Powerful and intuitive all in one martial arts management with POS, pro shop, and inventory management.
Been using ATLAS for 6 month and Get 32 new students just by ATLAS and its website.
Pros: They have a mind of teachers not typical customer service or sales people.
They are expert in their area. They provide monthly marketing strategies with relevant materials.
Their lead generating website is REALLY working for me and marketing automation in ATLAS.
Cons: Few features and functions are not working as they supposed to be.
Overall: Once I reached over 350 students, my program director approached me for systematizing the business. After doing DEMO(what they call most time) with a dozen software companies in the market, I was torn between Rainmakers and ATLAS.
I found Rainmakers lacking in some areas I was personally looking for and liked the lead generating website that ATLAS offered with marketing automation feature where I can personally set up the messages and materials for my leads and current students.
They set up complimentary social media marketing sessions with me and my staff so that we can effectively target the market through all kinds of social media platforms.
Some of customer service requests are not followed up in timely manner, and we encountered few errors in the software. However these were trivial compared to the number of leads coming in to school and set up trial appointments.
I recommended all my friend school owners and several of them already sees the results just like me. I also recommend ATLAS to the future buyers.
Recommendations to other buyers: If you are interested getting more leads to your door by online presence, ATLAS + Website is the answer for you.
We're thankful to have so many awesome clients like you, and we're super excited about what we'll be bringing you in the future!
-customer support goes the extra mile, friendly, based in U.S.
Thank you so much for the kind words Erin.
We're honored to serve you and your school.
I'm glad that we're saving you time and effort, so you can focus on your students!
With all the good you do for your students and your community, I'm PROUD that we're helping to give you more time to do what you do.
We REALLY appreciate your ideas and suggestions to make ATLAS Martial Arts Software even better, and have your suggestions on our development road-map.
Pros: Beautiful user interface. Marketing Automation. Great tools for managing my students. Website gets me new leads all the time.
Cons: There are so many features, sometimes I feel like I don't know it all.
Overall: I've been using ATLAS for about a year, and I'm SUPER impressed with all the new features they keep rolling out. I've been able to manage the business so much more easily, and all the marketing support is AMAZING.
When you consider all the components you get, it's a HUGE value!
Non, with ATLAS, I'm getting a MUCH BETTER performing website, MUCH better software (that includes all the marketing automation) AND some AMAZING marketing materials and afterschool support package.
I'm not going to tell them this, but I really think they could be charging double or triple what they are, and STILL be a great value for a school owner like me!
This was a GREAT Investment for Our School.
Pros: Their "Package" saved me a couple hundred bucks a month, since they include a really great looking Lead Generating website with the software. The site is capturing new prospects all the time, and the software "automatically" follows up on then.
ATLAS also helps save a lot of my time keeping track of our students, processing advancements and testings, tracking attendance, and keeping track of all our stats.
Truthfully, we've LEARNED so much about "Running" our school better, just by using ATLAS Martial Arts Software.
Overall: Saves us a LOT of time. Helps generate more students. Saves us money on our website and software.
Pros: Marketing automation where it help student motivated and encouraged to come and proven marketing strategy support to help bring in new students to your door.
Overall: Atlas Rock! Atlas is such a powerful management system not only it helps with managent aspect but also has it help with other areas such as new enrollment, retention and income. This is something that you can't afford to miss out if you want your Martial Arts business run like machine . It will help save you tons of time and to increase your income. Highly recommended!
Pros: The only positive are the graphics. Things looked nice. They also have a feature suggestion side of things, but honestly, doesn't really matter.
Cons: They lost very important data when they transferred my database. They alluded to features they had in place and didn't. They weren't willing to refund money to me even though they wasted a lot of my time and lost valuable data of mine. Be ware! As they are the most expensive software out there, they aren't even close to being the best.
Overall: none. a waste of time and money!
Mike, I'm truly sorry for your frustration, and any communication gap.
I¿m really sorry that your experience with ATLAS did not match our intention of being the best software on the market for martial arts schools.
We take your feedback very seriously, and strive to always listen to our clients and be responsive to their needs.
I¿m thrilled that you feel the user interface and overall ¿User Experience¿ in ATLAS is intuitive and Beautiful!
It seems that there were a couple mis-communications early in our relationship which set inappropriate expectations.
For example, we weren¿t the source of any data loss, our system simply uses ¿different¿ data points than your previous system, and it seems that there was lack of understanding about what was possible.
We felt it was appropriate to provide you with several months of service for free, I apologize if you feel it inadequate.
I¿m going to re-focus our efforts to have a more clear communication processes for our clients!
Pros: Customer service was great. Support helped a lot in walking me through the process and helping me with issues I found.
Cons: Software was buggy and frustrating. There seems to be no true QA process in their SDLC.
I used this software briefly for school management and found it was very buggy.
Pros: The UI was very nice and the customer support was also well done. They do their best to help you out in your situation when issues arrive.
Cons: The software is very buggy and hard to navigate. It seems that they developed it based on a small group of use cases instead of looking at the bigger picture of the industry itself.
Overall: Not to Cheap, but software has hundreds of function that I always wanted to have.
Sales and Tech Training team are pretty hands on.
Thanks for the kind words and great review!
We're so proud to be able to help you and schools all over the world grow!


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Q: Best approach for avoiding database polling using Spring I have web service for reading and updating data and using spring, spring JDBC for DB access. My controller can be accessed by many channels like desktop, mobile etc. If data is updated using desktop, then same should reflect in mobile immediately. Current approach is calling service continuously to get updated data. I feel that it is worst approach and causing DB performance issue as well.
Is there a possible way such that GET service is called only when there is DB update by other channel instead of continuous polling ? What is best approach for this and how to implement it ?

A: Continuously calling the service seems like a really bad idea. I think you need a database trigger that fires when rows are inserted/updated/deleted. It could POST something to a Web Service or put something on a Message Queue.
Good luck.

A: I can think of an architectural answer to the problem. Use a messaging solution between the spring controller and the database. Infact you will need two queues

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*EventSink queue -
Publish all data change requests originating from any of the  channels to this queue.The subscriber will be the service managing the database update aka dbservice .

*EventBroadcast queue -
Publish the changed data post db update to this queue. Ideally the dbservice should handle this publish within the same transaction as db update. All channels can subscribe to this queue to receive the update.
The merits to consider this approach would involve

*Pros - this approach involves no database services so both performance and de-coupling from database changes.

*Cons - Increased complexity

A: Continuously polling is not as bad as you might imagine. Pushing messages to clients without them making a request requires web-sockets or of the like to achieve this. If it is not a large repose from the server, and is not too often, as in many millions and millions of requests then I would leave it for now.
If however this is a large amount of bandwidth we are talking about it then you wouldn't want to be polling. You would probably want to look at a subscriber type pattern whereby clients would subscribe to be notified when a specific event occurs. When this event occurs the server would then send a message to the clients.
Detecting this event shouldn't require polling a database. The modification to the database should trigger the event. You might do this with point-cuts in Spring if you are into that sort of thing.

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Never done a painting blog before but here seems as good a place to try as ever!
I'm late on the new VC bandwagon but I'm on board anyway. I do not regard myself as a particularly good painter, having always simply got my army to a tebletop standard to get playing, but this time round I'm wanting to make more of an effort with my painting.
As far as I'm concerned that counts as having painted 2 units and 2 characters already!
Any advice or criticisms would be appreciated.
Hey Ben and welcome to the hordes of the undead! One of us! One of us! One of us!
Really enjoying your work here so far, the Banshee can be an absolute B to paint and i love the distinction between vlesh and cloth you have made, though if i may throw in a constructive observation?
You picked a damn hard color to paint if you're not a particularly good painter man! I agree with Greg(atron), the cloth could use some distinction. You could go back and use a watered down grey and put it in the recesses (might not be spelling that right), that will help a lot. How did you paint the white?
If you go from Adeptus Battle Grey, then Fortress Grey, then 1:1 Fortress and Ceramite White (the new white base, it's fantastic!), then highlight with straight Ceramite, i've found the white turns out pretty swank. You just need to leave some Adeptus between the different pieces of cloth/in the recesses.
That skin on the spirit host base also looks like it could use some more highlights, what did you start with?


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Middle School electives give students a chance to try something new. Santa Fe Christian Middle School's elective program is designed to allow students to choose up to eight engaging and exciting electives per year in the arts, computational thinking, digital communications, leadership development, physical education and world languages.
"It is our desire that our eighth grade students move into high school with a strong recognition of where their talents lie so they can further hone their skills in the years leading to college," declares Dr. Todd Deveau, Middle School Principal.
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Q: Razor Pages: Where to Get Correct Script Ref Syntax Visual Studio 2017 by default creates references to scripts and CSS like this
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I guess it's slightly faster than fetching everything from my server. That's good for Bootstrap and jQuery. Then if I want to reference font-awesome, smoothscroll and other libraries, where can I find the right way to reference them?

A: If your question is about referencing other libs on cdn then your just need to google for {libname} cdnor you can browse cdnjs and search for libraries you need. And you can reference script like this
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Chicago's Friskie Morris & Friends has released a second volume to their Welcome to Chicagoland compilation series. The new comp features 25 bands including La Armanda, Flatfoot 56, The Brokedowns, Lucky Boys Confusion, and more that call the greater Chicago metropolitan area -commonly referred to as Chicagoland – home.
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ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CODE
TITLE 3. LICENSES AND PERMITS
SUBTITLE A. PERMITS
CHAPTER 32. PRIVATE CLUB REGISTRATION PERMIT
Sec. 32.01.  AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.  (a)  A private club registration permit authorizes alcoholic beverages belonging to members of the club to be:
(1)  stored, possessed, and mixed on the club premises;
(2)  served for on-premises consumption only to members of the club and their families and guests, by the drink or in sealed, unsealed, or broken containers of any legal size; and
(3)  served for off-premises consumption only to members of the club in the manner provided by Section 32.155.
(b)  An applicant for or the holder of a private club registration permit may apply to the commission to have the activities authorized under the permit restricted to the storage and service of wine and malt beverages for members of the club.  Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, an applicant for or the holder of a permit that is restricted under this subsection is subject to all the requirements of this chapter.  The commission may adopt rules as necessary to implement this subsection.
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 435, ch. 194, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 290, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 6 (H.B. 1024), Sec. 3, eff. May 12, 2021.
Sec. 32.03.  QUALIFICATIONS FOR PERMIT.  (a)  A private club registration permit may only be issued to a club which meets the requirements of this section.
(b)  The club must be an association of persons, whether unincorporated or incorporated under the laws of this state, for the promotion of some common object.
(c)  Members of the club must be passed on and elected by a committee or board made up of members of the club, and no employee of the club shall be eligible to serve on the membership committee or board.
(d)  No application for membership may be approved until the application has been filed with the chairman of the membership committee or board and approved by the chairman.  The committee or board may authorize the chairman or a designated agent to issue preliminary memberships without the approval of the committee or board for a period not exceeding seven days on the request of an applicant for membership.  A preliminary member has all of the privileges of membership in the club.  If the committee or board does not approve the application before the expiration of the preliminary membership, the club shall pay to the state a fee of $3.  The club shall remit the fees and record and report preliminary memberships as the commission or the administrator prescribes.
(e)  At least 50 members of the club must reside in the county in which the premises of the club are located, or at least 100 members must reside in an area comprised of the county in which the premises of the club is located and an adjacent county or counties.
(f)  The club must own, lease, or rent a building, or space in a building of such extent and character as in the judgment of the commission is suitable and adequate for the club's members and their guests.
(g)  The club must provide regular food service adequate for its members and their guests.
(h)  The club's total annual membership fees, dues, or other income, excluding proceeds from the disposition of alcoholic beverages but including service charges, must be sufficient to defray the annual rental of its leased or rented premises or, if the premises are owned by the club, sufficient to meet the taxes, insurance, and repairs and the interest on any mortgage on the premises.
(i)  The club's affairs and management must be conducted by a board of directors, executive committee, or similar body chosen by the members at their annual meeting.
(j)  No member or any officer, agent, or employee of the club may be paid or receive any money as salary or other compensation, directly or indirectly, from the disposition of alcoholic beverages to members of the club and their guests, other than charges for the service of the beverages.
(k)  A private club registration permit may not be issued to or maintained by a club for a premises located in a dry area if the club operates a sexually oriented business, as defined by Section 243.002, Local Government Code, on the premises.
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 436, ch. 194, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.  Amended by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 1971, ch. 777, Sec. 19, eff. Aug. 27, 1979;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., 3rd C.S., ch. 3, Sec. 21.04(a), eff. Jan. 11, 2004.
Sec. 32.04.  APPLICATIONS FOR PERMITS;  RENEWALS.  (a)  A private club which meets the requirements set forth in Section 32.03 of this code may apply for a private club registration permit on forms furnished by the commission and containing all information necessary to insure compliance with the provisions of this code.
(b)  Each applicant shall furnish a true copy of his application to the commission's district office in the district in which the premises sought to be covered by the permit are located prior to the filing of the original application with the commission at Austin.
(c)  Applications for a renewal permit shall be filed with the commission within 30 days prior to the expiration of the current permit.
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 437, ch. 194, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.
Sec. 32.05.  LOCKER SYSTEM.  The locker system of storage is a system whereby the club rents a locker to a member in which he may store alcoholic beverages for consumption by himself and his guests.  All alcoholic beverages stored at a club under the locker system must be purchased and owned by the member individually.
Sec. 32.06.  POOL SYSTEM.  (a)  The pool system of storage may be used in any area.  Under this system all members of a pool participate equally in the original purchase of all alcoholic beverages.  The original purchase may be funded by a cash contribution from each member or from a loan to the club by a third person guaranteed by all the members.  A person who provides a loan to the club under this subsection may be related or unrelated to the club.  A loan for the original purchase may be repaid from the alcoholic beverages replacement account.  The replacement of all alcoholic beverages shall be paid for either by money assessed equally from each member and collected in advance or by the establishment of an alcoholic beverages replacement account in which a designated percentage of each charge for the service of alcoholic beverages, as determined by the club's governing body, is deposited.
(b)  If an alcoholic beverages replacement account is used:
(1)  each service check may have printed on it the percentage of the service charge that is to be deposited in the alcoholic beverages replacement account;
(2)  no money other than the designated percentage of service charges may be deposited in the replacement account;
(3)  the replacement of alcoholic beverages may be paid for only from money in the replacement account;
(4)  the club's governing body may transfer from the replacement account to the club's general operating account any portion of the replacement account that the governing body determines is in excess of the amount that will be needed to purchase replacement alcoholic beverages or repay a loan for the original purchase of alcoholic beverages, but it may make only one transfer in a calendar month;  and
(5)  the club shall maintain a monthly record of the total amount of alcoholic beverage service charges collected, the amount deposited in the replacement account, the amount used to purchase alcoholic beverages or repay a loan for the original purchase of alcoholic beverages, and the amount transferred to the club's general operating account.
(c)  A private club may combine the club's alcoholic beverages replacement account, general operating account, and any other account into a single master account if the master account is maintained in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and the club is able to generate statements reflecting the funds allocated to each component account.  If the club contracts with a third party to provide management or other services for the club, the club may permit the club's master account to be combined with the master accounts of other clubs to which the third party provides similar services if the combined account is maintained in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and the third party is able to generate, for the commissioner's review on request, statements reflecting the funds allocated to each component account of the combined account and the club's master account.
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 437, ch. 194, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.  Amended by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 1968, ch. 777, Sec. 8, eff. Aug. 27, 1979;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1046, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Sec. 32.07.  DISPLAY OF PERMIT.  A private club registration permit shall be displayed in a conspicuous place at all times on the licensed premises.
Sec. 32.08.  PURCHASE AND TRANSPORTATION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.  (a)  All distilled spirits sold by a club holding a private club registration permit must be purchased in this state from a holder of a local distributor's permit.
(b)  If the club holding the permit is in an area where there are no local distributors, alcoholic beverages may be purchased in any area where local distributors are located and may be transported to the club premises.  The transporter may acquire the alcoholic beverages only on the written order of an officer or manager of the club holding the permit.  The alcoholic beverages must be accompanied by a written statement furnished and signed by the local distributor showing the name and address of the consignee and consignor, the origin and destination of the shipment, and any other information required by the commission or administrator.  The person in charge of the alcoholic beverages while they are being transported shall exhibit the written statement to any representative of the commission or any peace officer on demand, and the statement shall be accepted by the representative or officer as prima facie evidence of the lawful right to transport the alcoholic beverages.
(c)  If a private club registration permittee's premises are located in a regional airport governed by a board, commission, or authority composed of members from two or more counties, and there is no local distributor at the airport, the private club registration permittee may purchase alcoholic beverages from any local distributor in a trade area served by the airport and transport the alcoholic beverages to the permit holder's licensed premises.  The transportation of the beverages must be in accordance with Subsection (b).
(d)  The holder of a private club registration permit may transfer alcoholic beverages from the place of purchase to the permitted premises as provided in this code.
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 437, ch. 194, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.  Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1182, ch. 453, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.
Sec. 32.09.  TEMPORARY MEMBERS.  (a)  The manager or other person in charge of the club premises may allow a person to enter the club if he possesses a valid temporary membership card which has no erasures or changes and which has the temporary dates in a prominent position on the card.  A temporary member may enjoy the club's services and privileges for a period of not more than three days per invitation.  A temporary member may bring not more than three guests to the club and must remain in their presence while they are at the club.
(b)  At the time of his admission the temporary member shall pay the club a fee of $3, which shall represent the fee payable by the permittee to the state.  All fees and payments from temporary members shall be collected in cash or through credit cards approved by the commission or administrator.
(c)  Temporary memberships shall be governed by rules promulgated by the commission consistent with the provisions of this section.
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 438, ch. 194, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.  Amended by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 68, ch. 42, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 27, 1979;  Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 1347, ch. 278, Sec. 23, eff. Sept. 1, 1984.
Sec. 32.10.  GUESTS.  (a)  Guests shall be limited to those who accompany a member or temporary member onto the premises or for whom a member, other than a temporary member, has made prior arrangements with the management of the club.
(b)  Except as provided in Subsection (c) of this section no guest shall be permitted to pay, by cash or otherwise, for any service of alcoholic beverages.  Any charge for a service rendered to a guest by the club must be billed by the club to the member or temporary member sponsoring the guest.  A club shall bill a member other than a temporary member for the service of guests in the club's regular billing cycle.
(c)  The manager of a hotel who is a member of a private club located within the hotel building may issue a guest card to a patron of the hotel who is staying in the hotel overnight or longer.  The holder of the guest card may be served alcoholic beverages in the club or the holder's hotel room.  The guest may not be allowed to pay, by cash or otherwise, at the time of service in the private club.  The charge for service shall be billed to the hotel manager's account in the hotel and shall be collected by the hotel manager along with other hotel charges, including the charge for using the hotel room, when the patron leaves the hotel.  The hotel records shall be available for inspection at the request of the commission.  If the club operates under the locker system a guest shall be served from the locker rented to the manager of the hotel.
(d)  The commission shall promulgate rules necessary to implement the provisions of this section.
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 438, ch. 194, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.  Amended by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 68, ch. 42, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 27, 1979;  Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 103, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.
Sec. 32.11.  FRATERNAL AND VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS.  (a)  In this section:
(1)  "Fraternal organization" means:
(A)  any chapter, aerie, parlor, lodge, or other local unit of an American national fraternal organization or Texas state fraternal organization that, as the owner, lessee, or occupant, has operated an establishment for fraternal purposes for at least one year.  If an American national fraternal organization, it must actively operate in not fewer than 31 states and have at least 300 local units in those 31 states, and must have been in active, continuous existence for at least 20 years.  If a Texas state fraternal organization, it must actively operate in at least two counties of the state and have at least 10 local units in those two counties, and must have been in active, continuous existence for at least five years;
(B)  a hall association or building association of a local unit described in Paragraph (A), all the capital stock of which is owned by the local unit or the members of the local unit, and which operates the clubroom facilities of the local unit;
(C)  a building association not owned by a local unit described in Paragraph (A) but one that is composed wholly of members appointed by a county commissioners court to administer, manage, and control an exposition center containing an exhibition area of not less than 100,000 square feet and an arena with not less than 6,000 fixed seats, situated on property with an area of not less than 50 acres that is owned, together with all buildings, appurtenances, and parking areas, by a county;
(D)  a chapter or other local unit of an American national fraternal organization that promotes physical fitness and provides classes in athletics to children and that, as owner, lessee, or occupant, has operated an establishment for fraternal purposes for at least one year.  The fraternal organization must:
(i)  actively operate in not fewer than 12 states;
(ii)  have at least six local units in this state;  and
(iii)  have at least one unit in this state that has been in active, continuous existence for at least 75 years;  or
(E)  a chapter or other local unit of an American national fraternal organization that promotes the moral, educational, social, and recreational welfare of merchant seafarers and that, as owner, lessee, or occupant, has operated an establishment for fraternal purposes for at least one year.  The fraternal organization must:
(ii)  have at least four local units in this state;  and
(iii)  have at least one unit in this state that has been in active, continuous existence for at least 15 years.
(2)  "Veterans organization" means an organization composed of members or former members of the armed forces of the United States which is organized for patriotic and public service purposes, including the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans, Jewish War Veterans, American GI Forum, Catholic War Veterans, or any veterans organization chartered by the United States Congress.
(b)  The permit fee imposed by Section 32.02 and the provisions of Sections 32.03 and 32.10 requiring regular food service and prohibiting guests from paying in cash do not apply to a private club established by a fraternal or veterans organization.  The private club is also exempt from Sections 32.05 and 32.06, and the members of the club may use any club funds owned by them jointly, including revenue from the service of alcoholic beverages, to replenish their joint stock of alcoholic beverages.
(c)  The requirement that the fraternal or veterans organization hold a private club registration permit is satisfied by the issuance of a certificate by the commission that states that the organization meets the requirements of this section.
(d)  All other provisions of this code apply to fraternal and veterans organizations.
(e)  A  fraternal or veterans organization that holds a permit under this chapter and the private club established under that permit are considered separate entities for the purposes of determining compliance with and enforcing this code.  The fraternal or veterans organization shall establish a membership committee for the permitted entity for the purposes of Sections 32.03(c) and (d).  Membership in the private club is governed by this code.  Membership in the fraternal or veterans organization is not subject to the requirements of this code.
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 439, ch. 194, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.  Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 494, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 31, 1987;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 338, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 913, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1261 (H.B. 2064), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2005.
Sec. 32.12.  INSPECTION OF PREMISES.  The acceptance of a private club registration permit constitutes an express agreement and consent on the part of the private club that any authorized representative of the commission or any peace officer has the right and privilege to freely enter the club premises at any time to conduct an investigation or to inspect the premises for the purpose of performing a duty imposed by this code.
Sec. 32.13.  INSPECTION OF BOOKS AND RECORDS.  All books and records pertaining to the operation of any permittee club, including a current listing, correct to the last day of the preceding month, of all members of the club who have liquor stored on the club premises under either the locker or pool system, shall be made available to the commission or its authorized representatives on request.
Sec. 32.14.  UNREGISTERED CLUBS;  PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES.  (a)  No permittee, licensee, or any other person shall deliver, transport, or carry an alcoholic beverage to, into, or on the premises of any establishment, location, room, or place purporting to be a club, or holding itself out to the public or any person as a club or private club, unless the club holds a private club registration permit.
(b)  No person may store, possess, mix, or serve by the drink or in broken or unsealed containers an alcoholic beverage on the premises of any establishment, location, room, or place purporting to be a club or private club unless the club holds a private club registration permit.
(c)  An alcoholic beverage stored or possessed on the premises of any establishment, location, room, or place purporting to be a club, or holding itself out to the public or any person as a club or private club, is declared to be an illicit beverage and subject to seizure without a warrant unless a private club registration permit has been issued for the premises, location, room, or place.
Sec. 32.15.  REMOVAL OF BEVERAGES FROM PREMISES.  A private club, irrespective of location or system of storage of alcoholic beverages, may not permit any person to remove any alcoholic beverages from the club premises, except:
(1)  as authorized by:
(A)  Section 28.10(b) or 32.155; or
(B)  Chapter 57, as added by Chapter 441 (S.B. 1450), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019; or
(2)  for the purpose of removing unused inventory the person brought onto the premises under Section 14.07, as added by Chapter 792 (H.B. 1997), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, or 37.01(d).
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 440, ch. 194, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.  Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 494, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 31, 1987.
Sec. 32.155.  PICKUP AND DELIVERY OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FOR OFF-PREMISES CONSUMPTION.  (a)  In this section:
(1)  "Passenger area of a motor vehicle" has the meaning assigned by Section 49.031, Penal Code.
(2)  "Tamper-proof container" has the meaning assigned by Section 28.1001.
(b)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the holder of a private club registration permit may deliver, or have delivered by a third party, including an independent contractor acting under Chapter 57, as added by Chapter 441 (S.B. 1450), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, an alcoholic beverage from the permitted premises to an ultimate consumer located off-premises and in the county in which the private club is located if:
(1)  the holder of the private club registration permit holds a food and beverage certificate for the permitted premises;
(2)  the delivery of the alcoholic beverage is made as part of the delivery of food prepared at the permitted premises;
(3)  the ultimate consumer is a member of the club;
(4)  the alcoholic beverage is:
(A)  a malt beverage or wine delivered in:
(i)  an original container sealed by the manufacturer; or
(ii)  a tamper-proof container that is sealed by the permit holder and clearly labeled with the name of the private club registration permit holder and the words "alcoholic beverage"; or
(B)  an alcoholic beverage other than a malt beverage or wine that:
(i)  is delivered in an original, single-serving container sealed by the manufacturer and not larger than 375 milliliters; or
(ii)  the permit holder mixes with other beverages or garnishes and stores in a tamper-proof container that is clearly labeled with the name of the private club registration permit holder and the words "alcoholic beverage"; and
(5)  the delivery is not made to another premises that is permitted or licensed under this code.
(c)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the holder of a private club registration permit may allow an ultimate consumer to pick up an alcoholic beverage described by Subsection (b)(4) and remove the beverage from the permitted premises if:
(2)  the pickup of the alcoholic beverage is made as part of the pickup of food prepared at the permitted premises; and
(3)  the ultimate consumer is a member of the club.
(d)  An alcoholic beverage picked up or delivered under this section may be provided only to a person who is 21 years of age or older after the person picking up the alcoholic beverage or accepting the delivery presents valid proof of identity and age and:
(1)  the person picking up the alcoholic beverage or accepting the delivery personally signs a receipt, which may be electronic, acknowledging the pickup or delivery; or
(2)  the person providing the beverage for pickup or making the delivery acknowledges the completion of the pickup or delivery through a software application.
(e)  A person who picks up or delivers an alcoholic beverage described by Subsection (b)(4)(A)(ii) or (b)(4)(B)(ii) may not transport the alcoholic beverage in the passenger area of a motor vehicle.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 6 (H.B. 1024), Sec. 5, eff. May 12, 2021.
Sec. 32.16.  UNAUTHORIZED MEMBERSHIP.  No private club registration permittee may allow its average membership to exceed that authorized by its permit.
Sec. 32.17.  CANCELLATION OR SUSPENSION OF PERMIT;  GROUNDS.  (a)  The commission or administrator may cancel or suspend for a period of time not exceeding 60 days, after notice and hearing, an original or renewal private club registration permit on finding that the permittee club has:
(1)  sold, offered for sale, purchased, or held title to any alcoholic beverage so as to constitute an open saloon;
(2)  refused to allow an authorized agent or representative of the commission or a peace officer to come on the club premises for the purposes of inspecting alcoholic beverages stored on the premises or investigating compliance with the provisions of this code;
(3)  refused to furnish the commission or its agent or representative when requested any information pertaining to the storage, possession, serving, or consumption of alcoholic beverages on club premises;
(4)  except as authorized under Section 32.15, permitted or allowed any alcoholic beverages stored on club premises to be served or consumed at any place other than on the club premises;
(5)  failed to maintain an adequate building at the address for which the private club registration permit was issued;
(6)  caused, permitted, or allowed any member of a club in a dry area to store any liquor on club premises except under the locker system;
(7)  caused, permitted, or allowed any person to consume or be served any alcoholic beverage on the club premises:
(A)  at any time on Sunday between the hours of 1:15 a.m. and 10 a.m. or on any other day at any time between the hours of 12:15 a.m. and 7 a.m., if the club does not have a retailer late hours certificate, except that an alcoholic beverage served to a customer between 10 a.m. and 12 noon on Sunday must be provided during the service of food to the customer; or
(B)  at any time on Sunday between the hours of 2 a.m. and 10 a.m. or on any other day at any time between the hours of 2 a.m. and 7 a.m., if the club has a retailer late hours certificate, except that an alcoholic beverage served to a customer between 10 a.m. and 12 noon on Sunday must be provided during the service of food to the customer; or
(8)  violated or assisted, aided or abetted the violation of any provision of this code.
(b)  As used in Subsection (a)(1) of this section, the term "open saloon" means any place where an alcoholic beverage is sold or offered for sale for beverage purposes by the drink or in broken or unsealed containers, or a place where any alcoholic beverage is sold or offered for sale for on-premises consumption.
(c)  After notice and an opportunity for a hearing, the commission or administrator may cancel or suspend the private club registration permit of a permit holder who has restricted the holder's authorized activities under the permit as provided by Section 32.01(b) on a determination that the permit holder is storing or serving alcoholic beverages to club members other than, or in addition to, wine and malt beverages.
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 440, ch. 194, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 290, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1993;  Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 934, Sec. 41, eff. Sept. 1, 1993;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1002, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Sec. 32.18.  APPEALS FROM ORDERS OF COMMISSION OR ADMINISTRATOR.  An appeal from an order of the commission or administrator refusing, cancelling, or suspending a private club registration permit shall be taken to the district court of the county in which the private club is located.  The proceeding on appeal shall be under the substantial evidence rule.  The rules applicable to ordinary civil suits apply, with the following exceptions, which shall be construed literally:
(1)  all appeals shall be perfected and filed within 30 days after the order, decision, or ruling of the commission or administrator becomes final and appealable;
(2)  all causes shall be tried before the judge within 20 days from the filing, and neither party shall be entitled to a jury; and
(3)  the order, decision, or ruling of the commission or administrator may be suspended or modified by the district court pending a trial on the merits, but the final judgment of the district court shall not be modified or suspended pending appeal.
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 441, ch. 194, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.  Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 2636, ch. 707, Sec. 4(19), eff. Aug. 31, 1981.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 514 (H.B. 1956), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2011.
Sec. 32.19.  AIDING OR ABETTING VIOLATION.  A person who commits, assists, aids, or abets a violation of this chapter commits an offense.
Sec. 32.20.  STAMPS.  (a)  Except as provided by Sections 14.07 and 37.01(d), a private club registration permittee may not possess or permit a person to possess on the premises distilled spirits in any container that does not bear a serially numbered identification stamp issued by the commission or other identification approved by the commission.
(b)  A holder of a local distributor's permit may not knowingly sell, ship, or deliver distilled spirits in any container that does not bear a serially numbered identification stamp issued by the commission or other identification approved by the commission.
(c)  Identification stamps may be issued only to a holder of a local distributor's permit who shall affix the stamps as prescribed by the commission or administrator.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 934, Sec. 42, eff. Jan. 1, 1994.
Sec. 32.201.  POSSESSION OF CERTAIN STAMPS.  A private club registration permittee may not possess a stamp used to show payment of a tax unless the stamp is affixed to a bottle or container of liquor.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1008 (H.B. 2460), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013.
Sec. 32.21.  PERMIT INELIGIBILITY.  A private club registration permit may not be issued to:
(1)  a person whose permit was canceled for a violation of Section 28.06(c) of this code;
(2)  a person who held an interest in a permit that was canceled for a violation of Section 28.06(c) of this code;
(3)  a person who held 50 percent or more of the stock, directly or indirectly, of a corporation whose permit was canceled for a violation of Section 28.06(c) of this code;
(4)  a corporation, if a person holding 50 percent or more of the corporation's stock, directly or indirectly, is disqualified from obtaining a permit under Subdivision (3) of this section;  or
(5)  a person who resides with a person who is barred from obtaining a permit because of a violation of Section 28.06(c) of this code.
Sec. 32.22.  SUMMARY SUSPENSION.  (a)  The commission may summarily suspend, without a hearing, the permit of a permittee who fails to file a return or make a tax payment.  Chapter 2001, Government Code does not apply to the commission in the enforcement and administration of this section.
(b)  A suspension under this section takes effect on the third day after the date the notice of suspension is given.  The notice of suspension shall be sent by registered or certified mail to the permittee, the permittee's agent, servant, or employee if not given in person.
(c)  The commission shall terminate a suspension made under this section when the permittee files all required returns and makes all required tax payments, including payment of penalties that are due.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 934, Sec. 42, eff. Jan. 1, 1994.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(49), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Sec. 32.23.  FOOD AND BEVERAGE CERTIFICATE.  (a)  In this section, "location" means the designated physical address of the private club registration permit and includes all areas at the address where the permit holder may serve or deliver alcoholic beverages for immediate consumption regardless of whether some of those areas are occupied by other businesses.
(a-1)  A holder of a private club registration permit may be issued a food and beverage certificate by the commission if:
(1)  the permit holder is a restaurant; or
(2)  the commission finds that the receipts from the service of alcoholic beverages by the permit holder at the location are 60 percent or less of the total receipts from the location.
(b)  A food and beverage certificate may not be issued unless the location has permanent food service facilities for the preparation and service of multiple entrees for consumption at the location.
(b-1)  The commission shall adopt rules requiring the holder of a food and beverage certificate to assure that permanent food service facilities for the preparation and service of multiple entrees for consumption at the location are available at the location.  The commission may exempt permittees who are concessionaires in public entertainment venues such as sports stadiums and convention centers from Subsections (a-1) and (b).
(c)  The fee for a food and beverage certificate shall be set at a level sufficient to recover the cost of issuing the certificate and administering this section.
(d)  Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 466 (H.B. 2101), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2017.
(e)  A certificate issued under this section expires on the expiration of the primary private club registration permit.  A certificate may be canceled at any time, and the renewal of a certificate may be denied, if the commission finds that the holder of the certificate is in violation of Subsection (a-1) or (b) or a rule adopted under Subsection (b-1).  On finding that the permittee knowingly operated under a food and beverage certificate while not complying with this section or a rule adopted under Subsection (b-1), the commission may cancel or deny the renewal of the permittee's private club registration permit.  The holder of a private club registration permit whose certificate has been canceled or who is denied renewal of a certificate under this subsection may not apply for a new certificate until the day after the first anniversary of the date the certificate was canceled or the renewal of the certificate was denied.
(f)  Section 11.11 does not apply to the holder of a food and beverage certificate.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 1060, Sec. 7, eff. Aug. 28, 1995.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 853, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2001;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1045, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 305 (S.B. 911), Sec. 4, eff. January 1, 2022.
Sec. 32.24.  BREACH OF PEACE.  The commission or administrator may suspend or cancel a private club registration permit after giving the holder notice and the opportunity to show compliance with the requirements of law for the retention of the permit if the commission or administrator finds that:
(1)  a breach of the peace has occurred on the premises covered by the permit or on a premises under the control of the holder;  and
(2)  the breach of the peace resulted from the holder's improper supervision of a person who was allowed on the premises covered by the permit or on a premises under the holder's control.
Sec. 32.25.  SALES AT TEMPORARY LOCATION.  (a)  The holder of a private club registration permit may temporarily serve authorized alcoholic beverages at a picnic, celebration, or similar event:
(1)  sponsored by:
(A)  a political party or political association supporting a candidate for public office or a proposed amendment to the Texas Constitution or other ballot measure;
(B)  a charitable or civic organization;
(C)  a fraternal organization with a regular membership that has been in continuous existence for more than five years; or
(D)  a religious organization; and
(2)  that is located in the county where the private club registration permit is issued.
(b)  The holder of a private club registration permit may temporarily serve alcoholic beverages under this section not more than two times in each calendar year for the same party, association, or organization.
(c)  Distilled spirits served under this section must be purchased from the holder of a local distributor's permit.
(d)  The commission shall adopt rules to implement this section, including rules that:
(1)  require the permit holder to notify the commission of the dates on which and location where the permit holder will temporarily offer alcoholic beverages for sale under this section;
(2)  establish a procedure to verify the wet or dry status of the location where the permit holder intends to temporarily sell alcoholic beverages under this section;
(3)  detail the circumstances when a permit holder may temporarily sell alcoholic beverages under this section with only a notification to the commission and the circumstances that require the commission's preapproval before a permit holder may temporarily sell alcoholic beverages under this section; and
(4)  require the permit holder to provide any other information the commission determines necessary.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1359 (H.B. 1545), Sec. 128, eff. September 1, 2021.


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I love to walk and talk to people. I love to listen to others thoughts. I like to talk out my problems with friends but can find it easier when we are walking.
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Freddie Mercury Believed This Was His Greatest Song
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By Michael Griffin/Dec. 16, 2021 9:41 am EST
Freddie Mercury spent an altogether too brief 45 years on this planet, dying from AIDS at a time when it was still a pandemic that the world was trying to get a grasp on, per Biography. During that span, he wowed millions of people with both his vocals and his brash persona on stage as the frontman for Queen. Sports teams use some songs as anthems, while movies use them in soundtracks. Who can forget the scene in "Wayne's World" when Wayne, Garth, and two of their friends sing along to the operatic part of "Bohemian Rhapsody"?
The band had such a great catalog of songs that they had multiple greatest hits albums released. They rank high in the rock pantheon and will continue to do so as long as people continue to appreciate rock music. It's difficult for fans to choose a favorite song. Do they like "We Will Rock You"? How about "Another One Bites the Dust"?
When the legendary singer with the amazing voice thought about what his favorite song was, he didn't pick one of the bombastic crowd pleasers that had audiences standing while singing along. Nor was it his sublime collaboration with David Bowie on "Under Pressure." Instead, it was one that was inspired by yet another shining star in the music world: Aretha Franklin.
Mercury gave Aretha Franklin R-E-S-P-E-C-T with his song
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Freddie Mercury became obsessed with the music of Aretha Franklin, and he wanted to instill her essence in a Queen song. It was something that he felt he had to do, and fortunately, the rest of the band went along with it. The song was "Somebody to Love," and he worked tirelessly on getting it perfect. He said that this song was the one closest to his heart.
Mercury infused the song with gospel themes, singing to God about lamenting not being able to find someone to love. It was about capturing the soul that Aretha regularly belted out.
According to Official Charts, the song was a hit in Mercury's homeland, peaking at No. 2 on the U.K. charts. It spent nine weeks on the charts. Americans liked it too, with it hitting No. 13 in the Hot 100, per Song Facts.
When Mercury died, there was a benefit concert for him. The late George Michael did a beautiful rendition of the song. While the Queen singer might have been fretting about finding love in the song, he was beloved by millions, who still mourn his passing to this day.


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Third Runway, or not Third Runway?
Hot news today is Heathrow Airport's third runway plans. It seems there's some realisation that a "Boris Island" won't be built early enough to satisfy the needs of the South East's demand for landing slots, and something needs to be done now rather than in 20-odd years.
There is a perception that London lags behind Amsterdam Schiphol, Paris Charles De Gaulle or Frankfurt, in the sense that it's not an "airline hub" of the same magnitude, and dear old London Town is being left behind.
If anyone has been through any of the above airports recently, I'm not entirely sure that being like them is something we should be aspiring to!
I've already made my views known about Frankfurt's recent redevelopments, trying to make it less painful than before, and still managing to miss the target.
Anyone who flies to Amsterdam often enough will have experienced the mind-numbingly long taxi to or from their relatively new runway, which far enough away to be built in a completely different town to the airport itself. You would be forgiven for thinking you're driving to the UK, as the taxi time is often as long as the flight itself, unless you're lucky enough that the prevailing wind lets you take off and land closer to the terminal.
As for Charles De Gaulle… I'll just give you a Gallic shrug.
While Heathrow is BA's "hub", it's not really a hub operation in the sense of a US air carrier. Flights don't arrive and depart in deliberately orchestrated waves, purposely designed to connect, such as Delta's operations in Atlanta. BA's hub operation is more by accident, because of the sheer volume of the operation, rather than schedule design. Flights "happen" to connect, rather than do so by design.
Following the effective breakup of the BAA, Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted are now owned by different operators, and from reading this BBC article each of them seem to be vying for a bit of the cherry, while Boris would like to demolish Heathrow entirely.
What it's left me wondering is why there is a complete lack of joined up approach?
Danger Will Robinson! Radical thinking…
In terms of land and environmental concerns such as noise, a 2nd runway at Gatwick seems to be an easy win when compared against putting a 3rd runway at Heathrow.
Given that we're seemingly hell bent on building HS2 (let's ignore the fact that less than half of the money being spent on HS2 could revolutionise rail in the North of England) , wouldn't it be eminently sensible to extend it such that it touches Heathrow and extends South to Gatwick? Use the train as a complementary form of transport to the train, rather than as a competitor.
It could then serve a dual-purpose of making it more convenient for those in the Midlands to access Heathrow and Gatwick, while also handling connecting traffic between Gatwick and Heathrow.
What would the Gatwick to Heathrow travel time be on such a train? About 20-25 minutes? I know some airports where it can take just as long to transfer between terminals, or to get from departure lounge to gate!
Might it even be possible to provide trains, or designated sections of trains, for "sterile transit" between the airports, without the need to officially enter the UK?
Yes, this will involve taking on the fearsome NIMBYs of Surrey, but isn't it all for the "greater good"?
Should we ever decide to build "Boris Island" or devastate Hoo with a big International airport, it's close enough to HS1 to be hooked up to that. We can offer fast train connections into Central London, and maybe even to France or Brussels from the airport. Just think, it might be preferable to fly in to Boris Island then get the train, if you're travelling to Lille!
But, as I say, that would require some joined-up thinking. Something we need to get better at.
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I'm sorry I have to make this announcement. From now on, I'm going to post all of my entries as protected entries.
The reason I'm doing this is because I put a tracker on xanga, curious about who would be visiting my journal. At first I thought it would be mostly friends and family. But as it turns out, there are people all over the world visiting my site regularly.
It's kinda flattering, knowing there are people interested in those little details of my most mundane life. But also scary at the same time. I tried not to mention any personal information here, but who knows what I have blurted out in the past. I have experienced identity theft before. I don't want to experience the same thing again.
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Bernie Wrightson · Heads Up!
Heads Up: CREEPY PRESENTS: BERNIE WRIGHTSON
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Coming in October 2011 from Dark Horse:
Here's the publisher's description:
All of horror legend Bernie Wrightson's Creepy and Eerie short stories, color illustrations, and frontispieces are finally collected in one deluxe hardcover [ISBN-10: 1595828095; ISBN-13: 978-1595828095]! These classic tales from the 1970s and early 1980s include collaborations with fellow superstars and Warren Publishing alumni Bruce Jones, Carmine Infantino, Howard Chaykin, and others, as well as several adaptations and original stories written and drawn by Wrightson during one of the most fruitful periods of his career! All stories and images in this collection are restored with care and reprinted in the same oversized format as Dark Horse's award-winning Creepy Archives and Eerie Archives series.
If this is to be a continuing series of artist-focused collections, the next book ought to be a Corben collection… and then Nino!
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Heads Up: FRANKENSTEIN ALIVE, ALIVE! by Niles and Wrightson
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Coming soon from IDW:
I'll update this post when more details are released.
UPDATE (06 March 2012):
Here's the latest information, from IDW's publishing solicitations for May 2012:
Few works by comic-book artists have earned the universal acclaim and reverence that Bernie Wrightson's illustrated version of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's Frankenstein was met with upon its original release in 1983.
Nearly 30 years later, Wrightson returns to his passion project with a comic series that picks up at the end of the classic novel, hailed as one of the greatest horror stories of all time. Frequent Wrightson collaborator Steve Niles provides the script for this epic, decades in the making.
While appearing to be in black and white, each page was scanned in color to mimic as closely as possible the experience of viewing the actual original art, showing off the exquisitely detailed brush work of one of the greatest living artists in comics today.
Each issue will also include supplemental materials, including interviews, essays and a serialization of the original prose story by Shelley.
B&W • 32 pages • $3.99
With very few exceptions, I simply don't buy comics any more; however, I have a suspicion that this series will eventually be published as a hardcover companion to the Dark Horse edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, illustrated by Bernie Wrightson, when it's done. But if not, I guess I'll just have to do without it.
Bernie Wrightson · Comics · Comics (Jones) · Here, Read · Jeffrey "Jeff" Catherine Jones · Look Here · RIP: Jeffrey Catherine Jones (1944 - 2011)
Look Here, Read: "The Believer," reconstructed by Rotomago
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On 30 May 2011, I received a private message from Rotomago — co-creator, with the Serb artist Vuyacha, of a forthcoming graphic novel inspired by the pied piper of Hamelin, creator and maintainer of the Alberto Breccia Bibliografía, and a sometimes visitor to Ragged Claws Network — who made me an offer I couldn't refuse. After confiding to me, in very personal and moving terms, his thoughts on the recent death of Jeffrey Catherine Jones, Rotomago wrote:
As a way to bring my little rock to the cenotaph, I have a curiosity you may like to put on your website. In the Jeff Jones site, the story THE BELIEVER by Jones and Wrightson is featured. It is mentioned that: «unfortunately the two colors were printed in reverse». The same version is reproduced in the recent book on Jones but it was published in an other way in France, in a four color process printing, in the magazine Special USA n°14/15 in June 1985.
So there it was, out of the blue: in tribute to Jeffrey Jones, a fellow I didn't know and who didn't know me wanted provide my blog with scans of "The Believer," by Jeffrey Jones and Bernie Wrightson, as it was published in a French magazine in 1985, with the colours printed in a way that brought the piece more into line with the intentions of the artists.
I immediately accepted the offer. But it didn't stop there. The next day, Rotomago emailed me another note, which read, in part, as follows:
Please wait one more day for the Believer. Since both versions are flawed, the original with reversed duotone, the French in four colors with an addition of blue and yellow, I'm actually building a third "virtual" one.
Since I hadn't yet seen the French version, I had to take Rotomago's word that it was flawed in some way, but I definitely was intrigued by the promise of a "virtual" version of the story. I did, however, email Rotomago to ask him, please, if he would, to send me the flawed French version as well as his new and improved version. I explained that my plan, hatched at that very moment, was to display the two versions that he would have in hand once he was done together with the original version, which I already had on display here at RCN, in a single post. I said I thought it would be instructive.
This morning, I received the files, and now here I am, ready to share them with you.
But please note: if you wish to share the "virtual" version of "The Believer" with others — I know I can't stop you — I hope that you will acknowledge Rotomago as the wizard who has brought the story as close as it has ever been to the original intentions of Jones and Wrightson and perhaps even give credit to RCN as the source of the files. Or better yet, don't just take the files and re-post them but instead simply link to this post.
Anyway, that being said, let's take (another) look at "The Believer" as it originally appeared on the inside-front and inside-back covers of Vampirella #33, way back in 1974; notice that, although most of the panels look okay despite the printing error, one panel in particular, the last panel on the first page, is extremely difficult to decipher:
Next up is the version of "The Believer" that appeared, in French, in Special USA #14/15 in June 1985, just over ten years after the story's original publication; notice that, with four colours at their disposal rather than two, the powers that be at Special USA took it upon themselves to tart up the art with obtrusive swatches of deep cerulean blue and acid yellow:
And now, at last, here's Rotomago's reconstruction of "The Believer," with the colours as they ought to have been printed way back in 1974:
In the message that accompanied the files, Rotomago shared the following observations, which I will now share with you:
It surely would be feasible to make a decent reconstructed version fitted for publication. It would require multiple high-quality scans of both versions, a subtle balance of the colors layers, some alteration in the place of colors layers as the overlapping of colors is not always correct in the French version, a very long pixel by pixel cleansing (especially to remove the green stains [probably added by the French color engraver] in the background of Wrightson's Page2 Panel2), as well as a slight increase in the size of pages to avoid blurring.
But for the web view, I hope that this far from perfect version, will do the job.
Note that after having spent some time studying these two pages on my screen, my fancy for them has even more increased! Such delicate and subtle pictures!
Although I, for one, sort of miss the fiery red-orange cast of Wrightson's horned-god panels as they appeared in the original printing, I'm sure that fans of Jeffrey Jones and Bernie Wrightson will want to thank Rotomago for the terrific work he has done to reconstruct "The Believer" that should have been but wasn't. But even if they don't, I know that I personally want to thank him, again, for his surprising, unsolicited contribution to this site and for going the extra mile to enhance our appreciation of a story that many have admired over the years but none have seen reproduced in exactly this way before, ever.
Finally, one more time, here are the links to Rotomago's blogs:
Alberto Breccia Bibliografía
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Bernie Wrightson · Connections · Frank Frazetta · Illustration Art · Look Here
Connections: Frazetta and Wrightson
6 April 2011 11 August 2016 RC2 Comments
Flipping through the second issue of the E.C. fanzine, Squa Tront, I came across a profile of Bernie Wrightson that made me chuckle. Published in September 1968 — the same year that, according to his official Web site, Wrightson "turned pro" — the profile includes a short biographical and artistic statement as well as three full-page reproductions of Wrightson's work. In the statement, the man formerly known as "Bernard Albert Wrightson" explains why he has decided to go by the name "Berni" instead of "Bernie" (a decision he later reversed); he forthrightly acknowledges his longstanding fascination with and admiration for the work of Frank Frazetta; and he vigorously defends himself from the charge that his own work is overly indebted to that same artist: "He's [Frazetta has] probably inspired me more than anyone else and to this day, I hear so much about my copying or 'swiping' from him. Well, I have never had a piece of Frazettart [sic] on the board while working. This is just my natural way of drawing, as I was drawing like this long before I ever laid eyes on his work. It's just my misfortune (?) that our work appears similar." Trouble is, Wrightson, who was only about 20 years old at the time, says right in his statement that he "became interested in art at about age twelve and when I was fifteen, 'discovered Frazetta.'" Now, I don't know what kind of prodigy Wrightson was, but if he was drawing like Frazetta long before he ever laid eyes on Frazetta's work, then clearly he would have had to have been doing so between the ages of 12 and 15… which, to my mind, definitely does not pass the… uhm… uh… anyway, from Squa Tront #2 (September 1968), here's "Profile: Bernie Wrightson," along with an illustration by Frazetta, originally published in the Canaveral Press edition of E.R.B.'s Tarzan and the Castaways (1965), that did NOT appear in Squa Tront but, in light of Wrightson's statement, holds a certain interest, I think.
Do you see now why "Profile: Berni Wrightson" made me chuckle? Ah, the impetuousness of youth!
Of course, Wrightson would eventually synthesize his influences to produce some of the best horror comics and illustrations of the 1970s and beyond. But he clearly hadn't done so in 1968. And from all the work I've seen, I'd argue that he didn't do so for a few more years after that. Which, btw, is a perfectly normal path of development for an artist, right down to the denials…
Bernie Wrightson · Frank Frazetta · Gene Day · Look Here
Connections: A dash of Frazetta, a pinch of Wrightson…
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Mix ingredients. Bake until stiff. Stick it in a cool window. Call it a Day.
Bernie Wrightson · Look There
Look There: "The Monsters," with art by Bernie Wrightson
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Click the crone to view the images by Bernie Wrightson published in The Monsters: Color-the-Creature Book (1974), which was featured just before Halloween at the ComiCrazys blog:
Bernie Wrightson · Comics · Here, Read · Look Here · Separated at Birth?
Separated at Birth? James Garner and Captain Sternn
3 August 2010 11 August 2016 RC5 Comments
Okay, I admit it. This one isn't an original.
From page 13 of Comic Book Profiles #2 (Spring 1998), here's Bernie Wrightson's answer to the question "How did Captain Sternn come about?": "I realized when I was working on Running Out of Time for Kitchen Sink that Captain Sternn came out of my teenage years, from the movie, The Great Escape. It was always one of my favorite movies. When I was a kid, all my friends identified with the Steve McQueen character, but I was fascinated with the James Garner character, who played a con man. He was a really smooth liar, just this side of being oily. I realized that Captain Sternn looks like James Garner from the Great Escape. So I guess that's where it came from."
BONUS CONTENT (added 07 August 2010):
Here's Wrightson's first "Captain Sternn" story, as it appeared in Heavy Metal, vol. 3, no. 3 (June 1980):
Bernie Wrightson · Comics · Comics (Jones) · Here, Read · Jeffrey "Jeff" Catherine Jones · Look Here
Look Here: "Cold Cuts" by Bernie Wrightson and Jeffrey Jones
Another scanned story rescued from Jeffrey Jones's old Web site (now defunct):
ABOVE: Margaret St. Clair, The Shadow People (Dell, 1969), with cover by Jeffrey Jones.
Look Here: "The Believer" by Jeffrey Jones and Bernie Wrightson
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UPDATE (01 June 2011):
Also, please note that I've replaced the JPEGs that used to be displayed in this post with the larger versions that I uploaded on 01 June 2011.
Bernie Wrightson's Official Web Site
Ebay Feedback Profile for Jeffrey Jones – buy some art!


Elsa, the elegant Snow Queen, and now she came to the modern city. She also wants to be a fashion girl, she needs your help! Open the wardrobe to her selection of beautiful clothes, the right shoes, and then match with stylish earrings, necklaces, bags. perfect! Let's go to a crazy party!


Relive this years recital again. The recital will be recorded live at the Sandler Center in Virginia Beach, VA with state of the art high definition cameras. The best shots are edited into a full length show for you to enjoy again and again.


Perhaps harsh, yet according to research, perhaps quite true. The article mentioned a Time magazine cover story reporting that only half of adults in the United States can name one of the four Gospels and fewer than half can identify Genesis as the first book in the Bible.
The issue at hand is more than biblical illiteracy: it's a lack of discipleship. Believers who have not been discipled may not understand the necessity of studying God's Word and applying the truths of scripture to their lives.
Pastor Bobby Blanton and the staff of Lake Norman Baptist Church in Huntersville recently decided it was time to get serious about really studying the Bible. Instead of just encouraging all the church members to read through the Bible, the staff made this a collective focus for the entire congregation for an entire year.
Last year members of Lake Norman were challenged to participate in The Voyage, a one-year read through the Bible in chronological order. Every member who committed to taking on the challenge received a one-year chronological Bible and journal. Lay leaders in the church were enlisted to write a curriculum to run parallel to the daily Bible readings. This curriculum was used in all the adult Sunday School classes for the entire year.
The idea to structure this process of reading through the Bible in the format that came to be known as The Voyage came from associate pastor Landon Horton.
"People were looking for an opportunity to read through the Bible and looking for the accountability they would get from the church and their Sunday School class as they did that together," Blanton said.
Blanton used the Wednesday evening services as a time to work through with the congregation key issues or themes from that week's reading. In addition, his sermons last year focused on scripture from the weekly reading.
Blanton first introduced the idea to his staff and then to Sunday School leaders. In early 2009, writers were enlisted to develop the curriculum. At the end of 2009, The Voyage was presented to the congregation and members were asked to consider participating.
This year Lake Norman is "building on the foundation" established in 2010. Last year this time Blanton and his staff were already looking ahead as to how they would continue with The Voyage.
While the 2010 Bible reading plan maintained an intense pace, this year's approach will move more slowly, allowing more time for the texts. Following a similar format, the congregation is reading through three books of the Bible this year: Mark, Acts and Revelation.
The congregation is starting with Mark and reading one chapter in Mark each day of the week for an entire week. When Mark concludes at the end of April they will begin with Acts.
Other churches are now using Lake Norman's curriculum. "God took this idea and helped to enrich not just the lives of people around Lake Norman, but throughout parts of the world," Blanton said.
For more information about The Voyage visit www.lakenormanbaptist.com or e-mail Landon@lakenormanbaptist.com.


#PowerSwitch The relationship between the retailer and the customer can be beset by calculation on both sides. The retailer is trying to extract enough data about the customer to calculate the next best action, while the customer is trying to extract the best deal.
And as Tim Harford points out, exploitative algorithms are using tricks as old as haggling at the bazaar.
But nowadays the villain, apparently, is eCommerce. As a significant share of the retail business migrates from the high street to the Internet, many retailers are concerned about so-called showrooming. It may seem unfair that a customer can spend loads of time in the high street, wasting the time of the shop assistants and shop-soiling the goods, before purchasing the same goods online at a better price. To add insult to injury, some people not only practice showrooming, but then blog about how guilty it makes them feel.
The assumption here is that the Internet can generally undercut the High Street, and there are several reasons why this assumption is plausible.
Internet businesses compete on price rather than service, so the prices must be good.
An internet store can provide economies of scale - serving the whole country or region from a single warehouse, instead of needing an outlet in each town.
An internet business may be run as a start-up, with less "dead wood". So it is more agile and less bureaucratic.
However, there are some counterbalancing concerns.
The economic and logistical costs of delivery and return can be significant, especially for low-ticket items. With clothing in particular, customers may order the same item in three different sizes, and then return the ones that don't fit.
Investors previously poured money into internet businesses, and the early strategic focus was on growth rather than profit. As internet business become more mature, investors will be looking to see some decent returns on their investment, and margins will be pushed up.
"The price of the headphones Google recommends may depend on how budget-conscious your web history shows you to be."
In his play Lady Windermere's Fan, Wilde offered the following contrast between the cynic and the sentimentalist.
Lord Darlington: What cynics you fellows are!
Cecil Graham: What is a cynic?
Lord Darlington: A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
Cecil Graham: And a sentimentalist, my dear Darlington, is a man who sees an absurd value in everything, and doesn't know the market price of any single thing.
According to one of the participants at the PowerSwitch conference, some eCommerce sites quote higher prices for Apple users, based on the idea that they are less price-sensitive and can afford to pay more. In other words, the cynical Internet regards Apple users as sentimentalists.
If there is an alternative to this calculative thinking, it comes down to reestablishing trust. Perhaps then retailers and consumers alike can avoid an artificial choice between cynicism and sentimentalism.


We have 2 new patterns at the printer. They will be sent out to the distributors later this week. The first one pictured, Mother's Garden was done in honor of Barb's mother, Leona Adams. Her initials are under the tree branch. The other initials are her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Love this one as a mother's day gift!
Both patterns include an alphabet so you can personalize your sampler.These should be in your local shops in a couple of weeks.
I'm busy today working on my latest quilt. Will show some pictures soon.
Wow!! I just said to myself..."BBD strikes again!!" Gorgeous!
Both are so sweet!! You always come up with the best patterns -- both cross stitch and quilting!
There are both must haves! I love Mother's Garden!
So pretty, both of them! Congrats on the new designs.
STUPENDI,VERAMENTE UNO SPETTACOLO DA VEDERE E DA CREARE.
I love the Mother's Garden, what a sweet design.
Both are sweet...I really like the flowers, though.
Thanks for keeping us all way behind on our stitching. I'm trying to finish Wild Garden.
Love them both, just beautiful.
Really a lovely design !!!
they are both so beautiful! 29?! humm how old is that son of yours???
Love your patterns. I finished the "Birds of a feather" quilt and rename mine as "Birding." I had it showing at the Mid-Atlantic Festival in Hampton, VA. I had a lot a fun and I suspect more people will be buying the book by the comments I received. Just wanted to share with you. Thank you.
Such a lovely and gorgeous designs.!
I love the garden. Congratulations to a job well done. I could take some pictures here and print suing EPSON Ultra Premium Luster Photo Paper for its high quality of paper that can reliable.
Thank you so much for being a part of "For the Gatos" with Theresa. I am happy to say that I own many of your designs and your generosity makes me glad to be a BBD customer.
Mother's day is definitely coming. I think the designs here are great gift ideas.I particularly like the blackbird design. Thanks for such a great idea.My mom will absolutely be thrilled.
Missing you - will we be seeing your fabulous lovlies at Market?
Love your patterns and your stitching is gorgeous! Is it still possible to get a pattern of yours called Beneath the Sunlit Sky? I have looked a couple of places but have not been able to find it. I looked on your site but did not see it either.
Thanks for you time. I love your blog and your designs are awesome.
Hope tou will post again real soon, with the quilt market scoop!
First of all I have to say that I'm a huge fan of Blackbird Designs. I have stitched a lot of the designs and more are waiting.
I hope you see this comment because I need some help with locating some Madeira fabric. I'm finishing a little box and I don't have enough of the fern blue with cream background.I think the number is 2605-15. I just need a 5 inch square. I have looked online and called a few places, but no luck. I'm hoping you know of a shop that might still have some of this fabric.
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Q: Quickblox iOS: Avoid call collision I want to connect random users on a call (1 on 1 only) but that results sometimes in call collision. Steps that I took so far are:

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*On call button press I create a new session and try to connect with other users

*The opponent users receives that call and has to accept or reject it, but in the meantime he is also waiting for accept/reject from the call that he made.

Basically everyone will end up calling someone and I am unable to think of a strategy where the system doesn't get overwhelmed with call requests.
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WATCH: Trailer arrives for Chris Pratt starring Super Mario Bros Movie
October 6th, 2022 by Marc Comments
It's finally here! After all these months of speculating on what Chris Pratt will sound like as Mario, we have an answer and… he sounds mostly like… Chris Pratt.
And it's fine.
From Nintendo and Illumination comes a new animated film based on the world of Super Mario Bros.
Directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic (collaborators on Teen Titans Go!, Teen Titans Go! To the Movies) from a screenplay by Matthew Fogel (The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part, Minions: The Rise of Gru), the film stars Chris Pratt as Mario, Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach, Charlie Day as Luigi, Jack Black as Bowser, Keegan-Michael Key as Toad, Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong, Fred Armisen as Cranky Kong, Kevin Michael Richardson as Kamek and Sebastian Maniscalco as Spike.
The film is produced by Illumination founder and CEO Chris Meledandri and by Shigeru Miyamoto for Nintendo. The film will be co-financed by Universal Pictures and Nintendo and released worldwide by Universal Pictures.
Cast: Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black, Keegan-Michael Key, Seth Rogen, Fred Armisen, Kevin Michael Richardson, Sebastian Maniscalco
Directors: Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic
Super Mario Bros hits cinemas on April 7th 2023
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Marc is a self-confessed nerd. Ever since seeing Star Wars for the first time around 1979 he's been an unapologetic fan of the Wars and still believes, with Clone Wars and now Underworld, we are yet to see the best Star Wars. He's a dad of two who now doesn't have the time (or money) to collect the amount of toys, comics, movies and books he once did, much to the relief of his long-suffering wife. In the real world he's a graphic designer. He started Following the Nerd because he was tired of searching a million sites every day for all the best news that he loves and decided to create one place where you can go to get the whole lot. Secretly he longs to be sitting in the cockpit of his YT-1300 Corellian Transport ship with his co-pilot Chewie, roaming the universe, waiting for his next big adventure, but feels just at home watching cartoons with his kids….