Last year we had the privilege to review Logic of English Foundations A which I used with both Bee and Tiger. This year we were able to continue the program as I was asked to review Foundations B from Logic of English. I was so excited to continue building on the skills that they had previously learned! We also had the opportunity to review the Doodling Dragons app for iPad.
Logic of English was created to teach literacy through phonics instruction that integrates multi-sensory learning. The program includes spelling, reading, and writing instruction as well as grammar. Logic of English teaches the meaning of root words, suffixes, and prefixes in addition to common phonograms.
The Foundations program first teaches the skill of reading through understanding phonics rules. This program also introduces handwriting instruction and each level includes spelling word lists and spelling rules.
Foundations B introduces uppercase letters in either manuscript or cursive and continues with reading instruction of words and introduces sentences. This level teaches the long vowel sounds in words to read and spell, as well as numerous new spelling words and 8 spelling rules.
The Foundations levels are geared for students between the ages of 4-7 who are in various stages of learning to read.
The Doodling Dragons app is for kids who are learning letter sounds. It has 3 components. First, you can listen to each letter read with all the various sounds. Examples of short words or phrases that use those sounds are also given. (Ohh, and these are read by Jim Weiss who is my kids' favorite storyteller!) The second part of the app lets you play a simple phonemic awareness game. A letter is given and words are said that begin with that letter. The child must then select the correct picture to correspond with the words. The last component of the app is the learning section. The child can choose any letter of the alphabet and hear the sounds read aloud to him. The app is geared for kids ages 2-7.
I used Foundations B with both Tiger (age 6) and Bee (age 5).
I used the cursive workbook and both of my children began learning the uppercase cursive letters (after learning all the lower case letters in Foundations A).
With Tiger, we worked through more than one section of a lesson each day. This allowed him to complete several lessons per week. We also played the numerous games and spent lots of time reviewing phonograms and with handwriting practice.
With Bee, we covered only 1 or 2 of the lesson sections per day. She usually only completed 1 or 2 lessons per week. Bee spent much of her lesson time practicing phonograms and sounding out words. We also worked on all the spelling sections together.
Phonemic Awareness – This section teaches syllables and how to break words into pieces for easier decoding. It also introduces rhyming and the long and short vowel sounds.
Phonogram Spelling Rule – A new phonogram is introduced or old phonograms are practiced. In some lessons, a spelling rule is taught and practiced.
Handwriting – In this section one new uppercase letter is taught in each lesson.
Spelling – Spelling rules and phonograms are practiced with a list of 5 spelling words each lesson.
Reading – Reading skills are practiced through short readers included with the program or games to practice reading high frequency words or sight words.
Every sixth lesson is a review lesson that reviews the skills taught in the previous 5 lessons.
I introduced the new phonogram for this lesson which was "er." We each practiced writing it on our whiteboard in cursive. Then we compared the phonograms "r" and "er" and talked about how the sounds were different. Next we played phonogram "Go Fish" in which we tried to find matching phonogram cards.
After our game I taught Tiger how to write a capital "R." We practiced the letter numerous times on the whiteboard and then wrote all the uppercase letters he knew for a review. Then we used our workbook and I read a phonogram to Tiger. He had to find the matching phonogram on his workbook page and circle it.
The next portion of the lesson was phonemic awareness where we reviewed what a syllable meant. I said numerous words from the word list to Tiger and he told me how many syllables were in each. Then we worked on spelling. I first had him review lower case letters in cursive and then I gave him the five spelling words that he wrote on his whiteboard.
The last section of the lesson is the reading section. In this section I cut out a list of high frequency words from his workbook and folded each one in half. I put them all in a bag and let him draw one at a time. He read the word to me and then crumpled the paper and tried to shoot it into the trash can for a game of basketball.
We began the lesson by learning a new phonogram "th." We practiced saying it correctly, noting that our tongue had to come between our teeth to say the phonogram. Then we reviewed all the phonograms with Bee as the teacher. She held up each card and I said the phonogram (usually incorrectly) so she could "buzz" me and have me try again. She thought this was great fun! Next we practiced uppercase handwriting with the letter "T." We then reviewed the other uppercase letter that she had learned. In the workbook, she matched the handwritten and bookface letter to practice recognizing the different ways of writing each letter.
On the next day, we reviewed the meaning of a vowel and consonant and I introduced the definition of a syllable. We practiced counting syllables by placing our hand under our chin and feeling how many times our mouths opened while saying each word in a list of words. Then Bee had to tell me how many syllables were in each word. The next section was the spelling section. Bee practiced writing lowercase letters before I gave her each of the 5 words on the list. We sounded out each word together as she wrote down each letter.
On the third day, we reviewed the new uppercase letter we had learned as well as the new phonogram. We practiced writing both uppercase and lowercase letters and then we finished the lesson by completing the reading section. This lesson had a list of high frequency words to cut out. I set a time for 2 minutes and placed them face down in a pile. I had her grab one at a time and read it aloud before the timer finished to see how many words she could complete. We did this several times to see how many words she could read before the timer beeped.
I told Ladybug (age 3) that the app was for her! She was thrilled that she had her own learning game on the iPad and she enjoyed hearing the letter sounds and trying to match the correct picture with the words.
Bee also used the app during rest time to practice her phonogram sounds. She enjoyed having the letter book read to her as she listened to all the sounds.
Tiger used the app sparingly as he already has a good grasp of the letter sounds. He's now working on the more complicated phonograms.
I really enjoy this program. I love how easy it is to use with the clear teacher's manual, all the game ideas, the teaching tips, the help for students with speech issues, the colorful layout, and the scripted sections to guide me as I teach. It is a program that can be truly open-and-go with no advance planning required.
I have enjoyed how spelling, reading, writing, and grammar are integrated into one program. Each lesson teaches one skill in each of the subject areas and builds incrementally throughout the program.
The pace of the program is very flexible and it contains excellent review. It is easy to break up the lessons because each lesson is already in small sections of subtopics. This allowed me to easily find stopping points in the lesson if my children needed a break. Or if Tiger was understanding the concepts well we could simply continue and finish the entire lesson. With a review lesson after every 5 lessons, it was easy to assess how well my children were retaining what they had learned.
The program is very interactive with games for learning phonograms and practicing reading. My children found the games and hands-on aspects to be very motivating and fun. Every lesson feels varied and different and it kept our learning interesting and they were always engaged.
The program comes with readers that you can tear out of the book and fold into small booklets. My kids enjoyed creating their own readers. I liked that the readers have a controlled vocabulary so they would not encounter words that they did not have the knowledge to sound out on their own. This eliminated frustration on their part and made the reading fun because they were able to figure out each word on their own. They were so proud to read each reader!
I love how they teach handwriting! The instructions are clear and consistent and the handwriting font that is used in the program is a beautiful cursive. My kids have wonderful cursive handwriting thanks to this program!
My younger kids (Ladybug age 3 and Bee age 5) really enjoyed the app and it gave them great practice for letter sounds. I liked that it was easy to use and very colorful. It was appealing to my littles but it was simple for them to navigate the app on their own. It was wonderful reinforcement of the phonogram sounds – I especially enjoyed that they could review on their own! And the kids were thrilled when they recognized Jim Weiss' voice on the letter book. That was such a fun surprise for them!
This program is bright, colorful, fun, and engaging for both the teacher and the student. I have found that it makes learning phonograms, reading skills, spelling rules, handwriting, and grammar instruction to be interactive and enjoyable with an incremental approach that contains thorough review.
I absolutely love this program and highly recommend it for any type of learner because it is easily adaptable and contains excellent teaching tips and helpful resources for the parent/teacher. We are happily moving forward in the program with Level B and I'm hopeful that we can move into Level C afterward!
My kids refer to this program as "dragons" and every day they ask me if it's time to do reading dragons yet. They look forward to our time with Logic of English!
Logic of English Foundations B teacher's manual can be purchased for $38.00 while the student workbook can be purchased for $18.00.
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Thank you for a thorough review, and telling me exactly where this picks up. I'm trying to decide what to do for Jude and this really helps me make up my mind!
You're welcome! I'm so glad it was helpful. It's a great program – very colorful, engaging, and hands-on.


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Куидо Ланзаат (нид. Quido Lanzaat) е нидерландски футболист, защитник. Роден е на 30 септември 1979 в Амстердам, Нидерландия. Юноша е на Аякс. Има един мач за първия отбор за първенство и е записал мачове за Аякс в Шампионската лига и Купата на УЕФА. През 1999 преминава в Борусия Мьонхенгладбах, където е изиграл 11 мача. През 2002 преминава в "Алемания" Аахен (47 мача и 4 гола), с който е финалист за Купата на Германия, а през 2004 - в Мюнхен 1860 (30 мача). От 2006 е играч на Дуисбург, а от юни 2007 е играч на ПФК ЦСКА (София). Висок е 1,86 м и тежи 82 кг. Има над 50 мача за младежките формации на Холандия. Шампион на България за 2008 г. с ЦСКА. През декември 2008 г. напуска ЦСКА. От 2009 г. е играч на немския ФК Карл Цайс Йена.

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Ali Jundi
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Ali has been with Unga Örnar since 2015 when he was 10 years old. He is politically engaged and sits, among other things, on Unga Örnar's district board. In his free time, he trains and studies. When asked if he likes school, we get a clear "yes"!
We talk a little about his political involvement and he explains that he is also in SSU. When asked what drives his political involvement, Ali says
"I don't like to sit and complain, but I really want to change".
We ask him if he is a little extra passionate about a matter of fact, and to that he replies:
"That every child should have the right to a good leisure time".
We laugh a little and note that he has ended up in the right place to get involved in Unga Örnar. Furthermore, we talk about memories and Ali tells about a significant occasion that affected him and his commitment.
"I remember when we went to the congress in Sölvesborg. There I also gave my first speech in the lectern, and ever since then I have wanted to change".
He elaborates and tells us that the coolest thing was getting to have his say and see how the congress went.
"And to meet all the members from all over Sweden".
"Through Unga Örnar I became politically involved. I think it started with democratic school. Someone was running a democracy activity when I started and then it continued".
An interesting curiosity is that the democratic school inspired Unga Örnar's project Democracy Club - from words to action which gives children and young people tools to influence issues they are passionate about. Read more about it here.
"Politics is the main dream if you say so. And to push through politics what I said before, that every child should have a good free time and it is even stated in the Convention on the Rights of the Child".
He refers to Article 31 which states that children have the right to rest, play and leisure.
"Unga Örnar has been great at telling children about their rights and I think that continued work with that would be great."
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साधक ने आँख खोली और सहज मुस्कान के साथ 'द्वार' की ओर गया। साधक ने धीरे से द्वार को धकेला और यह क्या?
द्वार खुल गया, राजा ने साधक से पूछा – आप ने ऐसा क्या किया?
इसके बाद इसे हल "करने की सोचना" और मैंने वही किया!
अब आप बताइये कि उसे दिन भर में कहीं कोई "हिन्दू" या "मुसलमान" मिला ?
क्या उसने दिन भर में किसी "हिन्दू" या "मुसलमान" पर कोई अत्याचार किया ?
जब ये सब लोग भैया और मित्र हैं तो इनमें "हिन्दू" या "मुसलमान" कहाँ है ?
"क्या दिन भर में उसने किसी से पूछा कि भाई, तू "हिन्दू" है या "मुसलमान" ?
क्या उसने साबुन, दूध, आटा, नमक, कपड़े, जूते, अखबार, टॉफी, मिठाई खरीदते समय किसी से ये सवाल किया था कि ये सब बनाने और उगाने वाले "हिन्दू" हैं या "मुसलमान" ?
"जब हमारी रोजमर्रा की ज़िन्दगी में मिलने वाले लोग "हिन्दू" या "मुसलमान" नहीं होते तो फिर क्या वजह है कि "चुनाव" आते ही हम "हिन्दू" या "मुसलमान" हो जाते हैं ?
It is unfortunate that in this country of ours, where Vedas were the foundation of our culture, we forgot these original lessons of Vedas and got trapped in a variety of misconceptions regarding birth-based caste system and discrimination of people born in certain castes collectively known as Shudra.
Now, we shall evaluate the reality of caste system in Vedas and actual meaning of Shudra.
1. "Vedas and Shudra", there is absolutely no element of hatred or discrimination in Vedas regarding any person – be he or she a Brahmin, Vaishya, Kshatriya or Shudra.
2.The concept of caste is relatively new. Vedas contain no word that can be considered a synonym for 'caste'. The two words commonly considered to mean 'caste' are Jaati and Varna. However the truth is that, all the three mean completely different things.
3.Those involved in intellectual activities have chosen 'Brahmin Varna'. Those into defense and warfare are 'Kshatriya Varna'. Those in economics and animal rearing are 'Vaishya Varna' and those involved in other support functions are "Shudra Varna". They refer merely to various choices of professions and have nothing to do with any Jaati or birth.
5.It is thus obvious why Brahmins are accorded high respect in Vedas. This is same as what happens even in modern society. Scholars and experts get our respect because they form the direction-providers for entire humanity. However, as we have discussed in previous articles, dignity of labor is equally emphasized in Vedas and hence there is no element of discrimination.
6.In Vedic culture, everyone is considered to be born as Shudra. Then based on his or her education, one becomes a Brahmin, Kshatriya or Vaishya. This completion of education is considered to be a second birth. Hence these three Varnas are called "Dwija" or twice-born. But those who remain uneducated for whatever reasons are not discarded from society. They continue as Shudra and perform support-activities for the society.
7.A son of Brahmin, if he fails to complete his education, becomes a Shudra. Similarly, son of a Shudra or even a Dasyu, if he completes his education can become a Brahmin, Kshatriya or Vaishya. This is pure meritocracy. The way degrees are accorded today, Yajnopaveet was provided in Vedic system. Further, non-compliance with the code of conduct for each Varna could result in taking away of the Yajnopaveet.
8.Many examples exist of change of Varnas in Vedic history.
a Kshatriya who later became a Brahmin.
9.The word "Shudra" has come in Vedas around 20 times. Nowhere has it been used in a derogatory manner. Nowhere it mentions that Shudras are untouchable, birth-based, disallowed from study of Vedas, lesser in status than other Varnas, disallowed in Yajnas.
10.In Vedas, Shudra means a hard-working person. (Tapase Shudram – Yajurved 30.5). And that is why Purush Sukta calls them as foundation of entire human society.
11.Since the four Varnas refer to 4 kinds of activities by choice, as per Vedas, the same person exhibits characteristics of the 4 varnas in different situations. Thus everyone belongs to all the 4 varnas. However, for simplicity sake, we refer to the predominant profession to be the representative Varna.
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Charter to buy Time Warner Cable, would dominate Wisconsin market
By of the Journal Sentinel
An acquisition of Time Warner Cable by Charter Communications could result in faster Internet speeds and more program choices for consumers, but it could come at the expense of hundreds of jobs in Wisconsin.
Tuesday, Charter said it was buying Time Warner Cable for $55.33 billion, a move that would combine the second and third largest cable providers in the nation to compete against market leader Comcast Corp.
The deal comes a month after Comcast, which owns NBC Universal, walked away from a $45.2 billion bid for Time Warner Cable, the No. 2 cable company, after intense pressure from regulators. Time Warner Cable had chosen the Comcast deal and rejected a $38 billion hostile offer from Charter in early 2014.
Time Warner and Charter are the two biggest cable companies in Wisconsin, covering much of the state with television and Internet service.
Charter has about 1, 900 employees in Wisconsin, with large offices in Madison and Fond du Lac. It provides cable and broadband services in many communities including West Bend, Fond du Lac, Beloit, Janesville, Madison, Sheboygan, Eau Claire, La Crosse, Stevens Point and Wausau.
Time Warner Cable has about 2, 000 employees in Wisconsin, including hundreds at its offices in Milwaukee and Appleton. The company's customer service center in Appleton fields calls from other states as well as Wisconsin.
Charter also plans to acquire Bright House Networks, the sixth largest cable operator in the nation, for $10.4 billion. Charter, Time Warner Cable and Bright House, combined, would be known as New Charter.
"With our larger reach, we will be able to accelerate the deployment of faster Internet speeds, state-of-the-art video experiences, and fully-featured voice products, at highly competitive prices. New Charter will capitalize on technology to create and maintain a more effective and efficient service model, " Charter President and CEO Tom Rutledge said in a written statement.
Combined, the companies could lower their costs by sharing some operations and having a smaller workforce, according to industry experts.
Hopefully some of the savings would be passed on to consumers, said Abdur Chowdhury, a Marquette University economics professor.
"I think it's good for consumers. We are not going to see an immediate change in our cable bill, but maybe a year down the road there will be some changes, " Chowdhury said.
In Charter's earlier attempt to acquire Time Warner Cable, it said the company was a "turnaround project" that would be better off in its hands.
That deal would have resulted in lower programming costs, less corporate overhead and better customer service, according to Charter.
Under the previous deal with Comcast, to appease regulators and lawmakers, Time Warner Cable would have spun off about 1.4 million customers to Charter — including all of the estimated 200, 000 households that subscribe to Time Warner in the 10-county Milwaukee area.
Now, once again, it looks like Charter will gain control of Time Warner Cable and much of Wisconsin's market, said Barry Orton, a telecommunications professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
One of the biggest impacts could be fewer jobs as the combined companies eliminate duplication of services and operations.
Time Warner and Charter, as one company, wouldn't need as many people in areas including customer service, billing, marketing and management, according to Orton.
It's hard to imagine that the combined companies would keep all of the customer service centers intact, Orton said.
There has been a wave of consolidation in the cable industry as providers seek to control costs and offset the loss of television subscribers.
Charter, combined with Time Warner Cable and Bright House, would have nearly 24 million customers, compared with Comcast's 27.2 million. It also would lag AT&T, whose pending deal with DirecTV would give it 26.4 million television customers and tens of millions of Internet and wireless phone customers.
Combined telecoms have more bargaining clout with broadcasters and video content providers, in addition to finding cost savings in other areas.
"But those savings go to the company, not consumers. They pocket that difference, " Orton said.
"I don't see savings for consumers in this deal, and I don't see job growth in the state. I see job losses, " he added.
Whether government regulators approve the Charter deal after quashing Comcast's bid for Time Warner Cable remains to be seen. The Comcast deal would have given the company more than half of the country's high-speed Internet subscribers, which the government feared would undermine online video competitors.
Charter would have less than 30% of those broadband customers, the company said Tuesday.
"We're a very different company from Comcast, and this is a very different transaction, " Rutledge said in a conference call.
Source: www.jsonline.com
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THE NEWS WRAP: Gates richest American for 19th consecutive year
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has been named by Forbes as the richest American for the 19th year in a row, accumulating a fortune of $66 billion, up $7 billion on last year.
The top five in Forbes' rich list was unchanged from last year, with investment guru Warren Buffett coming in second place with a $46 billion fortune and Oracle chief Larry Ellison third with $41 billion.
The biggest fall was the fortune of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who slipped from 14th to 36th place after losing half his fortune on the social media giant's disappointing IPO.
Living standards warning over mining slowdown
A leading economist has warned Australians to expect lower living standards due to a slowdown in the mining boom and a decline in export prices.
Ross Garnaut, a previous Federal Government advisor, said that he was concerned that Australia would suffer because the country had not saved enough of the proceeds of the mining boom in order to stay prosperous in harder times.
Dollar set to remain strong: Westpac chief economist
The Australian dollar is set to remain strong "for years to come", presenting the economy with problems in the medium term, according to Westpac's chief economist.
Bill Evans said that as central banks diversified away from euros and US dollars, the Australian dollar will remain buoyant, with the currency set to hover around US106 cents by December next year.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 13.32 points, or 0.1%, to 13,577.96. The Australian dollar was up to US104.79 cents.


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The Incal (; French: L'Incal) is a French graphic novel series written by Alejandro Jodorowsky and originally illustrated by Jean Giraud. The Incal, with first pages originally released as Une aventure de John Difool ("A John Difool Adventure") in Métal hurlant and published by Les Humanoïdes Associés, introduced Jodorowsky's "Jodoverse" (or "Metabarons Universe"), a fictional universe in which his science fiction comics take place. It is an epic space opera blending fantastical intergalactic voyage, science, technology, political intrigues, conspiracies, messianism, mysticism, poetry, debauchery, love stories, and satire. The Incal includes and expands the concepts and artwork from the abandoned film project Dune directed by Jodorowsky and designed by Giraud from the early 1970s.

Originally published in installments between 1980 and 1988 in the French magazine Métal Hurlant, and followed by Before the Incal (1988–1995, with Zoran Janjetov), After the Incal (2000, with Jean Giraud), and Final Incal (2008–2014, with José Ladrönn), it has been described as a contender for "the best comic book" in the medium's history. From it came spin-off series Metabarons, The Technopriests, and Megalex.

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The Incal
The story is set in the dystopian capital city of an insignificant planet in a human-dominated galactic empire, wherein the Bergs, aliens who resemble featherless birds and reside in a neighboring galaxy, make up another power bloc. It starts in medias res with Difool thrown from the Suicide Alley to the great acid lake below by a masked group, luckily saved by a police cruiser. During the questioning he denies that he received the Light Incal, a crystal of enormous and infinite powers (it guides and protects those who believe in it), from a dying Berg. The Incal is then sought by many factions: the Bergs; the corrupt government of the great pit-city; the rebel group Amok (led by Tanatah); and the Church of Industrial Saints, commonly referred to as the Techno-Technos or the Technopriests, a sinister technocratic cult which worships the Dark Incal. Animah (an allusion to anima), the keeper of the Light Incal, seeks it as well. During the journey Difool and Deepo (Difool's loyal concrete seagull) are joined by Animah, The Metabaron, Solune, Tanatah (sister of Animah) and Kill Wolfhead, with a task of saving the universe from the forces of the Dark Incal, and the Technopriests manufacture and launch into outer space the sun-eating Dark Egg. As the darkness is overcome, Difool is brought before Orh, the fatherlike divinity, who tells him he must remember what he witnessed. As Difool falls away, he finds himself where he was at the beginning, falling down the shaft.

Before the Incal
The story is a considerably more straightforward noir tale of boundless urban corruption with the relative absence of spiritualistic elements, which dips deeper into exploring the urban fabric of the world of The Incal. The story follows young Difool living in demimonde. He soon finds that his prostitute mother devoted herself to growing amorine, a drug that restores the ability to love. His father, Olivier Difool, breaks the law in wearing a fake halo that is the mark of an aristo. Justice is harsh for such transgressions of class — a legal clause "allows the condemned man to choose between a tablet at the morgue-wall, where he'll sleep away his thirty-year-and-one-day term", or "remodeling", which means having his entire memory wiped. His father chooses remodeling. Difool soon begins to investigate the mystery of the disappearance of prostitutes' children, something he shouldn't find out.

Final Incal
The story from the unfinished After the Incal was rewritten to provide a separate narrative for this volume. The story starts after The Incal climax, in which John Difool encountered a flowing-bearded divine being named Orh, witnessing a universe-shaking event, hurtling towards certain death in the acid lake. DiFool forgets about the cosmic encounter, and recovers his memory as the universe faces the threat of a metallic virus. The Prezident was cloned in a metallic body, equipped with both chemical and brutal weapons, but also an altered mind — operating under the influence of the "destroyer of all living things", the Bentacodon (equivalent to The Incals Black Egg). He unleashes a destructive organic virus called the Biophage 13-X with the purpose of forcing the population to abandon their natural bodies in favor of robotic ones. The only way to counteract is to reunite John Difool with his true love, Luz de Garra (from Before the Incal), and the Elohim (a force of goodness) makes four John Difools from different realities to encounter each other on a quest to find her. The egos of the allegedly evolved guru Difool and the super-evolved "angelic" Difool are ridiculed, and the least enlightened Difool, the ugliest and most craven, is selected to save the universe. In the end, the cosmic humanity manages to become one collective consciousness, as true love saves it from turning into a collection of unfeeling metallic beings.

Main characters
 John Difool, protagonist: a Class R licensed private investigator and occasional bodyguard. Difool is reluctant to assume the role of hero, and suffers mood swings, self-doubt, and temper tantrums. He has a fondness for cigars, "ouisky", and "homeosluts" (gynoid prostitutes). He is an everyman character, both unusually damning and praising of the human condition, kindly, sacrificing and selfish, likely to run away. His story is presented in "Before the Incal": he is the son of a prostitute, and started as a PI while investigating on the children of the red ring prostitutes.
 Deepo, Difool's loyal and good-hearted "concrete seagull"; generally smarter and more resourceful than John himself. Early in the story, the Light Incal gives him the power of speech.
 Animah and Tanatah, two sisters charged with guarding the Light and Dark Incals, respectively, whereof Tanatah hired the Metabaron to kill John DiFool and obtain the Light Incal. Animah, mother of Solune, who originally safeguarded the Light Incal, has psychic powers. Tanatah is also the head of the rebel group called the Amok.
 The Metabaron, the greatest bounty hunter, mercenary, and fighter ace in the known universe, and the adopted father of Solune; originally sent to kill John Difool by Tanatah. The Metabaron returned John in a frozen state without killing him, knowing that Tanatah would betray him.
 Solune (French words soleil and lune), the adopted child of the Metabaron and the biological child of Animah and John Difool. Like Animah, Solune has immense psychic powers, and was the chosen host of the power known as the Incal and become the dual-gendered leader of the universe.
 Kill Wolfhead''', an anthropomorphic wolf mercenary in Tanatah's employ. Kill holds a grudge against DiFool, who pierced his ear with a bullet near the beginning of the story. He is featured as faithful, loyal, impulsive and aggressive.

Analysis

The center of the concept is Difool's fantastic spiritual journey (or initiation) on a cosmic scale, which he is reluctant to accept; he constantly wishes to return to his own ignorant reality of simple hedonistic pleasures. It is an allegory for the sins repeating, the futility of complacency and the necessity for individual transformation. As the story progresses he keeps changing, becoming more heroic, even physically more handsome. The original six installments begin and end by DiFool falling from the bridge; he descends, ascends and later re-descends in "closed" circularity.

The universe is split into two galaxies, a human (with 22,000 planets), and a Berg (featherless birdlike aliens), and the story is set on four planets in the human galaxy: Ter21, Techno-Gea, Aquaend, and the Golden Planet.

On the planet Ter21 there are two social classes: the fortunate (common and aristocrats), who reside at the top, and the others (including the mutants led by Gorgo the Foul, who represent the poor living in misery, on the fringes of society, minorities of all kinds), who live down in the pits. At the top, it's a near-panopticonical dystopia with standard TV program (with the same presenter Diavaloo) depicting filmed violence for public consumption, and indoctrination. Seemingly no one works anymore, and all life is mediated through the TriD (TV), even people's dreams. People are addicted to "love drug" amorine, while the president is engaged in repeated body transplants. The masculine role is ridiculed by mass-produced holographic prostitutes. The technopriests represent the most damning, avaricious human drives.

John Difool is based upon The Fool from tarot with his name being a pun upon "John, the Fool". Animah's name is based on the Jungian concept of the anima, the feminine part of every male's psyche, as well in Latin "anima" means "psyche". The series has no taboos, an attitude towards sex, violence and general social stigmas that may be avoided in more conventional comics. They include black-and-white dualism or the conflict between good and evil, mystical symbolism, archetypes, metaphysics, tarot and other influences. In the story there's often a conflict between life or nature and dead technology (even uniformity and diversity), as "glasses enable you to see, that's technology. But happiness is not that, it's not your glasses. It's what you are able to see. If you have wonderful glasses but don't know how to see what's in front of you, then that technological tool is useless". The series also showcases religion, economy, politics and warfare, all mixed together.

The Final Incal is kind of a call for revolt to organize life in a different way, because as individuals people are mortal, but as humanity itself they are immortal. To learn that others exist, to live together and give, that there is continuity only as part of humanity as a whole. It demonstrates that "love is the ultimate purifier; a force that can cleanse, renew and revitalize".

Style
The series capture worlds with cityscapes, huge spacecraft and lands populated by technopriests, rubbish-dwelling mutants, doppelgängers, giant jellyfish, chiming forests of gems and jostling, old gurus floating on crystals, an underground rat army, flying leeches, "necro-panzers", a selfish humanity among others. Some touches are borrowed directly from Dune: the Emperoress, a "perfect androgyne", or Aquend, a planet composed entirely of water which is Arrakis's seeming opposite, and a "mentrek" who betrayed his former master.

Jean Giraud's (also known as Moebius) artwork and Yves Chaland's colouring from The Incal were well praised. Jodorowsky initially didn't have a script, but recounted and mimed the ideas to Moebius who sketched the scenario, recorded their conversation on tape, and they jointly altered the plot. Jon Evans considered resemblance to the De Stijl school of art inspired by artists like Piet Mondrian and Vilmos Huszár.

Moebius refused to do Before the Incal, thus Jodorowsky found Zoran Janjetov. Although Janjetov had his own style, he was influenced by Moebius and imitated him. Finally, Moebius decided to do After the Incal, but beside his illness at the time he had a different style, and Jodorowsky was not satisfied by the overall work. He depicted the nightmare of the tech-world with a more abundant sense of optimism, something peppered with light and hope throughout.

José Ladrönn's rendition of the worlds that Moebius originally designed in the rewritten sequel Final Incal is much darker and grittier; the streets are emptier, less colorful, more muted. He excelled at drawing, but as if he has studied not only Moebius but also the movies that Moebius influenced, directly or indirectly (like Blade Runner).

Publication historyThe Incal was initially serialized in French between 1980 and 1985 in the magazine Métal Hurlant, which was published by Les Humanoïdes Associés. An English translation was serialized in the magazine Heavy Metal (published by National Lampoon) from 1982 to 1984. Concurrent with its serialization in Métal Hurlant, Les Humanoïdes Associés collected the series as six hardcover volumes: L'Incal Noir (1981), L'Incal Lumière (1982), Ce qui est en bas (1984), Ce qui est en haut (1985), La cinquième essenceGalaxie qui Songe (1988), and La cinquième essenceLa planète Difool (1988). In 1988, Epic Comics (a division of Marvel Comics) published The Incal in three volumes as a part of their "Epic Graphic Novels" line, with translation by Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier.

Later, between 2001 and 2002, was republished a series of The Incal and Before the Incal in a twelve-issue limited series, with the former in two parts, Orphan of the City Shaft and John Difool, Class "R" Detective, between 2002 and 2003, while the first in two parts The Epic Conspiracy and The Epic Journey softcover trade format by Humanoids Publishing. The Humanoids Publishing initial version (of both The Incal and Before the Incal) was recolored in a more modern style and had the nudity censored. Jodorowsky did not like the change of the series to seduce a young audience.

In December 2010, Humanoids released a limited edition oversized hardcover edition of The Incal, with 750 copies printed. It was sold out and soon the series was out of print in the United States. In 2011 more hardcovers were released by Humanoids Publishing in the US and Self Made Hero in the UK. Smaller than the oversized hardcover edition, they resemble it in that they restore the original colouring and remove the censorship. In 2012 Humanoids Publishing released 9.4 x 12.6" limited deluxe edition of Before the Incal with a foreword by José Ladrönn, artist on the upcoming Final Incal. Between January 2013 and 2014, they released a sold-out 12 x 16" limited coffee table edition of The Incal six volumes.

In 2014, Humanoids released 7.9 x 10.8" hardcover trade collection of The Incal and its sequels, After the Incal and Final Incal, in one complete collection called Final Incal, as a 9.5 x 12.5" deluxe slipcase hardcover, as well limited and numbered edition 12 x 16" coffee table format. In 2015 they released a 7.9 x 10.8" hardcover trade edition, but without After the Incal. All four volumes were digitally released by Humanoids Publishing in 2014.

Humanoids released three prequel graphic novels as part of the Incal Universe project, to which Alejandro Jodorowsky gave his blessing: Psychoverse by Mark Russell and Yanick Paquette, Dying Star by Dan Watters and Jon Davis-Hunt, and Kill Wolfhead by Brandon Thomas and Pete Woods. Psychoverse was released on November 15, 2022, while Kill Wolfhead was the English-language debut of Kill Tête-de-Chien, released on November 17 2021, in France.

The series was translated from French into more than eleven languages, selling millions of copies.

Volumes
The IncalNote: For particulars on the English language editions of this series, please refer to the main article.
 L'Incal Noir ("The Black Incal") (1981)
 L'Incal Lumière ("The Luminous Incal") (1982)
 Ce qui est en bas ("What Lies Beneath") (1984)
 Ce qui est en haut ("What is Above") (1985)
 La cinquième essenceGalaxie qui Songe ("The Fifth EssenceThe Dreaming Galaxy") (1988)
 La cinquième essenceLa planète Difool ("The Fifth EssencePlanet DiFool") (1988)

Before the Incal
 Adieu le père ("Farewell, father") (1988)
 Détective privé de "Classe R ("Class "R" Detective") (1990)
 Croot! (1991)
 Anarchopsychotiques ("Psycho Anarchist") (1992)
 Ouisky, SPV et homéoputes ("Vhisky, SPV and Homeo-Whores") (1993)
 Suicide Allée ("Suicide Alley") (1995)

A prequel series to the first Incal series, published after it.

After the Incal
 Le nouveau rêve  ("The New Dream") (2000)
Left unfinished but The New Dream is remade and expanded in the first volume of Final Incal.

Final Incal
 Les Quatre John Difool ("The Four John DiFools") (2008)
 Louz de Garra ("Luz De Garra") (2011)
 Gorgo Le Sale ("Gorgo the Foul") (2014)

Reception and legacyRolling Stone magazine in "The 50 Best Non-Superhero Graphic Novels" list placed the original volume as #30, calling it "one of the great comics team-ups". Patrick Hess from Nothing But Comics placed it as fourth out of seventy best comics list, as "there are very few comics ever created in the history of the medium that are this imaginative, this thoughtful, this heartfelt or this good".

Mark Millar called it "quite simply one of the most perfect comics ever conceived and probably the most beautiful piece of graphic literature ever drawn".

Anthony Paletta from Los Angeles Review of Books considered that "The Incal isn't only a parade of thrilling grotesqueries: it also has a spiritual core that ... reflects Jodorowsky's abiding idiosyncratic Buddhism", while "Moebius's work is simply some of the most beautiful not merely in his catalog, but in the comics world at large". He noted that the "echoes of The Incal can also be found in the work of Hayao Miyazaki, Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira, the decaying futurity of Ridley Scott's Blade Runner, The Matrix, and even depictions of Coruscant in the Star Wars prequel films.

Daniel Kalder from The Comics Journal noted that the drawing by Moebius in After the Incal was of lesser ability, also saying: "Moebius was and always will be The Man but he was not the man for this story: Ladrönn was. And so while After the Incal is certainly an intriguing footnote, a glimpse of a path not taken, Final Incal is the real deal".

Hugh Armitage from Digital Spy noted that Moebius's After the Incal "delivers some typically breathtaking scenery, but his characters take on a cartoonish, Sergio Aragonés-like style that is both atypical for the artist and at odds with the dark story. [Valérie] Beltran's colours leave the images looking flat and uninteresting", and praised the Ladrönn's artwork in Final Incal.

Legal issues
The publishers sued Luc Besson, director of The Fifth Element (1997), claiming that the film borrowed graphic and story elements from The Incal, but lost their case. In an interview given to Chilean newspaper The Clinic, Jodorowsky claimed that neither he nor Moebius actually sued Besson, but instead that the lawsuit was filed by the editor of the comic series. He further claimed that the case was lost because Moebius "betrayed them" by working directly with Besson on the production of the film. In a 2002 interview with the Danish comic book magazine Strip!, Jodorowsky considered it an honour that somebody stole his ideas.

Adaptations
In the 1980s the Canadian animation director Pascal Blais created a short trailer for The Incal (i.e. Dark Incal), but the movie was never made. In 2011 and 2016, his studio made updated versions of the original trailer.

In 2013, in an interview by France Inter, Nicolas Winding Refn was reportedly working as a director on a live-action movie adaptation of The Incal, but it appeared to have been a rumor that Winding Refn dismissed in 2016.

US black metal band Bihargam released the album Ove Tenebrae as a musical adaption of The Incal'' on October 16, 2020.

In 2021, Jodorowsky officially announced a big screen adaptation by Taika Waititi.

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French graphic novels
French comic strips
1980 comics debuts
2014 comics endings
Jodoverse
Les Humanoïdes Associés titles
Science fiction comics
Dystopian comics
Comics by Jean Giraud
Space opera comics


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UPDATE: TMZ reports Juice WRLD allegedly swallowed Percocet painkillers in an attempt to hide them from authorities during a search.
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Wisconsin: Top DOT official tells staff not to mention free voter ID cards to the public — unless they ask | madison.com
An internal memo from a top Department of Transportation official instructs workers at Division of Motor Vehicles service centers not to tell members of the public that they can obtain voter identification cards free of charge — unless they know to ask for it.
The memo, recently obtained by The Capital Times, was written by Steve Krieser and sent to all state Department of Transportation and Department of Motor Vehicles employees on July 1, the same day employees were to begin issuing photo IDs in accordance with a controversial new Voter Photo ID law adopted earlier in the year.
As laid out in the memo, failure to check a box when applying for photo ID with the Division of Motor Vehicles will result in the payment of $28. Interviews conducted about the memo suggest the state is more interested in continuing to charge the fee, which is required for a photo ID used for non-voting purposes, than it is in removing all barriers and providing easy access to a free, photo ID. Read More
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Election Day is more than a year away, but Zachary Klutz is already bracing for the worst. Klutz, a Republican member of the Allen County, Ind. elections board, is fighting budget cuts he says would result in an ugly day at the polls: more mistakes by election workers, longer lines for voters, and lots of frustrated, angry people. That's because next year — a presidential election year — the county is set to allocate to the elections department 18 percent less than what it gets this year.
To Klutz, the plans are perplexing, since turnout in the 2012 presidential election is expected to be almost 90 percent higher than that of this year's municipal election, in which the biggest race on the ballot is for mayor of Fort Wayne. "We can't conduct a full election like that," says Klutz. "I don't know what to do."
For now, the office is pleading with the county to provide $90,000 more than what's already been allocated, even though that's still well-below what the office says it needs to run the 2012 election. With those extra funds, election officials would still use 200 fewer machines and 240 fewer poll workers than what they say is really needed. "I'm all for cutting government spending," says Klutz. "But there has to be a responsible balance between cutting government spending and conducting duties that are necessary in a democratic society." Read More
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As we have done with football, the Confidential plans to get some or all of the Confidential contributors together weekly during the season to provide a summary of their school, the ACC, and other topics of note. This week is the preview session:
Q1: What are your expectations for your team this season–best-case scenario, worst-case scenario, and reasonable expectations?
John (North Carolina): I have huge expectations for my team this season. With the collection of talent that North Carolina has, there's no reason to think that a return to the Final Four isn't possible. With 6 McDonald's All-Americans, 5 Mr. Basketballs (including Joel Berry, a three-time winner in the State of Florida) and a two-time National Championship Hall of Fame coach, the Tar Heels may finally be poised to live up to the lofty expectations set upon them.
Best Case Scenario- Marcus Paige continues his run as 'Mr. Clutch' and is the nation's best point guard once again. Forward Brice Johnson thrives under his increased minutes, and someone on the team finally learns to shoot a three-point shot. With high-scoring, and the fast-tempo that is consistent with a signature North Carolina team, the Tar Heels win the third National Championship of the Roy Williams era. Also, Duke flames out in the first round of the tournament again, this time, losing to local rival NC Central. There are riots in the streets of Durham, NC (but no one is hurt).
Worst Case Scenario- The NCAA decides that the information in the Wainstein Report is bad enough for them to take away the Tar Heels' 2005 National Championship, a first for the governing body. Bogged down by sanctions, scholarship reductions and the early retirement of Coach Roy Williams, North Carolina limps to a 20-loss season where Marcus Paige regresses, Brice Johnson and Kennedy Meeks tear their ACL and no one figures out how to hit a three-point shot. Duke wins their fifth National Championship, passing the Tar Heels non-vacated number of championship seasons and Justin Jackson leaves early for the NBA. There are riots in the streets of Chapel Hill, NC (multiple injuries are reported).
Reasonable Expectations- It seems reasonable enough that with the talent Roy Williams has this year, that the Tar Heels 1) Contend for the ACC Regular Season Title 2) Advance to the Semi-Finals of the ACC Tournament and 3) Qualify for the Sweet Sixteen. But those expectations are almost too reasonable. North Carolina has a great shot at both the ACC Regular Season and Tournament titles, and has the skill to make it to college basketball's final weekend. But will they? The Tar Heels have underperformed the last few years, struggling under the weight of the academic scandal, the PJ Hairston saga and their own inability to hit free throws. Time will tell.
Len K (Louisville): The Cards brought in a 6 men class so they will be young this season. The class was loaded with much needed size and came with a top 5 ranking but only two have shown to be a factor as of now. Two are 7′ foreigners who will need time to develop their game and physically. One arrived in school in August so he is behind while another is still waiting to be cleared by the NCAA. The good news is that two who should make an early impact are the Cards top rated PG and C. We know who the starting 5 will be and these two freshman will be the first to off the bench. Best case they compete for the conference championship. Worst case they finish mid-pack in the ACC. There's 20+ wins on the schedule so a top 5 ACC finish is perfectly reasonable. We will learn a lot more about the Cards on Friday, 11/14, when they open the season in Puerto Rico against Minnesota. Yup, Rick vs Richard in a battle of the Pitino's to start the season.
Brian (FSU):
Best Case: FSU shocks the world and wins the ACC, after all this is the best team FSU has had since it won the ACC Tournament. Then gets to the Tourney, and then finishes in the Final 4. Am I dreaming? Probably, but this is a best case scenario… if you want a more reasonable best case scenario I would say this team is capable of winning the ACC, not likely, but not inconceivable. In that scenario FSU could be good enough to get to the Sweet 16.
Worst Case: FSU goes to a third straight NIT tournament, and doesn't even get to host a game. I will admit odds are far better this scenario happens than FSU being a Final 4 squad.
Reasonable: I think FSU getting to the Semis of the ACC tourney is not out of the question, and then gets to the Sweet 16. I just have a good feeling about this year's team.
Mike (NC State):
Best case: Senior Ralston Turner fills the scoring void left by TJ Warren, a slimmed-down BJ Anya dominates in the paint, and Chris Corchiani Jr. lives up to his genes. The Pack finishes in the top 5 of the conference and makes a deep NCAA run, perhaps Elite Eight.
Worst case: Turner can't fill those big shoes and Anya suffers a relapse. Corchiani proves to be just another walk-on benchwarmer. State struggles and misses the Big Dance.
Realistically, the Pack should have the guns to finish in the upper half of the conference barring major injury trouble. Scoring will likely be an issue early on as the team figures out their roles After TJ, but if Cat Barber continues to improve everybody should get chances. The Wolfpack should make the NCAA tournament field without a play-in, though two wins may be the limit once they arrive.
Anthony (Syracuse): Some of Jim Boeheim's best runs in the Big Dance have been with teams with very low expectations. This 2014-2015 team may not have NIT expectations, but nobody is talking about the 'Cuse right now. The upside for Syracuse is always a Final Four run. This can happen if the freshmen are as advertised and the sophomores take the next step… and if Trevor Cooney/Rakeem Christmas become consistent. The downside for Syracuse is the aforementioned NIT. That is less likely than a Final Four run, but far from impossible. If the sophomores do not develop, and Cooney/Christmas continue to be "no shows" too often, it is not clear that the freshmen will be able to carry the load. The reasonable expectations are that Syracuse will do well in November/December… but then come back to reality as the ACC schedule hits. One would expect a Big Dance seeding in the #5/#6 range.
Q2: Who do you think the top 3 and bottom 3 teams in the ACC will be at season's end?
John (UNC): I expect the top three of the ACC to be North Carolina, Duke and Louisville in no particular order. Virginia has a good team, but I'm not sure I see them maintaining the same level of momentum without mainstays Joe Harris and Akil Mitchell. Other teams like Syracuse, NC State and Pittsburgh will be good, but I don't think there will be any surprise winners like Miami in 2013. The bottom three teams are actually harder to predict. Will new coach Buzz Williams make an immediate impact on Virginia Tech, leading the Hokies out of the basement? Or will they be stuck there with Boston College, an almost lock for the cellar? I'm betting on quick improvement in Blacksburg, and regression in Atlanta and Clemson. My bottom three- Boston College, Georgia Tech, Clemson.
Len K (Louisville): How can you not put Duke and North Carolina atop the ACC? The battle will be for #3. The top candidates here are Virginia, Louisville and Syracuse. Louisville plays NC, Pitt and Miami twice while also getting Duke at home. With all the young talent on the Cards roster I will put Virginia at #3 for now. My bottom 3 would be Wake, Clemson and Virginia Tech. Manning will do will at Wake but it will take some time.
Brian (FSU):Duke, 2) UL, 3) UNC (I am sorry; I think UNC is overrated). 13) Wake, 14) BC, 15) GT
Mike (NC State): I like Duke to win the conference with UNC coming in a close second. Louisville, my #1 in the preseason poll, should be third at season's end. As for the bottom 3, let's say Georgia Tech, Miami and Virginia Tech.
Anthony (Syracuse): As much as I would like to add Syracuse to the top three, Duke is just too loaded. North Carolina has the next most talent. And Louisville's Rick Pitino will have the Cardinals ready for the ACC. It is possible that the Cards will develop slow and come on late, in which case Virginia's system is more likely to put them in that spot than Syracuse or the rest of the field. The bottom three are likely to be the usual suspects–Georgia Tech, Boston College, and Clemson.
Q3: What ACC coach enters 2014 on the hot seat?
John (UNC): Brian Gregory has been the coach of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets for four years now, and has not led his team past a 9th place finish in conference. Even though the fans in Atlanta are not known for their basketball fandom, Gregory's predecessor, Paul Hewitt, led the team to 6 postseason appearances in 11 years and was much more successful in his early tenure, bringing players like Chris Bosh and Thaddeus Young to town. Four years is usually enough to tell the direction of a program. If Gregory can't show visible progress, his time will be done in the increasingly competitive ACC.
Len K (Louisville): Being new to the ACC I wont put any coach on the hot seat this early but the situation in Chapel Hill will be worth monitoring. His performance on the sidelines certainly hasn't warranted a removal but will a change be forced by the NCAA?
Brian (FSU): Mike Brey of ND.
Mike (NC State): Brian Gregory has to be feeling posterior-area warmth after three straight losing seasons at Georgia Tech. If a fourth follows, and I think it might, the Jackets will soon be looking elsewhere.
Anthony (Syracuse): It has to be Brian Gregory, who joins Tom Crean of Indiana in being a coach from the Tom Izzo coaching tree that is in trouble right now. Which reminds me… take a look at the Rick Pitino coaching tree over at ESPN. Pretty impressive. Of course, Pitino is part of the Boeheim coaching tree.
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