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Heroes of the Left, Understanding Utopia
by Karen Schoen
The American system is NOT a free market system, and it is almost impossible to compare it to anything. Corporations in a capitalist economy would have failed. There is no such thing as subsidies or bailouts. There is no such thing as being too big to fail. If...
COVID Investigation: The Truth is Hiding in Plain Sight
Could it really be this simple? Could it be that every answer we need has been hiding in plain sight this entire time? Could it be that the media has vacated their duty to the American people and sold out for the almighty pharmaceutical dollars that come with their...
Failure of COVID-19 Vaccination to Prevent Hospitalization and Death in the Elderly
On October 12, 2021, the CDC reported to America that 31,895 spontaneously reported vaccine failure cases had been hospitalized with COVID-19, and sadly, 23% of that composite were fatalities. Eighty-five and 67% of those cases were in those over age 65 years. The...
More Like the Corleone House than a Court of Law
When our Founding Fathers published the Declaration of Independence, one of their grievances was the protection of the military by mock trial. Today, courts are protecting law enforcement with "qualified immunity". Two recent Supreme Court cases involved the question...
Keep an Eye on the Border – It's a Stampede!
by Daniel Baranowski
Who in the world doesn't know by now that Joe Biden is a complete Looney Tune? Surely the Europeans know it by now. After Afghanistan, the Chinese and Russians, along with the criminal regime in Iran, know it. Unfortunately, our intelligence agencies, such as they...
Nazism and Muhammadan Islam are Disciplined Terror Machines
When one reads Hitler's Mein Kampf, one will be fascinated and struck by the similarities of thought, concepts, perverted ideas, racism, hatemongering, and warmongering that fill its pages with Muhammad's Quran. Even in the Hadiths as well as in the Charter of Umar,...
Tell the Pharmacist You Have Worms or Scabies, Not Covid!
by Michael McCarthy | Nov 15, 2021 | Healthcare, Politics
Now the deep state elites have upped their game to extermination. According to Meryl Nass, M.D, drug suppliers, CVS, and Walgreens have been politically intimidated into stopping filling prescriptions for Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine if the stated diagnosis is Covid. Pharmacists will ask patients, "Is this for Covid?" If the answer is yes, they refuse to fill the prescription. If the answer is "It's for scabies" or "I have worms," then the pharmacist will fill the prescription. Note: medical privacy / HIPAA rules are supposed to protect you from nosy people, even pharmacists, who want to know about your disease. You are entitled to say, "None of your business."
In my recent column, Covid is Political Power, Not Medicine, I made the case that governmental Covid Policy is not a medical issue but a means of political control. Covid enabled politicians to justify mail-in votes (think suitcases stuffed with phony ballots) to steal the last election.
Why Restrict Lifesaving Drugs?
Why restrict lifesaving drugs? To give the Socialist Progressives of the Deep State the power of life and death over free citizens. To allow big government elites to play the crony-capitalism game of choosing business winners and losers (think Big Pharma), rather than let the free market of free citizens and their private doctors decide what drug treatments they want.
Big Government Control Enables Big Government Mass Murder
As I pointed out in my September 28 column, totalitarian tyrants with unlimited government power frequently use that power to kill off groups they decide are "undesirable."
This is the new dictatorship of the Therapeutic State. If it involves your medical condition, the Feds decide, not your doctor. Soviet Dictator Joe Stalin killed as many as 60 million, who survived the Soviet gulag system. Chinese Dictator Mao killed an estimated 65 million by execution and starvation during his "Cultural Revolution." Cambodian Dictator Pol Pot killed 2 million people, 25% of the population, from starvation, overwork, and executions.
The Wuhan Covid virus has killed 687,106 Americans, according to the Sept 21 Johns Hopkins dashboard. How many of those deaths could have been prevented by the easily available drugs Ivermectin or Hydroxychloroquine?
First, Do No Harm
The well-known Hippocratic Oath taken by doctors states, "First, do no harm." Ever wonder where that came from? In the ancient world, doctors were often bribed to assassinate people by means of poison. Consequently, doctors were not widely trusted. In a translation from a Koine Greek copy dated to 1595, the Hippocratic Oath includes this phrase: "Neither will I administer a poison to anybody when asked to do so, nor will I suggest such a course." If you knew your doctor had taken the oath, you could trust him not to kill you.
I put the case to my readers that knowingly refraining from administering a lifesaving drug is the equivalent of doing harm. Not prescribing a medication known to help with Covid is doing harm. Are doctors who knowingly refuse to prescribe Ivermectin or Hydroxychloroquine violating their Hippocratic Oath?
There is sufficient evidence of the effectiveness of Ivermectin to justify its use to treat Covid. Daniel Horowitz reports in The Blaze that with the use of Ivermectin, "…it took from May 9 to June 23 (45 days) for cases to decline 86% off the peak seven-day average for India at large."
According to Doctor Peter McCullough, "Patients actually think that the virus is untreatable? And so what happens is they go out to get a diagnosis. …You get handed a diagnostic test. It says here, your COVID positive, go home. Is there any treatment? No, that's the standard of care in the United States."
No treatment? It sounds like doing harm to me.
Doing Harm by Restricting Lifesaving Drugs?
The weasels in the Biden Administration avoid the more direct means of murdering people favored by Stalin, Mao, and Pol Pot – starvation and shooting. The Biden-Bots hide behind their control of the medical profession so that they are not seen as the active perpetrators of murder. But if they hint at taking away the medical licenses of any doctor prescribing Ivermectin or Hydroxychloroquine, they are participants in the murder of severely ill patients. Naomi Fisher documents the interference with the medical use of lifesaving drugs in her editorial Ivermectin – The Truth.
Tell your congressmen and senators to pass laws forbidding government interference with how doctors practice medicine. We have malpractice laws to prevent bad doctors. If you can find a doctor who will prescribe Ivermectin for your Covid, take your prescription to an independent pharmacy. Or tell the pharmacist that the prescription is for scabies.
"Those that can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire
Michael McCarthy is a life-long student of liberty, limited government, and free-market economics. As a young man, he taught and crewed at the Flint School aboard the 156' two-masted schooner Te Vega sailing in Europe. Atlas Shrugged was required reading.
In 2010 he saw the acceleration of big government control in politics, business, and culture. Hoping to reach the next generation through fiction entertainment, he wrote the prophetic novel The Noah Option. Powerful politicians target brilliant black scientist Dr. Grace Washington. Her story continues in the sequel, The Rainbow Option, when powerful elites unleash a deadly virus on unsuspecting Americans, and Grace must develop a cure. In The Timshel Option, ISIS invades and creates The New England Caliphate, making women second-class citizens. One teenage girl fights back.
"The things I predicted in my novels came true in the nightly news. Our country is in trouble. Like Abraham Lincoln, I hope for a new birth of freedom," says McCarthy.
lifelongnomad
Sadly, this is exactly what my former PCP told me would happen w/HMOs because his medical advice to his patients would be overturned/limited by the heathcare industry. Well, that was back in 1986 and not only are we dealing w/the healthcare industry but also the government dictating healthcare over our own doctors.
Forrest Gump as my Spirit Guide: Top Tips from an Unlikely Guru
by Jenna Smith | Jun 15, 2018 | Lifestyle
During a meditation at a luxury resort in Costa Rica, the objective was to connect to my highest potential self and 'hear' what messages will help me now to align with my possibilities for the future. Because I have done shamanic journeying and meditation for years,...
Mueller, The Dull Dream Goes On
by George McClellan | Jun 15, 2018 | Politics
In the name of common sense, end the Mueller travesty that is wasting money, needlessly damaging peoples reputations and unnecessarily using up legislative time needed to pass Trumps plans to Make America Great Again. Mueller isn't going to do it, Democrats are in...
The Tide Is Turning
by IQ al-Rassooli | Jun 15, 2018 | Politics
There is absolutely not a shadow of a doubt that President Donald J Trump has shaken the foundations of politics all over the world. In 500 days he has single handily transformed America from a meek, weak, rudderless and dispirited nation into the most powerful nation...
The Deep State's Smoking Gun! The 568-Page Cover-up – The Complicated Truths of the DOJ IG Report
by Col. Jim Waurishuk | Jun 15, 2018 | Politics
The long anticipated Department of Justice (DoJ) Inspector General (IG) report on the actions taken by the FBI over the course of the 2016 presidential election campaign is for the most part almost entirely old news. Further, the takeaways from the findings are...
Double Standards, Leadership Hubris, Softened Professional Walls Bring Out Human Frailty at the FBI
by Del Wilber | Jun 14, 2018 | Politics
The Inspector General's Report finally arrived. The long-awaited proof of the powerful conspiracy to whitewash the "gross negligence" of Hillary Clinton. On first pass, it's a bit of an anticlimax play that speaks so much about the frailty of man in the face of power...
by Linda Martinelli | Jun 13, 2018 | Lifestyle,
As another school year ends, the reflection is not on the dance, the prom, the sports or school pride, but on violence. Gone are the days of cheering when school is out for the sake of summer, now the cheers are for the sake of safety. If we count only students...
Trumpness Explained In 26 Points
When Donald Trump started articulating his ideas regarding Making America Great Again, they were music to my ears especially after eight destructive years of the Muslim Traitor in Chief Barack Hussein Obama. Any decent and patriotic American (excluding those who...
Does Hollywood Matter Anymore?
by George McClellan | Jun 11, 2018 | Lifestyle
Apparently, the Tony Awards were on last night. I didn't know. It was in todays news when it was revealed once again, that the IQ level of actor Robert DeNiro, who publicly expressed his deep level of disdain, or rather his hatred for President Donald Trump hadn't...
President Trump brings strong U.S. negotiating team to Singapore
President Trump and Kim Jong Un are now ready for their historic nuclear summit in Singapore. Both are now in Singapore and both will meet tomorrow morning one-on-one during Tuesday's historic summit in Singapore. Along with President Trump will be a team of seasoned...
What would happen if we all supported America moving forward?
by Linda Martinelli | Jun 11, 2018 | Politics
As I was driving to work this morning, listening to the "same news different day" about the politicians and the media doing all they can do to obstruct our President, I can't help but wonder why. To what end? As an educated person and one who pays attention to what is...
Muhammad's Deceptions: "And Then it was Revealed"
While studying numerous commentaries explaining the Quranic verses both in the Quran and the Hadiths, I was struck by a sentence which was repeated innumerable times proclaiming that such and such an event happened and THEN (thereafter) a verse was revealed! "And then...
Tech Giants Embrace the Nation's Richest Hatemonger
by Ilana Freedman | Jun 9, 2018 | Politics
The news was shocking! On Thursday, June 7, it was revealed that Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, and Google – four of the most prominent tech companies in the world – had allied themselves with one of the nastiest, most vicious, hate-mongering organizations in America –...
Immigration and the Transfer Society
by George McClellan | Jun 9, 2018 | Politics
We live in a "Transfer Society!" Government has taken it upon itself to transfer our earnings to groups who do not earn or contribute, like Dreamers. Government shames us by telling us it's only our "fair share." It's actually theft under the guise of a social...
When Did You Last Give Back?
by Taz Thornton | Jun 8, 2018 | Lifestyle,
Not too long ago, I went out of my way to do something for no financial reward. I drove an hour and a bit each way for the privilege and had to clear my diary and scrap any idea of working with my clients that day. On paper, it made no sense. In my heart and my gut,...
The Law of Attraction is Gonna Getcha!
by Jenna Smith | Jun 8, 2018 | Lifestyle
The Law of Attraction made popular by the movie "The Secret" and then Oprah's highly rated cable TV shows about this Law of Attraction, LOA, there has been a lot of excitement, hype, and fear. LOA 101: What we think emanates out an energy that magnetizes, or repels,...
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Buffy Wins Wizard Awards
Wizard Magazine #196 showed Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight #15 taking a slight step back on Wizard's "Hot 10: Comics" to no. 4, to make room for Umbrella Academy #1 and Halo: Uprising #1 list, coming in at an estimated value of $7. Joss Whedon holds the no. 3 spot on the "Hot 10 Writers" list, while recent Buffy scribe Brian K. Vaughan came in at no. 10.
Wizard's Best of 2007 awarded Buffy Season Eight 'Creepiest Resurrection' of the year (for Warren Meers return sans-skin) and the 'Best TV Show in Comics" award.
Whedonverse News
Dark Horse's Buffy Zone has been updated and announced that there will be an upcoming Serenity story called "A Shepherd's Tale."
The release date of Joss Whedon's Astonishing X-Men #24 has been pushed back from December 28 to January 23.
Buffy Season Eight Vol. 1: The Long Way Home received a nomination from the Young Adult Library Services Association in the "Great Graphic Novels For Teens" category.
Angel: After the Fall #5 Solicitation
Everything he had was taken away from him. But now, in his darkest hour, Angel is taking it back. The battle lines are drawn, sides are chosen, and Angel takes a stand that will change everything and everyone close to him. The official continuation of the Angel TV series! Click Here to view Franco Urro's cover.
Below are the SlayAlive Time & Space Toys Stephen Mooney interactive covers for Angel After the Fall #3-4; and Andrew Robinson's covers for #4-5.
Angel After the Fall #2 Available Today
Comics Continuum has a four page preview for Angel: After The Fall #2. Brian Lynch opened up the floor to questions on Angel: After the Fall, answering them on his MySpace blog.
Diamond's Direct Market Sales Charts released the Whedonverse comic book chart positions for the month of November: Astonishing X-Men #23 came second, Buffy #8 took 10th place and Angel: After The Fall #1 came in at no. 41. The estimated sales figures can be found at ICv2.com.
Spike: Shadow Puppets TPB Available Now
From the artistic team behind Angel:After the Fall comes the puppetastic adventures of Spike and Lorne. This trade paperback came out last week and collects Spike: Shadow Puppets #1-4.
Click Here to view Franco Urru's cover.
Solicitation for Buffy Season Eight #12
Acclaimed television series writer, Drew Goddard (Buffy; Alias; Lost), takes the reins on Season Eight with his four-issue arc titled "Wolves at the Gate." The gang (yep, Dawn too) travels to Tokyo where they duel vampires with unusual, yet strangely familiar, powers. Click Here to view Georges Jeanty's cover. Jon Foster's cover is in the Season Eight section.
With Joss Whedon serving as executive producer, Georges Jeanty as series artist, and Jon Foster on covers, Buffy Season Eight continues to entertain longtime Buffy fans and newcomers alike. Available March 5.
Solicitation for Serenity: Better Days #1
Joss Whedon returns to the world of his blockbuster film Serenity with the three-issue comics series Better Days.
Better Days revisits everyone's favorite space cowboys in this thrilling, action-packed adventure, with Mal and his crew on a heist that promises a big payoff--what's surprising is that this heist just might make good on that promise.
Whedon reunites with Brett Matthews and Will Conrad, his collaborators on the best-selling 2005 series Those Left Behind. Available Mar. Click Here to view Adam Hughes' cover.
Buffy Season Eight #9 Available
Slayers battle to the death in the thrilling conclusion to Brian K. Vaughan's four-issue run on Buffy Season Eight. Pop Culture Shock has posted a six page preview of the issue.
In other news, Georges Jeanty talked with at Pop Culture Addict about Season Eight, working with Joss Whedon, and his other projects.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight News
Wizard Magazine reported that Dark Horse had issued a hardcover collection of the "Long Way Home" storyline by Joss Whedon from Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8. It was given out as a thank-you to retailers, much like they did with Sin City: The Hard Goodbye. Prices on eBay have been fluctuating around $20, so pick one up while you still can!
Angel After the Fall #4 Solicitation
As the first chapter in this epic tale reaches its penultimate point, Angel issues a challenge to someoneóa lot of someones, actuallyóthat he can't possibly win. Meanwhile, Spike considers changing sides as this hellish new status quo presents some opportunities he can't pass up. And IDW promises a shock ending more explosive than even those of the first three issues. Available February. Click Here to view Franco Urru's cover.
Angel After the Fall Third Printing
Angel: After The Fall #1 has sold out and gone to a third printing. IDW released a press release to mark the success of the first issue Here. The cover art for the third printing by Franco Urru can be found Here.
To celebrate the release of Angel After the Fall, IDW Publishing is releasing second printings of the TPB's of their Angel line up until now.
Angel After the Fall #1 Out Today
The highly anticipated continuation to Angel's story comes out tomorrow. To mark the occasion, Comic Book Resources has released an interview with Brian Lynch, while Newsarama has released an advanced review of the issue.
Diamond Comics announced that Angel After the Fall #1 would be going back to the presses for a second printing - remarkable since the first printing has not even hit stores yet. Click Here for more information.
Runaways #30 Solicitation
The jaw-dropping conclusion to Joss Whedon and Michael Ryan's time-traveling saga! A HUGE shakeup to the Runaways comes as the kids try and find a way out of 1907. But can they escape a super-powered war on the streets of New York? Click Here to view Jo Chen's cover. Available February.
In other news, Joss' Runaways arc is planned to be collected in a Premiere Hardcover format.
Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men #1 Solicitation
Too big to be contained in a normal issue, the grand finale of Joss Whedon and John Cassaday's landmark run is right here! The powerlords of Breakworld bring the fight to Earth. Can the X-Men stop them from destroying the whole planet? Will the Avengers join their fight? What we do know is this: one of the X-Men won't walk away from this fight. Plus spotlight interviews with Whedon and Cassaday! Click Here to view John Cassaday's cover. Available February.
According to ICv2.com Buffy #7 came in at #7 for October, while Buffy: The Long Way Home TPB topped Diamond's graphic novels chart.
Buffy Season Eight #8 has been reviewed at the Comics Nexus.
Solicitation for Buffy Season Eight #11: A Beautiful Sunset
An ill-prepared Buffy comes face to face with the new Big Bad in the form of an old- fahioned death match in this standalone issue titled A Beautiful Sunset. Season Eight continues to entertain longtime Buffy fans and newcomers alike with Joss Whedon at the helm and Georges Jeanty serving as series artist. A standalone issue written by Joss Whedon! Available February 6.
Click Here to view Jeanty's cover. Jon Foster's cover is in the Season Eight section.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Panel to Panel Available Now
Though Dark Horse sannounced it would ship out on December 5th, Diamond Comics reported that it shipped this week.
Featuring the best Buffy art to be found anywhere in comics... cherry-picked from the Slayer's first decade at Dark Horse! Click Here for more information.
Serenity: Those Left Behind HC Available This Week
Dark Horse's biggest hit of 2006 is now available in a special-edition hardcover! Joss Whedon, the pop-culture mastermind behind Buffy the Vampire Slayer, bridged the gap between his cult-hit Firefly TV series and his Serenity motion picture with this three-issue miniseries.
NEWS POSTED November 7, 2007
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight #8: "No Future For You" Part 3 Available Today
Brian K. Vaughan's penultimate issue hits stores today.
Comic Book Resources has a seven page preview of the issue.
Astonishing X-Men #23 Available Now
Comic Book Resources has a five page preview of the issue.
Astonishing X-Men #23 has been reviewed at the Leave Your Spandex @ the Door and at the Comics Nexus.
More Buffy: The Long Way Home Reprints
Dark Horse has sent the first arc of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight back to the presses again; a fifth printing for #1, a fourth printing for #2, and a third printing for #3 and #4. Click on the thumbnails below for full size views.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Vol 1: The Long Way Home Available Now
Buffy creator Joss Whedon brings Buffy back to Dark Horse in this direct follow-up to season seven of the smash-hit TV series. The bestselling and critically acclaimed issues 1-5 are collected here for the first time, as are their covers by Jo Chen and Georges Jeanty.
Astonishing X-Men #23 Covers Revealed
Joss Whedon and John Cassaday's penultimate chapter is near, November 7th to be exact. In the meantime, click on the thumbnails below to view the the covers that Marvel Comics recently unveiled in full size.
As it turned out, Angel didn't end up slaying the dragon after all. But maybe Illyria will! After a brutal Illyria/Angel throwdown, it's goddess versus giant, fire-breathing reptile, and a huge reveal that no one will see coming. Andrew Robinson comes aboard to provide a special painted cover, too! Out January 2008.
Click Here to view Andrew Robinson's cover.
Other After the Fall 3 Covers
Click Here to view for Franco Urro's Angel After the Fall #3 cover.
Click Here to view Stephen Mooney's Time and Space Toys/SlayAlive retailer variant covers for Angel: After the Fall #3.
According to ICv2.com, Buffy Season 8 #6 took eighth place and shifted an estimated 96,500 copies in Diamond's Direct Sales Chart for the month of September.
Publishers Weekly examines the success of Joss Whedon's comic books including Buffy Season Eight..
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight #10: Anywhere But Here Solicitation
Series creator Joss Whedon writes Buffy Season Eight #10 with veteran Buffy artist Cliff Richards serving as guest penciller. Buffy and Willow meet a demon who reveals a dim future, forcing the two to reflect on their past. Meanwhile, back in Scotland, Dawn confides in Xander the deed that led to her mysterious growth spurt. Available January 02 2008.
Click Here to view Jo Chen's cover full size.
A Comic Shop, located in Orlando, Florida will be having Buffy Season Eight artist Georges Jeanty to do a signing on October 26th 2007. All details can be found Here. They will be raffling away a lithograph of the first issue's cover signed by the cover artist Jo Chen and signed by Joss Whedon in the store on the day of the signing. In order to compete, people need to sign up at the store ahead of time. Another lithograph signed by Jo Chen will be raffled off for people who help promote the signing Here.
Wizard Magazine #193 showed Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight #1 to still maintain the number two spot for a fifth month in Wizard's "Hot 10: Comics" list, coming in at an estimated value of $9. Whedon dropped down two spots to no. 6 on the "Hot 10 Writers" list.
Scott Allie, editor of Buffy Season Eight is interviewed over at Strangely Literal Podcast.
Runaways #28 Available Today
Marvel Comics has released a preview for Joss Whedon's Runaways #28. Click Here to view the preview at Comic Book Resources.
Marvel Comics also posted a dialogue-less sneak peak at Major Spoilers.
Comics Nexus has an advanced review for the issue.
Angel After the Fall News
IDW Publishing issued a press release for 'Angel: After The Fall' that includes information about the April 2008 Angel: First Night, which details the events at the end of Season Five's final day as they affected some lesser-seen characters from the show. Click Here to read the press release.
In other news, Fractal Matter posted an advanced review of Angel: After the Fall #1.
NEWS POSTED October 3, 2007
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight #10 "Robin Balzer" Cover Revealed
Here's a first glimpse of DH-MySpace contest winner Robin Balzer with Willow and Buffy, care of Georges Jeanty and Dave Stewart.
The Sequential Tart breaks down what is great about Season Eight.
Leave Your Spandex @ The Door posted an insightful review of Buffy Season Eight #7.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight: No Future For You Part 2 #7/Spike Shadow Puppets #4 Available Today
In others news, the Spike: Shadow Puppets TPB mini-series ships out in December.
Sugarshock News
Joss Whedon and Fábio Moon's online comic, Sugarshock: The Greatest Story Ever Blogged, Part 3 wraps up October 3rd. You can view the comic Here.
NEWS POSTED September 23, 2007
Angel: After the Fall News
Time and Space Toys and SlayAlive.com are offering "a special subscription of all 12 issues of the series, each with an exclusive cover with original art not available anywhere else". The first issue's cover art (based off the final scene in the Angel episode "Not Fade Away") by David Messina can be viewed Here. The remaining issues will have cover art created by fans. For more information Click Here.
Ain't It Cool News has an exclusive look at the first five pages for After the Fall issue #1 Here. New York Entertainment covers the return of Angel in comics Here.
Joss Whedon's Astonishing X-Men #24 / Runaways #29 Solicitations for December
Runaways #29. The Runaways find themselves in the middle of a super-powered gang war in 1907! To make matters worse, two figures from the Runaways' past show their faces. Mr. and Mrs. Yorkes don't believe that the Runaways played such an innocent role in their daughter's death. Heads will roll! Part 5 (of 6). Click Here to view the cover. Out Dec 2007.
Astonishing X-Men #24. Everything, from #1 to now, comes down to this. Things will change. One will not return. This is the end. Or is it? Part 6 (of 6). No cover provided. Out Dec 2007.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight #9/ Angel After the Fall #2 Solicitations
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight #9: No Future For You. Slayers battle to the death in the thrilling conclusion to Brian K. Vaughan's four-issue run on Buffy Season Eight.With Joss Whedon serving as Executive Producer and Georges Jeanty (The American Way) as series artist, Buffy Season Eight continues to entertain longtime Buffy fans and newcomers alike. Buffy #9 hits stores December 5.
Angel: After the Fall #2. Joss Whedon, Brian Lynch and Franco Urru continue to tell the tale of Angel after the climactic battle that ended the Angel television series. Between the array of new enemies and fallen former friends—not to mention the state of Los Angeles itself—can Angel possibly find a reason to go on? And can some familiar faces help provide that reason? Eisner-winning artist Tony Harris once again supplies a special cover, as does series artist Urru. Angel: After the Fall #2 hits stores December 2007.
Click on the thumbnails below for larger images by Jo Chen, Tony Harris, Georges Jeanty and Franco Urru respectively.
Preview for Buffy Season Eight #7
Click Here for a preview of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight #7: No Future For You Part 2.
Buffy Omnibus Vol 2 Available Today
This second volume of our Buffy omnibus series collects many of the best Buffy comics to see print. This collection includes the critically acclaimed graphic novel Ring of Fire and the miniseries A Stake to the Heart, and reflects the Season One to Season Three timeline of the cult-hit TV series. A fitting companion to Joss Whedon's comics-based relaunch of the show. Click Here to view Brian Horton's cover.
Joss Whedon News
Joss discusses Buffy Season Eight in an audio interview over at Vampires & Slayers.
Joss interviews Brian K. Vaughan at Comic Book Resources, where they embark in a shameless display of graphic nerdity.
Whedon informed Wizard Magazine there will be a possible ongoing comic based on the 'Serenity' film.
Spankin' New Angel: After the Fall Imagery
Click Here to view another sneak peak at Angel: After the Fall #1, which reveals three unexpected characters it. Angel: After the Fall #1 hits stores November 28.
Brian K. Vaughan/No Future For You News
Wizard Magazine #192 showed Buffy Season Eight #1 to still maintain the number two spot for a fourth month in the "Hot 10: Comics" list, with an estimated value of $9. Whedon dropped down two spots to no. 4 on the "Hot 10 Writers" list, while Vaughan stakes his place at no. 4. The image to the right is the cover of the second Season Eight trade paperback.
Buffy Season Eight #6: No Future For You Available Now
Brian K. Vaughan's (Y: The Last Man, Ex Machina) premiere Faith-centric issue, Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight #6: "No Future For You, Part 1," hits stores today!
Brian was interviewed by MTV about his Faith arc on Buffy and working with Joss Whedon in general Here.
Joss Whedon and Fábio Moon's online comic, Sugarshock: Battle Royale With Cheese, Part 2 is available today over at MySpace Dark Horse Presents.
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At 6.3 miles, Cajon Lookout road fork on the right. Park here. (The gate is sometimes open, but there is no way to confirm this in advance.) Adequate parking.
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Go up the use trail that starts here and leads east though the brush to the summit. The lookout and radio facility location is not the summit. The brush can be very dense if not groomed.


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From the depth of my smiles…..
The sadness and disappointment that descend and cloud over us when our struggles do not fruit into latent desires and wishful thinking, make us feel like a caged bird which cannot fly away into a land of sunshine and dreams. A short poem expresses a deep feeling of hurt that is common for those who are in a hopeless situation but keep up the smile on their face through all their struggles.
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Monyake, Moletsane and Hough, Dan (2019) Citizens, bribery and the propensity to protest. Journal of Comparative and Commonwealth Politics, 57 (3). pp. 282-302. ISSN 1466-2043
Ardigó, Iñaki Albisu and Hough, Dan (2018) Bishops that live like princes: Bishop Tebartz-van Elst and the challenge of defining corruption. Public Integrity, 20 (1). pp. 64-79. ISSN 1099-9922
Hough, Dan (2017) International approaches to tackling corruption: what works and what doesn't? Frontiers of Law in China, 12 (3). pp. 339-354. ISSN 1673-3428
Hough, Dan (2017) Anticorruption: a case of 'good, but could do better'. German Politics and Society, 35 (1). pp. 63-82. ISSN 1045-0300
Verdenicci, Serena and Hough, Dan (2015) People power and anti-corruption; demystifying citizen-centred approaches. Crime, Law and Social Change, 64 (1). pp. 23-35. ISSN 0925-4994
Hoff, Benjamin-Immanuel and Hough, Dan (2014) Not much ado about quite a lot? The German election of September 2013. Representation, 50 (1). pp. 129-137. ISSN 0034-4893
Hepburn, Eve and Hough, Dan (2012) Regionalist Parties and the Mobilisation of Territorial Difference in Germany. Government and Opposition, 47 (1). pp. 74-96. ISSN 0017-257X
Hough, Dan (2011) Breaking the mould: forming and maintaining the conservative-liberal democrat coalition. Political Quarterly, 82 (2). pp. 240-243. ISSN 0032-3179
Hough, Dan (2011) Small but perfectly formed?: The rise and rise of Germany's smaller parties. German Politics, 20 (1). pp. 186-199. ISSN 0964-4008
Lees, Charles, Hough, Dan and Keith, Dan (2010) Towards an Analytical Framework for Party Mergers: Operationalising the Cases of the German Left Party and the Dutch Green Left. West European Politics, 33 (6). pp. 1299-1317. ISSN 0140-2382
Hough, Dan (2010) Political opposition in the era of the Grand Coalition (2005-09). German Politics, 19 (3-4). pp. 369-381. ISSN 0964-4008
Hough, Dan (2010) Don't mention the four.
Hough, Dan and Kirchner, Emil (2010) Germany at 60: Stability and Success, Problems and Challenges. German Politics, 19 (1). pp. 1-8. ISSN 0964-4008
Hough, Dan and Fisher, Justin (2010) Die Parlamentswahlen 2010 im Vereinigten Koenigreich. Wird alles anders? Oder viel Lärm um nichts? Zeitschrift fur Parlamentsfragen, 41 (4). pp. 725-739. ISSN 0340-1758
Hough, Dan (2009) [Review] Louise K. Davidson-Schmich (2006) Becoming party politicians: eastern German state legislators in the decade following democratization. Party Politics, 15 (2). pp. 252-253. ISSN 1354-0688
Hough, Dan and Verge, Tània (2009) A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing or a Gift from Heaven? Left-Left Coalitions in Comparative Perspective. Regional and Federal Studies, 19 (1). pp. 37-55. ISSN 1359-7566
Jeffery, Charlie and Hough, Dan (2009) Understanding Post-Devolution Elections in Scotland and Wales in Comparative Perspective. Party Politics, 15 (2). pp. 219-240. ISSN 1354-0688
Hough, Dan and Koß, Michael (2009) A Regional(ist) Party in Denial? The German PDS and its Arrival in Unified Germany. Regional and Federal Studies, 19 (4-5). pp. 579-593. ISSN 1359-7566
Koß, Michael and Hough, Dan (2009) Populism Personified or Reinvigorated Reformers? The German Left Party in 2009 and Beyond. German Politics and Society, 27 (2). pp. 76-91. ISSN 1045-0300
Hough, Daniel (2008) The Left Party and Germany's Coalition Conundrums.
Boswell, Christina and Hough, Dan (2008) Politicizing migration: opportunity or liability for the centre-right in Germany? Journal of European Public Policy, 15 (3). pp. 331-348. ISSN 1350-1763
Olsen, Jonathan and Hough, Dan (2007) Don't Think Twice, It's Alright: SPD-Left Party/PDS Coalitions in the Eastern German Länder. German Politics and Society, 25 (3). pp. 1-24. ISSN 1045-0300
Hough, Dan and Quaglia, Lucia (2007) Italy and the German Presidency of the European Union. Foreign Policy in Dialogue, 8 (21). pp. 37-44. ISSN 1862-7692
Koß, Michael and Hough, Dan (2007) Die Linkspartei.PDS nach der Bundestagswahl 2005: Die ostdeutschen Landesverbaende als Hort des Pragmatismus? Deutschland Archiv, 40 (1). pp. 11-19. ISSN 0012-1428
Hough, Dan (2007) Sport in German culture: introduction. German as a Foreign Language (2). pp. 3-6. ISSN 1470-9570
Koß, Michael and Hough, Dan (2006) Landesparteien in vergleichender Perspektive: Die Linkspartei.PDS zwischen Regierungsverantwortung und Opposition. Zeitschrift fur Parlamentsfragen, 37 (2). pp. 312-332. ISSN 0340-1758
Koß, Michael and Hough, Dan (2006) Between a rock and many Hard Places: The PDS and government participation in the eastern German Länder. German Politics, 15 (1). pp. 73-98. ISSN 0964-4008
Hough, Dan (2005) Third ways or new ways?: The post-communist left in Central Europe. Political Quarterly, 76 (2). pp. 253-263. ISSN 0032-3179
Hough, Dan (2005) The programmatic development of the Eastern German PDS: learning what from whom and under what conditions? Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, 21 (1). pp. 141-160. ISSN 1352-3279
Hough, Dan (2005) Learning from the west: policy transfer and programmatic change in the communist successor parties of Eastern and Central Europe. Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, 21 (1). pp. 1-15. ISSN 1743-9116
Hough, Dan and Handl, Vladimír (2004) The post-communist left and the European Union: The Czech Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM) and the German Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS). Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 37 (3). pp. 319-339. ISSN 0967-067X
Hough, Dan and Jeffery, Charlie (2003) Introduction: Multi-Level Electoral Competition: Elections and Parties in Decentralized States. European Urban and Regional Studies, 10 (3). pp. 195-198. ISSN 0969-7764
Jeffery, Charlie and Hough, Dan (2003) Regional Elections in Multi-Level Systems. European Urban and Regional Studies, 10 (3). pp. 199-212. ISSN 0969-7764
Hough, Dan and Jeffery, Charlie (2003) Landtagswahlen: Bundestestwahlen oder Regionalwahlen? Zeitschrift fur Parlamentsfragen, 34 (1). pp. 79-94. ISSN 0340-1758
Hough, Dan (2003) 'It's the East Stupid!' Eastern Germany and the outcome of the 2002 Bundestagswahl. Representation, 39 (2). pp. 137-145. ISSN 0034-4893
Hough, Daniel (2002) The PDS and the concept of the catch-all party. German Politics and Society, 20 (4). pp. 27-47. ISSN 1045-0300
Hough, Daniel and Grix, Jonathan (2001) The PDS and the SPD's Dilemma of Governance in the Eastern German Länder. Politics, 21 (3). pp. 158-167. ISSN 0263-3957
Jeffery, Charlie and Hough, Daniel (2001) The Electoral Cycle and Multi-Level Voting in Germany. German Politics, 10 (2). pp. 73-98. ISSN 0964-4008
Hough, Daniel (2001) Die PDS: ein Zeichen ostdeutscher andersartigkeit. Deutschland Archiv, 34 (2). pp. 284-287. ISSN 0012-1428
Hough, Daniel (2000) 'Made in Eastern Germany': The PDS and the articulation of Eastern German interests. German Politics, 9 (2). pp. 125-148. ISSN 0964-4008
Hough, Daniel (2000) Societal Transformation and the Creation of a Regional Party: The PDS as a Regional Actor in Eastern Germany. Space and Polity, 4 (1). pp. 57-75. ISSN 1356-2576
Hough, Daniel and Keith, Daniel (2019) The German Left Party: a case of pragmatic populism. In: Katsambekis, Giorgos and Kioupkiolis, Alexandros (eds.) The Populist Radical Left in Europe. Routledge Advances in European Politics . Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 129-144. ISBN 9781138744806
Hough, Daniel and Heaston, William (2017) The art of missing the point: FIFA and the control of corruption. In: Kubbe, Ina and Englebert, Annika (eds.) Corruption and norms: why informal rules matter. Political corruption and governance . Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9783319662541
Bale, Tim, Hough, Dan and Van Kessel, Stijn (2012) Right to be worried? Three centre-left parties and the radical right in the Netherlands, Germany and Great Britain. In: Rydgren, Jens (ed.) Class politics and the radical right. Extremism and democracy . Routledge, London. ISBN 9780415690522
Olsen, Jonathan, Hough, Dan and Koβ, Michael (2010) Conclusion: left parties in national governments. In: Olsen, Jonathan, Koβ, Michael and Hough, Dan (eds.) Left Parties in National Governments. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, pp. 173-185. ISBN 978-0230236509
Hough, Dan (2010) From pariah to prospective partner?: The German left party's winding path towards government. In: Olsen, Jonathan, Koβ, Michael and Hough, Dan (eds.) Left parties in national governments. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, pp. 138-154. ISBN 9780230236509
Hough, Dan and Koß, Michael (2010) A Regional(ist) Party in Denial? The German PDS and its Arrival in Unified Germany. In: Hepburn, Eve (ed.) New Challenges for Stateless Nationalist and Regionalist Parties. Routledge, London. ISBN 9780415571814
Hough, Dan (2009) Smaller parties and the 'normalization' of the German party system. In: Miskimmon, Alister, Paterson, William E and Sloam, James (eds.) Germany's gathering crisis: the 2005 federal election and the grand coalition. New perspectives in German political studies . Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke. ISBN 9780230516854
Hough, Dan and Boswell, Christina (2008) Politicising migration: opportunity or liability for the centre-right in Germany? In: Bale, Tim (ed.) Immigration and Integration Policy in Europe: Why Politics - and the Centre-Right - Matter. Routledge, London. ISBN 978-0415468343
Hough, Dan and Koß, Michael (2008) Territory and Electoral Politics in Germany. In: Swenden, Wilfried and Maddens, Bart (eds.) Territorial Party Politics in Western Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, pp. 47-62. ISBN 9780230521629
Hough, Dan and Sloam, James (2007) Different Road Maps, Similar Paths? Social Democratic Politics in the UK and Germany. In: Green, Simon and Turner, Edward (eds.) Policy Convergence in the UK and Germany: Beyond the Third Way? Routledge, London, pp. 26-38. ISBN 978-0415445801
Koß, Michael and Hough, Dan (2006) Zurueck in die Zukunft? Die Linkspartei.PDS und die Verlockungen des Populismus. In: Jun, Uwe, Kreikenbom, Henry and Neu, Viola (eds.) Kleine Parteien im Aufwind. Campus Verlag, Frankfurt/ New York, pp. 179-200. ISBN 3-593-38015-3
Hough, Dan and Jeffery, Charlie (2006) Germany: an erosion of federal-laender linkages? In: Hough, Dan and Jeffery, Charlie (eds.) Devolution and Electoral Politics. Manchester University Press, Manchester, pp. 119-139. ISBN 978-0719073304
Jeffery, Charlie and Hough, Dan (2006) An introduction to multi-level electoral competition. In: Hough, Dan and Jeffery, Charlie (eds.) Devolution and Electoral Politics. Manchester University Press, Manchester, pp. 2-13. ISBN 0-7190-7330-8
Hough, Daniel (2005) Die linke in Zentraleuropa: herausforderungen und moeglichkeiten. In: Brie, Michael and Hildebrandt, Cornelia (eds.) Für ein anders Europa: linke parteien im aufbruch. Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung (19). Dietz, Berlin, pp. 384-403. ISBN 3-320-02066-8
Hough, Daniel and Jeffery, Charlie (2004) Wahlverhalten und Parteienwettbewerb in regionalisierten Staaten. In: Chardon, M (ed.) Jahrbuch des Föderalismus 2004: Föderalismus, Subsidiarität und Regionen in Europa. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, pp. 49-66. ISBN 978-3-8329-0774-7
Hough, Dan and Jeffery, Charlie (2003) Elections in Multi-Level Systems: Lessons for the UK from Abroad. In: Hazell, Robert (ed.) The State of the Nations 2003. Imprint Academic, Exeter, pp. 239-262. ISBN 0-907845-49-5
Hough, Dan (2002) East German identity and party politics. In: Grix, Jonathan and Cooke, Paul (eds.) East German distinctiveness in a unified Germany. The new Germany in context . Birmingham University Press, Birmingham, pp. 99-118. ISBN 9781902459172
Hough, Daniel and Jeffery, Charlie (2002) Regionalwahlen in Mehr-Ebenen-Systemen. In: Conzelmann, Thomas and Knodt, Michele (eds.) Regionales Europa, Europaisierte Regionen: Mannheimer Jahrbuch fur Europaische Sozialforschung. Campus Verlag, Frankfurt/New York, pp. 213-237. ISBN 9783593370293
Green, Simon, Paterson, William E and Hough, Dan (2002) Das deutsche Parteiensystem aus britischer Perspektive. In: Mayer, Tilman and Maier-Walser, Reinhard C (eds.) Der Kampf um die politische Mitte - Politische Kultur und Parteiensystem seit 1998. Olzog. ISBN 9783789280955
Jeffery, Charlie and Hough, Daniel (2001) The Electoral Cycle and Multi-Level Voting in Germany. In: Padgett, Stephen and Poguntke, Thomas (eds.) Continuity and Change in German Politics: Beyond the Politics of Centrality. Frank Cass, London, pp. 73-98. ISBN 978-0714682204
Reports and working papers
Hough, Dan (2011) Lurch to the left or a spot of shadow boxing?: The Left Party's new programme and its implications for governing Germany. Working Paper. AICGS, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC.
Mayhew, Alan, Oppermann, Kai and Hough, Dan (2011) German foreign policy and leadership of the EU – 'You can't always get what you want … but you sometimes get what you need'. Working Paper. Sussex European Institute, Sussex, UK.
Quaglia, Lucia, Hough, Dan and Mayhew, Alan (2007) You Can't Always Get What You Want, But Do You Sometimes Get What You Need? The German Presidency of the EU in 2007. Working Paper. Sussex Europan Institute, University Sussex, Sussex, UK.
Hough, Dan (2017) Analysing corruption. Agenda, Newcastle upon Tyne. ISBN 9781911116547
Hough, Daniel (2013) Corruption, anti-corruption and governance. Political corruption and governance . Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke. ISBN 9781137268709
Green, Simon, Hough, Dan and Miskimmon, Alistair (2011) The Politics of the New Germany. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-60439-0
Green, Simon, Hough, Dan and Miskimmon, Alister (2008) The Politics of the New Germany. Routledge, Abingdon. ISBN 9780415353663
Hough, Dan, Koß, Michael and Olsen, Jonathon (2007) The Left Party in Contemporary German Politics. New perspectives in German Studies . Palgrave. ISBN 9780230019072
Hough, Dan (2001) The fall and rise of the PDS in Eastern Germany. The New Germany in Context . University of Birmingham Press, Birmingham. ISBN 9781902459141
Olsen, Jonathon, Koß, Michael and Hough, Dan, eds. (2010) Left Parties in National Governments. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke. ISBN 9780230236509
Hough, Dan and Kirchner, Emil, eds. (2010) German Politics. (Special Issue), 19 (1). Routledge. ISBN 0964-4008
Hough, Dan and Jeffery, Charlie, eds. (2006) Devolution and Electoral Politics: A Comparative Evaluation. Manchester University Press, Manchester. ISBN 0719073308
Hough, Daniel, Jeffery, Charlie and Keating, Michael, eds. (2003) Multi-Level Electoral Competition: Elections and Parties in Decentralized States. Journal of European Urban and Regional Studies, 10 (3). SAGE Publications. ISBN 0969-7764
Edited Special Journal Issue
Hough, Daniel, Paterson, William E and Sloam, James, eds. (2005) Policy transfer and the communist successor parties of east central Europe. Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, 21 (1). ISSN 1352-3279


Dr. Trent Kaufman of The Cicero Group, one of the world's premier market research firms, shares findings from his research into whether cash or a physical, tangible award make employees feel most valued and appreciated. The answer may surprise you.
What we found is it matters how you ask employees. As consumers, of course, folks would rather have cash than choose among a set of awards. But as employees, what we found was that cash didn't make them feel as appreciated as award items. So cash, they work for and they get in terms of a bonus and a paycheck and a salary. Award items are different. They get to take them home and show their family. They get to talk about this recognition that they received at work and cash didn't offer that same experience. So when asked — to be clear, when asked, employees, "Which makes you feel more appreciated; a cash award or a physical, tangible item award?" The majority chose the physical item. That made them feel more appreciated than cash.


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Q: Trouble understanding a protocol definition I'm reading the Postgresql wire protocol and having trouble implementing a section, related to simple queries where the spec says:
Query (F)
  Byte1('Q')
    Identifies the message as a simple query.

  Int32
    Length of message contents in bytes, including self.

  String
    The query string itself.

I came up with the following in C++:
(std::__1::vector<unsigned char, std::__1::allocator<unsigned char> >) $0 = size=31 {
  [0] = 'Q'
  [1] = '\0'
  [2] = '\0'
  [3] = '\0'
  [4] = '\x1f'
  [5] = 's'
  [6] = 'e'
  [7] = 'l'
  [8] = 'e'
  [9] = 'c'
  [10] = 't'
  [11] = ' '
  [12] = '*'
  [13] = ' '
  [14] = 'f'
  [15] = 'r'
  [16] = 'o'
  [17] = 'm'
  [18] = ' '
  [19] = 'd'
  [20] = 'e'
  [21] = 'p'
  [22] = 'a'
  [23] = 'r'
  [24] = 't'
  [25] = 'm'
  [26] = 'e'
  [27] = 'n'
  [28] = 't'
  [29] = 's'
  [30] = '\0'
}

But I always get an error from the server:
EJSERRORC08P01Minvalid message formatFpqformat.cL652Rpq_getmsgendETSFATALC08P01Minvalid frontend message type 0Fpostgres.cL484RSocketBackend

At this point I'm tired of throwing different versions of this vector at the server to always get the same result, so I assume my interpretation of the spec is wrong. Can you show me in code how this would be done? Not the algo to generate a message, just a valid message.

A: Since you don't share your code, I cannot say where you went wrong.
Your message is fine, except that the length should be 30 ('\x1e') instead of 31 ('\x1f') – according to the documentation, the "message-type byte" should not be counted.
I tried it out with C on Linux, and it worked for me.
I sent the message with send() over the socket I got with PQsocket(), and I got a response that consisted of:

*

*One RowDescription message (type 'T') describing the columns.

*One DataRow message (type 'D') per returned column.

*One Close message (type 'C') closing the statement.

*One ReadyForQuery (type 'Z') message.
For the record, here is the C code I used:

#include <libpq-fe.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>

#define BUFSIZE 1000

int main(int argc, char **argv) {
    /* PostgreSQL database connection */
    PGconn *conn;
    /* socket for the database connection */
    int s;
    /* simple select statement to send over the socket */
    unsigned char stmt[] = "Q\0\0\0\030select * from amaaa";
    /* buffer for the server response */
    unsigned char buf[BUFSIZE];
    ssize_t len, i;

    /* connect to the database */
    conn = PQconnectdb("");
    if (conn == NULL)
    {
        fprintf(stderr, "Out of memory connecting to PostgreSQL.\n");
        return 1;
    }
    if (PQstatus(conn) != CONNECTION_OK)
    {
        fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", PQerrorMessage(conn));
        PQfinish(conn);
        return 1;
    }

    /* get the TCP socket that corresponds to the connection */
    if ((s = PQsocket(conn)) <= 0)
    {
        fprintf(stderr, "Connection is not open.\n");
        PQfinish(conn);
        return 1;
    }

    /* send the simple select statement */
    if (-1 == send(s, stmt, sizeof(stmt), 0))
    {
        perror("Error in send(2)");
        PQfinish(conn);
        return 1;
    }

    /*
     * The following is oversimplified.
     * In reality, you'd have to call recv(2) until you have
     * the complete response.
     * But I don't want to bother with analyzing the response
     * and hope that it comes in a single packet.
     */

    /* receive the response */
    if (-1 == (len = recv(s, buf, BUFSIZE, MSG_WAITALL)))
    {
        perror("Error in recv(2)");
        PQfinish(conn);
        return 1;
    }

    /* print the server response */
    for (i=0; i<len; ++i) {
        if (buf[i] >= ' ' && buf[i] <= 'z')
            printf("%02X(%c) ", buf[i], buf[i]);
        else
            printf("%02X ", buf[i]);
    }
    printf("\n");

    /* close the database connection */
    PQfinish(conn);

    return 0;
}

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India Pale Ale continues to be the hottest-seller among craft beer styles according to national polls. This British style turned American best-seller is well known to Minnesotans, and several local breweries call an IPA their flagship beer. Steel Toe Size 7, Fulton 300, and Surly Furious (a variation on the style) are among the best known.
One Minnesota IPA, Miraculum, has been without a taproom to call home until this week, when Pryes Brewing Company opened on West River Road, north of downtown Minneapolis. No longer homeless, Miraculum is joined by four new beers as the taproom debuts.
Owner and brewer Jeremy Pryes once brewed in the former Lucid space in Minnetonka, and prior to that he spent years shaping recipes as a home brewer.
Though the taproom is just across the river from Northeast Minneapolis, which is widely known as a beer destination, it feels distinctly different from its neighbors. The patio is separated from the Mississippi by only one street, and weekend water-skiing shows and a convergence of bike paths bring a steady stream of passersby. The Pryes taproom is also distinguished by its design. Its interior has a cohesive look rather than the work-in-progress feel of early taprooms such as Northgate or Bent Paddle.
A natural first taste would be the Blonde, which is described as "bright, lemon, peppercorn." The aroma holds little of the listed descriptors, and the light-amber color immediately seems off. For the style, the first few sips are much too heavy in the mouth, and there is little citrus or spice beyond the hoppy aftertaste. More appropriately labeled a summer ale, it may turn off blonde fans.
The Session IPA is more pleasant, with a strong clementine aroma and flavor. An herbal, almost savory, component builds throughout tasting. On warming, however, the beer quickly becomes overly bitter. This covers up the more delicate citrus notes. The bitter trend carries through to the Red IPA, which is heavy-handed on bitterness without much redeeming flavor or complexity. Brief pine and resin notes can be found before the beer climbs in temperature.
The outstanding beer of the bunch is the oddball: The Foreign Extra Stout. This uncommon style is a classic variation on stout. It was brewed, beginning in the 18th century, with a robust profile that would withstand transport to other countries. Foreign extra stouts are known for an intense roasted flavor and moderate dryness. The Pryes version is rich, but not heavy, with strong chocolate and sweetened coffee notes. It's enjoyable, even in the heat, though it's on the sweet side for the style (in contrast to the other beers on the menu).
As of now, Pryes places no limitations on its beer styles. "We'll be brewing what we like — what's fun to brew — and paying attention to trends," says Pryes. There may be a Belgian bent in the future; the classic Belgian lawn game, Feather Bowling is installed inside the taproom. The game is similar to bocce, but with heavy wooden balls shaped like wheels of cheese.
Plans for the future are not certain, but Pryes anticipates growlers and crowlers soon. Packaging for distribution will likely be in cans to preserve the freshness of the beer as much as possible, though that is months away.
Perhaps the most unusual addition to a new taproom is Pryes' chef-in-residence model of food service. While the brewery holds a restaurant license, it will not have a restaurant of its own, instead, the kitchen will be offered to local chefs as a temporary operation. The first chef to be featured is Pete Campbell of Red Wagon Pizza. A small menu of pizzas and snacks is a perfect match for the selection of brews and offers a sort of familiarity.
Pryes Brewing Company, 1401 W River Rd N, Minneapolis 55411; 612.787.7937; Thu 4 p.m.-11 p.m., Fri 3 p.m.-midnight, Sat 11 a.m.-midnight.
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Phd To Ph.D.: How Education Saved My Life
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"There was a time when Elaine Richardson was one of 'the Negroes everybody pointed to as the Negroes you didn't want to become.' The title of this book is no metaphor or allusion, but a literal shorthand for a remarkable, unpredictable journey. She inherits a plain way of talking about horrific pain from a mother who seemed impossible to shock. The way too fast way she grew up was and is too common, but her will to remap her destiny is uncommon indeed. To call her story inspiring would be itself too plain a thing, hers is a heroic life." -dream Hampton, writer and filmmaker | ABOUT THE AUTHOR: ELAINE RICHARDSON, Professor of Literacy Studies in the College of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University, is focused on literacy education of African American and African diasporic people, and specializes in critical language and literacy education for social equality. RICHARDSON belongs to a global network of Hiphop activist-educators for social transformation. Richardson founded The Ohio State University Hiphop Literacies Conference and the SistaFriends Afterschool Program in 2011 (currently serving sixth to eighth grade girls at Sherwood Middle school). RICHARDSON uses her story of recovery from human trafficking and drugs to becoming an award winning PhD and recording artist to motivate others. RICHARDSON'S bachelor's and master's degrees are from Cleveland State University and her doctorate from Michigan State University. She has won awards from the National Council of Negro Women, City of Columbus, and Cleveland State University, and other organizations.
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Here we have a Toshiba HX-10 MSX computer. I got this quite a while ago, because I didn't have one, and also because I was considering doing an MSX multicart or SD interface or something like that.
This conforms to Microsoft's MSX standard, with a Z80, 64K of RAM, TMS99xx video chip. These MSX machines were made by companies like Sony or Toshiba, without a legacy of computer hardware, so they signed up to follow a standard. Shame it didn't catch on.
Being more familiar with the HiFi and video world, they were more consumer friendly, often with built in power supplies rather than lots of extra wires and boxes. They would usually have great picture quality, with things like SCART connectors and AV jacks to make connecting to a TV much easier than on some other machines.
As far as I remember, this one was working, but now it's just giving a blank screen. Sync is being generated, so the power side is probably OK, and it is making a regular clicking noise (on the audio, not the cassette relay).
Inside is a very neatly laid out board. There is also an add on board at the side which appears to be an adaptation to generate the PAL video standard.
The boards are clearly marked with lots of well spaced parts, although there a quite a lot of parts not fitted. Looks like there has been a bit of Muntzing going on. We (snip) don't (snip) need (snip) all (snip) these (snip) decoupling (snip) capacitors.
Nothing looks obviously bad in here. Voltages were fine, clock and reset pulses OK, data lines wiggling suitably. Everything was apparently fine.
Some of the chips are socketed, so I'll check those first.
Nor did the TMS9929 video chip, although I noticed the legs were quite tarnished, so I gave those a quick clean.
The next socketed chip is the ROM, I took that out and read it in an EPROM programmer as a 27C256 (always remember to switch of ID check when doing this).
I dumped the ROM, and a quick scroll through and all looks OK, at the end there was the copyright message.
I tried running without the Yamaha sound chip, again no change. So, running out of things and trying to skirt around the massive tiny pinned TCX-1007 ULA chip - if that's gone, I'm in trouble.
I suppose the next step would be to check out the sixteen RAM chips. 8x 4164 chips making the main 64K of RAM, and 8x 4116 chips making the 16K video RAM.
Faced with that, I decided to leave it for the moment. I'd dug the machine out to try out Misfit's new game Rodman on the MSX, so I resigned myself to playing Rodman in an emulator. I downloaded openMSX, and fired it up. It started in MSX2 mode, but I wanted to go plain MSX. To change that, I needed to select a machine to emulate and thought I may as well select the Toshiba HX-10 since there was one sitting on the bench right next to me.
It failed to start, saying it needed a ROM image. Aha, I've got one of those, I just read it in to check it. So I copied the ROM into the emulator and reselected Toshiba HX-10.
It flagged up the SHA1 checksum didn't match what it expected, and then proceeded to show a blank screen, with a ticking sound. Yes, exactly the same as the real hardware was behaving. Hmm, so is the ROM bad?
I googled up a archive copy the the ROM and compared them, and there were some differences. I tried that ROM image with the emulator and it ran fine. It is looking like the ROM is bad. I burned an EPROM replacement and tried to boot the real hardware and up came the boot screen.
Intrigued, I wrote a little program to take the two ROM images and XOR them. This gave a file which only shows the bits that were different. If the files were identical, the output file would be full of zeroes, but this has sections with lots of 4s, and one with lots of 10s and so on.
Any byte in that 256 byte block in the ROM image that already has bit 2 set reads fine, anything that doesn't have bit 2 set appears to be 4 higher than it should be, 32 reads as 36. 08 reads as 0C etc.
It appears that throughout the ROM certain 256 byte blocks have one or more bits stuck on. Not a failure mode I have seen before.
If this were an EPROM, I would try reprogramming it, since the bad bits were high, the default state, but the MB83256 is a mask ROM, which is programmed in the factory, so I'll leave the EPROM in place.
All back together, ready to try it out.
OK, that's about the limit of the programs I feel like typing in today. Over to the tapes.
I had initially expected it would use the same cassette lead as the BBC Micro and Oric, but it appears not, so I'm using a little ad hoc cable with my good old Sony TCM-818 tape deck.
Rodman loaded first time, nice to not have to fiddle with the volume control, or maybe I was just lucky.
Having played most of the other versions, the MSX version of Rodman is a really nice one, and the MSX is preforming well.


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Polypterus senegalus, the Senegal bichir, gray bichir or Cuvier's bichir, and sometimes called the "dinosaur eel" (a misnomer, as the creature is neither an eel nor a dinosaur), "dinosaur bichir", or "dragon fish" is in the pet trade due to its lungfish-like appearance, which was described as more primitive and prehistoric than other modern fishes. It is a prototypical species of fish in the genus Polypterus, meaning most of its features are held across the genus. It is commonly kept in captivity by hobbyists. They are native from Africa where they are the most widespread species of the genus.

Appearance

Polypterus senegalus is an elongated fish, usually grey or beige in color, though it sometimes has shades of white, pink or blue on some of its rhomboid-shaped, multilayer scales. Most of the fish is covered in very subtle patterns with occasional darker blotches or dots. At the nose, the face is smooth and rounded, with larger scales than the rest of the fish. External nostrils protrude from the front. Eyes are on each side of the head, and they are usually pale yellow with a black pupil. P. senegalus has poor eyesight, and relies on sense of smell when hunting prey. The mouth is large and appears to grin when closed. The dentary, premaxilla, and maxilla each carry one row of large, slightly recurved teeth. There are multiple rows of smaller teeth, found between the rows of large teeth, on the prearticular and coronoids in the lower jaw and on the bones forming the roof of the mouth.

The body is long and vaguely cylindrical; a serrated dorsal fin runs along most of the body until it meets the caudal fin, which is pointed and flat. There are 8-11 dorsal spines and 14-17 anal spines. The pectoral fins attach just behind and below the gill openings, and are the primary means of locomotion, providing a slow, graceful appearance. P. senegalus is smaller than other bichirs, reaching about 35.5 cm (14 in). This fish exhibits sexual dimorphism, where the males are generally smaller than the females and have a thicker anal fin.

The fish has a pair of primitive lungs instead of a swim bladder, allowing it to periodically gulp air from the surface of the water. In the aquarium, bichirs can be observed dashing to the surface for this purpose. Juvenile P. senegalus have external gills that disappear as they age.

This bichir's skin serves as a particularly effective armor, and has been studied as a model for personal armor for better combinations of protection and mobility.

Reproduction
Polypterus senegalus breed during the rainy season in nature. During courtship, the male chases and nudges the female. The females lays 100-300 eggs within a few days. The male receives the eggs from the female by cupping his anal and caudal fins around her genitals. The male then fertilizes the eggs and scatters them in the vegetation. Egg hatching can take 3-4 days.

Feeding
Polypterus senegalus feed on small vertebrates, insects, and crustaceans. They use suction feeding to ingest prey from the bottom of freshwater lakes and rivers. P. senegalus is said to consume anything it can swallow, which is why it is recommended that their tankmates be at least half of their size. They are opportunistic ambush predators, moving slowly and cautiously, and occasionally hiding, to capture their prey.

Behavior

During active hours, Polypterus senegalus swim about their environment, performing activities such as exploring, feeding, hunting, investigating changes, and scavenging. Social behavior is also observed, as P. senegalus sometimes follow each other moving about. Most individuals are inactive at night and rest low above the ground until sunrise.

Subspecies
Three subspecies of P. senegalus are recognized: P. s. senegalus, P. s. meridionalis, and a further unnamed subspecies.

P. s. senegalus grows to about 70 cm (28 in) in the wild,  and 48 cm (19 in) in captivity.  It is a uniform brownish-grey to olive color on the dorsal surface, and the ventral surface is whitish. No banding occurs on adults, but very young juveniles show three horizontal bands. The upper jaw is slightly longer than lower jaw. It has eight to 11 dorsal finlets.
P. s. meridionalis grows to about 110 cm (44 in) in the wild,  and 81 cm (32 in) in captivity.  It is a uniform olive-grey color on the dorsal surface. The upper and lower jaws are about the same length. It has 9 or 10 dorsal spines. P. s. meridionalis may be a regional variant of P. s. senegalus.

Distribution and habitat
This species of bichir is found in lakes, river margins, swamps, and floodplains of tropical Africa and the Nile river system, it occurs in at least twenty-six African countries which include Senegal, Egypt, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Ivory Coast, Tanzania, Sudan, Nigeria, Gambia, Uganda, and others. Its distribution is widespread, detailed to include the Nile basin and West Africa (Senegal, Gambia, Niger, Volta, and Lake Chad basins, and Congo River Basin.

Provided the skin remains moist, P. senegalus can remain out of the water indefinitely – it can even be raised on land, where it uses its large pectoral fins to walk.

Captivity
Bichirs are predatory fish; in captivity they will take any live or dead animal that can be swallowed or broken apart and then swallowed.  Only its lack of speed prevents a bichir from emptying an aquarium of smaller fish. The pectoral fins only allow for slow cruising, and while it can achieve amazing bursts of speed, it cannot catch fish of average speed. Given enough time, any fish that can fit in the bichir's mouth will be eaten. This fish should not be kept with any other fish smaller than three inches. It will also bite fins of other fishes if it can.  P. senagalus can reach 10-15 years of age in captivity.

See also
List of freshwater aquarium fish species

References

External links

Senegal Bichir – Polypterus senegalus, BioFresh Cabinet of Freshwater Curiosities.
Fish scales may point to armor of the future
Dinosaur eel inspires bulletproof armor
Care information for Senegal Bichir at The Aquarium Wiki
Duhaime-Ross, Arielle (August 27, 2014) "Scientists raised these fish to walk on land". The Verge. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
Polypterus senegalus at Encyclopedia of Life.

Polypteridae
Taxa named by Georges Cuvier
Fish described in 1829

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In an industry marked by tight margins, the cost burden of sub-optimal product development is significant. Equally critical are product and process innovations that reduce unit costs and increase operating efficiency. Your R&D function remains the primary engine for these types of innovation, and there are opportunities to recharge your engine by focusing on game-changing new product development. Transforming R&D in this way involves four imperatives: adopting a global/multi-local operating model; digitizing product lifecycle management; disaggregating R&D; and the continuous pursuit of operational excellence.
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With the end of the first week of the exhibit being open, we wanted to reflect on how it has gone so far. Opening night was completely mental with us getting through far more than our allotted 50 landing card for that evening. This just continued throughout the week and as of today we have got through over 1000 landing cards with even more visitors than this to the space. Once we had decided that it would work best for people to fill out the cards in the space we quickly found that the most exciting part of the experience of working in the space is the fascinating range of people we have been able to meet from all over the world. Following this post each member of the team will be posting some of their favourite people they have met so far.
Although border control initially appeared to be the least dynamic of the roles to perform within the space some playful creativity has really been adding to the experience for the visitor. Shout outs to Chuck and Nicki for some stellar performances, with Nicki challenging visitors to hop on one leg or tell a joke before they can pass through and Chuck confiscating snacks and drinks from people who pass through.
So far we have had a really positive response to the exhibit we have been overwhelmed by the generosity and thought some people have put into their donations. Highlights so far are the girl who cut off a snippet of her purple hair, a lady who donated pictures of her three Czech/English children and a man who blew air into the bag giving us 'space to breathe'. Over the next few days the team will be posting images of their personal favourites and the stories that come with them.
We have been so overwhelmed by the number of people through the space that we are constantly reconfiguring the structure of the space to be able to hang all the bags that people have given us, the space is becoming a dense grotto.
We are having the most incredible and inspiring experience becoming friends with the other exhibitors in the venue, Chile, New Zealand, Monaco, Mexico and Korea just to name a few and hearing stories of their countries and universities is introducing us to new perspectives and widening all of our horizons.
Over the final days of the exhibit we will be keeping you all updated with pictures and weird and wonderful stories of our experiences at PQ2015!!!


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A primer on multi-employer pension plans
Sara Tatelman | February 21, 2017
Forget the buzz around new target-benefit legislation. Multi-employer pension plans were here first, starting about 50 years ago.
Particularly common in unionized, mobile workforces such as the construction and entertainment industries, most multi-employer plans essentially function as target benefits "because they do have the ability to reduce accrued benefits," says Mike Mazzuca, a partner at Koskie Minsky LLP.
Read: Federal target-benefit conversions face an uphill battle
For employees, having industry-wide portability can be a major draw, since it allows them to accrue all of their benefits under one plan, says Mazzuca. That way, employees can accrue seniority within a plan, even when they change employers.
'A very generous environment'
Many plans had to reduce benefits after the 2008 financial crisis, says Susan Bird, president of the McAteer Group, a third-party administrator. They often try to spare retirees, however.
"I have to say, in the unionized sector that I work in, you do see a lot of [active] members say, 'Leave the retirees alone. They're on fixed income. . . . We'll deal with this because we're still working, we've got time.' . . . It is actually a very generous environment, in terms of the philosophy that the members hold. And that has a very great bearing when it translates up to the board table . . . and it's very helpful to trustees when they're designing benefits."
Read: Five provinces enter into multi-jurisdictional pension agreement
Bird also notes many multi-employer plans created today are defined contribution arrangements that aim to move to a target model once they have enough members, usually about 2,000.
Options for orphans
But as with any type of arrangement, there are disadvantages. Working with multiple employers can be complex, says John Poos, group head of pension and benefits at George Weston Ltd. and a trustee for two multi-employer plans. "Some [employers] go bankrupt in the meantime," he says. Others simply don't pay. "We do have an administration committee, whose role it is to monitor contributions and to chase plan sponsors when they are becoming delinquent. It's an issue that's unique to these kinds of plan designs."
Employers that declare bankruptcy or quit the plan for whatever reason leave behind what Poos calls "orphan participants" with unfunded obligations. "Ultimately, the benefits would cease accruing if contributions aren't coming in," says Poos. "But in the meantime, you have an unfunded obligation in the plan that, for those [orphan members], needs to be funded somewhere, somehow. And if the plan is an ongoing plan, someone is responsible for that." That someone would most likely be the other employers through additional contributions or other members through reduced benefits.
Read: Which is better: DB, DC or a third way?
Poos points out that provinces, such as British Columbia, have adopted or are considering legislation so that multi-employer plans are true target plans that can reduce benefits more easily and do so retroactively. Trustees will be able to manage the funded status more effectively because they can make retroactive benefit changes as long as they follow the plan and governing legislation, he notes.
Keep the cash
A common problem, Bird notes, is paying out commuted values. Multi-employer plans don't have to fund based on solvency, but in many provinces, they do calculate benefits for employees leaving before retirement on that basis, which can leave them in the red. To address the issue, British Columbia and Quebec have passed new laws that ensure commuted values are based on a plan's funded status.
Read: Ontario Budget: Government continues to consult on target benefit plans
Ontario's proposed target-benefit legislation, on the other hand, focuses on single-employer plans, says Bird. But while single-employer plans outnumber them, multi-employer plans still represent millions of people and billions of dollars.
"They don't always get the attention that they deserve or the priority that they deserve," says Bird.
Sara Tatelman is an associate editor at Benefits Canada.
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Sylvie Leduc:
Wrote a white paper for the Wynne Government in the midst of opened consultations to explore the potential introduction of MEPPs in Ontario in the summer-fall 2015 time frame.
As indicated in the document which I can share via a suitable electronic platform, how you design the plans i.e. pure defined benefits, target benefits, multi-employer or hybrid pension plan is secondary.
As long as the IS/IT tools to manage these plans remain essentially what they are today, you are simply putting a Band-Aid on a severely hemorrhaging patient.
Discussed the issue with Québec's Finance Minister a few weeks ago; waiting for feedback from his office. Stay tuned!
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Google Reveals Smart Contact Lens For Keeping An Eye On Tear Glucose
By JC Torres/Updated: Jan. 17, 2014 1:17 am EST
Google, particularly its Google X research arm, is unveiling yet another wearable project that it's working on. But these smart contact lenses aren't as fancy or eccentric as Google Glass but instead serve a more serious function of monitoring a person's glucose levels.
Those with diabetes or those familiar with it know that fighting the disease involves constant vigilance and monitoring. The effects of uncontrolled sugar levels can be disastrous, ranging from short-term effects like loss of consciousness, to more permanent ones like damage to eyes and other organs.
But while keeping tabs on one's sugar levels is a vital necessity, many diabetics try to put it off because of the process involved. Although some have already resorted to more advanced methods, like glucose sensors under their skins, majority still have to resort to the rather painful process of pricking their fingers to draw a drop of blood.
Google thinks it may have an easier and perhaps more fashionable solution thanks to wearable technology. Scientists theorized that other bodily fluids aside from blood also carry the necessary information to measure glucose levels. Tears, for example, are one such fluid but are also hard to get access to. But thanks to Google's new smart contact lens, that might no longer be the case. This lens consists of two layers of soft contact lens material that sandwich a tiny wireless chip and an equally tiny glucose sensor. Theoretically, this will then be able to painlessly and effortlessly collect glucose data from a person's tears, which are then transmitted to a monitoring device via a wireless connection.
Google won't be doing this alone. The tech company is talking with the FDA to make sure it gets things right and are looking for partners that have more experience in bringing products like this to the market. That said, these smart contact lenses are not the fantasy eye pieces of science fiction, so don't expect any fancy Heads Up Displays (HUD) here. At least not yet. Google does plan on integrating at least LED lights that will give the user immediate feedback should glucose levels go beyond certain limits, but that might be the current extent of technology possible at this time.


Originally produced in 1996 this film has recently been digitized from it's original VHS format and presented here, for your enjoyment.
The original screen play was written to satisfy our Boy Scout Cinematography Merit Badge requirements. Using analog technologies avaialbe to us at the time, we constructed a robust set, graphics library, sound track, and transition theme set to meet the expectations of our audience and critics. This film was unveiled in front of a troop of 12-18 year old boys and various troop leaders who quickly deemed it an astoundingly successful production of a terrible film. Notes were provided to the production team and applied to future films, to varying levels of seriousness.


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August 8, 1913 in Staten Island, NY
August 30, 1963 in Encino, CA
Vocal Classical
Traditional Pop Show/Musical Vocal Music
Odd Stordahl
The Three Esquires
Axel Stordahl
Biography by Steve Huey
Composer/arranger/conductor Axel Stordahl is best known as Frank Sinatra's musical director during the first decade of the singer's solo career, and is often credited with helping to bring pop arranging…
Artist Biography by Steve Huey
Composer/arranger/conductor Axel Stordahl is best known as Frank Sinatra's musical director during the first decade of the singer's solo career, and is often credited with helping to bring pop arranging into the modern age. A native of Staten Island, NY, he was born Odd Stordahl to parents of Norwegian descent on August 8, 1913. He took up the trumpet as a youth, and played in several dance bands around Long Island and the Catskills during the late '20s and early '30s. He also began arranging around this time, and in 1933 he joined Bert Bloch's orchestra in both capacities. Over the next couple of years, Stordahl sang on the side in a vocal trio dubbed the Three Esquires with bandmates Jack Leonard and Joe Bauer. Around 1935 or 1936, Tommy Dorsey hired all three men, and Stordahl joined as third trumpet player and part-time arranger. It soon became apparent that arranging was far and away his greatest strength, and he made it his full-time vocation, becoming Dorsey's lead arranger in short order.
Stordahl wrote mostly dance arrangements for the next few years, but when a young singer named Frank Sinatra took Jack Leonard's place, Stordahl found an even more effective niche working on romantic ballads for the emerging heartthrob. Stordahl's lovely, sensitive treatments worked marvelously with Sinatra's supple, yearning voice, and when the singer cut his first four-song solo session in 1942, he hired Stordahl as the arranger and conductor. Sinatra left the Dorsey band for a full-fledged solo career later that year, signing with Columbia and bringing Stordahl with him to serve as musical director.
Sinatra took the music world by storm over the next few years, projecting a warm, vulnerable intimacy that was unprecedented in American popular music. Stordahl was an unsung hero in this achievement, thanks to his excellent sense of how to frame Sinatra's voice. He was among the first American arrangers to tailor his work to the strengths of a specific vocalist; which seems like an obvious thing to do in retrospect, but up until Sinatra, the star solo vocalist was a rare phenomenon in pop music, save for Bing Crosby. Stordahl's work was lush but tasteful, taking advantage of better recording technology to bring out subtler, more intricate instrumental touches and quieter dynamics. His writing for strings was rich, full, and smooth, creating the perfect backdrop for Sinatra's romantic longing. Essentially, Sinatra knew what he needed to make his persona work, and Stordahl knew exactly how to give it to him. Stordahl often assigned the swinging, up-tempo tunes to other arrangers in the Sinatra organization, but handled the vast majority of the ballads himself. This blueprint remained consistently successful for most of Sinatra's tenure at Columbia, and certainly played a major role in his ascent to superstardom.
The prolific Stordahl wrote over 300 recorded arrangements for Sinatra, and more than doubled that total with his work for Sinatra's assorted radio programs during the '40s. Those included stints on Your Hit Parade from 1943-1944 and 1947-1949, plus another show called Songs by Sinatra from 1945-1947. Stordahl also co-composed several successful songs for Sinatra and others during the latter half of the '40s, including "I Should Care" (1945), "Day by Day" (1946), "Ain'tcha Ever Comin' Back" (1947), "Night After Night" (1949), and "Meet Me at the Copa" (1950). By the early '50s, Sinatra's career had taken a downturn, and conflicts with Columbia chief Mitch Miller over his musical direction led to his exit from the label. He caught on with Capitol and initially intended to bring Stordahl with him; in fact, Stordahl headed up his first recording session for his new label. However, sensing that Sinatra's sound needed an update, Capitol pushed him to record with the up-and-coming Nelson Riddle, whose ballad treatments generally built on Stordahl's foundation, albeit with a more contemporary sensibility. Sinatra had resisted the change at first out of loyalty to Stordahl, but when Riddle's work helped revitalize his recording career, he wound up parting ways with his longtime director.
Stordahl married singer June Hutton (of the Pied Pipers) and went on to work with singers like Bing Crosby, Doris Day (backing her on the hit "Tea for Two"), Eddie Fisher, Dinah Shore, Nanette Fabray, and Dean Martin, among others. He also led several studio bands for radio and television, and was the musical director for the TV series McHale's Navy. He and Hutton recorded together for Capitol during the '50s. Toward the end of the decade, Stordahl became interested in the exotica fad, and issued several lounge albums under his own name, mostly for Decca: 1959's The Lure of the Blue Mediterranean, 1960's Jasmine and Jade (for Dot), 1961's The Magic Islands Revisited (with Gene Rains), and 1963's Guitars Around the World. Unfortunately, by this time, Stordahl had been diagnosed with cancer. As Sinatra prepared to leave Capitol for his own label, Reprise, he reunited with Stordahl one last time on what proved to be his final Capitol concept album, 1961's Point of No Return. Stordahl passed away on August 30, 1963, in Encino, CA.