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UK Tour: Coventry, 1989
Dave Sim & Cerebus Visit Coventry Cathedral
Coventry Cathedral. This photo, of all the ones that I took that trip, was the one that I really wanted to try to draw. The Fantasy Advertiser comics magazine did an interview while we were there and wanted a cover. I was only too happy to oblige. I like how Dave re-interpreted himself and added Cerebus the Tourist. The composition made me think of the angel and devil you often see depicted on people's shoulders but in this case the angel went over and kicked butt.
FA #115 Cover & Gerhard's Original Photo
See more of Gerhard photography here...
Labels: Art and Illustration, Gerhard's Photos
Dave Sim: A Tribute To Frank Miller's Batman
Dave Sim with Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns (November 2015)
Photo by Sandeep Atwal
Left: The Dark Knight Returns #2 (1986) by Frank Miller
Right: Cerebus #93 (1986) by Dave Sim & Gerhard
Labels: Cover Tributes, Frank Miller
Colleen Doran: "Don't Be A Bully"
I see the way young artists get harangued on the internet today, and it really breaks my heart. I'm used to it by now, but if I were a -
— Colleen Doran (@ColleenDoran) November 28, 2015
COLLEEN DORAN:
(via Twitter, 28 November 2015)
I see the way young artists get harangued on the internet today, and it really breaks my heart. I'm used to it by now, but if I were a young creator just getting into comics, if I had to deal with that level of abuse right out the gate, I might just run away from the biz entirely. Back in the day: no internet. We were insulated from a lot of hostility if we simply didn't go to conventions. Now: it comes to you courtesy your email, social media, and websites. We were the nerds who got our heads slammed into lockers, and way too many of us grew up to slam other people's heads into lockers. Dial it down a notch, people. You may not like someone else's picture or story, but there is no call for the kind of rage I see dished out to creative people. Support the things you love, and try talking about the things you don't love with an eye toward helpful, thoughtful consideration. Or maybe just don't buy it or don't mention it. Don't be a bully.
Colleen Doran's A Distant Soil is the sci-fi/adventure series which broke several barriers during it's original run in the 1980s: Colleen was one of the first women in the indie comics scene to write and draw creator-owned comics; A Distant Soil featured openly gay characters in leading roles. After a recent hiatus, Colleen has returned to complete A Distant Soil with publisher Image Comics and the series is scheduled to conclude at #50. The restored collections Vol 1: The Gathering and Vol 2: The Ascendant are available directly from Colleen Doran.
Labels: Colleen Doran, Twitter Talk
JEFF SEILER:
This is an unusual entry.
When I was working in the greater Dallas metropolitan area in the summer of 2004, as I was a substitute teacher out of work, I signed up with a company which attempted to sell electricity door-to-door (well, service contracts, that is, following deregulation of the existing monopoly). It was a 3-month job, before I could go back to teaching school, and I asked Dave Sim if he could give any advice to me and my fellow workers. I posted this on the bulletin board the day that I received it, and it was gone the very next day.
Surprise.
Anyway, here's what Dave sent to me to post:
Welcome to the way the real world operates. To be a success in the real world, it is necessary to be a good learner; a quick study when it comes to the basics; a thoughtful and introspective initiate who absorbs information like a sponge, processes it, and continuously assesses and reassesses and re-reassesses everything, as impediments present themselves. Good learners quickly lose any sense of entitlement and know that they have to do everything on their own. Any help you get from outside is likely to be accidental and should never be counted on to any significant degree.
Picture yourself as a planet. Your talent is your molten core. It is up to you to make an environment for that molten core which is conducive to growth, which will permit your talent to flourish in a hostile world. There is any number of ways to go about this. The only way to find out if you have the determination and work ethic to see it through to its conclusion is to make a start and stick with it.
Labels: Dave Sim's Letters
Weekly Update #110: Kitchener - Home Of The Aardvark
Wes Hagan's COMIC BOOK WAREHOUSE OF WONDERS has agreed to take FORTY THOUSAND copies of Cerebus! With the bag-and-board wonder Ramon on the job, Kitchener is now officially The Home of the Aardvark. Yeah!
Are you a qualified medical practitioner? If so, here's A LINK to Dave's recent MRI and X-Ray of his damaged right hand. It's a zip file with two folders (MRI and X-Ray). Each one has some a small proprietary viewer with which you can see the files. Note, it's PC only. Send in your diagnosis to: sandeep.s.atwal [at] gmail [dot] com
Labels: Dave's Weekly Update, Warehouse Giveaway
Dreams part 1
Time for a little something different. Instead of looking at just one notebook, I'm going to look at a theme that runs across a couple notebooks. This entry is on Dave's dream entries. I'm going to show two this week, and one next week.
The first dream diary entry shows up on page 37 of notebook 21, which covered Cerebus #197 to 211. Dave has dated September 4, 1995.
The text on the side states "Inking MacMurrary's Jacket. Rain-soaked field next to my parent's place. Using Ger's Pluto reflections - lot of x hatched (unknown). I'm the husband as we start to make love. She has transferred her tattoos to part of me mostly on my left side."
The next dream entry is in notebook #25, which covered Cerebus #227, however you can see where Dave wrote the number box for Cerebus #248.
The text of the entry:
Jaka on the floor in a drawing room playing with her young son. Making a mental inventory of the toys that he is to have just "Exactly the ones that Uncle Julius had when he came to..." The toddler unexpectedly throws his arms around her and she wakes up clutching Missy.
Labels: Dave Sim's Notebooks, Dreams
American Thanksgiving Weekend checking in here. After working on Monday and Tuesday hammering away at Cerebus Volume One and then pivoting to finishing the Mick n' Keef sequence of Church + State II for special delivery to Jimmy Gownley, I'm taking the rest of the week off to cleanse my brain by spending some time with friends and family and temporarily forget about 4,500 or so pages of talking aardvark still remaining...
In the meanwhile, in the American tradition, I am thankful.
I'm grateful to our art hunters, who continue to turn up pages and scans of pages, and are forgiving of my occasional mistakes, like, say, horribly mangling/misspelling their names. (Sorry Steve!)
I'm thankful for all of the fellow workers in print who gave me advice over the past year, especially Mike and Colleen who gave me printer advice and eventually led me to Tien Wah Press, the fantastic printer that we'll be working with for the foreseeable future.
I'm thankful for Tim W for his incredible blog, and a venue to write these updates.
I'm thankful for Tim F, whose incredibly generous, and very timely, donations have kept us going through so much of the restoration work.
And mostly, I'm thankful for the generous Cerebus fans everywhere who have given their time, energy, and financial support to this endeavor. The outpouring of support for the last Kickstarter was amazing. It's always a pleasure, at the end of a book, to lay out those thank you pages, and see how many people contributed to the work, and in so many varied ways.
Scans of print copies. Scans of artwork. Emails, messages, reviews, shares, Kickstarter contributions. So much outpouring of support for a comic that ended more than a decade ago now. Who would have thought it?
Well, Cerebus is a one-of-a-kind piece of art. And Cerebus fans are no different.
Thanks to you all!
Labels: Restoration
To Scott Adams From Dave Sim
I'm a Huge DILBERT fan! Sandeep Atwal gave me your post as a digital file and I thought you might be interested in a response from a cartoonist who was an atheist until age 40 and who now gives equal weight and observance to Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
Global Gender War
Posted November 17th, 2015 @ 10:07am in #ISIS #daesh
I wonder if the discussion of so-called radical Islam is disguising the fact that male-dominated societies are at war with female-dominated countries. Correct me if I'm wrong, but Islam doesn't look so dangerous in countries where women can vote.
Consider the United States.
When I go to dinner, I expect the server to take my date's order first. I expect the server to deliver her meal first. I expect to pay the check. I expect to be the designated driver, or at least manage the transportation for the evening. And on the way out, I will hold the door for her, then open the door to the car.
When we get home, access to sex is strictly controlled by the woman. If the woman has additional preferences in terms of temperature, beverages, and whatnot, the man generally complies. If I fall in love and want to propose, I am expected to do so on my knees, to set the tone for the rest of the marriage.
Personally, I don't go on dates. So the story above is just an example. But if I go to dinner with a female business associate, the story usually plays out the same way. The difference is that she might pick up the check if we are talking business, and the night ends earlier.
I finally decided that I shouldn't go out on dates unless I was interested in getting married -- which I'm not -- because that's what women go out on dates for: looking for Mr. Right. So the only thing that works is dating women who you think of as potential wives. Anything else is just "whore-mongering" and "whore-mongering" is never going to end happily. Not because of anything that women are doing wrong but because "whore-mongering" itself is wrong.
I won't reopen the discussion of gender pay imbalance in this post. I'll just summarize by saying that well-informed feminists don't see much gender discrimination in the data. So if you think women in the United States are paid less for the same work, please take it up with well-informed feminists. I'm just reporting what they say.
The emphasis seems to have shifted to the number of female executives and women sitting on corporate boards (roughly 19%). Since we went right past numerical parity on campus and are now sitting at 70% to 30% in favour of women, I think it extremely unlikely that women will EVER stop at numerical parity in any context where they say that's their only interest. Caveat emptor.
Women have made an issue of the fact that men talk over women in meetings. In my experience, that's true. But for full context, I interrupt anyone who talks too long without adding enough value. If most of my victims turn out to be women, I am still assumed to be the problem in this situation, not the talkers. The alternative interpretation of the situation – that women are more verbal than men – is never discussed as a contributing factor to interruptions. Can you imagine a situation where – on average – the people who talk the most do NOT get interrupted the most? I don't know if the amount of talking each person does is related to the amount of interrupting they experience, or if there is a gender difference to it, but it seems like a reasonable hypothesis. My point is that men are assumed guilty in this country. We don't even explore their alibis. (And watch the reaction to even bringing up the topic.)
Freudian slip there, calling them "alibis" instead of reasons. :)
Two situations I see here: 1) women explain things differently and usually at greater length because they want to explain their subject exhaustively while also avoiding bruising anyone's feelings through inconsiderate phraseology 2) Men tend to distill what they have to say to, as you say, "adding value". Figure out what you're going to do so you can start doing it.
If they aren't "adding value" to the discussion, men tend to just listen until they have something to add. If you're right in your assessment, I think women in the workforce need to develop these sorts of distillation abilities: Here's An Idea. Period. And I would agree that NOT interrupting people who just like to talk isn't a valid option or you're just going to have interminable meetings that never lead to anything but "further study". Which would certainly explain the nature of politics and industry since women got the right to vote 100 years ago. :)
Now compare our matriarchy (that we pretend is a patriarchy) with the situation in DAESH-held territory. That's what a male-dominated society looks like. It isn't pretty. The top-ranked men have multiple wives and the low-ranked men either have no access to women, or they have sex with captured slaves.
I don't think the men of ISIS are obsessed with sex. I think that's seeing a Muslim context through North American eyes because North American men ARE obsessed with sex or -- rather -- with whacking off to online porn and mistaking the latter for the former. Personally, I haven't masturbated since 2003 and haven't missed it.
I think the men of ISIS, like all Muslims, are centrally concerned with submitting to God's will and doing what they think God wants them to do. I'm not God so I have no idea if they are or not. The will of God in Judaism, Christianity and Islam -- relative to women -- involves marriage and fatherhood instead of fornication, adultery, whoredom and masturbation. It would be unusual for a good Muslim to rape a captive "if she wishes to preserve her modesty" as it says in the Koran on that very subject. I'm not saying it doesn't happen -- the Boko Haram abductions are a glaring example -- I'm just saying that I think it would be unusual.
Of course, that leaves aside revenge questions. ISIS is mostly made up of Saddam Hussein's Sunni military who doubtless experienced Shia backlash when Iraq was overturned by the US invasion and who are now, in turn, wreaking vengeance upon the Shiites behind that backlash. Muslims have very long memories. The fact that they still call us Crusaders a thousand years later speaks volumes.
"Access to women" is a G7 concept. In a Muslim context, you have only married women (unaccessible) and unmarried women (unaccessible except through legitimate means: like family-approved courtship). Wives and potential wives. A Muslim man isn't going to want to be seen as a whoremonger or a fornicator or an adulterer because that a) would indict him in the sight of God and b) would rule him out as a potential husband. Particularly Islamists like those in ISIS and al-Qaeda.
While I'm being politically incorrect, let me describe to you the mind of a teenage boy. Our frontal lobes aren't complete. We don't imagine the future. Our bodies want sex more than we want to stay alive. Literally. Lonely boys tend to be suicidal when the odds of future female companionship are low.
So if you are wondering how men become cold-blooded killers, it isn't religion that is doing it. If you put me in that situation, I can say with confidence I would sign up for suicide bomb duty. And I'm not even a believer. Men like hugging better than they like killing. But if you take away my access to hugging, I will probably start killing, just to feel something. I'm designed that way. I'm a normal boy. And I make no apology for it.
You can usually get as much HUGGING as you want in North America if you're a good feminist. What you aren't going to get is sex. And even if you could, the sex wouldn't make you happy because you're not designed THAT way: to be a whoremonger. You're designed, by God presumably, to be a good husband and a good father.
If you whack off too much, it's just like any other addiction. You need more and more explicit and perverse subject matter to get the same "high" and eventually it just becomes another boring habit like channel-surfing. As the feminist singer eloquently put it, "If it makes you happy, then why are you so sad?"
I definitely think that's a problem for G7 men: having far more of a "relationship" with porn-sites than with actual women. Or, more pertinently, than with God.
Now consider the controversy over the Syrian immigrants. The photos show mostly men of fighting age. No one cares about adult men, so a 1% chance of a hidden terrorist in the group – who might someday kill women and children – is unacceptable. I have twice blogged on the idea of siphoning out the women and small kids from the Caliphate and leaving millions of innocent adult men to suffer and die. I don't recall anyone complaining about leaving millions of innocent adult males to horrible suffering. In this country, any solution to a problem that involves killing millions of adult men is automatically on the table.
Yes, indeed. It's also a feminist suggestion which is not unusual in a thoroughly feminized context like the G7. The idea being that Muslim women and small kids can be converted to our way of thinking and that Muslim men are the ONLY problem.
"No one cares about adult men…" God does. But, I agree, He's the ONLY one in our society who does.
It would seem to me a better idea to "siphon" out the Christians from Syria since they're genuinely being victimized.
You want a linguistic kill shot to end DAESH recruiting? I don't have the details worked out, but perhaps something along the lines of…
If you kill infidels, you will be rewarded with virgins in heaven. But if you kill your own leaders today – the ones holding the leash on your balls – you can have access to women tomorrow. And tomorrow is sooner.
Teens aren't good at planning ahead.
Again, I don't think "access to women" in the sense that you mean is what's available to men, generally, in the G7, apart from prostitutes and on-line porn and it's hard to imagine those holding much appeal for your average Muslim man (or G7 man either: except in a temporary, misguided and unsatisfying "any port in a storm" sense). The Houris -- "ever virgins, dear to their spouses" "the large-eyed ones with modest, refraining glances" -- aren't really the point, per se. The fact that they're a reward FROM GOD is the point.
"Access" to western women -- particularly the extremely limited "access" on offer -- just wouldn't be in the same category.
Anyway, I do want to applaud you for your outspokenness since you have such a RICHLY DESERVED high profile in the Real World of newspaper syndication. Actually saying what you think -- as you're no doubt finding out -- takes real guts in our Feminist Theocracy.
Labels: Gender Issues, Religion
Bay St. Pagans
Gerhard's Cerebus Sketches
(from The View From Here, 8 November 2015)
...People ask me for a Cerebus sketch. I remind them that Dave drew the characters. They don't care; they want a sketch of Cerebus. I start doing my version which I call 'Gerebus'. Turns out they are fun to do and people love them. They're thrilled. It's the character they care about; it's the work they admire. The irony is not lost on me that I'm now the one out there doing drawings of the aardvark.
For your own iconic ironic 'Gerebus' sketch you can contact Gerhard at:
gerzmail [at] yahoo [dot] ca
Prices ranging from $25 to $300 [plus postage] depending on size, complexity.
Gerhard can be found online at Gerhard Art and Gerz Blog...
...along with details of Gerhard's prints for sale.
Labels: Gerhard
Cerebus Archive Number Four: Kickstarted!
Congratulations to Dave Sim and John Funk on another successful Kickstarter campaign for Cerebus Archive Number Four, which helps to fund the Cerebus Restoration Project. In case you missed it, Dave Sim spent the last 12 hours of the campaign online in the Kickstarter Comments area answering questions from backers. Below are just a few highlights from his comments:
...The head sketches ARE nixed for the foreseeable future. If I can get my right wrist in shape for ANY kind of drawing -- either through treatment or surgery or just letting it rest and heal for a year or two -- that drawing is going to be done on THE STRANGE DEATH OF ALEX RAYMOND. Sorry about that -- and thanks for your support!...
...Before they decided not to sign the petition, Mort Drucker was one of the only cartoonists that Seth and Chester and Joe and I agreed on as Toppermost of the Poppermost. And his best work the first STAR TREK parody. "Meaning -- it's no whip and chill but it does have a very nice flavor..."
...I'm waiting for Dr. Troy to set something up in Texas with two specialists and/or for those specialists to offer a diagnosis on the current MRI. Dr. Troy is theoretically going to find me a neurologist to check on the possible Parkinson's Disease. I'm not sure what I'll decide but a lot is going to depend on whether the diagnoses and proposed treatments agree with each other. In the meantime, just resting it and -- occasionally -- two-handed typing to see how that part is coming along...
...Mo' money, mo' problems. But, as Sandeep said, "It would be nice to have SOME money and SOME problems..."
...My favourite story from the Dave's Comics signing was a guy who worked behind the counter who was taking a break and sat on a chair slightly behind me, staring at this long line of guys going straight through the shop and out the front door. "Yeah, I'm really just in comics for the chicks" he sighed. I couldn't stop laughing...
...The only real plan right now is to get the 6,000 pages scanned and restored and try to keep everything in print. When you're juggling 16 chainsaws the last thing you should be thinking about is how to get another chainsaw in the air. :)
Source: Kicktraq
Labels: Kickstarter: Cerebus Archive
The Cerebus Re-Read Challenge: Cory Foster
CORY FOSTER:
Cerebus Vol 1: As I open volume 1 of the longest sustained narrative by a single creative team, I'm instantly transported by the smell of the pages to Christmas 1995, when I first received the book. I was 11 at the time, having just seen Dave Sim's segment on the Masters of Comic Book Art documentary. Among all the other people interviewed, Dave struck a chord with me as I was beginning to outgrow the spandex sector of the comics market and was looking for something more adult, involved, and complex. I asked for the first phonebook (the colloquial name for the collected volumes, as a reference to their size), and as I read through the first 25 issues of this highly unique comic, I realized I had hit the mark... [Read the complete review here]
Cerebus Vol 2 - High Society: I always think of High Society as one of my favorite graphic novels of all time, but I'm always surprised by how incredibly dense it is each time I read it. I know the story well, but whenever I turn the final page, I invariably feel the need to sit for a moment, frazzled by how much actually happens within its 512 pages. This only took me three evenings to get through, but looking back on it, it nearly feels like I read it in real-time, like some political satire version of 24... [Read the complete review here]
CORY FOSTER'S
CEREBUS RE-READ CHALLENGE:
Cerebus Vol 1
Cerebus Vol 2: High Society
Cerebus Vol 3: Church & State I
Cerebus Vol 4: Church & State II
Cerebus Vol 5: Jaka's Story
Cerebus Vol 6: Melmoth
Cerebus Vol 7: Flight
Cerebus Vol 8: Women
Cerebus Vol 9: Reads
Cerebus Vol 10: Minds
Cerebus Vol 11: Guys
Cerebus Vol 12: Rick's Story
Cerebus Vol 13: Going Home
Cerebus Vol 14: Form & Void
Cerebus Vol 15: Latter Days
Cerebus Vol 16: The Last Day
Cerebus #0 (#51 Exodus, #112/113 Square One, #137/138 Like-A-Looks)
Cerebus World Tour Book 1995 (Swords Of Cerebus Back-Up Stories)
The Cerebus Re-Read Challenge! How far will you get?
Send in your review links to: momentofcerebus [at] gmail [dot] com
Cerebus Vols 1-16 always available from CerebusDownloads.com
Labels: Re-Read Challenge
Kickstarter Ends Today!
Cerebus Archive Number Four
Please support the Cerebus Restoration Project -- Pledge Now!!
Many thanks to Dave Sim for blogging here on AMOC for the past few weeks. Wait... You didn't notice? His posts were buried deep within the comments section of each day's AMOC post. In case you missed any of it, here's a handy day-by-day link summary. Just scroll-down to the 'Comments' at the foot of each post to find out what's been on Dave's mind recently:
October 28: A Lifetime Career Having To Do The Unprecedented
October 29: A Cash Crunch Of Major Proportions
October 30: Getting The Word Out About The Cerebus Archive Kickstarter
November 2: The Best Laid Plans
November 3: The Pain In All Of My Joints
November 5: A Sample Email For The Cerebus Fans You Know
November 6: The Ultimate Cerebus Legacy
November 7: Hurting The Cerebus Brand
November 8: I Don't Think This Is Working
November 10: Feminists Aren't Evil
November 11: University Cartoon Archives
November 12: Putting Your Trust In Medical Science
November 13: Trying Not To Sell-Out 'George Lucas' Style
November 14: Ignoring Structurally Irrational Societal Foundations
November 16: The Parabolic Curve of the Feminist Theocracy
November 17: Self-Publishers: Under-Promise and Over-Deliver
November 18: Cerebus: The Zelig Pages
November 19: A Note To 'A Fake Name'
November 20: Kickstarter Coming To An End
...and Dave Sim will be online all day today, Saturday, at the following times:
- 9:00am to 9pm EST (Kitchener, Toronto and NY time)
- 2:00pm to 2am GMT (UK time)
- 6:00am to 6pm PST (California)
That's 12 hours of non-stop online chat with Dave Sim over at the Kickstarter Comments area... (or if that doesn't work out, Plan B will be to post here on AMOC). Good luck to Dave, Funkmaster John, Sandeep, Sean and Mara for the final day of campaigning.
Please support the Cerebus Restoration Project -- Every $ Counts!!
Weekly Update #109: Cerebus Art Dragnet
Thank you yet again! Take a look at the special Cerebus Art Dragnet certificates to be sent out to everyone who provided scans of original artwork.
SUPPORT THE CEREBUS RESTORATION PROJECT!
Cerebus Archive Number Four on Kickstarter
Only 1 Day To Go!
Labels: Dave's Weekly Update, Restoration
KICKSTARTER Cerebus Archive Number Four coming to an end!
Just a reminder that the CEREBUS ARCHIVE NUMBER FOUR Kickstarter is coming to an end. We've had a VERY surprising late surge in pledges -- and THANK YOU, everyone! Check yesterday's post for the remaining Bonus Prints on offer -- hand-picked by Sean Robinson!
Don't WORRY if you have trouble navigating the actual Kickstarter site and can't figure out how the "add-on" feature or shipping works. Whatever you're interested in, we WILL get to you.
TRY to pledge for what you want and if you don't "get it", just send John a message and he'll get back to you as soon as possible. Even if he's completely SWAMPED today and tomorrow, he WILL get back to you and make sure you're included, even past the campaign expiration time. REPEAT! DON'T WORRY! We've got you covered!
Speaking of "not getting it", I'm going to be TRYING to post on the Kickstarter site all day tomorrow (thus endeth the "going out in public" experiment). If I can't figure it out (and that's the "odds-on favourite" result: I try to post and get a blank screen headlined "about:blank") I'll just post here instead, alternating between the COMMENTS section and doing a NEW POST (like this one).
Starting (God and caffeine willing) at noon GMT and ending (ditto) at 5 pm PST.
Okay, back to the Off-White House and "The BONE Commentaries".
Cerebus Archive Number Four: All Bonus Prints Revealed
The CAN4 Kickstarter Ends In 2 Days!
10 New Bonus Prints Are Available To Add To Your CAN4 Portfolio Reward
Pledge Now & Help Fund The Cerebus Restoration Project
Bonus Print #41: Diamondback with Marshall Rogers
Available as a $9 add-on reward to Cerebus Archive Number Four
Bonus Print #40: Cerebus #5 Cover Art (1978)
Bonus Print #39: Cerebus #1 (1977)
Bonus Print #38: New York Comics Art Convention '79
Bonus Print #37: Cerebus #1 Eccentric Cover Recreation
Bonus Print #36: Cerebus #301
Bonus Print #35: On The Stairs
Bonus Print #34: Selling Insurance
Bonus Print #33: Swords Of Cerebus #4
Bonus Print #32: Alan "Jacob" Moore
BONUS PRINTS #1-31
FROM PREVIOUS 'CEREBUS ARCHIVE' CAMPAIGNS
STILL AVAILABLE FROM THE CAN4 KICKSTARTER!
Labels: Kickstarter: Cerebus Archive, Marshall Rogers
Out With the In Crowd
The first time we looked at Dave Sim's notebook #7, which covers Cerebus issues 87 to 95, it was back in July 2014 in an entry entitled "Lord Julius". We also looked at it a couple of other times: "So...You already said that.", "Odds and Ends", and most recently in April 2015 with "Assassin". All of those pages came from page 69 or later, so now we'll look at some of the first few pages in the notebook.
On page 15 we see the number boxes for issues #88 and #89 and the titles for both of those issues. Dave has also written the title for issue #88 a couple of times: "Out With the In Crowd". It also has a list of plot points that happen in issue #88. And they do happen. Pretty much word for word.
Notebook 7, page 15 (click to enlarge)
Well, except the line "Necross! Who's Tarim on Earth?" The word Earth is never said in issue #88.
The next few pages are small thumbnails of each page, and on page #25 we see one of the more dramatic scenes in the opus:
The large black Hs are bleed through from page 26, which has thumbnails for the next issue. The thumbnails on this page are for that ass kicking scene in issue #88 - or in the Church & State II phonebook, pages 750 to 752. While the thumbnails are pretty much the same as the finished pages, the text is a bit different, though the gist is the same. I wonder how long Dave had been thinking of this scene before finally putting in the notebook and then on the finished pages.
Excerpts from 2,300 Words on Church & State I
Hello everyone! With only three days left to pledge on the best Cerebus Archive project yet, I thought I'd present a few excerpts from my essay in the back of the new, fully restored Church & State I volume currently making its way to this continent by ship.
Although I'd hoped that volume would be available by the time this campaign hit, scheduling with the printer didn't permit it. But until you can pick up your own copy (most likely the first week of January!), here's a little teaser of the back matter. It's a poor substitute for the book itself, I know, but I hope you enjoy it nonetheless.
The book which the reader has before him at this moment is, from one end to the other, in its entirety and details ... a progress from evil to good, from injustice to justice, from falsehood to truth, from night to day, from appetite to conscience, from corruption to life; from bestiality to duty, from hell to heaven, from nothingness to God. The starting point: matter, destination: the soul. The hydra at the beginning, the angel at the end.
– Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
There was a time when it seemed possible that comics, little packets of ink on paper, could be the true inheritors of ambitious serial storytelling—could carry the mantle of the sprawling, messy, glorious serial novels of the past, could inspire the devotion that those works did, the kind of devotion that, in 1841, on the eve of the publication of the final installment of The Old Curiosity Shop, caused more than 6,000 New Yorkers desperate to find the fate of Little Nell to crowd the wharf where the shipment from London was due to arrive.
Now, it seems clear, that mantle has been passed on— to television, of all media. Something that would have been unthinkable just two decades ago now seems like an historical inevitability. Comics, meanwhile, declined the opportunity. Maybe it was the structural problems with the industry, the lack of distribution channels. Maybe it was the shortsightedness, the contempt with which the creators of the material were treated by the monied interests. Maybe it was just a lack of ambition.
But we consider an exception.
There's never been a work of art quite like Cerebus the Aardvark.
More relevant to the task at hand, there's never been anything quite like Church & State, the under-two-covers epic that represents 1/5th of the entire 26-year, 6000+ page saga.
Like many an enthusiast before me, I've spent a fair amount of time trying to describe Church & State and its qualities to the deprived, the abstinent, the uninitiated. "It's like, you know, a really dense serial novel," I might start. "The kind that rambles from incident to incident, before somehow cohering into something new. Made on a tight-rope, while the public watches below. Politics and power. Religion and revolution. Pain and pleasure and persuasion. A deep and abiding enthusiasm for Looney Tunes and Duck Soup and..."
So, like, David Copperfield meets A Tale of Two Cities, then? Or Vanity Fair? Les Misérables?
"Sure, sure, exactly like Les Misérables... if you replace France with a sword-and-sorcery parody world that slowly morphs into an early-industrial environment with fantastical elements remaining as mystical and/or spiritual projections. And, you know, if Jean Valjean was a pathologically self-interested, genocidal three-foot tall talking aardvark. So yes, exactly like Les Misérables."
The synthesized visual look of the latter third of Church & State I, and indeed the majority of the next two books, Church & State II and Jaka's Story, is of a quality unknown to virtually any other comic. Unlike the majority of black and white North American comics, presented with little more than a contour line and large swaths of Caniff-like black intended to anchor a color layer that will never come, these are fully rendered illustrations with widely varying values and detailed textures, on par with the work of the great pen and ink artists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Of course, you wouldn't always know it from looking at the printed books.
The monthly installments of Cerebus, and every collection of the material up to this point, were printed on low-grade newsprint, a highly absorbent substrate that caused enormous amounts of dot gain (the tendency for inks to expand as they hit a surface). The desire for a rich black from these materials exacerbated the problem, oftentimes leaving the final product a muddier, mid-tone-heavy gray very different from the crisply-defined values of the original artwork.
For this edition of Church & State I, we've gone back to the source – creating fresh high-resolution scans of the photo negatives that have been used to generate printing plates since the original production of the monthly comic book – and, when possible, replacing those scans with as much original artwork as is available to us. All of these materials were then sorted through and selected on a page-by-page basis, to create a new digital "master" that can be used to produce the book going forward.
It sounds a bit simpler than it actually is.
Although the original artwork contains more detail than ever made it to the page initially, it has aged poorly. Specifically, the mechanical tones used to produce the gray of Cerebus's fur, as well as a multitude of background textures and effects, have shrunk and migrated over time. Every bit of tone on a page sourced from original artwork was in need of some type of adjustment specific to the type of tone and its relationship to the surrounding line art. In the case of iterative patterns (like Cerebus's dot tone), it's a matter of digitally copying and cloning a segment of the exposed pattern, moving it to fill in the gap, and then "erasing" any excess and overlap with the existing areas. With the more random patterns, more varied methods of correction are available...
...I've written a lot here about the aesthetics of the work at hand, and very little, one might argue, about the "content."
That's primarily because a work of graphic art isn't just a summary of its text -- it exists as a complex synthesis of its formal and narrative elements. Describing the "plot" of a work of true graphic literature is akin to summarizing the "narrative" of Stravinsky's The Firebird Suite, or criticizing Mozart's Don Giovanni for the combination of dramatic and parodic/comedic elements.
Simply put, the work IS the visual. The content IS the aesthetics. And in the realm of aesthetics, the quality of the reproduction matters. It is, in the literal sense, essential.
The "preservation window" available to great works of visual art intended for reproduction is perilously narrow, requiring the right combination of readily available source materials before they can erode, capital via commercial interests and/or a participatory audience, facilitating technology, and a copyright to the work free of legal entanglements. Just as it was Dave Sim's ownership of his work and the patronage of his audience that gave him the creative freedom to follow his wildest ambitions to their conclusions, it is his continued ownership and his audience's patronage that enables this restoration within that window.
Your purchase of Church & State I is one more link in that chain.
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STEVE H. [who Dave stayed with when he got his recent MRI]:
The First Half poster was one that Dave singed at his warehouse visit to Diamond Comic Distribution Chicago location back in 1992. It used to hang on the wall at the front entryway into the offices back then... and Dave was really excited to see new work out of Scott Beaderstadt, old friend and Trollords creator.
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...The gag actually goes back almost 50 years now, back, back, into the Vanished Mists of Ancient Times to when men used to wear…hats! See, when you went indoors, you took off your hat. As deference to what were then known as "Ladies". I still do this compulsively in the winter even when I'm only going indoors for five minutes. Anyplace that had a cloak room also had a shelf for hats. And a lot of hats looked alike. So gentlemen tended to put an identifying label in the inside of the brim with their name on it. So it was not unknown for you to pick up a hat and check inside to see if it was yours. So, my Dad got this joke label from someone that said "The HELL it's yours. Put it back. This hat belongs to…" and then he wrote Ken Sim in it. His hat would often get a good workout with guys laughing and then pretty much having to show it to other guys to explain, you know, what EXACTLY did you find particularly funny about someone else's hat? As soon as I needed a gag for an identifying label -- well, what could be more a more Cerebus-like sentiment regarding YOUR personal property?)...
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RICH JOHNSTON:
(from Bleeding Cool, 12 November 2015)
...As ever, my attitude has always been Dave Sim is one of the few geniuses who have chosen to work in comic books, and every single one of those people have what I would call "issues". Some people can't get past that to appreciate the work, others prefer to concentrate on the art and ignore any opinions of the artist, if they offend. I prefer to see it as part and parcel. For people to make great art, many end up being a transgressive person, breaking out beyond accepted behavioural norms or beliefs. It's the price paid, before or after the journey...
BILL SIENKIEWICZ:
(Reddit, May 2015)
Dave's an old friend. I think Cerebus is one of the greatest accomplishments in comics, not only as a work of art, but as a commitment to a vision.
STEVE DITKO:
(from Kickstarter, 29 March 2015)
...Dave Sim is a man to be loved, admired and respected...
NEIL GAIMAN:
(via Twitter, 25/26 August)
I'm supporting Dave Sim on Patreon (Because the world of comics is a big one that includes Dave and Erica Moen)... I've known Dave for 30 years. He no longer talks to me, as I won't sign his pledge. I wish him and his comics well... I don't retract anything I've said about Cerebus, or the quality of Dave's work.
JIMMY 'Amelia Rules' GOWNLEY:
(via Twitter, 31 October 2015)
A comics masterpiece and the reason I make funny books. Please help restore Cerebus! Kickstarter.
WIFE OF CEREBUS FAN DONATES $280k TO MSU
(Michigan State University, 4 November 2015)
...Reading comics was something Sarah Newman only did as a child until her husband Richard (Rick) Mark Newman reintroduced her to them as an adult. Rick, a physician and a neuroscientist like his wife, relied on comic books during the eight years he lived with ALS. "He couldn't do anything but read," Sarah said. "He was totally paralyzed, but he could move his eyes."
As a childhood fan of Conan the Barbarian, Rick began reading Cerebus the Aardvark, a loose parody of Conan that evolved into a broad exploration of the artistic and literary reach of comic art. Each week, Sarah stopped at the comic store to pick up the latest issues of this and other favorite titles for Rick.
During his years of paralysis, Rick was "bored to tears" and always looking for ways to exercise his intellect. To him, comics brought entertainment and intellectual stimulus in equal measure. He had an appreciation for the artwork and collected a good deal of memorabilia from the Cerebus series before his death in 1987.
Memories of this time prompted Sarah Newman to pledge a $280,000 gift in support of the MSU Comic Art Collection. The Richard Mark Newman, M.D., Endowment for Comic Art, when fully funded, will ensure continued preservation and access to this beloved collection...
GAIL SIMONE:
(via Twitter, 4 August 2015)
For the record, I still think the first half of CEREBUS are some of the greatest comics ever made, period.
(The Beat, 8 March 2015)
...If you're coming in late, Cerebus is a 300 issue epic that's one of the greatest comics ever made...
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Michael Head (composer)
British composer, pianist, organist and singer (1900–1976)
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Michael Head, FRAM (28 January 1900 – 24 August 1976) was a British composer, pianist, organist and singer who left some enduring works still popular today. He was noted for his association with the Royal Academy of Music. His compositional oeuvre mainly consists of songs, as well as choral works and few larger-scale pieces such as a piano concerto.
Life[edit]
Michael Dewar Head was born in Eastbourne, England, on 28 January 1900. His father was a barrister and journalist and his mother an accomplished amateur singer and pianist. His mother's influence evidently dominated, and at age 10 he commenced his musical training, taking lessons in piano with Jean Adair and in singing with Fritz Marston at the Adair-Marston School of Music.[1] He was educated at Monkton Combe School in Somerset.
He began to study at the Royal Academy of Music but was soon called up for service in the War. While working at an ammunition factory, he composed the song cycle Over the rim of the moon (Head et al., 1920).[2] This was to become his first published work.[1]
After the war, Head resumed his studies at the Academy. He studied composition with Frederick Corder, piano with T B Knott and organ with Reginald Steggall. He won a scholarship for composition. He also won other awards for composition, sight singing and harmony. In 1924, Head was made an Associate of the Academy.[3] Two years later, he took up a post at Bedales School, Petersfield, where he taught for three years.
Head gave his first public recital as a self accompanied singer at Wigmore Hall in 1929. After this debut performance, his fame grew rapidly. He gave several more recitals in the British Isles and in many parts of the world. Additionally he gave several radio recitals, both in Britain and Canada. He took up the post of Pianoforte Professor at the Royal Academy in 1927 after an invitation by Sir John McEwen. This post he was to hold until his retirement in 1975.
Head was appointed an examiner for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music and as such toured many countries, including Barbados, South Africa and Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). At the outbreak of World War II, he returned to London and continued teaching throughout the blitz. During this time, he gave hundreds of concerts in factories and in small towns.
Head died in Cape Town on 24 August 1976, from a sudden and unexpected illness, while examining for the Associated Board in Rhodesia and South Africa.[3]
Works[edit]
Most of Head's works are songs.[4] However, his early works include a piano concerto, a tone poem, and scherzo for orchestra. His best known song cycles are Over the Rim of the Moon (1918–19) and Songs of the Countryside (1921–23).[5] The first of these contains probably his most famous song, "The Ships of Arcady". All the texts in this song cycle were by the Irish war poet Francis Ledwidge, who was killed in action during World War I on 31 July 1917.[6] Songs of the Countryside uses poems by various poets. The first song, "Sweet Chance, That Led My Steps Abroad" was a setting of W. H. Davies's 1914 poem "A Great Time". "The Piper" is a setting of Seumas O'Sullivan's famous poem of the same name. One of his popular songs is the Christmas carol The Little Road to Bethlehem, the words of which are by Margaret Rose. Other famous songs include "Money, O!" and "Why have you stolen my delight?" (see Bush, 1982).
^ a b Bush, N., 1982, Michael Head: Composer, singer and pianist, Kahn & Averill, London. ISBN 978-0-900707-73-5.
^ Head, M. D., and Ledwidge, F, 1920, Over the rim of the moon, Boosey, UK.
^ a b Armstrong, Sir T., 1976, "Obituary of Michael Head", Magazine of the Royal Academy of Music.
^ Bush, A. , 1982, "The vocal compositions of Michael Head", in Bush, N., 1982, Michael Head: Composer, singer and pianist, Kahn & Averill, London. ISBN 978-0-900707-73-5.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 June 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2014. {{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ The complete poems of Francis Ledwidge with introductions by Lord Dunsany.Published 1919 by Brentano's in New York
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If you are staying in residential accommodation, arrival and departure times can be flexible. However, for homestay, please be aware that hosts are not always prepared to or able to accept arrivals and departures during unsociable hours, namely 22.00 – 07.00 (this refers to arrival/departure time at the homestay, not at the airport – please see the estimated transfer times on the previous page). When choosing flights, please bear in mind that late arrivals and very early departures from homestay may require us to find you temporary alternative accommodation on arrival/departure days. This is likely to result in significant extra cost.
If your child is under 16, please check the airline's regulations relating to 'unaccompanied minors'. Different airlines have different policies and age limits for young persons. We can then ensure that we follow the correct procedures for your child's arrival and departure. In some cases extra costs may be incurred. See 'Airport UM Service' below.
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A meet and greet service for groups can be arranged for groups of 9 or more passengers. This service will meet the group in the arrivals hall and take them to the transfer coach. This is a mandatory service for group arrivals of 9 or more passengers at London Heathrow (LHR) and London Gatwick (LGW) and will be automatically added to the transfer fee.
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Lory Joyce Andagan, Choose Philippines
Posted at May 16 2020 01:55 PM | Updated as of May 16 2020 02:40 PM
BORACAY -- Hailed as an island with one of the best beaches in the world, Boracay is surely a must-visit! Sadly, when COVID-19 started, the tourism industry was affected. Because of the pandemic, most canceled their reservations while many tourists were stranded on the island.
For an area that relies heavily on the influx of tourists, it was not easy for Boracay to cope, leaving many wondering: How is Boracay right now?
Before the enhanced community quarantine, tourist traffic on the island was already decreasing. As early as February, hotel management teams on the island were already mapping out coping strategies in order to mitigate the impact on their businesses. One hotel started to give voluntary leave for the staff.
"We continued to operate but with a skeletal staff. They are highly protected with a personalized mask matching their uniforms, strict thermal scanning, and sanitation," said Tiffany Somes, operations manager.
When the community quarantine implemented, they called for a general meeting to ask the staff on their opinions and suggestions. The majority of the staff preferred to go home as soon as possible to be with their families. Eventually, the hotel decided to stop operations.
"We cannot risk having the remaining staff exposed. We asked our guests to transfer to other hotels. Our staff safety is our priority," said Somes.
The remaining staff who were not able to go home chose to pray and conduct devotionals for the health and safety of their team members who opted to rejoin their families. They have also busied themselves while waiting for this crisis to end by repainting and repairing for the hotel in preparation for their reopening.
While most of the hotels tried to keep everyone safe, there are other vulnerable sectors greatly affected in this crisis like tricycle drivers and boatmen who depend on the tourists for their daily earnings. Some volunteers decided to give them relief goods and face masks, with immediate distribution planned as soon as possible.
The IP community in Boracay also decided to close their Ati Center as early as January for the safety of their community.
Boracay Island is no stranger to weathering storms, after recently facing the closure of the entire island for rehabilitation in 2018. With the current pandemic necessitating another lockdown of Boracay's famed sandy shores, hundreds of businesses will surely be affected once again.
Despite such a bleak situation, what is amazing that the locals still manage to retain a spirit of optimism, holding on to the saying: "A minor setback for a major comeback!" With this kind of positivity that abounds around the island, it is certain that Boracay will rise to boast of its picturesque beauty to the world again.
This article was originally published on the Choose Philippines website.
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Scope and content: Twenty-six sheets of architectural design drawings, created by Gibson, Mancini & Carmichael, P.A. of Garden City, Kansas, for the Hamilton County Law Enforcement Center. Modifications to the original drawing set were created by GMC in 1983 (see series #194741, Law Enforcement Center - Architectural Drawings - 1983 Addendum, and #194745, Law Enforcement Center - Architectural Specifications - 1983 Addendum).


Like dust shaken from a blanket, life on Phuket has settled sporadically. South of the airport, rubber trees blur into the background as small rural houses emerge on the fore. Soon after come rows of shophouses occupied with mini-marts, motorbike repairmen, and vendors making food to order from woks in garages. A temple here, a school there—the boat lagoon, the labyrinthine Super Cheap. At this point, near the nexus of cardinal directions, human settlements become of a different nature. Traffic converges in the centre of the island, where the quiet parts funnel into the most vibrant of shoreline communities. The road then transforms into an illuminated chute through which vans and buses race to the beach, because, for most, electric-white sands are the ultimate destination. The stuff in the middle—the activities on the sea, in the jungle—remain afterthoughts.
In recent years, tourism on Phuket has begun to evolve. Travellers and tour providers have embraced sustainable development, eco-friendly programmes, and adventures that are otherwise beyond the norm. Paddleboards, culinary tours, and excursions into the hills have overtaken jet-skis, elephant sedans, and blurry nights on Soi Bang La. This is especially true for returnees, who have either already explored the latter options or eschewed them in the first place.
Yet within this growth resides a sort of dichotomy between old and new. Established venues have been tasked with transforming to keep up with the times while holding firm to their roots. Some places, such as Boathouse by Montara, a 26-year-old veteran of the industry on Kata Beach, have done just that, and with considerable success. Led by a spunky in-house team and a vibrant general manager with an immeasurable passion for food and wine, Boathouse has rejiggered its activities.
Knowing that Kata gets some of the best waves to surf on the island, Boathouse partnered with Quiksilver, building a shop and surf school between the resort and Re Ká Ta, its beach club-restaurant. Year-round, a group of well-tanned and supremely laidback instructors set up on the sand in front of the resort. They hang out on beach chair perches all day long, casually offering surfing lessons and board rentals during low season, and paddleboard lessons and rentals during high season, when the curling waves recede and the water becomes still and glassy on the surface.
As chilled out as they may seem, the guys know how to ratchet their energy at the right moments. After a brief lesson on the sand, in which newbie surfers learn to paddle with their arms and stand on stationary boards, teachers lead students into a quiet corner of the very bright blue water. Here, the action (or comedy) begins. As waves pick up steam, riders begin to paddle, the professionals give a gentle push, and, like new-born zebras on the savannah, awkwardly taking their first steps, the surfers attempt to stand on the board and ride the breaking waves into shore. After the inevitable crash, and while adrenaline remains high, they can turn around, see a smiling figure sharing in the positive vibes with two thumbs decidedly up, and notice that laughter has been held in check. For first-timers, the experience is quite a thrill. Experienced surfers, however, tend to fly solo, renting boards and flocking to the middle of the beach, where the waves really roll.
While sand and surf are obvious attractions on Phuket, they're far from the end of the line. The jungle, for many, is foreign terrain, which is not always a good thing. Found in the further reaches of the hills are callous elephant camps, sad shows featuring caged monkeys, and snake pits—as ironic a name as any for the experience. But not all excursions into the bush involve shady operations.
The Flying Hanuman, a wild, themed zip-line in the vertiginous hills of Kathu, represents the brighter side of adventure tourism. Though the guides are perhaps rough around the edges—expect lots of jokes, absurd, alarming, or otherwise—and the process can move quickly, there's an overarching eco-friendly ethos at play that washes away any doubts. The lines of cable wind high above untouched and scrupulously cleaned forest, and the recycling of used or unwanted gear, such as cloth headbands, is a focal point. The view looks over the lake in Kathu as well as the sea to the east and its tiny islands. The guides, while playful, also hammer home safety on the cables. The experience is one for the memory bank—one to be proud of, one without ethical dilemmas.
Adventure notwithstanding, Phuket remains Thailand's biggest bastion for bacchanalia. Good food, good drinks, and long hours dedicated to suntans make up a majority of holidays. Trisara, an exclusive resort in the rolling hills between Naithon and Bangtao, recently launched a monthly culinary series aimed at attracting island residents and regional foodies, as well as in-house guests. The Trisara Culinary Series, as it's called, joins an enhanced list of excursions and activities available at or through the resort. Offering one-night-only gourmet journeys based on changing themes, the series underlines a subtle shift in focus of the tourist industry. Happening at once organically and through planned campaigns, Phuket is gradually becoming a culinary capital of Southeast Asia.
Japanese Kaiseki marked the first event of the Trisara Culinary Series. The traditional set meals ventured from the normal arena of the host restaurant, Trisara Seafood, which, of course, is known for its seafood. Going off-track, however, is the means to the end. In demonstrating a certain daring through experimenting with new cuisines, the restaurant and resort have begun to distinguish themselves within a suddenly powerful culinary scene on the island, one that includes a handful of destination restaurants, like Acqua, Blue Elephant, and Suay. Menus in the series will occasionally be designed by famous figures outside the resort. Other months, Trisara Seafood's Executive Chef Chalermchai "Kla" Prakobkit and Chef de Cuisine Jimmy Ophortst will assume the privilege.
The momentum gained from the first event carried over into the second. Dubbed "One Night in Bangkok," Dylan and Bo of Bo.lan travelled to Trisara to prepare a special take on their trademark Thai cuisine. The next night in the series took a hard turn in another direction. Trisara brought in award-winning mixologists for a "speakeasy"-themed night of drinks and light eats.
From Japanese to Thai to cocktails and canapés, the series has explored wildly different paths. This unique twist has given guests reason to visit Trisara besides its stunning seascape. To sweeten the pot for regional visitors, who come from as far away as Hong Kong, the resort has offered discounted rates for stays during the first three events in the series. Whether the discounts continue remains to be seen. What isn't changing, however, is the verve for spicing up old packages with new projects.
Like Trisara on the north of the island, Boathouse, too, has put an emphasis on dining. In truth, food has been the resort's calling card for decades. An annual winner of food and wine awards, including a prestigious Two Glasses from Wine Spectator, Boathouse's namesake restaurant offers a destination in and of itself. From tableside cooking at dinner to regular jazz nights and wine flights, Boathouse brings an element of excitement to dining, a quintessential part of a holiday in paradise.
Owing to a background in food and beverage, Chin has developed a strategy aimed at bringing back the charm of dining while adding new dimensions to gastronomy. One of the restaurant's recent monthly promotions paid homage to Phuket heritage. During September, Boathouse partnered with local groups to feature Baba Nyonya cuisine and cultural activities each Friday night, looking to recognize a community that often goes unnoticed in the sweep of in-and-out tourism.
With up to 800 labels of wine available during high season, the only beachfront club on Kata in Re Ká Ta, and creative cooking at both venues, including raw cuisine at one and cooking classes at the other, Boathouse has culinary travellers catered for well. The challenge then becomes one most would like to face: remembering there's a beach to explore beyond the dinner table. "My friends tell me, 'You work in paradise and you don't even walk on the beach?'" says Chin, chuckling.


Kastamonu Romania aim to offer its employees the opportunity to individualy progress along with its own development.
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Scootney says a final farewell
t's been a tough week in our community and at Scootney Spring Elementary in particular as we've mourned the loss of William and Oliver Porfirio-Maldonado and their father, who died in a tragic canoeing accident last weekend. Another student, Miguel, survived the accident and is home with his family. On Friday, students and staff at Scootney had an opportunity to say their final farewell, as a funeral procession for the boys made its way through the school bus loop. The crowd fell silent as the vehicles slowly passed by lines of students holding signs with messages for the family.
There has been an outpouring of support for the family from all across the Othello community. A meal train has been set up. If you're able to help, there are still delivery slots available.
William and Oliver are both remembered by their teachers and classmates as hardworking, fun, and kind boys. They are truly missed.
Hiawatha 5th grade celebrates DARE graduation
Fifth grade students from Hiawatha Elementary celebrated their graduation from the ten week long DARE program in a ceremony on Thursday evening. The culminating event gave students an opportunity to share what they had learned. Each student received a diploma as they walked across the stage. DARE is taught at Hiawatha and Lutacaga elementary schools by Othello Police Sgt. Aaron Garza and our SRO Fernando Lopez. The program has evolved from what you may remember from your youth. Drug abuse prevention is still a core component, but the program now also focuses on social emotional skills to help combat bullying and build self esteem.
Winter weather information
Our recent chilly fall weather is a good reminder that real winter weather is coming. Our transportation team evaluates bus and walking routes early in the morning to determine if it's necessary to delay or cancel school. If we do make a schedule change we will notify you in several ways:
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Please make sure your contact information is up-to-date so that we can be sure to reach you with important information.
OHS Drama Club wraps up fall production
Our OHS Drama Club wrapped up a successful run of their fall production The Importance of Being Earnest in three shows November 10, 11 and 12 at McFarland Middle School. The performances were the culmination of several months of rehearsal and set building by the club and their advisors.
FFA racking up acomplishments
Our OHS FFA teams have also been racking up accomplishments. Our FFA tractor driving team placed first in state as team. Individually. Dalton Weyns scored 3rd, Garrett Weyns placed 4th and Dayton VanLandingham placed 7th.
Our FFA Apple team competed in Quincy Tuesday night and placed 2nd overall in districts. For top 10 individual scores Sami Shade placed 3rd, Alondra Hernandez placed 6th, America Gonzalez placed 7th, Ryder Henley placed 9th, and Giselle Hernandez placed 10th. They're on their way to state next!
The FFA Potato team competed at state recently as well, placing 19th out of 52 teams.
New scoreboards made possible by STCU
New scoreboards were installed at the Othello High School softball and baseball fields this week, with the board at Huskie Stadium soon to follow. Replacement of the aging scoreboards was made possible by a generous grant from Spokane Teachers Credit Union. We also want to thank Big Bend Electric Cooperative for their help in hoisting the new signs into place.
Football season comes to an end
Our OHS Huskie Football team traveled to Enumclaw for a quarterfinal game on Saturday. Their season came to an end with Enumclaw winning 20-17. Our Huskies finished the season 9-2. Congratulations to them for an outstanding season.
Thanksgiving week schedule changes
It's a short school week due to the Thanksgiving break. Schools will operate on their normal schedules on Monday, Nov. 21 - we do not have a late start this week. Students will be release two-hours early on November 22. We hope everyone has fun and safe thanksgiving break!
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Speaking books are a dime a dozen. Why should someone choose yours?
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I am a former TV news anchor who has interviewed two U.S. presidents and appeared on Phil Donahue and CBS national news. Mark Grimm Communications is a public speaking training, media relations and message strategy firm. I was chosen "Entrepreneur of the Year" by the Guilderland Chamber of Commerce and regional "Trainer of the Year" by American Society of Training & Development. I teach a journalism class at Siena College and host a weekly radio interview program. I am also on my town board.
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I wanted to let people know it is O-K to be skeptical about the idea that they themselves could become a dynamic speaker. But it can happen.
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I have always appreciated the power of words and enjoy all kinds of writing. Good writing and speaking are paths to a better life.
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12 July 2014 at The Enigma Bar
The night started out as a typical winters night in the city of churches… wet and freezing cold, still a while before The Enigma Bar opened. So I went to the closest watering hole, The Rosemont Hotel, to warm a seat and grab a frothie. In the bar I met members of Harlott and Trigger, so we had a bit of yarn and a chance to catch up. Shortly afterwards the venue opened up and I made my way over the get my thrash on.
Opening the Origins of Hate Tour 2014 was the only South Aussie band on tonight's bill. The rest hailing from south of the border, better known as Melbourne. This honour was giving to the the mighty Headbore, playing in front of the other bands and a small handful of people that didn't deter Fish and the boys tearing the place apart. Giving 100% effort, Headbore debuted a new song in their set, heavy and crunchy in typical style of Headbore brutality. Blistering solos, rhythm guitar and bass were solid, and drums hammering… once again Headbore didn't disappoint but proving them to be a force to be reckoned with.
Up next is Trigger, a relatively new band to the Australian metal scene. But they'll be around for a long time if the night's performance was anything to go by Trigger have a more traditional metal sound with thrashy elements – a great sound, heavy riffs and hooks, with catchy solos. They played material from their debut EP Machina and captivated the room and in between songs having a "Trigger" chant coming from the back of the room. Looking around I could see members of Harlott and Mason leading the chorus. Trigger have a huge future and I was privileged to have witnessed them play.
First of the headlining bands from the night's show were Harlott. I had seen them play at New Dead only a few weeks ago and I was more than happy to see the 5 piece thrash band here once again. They opened up with Origin from their album with the same name. Harlott showed they don't need a massive crowd to have fun, not having a set list didn't detract either. They were playing what they felt like at the time but did command a mosh pit before commencing the final song. So with the dozen or so people in front, we did as requested and stomped around the room. Harlott once again showing how thrash metal is played… at breakneck speed with precision.
Closing out the show were Mason, another thrash band from Melbourne, but definitely not a band making up numbers. Mason are one of the front runners, playing faster and heavier than on their album "Warhead". There is a real party vibe to this set… well, the whole night but everyone has been waiting for Mason to take the stage. And when they finally do so, Jimmy and the boys prove why they are making a massive dent in the scene locally and internationally. They played tracks from their Warhead album and also requested a pit. But being someone who want to have fun at gigs and planning to stage dive off the massive one foot stage, I get a tap on the shoulder from Tom from Harlott and the boys from Trigger. I jump off the stage and am hoisted up in the air crowd surfing on the top of 3 blokes. Mason pummel through track after track finishing off in their own time but then going into a cover of Metallica's Whiplash just…well, cause they can.
I'm sure all of the bands would have liked a bigger crowd to perform for but you can't predict these things and there were a few other gigs on the same night. All I can say is that they missed out on one hell of a night with all the bands performing at the top of their game. The atmosphere was one of a simple gathering of old friends and new – coming together to enjoy some good cold beers and listen to live music, having a party…. cheers
Line-up: Mason, Harlott, Trigger, Headbore
Reviewer: Adrian 'Dren' Barham
INTERVIEW: Jesse Dracman – Darkc3ll
Trigger – Machina (EP Review)


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TORONTO – February 5 – FreshBooks today released results from its new report looking at the challenges small business owners face when using accounting software.
For the report, 300 North American-based accountants and bookkeepers with small business clients were asked their opinions about accounting software.The majority of respondents (71 percent) in this survey identified their clients use QuickBooks Desktop or QuickBooks Online.
FreshBooks surveyed more than 300 North American-based accountants and bookkeepers online in January of 2019. Respondents were asked their opinions about small business accounting software. The study's margin of error is +/- 5.5% at 95% confidence.


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How Paxil Killed Our Son — (New York Post)
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By SUSAN EDELMAN
September 19, 2004 — JAKE Steinberg had bitten his nails since childhood, but when a doctor noticed the California college student's antsy habit, he prescribed a medication to stop it: Paxil. "It was a terrible mistake," his father, Robert Steinberg, told The Post.
Just over a month later, Jake, 20, a talented glee-club singer, music composer and student newspaper editor, began acting bizarrely on his summer internship at the prestigious William Morris Agency in Manhattan.
On July 23, 2003, Jake smashed a chair through a window on the 24th floor of 1325 Sixth Ave. and jumped to his death.
The shocking suicide was a mystery. The outgoing, ever-smiling redhead was the last person his friends and family thought would kill himself.
"It was so out of character," his dad said. "He was in love with life. He couldn't wait for the next day to make his next plan."
But his parents now contend that Paxil ? prescribed for depression aand anxiety to millions of children and teens as well as adults ? cauused the psychotic behavior that led to his senseless suicide.
"We feel very strongly that Paxil caused his death," Steinberg said.
His father and mother, Alice Erber, of Palo Alto, Calif., testified last week before the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which held hearings on mounting evidence that antidepressants increase the risk of suicide in young people.
Jake, who was to enter his senior year at Occidental College in L.A., had snagged one of the few internship slots at William Morris, the world's largest talent and literary agency. He was thrilled to spend the summer in the city his family had visited so often over the years.
"He loved New York, all of it," his dad said.
In college, Jake was a student-government representative, arts and entertainment editor of his college paper, a radio DJ, and avid member of the globe-trotting Occidental Glee Club ? which is still "reeling" at his loss,, said member Jeffrey Bernstein.
"He had a very engaging smile, and was maybe the most optimistic person I've ever known," Bernstein said. "He was so amazingly enthusiastic, not just about music but everything."
After starting his Big Apple internship that June, Jake flew home for four days to surprise his two younger sisters, Talia and Rachel, by attending their graduations from high school and eighth grade.
While home, Jake told his mom that his hand ached from playing the piano, and she found an internist to see him. The doctor noticed that Jake's cuticles were red from his nail-biting and "thought Paxil would help," she said. The drug is often prescribed for anxiety.
Erber, who, like her son, also bites her nails, said the doctor spent about 15 minutes with her son. She believes he and other doctors were ignorant of Paxil's dangers.
When Jake returned to Manhattan, he called his family frequently, raving about his internship and the fun he was having with friends, going to concerts and movies.
"Every day he would call and tell us the day was more incredible than the last," his father said.
But Jake added that he wasn't feeling so well physically.
Jake took two weeks off to visit relatives in Israel with his father. They had a great time, his dad said, but Jake complained of stomachaches, diarrhea, and erratic sleep. Steinberg urged his son to see a doctor when he got back to New York.
The last they heard from Jake was a phone call the morning of July 23 — he told his sisters his stomach hurt. But other wise, he seemed normal.
"That afternoon, we learned he had killed himself," his mom said.
The parents said the city medical exam iner's office informed them that Jake had a normal dose of Paxil in his system.
The parents were told by William Morris employees that Jake was so jittery and out of control that day he was asked to go home. Supervisors even called a security guard to escort him out.
But Jake broke away and started running through the building, ripping off his shirt before grabbing the chair and crashing through the window, his parents were told.
Jake's restlessness, they have since learned, can be a symptom of akathesia, or excessive movement, a common side effect of psychiatric drugs.
"It's like you're on fire, and you can't sit still. You just want to do anything to get out of the torment," his dad said.
The couple is outraged that Paxil and other antidepressants could be prescribed so loosely, and hopeful that Jake's story will spur stronger warnings. "We can't bring Jake back, but it's something that should never happen to another family," his father said.
Jake wanted a career in the film and entertainment industry and might have been well on his way to establishing a permanent home in the Big Apple by now.


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About Hanover Sports Medicine - Dr. Andrew Dahlgren M.D.
Hanover Sports Medicine, just outside of Richmond, VA in Mechanicsville, was the creation of founder Dr. Thorp J. Davis in 1998 when he joined West End Orthopedic Clinic at the Memorial Regional Medical Center office. Realizing that there was a need for specialized orthopedic and sports medicine in Richmond, VA and the surrounding areas, Dr. Davis has worked to establish Hanover Sports Medicine as the provider for both pediatric and adult sports medicine needs, from sports physicals to orthopedic surgery and more, throughout Hanover, Mechanicsville, and the central Virginia area.
Dr. Andrew B. Dahlgren, MD, MBA is a board certified Sports Medicine specialist with Hanover Sports Medicine and OrthoVirginia. Dr. Dahlgren joined OrthoVirginia/West End Orthopaedic Clinic in 2009 after six years practicing in Jackson, Michigan. Dr. Dahlgren lives in Hanover with his wife and four children. He is an avid swimmer and triathlete and enjoys getting outside to enjoy the beautiful countryside of Hanover County.
Dr. Thorp Davis graduated from the University of Virginia Medical School in 1990, and finished his Orthopaedic Surgery residency at the University of Virginia in 1996. He then did a Sports Medicine Fellowship in Indianapolis, during which time he worked with the Indianapolis Colts. While in Indianapolis, Dr Davis published seven peer reviewed articles on various Sports Medicine topics, with emphasis on knee ligament injuries and reconstructions. While there, he received two awards for those papers including the prestigious Hughston Award presented by the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine for outstanding Clinical Research for his paper on treatment of Posterior Cruciate Injuries.
Dr Davis specializes in arthroscopic knee surgery, arthroscopic shoulder surgery, and total shoulder replacements. He serves as Head Team Physician for the University of Richmond, and also covers numerous High Schools in Hanover County and the surrounding areas. He is Board Certified in Orthopaedic Surgery, and is a member of the American Arthroscopy Association.
If you need an experienced practitioner of sports medicine in Richmond, VA or the surrounding areas, contact Hanover Sports Medicine today.


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Dragon Teeth
By Michael Crichton
If you thought Jurassic Park was an adventure, you should try the Wild West!
1876. In the lawless territories of the Wild West, two teams of explorers are pitted against one another. Their quarry? Dinosaur bones. But in a land filled with hostile Indian tribes and towns where pistol fights are a daily occurrence, every exploit puts their lives in danger…
William Johnson, a student with more privilege than sense, finds himself plunged into this deadly environment after making a brash wager. Alongside Edwin Drinker Cope, the famed adventurer, he stumbles upon a momentous discovery – dragon teeth of a fantastic size!
But to keep this extraordinary treasure safe, William must first confront some of the West's most dangerous and notorious characters…
Michael Crichton (1942–2008) was the author of the groundbreaking novels The Andromeda Strain, The Great Train Robbery, Jurassic Park, Disclosure, Prey, State of Fear, and Next, among many others. His books have sold more than 200 million copies worldwide, have been translated into thirty-eight languages, and have provided the basis…
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