basically a private act between you and your book, and showcase it in public. The hope was that we would slowly lay waste to the notion that comics are for kids or for anti-social "nerds;" the notion that comics are bought and then kept in plastic, but never read. In its place, we want to support the notion that comics can actually be enjoyed by (relatively) ordinary people.
So to help celebrate Jack Kirby's birthday AND Read Comics In Public Day, how about stopping by a brick and mortar store on your way home tonight and picking up a Legion collection? Even if you have not ready many Legion stories, may I respectfully suggest The Great Darkness Saga? The story is available in both Trade Paperback and Deluxe Hardcover editions. The story is by Paul Levitz and Keith Giffen, doing arguably their greatest Legion work.
If The Great Darkness Saga is not available at your bookstore or comic-book store, how about trying another of the numerous Legion of Super-Heroes collections? At a recent visit to my local Barnes & Noble I found copies of Legion/Star Trek, An Eye For An Eye, and The Choice. Give one a try! Buy one, and then don't be an Invisible Kid or an Invisible Woman...show your habit proudly!
If we can't tempt you to read an actual Legion comic on August 28, how about one of the numerous books out there *about* the Legion? The Best of The Legion Outpost, The Legion Companion, and Teenagers From The Future are all fun books teeming with facts about the Legion of Super-Heroes and the people who love them.
This banner will link us to reviews of books and collected editions. We want to spotlight these accessible works, to introduce you to many entertaining stories and characters in the future.
So grab a Legion of Super-Heroes book and read it in public, thank Jack Kirby in spirit for being awesome, and Long Live the Legion!
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Labels: Books, Collected Editions, Essays
The Legion Returns... But, They Weren't Gone?!?!
The era we are calling "Superman And The Legion of Super-Heroes" or "The Adult Legion" kicked off with a stealth reboot in the pages of a Justice League of America and Justice Society of America crossover "The Lightning Saga" which had no indication that The Legion would even be involved.
The Lightning Saga
This caused confusion, since Supergirl was hanging out with the Legion in an ongoing series. In fact, these Legionnaires looked nothing like their ongoing counterparts. But, that confusion would quickly be compounded.
Action Comics, "Superman and the Legion of Superheroes"
Geoff Johns wrote Action Comics #858, which teamed The Legion up with an adult Superman to face the xenophobic villain Earth Man. The Legion in Action still didn't jive with The Legion in the ongoing, causing many fans to pull their hair out.
Thankfully (?!?!) the mini-series Legion of Three Worlds streamlined the continuity so that only the retro-Legion re-introduced in "The Lightning Saga" remained as the one, true Legion. This led to a new ongoing series.
The Legion revived for 2010
Paul Levitz returned to chronicle The Legion of Superheroes, in a series that took it's cues from the Pre-Crisis continuity, and pushed the ball forward from there. But, one series just wasn't quite enough for the rejuvenated Legion.
Adventure Comics #518
Adventure Comics had been relaunched as a vehicle for the recently resurrected Conner Kent Superboy, but The Legion wasn't content to let their old home go quietly, so the book shifted to cover The Legion Academy. New recruit characters were featured, expanding the universe even further.
Then, the universe ended. DC rebooted their entire line, but The Legion still had a place. In fact, they had two slots.
Legion Lost #1
Legion of Superheroes #1
The New 52 Legion of Super-Heroes launched in an all-new volume, picking up right where the previous volume left off (more or less) and a new title, Legion Lost, chronicled a group of Legionnaires who... well, were lost in time.
Sadly, both series came to an end, leading to a period in which The Legion was not in continuous publication. A dark time for the team's fans. Hopefully, by the time we finish reviewing this series, they will be back...!
Labels: 2000s, 2010s, Adult LSH
The Legion Goes It Alone!
LSH(v2) #259...the very FIRST issue!
In December 1979, the Legion had been co-stars with Superboy in his own title for six years (ever since they got bumped up in Superboy #197), when the unbelievable happened. Superboy as a title was renamed; from issue #259 the book was now just plain old The Legion of Super-Heroes. This became LSH volume 2, as there had been a four-issue reprint series with that title already. That didn't matter to all the fans, though. The series that had started the decade as an unwanted back-up series in Action Comics now, FINALLY, had its own book!
the debut of the second Legion logo
And what a book it was! This is the era that saw the inclusion and banishment of Tyroc, the origin and inclusion of Blok, the final fate of Tharok, the debut of Reflecto, the banishment and return of Superboy, the inclusion of White Witch and Invisible Kid II, the legendary 300th issue, and, of course, The Great Darkness Saga. Sure, there are some silly stories in there, too, but most of them are out-and-out awesome!
At the time of its independence LSH(v2) was under the creative control of Gerry Conway. The art was being handled by such talents as Joe Staton, James Sherman, Ric Estrada, and Steve Ditko before Jimmy Janes became the regular artist with #269. After Gerry left the writing was taken over by some guy named Roy Thomas, who stayed long enough to confound us with The Reflecto Saga. And then, Paul Levitz returned to the title, bringing with him Pat Broderick and, more famously, Keith Giffen.
the awesome follow-up to the original Adult Legion stories...
The Legion of Super-Heroes (v2) lasted until issue #313. After that it became Tales Of The Legion of Super-Heroes, as the "main" book became a direct market-only book, printed on better "Baxter" paper. But for four years, Legion of Super-Heroes kept the fun and adventure of the 31st Century alive. This banner will feature this era of stories, and we can't wait to get to them!
LSH(v2) #313, the last issue of the run...
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About Our LSB Banners....
What's What At The Legion of Super-Bloggers!
Today we would like to explain our current Table of Contents border on the far right of the page. We call these our Banners. The Legion of Super-Bloggers is a group effort, so we have plenty of topics we want to cover. And because we are a group effort, this should be fun....we get to create our own pieces, and then enjoy our fellow bloggers' efforts, too!
To help keep the topics somewhat ON TOPIC, however, we have created the current list of Banners. There may be more in the future ("future", haha, get it?) but for now we are going to be writing under these topics and themes. Some may be clear and easy to understand; some may be a bit more unclear. We figured we might as well write this essay up and post it as much for us, the bloggers, as for you, the readers!
Our great Legion of Super-Heroes collage was done by the Great Legion Hater himself, Rob Kelly. Click this banner and you will eventually find all of The Original Series' Legionnaires' Who's Who entries from WHO'S WHO: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe.
This is because, 1) these profiles are great introductions to the main Legion characters; 2) these profiles are great pieces of art; and 3) this blog got our start because Shag taunted us to start this blog during an episode of The Who's Who Podcast...he taunted us like The Time Trapper taunted Brainiac Five, and we couldn't resist....! So we are honoring our roots here.
Under this banner you will find such things as "Lore of the Legion" by Dave Cockrum, Legion profiles by James Sherman and Jack Abel, and pin-ups by such greats as Curt Swan and George Perez.
This banner will feature any and every appearance by the Subs! This banner will NOT be chronological, so we anticipate the entertainment level to veer wildly between the hilarity of Keith Giffen and the uber-seriousness of Edmund Hamilton!
This banner is where we will present articles, essays, and stories about the various time-lines of the Future. We will also highlight actual history that is presented in the comic stories themselves.
These are what the title says, our opinions about various things Legion-related, such as this article you are reading right now.
This is the chronological review of all the Legion appearances from 1958-1969, covering their first appearance in Adventure Comics #247 through Adventure Comics #380.
This is the chronological review of all of the Legion appearances from 1969-1970 in the back of Action Comics, from #378 through #392.
The 70s Legion (Superboy & The Legion)
This is the chronological review of all of the Legion of Super-Heroes appearances from 1971-1979, from when they went from the back of Superboy (#172) through the issue right before they threw him out, Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #258.
The 80s Legion (Legion Vol 2)
This is the chronological review of all of the Legion appearances from 1980-1984, from when they went from their own title Legion of Super-Heroes (volume 2) #259 until they branched off into two separate titles after Legion (v2) #313.
The Baxter Series (Legion Vol 3)
This is the chronological review of all of the Legion of Super-Heroes appearances from Legion of Super-Heroes (volume 3) #1-63 from 1984-1989. This banner will include Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes #s 314-325, as theses stories were woven into the Baxter Series' continuity.
Five Years Later (Legion Vol 4)
This is the chronological review of all of the Legion appearances in the "Five Years Later" continuity from 1989-1994. This includes Legion of Super-Heroes (vol 4) #1 through the Zero Hour reboot in #61, plus Legionnaires #1-18.
The Reboot (Legion Vol 4)
This is the chronological review of all of the Legion of Super-Heroes appearances in the post-Zero Hour universe from 1994-2005. This includes Legion of Super-Heroes (vol 4) #62-125, Legionnaires #19-81, Legion Lost #1-12, and The Legion #1-38.
The Threeboot (Legion Vol 5)
This is the chronological review of all of the Legion appearances from 2005-2009. This includes Legion of Super-Heroes (vol 5) which ran for 50 issues. Originally by Mark Waid and Barry Kitson, this iteration famously featured SuperGIRL instead of Superboy.
Retroboot or Post-Infinite Crisis Legion (Legion Vols 6 & 7)
This is the chronological review of all of the Legion of Super-Heroes appearances from 2007-2013, after they returned in "The Lightning Saga" (JLA #8-10, JSA #5-6). This will include both Legion of Super-Heroes volume 6 and volume 7, as there was no particular re-booting between them. Also included will be the Legion stories in Adventure Comics #504-522 and The Legion Academy stories from Adventure Comics #523-529.
Books/Collections
This banner will feature reviews of trade paperbacks, Archive editions, and books about the Legion of Super-Heroes, such as The Best of the Legion Outpost, Teenagers From the Future, and The Legion Companion.
Besides head-lining their own series for more than 50 years, the Legion appeared as guest-stars in books like JLA, DC Comics Presents, Brave & The Bold, Action Comics, JSA Classified, and many others. This banner will feature these non-chronological guest-shots.
Specials (Stand Alones)
The Legion of Super-Heroes often appears in stand-alone stories in such titles as DC Special, DC Super-Stars, or Secret Origins, or as part of the "variety show" line-up of heroes in series like DC Holiday Special or Adventure Comics 80-Page Giant. This banner will feature these one-and-done stories in non-chronological order.
The Legion or Legionnaires have been the stars of various mini-series, such as Cosmic Boy, Timber Wolf, Legion Worlds, and Legion of Three Worlds. These series will be reviewed here.
Nothing is cooler than owning your own Wildfire, or Matter-Eater Lad, so this banner looks at the Legionnaires in plastic (or PVC) form, with close looks at action figures and toys of The Legion.
This banner is just what you think it is. With more than thirty good-looking young people as the main characters, you know we'll get you some cheesecake...AND beefcake!
Help us celebrate the birthdays of the Legionnaires and the Legion of Substitute Heroes, supplied to us by the 1976 DC Calendar.
And lastly....
Various Other Labels
Besides the above Banners we will also have labels for each decade: Fifties, Sixties, Seventies, Eighties, Nineties, 2000s, and 2010s. These are to link different series in the same era (for example, Cosmic Boy and the Baxter Series). These will also include ads, toys, books, merchandise, and other various non-series work. We will also have labels for all of the creative people involved in the Legion; you may have noticed Dave Cockrum, Paul Levitz, and Curt Swan are already here, with many, MANY more to come.
What The Future Holds....
That's it for now, but we are already thinking about what else we might do, especially if 1. somebody asks for it or b. we get more members! We will be adding labels for major bad guys so you can see all of their appearances in one "spot." Mordru, Lighting Lord, and the LSV are a few that will be in the first wave when it comes. When we start profiling the LSH cartoon and other media appearances we will add another banner or label for those topics. When we start reviewing "spin-off" series like Karate Kid, L.E.G.I.O.N., and Valor we'll add Banners for them, too. The Legion Universe is a vast, fun place, and we can't wait to show it all to you!
So pick a banner and start your journey into the Future!
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Find the Planets
The dream of finding worlds beyond our solar system is now a reality. In 1992, Alex Wolszczan and Dale Frail announced the landmark discovery of planets orbiting a distant pulsar. Three years later, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz ended the long quest to detect a planet around a star like our own sun. The pace of discovery since then has been astounding -- heralding nearly a dozen new alien worlds.
Now you can join the planet hunt by locating some of the brighter stars with known planetary systems on a map of the sky. If conditions are right, you might even spot the actual stars in the night sky.
You Can't See Them -- But They're There
Even with the most advanced telescopes, astronomers cannot image the planets beyond our solar system directly. They see evidence for their existence in the wobble of stars pulled by their gravity. The movement is so subtle that it's difficult to detect visually. So, some astronomers look for periodic shifts in the frequency of a star's light -- using a technique called Doppler spectroscopy. Other scientists listen to distant pulsars for the telltale sign of an irregular beat.
Follow The Stars
The planets themselves may be impossible to see, but you can locate some of the stars at the heart of planetary systems. Knowing star names can point you in the right direction, because the name of a star often refers to its location within a constellation. For instance, 51 Pegasi, the first sun-like star to be found with an orbiting planet, lies in the constellation Pegasus.
Whether or not a star can be spotted easily in the night sky depends on its apparent brightness, or magnitude. Magnitude is signified by a numerical value, and the dimmer the star, the higher the number. The brightest star in the sky, Sirius, has a magnitude of -1.5, while stars with magnitudes higher than about 4 are difficult or impossible to perceive with the naked eye.
The stars listed below are just at the border of visibility with the naked eye. With our limited vision, we can locate their approximate place in the sky, using constellations to guide the way. But to clearly pinpoint these stars, you may need binoculars or a small telescope.
70 Virginis
magnitude: 4.97
This star, 78 light years away, lies on the border of the constellation Virgo. In January of 1996, Geoff Marcy and Paul Butler announced their discovery of a massive planet -- over six times the size of Jupiter -- orbiting 70 Virginis. The planet's surface temperature is estimated at 85 degrees Celsius, well within the range for liquid water. But the massive planet is likely a lifeless gas giant. If this alien world has moons, they may be more hospitable to life. See where Virgo lies on the Star Map.
47 Ursae Majoris
Lying near the Big Dipper in the constellation Ursa Major, this star may be the easiest for amateur sky watchers to locate. Announced at the same time as 70 Virginis, its orbiting planet is a third the size and, with a surface temperature of -80 degrees Celsius, considerably cooler. The planet lies roughly twice as far from its parent star as the Earth does from the sun. See where Ursa Major lies on the Star Map.
51 Pegasi
When Mayor and Queloz first described the planet they had discovered around 51 Pegasi, many astronomers were stunned. It raced around its parent star in a 4.2 day orbit -- putting it 500 times closer to its star than the Earth is to the sun. This broiling world challenged previous notions of where a Jupiter-sized planet would be found.
Pegasus, marked by its distinctive Great Square, is known as an autumn constellation. See where Pegasus lies on the Star Map.
55 Cancri
Geoff Marcy and Paul Butler were among the scientists surprised by 51 Pegasi. But in April of 1996, they found another massive planet orbiting close to its sun. The planet around 55 Cancri orbits every 14.76 days -- far more quickly than our own speedy Mercury.
See where Cancer lies on the Star Map.
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Take your 100 star bonuses!
From 0:01 MSK the 15th January and until 23:59 MSK the 17th January open the fragments of puzzle and win 100 star bonuses and many other prizes.
You can open only as many fragments as you want. For opening of fragment you have to spend paid boosters and after this to click on puzzle. For first fragment you must spend for game options no less than 2 boosters at once, for second - 3 boosters, for third - 4 boosters etc.
Example if you want open fragment for 4 boosters, you must spend no less then 4 boosters in one option, 2+2 - will not sum.
- 20% discount on the purchase of boosters (valid for 24 hours from the receipt of the fragment. Two identical fragments not summarize discount. Discount will be available based on the time of receipt of the last segment. For example, the 1st fragment was opened at 10:00 the 25th of April and will be valid till 9:59 the 26th of April. The 2nd fragment was opened 23:00 the 25th of April and will be valid till 22:59 the 26th of April). So you receive th 20% discount from 10:00 the 25th of April to 22:59 the 26th of April.
The borrowed boosters which its is still unpaid will not be accounted.
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Q: MAUI Popups, floating windows and containers I need to get a popup window that is not bound to the main window but will allow me to determine where on the screen should it appear.
Requirements:

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*I need to be able to decide the size, and location of the new window even if it's on another screen. (I'm already detecting all the screens so this is not an issue)

*I need to be able to operate / change values on the main window while the new window stays in place and receives commands from the changing values on the first window and displays them (Text for example)

*The new window should be able to display text but also it would be nice if it would be able to receive a background photo/video.

Is it at all possible in MAUI?
I know how to do that in Windows Forms but it looks like Windows Forms ls out of date and it soon will not be supported.
Also MAUI seems to have a nicer appearance out of the box. I really like it but I'm not sure if what I need to do is doable at the moment?

A: Yes, you can use Multi-window support in MAUI as Jason suggested.
You can call an Action to invoke the method in main window, or communicate with the ViewModel of the main page when you want to receive commands from the changing values on the first window and displays them, see Data binding and MVVM - .NET MAUI | Microsoft Learn
Here's the code snippets below for your reference:

 private void OnCounterClicked(object sender, EventArgs e)
       {
         Window secondWindow = new Window(new NewPage( FirstImage, "First window String to Second", ( string second) =>
             {
                   CounterBtn.Text = second;
         })) ;
         var displayInfo = DeviceDisplay.Current.MainDisplayInfo;
         secondWindow.X = (displayInfo.Width / displayInfo.Density - Window.Width) / 2;
         secondWindow.Y = (displayInfo.Height / displayInfo.Density - Window.Height) / 2;
             Application.Current.OpenWindow(secondWindow);
     }

 public NewPage(Image firstImage, string firstTitle, Action<string> firstTitleAction)
     {
         InitializeComponent();
         SecontTitleLabel.Text = firstTitle;//get the text from first window

         firstTitleAction("SecondTitle");
     }

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Cidimar Aparecido Ernegas (Curitiba, 1 de março de 1975), mais conhecido como Alemão, é um treinador e ex-futebolista brasileiro que atuava como meio-campo. Atualmente está sem clube.

Títulos

Como jogador
XV de Piracicaba
 Campeonato Brasileiro Série C: 1995

Ligações externas

Treinadores de futebol
Nascidos em 1975
Treinadores do Londrina Esporte Clube
Futebolistas do Paraná

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The Top Defensemen in the NHL Right Now
Whether it's scoring during a power play, setting up an important goal, or breaking up a huge play, some defensemen have the ability to do it all. Therefore, we decided to select the best defensemen in the NHL at the moment and give you some insight into why these players are so sought-after in the National Hockey League.
Tampa Bay Lightning – Victor Hedman
Hedman managed to win last season's Norris Trophy. It was the first time Hedman was voted as the best defenseman in the league. He scored a total of 17 goals, and his 63 points allowed him to rank fifth overall. Hedman's plus-32 rating was a career high for him in the NHL. He averaged ice time of 25.51 and had a staggering 216 shots on goal.
Los Angeles Kings – Drew Doughty
Doughty managed to lead the NHL in terms of total time spent on the ice for the second consecutive season. He managed to accumulate double-digit goals for three consecutive seasons, and his 60 points was a career high in the NHL. His ended with a plus-23 rating and played every single match for the fourth consecutive season. During the 2015/16 season, Doughty claimed the Norris Trophy and has been a finalist three times in the last four seasons.
Ottawa Senators – Erik Karlsson
Karlsson put up fantastic offensive numbers in the previous season despite the fact that the Senators managed to finish with the second-worst NHL record and were ranked 25th in terms of scoring with 219 goals. He managed to accumulate 53 assists, which is the fourth time in five seasons and finished the season with 62 points in only 71 matches. He averaged 26.44 on the ice and is a two-time Norris Trophy winner in 2014/15 and 2011/12. He also managed to block a total of 120 shots in the last season.
San Jose Sharks – Brent Burns
After a slow offensive start, Burns managed to make a comeback and finished with a total of 67 points, placing him second behind Hedman. His power-play points of 27 allowed him to rank fourth among defensemen in the NHL, and his shots of 332 on target placed him third in the league. Burns managed to win the Norris Trophy during the 2016/17 season when he was leading the NHL with 76 points and 29 goals. He also hasn't missed a single game for four consecutive seasons. Burns boasts with at least 60 points in each of the last four seasons, and during the 2016/17 season, he was voted for the First All-Star Team in the NHL.
Nashville Predators – P.K Subban
The second season for Subban in Nashville was one of the best he experienced in his career where he was voted for the Second All-Star Team in the NHL. His career high was sixteen goals and managed to accumulate 43 assists with 59 points. He has scored a minimum of ten goals in five of the last six seasons and raked in 50 points in four of the past five.
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Q: Why does Hagrid say, "I've never really had a lot ter do with Horace Slughorn before" In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, chapter 22 Hagrid says the following:

"Did he?" said Hagrid, looking both astonished and touched. "Tha's —
  tha's righ' nice of him, that is, an' not turnin' yeh in ei-ther. I've
  never really had a lot ter do with Horace Slughorn before. .. . Comin'
  ter see old Aragog off, though, eh? Well. . . he'd've liked that,
  Aragog would. . . ."

That sounds fair BUT ... Hagrid studied almost 3 years in Hogwarts and started 2 years after Voldemort. We know that Slughorn was a teacher at the the time when Voldemort was in Hogwarts.
That means that Slughorn also taught Hagrid. So it is not like he "did never really had a lot ter do with Horace Slughorn".
Why did Hagrid claim to not really have a lot to do with Slughorn?

A: Slughorn's teaching style would focus almost exclusively on his favorite students and ignore everyone else
Hagrid probably means that he wasn't one of Slughorn's favorites. That he wasn't in the select group of students that Slughorn had  determined were destined to succeed in life.

"I know what you mean," said Mrs. Weasley, nodding wisely. "Of course he can be charming when he wants to be, but Arthur's never liked him much. The Ministry's littered with Slughorn's old favorites, he was always good at giving leg ups, but he never had much time for Arthur — didn't seem to think he was enough of a highflier.
(Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Chapter 5)

A: The only time I remember it mentioning that there are any subjects at Hogwarts which have two different teachers teaching them is when after Professor Trelawney goes back to teaching Divination, Firenze is teaching it too. I guess though at the time when Hagrid was at Hogwarts maybe then there was another Potions teacher besides Professor Slughorn. Or maybe Hagrid just meant that when he was a student he hadn't known Professor Slughorn very well.


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Philyra may refer to:

Greek mythology
Philyra (mythology), was the name of several figures in Greek mythology, including:
Philyra (Oceanid), an Oceanid nymph and mother by Cronus of Chiron
Philyra, one of the names given to the wife of Nauplius, who was the father of Palamedes.
Philyra or Phillyra, daughter of the river Asopus, and the mother of Hypseus by Peneius

Organisms
Philyra (crustacean), a genus of decapod in family Leucosiidae
Philyra (plant), a genus of flowering plant in the spurge family
Philyra (EP), an EP by the Mountain Goats


On March 29th, 2011, we tried our first Menchies Frozen Yogurt!
I got a fruit concoction topped with yogurt chips.
We finished every last bite. It was so good we've even been back Grouponless! My favorite part about Menchies is they have a bunch of games in the corner for your entertainment. We busted out Guess Who and pretended we were 7 years old again. Fox just stared at us from his carseat. I'm pretty sure I won 3 out of 3 games based on pure dumb luck when it came down to two or three choices and I always guessed the right one. I wish I was always so lucky! Come on lottery!
Wait! No pictures of FOX? I want a refund!


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How to make a movie in less than a day?
In the past year, the number of movie buffs who are willing to travel to Toronto for a screening has surged to nearly a quarter of all cinema visits, according to the latest data from the Toronto Film Festival.
In 2014, only 10 per cent of Toronto's visits to theatres were for films, down from more than 30 per cent a decade earlier.
The number of people in Toronto who visited a film festival has grown from about 7,000 to about 10,000 over the past five years.
The film festival, which began in 2006 and is now in its 16th year, was created by Toronto's Arts Council in part to provide more accessible film screenings to those who are unfamiliar with the city's film culture.
But it has become increasingly difficult to find films in Toronto in recent years.
It has become impossible to get tickets at the film festival to an upcoming movie screening.
The Toronto Film Critics Association, which represents critics, says the festival's numbers have not kept pace with the rising number of international releases.
"We have a lot of films that are not showing up, and they are not getting a lot attention," said Peter Zindl, the association's director of programs.
"The problem is that people are just so used to seeing movies in Toronto that they don't want to go see them in other parts of the world."
Toronto Film Festival director Peter Zendl says the numbers for international releases are not keeping pace with Toronto's growing numbers of visitors.
(CBC)Zendl said Toronto Film Festivals can be a very good place to see a film, but they also need to be accessible to anyone who is unfamiliar with Canadian film.
"I think that's a challenge that we're facing now, is that films have been pushed out into more of a global marketplace, and there are very few theatres that are offering screenings in other locations," Zendli said.
"So when you look at a film like 'The Help,' which is an adaptation of a story about a woman with autism, it's a big film and that's really where you get a lot from a festival."
And then, as a festival you get to meet the filmmakers and the audiences and the people who are going to go out and see it, so it's very exciting and a great place to be.
"Zendli has been working to change the way that festivals work, and he hopes to see films in theatres come back to Toronto as more films are made in the city."
When I was in my first festival, there were some screenings at Toronto's theatre, and the audience was not necessarily the same, and so we decided that we'd put the screenings in some other locations in the festival, and we'd take that as an opportunity to work on ways to change that," Zindli said, adding that the Toronto film festival is working on a plan to put more screenings in the future.
The city of Toronto is in the process of implementing a pilot program to open more theatres to more people, said Coun.
Michael Thompson.
(Submitted by Michael Thompson)"It's been great to see the increase in international releases, and to see people come to Toronto and be part of our cultural life.
I think there's a lot more to come.
"But, as long as people are making movies in the Toronto of today, there will be a film that's coming out in a city like Toronto that is just as exciting, or even better, because there's an audience that's in Toronto, and that film will be made in Toronto."
The Toronto film program is funded by the Canadian Film Commission and the Ontario Film Fund.
The organization said it hopes to expand screenings to more theatre locations in Canada and the United States over the next year.
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If you get a 4-year, bachelor's degree in computer science, you may cover the topic of data security as part of your coursework in database management. In some programs you can choose a minor or concentration in this area. A minor may allow you to learn about encryption programs and investigating computer crimes.
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The International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC)2 reports that expertise in data security may be beneficial if you are pursuing a career as a network security administrator, security engineer or systems analyst (www.isc2.org). Data security education may also help you find a career as a database administrator or application programmer.
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