Last week, I broke my wrist. Slipping on wet grass, I came down hard, put my hand out to save myself and the damage was done. Even before I got to my feet, I knew what I had done. The body, I believe, has an innate understanding of its state, even though the brain refuses to accept it.
I kept hoping that the swelling was only a strain, but eventually was persuaded by my friend Jan that I must go to A&E where her diagnosis of a break was confirmed.
So, my wrist, luckily it's my left and I'm right handed, is in plaster, which is proving to be a very interesting experience.
Firstly, I had no idea how much I needed both hands to do the simplest of jobs, like wash up. Secondly, what a lot of frustration this involves. I'm typing this blog, but so much more slowly than usual and constantly hitting the wrong keys. I've already deleted the whole lot inadvertently.
This slowness has permeated my whole life. Everything I do takes longer and is occasionally painful, like unzipping my backpack. I feel slow and clumsy and not quite myself. I'm not saying this to moan, I'm lucky that my break will heal and there are only four more weeks before the plaster comes off, but because it's made me much more aware that there are people who have to deal with being like this all their lives and that in the past, I've been the first to be impatient when someone fumbles forever in their purse, or walks at a snail's pace taking up the whole of the pavement in front of me.
That's been a salutary lesson.
So has the slowing down, the doing only of the essential stuff, the need to be mindful, especially of where I put my feet, which means seeing, hearing, sensing more of what is around me – good practice for a writer.
And there is the kindness of people, who keep offering help, bring flowers, ring to see how I am.
Not all bad then… though I do wish I could do up my own bra.
Try one of those padded crop tops, Misha. They have no fastenings, so a bit difficult to pull on over your head, but should actually be possible, unlike doing up a bra. Cooking and cleaning are such a trial when you've injured your hand. You have my sympathy.
As I learned when I broke my shoulder - the only way to manage a bra is to do it up round your waist and then shuffle it up into place. That left me with just two things that were totally impossible: changing the duvet cover and opening wine.
I had a wrist operation in December, so much sympathy. The only comfort I can offer is that it's worse in the winter, when there are more clothes to wear... Going to the loo was a nightmare. I bought a sling from Amazon, and hooked it to the overheard cupboards I have above the bed. Keeping your arm elevated speeds recovery. I have a fractured rib at the moment, so I've stopped wearing a bra altogether!
Oh, my. Sounds so painful. Here's wishing you speedy healing and all good things.
Sorry about the break but it's an important lesson to all of us - the need to slow down.


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Ferrissia fragilis е вид коремоного от семейство Planorbidae.

Разпространение
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Willy Gottfried (Hannover, 11 de maig de 1895 - ? ) va ser un ciclista alemany que s'especialitzà en el ciclisme en pista.

Palmarès
 1925
 Campió d'Alemanya en Velocitat

Enllaços externs
 Palmarès a sitiodeciclismo.net
 Palmarès a cyclebase.nl
 Palmarès a museociclismo.it

Ciclistes de Hannover
Morts a Brandenburg


We aimed to highlight the incidence, clinical course and therapeutic aspects of acute viral myositis in the epidemiological context of respiratory virus diseases in 2013.
We performed a retrospective study on the clinical, biochemical, therapeutic and prognostic of patients diagnosed with viral myositis in the Clinic of Infectious Diseases I Târgu-Mures between 01 January 2013 – 30 April 2013.
There were 578 clinically diagnosed cases of respiratory virus spread by age: 0-3 years: 40 cases (6.92%); 4-7 years: 81 cases (14.01%); 8-14 years old: 107 cases (18.51%); 15-20 years 38 patients (6.57%); over 20 years in 312 cases (53.97%); acute viral myositis was observed in a total of 22 patients (3.80%). Calendar distribution was as follows: in March, 14 cases (63.63%) compared to 6 cases (27.27%) in February, 1 case (4.54%) in January and 1 case (4.54%) in April 2013. The area of origin was urban in 18 cases (81.81%) and rural in 4 cases (18.19%). Mild clinical forms were common in 20 cases (90.9%), severe forms were determined by the prolonged evolution of the disease and association of neurological complications (polyradiculoneuritis) in 2 cases (9.1%). Positive diagnosis was clinical (myalgia, functional impotence of the lower limb) and laboratory confirmed (muscle enzymes). Evolution was favorable in all cases under treatment: corticosteroids (hydrocortisone hemisuccinate, dexamethasone medrol) and neurotrophic. Two patients received virological diagnosis, but in one of them we isolated influenza type B; this viral strain was isolated in most cases investigated virologically and confirmed with influenza viruses in patients with respiratory virus.
Acute viral myositis was a complication of respiratory virus diseases of winter-spring season 2013, net prevailed at preschool age groups. The severity of the disease was low or moderate in the majority of cases, severe forms being determined by neurological damage. Therapeutic response to corticosteroid therapy was favorable.


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use_orm :datamapper
use_test :rspec
use_template_engine :erb

Merb::Config.use do |c|

  # Sets up a custom session id key which is used for the session persistence
  # cookie name.  If not specified, defaults to '_session_id'.
  # c[:session_id_key] = '_session_id'

  # The session_secret_key is only required for the cookie session store.
  c[:session_secret_key]  = 'cbcb656da7d4667e2ce4fd7b3eae4b08e248dd53'

  # There are various options here, by default Merb comes with 'cookie',
  # 'memory', 'memcache' or 'container'.
  # You can of course use your favorite ORM instead:
  # 'datamapper', 'sequel' or 'activerecord'.
  c[:session_store] = 'cookie'

  # When running a slice standalone, you're usually developing it,
  # so enable template reloading by default.
  c[:reload_templates] = true

end

Merb::BootLoader.before_app_loads do
  Merb::Slices.config[:merb_monkey] = {
    :read => lambda { |controller| true }
  }
  # Don't forget MerbMonkey == Merb::Slices::config[:merb_monkey] in this slice
  MerbMonkey[:from_email] = "Homer Simpson <homer@simpson.com>"
  MerbMonkey[:to_email] = lambda { "marge@simpson.com" }
end

Merb::BootLoader.after_app_loads do
  require 'dm-validations'
  DataMapper.setup(:default, 'sqlite3::memory:')

  class Book
    include DataMapper::Resource
    property :id, Serial
    property :title, String
    property :published, Date
    property :notes, Text
    property :royalty, Integer
    belongs_to :author#, :required => false

    monkey do |klass, props|
      klass.identified_by = :title
      #klass.order = [:id, :title, :author_id, :published, :royalty, :notes]
      props[:published].hide = true
    end

  end

  class Author
    include DataMapper::Resource
    property :id, Serial
    property :name, String
    property :alive, Boolean, :default => true
    property :notes, Text
    has n, :books
    belongs_to :publisher, :required => false
    monkey
  end

  class Publisher
    include DataMapper::Resource
    property :id, Serial
    property :name, String
    monkey
  end

  DataMapper.auto_migrate!
  Publisher.create(:name => "Random House")
  clancy = Author.create(:name => "Tom Clancy", :alive => true, :publisher_id => 1)
  obrian = Author.create(:name => "Patrick O'Brian", :alive => false)
  999.times do |i|
    Author.create(:name => rand * 100990)
  end
  clancy.books.create(:title => "The Hunt for Red October", :published => "1986-04-01", :royalty => 10000)
  obrian.books.create(:title => "Post Captain", :published => "1963-10-14", :royalty => 15000)
  obrian.books.create(:title => "The Ionian Mission", :published => "1973-02-14", :royalty => 25000)

  # Activate SSL Support
  dependency 'tlsmail'
  Net::SMTP.enable_tls(OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE)
  Merb::Mailer.config = {
    :host   => 'smtp.gmail.com',
    :port   => '587',
    :user   => '****@gmail.com',
    :pass   => '****',
    :auth   => :plain
  }

  module Merb
    class Mailer
      # Sends the mail using SMTP.
      def net_smtp
        Net::SMTP.start(config[:host], config[:port].to_i, config[:domain],
                        config[:user], config[:pass], config[:auth]) { |smtp|
          #smtp.send_message(@mail.to_s, extract_addresses(@mail.from.first), @mail.to.to_s.split(/[,;]/))
          smtp.send_message(@mail.to_s, extract_addresses(@mail.from.first), extract_addresses(@mail.to.to_s).split(/[,;]\s*/))
        }
      end

      # Pulls addresses out of a string
      # Example:
      #
      #   str = "Homer Simpson <homer@simpson.com>, Marge Simpson <marge@simpson.com>"
      #   extract_addresses(str) #=> "homer@simpson.com,marge@simpson.com"
      def extract_addresses(field)
        field.dup.gsub(/[^<,]*<([^<]*)>/, '\1,').gsub(/,$/, "").gsub(/,+/, ",")
      end
    end
  end
end

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Diabetes News July 4th 2008
Osmotic polyuria: an overlooked mechanism in diabetic nephropathy
Tubulo-interstitial pathology in diabetic nephropathy is thought to be caused by cell injury that is induced by high ambient glucose levels and increased proportions of glycated proteins (NDT, USA)
Adjust to Target in Type 2 Diabetes
Comparison of a simple algorithm with carbohydrate counting for adjustment of mealtime insulin glulisine (Diabetes Care, USA)
Intake of Fruit, Vegetables, and Fruit Juices and Risk of Diabetes in Women
Consumption of green leafy vegetables and fruit was associated with a lower hazard of diabetes, whereas consumption of fruit juices may be associated with an increased hazard among women (Diabetes Care, USA)
Gender Counts When it Comes to Effective Diabetes Management, Prevention
A recently published study that suggests diabetes counseling, management and patient education should be presented differently to men and women could help FPs in their efforts (AAFP, USA)
Weight Change and Glycemic Control After Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes
A small-but-substantial group of patients had a mean weight trajectory that included a clinically significant weight loss. Weight-loss trajectories were strongly associated with better glycemic control when compared to weight gain (Journal of General Internal Medicine, USA)
Effects of inhaled human insulin on airway lining fluid composition in adults with diabetes
Inhaled human insulin (Exubera® (human insulin of rDNA origin) Inhalation Powder) causes small, early and reversible changes in pulmonary function in subjects with diabetes mellitus (European Respiritory Journal)
Neonatal Diabetes groundbreaking treatment offers hope
A team of researchers led by a physician at UC Davis Children's Hospital has for the first time rapidly transitioned an infant with neonatal diabetes from injected insulin to a generic oral medication in an outpatient setting (Rocklin & Roseville Today, USA)
Danny wants to end pie and chips diet to beat killer diabetes
The defender, once rated as the world's best in his position, beat diabetes to have a successful 20-year playing career (Evening Times, Scotland)
New plans to improve NHS care
Diabetes UK welcomes Lord Darzi's report. Putting quality at the centre of the NHS is key to ensuring that people with diabetes receive the best care possible regardless of post code or cost (Diabetes UK)
New diabetes unit is launched at Rugby Hospital of St Cross
It has been funded by a £20,000 investment by University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust; donations of £56,000 from the Friends of the Hospital of St Cross and £20,000 from Diabetes UK (Coventry Telegraph, UK)
Change on the way for thousands of diabetes sufferers
It involves thousands of patients having their treatment switched from the University Hospital of North Staffordshire to new primary care centres in Stoke-on-Trent (The Sentinel, UK)
Glasgow dietitians awarded for health education for people with learning disabilities
The Research Award consists of funding of £1,000 to enable a dietitian to embark on a research project (British Dietetic Association)
In the U.S. and Holland, Diabetes Looks Different
On average, the U.S. system spends about $6,000 per person on health care, including whatever the government, employers and individuals pay out of pocket. For less than half that — about $2,700 — the Dutch get better care, research indicates (NPR)
$5 million for new rural Alberta diabetes management project
The Alliance for Canadian Health Outcomes Research in Diabetes (ACHORD) will receive $5 million over the next five years from Alberta Health and Wellness for a new collaborative outreach project to support diabetes care and management in rural Alberta (CNW, Canada)
Screening for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Adults
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (AHRQ, USA)
GGT and ALT levels may help predict incident diabetes in adults
Analysis of data from 787 patients with incident diabetes and 2,224 subjects with no diabetes found a significant association between incident diabetes and high plasma levels of GGT and ALT (Diabetes Pro, USA)
Rosiglitazone associated with slower progression of diabetic retinopathy
Patients with diabetes who take rosiglitazone may be less likely to develop proliferative diabetic retinopathy, according to a recently published report (Endocrine Today, USA)
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New Spanish Consumer Guide Compares Diabetes Meds
To help combat one of the most serious health issues facing Hispanics in the United States, a new Spanish language guide to type 2 diabetes has been released (Washington Post, USA)
OneTouch® PingTM Glucose Management System Cleared by FDA
Animas Announces Clearance of Uniquely Integrated Meter/ Pump System with Remote Insulin Delivery Capabilities and Compatible Software (Animas, USA)
Australian Government's timely initiative on insulin pump subsidy
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FDA Approves SPrandiMet, a Replaglinide and Metformin Fixed-Dose Combination Tablet for Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes
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FDA Ponders Requiring Heart Studies for Diabetes Drugs
The FDA is summoning a panel of experts to consider whether drug makers should be forced to study the cardiovascular effects of diabetes drugs (Wall Street Journal, USA)
Type 1 diabetes in children still on the rise
The incidence of new cases of Type 1 diabetes in children is rising at around 3% a year, according to a report released today by the (AIHW, Australia)
Incidence of Type 1 diabetes in Australia 2000-2006: first results
This bulletin presents the latest available (up to 2006) national data on new cases of Type 1 diabetes for all ages from Australia's National Diabetes Register (AIHW, Australia)
Blood Glucose Measurement in Patients with Suspected Diabetic Ketoacidosis
A Comparison of Abbott MediSense PCx Point-of-Care Meter Values to Reference Laboratory Values (Emergency Nurses Association, USA)
Diabetes sufferers may soon draw breath to take new treatment
A treatment being developed by Victorian scientists involves a drug-delivery technique in which patients use a palm-sized device to inhale nanosized particles of insulin (The Age, Australia)
Neuroendocrine sleep architecture altered in patients with type 1 diabetes
When subjectively analyzing the quality of sleep by mood and symptoms after sleep, the researchers found that type 1 diabetics had less restorative sleep (American Diabetes Association)
Internal body signals important for diabetes research
A joint research project between Sweden and the USA has uncovered a so far unknown signal network involving the cells in the pancreas (European Commission)
Evidence for inter-individual heterogeneity in the glucose gradient across the human RBC membrane and its relationship to hemoglobin glycation
The data demonstrate inter-individual heterogeneity in glucose gradients across RBC membranes which may affect Hb glycation and have implications for diabetes complications risk and risk assessment (Diabetes)
Baseline serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D is predictive of future glycaemic status and insulin resistance
This prospective study reports inverse associations between baseline serum 25(OH)D and future glycemia and insulin resistance (Diabetes)
Physical Activity and Insulin Sensitivity. The RISC Study
Accumulated daily physical activity is a major determinant of insulin sensitivity (Diabetes)
Dietary advice for the prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus in adults
The aim of this systematic review is to assess the effects of type and frequency of dietary advice for the prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus (Cohrane Library)
Call to rethink child BMI testing
Using a child's body mass index (BMI) as a measure of the success of exercise targets may be misleading, say experts (BBC)
The Metabolic Syndrome and Incident Diabetes: Current State of the Evidence
The metabolic syndrome, however defined, is associated more strongly with incident diabetes than previously demonstrated for coronary heart disease. Its clinical value for diabetes prediction remains uncertain (Diabetes Care)
Risk prediction of cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetes: A risk equation from the Swedish National Diabetes Register
This more simplified risk equation enables 5-year risk prediction of CVD based on easily available non-laboratory predictors in clinical practice and HbA1c, elaborated in a large observational study obtained from the normal patient population with age up to 70 years (Diabetes Care)
The Neuropad test may help to screen patients with diabetic neuropathy
These results suggest that patients with diabetic neuropathy may be screened with the Neuropad test (American Diabetes Association)
New Molecular Trigger Described for Hypertension, Diabetes
A newly discovered molecular malfunction may explain the development of high blood pressure, diabetes and immune problems, researchers report (Washington Post, USA)
Medtronic boosts investment in diabetes devices
Medtronic Inc is boosting investment in its fast-growing diabetes unit as it aims to convert more diabetics to insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors (Reuters)
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Cognitive Decline in Two Large Cohorts of Community-Dwelling Older Adults
Type 2 DM and longer duration of DM are similarly related to cognitive impairment and decline in men and women (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society)
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All nutritionists agree concerning the well being advantages of consuming fish. Much more so for fatty fish, resembling salmon, which has a excessive content material of omega-Three fatty acids and lots of different micro-nutrients. Research have proven that individuals who eat the best quantities of fish have a decrease threat of many kinds of sicknesses, together with dementia, melancholy and coronary heart illness.
We sleep away a 3rd of our lives so getting sufficient high quality sleep is of utmost significance for main a wholesome life. It may be simply as essential as coaching and weight-reduction plan. Poor sleep can improve insulin resistance, de-regulate the hormones in control of urge for food and reduce your total psychological and bodily efficiency. Moreover, poor sleep is among the greatest particular person threat components for weight problems and weight achieve. One research demonstrated that not sleeping sufficient was linked to a 90% elevated threat of weight problems in youngsters and 50% in adults.
The micro organism residing in your intestines, are referred to as microbiota and are typically also called the physique's "forgotten organ". These micro organism play an enormous function in your physique and are extraordinarily essential for many processes on which your total well being depends. A disruption of their functioning is said to a few of the most harmful power sicknesses, one among them being weight problems. A great way to enhance your intestine well being is to devour probiotic meals resembling yogurt or sauerkraut, take probiotic dietary supplements and eat meals which are wealthy in fiber. Fiber acts as a supply of meals for these micro organism.
Many individuals neglect the significance of being correctly hydrated and many occasions neglect to drink water. Ingesting sufficient water has a ton of well being advantages. One in all its stronger advantages is that it might considerably show you how to improve the variety of energy that you simply spend every day. In line with a number of research, it might improve metabolism by 20-30% over a interval of 1-2 hours. This leads to burning as much as 100 extra energy in the event you drink 2 liters (67 oz) of water a day. Essentially the most optimum time to drink water is 30 minutes earlier than every meal. One research confirmed that half a liter of water, half an hour earlier than a meal, can improve weight reduction by 50%.


When it comes to cryptocurrency markets today on August 14, there's an awful lot of 'blood in the streets.' During yesterday's trading sessions, the entire cryptocurrency economy dropped under the sub-$200B zone and today the valuation is hovering around $195-199B. This is due to the extreme losses many digital currencies have suffered through over the past three days. A great majority of coins are seeing losses between 3-25 percent today as many assets have touched their previous bottoms or lower. Overall trade volume this Tuesday has increased, likely because prices are so low right now, and over the last 24-hours around $15.9B cryptocurrencies have been traded.
Bitcoin core (BTC) has been able to dodge a lot of the downward blows as the currency has lost a lot less percentage wise than most other coins. This has led to BTC dominance or its market capitalization measured in comparison with the entire crypto-economy valuation to spike upwards of over 54 percent. Out of the top ten digital assets, cardano (ADA) has taken the biggest blow and has sunk to the 8th highest position because it lost over 16.8 percent in value over the last 24-hours. The price of ADA has dipped to around $0.09 per coin at the time of publication.
This is followed by the second biggest top ten loss with ethereum (ETH) seeing its market value lose 16.1 percent today with one ETH trading for $268. The third largest top ten loss today belongs to EOS as its markets are down 13.7 percent with one EOS trading for $4.44 per coin.
Bitcoin core markets are down 3.94 percent today, and the cryptocurrency has been fighting to hold above $6,050-$6,175 per coin over the last day. Last night the BTC/USD price dropped to $5,880 coming awfully close to the currency's assumed bottom at $5,774. Today BTC trade volume over the last day has been fairly decent at $5.5B and the currency's entire market valuation is about $106B at press time.
The top five exchanges swapping the most BTC includes Bitflyer, Okex, Bitfinex, Binance, and Coinbene. The trading pairs seeing the most swaps today with BTC includes tether (USDT 50.2%), USD (26.5%), JPY (11.3%), EUR (4.7%), KRW (2.4%) and bitcoin cash (BCH 1.88%).
Bitcoin cash markets have seen a 24-hour loss of around 15 percent today and the currency's market capitalization is around $8.5B. At the moment bitcoin cash is trying to stay above $490-515 at the time of writing but bulls have been struggling. Last night BCH dipped to a low of $472 on Bitstamp, but trade volume had spiked over $400M+ pushing the price back up after the drop.
The five leading bitcoin cash exchanges today include Coinex, Okex, Binance, Hitbtc, and Bitfinex. The currencies that are currently being traded with bitcoin cash the most includes tether (USDT 49.1%), BTC (27%), USD (13.1%), QC (2.83%), ETH (2.79%), and the KRW (1.88%).
Digital asset markets have been wild over the past few weeks and many traders seem uncertain about where the 'good-ship-crypto' will go from here. 2017 was an exceptional year and the past seven months of 2018 has been literally the exact opposite as far as cryptocurrency values are concerned. The cryptocurrency economy as a whole has lost considerable value which in turn is brewing deep skepticism towards the future of certain crypto-markets. For now, most traders remain uncertain of where things will go and many are praying they played their positions correctly in hopes they don't get squeezed. At the moment digital asset prices are starting to see a slight recovery after the significant losses last night.
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With No Intent or Duty to Preserve, Court Finds No Spoliation Occurred: eDiscovery Case Law
Doug Austin
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In Archer et. al. v. York City School District, et. al., No. 13-2826 (M.D. Pa., Dec. 28, 2016), Pennsylvania District Judge John E. Jones, III ruled that the plaintiffs had presented no evidence showing that the defendants acted with intent when they deleted the email account of the former Assistant Superintendent, nor had a duty to preserve arose prior to the deletion of the account.
In this case brought forward in November 2013 by a group of students and parents suing the defendants to protest the decision not to renew their school's charter based upon the performance of the school and the hardship on the city's budget, the defendants filed a Motion for Summary Judgment. In their opposition to the summary judgment motion, the plaintiffs alleged that the defendants spoliated evidence when they deleted the email account of former assistant superintendent Perry-Cross, who retired in February 2012. Her email account was deleted afterward, with the defendants suggesting that this may have occurred as soon as ninety days after, while the plaintiffs alleging that her emails were "purged sometime after 2012" (though they failed to provide any evidence that pointed to this timeline).
The parties agreed that the first two elements of spoliation – that the emails were within the defendants' control and they were relevant to the claims of the instant case – were not at issue. But, the defendants disagreed with the last two elements, arguing that the emails were deleted as a matter of course, so the defendants were not attempting to suppress evidence and further arguing that at the time the emails were deleted, there was no reasonably foreseeable duty to preserve the account.
Judge's Ruling
With regard to intent to destroy evidence, Judge Jones stated: "Plaintiffs here have presented no factual basis whatsoever in support of their allegations that Defendants' intended to destroy evidence helpful to Plaintiffs' claims. Rather, the District's policy of purging former employees' email accounts within ninety days, and the fact that litigation did not commence until well over a year after Defendant Perry-Cross left the District and potentially over a year after the deletion occurred amounts to evidence supporting the opposite conclusion. Defendants also point to their swift and prompt reaction to turn over newly discovered evidence in the form of another District employee's email account after previously believing it was deleted…This compilation of evidence, taken as a whole, leads the Court to conclude that Plaintiffs have failed to support their allegation that Defendants acted with intent to spoil evidence when they deleted Defendant Perry-Cross's email account."
With regard to the defendants' duty to preserve, Judge Jones stated: "Plaintiffs attempt to persuade the Court that '[t]here can be no credible argument that the defendants were not aware that the disruption of 700-800 children and tens of millions of dollars would not produce litigation' such that Defendants should have been on notice of their duty to preserve Defendant Perry-Cross' email account…We disagree. Plaintiffs' argument that by the simple act of doing their jobs, Defendants should have been on notice of litigation that would not commence until nearly a full year later does not create knowledge that litigation is 'pending or probable.'"
Finding that the plaintiffs "have failed to establish both the third and fourth elements of spoliation", Judge Jones found that their allegation of spoliation had no merit and granted the defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment in its entirety.
So, what do you think? When did the duty to preserve data begin?
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Aaron CockleMarch 22, 2016NewsNew York Public Library Digital Collections; the tyranny of the cloud; comics journalism in the 1950's; new interviews to read/read aloud and/or listen to; random word informatics. ————————————————————————————————— NYPL Digital Collections Recently, the New York Public Library posted an amazing amount of content to its digital collection. Work above is from Indian coloured drawings: a collection of 177 original paintings on "talc," etc., with 17 engravings, illustrating costume, vehicles and trades in India and Fred Carlo, Works Progress Administration, respectively. ————————————————————————————————— Exercises in Scrolling Colonising the Clouds, an essay about Internet/institutional power structures, physical and virtual territories, 'memory', ETC. ————————————————————————————————— Mid-20th Century Comics Reportage Featuring work by Noel Sickles ('The immediacy of a direct drawing or sketch seldom breaks through in the more static nature of other forms of art.') and Austin Briggs. Essay by Daniel Zalkus. ————————————————————————————————— Recent Interviews of Note Aidan Koch + Tyler Landry ————————————————————————————————— Random Word/Phrase/Sentence/Paragraph Generator This is a good site if you're in a pinch for words. For illustrative purposes, the Random Paragraph Generator has been utilized above with the following keywords: 'Frank Santoro' + 'Golden Age of Comics' and 'Frank Santoro' + Comics Instruction'. Share this page: [...]
Aaron CockleMay 15, 2018NewsLucy Shelton Caswell Research Award Winners; Colleen Frakes; Katie Fricas; Clough/Porcellino; Park on Reynolds; Spatial Frequency Analysis ————————————————————————————————— Announcing the 2018 Lucy Shelton Caswell Research Award Winners The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum (BICLM) is pleased to announce the winners of the first annual Lucy Shelton Caswell Research Award. The award of up to $2500, named for the founding curator of the BICLM, Professor Emerita Lucy Shelton Caswell, supports researchers who need to travel to Columbus, Ohio to use the collections materials of the BICLM on site. Thanks to the generosity of the Will & Ann Eisner Family Foundation, we are able to give three 2018 awards in celebration of the launch of the program. Moving forward, we will give one award per year. We were delighted to receive a large and diverse range of proposals from both national and international scholars and artists. A panel of ten reviewers from a variety of disciplines at Ohio State was appointed to assess the proposals. The recipients for 2018 are: Dr. Daniel Worden, Visiting Assistant Professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology' School of Individualized Study. He holds a Ph.D. in English and American Literature from Brandeis University. His project is entitled "Oil Comics: Iconographies of Energy, Environment and Motion." Worden's research aims to chronicle the imbrication of comics with the oil industry and the normalized use of petroleum as a fuel source, from the late 19th century to the present. Xavier Dapena, Ph.D. candidate in Hispanic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. His project is called "'They do not represent us': Radical Imageries of Contemporary Spanish Graphic Narratives (1973-2011)." Dapena's project centers on the intersection of graphic narratives and political imagination and seeks to understand how the political repertoire of images, symbols, and metaphors express three processes: memorialization, precarization, and legitimation. Frank Santoro, creator of Pompeii, Storeyville and other comics. He is also an educator who runs ComicsWorkbook, a training and residency program for cartoonists. His research on "The Ohio School of Naturalist Cartooning" will look at how Billy Ireland's influence on Edwina Dumm, Noel Sickles, Milton Caniff, and C.N. Landon informed a language of 20th century cartooning that has carried on into the 21st century. Congrats, Frank! ————————————————————————————————— Colleen Frakes: A Cartoonist's Diary ————————————————————————————————— 'Stopping for Art and Conversation Along the High Line' Katie Fricas looks at the group exhibition, Agora, in NYC. ————————————————————————————————— One night group exhibition and book release with work and new publications by: Clark Keatley Leon Sadler Stuart McKenzie Tom Sewell Viktor Hachmang Yannick Val Gesto At Dinner Party Gallery, Thomas Briggs Building, 2-4 Southgate Rd, N1 3JJ. Walk past reception to the door under the stairs. ————————————————————————————————— 'How do you compare the experience of taking acid with your later practice in Zen Buddhism?' Rob Clough continues the long interview with John Porcellino, over at The Comics Journal. The long "Mr Dusty" letter from Mr Mike that you printed was epic. That was an intense amount of text to lay down, which made me wonder how you feel about lettering and how your lettering has developed over the years. Did you look to others for inspiration? Did you ever use any kind of guide? Have you ever considered developing your own font? When I first started King-Cat, the lettering was as sloppy as the drawing! I didn't care about stuff like that. I was just slinging ink. As my drawing got more evolved, the lettering did too. I started to get a kick from lettering more legibly, making those E's, S's. When I'm doing it it can be quite enjoyable. One thing I've found is I have to concentrate, kind of empty my mind, and focus on things. I can tell when I'm lettering and my mind starts to wander, things get sloppy. Then I pull it back in and keep going. Just like meditation, I guess. For guides, like a large bunch of text like a Snornose page or a letters column, I usually use the edge of a piece of paper as a ruler… line it up with the edge of the page and use it as a guide, siding it down a bit with each new line. But it's not perfect and half the time I end up inking a page and it's all on a slant. In my OCD days I would redraw it. Now I just kind of laugh at myself and let it go. Occasionally I've ruled bluelines to guide me, and at least once I used graph paper. I think that's how Cometbus does it. That sure helps, but maybe I don't really wanna think that much about it. When I look back at my lettering in the OCD years, it floors me, how precise it is! I was nuts! It's beautiful, but the cost is too much maybe. I don't know. The whole story of my post-meds career has been learning to balance that spontaneity I had before OCD with the precision I got from it. It's taken me like ten years to start to figure it out. Font: no. ————————————————————————————————— Mauretania Comics Ed Park looks at the Chris Reynolds collection, The New World. The stories start on solid ground, then twist like dreams. Reynolds sets everything in uniformly sized panels, edged in black like funeral invitations. His impossibly thick line lends weight to these uncanny dramas of lost time. Calling the comics black and white feels insufficient; they're more like black and white and black. This starkness, and the stabs of poetic word-image interplay, can call to mind his stateside contemporary Raymond Pettibon, while the silent, depopulated spaces that loom throughout—abandoned houses, vacant cinemas, phantom transportation—suggest any number of uneasy de Chirico vistas. ————————————————————————————————— Spatial Frequency Analysis – II The contrast sensitivity as a function of spatial frequency (called CSF) can be obtained psychophysically from the test image below . You will perceive a curve which peaks at some certain optimal frequency in the middle range of the image (depending on the viewing distance) at which the visual system is most sensitive to the contrast. The sensitivity is reduced when the frequency is either too high or too low. ————————————————————————————————— Vision Box – 5-15-2018 – by Cameron Arthur ————————————————————————————————— Joanie and Jordie – 4-15-18 – by Caleb Orecchio Share this page: [...]
Juan FernándezSeptember 28, 2016los Cómics / NewsJuan here with your daily comics fix. I'm here with a spotlight on Spanish speaking artists and happenings. Hoy les traigo lo más fresco del mundo del cómic latinoamericano y español: Una discusión sobre la rabia en la polola; Crítica Tokyo Zombie, de Yusaku Hanakuma; los Old Shorts (2008-2014) – de Puño; anuncio de la Nueva la nueva exhibición de "Chicks on Cómics"; las novedades de Las Tetas Tristes; la historieta Chilena del siglo XXI; Borlo Comix Y MÁS! ————————————————————————————————— [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/284062706″ params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166″ iframe="true" /] Escucha la nueva edición de @lapololapodcast, un podcast del cómic femenino con Sol Díaz Castillo y Marcela Trujillo: En este capítulo las chicas conversan acerca de la rabia, un lugar que muchas veces no se les permite habitar a las mujeres, porque se les enseña siempre a aguantar, a ser simpáticas, amorosas, a agradar, etc. Hablamos de como la rabia nos puede servir de motor creativo o por otro lado, ser un pantano en donde quedarnos pegadas siendo víctimas de las circunstancias. Póngale play! ————————————————————————————————— Old Shorts (2008-2014) – Puño Dibujante español, Puño a publicado una colección de sus cómics por Gumroad! Son 86 paginas que recopilan 10 historietas dibujadas en inglés y digitalizadas por la primera vez. Recoloreadas tambien! This 86-paged collection comic is a digital compilation of 10 old short stories by Puño, in English & digital for the first time and recolored brand new for this edition. Si les gusta es lo que hay bien dale una ojeada al curso de dibujo en Domestika de Puño! AQUI ————————————————————————————————— Crítica Tokyo Zombie, de Yusaku Hanakuma (Gerardo Vilches) Si alguien quiere, desde luego puede ver un poso de denuncia social y política en Tokyo Zombie. Cuando saltamos en el tiempo al futuro, comprobamos que los supervivientes del apocalipsis zombie han creado una sociedad donde unos pocos privilegiados con dinero han esclavizado al resto de la sociedad. Como necesitan algo en lo que pasar el tiempo, han ideado una arena en la que luchadores esclavos se enfrentan entre sí y contra los zombies, que, por si fuera poco, nacen de la contaminación y la basura que genera la humanidad. El contexto de denuncia está claro, pero, no obstante, yo no creo que haya que darle más importancia de la que podemos darle a muchas otras historias con apocalipsis ecológicos de por medio, como excusa o trasfondo para desarrollar la acción y la violencia, que es lo verdaderamente divertido. Buscarle una coartada moral a lo que es maravillosamente bruto y cazurro me parece innecesario. ————————————————————————————————— Charlando co el Colectivo Tetas Tristes Katherine Supnem, Katherina Salazar, Victoria Rubio hablaron con Radio JGM, la radio comunitaria que transmite desde la Escuela de Periodismo de la Universidad de Chile, en la comuna de Ñuñoa. La organización femenina sube historietas constantemente y además, asisten a diversas ferias o exposiciones para dar a conocer sus cómics. Pero también, generan convocatorias para que mujeres o transgéneros puedan compartir sus dibujos sobre temas como aborto, acoso y masturbación femenina. De momento, invitan a tod@s que envíen imágenes texto cómics sobre lo que les da #Vergüenza. Podéis ver todas las contribuciones que Las Tetas Tristes ya han recibido en su website: www.tetastristes.tumblr.com/ ————————————————————————————————— Chicks on comics: "Long distance relationship" / "Relación a larga distancia" Quiero compartir estas buenas noticias sobre una nueva exhibición de cómics – Por primera vez en Fundación Proa, se presenta el colectivo "Chicks on comics", integrado por 8 mujeres historietistas de Argentina, Colombia, Alemania, Holanda, Brasil e Inglaterra, quienes desde 2008 exploran los recursos narrativos del comic como medio de comunicación e intercambio. Utilizando plataformas virtuales el grupo produce diálogos dibujados, publicaciones y exhibiciones, para dar visibilidad a esta diversidad cultural, y promover al debate sobre las disciplinas afines a la historieta y sus diversos públicos. Te digo que va a ser increíble! Diciembre 2016 – Marzo 2017 Fundación PROA Av. Pedro de Mendoza 1929 La Boca, Caminito Buenos Aires Argentina ————————————————————————————————— El programa oficial de VIÑETAS DEL FIN DEL MUNDO 2016 Entre el 6 y el 8 de octubre el Centro Cultural de España en Santiago acogerá la 5º versión del Festival Viñetas del Fin del Mundo, organizado por Ergocomics y Narrativa Gráfica. El festival busca dar cuenta de la actual y abundante producción de narrativa gráfica chilena con sus hitos, problemáticas y proyecciones. Entre el 21 de septiembre y el 22 de octubre en el CCE se exhibirá la muestra Historieta Chilena del Siglo XXI (2012-2016). Si yo estuviera en Chile, no me perdería esta exhibición y la programación que van a tener en octubre! ————————————————————————————————— BORLO COMIX Durante un encuentro con el gran Alexis Ziritt en SPX, Ziritt me conto sobre el dibujante Venezolano, C. A. Etcheverry y su obra MEGA-underground, Borlo Comix. Nunca había oído hablar ni de Etcheheverry ni de los cómix underground venezolanos… Por supuesto, gracias a Alexis, me puse a investigar y joder que joya mas underground encontré!!!! Born in Caracas, Venezuela in 1979, raised between city and jungle, Etcheverry takes the mystery of both environments and places them in his art and comics. Having been influenced by artists and storytellers such as Windsor McCay, Tanino Liberatore, Phillippe Druillet, A Jodorowsky, and R. Crumb, Etcheverry has developed a unique storytelling style alongside his fantastical illustrations. He came to Los Angeles, CA at age 23, invited by the late Silverlake "jewel", Ghettogloss Gallery to show his comics blown up on canvases. With much interest from the art and comic world, Etcheverry ended up moving to the neighborhood of Silverlake, in which he has lived and off for the last 14 years. He has dabbled in fashion, film, print, animation, music, (you name it), but it is only recently that he has compiled his comix to present his original character "Borlo" to the world in a printed anthology. Visit http://www.borlocomix.com to learn more and to dive into the world of Borlo! You can buy the collected Borlo Comix here. Get hep to BORLO COMIX! ————————————————————————————————— Portraits – Connor Willumsen. Este libro de 16 páginas bellamente impreso (por WestCan – que también imprimio el Manual de la Escuela Santoro) de retratos del gran Connor Willumsen está disponible para -pedido. Una edición de 500. Dalé click AQUI para pedir tu copia! http://auction.comicsworkbook.com/2016/08/18/portraits-by-connor-willumsen-pre-order/ ————————————————————————————————— hasta la próxima! Juan Share this page: [...]
Aaron CockleJuly 11, 2016NewsAaron Cockle today with Alyssa Berg comics; Kurosawa storyboards; illuminated manuscripts; Fitch/Trecartin in Montreal; Sara (. , : ; — () – [] "" ? ! '' … {}) Lautman; The Graphics of War; Burkholder/Walden/Ellsworth; Rowhouse Auction Continues ————————————————————————————————— ALPENGLOW CW's Featured Comics continues this week with Alyssa Berg's ALPENGLOW, from 2015. This won the Comics Workbook Composition Competition last year; info about the 2016 competition can be found here. ————————————————————————————————— Akira Kurosawa: Filmmaker, Painter, Story-board Artist Kurosawa, from his book Something Like an Autobiography, translated from the Japanese by Margaret Benton: I intended to be a painter before I became involved in film. A curious turn of events, however, brought me to cinema, where I began my present career. When I changed careers, I burnt all the pictures that I had painted up until then. I intended to forget painting once and for all. As a well-known Japanese proverb says, "If you chase two rabbits, you may not catch even one." I did no art work at all once I began to work in cinema. But since becoming a film director, I have found that drawing rough sketches was often a useful means of explaining ideas to my staff. ————————————————————————————————— Text, Image, Image-as-Text, Text-as-Image Via Medievalpoc's essential People of Color in European Art History project, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Aratea (Harley MS 647, ff 2v-17v), 22 constellation figures containing extracts from Hyginus, Astronomica. England (c. 820-11th century). ————————————————————————————————— Lizzie Fitch/Ryan Trecartin: Priority Innfield For anyone living in/traveling to Montreal before September 5, an installation of Fitch/Trecartin work at the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal. Priority Innfield is a "sculptural theater" containing four movies and an ambient sound track presented in five pavilions. The movies, Junior War, Comma Boat, CENTER JENNY and Item Falls (all from 2013), unfold at a furious pace without interruption. Shot in a direct, quasi-amateur style, they explore the potential impacts of information technologies on communication, language and identity, and offer a barrage of frenetic images, absurd retorts and exaggerated poses and movements, drawn from a culture based on constant performativity. ————————————————————————————————— Sara Lautman on the New Punctuation On the Hairpin site it says this is a 2 minute read, but you should give yourself at least 4 minutes, maybe more. Maybe give yourself 5 minutes, if you can. Good work from Lautman, as usual. ————————————————————————————————— The Graphics of War: Comics, Animation, and Simulation If you're like me, any down-time at your dayjob is spent scouring the internet for random university-level course syllabi from 2011. Culture, Art, and Technology (CAT) I The Graphics of War: Comics, Animation, and Simulation Professor Emily Roxworthy As alternatives to photography and live action film, this course examines three graphic media that are not usually considered serious candidates for representing global crises such as war: comics, animated film, and videogames. We will ask whether these alternative graphic arts depart from photorealism and the passivity of media spectacles to convey unspoken truths and instill deeply felt understandings about world changing events. ————————————————————————————————— ITDN, A City Inside, Other Selves Some capsule reviews from Daniel Elkin at Comics Bulletin of some recent work by Andrew Burkholder, Tillie Walden, and Theo Ellsworth. RE Burkholder: There's little to no narrative in any of the 10 comics that comprise ITDN. Burkholder uses the medium of his comics to explore ideas, raising question after question in the expedition while providing no answers. Understanding is not the point; pursuit is the only goal. Each comic is presented using its own style, form following function as a psychotropic experiment. From the tight conventions of tradition in "The Fury" to the insouciant scribbling of "FUCK THIS" to the thin-line panel transition study of "Street", Burkholder shows a depth of understanding for the tone of ideas. Each enterprise is an agreement between thought and expression. Each takes its time to shake the reader from the stupor of preconception. RE Walden: Other than the incredible craftsmanship in both her art and its execution, the dream-like quality of Walden's work is what separates it from so many others working today. This is a story about transitioning and passages, what we gather and what we leave behind, as well as an exploration of expectation and uncertainty and the need to define the self. RE Ellsworth: Ellsworth calls this book a "psychic chiropractic adjustment" (to be filed under: "Hand Drawn Inner-Space Documentary Comics"). Here he is an artist viewing himself as the one who is in control of creating the Other Selves of his imagination. As he probes deeper and deeper into his self-creations, though, things get weirder and weirder, layering levels of the fantastic and the imaginative, each self in control of itself. Finally his inner workings are so far out that a part of him unleashes the "Reality Control Officers" into his "Personal Imaging Zone" admonishing him to "Go back to reality! Now!" What remains is a battle between inspiration and sense, art versus logic. ————————————————————————————————— Rowhouse Auction Continues New for this week of July 11 at auction.comicsworkbook.com. Email Frank Santoro at santoroschoolATgmail for a password, if you don't already have one. All funds go to helping keep the lights on and further developing the school. 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Juan FernándezMarch 7, 2017los Cómics / NewsEmpezamos el dia con Sol Diaz; Miguel A. Giner y Cristina Durán; Vanesa R. Del Rey; Chicks on Comics;#GRAFBCN2017; Alvaro Ortiz; Fran Meneses and the ugly side; Billar de letras new comics club y los tebeos del dia! ————————————————————————————————— Cómics y noticias que me han llamado la atención esta semana: Sol Diaz – spotlighted over on Es Mi Fiesta y lanza un nuevo libro: La historia ilustrada de un embarazo. Miguel A. Giner and Cristina Durán tell the story of the adoption of their daughter in their latest comic, Una Posibilidad Entre Mil. They talk shop over on RTVE3's La Hora Del Bocadillo + there's a fresh interview with Miguel A. Giner and Cristina Durán on their new book over at Bilbao24Horas. Constantine #3-4 original art by the great Vanesa R. Del Rey available NOW over on Cadence Comics Art Gallery. Don't miss your chance to own some of the action. CHICAS DE COMICS/CHICKS ON COMICS Siete mujeres historietistas de distintas partes del mundo expusieron sus trabajos en la Fundación Proa de la ciudad de Buenos Aires. Nice interviews and video documentation of the exhibition over on Argentina's TV Publica. (Start at 34:00) #GRAFBCN2017 took place this weekend and it was a whirlwind in Barcelona. From the ground + el #GRAFBCN2017 en pocas palabras según Pepo Pérez + the fine folks at @underbrain just published a juicy video recap of the fest! You can watch it HERE. @Kikeinfame picks back up with his tradition of interview comics makers – this time around, take a tour of Alvaro Ortiz' tebeoteca y mas! ————————————————————————————————— Billar de Letras esta poniendo en marcha un club de novela gráfica y cómic donde, de la mano de Gerardo Vilches, codirector de CuCo y una de las personas que mejor conoce el mundo del cómic en España, una vez al mes se analizará de manera exhaustiva una obra para descubrir sus mecanismos narrativos y desentrañar los recursos gráficos empleados por su autor. Nuestra intención es mostrar la gran riqueza del lenguaje del cómic y sus posibilidades narrativas, a través de la lectura crítica de obras que ya forman parte del canon de la novela gráfica. En las últimas décadas, el cómic ha experimentado un gran crecimiento como medio artístico, de forma que sus posbilidades narrativas y estéticas se están desarrollando en obras de extraordinaria calidad. En la web de Billar de letras tenéis toda la información para inscribiros. ————————————————————————————————— Fran Meneses, Chilean comics maker and illustrator in England, gets real with the ugly side of freelance life. Really nice, honest lens that invites us to dispel the glorification of work-a-holism in the freelance life. It gets unhealthy fast, if unchecked and the glamour that gets associated with it winds up being destructive and causes a lot of silence and erasure of the honest struggle. ————————————————————————————————— The Spring Semester of the Santoro Correspondence Course for Comic Book Makers started March 7th! There is a rolling start date for this semester of the course, so we will continue taking applications beyond that date. The course is 8 weeks long – 500 bux – payment plans are available. More details can be found HERE – or email santoroschoolATgmail to apply. ————————————————————————————————— Blinkers – 3-8-2017 – by Jack Brougham ————————————————————————————————— Suzy and Cecil – 3-8-2017 – by Sally Ingraham ————————————————————————————————— Joanie and Jordie – 3-8-2017 – by Caleb Orecchio ————————————————————————————————— Cozytown – 3-8-2017 – by Juan Fernandez Share this page: [...]
Aidan Koch at LICAF
Posted on October 27, 2016 May 21, 2019 by Frank Santoro
Aidan Koch discusses a collaborative project during a workshop she led at The Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2016.
Sally IngrahamJune 21, 2018NewsSally Ingraham here with a look at Nicole Hollander's "We Ate Wonder Bread", and Abouet and Sapin's "Akissi: Tales of Mischief" – plus other comics and news! ——————————————————————————— Sally here! I spend two days a week at Copacetic Comics, in Pittsburgh, PA, and between drawing and dreaming I read a lot of comics. There are an overwhelming amount of comics coming out all the time, so (with a few exceptions) I narrow the field for myself a bit by only reading work made by female creators. Here are a couple of things I've picked up recently. Nicole Hollander's ground-breaking strip Sylvia was in syndication for 35 years. It's sardonic middle-aged protagonist, surrounded by her cats and her lamps, made her opinions known loudly and languidly. She is modeled after a number of women from Hollander's childhood – friends of her mother and folks who lived in her apartment building. In Hollander's memoir – We Ate Wonder Bread – she recollects those people and the stories they lived in the building that surrounded her. Told through a mixture of text and illustrations, as well as comics, Hollander's memories flow somewhat haphazardly. They follow the loose chronology of how rooms in her family apartment were arranged at various times, what mischief her little sister got up to, what outrageous scheme her father was invested in, and who her mother was friends with. Her own hopes and dreams and confusions as she navigated the rough waters of the West Side of Chicago as a child are hilarious and endearing. You get the sense, when reading this book, that Hollander could be in the room with you narrating her adventures and musings. The text was engaging, but I did find myself wishing that there were more comics and drawings. You could almost skim through the book and JUST read the comics, and get the gist of the story. Hollander's drawings are excellent, and I enjoy her storytelling through images – but with the text in addition, things were strangely repetitive in places. I find this very interesting, and have to note that it may not be easy for a visual storyteller who has written gag-based comic strips their whole life to switch gears and compose with text alone. Like I said, I wish there were a lot more comics in this memoir. However, setting that slight disappointment aside, as a memoir We Ate Wonder Bread is a charming read, and learning something about the context of both Sylvia and her creator is valuable and inspiring to me as a comics creator and a woman myself. Get a copy of this book HERE! ——————————————————————————— Another delightful recent read is Marguerite Abouet's Akissi: Tales of Mischief, with artwork by Mathieu Sapin. I am a fan of Abouet's Aya books (which feature the artwork of Clament Oubrerie). Those comics feature a beautiful Ivory Coast setting and a wonderful adult(ish) heroine, with plenty of mischief and mayhem to keep you engrossed. Akissi follows a similar pattern, with it's setting in the Yopougon neighborhood of Abidjan (Yop City) – however it's heroine is a 6 year old girl, who causes more mischief and mayhem than I can quite comprehend. Whether she is making garbage soup for the neighbor baby, running a secret movie theater while her Dad is at work, trying to catch lice so that her head can be shaved (preferable to the tight braids her mother favors), or knocking her Grandmother out with coconuts (by accident!), Akissi is always in the thick of it. I laughed and cringed my way through the collection of 21 6-page comics, and found myself recalling moments from my own childhood (although I never got tapeworms or had a pet monkey). Abouet is a terrific storyteller, and Sapin's drawings compliment her writing perfectly. The combination really brings to life the time and place, with well-realized characters leaping out of detailed backgrounds and the whole thing carrying you along at a voracious pace. According to an interview from April 2018, Akissi IS Marguerite Abouet. She was born in Abidjan and lived there until she was 12, so the vivid sense of place makes sense – so does the feeling of "you can't make this stuff up…!". Abouet said: "I think Akissi is like open-air theatre, where children can feel quickly gripped by her tales. She invites them to journey to an unknown country, that is so close and yet so far away from them, for a relaxed ramble in Africa. Children are impressed by Akissi and her group because they are like 'urban superheroes' trying to live in the adult world. She shows them that this is not easy, because living together and accepting each other are daily struggles, so it demands a lot of willpower and courage." I highly recommend this one! Get a copy HERE. ——————————————————————————— For the Record Whit Taylor writes and Shannon Wright draws a comic for The Nib about Shirley Chisholm – read it HERE. Michael Dooley chats with Esther Pearl Watson – on The Comics Journal. Episode 30 of Comic Book Decalogue features Laura Lannes as the guest – listen HERE. ——————————————————————————— Thee Santoro Correspondence Course for Comic Book Makers Summer Session starts NOW! Floating start date! Apply anytime between now and July 12th 2018 to join the summer course. Email santoroschoolATgmail for more details. Ask about the Fall Course if now is too busy for you! The course is 8 weeks – 500 bux for 8 weeks plus access to Frank's coaching for as long as you need. Payment plans are available. Put your summer to good use! ——————————————————————————— Suzy and Cecil – 6-22-2018 – by Gabriella Tito Share this page: [...]
Caleb OrecchioSeptember 3, 2018NewsGone fishing ———————————————————————————— We will be back tomorrow at our normal programming schedule. Have a good one! ———————————————————————————— Share this page: [...]
Comics WorkbookMay 1, 2017EssaysRM Rhodes – curator of the Heavy Metal Magazine tumblr – brings some thoughts on the history of anthologies. ————————————————————————————————— Anthologies and episodic publishing arrived in Western Europe at more or less the same time, which makes sense. When you have four partial stories, it's easier to bundle them together in a common publication and tell customers that the next installments will be available in a week or a month. And it's less risky to convince a reader that has already bought the first part of a story to buy the next part than it is to convince a reader to buy a story they've never seen. My point is that the anthology has been around for ages. It's a very old, very versatile, very robust format. And that's what makes the format interesting. First, let's talk terms. An anthology is a collection of short works. In this context, the works are comics, sequential art, visual narrative, comics-adjacent storytelling, informatics and some other lumpy labels for stuff that tells a story with pictures. The meaning of "short" varies greatly. Half and full page stories are common. As are stories that last dozens of pages. Notice that there's no requirement about whether the stories have to be complete. Nor is there one about whether the anthology is standalone. It is very common for anthologies to be released periodically over a pre-advertised schedule (usually weekly or monthly or some multiple thereof). And is also common for stories to be told episodically over the course of multiple sequential installments. An anthology that met that criteria would then be an episodic periodical. But that term also fits the description of most magazines and publications – many of which are, in their own way, anthologies. If nothing else, precision of terminology will keep you from getting ripped off. This highlights one of the most intriguing aspects of the anthology format – the flexibility. Everyone and his brother has put together an anthology, but there is always the comfort in knowing that anyone can put one together. It's an easy choice for what to do with random bits and bobs that don't fit anywhere else. It's also a great way to spread the risk inherent in publication around a bit. The more people in an anthology, the more people have a vested interest in its success. There are a huge number of decisions available to make: page size, page count, color vs b&w, binding, theme, creators, compensation, funding, printing, advertising, distribution. There is never a good reason to make an anthology, but every comics creator should try to organize one at least once in their life – it's a very practical lesson in logistics, organization, motivation, and frustration. The student of the anthology has a lot of examples to look to for inspiration. Through the 1920s, there was a series of art journals and publications put out by various art groups in Europe: de Stilj, Dada, Cannibale, Le Couer, Cabaret Voltaire. Due to modern advances in printing technology, it is easier to self-publish zines with better production values. But it's also interesting to note that the impulse to run an amateur publication of random stuff is perfectly normal. There's a certain amount of debate regarding how and when the cartooning tradition in Western Europe became the comics tradition of Western Europe. Some point to the broadsheets of the 17 century that introduced the twin concepts of anthologies and episodic storytelling as a precursor to modern sequential art. But it's more likely that comics as we know them grew up during the 19th Century. And anthologies were an important part of that maturation. The default format for professional episodic periodicals in American comics has been monthly comics of a set page length that may or may not have additional stories. Professional Franco-Belgian comics have been dominated by the weekly anthology format, featuring strips of half or full page in length. These were later collected into albums of 48 pages in length – which is how most English speakers have encountered this material. (If you're wondering what was probably collected like this, flip through any album and look for a horizontal white gutter cutting straight across the book at the half-page mark.) Probably the most famous anthology from this tradition in the English speaking market is Heavy Metal. It started as a monthly anthology that contained a mix of episodic and stand-alone stories. It sort of still does most of that. In the mid-80s, Heavy Metal shifted format and centered their publication around a single complete story with a variety of shorter stories as supplements. This influenced later anthologies and we can see that Island, for example, followed the same general model. It is convenient to be able to read the more well-known stories in a mass market edition. However, it is also valuable to observe the original print runs of anthologies where- and when-ever possible. Reading material in the context that it was originally presented to the market in is very valuable. First and foremost, examining primary sources acknowledges the effort that was put into the anthology in the first place. Additionally, it highlights the kinds of commercial advertisements from the period printed next to the original material. Sometimes the juxtaposition is startling. It also provides a sense of the flow of the reader through the book. Arguably, the order that the stories are presented in is important because it shapes the mood of the reader from cover to cover. Knowing that a story beat in a completely different story occurred directly before this story may have changed how this one was perceived. Reading an issue of an anthology is like eating a club sandwich. There are a lot of different distinguishable flavors, but the combination is distinct. And that's the whole point of producing an anthology. ————————————————————————————————— RM Rhodes lives and works in Washington, D.C. His current project is a weekly online anthology called The Rumor published on the Comics Workbook tumblr – see issues of it HERE. Check out more of his comics at Louis Deux. Share this page: [...]
Juan FernándezMay 23, 2016NewsJuan Fernandez with: Berliac's Gwai-Lo of the Heart; Jessica Abel on becoming a professional; Sara Lautman and Sophia Foster-Dimino; Matt Furie; Abhay Khosla on Dan DiDio; New comics from Matt Seneca + Cameron Weston Nicholson; Comics in the Globe and Mail. ————————————————————————————————— Gwai-Lo of the Heart We're happy to feature Gwai-Lo of the Heart by Berliac on the site this week. Made in 2015 for Comics Workbook, Gwai-Lo of the Heart is a clever and mysteriously striking series of 4 panel comics that plays with the associations usually made with the West's gaze towards manga.These little comics pack a poetic. punch. Can you dig it? Read it all here. ————————————————————————————————— Art and Commerce – Raising the Bastard Jessica Abel has put together an honest look over on her site at why you shouldn't be disregarding the finances of your comics making practices if you want to be a professional. Jessica Abel: I hear so many aspiring cartoonists, writers, artists, audio producers, and other creatives saying something along the lines of: "I'm hoping to really master this art form so that I can achieve my dream of becoming a professional _____." But mastering the art form, finishing work that is at a professional level, this counts for maybe 40% of what it means to become a professional…whatever. Mastering your art form is how you become a great artist. It is not how you become a professional. ————————————————————————————————— Sara Lautman and Sophia Foster-Dimino in Conversation Foster-Dimino: Making art, even commercial illustration, is a tricky premise, because you want to distinguish yourself from the crowd, but not so much that you become an aberration, so you look within yourself to try to mine what makes you unique, but you also look out to confirm that your uniqueness is still relatable—it's a very delicate balance, a struggle between wanting to experiment and make progress versus wanting to play it safe and stay predictable. People want to see growth from themselves and the world, but not too much too quickly. I think many folks have an innate sense for this. But a mood disorder by nature warps your metrics. ————————————————————————————————— Myspace -> Meme -> Mainstream Creator of Boy's Club, Matt "Big Dog" Furie getting the credit he's due. It's about time! Here's a great look at Furie's invisibly effective comics technique by George Elkind. L.A. TACO interview (2016). VICE interview (2015) TMSIDK Podcast interview (2012) Boy's Club is now available from Fantagraphics! ————————————————————————————————— ISSUE, RULE, APPLICATION – Abhay Khosla on Dan DiDio For many years, I know I've complained about Dan DiDio, and this has seemed like an especially worthy topic to discuss given recent events. So below is some of my own reasoning that I've had in believing that Mr. DiDio should have been removed many years ago from his position at DC, a belief I only feel more urgently given recent events. In an ideal world, he would be promoted higher in a corporate hierarchy to a position of irrelevancy, to a position that actually utilized whatever strengths Mr. Davis and others might see in him, while removing him far from the day-to-day nuts & bolts of the mainstream comics industry, where I will argue below he is unsuited. Read it all in depth over at Savage Critic. ————————————————————————————————— Burgundy Cameron Weston Nicholson's got a new comic for sale post-TCAF. Visual Poetry, mixing the hue with who. Illustrated Poetry with visual definition, feeling. An 18 Page Poem comic. Will come signed with a doodle by yours truly. Get 'em while you can! Only 22 left 😉 ————————————————————————————————— Frankie Teardrop and 200 Deaf Boys Matt Seneca's latest comics are now available in his webstore. Frankie Teardrop, a brutal, action packed superhero parody and the 4th and final part of 200 Deaf Boys, a Christian mysticism horror show. ————————————————————————————————— 2016 Igntatz Submissions Deadline – June 7th Since 1997, the Ignatz Awards have been intended to recognize outstanding achievements in comics and cartooning by small press creators or creator-owned projects published by larger publishers. If you would like your recent work to be considered for the Ignatzes, now's the time to send in your comics. Submission details are available here! ————————————————————————————————— The Globe & Comics Sean Rogers over at The Globe and Mail has reviewed After Nothing Comes by Aidan Koch,, Bird in a Cage by Rebecca Roher and, Kramers Ergot 9. It's exciting to see quality, independently produced work reviewed online and in print by a publication with such wide range. ————————————————————————————————— Until next time! Juan Share this page: [...]
Vanesa R. Del Rey – Process
Sally IngrahamDecember 9, 2016Tool TalkFeaturing Vanesa R. Del Rey // vrdelrey.com Video by Michael Pisano, Di-ay Battad and Juan Fernandez // michaelpisano.com // cargocollective.com/di-ay // juanjosefernandez.com Soundtrack // Victoria's Other Secret // Galapagoose Check out The Art of Vanesa R. Del Rey HERE. Share this page: [...]


The University of Iowa Emergency Medical Services Student Interest Organization (UIEMSSIO) is a student-operated organization at the University of Iowa. The group was conceived in August 2009 and is in the process of building itself into a respected, functional, and contributing member of the University of Iowa and Iowa City communities.
The University of Iowa Emergency Medical Services Student Interest Organization intendeds to help its members expand their knowledge and gain new skills, but also wants to expand the University's preparedness as well. By offering CPR/First Aid/AED classes to the public, and by helping in disaster preparedness, we hope to increase the overall safety at the University. Our goal is to give back and make the community a safer place. By helping to implement the new Red Watch program, UIEMSSIO members will teach University Students and officials how to properly deal with alcohol related emergencies on campus.
We hope you're as interested in EMS as we are and look forward to you getting involved in our organization! Any member of the University is eligible for membership. Being a member helps those interested in EMS to get involved in the community and learn more about the field. Whether you're already a First Responder, EMT, or Paramedic, or if you're Pre-Med, Nursing, Pre-PA or just interested in Emergency Medicine, this is the place for you! Show your dedication to learning about medicine and community service through UIEMSSIO.


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Jewish and Muslim leaders have accused the Lancashire County Council leader of bias against their communities against after the local authority voted to stop supplying non-stunned meat to schools.
Prior to the vote, the council supplied non-stunned meat to 27 schools to comply with the universally-accepted requirements of halal.
Although it did not provide schools with kosher food due to the small size of the county's Jewish community, the Manchester Jewish Representative Council told the JC the local authority "has taken a stand on religious slaughter".
In 2012, the council briefly stopped supplying halal meat to local schools over a production issue, but after children boycotted their school dinners, the non-stunned meat was reinstated.


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Den Sydslesvigske Jernbane (også Frederik den Syvendes Sydslesvigske Jernbane) var en banestrækning mellem Flensborg, Husum og Tønning. En af initiativtagerne til den nye jernbane var købmand Christian Hansen jun. fra Flensborg, som i 1837 udgav et skrift, hvori han argumenterede for en forbindelse fra Flensborg til vestkysten. Planen blev til virkelighed, da byggeriet startede i 1852. Allerede to år senere kunne banestrækningen indvies. I samme år kunne også indvies en sidebane fra Øster Ørsted via Klosterko ved Slesvig by til Bydelstorp ved Rendsborg. Bag projektet stod den privatejde Flensborg-Husum-Tønning jernbaneselskab, som blev ejet og drevet af den britiske entreprenør Sir Samuel Morton Peto. Banen var den første i Sønderjylland / Hertugdømmet Slesvig.

Formålet var at undgå den længere transportvej på skibe om Jyllands nordkyst ved at benytte sig af den korte afstand mellem havnene ved den sønderjyske vestkyst og Flensborg. Af samme grund blev allerede 1784 indviet Ejderkanalen mellem Tønning og Holtenå. Banen skulle gøre det især lettere at transportere danske landbrugsprodukter som kvæg og smør fra fjordbyen ud til vestkysten, hvorfra de kunne sendes til England - uden om konkurrenterne Hamborg og Lübeck. Projektet om den sydslesvigske jernbane kunne også ses som et led i den danske politik i Sydslesvig efter Treårskrigen ved at nedprioritere de nord-sydgående forbindelser og i stedet fremme skibs- og handelsforbindelserne til København mod øst og England mod vest.

Den sydslesvigske jernbane startede på den Engelske Banegård ved Havnespidsen i Flensborg og førte via det slesvigske midtland til pakhuset ved Tønning havn, hvor omlæsning fandt sted. Stationen i Flensborg blev officielt indviet den 25. oktober 1854 under tilstedeværelse af kong Frederik 7.. Efter den dansk-tyske krig 1864 ombyggedes banen mellem Slesvig og Flensborg af preusserne så den nu gik mere direkte via Jydbæk, del-strækningen mellem Eggebæk og Øster Ørsted blev 1869 opgivet. Strækningen indgår i dag i den nord-syd-gående rute Rendsborg-Slesvig-Flensborg og den øst-vest-gående rute Slesvig-Husum-Sankt Peter Ording.

Strækningen
Strækningen har haft følgende stationer:
 Flensborg, Engelske Banegård (på tysk: Flensburg, Englischer Bahnhof)
 Skovkro (Holzkrug)
 Tarp
 Eggebæk (Eggebek)
 Sollerup
 Øster Ørsted (Oster-Ohrstedt)
 Svesing (Schwesing)
 Husum
 Frederiksstad (Friedrichstadt)
 Harblek
 Tønning (Tönning)

Litteratur
 Holger Kaufhold, Eckhard Klein, Detlef Schikorr: 150 Jahre Eisenbahn in Flensburg; Von der südschleswigschen Eisenbahn zur Bahn AG. Berlin 2004, .
 K. Boljahn, Harbeck, E. Klein, Wegner: Die Eisenbahn in Flensburg 1854–1979. EK, Freiburg 1979, .

Eksterne henvisninger
 Dengang.dk: En jernbanestrækning i Sydslesvig

Jernbanestrækninger i Danmark
Jernbanestrækninger i Tyskland
Jernbane


…coming in from school, I loved nothing more than throwing my school bag under the stairs and heading to the TV to veg out on my favorite cartoons.
Although not one of my favorites, He-Man kept me amused while I was waiting for something better to come on I preferred when he was He-Man rather than his alter ego, who was a bit of a dim wit.
How the show came about is very interesting. And something that's discussed in the new 'The Power Of Grayskull' documentary on Netflix.
For one, the toy came before the cartoon. Which was unusual back then, as most toys came from movies and TV shows. The problem with that way of doing things is that when the movie or TV show goes away you're left with toys that no one wants. – Not a good thing for a toy company.
For another, most of the great ideas and look of the character came about because of limited money or resources. For example, the battle cat that He-Man rides on, was because they didn't have the money to create a new vehicle for him. – They simply reused a tiger from another toy line and painted it green.
Even He-Man's famous 'I've got the power' slogan came about from watching children playing with the toy.
To outside world, it seemed like they knew what they were doing. On the inside, it was more of, what if we put that with that? What if he did that? What if we created a giveaway comic with each toy? What if we created a cartoon?
Each decision was one of, throw it at the wall and see if it sticks. If it doesn't, let's just throw something else at it.
And lo and behold they got more right than wrong.
But what's all this got to do with me, you're thinking.
1 – You don't need to know it all before you begin. – Get started now. Learn what works and what doesn't. Do more of the things that work, but always try out new things. – Something better might be right under your nose.
2 – How can you wring more use of what you've made? – The He-Man toy became a free comic, then a DC comic strip, and then became a cartoon.
How can you change the format, or make more from your work? What about making sequels, prequels, companion books, reports, T-shirts, mugs, or anything else you can from the stuff you've already made.
3 – They didn't allow not having enough money or experience stop them. In fact, they told their potential buyers that they already had a cartoon created before they'd even looked into doing one or knew where to go to.
So what could you jump into before you're ready?
How about telling your audience about the next sequel before you've even started writing it? Maybe even selling it before it's made?
What about announcing your new podcast or website before you've even bought a microphone or a domain name?
There's nothing stopping you. And with your back to the wall, you'll do all you can to make it happen. Because now you have to.
There's no wishy, washy, 'Oh some day I'll get around to it,' thinking and acting.
Do that, and I promise you'll get more done by the end of this year than you did in all the months leading up to now.
It worked for He-Man, it can work for you too.
PS – The calendar keyword are still on sale here – and yep it's a PayPal link. – So you won't find a any dazzling words to get you to open your wallet. – You'll simply get over 2000 words for less than ten bucks.


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Q: Sorting a GridView Bound to a Dataset, DataTable null on cast? This has been asked all over the place but I'm getting an issue I haven't seen anywhere else and I have no idea what's causing it or how to fix it.  The problem relates to sorting a GridView by column; code I've found online for the Sorting method hasn't worked.  Here is what I have:
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (!IsPostBack)
    {
        // Initial DataBind()
        BindGrid();
    }
    // Add dynamically created controls manually each time
    AddDropDowns();
}

protected void MainGrid_Sorting(object sender, GridViewSortEventArgs e)
{
    // This DataBind() may be redundant
    // Removing it didn't fix anything though.
    BindGrid();
    DataTable dataTable = MainGrid.DataSource as DataTable;
    // This block is never being entered, dataTable is always null
    if (dataTable != null)
    {
        DataView dataView = new DataView(dataTable);
        dataView.Sort = e.SortExpression + " " + "ASC";
        MainGrid.DataSource = dataView;
        MainGrid.DataBind();
    }
}

public void BindGrid()
{
    // Prep the datasource for binding with fresh search results
    BuildSearch();
    // And bind it
    MainGrid.DataSource = SearchResults.Products;
    MainGrid.DataBind();
}

The issue is that the block that does the actual sorting (indicated above) is never being entered, because dataTable is always null at that check.  I figured this would be because MainGrid.DataSource (which is a DataSet)  was null as well, but when I inspected it during debugging, much to my surpriseMainGrid.DataSource was not null.  Why would casting it using as make dataTable null? And why didn't anyone else have this problem using this method? (I found this code on the asp.net forums in a near identical use-case)
I am very stumped on this, I feel like it should be so simple.  Any help is appreciated, including general ASP.net help, as I am a very new with the framework.  If anyone needs more info/code, let me know and I'm happy to update the post.
EDIT: SOLVED: To fix this issue, I switched implementations from a DataSet to a DataTable, the code looks almost exactly the same, it's declarations elsewhere in the project that change.

A: its hard to find from the code snippet why it is NULL, as per my knowledge
but i can give u idea, at the time you bind your data table gridview, put the data table in view state or in session better to put in viewstate, and then retrieve data table at the time of sorting

A: HTTP is stateless. ASP.NET just adds an abstraction to make it look stateful.
When the postback comes - the old grid and datatable/dataset objects are gone. This is a fresh request, on a fresh thread with a fresh page object.
The grid maintains it's internal state via it's own internal datastructure (and some viewstate wiring...) - it will never be the same datatable on postback or even a datatable.
For your current approach to work, you need to re-fetch the datatable which needs sorting, either from the DB / code where you build it from scratch or from a cache(if it's tiny, maybe even the session / viewstate?)

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Mesothelioma of the tunica vaginalis testis: a rare malignancy mimicking more common inguino-scrotal masses.
Schure PJ, van Dalen KC, Ruitenberg HM, van Dalen T. Mesothelioma of the tunica vaginalis testis: a rare malignancy mimicking more common inguino-scrotal masses. J Surg Oncol. 2006;94(2):162-4; discussion 161.
Malignant pleural mesotheliomas are rare malignancies associated with asbestos exposure and these tumors are infamous for their poor prognosis. Mesotheliomas in other body areas are much rarer. They may occur in the abdominal cavity and also in the inguinal region. In the latter area they are commonly confused with much commoner benign conditions. We present three cases of mesotheliomas in the tunica vaginalis testis.