What are PowerShell drives and why use them?
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PowerShell drives take standard "information repositories" and represent them similarly to the file system. A particular PowerShell provider represents each drive.
As an IT professional, you're familiar with how Windows represents storage volumes by using drive letters followed by a colon. C: is forever embedded in my brain. The system represents files and folders on each volume in a hierarchical fashion.
Wouldn't it be nice if you could browse other information repositories this way? For example, if you think about it, the registry is an information repository built in the same manner. You've got HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, HKEY_USERS and so on. Each of these keys contains subkeys and values like HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software. Why can't we navigate through the registry as we can the file system? It turns out we can, using PowerShell providers and PowerShell drives.
For example, when navigating your C:, that's the FileSystem provider, but when navigating the registry, that's the Registry provider. Each provider can contain multiple drives. Let's explain this with an example.
In a PowerShell console, you can see all of the available providers by using the Get-PSProvider command.
This command shows a list of all providers including all drives associated with each. You can see that out of the box, PowerShell provides more than just a FileSystem and Registry provider. The ActiveDirectory provider, as shown above, is partly a default provider but one that comes with the ActiveDirectory module. This is an excellent example of how a PowerShell drive can represent just about anything.
To drill down into the drives themselves, you'd use the Get-PSDrive command.
This shows each of the drives the provider represents. To use any of these drives, we can just reference them as we can with the traditional filesystem. We'd use a drive name followed by a colon and any number of containers. For example, if I want to see all registry keys inside HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, I could enumerate them just like I can with files using the Get-ChildItem command.
The same applies to the all the other PowerShell drives as well. If you understand the concept of Get-ChildItem and Get-Item, you can enumerate and inspect any object in any of the PowerShell drives using these same commands.
This is why the commands have the Item noun instead of nouns like file, key, or certificate. This is why you'll also see folders and registry keys generically called containers as well. The commands and parameters are purposely generic so the same methodology of working with each PowerShell drive can be the same experience.
All the PowerShell drives can be not just read-only but read-write as well. This means you can create new items, remove items, and modify them at will using familiar syntax. PowerShell gives us the expected commands to do these things with the Remove-Item and New-Item commands.
Perhaps we need to delete a file. Remove-Item -Path C:\File.txt will do it. Maybe I need to delete a registry key. Remove-Item -Path HKLM:\Software\SomeKey will do that too. You can also create new items similarly as with New-Item -Path 'C:\' -Name 'File.txt' and New-Item -Path 'HKCU:\' -Name 'SomeKey' or even New-Item -Path Variable:\ -Name 'foo' -Value 'bar' if you'd like to create a variable the long way!
You can create PowerShell drives that PowerShell providers represent from just about any structured information repository. Use the existing drives that come with PowerShell, and also, the next time you install a module from a vendor, check to see if they have included a PowerShell provider as well. If so, it may make working with that data much easier.


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Garrett Smith, shown in this photo from his victory lap after sharing the Round 3 win at the National Finals Rodeo on Saturday, placed for the second time during Tuesday's sixth round.
(PRCA PRORODEO PHOTO BY CLICK THOMPSON)
LAS VEGAS – He looks a bit battered, but if asked, Garrett Smith doesn't seem to mind.
"I've had some bumps and bruises (since the third round)," said Smith, of Rexburg, Idaho, competing at his fourth National Finals Rodeo. "I feel pretty good. We are sore, but when we ride bulls for a living, we're going to be sore. I had a few stitches, but it's not a big deal."
Ah, the life of a bull rider.
After sharing the third-round win, Smith returned to the pay window after an 84-point ride on New Frontier Rodeo's Mad Money for a fifth-place finish during Round 6 on Tuesday. It was worth $7,462 and pushed his Las Vegas earnings to $43,344.
It was an eventful night for him. His first bull, Pickett Pro Rodeo's Punchline, didn't cooperate. The bull was having trouble in the chute, and Smith was unable to get on and try his hand at the athletic bovine. The judges provided Smith with a re-ride opportunity and a chance at Mad Money, and he took it.
"That first bull wasn't very happy at all in the chute," he said of Punchline. "Once he got mad, he didn't stop at all."
It was Mad Money to the rescue. Oklahoman Trey Kimzey rode him for 86 points to also place fifth in the opening round of the NFR.
"I didn't know much about that re-ride bull," Smith said. "They said he went left, and I really liked that. I was pretty happy about it."
Sometimes unfamiliarity with a bull can pay dividends. Bull riders train on using muscle memory and reaction to make an eight-second ride. If an animal has a tendency to do something and a cowboy prepares for it, things may be washed away in one jump.
"A lot of not knowing it is great, because they are animals," he said. "They have their own brains. There are a lot of times they are not going to do what they are supposed to do. It's kind of like little kids: They are not going to do what they're supposed to do. You take them jump for jump and go at them."
It's been a rough stretch for Smith to kickstart. He's ridden three bulls but placed twice. He is seventh in the aggregate race, so he stands a chance to collect a bonus when the NFR ends Saturday night. How does he handle the disappointment when things don't go his way?
"Usually by the time we get back to the hotel, I'm over it," said Smith, who has enlisted his father, Lynn, to help get him around Las Vegas. "We'll talk about it a little bit, but once we get back to the room, it's over with and done. You've got to be moving on. If you only remember the last thing you did wrong, it's going to stick in your brain; it's going to be in your subconscious.
"Figure out what you did right, what you did wrong, forget about it and move on."
He's got four more nights in the 2022 season to collect his bright spots and more money.
"This is the healthiest I've ever been at this point of making the National Finals," Smith said. "I'm so excited. I've always made it this far, but some things have been broken. This year has been really good."
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DJ Excalibah returned to radio this past weekend for a one off show on BBC 6 Music. This was the first time everybody's favourite UK hiphop radio presenter appeared on air since BBC 1xtra senselessly axed his show. If you missed out, fear not! The show is going to be repeated on Friday the 3rd of March at 11pm. Can't wait till then? Click here and check it out now.


The heartbreaking anniversary of 9/11 brings to mind a less well-known event that continues to impact Veterans. Ever since the Veterans Claims Adjudication Commission (VCAC) issued its recommendations almost 20 years ago, the thought that Veterans should have less time – not more – to file claims and responses has been as evergreen as Texas cedar. And just as much of a nuisance.
Veterans, be warned. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has already moved one step closer to reducing its backlog by breaking your back. The VA continues to be busy figuring out ways to lighten its backlog of unexamined and pending claims by taking away rights and getting you to do their work. One goodie they added this year is the so-called "Intention to File a Claim" form.
Before March 24, 2015, you could easily initiate your benefits process by simply writing a statement on a piece of paper. It's not a figure of speech to say those days are gone forever. If you do not use a standard-issue VA form, your requests will not be processed or considered.
What if you don't have all the paperwork necessary to file a completed claim? VA has created the "Intention to File a Claim" form (VA Form 21-0966). You must use VA Form 21-0966 to alert VA of your intention to file a claim. Telling them, writing them a formal letter, sending them a formal e-mail, nothing will get you in the system unless you file an actual claim, or put a marker down with VA Form 21-0966.
What does filing an "Intention to File a Claim" do for you? Mostly, it buys you one year to get together the paperwork you need in order to file an actual claim. It makes sense to file an "Intention to File a Claim" as soon as possible so your benefits can be calculated from the earliest possible date. The frustrating thing for you is that, prior to March 24, 2015, even a submitted hospital or doctor's record could informally establish the basis for making a benefits claim. VA could and should have used an internal system to capture these incoming informal requests. Now, rather than look at the evidence it has, VA is placing the burden on you to complete an "Intention to File a Claim" and make sure you follow it up within one year with the appropriate additional standardized form.
Use of a special form is considered a best practice by VA. It is true. Having a form that limits the amount of information provided by a Veteran and puts some standard, often-repeated information (like your name) in one place so bureaucrats can easily find it likely does give a marginal boost to efficiency. But, you know the next step. Once they've trained you to do examination, VA will impose on you the production metrics it should place on employees. That means, instead of a year, you'll likely get six months, or maybe just three months, to research and respond to VA notices. Or be kicked out forever.
Given the gamesmanship VA is playing with your benefits, one approach is to treat your claim like an investment. Money managers say you should start your day doing one thing every day that just benefits you. So, every day you are able, why not look at reviewing your claim package as an investment? Even if you can only find one document every couple of days, or only feel well enough to organize information once every six weeks, it makes a difference.
If organizing and responding feels like a job, it is. You're doing VA's job for VA. But, the sad fact is that if you don't do the work now, you may never receive benefits to which you have already paid with your service, health, and well-being.


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Description: Jaguar : XKE 1966 Jaguar XKE 4.2 Series 1 Coupe Miles: 56,100 Doors: 2 doors Transmission: Manual Interior: Black Engine: 6 - Cyl. Year: 1966 VIN Number: 1E31409 Exterior: Red Vehicle Description: This is a matching numbers car with 56,100 (reported original) miles. It has been repainted red and the paint is holding up fairly well. There are only a few spots where it is showing some age. There are no signs of holes or rust in the body or floor. The doors are not sagging and the gaps are good. The windshield appears to be fairly new, the tires have plenty of tread, the door and window rubber is in very good condition. The driver's and passenger seats have been reupholstered in black leather. The dash has also been recovered. The instrument panel and carpets are in good condition. The exterior chrome is all in nice condition (7 out of 10), and the wire wheels could use a cleaning, but are not rusty or peeling. Some of the engine bay/accessories have surface rust on them such as the air cleaner canister, radiator reservoir, heater box, and other minor miscellaneous items. It is NOT in the frame or battery box. It appears that this car has sat in storage for some years. The driver's interior door panel is loose at the front edge (a common problem) but could be easily fixed. The engine runs well with good oil pressure. The clutch and gearbox work properly. The brakes need attention. The car is going to have a restoration in all parts that show the age keeping at maximum its originality.
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Dallas Cowboys coach Jason Garrett backed offensive coordinator Scott Linehan on 105.3 The Fan in Dallas on Monday.
Asked if he expected Linehan to return in 2019, Garrett said, "I do. We don't anticipate any significant changes on our staff."
Garrett also said everything on the team is still being evaluated 36 hours after the Cowboys' season ended in a divisional-round loss to the Los Angeles Rams on Saturday. Linehan has been the Cowboys' playcaller since 2014 but he came under more scrutiny this season, especially during the 3-5 start to the season.
After the trade for Amari Cooper, the Cowboys' offense improved. In the nine games with Cooper, the Cowboys averaged 22.1 points per game, up 2 points over the first seven, and 362.3 yards per game. They had the top-ranked third-down offense, converting 48.8 percent of the time.
Before Cooper's arrival, Dak Prescott averaged 202.4 passing yards per game and had eight touchdown passes and four interceptions. In the nine games with Cooper, Prescott averaged 274 passing yards with 14 touchdown passes and four interceptions.
Linehan is signed through 2019, as is Garrett. When was asked by The Fan if he will return in 2019, Garrett said, "I'm certainly excited by the challenge, yes."
Secondary coach/passing game coordinator Kris Richard, who interviewed for the head coaching vacancies in Miami, Tampa Bay and the New York Jets, remains under contract but there could be a change in titles, if not responsibilities, with defensive coordinator Rod Marinelli.
Marc Colombo, who was promoted to head offensive line coach at the midway point of the season, has an expiring contract. The Cowboys want to keep him, but his former Boston College teammate, Brian Flores, is expected to be named the Miami Dolphins head coach and he could draw interest there.


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Programme Archives
Making Winter Lights magic with the Over 55s Movement Class
Four-week history course with Donal Fallon: Dublin and the Irish Revolution
Mondays at The Mess: A Series of Talks & Lectures
Joy over fear: Movement classes in Richmond Barracks
A Walk shortlisted for an IDI 2020 award
Recruitment call – Collections Coordinator
Extra outdoor tours at Richmond Barracks
Meet Dublin's new Historian In Residence for Children
Join us for the Dublin Festival of History 2020
Richmond Barracks welcomes the city's first Historian-in-Residence for Children
The Lord Mayor meets the bees
RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra at Richmond Barracks
Open Call for Panel of Tour Guides
Visiting Richmond Barracks
The Walk selected for the 100 Archive 2019
From Richmond Barracks soldier to Irish revolutionary
The Inchicore Haiku
From Argentina to Ireland: Bulfin Road
A War in Spain Remembered on Emmet Road
The Richmond Barracks Gymnasium Plaque
Rich Words at Richmond Barracks
Fear or Defiance? The Mugshot of Peadar Clancy
Statement in relation to COVID-19
Open Call for Historian-In-Residence for Children
Tea & Chats
Calling all Makers
Share Your Tenement Memories
A New Chapter at Richmond Barracks
Áine Wayne – on work experience at Richmond Barracks, November 2019
MAKE A DAY OF IT – Competition
A Walk
Age Has No Boundaries
Transforming the Energies.
Visit by John Dillon's Grandson
A Visit by Patrick Kelly Jnr
St Michael's CBS Reunion 28th Sept 2018
Mary Gahan and her involvement in the 1916 Rising and the War of Independence.
We were delighted to have a visit from Robert Gahan to Richmond Barracks recently. He told us stories of his extraordinary aunt, Mary Gahan and her involvement in the 1916 Rising and the War of Independence.
What is also very interesting is the story he tells of her life after the Civil War, the story of her emigration to New Zealand. Here's a snippet of her activism in the 1916 Rising, but do listen to Robert's short podcast, it's well worth it.
" By 1914 Mary Gahan was a member of the Inghinidhe branch of Cumann na mBan. During Easter Week, Gahan was attached to the Stephen's Green/Royal College of Surgeons garrison. She served as a courier during the week, ultimately ending up in the GPO. James Connolly sent her to report to Frank Thornton who was stationed at the Imperial Hotel, Sackville Street. Her brothers Mattie and Joe both served with the Irish Volunteers in the GPO and North King Street area. After the Rising she was arrested in Marlborough Street and taken to Richmond Barracks and then to Kilmainham Gaol; she remembered being pelted by 'bottles and horse dung as she walked to Kilmainham'.
Richmond Barracks 1916: We Were There – 77 Women Of The Easter Rising
Mary Gahan, with her husband and two of her children, Eileen and Robert (1926)
Mary Gahan.
Robert Gahan, September 2018
James Behan, Past Pupil, St Michael's CBS
To the Memory of My Father, Commandant Michael Mallin, Chief of Staff of the Irish Citizen Army.
Father's Day Tour – Sunday 17th June at 11am
Closed for Tours – Dates
Interrogating Markievicz conference – Women in Contemporary Ireland: Gender, Class and Activism – 12th May 2018
Activist Panel – Women in contemporary Ireland: Gender, Class and Activism
A Conversation with activists:
Sinéad Kennedy, Lynn Ruane, Eileen Flynn, Niamh McDonald
Chairperson: Mary McAuliffe
Interrogating Markievicz conference – Gender, Class and Politics in Revolutionary Ireland – 12th May 2018
History Panel – Gender, Class and Politics in Revolutionary Ireland
Featuring historians: Louise Ryan, Sonja Tiernan, Therese Moriarty, and Mary McAuliffe.
Chairperson: Kelly Fitzgerald
BlogCast: Seamus Shelly's Account of the lives of Thomas and Denis Shelly during the 1916 Rising
This podcast recorded at Richmond Barracks in May 2018, tells the story of Thomas and Denis Shelly, cabinet makers from Dublin, who were arrested and held in Richmond Barracks in the aftermath of the 1916 Rising.
Listen to a fascinating account given by Thomas Shelly's son, Seamus (age 92), of his father's involvement in the Rising, and of the time spent in prison at Richmond Barracks. Listen out for the complex history, present in so many families at that time, and see their family photo of Thomas and Mary Shelly and their sons, Denis and Seamus.
BlogCast: Claude McGowan on his aunt Josie McGowan
Listen to Josie McGowan's nephew, Claude giving a very moving account of how he found his aunt's grave and erected a head stone in her memory at Glasnevin cemetery. He also showed us the medals she was awarded posthumously for her service in the 1916 Rising and the War of Independence
Josephine 'Josie' McGowan
Born: Dublin, 1898
Organisation: Cumann na mBan (Inghinidhe branch)
Position during Easter Rising: Marrowbone Lane Distillery
As a member of the Inghinidhe branch, McGowan was attached to the Marrowbone Lane garrison during the Easter Rising and was among the twenty-two women from that garrison who were arrested and held in Richmond Barracks and Kilmainham Gaol after the surrender. After her release from prison she rejoined her comrades in Cumann na mBan and was involved in helping with their many activities at the time.
Josie McGowan died on 29 September 1918, the death certificate stated that she died of pneumonia, however, according to family history she was injured in a baton charge and on being taken to the Dublin Mountains to be treated she died. Both of these stories may actually reveal the truth behind her death. According to the pension application of Priscilla Kavanagh (née Quigley), who had served with McGowan in Marrowbone Lane Distillery during the Rising, members of Cumann na mBan, including the Inghinidhe branch, were involved in a protest meeting at Foster Place. The women were campaigning against the ill treatment of female prisoners Kathleen Clarke, Countess Markievicz, and Maud Gonne McBride, incarcerated in English Gaols and the manner in which republican prisoners in general were being treated in prison by the authorities. Speakers at the meeting included Helena Molony and Hanna Sheehy Skeffington. According to Kavanagh, the women were surrounded by the police who, while observing the situation, broke up the meeting with a violent baton charge. Some of the women were arrested. As a member of the Inghinidhe branch McGowan would have been present. According to her family she received severe blows to her head during the baton charge and was taken to the Inghinidhe branch first aid station in Ticknock, Co. Dublin. Newspapersat the time verify the story of the protest meeting and the rough treatment the women received.
Josie McGowan was only 20 years old at the time of her death. She was buried in a pauper's grave in Glasnevin Cemetery. Her father Charles died seven days later and was buried with his daughter. Today their grave is marked with a headstone erected by their family. Josie McGowan received posthumous medals for her contribution in the Easter Rising and the War of Independence, the latter medal has the 'Comhrac' (Fighting or Active Service) bar.
(We Were There, The 77 Women of Richmond Barracks, Dublin 2016, Four Courts Press, Mc Auliffe, Gillis)
Programme of Events – January – May 2019
A Rare Photograph of Hanna Sheehy Skeffington at Richmond Barracks
Memories of St Michaels CBS, Inchicore, by Past Pupil, Leo Wright. Scholarship Winner 1956
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Trump will win November 8 election: American professor
Thu 3:20 pm +00:00, 27 Oct 2016
Thu Oct 27, 2016 2:59PM
US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump gestures while speaking to a crowd of donors at the McGlohon Theater in Charlotte, North Carolina on October 26, 2016. (Photo by AFP)
US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will win the November 8 election, says an American professor who correctly predicted almost every presidential election in the United States.
Professor Helmut Norpoth, of New York's SUNY Stony Brook University, said his model shows Trump performed comparatively better in the primaries so he will triumph next month, The Independent reported on Thursday.
Norpoth developed a model which, when applied retroactively, successfully predicted every presidential election in the United States since 1912 all but one, which was the 2000 election, when it said Democratic nominee Al Gore would beat Republican candidate George W. Bush. But instead Bush won the election.
Al Gore won the popular vote, but Bush was awarded more votes in the Electoral College following a disputed result in Florida. So Bush was declared winner.
The political scientist's model suggests that the person who emerges as the strongest candidate in the primaries will go on to win the presidency.
"I think he was the strongest candidate in the primaries and that he will prevail," Professor Norpoth told the New York Post.
"The model predicted a Trump win in February and nothing has changed since then. Whatever happens in the real world doesn't affect the model," he stated.
Professor of Political Science at Stony Brook Helmut Norpoth, New York
Recent polls show that Clinton's national lead over Trump is shrinking as the Election Day is approaching.
The former secretary of state has the support of 49 percent of likely voters, while the billionaire businessman has 44 percent support, according to the CNN/ORC survey released on Monday.
In addition, preliminary figures suggest the US presidential remains tight in so-called swing states, despite boasting by Clinton's campaign that she is far ahead.
Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, has an edge in several of the roughly 10 swing states that will decide the 2016 White House race.
Trump has also potential advantages of his own in some battleground states.
On Wednesday, Trump said that he would win the key battleground states of Ohio, Florida and North Carolina, that could help him claiming the election. "I think I'm gonna win," Trump told ABC News.
The billionaire said that he intends to pour in millions of dollars in the final days of the campaign.
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Last month, the Supreme Court unexpectedly issued a "stay" of the Clean Power Plan, the centerpiece of the Obama administration's efforts to mitigate climate change. This decision unquestionably bars the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from enforcing any of the rule's requirements until the lawsuits against it are fully resolved. But opponents claim that the stay requires the EPA to halt all work related to the rule. Under their spurious interpretation, the agency could not, for example, provide additional guidance on emissions trading to the many states and power companies that are moving ahead with planning processes for meeting the rule's carbon reduction targets. In fact, there is ample precedent for federal agencies continuing to work on policies stayed by courts.
Opponents also argue that the stay automatically "tolls" all of the Clean Power Plan's compliance deadlines. In other words, they claim that even if the rule is upheld and the stay lifted, all future deadlines will be postponed for at least the amount of time that the stay was in place. This argument, too, is incorrect. The stay order itself says nothing about tolling, and prior practice suggests that if the rule is upheld, it will be up to the D.C. Circuit to decide whether and how to adjust the rule's timeline, which doesn't call for full compliance until 2030.
Before the Supreme Court's decision, the EPA released an initial draft — in a separate docket from the Clean Power Plan itself — of model trading rules for states seeking to use emissions trading systems to meet their carbon reduction targets. (The agency also released a draft federal plan outlining compliance options for states that do not submit their own plans to the EPA.) The agency planned to finalize the model trading rules during the summer of 2016 in order to support local planning efforts, which are continuing in many states (including several that are opposed to the Clean Power Plan). Legal precedent suggests that the EPA has the right to continue this work.
Opponents of the rule have argued to the contrary. The attorneys general of Texas and West Virginia (two of the states leading the challenge to the Clean Power Plan in court) recently claimed that "the States, their agencies, and EPA should put their pencils down." Jeff Holmstead, a former EPA official under President George W. Bush who is representing opponents of the Clean Power Plan, argued that further work by EPA would be the equivalent of "thumbing your nose at the Supreme Court." Sen. James Inhofe James (Jim) Mountain Inhofe Embattled senators fill coffers ahead of 2020 Overnight Defense: Senators show skepticism over Space Force | Navy drops charges against officers in deadly collision | Trump taps next Navy chief Senators show deep skepticism on Space Force proposal MORE (R-Okla.) recently made similar comments.
But the EPA has taken actions to implement stayed rules under both the Republican and Democratic administrations over a period spanning almost two decades. After the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued a stay on the EPA's Cross-State Air Pollution Rule in 2011, the agency continued work on the rule by adjusting state emissions budgets and resolving issues related to modeling. At the time, the EPA argued that its action "is consistent with and is unaffected by the Court's Order staying the [rule]."
During the Clinton administration in 1999, the D.C. Circuit stayed the NOx SIP (Nitrogen Oxides State Implementation Plan) Call, a rule limiting nitrogen oxides emissions affecting downwind states. While the stay was in place, the agency pursued a related regulation, but gave states the option to voluntarily comply with the stayed rule instead.
Recent claims that the EPA must halt all work on the Clean Power Plan would be persuasive if the court had granted an injunction rather than a stay. The nature of these remedies is very different, but the opponents of the Clean Power Plan treat them as if they were equivalent. As Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the majority opinion in Nken v. Holder (2009), a stay "halt[s] or postpon[es] some portion of the proceeding, or ... temporarily divest[s] an order of enforceability," whereas an injunction "directs the conduct of a party, and does so with the backing of [a court's] full coercive powers." In short, an injunction is a binding restriction on the conduct of the agency. A stay holds much less power, focusing only on the enforceability of the rule.
What happens to compliance deadlines?
The EPA's opponents have argued that the stay automatically delays, or "tolls" all Clean Power Plan deadlines, even though the Supreme Court made no mention of such tolling.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce recently posted a white paper on its website arguing that, if the Clean Power Plan is upheld by the courts, the "EPA is required to move all the Rule's deadlines into the future by at least the amount of time between the Stay's issuance and its expiration." Inhofe echoed this claim and wrote to the EPA administrator asking her to make clear that such tolling would take place.
Here, again, these claims fly in the face of precedent. Indeed, none of the cases cited in the Chamber of Commerce's white paper support this tolling position. Decisions of this sort are made after a stay is lifted, as was the case for both the NOx SIP Call and the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule. Consistent with the proper reading of prior precedent, if the Supreme Court upholds the rule, or declines to hear the case after the D.C. Circuit upholds it, the D.C. Circuit will decide what to do about the various deadlines. That is not a decision that the Supreme Court made when it granted the stay, and it is ultimately a matter to be decided by the federal courts, not the EPA.
The D.C. Circuit will eventually have wide discretion on what to do about the deadlines, and there are likely to be competing arguments. For example, the general counsel for the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners suggested that "[t]he deadlines that are further out — the 2030 and 2022 deadlines — may change less than the nearer-term ones" after the stay is lifted. Given the extensive lead time and compliance flexibility already built into the Clean Power Plan, and various market forces and policies that are continuing to drive emissions reductions in the power sector, the judges may well decide that revisions to the Clean Power Plan's later deadlines are not justified.
While the stay is in effect, the EPA cannot impose Clean Power Plan requirements on any state that does not voluntarily act. But nothing bars the agency from continuing to develop guidance on emissions trading. Finalizing the model trading rules would both support states that want to move forward with their planning now and speed up the implementation process if the courts ultimately uphold the Clean Power Plan, thereby avoiding unnecessary delays that would further compromise our well-being. Providing interested states and regulated entities with tools to aid their planning is the responsible thing for the EPA to do.
Revesz is dean emeritus and Lawrence King Professor of Law at New York University School of Law, and director of the Institute for Policy Integrity. He is the co-author, with Jack Lienke, of the new book "Struggling for Air: Power Plants and the 'War on Coal.'"


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10 Favorite Walks in Lincoln
by Sriyani Tdball
I am always amazed by the variety of scenic Lincoln locations that call for a walk. Lincoln offers seemingly endless options that are not just beautiful, but also a great workout. Lincoln is such a great city to walk, hike or bike—full of scenic parks, paths and trails. If you love short runs or walks, or just a ramble in and around the city, this is a list of the ten most scenic walks around the city compiled by writer and naturalist Becky Seth for Lincoln Today. We added some more information to give you more choices. We love these recommended walks and they are definitely worth a stroll.
Pioneers Park & the contiguous Nature Center (entrances on South Coddington and West Van Dorn) The Park is one of Lincoln's largest, designed by Ernst Herminghaus and placed on the National Register of outstanding landscape architecture in 1993. Its trails wind past sculptures, ponds, a playground and a picnic area. The west end leads into Pioneers Park Nature Center with its eight miles of hiking trails through woodlands, wetlands and tall grass prairie. Gardens and exhibit animals invite pausing for a closer look. Go to parks.lincoln.ne.gov/naturecenter for a Nature Center trail map. (Dogs and other pets are not allowed in the Nature Center).
Wilderness Park parking areas on Pioneers Blvd., Old Cheney, 14th St. and Saltillo Rd.
The trails of this linear park are mostly wooded, stretching along Salt Creek and offering many opportunities to view birds and other wildlife. Some bridges are out but the trail is continuous from Pioneers to 14th. Trails in Wilderness Park are open from the north end to S 14th Street. Horse trails east of South 14th Street (east side of Salt Creek) and hiking trail north of Saltillo Road and east of Salt Creek.
The Haymarket area north of O St., west of 9th St., the Salt Dog's Stadium and around Oak Lake. The Haymarket area features historic buildings, art galleries and many great places to get a meal or snack. A pedestrian bridge on 8th Street leads to the baseball stadium and you can easily wind your way west and north to Oak Lake.
The Rock Island Trail A & 29th St. to Densmore Park. This trail with large wooded stretches winds through Antelope Park and neighborhoods.
The University of Nebraska City Campus the Antelope Valley Project and the north end of the Billy Wolff Trail Strolling the UNL City Campus, enjoy the "Torn Notebook," a Claes Oldenburg sculpture (Q and 12th Streets), the Sheldon Art Gallery with surrounding outdoor sculpture garden, other campus buildings, the Love Library gardens, and Broyhill Fountain at the Student Union. Just north of the football stadium, go east and walk through the recently completed Antelope Valley Project on the Billy Wolff Trail. Continuing on the trail, visit the Sunken, Rose and Rotary Gardens at 27th and Capital Parkway.
Holmes Lake & the Billy Wolff Trail east 70th and Normal Blvd. Walk around Holmes Lake (particularly nice at sunset) and continue east on the Billy Wolff Trail through wooded areas and several city parks.
The Tierra/Williamsburg Trail 27th and Highway 2 south past Pine Lake Rd.
Another trail that winds through lovely neighborhoods past many small ponds.
MoPac Trail 84th and Hazelwood Dr.
east to Wabash, Nebraska.
This rails-to-trails project winds through suburban neighborhoods, wooded areas and fields taking you through beautiful country.
Jamaica North Trail Pioneers Blvd. east of 1st St., south to Saltillo Rd., 26th & beyond
This rails-to-trails path runs along Wilderness Park, has long wooded stretches and offers rich possibilities for wildlife viewing. It continues as the Homestead Trail, which will soon be completed all the way to the Kansas border and beyond.
Editor's Note: Looking for a trail just outside Lincoln? Then try the Nine Mile Prairie Fletcher Ave. west of W. 48th. The 200-acre tall-grass prairie has a network of trails that offer a glimpse of the ecosystem that once stretched down the center of the U.S. .For a map of many of the options listed here, visit the Great Plains Trail Network at www.gptn.org/ or consult the map in the Lincoln phone book.
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Meanwhile, "Trump slams America's schools in a rally: 'Some countries you've never even heard of are ahead of the USA'." "What Would a President Trump Mean for Education?" asks Frederick Hess. He says he has no idea but he wrote a column anyway. As one does.
"Black students ejected from Trump rally" at Valdosta State University in Georgia, the USA Today reports.
Google's chairman Eric Schmidt "will head a new Pentagon advisory board aimed at bringing Silicon Valley innovation and best practices to the U.S. military," the Defense Secretary announced this week. Gotta sell those military robots! And Chromebooks, definitely Chromebooks.
"GI Bill funds still flow to troubled for-profit colleges," Politico reports.
A proposed bill in Virginia would require schools notify parents if students are assigned books with sexually explicit content.
The Times Higher Education looks at the effect Catalan independence might have on higher education in the region.
Via Education Week: "College Board Aims at Test-Prep Tutors in Barring March 5 SAT-Takers." According to Buzzfeed, here is "Everything You Need To Know About The New SAT." (Since the new test isn't administered until tomorrow, I'm guessing it's not everything you need to know.) "Why the new SAT is not the answer," by Akil Bello and James Murphy.
According to Education Week, the Justice Department is exploring how the College Board and ACT respond to requests for accomodations by students with disabilities.
Via The Atlantic: "The Problem With the GRE." The exam 'is a proxy for asking "Are you rich?" "Are you white?" "Are you male?"'"
Northwestern University will eliminate loans as part of its student aid packages.
Middlebury College has banned the sale of energy drinks, says Inside Higher Ed.
"The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights has opened new investigations into alleged sexual violence at University of Notre Dame and University of Chicago," reports Jezebel.
Via Crain's Detroit Business: "Wayne State medical school issues ultimatum to faculty": Be productive!
"The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a student protest group have reached an agreement that will end a sit-in that has been going on in the administration building since October," Inside Higher Ed reports.
Dale Dougherty has returned as the CEO of Maker Media.
The Chicago Public Schools will lay off 62 employees, 17 of them teachers. In turn, Chicago teachers might strike.
Wake Forest University professor Melissa Harris-Perry walked off her MSNBC show. Former producer Jamil Smith posted a copy of her email to Nerdland staff to Medium.
"The dean of Kansas University's School of Social Welfare submitted his resignation Wednesday, after less than a year on the job, citing 'daunting' challenges at the school," the Lawrence Journal-World reports.
"The chief of the University of Cincinnati's police force and a major in the department resigned on Friday as part of an outside review that was conducted following a fatal shooting last summer by an officer on the force," The Chronicle of Higher Education reports.
"Facing a $7-million budget deficit, John A. Logan College's Board of Trustees approved 55 faculty and staff layoffs on Wednesday," The Chronicle of Higher Education reports.
No, researchers did not discover a Matrix-like way to upload learning into your brain, despite all the wonderful tech journalism that said so.
"McDonald's Is Now Making Happy Meal Boxes That Turn Into Virtual Reality Headsets," says AdWeek, and I cannot wait for the McDonalds-Certified Educators to offer workshops on this at ISTE.
There were lots of inaccurate reports this week that Google was launching a new "kid friendly" search site called Kiddle.co. It's not a Google site at all (and appears to be run by the founder of freakingnews.com to give you an idea of how well it'll curate "search"), but hey, why would we expect tech writers to research or verify anything before they hit "publish"?
Edsurge has released its first AT&T-funded report on the trends driving the ed-tech market.
Curriculet is moving away from a freemium model, but its "big changes empower students" (whatever the hell that means), says Edsurge.
"Salesforce.org announces Higher Education Data Architecture," says eCampus News.
D2L has updated its Degree Compass course recommendation tool.
"Cengage Unveils New Approach to Developmental Math," says Inside Higher Ed.
Andrew Hacker's new book The Math Myth: And Other STEM Delusions seems to have renewed the debate on whether or not we should require Algebra II. Here's Dana Goldstein writing in Slate. Here's Anya Kamenetz reporting for NPR. Math professor Ketih Devlin responds, suggesting there's a math myth permeating The Math Myth.
Tech executives want to replace teachers with computers. Pearson also touts AI in education. Surprise, surprise.
Mimio has been acquired by Boxlight Corporation. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Here are my calculations about how much funding was raised by ed-tech companies in February.
"According to initial results from recent pilot, digital game-based learning improved student engagement and self-efficacy in writing courses at 14 colleges and universities," says Campus Technology.
According to a survey of 4000 community college students, "about 50 percent of students reported having one or more mental-health condition," The Chronicle of Higher Education reports.
Via The Chronicle of Higher Education: "To Measure Teaching, Look to Health Care and Other Industries, Says British Think Tank." There are so many flaws in a comparison between health care and education, but hey. I'm not a think tank so what do I know.
Chicago-based LEAP Innovations has released a report on "what works" within its pilot network (that is, 15 schools in the city.) Among the tools it found to be effective was the literacy tool ThinkCerca. ThinkCerca is funded in part by Deborah Quazzo. (Remember the scandal about the companies in her portfolio seeing their revenue increase from sales to CPS? Anyway…) Quazzo's partner at GSV, Michael Moe, sits on the board of LEAP, but Edsurge (also funded by GSV) assures us the organization has taken a "cautious approach" to this research.
"Facebook AI Research is donating 25 GPU servers to European academies," ZDNet reports.
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BEST COMIC BOOK COVERS OF 2011! The Remaining Parts!
"These people are like family to me. It has not been easy for anybody. Let me put it that way: It was like a death in the family. Only I was the dead guy. I felt like William Holden, face down in the swimming pool, narrating this thing."– Frank Darabont on his departure from WALKING DEAD
Okay we're wrapping this puppy up of the best Comic book covers of 2011. This covers the rest of the year not covered in the first part of this Article.
Okay onto the fun!
John Tyler Christopher for Annihilators: Earthfall #1
Steve McNiven for Captain America #1,3- Steven McNiven in addition to interior work, did several covers. These two were head and shoulders above all the rest of his covers for 2011. They differentiate themselves, particularly #1 by being very memorable. A great cover notable by distilling an entire issue into one image. A great cover is something iconic. CAPTAIN AMERICA #1 is a poster waiting to happen.
Sean Phillips for all four of the CRIMINAL LAST OF THE INNOCENT and select INCOGNITO covers. I didn't care for some of his INCOGNITO covers in 2011, I think both as concept and covers INCOGNITO never quite gelled into having an identity. Whereas with CRIMINAL LAST OF THE INNOCENTS (as well as the other story-lines) the covers just scream creativity and read me. Great stuff.
JH Williams III knocks it out with his cover for BATWOMAN #1.
Kalman Andrasofszky for X-23 #14. I have no interest in this character or this book, but that is just a fun cover.
Esad Ribic did a lot of covers for 2011, but his covers tend to be too static for my liking. They fail to make me interested. Two exceptions, that made this list being X-FORCE #4 and #13.
Gabriele Dell'Otto gives a very intriguing cover to VENGEANCE #1. And Joe Casey seems to have an intriguing story to tell, but I couldn't get past the very bland interior art by, to me, an unknown. But Dell'Otto's cover did the job, it had me interested in buying the book. However the interior art quickly unsold me.
Sean Murphy for American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest #1.
Jae Lee offers a great cover for Wolverine #9. Compare this image to another image below and see what you think. You'll know the image when you see it.
Gorgeous Terry & Rachel Dodson covers highlight UNCANNY X-MEN 537 & 535. For some reason they knock it out of the park when drawing Kitty Pride. however the other characters they do in other covers… Emma, Colossus, Wolverine… not so much. But with their Kitty Pride covers it's like that's when they get interested and inspired. I think they just love drawing brunettes. 🙂
David Yardin worked his way on this list with two covers that are very visceral, bordering on a rough, muscular moment of ugliness captured, frozen in that moment before the point of no-return. Namely:
Spider-Island: Heroes for Hire #1- A silly cover for a silly storyline, but Yardin's cover (based on a Romita cover) makes it more compelling than it should be and X-Factor #219. The covers depict ugly moments, which are disturbing, but it's drawn with sexiness and sensuality beneath the savagery so it makes for something of an uneasy and unsettling image that gets you to stop and take notice. And that's what covers strive to do.
Sam Basri was fantastic on POWER GIRL, and his cover for #26 is Hilarious and great!
I like wrap around covers so thumbs up to New Mutants #25, looks a bit computer generated, but nice enough.
Jock for Daredevil Reborn #4
Paul Chadwick's art highlights the exceptionally well laid out DHP #1. Fantastic Typography!
Birds of Prey #11 by Stanley Lau. Jae Lee's cover looks more than a little like this one. I'll leave that for others to ponder. Getting back to Lau, I dislike all of Lau's covers for CAPTAIN ATOM, his earlier work on BIRDS OF PREY is much better. It's like the work of two completely different artists.
I have yet to read Morning Glories, but Rodin Esquejo offers a titillating cover for #8 that is both sexy, and creepy (nurses putting on gloves is never a good thing).
Dan Brereton for Spider #1
Jason Pearson for Astonishing X-men 36. Did I mention I love wrap around covers?! 🙂
That's it kids. Let's call it a wrap on the best Comic Book Covers of 2011!!!
Hope you enjoyed, and here's hoping for even more great covers in 2012!!!
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Change comes to one of Comics' Biggest Publishers! Does it spell DC New or DC Eww??? or DC vs Marvel
Change comes to one of Comics' Biggest Publishers! Does it spell DC New or DC Eww???
Copyright Heroic Times Jun 2011
Okay most of you comic fans reading this know the gist of the big news that has recently been released. Specifically the recent announcement by Top 2 Comic Book Publisher DC Comics, a subsidy of Time Warner, to in essence revamp their entire publishing line, and their publishing model in September of this year.
Comics being very much serialized entertainment, like soap operas or television shows they build up a history. Overtime, some view that history as a resource and some as baggage. In the face of dwindling sales DC is taking the latter approach and cleaning house, restarting their whole line of books, from number one.
Come September, 52 titles will be kicked out by DC, starting at # 1, with the characters and stories supposedly streamlined to allow easy adoption, by new readers. On top of this they will offer the books via digital distribution, as well as through the traditional dwindling markets of the comic book store.
It is an unprecedented and bold move, in an age where all print media, from newspapers to books, is losing readers. And specifically a necessary move for DC, that has seen its place in the market continue to slip, as its major competitor MARVEL COMICS GROUP owned by Disney, continues to trounce them in sales/market share.
So all in all, I think this bold move by DC, while unexpected, is overall a good one, as obviously they needed to do something.
It's a hail-Mary pass, and I see it working for them in the short term, generating interest in their books through the line wide shake-up, and the day and date (digital publication that coincides with print publication) digital distribution option, opening them up to a world of new potential readers/consumers. If they capture just a fraction of the digital market, they could potentially move very quickly from servicing tens of thousands of people to hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people per issue.
There are some potential roadblocks, most remarked on being the pricing of the digital comic, as most agree the 99 cent or $1.99 cent model is the better price-point for easy mass adoption. However I have no doubt the pricing structure will work itself out in time.
So in short term I see this being a success for the company, however potentially not as great a success as it could be, and potentially not a lasting success as their competitors invariably jump into Digital distribution to compete.
No, I see DC's biggest drawback to this line-wide overhaul, is the appearance (now this is only going by the miniscule data so far released on the books to come out in September, this is speculation not fact) that the streamlined books suffer the same problem as the pre-streamlined books, which is basically… they are not that good or interesting.
That's harsh to say, but that is the current problem with DC comics that they seem to, with well meaning overtures to price and distribution and character's costumes, overlook.
The main problem DC overlooks, to why their sales are dwindling… is the fact that their books themselves, particularly when compared to their main competition Marvel Comics, are not that interesting, they are in fact… lacking.
And it pains me to say this as someone who is not a fan of much of what Marvel does, and infact actively does not purchase Marvel Comics' individual issues. Generally because of ads breaking up the story, and lack of back-matter or letters pages, failing these things I'll just wait for the trade, and monthly buy Indie books, such as CHEW or WALKING DEAD that do offer these extras, that for me make the individual issues… worth their price.
If there is a story from Marvel that is getting particular buzz I'll wait for the trade and pick it up at my local library or on Ebay or not.
On the other hand, DC comics stories are not particularly interesting, I listen to a number of podcasts and read reviews and articles to stay abreast of what's drawing the buzz in this niche market of comics, and DC seldom… draws the buzz, in any meaningful way. The ones that do I'll pick up via Ebay or Library, and am generally underwhelmed.
Particularly glaring is the fact that DC's artwork is bland to subpar. For a medium defined by its art.. that's not good. In general (in general, not across the board) the writers and artist of DC are not setting the world on fire.
There are exceptions such as Irving Frazier, Basri, Jock, J.H. Williams III (to name ones that spring to mind) in the art camp, and Scott Snyder, Morrison (when he's the good Morrison) and Rucka (who DC has lost) in the writing camp; but in general the rule applies.
And having looked at some of the talent launching their 52 new books (again not privy to all of them, just going by the early news released as of this date), I see the rule of bland storytellers and bland art and bland takes on characters… continuing.
Where is the talented, amazing writers that are blowing the roof off the place, and everyone is talking about for their Indie work? Where are the Remenders and Aarons and Hickmans and Van Lente's and Spurrier's?
With very few exceptions all the exciting writers in comics are working for Marvel. Add to that the fact that Marvel blows DC away in terms of art, and it is a powerful combination.
DC's art style is largely still stuck in the 90s Image era, and with DC co-headed by Jim Lee, perhaps that's no wonder, but it is a mistake.
This is the age of the Simone Bianchis and Copiels and Djurdevics and Eptings and Braithwaites and Molinas, guys who offer a level of detail and beauty and storytelling that makes you want to turn pages. And all those guys are Marvel artists.
Now it's true none of those names, either writer or artist, is known to this new potential readership, that digital distribution offers the opportunity to tap, however my point is… quality will out.
Which means people may be introduced to comics through DCs digital books, but just as in the paper books… they will quickly transition to more sophisticated art and story; which means Independents and Marvel. And they will gravitate to the artists and writers that are steering, capably, the ship.
Now, best of luck to DC's policy of giving artists they are trying to keep (they tend to lose creators to Marvel), writing assignments of popular characters… to entice them not to jump ship. However, It is a suspect policy.
Not every artist is a Frank Miller (who before being Hollywood Frank Miller, started out as an artist, than became an iconic writer, DARK KNIGHT, 300 etc) and even Frank Miller took a while to be THE Frank Miller.
I am saying it is idiotic to give your flagship titles/characters to unproven writers. No disrespect, beyond the truth, intended to David Finch and Tony Daniels (two popular DC artists and now Writer/Atists), but I've never been a huge fan of their art, and by all reports their writing isn't setting the world on fire. Now it is quite possible with practice they could become kick-ass writers, but you don't let them practice on your flagship characters such as Batman. It's thinking like this from DC, again that 90s Image model, mantra of "art is all", that has been hurting their market share.
Art is important, desperately important. But the writing is also desperately important. And when you can bring top writers AND top artists to a title (which is what Marvel does), then you have a title to hype and to generate sales. And DC fails with both aspects, the writing… and the art.
Nearly every single book Marvel puts out, looks great. That's how deep their pool of artists is; as opposed to DC that has probably less than a handful of artists I consider great, and the rest, are a "grin and get through it" bunch.
Add to this Marvel Comics are better art designed, and you point out another major failing of DC. The first thing you see of a comic is its cover, and Marvel's covers are not just better in terms of the actual cover art, they are better in terms of typography and design.
They are, as a whole, as a gestalt, the more interesting covers (exceptions to this being Sam Basri's phenomenal covers for POWER GIRL).
And fault Marvel for what you will, I think a lot of this has to do with artists such as Quesada and Bendis, who have strong visual instincts, being in editorial control of Marvel and knowing what a compelling cover should look like.
These are the reasons Marvel is # 1. And this whole DC overhaul of their universe and digital delivery announcement while groundbreaking and exciting, will be less effective than it can be if it does not also look at improving quality.
For DC's announcement to really have had teeth in it, and pit-bull like hang on staying power, they needed to release these 52 titles with a substantial number of amazing creative teams, and from the early solicits, I don't see this happening.
The most high profile announcement of the new books is Geoff Johns and Jim Lee on the JLA.
Jim Lee's style was interesting to me in the 90s, but I find it less so in the 2010s. I think part of that is… he's not the artist he was 20 years ago, looking more like Lee acolyte Ed Benes… than himself, and paradoxically he's enough of the old Jim Lee for his style to seem very dated. Of course that's to me, there are huge fans of his, so no doubt the relaunched JLA will garner huge numbers. I just don't think I'll be among them.
Along with the art, another thing that raises early flags regarding this new JLA title… is the makeup of this new team. DC makes lip service to diversity, but tokenism is not diversity. First you remove John Stewart as the Green lantern, which is this generation's Green Lantern (thanks to the JLA cartoon), and you fill it with a boring 70s lineup, and add Cyborg as a concession to tokenism?
I would prefer people not use any characters of color, then drag out just one Black character on a team. I hate seeing just one Black character on a team, give me at least two Black characters, or don't do it at all. Because without exception that one Black character will be poorly and stupidly written.
And I dislike Cyborg in particular as a character. What is it with Black male characters in comics having to be missing limbs or in someway physically or psychologically damaged? What is that? for the writers to feel comfortable writing him? Be it Cyborg or War-machine over at the esteemed competition. Which is why if you're going to do diversity, the mass media familiar John Stewart makes more sense than Cyborg, and toss in Vixen and/or Firestorm to go with him. Both characters offering a lot more to work with than the neutered Cyborg. Or don't do it at all, because (say it with me) tokenism is not diversity.
And while we're on the subject of Firestorm, what the eff is it with Black characters having to wear yellow? What is that about? You see all these sly little digs they get in? Even as a kid reading Power Man in the day, I was like…"he's cool and all, but what the f–k is he wearing a big yellow shirt for?!" Even at age 7, I knew that just wasn't kosher. I mean really? WTF?
Seriously, Mix non-people of color, writing people of color, and typically this is the kind of almost subconscious bs you get. Sad isn't it? 🙂
Beyond the JLA, everything else mentioned suffers a bit from that underwhelming writer/artist syndrome that DC has.
Now I am interested in the MR. TERRIFIC comic announced, though I'm not familiar with the writer, and while the cover art is good, the interior art… not making me do handstands.
So yeah, it's great that DC is doing this massive overhaul, and particularly pushing the digital distribution issue, but ultimately how ever you distribute the books… they have to be good, and if DC's books, can't currently compete with Marvel traditionally, digital delivery won't change that.
DC will have the upper-hand for the time it takes Marvel to get a digital presence, but once the playing field is even again, DC loses again… unless they address the underlying problems with their comics. Those being: 1/ that they are still written for a white 1950s audience, rather than a multicultural 2011 audience, and 2/that they actively need to court the hot writers and artists, ala Marvel.
That's the bottom line. There ain't no more. I do wish DC well, and here's hoping they evolve sooner rather than later.
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Mabel Jones Author Visits Malvern St James
Published Thursday 11th of February 2016 10:49:37 AM
Malvern St James' Girls School hosted an Authors Aloud UK Event with Will Mabbitt, author of the Mabel Jones series on Tuesday 9 February. More than 260 Years 3 – 6 pupils from Malvern St James' Girls School, Malvern Parish Primary, The Elms and Northleigh Primary were treated by Will to a feast of animated pirate storytelling and interactive swashbuckling fun and games. Will also shared his top tips on how pupils could create their own pirate characters and write their own adventure stories. The pupils were given the opportunity to buy a personally signed and dedicated copy of Will's new book Mabel Jones and the Forbidden City, kindly arranged by Malvern Book Co-operative. Nia Grainger, Year 6 at Malvern St James Girls' School added: "The thing that I like the most about seeing Will Mabbitt was when he read some of his book to us and when the drama was acted out about the purple bottom baboon. I also thought that he was funny and that he interacted with the audience well."
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Editorial: Ill-Chosen Words Wound Broadly
On Monday, we remember one of this nation's great leaders, a man who effected historic change not through words of violence but the vocabulary of conscience.
Editorial: Put Some Muscle In Vaccine Plan
Might our worst failing in the coronavirus pandemic yet be ahead of us? Here we are, with two approved COVID-19 vaccinations — developed in record time and now in full production by their manufacturers — and yet we have insufficient means of delivery. Imagine how World War II might have turn…
Editorial: Failed Insurrection Digusts All of Us
"Jan. 20, 2017, will be remembered," President Donald J. Trump said in his inaugural speech, "as the day the people became the rulers of this nation again."
Village Addresses Backlog of Needs
A family can plan its budget with utmost care, but fate will intervene. Just when you're about to buy a new car, the water heater bursts or the roofer finds a lot of rot around that tiny leak.
Editorial: Our New Year's List of Wishes
Happy New Year. 2020 is now in the rear-view mirror, even if all that it wrought remains with us.
Editorial: A Monstrous Failure to Protect, Serve
A month ago, we learned that Moore County Schools had agreed to a $200,000 settlement with a former student who accused then-school resource officer Joshua M. Evans of engaging her in sexual acts back in 2017.
Editorial: Year of Pivoting Yielded Results
"In doing this, it was survival first and foremost. I knew if I stayed doing what I was doing, it wasn't generating enough revenue to run that business."
Editorial: 'Yes Virginia'
From The New York Sun, Sept. 21, 1897:
Editorial: 'Good Tidings'
From the Gospel According to Luke:
Editorial: A Lasting Legacy For the People
The story of Southern Pines — and much of Moore County — these last few years has been the white-hot home construction market and lack of available land.
Editorial: Coalition Champion
One of Moore County's defining characteristics has always been its residents' spirit of service to others. Our history and tradition is replete with people who have given generously of their time and talents to make this community a better place in which to live.
Editorial: A Double Bogey And Two Birdies
Double Bogey, by U.S. Reps. Richard Hudson and Dan Bishop, in joining with seven of their fellow North Carolina congressional Republicans in supporting a nonsense lawsuit filed by the state of Texas to try to throw out the lawful 2020 presidential election.
Editorial: Selling Schools Is Good Sense
The time is nigh for the Moore County Board of Education to decide how to dispose of the vacant — or soon to be vacant — Aberdeen Primary and Elementary and Southern Pines Primary and Elementary School buildings.
Editorial: Large Gatherings Endanger Us All
Unfortunately, the prediction health officials made prior to Thanksgiving — a post-holiday bloom in coronavirus cases — is being fully realized nationally, in the state and in Moore County.
Editorial: Sweating the Details May Not Be Helpful
If one thing in Pinehurst has been talked about longer — and gone as equally unfulfilled — as a new library, it's what to do with the old service district just off the village center.
Editorial: A 100-Year History Of Serving Moore
It seems hard to imagine now, but when founded 100 years ago, The Pilot and its newspaper kin were the sole form of telling folks what was going on in their world.
Editorial: A Pair Each of Birdies, Bogeys
Bogey, by one of Moore County's congressmen, U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson, for hewing to the party line instead of doing what's best for this country.
Editorial: A Day of Public Thanksgiving
President George Washington issued this proclamation Oct. 3, 1789:
Editorial: 'With One Heart'
President Abraham Lincoln issued this proclamation on Oct. 3, 1863:
Editorial: BraveStep Program A Bold Step Ahead
Like so many other things affected by the coronavirus in 2020, college is one more paradigm that has been turned on its head. Students are more likely to "attend" classes these days via the laptop computer that sits in their childhood bedroom. Many universities have gone all fall looking lik…
Editorial: Shop Yourself a Very Local Holiday
Normally, we wait until after Thanksgiving to deliver our annual message of shopping local for the holidays, but, frankly, time is of the essence.
Editorial: For Better, Worse Eight Months In
We are now eight months into the novel coronavirus pandemic and, for better or worse, adjusting our lives around the virus. There is good and bad to be found in that.
Editorial: Good Work Is All Around Us
Eagle, by Moore County Board of Elections director Glenda Clendenin and all her staff for what, to date, has been a well-executed election under record turnout.
Editorial: Challenge Ahead for School Board
We've been living with this 2020 election for so long now — 11 months! — that it seems hard to grasp that it's over.
Editorial: Lancaster's Mask Stance an Affront
Of all the dismaying things to come out of the coronavirus controversy, the debate about wearing masks may be the most specious.
Editorial: Here's a Recap Of Our Endorsements
It's a well-worn cliche to call every presidential election "the election of a lifetime." Every four years we are encouraged to vote because of the stakes riding on the outcome. Elections have consequences, right?
Editorial: Brown, Weaver for School Seats 4, 5
On Sunday, we kicked off our Moore County Board of Education endorsements with the District 1 and 2 seats. Voters countywide also are being asked to cast ballots for the District 4 and 5 seats on the seven-member school board.
Editorial: Board of Education Districts One, Two
The Moore County Board of Education has been busy the last couple of years. It had voters overwhelmingly approve a rare bond referendum in 2018 to build three new elementary schools; it built a fourth and is finishing a critical expansion at North Moore High School with conventional financing.
Editorial: Quis, Gregory Best For Commissioners
Once upon a time, elections for the Moore County Board of Commissioners were vigorously contested affairs, but they really haven't been for some time now.
Editorial: Hudson, Wallace Best for Congress
For the first time in memory, Moore County has not one but two Congressmen: Republicans Richard Hudson and Dan Bishop.
Editorial: Boles Remains Best for House
After winning the State House 52 seat in 2008, Republican Jamie Boles went 10 years without a Democratic challenge. That changed two years ago when businessman and former teacher Lowell Simon stepped in.
Editorial: Tom McInnis for State Senate 25
2020 has been anything but predictable, save for one thing. On the day after the 2018 election, we had a pretty good feeling we'd again see a matchup between Republican incumbent Tom McInnis and Democratic challenger Helen Probst-Mills.
Editorial: As Voting Begins, Faith in the System
We're now just under four weeks until Election Day 2020. Ballots are flowing into boards of elections across the country.
Editorial: Business Grows in Downtown Robbins
As it turns out, the help that Robbins has been needing the last few years may have been a lot closer than anyone believed.
Editorial: Inside the Fight Against the Virus
By THE PILOT'S EDITORIAL BOARD
For many of us, fortunately, the coronavirus has remained conceptual. We've gone about our days, working and running errands and living lives mostly unaffected, save for where we fall on the mask-wearing, social-distancing spectrum.
Editorial: Return to School Is a Good Thing
There hasn't been a lot of good news on the coronavirus front these past six months, but Gov. Roy Cooper's recent willingness to loosen up school attendance for our youngest students is decidedly good.
Editorial: Three Birdies And an Eagle
Birdie, by FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, for trying to ascertain how exposed the community might be to the novel coronavirus.
Editorial: Let's Start Now On Next Schools
Moore County officials cut the ribbon Wednesday on the new Aberdeen Elementary School, the first project completed in the $103 million bond referendum voters approved two years ago.
Editorial: Federal Grant Is Welcome Relief
The coronavirus has laid bare a number of critical needs, but those needs are not limited to public health alone.
Editorial: USGA's Presence Is a Massive Win
A hole-in-one is a celebratory feat, for sure. But an even rarer accomplishment is the double eagle, or albatross — a golfer scoring a "2" on a par-5 hole.
Editorial: Is Village Ignoring Library Donation?
Pinehurst has been nothing if not deliberative this year in its quest to parse every single detail and opinion in the village about the future of library services.
Editorial: This Labor Day Belongs to Us All
On Sept. 6, 1936, having just returned from a trip across nine states to see the effects of the Dust Bowl and drought — two months before the next election, and with the country still in the midst of the Great Depression — President Franklin D. Roosevelt spoke directly to the American people…
Editorial: Five Birdies That Signal Good Work
Birdie, by Moore County Schools, for choosing transparency when it comes to how it's handling the coronavirus in its schools.
Editorial: Food Truck Rules Are Working Here
The enterprise of food is a keystone to any downtown community. Vibrant downtowns derive much of their verve from the varied selection and manner with which food and drink are served across neighborhoods.
Editorial: Playing Catch-Up In Battling Virus
Early on, the Moore County Health Department looked like it was on top of the coronavirus.
Editorial: High School Sports Plan Is a Winner
This past week was to have been the first big week of fall high school sports. Tennis, volleyball, boys' soccer, football — they exist now only on calendars rendered worthless by the coronavirus.
Editorial: Here's a Round To Brag About
Birdie, by Phil Richardson, for his recent promotion to assistant town manager in Aberdeen, while also keeping his regular job leading the town's emergency services.
Editorial: Schools Return Amid Uncertainty
Even in common years, the first two weeks of school would have hiccups. Buses run late routes, kids go to wrong classes, kindergartners' butterflies turn to upset stomachs. It all eventually works out and the year falls into rhythm.
Editorial: These Two Chiefs Served Us Well
Pity the lawman who takes the top job in a small Southern town. They're almost bound to get compared at some point to the fictional Sheriff Andy Taylor.
Editorial: Time for a New Health Director
In normal times, your average county health department works, like most of the government bureaucracy, to keep the cogs in the machine moving. Its staff inspect public swimming pools, ensure restaurants are meeting health requirements, oversee immunizations and administer a raft of health in…


I've been feeling challenged recently to take a good look at what they way I live my life tells my children about their own. If I'm honest, I'm naturally not very active, pretty indoorsy and prone to getting stressed when faced with something practical that requires common sense. They're all traits I'd rather not pass on.
So I'm constantly working on it, making sure we get out a lot, taking up gardening, trying to learn to cycle and forcing myself to tackle jobs around the house, rather than always waiting for Laurence to do them.
It's one of the reasons I made sure that among my 30 things to do before I'm 30 included lots of challenges that pushed me well out of my comfort zone, like climbing a mountain (which I have got to either do before it gets too cold or after it starts warming up some!).
But though I may have initially been motivated by wanting to make lifestyle changes for the sake of my family, I've discovered a few things about myself along the way. One is that I am capable of learning things beyond the pages of a book. And I can change old, ingrained habits. There is so much freedom in this. Every time I manage to fix something, remember something or stay calm in the face of something that would have previously eluded me, the satisfaction is immense.
I've also begun to deeply value experiences as a result, especially the ones that get me moving and take me outdoors, learning. I'll trade objects for experiences any day; it totally changes the way I see gifts. I'll come across an experience site like Into the Blue and find myself drawn to foraging and gorge walking, which just isn't something that would have happened years ago. I'll now counter stress by heading out to the garden to do some weeding, whereas previously my first instinct would have been to stick the kettle on.
Already Talitha can spot more British plants than I could have named before she was born and Ophelia has been wild swimming, which is more than I can say for myself. I just hope that I can keep pushing myself out there so they never lose their natural love for outdoor experiences. And so they don't end up leaving me behind indoors.


Following receipt of the required accreditation from Ricardo Certification, the new 'Sprinter Next Generation' (SNG) models were authorized to begin their test programme on the Dutch network in anticipation of their entry into service next year. The trainsets were manufactured by Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarilles (CAF) and are based on CAF's Civity platform for regional services.
Ricardo Certification was appointed as the independent and accredited party to assess compliance of the new vehicle against technical regulations in order to commence the testing stage in the autumn of 2017. This required expertise from Ricardo's teams across a wide range of technical areas, such as the electrical sub-systems, braking, environmental conditions and train safety systems. The Certification teams are now supporting CAF with the management and planning of the test campaign. The measurements recorded by Ricardo's teams will also provide vital data about the vehicle's progress during the test runs.
The project remains on schedule and Dutch operator NS hopes to introduce three-car and four-car SNG sets for passenger service in late 2018.
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Forex Trading News – Will next IMF Chief be another European?
After fallen IMF Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn officially resigned from his position, the race was on for the top job. The question now is who will succeed Strauss-Kahn and from which part of the world?
Europeans are struggling to keep a grip on the top job, however, emerging markets are also vying to end European rule.
European leaders, particularly German Chancellor Angela Merkel, proposes that the next successor must be a European since the IMF is actively involved in dealing with the debt problems in the Eurozone.
There is increasing speculation that French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde is a front runner for the position. Jean-Claude Juncker, who chairs euro zone finance ministers, and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi endorsed Lagarde on Thursday.
Meanwhile, emerging economies, as well as the United States are rallying to place their own and break the tradition.
A quick decision to nominate a candidate has to be made before the upcoming G8 meeting in the French seaside resort of Deauville on May 26-27.


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The County Kildare Federation of Local History Groups maintains a list of speakers who are available to give talks to local history groups/societies in the County Kildare area. The speakers contact details and the topics of their talks are listed below.
The Local Studies Department of Kildare County Council's Library & Arts Service have expressed their willingness to provide local history groups with talks at short notice if a booked speaker becomes unavailable. A wide range of locally specific and county related talks can be availed of from historians Mario Corrigan, James Durney and genealogist Karel Kiely.
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Stacking the coffins: the 1918-19 influenza pandemic in Ireland. Co. Kildare features heavily in this talk.
The following authors not associated with member groups are available for talks and lectures in the Co. Kildare area.
The Earl of Castlehaven of Maddenstown: A leader in the Catholic Confederacy uprising and resistance to Cromwell Illustrated talk based on the book 'The Earls of Castlehaven'. There is a prominent County Kildare dimension to the story.
John Redmond – What If? Could things have turned out differently for Home Rule and for Ireland in 1914, and, if so, under what conditions?
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Cage — But what about the noise of crumpling paper which he used to do in order to paint the series of "Papiers froisses" or tearing up paper to make "Papiers dechires?" Arp was stimulated by water (sea, lake, and flowing waters like rivers), forests
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But what about the noise of crumpling paper which he used to do in order to paint the series of "Papiers froisses" or tearing up paper to make "Papiers dechires?" Arp was stimulated by water (sea, lake, and flowing waters like rivers), forests (1985)
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This work was composed "in celebration of the work of Jean Arp on the occasion of the centenary of his birth". Its title comes from a letter written by Greta Ströh, manager of the Arp Foundation to Cage, and is part of the extant correspondence between the two concerning the project as a whole. There are 10 parts provided, any 3 to 10 of which may be used in a performance. Repetitions may be made. Each player chooses 2 or more slightly resonant instruments of different materials played in unison, notated in the parts as +. The o stands for water, paper, or other unidentified sounds. Dynamics are free, but should be varied. A performance should be without conductor, very slow, each player following his or her own beat. Each performer plays his or her part twice, but as each player keeps his own time, the second performance will always be subtly different, since things will inevitably occur at different moments. Performers may be stationed around the audience, or among them, or on stage. If the work is performed on a stage, the players should not be positioned too closely together.
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